Thread: ALL THE FOOD!

So I just got back from my first Slimming World meeting and I'm feeling all motivated to actually get my weight off this time.

I think I will really benefit from recording everything I eat. I like to experiment with food and am really looking forward to trying loads of new things although we are in the process of having a new kitchen so it may not be too exciting this week! I'm also aiming to drink more water, exercise more and smoke less so I will also use this space to record how I am doing with that!

Excited to finally get my weight sorted!

Hi - welcome to MiniMins and your SW journey

Breakfast - 2 Morrison's Nu Me Fat Free Strawberry Yoghurt's, 1 Large Orange

Snack - 1 Large Orange, 1 Plum

Lunch - Ham and Cucumber Sandwich (2 Slice's of Hovis Wholemeal Bread from a 400g Loaf (B), Ham, Cucumber and 1 tbsp Hellman's Lighter than Light Mayo (0.5 syns))

Snack - 3 Dairylea Original Triangles (A)

Dinner - Home made Pasta Salad (Pasta, Ham, Tomato, Lettuce, Cucumber, Tinned Sweetcorn, 3 tbsp Hellman's Lighter than Light Mayo (1.5 syns))

Snack- Del Monte 100% Pure Orange Juice Ice Lolly (3.5 syns)

Total Syns - 5.5


Drinks - Less than 2 litres of water Probably about 1.25 litres

Exercise- 40 minutes Swimming (managed to cover 1.2 km and this was without any breaks!)

Cigarettes - 12 Roll Up's

Breakfast - Danone Activia 0% Fat Peach Yogurt, An Apple

Snack - An Apple

Lunch - Home Made Pasta Salad (Pasta, Ham, Tomato, Lettuce, Cucumber, Tinned Sweetcorn, 2tbsp Hellman's Lighter Than Light Mayo (1 syn))

Snack - 2 Eggs cooked in Frylight on 2 Slices of Hovis Wholemeal Bread from a 400g Loaf (B)

Snack - Milky Way (5 syns)

Dinner - Turkey Dansakh (Lean Turkey, Carrot, Onion, Green Pepper, Garlic, Ginger, Cherry Tomatoes, Curry Powder, Tinned Tomatoes, Chicken Stock, Green Lentils) with Boiled Rice

Snack - 2 Plums, Tesco Value Chocolate Mousse (4 syns)

Total Syns - 10


Drinks - About 1.5 litres of water, 2 huge mugs of tea made with skimmed milk (A) and splenda

Exercise - 30 minutes cardio at the gym (treadmill, cross trainer and bike) with a 20 minute walk there and a 20 minute walk back

Cigarettes - About 20 roll up's

Breakfast - 2 Eggs cooked in Fry Light on 2 Slices of Hovis Wholemeal Bread from a 400g Loaf (B)

Snack - 5 Plums

Lunch - Home Made Pasta Salad (Lettuce, Cucumber, Ham, Tomatoes, Tinned Sweetcorn, Pasta and 2 tbsp of Hellman's Lighter than Light Mayo (1 syn))

Snack - Milky Way (5 Syns)

Dinner - Chinese Stirfry (Chicken, Noodles, Ginger, Garlic, Soy Sauce, 5 Spice, Pak Choi, Cabbage, Carrots, Onions, Peppers, Beansprouts, 1 tbsp Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns))

Snack - Del Monte 100% Pure Orange Juice Ice Lolly (3.5 syns)

Snack - Danone Activia Raspberry 0% Fat Yogurt, 1 Orange

Total Syns - 11


Drinks - Hardly any water, 1 mug of tea with skimmed milk (A) and Splenda

Exercise - 40 minutes swimming

Cigarettes ​- about 20

Breakfast - 2 Eggs cooked in Fry Light on 2 slices of Hovis Wholemeal Bread from a 400g Loaf (B)

Snack - 2 Oranges

Lunch- Chinese Chicken (Chicken, Soy Sauce, Ginger, Garlic, 5 Spice) with Homemade Pasta Salad (Pasta, Cucumber, Tomato, Lettuce, Tinned Sweetcorn, 2 tbsp Hellmann's Lighter than Light Mayo (1 syn))

Snack - Del Monte 100% Orange Juice Lolly (3.5 syns), Milky Way (5 syns)

Dinner- Pork Chop with Carrot + Swede Mash, Runner Beans, Boiled New Potatoes and Gravy made with 2tsp of Bisto Original Gravy Powder (1 syn)

Snack - 1 Orange, Tesco Basic's Chocolate Mousse (4 syns), 3 Dairylea Original Triangles (A)

Total Syns - 14.5 syns


Drinks - Not much water

Exercise - Day off from Exercise

Cigarettes ​- About 20 again

landlayd21 - honestly think it would be better to write your own diary as it will become confusing to those reading it at to whose is whose even though you have different names and will also appear on the front page as only the diary of JustBecky when people are looking for you.

Just go to the bottom of the page and on the left hand side you will see - Post new thread in Slimming World Diaries - click on that and off you go. If you want any more help just ask.

Hi Landlady 21,

I agree with systema. I'm getting confused already just by one entry being there, haha, it doesn't take much!

Systema's idea of starting your own food diary is probably a good one! That way people can read exclusively my food diary or exclusively yours, which is less confusing for everyone. Hope that's not a problem!

Good luck with your slimming world journey! First weigh in on Tuesday for me, very nervous already!

Breakfast - 2 Apples

Snack -125g Mattinson's Roast Chicken Fridge Raiders (5 Syns)

Lunch - 2 Rashers of Bacon and 2 Eggs cooked in Frylight on 2 Slices of Hovis Wholemeal Bread from a 400g loaf (B)

Snack - 5 plums, Milky Way (5 Syns)

Dinner - Pork Chop with Carrot + Swede Mash, Runner Beans, Boiled New Potatoes and Gravy made with 2tsp of Bisto Original Gravy Powder (1 syn)

Snack - Tesco Value Chocolate Mousse (4 syns)

Total Syns - 15


Drinks - Loads of Water with Fresh Lemon

Exercise - 50 minute Body Pump Class + 30 minutes Swimming

Cigarettes ​- only about 10

Goodluck at WI tomorrow

Breakfast - 1 Thick Rashers of Bacon and 2 Eggs cooked in Fry Light with 2 Slices of Hovis Wholemeal Bread from a 400g Loaf (B)

Snack - 2 Oranges

Lunch - Ham Salad (Ham, Lettuce, Cucumber, Tomato and 2 tbsp of Hellmann's Lighter than Light Mayo (1 syn)

Snack - Milky Way (5 syns), Danone Activia 0% Fat Raspberry Yogurt, 200ml Oatly Chocolate Oat Drink (A)

Dinner - Chinese Chicken (Chicken, Garlic, Ginger, Soy Sauce, 5 Spice) with Stir Fried Veg (Onion, Carrot, Green Pepper, White Cabbage, Green Cabbage, Beansprouts) and 1 tbsp Sweet Chilli Sauce (1.5 syns)

Snack- Del Monte 100% Orange Juice Ice Lolly (3.5 syns), 3 Kiwi's

Total Syns - 11


Drinks - Quite a lot of Water

Exercise - None, my muscles are aching from yesterday's class

Cigarettes ​- About 20

Looks like you are in for a good weigh-in.

Where do you go to classes - I used to go to Hoofers in Vic Centre.

I go to The Gym in town (where I have had a membership since September and have used about 10 times) for cardio stuff and then I go to either the Lenton Centre or the John Carroll Leisure Centre for swimming. I am trying new classes as it is not something I am overly confident in doing at various places, I really enjoy them but feel as though I am being judged for my size and worry about keeping up!

Me and a couple of friends were really cheeky and signed up for a free one day trial at Roko gym in West Bridgford on Sunday where we did the Body Pump class and also made use of the spa facilities of course! What are hoofers classes like? How much are they a time?

I went to Ken Martin Centre but as I am not there all the time I had to pay £30 to join each time and then almost the same for a monthly ticket or pay £5 a class. As I was going every morning decided to look somewhere else and found Hoofers.
They charged me £40 for the month and the classes were great - aqua, zumba, fitball, yoga and the pool and quite a mix of ages and sizes but these were all morning classes......H2 Fitness
I was almost 16st when I first started at the gym so know what you mean.

Will have to look at the Bridgford place when we get back, sounds like a good Sunday out.

Good Luck with the weigh-in

I have researched and as a student I can get a membership to Nottingham City Gyms for £21 a month and I worked out that I would only have to go swimming once a week and to one class a month to cover this. It doesn't say anywhere about the initial signup fee so will need to look into that! I have found that I actually love swimming and am really good at it so am going to focus on that rather than cardio stuff which I hate!