Thread: OddSock's Veggie Food Diary (Green days)

Breakfast- Fat-free yogurt

Snack- Banana

Lunch- Cheese salad sandwich (HEXA and B), Quavers (4.5 syns)

Snack- Banana

Tea- Quorn fillet, new potatoes, salad. Followed by a small piece of home-made apple crumble, not sure of the exact syns so I'll allocate the rest of today's to be on the safe side!

Total syns- 15

Exercise- about an hour's walking

Breakfast- Fat-free yogurt

Snack- Banana

Lunch- Grilled tofu chunks, salad

Tea- Pizza Express Margherita Leggeta- reduced-fat mozzarella pizza with the middle chopped out and replaced with a fresh green salad. The menu says it's less than 500 cals and obviously the salad is free, so I've counted it as my HEXA and HEXB plus all my syns

Snack- Fat-free yogurt, fruit

Total syns- 15 (estimated)

Exercise- 1 hour's walking, lots of adrenaline-inducing stress watching the tennis, gets the heart pumping better than any cardio!

Breakfast- Fat-free yogurt

Snack- Morrisons Eat Smart chocolate brownie cereal bar (3.5 syns)

Lunch- Grilled tofu, quinoa, salad

Snack- Banana

Tea- Quorn fillet, pasta in sauce, salad

Snack- Wotsits (5 syns)

Syns- 8.5

Breakfast- Fat-free yogurt, banana

Snack- Morrisons Eat Smart chocolate brownie cereal bar (3.5 syns)

Lunch- Egg and salad sandwich (HEXB)

Tea- Roasted yellow pepper stuffed with couscous, green beans, corn on the cob

Alcohol- 2 glasses of wine (9 syns)

Total syns- 13.5

Brunch (I woke up late!)- Spaghetti hoops on wholemeal toast (HEXB) with a tiny sprinkle of grated cheese from HEXA allowance

Snack- Banana

Tea- Cheese salad sandwich (rest of HEXA allowance plus 6 syns)

Snacks- Crisps (8 syns based on calories), Mug Shot

Total syns- 14

Breakfast- Toast (HEXB) with Vitalite (1.5 syns)

Lunch- Nothing (far too hot to eat)

Tea- Home-made quiche using HEXA allowance- had 1/4 of a small quiche, not sure of syns for pastry but all other ingredients were either free or from HEXA allowance. Couscous, salad

Snack- Chocolate (10 syns based on calories)

Total syns- Not sure!

Breakfast- Fat-free yogurt

Lunch- Left-over quiche (syns?), satsuma

Snack- Quavers (4.5 syns)

Tea- Pasta in sauce

I'm aware that my diet the past couple of days has been terrible, but I find it hard to eat properly in hot weather! I'm away for a couple of days now so I shall update when I get back.

Well, it's been an interesting couple of weeks. I was doing so well, then about two weeks ago I got ill and couldn't eat for days, completely ruining my healthy eating, then I went away for a few days and found it extremely difficult to stick to SW. Thankfully I haven't gained weight, but I haven't lost it either, and I feel like the wheels are falling off my train to skinnytown! Can anyone offer me any advice for getting back on track? I need a kick up the backside urgently!

Breakfast- 2 slices toast (HEXB) with 1 Dairylea Light triangle from HEXA allowance. Fat-free yogurt

Lunch- 1% Mug Shot, apple, banana

Tea- Quorn burger, jacket potato, fat-free cottage cheese, 1 slice garlic bread (5 syns) with a sprinkle of cheese from HEXA allowance, and the biggest salad in history!

Snacks- Fruit (apple, grapes), small bowl of bulgar wheat with 1/4 vegetable stock cube- I had some very random bread cravings at about 11pm and decided that if I ate some carbtastic free food, the cravings might go away. And indeed they did!

Total syns- 5

Exercise- 30 mins walking, 20 mins dog-walking

If you've gone off plan and managed to maintain then you should be pleased as punch!!

If you want to get back on the SW wagon, I would sit down with paper and pen and all the SW books you have and plan plan PLAN. I find that when I know exactly what is on the food horizon for the day / week it helps me avoid naughty snacks, or the temptation to grab a takeaway as 'there's nothing in'.
It also means you'll have a comprehensive shopping list and no excuse to pop something extra in the trolley 'because it's on offer' or 'because I haven't got any snacks'.

I plan like a loon - people that come round my house think I'm more than a little strange with my list of meals for the week on the kitchen counter. I think that is what helps me stick to plan though.

On the upside, I hope you are feeling better now

That's really good advice, thanks Strangely enough I started doing that earlier, I've decided to cook for the whole household this week to ensure there's no unhealthy food available, plus cooking is fun and I think it'll keep me motivated.

I'm planning an elaborate but budget-friendly tapas feast for the family tomorrow- Spanish omelette cooked in Fry Light, patatas bravas, Spanish rice and a massive salad, should be yum! I'm making a veggie chilli on Wednesday, and possibly Quorn meatballs with my own homemade sauce on Thurs. I think if I can stick to this and get everyone involved for a few days I can just about get back on track! Thanks for the support, I love knowing that there are people I can vent to on here who understand!

Breakfast- Fat-free yogurt, banana

Lunch- Jacket potato with fat-free cottage cheese, cucumber and spring onion. Slice of garlic bread (5 syns)

Tea- Home-made tapas: tortilla, patatas bravas, veggie albondigas made with dried TVP, roasted red pepper stuffed with quinoa, garlic rice and a massive salad. This meal was entirely free since I used Fry Light whenever oil was required, and made all the sauces from scratch myself. It's all simmering away in the kitchen right now, so let's hope it's as yummy as it sounds! I've cooked for the entire family so we can have a proper little fiesta!

Snacks- Lots of fruit

Total syns- 5

Exercise- 30 mins walking

Update- the tapas meal was AMAZING! My whole family loved it, it was a great success. And I'll be having leftovers for lunch!

Wow, looks good

It was amazing! I took some photos but I've yet to upload them, might put up a couple of recipes too. I improvised on most of it based on tapas I've had in restaurants and it all worked really well, my mum and my brother aren't really big vegetable/general healthy eating fans and they finished every mouthful which was a huge compliment!