Week 3/4 help is here

As I mentioned in the last post I had a slimming world voucher, and yes I went. It's not a busy group but a nice bunch. 

Got my pack, some motivation, and on the scales, I was lighter than when I weighed on my own scales the Monday at 13.6 st. 

I left feeling energised, but now I'm counting syns it's a lot harder. I have cut back on drinking loads as I don't go out much and I'm trying to save for Xmas, but when I had a couple of drinks and realised the synage, I was mentally beating myself up about it. I felt proper crap about it but now I know I can move on and focus on the future.

I have been filling in the s/w food diary online and writing a daily journal on there which helps me, I think.

Let's check out some food iv had in my first week of slimming world...

Lunches and breakfasts have been similar to every other week. For dinner (top right, going clockwise) I have had shepherds pie with lots of veg, this was a day off lunch 2x brown toast(HEA) topped with scrambled egg with bacon bits and beans. Then we have sausage surprise where I basically chuck aload of bits from the cupboard in a pan with beans and sausages serve with mash, this is a good one for kids well my big kid Marc loves it. And then last there we have juicy steak with jacket potato and a massive salad, yummy. 

 

Here we have my version of Jamie Oliver pesto pasta, slimming world style. The picture on the left is what I use for the pesto sauce mix, throw in a processor with a bit of water. Then we have the rest of the ingredients I use, put them all together, the bottom picture is the end result.

This was our takeaway curry alternative, the top two pictures are my creations and the bottom three are from the s/w curry heaven book. Onion bhajis(1 syn each), shami kebabs(free) and chicken tikka masala with rice(1 syn). All very nice.

Then we have the treats. The top very naughty 16 syns. 2x chocolate alpen light(HEB) with after eight muller light. And a chicken mug shot. 

That's every thing I have had since my last post up until the weekend after I had joined group.

After then I went abit off the rails...

 

Sunday night I had this lovely dinner gravy 1 syn, and 2x Yorkshire puddings 2.5 syns. Doing really well until I realised how many syns was in in the Stella cider I washed it down with, 13.5 my gosh can't believe I did that.

So I got back on it...

Apart from my usual, I had cereal this week Dorset fruity musli with skimmed milk, I didn't feel I had enough here so I will have to have with yogurt and lots of fruit next time. And I had weetabix crunchy bran with milk and I enjoyed that.

Lunches. Lots of fruit between meals, evening meal leftovers and batchelors cup a pasta. I have stocked up my drawer at work with the pasta pots.

(Clockwise) gammon, s/w chips, poached eggs and beans.

Steak with mushrooms, peas and sweetcorn and new potatoes.

On weigh in night I tucked into a big plate of homemade lasagne with lots of salad.

Tonight I have made a massive batch of soup for work this week and I filled out a portion for dinner tonight with chicken cooked in Cajun spices, that was very nice.

I did have a bit of a blip on Wednesday night when I had about 4 pints of lager and 3 slices of meat feast takeaway pizza. Then it was weigh in Thursday and lost 0.5lb which is rubbish but still a loss so can't complain.

I had my work Xmas dinner and party on Friday, probably went crazy on syns. And Saturday I went Xmas shopping had a bacon butty on white bread with butter and tomato sauce, that was all my syns for the day but I needed it. I went for tea at a pub just stuck to diet coke and ate steak and salad to keep it good. 

I'm feeling focused for the week ahead with my soup all made, cereal weighed out and melon all cut up. 

I'm going for 2lb off this week.

Week 2- eh! Don't understand.

My weight today...

I'm confused, 1.75lb gain. I have been making good choices all week, so I don't know where I have gone wrong. But I'm not going to let it get me down...💪 must keep going.

Monday night I made my all time favourite, Jamie Oliver sausage pasta. As you can see lots of super free veg only syns were sausage, I used 4 and got 4 servings from this so these sausages are 1 syn each. Served with a nice salad.

These are the breakfasts I have had this week, on my days off I've had a cooked breakfast and when I'm at work I've had millar light, 2 alpen lights and a banana.

For lunch I have mostly had left over dinners or a salad with couscous.

On Thursday, we had a managers event at work and we went to Nandos for tea, even then I was good and had chicken breast with spicy rice and salad. However I did have a few beers that night.

Saturday night, Marc wanted a take away curry. I had mix starter (which I could not eat a lot of cos it was crap), Bombay potatoes and salad. I also had a bottle of rose wine. Them two days were possibly my down fall but I did say to myself I would have a treat night once a week, I had 2 I suppose.

This is what I have been having for tea the rest of the time...

So here I have chicken, savoury rice and roasted veg.

Fake Nandos, piri piri chicken, s/w chips, homemade coleslaw made with 1 tablespoon of light mayo, sweetcorn and baked beans.

Homemade chicken curry from s/w curry heaven book.

Spaghetti bolognais.

Chilli con carnie with jacket potato.

Plans for this week, I have a free membership voucher for slimming world so I'm gunna join this Thursday, I want the books and stock up on some recipes.

I need a dress for work Xmas party and do a bit of present shopping on Friday. Then chill for the weekend.

Week 1- mini goal

The beginning of this week I decided I need a goal, I know my target weight but meanwhile I want a mini goal. With Xmas and new year coming up I want to look nice in a new dress so by Christmas I want to have lost at least a stone. There are 7 weeks so it's only 2lb a week, easy! 

Today's weigh in...

Which means I have lost 3.75lb, I'm happy with that. Dunno if it makes any difference but last week I weighed myself in the morning before work and today it was when I got home from work, but who cares nearly 4lb whoop! 

Me today...

Corse we need a before picture

Things I have been eating this week...

Breakfast 

I had a bit if time before going to work so I had boiled egg on brown toast(HEB), a quick breakfast at work muller light with 2 alpen light bars(HEB) and a piece of fruit. On my day off I made a massive omelette  with lean bacon bits and mushrooms then broke up 3 baby bell lights(HEA) on the top with beans, that was very filling. All of these would be syn free.

Lunch

I made a batch of jacket potatoes and froze them so I could grab them to take to work for lunch, I had them with beans and 3 baby bell lights(HEA) one day or one day I forgot to bring dinner cos I was rushing so I got a veg soup not sure of syns but I got the one with lowest calories. And some days I would bring what ever was left from the night before.

Dinner

Top left is homemade lasagne found on a website called slimming eats, not normally the best at making lasagne from scratch but follow this recipe to the T and it's really nice.(HEA)

http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/yummy-beef-lasagne

Underneath is chicken pasta carbonara, with loads of veg, got the sauce recipe from slimming worlds little book of sauces. (HEA)

And the last is my slow cooked beef stew I threw together with lots of super free veg, that lasted a couple of days.

Snacks

Lots and lots of fruit and water, and got some cuppa soups to warm me up, don't know the syn value but it can't be much.

I haven't been syn counting, but I have been trying to have syn free meals and very aware when I have had syns that I haven't over indulged.

I decided that Saturday would be my treat day, not over doing it but if I do have a takeaway not beat myself up about it as I have been extra good the rest oh the time.

This week I had a takeaway curry on Friday night, saved half, had a few drinks with my sisters, they had a McDonald's and I just had mozzarella dippers, then when I got home I ate the rest of the curry with cous cous. I don't think that is so bad.

Happy bunny. Note to self...

Keep up the good work (pat on the back)

Day 1

First day, 13.9st is my starting weight.

Now then, I was 3lb lighter before the weekend but I have been away for Jenny's birthday and corse I just indulged. Now I'm here tired and left with a sore throat, so corse I had to have a Chinese takeaway last night cos I could not be arsed going to asda for the shopping or cooking. Normally I have half my Chinese then then the other half for lunch next day. But I haven't taken it to work hopefully if Marc is home before me he will eat the rest. 

Things I am planning to do different

1. Use slimming world plan as a guide to help me make the right choices. I have done sw before and I feel it's a more relaxed approach to loosing weight. Although I'm not particularly 'syn' counting, I'm going to try not to use many syns during the week then have a treat day every Saturday and weigh in every Monday morning.

2. I have been doing my research, watched lots of I tube vids for recipe Ideas and following a few girls on Instagram for lunch and breakfast ideas.

3. Planning, I made a list of all mine and Marc's favourite tea time meals and found low syn recipes for them. Then made a time table for the next few weeks showing my work shifts, what meal we are having. And made shopping lists.

 

So here goes...