My Diary - 'Extra Easy' Weight Loss Starts Here (I hope!)

[Mela]

Day 182

Friday 29th July 2011

Breakfast - bitesized shredded wheat (HEb1) with skimmed milk (1/3 HEa) with sweetener
Banana

Lunch - Ham salad with rocket salad, sliced ham, spring onion and 2 x boiled eggs.
Two mini wholemeal bread rolls (HEb2)
Apple

Snacks - treat sized Chomp (3 syns)
2 x Mini Babybel light (2/3 HEa)

Supper - Turkey stirfry with egg noodles

Drinks - Mineral Water (2 litres), tea with remaining HEa, Red Bull Sugar Free, white wine (24 syns oh dear!!!) and coke zero

Exercise - Tennis

Day 183

Saturday 20th July 2011

Breakfast - Scrambled egg (0.5 syns)on one slice of wholemeal bread (HEb1) with low fat spread (0.5 syn)
Banana

Lunch - Ham salad with carrot, iceburg & red cabbage salad, sliced ham and 1 x mini babybel light (1/3 HEa)
Apple

Snacks - kelloggs Fibre plus bar (HEb2)

Supper - Extra lean mince & veg Chilli with rice and low fat cheese (remaining HEa)

Drinks - Mineral Water (2 litres), tea with skimmed milk (0.5 syns) Red Bull Sugar Free, white wine (24 syns oh dear!!!) and coke zero

Exercise - None

Day 184

Sunday 31th July 2011

Breakfast - Healthy Fry up
Banana

Lunch - Sushi (1 syn) with edamame beans
Apple

Snacks - treat sized Chomp (3 syns)
2 x Mini Babybel light (2/3 HEa)

Supper - Chicken breast stuff with quark & low fat cheese (HEa) served with a tomato & veg pasta sauce & spaghetti

Drinks - Mineral Water (1.5 litres), tea with remaining HEa, Red Bull Sugar Free, white wine (24 syns oh dear!!!) and coke zero

Exercise - Cleaning & moving furniture!!!

 

[Mela]

Day 185

Monday 1st August 2011

Breakfast - All bran (HEb) with skimmed milk (1/3 HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Left over chilli with green salad and topped with 2 x Mini Babybel light (2/3 HEa)
Apple

Snacks - Ham
1 x slice of wholemeal bread (HEb2)
1 x Cadbury Caramel treatsize (4 syns)
Apple

Supper - Lamb steaks, jacket potato with low fat spread (0.5 syns) & brocolli

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), tea with remaining HEa, Red Bull Sugar Free, and coke zero

Exercise - Legs, Bums & Tums (1 hour)

Day 186

Tuesday 2nd August 2011

Breakfast - 2 x weetabix (HEb) with skimmed milk (2/3 HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Low Fat Chicken & Chilli Super Noodles with an egg and a small ham salad?!? Salad cream (0.5 syns)
Apple

Snacks - Banana

Supper - 2 x Chicken fajita with a plain wrap (12 syns), chicken breast, onions, peppers, refried beans (syns???) & low fat cheese (1/3 HEa)

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), tea with remaining skimmed milk (HEa), and coke zero

Exercise - Boxercise (1 hour)
15 minutes fast walk with pushchair

 

[Mela]

Day 187

Wednesday 3rd August 2011

Breakfast - all bran 28g (HEb) with skimmed milk (1/3 HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Chicken salad with green salad mix & Salad cream (0.5 syns). Mixed bean salad (0.5 syns)
Apple

Snacks - Toffee Muller Light
Weetabix Oaty Bars, Milk Chocolate (3.5 syns)

Supper - Salmon salad with green salad, salmon fillets, green beans, new potatoes and boiled egg.

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), tea & options hot chocolate (3 syns) with remaining skimmed milk (HEa), and coke zero

Exercise - 15 minutes 'run' on Running Machine (2.2k/burning 145 cals)
Aqua Aerobics/Swim Gym (45 minutes)

 

[Mela]

I really need to stop having wine - especially in the week!

Day 188

Thursday 4th August 2011

Breakfast - all bran (HEb) with two dashes skimmed milk (1 syn)
Banana

Lunch - Chicken salad with green salad mix, Mixed bean & pasta salad (0.5 syns)
Apple

Snacks -
Weetabix Oaty Bars, Milk Chocolate (3.5 syns)

Supper - Sausage, moz (HEa), fennel & tomato pasta

Drinks - Mineral Water (2 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free and white wine (36 syns!!!)

Exercise - None

 

[Mela]

Another awful weekend so its time to own up & get back on the SW wagon! Here's to a better week....

Day 189

Friday 5th August 2011

Breakfast - all bran (HEb) with two dashes skimmed milk (1 syn)
Banana

Lunch - Sushi (1 syn), edamame beans and Miso soup (1.5 syns)
Apple

Snacks - None

Supper - Pizza (Homemade & used my HEa allowance but still naughty!!!)

Drinks - Mineral Water (2 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free and white wine (36 syns!!!)

Exercise - Tennis (1 hour)

Day 190

Saturday 6th August 2011

Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs and 1 slice of wholemeal toast (HEb)
Banana

Lunch - Jacket potato with beans and cheese (HEa1)

Snacks - apple

Supper - Tuna Pasta bake with hidden veg and moz cheese (HEa2)

Drinks - Mineral Water (1.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, 7up Zero and white wine (36 syns!!!)

Exercise - None

Day 191

Sunday 7th August 2011

Breakfast - all bran (HEb) with skimmed milk (part of HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Pork & Leek Sausage in a white bap!!! (6 syns???)
Apple

Snacks - None

Supper - Pork loins cooked in low alcohol cider (1 syn) with onions & garlic. Served with rice and peas & sweetcorn

Drinks - Mineral Water (2 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, Coke Zero and white wine (6 syns)

Exercise - Walking with the kids (and pushing pushchair) - 1 hour


Day 192

Monday 8th August 2011

Breakfast - 42g All bran (HEb) with skimmed milk (part of HEa)
Banana

Lunch - rice salad with beans, dressing (0.5 syns) & pasta with green salad
Apple

Snacks - 1 slice of wholemeal bread (4 syns) with salad & low fat salad cream (0.5 syns)

Supper - Beef stirfry

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free & tea with skimmed milk (from remaining HEa)

Exercise - Legs, Bums & Tums (1 hour)

 

[Mela]

Tuesday 9th August 2011

Breakfast - 42g All bran (HEb) with 2 dashes of skimmed milk (1 syn)
Banana

Lunch - bean, sweetcorn & pepper salad, dressing (0.5 syns) with green salad.
Low fat supernoodles - thai chilli flavour
Apple

Snacks - Mini milk (1.5 syns)
1 x slice of wholemeal bread (4 syns)

Supper - Chicken stuffed with cheese (HEa) wrapped in bacon (2 syns), served with a tomato & veg sauce and spaghetti

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, hot chocolate (1.5 syns) & tea with skimmed milk (1.5 syns)

Exercise - Boxercise (1 hour)
Quick walk with Seb in his pushchair (15-20 mins)

 

[Mela]

Day 194

Wednesday 10th August 2011

Breakfast - 42g All bran (HEb) with skimmed milk (1/3 HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Sushi (1 syn) and edamame beans
Apple

Snacks - Carrot
Curly Wurly (6 syns)

Supper - Salmon fillet with jacket potato, baby sweetcorn & brocolli

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, Coke Zero & tea with skimmed milk (from remaining HEa)

Exercise -Aqua Aerobics/Swim Gym (45 minutes)
15 minutes 'run' on Running Machine (2.35k/burning 157 cals)


Day 195

Thursday 11th August 2011

Breakfast - 2 x slices of wholemeal toast with low fat spread (1 syn)
Banana

Lunch - chicken, bean, pasta and mixed lettuce salad with 1 x mini babybel light (1/3 HEa)
Apple

Snacks - chocolate (6 syns)

Supper - pork, tomato & bean casserole with gnocci (2 syns)

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, Coke Zero & tea with skimmed milk (2/3 HEa)

Exercise -
16 minute Jog (2.35k/burning 131 cals)

 

[Mela]

Day 196

Friday 12th August 2011

Breakfast - 42g All bran (HEb) with skimmed milk (1/3 HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Chicken salad
Apple

Snacks -

Supper - meatballs with ikea sauce (how many syns???, jacket with low fat spread (0.5 syns) and veg

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, Coke Zero, white wine (36 syns?!?) & tea with skimmed milk (from remaining HEa)

Exercise - A little swim

Day 197

Saturday 13th August 2011

Breakfast - 42g All bran (HEb) with skimmed milk (1/3 HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Chicken salad
Apple

Snacks -

Supper - sushi (1 syn)and sashmi with edamame beans and miso soup (1.5 syns)

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, Coke Zero, white wine (36 syns?!?) & tea with skimmed milk (from remaining HEa)

Exercise - None

Day 198

Sunday 14th August 2011

Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs and 1 slice of wholemeal toast (HEb) with low fat spread (0.5 syns)
Banana

Lunch - Chicken salad with low fat salad cream (0.5 syns)
Apple

Snacks - a slice of chocolate cake (6 syns)

Supper - chicken, tomato and fennel casserole with a small roll (1/2 HEb)

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, Coke Zero, white wine (18 syns?!?) & tea with skimmed milk (from remaining HEa)

Exercise - None

 

[Mela]

Another shocking weekend - I am going to try to cut out wine all together this week & weekend as its a slippery slide... so back on it this week 100%

Day 199

Monday 15th August 2011

Breakfast - 2 slices of wholemeal toast (HEb) with low fat spread (1 syns) and Marmite
Banana

Lunch - Chicken salad with low fat salad cream (0.5 syns)
Apple

Snacks - Cadbury's buttons (2 syns)

Supper - Sausage (3 syns), onion, tomato and fennel pasta with low fat moz cheese (HEa)

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, & tea with skimmed milk (0.5 syns)

Exercise - Walk around park with kids
Legs, Bums & Tums (1 hour)

 

[Mela]

Day 200 :happy096:

Tuesday 16th August 2011

Breakfast - All bran 42g with 2 x dashes of skimmed milk (1 syn)
Banana

Lunch - Chicken salad with low fat salad cream (0.5 syns)
Apple

Snacks - Small slice of chocolate cake (4 syns)
Toffee Muller Light

Supper - chicken breast stuffed with low fat cheese (HEa) and wrapped in pancetta (1 syn). Served with mixed green veg, corn on cob and jacket potato with low fat spread (0.5 syns)

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, & tea with skimmed milk (0.5 syns)

 

[Mela]

Day 201

Wednesday 16th August 2011

Breakfast - 2 x weetabix (HEb) with skimmed milk (1/3 HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Healthy fry up with fried eggs using frylight, turkey rashers grilled, baked beans, ketchup (0.5 syns) and 1 x slice of wholemeal bread (4 syns) with low fat spread (0.5 syns)
Apple

Snacks - some cold chicken
2 x mini babybel lights (2/3 HEa)
Toffee Muller Light???

Supper - Left over casserole sauce(tomato, fennel, garlic & onion) on pasta.

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, & tea with skimmed milk (part of 1/3 HEa)

Exercise - 15 minutes 'run' on Running Machine (2.2k/burning 149 cals)
Aqua Aerobics/Swim Gym (45 minutes)

 

[Mela]

No food diary for Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday as all went a bit wrong thanks to too much vino I'm back on the SW wagon again now though...until Thursday at least! Expecting a gain this week after yet more days off plan last week On the plus side though I did manage a hour of tennis on friday & some fast walking yesterday at Silverstone!

Day 206

Monday 22nd August 2011

Breakfast - Vanilla & choc sprinkles Muller Light
Banana

Lunch - Cold chicken, green salad, bean salad and pasta salad (1 syn?)
Apple

Snacks - None yet

Supper - Lean beef burger grilled and served in a wholemeal bap (HEb) with salad, low fat cheese (HEa), Extra light mayo (0.5 syns) & onions

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, & tea with skimmed milk (0.5 syns)

Exercise - Legs, Bums & Tums (1 hour)

 

[Mela]

Day 207

Tuesday 23rd August 2011

Breakfast - Weetabix (HEb) with skimmed milk (1/2 HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Jacket potato with baked beans, green salad, bean and pasta salad.
Apple

Snacks - Chocolate (10 syns)

Supper - Bill Granger Chicken Bol with parmesan cheese (1/2 HEa) and parsley.

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, coke zero & tea with skimmed milk (from HEa)

Exercise - Boxercise (1 hour)

 

[Mela]

Day 208

Wednesday 24th August 2011

Breakfast - 2 slices of wholemeal toast (HEb) with low fat spread (1 syn)
Banana

Lunch - sushi (1 syn) and edamame beans
Apple

Snacks - Chocolate (10 syns)

Supper - Jacket potato with baked beans & low fat cheese (HEa) and green salad

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free & tea with skimmed milk (0.5 syns)

Exercise - 15 minutes 'run' on Running Machine (2.4k/burning 150 cals)
Aqua Aerobics/Swim Gym (45 minutes)

 

[Mela]

Oh dear lots to catch up on here! After a bad bank holiday week (end) & gaining my first gain (+0.5 lbs) I'm back on plan 100 % for now!!!

Day 209 -212

Thursday 25th August 2011 - Sunday 28th August 2011

Pretty much off plan thanks to too much wine, a family meal while my granny & uncle visited (haven't seen them in about 3 years!!!) and a post GP BBQ!!!

Day 213

Monday 29th August 2011

Breakfast - all bran (HEb) with skimmed milk (HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Fat Free Super Noodles sweet chilli flavour
Apple

Snacks - small slice of cake (6 syns)

Supper - Ham, bean and chip bake (from SW October 2011 magazine) - very yummy indeed! Real comfort food

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, wine (18 syns) & tea with skimmed milk (from HEa)

Exercise - None really apart from a walk with the kids around Birdland.

Day 214

Tuesday 30th August 2011

Breakfast - all bran (HEb) with skimmed milk (2/3 HEa)
Banana

Lunch - Chicken with green salad and light salad cream (0.5 syns)
Apple

Snacks - small slice of cake (6 syns)
1 x mini babybel light (1/3 HEa)

Supper - Butter Chicken (SW Mag recipe) with plain rice

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, Coke zero & tea with skimmed milk (from HEa)

Exercise - Boxercise (1 hour)

Day 215

Wednesday 31st August 2011

Breakfast - 2 slices of wholemeal toast (HEb) with low fat spread (1 syn) and marmite
Banana

Lunch - Chicken with green salad and light salad cream (0.5 syns)
Apple

Snacks - chocolate (8 syns)

Supper - Lamb Chilli made with extra lean lamb mince, onions, celery, green pepper, courgette, tinned tomato, sweetcorn, kidney beans, cannellini beans, butter beans, garlic, chilli powder, cumin, coriander & smoked paprika. Served with rice and low fat cheese (HEa)

Drinks - Mineral Water (2.5 litres), Red Bull Sugar Free, Coke zero & tea with skimmed milk (from HEa)

Exercise - 15 minutes 'run' on Running Machine (2.4k/burning 154 cals)
Aqua Aerobics/Swim Gym (45 minutes)

 

[Clavicles]

Don't worry about the half lb gain, it's nothing in the grand scheme of things. You're still below target, so have a little wriggle room.

You've done so well!

 

[Mela]

Thank you! I've managed to lose half a pound this week so back to the lowest weight I've been since starting SW hope to lose a little more though as still not happy with tum! X

 

[Amzeeny]

Hi just been reading your diary! I know it was from last year but it's given me loads of inspiration! Just had a baby boy 11 weeks ago and struggling to budge these pounds/stones! Hope you're still going good and on your target! Hopefully in 6 month I'll be at mine too x

 

[Mela]

@Amzeeny - so sorry for this very late reply!! I stopped using this site as I had reached target & was maintaining so well but am now back on as 2012 was a bad year! Today was my first day of the diet again as I put on 1 stone since March due to a leg injury and me totally going off plan I really hope you find this diet works for you. In the early stages writing this food diary really helped so hoping it will for me again too. All the best xx

 

[Mela]

Right I'm back - I STS for almost a whole year and even took up running so I could raise money in memory of my Grandpa who I lost to Bowel Cancer in Nov 2011. Sadly during the half marathon or perhaps even during training, I managed to give myself a stress fracture I completed the race but then couldn't walk. It took 8 months, an MRI and then finally an X-Ray to work out what it was. I've then been banned from any impact sports/exercise so have put on loads of weight and then added to that with Christmas too. So I'm ashamed to say I'm 1 stone over target now. With the new year I'm starting again, both with SW & my training (very slowly) so fingers crossed I can be a success & fit again!!!

Here's todays diary

Day 1

Wednesday 2nd January 2013

Breakfast - baked beans & scrambled egg made with low fat spread (1 syn) & semi skimmed milk (0.5 syns)
Banana

Lunch - squid salad with rocket
Apple

Snacks - Kellogg's Fibre Plus Cereal Bar - Milk Chocolate (HEb)

Supper - steak mince meat balls in tomato & onion sauce with light Moz cheese (HEa)

Drinks - Mineral Water (1.5 litres), Coke zero & tea with semi skimmed milk (1.5 sins)

Exercise - short walk with my boys

Total syns - 3