Post pregnancy challenge!

[SaraC]

Hi,

For those who remember me I started SW again just after my baby was born but with the chaos that a newborn and a toddler brings, it didn't last very long! So now I've got just over a stone to lose and now I'm more in a routine now the baby is 6 months old and I'm due to go back to work in 3 weeks, it's about time I started eating properly again!!


Green Day - Monday 25th June 2012

Breakfast - Oats so Simple sachet (HEB) with 180ml SS milk (part HEA) and sliced banana

Snacks: Peach, Thai Mugshot (0.5 syn), 2 tbsp Marshmallow Fluff (2 syns)

Lunch: 2 slices of WW thick bread (HEB), 42g mozzarella (HEA)

Tea - Quorn Peppered Steak, Stuffed Giant Mushrooms (stuffed with 28g Sweet Chilli Philly (2 syns), peppers, onions, mushrooms) with SW potato wedges and 1tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)

Drinks - Tea (part HEA for SS milk), water, NAS juice

Healthy Extras - A -250ml SS milk, 42g Mozzarella
B - Oats so Simple sachet, 2 slices thick WW bread

Syns - Thai Mugshot (0.5 syn)
28g Sweet Chilli Philly (2 syns)
1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)
2 tbsp Marshmallow Fluff (2 syns)

Total syns - 6 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 99/105

 

[SaraC]

Green Day - Tuesday 26th June 2012

Breakfast - Oats so Simple sachet (HEB) with 180ml SS milk (part HEA) and sliced banana

Snacks: Peach, Asda fat Free Dessert yogurt (Black forest flavour)

Lunch: 3 egg Omelette with peppers, mushrooms and onion, 1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns) and 28g cheddar (HEA) and Thai Mugshot (0.5 syn)

Tea - Pasta Bake with Fusilli pasta, passata, tomatoes, sweetcorn, peppers, mushrooms, onions, garlic, 6 LCL Triangles (between 3 of us = 2 syns each), 42g mozzarella (6 syns) and 2 Quorn burgers (2 syns) = 10 syns

Drinks - Tea (part HEA for SS milk), water, NAS juice

Healthy Extras - A -250ml SS milk, 28g Cheddar
B - Oats so Simple sachet, 2 Alpen Light Bars

Syns - Thai Mugshot (0.5 syn)
1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)
6 LCL Triangles (between 3 of us = 2 syns each),
42g mozzarella (6 syns)
2 Quorn burgers (2 syns)

Total syns - 12 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 87/105

 

[SaraC]

I don't know what to make for tea tonight, I have the choice of Stoppy Fellow Pasta (but we had pasta last night), Mushy Pea Curry, Chilli and Rice or Quorn Sausage, chips and beans, anyone like to push me in the direction of a decision?! xx

 

[SaraC]

Green Day - Wednesday 27th June 2012

Breakfast - 2 pieces WW thick bread (HEB) with 2 LCL Triangles (1/2 HEA)

Lunch: Jacket Potato with Asda Fat free Cottage Cheese, Asda Bakewell Tart FF yoghurt, 2 peaches

Tea - Salt & Pepper Quorn Pieces with chillies, peppers, garlic, spring onions, red onions, quorn pieces, soy sauce (as per MLM's recipe, soooo tasty!) with 400g McCain's Rustic Chips (4 syns) and 1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns) - one of the tastiest meals I've had on SW since 2009!!

Snacks - 2 Alpen Light Bars, 1 tbsp Marshmallow Fluff (1 syn)

Drinks - Coffee (part HEA for SS milk), Diet Coke, NAS juice

Healthy Extras - A -2 LCL Triangles/125ml SS milk
B - 2 slices WW Thick Bread, 2 Alpen Light Bars

Syns - 1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)
400g McCains Rustic Chips (4 syns)
1 tbsp Marshmallow Fluff (1 syn)

Total syns - 6.5 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 80.5/105

 

[SaraC]

Busy day yesterday, I went shopping in the morning and then back to the Dr's for a spirometry test which confirmed that I don't have asthma and then home to feed the baby, got the bus to Asda and walked back (about 2 miles) to my daughter's nursery for her parents evening and then to choir practice I also have a poorly Hubby who I think has got the flu and he was in bed for 8pm so I went to the chippy and ordered Salt & Pepper tofu with boiled rice but they gave me fried rice, I was so hungry I ate it anyway and just thought I would take the hit for the syns anyway! When I checked this morning, it is only 4 syns as it was a small portion so I am really happy with that!

Extra Easy Day - Thursday 28th June 2012

Breakfast - 2 pieces WW thick bread (HEB) with 2 LCL Triangles (1/2 HEA)

Lunch: Savoury Rice and 2 Quorn Burgers (1 syn)

Tea - Salt & Pepper Tofu (6 syns) with Egg Fried Rice (4 syns) and 1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)

Drinks - Coffee (part HEA for SS milk), Diet Coke, NAS juice

Healthy Extras - A -2 LCL Triangles/125ml SS milk
B - 2 slices WW Thick Bread

Syns - 1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)
2 Quorn Burgers (1 syn)
Salt & Pepper Tofu (6 syns)
Egg Fried Rice (4 syns)

Total syns - 12.5 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 68/105

 

[SaraC]

I'm off out for my friend's birthday tonight to a Brazilian restaurant, it's mainly meat dishes and as I am pescetarian I am hoping to fill up on salads and new potatoes and maybe some fish

 

[SaraC]

Green Day - Friday 29th June 2012

Breakfast - Strawberries and Mango in Asda Fat Free Strawberry Yoghurt

Lunch: Omelette (3 eggs, onions, mushroom) with 1tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)

Tea - Salmon (HEB), rice, potato salad, Tomatoes, Onions, Fish (HEB)

Drinks - Coffee (part HEA for SS milk), Diet Coke, NAS juice, wine (30 syns)

Healthy Extras - A -2 LCL Triangles/125ml SS milk
B - White Fish, Salmon

Syns - 1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)
Wine (30 syns)

Total syns - 31.5 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 36.5/105

 

[SaraC]

Such a bad day yesterday, I had a performance with my choir in Chester so I got up, got the kids ready and went out without anything to eat so then I got to the point where I just had to eat - anything - and the nearest place was a pasty shop so I got a vegetable pasty which was a massive 30 syns!!!! It wasn't even that nice, I've made nicer food myself!


Green Day - Saturday 30th June 2012

Breakfast - None

Lunch: Vegetable Pasty (30 syns)

Tea - Salt & pepper Tofu with boiled rice (6 syns) and soy sauce

Drinks - Coffee (part HEA for SS milk), Diet Coke, NAS juice

Healthy Extras - A -None
B - None

Syns - Vegetable Pasty (30 syns)

Total syns - 30 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 6.5/105

 

[SaraC]

Ok so I've gone over my syns for the week, thanks to my night out on Friday and "pasty-gate", ahh well onwards and upwards. The trick with me is to plan and make sure I have enough food to eat so I've made a meal plan for this week and intend to stick to it. I haven't got any more nights out planned for a while now either so I won't be having wine for a while!!


Green Day - Sunday 1st July 2012

Breakfast - 2 Pieces of WW Thick bread toasted, with 2 LCL triangles on (1/2 HEA)

Lunch: 2 Peaches, Asda FF Banoffee yoghurt

Tea - 4 Birds Eye Omega 3 fish fingers (10 syns), SW wedges with Nando's chip sprinkle on, Heinz Sweet Chilli Beans and 42g mozzarella (HEA)

Drinks - Coffee (part HEA for SS milk), Diet Coke, NAS juice

Healthy Extras - A -2 LCL Triangles, 42g Mozzarella
B - 2 Pieces WW Thick bread

Syns - 4 Birds Eye Omega 3 fish fingers (10 syns)

Total syns - 10 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 0/105

 

[SaraC]

Meal plans for week commencing 2nd July 2012:

Lunches

Scrambled eggs & mushrooms on toast
Jacket Potato and Cottage Cheese
Savoury Rice and Quorn Burgers
Tuna, Pasta and sweetcorn
BNS soup

Teas
Quorn spaghetti bolognaise
Quorn Stir Fry and Egg noodles
Quorn curry and Rice
Chinese noodle soup with cod
Tuna pasta bake
Quorn Sausage, mash and gravy
Quorn burgers, SW wedges and veg
Stroppy fellow pasta

 

[SaraC]

Ok, I just WI and despite me going over my syns for last week I somehow lost 3lb!!! I'm so chuffed and it has given me the incentive to get the other 12lb off ASAP!!

 

[SaraC]

I've really enjoyed my food today, Hubby decided to make a Wagamama-style noodle soup which was so tasty! We wanted to go to our local asian supermarket to stock up on ingredients to spice up our dishes but Hubby bought all the ingredients from Asda and cultivated an amazing soup!

Green Day - Monday 2nd July 2012

Breakfast - 42g Crunchy Bran (HEB) mixed with strawberries and Asda FF Wholegrain Strawberry Yoghurt

Lunch: Baked Potato with 42g Mozzarella (HEA) and Heinz Sweet Chilli Beans

Snacks: 2 Chocolate Digestives (8 syns), Thai Mugshot (0.5 syn), Peach, Banana

Tea - Homemade Chinese Style Noodle Soup - (Pak choi, Mushrooms, Spring Onions, Garlic, Chillies, Fish Sauce, Rice Vinegar, Oyster Sauce (syns negligble as 1tbsp used for a whole wok full!), Rice Noodles and Cod (HEB)

Drinks - Tea (HEA for milk), NAS juice

Healthy Extras - A -60ml SS Milk, 42g Mozzarella
B - 42g Crunchy Bran, 142g Cod

Syns - 2 Chocolate Digestives (8 syns)
Thai Mugshot (0.5 syn)

Total syns - 8.5 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 96.5/105

 

[SaraC]

Well pretty proud of myself yesterday, we went out for my brother's birthday and I ended up having a jacket potato with cheese and beans rather than fish and chips and other synorific dishes!!

Green Day - Tuesday 3rd July 2012

Breakfast - 42g Crunchy Bran (HEB) mixed with strawberries, bananas and Asda FF Wholegrain Blueberry Yoghurt

Lunch: Mild Cheese & Broccoli Pasta n Sauce (0.5 syn) and 2 Quorn Burgers (1 syn)

Tea - Jacket potato with cheese (2 * HEA) and beans

Snack: Small piece of birthday cake (5 syns)

Drinks - NAS juice, Diet Coke

Healthy Extras - A -2 * 56g cheddar
B - 42g Crunchy Bran

Syns - Mild Cheese & Broccoli Pasta n Sauce (0.5 syn)
2 Quorn Burgers (1 syn)
Small piece of birthday cake (5 syns)
Total syns - 6.5 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 90/105

 

[SaraC]

I had a great day today, I am trying to avoid bread as long as possible. If you look through my old diaries I ALWAYS used to have toast for breakfast, so I've decided to try and mix it up a bit. I'm REALLY enjoying mixed fruit with yoghurt and Crunchy Bran as I'm not a huge fan of milk with cereal, I need to get some more porridge oats too so I can have that as well!

I went into our little town today, bought some Smash from Home Bargains for 99p, some multipacks of low-syn treats (Freddo's, Fudge's and Curly Wurly's) and then went to the green grocers and got 8 peaches for £1.29 and 2 punnets of strawberries for 99p!

Green Day - Wednesday 4th July 2012

Breakfast - 42g Crunchy Bran (HEB) mixed with strawberries, bananas and Asda FF Wholegrain Blueberry Yoghurt

Lunch: Vegetable Omelette (mushrooms, onions, peppers, tomatoes), 42g Mozzarella (HEA) and 1tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)

Tea - Strozzapretti Pasta (Chilli Penne, spring onions, italian herbs, garlic, Quorn Pieces, FF natural yoghurt, 1 tbsp Sacla Fiery Chilli pesto (2.5 syns) and 42g reduced fat cheddar (HEA)

Snacks: Asda Sticky Toffee Pudding FF yoghurt, 2 Alpen Light Bars (HEB), Velvet Crunch (4 syns)

Drinks - NAS juice, Diet Coke

Healthy Extras - A -42g mozzarella, 42g low fat cheddar
B - 42g Crunchy Bran, 2 Alpen Lights

Syns - 1tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)
1 tbsp Sacla Fiery Chilli pesto (2.5 syns)
Velvet Crunch (4 syns)
Total syns - 8 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 82/105

 

[SaraC]

Green Day - Thursday 5th July 2012

Breakfast - 42g Crunchy Bran (HEB) mixed with strawberries, peach, bananas and Asda FF Cherry Bakewell yoghurt

Lunch: Leftover Strozzapretti pasta with 28g Cheddar (HEA) 1tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)

Tea - 400g McCain's Rustic Chips (4 syns) with 3 Quorn Sausages (1.5 syns), 42g Mozzarella (HEA) and Baked Beans

Snacks: 2 Alpen Light Bars (HEB)

Drinks - NAS juice, Diet Coke

Healthy Extras - A -42g mozzarella, 28g cheddar
B - 42g Crunchy Bran, 2 Alpen Lights

Syns - 1tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)
400g McCain's Rustic Chips (4 syns)
3 Quorn Sausages (1.5 syns)

Total syns - 7 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 75/105

 

[SaraC]

Green Day - Friday 6th July 2012

Breakfast - 42g Crunchy Bran (HEB) mixed with strawberries, peach, bananas and Asda FF vanilla and rhubarb yoghurt

Lunch: Pitta Pizza (Asda pitta (HEB), 1 tbsp Tomato Puree (0.5 syn), mushrooms, peppers, onions, 84g reduced fat cheddar (HEA *2) and SW wedges & BBQ Sauce (1.5 syns)

Tea -Salt & Pepper Tofu & Boiled Rice (6 syns) with 1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)

Drinks - NAS juice, Diet Coke, Rosé Wine (24 syns)

Healthy Extras - A -42g reduced fat cheddar * 2
B - 42g Crunchy Bran, Asda Wholemeal Pitta

Syns - 1tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)
BBQ Sauce (1.5 syns)
Salt & Pepper Tofu & Boiled Rice (6 syns)
Rosé Wine (24 syns)

Total syns - 33 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 42/105

 

[SaraC]

Green Day - Saturday 7th July 2012

Breakfast - 42g Crunchy Bran (HEB) mixed with strawberries, peach, bananas and Asda FF vanilla and rhubarb yoghurt

Lunch: Pitta Pizza (Asda pitta (HEB), 1 tbsp Tomato Puree (0.5 syn), mushrooms, peppers, onions, 84g reduced fat cheddar (HEA *2) and 100g McCain's Rustic Chips (1 syn)

Tea -Tuna & Sweetcorn pasta (3 syns for tuna, FF natural yoghurt, garlic, sweetcorn and fusilli pasta)

Drinks - NAS juice, Diet Coke, Rosé Wine (24 syns)

Healthy Extras - A -42g reduced fat cheddar * 2
B - 42g Crunchy Bran, Asda Wholemeal Pitta

Syns - Tuna (3 syns)
100g McCains rustic chips (1 syn)
Rosé Wine (24 syns)

Total syns - 28 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 14/105

 

[SaraC]

Well I didn't really eat much today, I didn't eat at all until about 2pm and then I was starving!! We went shopping today and bought some of the Shape 0% Delight yoghurts (the Apple and Rhubarb crumble ones) which are only 0.5 syn each and the Vanilla and Vanilla Choc Sprinkles ones which are 0.5 syn for the Vanilla and 1 syn for the Vanilla and choc!

Green Day - Sunday 8th July 2012

Brunch: 2 slices of 400g loaf Wholemeal bread (HEB) with 2 LCL Triangles (1/2 HEA)

Tea -3 Linda McCartney Rosemary sausages (the jury's still out on these :/ ), crushed new potatoes, 3 Aunt Bessie's yorkshire batters (3 syns) and bisto gravy (2 syns)

Snack: Shape Delight 0% Apple Crumble yoghurt (0.5 syn), 2 Alpen Light Bars, Velvet Crunch (4 syns)

Drinks - NAS juice, Coffee (1/2 HEA for SS milk)

Healthy Extras - A -2 LCL/125ml SS milk
B - 2 slices of wholemeal bread from 400g loaf, 2 Alpen Light Bars

Syns - 3 Aunt Bessie's yorkshire batters (3 syns)
Bisto gravy (2 syns)
Shape Delight 0% Apple Crumble yoghurt (0.5 syn)

Total syns - 9.5 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 4.5/105

 

[SaraC]

I WI yesterday (Monday and STS, I am a bit disappointed as I have been good the past week but hey ho, at least I didn't put on!

Green Day - Monday 9th July 2012

Breakfast: Nectarine and Cherries with FF Rhubarb and Vanilla yoghurt and 42g Crunchy Bran (HEB)

Lunch - 2 Quorn Burgers (1 syn), crushed new potatoes, baked beans

Tea - Salt & Pepper Tofu (6 syns) with boiled rice and 1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)

Snack: Shape Delight 0% Rhubarb Crumble yoghurt (0.5 syn), 2 Alpen Light Bars

Drinks - NAS juice, Coffee (1/2 HEA for SS milk)

Healthy Extras - A -2 LCL/125ml SS milk
B - 42g Crunchy Bran, 2 Alpen Light Bars

Syns - Shape Delight 0% Apple Crumble yoghurt (0.5 syn)
2 Quorn Burgers (1 syn)
Salt & Pepper Tofu (6 syns)
1 tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)

Total syns - 9 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 96/105

 

[SaraC]

Green Day - Tuesday 10th July 2012

Breakfast: Nectarine and strawberries with FF Rhubarb and Vanilla yoghurt and 42g Crunchy Bran (HEB)

Lunch - Thai Mugshot (0.5 syn)

Tea - Asda Wholemeal Pitta (HEB) stuffed with salad (lettuce, watercress, beetroot, spring onions, peppers) and 4 Cauldron Falafel (4 syns), Ainsley Harriott Mexican Rice (not keen!) and 1tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)

Drinks - NAS juice, Coffee (1/2 HEA for SS milk)

Healthy Extras - A -125ml SS milk
B - 42g Crunchy Bran, 2 Alpen Light Bars

Syns - Thai Mugshot (0.5 syn)
1tbsp Hot Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)
4 Cauldron Falafel (4 syns)

Total syns - 6 syns

Remaining weekly syns - 90/105