Red Riding Hood diary take two - deliver the picnic basket don't eat it!

[Red Riding Hood]

So after falling off the wagon most spectacularly and putting pretty much every lb back on I am back to try again.

Not the best start yesterday I saved up my Hex to have 2 Alpen bars and a hot chocolate at night and FORGOT!!! I can't believe it Won't be making that mistake again today. I had no syns either which I know isn't a good thing from last time - but I also know it's just me getting back into the swing of it, I just need to get all the syn stuff back into my head.

I'll probably be doing a lot of green this time round 1) because it is cheap and I like veggie food and because it's coming up to summer, the tutoring will dry up after this round of exams until the beginning of the next school year so money will be a little tighter and 2) I like having 2 Hex - when I don't forget to have them *slaps head*

I'll throw in the odd red and some EE though too. I'll be relying on diary readers and this site to help me with new syn info I have the 2012 free branded food book to help. Mostly I'm doing it at home. I'm hoping after the summer to join online when I have the money to pay for it for all the extra benefits that brings, but I don't want to wait to start until then.

I have to say I've actually enjoyed my first day so here was the menu

Wednesday 25/04/12 – Green
Breakfast – .Bowl of fruit (banana, pineapple, apple, grapes)
3 free sausages, 2 eggs in frylight, LC beans

Lunch – . Massive salad (3 new potatoes, 2 spoons Tesco light choice cottage cheese (with pepper pesto)

Dinner – .Quorn and veg curry, rice – banana, mullerlight

Snack – .ryvita and cheese and cup of superfree spicy tomato soup.
Highlights drink (2 syns) 2 Alpen Lights

Hex A and B – 3 x dark rye Ryvita (1/2 hexB) 2 Babybel Light, 1 Laughing cow light , (HexA)


Syns –

Let the healthy eating commence ... and lets hope I stay on longer this time and lose more - I have a LOT to lose (about 1 extra person's worth)

 

[Red Riding Hood]

Wah 2 hours of drama and poetry and my head is fizzing.

This was today's plan still shy on the syns but I'm going to try and add to it.

Thursday 26/04/12 – Green
Breakfast – .Bowl of fruit (banana, pineapple, apple, grapes)
2 free sausages, 2 eggs in frylight, LC beans
Lunch – .Jacket potato left over quorn and veg curry and baby leaf spinach and tomatoes
Dinner – .Lentil bolognaise and wholewheat spaghetti – Mullerlight (vanilla/cherry layer) 1.5 syns
Snack – . 4 dark rye ryvita and cheese and cup of superfree spicy tomato soup
Highlights drink (2 syns) and 2 Alpen Light
Hex A and B – . 4 x dark rye Ryvita (1/2 hexB) 2 Babybel Light, 1 Laughing cow light, (HexA), *2 Alpen Light (HexB)

Syns – .3.5 Had an extra Alpen light too so 6.5

 

[Red Riding Hood]

My diary is so boring at the moment - I've pretty much had the same thing as I need to go shopping.

Went out tonight to a leaving do after tutoring but I was very good (as you would hope on my first week back on plan) and only had diet coke, so no syns.

Also visited a friend today in between working and got to cuddle a gorgeous 4 week old baby girl for hours - so lovely.

Now I'm back from being out I still have a little work to do to prepare for tomorrow morning's work. It's far too late for working though - I must be mental.

Friday 28/04/12 – Green
Breakfast – .Bowl of fruit (banana, pineapple, apple, grapes)
½ tortilla with cottage cheese, mushroom, onion, new potatoes sliced.4 eggs, 2 sausages (free ones) extra Laughing Cow Light on tortilla 1.5syns
Lunch – .Other ½ tortilla, bowl superfree spicy tomato soup, apple
Dinner – .leftover lentil bolognaise and wholewheat spaghetti
Snack – . dark rye ryvita and cheese and cup of superfree spicy tomato soup
Highlights drink (2 syns) and 2 Alpen Light
Hex A and B – . 4 x dark rye Ryvita (1/2 hexB) 2 Babybel Light, 1 Laughing cow light, (HexA),* 2 Alpen Light (HexB)


Syns – 3.5

 

[scorpiod]

Good luck being back on the wagon! I'm thinking about doing mainly Green days as I seemed to lose more the last time around.

 

[Red Riding Hood]

Thanks Scorpiod, I don't know if I lose more - I'll have to see but red costs so much although I am going to try a couple next week I think. I'll give it a go this way and then reassess I think. Hoping my food diary will get more exciting. I think I'll include a link to my old diary to remind me of some of my meals. I have a couple of recipes from here that I'm hoping to try. Once the exams here are over I won't have as much work so I'll have more time to cook instead of marking essays!

 

[BritMumInCanada]

Welcome back and good luck

 

[Red Riding Hood]

Thanks Britmum - how are you and your children?

I've already been to visit you blog and was pleased to find all the pulse recipes - I am going to be trying those. I didn't have any sweet potato when I made my lentil bolognaise this time but it looks like a good addition to it so I am going to try it. I always buy sweet potatoes anyway because my youngest son's favourite soup is sweet potato, carrot and lentil - he loves it. I'll just remember to hold back a sweet potato this time.

 

[donnajt]

welcome back. am back here myself having gained it all bavk +2 stone extra. good luck x

 

[scorpiod]

Meat is so expensive! Did a small shop at lidl today and got all my fruit and veg, baked beans and mushy peas and it came to just under 30quid which I thought was quite good. Probably have a red day tomorrow as having sw donner kebab!

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[Red Riding Hood]

I shop in Lidl for fruit and veg too. Also having a red day today for a change:

Saturday 28/04/12 – Red

Breakfast – .Bowl of fruit (banana, pineapple, apple,)
Egg, 2 free sausages

Lunch – .Superfree spicy tomato soup, large salad with 2 spoons LC cottage cheese

Dinner – .Large salad, feta (HexA) wholemeal pitta (HexB) 8 olives (1 syn) dressing (1syn)
Salmon pate (made with smoked salmon, tinned salmon, quark and cayenne pepper) spread on lettuce leaves made into wraps
Mullerlight greek style yoghurt coconut and vanilla (0.5syns)

Snack – .Chicken breast sliced and banana , Options indulgence (3 syns), Alpen Lights (HexB)

Hex A and B – .Feta A , Pitta B, 2 Alpen Light B, Skim milk A

Syns – .5

 

[emoo123]

Hey!

Love the name of your diary! Good luck, i'm sure you'll be having some wonderful losses! I've never been able to stick to just one plan at a time, get bored of the same meals, so I always alternate between all 3 plans! Are you studying aswell? I am, it gets difficult sometimes to balance healthy eating and stress from studying!

x

 

[donnajt]

Dinner – .Large salad, feta (HexA) wholemeal pitta (HexB) 8 olives (1 syn) dressing (1syn)
Salmon pate (made with smoked salmon, tinned salmon, quark and cayenne pepper) spread on lettuce leaves made into wraps

Dinner sounds gorgeous! I love the salmon pate, my hand blender is broken am going to go to Tesco and buy a new one as soon as shop opens and have salmon pate wraps - I like mine with quark, fresh dill, black pepper and lemon! oh am drooling....fallen off wagon yesterday so need to be super good for rest of week!

 

[Red Riding Hood]

Dinner sounds gorgeous! I love the salmon pate, my hand blender is broken am going to go to Tesco and buy a new one as soon as shop opens and have salmon pate wraps - I like mine with quark, fresh dill, black pepper and lemon! oh am drooling....fallen off wagon yesterday so need to be super good for rest of week!

Yes they definitely were missing dill - I didn't have any. Next time I'll have to remember to buy some. Hope your day of being good goes extremely well Donna

 

[Red Riding Hood]

Hey!

Love the name of your diary! Good luck, i'm sure you'll be having some wonderful losses! I've never been able to stick to just one plan at a time, get bored of the same meals, so I always alternate between all 3 plans! Are you studying aswell? I am, it gets difficult sometimes to balance healthy eating and stress from studying!

x

Thank you

I'm not studying - did all mine a looong time ago. I used to teach at university a while back but now I tutor English lit to kids in the evenings. I have 2 young kids so it allows me to be at home with them while making a little money. Their exams are soon so they are all freaking out a little, poor things.

What are you studying Emoo - are you enjoying it?

I find it just as hard to get in time with working and looking after two to fit the plan in but I know from experience that studying is hard work especially at this time of year. Have you got exams soon?

 

[emoo123]

Thank you

I'm not studying - did all mine a looong time ago. I used to teach at university a while back but now I tutor English lit to kids in the evenings. I have 2 young kids so it allows me to be at home with them while making a little money. Their exams are soon so they are all freaking out a little, poor things.

What are you studying Emoo - are you enjoying it?

I find it just as hard to get in time with working and looking after two to fit the plan in but I know from experience that studying is hard work especially at this time of year. Have you got exams soon?

ahhh ok! i'm in my final year now, studying Linguistics & Russian. My exams are starting next week, got a hectic week of dissertation and an essay due, and 2 exams, then a 3 week break, then 1 essay and 2 more exams. Can't wait until it's over!

 

[Red Riding Hood]

Linguistics and Russian - that sounds good. I love the idea of Russian, I'll bet it's difficult. Good luck with those exams.

This is today's plan:

Sunday 30/04/12 – Red

Breakfast – .Bowl of fruit (pineapple, strawberries, grapes)
2 LC sausages (1 syn) 3 turkey rashers, egg, mushrooms, onions, garlic, tomatoes

Lunch – .Bowl spicy butternut squash soup (superfree)

Dinner – .creamy chicken curry (with other superfree veg in), baked potato (HexB)

Curry recipe is the superfree cauliflower one in the recipe section.

Snack – .fruit, Babybel Lights, Highlights drink (2 syns)

Hex A and B – .Baked potato, Alpen Lights = B,* milk, Babybel Lights = A

Syns – .2

 

[donnajt]

Yes they definitely were missing dill - I didn't have any. Next time I'll have to remember to buy some. Hope your day of being good goes extremely well Donna

Got all salmon pate ingredients in just need to find the oomph to get up and make it now....feeling exhausted, remind me never to drink again!

I have been angelic all day - had pizza and salad for dinner, going to have a yogurt and loads of pineapple a bit later and then an early night!

How's your day been RRH?

 

[Red Riding Hood]

Got all salmon pate ingredients in just need to find the oomph to get up and make it now....feeling exhausted, remind me never to drink again!


I have been angelic all day - had pizza and salad for dinner, going to have a yogurt and loads of pineapple a bit later and then an early night!

How's your day been RRH?

My day has been ok. Played a bit with my boys and now I'm about to do some work on themes in Animal Farm (exciting lol). Food-wise I have been good - then again it is my first week so a slip would have been bad!

The creamy curry sauce was surprisingly good - I think I need to up the spices though next time. I batch cooked it so I have 3 portions in the freezer and did a load of roasted pepper, tomato and basil soup and spicy butternut squash for superfree snacks and lunch in the week. Still have some salmon pate left too so I may do Extra Easy tomorrow or is it Easy Extra - I forget.

Oh and by the way don't drink again Donna (as if that will work, it never does with me )

 

[Red Riding Hood]

This is the plan for today - assuming I get time to make the minestrone soup. Easy Extra today:

Monday 1/05/12 – Easy Extra
Breakfast – .Bowl of fruit (pineapple, apple, grapes, strawberry)

Lunch – .Bowl superfree Butternut squash soup,
2 LC sausages (1 syn), 2 eggs, LC baked beans.

Dinner – .Homemade minestrone soup, ingredients below
(lots of veg – peppers, mushrooms, courgettes, onions, spinach, tomato), haricot beans, lentils, lean gammon steaks cut into small chunks, wholemeal pasta, basil etc) Muller light thick greek style (0.5 syns)

Snack – .2 salmon/lettuce wraps, Highlights drink (2 syns)

Hex A and B – .Alpen lights - B, Light cheddar cheese - A (sprinkled on soup)

Syns – .3.5

 

[donnajt]

Dinner – .creamy chicken curry (with other superfree veg in), baked potato (HexB)

Was the curry good RRH? I love chicken curry over jacket pot

Got all salmon pate ingredients in just need to find the oomph to get up and make it now....feeling exhausted, remind me never to drink again!

Made the salmon pate today had completely forgotten how delish it is! Hidden it at back of fridge lol

The creamy curry sauce was surprisingly good - I think I need to up the spices though next time. I batch cooked it so I have 3 portions in the freezer and did a load of roasted pepper, tomato and basil soup and spicy butternut squash for superfree snacks and lunch in the week. Still have some salmon pate left too so I may do Extra Easy tomorrow or is it Easy Extra - I forget.

Oh and by the way don't drink again Donna (as if that will work, it never does with me )

The curry sounds lovely - I am going to have to go and investigate the recipe board

I never drink - I think the last drink I had was christmas

This is the plan for today - assuming I get time to make the minestrone soup. Easy Extra today:

Dinner – .Homemade minestrone soup, ingredients below
(lots of veg – peppers, mushrooms, courgettes, onions, spinach, tomato), haricot beans, lentils, lean gammon steaks cut into small chunks, wholemeal pasta, basil etc)

Snack – .2 salmon/lettuce wraps, apple

Hex A and B – .Alpen lights, Light cheddar cheese (sprinkled on soup)

Syns – .1

How was the soup - might have to steal your recipe x

Hope you've had a fun day