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[autumnflower]

Sunday 1st March

Breakfast:
Shredded Wheat [HEB] + 250ml ss milk [HEA] + sugar (2)

Lunch:
Tesco Healthy Choices Chicken Salad Sandwich [15]
Fridge Raiders [1]
Apple & Melon snack pack

Tea:
Quorn Spaghetti Bolognaise - mushrooms, peppers, tinned toms & pasaata + stock cube

TOTAL SYNS
18


Quite impressed I managed to not go over syns that much even having a sandwich for my lunch!
Also I have been at home for a week with no proper internet access, but I'm now back to posting as close to daily as possible.

 

[autumnflower]

Monday 2nd March

Breakfast:
1 x Alpen Light [HEB & S]

Lunch:
Chicken, pasta, low fat fromage frais [1], lettuce, cucumber
Mullerlight
Fridge Raiders [1]
Pineapple fingers pack
Apple and grape pack
5 x Mini Chedders [5]
16g mini bag of Haribo tangfastics [3]

Tea:
Pasta Bake: pasta, tinned toms, 1/4 jar of sainsburys pasta sauce [3]
28g Red Leicester cheese [HEA]
Muller Cherry Under-layer yoghurt [0.5]

TOTAL SYNS
14.5

 

[autumnflower]

WI
- 4.5 lbs!


Super please with this loss, although technically this is over 12 days so more like over 2 weeks.
I think I am going to change to the Tuesday group as I think I can fit it in better with my shifts and such

WK 2: 2.25lbs per week
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[autumnflower]

Tuesday 3rd March

Breakfast:
Apple & Grape snack pack
2 x Hi Fi Light rocky road bars

Lunch:
Tinned tuna + extra light mayonnaise (2), lettuce, cucumber, celery, ham, roast beef, pickled onion & beetroot
Fridge Raiders [1]
Mini grape punnet
Mullerlight

Snacks
Berry Medely pot (strawberry, grapes, blueberry, blackberry)

Tea
Baked chicken
Lettuce, cucumber, peppers

TOTAL SYNS
3

No HEA today oops,

I have to say, those Hi Fi rocky road bars are AMAZING!!
They are not cereal bars, they are like a little sweet snack that are included in your healthy extra B choice.
They have freaking marshmellows on! MMMM.

Also I am now at home for a few days, so I'm hoping I don't go too far off plan - although I am already planning my fish and chip supper for one of the days.
I have already given my dad a call [who does all the cooking] to let him know what things I can and can't eat so hopefully this will be okay.
May tot up syns for the week as well as daily, to see if I can keep it all within syns.

 

[autumnflower]

Wednesday 4th March

Breakfast:
Shreddies [HEB] & SS Milk [HEA]
Banana

Lunch:
Chicken & Bacon Salad - Lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes
Coleslaw [3]

Snacks:
Hi Fi Light bar [3]

Tea:
Chicken breasts, Peppers, Lettuce, Cucumber, Onion, Tomato, Corn on Cob, peri peri sauce [1]
330ml can of 5.2% larger [6.5]

SYNS FOR THE DAY
13.5

FOR THE WEEK
15.5/105

 

[autumnflower]

Thursday 5th March

Breakfast:
2 x small slices of wholemeal toast
Butter [2]

Lunch:
Tuna, Mayo [1], beef, ham, salad, cucumber, celery.

Tea:
Fish (with batter removed) & Chips [14] & breadcake [12]

Evening:
Slimming World Singapore Noodles
10cal Jelly [0.5]

SYNS FOR DAY
29.5

SYNS FOR WEEK
44/105

I have fogotten to have my HEA allowance again, this is mostly because there was only one portion of shreddies and now at home there arent any HEB cereals about. I dont particularly like cheese, or just drinking milk so I think this might be a slight deviation from plan.

Went a little bit overboard at the fish and chip shop, ordering a large breadcake to go along with my meal, and not having any veg with it either. I don't like batter anyways, so taking that off is never an issue for me.

Thankfully, I had barely any syns on Tuesday, which I'm hoping will offset any gains when spread over the week.

 

[autumnflower]

Friday 6th March

Breakfast:
2 x small wm bread slices, beans, 2 eggs scrambled, milk [part HEA]

Lunch:
Chicken, cos lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, spring onion

Snacks:
2 x Hi Fi light bars [6]
1 x Alpen light [3]

Tea:
Chicken, butternut squash, corgettes, tomatoes with Veetee Rice [0.5]
Maggi Paprika bag between 3 [1.5]
Hartleys 10cal jelly [0.5]

Snack
Banana

SYNS FOR DAY
11.5

SYNS FOR WEEK
63.5/105


I didnt have the full HEA allowance, as I just used a bit in my scrambled eggs but its better than nothing!

 

[autumnflower]

Saturday 7th March

Breakfast:
Cornflakes [5] sugar [1] & milk [HEA]
Banana

Lunch:
Chilli [tomato, kidney beans, peppers] & boiled rice
Strawberry and Grape Pot

Tea:
Slimming World Squash and Spinach curry
Uncle bens wild mushroom rice 1/2 pack [1]

Snacks:
Snack-a-Jacks [5]

Evening:
Chicken & salad [lettuce, cucumber]

SYNS FOR DAY
12

SYNS FOR WEEK
77.5/105

Managed to Forget to have my HEB choice for the day because of the cornflakes.
I remembered when I was snuggled in bed already. I definatley need to keep on top of actually having my healthy extras each day!

I am now back at home, but thankfully have not strayed too far off track for the last few days

 

[autumnflower]

Sunday 8th March

Breakfast:
1 x hobnob [3.5]

Snack:
1 x Hi Fi Rhubarb Bar
1 x Alpen Light Lemon Drizzle
[HEB]
Lunch:
Sainsburys Lemon and Herb Roast chicken sandwich [can't find it - 24 based on kcal?]
Fridge Raiders x 2 [2]
Crabsticks
Pineapple Fingers

Tea
Quorn Bolognaise - Peppers, mushrooms, tinned toms and passaata with spaghetti
Red Leicster Cheese [HEA]

SYNS FOR THE DAY
31.5

SYNS FOR THE WEEK
109 / 105


So I had a bit of a hiccup at lunch with the sandwich, but I just could not think of anything to have for lunch, and serves me right going food shopping when hungry.
Line drawn there though, and back on plan with a syn free evening meal. BUT, this does mean I have completely ran out of syns for tomorrow.....

 

[autumnflower]

Monday 9th February

Breakfast
2 bowls of cheerios (thought they were a HEB, they are not ) [9]
250ml ss milk HEA

Snacks
Fridge Raiders [1]
Apple and Grape bag

Lunch
Chicken, salad, cherry toms, flat mushroom, celery, carrot, cucumber



Tea
Quorn Cottage Pie
- Carrot
- Celery
- Onion
- Peas
- Sweetcorn
- Stock Cube
- Pasaata
- 1/2 tin chopped toms
- Potato for topping

Served with mixed veg
(carrots, peas, broccoli & cauliflower)

 

[autumnflower]

Weigh In;
+1.5 lbs

A bit disappointing, as was hoping for a STS, but looking back on the weeks food diarys - not really followed the plan.
I'm going to start posting pictures, and take a look at what foods are speed foods and such and mark that down


WK 2: 2.25lbs per week
WK 3: 1.5lbs per week
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[autumnflower]

Tuesday 10th March

Breakfast

Full English

3 slices of bacon {P}
Eggs {P}
Flat Mushroom {S}
Baked Beans {F} {S}
Chopped tomatoes {S}
WM bread slice {F} [1/2 HEB]
Flora ex light butter [1]

Snacks

Orange Mullerlight with chocolate sprinkles

Tesco Berry Medley
- Strawberry's{S}
- Grapes
- Blueberry's
- Blackberry's {F} {S}
- Added Raspberries {S}





Tea
Handmade Burger Co.
Peppered Beef Burger (no bun) [est. 6 syns?]
Flat Mushroom
Salad
Corn on the Cob

Evening
250ml semi skimmed milk [HEA]
Mint Choc Options [1.5]
Hi Fi Light rocky road [1/2 HEB]


TOTAL SYNS
8.5


Date night went well, ventured to Handmade Burger, as I know you can get them without a bun swapping it for coleslaw or salad.

I guessed that the coleslaw was probably the same amount of syns as having a bun, so just went with the salad. I even remembered to give my OH the onion rings that came with mine, and didnt eat the onion chutney stuff that came with it!

Now, I have no idea how these burgers are made, so I used syns for a tbsp of oil to include that and the peppercorn marinade (didnt really seem like a sauce at all)

I even remembered to have all of my healthy extras. Hopefully this is the start to a good week

 

[autumnflower]

Wednesday 11th February

Breakfast
Shredded Wheat minis [HEB]
250ml ss milk [HEA]
tsp sugar [1]
Banana

Snacks
Raspberrys
Hartley 10cal Jelly [0.5]

Lunch
Mixed Grill [ate at Ember Inns pub]
Steak
Gammon
Chicken
Sausage [

Basic, Pork sausages premium, each

5

]

Egg [1] (for oil)
Salad {tomato, onion, lettuce}
Grilled tomato
Flat mushroom
For any oil that the meat may have been cooked in [6]

Basic, Oil, all varieties , 1 level tbsp

6

6

6

Tea
Tuna
Salad {lettuce, mixed leaves, cucumber, celery, carrots}
Hellmans light mayonnaise tbsp [2]

TOTAL SYNS
15.5



I think I may have over estimated syns for my meal, but I'd rather be safe than sorry! I did have a look to see if anything was listed on syns online but all I could find was 'Spoons, but that includes chips and whatever else but still, I was kinda shocked at how many syns it was! Which is why I don't mind putting a fair few syns to account for any possibilty.

J D Wetherspoon, Mixed Grill with Chips, Peas, Tomato & Flat Mushroom , per serving

42½

42½

57½

Once again I left the onion rings that came with mine, but I just couldnt resist the sausage. It tasted like it didnt have any fat inside it, but classed it as a gourmet sausage just in case.

I really really want to lose that 1.5lbs each week for target, and I'm aiming for two this week!

 

[autumnflower]

Thursday 12th March

Breakfast
2 slices of small wm bread [HEB]
flora extra light butter [2]
2 egg scramble {P}
tomato ketchup [1.5]




Snacks
Banana
Alpen Light choc & fudge [3]

Lunch
Chicken {P}

Maggi, So Tender Garlic, dried , 5.8g sheet

1½

1½

1½

Salad {rocket & baby leaf, cucumber}
Flat mushroom {S}



Tea
Chicken & Prawn Ratatoulle Pasta
Lidl Oaklands Med Roasting Vegetables [onion {S}, peppers {S}, tomato {S}, courgettes {S}]
(I can't find them on syns online - serving is 420g so shall look at comparable ones instead)

Sainsbury's, Ready to Cook Mediterranean Vegetables Drizzled with Olive Oil, chilled , 400g pack

3

3

3

Will give this [1.5] syns as it will be between two
Extra peppers and cherry tomatoes
Mushrooms {S}



Evening

Hartleys sugar free jelly [0.5]
Vanilla mulllerlight with chocolate sprinkles
frozen mixed berries



note: definately wait until they have thawed a bit before eating....

TOTAL SYNS
10

 

[autumnflower]

Friday 13th March

Breakfast
Exotic Fruit Salad from Sainsburys

Lunch
{went to Meadowhall}

Ate at GoFresh
Spicy Chicken Salad
- Lettuce
- Beetroot
- mushrooms
- sweetcorn
- tikka chicken
- spicy mayonnaise [? 5 ?]

Medium chips

Burger King, Fries , 1 medium

9

Tea
Turkey pieces and salad

Evening
1 x Kraken dark rum and diet coke [2.5]
Singapore Chow Mein [no listing for singapore going with one below]

Chinese Restaurants/Takeaways, Chicken Chow Mein, average portion , 550g serving

24

26

24

TOTAL SYNS
38 [-12 to equal 26 if doing cheaty way]




I had checked to see how many syns that having takeaway would be, and looking online as syns online doesn't list singapore chow mein.
I had seen that it would be 8 syns from a post on here, and thought I can manage with that! I checked again when putting this together and was shocked at it being 24 per portion. Although to me, I would put some syns for the oil that was used but there is no sauce really, the thin noodles I had didnt seem like 'straight to wok' and the only other stuff is meat which is also free, so I wouldn't have thought that this should be as high... but i'm gonna go with the official Syns online version.

I did super well at lunch with the salad, but fell apart at the 'do you want to make it a meal' part.

Even though its not following the plan, I didnt have any HEA or HEB so I'm saying that I have another 12 syns to play with for the day for damage limitation.

 

[*Emsie*]

Just saying hi, some lovely food pics! I think they have changed the syns in takeaways enormously!

 

[autumnflower]

Saturday 14th March

Breakfast
1 x Alpen Light
1 x HiFi Rhubarb [HEB]
Grapes, blackberries and strawberries

Lunch
Jacket potato
Cheese [HEA]
Lettuce, cucumber & tomato

Snacks
Melon snack pack
Whitworths biscuit shot [3] {these are delish, and just what you need for a quick sweet fix for only 3 syns }


Tea
Innocent Japanese Udon Noodles [1.5]
- these are currently on sale at Sainburys for £2 and it was rather nice!
Toffee Mullerlight

TOTAL SYNS
4.5


Reduced my syns today to compensate for yesterday!

 

[autumnflower]

Just saying hi, some lovely food pics! I think they have changed the syns in takeaways enormously!

I knew they had changed them, but I didn't realise just how drastically! that and I did think that August 2013 was more recent then it is, cause thats when the post was made. I though 'only a few months old' forgetting we are now in 2015 not 2014 haha.

 

[autumnflower]

Sunday 15th March

Breakfast
Chocolate Weetabix x 2 [HEB + 2]
250ml semi skimmed milk [HEA]

Lunch
Chicken Caesar pasta {bought pre-packaged at work as they had cleared away the salad & other meats}
- Not really sure how to syn this as there seemed to be a super thin white sauce, that kinda seemed like watered down mayo, but i'm just not sure. [? 3 ?]



Apple


Snacks
16g pack of Haribo starmix [2.5]
Alpen Light [3]

Tea
Quorn Spag Bol
- mushroom, peppers, onion
- tinned tom
- oxo cube
- spaghetti
- 1/4 sainsburys pasta sauce [3]

TOTAL SYNS
13.5

 

[autumnflower]

Monday 16th March

Breakfast
2 x choc weetabix [HEB + 2]
ss. milk [HEA]

Lunch
{ate out at a Scream pub}

Chilli and Lime chicken salad [under 400cals]
- lettuce, cucumber, pepper, onion
- chicken
- chilli and lime dressing
[6]

For any food that is eating out, im just going to add 6 syns to what I think it should be to count for any oil that may be used.

Evening
Tuna tinned in brine
Light Mayonnaise [4]
lettuce & cucumber

TOTAL SYNS
12