Thread: Down with Spanx!

Another good day on plan, although I think I will be lucky to scrape a STS this week, after last Friday and Saturday, which included a curry, lots of cake and a McDonald's (and I never eat McD's, but was stuck at a service station for 2 hours due to an accident on the motorway, bored and emotionally exhausted...emotional comfort eating at its finest!!)

Wednesday:
B: Pineapple, blueberries, apple, mullerlight
L: Left over chicken and mushroom curry, boiled rice
D: Pasta, chicken, courgettes, leeks, mushrooms, tomatoes, parmesan (HEA)
S: 2 hifi light (HEB), mullerlight with cherry layer (2 syns), kitKat (5.5 syns)

Syns today: 7.5
Week from sunday: 27

Thursday: EE
B: Pineapple, blueberries, mullerlight
L: Pasta, leeks, mushrooms, tomatoes, courgettes, chicken
D: Yellow thai curry made with Kara coconut milk (HEA), yellow curry paste (6 syns for whole meal, had about 1/3, so 2 syns), chicken, onions and mushrooms, boiled rice. Pudding - chocolate 'mousse' made with quark, ff yoghurt and an options sachet (had half, so 1 syn), with orange segments and 4 sticks of orange matchmakers (4 syns)
S: 2 x hifi light (HEB), apple

Syns today: 7
Week from Sunday: 34

So my weekend of emotional comfort eating did take its toll and I weighed-in with a STS this morning.

Got two nights out next week, so need to have a good week apart from that to try and get a loss next week. Monday night I'm having a girly night at a friend's house - not sure if we're having takeaway or if she's cooking, but either way there will definitely be syns! Then on Thursday, night before WI, I'm going out for curry with another friend - although I've already told her that I'm not drinking and that I'm doing Slimming World, so that should limit the damage there!

Had a good day today, despite my disappointment at WI!

Tried the 'bloody mary burgers' with wedges, coleslaw and salsa for tea from the latest mag - delicious! The salsa was fab - and loaded with superfree - tomatoes and spring onion, with coriander and lime juice. Going to make it to go with everything from now on!

Friday: EE
B: Apple, banana, activia 0%, lemon alpen light bar (half HEB)
L: Less than 1% fat supernoodles (not great, but too late for a proper lunch)
D: Bloody mary burgers, wedges, coleslaw and salsa (2 syns for whole meal, largely due to extra light mayo in coleslaw - it said 1 syn in the mag, but I did have quite a lot of the coleslaw!)
S: Hifi light (half HEB), Kitkat (5.5 syns), orange mullerlight

Oh, I also tried the Equator 0 calorie, 0 alcohol 'beer' - not great, but made a change from diet coke at dinner time!

Another good day - feeling really positive this week. I've not lost anything off my stomach as yet, but my jeans were a bit looser today and I've definitely lost some off my face, so that's keeping me upbeat.

Made the Peking Lemon Sauce from the Little book of sauces tonight - absolutely delicious. So if you like chicken in lemon sauce from the Chinese, I highly recommend it. Served it with chicken and rice and a big serving of stir fry veg done in soy sauce and chilli. Felt really naughty and all for 1.5 syns.

Saturday: EE
Brunch: Lean bacon, 2 grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, poached egg, brown sauce (1syn)
Snack: Hifi light (half HEB) and banana
Dinner: Chicken in lemon sauce (1.5 syns), boiled jasmine rice, stir fry veg (baby sweetcorn, mangetout, mushrooms, broccoli, spring onions)
Snack: Hifi light (half HEB), orange mullerlight, 175ml red wine (6 syns)

Syns today: 8.5
Week so far: 16

Hi Hun I am back from Wales & have got back on plan ;-) sorry to hear about the funeral & glad u have drawn the line & got back to it, have a good week xx

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Ooo!! That lemon sauce sounds lovely! Sorry to be cheeky, but you wouldn't post the recipe would you? Hope you're enjoying your week hun! Xx

Originally Posted by valerie11

Hi Hun I am back from Wales & have got back on plan ;-) sorry to hear about the funeral & glad u have drawn the line & got back to it, have a good week xx

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Hi Val, hope you had a good time! How was the weather? Well done on getting back on plan - hope you're having a good week. Mine seems to be going quite well, so far anyway!! x

Originally Posted by dudette2001uk

Ooo!! That lemon sauce sounds lovely! Sorry to be cheeky, but you wouldn't post the recipe would you? Hope you're enjoying your week hun! Xx

Of course I will - it was really quick and simple and tasted great!

Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
Juice of half a lemon (I used the whole one, as I like it really lemony!)
275ml veg stock
1 garlic clove peeled and crushed
1cm piece of root ginger, peeled and finely grated (I used a frozen cube, as I didn't have any fresh)
1tbsp sweetener
1level tbsp cornflour
salt and pepper (don't think I used any, only just noticed it!)

Place the lemon zest, juice, stock, garlic and ginger in a pan. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes, until the lemon zest has softened. Stir in the sweetener. Mix the cornflour to a smooth paste with 1tbsp water and stir into the mixture. Heat gently, stirring continuously until thickened (only a couple of minutes in my case). Season to taste (if you want!) before serving.

I had cooked some chicken chunks and stirred it into the lemon sauce before piling it on some boiled rice... It says it serves 4, but we had it between 3. It's 4 syns for the whole sauce - syn bargain!!

Well, I've had another good couple of days and last night's meal out wasn't a complete disaster!

Sunday:
B: Banana, mixed berries, mullerlight
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), apple
D: Cottage pie recipe from the One-pot cooking book, with broccoli, leeks and mushrooms, gravy (1.5 syns) and a bit of cheese on the pie (2 syns)
S: Mullerlight, 2xhifi light (HEB), Kitkat (5.5 syns)

Syns today: 9
Week so far: 25

Monday: EE
B: blueberries, strawberries, banana, mullerlight
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), apple
S: Banana, activia 0%
D: mozzarella (2.5 syns), tomato salad (tomato, onion, coriander), Lasagne (no idea really on syns, but made with lean mince, and low fat cheese, so going to count 10 syns), salad
s: 1 hotel chocolat choccy (3 syns), 1 x hifi light (half HEB)

Syns today: 15.5
Week so far: 40.5

Originally Posted by Spanx

Of course I will - it was really quick and simple and tasted great!

Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
Juice of half a lemon (I used the whole one, as I like it really lemony!)
275ml veg stock
1 garlic clove peeled and crushed
1cm piece of root ginger, peeled and finely grated (I used a frozen cube, as I didn't have any fresh)
1tbsp sweetener
1level tbsp cornflour
salt and pepper (don't think I used any, only just noticed it!)

Place the lemon zest, juice, stock, garlic and ginger in a pan. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes, until the lemon zest has softened. Stir in the sweetener. Mix the cornflour to a smooth paste with 1tbsp water and stir into the mixture. Heat gently, stirring continuously until thickened (only a couple of minutes in my case). Season to taste (if you want!) before serving.

I had cooked some chicken chunks and stirred it into the lemon sauce before piling it on some boiled rice... It says it serves 4, but we had it between 3. It's 4 syns for the whole sauce - syn bargain!!

Thanks for that hun!! It sounds lovely, and a complete syn bargain! xx

Let me know what you think when you've tried it Sian!

Bah! Ache all over today - feel like the lurgy is just around the corner... Oranges for breakfast - get some vitamin C down me!

Tuesday: EE
B: Pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, mullerlight
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), banana
D: Pasta and pesto (2.5 syns) with mushrooms
s: hifi light, alpen light (HEB), KitKat (5.5 syns)

Syns today: 8
Week so far: 48.5

Still fighting off the lurgy - it will be just my luck that it will appear in time for the weekend!

Hopped on the scales this morning (I know, tut!) and they appear to be showing a 1lb loss. I should be pleased with that, but it does seem to be coming off sooooo slowly!

Wednesday: EE
B: Orange, pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, mullerlight
L: Pasta, pesto (4 syns), mushrooms, cheese (HEA), apple
D: Chicken, mushroom and potato curry with passatta, onions, spices and stock, boiled rice
S: 2 x hifi lite (HEB), mullerlight, KitKat (5.5 syns)

Syns today: 9.5
Week so far: 58

Thursday: EE
B: Pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, mullerlight
L: Leftover pasta and pesto (4 syns) with mushrooms and cheese (HEA), apple
D: Poppadom (4 syns), half portion chicken dhansak (6 syns), boiled rice, small glass wine (4 syns)
S: 2 x hifi lite (HEB)

Syns today: 18 (not bad considering I had a curry out!)
Week: 76

So, WI this morning and I lost the predicted 1lb. I am a bit disappointed, but at least it's coming off. I had a word with my C, saying I was a bit disheartened and she told me to keep going for a couple of weeks as I am and if it's still slow/non-existent, then we can have a rethink about whether I need to mix it up a bit more with some red, green or success express days.

I've booked my flights today, off for a week in the sun on 10 April. Got 6 more WIs before then, so setting myself a target of losing 10lbs before I go. Tough, but doable!

Had a lovely tea last night - very simple, but totally delicious! My OH cooked it, which was an added bonus.

He poached some chicken in water and about 6 tbsps of lemon juice, roasted some veg in the oven with whole cloves of garlic, the lemon quarters and fresh oregano and made potato wedges in the actifry with a few tbsps passata, cayenne pepper and smoked paprika. Delicious and totally syn free!

Friday: EE
B: Banana, mullerlight, alpen light (half HEB)
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), bbq sauce (1 syn) apple
D: Lemon chicken with roasted onion, courgette, mushroom, aubergine, tomatoes and spicy wedges with 1tbsp Hellman's lighter than light (0.5 syns)
S: 1 czech low alcohol beer (1 syn), 1 hifi light (half HEB), 8 orange matchmakers ( 8 syns)

Syns today: 10.5