getting back to target - one day at a time
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donna88
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I ended up using the full sachet in my porridge so used 2 syns, I've done it with half before though, both ways work 
Tomorrow is WI day, sort of dreading it as I've let a couple of tiny bits slip in this week, but hoping they're not as bad as I think and that my exercise will have been enough to warrant top syns. Fingers crossed
Tuesday 5th Feb - EE
Breakfast - pineapple, apple, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - ham and potato salad
Tea - beef vindaloo and rice
Snacks - banana, milk in drinks (HEA) 2 aldi 70 cal cereal bars (HEB) orange, pear, necturine, something from my syn box (not sure what can't really remember whats in there, will decide after tea what I fancy though )
Tomorrow is WI day, sort of dreading it as I've let a couple of tiny bits slip in this week, but hoping they're not as bad as I think and that my exercise will have been enough to warrant top syns. Fingers crossed
Tuesday 5th Feb - EE
Breakfast - pineapple, apple, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - ham and potato salad
Tea - beef vindaloo and rice
Snacks - banana, milk in drinks (HEA) 2 aldi 70 cal cereal bars (HEB) orange, pear, necturine, something from my syn box (not sure what can't really remember whats in there, will decide after tea what I fancy though
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donna88
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Maintained, moving on though
Wednesday 6th Feb - EE
Breakfast - pineapple, banana, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - beetroot soup with added potato and ham
Tea - sweet and sour chicken and rice
Snacks - 40g low fat cheese and apple on 3 ryvita red onion (HEA and HEB) unsure on syns will decide tomorrow on what I fancy, pear, orange
Wednesday 6th Feb - EE
Breakfast - pineapple, banana, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - beetroot soup with added potato and ham
Tea - sweet and sour chicken and rice
Snacks - 40g low fat cheese and apple on 3 ryvita red onion (HEA and HEB) unsure on syns will decide tomorrow on what I fancy, pear, orange
donna88
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Graze box came today so had a dip from that for 3.5 syns and a coconut macaroon thing (bits of coconut, amaretti biscuits and white chocolate) which was stunning for 8 syns
Thursday 7th February - Green
Breakfast - 2 wheatabix made with boiling water and topped with yogurt and mixed berries (HEB)
Lunch - mushy pea curry
Tea - quorn spaghetti bol with cheese (HEA)
Snacks - ryvita mini's (HEB) will decide on syns tomorrow after my run, fruit
Thursday 7th February - Green
Breakfast - 2 wheatabix made with boiling water and topped with yogurt and mixed berries (HEB)
Lunch - mushy pea curry
Tea - quorn spaghetti bol with cheese (HEA)
Snacks - ryvita mini's (HEB) will decide on syns tomorrow after my run, fruit
donna88
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Think I fancy my flapjack from graze after my run (doubt I'll change my mind) I'll probably have 2 slices which will be 8 syns (boyfriend will want to try some) then I'll have a cadbury magic elf for 3.5 syns (unless boyfriend doesn't want flapjack which I very much doubt, but then I'll have the whole flapjack for 12 syns)
donna88
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Friday 8th Feb - EE
Breakfast - pineapple, banana, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - tuna pasta salad (going to my nanna's after work so something like this is easy to make up before and take with me)
Tea - thai chicken curry and rice (1 syn for paste)
Snacks - maltesers (9.5 syns) cheese and apple on 3 ryvita sweet onion (HEA and HEB) orange, pear, crabsticks
Breakfast - pineapple, banana, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - tuna pasta salad (going to my nanna's after work so something like this is easy to make up before and take with me)
Tea - thai chicken curry and rice (1 syn for paste)
Snacks - maltesers (9.5 syns) cheese and apple on 3 ryvita sweet onion (HEA and HEB) orange, pear, crabsticks
donna88
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Change of plan again tomorrow... boyfriends decided he wants Chinese (as its Chinese new year this weekend) so he's doing the curry on Sat (although actually thinking about it might make more sense to have the curry tomorrow and Chinese on Sat as Chinese new year is actually Sunday) but anyway, I'll update when I know what's going on and what I'm eating, not sure whether to go green or not.
lynica
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Hi Donna
Do you have the recipe for your Thai chicken curry really fancy trying something like that
When I was looking at syns last Friday when I had Chinese I was suprised how low they were and the portions from our Chinese was loads four of us didn't eat it all. Just enjoy it xx
Do you have the recipe for your Thai chicken curry really fancy trying something like that
When I was looking at syns last Friday when I had Chinese I was suprised how low they were and the portions from our Chinese was loads four of us didn't eat it all. Just enjoy it xx
donna88
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Hi Donna
Do you have the recipe for your Thai chicken curry really fancy trying something like that
When I was looking at syns last Friday when I had Chinese I was suprised how low they were and the portions from our Chinese was loads four of us didn't eat it all. Just enjoy it xx
I know, I sort of had my syns planned out for the week is all so will have to do some shifting about. I'm set in my ways lol.
I love Chinese on slimming world, there are some danger foods but lots are low syn, I'm actually thinking about trying a Singapore chow mein, never had one before but I like chow mein and I like spicy, think I'd be safe synning that as a normal chow mein, which is a bit more then what I normally go for chicken in black bean sauce but less then the kung po and will also be nice to try something different as well.
We bought a paste from tesco, it was on offer 3 for something so we got one red thai one green thai and one masaman thai as well, we just fry off the meat we're using with whatever veg and then the paste which works out low syn as you only need a tiny bit each time, then for the green and red we always add philli light 75g each as a HEX, the masaman one we've used with philli and pasatta and its lovely with both.... when he does it this time he's going to try quark, which I'm a bit nervous about as we haven't liked it in the past but the philli wasn't on offer and I think he's hoping as long as he doesn't cook the quark it will be okay and the taste of the paste will overpower the quark (I'll let you know how it works out)
donna88
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This may change as its the weekend so boyfriend might put his nose in BUT so far this is tomorrows plan
Saturday 9th Feb
Breakfast - pineapple, banana, apple, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - jacket potato with cottage cheese and prawns, salad on the side (lettuce, cabbage, toms, pickled onions, beetroot, gherkins and cucumber)
Tea - chicken and bacon BBQ melt with potato wedges (HEA for cheese)
Snacks - ryvita mini's (HEB), yorkie raison and biscuit (14 syns), crabsticks, pear,
tomorrows going to be a weird one, not much going on in the morning but kids party at 1, then taking little one to his Dad's before trying to do my long run on my mums treadmill... hoping to do at least 6 miles, hopefully 7... just seeing how I get on.
Saturday 9th Feb
Breakfast - pineapple, banana, apple, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - jacket potato with cottage cheese and prawns, salad on the side (lettuce, cabbage, toms, pickled onions, beetroot, gherkins and cucumber)
Tea - chicken and bacon BBQ melt with potato wedges (HEA for cheese)
Snacks - ryvita mini's (HEB), yorkie raison and biscuit (14 syns), crabsticks, pear,
tomorrows going to be a weird one, not much going on in the morning but kids party at 1, then taking little one to his Dad's before trying to do my long run on my mums treadmill... hoping to do at least 6 miles, hopefully 7... just seeing how I get on.
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donna88
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run on the treadmill went great 7.2 miles and felt like I could have done more, but didn't want to push myself too much and cause an injury as the longest I've run before is just under 5 miles. So happy with myself
Sunday 10th Feb - EE
Breakfast - bacon, eggs (scrambled or fried not decided yet) beans, mushrooms and tomatoes
Lunch - jacket potato with cottage cheese prawns and side salad
Tea - thai curry with rice (1 syn for paste)
Snacks - cheese and apple on 3 ryvita sweet onion (HEA and HEB) maltesers (9.5 syns) banana, pear, crabsticks, syn free pancakes with berries and yogurt (might even mix half a white choc options with the yog dep on how feeling for 1 syn)
7.2 miles and felt like I could have done more, but didn't want to push myself too much and cause an injury as the longest I've run before is just under 5 miles. So happy with myself Sunday 10th Feb - EE
Breakfast - bacon, eggs (scrambled or fried not decided yet) beans, mushrooms and tomatoes
Lunch - jacket potato with cottage cheese prawns and side salad
Tea - thai curry with rice (1 syn for paste)
Snacks - cheese and apple on 3 ryvita sweet onion (HEA and HEB) maltesers (9.5 syns) banana, pear, crabsticks, syn free pancakes with berries and yogurt (might even mix half a white choc options with the yog dep on how feeling for 1 syn)
donna88
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Thank you, hoping I can keep it up and be like my mum.... who I actually got a compliment off yesterday, we were talking about the running club awards and I joked about getting in with the coach so I could get the coaches award as I didn't think I'd win the race one and my mum said she thinks I'll be in with a good chance as I'm a fast runner (coming from my mum who is very much into her running that's a very big compliment) she also said she was impressed with how I ran on Thursday as most of my runs recently have been inside rather then out...
planning green tomorrow, know what's for tea but can't decide on everything else, so I'll have a think and update either later tonight or tomorrow when I have to make a decision lol
planning green tomorrow, know what's for tea but can't decide on everything else, so I'll have a think and update either later tonight or tomorrow when I have to make a decision lol
donna88
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Had my think and I'm all planned
Monday 11th Feb - Green
Breakfast - rice pudding with banana and mixed berries
Lunch - chickpea dhal with salad
Tea - quorn beef frajita's with half a pack of savoury rice and 2 jalapeño wraps (13 syns)
Snacks - ryvita mini's (HEB) milk in drinks (HEA) 3 ryvita red onion with apple, 2 laughing cow extra light blue cheese and 20g low fat cheese (HEB and HEA), pear, kiwi,
Monday 11th Feb - Green
Breakfast - rice pudding with banana and mixed berries
Lunch - chickpea dhal with salad
Tea - quorn beef frajita's with half a pack of savoury rice and 2 jalapeño wraps (13 syns)
Snacks - ryvita mini's (HEB) milk in drinks (HEA) 3 ryvita red onion with apple, 2 laughing cow extra light blue cheese and 20g low fat cheese (HEB and HEA), pear, kiwi,
donna88
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Tuesday 12th Feb - EE - PANCAKE DAY (I would eat pancakes all day but don't know if boyfriend would be impressed if I literally ate all the eggs)
Breakfast - rice pudding with apple and kiwi
Lunch - savoury pancake with spinach, mushrooms and cheese (HEA)
Tea - chicken and spinach curry
Snacks - syn free pancake with mixed berries, banana, two hifi lights (HEB) aldi monster claw flaming hot crisps (4.5 syns) have two or 3 meals out planned this week so saving some syns.
off to bed in a minute so not had the pancakes or the crisps, so syn free today... I'll have them another day to make up for it
Breakfast - rice pudding with apple and kiwi
Lunch - savoury pancake with spinach, mushrooms and cheese (HEA)
Tea - chicken and spinach curry
Snacks - syn free pancake with mixed berries, banana, two hifi lights (HEB) aldi monster claw flaming hot crisps (4.5 syns) have two or 3 meals out planned this week so saving some syns.
off to bed in a minute so not had the pancakes or the crisps, so syn free today... I'll have them another day to make up for it
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donna88
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Wednesday 13th Feb - Green
Breakfast - 2 wheatabix with berries and yogurt (made with hot water) (HEB)
Lunch - red pepper stuffed with savoury rice and topped with babybel (HEA)
Tea - lentil lasagne with green beans, sprouts, carrots and brocolli (HEA)
Snacks - hifi bar (HEB) will update syns tomorrow when I have them as no idea what I fancy same with other snacks.... if it's anything like today might end up having a lot less then what I think as I just don't seem hungry at the moment.
Breakfast - 2 wheatabix with berries and yogurt (made with hot water) (HEB)
Lunch - red pepper stuffed with savoury rice and topped with babybel (HEA)
Tea - lentil lasagne with green beans, sprouts, carrots and brocolli (HEA)
Snacks - hifi bar (HEB) will update syns tomorrow when I have them as no idea what I fancy same with other snacks.... if it's anything like today might end up having a lot less then what I think as I just don't seem hungry at the moment.
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