Cheekychinchilla's food and stuff

[cheekychinchilla]

Have had a bit of a lazy day today. Got up late, had a very late lunch, and watched a couple of eps of Dollhouse. Treated myself coz I had a busy week
Have just walked Ellie though and did another lead training session. She's coming on really well now Just about to walk Davey up to the chippy with my Mum. I'm not getting anything, but I might make SW chips, Quorn burger, and loads of 'fried' onions for me

Green Day

Lunch: 2 Weetabix (HexB1), banana, maple syrup (1), and ss milk (all milk HexA1)
Cherries, grapes, and an Activia fat free.

Snack: A few strawberries over the afternoon.

Tea: Quorn sizzling burger (1), SW chips, onions, salad, and 60g reduced cal coleslaw (2). 2 slices of wholemeal little bread (HexB2) and low fat cheese (HexA2) Two tbsp of tomato sauce (2) and 1/2tbsp of mustard (0.5)

Snack: Cadbury's Boost (16)

Drinks: Coffee. Squash. Diet Coke.

Syns used: 22.5
Syns left: 14

Exercise: 30min walk with Ellie.
40min walk with Dave and Mum.

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Another lazy day today I think

Green Day

Lunch: 2 Weetabix (HexB1), banana, maple syrup (1), and ss milk (all milk HexA1)
Apple, strawberries, maple syrup (1), Activia fat free, and a bit of cinnamon.

Snack: 2 Tesco light choices Dutch crispbakes (3) and 28g of extra light soft cheese (2). And a few grapes.

Tea: 3 Quorn sausages, 2 slices of wholemeal little bread (HexB2), half a tin of beans, 2 Tesco hash browns (5) & omelette (made with 2 eggs, splash of ss milk, salt, pepper, HexA2 low fat cheese, and cherry tomato's) And 2tbsp of tomato sauce (2)

Snack: 16g of Hotel Chocolat dark choc (close enough to 3.5) And a bag of Caramel Nibbles (10)

Drinks: Coffee. Diet Coke. Squash.

Syns used: 27.5
Syns left this week: 1.5

Exercise: Around 30-40mins cleaning out pigs, de-poo'ing the garde, and sorting out the bins. That's about as energetic as I'm getting today

Exercise this week: 1090 over 7 days.

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Week 25

Green Day

Lunch: 2 slices of wholemeal bread (HexB1), 28g of extra light soft cheese (2), packet of cheese curls (3.5), and a Pot Noodle in a Mug. Proper old school lunch
Strawberries and grapes.

Tea: Quorn lamb grill, tomato and herb pasta & sauce, peppers, sweetcorn, salad, and HexA2 low fat cheese. 1tbsp of EL mayo (0.5)

Snack: 1 Alpen light (half HexB2) and Activia fat free.

Drinks: Coffee (all milk as HexA1) Squash.

Syns used: 6
Syns left: 9

Exercise: 40mins walk with Ellie.
40mins walk with Dave.
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[cheekychinchilla]

Good day today! Got to do some new stuff at the vets (and I didn't panic like a wally!) and spoke to the new dating site guy on the phone for 45mins!! I HATE talking on the phone It went really well and we had such a laugh. Trying not to get my hopes up tho...

Green Day

Breakfast: Weetabix (HexB1), banana, maple syrup (1), and ss milk. Activia fat free.

Snack: An apple and a few cherries (actually had a few cherries throughout the day)

Lunch: 2 Quorn sausages, 2 boiled eggs, 2 slices of wholemeal little bread (HexB2), 1/2tbsp of mustard (0.5) and 2tbsp of tomato sauce (2)

Tea: Just over half a pack of Ainsley Harriott Moroccan Medley couscous (1), Tesco fake chicken, HexA2 low fat cheese, salad, sweetcorn, tomato's, and beetroot. Chipotle Tabasco & 1tbsp EL mayo (0.5)

Snack: A clementine.

Drinks: Coffee. Squash. Diet Irn Bru. Diet Coke.

Syns used: 5
Syns left: 19

Exercise: 15mins walk to bus stop and vets.
2hrs20mins at the vets.
1hr20min walk home via Tesco.

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Had my second CBT appointment today. It went quite well, but she chose today to go over my blood/vein issues. So I spent 45mins feeling rather queasy, lol. Was good to explain tho. Had a walk round the shops and bought a few foody bits for me and the animals. Off to get weighed in a bit :cross:

ETA: I got weighed and I've lost 3lb :bliss: Can't believe it, lol!! So I'm dead on 13st. 1lb off next week would get me to my 2.5st ticker and into the 12's!!

Green day:

Breakfast eaten over a few hours: Activia fat free, banana, 2 Alpen lights (HexB1), and a couple of strawberries.

Lunch: Pot Noodle in a mug, 2 slices of wholemeal bread (HexB2), EL soft cheese (2), and a pack of cheese curls (3.5).

Snack: A few cherries and grapes.

Tea: Soba noodles, Tesco 'chicken', stir fry veg, and half the sachet of Amoy Aromatic black bean sauce (2.5)

Snack: 2 Snack biscuits (4)

Drinks: Coffee (milk HexA1) Squash. 7 Up Free. Fudge Highlights (2)

Syns used: 14
Syns left: 20

Exercise: About an hour walking before and after CBT.
Around 2hrs30mins walking to and around the local shops with Mum.

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Green Day

Lunch: 2 slices of wholemeal little bread (HexB1), tin of Sainsbury's veggie ravioli, half HexA1 low fat cheese, salad, and 60g of reduced cal coleslaw (2)
A peach and a few grapes and cherries.

Snack: 10g bag of mini pretzels (2) and a couple of strawberries.

Tea: Quorn Just Add Chilli Beef (1), chicken flavour packet rice, jacket spud, HexA2 low fat cheese, salad, and 2 EL mayo (1)

Snack: 6 dark choc Mikado's (3)

Drinks: Coffee (milk as rest of HexA1) 7Up Free. Coors Light (4.5)

Syns used: 13.5
Syns left: 21.5

Exercise: 15mins walking.
3hrs at the vets-bit of a quiet day today.
40min walk home.

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Starting to have a major wibble over a bbq I've been invited to. Not food wise, coz I am all for a flexi day But I'm rather nervous and just a bit terrified, lol. It's at my voluntary boss'/vets house on Sunday and it's for all his staff (some I've never met coz they do diff days), his vet friends, RSPCA, and some other animal places he has worked with. Luckily my best mate will be there as he works for Bug World and my vet is their vet, but still
Anyway, I have just been over to the shops and have bought some supplies. I'm gonna make Humming Bird Bakery cupcakes to take with me VERY un-SW friendly and quite possibly diabetic coma's in a cake, but still I'm making their vanilla cupcakes, some with vanilla icing and sprinkles and some with chocolate icing and white choc chips. I feel I should point out that the icing is indeed butter cream :drool:


Extra Easy

Lunch: 2 Weetabix (HexB), banana, honey (1), and ss milk (all milk as HexA)
Cherries, strawberries, grapes, maple syrup (1), and Activia fat free.

Snack: Bag of mini pretzels (2)

Tea: Mushy pea curry-onions, tikka paste (0.5), tinned tomato's, mushy peas, tinned potato's, and turkey. Packet of savoury rice (egg fried rice), peas, and sweetcorn.

Snack: A Mars bar (12)

Drinks: Coffee. Squash. Sprite Zero. 7 Up Free. Diet Coke. Lots of fizzy today!!

Syns used: 16.5
Syns left: 19

Exercise: Around 2 hours of walking to, around, and home from the shops.

 

[zombiecakes]

Your lunch today sounds delicious!

What do you do at the vets? Nursing?

 

[cheekychinchilla]

It was lovely And very filling, lol. I'm a volunteer auxiliary nurse at the vets. Would really, really like to train as a vet nurse-just need to find someone who will give me a training position. All my qualifications and years of experience should help, it's just getting in somewhere-you know? But now I've finally decided that it is what I want to do, I'm really gonna go for it

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Oh dear. It is impossible to bake and not taste stuff!! I haven't tried any of the actual cakes, but I have had quite a bit of icing....well, I had to make sure it was alright Think I will donate 10 syns to baking and hope that covers it-I know that's quite a lot, but I probably had the equivalent of two spoonfulls. Would rather go over the top with syns than not count enough. I'm having the afternoon/bbq off tomorrow so I can relax and not be 'the girl on a diet', but I know I wont go overboard because I find it quite difficult to eat in front of new people or if I'm nervous. Will be having a couple of drinks tho to calm my nerves!!
I'm probably not gonna get weighed next week anyway with having the afternoon off and my stupid period has arrived. We shall see..

Green Day

Lunch: 2 slices of wholemeal little bread (HexB1), 2 Quorn sausages, 2 boiled eggs, 1/2tbsp of mustard (0.5), and 2tbsp of tomato sauce (2)

Icing tasting (10)

Tea:

Snack:

Drinks: Coffee (milk as HexA1) Sprite Zero. Squash.

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Cupcake pics and one of Ellie coz she was there

 

[knitter]

Great cupcakes and lovely dog too!

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Thank you Knitter She's a beautiful dog, but that's not a great pic of her. Looks like she's laughing tho

 

[zombiecakes]

Grats on your 3lb loss this week btw!

I hope you're enjoying your afternoon off and it's not too nerve wracking!

Being a vet nurse sounds v interesting, but i think i would end up bringing all the homeless animals home. Your doggy is lovely!

 

[zombiecakes]

PS your cupcakes are making my mouth water!! :gimi::drool:

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Thank you Zombiecakes To be honest, I've worked with animals and been around them for so long that you do manage to become detached from them. Every now and then one does slip through your guard tho Most of my animals are 'rescues'. Ellie is actually a Dogs Trust dog

I did manage to have a good time at the bbq. I was nervous as hell, which I'm now paying for with a headache, but I did have fun. My mate had to leave at 5:30 and a few of the people I'd been sitting with were talking about going soon, so I decided to go with Mike. But when I was saying goodbye to a few other people they seemed disappointed I was going so soon and that they hadn't had a chance to talk to me much. I really should have stayed, but I was worried about leaving alone and paying for a taxi. Ah well, at least I went, managed to eat a little, and had fun.
Syn wise I don't think I did too bad really. Wont syn anything, but will write it out.

EE Day

Breakfast: 2 slices of wholemeal little bread, 3 turkey rashers, 2 boiled eggs, and 2 tbsp of tomato sauce.

BBQ: Fish, veg, & halloumi kebab. New potato salad. Cucumber and tomato's, & feta. Coleslaw. Strawberries and clotted cream ice cream. And one of my cakes. All tiny amounts btw as I have a big problem with eating in front of people I don't know or if I'm nervous.
Also had a glass of Diet Coke and 2 Coors Lights.

Tea: Quorn bolognese thing like last night and spaghetti.

Snack: 2 Snack biscuits and the last chocolate cupcake!

Drinks: Coffee.

Exercise this week: 880 over 5 days.

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Week 26

Had my heart check-up today-I had open heart surgery when I was 18months old to repair a big hole in the bit that separates the lower chambers, and a smaller one in the bit that separates the top ones.
The registrar I saw was actually really nice and gentle (makes a bloody change!), but very shocked about me having not been called in for 5 years. Naughty hospital!! It was mostly good news anyway and I had a very long, very thorough echo done, as well as an ECG and general obs..
The main hole that was repaired has a small leak, but it always has had, so it's fine. And they couldn't even find the smaller hole that was repaired, which is excellent. But they did point out something new (well, new to me, but not new in a medical sense) to me, it's a pulmonary stenosis-which is a thickening of the muscle just below the valve on the artery that goes to my lungs. Apparently I'm quite lucky that it isn't the valve itself, which is more common, but also more likely to deteriorate. This may never change for me, but if it does I will need a vasoplasty (ballooon on catheter to stretch the artery) or surgery. But hopefully that will either never happen or it's a long way off. So my appointments are going back to a yearly basis and they're gonna keep a better eye on me
Oh and the BEST thing. Not one person in there mentioned my weight Healthy eating and exercise were mentioned, but only in a "these things will help keep your heart healthy"-good oral hygiene was their main point as a lot of research has been done into this.
So yeah, no Dr's or nurses calling me fat today By my next appointment tho I should have well reached target and be super fit!
I spoke to a specialist cardiac nurse after seeing the Dr and Consultant and she gave me some info, leaflets, and we had a good chat about my blood/blood vessel problem. And, yay, even though it's quite a specific thing to me it is apparently quite common among older kids and young adults who have congenital heart defects!! So she said the CBT I'm doing is definitely the first step, but it might not 'cure' me. So if it doesn't work I'm to pester anyone who will listen to be referred to a clinical psychiatrist who deals with this sort of very specific problem. She did say I could call her any time for info or advice, but if no one in Liverpool will refer me I should speak to her and she will get me on the waiting list for Manchester's heart clinic.
So yeah, went well actually. Having a bit of a wibble over the 'new' thing, but I'll be fine once I've got over the small shock of it.

Anyway, food:

Green Day

Breakfast: A banana after the hospital

Lunch: 2 slices of wholemeal bread (HexB1) and a little kids tin of tortellini which was vile (2)

Snack: Snack bag each of grapes and pineapple.

Tea: 2/3 of a pack of Ainsley Harriott spice sensation couscous (1), Tesco 'chicken' fillet, a couple of new potato jackets, 60g of low fat coleslaw (2), HexA2 low fat cheese, salad, pickled onions, beetroot, peppers, and tomato.

Snack: A Daim bar (7.5)
1 Alpen light (half HexB2), strawberries, cherries, and Activia fat free.

Drinks: Coffee (milk as HexA1) Diet Coke. Really Light Ribena.

Syns used: 12.5
Syns left for the week: 2.5

Exercise: 1hr walk back from the hospital.
2hrs walking to and around the shops.
40mins walk with Ellie.
40mins walk with Dave.
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[zombiecakes]

Sounds like poor baby you went through a lot!

I'm sure the 'new' thing will work out alright. You're in the best hands and they will monitor you regularly, so it can't suddenly get worse or sneak up on you still big /hugs though!!

So pleased that they didn't call you "fat" too Just imagine how you will wow them next time!

Really hope they get that referral through for you too <3 <3 /fingers crossed

 

[cheekychinchilla]

It was very nice not to get the "you're over weight" talk!! I think I'm getting pretty close to being 'just' overweight, so maybe that was why. Either way it will all be gone next year anyway My appointment is a couple of weeks before my friends wedding, who I'm bridesmaid for, so I should be at tip-top condition by then
I'm all calmed down over the new thing now. I mean, if I look at it this way-it's always been there, it hasn't gotten any worse in 27 years, and it might never get worse. It may do and I may eventually need a small procedure or op, but hopefully by then my phobia crap will be sorted and I wont be anywhere near as scared as I would be if it happened now! *breathe*
Had a nice day today. Morning at the vets, met Mum in the afternoon and we had a picnic lunch, went to the Walker Art Gallery and Liverpool World Museum. Met up with my friend and "younger brother type person" (who I'll be bridesmaid for!) who've just moved back to Leeds and we did lots of talking and went to Brew
Christ knows how many syns were in my tea-it was a Savannah Steamer. Sweet tea, lemon, and honey. Saw him put a tbsp of honey in so will add on an extra couple of syns just in case and hope for the best, lol! Everything is freshly made and stuff, so as far as I know there are no hidden syns like there are in Starbucks and the like.

Green Day

Breakfast: 2 Alpen Lights (HexB1) and a banana.

Lunch: 2 slices of wholemeal bread (HexB2), Quorn ham, half HexA1 of low fat cheese, 60g of reduced calorie coleslaw (2), and tomato. A bag of Snackerdoodles (4) and a clementine.

Tea: New potato jackets, 2 Tesco veggie burgers (1), rest of the couscous from yesterday (0.5), rest of HexA1 of low fat cheese, salad, and 2tbsp of EL mayo (1)

Drinks: Tea in Brew (a guess of 4) Coffee (milk as HexA2) Dr Pepper Zero.

Syns used: 12.5
Syns left: 5

Exercise: Hours and hours of walking as well as 3hrs15mins at the vets.

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Off to the dentist in a bit, eeeek!! Only a small filling and a scale & polish, but I still panic. I did make sure my history was up to date and the anaesthetic stuff is all correct, so hopefully it'll be fine

Green Day

Lunch: 2 Weetabix (HexB1), banana, honey (1), and ss milk (all milk HexA1)
Strawberries, cherries, and Activia fat free.

Tea: Spaghetti, Quorn mince, onion, 1/3rd of a big jar of Dolmio light (4), small corn on the cob, and a bag of microwave veggies-carrot, sweetcorn, and broccoli. And HexB2 of low fat cheese.

Snack: 8 dark choc Mikado's (4)

Drinks: Coffee. Dr pepper Zero. Squash.

Syns used: 9
Syns left: 11

Exercise: 30mins walking-15mins there and back from the dentist.