Baby Charlie has arrived so lets get on with shedding the rest of this wobble!!!

[Ela ine]

Happy Friiiidaay too youu arty001: (I don't know why I'm so pleased it's Friday, btw. I don't think I'm doing anything this weekend either.. which makes me a bit lame )

Anyway, as inspired as I am by you... I am writing my mini goals too! Well, they're not really mini - they're massive!

1 stone lost - (in comparisson to your 9, minus a bit, this makes mine look awful)Ah that shiny sticker keeps teasing me... I get to two pounds away and then I have a gain , but next time..next week!?!?! Well, maybe next week - if not the week after

Get in to a size 16 - I cannot wait for this to happen! I think, think think I am now a solid 18. I 'have been an 18' for ages, but this was really me squishying in! I have clothes from 18 - 24! But now I've bought at least 4 items in an 18

Okay - that's enough goals for now.

Have a lovely lovely afternoon x

 

[CAPRICORN]

Good morning world

Well I have just nipped out in search of the holy grail (coat hangers) -I swear they are a rare as rocking horse droppings out here -Anyhoo I managed to track some down.... €1 for 5 , so I grabbed 6 packs (hubby will get me some wooden ones from work on Monday) so Tomorrow, once hubby has left for his golf competition I will start "operation wardrobe" :giggle: ...I have even bought 2 different colours so I can put different sizes on and make it easy to grab what I want (I have some tops in 2 sizes )
Anyhoo whilst I was out I grabbed 2 non-stick tins for my frittatas at only €1 each and some mini metal skewers --oooh I can't resist kitchen stuff :copon:

SO then Im a bit *um n ahhh* about my food today -really don't know what I fancy so I "think" Im going green ... and it might look like this:-

• 250ml semi (A)
• apple
• chicken n sweetcorn soup (1)
• strawberries
• activia (2.5)
• melon
• 1/2 avocado (7)
• lettuce
  [*]cucumber
  [*]tomato
  [*]peppers
  [*]onions
  [*]tickled onions
  [*]tickled beetroot
  [*]tickled cabbage
• 250ml semi (A)
• fibre plus bar (B)

SO I make that 2A+1B and 10.5 syns

Im still trawling through my mags for recipes so Im hoping I can finally settle on some new recipes to try out this week ..... must get my routine back in place ... hubby is back at work this week, although he is on duty Wednesday which means he goes out about 8am and doesn't get back until about 10am Thursday -but then he gets Thursday off -so hopefully we will get out for a walk then... BUT other than that my week should be back to normal :cross:

Ela ine there is nothing awful about aiming for your 1st stone off as a goal -afterall we al have to get that before we can get any further -plus -I have been at this for nearly a year now AND I don't have a social life like yours either :giggle:
You are doing great -just remember that!!!!
Hope you are having a good weekend...

Right I guess I should get off and get some more recipes sorted -gonna take me an age to transfer them all to my PC -but hey ho -it will be worth it then I can get rid of all these mags -Then the plan is to keep all the recipes on disc but Im also going to print them all off and laminated them so I can find them without having to go on the PC!!!!
oooh and I must get my "shred" done later.... must remember!!!

have a great weekend everyone and keep up the great work!!!!
*************************************
Sun -3 syns used and day 6 shred completed
Mon 2 syns used and day 7 "shredded", 10 min body blast and 45mins mowing lawn
Tue 2.5 syns used and day 8 "shredded" X 2
Wed 1 syn used and day 9 "shredded" + 10min belly fat blaster + 10min Ab ripper
Thu 0 syn used and 3hr walk
Fri 7.5 syns used and day 10 "shredded"
Sat ?? syns used and

 

[constantlydizzy]

Hellloooo Mrs :Na_Na_Na_Na:

Just dropping in with a big fat mahoosive bone to pick with you ............

It goes a little like this " what do you want for tea tonight Mr Dizzy?" can we have burgers again he says....... "but you've had them every day now that we've been at home" Do you think he likes them ??? lol.

I dont mind.....but I'l be cooking 2 meals again (or eating Ox burgers everyday ) unless I can wean him off them. honest he has had them every night since I made them (when his tonsils got better)
MEN EH x x


Im loving the mini targets that you set yourself, I need to lose another 3 stone yet so setting some mini goals like that will make things more 'achievable' I think.

 

[CAPRICORN]

Hiya Dizzy -glad you had a good time at the spa :clap:
.... Make Mr Dizzy get you one of these if you don't have one...
Quarter-Pounder Burger Press - Lakeland, the home of creative kitchenware

ooohhh they are good... it also means that your burgers can't get over 100g -great for portion control (although it doesn't stop you eating more than 1 I guess ) .... I drop 40g of meat mix onto a disc -pat it down put part of a heA of cheese in the middle and then 40g meat on top and and use the plunger and nomnomnom -stops the cheese escaping ... well if I have "paid" for it with my heA I don't want half of it in the pan

Has MrD realised there is gherkin in there yet? :giggle:
Gawd help you when BBQ season sets in he will have you making them for the whole street

Do you know I clean forgot about those other recipes for you :sign0007: -I have been busily adding loads more recipes to my PC today so I will post those ones over to your diary tomorrow -if I don't appear please come and give me a :copon:
I wouldn't have thought you had 3st to spare where have you got it hidden? "ahhhh -I know you have mahoosive fat feet that we can't see in your pic" :giggle:

Hope you are having a great weekend my lovely

well folks so far, so good today -although I haven't eaten much -well even I don't eat whilst Im typing and as hubby has had the cricket on *yawwwwn* I have been sat here most of the day -very good for my ample backside I don't think ...

SO I have managed my apple, my soup which was scrummy again and my frozen strawberries with an activia on top so far!

I still need to get my shred done -so once the cricket is done hubby can shift his backside over here to the PC and Im having the telly for 30mins so Jillian can torture me .

Its weigh in for me in the morning and I feel decidedly bloated -but hey ho, as always we will see what the scales say in the morning :vibes:...
ooooh and I forgot earlier -when we were out hubby nipped in the supermarket and decided to grab me 2 canteloupe melons as he knows they are my fave -bless his cotton socks .... dear god they were €2.99 each and are no bigger than grapefruits -so I will make sure I sit down and give them my full attention when Im eating them -roll on summer and sensibly priced fruit

Anyway -enough yapping from me. I will get off again for now.. have a lovely evening all and keep up the great work!!

 

[constantlydizzy]

Hiya Dizzy -glad you had a good time at the spa :clap:
.... Make Mr Dizzy get you one of these if you don't have one...
Quarter-Pounder Burger Press - Lakeland, the home of creative kitchenware


Has MrD realised there is gherkin in there yet? :giggle:
I wouldn't have thought you had 3st to spare where have you got it hidden? "ahhhh -I know you have mahoosive fat feet that we can't see in your pic" :giggle:

OOOh that gadget looks fab!! I will have to get one of those......(MrD is not a gadget fan and is always telling me off for buying things that I never use ), but he definately cant complain at that one
**nope he still doesnt know about the gherkins**:giggle:

Its funny you should say that about the mahoosive feet..... I bought some flat shoes in the sales last year for this summer(like ballet pumps) and blow me but they are a size too big now

I have always resembled a weeble though.... little head - getting bigger as you get towards the bottom ha ha

 

[CAPRICORN]

Woohoo dizzy... ya never can have too many kitchen gadgets -especially things from lakeland :gimi:

Woop woop folks -day 11 shredded and do you know it really is getting easier :happy036: -not that Im ready to move onto level 2 yet..."oh no sir-ee not me" Im sticking with 1 until I can fly through it...which is gonna be some time yet

Well today is the end of my weeks so I have managed to use a total of 26.5 syns -not even an average of 4 a day -so much for trying to use em all this week ....

Im going to try and get my meal plan for this week sorted tonight and tomorrow then Im all set to start again with a fresh week!!!
Right I will get off again-have a great night all!!

*************************************
Sun -3 syns used and day 6 shred completed
Mon 2 syns used and day 7 "shredded", 10 min body blast and 45mins mowing lawn
Tue 2.5 syns used and day 8 "shredded" X 2
Wed 1 syn used and day 9 "shredded" + 10min belly fat blaster + 10min Ab ripper
Thu 0 syn used and 3hr walk
Fri 7.5 syns used and day 10 "shredded"
Sat 10.5 syns used and day 11 "shredded"

 

[soccermom]

mmmmm Indian patties :drool: they were delish.

We had them with indian roasted veg and chickpeas and a spicy tomato chutney dip I just made up. OH filled his pitta breads and declared them to be "nice that like" coming from a geordie that's high praise indeed

Thanks for the recipe x

 

[CAPRICORN]

Good Morning world :wavey:

Soccermom -so glad hubby liked the patties :clap:

Another 1.5lb off for me this week arty0049: -so just 1 itty bitty lb to my next mini target .. it willllllll be mine next week :vibes:

So then -hubby has just left for his golf competition and heck is it frosty out there -so my ickle snout will be staying indoors today

So then Im going to try and shake things up this week, which will include using at least 10 syns EVERY day *gulp* AND getting back to having a proper brekkie -I seem to have lost my need for brekkie this last few weeks :sigh: - so then today will be a green day ...

• lemon juice in warm water :checkmark green:
• 125ml semi (0.5xA):checkmark green:
  [*]14g oats (0.5xB):checkmark green:
  [*]frozen berries:checkmark green:
• melon
• pineapple :checkmark green:
• 2 quorn sausages:checkmark green:
• 1/2tsp oil (1) -to roast:checkmark green:
  [*]onions :checkmark green:
  [*]carrots :checkmark green:
  [*]parsnips :checkmark green:
  [*]peppers :checkmark green:
• 14g fresh parmesan (0.5xB) :checkmark green:
• frozen raspberries
• frozen cherries
• activia (2.5)
• jacket potato
  [*]lettuce
  [*]cucumber
  [*]tomato
  [*]peppers
  [*]onion
  [*]tickled beetroot
  [*]tickled cabbage
• activia (2.5)
• 250ml semi (A)
• 125ml semi (0.5xA)
• fibre plus bar (B)

Sooo that little lot comes in at 2A+B and 6syns -which gives me 6 more syns to play with -incase I need more milk
My plan for today is to :-

• do a stock check on the freezers *wish me luck"
• fettle our bedrroom and get as many of my clothes onto coathangers as possible
• and to get on with my recipe hunt :read:
• oooh and to finish my meal plan for the week

Right -time for me to go and get my brekkie and then get on with some sorting....
Have a great day everyone and no doubt I will be back when I have a break from fettling

 

[.Nicki.]

Well done on your 1.5lb x x

 

[tracejovi]

Morning Capricorn!

Congrats on another 1.5 lbs off! I've been a good girl most of the time this week and I've lost 3 lbs, which I'm very pleased with, particularly as I had a jam doughnut with the boys at work on Monday to celebrate passing my exam, then a meal at Las Iguanas (one of my fave places) on Tuesday with a friend I haven't seen for ages, which included 2 caiprinhas and a hot chocolate with rum in it!!!! Nom nom nom!

I shall be good again this week as it's only 4 weeks till we go to Tenerife! can't wait!

Bye for now, take care, Trace xxx

 

[tracejovi]

p.s. What page is your recipe list on? thanks! xx

 

[CAPRICORN]

Thanks ladies
My plan changed -not my food one -my chores one so I have fettled the living room and kitchen, cleaned the windows and mopped the hall/kitchen

Well I have just had my lunch and cor it was scrummy - Someone on another thread also pointed out quorn sausages are free (I had them confuddled with the 1/4lb burgers I had the other day ) so I have amended my list and I now have 4 syns to sort out

Well done on your loss Trace arty0011:, see we knew you would be straight back to it once those bloomin exams were out of the way
Only 4 weeks to your jollies? are you all excited yet?

My recipe list is on page 62 my lovely -if you can't find owt give me a yell and I will dig it out...
Have a lovely day mrs and keep up the great work!!

 

[redmel]

Well done, another 1.5lb gone...You are amazing, but of course, you know that already

I have the MIL over today for dinner so am making the chinese pork, I have the ingredients for the Goan pork curry so will make that this week.

xx

 

[constantlydizzy]

Helllooooo Mrs

Well done on this weeks loss hun! You're still our little superstar

 

[Ela ine]

Whoooo hoooo! :bliss:

yayayayay!!! arty01:

I am SO pleased for you! Knew you would have a good loss with all that shredding! Day 11 - wow! You're so inspiring lovely!!!

It WILL be yours next week! It will it will!!!
I'm so glad I stumbled upon your diary - because of you I started my own, and now I try to check in every day (usually more - sorry!:giggle) and I really value the support I get here.. much more than at my group etc!

So thanks! xx

p.s. thanks for sponsoring me! A week and a half to go - what!?!?!?!?!

 

[CAPRICORN]

Good evening all -and thankyou

Okey dokey then.... here is what I have managed of my plan soooo far:-

lemon juice in warm water :checkmark green:
125ml semi (0.5xA) :checkmark green:
14g oats (0.5xB) :checkmark green:
frozen berries :checkmark green:
melon :checkmark green:
pineapple :checkmark green:
2 quorn sausages :checkmark green:
1/2tsp oil (1) -to roast:checkmark green:
onions :checkmark green:
carrots :checkmark green:
parsnips :checkmark green:
peppers :checkmark green:
14g fresh parmesan (0.5xB) :checkmark green:
frozen raspberries:checkmark green:
frozen cherries:checkmark green:
activia (2.5):checkmark green:
jacket potato:checkmark green:
cottage cheese :checkmark green:
lettuce :checkmark green:
cucumber :checkmark green:
tomato :checkmark green:
peppers :checkmark green:
onion :checkmark green:
tickled beetroot :checkmark green:
tickled cabbage :checkmark green:
activia (2.5)
250ml semi (A):checkmark green:
125ml semi (0.5xA)
fibre plus bar (B):checkmark green:

So I WILL use the rest of my milk -but then "Im done" -*insert chubby little podged face here* -SO thats 2A+B and just 3.5syns - I really really thought I had planned well enough today to get those syns down me -but it seems such a struggle -I know I shouldn't :rant2: as its preferable to feeling like I don't have enough syns but it really is irritating me now... :copon: . I will see what I can come up with tomorrow

Well this afternoon I started sorting out my clothes -after I had got hubby to move the shelf up on one side of the wardrobe as I now have dresses to hang :faint2: - I tried them all on and they are split into 2 camps -the "I can wear" and the "not yet" -even though they are all 16s -some are more forgiving I have 8 in the "can wear" and 8 in the "not yets" ...
Im going to try all my other clothes on (most of which are new :giggle and seperate them the same... then I know which to grab when Im going out and which to keep trying until they do fit -AND any that don't suit my shape are going into the "get rid of pile" the problem with a lot of them isn't the size -its the length -Im only 5ft 5" and so some come down to mid thigh which NOW make me look bigger and Im not having that

Redmel -hope you like the pork.... they are both faves of hubby -especially the Goan one -I like the chinese one cold :drool:

Dizzy -have you convinced MrD how important a burger press is yet?

Ela ine -you are welcome... Im sure you will do just fine with your swim :vibes:

right Im off to catch up with everything - have a great evening all and keep up the great work!!

 

[Ela ine]

Okay - any clothes for me

 

[CAPRICORN]

Goooooood Morning lovely people

It is gloriously bright here at the moment -Hubby has left for work, so for now at least my routine has returned to normal :bliss: -god, Im a creature of habit :giggle:

So then todays mission includes part 2 of "operation wardrobe" and then I will finish fettling our bedroom....

Having pondered my "syn situation" I thought I would give EE a whirl today to see if only having 1 A+B means I use more syns to buy extras :sign0151: ... so then todays EE menu should look like this:-

• lemon juice in warm water :checkmark green:
• 250ml semi (A) :checkmark green:
• melon
  [*]pineapple
  [*]activia (2.5)
• lemon n black pepper salmon :checkmark green:
  [*]lettuce :checkmark green:
  [*]cucumber :checkmark green:
  [*]tomato :checkmark green:
  [*]peppers :checkmark green:
  [*]tickled cabbage :checkmark green:
  [*]tickled beetroot :checkmark green:
• frozen cherries :checkmark green:
• frozen raspberries :checkmark green:
• frozen strawberries :checkmark green:
• activia (2.5) :checkmark green:
• grapefruit
• special fried rice (2.5) for chorizo
• apple
• orange
• fibre plus bar (B)

SO that comes to 1A+B and 7.5 syns for now.
Im going to put bacon, spring onions and peppers in the fritatta and I may add some cheese (will update syns if I do) -**just decided to do this tomorrow **.... then the egg fried rice will have chorizo, onions, mushrooms, peppers, peas, sweetcorn in -tis seriously tasty

I will get some more recipes sorted again today -I WILL get them all done in time to car boot the mags, I WILL :vibes:
Nothing much else planned here today -ooh although if I can pluck up the courage I will get the stock check done on the freezers and the basement store :fear: -but don't hold me to it
ooh and I plan on "shredding" this evening for a change
Ela ine -I will give you a yell if I come across anything when I sort out the rest of my wardrobe -I need to get my camera disc found so I can reload it on the PC so I can get pics again -gawd knows where it is
Hope you have a great week Mrs....
Right -I had better get off and get brekkie -have a great day everyone and keep up the great work!!!

 

[CAPRICORN]

Ok so I have blitzed both freezers and have come up with :-
fish/seafood:-

• 2 sides lemon n black pepper salmon
• 250g white fish x 2
• 5 haddock fillets
• 10 smoked haddock fillets
• 2 bags prawns
• 7 tuna steaks
• 1kg raw king prawns

lamb:-

• 8 lamb leg steaks
• 1 box marinated lamb

Chicken :-

• 2 chicken breasts
• 1 pack chicken mini roasts
• 1 pack thai fillets
• 2 chicken breasts wrapped in bacon
• 1 pack popcorn chicken

Turkey:-

• 1 pack south african turkey steaks
• 500g turkey steaks x 2
• 3 turkey steaks
• 1 marinated turkey
• piri piri turkey kebabs
• 500g turkey mince x 2

Pork :-

• 6 pork chops
• 1 pork crackling joint
• 2 pork steaks
• 2 marinated pork chops
• 4 pork escalope
• 2 pack BBQ ribs
• 3 packs Chinese ribs
• 12 pork n leek sausages
• 18 pork sausages
• 10 pigs in blankets
• 2 gammon steaks

Beef :-

• 3 beef joints
• 1 x 500g braising steak
• 1x 600g braising steak
• 1 x 300g pork roulle steak
• 220g thin cut steaks
• 300g minute steaks
• 2 parks chargrill steaks
• 4 steaks
• 400g minced beef
• 1 pack liver
• 8 hm faggots

cooked meats :-

• 3 packs sliced beef
• 10 slices ham x 3
• 1 pack ham

vegetarian :-

• 12 potato cakes
• 2 bean burgers
• 4 mushroom burgers
• 6 cheese sausages
• 16 quorn sausages

veggies/fruit :-

• parsnips 14x serving
• mushrooms
• mushypeas
• garden peas
• sweetcorn
• strawberries
• cheries
• raspberries

Misc:-

• 7 X 700g blocks mature cheddar
• 3 tubs single cream

The scary thing is that, THAT lot isn't as bad as I was expecting -so now I need to work my meal plan in to start getting it used up ..... so, as our month starts on the 25th -Im going to try for a super frugal month :cross: - although I will still no doubt spend a fair bit on fruit n veg as always
SO now I just need to do a stock check on the basement stores hmmmmm :hmm: may muster the strength to go and get that done in a mo!
Anyhoo -if you see me NOT crossing things off my list please feel free to me.. I don't want to have to do it all again...
Right -best get off and get something done.... have a lovely afternoon all!!!

 

[Spanx]

Hi Capricorn - well done on another fab loss this week and on your 'shredding'!

Can't believe I've found someone with more in their freezer than I've got!