My very own food diary...the 'will succeed' challenge!

[gemmiegem]

Day 47:

Breakfast: Fruit n Fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana, 1 pear (both SuperFree!)

Lunch: leftovers from dinner the night before - noodles, chicken, stock, soy sauce, peas, sweetcorn (all Free!), carrots, cauliflower, onions (all SuperFree!), 1 apple, 1 pear, 1 banana (all SuperFree!), 1 Alpen Light bar (3 syns)

Dinner: Mince Cannelloni - lean mince, pasta (cannelloni), garlic and potatoes (SW chips!) (all Free!), onions, peppers, mushrooms, tomato passata (all SuperFree!), sprinkle of parmesan cheese on top (2 syns)

Other drinks - tea with skimmed milk (HEa), diet coke (Free!), WW hot choc sachet (2 syns), loads of water with no added sugar squash.

Total Syns: 7 syns
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Day 48:

Breakfast: 2 x weetabix (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsp sugar (2 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Breakfast meeting at work which I didn't know about! - food provided! - 1 Muller light strawberry yogurt (Free!), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: leftover dinner - cannelloni, mince (all Free!), tomato passata, onions, mushrooms (all SuperFree!), sprinkle of parmesan cheese on top (2 syns) carrot sticks (SuperFree!), 1 banana, 1 apple (both SuperFree!), 1 Alpen Light (3 syns)

Dinner: homemade SW curry - chicken, low fat natural yogurt, powders/spices, rice (all Free!), tomato passata, onions, peppers (all SuperFree!)

Other drinks - tea with skimmed milk (remainder of my HEa allowance), diet coke (Free!), loads of water with no added sugar squash, 1 WW hot chocolate sachet (2 syns)

Total Syns: 9 syns
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Day 49:

Breakfast: fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 pear (all SuperFree!)

Lunch: pasta, peas, 2 eggs, sweetcorn (all Free!), carrots, broccoli, cauliflower (all SuperFree!), 1 apple, 1 banana (both SuperFree!), Alpen Light bar (3 syns)

Dinner: homemade spag bol - lean mince, pasta, garlic (all Free!), mushrooms, onions, tomato passata (all SuperFree!)

Snack after Weigh in!: Alpen Light bar (3 syns)

Other drinks - tea with skimmed milk (HEa), loads of water with no added sugar squash, 1 WW hot chocolate sachet (2 syns)

Total Syns: 8 syns

 

[rattymum]

Hi Gemmiegem! I really like your diary and fab weightlosses too! Well done! x

 

[gemmiegem]

Gosh...I can't believe it's been 4 days since I logged on and entered my food diary (luckily I keep a paper one so easy to put online!)

Day 50:

Breakfast: fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana, 1 pear (both SuperFree!)

Lunch: leftover spag bol - lean mince, pasta, garlic (all Free!), mushrooms, onions, tomato passata (all SuperFree!), 1 apple, 1 pear (both SuperFree!) and an Alpen Light bar (3 syns)

Dinner: Chinese night - boiled rice (Free!), chicken in black bean sauce (6.5 syns), about 5 chips! (2 syns)

drinks - tea with skimmed milk (HEa), loads of water with no added sugar squash, 1 WW hot chocolate sachet (2 syns)

Total Syns: 13.5 syns
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Day 51: we went to London for the weekend so I knew today (Saturday) would be a flexi treat day! Limited myself to max 40 syns and kept below that - knowing I could be good the following week before weigh in! I even skipped alcohol (despite going out for drinks after going to the theatre! and skipped yummy looking desserts!)

Breakfast: Fry up - sausages (8 syns), mushrooms and tomatoes (SuperFree!), bacon with fat removed (Free!), baked beans (Free!), 2 eggs (Free, but added 2 syns for oil!), bread (toast) (HEb), other bread (white - 6 syns)

Lunch: didn't have any!

Dinner: chinese at chinatown in London! yum! - chicken chow mein (12 syns - there was lots of it!), boiled rice (Free!), oranges (SuperFree!)

Other drinks - tea with skimmed milk (HEa), 1 banana milkshake (7 syns), diet cokes (Free!), water (Free!) - skipped the alcohol

Total Syns: 35 syns
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Day 52: sunday - still in London!

Breakfast: breakfast batch - white roll (7 syns), egg (Free, but added 1 syn for oil), bacon with fat removed (Free!), sausage (5 syns)

Lunch: mexican from a stall at Camden Market!! Hard to know the exact syns in this but probably about 6 syns - was quite small, mainly rice but added syns for small tacos and fillings. Served with salad - SuperFree!

Dinner: craving something a bit healthier so went for a Jacket Potato (Free!) with baked beans (Free!), cheese (HEa), salad - lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes (all SuperFree!)

drinks - tea, diet cokes (Free!), water (Free!)

Total Syns: 19 syns
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Day 53: monday morning - back at home/work - back to plan!

Breakfast: Fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana and 1 apple (both SuperFree!)

Lunch: made before I went to work - pasta (Free!), with peas, sweetcorn, 2 eggs (all Free!), brocolli, cauliflower and carrots (SuperFree!), 1 small low fat strawberry yogurt (2.5 syns)

Snack: approx 8 small cherry/plum tomatoes (SuperFree!)

Dinner: cooked dinner (to combat the lack of veg consumed over the weekend!) - pork (fat trimmed off) (Free!), potatoes, parsnips (Free!), leeks, carrots, brocolli (all SuperFree!), gravy (2 syns)

drinks - tea with skimmed milk (HEa), about 8 glasses of squash (no added sugar) so loads of water! (Free!)

Total Syns: 4.5 syns

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 54:

Breakfast: Fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana and 2 kiwis (all SuperFree!)

Lunch: leftover dinner - chicken, potatoes (Free!), carrots, broccoli, leeks (all SuperFree!), gravy (2 syns), 1 banana, 1 pear, bunch of red grapes (all SuperFree!), 1 Alpen light bar (3 syns)

Snack: approx 10 small cherry/plum tomatoes (SuperFree!), SW bar (3 syns)

Dinner: an adapted SW recipe - Moussaka and SW chips! - lean mince (Free!), low fat nat yogurt (Free!), eggs (Free!), skimmed milk (HEa), chopped tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, aubergine (all SuperFree!), tomato puree (1 syn)

drinks - tea with skimmed milk (remainder of HEa), about 8 glasses of squash (no added sugar) so loads of water! (Free!), diet coke, WW hot chocolate sachet (2 syns)

Total Syns: 11 syns

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 55:

Breakfast: Fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana and 2 kiwis (all SuperFree!)

Lunch: leftover moussaka dinner - lean mince, low fat natural yogurt, eggs (all Free!), aubergines, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes and carrot sticks (all SuperFree!), red grapes, an apple, 1 banana (all SuperFree!), 1 Alpen light (3 syns)

Dinner: my favourite! - lean mince (Free!), gravy (2 syns), onions (SuperFree!) with veg mash - potatoes (Free!), leeks and carrots (SuperFree!)...pudding of two Alpen light bars warmed up in microwave (6 syns!)

drinks - about 8 glasses of squash (no added sugar) so loads of water! (Free!), diet coke, WW hot chocolate sachet (2 syns)

Total Syns: 13 syns
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Day 56:

Breakfast: Fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 apple and 1 pear (both SuperFree!)

Lunch: leftover dinner! - lean mince (Free!), with onions (SuperFree!) and gravy (2 syns), and veg mash - potatoes (Free!), leeks and carrots (SuperFree!), 1 apple, 1 pear (both SuperFree!) and 2 Alpen Lights (6 syns)

Dinner: chicken breast (Free!) with fat free cottage cheese filling (Free!) wrapped in bacon (fat trimmed off) (Free!), with barbecue sauce (2 syns), with SW chips (potato) (Free!), tomatoes and mushrooms (SuperFree!)

drinks - tea with skimmed milk (HEa), a glass of milk (remainder of HEa), about 4 glasses of squash (no added sugar) so lots of water! (Free!), WW hot chocolate sachet (2 syns)

Total Syns: 12 syns

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 57:

Breakfast: 2 slices (small) wholemeal bread (toast) (HEb), 2 fried eggs using frylight (Free!), tomatoes and mushrooms (SuperFree!)

Lunch: 5 x scan bran (5 syns), fat free cottage cheese (Free!), 2 chicken slices (Free!), tiny amount of cheddar cheese (HEa), cucumber, carrots, tomatoes (all SuperFree!), red grapes, 1 apple, 1 banana (all SuperFree!), 1 Alpen Light bar (3 syns)

Dinner: home-cooked chinese (rather than take out ) - chicken and sweetcorn soup - chicken, sweetcorn, eggs, stock (all Free!), cornflour (2 syns) and noodles - noodles (Free!) with stir fry veg (SuperFree!)

drinks - about 4 glasses of squash (no added sugar)! (Free!), WW hot chocolate sachet (2 syns)

Total Syns: 12 syns
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Day 58:

Breakfast: 1 banana, porridge oats (HEb) and skimmed milk (HEa), sugar 2 tsps (2 syns) - before I went for a run! ... then 2 half-fat sausages (6 syns), 1 slice (small) wholemeal bread (3 syns), 2 eggs (Free!), bacon without fat (Free!), baked beans (Free!), mushrooms and tomatoes (SuperFree!)

Lunch/Snack: 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 pear (all SuperFree!), low fat natural yogurt (Free!)

Dinner: treated to indian by the future father in law at our local (yummy) indian restaurant! - 1 poppadom (4 syns), dips (2 syns), chicken dansak (6.5 syns), pilau rice (2 syns)

drinks - water and diet cokes (Free!) - even resisted a glass of wine when eating out!

Total Syns: 25.5 syns (heavy day on syns...but can balance out over rest of week! )
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Day 59:

Breakfast: 2 weetabix (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsps of sugar (2 syns), red grapes (SuperFree!)

Lunch: Jacket Potato (no butter) (Free!), with cheese (6 syns) and baked beans (Free!) and side salad (SuperFree!)

Dinner: Sunday dinner - chicken, potatoes, sugar snap peas (all Free!), leeks, carrots, swede, brocolli (all SuperFree!), gravy (3 syns)

drinks - water and diet pepsi, tea with skimmed milk (using remainder of HEa)

Total Syns: 11 syns
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Day 60:

Breakfast: Fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana and green grapes (all SuperFree!)

Lunch: at a full day training session with work today and lunch provided - but I chose quite savvy options - starter: spicy sweetcorn soup (no syns), but 5 syns for the wholemeal roll (no butter); salmon (without dressing) (Free!), boiled rice (Free!), peas (Free!), salad - lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber (all SuperFree!)

Snacks: 1 banana (SuperFree!) and 3 x small crawford's digestive biscuits (10.5 syns - they weren't worth it!)

Dinner: homemade SW burgers - lean mince (Free!), SW chips (potatoes) (Free!), onions (SuperFree!), salad (mainly lettuce!) (SuperFree!), wholemeal roll (6 syns), salsa (1 syn)

drinks - tea with milk (HEa), water, and diet coke (Free!)

Total Syns: 22.5 syns

...which means I need to keep my syns below 11 syns a day over the next 3 days before weigh in...should be ok

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 61:

Breakfast: Fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana and 1 apple (both SuperFree!)

Lunch: homemade chunky vegetable soup - leeks, broccoli, carrots, onions (all SuperFree!), sugar snap peas (Free!), stock cubes (Free!), red grapes (SuperFree!), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Dinner: homemade SW recipe spaghetti carbonara (which was lush...first time I've made it...and will definitely make it again!) - spaghetti (Free!), bacon with fat trimmed off (Free!), mushrooms (SuperFree!), fat free fromage frais (Free!), eggs (Free!), salt and pepper (Free!), parmesan cheese (HEa)...followed by 1 Alpen Light (3 syns)

drinks - tea without milk, nas squash...so loads of water (about 5 glasses), 1 glass of diet coke (Free!), 1 WW hot choc sachet (2 syns)

Total Syns: 5 syns

 

[gemmiegem]

Gosh...a few days to catch up on! Here goes...!

Day 62:

Breakfast: porridge (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsp sugar (2 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: boiled rice (Free!), tuna (Free!), fat free fromage frais (Free!), sweetcorn (Free!), lettuce, cucumber (both SuperFree!), 1 apple and 1 banana (SuperFree!), 3 chunks of scan bran chocolate cake (4.5syns)

Dinner: chinese!! boiled rice (Free!), chicken and mushrooms (5.5syns)

drinks - tea without milk, nas squash...so loads of water (about 6 glasses), 1 WW hot choc sachet (2 syns)

Total Syns: 14 syns
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Day 63:

Breakfast: 2 x weetabix (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsp sugar (2 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: boiled rice, tuna, fat free fromage frais (Free!), lettuce, cucumber (both SuperFree!), 1 apple and green grapes (SuperFree!), 3 chunks scan bran chocolate cake (4.5syns)

Dinner: SW Spag bol - lean mince, fry light, pasta (all Free!), onions, mushrooms, tomato passata (all SuperFree!), parmesan (1 syn)

drinks - tea with remainder of HEa milk, nas squash...so loads of water (about 4 glasses), 1 WW hot choc sachet (2 syns)

Total Syns: 9.5 syns

(at weigh in tonight I lost another 1lb!)

 

[gemmiegem]

OK...so trip to Haven with 11 other adults for a 30th birthday booze up...**WARNING** - the 3 days below show me consuming my entire allowance of syns for the week in just 3 days!! woop!!

Day 64:

Breakfast: Frankie and Benny's - 4 egg omelette (eggs - Free!), cheese (HEa), with bacon (trimmed off fat) (Free!), and tomatoes (SuperFree!) and a few little potato chiplets (Free...but affed 7 syns for oil!), salad - lettuce and tomatoes (SuperFree!)

Lunch: Jacket Potato (no butter) (Free!), baked beans (Free!), salad - lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber (SuperFree!) but added 1 syn for the tiny amount of dressing on it.

Dinner: salad buffet!! - ham, chicken (both Free!), carrot sticks, cucumber sticks (both SuperFree!), tomatoes (SuperFree!), pasta with sweetcorn and tuna (Free!), and birthday cake (8 syns)...

drinks - water and diet cokes...and a bottle of rose (24 syns!) (oops!)

Total Syns: 40 syns
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Day 65:

Breakfast: bacon sandwich - 2 slices wholemeal bread (HEb), bacon no fat (Free!), butter (1 syn), fat free WW yogurt (Free!), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: buffet - 2 slices of pizza (tiny slices) (8 syns), lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber (SuperFree!), ham (Free!), pasta with tuna and sweetcorn (Free!), small slice of cake (5 syns)

Dinner: caravan cooked mexican night! - chilli with rice, fajita mix - onions, peppers, lettuce etc, slice of cake (10 syns), oil (2 syns)

drinks - tea with HEa milk, water, wine (10 syns), malibu (8 syns), diet coke (Free!)

Total Syns: 45 syns (roughly!)
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Day 66:

Breakfast: bacon and sausage sandwich -2 slices of wholemeal bread (HEb), bacon no fat (Free!), 2 thin sausages (6 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!), 1 WW fat free yogurt (Free!)

Lunch: we went to a japanese restaurant - pretty much impossible to know the syns accurately - but I've said about 12 syns for oil!

Dinner: snack really - hifi deluxe peanut bar (6 syns)

drinks - tea with HEa milk, water, diet coke.

Total Syns: 24 syns


....so all in all...3 days and slightly over my week's worth of syns...gonna be a tough four days before weigh in now keeping syns at 0 (or very very minimal!!)

 

[gemmiegem]

OK...I've gone for over a week without internet at home as our modem is broken...so a few days to fill out!

Day 67:

Breakfast: fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 apple and 1 banana (both SuperFree!)

Lunch: pasta, sweetcorn (both Free!) with brocolli and spinach (both SuperFree!) and 2 apples (SuperFree!)

Dinner: Homemade SW curry - boiled rice, prawns, curry powders, low fat natural yogurt (all Free!), onions and tomato passata (SuperFree!)

drinks - tea with HEa milk, a glass of milk (remainder of HEa) and lots of water and NAS squash.

Total Syns: 0 syns
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Day 68:

Breakfast: 2 x weetabix (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsp sugar (2 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: pasta, sweetcorn, 2 boiled eggs (all Free!), spinach and brocolli (both SuperFree!), 2 apples (Superfree!)

Dinner: Homemade SW goulash - steak (no fat), tagliatelle pasta, bovril, paprika, tomato puree (all Free!), onions, mushrooms and white cabbagae (SuperFree!)

drinks - tea with remainder of HEa milk, lots of water and NAS squash.

Total Syns: 2 syns
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Day 69:

Breakfast: tiny amount of porridge and 2 tsp sugar (2 syns) and 1 small hifi bar (HEb), milk (HEa)

Lunch: jacket potato (no butter), baked beans (Free!), tiny amount of cheese (remainder of HEa) with salad (no dressing) - lettuce, cucumber, tomato (all SuperFree!)

Dinner: Homemade SW lasagne - lean mince, garlic, pasta sheets, quark, fat free fromage frais (all Free!), mushrooms, onions, tomato passata, broccoli, carrots (all SuperFree!)

drinks - lots of water, 1 x diet coke

Total Syns: 2 syns
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Day 70:

Breakfast: fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 pear (all SuperFree!)

Lunch: Jacket potato (no butter), baked beans (Free!), tiny amount of cheese (remainder of HEa) with salad (no dressing) - lettuce, cucumber, tomato (all SuperFree!), 1 slice of ham (Free!)

Dinner: Homemade SW spaghetti carbonara - spaghetti, bacon (fat trimmed off), fat free fromage frais, eggs (all Free!), mushrooms (SuperFree!), sprinkle of parmesan (remainder of HEa)

drinks - lots of water, diet coke.

snack - treated myself to a peanut deluxe hifi bar after weigh in (6 syns) (I lost 2.5lbs and got my 1 and a half stone and Club 10 awards!)

Total Syns: 6 syns
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Day 71:

Breakfast: fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 plum (all SuperFree!)

Lunch: Salad - pasta, sweetcorn (both Free!), lettuce, cucumber, tomato, peppers, red cabbage, salad dressing (3 syns), cheese (HEa), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Dinner: Chinese!! Chicken Chow Mein (7 syns), 1 prawn toast (3.5 syns), 1 piece of chicken (1 syn...to be on the safe side!), boiled rice (Free!)

drinks - lots of water, diet coke.

Total Syns: 14.5 syns
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Day 72:

Breakfast: porridge (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsp sugar (2 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: sausage sandwich - 2 slices (small) wholemeal bread (6 syns), 2 half fat sausages (6 syns) - no butter or sauces.

Dinner: SW curry - chicken, garlic, ginger, boiled rice, curry powders (all Free!), tomato passata, onions, peppers (all SuperFree!)

Dessert Treat: (the mother in law was visiting this weekend from Cornwall!) - 1 plain scone (11 syns), 1 level tbsp of clotted cream (4.5 syns), fresh strawberries (SuperFree!)

drinks - water, diet coke, tea with remainder of HEa allowance.

Total Syns: 29.5 syns
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Day 73:

Breakfast: SW fry up - 2 eggs (fried with frylight), bacon with fat trimmed off, baked beans (all Free!), 1 small slice of wholemeal bread (HEb), tomatoes, mushrooms (SuperFree!), 1 half fat sausages (6 syns)

Lunch: 1 scone (11 syns), 1 level tbsp clotted cream (4.5 syns), fresh strawberries (SuperFree!)

Dinner: Roast dinner (homecooked SW style!) - potatoes, parsnips, beef (all Free!), carrots, broccoli and leeks (all SuperFree!), gravy (2 syns)

drinks - tea with skimmed milk (HEa) and water, and 1 glass of diet coke.

Total Syns: 23.5 syns

(so I've gone over on the syns at the weekend...but planning to reduce my syns (without cheating!!) over the next 4 days before weigh in to balance out!)

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 74:

Breakfast: 2 weetabix (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsps sugar (2 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: 4.5 x scanbran (4.5 syns), fat free cottage cheese (Free!), 3 slices of ham (Free!), tiny bit of cheese (remainder of HEa), cucumber, tomato, lettuce (all SuperFree!), 1 banana and 1 apple (SuperFree!)

Dinner: homemade SW burgers - lean mince, paprika, egg (all Free!), onions, lettuce (SuperFree!), SW chips (potatoes!!) (Free!), salsa (0.5 syns), 1 small wholemeal bread roll (5 syns)

drinks - lots and lots of water with NAS squash!

Total Syns: 12 syns

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 75:

Breakfast: porridge (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsps sugar (2 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: pasta (Free!), peas (Free!), mixed veg (SuperFree!), red grapes (SuperFree!), 2 pears (SuperFree!)

Snack: Alpen Light (3 syns)

Dinner: met up with a friend and went to harvester! flame grilled chicken (Free!), peas (Free!), jacket potato without butter or sour cream (Free!), bbq dip (2.5 syns), and lots of salad!! (SuperFree!), red devil dressing (2.5 syns)

drinks - lots and lots of water with NAS squash!, tea with milk (remainder of HEa allowance), diet pepsi

Total Syns: 10 syns

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 76:

Breakfast: porridge (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsps sugar (2 syns), 2 plums (SuperFree!)

Lunch: 4 x scan bran (4 syns), fat free cottage cheese (Free!), tuna (Free!), cucumber, lettuce (both SuperFree!), 1 apple and 1 pear (both SuperFree!), 1 WW fat free yogurt (Free!)

Snack: Alpen Light (3 syns)

Dinner: Stuffed peppers - lean mince, paprika, chilli powder (all Free!), peppers, onions, mushrooms (all SuperFree!), topped with fat free fromage frais (Free!) and served with boiled rice (Free!)

drinks - lots and lots of water with NAS squash!, tea with milk (remainder of HEa allowance)

Total Syns: 9 syns

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 77:

Breakfast: porridge (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsps sugar (2 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: mug shot creamy cheese (2 syns), baby tomatoes (SuperFree!), a punnet of strawberries (SuperFree!), 1 banana (SuperFree!) and 1 WW fat free yogurt (Free!), 1 Alpen Light (3 syns)

Dinner: diet coke barbecue chicken - chicken, diet coke, tomato puree, bacon (fat trimmed off) and boiled rice (all Free!) with veg - carrots and spinach (SuperFree!) and topped with a bit of cheese (remainder of HEa)

drinks - lots and lots of water with NAS squash!

Total Syns: 7 syns

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 78:

Breakfast: porridge (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsp sugar (2 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: boiled rice, peas, leftover diet coke bbq sauce (all Free!), onions, tomato puree, carrots (all SuperFree!), handful of cherry tomatoes (SuperFree!), small punnet of strawberries (SuperFree!), WW fat free yogurt (Free!), 1 Alpen Light (3 syns)

Snack: WW fat free yogurt (Free!)

Dinner: went out with friends - steak (fat trimmed off) (Free!), jacket potato (no butter) (Free!), mushroom, tomatoes (SuperFree!), side salad (SuperFree!), salad dressing (2 syns), sticky toffee pudding (unsure exactly - but no more than 20 syns)

drinks: 6 glasses of water with NAS squash during the day, 4 malibu and diet cokes (16 syns), diet coke (Free!)

Total Syns: 43
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Day 79:

Breakfast: porridge (HEb), skimmed milk (HEa), 2 tsps sugar (2 syns), 1 banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: thai lunch - tom yam soup and pad thai (8 syns)

Dinner: chinese - beef with mushrooms (4 syns), boiled rice (Free!)

drinks - water and tea (with remainder of HEa skimmed milk)

Total Syns: 14
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Day 80:

Breakfast: fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), 1 apple and 1 banana (SuperFree!), low fat natural yogurt (Free!)

Lunch: we were at a hospitality day at the football yesterday (great day...but the diet was punished!) - starter: salmon (Free!) with salad (SuperFree!); Main: Duck (Free because I didn't eat the skin/fat!), carrot mash (SuperFree!), dauphinoise potatoes (6 syns and included my HEa!); dessert: plum tart (don't know how many syns exactly, but 15 syns should cover it!); I skipped the cheese and biscuits!

Also added 5 syns for oil, to be on the save side!

Dinner: also provided at the football hospitality - but only had a small plate of various nibbles (10 syns) and 1 biscuit (3 syns)

drinks - diet cokes mainly, but had 1 glass of champagne (4 syns) and 2 orange juices (3 syns)

Total Syns: 42

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OK...so I've had a synful few days...99 syns to be precise...which leaves me technically with 6 syns for the rest of the week (4 days!)...gonna be tough to stick to 6 syns over 4 days...if I stick to max 4 syns per day (16 syns total) I'll be satisfied!

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 81: (Monday 2nd April 2012)

Breakfast: fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), 1 apple and 1 banana (SuperFree!), low fat natural yogurt (Free!)

Lunch: 2 x scan bran (2 syns), fat free cottage cheese, 2 chicken slices (all Free!), cucumber, carrot sticks, handful of cherry tomatoes (all SuperFree!), 1 apple and 1 banana (both SuperFree!)

Dinner: Homemade SW curry - chicken, curry powders, spices, red chillis, worcestershire sauce, garlic, ginger, low fat natural yogurt, boiled rice (all Free!) and onions, tomato passata and mushrooms (SuperFree!)


Drinks: 5 big glasses of water with NAS squash, tea with milk (HEa)

Total Syns: 2

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 82: (Tuesday 3rd April 2012)

Breakfast: Fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), 1 banana and 1 apple (both SuperFree!)

Lunch: tagliatelle, chicken, peas, 2 boiled eggs (all Free!) with veg - carrots, brocolli and cauliflower (all SuperFree!), a small punnet of strawberries and a banana (all SuperFree!)

Dinner: homemade thai bites (Free!), boiled rice (Free!), homemade thai green curry - chicken, peas, chillis (all Free!), onions, peppers (SuperFree!), stock (Free!), soy sauce/fish sauce (Free!), 4 level tbsp green thai past (technically 6 syns, but I only had half the dish so 3 syns!), 16 level tbsp coconut milk (needed using up from cupboard from before I started SW!! technically 1.5syns per level tbsp (24syns) but I only had half the dish so 12 syns).

Drinks: 5 big glasses of water with NAS squash, tea with milk (HEa)

Total syns: 15

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 83: (Wednesday 4th April 2012)

Breakfast: fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), fresh pineapple and banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: pasta, peas, 2 boiled eggs (all Free!), carrots, brocolli, cauliflower (all SuperFree!), small punnet of strawberries and fresh pineapple (SuperFree!)

Dinner: omelette - 3 eggs (Free!), onions, mushrooms, tomatoes (SuperFree!), cheese (HEa), SW chips/potatoes (Free!) and 1 hifi peanut bar (6 syns)

Drinks: 5 glasses of water with NAS squash, diet coke x 2 (Free!)

Total syns: 6

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 84: (Thursday 5th April 2012)


Breakfast: fruit n fibre cereal (HEb), low fat natural yogurt (Free!), fresh pineapple and banana (SuperFree!)

Lunch: cheese (HEa) and chicken (Free!) toastie (2 slices wholemeal bread - 6 syns), cherry tomatoes and cucumber (SuperFree!)

Snack: 1 hifi deluxe chocolate bar (6 syns)

Dinner: Spaghetti Bolognaise - pasta, garlic, lean mince (all Free!), mushrooms, onions, tomato passata (SuperFree!)

Drinks: water, tea with milk (remainder of HEa), diet coke

Total Syns: 12 syns

 

[gemmiegem]

Day 85: (Friday 6th April 2012 - Good Friday!)


Breakfast: SW style fry up!! - 2 half fat sausages (6 syns), bacon with fat trimmed off (Free!), baked beans (Free!), 2 poached eggs (Free!), 1 slice wholemeal bread - small, no butter (3 syns), mushrooms and tomatoes (both SuperFree!), (no sauce!)

Lunch: fruit salad - 2 apples, fresh pineapple and banana (all SuperFree!) with low fat natural yogurt (Free!) and 1 hifi deluxe peanut bar (HEb)

Dinner: Chinese takeaway (yum !!) - beef with mushrooms (4.5syns), boiled rice (Free!)

Drinks: tea with milk (HEa) x 3, diet coke x 1 Total Syns: 13.5