Teresa's 2011 diary

[Derbynanny]

I am up for the no SP challenge if you are, shall we see who can go the longest shall we start tomorrow? (as i have already SP'd today LOL)

Yesterday again did not go how it was planned

Breakfast
2 butterscotch hi fi (heb)
banana

Lunch
couscous (3 syns... won't buy the spicy one from aldi again as it is nice but not worth the syns)
toms, cucumber, prawns and beetroot.

now he is where it goes wrong
after saying no more baking one charming 7 year old convinces me that cookies are a good idea
one cranberry/white and dark choc cookie and licking the spoon 15??

then ..... was out with a (very skinny friend) and she went to buy the kids ice creams and forgot to ask me what i wanted so bought me a feast how could i then turn around and say no it was soooo good (14 syns actually less than i thought!)

Then i had to rush from work to another SW group to meet them before taking group next week as their consultant is away. So no time for dinner

supper
crabsticks and tomatoes

EE day
HEB hi fi
HEA really only had a tiny part of this had only oen cup of tea with milk

syns
32 !! which strictly speaking does leave me within my allowance for the week but far more than i intended.

 

[Derbynanny]

Another busy day planned

Off to weigh in soon .... fingers crossed

Post weigh in
hi fi and yog/fromage frais and strawberries

lunch
couscous(2 1/2 syns ) with tomatoes and asparagus


snack
LF supernoodles ***** ran out of time so had a banana

post group

leftover sausage hotpot****** with heb cheese on top
quark and fromage frais and options (2 syns)

4 1/2 syns 15 for the dayn (10 1/2 saved for easter choc)

I am on project easter egg with my syns ! A small buttons easter egg with a bag of buttons in it is 28.5 syns, if i save that many syns before sunday I shall have one





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[gobolino]

Fingers crossed for your weigh in. Last night we were told that a mars egg (possibly with the bars) was about 80syns, so I think the buttons egg would be a bargain by comparison! I've avoided our easter egg (hubby has eaten it all) because I know I would want to eat it all and cant afford all the syns!

 

[Derbynanny]

1 1/2 off (had hoped for more but aiming for 1 1/2 every week for next 4 weeks !!! )

I looked in asda but no small buttons eggs but i do have one with 2 dairy milk mini eggs in one egg and i think it is about the same syns (28 but just checking)

I also have mini lindor eggs to show the group everyone can have a little treat at 1 1/2 syns each

 

[Derbynanny]

WOW the treasure egg is 36 syns ... i think i will continue to look for the small buttons or freddo egg. BUT i am having chocolate AND i am going to lose 1 1/2 pounds this week .... watch this space.

 

[Derbynanny]

Thursday
Subject to change LOL

Strawberries, rhubarb and bananas with yogurt and fromage frais.

lunch
pasta and tuna salad with tomato, courgettes, carrot and sweetcorn
grapes

hi fi

snack
yogurt

dinner
smoked river cobbler
veg
batchelor's savoury rice

syns 1/2/15 (10 1/2 + in syn choc bank )

 

[Derbynanny]

Goodness me i am the very hungry caterpillar today ....

Here is what I really ate

breakfast
fruit and yog/fromage frais

10 am
2 ben's butterscotch !!

11 am
huge bowl of carrot and pasnip soup

1 pm
pasta salad with tuna sweetcorn and lots of veggies
1/2 syn of el mayo

5 pm
small portion of chicken and noodles with the kids when they had tea

And still hungry, I think on days when i don't go out to work my eating is more erratic and if i work in the evenings (sw groups) I sometimes don't eat enough and then end up starvign the next day

dinner will be
river cobbler
veg
savoury rice

My aim is no more syns so i will have 14 1/2 to put in the syn bank to make it 24 1/2, i may change than and have an options)

 

[Derbynanny]

I am now off my proper job for the next 11 days so going to have to plan plan plan to make sure i eat properly especially with taking 3 evening SW groups next week !

 

[Derbynanny]

Well first day of not getting up to get out of the house at 7.30 am and what do i do ? Set my alarm for 7? So decided to get up and get some jobs out of the way.

Have some paperwork to do this morning and some leaflets this afternoon, it looks like another beautiful day !!!

I am aiming for a red day as i have already had a HEB and don't like to think I don't have one for the rest of the day.



Breakfast

2 butterscotch hi fi (heb)
yogurt
forest fruits

lunch
Hot smoked trout pate
scan bran or ryvitas(heb) with beetroot, cucumber and peppers

snack
1 ben's butterscotch hi fi (3 syns)

pre dinner post leaflet delivering snack
cheese
beetroot
crab sticks

dinner
roast chicken
green beans
mashed carrot and swede

yog and quark with options (2 syns)

HEA cheese (to be eaten as a snack)
HEB hi fi and scan bran

syns 5/15 (in chocolate bank so far 24 1/2 !!)

 

[Derbynanny]

WOW I already have 34 1/2 syns in my chocoate bank

Saturdays planned menu

breakfast
poached eggs, mushrooms and tomatoes
****** CHANGED TO RHUBARB AND FOREST FRUITS WITH QUARK CREAM

Lunch
ryvita with hot salmon pate with beetroot and cucumber

dinner
stir fried quorn steak strips over whole wheat noodles (1 syn for sweet chilli sauce)

pudding rhubarb in jelly (1 syn)

HEA cheese as a snack
HEB ryvita

2 syn so far + 3 for ben's hi fi and 20 1/2 for half an egg and two mini crunchies=25 1/2 (- 10 1/2 /34 1/2 in chocolate bank = 24 remaiming for tomorrow )

Sunday's plan

breakfast
big bowl of fruit and yogurt with 28 g oats (heb)

lunch
bacon and egg loaf
with carrot, cucumber and pepper crudite's with a hummous dip
hea cheese

easter dinner
3 bird roast (3 - 4 1/2 syns depending how much i have
roast pots and parsnips
green beans
carrot and swede
another veg
gravy just made from oxo
rhubarb jelly (1)

HEA cheese
HEB oats

syns 5 1/2 syns/15
(other half of crunchie egg and 2 mini bars 20 1/2 syns from chocolate bank

12 1/2 syns remaining = 15 a day

 

[gobolino]

Wow - your chocolate syn bank is looking in good shape I hope you enjoy your treat, be it an egg, bar or whatever! Have a good easter

 

[Derbynanny]

Loving my easter egg, had half yesterday wil have half today All well within my syns I LOVE SW

Monday's Plan

Breakfast
oats (heb), berries and yogurt

Lunch
left over new potatoes and veg with oxo gravy and 3 bird roast (3 syns)
toffee yogurt


Dinner
Lasagna and veg
rhubarb and jelly 1
ff and quark with options 2
choc raspberry mini muffins SW style (3 syns)

Hea milk in tea and 21 g cheese
Heb oats

Syns 9/15

 

[Derbynanny]

Tuesday

breakfast
banana and boiled egg

lunch
stir fry veg and lf super noodles and soy sauce
choc raspberry muffins 1

snack
raspberries and yog/fromage frais

dinner ?
sw chips and beans maybe with cheese

Syns
1 plus whatever i eat ay SW party tonight/15

Hea milk in teas
Heb cheese
?

 

[Derbynanny]

I am on a cooking frenzy for the 4 groups i am taking this week

choc raspberry muffins
meringues if they work
spicy chicken thighs
devilled eggs

 

[Derbynanny]

Ok i haven't posted as have had nothing positive to post :-(
I have been seriously off plan this has been partly due to 11 days off my regular job/routine and partly due to feeling so down at not being able to exercise and disappointed that I have failed so miserably at the slimathon. I will be making a donation to the charity and I am taking the pressure off myself to complete the slimathon. WOW feels good to put that down in words.

This year has been my hardest year for weight loss/weight control since i first found SW and it basically comes down to not being able to exercise. Now as a consultant I always tell my members you can lose weight without exercising which is so true, exercising for me is a huge stress relief and flood of happy hormones. Without I feel miserable which then effects my desire to eat properly :-( which then makes me feel more miserable and so the cycle starts.

As of today these are the changes I am making

1) For now I am going to assume that i will not be running regularly for the next 3 months at least so need to look at a regular yoga/stretching and cycline routine the only things I can do.

2) I am going to aim to get back in my target range but not worry if it is only just.(i am probably 6 to 9 pounds above target as of right now so a loss of 3 to 6 pounds ..yikes)

3) Home scales are going away and I am only going to weigh at the group I attend for the next few months

4) I am going to follow the plan to the letter and not try to cut back on syns etc so the plan is enjoyable. Counting syns carefully and enjoying every one used.

5)Write a food diary every day until i get back in my target range ..not just the good days

6) Try and remind myself I am not bad person I am just a normal person who sometimes makes poor food choices.

Day 1 back to target plan

green day
breakfast
hi fi and banana (1 heb)

lunch
lf super noodles and bag of stir fry veg
hi fi (1 heb)

dinner
tomatoes and
42 g rf cheese

snack
quark fromage frais with hot choc (2 syns)

(syns 2)

 

[Derbynanny]

Thursday planned

red day

breakfast eggs, tomatoes and a hifi (heb)

lunch
smoked salmon pate with ryvita
tomatoes, cucumber and peppers

fruit and yogurt

snack
rest of salmon pate and tomatoes

dinner
chicken curry More like soup as very little chicken in it ! very small portion

snacks
hi fi and 42 g rf cheese
quark and ff with hot choc (2)

heb 1 hi fi , ryvita
hea cheese and milk

syns
(2 hot choc powder/ few bites of biscuit 5? large smartie cookie, maltesers choc ice 5.5 !! 12.5 in total) think I am overcounting for the biscuit but better over than under !

 

[gobolino]

Hi Teresa

Its good to see you back. I'm sorry you're not feeling too positive at the moment. I like your list of aims they are sure to get you feeling better. You're not a bad person, you know that, but I know what you mean when you're feeling rubbish when days on plan turn to being off plan. But you can turn this cycle around and you'll start to feel better. Your menus are look good

(((Chin up -you can do this )))

 

[Derbynanny]

Thank you for your support. I am still not my usual cheery self but even 1 and a bit days of healthy eating and already i have started feeling a bit better. Too much sugar definitely affects my moods.

My fridge is woefully bare at the moment so ended up with eggs and tomatoes for breakfast and a hi fi bar

Luckily there are plenty of strawberries here at work so i can get some fruit in and i will shop tomorrow.

I really wanted to weigh this morning and was so glad the scales were away !

Teresa

 

[Derbynanny]

Friday planned

Green Day

breakfast
yogurt and fruit

lunch
noodles and stir fry veg
hi fi (heb)

snack
42 g cheese (hea)
tomatoes and cuke

dinner
tasters at SW meeting
I am taking a tortilla with potatoes and peppers

HEB
Hi fi and ?

HEA
cheese

 

[Derbynanny]

A week of dinners planned

(trying to alternate between red and green but may do an ee some days)

Pasta and quorn meatballs (green)
Roast chicken with carrot and swede mash (red)
Fish and vegetable medley (red)
Aubergine bake from italian book (assuming this is green)
Sweet chilli chicken with bns fries (red)
Quorn stir fry with noodles (green)
Chicken curry served over spinach