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Free food : tomato, mushroom, cauliflower, leek, onion, green beans, pork, strawbs, apple, raspberry,, quark, yogurt,eggs
HEXa: milk, Philly cheese (b) ryvita, cooked rhubarb
Syns: choc (2) Oyster sauce (2)



Breakfast: scrambled eggs and cherry tomatoes
Snack: apple
Lunch: (going out but will stick to a red day)raspberry yogurt icecream
Snack: ryvita and Philly with strawberries
Dinner: Pork stir fry, rhubarb fool
Hot chocolate drink

Planned exercise for the day. 2 hours walking (will take my pedometer) 20 minute Kettlercise session,

Yesterday I was dashing around so much that I turned up a day early to meet a friend (called to ask which direction she was coming from to be told she wasn't!) then went straight from manicure (birthday treat) to a drinks evening with friends. No food just nuts but I resisted. Didn't get home until 9.30pm so didn't feel like cooking. Had a portion of jelly and yogurt and my hot choccy drink. Just shows how easy it is to get side tracked when your routine goes out of the window. Think it's worth sticking to in the short term . Does this make me a boring dieter?
 
Not been on my diary for a couple of days and I am paying the price. Planning the days menu definitely works for me so I need to get back on track. The minute I think, "I can wing it" I either don't eat enough or I eat the wrong stuff. So here goes for today

Free foods: egg, Greek yogurt, baked beans, asparagus, potato, cauliflower, red kidney beans, carrot, salad, tomatoes, cucumber, couscous, lemon, strawberries, apple, runner beans
Healthy a : milk and Philly, b) crispbreads, salmon
Syns: choc (2) jam(2) jelly(1)

Breakfast: beans and scrambled eggs
Snack: apple
Lunch: asparagus soup and sugar free jelly mousse
Snack: crispbreads and jam
Dinner: couscous and vegetable chilli, strawberry yogurt icecream
Snack: Hot chocolate

Will also do a full body session of Kettlercise (50mins). I am really noticing the difference in my bingo wings. Definitely muscles where there weren't any before!!!!!!
 
I don't find much helps my bingo wings, though Boxing on the wii seems to be helping a little bit. When I get paid I am going to get a powerspin, 3 people have told me that helped there bingo wings, so I am going to give it a go.
 
Hubby brought loads of sugar free jelly sachets back from the UK on Wednesday along with some options chocolate drink.yumyum. There isn't much I miss but just occasionally I crave sweet things that I can't get in low cal form here. What I have learned is that cooking from scratch delivers the same results and is a lot healthier. It is very rare that I don't eat 10 portions of fruit and veg a day. The recommended amount is 8 a day here in Austria instead of the five in UK and the supermarkets sell far more organic produce and brands. Maybe that's why I am finding SW so easy to follow.

I was brought back down to size yesterday having become cocky about my kettlebell prowess. Was thinking of moving up to a five or six kilo bell as I was starting to find it a little easier with my 4kg. Did 8 minutes abs and whoa, I have a stiff middle back and ache like mad. Will stay where I am for a bit longer.

Have lapsed a bit on the food planning although I am sticking broadly to plan.

Today's food consists of

Free: eggs, yogurt, quark, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, aubergine, lettuce, cucumber, lentils, baked beans, pasta, black eyed beans, potatoes, leeks, strawberries, grapes, raspberries, onion, garlic
Hex: milk,Philly, crispbreads, olive oil
Syns: choc, jam, light mayo, jelly 5 syns

Menu
B'fast : Potato wedges, beans, tomatoes
Snack: ryvita and Philly with jam
Lunch: egg salad, fruit salad with jelly
Snack: hot chocolate
Dinner: vegetable lasagne, green beans and strawberry yogurt icecream
 
Ally89 said:
I don't find much helps my bingo wings, though Boxing on the wii seems to be helping a little bit. When I get paid I am going to get a powerspin, 3 people have told me that helped there bingo wings, so I am going to give it a go.
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I think the bingo wings take a long time to firm up. It is all relative, isn't it? Mine have improved but nowhere near gone. What is a power spin?
 
Lost weight again on Sunday so now 13 st 2 lbs which is 28 1/4 pounds less than when I started on Jan 9th. The two stone goal was a big one for me but strangely I don't feel as elated as I thought I would. Still have a long way to go and have been thinking of setting a long term goal. Initially I decided 12 stone would be enough but lately I have started to believe that 10 stone is probably where I should be headed. My new target will be 9st 13 3/4 lbs! From a starting weight of 15 st 2 1/2 lbs I have to lose 5 st 2 3/4 lbs or 72 3/4 lbs. now I know why I didn't set myself a long term target it's too scary! Just worked out that I have achieved 39% of my target so far. Better than I thought! Mustn't think about the 60% I still have to go!!!

Food planning for today

Free : egg, yogurt, tomatoes, aubergine, courgette, fennel, beansprouts, cucumber, carrot, apple, strawberry, kiwi, pepper, noodles, baked beans, onion, garlic
health: a) Philly and milk b) crispbreads and pork
Syns: choc 2, jam 1, jelly 1



Menu:
Breakfast: herb omelette, beans and tomato
Snack: apple
Lunch: roast vegetable soup, jelly mousse
Snack: crispbreads, Philly and jam
Dinner: sweet and sour stir fry, strawberry mousse
Snack: hot choc drink
 
Thanks Purple Patsy for the encouragement. I am on a roll at the moment as the weight is coming off steadily. I try not to set weekly targets and just do the best I can. The two stone was in danger of becoming a bogie man! I am beginning to wish that I hadn't done the big calculation as it makes everything seem so far away and unachievable.
A friend of mine told me about a visual way of measuring weight loss against target. Fill a glass jar with marbles, one for every pound you have to lose. In an identical jar kept next to it, put a marble in for every pound lost. Clearly mark each jar and get to feel good as jar 2 fills up and jar 1 empties. Might give it a try. Anyone else done this?
 
Why do I lose more weight some weeks than others? If I am absolutely honest with myself it is because I eat more of the good foods and less of the synned foods. If I get the munches in an evening it is all too easy to lose count of what I have actually eaten. The handful of raisins, three squares of chocolate ( pne in the mug for hot choc and 2 in the mug for me!). an extra crispbreads (with jam) a couple of cashew nuts (from the freezer) - who am I trying to kid? Just shows how quickly it can add up to an amount higher than the syns I have planned for. I am not trying to beat myself up - just giving fair warning that what I think will be a good week is not always the case.

Food for today

Free: Strawberries, banana, PAK choi, fennel, aubergine, cucumber, onion, garlic, pepper, courgette, yogurt, pasta, jacket potato, cottage cheese, salad, tomato
Healthy a) milk and Philly, b) crispbreads and rhubarb
Syns chocolate 2, jam 2

Breakfast : Strawberries, banana and yogurt
Lunch: jacket potato, cottage cheese and salad
Snack: crispbreads Philly and jam
Dinner: pasta, veg sauce and vegetables, rhubarb and yogurt
Hot chocolate
 
Yesterday was my healthy eating club. I lost 600g. Which doesn't sound much but is over a pound. I was delighted because I wasn't expecting to lose. In anticipation of a gain or STS I decided to do my waist measurement to see what marvellous progress I was making with the kettlebells. The answer - zilch! Nado- rien! So disappointing.what is going wrong here? The weight must be coming from somewhere so I am going to do all of them today.

Eating out this evening and friend has decided to cook Thai food as this has the least fat used of her spicy cooking repertoire. How good is that? This is what good friends are about.

Food for the day -extra easy today for a change

Free- prawns, pork, asparagus, salad, beansprouts, sprouting beans, pepper,onion, PAK choi, egg, strawbs, plums
Healthy E Philly, crispbreads
Syns - will have to wait and see!

Menu

B'fast: bodied egg with dippy asparagus
Snack: plum
Lunch: Cottage cheese and salad, strawbs
Snack: crispbreads and strawbs
Dinner: Tom Yum soup (my contribution to the meal) pork lab and something unpronounceable that I can't spell either! Annelise doesn't do puddings! So should be a very SW meal.
 
Purple Patsy said:
Well done on the loss hun it all counts and the kettlebells will be having an effect somewhere. Maybe your bingo wings ( assuming you have some) have shrunk. :)
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Thank you. The scales tell me I am losing and I can fit into a smaller size now. Maybe your right and the weight will have come off somewhere else. Tummy is definitely less "pregnant" looking these days.
 
Today is a holiday in Austria. Off for a picnic with friends so have made veg tortilla and strawberries for me with spicy sausages and courgette muffins for OH and others. Very hot so might not feel like eating. Who am I trying to kid?
 
Least you have nice weather for a picnic. It cold and raining here. And over a pound is excellent. It might be coming off arms and shoulders maybe with kettlebells? I can't tell the difference much on the scales or measurements but i can fit in smaller clothes.
 
Need to focus again. Got below 13st for first time in many years on Sunday but I have been struggling to keep on plan. Nothing drastic just the munches and they all add up. Need to get back to menu planning as that is when I do best.

Free foods: strawberries, raspberries, fat free yogurt, runner beans, asparagus, rice, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, garlic, onion and ginger.
HEX: crispbreads, oil, Philly, milk
Syns: jam

Breakfast: fruit and yogurt
Snack: crispbread
Lunch: stuffed peppers, salad
Dinner: asparagus and bean risotto, raspberry icecream

If I can get another lb off this week I will feel safer.
 
I'm struggling too, just can't seem to stop eating everything in sight. And I need to stop thinking about chocolate.
 
Strange though it may seem chocolate has not been one of my vices! I only have 99% cocoa chocolate in the house at the moment. ( having said that OH has a stash of milka chocolate in the cupboard) I seem to know that choc is off limits but I convince myself that cashew nuts and raisins are healthy. A few is fine but I find myself grabbing a handful four or five times a day. I also made the mistake of baking some macaroons - hate to waste egg whites. These are quite small and therefore excusable. Perhaps I need to build the syns into my food planning like I do free food and HExs.
 
If i plan syns I have a tendency to end up feeling deprived and then end up binging, same as when I know I can't have more than 5 syns cos i've gone over on another day. I'm awful like that, I just can't break the habit. The last 3 weeks I've started out well and then by wednesday its gone off track with chocolate. Sticking to it next two days and then making sure I stick too it next week. I have 2 reasons to be motivated, yet still can't find the motivation.
 
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