WI this morn- lost 1 pound. At first I was like "meh." and then I realised that actually I'm down to 18st 1lb and this time last week I was 18st 4lbs so I've lost 3 pounds in total- which is much better! I guess after a couple of lousy weeks I kinda forgot that when I WI twice a week I have to add them together for the real weekly result. Anyway, 3 pounds is an improvement on last week! Can't wait to be in the 17's soon!
Food today: Green
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B: A banana, scrambled eggs on HexB wholemeal roll (+1 syn for size of it, + 1 syn for ketchup) and a whole juicy mango straight off the pip. The market the other day gave me about 8 mangos and 4 boxes of strawberries for £3!! They were just closing and throwing all sorts of deals at me, it was fab!
L: Potato pancake (a potato, onion and carrot), pasta, mixed beans (kidney beans, etc- super speed food!) and sugar snap peas and HexA1 cheese. Pic below:
huge plate of food I know, but I was so hungry and the pancake below was 2/3rds super free
have been trying to have more beans for the super speed element- having about a tin of them a week spread between 4 or so meals.
Potato pancake is my absolute fave meal at the moment- it's SO satisfying! I really urge you all to try it out on a Green or EE day (or Red if using the spud as a HexB)! Recipe below.
D: Uncle Bens Mexican Bean rice (2.5 syns) with sugar snap peas, grated carrot, mixed beans and tomato puree all thrown in and topped with HexA2 cheddar.
Snacks: SF Jelly (1/2 syn)
Drinks: Lilt zero, two litres of NAS squash and two cups of green tea (after my friend telling me how it does wonders for her weight loss and then reading up about how awesome it is for you in so many ways- I'm trying to get two cups in a day! I disliked the taste for the first couple of cups but as I get the sweetner balance right it is growing on me!)
Total syns: 5
Syns saved: 31
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RECIPE: Potato pancakes/Lutke's! (Sweet or savoury options!)
SYN FREE (though uses HexB tbspn olive oil
Prep time: ~7 mins for grating/mixing
Fry time: 10 mins.
Full up time: ALL DAY.
Ingredients (for 1 serving): 1 small-med sized potato, 1 medium carrot (optional, but doesn't effect taste and adds super free!), small-medium red/white onion, 1 egg (to bind- finished meal does not taste at all eggy), optional: worchester sauce/various types of seasoning go well. I love Maggi and Aromat on it for savoury or honey and cinnamon for sweet, topped with chopped banana.
Prep: Grate the onion (be careful to only chop off one end before grating- if you chop both or chop it in half it is a nightmare to grate!), grate the washed potato and carrot (I keep skin on because I can't be bothered to peel- doesn't affect the taste!) squeeze the juice of them all out with your hands (helps it stick together and fry better) then mix with a beaten egg and season.
Cook: Pop it all into a frying pan with HexB tbspn olive oil already heated (really can't stress how much nicer it is with olive oil- this is the one thing I've found so far where frylight just doesn't do it!) and squish it down flat to cover the bottom of the pan. Let it fry for about 4-5 minutes each side on high temp, use a spatula to stop it from sticking (fairly good non stick pan is essential) and shake the pan so that it slips about in the oil rather then sticking- then cover with a plate and flip it over, slide it back into the pan to fry the other side. It should stick together decently if you've fried it long enough and go a nice golden brown colour like in my pic- if not, it might need a bit longer. Sometimes it does break up a bit but it still tastes great!
I just LOVE having this with scrambled eggs, really fixes my craving for the toast I usually have with it, and it's an easy way to get superfree into a dish
! You can make this sweet or savory- add honey, fruit and cinnamon for sweet or ketchup, eggs or pasta for savoury! I always have it for breakfast with eggs before I have a long day of shooting as it gives me a lot of energy!
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Today has been very productive! I only watched about half an hour of tv which feels great. I hate tv. I just like it on in the background but it gives me the excuse to bum about on my laptop.
First we spent a good couple of hours sorting through stuff in the bedroom- we have SO many clothes it's insane. G has filled the space beneath our super king sized bed with bags of his old clothes (as well as some other stuff) which I at first assumed must just be seasonal clothes- but it's been a year and he hasn't touched them! So I went through ALL of my clothes and really narrowed down the stuff I never wear, and he went through all of his too and there was a 4ft pile of clothes he was throwing away- nearly killed the cat when it fell over
lol!
Felt great to clear out stuff though, but I suddenly was hungry for lunch about 3/4 of the way through and then afterwards we realised the film we were going to catch meant we had to leave pretty soon, so I dread going up to bed now- it'll be a tip up there all semi sorted out in chaotic piles!
On a bad note- FRIGGING MOTH COCOONS IN MY CLOTHES!! NOOOO! Where are all these moths coming from :'(!?!?!?! There was a live catapillar on one of my clothes! In a draw of stuff I hadn't been into for a couple of months. WHY is this happening!? So I washed the whole draw of stuff, which is a pain, but I felt all gross and itchy again too. Caterpillars that look like maggots... in my clothes...
Anyway, after the film (Guilt Trip with Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen- not going to do a proper crit as it wasn't great, more of a drama than a comedy and the comic side of it was just awkward and uncomfortable) I went home while G went to see the new Die Hard film (I was tired and not in the mood). When I got home I had some green tea and sat and had a nice quiet introverted half an hour of reflection with just instrumental calm/surreal music on in the background, and it was so great and I felt so inspired and rejuvenated! Then I suddenly felt the desire to have a nicer surrounding so spent 2 hours tidying and decorating the lounge- ha! The surprise G had when he got home... To see that his messy girlfriend had organised, tidied and hoovered the lounge and made an art gallery of one of the walls! I pinned up a load of my paintings- I'm a terrible artist, despite the fact that I went to art school, but I really love the process involved with painting- the texture, the colours, the mess of it. So I chose my favourite colourful pieces and put about ten of them all on one wall and it really brightens the room up- makes it feel more homey and cosy. I also moved some stuff around which feels good- small things like reorganising how wires are working so that they're not cluttering the middle of the room, moved the arm chair a bit, etc. Feels great now! Can't wait to have my mum and bro over on Monday as my mum always gushes about how much she loves my art- she hasn't seen the photography gallery in the hall either
I'll take some pics tomorrow when it's light!
Haven't seen my mum for around 6 months apart from a quick hug on xmas day when she dropped my brother over to my dads... Which makes me sad. But she lives by the coast now so it's a 3 hour journey and she chain smokes in her house which sets off my asthma, so I can't really go over there and stay.
Anyway, productive day- feeling good! Tomorrow we'll sort out the rest of the clothes and make upstairs look nice! (it hasn't seen the hoover in a while!)
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