Sarah83's New Diary
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Tinytootz
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Mmmmm nice! Room for a little one?
Wish i had your dedication to cook. But with my hours, i simply can't be a***d!
Sounds like a loss next week to me!
sarah83
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Well I put on 0.5pm last week. Don't feel so bad though as I didn't have a great week plus it's *week and oops I went to the pub last night. Wasn't so bad-only had 3 glasses of wine!
Well been in Cardiff all day Xmas shopping,got loads! Plus had a lovely lunch out at Prezzo - was semi good! But this was my meal off this week...
Thanks for all your messages-I'm quite excited about trying all these new meals. And I'm excited about writing this on hubby's ipod
Well been in Cardiff all day Xmas shopping,got loads! Plus had a lovely lunch out at Prezzo - was semi good! But this was my meal off this week...
Thanks for all your messages-I'm quite excited about trying all these new meals. And I'm excited about writing this on hubby's ipod
sarah83
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Saturday 30th October
Breakfast:
Banana & apple
Lunch:
Shared: prosciutto, olives, tiny bit of foccacia, mozzarella and rocket
Followed by spaghetti with spicy tomato and king prawns. With some Parmesan
Then we shared some ice cream
Half a bottle wine and a limoncello
Dinner:
Quorn curry with green beans and cauli
Snacks:
Starbucks peach muffin-oops!
Total syns: flexi
Total speed:7
Breakfast:
Banana & apple
Lunch:
Shared: prosciutto, olives, tiny bit of foccacia, mozzarella and rocket
Followed by spaghetti with spicy tomato and king prawns. With some Parmesan
Then we shared some ice cream
Half a bottle wine and a limoncello
Dinner:
Quorn curry with green beans and cauli
Snacks:
Starbucks peach muffin-oops!
Total syns: flexi
Total speed:7
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sarah83
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Happy Halloween everyone!!
Sunday 31st october
Breakfast:
Potato rosti
Beans
Grilled tomatoes
Lunch:
Chicken and bacon salad
Sweet chilli sauce 1.5 syns
Dinner:
Slow cooked leg of lamb in red wine 2 syns
Roasted veg with olive oil hexb
Speed veg-carrots,runner beans, broccoli, green beans, peas
Snacks etc:
Treat size crunchie 4 syns
Treat size chomp 2.5syns
Red wine 6 syns
Ff yoghurt
Pot noodle in a mug
Treat size curly wurly 3 syns
Total syns: 19
(bit over but will pull it back over the next couple of days)
Total speed: 8
Sunday 31st october
Breakfast:
Potato rosti
Beans
Grilled tomatoes
Lunch:
Chicken and bacon salad
Sweet chilli sauce 1.5 syns
Dinner:
Slow cooked leg of lamb in red wine 2 syns
Roasted veg with olive oil hexb
Speed veg-carrots,runner beans, broccoli, green beans, peas
Snacks etc:
Treat size crunchie 4 syns
Treat size chomp 2.5syns
Red wine 6 syns
Ff yoghurt
Pot noodle in a mug
Treat size curly wurly 3 syns
Total syns: 19
(bit over but will pull it back over the next couple of days)
Total speed: 8
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sarah83
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Had a mega munchie day yesterday!! Did go over my syns slightly thanks to the unplanned glass of wine and choc attack!! But I'm not too bothered - will pull it back during the week.
My lamb last night was gorgeous. Firstly it was a bargain half leg of lamb from M&S - £10 reduced to £5.
I removed all the fat I could, then browned it off in a frying pan.
Added it to the slow cooker along with a huge wedged red onion, some garlic cloves and lots of chopped rosemary. Poured over 250ml red wine (8syns) and enough chicken stock to cover the veg and come about 2/3 up the lamb leg.
Cooked this on low for 8 hours - turning the lamb over halfway through.
When cooked I removed the lamb, and pulled apart into big chunks.
I removed the veg etc from the sauce and let it cool for a bit to enable me to remove any fat which had settled on the top.
I then reduced this down, added some balsamic vinegar, a touch of redcurrant jelly (0.5syn a tsp) and some mint sauce. I then added some instant mash to thicken, and added the lamb back in to heat through into the gravy.
It was truly scrummy xx
My lamb last night was gorgeous. Firstly it was a bargain half leg of lamb from M&S - £10 reduced to £5.
I removed all the fat I could, then browned it off in a frying pan.
Added it to the slow cooker along with a huge wedged red onion, some garlic cloves and lots of chopped rosemary. Poured over 250ml red wine (8syns) and enough chicken stock to cover the veg and come about 2/3 up the lamb leg.
Cooked this on low for 8 hours - turning the lamb over halfway through.
When cooked I removed the lamb, and pulled apart into big chunks.
I removed the veg etc from the sauce and let it cool for a bit to enable me to remove any fat which had settled on the top.
I then reduced this down, added some balsamic vinegar, a touch of redcurrant jelly (0.5syn a tsp) and some mint sauce. I then added some instant mash to thicken, and added the lamb back in to heat through into the gravy.
It was truly scrummy xx
prawnchopSuey
Gold Member
Right, come on Sarah, let's have a good week and a loss next week...
I ate shockingly all week, but last night came down with a tummy bug that has kept me up all night. Feel lousy at my desk this morning, but on the upside had an undeserved STS!
Every cloud eh?!
I ate shockingly all week, but last night came down with a tummy bug that has kept me up all night. Feel lousy at my desk this morning, but on the upside had an undeserved STS!
Every cloud eh?!
sarah83
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Monday 1st November - Green
Breakfast:
WM toast (HEXB)
Beans
Lunch:
Ainsley spice sensation couscous - 0.5syns for a third of the pack
With speed veggies leftover from last night - carrot, green beans, broccoli, runner beans, peas
And salad veggies - toms, celery, cucumber, red pepper
Dinner:
Leek and mushroom canneloni with garlic & herb philly (HEXB) (adapted from dudette's recipe off the philly website)
Topped with cheddar & Pecorino (HEXA)
Served with salad & EL salad cream (1syn)
Snacks etc:
Melon
Satsuma
Apple
Batchelors pasta in a mug
Treat size crunchie (4syns)
Total syns: 5.5syns
Total Speed: 10
Breakfast:
WM toast (HEXB)
Beans
Lunch:
Ainsley spice sensation couscous - 0.5syns for a third of the pack
With speed veggies leftover from last night - carrot, green beans, broccoli, runner beans, peas
And salad veggies - toms, celery, cucumber, red pepper
Dinner:
Leek and mushroom canneloni with garlic & herb philly (HEXB) (adapted from dudette's recipe off the philly website)
Topped with cheddar & Pecorino (HEXA)
Served with salad & EL salad cream (1syn)
Snacks etc:
Melon
Satsuma
Apple
Batchelors pasta in a mug
Treat size crunchie (4syns)
Total syns: 5.5syns
Total Speed: 10
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sarah83
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I ate shockingly all week, but last night came down with a tummy bug that has kept me up all night. Feel lousy at my desk this morning, but on the upside had an undeserved STS!
Every cloud eh?!
Sorry you're feeling yucky - but there is always that one benefit to tummy bugs
I am sooo determined this week - I'm making sure I eat loads of speed foods and Saturday was my only 'day off' - I will be 100% for the rest of the week. Aiming for 2lb minimum
Well... we'll see anyway.
WE CAN DO IT !
sarah83
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sarah83
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Well I managed to claw back some syns yesterday - only had 5.5!
On with today!!
Tuesday 2nd November - Green
Breakfast:
WM Toast (HEXB)
EL soft cheese (part HEXA)
Sliced tomatoes
Lunch:
Cous cous and speed veggies as yesterday (0.5syns)
Dinner:
Autumn barley stew - from slow cooker thread. Absolutely packed with veggies! At least 3 full portions of speed veg... (0.5syns)
Topped with RF cheddar (HEXA)
Served with 1 small slice WM (half HEXB)
Snacks etc:
Melon
Strawberry cheesecake muller 1 syn
2 x satsumas
Time Out bar - 4 syns
Alpen light (half HEXB)
4xcolin caterpillar sweets (8 syns)
2 Apples
Total Syns: 14
Total Speed: 10
Exercise: 1hr walking around town
On with today!!
Tuesday 2nd November - Green
Breakfast:
WM Toast (HEXB)
EL soft cheese (part HEXA)
Sliced tomatoes
Lunch:
Cous cous and speed veggies as yesterday (0.5syns)
Dinner:
Autumn barley stew - from slow cooker thread. Absolutely packed with veggies! At least 3 full portions of speed veg... (0.5syns)
Topped with RF cheddar (HEXA)
Served with 1 small slice WM (half HEXB)
Snacks etc:
Melon
Strawberry cheesecake muller 1 syn
2 x satsumas
Time Out bar - 4 syns
Alpen light (half HEXB)
4xcolin caterpillar sweets (8 syns)
2 Apples
Total Syns: 14
Total Speed: 10
Exercise: 1hr walking around town
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prawnchopSuey
Gold Member
Day 1 DONE, let's make today a fab day too
sarah83
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Today WILL be a fab day!
Dinner is already cooked thanks to slow cooker doing the hard work making the stew overnight, so I have NO excuses!
Plus... I am slowly succeeding my mini target of fitting into size 16s - my work trousers are 16s, and I'm fitting into my old 16 jeans, plus loose tops and dresses.
Not everything though - slimmer fitting tops in a 16 do fit... they just look awful! Same with some 16 trousers too.
Going to try on my suit later - hopefully that should fit now fingers crossed
Dinner is already cooked thanks to slow cooker doing the hard work making the stew overnight, so I have NO excuses!
Plus... I am slowly succeeding my mini target of fitting into size 16s - my work trousers are 16s, and I'm fitting into my old 16 jeans, plus loose tops and dresses.
Not everything though - slimmer fitting tops in a 16 do fit... they just look awful! Same with some 16 trousers too.
Going to try on my suit later - hopefully that should fit now fingers crossed
prawnchopSuey
Gold Member
Let us know how the stew goes!
It's a great feeling shrinking into smaller clothes isn't it?! I probably look muffin-top-a-licious in the 14s I've bought recently, but as long as the button does up...
And I am sure they will get more comfy in 20lbs' time
It's a great feeling shrinking into smaller clothes isn't it?! I probably look muffin-top-a-licious in the 14s I've bought recently, but as long as the button does up...
And I am sure they will get more comfy in 20lbs' time
sarah83
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Trouble is because most of it is new - I've convinced myself I would probably have fitted into it anyway. I don't really feel as though I've dropped a dress size although when I first joined slimming world about 4 yrs ago my start weight was 13st 7 and I KNOW I was a comfortable 16 then so that's kinda the weight I'm aiming for now...
And during that same stint with SW I managed to get down to 12st 9 and I remember being so happy that I could go out and buy size 14s - so fingers crossed those 22lb will come off quicker than it has so far!!
And during that same stint with SW I managed to get down to 12st 9 and I remember being so happy that I could go out and buy size 14s - so fingers crossed those 22lb will come off quicker than it has so far!!
sarah83
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Hmmm lunchtime trips to the supermarket are not good - just means I'm spending more money!
Treated myself to a strawberry cheesecake muller - yum for only 1syn! And some Time-Out bars for only 4syns each... and they're slightly bigger than the treat size crunchie's I seem to be obsessed with recently!!
Treated myself to a strawberry cheesecake muller - yum for only 1syn! And some Time-Out bars for only 4syns each... and they're slightly bigger than the treat size crunchie's I seem to be obsessed with recently!!
Well done on the size 16 clothes! It's a great feeling to fit into smaller clothes...I remember when I first did SW and went to River Island one day to try a pair of size 16 jeans and they fitted...I got my (then) boyfriend to take loads of pictures!!! (Now I can look at them and kick myself for letting myself go up 2 dress sizes!)
sarah83
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You'll get there again hun, just stick at it xx
Do you know how much you weighed when you got into them?
That's what I have problems with - corresponding weight to size... as it's not a particular weight I want to be!
If you knew what weight you were at least you'd know what to aim for x
Do you know how much you weighed when you got into them?
That's what I have problems with - corresponding weight to size... as it's not a particular weight I want to be!
If you knew what weight you were at least you'd know what to aim for x
