Thread: Britmum's Photo Food Diary

Thought I would start a new food diary and hopefully I can manage to stay on track now for the rest of my pregnancy. I am not going to punish myself too much if I have a few days here and there where my focus isn't 100%, as my food aversions still come and go and some days are harder than others and of course the main thing is that I make sure I am eating something for my little growing one.

You will notice I always add a water section, this is to remind me to drink plenty of water. Which before starting Slimming World I was terrible at and because Slimming World is such a high fibre diet, it is important to make sure you have plenty of fluid alongside it to prevent uncomfortable bloating or even worse constipation. That

So here goes:

Tuesday 16th November - Extra Easy

Breakfast:-
Boiled Egg
2 Slices of Wholewheat Toast (HEb)
low fat spread (1 syn)
Fat free yoghurt with fresh blueberries and raspberries
Cup of tea with splash of milk (0.5 syns)

Lunch:-
Pasta with homemade Tomato Sauce
Parmesan Cheese (HEa)
Banana

Dinner:-
Braised Beef (1.5 syns)
Mash
Cabbage

Snacks:-
Strawberries with light cream (1 syn)
Skinny Cow fudge icelolly (2.5 syns)
Salt N Vinegar Sticks (4 syns)

Syns:- 10.5 syns

Water:-
6 glasses

Wednesday 17th November - Extra Easy

Breakfast:-
2 slices of whole wheat toast (HEb)
Low fat spread (1 syn)
Honey (1 syn)
Banana
Cup of tea with splash of milk (0.5 syns)

Lunch:-
Grilled Chicken Breast Stuffed with Mozzarella (HEa)
Roasted Veggies
Fat Free Natural Yoghurt with sliced apple

Dinner:-
Left over Braised Beef (1.5 syns)
Cabbage
Jacket Potato with a little low fat spread (1 syn)

Snacks:-
Pear
Skinny Cow Fudge Ice Lolly (2.5 syns)
Quakers Sweet Chilli Rice Snacks (4 syns)

Syns:- 11.5 syns

Water:-
6 glasses

Friday 19th November - Extra Easy

Breakfast:-
2 slices of whole wheat toast (HEb)
Low fat spread (1 syn)
Honey (1 syn)
Banana
Cup of tea with splash of milk (0.5 syns)

Lunch:-
Cheesy Garlic Mushrooms (HEa)
Baked Potato
Low fat spread (1 syn)

Dinner:-
Moroccan Chicken
Rice

Snacks:-
Pear

Syns:-

Water:-

I know I know, I haven't been keeping up to date on this at all and decided to today that I really should.

I have been managing to stick to slimming world most days, but am finding myself feeling very hungry recently, plus I am still suffering with food aversions here and there, which makes it impossible to plan meals. All I seem to want to eat is bread (and lots of it), but have been managing to control myself.

So here starts my food diary, which I hopefully will keep updated from now on. I am almost at the half way mark through my pregnancy and know the second half is going to be the hardest for keeping my weight under control.

Saturday 12th December - Extra Easy

Breakfast:-
couple of new potatoes in skins (cooked) and sauted in a pan with some Pam spray
2 slices of bacon
Grilled Mushrooms and Tomatoes
1 egg cooked in Pam spray
Cup of tea with splash of milk (0.5 syns)

Lunch:-
Pizza Toasts (HEb and HEa)
(Wholemeal toast with passata, red and green peppers, onion, ham topped with mozzarella)
I also added a tiny bit of fresh pineapple to the pizza toasts before putting in oven to melt cheese, I know I should syn the pineapple, but it was such a tiny piece I didn't bother, as it would only be about 0.5 syns if that.
I served the pizza toasts with a side salad.

Dinner:-
Sausage and Tomato Pasta (2 syns)

Snacks:-
Handful of grapes
0% Greek Yoghurt and Fresh Fruit
special k cereal bar (4.5 syns)
baked crisps (4 syns)

Syns:-
11 syns

Water:- 3x500ml bottles

I have just made a huge pot of veggie soup, figured I could keep it in containers in the fridge and maybe freeze some, to help with the hungry periods I keep getting lol.

In the soup, I added onion, garlic, carrots, leeks, cabbage and sweet potato, lots of stock and a bit of cumin and coriander, it taste divine. I blitzed half, to thicken and then added that back to the rest.

I also then made a huge bowl of fruit salad to pick at, which has pink lady apple (my fav) fresh pineapple, fresh oranges, grapes and strawberries.

I might make up a big pot of vegetable, lentil and bean chilli tommorrow, as I have heaps of pulses beans etc in my cupboard to use up. Hopefully if I get lots of filling foods into my days then it will stop the cravings for BREAD!!!! hehe

Monday 13th December - GREEN

Breakfast:-
2 slices of whole wheat toast (HEb)
Low fat spread (1 syn)
Honey (1 syn)
Banana
Cup of tea with splash of milk (0.5 syns)

Lunch:-
Bowl of homemade veggie soup
Cheese and Marmite Toastie (HEa +HEb)(1 syn)

Dinner:-
Vegetable Filled Cheesy Omelette with Homemade Wedges (HEa)

Snacks:-
0% Greek Yoghurt with fresh fruit
fibre one cereal bar (4.5syns)
baked doritos (5 syns)

Syns:-
13 syns

Water:- 3x500ml bottles

Tuesday 14th December - GREEN

Breakfast:-
2 slices of whole wheat toast (HEb)
Low fat spread (1 syn)
Banana
drizzle of honey (1 syn)
Cup of tea with splash of milk (0.5 syns)

Lunch:-
Bowl of homemade veggie soup
Cheese and Marmite Toastie (HEa +HEb)(1 syn)

Dinner:-
Lentil Chilli with Rice
Dollop of 0% Greek Yoghurt

Snacks:-
Skinny Decaff Caramel Macchiato (HEa)
100 calorie chocolate pretzels (5 syns)
Bowl of fresh fruit with light cream (1 syn)
1/2 a small homemade oatmeal and raisin cookie (no idea on syn value, but should have plenty of syns left to cover). I could resist trying a bit of one . Now I just need to stay away from the rest.


Syns:-
9.5 syns + however many syns for 1/2 the cookie

Water:-
3 x 500ml bottles

Arggggh my son insisted he wanted to bake some cookies this afternoon, so we have baked some oatmeal and raisin cookies. They smell so so good and now I have to resist the temptation of eating them.

Wednesday 15th December - EXTRA EASY

Breakfast:-
2 slices of whole wheat toast (HEb)
Low fat spread (1 syn)
Boiled Egg
Cup of tea with splash of milk (0.5 syns)

Lunch:-
Lentil Chilli
Jacket Potato
Low fat spread (1 syn)

Dinner:-
2 small pork loins
with a glaze of barbecue sauce over the top (1.5 syns)
served with a leek and potato bake (HEa)

Snacks:-
0% Greek Yoghurt and Pomegranate
Sweet Chilli Rice Snacks (5 syns)
Skinny Cow Fudge Icelolly (2.5 syns)

Syns:-
11.5 syns

Water:-
3x500ml bottles

mmmmm just had the leftover lentil chilli (I did freeze two containers of it too, as I made a big huge pot of the stuff), it tasted even better today. Has helped with the hunger pangs too, so thats even better.

Thursday 16th December - EXTRA EASY

Breakfast:-
2 satsumas
1 wholewheat english muffin (HEb)
Low fat spread (1 syn)
2 slices of bacon
Ketchup (1 syn)
Cup of tea with splash of milk (0.5 syns)

Lunch:-
Grilled Chicken Salad with a Balsamic Vinegar Dressing

Dinner:-
Left over Leek and Potato Bake (HEa)
Baked beans

Snacks:-
Strawberries with Light Cream (1 syn)
Onion Ring crisps (6 syns)
Cereal Bar (4.5 syns)

Syns:-
14 syns

Water:-
4x500ml

The leek and potate bake I made yesterday was yummy. I am having leftovers for dinner tonight. Will put recipe on my blog later today.

Friday 17th December - EXTRA EASY

Breakfast:-
1 wholewheat English muffin (HEb)
Low fat spread (1 syn)
Scrambled egg (1 syn)
Cup of tea with splash of milk (0.5 syns)

Lunch:-
Homemade Potato Wedges
Cheddar Cheese (HEa)
Salad

Dinner:-
Beef and Sweet Potato Curry
Brown Rice

Snacks:-
2 satsumas
fresh pineapple
Nutter Butter bar (5 syns)
Sweet Chilli rice snacks (5 syns)

Syns:-
12.5 syns

Water:-
3x500ml

Hi Britmum, I was just reading about your having the leek and potato bake and was about to ask for recipe, but will go and check your website now :-)

All your food sounds soo lovely x

I haven't managed to put the recipe on my blog yet lol, will try and update later.