A yummy (and happier and healthier) mummy - for good this time!

[snowbryneich]

Well done on the loss and hope you are feeling better soon.

 

[MelonCollie]

Oh wow well done on your loss! Very happy for you

 

[freakydarkstuff]

Thanks girls Flu is lingering but most of the dizziness and feeling faint and achy has stopped so im at least able to be vertical now! H2B was getting worried as i couldnt walk up the stairs without assistance on Sunday

Yesterday was a complete cheat day! I didn't have much to eat (no appetite especially as ive barely eaten over the last few days) but i had a few handfuls of cinema popcorn, a couple of garlic butter doughballs and a filled potato skin followed by a bbq chicken wrap and half a portion of chips in Frankie and Bennys.

Also had a skinny caramel latte from Starbucks and a couple of cups of tea.

Saw Mockingjay at the cinema and it was great! Loving the hunger games films as much as i enjoyed the books

 

[freakydarkstuff]

Went to work today and thankfully was supervising for the majority of it so minimal speaking to customers- although i had to step in for four complaints which was really annoying. Still feeling rubbish but just gota get on with it- not fair to stay in doors with Reece as he's such an active child.

Tried to nibble a little more today as im sure im not doing my weight loss any help by barely eating!

Todays food (green day) -
B : Nothing.
L : Cheese and tomato sandwich (60g WM bread hexB1, 25g philadelphia light part hexA1 and sliced tomato) Yogurt.
D : Mugshot. Special K chewy bar hexB2. Satsuma.

Snacks : Fruit salad (apple, plum, kiwi, pear and grapes) Space raiders 3syns. 1 x Cadbury Roses chocolate 2syns(??)
Drinks : Starbucks medium skinny caramel latte (skimmed milk hexA2 and syrup 3syns)
3 x cups of tea (sweetener and dashes of skimmed milk part hexA1) Water. Flavoured fizzy water.
Syn Total - 8syns

 

[Poppet12]

Glad you're feeling a little better! Hopefully you'll be on top form for Xmas can you believe its next week?!
Food sounds nice too, youve reminded me i must look up syns for chocolates as I think they vary on brand! X

 

[MelonCollie]

Here's a list of Chocolate syns Rosie.. Got them off a SW FB group. And the 2nd lot (starting from advent calender) is from MSE forums lol.. Decided to include it because it goes into a bit more details for what is what syn wise with roses..


CADBURY Chocolate Eclair - 1.5 syns each
CADBURY Christmas Advent Calendar Chocs 4g, 1 syn
CADBURY Christmas Dairy Milk Coin, 1 large - 1.5 syns
CADBURY Christmas Dairy Milk Coin, 2 medium - 1.5 syns
CADBURY Christmas Dairy Milk Coin, 3 small - 1.5 syns
CADBURY Christmas Snow Bites - 1 syn each
CADBURY Christmas Snowman 150g pack, 25g serving - 6.5 syns
CADBURY Dairy Milk Bar, 6g miniature - 1.5 syns
CADBURY Koko Milk Chocolate Truggles - 4 syns each
CADBURY Magic Elves, 14g bar - 3.5 syns each
CADBURY Milk Chocolate Tree Decorations - 2.5 syns
CADBURY Milk Chocolate Tree Decorations Caramel - 3 syns
CADBURY Miniature Heroes - 2.5 syns each
CADBURY Roses Chocolates - 2.5 syns each
CADBURY Wishes Chocolate Star - 8.5 each
CELEBRATIONS Advent Calendar Chocolates - 2 syns each
CELEBRATIONS Chocolate Miniatures - 2 syns each
FERRERO ROCHER - 3.5 syns each
GALAXY Gift For You - 10 syns each
LINDT Lindor Balls all varieties - 4 syns each
MARS Celebrations Chocolates - 2.5 syns each
NESTLE After Eight, all varieties - 2 syns
NESTLE Quality Street - 2.5 syns each
TERRY's Chocolate Orange, segment - 2.5 syns
TERRY's Chocolate Orange, whole - 50 syns
TERRY's Chocolate Segsations - 2 syns each
THORNTONS Classics Chocolates - 3 to 3.5 syns each
THORNTONS Continental Chocolates - 3 to 3.5 syns each


ADVENT CALENDERS
Most advent calnders are 1 syn each chocolate EXCEPT Heros which are more
MARS funsize advent 4.5 syns each

CADBURYS

SNAPS mint/orange/milk 1 syn per snap
mini eggs per 2 is 1.5 syns
choc eclairs 1.5 syns
Cadburys Hazel whirls 2 syns
Goldern barrel 2.5 syns
mini creme eggs 3.0 each
Cadburys Hazels in caramel 3.5 syns
Cadbury caramel is 12 syns (there are six segments, so each one is 2 syns)



ROSES roses hazel whirls 2.0 syns
roses caramel velvet 2.0 syns
roses assortment dairy milk 2.5 each
roses caramels 2.5 syns
roses country fudge 2.5 syns
roses golden barrel 2.5 syns
hazel in caramel 3.5 syns



DAIRY MILK Milk tray assortment 2.5 syns each
Buttons 15g bag all varities 4 syns

HEROS miniature heroes 2.5 syns

MINTS After Eight Mint Sticks are 1syn each
Matchmakers mint/honeycombe/orange/white mint 1syn per stick
After dinner mints 1.5 each

TERRYS CHOCOLATE Terry's milk/plain/white/mint choc orange segments are 2.5syns each
Terrys chocolate orange whole orange 45.5 mint 46.5 plain 44.5
Toblerone one by one are 2.5 syns each
All gold selection dark/milk 28g 7 syns
Chocolate segsations 2 syns each
York fruits 1.5 syn each

QUALITY STREET Quality street assortment 2.5 syn each
The big green triangle 9.5 syns
The big purple one 9.5 syns
The big orang crunch 9.5 syns
Big toffee finger 8.5 syns
2.2 kg tin of Quality Street is about 620 syns !!!

FERRERO ROCHER ferrero rocher 3.5 syns each

THORNTONS Thorntons chocolates 3.5 syns each

NESTLE
Smarties mini pack 3.5 syns
40g tube 9.0 syns

Kitkat 2 fingers 5.5 syns
4 fingers 12 syns
Chunky mini bar 4.5 syns
Snack 26g 7 syns
standard 56g 14.5 peanut butter 50g 13.5
kingsize 78g 20

Milky bar buttons standard bag 8 syns

Frys Turkish delight 51g 9.5

Mars milky bar 13g 3.5
milkyway magic stars 12g bag 3.5

M&M’S 19g bag 5 syns

MALTESERS 21.5g bag 5.5 syns
100g bag 25.5
146g box 37 syns
312g box syns 79

TWIX Twin bar 14.5 syns or 7 & a bit for 1 bar

Christmas favorites Turkish delight 28g 4 syns with nuts 5
Sugar almonds x2 2.5 syns


SHORTBREAD Fingers all butter highland 5.5 each
Highland organic 4 syns each
Fingers light & buttery taste the difference 5.5 each
Petticoat tails all butter highland 3.5 each
Shortbread rounds 5.5 syns
Shortcake 3.5 syns each

NUTS Almonds whole 28g 8.5 syns
Brazil’s 28g 9.5 syns
Cashew 28g 8 syns
Walnuts 28g 9.5 syns
Pistachios roasted & salted 28g 9.0 syns
Peanuts chocolate 28g 8.0 syns
Brazil’s chocolate 28g 3 syns
Raisins chocolate 28g 6 syns
Mixed 28g 9.5 syns mixed & raisins 28g 7.0 syns salted & roasted 28g 9.0 syns
Macadamia/roasted salted 28g 10.5 syns

 

[MelonCollie]

And glad to hear you're feeling a bit better, Lisa..
Remember to drink lots of water.. Your body dehydrates more when you're ill so you need to be drinking extra. It could be why you needed help getting up the stairs?
Big hugs xx

 

[Poppet12]

Thank you for that MC! Wowzer some of those are serious syns, I never thought Ferrero Rocher would be so high! Definitely worth giving the homemade ones a try. I think I'll print this out so I have it handy, should stop me mindlessly grazing.. X

 

[MelonCollie]

Yeah I was shocked reading through them, as well! I'm glad I've done so before we go visit Sids parents for christmas as a lot of that will be there, and ideally I would like to lose (Or maintain) over christmas lol!

 

[freakydarkstuff]

Wow thanks for posting those MC! Some are horrifically high- probably wont stop me from diving into the tin of celebrations or quality street though! Definitely my xmas weakness. Just will try not to go overboard!

Not feeling much better today - still stuffed up with my sinuses, foggy and ouchy head and my throat is so sore i can barely swallow. Just wish it would bugger off now!!

Todays food ( EE day ) -
B : Nothing.
L: Handful of grapes.
D: 2 x egg and bacon sandwiches ( 4 slices WM bread hexB and 6syns, eggs fried in frylight, bacon with no fat and 3tbsp ketchup 3syns)

Snacks : Bitesize chocolate shortbread bite 3syns.
Drinks : Cups of tea (1 with 1tsp sugar 1syn, the rest with sweetener and skimmed milk hexA) Pepsi max cherry. Flavoured fizzy water.
Syn Total - 13syns

 

[MelonCollie]

Have you tried boiling the boiling water and Vic trick? (Pour freshly boiled water in a large bowl, put in a plop of vicks, mix it do it dissolves in it and then stick your head over it and a towel over your hard to get the steam to reach you easier)

 

[snowbryneich]

MC's trick would be good even if you didn't have vics as the steam would open up your sinuses. Hope you feel better soon.

 

[freakydarkstuff]

I've got some olbas oil stuff that ive been shoving on tissues but im still pretty bunged up and flu-ey.

Kinda starting my xmas early food wise- as i had half a bag of cheese doritos last night. Apart from that i was fine with syns (7.5- youngs low fat fish pie and crisps.) Although i have now realised my sense of taste has gone- i had some pickles (gherkins and onions) and could barely taste the vinegar. So feeling miserable because i can't taste food so whats the point in eating anything!!

Today so far I've had a couple of cocktail sausages and a coconut covered tea cake. Kids xmas party at my Friday group so im not going to count syns today but will be sensible (like i am going to try for the next week!)

 

[snowbryneich]

You can put olbas oil in hot water for the same effect as Vic Lisa to see if the steam helps

 

[Poppet12]

It's the worst when your taste goes! I like the steam & vicks- I find it comforting if nothing else lol. Hope you're better today! When do you finish work? X

 

[freakydarkstuff]

Ive been terrible so far- white bread, cocktail sausages and other party food, coleslaw and potato salad, crisps (although avoided pringles!), cherry bakewells and toffiffee things...

Going out tonight with MIL and her sister for food and wine...

Expecting a big gain when i get home!

 

[Poppet12]

Ohh yummy at all your treats... I'm looking forward to boxing day purely for white bread slathered in lurpak.. And coleslaw!
Have fun & don't worry about it too much- it'd be a shame to spoil Xmas by panicking about everything you eat! It'll drop off again in Jan xx

 

[freakydarkstuff]

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you have a fabulous day and remember- calories consumed on Christmas don't count!!

 

[freakydarkstuff]

Post xmas blowout WI today - 4lb gain. But to be honest I deserved more!

I was awful the past week- munched on tins of chocolate, had a McDonald's, deserts, white bread with lashings of butter...

Aim for today is to ease myself back into the SW mentality - meals are going to be 100% SW friendly but im not going to count syns religiously.

Back to work tomorrow so not looking forward to that.

 

[MoonbeamMama]

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