Thread: Sweet Pink's Journey from 'Tubby Tummy' to 'Yummy Mummy' & all the bits in between!!

Eeeek its the day before weigh in & I am sooo hoping the scales are kind to me tomorrow. To be honest though I'm enjoying what I eat & the inches are melting away so I have kind of got into the mindset of so long as I dont gain I'm happy. I do obviously want to get to target weightwise but am very happy to be wearing size 12's which were my original goal clothes size. So in a way I am partly at target already!!!!

Anyway today I have a really sore throat which isnt helping & might explain me finding kettleworx more challenging yesterday but hey ho I just have to carry on coz there is soo much to do.... the joys of having 3 young kids

Foodwise today is one of my favourite dinners of the week... smoked haddock SW chips & veg. I love fish but the price of a nice loin of haddock or cod (I'm not fussy which) is shocking. I coud happily live on seafood though if I could just afford it!!!

Anyway today goes as follows

BREAKFAST
30g alpen golden crunch with a vanilla mullerlight & an apple (HeB)

LUNCH
Homemade vegetable soup

AFTERNOON SNACK
2 clemintines & THE mint mullerlight (its still in the fridge amazingly!!!!!)

TEA
Smoked Haddock, SW chips & veg
SF jelly with raspberries

SYNS
velvet crunch (4)
alpen light (3)
options made with 250ml semi skimmed (2 syns + HeA)

I know my syns arent that exciting but I do look forward to that little treat time in the evening that keeps me on track... especially last night when I was watching masterchef & all that delicious food

So breakfast was delicious. If you havent tried the alpen golden crunch I would definitely recommend it. It tastes way too naughty to be a HeB though & is lovely with chopped fruit or berries with a mullerlight poured over the top!!! Not maybe as filliong as porridge though so definitely make sure & have plenty of fruit with it

My huge batch of homemade soup is cooking too so this morning has been pretty productive... I have even managed to get a load of washing on too....all before 10am

Anyway if I get a chance I will update later coz I want to add my recipe for las nights tea which was loved by all of the family

Ok as promised here is my recipe for last nights tea of rainbow rice & prawns. Its funny coz when I made the rice in the beginning I hated vegetables & this was my way of getting them into my diet & starting to eat more of them. In the beginning it was very much a case of getting as many coloured veg in there as possible hence the kids calling it rainbow rice. The funny thing was that lately my middle daughters nursery school had a chinese week & one of the dishes they made was 'rainbow rice'

Anyway here goes & this I find serves 5

I put 400g brown rice in the rice cooker with a chicken stock cube added

Then I marinate 350g of cooked prawns in 3 tsp honey (1.5 syns), 3 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1/2 tsp chinese 5 spice, 1/2 teaspoon of ginger & around 1 tsp of finely chopped fresh garlic & put that in the fridge for around an hour.

Then I heat my wok to high & beat 2 eggs. When its hot I spray it well with frylite & add half the mixture & let it cook through then I repeat with the remaining egg. I take these out & roll them then slice each up so that they look like wee spirals & set aside.

I respray the wok with frylite & add the finely chopped onion & when it starts to soften I add the rest of the veg & a dash of soy sauce. When the veg is almost cooked I add the prawns & around 3 minutes later I add the cooked rice along with another generous dash of soy sauce & mix well together. Finally I add the egg at the end & mix.

My kids absolutely love it as does hubby so its great having something handy that all the family love. Its the one thing that noone moans about eating their veg (myself included )

Anyway I hope thats inspiration for someone to try. Sometimes we do it with chicken & just leave out the ginger.

Ok so normally today is my exercise free day but more & more I have been finding myself craving to do something on those days so I have decided to set myself a little challenge that will hopefully help me shift those stubborn lbs!!!

At the minute I'm not able to get out running due to the short evenings & a severe lack of childcare but I have a cross trainer at home (which normally bores me to tears) so I have decided to put it to use & set myself a 1000km challenge to be completed either on my crosstrainer or out running when the nights are longer. It gives me something to aim for & hopefully seeing the numbers go down will spur me on.

Anyway I have the first 5km done so just another 995km to go

This evening while watching TV I decided to hop onto the crosstrainer again & done another 7km so 12km today in total

I suppose part of my thinking behind this challenge is that fact that I need to do something drastic to get past this plateau I have hit. Keep your fingers crossed for me for weigh in tomorrow morning

12km is pretty impressive, well done! Good luck with WI!

Well firstly the result of this weeks weight in (its not very often lately that I want to shout it from the rooftops!!!) but I lost 3lbs!!!!!!! The scales are finally catching up!!! So that leaves me just 18lb from target!!!!!

Also this morning (wanting to start this new week off on the best possible footing!!! ) I have done kettleworx core week 5 & another 5km on the crosstrainer!!!! My hubby is beginning to think I am mad but I really really want to get to target by the summer if it is in anyway possible!!!

Anyway food today is all nice & almost feels like a bit of a treat as its just pure comfort food though all on plan!!!


BREAKFAST
cinnamon french toast with 0% total greek yoghurt & raspberries (HeB)

LUNCH
Pasta & Sauce made with 150ml milk (part HeA) with sweetcorn & peppers
Mullerlight

AFTERNOON SNACK
2 clemintines & an apple

TEA
Shephards Pie

SYNS
Velvet crunch (4)
Alpen light (3)
options made with 100ml semi skimmed & topped up with water (2 syns + part HeA)
1/2 kinder bueno (6 syns)

So a naughty 15 syns today but still staying on plan

Fantastic loss, well done!

Good morning!!!

Well I had my first off plan meal yesterday since the end of December so I'm hoping that if I do plenty exercise this week that I can counteract any damage. I guess I'll know on Friday!!!

Anyway, this morning I have done kettleworx week 6 resistance so just cardio & core to go before I finish round 3 & see how many inches I have lost in the past 6 weeks!! I'm quite excited actually as the halfway point was pretty good

I'm planning on getting onto the crosstrainer later to do a few more km. I would love to aim for between 10- 15 today but we'll see I'll update later with the result!!!

Foodwise today goes as follows

BREAKFAST
Bacon & Egg Sandwich (HeB)
Banana

LUNCH
Salmon, spicy cous cous with lots of peppers & small salad

SNACK
mullerlight
apple & 2 clemintines

TEA
Spag Bol

SYNS
aplen light (3)
choc mousse (3)
options made with 250ml semi skimmed (2 syns + HeA)

Just to update that I was on the crosstrainer this afternoon & done 20km so thats a bit more off my total!!!! Would love to do the same again tomorrow