Week 12 - 5 favourites(1)...

Last week at slimming world I had a maintain, I told jan that I'm not sure why possibly due to not keeping a food diary like I normally do or (I think in my head) due to the four pints of lager and the Burger King burger with mozzerella sticks I had the night before, oops!

It's my own fault, I started to train a new group at work so it's been abit stressful, normally I'm not one to get stressed easily but I have been wanting a drink after work and craving chocolate.

I was naughty this week too as I didn't attend group. I have been trying my best to stick to plan as it was my friends birthday at the weekend and I was going away. I went all out over Friday Saturday and Sunday, eating things like curry from takeaway, chicken burger, lovely fried chips, McDonald's breakfast ect.

Now I'm refocusing by reminding myself of all my favourite free foods. In no particular order, because I love all...

5. Fruit salad

I like to prepare a nice fruit salad to take to work. I cut up some apples and pairs, add some black grapes and strawberries and squeeze over a lemon or lime, the lemon/lime makes them taste extra nice and refreshing but also preserves that Apple and pair from going discoloured. 

 

4. Picked veg

As a nice snack on an evening whilst watching tele, instead of reaching for the Pringles or Doritos and dips I have been tucking into a variety of pickled veg. Things like onions, beetroot, gherkins pickled in chilli and mustard seeds, I will have some ham, cheese (HEA), boiled egg. Very nice and filling.

3. Baked beans

Recently I have been eating baked beans with everything. I like to have them with my cooked breakfast, omlettes, jacket potato, I make a sausage casserole with them in I even keep the small tubs in my drawer at work just in case I am stuck for what to have for lunch. 

2. Potatoes

Every way you can think of, I have them at once almost everyday. I like to have slimming world chips made in the overnight with things like piri piri chicken ( fake nandos). I have steak with boiled new potatoes finished in a frying pan to give them a crunch. Jacket potato I some times make a load and freeze them so they are ready for me to grab and take to work with me. And my favourite (this is why I'm useless at sticking to S&P), mash potato. I have tried making it abit better by only using half the potatoes I usually would and the other half suede, which I still really enjoy.

1. Eggs

I have been making effort to eat lots of eggs lately, not so much fried as I am not successful at making them when there isn't lots of oil involved but instead I make lots of omlettes for breakfast, crust less quiches I can take to work and hard boiled eggs I can snack on. I want to master the poached eggs but never seem to get them right.

Fingers crossed I won't have too much of a gain and I am determined it's just I have a lot on with work lately, I know I'm a bit slack with this healthy eating diary but I'm still here and on it. 

Week 11- the late shift!

This week I couldn't make it to group as I was working later shifts at work, this meant I wouldn't make it back in time for group. But it was alright I just found a group on my way to work in Leeds that I could pop into to get weighed. I was so glad I did because I had a loss and got my 1/2 stone award, yay! 

This just spurs me on all the more because it means I am getting closer to my goal.

With me working lates I have had to think about what I'm having for dinner. I wasn't getting home until 9pm some nights so I just wanted something quick. 

I made BBQ pulled pork from the sw website, prepared in the morning and had it cooking all day until mark got home. When I got home I had it with jacket potato and salad, it was really nice and it was all syn free.

I also made corned beef stew in the slow cooker, I got the lower fat version and worked out at 8 syns for the whole thing, and there was around six servings.

Other times it was something drone the freezer that I had made in weeks gone by and froze a portion.

Also I have had portage every day nearly for breakfast, lots of fruit salads for snacks with a nice squeeze of lemon. As I work in Leeds City centre I have sometimes needed to go grab something quick, that something as been a Turkey and ham subway salad which is fee and then 1.5 syns for the sweet onion dressing. 

Ok so just in case any actual people read this I'm not going to tell you about absolutely everything I eat this week. I am going to tell you how to make syn free American style pancakes....

1. Separate 2 egg whites from the yolk, leaving the yolks to one side. Whisk the whites in a large bowl until stiff peaks form.

Then add 1 teaspoon of sweetener and vanilla flavouring to the yolks, fold into the egg whites.

2. Heat up a frying pan with fry light then place a big spoonful of the mixture in the pan and leave for a couple of minutes.

3. Then turn over and leave for another couple of minutes, they don't take long to cook it the whisking that takes a while.

4. When they were done I had a fruit salad and a tablespoons of honey. I've had with strawberry and yoghurt before or you could syn some Nutella or something. They are nice though, honestly.

Fingers crossed I have a loss next weigh in. But as I'm writing this I dunno I have had a fair few drinks this week but I have been good with food, apart from one exception when I have had a Burger King whopper burger band mozzerlla sticks errm ... well ... ok.

Until next time.

week 10- On it!

Last Thursdays weigh in made me very happy, i was aiming for 3lb off and i got 3.5lb off, whoop!
As always I was asked by Jan, the group leader, what have i been doing this week to acieve my loss?
Well i have put xmas and new year behind me and i have planned ahead and stayed off the sauce. She asked if i have tried the new SP plan, I have tried i had it in mind when ever something passed my lips but some times i could not resist. I have been staying away from potato, pasta or rice when i can think of an alternative and when i have been writing my food diary i have been writing 'S' and 'P' next to my foods to kinda educate me to what is classed as an S or P.
By the way when i am saying S and P, if anyone is actually reading this and do not know what im on about, S stands for Speed foods like certain fruits and veg, P stands for Protein like meats, beans and eggs.
So i have been eating more of these types of foods and i can also have an extra HEB, which is my fibre.

This is some of the things i have eaten for breakfast...

I have had porridge nearly every day with some fruit, blueberries are not an 'S' food but i like them with porridge, strawberries are too I have eaten about 2 boxes of them this week. when i have had time in a morning i have cooked some form of egg which is a 'P' food and here we have bacon which is 'P', hovis nimble wholemeal toast which is HEB and spaghetti hoops which is just free on EE plan.

For Lunches...

Again here there is a lot of egg going on, i love eggs and i have been eating more than ever, i even made a quiche to take to work to have with baked beans, in the quiche there is tomatoes (s), bacon bits (p), mushrooms (s), and cottage cheese (free) with mixed herbs and seasoning.
Alaso as i lunch/snack i have had things like boiled eggs, with a selection of pickled veg all free, which cheese as an HEA. the Jacobs flatbreads are 2 syns each, mango chutney 2 syns per table spoon.

And also Dinners....

These are what i have had for dinner all made by me, so no eating out this week. things like fish Pie with carrot and suede mash, i have a sunday dinner with suede mash aswell, now im not too keen, i did not enjoy it, but i have tried it and no thanks i will stick to my potatoes. As Jan said i havent had a totally S and P day/week but a really good for EE.

I have lots of things in mind for the month ahead, hopefully I will have an award next week and it's payday so I'm hoping to reward myself for the commitment so far.