Help needed for 1st day......

[xmisskx]

lol..i think they'd be a better consistency with just the smash, cottage cheese and egg.

if you were taking them to work, can you heat them up? cos they're not the best cold...texture wise i mean.

what's your plan for today? i've not decided yet and have only had fruit and yog so far so will have a think about dinner. not taken any meat out so would need to pick something up if i go EE (or red)

the risotto...is it ok to freeze? cos i've bunged the last wee drop in the freezer thinking it would do lunch at work one time? x

 

[sparty]

Oh god I had a terrible day yesterday. I didn't eat dinner til nearly 10:30 and hadn't had any syns, or hex's!! So I scoffed 2 Alpen light as pudding and then 2 penguins (like a mini binge) before sloping off to bed!

All I had during the day was my bacon egg and scones and some SW chips before the party. To be fair though I am proud I resisted all the party food including cake!!

Today is EE and I have roast chicken for dinner (although that may change as its hot already today) and going to make stuffed peppers for lunch

How is your weekend going?

 

[xmisskx]

god you must've been starvin!!!
well done on resisting all evil....but could you not have had a little of something to tide you over?

i fancy making stuffed peppers...never had them before, what you putting in yours?

weekend's going ok thanks. just had some breakfast now off to get sorted for a day of shopping here and there - food shopping but need to stock up on a pile of meat (cringe at the price lol) but it's the start of the month so if i get it out the way now, it will hopefully do a while with some good planning

you got any plans for today? x

 

[sparty]

I've been working today but sat outside in the sunshine so it wasn't all that bad. I did the stuffed peppers and they were lovely. I just made up some ainsley Harriet couscous to put inside and then topped with hexa cheese.

Went to sit in a pub beer garden this afternoon with some friends and chilled out which was nice. They all headed to McDonalds for their dinner so I came home and just cooked chicken with sweet potato chips, salad and 4 syns of coleslaw.

I had my hexb as an oaty bar for breakfast and I'm just contemplating what to use my remaining syns on. I have some sunbites so might nibble on those if not it will be a penguin or something similar.

I could have had party food but it was all chicken nuggets and sausage rolls etc so it would have been tricky. I didn't really feel hungry though so it wasn't too bad to resist lol.

I saved some chicken breasts to try the hunters chicken tomorrow

 

[xmisskx]

ooh i hope you like it
i'm gonna have it again soon seeing as i froze the last of the sauce - just hoping it tastes ok once it's defrosted lol

today's shopping was expensive...but successful...got a big gammon joint, a whole chicken, e/l beef and turkey mince, pork chops and chicken breasts so that's a good amount to get put to use. bought a load of cans/big bottles of juice that we'll use through out the month so although we spent a lot today...it means it's there and will balance up throughout the month.
my OH takes 2 cans of juice to work evexryday, i take 1 or 2 and although we do spend a fair bit on cans, i can't imagine how expensive it would be if we were paying 70p a can from the shop...it's madness!
sainsburys are doing 8 cans of pepsi max half price at £1.99 so we bought a few packs....you know me and my bargain hunting lol.

i've never tried the aisnley harriet cous cous...is it nice...and are there a lot of syns in them?

 

[sparty]

The couscous is really nice and some of them are syn free...others are half a syn or one syn so its worth it. I've got the lime and coriander one for lunch today as I didn't have time to make anything last night. It's so easy to make as well as you literally just add water, stir and leave for 5 mins and then its done. They are on offer in tesco at the moment for 50p each!

Sounds like a good shop to me! I haven't had gammon for ages - I always cook it with honey and mustard so its quite synful for me lol. Must learn new recipes.

What you cooking up today? The usual?

 

[xmisskx]

no cooking for me today as i'm off today and tomorrow so i'll do it a day later so it lasts a day longer lol.

i might try the cous cous, i'm going to nip to tesco shortly to get more of the yogs that are on offer.
i'm going to weigh myself too to compare it to tonight's official WI cos as you know, i'm considering stopping going to class.
to be honest i'd rather WI in the morning than at 5.30 at night. i just think the only thing i get from class is a quick chat while we wait and the hi fi bars cos you can buy scan bran from holland and barratt.

i def need to NOT go with this morning's WI though cos like you said the other day...the one at class is official and that's what's recorded.

it's the start of the summer holidays here for the schools so a change of routine for me at this end seeing as i'll have a soon to be bored child to entertain lol.

i love gammon. asda do a big joint for £5 with maple glaze and it's so worth it. it feeds is all for dinner, we pick at it while i'm carving it and there's always some left.
i only take a wee tiny drizzle of the sauce (i don't cook it with it, just warm it in a glass of water once the meat's out and pour it over my OH's) but it's gorgeous!

what's your food plan for today other than the cous cous? x

 

[sparty]

I'm doing the hunters chicken tonight hope i do it ok (unlike the scones and pulled pork lol) I will do it with some roasted sweet potato and courgettes I think or maybe some rice cooked with a stock cube for a bit of extra flavour.

That Gammon does sound nice actually - I must put it on the list as bf said he thought we should try out Asda next time we shop to see if it is cheaper there. We always shop at morrisons as it is only down the road and i pick up bits from the tesco express on my way home if we need them.

It will be a good test checking at tesco today on their scales so you can compare. That extra £5 per week adds up. I think I would go if I didnt have to commit to every week but i just dont know if i will have that spare £5 and if you skip a week then you have to make up the payment so that is one reason i dont go to class.

I have weighed this morning on the way to work as I am not working overtime tonight (i'm exhausted today and my eyes are really stingy and dry so think i need to catch up on some sleep tonight). I have lost 3lb so i am really pleased with that but strangely my body fat has gone up 3% from last week (???). But i think that might be because i usually weigh in the evening when i have drunk all my 2 litres of water so might be that i hadnt drunk anything yet!

 

[xmisskx]

that's a great loss....well done!
but weird about the body fat thing eh. hmmm...you could be right tho - about the water intake etc.

i love asda, it's really good and cheaper than other supermarkets unless they have offers on. i tend to only go to morrisons and tesco for things that i know are on offer....my OH says i'm a supermarket's nightmare cos i go in for the offers and wont stray lol. asda's def value for money and we always end up spending more when they have stuff at a good price but it saves us buying it later.

scales showed another 2 off for me so unofficially, 4.5 since last monday's WI but will need to wait and see. obviously i'm hoping they match but realistically, i've gone 1st thing so there will be a difference....not too much hopefully cos i am LOVING tesco's scale numbers hehe

i didn't get the cous cous, picked up yogurts and smoked paprika only...i hadn't tasted smoked paprika before but i got those bags of popcorn i was telling you about for 2.5 syns a bag and one of them was smoked paprika. i really liked the taste of them and thought it might be nice on chicken?

today's EE for me and i have a chicken to cook so we'll have a sw roast dinner tonight and might do pork for tomorrow (much to my OH's delight) not sure though x

 

[sparty]

I've been on the lookout for smoked paprika as well as it seems to be in a lot of recipes. You will have to let me know of its worth it or not. I'm not sure how it will differ from regular paprika.

But yes I agree that it will be good with chicken. You could mix it with light Philly (hexa) and top it on salmon as well mmmm. Might do this with regular paprika on Wednesday - I feel the urge for a red day so I could do this with vegetables and just do bf some potato if he wants it.

Oooh good luck for tonight!! 4.5lb would be amazing!!!

 

[xmisskx]

it really would!

i've seen recipes before where it's asked for both types and i thought pfft...can't be much difference, but if it tastes the same as the popcorn does then i really like it

i've been busy with one thing or another today and not eaten much. got some boiled eggs on just now so might have that with some bacon medallions and hope it doesn't unleash the hunger cos i had planned a salad for lunch but it's getting a bit late...and near WI too lol. i was planning a red day today but that went out the window when i had a wee bowl of rice pudding this morningwith fruit lol. EE today and prob tomorrow too.
got my chicken in the oven...it smells lush x

 

[sparty]

mmm - i love the smell of a roasting chicken. Did you use the paprika today or you saving it for another recipe?

What are the popcorns called? I will have to look out for them if they are that nice. I bought some Walkers Sunbites from costco for a change (more syns than my usual crisps but i can handle that until they run out lol) They are more like 'proper' crisps than my usual hoops and crosses things (which I still love although the poundshop had run out last time i went).

Really looking forward to the hunters chicken tonight so i hope i don't muck it up lol. i bought the bacon and worcester sauce earlier and have everything else in so i am good to go!

I was going to roast the sweet potato but I think ill try chips (they went really wrong yesterday as i let them boil too long - got distracted planting some plants lol). I wasn't going to go for steak night tomorrow since last week i just ended up annoyed with bf and his dad for their stupid opinions on my job. It always feels like they are belittling what I do and i got really wound up. But me and bf have been bickering all yesterday (mixture of my tiredness and his laziness) and i don't want to cause any further problems so i agreed to go....if they are having chips tomorrow and I have to have a jacket potato.....I sure as heck am having them today lol.

I had the choc weetabix minis for brekkie today and they were really nice! wont last long i dont think lol. anything with chocolate for me! I am enjoying having a penguin in the evening i have to admit - i think you get a good amount of chocolate for 5.5 syns. Much better than the special k biscuits but i do have lots of those to use up so will have one after dinner.

 

[sparty]

btw i have tried redoing the link to my diary....see if you can get in

 

[xmisskx]

not doing the paprika tonight...but i might even sprinkle a wee bit on mine?
thought about maybe coating it on chicken strips before cooking? dunno how that would be??

the popcorn's from sainsburys. 6 packs for £1.80 which i think is steep....but if it's only for now and again then i suppose its ok.

i haven't had any "normal" crisps since i started. i love walkers lights but i don't get them now to save the odd syn. i also love walkers normal cheese and onion. whenever i have a day off plan...i'm WELL having those (and the scones pmsl!)

i know what you mean about things being difficult with your OH...it's kinda like that here but not sure why really. what do they say to belittle your job?? that must be hard!

when i make my chips, i cut them all up and just shove them in the microwave for 5 mins (turn them after a few mins) then bung them in the oven. i've never faffed about with boiling them etc....always think it takes too long. maybe give that a try?

i'm going to get sorted just now for WI cos we'll need to leave soon but i'll try get a read thru your diary when we get back.

so bloody hungry so just had the rest of my fruit salad and that'll need to do til i get back...emergency alpen light looked out to take with me hehe x

 

[sparty]

Well I think that was rather nice actually although the sweet potato chips still didn't come out as well as my normal ones. I tried using the microwave but think next time ill just use normal potatoes or roast them lol.

Bf wasn't keen on the sauce as it was too tomatoey for him but I thought it was fab!

It's just because I work for the government they make all sorts of statements like this is wrong, that's a load of rubbish, its all bolloc*s etc. it just wears me down after a while because I take it personally. I had a word with him about it but he said they are just talking generally and I shouldn't get upset - easier said than done I suppose.

How did you get on?!

 

[xmisskx]

4 off! yay...and not much difference from this morning....
i'm pleased but do kinda think ok, that's last week's gain of 1.5 and 2.5 more...so how come you couldn't give me 1.5 off last week then 1lb this week?? lol
i totally get what you mean...it must be hard sometimes but it's like...get a grip...i don't make the rules, i just have to do my job and it pays the bloody bills each month!

glad you liked the hunters chicken, you could always do a batch of the sauce for yourself and have something that your OH could get on his seperately?x

 

[sparty]

He likes the reggae reggae sauce so he can alway just have that. I have a tiny bit left so ill stick it in a freezer bag

WELL DONE!!! 4lb is fab whichever way you look at it!! Bet you are glad you resisted your scones and binge now.

Things are just a bit prickly at the moment for some reason. Probably fault on both parts but its frustrating!! we will get over it though I'm just fed up!

 

[xmisskx]

totally get you chick....it's exactly the same here and i think my OH is frightened to come near me or as much as ask for a kiss cos he thinks i'll tell him where to go...which in all fairness, i prob would at times!
it annoys me that he doesn't understand that if things aren't right or we've had a fall out...the last thing i want to do is send lovey-dovey text messages or shower him with affection but it's a bit of a vicious circle at times!

i'm pleased with my loss and had prepared myself that it might be less seeing as it showed 4.5 on the unofficial scales this morning...but i'll take that no probs lol x

 

[sparty]

I'm sure I drive him mad at times too but if we both don't snap out of it soon we will end up throttling each other!! Lol

I can't decide what to do for lunch. I might do a salad with a hard boiled egg. Or tuna. I was going to have a sandwich but bf bought white bread so I can't have that. Of course I could just take couscous like today but I suppose I should make something different. *sigh*

Damn my mood!!!

I would be thrilled with another 4lb off. I have set my target at 8st 13 so still have 9lb to go!!

 

[xmisskx]

you'll get there though....even if it's not as fast as you want...you'll do it!

have you got any savoury rice and cold meat? you could make some of that and kinda roll in up in your meat? (if you're doing EE)
i've taken that before for lunch and it's nice for a wee change x