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Hi, today is my first day and so far so good so just want to keep a diary to keep me motivated and on track. Thanks for reading, appreciate any feedback as still getting my head round the food optimising stuff. Note I didn't have a healthy extra a choice as I don't like milk at all. I do like cheese and have stocked up on the mini babybels to use for this purpose. Wondered if the yogurt would cover today's calcium requirement though anyway? What do you reckon?

Breakfast 0% fat yeo valley yogurt with 1 banana and frozen berries
Snack apple
Lunch spaghetti hoops (400g tin) on 2 slices wholemeal toast (from a 400g loaf) and a Fry's chocolate cream bar (10 syns)
Snack orange
Dinner lean minced beef (5% fat) cooked with garlic, frozen carrot, celery & onion, tin of chopped tomatoes, tomato puree and wholewheat pasta
Snack 2 bananas
Drinks 1 litre water & 1 litre sugarfree blackcurrant squash & 1 can diet coke
 
Hey here to follow. Looks good so far but defo should aim to have your hexa. Have you tried other types of milk like almond etc?
 
Good luck :) I would just say that it is advised that you have 1/3rd superfood son your plate at each meal... You didn't at lunch... Just something to aim for :)
 
Thanks LittleOne83. I could try almond milk I guess but until I do next shop will use my cheese allowance for the hexa. I am looking forward to that later today :) Will be posting today's food tonight once all done.
 
Good luck :) I would just say that it is advised that you have 1/3rd superfood son your plate at each meal... You didn't at lunch... Just something to aim for :)


Thanks CheekyChick81, yes I will be trying better with the 1/3 superfood. I wasn't sure about the lunch as it seemed unusual to put veg or salad with spaghetti hoops on toast lol :) but I read in book it says that you don't have to necessarily add it to a healthy extra meal. I took the toast to be my hexb.

Am thinking of having jacket potato today at lunch and putting salady stuff with it as well as tuna but will be posting today's menu up when all done this evening. Thanks for taking the time to read, it's nice to get feedback :)
 
Thanks CheekyChick81, I will try harder with the 1/3 superfree today. I must admit the spag hoops on toast was a quick meal and I was at a bit of a loss as to what to put with it as I didn't really fancy salad on the side but then I read in the optimising book that if you have a healthy extra meal then you don't have to add the superfree unless you fancy it so it said the toast would be the hexb already built in with the control. I think I read that right but of course that's why I'm posting on here as it's nice to have feedback from others doing the same thing and help eachother out with queries. Will post today's menu tonight once all done. :)
 
Thanks CheekyChick81, I will try harder with the 1/3 superfree today. I must admit the spag hoops on toast was a quick meal and I was at a bit of a loss as to what to put with it as I didn't really fancy salad on the side but then I read in the optimising book that if you have a healthy extra meal then you don't have to add the superfree unless you fancy it so it said the toast would be the hexb already built in with the control. I think I read that right but of course that's why I'm posting on here as it's nice to have feedback from others doing the same thing and help eachother out with queries. Will post today's menu tonight once all done. :)

Yeah that is right I think... Just from experience I have found my losses to be better and I'm fuller and pick less when I eat more super free. I have just rejoined so talking from past experience... 2nd weigh in today... Have a good day :)
 
Day 2

Breakfast​ 2 weetabix and banana (used water on weetabix as don't like milk) (HEXB = weetabix)
Snackorange
Lunch sweet potato with tuna & sweetcorn, cottage cheese (less than 2% fat plain), carrot batons & cherry tomatoes
Snack 6 extra light laughing cow cheese triangles (HEXA)
Dinner scrambled eggs, baked beans, tinned chopped tomatoes followed by a fry's chocolate cream bar (10 syns for choc)
Snack apple
Drinks 2 litres no added sugar blackcurrant squash & 1 can diet coke
 
Hey here to follow. Looks good so far but defo should aim to have your hexa. Have you tried other types of milk like almond etc?

Hiya, would coconut milk be ok? Where can I look up queries like this do you know as it's not in the optimising food book. I'm doing this myself as I had signed up to the online club last year but never started so cancelled the online so just using the book now and this forum. Thanks :)
 
Hiya, would coconut milk be ok? Where can I look up queries like this do you know as it's not in the optimising food book. I'm doing this myself as I had signed up to the online club last year but never started so cancelled the online so just using the book now and this forum. Thanks :)

Funnily enough I was just studying my books! As a hex a you can have 600mls alpro coconut drink. If you're not gonna use all 600mls, halve it and have half a cheese allowance elsewhere. X
 
There's also koko coconut drink:

200mls with calcium chocolate flavour long life
425mls with calcium original chilled
450mls with calcium original long life
250 with calcium strawberry longlife

Tesco
250mls Free from chocolate and coconut milk drink chilled
 
Funnily enough I was just studying my books! As a hex a you can have 600mls alpro coconut drink. If you're not gonna use all 600mls, halve it and have half a cheese allowance elsewhere. X

Lol I keep going through the book all the time as frightened to make a mistake. Thanks for the info, my book is from around April 2014, do they update them a lot do you know as my one lists whole, semi and skimmed, goats, sheep, soya, rice milk, Arla lactofree dairy drink but no mention of Alpro coconut. X
 
There's also koko coconut drink:

200mls with calcium chocolate flavour long life
425mls with calcium original chilled
450mls with calcium original long life
250 with calcium strawberry longlife

Tesco
250mls Free from chocolate and coconut milk drink chilled


Oh wow, thank you for this, great to know can have a bit more variety. :) x
 
Yeah mine are 2015, they do update and change every year I think. I only have the free branded foods and low syn snack books. Really handy to have when doing the food shop!
 
Hi! I started slimming world for the first time today :) and I have made a new diary too!
Just here to wish you good luck x
 
Hi! I started slimming world for the first time today :) and I have made a new diary too!
Just here to wish you good luck x

Ah thank you mrs-s :) Good luck to you too. Keep us posted how it's going, will see if I can find your diary, am finding my way round the website and really loving it all so far x
 
Day 3

Breakfast 0% fat Yeo Valley Yogurt (plain) with frozen cherries, blueberries & 1 banana
Lunch​ sweet potato with spring greens & 6 extra light laughing cow cheese triangles (hexa)
Snack fry's chocolate cream bar (10 syns) & can of diet coke
Dinner spring greens, baked beans on 2 slices of wholemeal toast (hexb), carrot batons & cottage cheese
Snacks orange & apple
Drinks 2 litres sugar free blackcurrant squash
 
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Day 4

Breakfast 1 pink grapefruit & 1 orange
Lunch cucumber, red pepper, spaghetti hoops on 2 slices wholemeal toast (hexb) & 3 light mini babybels (hexa)
Snack 2 tbsps low fat cottage cheese, 4 cherry tomatoes and carrot batons
Dinner lean turkey mince (2% fat) cooked with garlic, carrot, celery, onion, tinned tomatoes, green pepper, spring greens, bouillon & chilli powder with jacket potato
fry's chocolate cream bar (10 syns)
Snack 1 banana & 1 orange
Drinks 2 litres sugar free blackcurrant squash & 1 diet coke
 
Didn't have time to post yesterday's food so will now post along with today:

Day 5

Breakfast
1 pink grapefruit & 1 orange
Snack 0% fat yogurt, 1 banana & 3 light mini babybels (hexa)
Lunch cucumber, carrot batons, 7 cherry tomatoes, beetroot, 2 slices wholemeal toast (hexb) & low fat cottage cheese
Dinner 3 cherry tomatoes, cucumber, carrot batons, beetroot, low fat cottage cheese, jacket potato followed by 2 pancakes with lemon juice & sweetener
Snack orange
Drinks 2 litres no added sugar squash & 1 can of diet coke ****estimating about 10 syns total for the pancakes***********



Day 6

Breakfast
1 pink grapefruit & 1 orange
Snack 2 apples & 1/3 banana
Lunch cucumber, carrot batons, yellow pepper, 9 cherry tomatoes, 2 slices wholemeal toast (hexb) with marmite & 3 light mini babybels (hexa)
Snack orange
Dinner jacket potato with mushy peas, carrots, swede, onion & leek followed by fry's chocolate cream bar (10 syns)
Snack apple, 0% fat yogurt & blueberries
Drinks 2 litres no added sugar squash, 1 can of diet coke, bouillon drink
 
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