Thread: getting back to target - one day at a time

New year and decided to start a new diary, I have no idea how much I've gained yet as I don't weigh until Tuesday but I will be above my target weight.
It's a tough Jan as we're struggling money wise and have the stupidest amount of treats in the house at the minute. But I'm determined I'm back on track.


Saturday 5th Jan - Red day

Breakfast - apple, banana and yogurt
Lunch - beef onion and cheese toastie (HEB and HEA) with tomatoes and pickled onions on the side.
Tea - salmon with roast butternut squash and peppers stuffed with onions, tomatoes and mushrooms.
Snacks - Skimmed milk in drinks (HEA) hifi bar (HEB) gingerbread coffee syrup (2 syns) white choc lion bar (10.5 syns) pear, orange, crab sticks

Planning for tomorrow, saw someone had jacket potato with beans and cheese earlier and I just really fancy it... so green for me tomorrow
Also going to do some leafleting with my consultant so will get a bit of walking done... should really do a run as well :/ will have to see if I have time. If not my fitness will def start up again once we're all back at school/work.


Breakfast - fried egg sandwich with homemade BBQ sauce (HEB)
Lunch - jacket potato with beans and cheese (HEA) will also have some pickled onions and salad
Tea - meat free kievs (4 syns) with potato wedges and home made coleslaw (3 syns)
Snacks - hifi light bar (1/2 HEB) milk in drinks (HEA) fruit and yogurt, 2 ryvita with choc philli and banana (1/2 HEB and 6 syns)

Back to work tomorrow, which means I'm back on it exercise wise as well, loads of walking to and from school and will also get 30 minutes on the crosstrainer and get my crunches done for the first time in 2 weeks... eeeek


Monday 7th Jan - Green

Breakfast - pineapple, apple, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - fried egg sandwich (HEB)
Tea - quorn spag bol with cheese (HEA)
Snacks - orange, banana, hifi (HEB) milk in drinks (HEA) peanut lion bar (10.5 syns small bar) gingerbread coffee syrup (2 syns)

Looking good so far.

Originally Posted by lotty28

Looking good so far.

Feeling really good being back on it hopefully will have a 100% Jan... well if we start Jan from the 3rd as I was still away until then lol.

Originally Posted by donna88

Back to work tomorrow, which means I'm back on it exercise wise as well, loads of walking to and from school and will also get 30 minutes on the crosstrainer and get my crunches done for the first time in 2 weeks... eeeek


Monday 7th Jan - Green

Breakfast - pineapple, apple, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - fried egg sandwich (HEB)
Tea - quorn spag bol with cheese (HEA)
Snacks - orange, banana, hifi (HEB) milk in drinks (HEA) peanut lion bar (10.5 syns small bar) gingerbread coffee syrup (2 syns)

Change of plan with the syns as I have some choc philli that needs eating up, so will have that today with some banana and ryvita (6 syns and half a HEB) will use the rest of my HEB on a hifi light and then maybe have some choc orange tiffin 7.5 syns if I feel like I want something else naughty.

Think I might have the lion bar after my run tomorrow

Tuesday 8th Jan - EE

Breakfast - Pineapple, apple, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - mackerel in a jacket with pickled onions and beetroot
Tea - turkey curry and rice
Snacks - banana, orange, hifi (HEB) milk in drinks (HEA) peanut lion bar (small bar - 10.5 syns) gingerbread coffee syrup (2 syns)

No idea what the plan is for tomorrow yet (I hate that) we go to my mums for tea on a Wednesday but she doesn't know what she's doing!!!! I'm guessing it will be EE, sort of hoping she'll do gammon and veg as we don't have that sort of veg in at the minute and we never do gammon ourselves... but my brother always moans at gammon :/

anyway needed a bit of a rant about not knowing lol, going to hassle her tonight at running to make a decision.

Will be fruit and yog for breakfast, lunch will depend on if its a green or ee meal for tea.

Probably not gammon as she doesn't have any in but she said she'll get some so we can have it next week

Only gained 2lbs this week, so 2lbs out of target range, 5.5lbs on over Christmas period completely.. happy with that also had a great training session at running, feels great to be back to exercise and slimming world

Wednesday - 9th Jan - EE

Breakfast - fruit and yogurt
Lunch - butternut squash stuffed with tuna and onions, topped with cheese (HEA)
Tea - curry and rice (haha good job I love my curry...although would be nice to have it with chips one day... but everyone else seems to cook me curry and always do it with rice)
Snacks - hifi bar (HEB) picnic bar (not sure on syns, think its about 11... will check before eating though) plums, yogurt

Originally Posted by donna88

Probably not gammon as she doesn't have any in but she said she'll get some so we can have it next week

Only gained 2lbs this week, so 2lbs out of target range, 5.5lbs on over Christmas period completely.. happy with that also had a great training session at running, feels great to be back to exercise and slimming world

Wednesday - 9th Jan - EE

Breakfast - fruit and yogurt
Lunch - butternut squash stuffed with tuna and onions, topped with cheese (HEA)
Tea - curry and rice (haha good job I love my curry...although would be nice to have it with chips one day... but everyone else seems to cook me curry and always do it with rice)
Snacks - hifi bar (HEB) picnic bar (not sure on syns, think its about 11... will check before eating though) plums, yogurt

slight changes to todays plan

Breakfast - pineapple, apple, kiwi and yogurt
Lunch - butternut squash stuffed with tuna and onions, topped with cheese (HEA) (1 syn for extra light mayo)
Tea - gammon with potatoes and veg (not sure what veg yet as I eat at my mums on a Wednesday night)
Snacks - hifi bar (HEB) picnic bar (not sure on syns, think its about 11... will check before eating though) plums, yogurt, banana

Thursday 10th Jan - Green

Breakfast - porridge with mixed berries (HEB and HEA)
Lunch - savoury rice with added peppers, onions, toms and mushrooms
Tea - baked bean pasta bake (HEA for cheese)
Snacks - 2 bites of school jam roley poley (5 syns?) kellogs chewy delight bar (HEB) chocolate orange tiffin (7.5 syns), fruit

Hi donna - good to hear your WI wasnt as bad as expected.

Can I ask how you cooked your butternut squash before you stuffed it with tuna? Did you roast it. Im looking for something totally different for meal ideas

Originally Posted by Texty_F

Hi donna - good to hear your WI wasnt as bad as expected.

Can I ask how you cooked your butternut squash before you stuffed it with tuna? Did you roast it. Im looking for something totally different for meal ideas

Yeah I used the bottom part, chopped in half with the seeds taken out, I was really lazy and stuffed it with tuna and topped with cheese first (I put a blue cheese traingle in the bottom before I put the tuna in as well) I then roasted the whole lot, I think it was just over 20 minutes until it was nice and soft... but would depend on the size of the squash, thinking about it, it would make sense to roast it first, stuff it and then pop it back in just to melt the cheese. It's lovely, I've had it before when I was stuck for a lunch idea on red.

Thanks, its nice to be back on track and think I'll be loosing next time I get weighed (haha I better loose anyway... although my exercise has greatly increased again compared to Christmas so water retention better not rear its ugly head... I'm drinking at least 5 pints of water a day so fingers crossed it won't)

Friday 11th Jan - EE

Breakfast - apple, banana, kiwi and pineapple with yogurt
Lunch - mackerel pasta salad
Tea - turkey and bacon BBQ melt on wedges (HEA for cheese)
Snacks - Ryvita mini's (HEB) picnic (11.5 syns) orange, pear, crabsticks


won't be doing as much exercise tomorrow as I don't have time, but I do loads of walking with work so its not a complete rest day

Saturday 12th January - Green

Going to attempt my first 10K tomorrow, need to slowly build up my running as I've signed up for a marathon in October, excited but scared as well. Hope I can get a good time but also just want to enjoy it as its my first one so not stressing too much about a time.

Breakfast - porridge with apple and banana (HEA and HEB)
Lunch - onion and mushroom fratata topped with cheese (HEA)
Tea - meat free sausages (1 syn) with chips, carrots, green beans, brocolli and syn free onion gravy
Snacks - kellogs chewie delight bar (HEB) chocolate orange tiffin (7.5 syns) 5 mikado sticks (2.5 syns) fruit