No More Jael Whale

[Jael]

So I've stuck to this for 3 months now (with a Xmas-New Year exception), so think it's time I documented it. Keep me motivated, have a record of all the positive changes I've made and maybe even encourage someone else. Plus, indulge my shameful love of food porn, AKA photographing my food

Yesterday I had 40g All Bran with activia vanilla yogurt and defrosted frozen berries.

Lunch poached egg on wholemeal toast with mixed salad.

Dinner. Pizza made with cauliflower base, 30g gruyere, mixed veg, sweet potato wedges and beans.

Syns. Homemade creme egg brownie, 12 syns. Totally worth it!

 

[Jael]

Yesterday breakfast All Bran 40g mixed berries and Activia FF lemon and lime yogurt

Lunch : wholewheat pasta tossed with roasted leeks and cherry tomatoes, coated with 30g gruyere cheese and whole breadcrumbs

dinner: vegetable curry and brown rice, made with spices, garlic, passata, coconut milk, leek, cauliflower, sweet potato.
3 syns

Pudding: creme egg brownie 12 syns

 

[Jael]

Yesterday:

Breakfast: 35g porridge oats HEB. 150ml semi skimmed milk, part of HEA. 150g frozen berries.

Lunch: Leftover veggie curry and brown rice from yesterday, made with coconut milk. 3 syns. FF mullerlights Greek coconut yogurt. 0.5 syns.

Dinner: Roast pork shoulder, roasted carrots, roasted potatoes (with frylight), stir fried Swiss chard with garlic. 150ml gravy 2 syns. Malteaster bunny 8syns.

Coffee made with remainder of HEA. Lots of water. 30 day shred DVD.

13.5 syns.

 

[Jael]

Today


Breakfast: 40g All Bran HEB. Frozen strawberries and raspberries SF. FF activia raspberry yogurt


Lunch: McCain jacket 1 syn. Half tin baked beans. Salad leaves SF. FF salad dressing. 2 tsp flora lightest 1 syn


Snack: half an Eton mess shortbread in Coffee Soho. Unsure of syns, so decided half a tiffin in cost as. 12 syn.


Dinner: leftover pork roast, potatoes, carrots, purple sprouting broccoli. SF. Gravy 1 syn.


Latte. HEA

 

[Jael]

Breakfast: alpen light 2.5 syns and lemon muller Greek yogurt 1/2 syn

Lunch: Lean bacon and egg over easy in wholemeal roll HEB. Greek muller toffee 1/2 syn

Cinema snack: raspberries SF smuggled in.

Dinner: pork, peppers SF, red onion SF, aubergine SF, mushrooms SF, stewed in syn free BBQ sauce. Served on bed of brown rice. FF yogurt

 

[Jael]

Yesterday:

Breakfast: 2 activia fat free yogurts on top of diced strawberries SF

Lunch: Toby Carvery with OH dad. Grrrr!! No boiled potatoes or wide veg selection available. Cauliflower covered in cheese! Peas looked like bullets! Grrrrrrr!:rant2:Only got a regular plate, not the mahoosive one. Had Turkey, carrots, cabbage, parsnips, roast potatoes. One Yorkshire pudding. Unsure of syns. Gravy. Think it'll be about 12syns. But no more syns today for safety.

Tea: Lean bacon and cheese HEA toastie HEB. Topped with dry fried egg, served with tinned tomatoes SF and half tin of Heinz 5 beans.

 

[Mrsbod]

What are the McCains Jackets like? I have a microwave at work, and an oven, but never remember to put a potato on to bake in time for lunch, if those are only 1 syn and tasty, might be worth a shot

 

[Biker Chick]

Your bacon and cheese toasty dinner sounds lush!

Deffo stealing that one

Thank you!

 

[Jael]

What are the McCains Jackets like? I have a microwave at work, and an oven, but never remember to put a potato on to bake in time for lunch, if those are only 1 syn and tasty, might be worth a shot

Theyre quite nice actually. Not as good as homemade but definitely better than purely microwaved potato. They're part of my emergency " I've no food and no time to cook argh!!" Food stash

 

[Jael]

Your bacon and cheese toasty dinner sounds lush!

Deffo stealing that one

Thank you!

it was absolutely gert lush! Pure comfort food

 

[Jael]

So yesterday I lost 2 pounds!!! Yippee!!!! But no resting on laurels. Gotta keep going. Next mini goal of 13 stone in sight.

Breakfast: 40g All Bran HEB. Strawberries SF. Muller light Greek coconut yogurt. 1/2 syn

Lunch: extra lean mine cooked in passata SF, half onion SF, whole green pepper SF, mint, gruyere 30g HEA and tomato purée, on top of 1 slice toast wholemeal 3 1/2 syns, topped with dry fried egg (apparently my new obsession is topping things with egg) :drool:

Tea: homemade sausage casserole; joes Lincolnshire sausages, red onion SF, passata SF, mushrooms SF, red pepper SF, aubergine SF, courgette SF, red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, Worcester sauce, basil and tomato purée, with half pack Ainsley Harriott moroccan couscous, about 1 syn. Aero white chocolate mousse 5syns.

 

[Jael]

Whew. Back after bad week last week. Mother's Day meal HUGE and loaded with syns. Most massive white chocolate cream filled eclair with hot fudge sauce. Horrendous! Plus several meals out and a kebab and chips takeaway:break_diet:My excuse us I was ill and only junk would do.
Somehow still lost a pound. So now I'm back. On plan and raring to go! Food diary back on track:

Breakfast: weetabix toffee dazzler bar HEB, muller light Greek lemon yogurt. 1/2 syn.

Lunch: Sticky chicken SW recipe, 2 syns, tossed with whole wheat pasta, sliced onion SF and grated beetroot. HEA light cheddar 40g. Yum yum yum! Beetroot works well with sticky sauce.

Dinner: tandoori salmon, salmon baked with marinade of FF total yogurt and 1 TBSP pataks tandoori paste 1/2 syn, oven baked with lidl spicy couscous 1 syn, stir fried leeks SF and purple sprouting broccoli SF

 

[Jael]

Birthday and anniversary celebrations done. No real damage either! Back on strict diary mode now. Also trying to aim for the 7 a day thing, so trying to get at least 6 portions fruit and veg a day

Yesterday:

Breakfast: All bran 40g HEB, frozen strawberries, raspberries and blueberries SF, FF activia yogurt

Lunch: McCain jacket 1 syn, baked beans, light spread 1.5 syns, packet of mixed steamed veg SF, FF mango Greek mullerlight 0.5 syns

Dinner: Homemade pulled beef chilli- slow roasted pulled beef, tinned toms, onion, carrot, red and yellow pepper, aubergine SF, spices, brown rice, HEA light cheddar 40g, homemade key lime pie 5syns, Cadbury creme egg biscuit 4 syns.

Syns: 12; 2 portions fruit breakfast, 2 portions veg lunch, 3 portions veg dinner

 

[Jael]

Plus day before on the run

Brekkie: All bran 40g HEA, strawberries, raspberries SF, FF activia yogurt

Lunch on the go: Mugshot

Dinner: Salmon Tray Bake- salmon, red onion, peppers, courgette, cherry toms SF, baby potatoes, stock, lemon juice/zest, Provençal herbs, creme egg 9 syns

9 syns. 2 fruit portions breakfast, 2 portions veg dinner

 

[Jael]

Sunday: morning spent in eye hospital. Yay! But feeling better now. Managed to find some healthy breakfast items in hospital shop.

Breakfast: weetabix bar 3.5 syns, banana SF, muller light yogurt

lunch: Roast chicken, roast potatoes, broccoli SF, leeks SF, 3 yorkshires 3 syns, gravy 2 syns. Mullerlight mint chocolate dessert 5 syns

dinner: lean bacon and 3 slices light cheese HEA toastie HEB, with tinned toms SF, baked beans, dry fried egg. Muller Greek mango yogurt. 0.5 syns

14 syns. 5 portions fruit n veg

 

[Jael]

Yesterday:

brunch: scrambled egg, tinned toms SF, stir fried mushrooms SF, baked beans

Snack: pink lady apple SF

dinner: homemade jack Daniels burger, extra lean mince with red onion, tomato purée, jack Daniels BBQ sauce 1 syn and Worcester sauce, served in wholemeal roll HEB, with lean bacon and light cheese slices HEA. Served with sweet potato wedges and large salad of bowl of mixed salad leaves and 8 cherry tomatoes. Mullerlight mint chocolate dessert 5 syns

syns 6, 7 portions fruit and vegetables