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[sparty]

Pooh the broccoli bake sounds nice. Let me know how it was hun

I ended up going for a drink after work with a couple of colleagues and had a nice vodka and diet coke. Been ages since I've had a vodka and it was really nice. Pleased to say I stuck to just one and ended my day with 11 syns total. All in all a pretty good day!!

What's in your treat tin this evening!?

 

[xmisskx]

aww well done you! that was a nice treat AND still didn't use all your syns

treats tonight were a funsize mars from the fridge (so it lasts a bit longer lol) and some crisps.

the bake was nice...but i halved the recipe (as i do!) and ended up using a bit too much garlic!
def gave me an idea on how to do another one with different ingredients...hadn't really cooked with quark before but i see how i could introduce that now x

 

[sparty]

Morning how was your weekend!? Mine was really busy and not to plan at all!!

Bf reminded me when I got home from the butchers that we were meant to be going out for a friends bday and I had already used all my syns having sausages (proper ones!) at lunchtime! So Saturday turned into a day off as we ate at zizzi and then had some drinks. I did enjoy myself and the food I had was not too bad I suppose (chicken wrapped in pancetta, potatoes and veg). Could have been worse as I was surrounded by pizzas and calzone. But bf drove as we were only staying for dinner but the others we were with kept buying us drinks so it all ended up a bit messy.

So I was really hungover yesterday. I did cook a nice SW roast dinner with pork and apples which was good but the result is a STS for me this week.

Pretty happy with that considering and it's given me a push to have a better weekend next weekend. Trouble is leading up to Xmas now we have a lot of plans so I'll need to plan plan plan! And get some willpower lol.

Did you see blacklist?! It was a really good one I thought. I bet that was her childhood house - although wouldn't she remember him!? She looked about 6 in that clip they showed!?

 

[xmisskx]

morning!

yep...just watched it last night and i just love it! everytime i watch it i say....i really like reddinggton - dunno why...you can see i'm a sucker for a charmer! lol
can't work out the guy she works with tho...one minute i think he's got her back and liking her, next her seems a right ar$e to her??

your STS might just be fluid retention from saturday...bet you have a a good loss next week? but it sounds like fun and sometimes the best nights are those that aren't planned or that don't go to plan.

my weekend wasn't too bad...ok food wise but was here and there with one thing or another and away getting some work done on the car (brakes)...and now it's monday again

quiches are in the oven, rice is made, boiled eggs are done, soup is bubbling away and dahl loaf ready to go in once the quiches are out....all before 9am - go me! lol. shame i have a headache and could just curl back up in bed with my snoring OH who is off this week and is catching up with long overdue sleep! he slept for 13hrs on sat night and is almost 9 hrs into last night's...but i'm just gonna leave him for now cos he's literally been surviving on a few hours sleep for the last few weeks so he needs it!

we're away at the weekend as it's his birthday this week - he doesn't know i've booked it but i'm really looking forward to it and i'm super impressed i've managed not to tell him! lol x

 

[sparty]

oooh well done you on the surprise! that is brilliant! I'm not sure i would be able to keep it quiet lol. Where are you off to?

Phew you have been busy this morning! You have def earned yourself a cuppa and a sit down for half an hour! I managed to get some soup made last night while I did dinner and still have 2 portions of risotto in the freezer from last weekend so I am sorted for llunches most of the week.

Bless your OH - he must be tired to sleep that much!! I feel like i havent slept at all - i have a headache too and i am just really weary. feel like i cant concentrate on anything. i guess that is what happens when i dont get any rest over the weekend! I think i might give steak night a miss tomorrow night and just have a really early night while bf is out. I dont want to get sick just before my birthday!

Car's seem to cause more trouble than they are worth these days.... mine will need replacing pretty soon i reckon.

 

[xmisskx]

oh when's your birthday?

so much for being off all week...his boss has just phoned and as if he'll work the next 3 days!
seeing as he's never able to use his holidays, he's said he'll go in if they pay him overtime for it....bonus for him i guess and prob just as well he's had big sleeps the last 2 nights!

it's just a wee place in glasgow and decor wise, a bit dated but we just really like it. great homemade food and seeing as we don't get out for dinner like we used to, it'll be even better!

what did you think of the primula risotto?

i'm gonna do carbonara tonight and keep half for lunch tomorrow at work. i could prob pick out any bacon and have a green day cos it would still be yummy...or i could use it as a HE too i suppose.
i hate doing an EE day for 1 meal with meat in it - if i'm EE, i want to have meat more than once to justify losing a HE lol.

dreading WI tonight now, more for the fact i don't want a gain to be noted in my book for the 2nd time! need to book a holiday for next week and to be honest, i'm toying with the thought of not going to class til after xmas.
not because i want to come off plan, but more cos i know things are going to be a bit up and down for the next few weeks which i'm ok with...i just think it'll be a waste of money and look to them like i'm at it!

dunno what to do....? but one thing i do know is that i'm going to be on plan all the time, give or take a social thing but i know that those times can impact the scales and if it does, it's just going to look like i'm just off plan and not taking it seriously!

i'm pretty relaxed with what's coming up and looking forward to this or that....but i just can't be doing with the disapproval of a gain or a sts when really, for me, as long as i stay where i am, give or take the odd up and down thing, i'm ok with it!

i didn't go to class last week as you know and on friday, i had a WI at tesco. it showed me 1.5lbs lighter than the last class weight so i was chuffed! i knew it was unofficial but i also knew that having had the weekend off, i wanted to wait until later in the week to show a better reflection to the foods i'd had. anyway, yesterday, i nipped in for the loo there and had to pass the machine...and i went on it again (???) but it showed a 3lb gain since friday???? wtf...how!!

so that really got me down cos i thought great, 2 gains in a row will be noted at class!
i've had 11 out of 14 days ON plan so realistically, thought i might be ok...yes i was off plan last week but been back on it big time, and loving it and just thought, hoped that it would be ok.
i'm going to go tonight i think (last night i wasn't! lol) and maybe i'll scrape a STS which would be better....fingers crossed but i know if i don't go tonight, i won't go back cos i'm not paying double fees in 2 weeks time when i'm back! x

 

[sparty]

My bday is 1st december and bf's is 4th december and we are both 30 this year! So big celebrations and a fair few off plan days in store i think! lol.

I didnt mind the risotto but i heated it up pretty hot and had a nice big salad with it as i thought it would end up a bit 'gloopy'. it was a little but not so much that i couldnt eat it. not sure it is one i will make often but its not too bad. I will need to make some stuff up during this week to keep me going since my weekend is once again jam packed busy!

I think you should def go to class today - esp if you are thinking of having a few weeks away from 'official' WI. and you know what i am going to say about WI at tesco!! Ignore anything that isnt at class Mrs!!!

How many weeks can you have as holiday? That is quite a few between now and xmas so its a bit risky i think. I totally understand why next week is one though - you go and enjoy your weekend! I can also understand the money reason for not going but i dont thin kyou should not go just so that you dont have it recorded in your book. There must be people in your group who gain every now and then and i am sure they hate it too. Dont worry so much what people think - you know you stick to plan and rarely have any days off so if people want to judge you then forget them! If you are going to stick to the plan anyway then you may surprise yourself and still get the odd loss or STS.

Are you friendly with your C? Is she someone you could talk it through with and see what she advises?

 

[xmisskx]

oooh will you's have a party???
i know my C but cos i have to weigh and go, i can't really get a chance to speak to her.
i suppose i could phone her or whatever but i'm not that ar$ed about it all to be honest.

you're right about the not worrying what people think thing and you'll be pleased to hear that i'm all ready to leave soon and face whatever lies ahead. and god, i'm never usually flapping about a gain when i'm 100% for weeks at a time and still get one!

i know i'm pretty much always on plan and it's really taken for this time of year to come around for me to have the odd thing here or there that means i'm having the odd day off plan...and they'll be there every year when it comes to birthdays (mines is the week after your OH's) so in the long run, i know that i'm going to have a healthy lifestyle with the odd occasion off plan...and depending on what it is and where, might not be off plan at all.

i think it's 6 weeks hol you get (is it per year btw?) and last week was only my second one so i'm not taking the pi$$ cos until now, i've gone to WI every week no matter where we'd been!

as for tesco...i know i know! *hangs head in shame* lol but i was curious to see on fri cos it had been so long since i'd been weighed and it was 5 days since i'd been off plan...yesterdays was just crazy and left me feeling like...wtf...3 on? in 2 days? and right before WI?!
when i went on fri i was so chuffed!
if i had't have had to use chicken up last night, we were getting an indian for dinner... cos we fancied it but saying ok to it was partly cos of how i was feeling but glad to say i made curry with the chicken and syn'd some mayflower curry sauce!

2 weeks before * week is gain week usually...and that is tonight...BUT....here we go with the famous missk saying...what'll be will be eh! x

 

[sparty]

Hahaha!!

 

[sparty]

We are having a late lunch out with family and then our friends are all coming out for drinks. I've hired an area in a pub for a couple of hours so we can have cocktails my friend is going to bring some balloons etc to do it up a bit as well which will be nice. I'm getting some eyelash extensions the week before and got myself a new dress to wear so I'll feel all dressed up and special! What are you doing for yours?

The main thing is that you stick to plan - not whether you go and weigh at group. You have done so well to get your healthy lifestyle started and you are right, there will always be social things this time of year. What we need to do is learn to have a little of everything we fancy but not gorge on it all. Then back on plan when it isn't a day off and necessary to be a bit flexible.

Whatever you decide about WI, I know you won't blow it after a year of hard work!! hope today goes well. Let me know how you get on!

 

[xmisskx]

the "party" sounds fun...i love eye lash extensions....the ones where you get the individual ones glued on, i've never had the DIY ones.

what's your dress like?

i went to class and it was worse than i thought...2.5 on taking me to the weight i was in august. but i'm hoping that somehow, it's a bit of fluid retention...and not 2.5lb of lard glued to my backside after having a great week last week.

anyway, been now and that's it..i'll continue as normal, enjoy the weekend when it comes then do as normal once it's over with.(then same again in a couple of weeks time if i decide to embrace it lol)

i kept saying to my OH, the week before the wedding i was good, so where's the results from that, then 3 days off then back on it big time so where are the results...cos surely i lost something last week? maybe i put on 7lbs last weekend and have lost 5 this week...yeah, we'll go with that lol.

people put on less going away for 2 weeks!
people lose when they've been inhaled half the cadburys factory....but NOOOO...not me :cry:

who knows, but i can't change it so no more whinging from me, i'm gonna get on with it and just see what happens!x

 

[sparty]

Yeah I'm getting the individual ones. A girl I know has just qualified and doing me a set cheap so she can practice here is a pic of my dress...



Bargain from Dorothy Perkins!!

Aww shame about WI hun but just draw a line under it as they say. You are back on it now so it will soon be gone. Have you planned out your week?! I've got a rough plan but this weekend will be another one with Saturday off plan. Was meant to be Sunday as well but I can work around it so I can get straight back on Sunday morning.

My sister has met a girl from our primary school at her class this eve and they have decided to buddy up. She lost 2lb this week so I'm pleased for her. The girl she met has lost 11.5lb in two weeks!!!!!! Amazing!!

 

[xmisskx]

aww i really like the dress! lovely and bonus that the eyelashes are gonna be a bargain!
i love them but sometimes i wear glasses and i noticed that they were hitting off the lenses lol.
hmmm...i want some now, they make such a difference but not sure it would be worth it when i'm in the house mostly lol.

not planned meals or anything but i have a whole load of stuff in and made the chilli to freeze on friday so that's there if i need it for quickness. gonna do mac and cheese at some point to freeze a couple of portions too so i'm sorted.
only used 5 syns today - that's the lowest i've ever used lol x

well done to your sister and 11.5 in two weeks....wow! x

 

[sparty]

Ahh thanks hun. I love it even though it's quite simple. Makes me feel dressed up enough for the night but not over dressed for the lunch.

I'm on EE today. Got stir fried veg for lunch and going to use some of the free supernoodles to bulk it out as I'm having a hungry day. Dinner tonight is rack of lamb, mash and veggies.

Bf wants me to go to aldi while he is cooking and pick up some crumpets as he is craving them lol. They are only 4 syns each (with no topping) which I didn't think was that bad. Think I might have one at the weekend with a poached egg on top as a treat for breakfast on Sunday.

I had some treats last night. I had some crisps (unusual for me in the evening) and a mini dairy milk so ended on 14.5 for the day. It's really unlike you to have so few - didn't you have your treats!?

 

[xmisskx]

i had some crisps but instead of syning chocolate, i had a hifi bar instead cos i hadn't taken an alpen for after WI...was hungry before bed to be honest but i just had a wee cheese stick.

going to attempt to make some sw brownies after i post....found a recipe online (just google it and its the top search - pretty and polished's recipe) so hoping they turn out ok.
think it works out about 12/13 syns for the lot including frosting so depending on how many you cut it into (she got 25 wee bits) it could be 1/2 or 1 per piece!

i'm not keen on dark chocolate and it uses cocoa powder but if they're a success, i'm sure my OH will munch them and i could always have a few wee bits of that instead of chocolate at night? will let you know how they turn out

today is also EE for me, took the left over carbonara for lunch to have (cold) and have chicken to use for dinner....not sure what, i'll work that out AFTER the brownies...priority and all that lol x

 

[sparty]

Ooh the brownies sound nice! Let me know if they are worth it!

I haven't had any treats tonight. I did myself a SW fry up as I didn't go for steak and had sautéed potatoes, grilled mushroom, bacon, egg and a Linda mc sausage! So pretty full and I will be out at the weekend so some syns in the bank will be a good plan!

Finished the day on 7.5 syns overall. Tomorrow is the lamb rack we were meant to have on Monday with mash and veg so will be another EE day.

How was your day hun?

 

[xmisskx]

ooh dinner sounds nice!
my day's been good, ended up with chilli chicken noodles with lots of peppers and onions for dinner - quick and easy

the brownies were ok...didn't do them properly though cos i was too excited lol.
i knew i was supposed to whisk the egg whites until they made peaks but i'd also read that if the mixture was tough (which it is btw) to add a wee bit egg white at a time...so i did (before i'd whisked them) then i mixed the whites in, the whole time thinking, surely i've missed something...and i had! i had just mixed the whites in without them being peaky!
wasn't sure how they were gonna turn out but they were still edible - just a bit on the thin side lol.

too bitter for me (i don't like dark chocolate) but my OH likes them and i wasted money getting the quark to make frosting for the top cos he liked them without.
i bought disposable tray bake foil tray things and cut them into tiny wee pieces (llloooads of them...def over 30 (tiny wee squares)!) so he can get them eaten and i think i might try them again with drinking chocolate.
it does say not to use it but i just don't like the cocoa so might try the "milk chocolate" taste then even try half and half? dunno...but if you like brownies, and you like dark chocolate or don't mind the bitterness from cocoa then i'd say def try them cos you potentially could get a decent "fix" for a few syns.

i only had 1 chocolate as my treat and a pkt of hoops and crosses but syn'd 2 for the bites here and there of the brownies so 8.5 in total for me today x

 

[sparty]

Well my day has started off rubbish!!! I woke up to my hot water tank boiling over like a kettle and water dripping from my cupboard ceiling from the condensation. FFS!! Plumber has said he can't fix it til tomorrow so it's all switched off now.

Just at the station on my way to work now but apparently they are having IT problems so who knows if ill be able to do anything when I do get there!!

Nothing to eat or drink yet but when I get to the office I'm having a giant cup of tea. Nearly had toast with butter as bf was making find since we are late but busied myself washing up instead (hate people coming round when I haven't done it even if they are the plumber!!!!)

Might give the brownies a try and see how they are. Have you got the recipe?!

 

[xmisskx]

aww god...what a nightmare!
are you's in a rented place or is it your own? what i mean is....is it someone else's problem to fix for you or do you's need to fork out for it yourself?
what a shame!

i dunno if i'm allowed to post the recipe cos it's someone else's but just google sw brownies and it's the 1st one in the search (pink and polished i think)
i'm def gonna try them again but gonna see how they go with the cadbury's hot chocolate powder instead?

it's absolutely freezing here today...my lips are so sore with the cold and i REALLY need to get some decent warm clothes...today consists of jeggings, a vest, a t shirt and a hoody on the top...and i was still freezing when indoors!

doing a green day today and going to have quorn burger for dinner. took tomato pasta for lunch which i'd made last week for dinner and frozen but only managed a few mouthfuls here and there cos i was rushing about....not too hungry though but think i'll enjoy my dinner!

did you have systems at work and get stuff done?
what's your plan for dinner?x

 

[sparty]

unfortunately it's my problem to sort out as i own my flat. Has its downfalls thats for sure but i wouldnt be without it now the plumber we know (friend of my bf's dad) and says he will come fix it tomorrow evening - he will do us a good deal. i.e. buy him some wine and pay for parts so we are luckier than most i suppose. normally would cost a fortune im sure!

the IT systems came back online at 2pm!! Not great when i have urgent deadlines etc but not a lot i could do about it so ill be here a while longer i think. hopefully a better day tomorrow!

i will look at the brownie recipe over the weekend if i get time - thanks my dinner tonight will be rack of lamb, mashed potatoes and vegetables. I have only had 4 syns today so i am going to have nice buttery mash for a change instead of choc....really looking forward to it actually.

bf was talking about quorn the other day - he suggested we use it for things like chilli to save ourselves a bit of money but im not sure if it will be a good swap! still i am willing to try so next time i go to iceland then i will pick some up and see how it goes

what are your treats going to be tonight?