Thread: My Weight Loss Journey

WI day today- don't want to say how I feel it will go as I don't want to jinx it.

Stuck to plan yesterday, so again another good day and didn't feel hungry although I had less than the previous days.
Made a fresh batch of veg soup to keep me through the rest of this week as I think this helps with the loss and helps me to get my veg in.
Another Green Day for me (as they seem to suit me better)

Breakfast- Fruit bowl of 2 pears, 1 apple, 1 banana
Snack: Shapes Yogurt, 1 Alpen Light
Lunch: Vegetable Soup and Ainsley's Spice Sensation Cous Cous (got a huge container of this from Costco's)
Snack: pack of Quavers
Dinner (after WI)- 2 fried eggs with Basmalti Brown Rice and 2 tbsp ketchup
Snack: Mini Milk

Water: 2 litres
Exercise: 20 mins exercise bike

A 4.5lb loss last night--exactly what I needed to push me into the right gear! Last night I treated myself to 3 of the Merci Chocolates dh brought home and had 1 fish finger, but hope that didn't do much damage
Really feel like having some chicken or fish, but I know that these green days really work for me. Will try to mix some in as HEB's today.

Green Day:
Breakfast: 2 pears, 1 apple
Snack: 2 Alpen Light bars (HEB)
Lunch: Stir Fried Veg+ prawns (HEB)+ 1/2 pack Super Noodles (Sweet Thai Chilli)
Snack: Shapes Yogurt
Dinner: Veg Soup + Egg with baked Beans
Snack: mini milk

Exercise: 20 mins bike
Water: 1.5 litres

Had a good day and stuck to plan yesterday and enjoyed getting some protein in. Instead of the prawns I had some crabmeat (113g) and the stir fry was really filling and delicious.
Got up this morning really motivated and went on the exercise bike first thing for 25 mins and it was a good workout! Also have been doing a few upper arm exercises as I don't want to end up with loose skin under my arms- hope it works!

Having another Green Day today:
Breakfast: Fruit Bowl
Snack: Alpen Light (3 syns)
Lunch: Veg Soup and 2 slices wholemeal bread (HEB) with chickpea dip (Same recipe as the falafels but without baking powder and I make it a bit more watery and with red peppers) I've been having cravings for this!
Snack: Shapes Yogurt
Dinner: Need to finish the stir fry veg (as they go bad quick), so will probably make the same crabstick (HEB) stirfry with pasta
Snack: MiniMilk

Exercise: 25 mins bike
Water: 2 litres

Added a few more syns yesterday (4 jelly beans and 1 Asda Cheesy Curls- around 4 syns), otherwise stuck to plan.

Hopefully will be able to make it to a new workout class tonight that someone suggested in class on Monday. Supposedly burns over 600 calories per class! Will update with how it went tomorrow.

Green Day:

Breakfast: Fruit Bowl with Yogurt and 1 Alpen Light Bar (.5 HEB) sprinked on top
Lunch: Baked Potatoe with Tuna (HEB) and 1 tbsp Extra Light Mayo (syn)
Snack: Fruit and another Alpen Light (.5 HEB)
Dinner: Veg Soup and Pasta Salad (pasta, sweetcorn, peas, peppers, mushrooms)
Snack: Mini Milk

Water: 1.5 litres
Exercise: 25 mins Exercise bike + Exercise Class?

100% day yesterday and got to go to the workout - Zumba. It was great!!! Did Salsa, Merengue, Calypso, Cumbia and Reggae dance steps. Got such an energy rush after the class as well. Have already signed up for next week.


Green Day today:


Breakfast: Fruit Bowl with Yogurt
Snack: 2 Alpen Lights (HEB)
Lunch: Veg Soup with 2 wholemeal bread (HEB) with Chickpea dip
Snack: Shapes Yogurt
Dinner: Egg, Beans and SW Chips
Snack: Curly Wurly

Water: 2 litres
Exercise: 15 mins arm exercises

hey Meli just a quick Q - on your green days do you have HEA's or do you miss them out?? xx

I probably don't use my HEA's as much as I should as I don't really like cheese (unless it's melted on a grilled cheese sandwich or pizza). I also don't really drink milk unless I have it with cereals. I try to have a Shapes Yogurt almost daily to try to get some of that calcium in. Wondering whether maybe I should take some calcium tablets? Would this type of thing come out in blood work as I had some tests and they all came out fine?

Another 100% day yesterday! Hope to have a good weekend. Today is dh's bday, but he doesn't want a cake, so that's better for me Not sure whether we are going out for dinner later, but I'll probably eat something here and have something light if we go out.

Breakfast: Fruit Bowl
Snack: 2 Alpen Lights (HEB)
Lunch: huge bowl of veg soup (can't eat anything else for now)
Snack: Shapes Yogurt
Dinner: Tandoori Chicken (HEB) with ChickPea Rice + Raita (Very Low Fat Natural Yogurt with Tomatoes, Onion, Cucumber)
Snack: 15 Mikados (7.5 syns)

Water: 1.5 litres
Exercise: none

We didn't go out for dinner last night, so that was good and kept to plan. I ended up buying a small cake for dh, but resisted and ended up having 15 Mikados instead (7.5 syns).
The tandoori chicken was delicious...will have some more today

Have a WI day tomorrow, so if I can stick to plan today hope to have a loss!

Green Day:
Breakfast: Fruit Bowl (pears, apple, banana)
Snack: 1 Alpen Light (3 syns)
Lunch:Tandoori Chicken (HEB) with baked potatoe and Refried Beans
Snack: Shapes Yogurt with strawberries
Dinner: Egg/Baked Beans/Mushrooms with 2 Wholemeal toast (HEB)
Snack: Mini Milk

Water: 2 litres
Exercise: 20 mins walking

Another good day yesterday and stuck to plan. Only problem is that I feel a little constipated, so might change to Red days for a few days. Made my veg soup last night to last me all week, so ready for another good week.
Feeling a bit nervous about WI today....

Red Day:
Breakfast: Fruit (3 pears)
Snack: Shapes Yogurt
Lunch: Veg Soup with 6 crabsticks + 4 Ryvita Original CrackerBread (not sure if this is a full HEB) +1tbsp Extra Light Mayo
Snack: 1 Alpen Light (.5HEB)
Dinner (after WI): Baked Salmon with Salad and 1 tbsp Caesar dressing
Snack: Mini Milk

Water: 1.5 litres
Exercise: Walking the malls

I'm afraid only the wholemeal Ryvita crackerbreads count as a heb, you can have six. But both original and wholemeal are only 1 syn per slice. A bargain in my eyes. I love these.

Thanks for the info knitter and congrats on reaching target
Think I will be using different HEB's next week, so will be interesting to experiment with different toppings on the Ryvita's

WI results- lost 1lb. I was hoping for more, but later when I got home I started adding up that if I lose at least 1lb every week until the end of this year I will get really close to target. I'm okay with it now, but still will try my best to stick to plan this week.
Will try a full week of Red's and see how I get on.

Red Day:

Breakfast: Fried Egg with 1tbsp ketchup (1 syn), Mushrooms with 1 wholemeal roll (HEB)
Lunch: Veg Soup with 4 Crabsticks with Quark and Black pepper on 2 Ryvita Original CrispBread (HEB)
Snack: Fruit Salad with Shapes Yogurt
Dinner: Grilled Chicken Breast Ceasar Salad (with Tesco Light Ceasar Dressing - 1 syn- 2 tbsp)
Snack: Mini Milk (1.5 syns) + 3 crabsticks
Total Syns: 3.5 syns

Water: 2 litres
Exercise: 20 min walking

Didn't feel too bad (hunger wise) yesterday. Did have another 3 crabsticks before going to bed though.
The Caesar dressing was quite nice and 2 tbsp for 1 syn is not bad at all. Will probably be having a few salads later this week.
Didn't get to do the exercise bike yesterday, but did get the walking done.

Red Day Menu Today:

Started off with a nice Green Tea (Lemon) with 5 splenda tablets.
Breakfast: Banana, Fried Egg with Ketchup (1 syn), Mushrooms and 1 wholemeal toast (.5 HEB)
Snack: Alpen Light (3 syns)
Lunch: Veg Soup with 2 Ryvita CrispBread (HEB) and 4 crabsticks
Snack: Shapes Yogurt
Dinner: Prawn Curry with Courgettes (from Recipes Section) and 1 wholemeal toast (.5HEB)
Snack: Mini Milk (1.5syns)

Total Syns: 5.5syns

Water: 1.5 litres
Exercise: Arm Exercises and 20 mins Exercise bike

Stuck to plan yesterday and really loved the prawn curry- have to finish it off today
Had a telephone interview today and was really nervous so didn't eat much for the first half of the day. Fortunately I passed it and I have a face to face at the end of next week, fingers crossed. Only problem---no suit that fits now!!! Might have another lined up on Monday, so really need to do some shopping this weekend.

Sticking to Red's again today:

Breakfast- 2 pears
Snack- Alpen Light (3 syns)
Lunch- 3 Ryvita Original Crispbread (HEB) with 6 crabsticks
Snack- Shapes Yogurt + Quavers (4.5syns)
Dinner: Rice (HEB) with Prawn Curry
Snack- 0% fat yogurt with Vanilla, Cinnamon and 2 tbsp of Splenda

Syns: 7.5

Water: 1.5 litres
Exercise: Zumba (1 hour)