Thread: Here goes....time to get my groove back!

Originally Posted by missy1978

The recipe is on here somewhere in the recipe forum, I can vouch for it being lovely! Might even be making it for Xmas dinner

Yeah, it was on here that I got the recipe. If I could figure out how to put pics on here I'd put one up to show you it but I have no idea how to!

Ooh missy, what a fab meal to have on Xmas day. Nom nom

Ah apologies hun - ive never even looked at red and green to be honest all ive ever done is EE its in my head lol

hey texy, easy done, i'm a pest because i do all three plans depending on how i organize my week so I expect anyone who looks over my food diary would be confused (and amazed at what a pig I am!)

Ooh, so it is a proper meal thing? what does it taste like? and what is the texture like? I'm having meatloaf on Sunday. never thought i'd like it because I've only ever seen it made fun of on american sit coms.

Fran, sorry for not replying lastnight. I''ll upload a photo of the loaf tomorrow so you can see what its like.

Well, I've had a pretty rubbish day at work today. It was really busy and I was really stressed. Stayed on plan though having 8.5syns for a ripple and 4.5 for some crisps. I could've eaten a whole tin of biscuits I was that fed up.

Off to bed now. Will no doubt be woken at some ludicrous time in the morning so I'd better get some sleep.

Night all x

Night TootyFrooty x

Oh don't you worry yourself hun!

Well done for staying on track despite the crappy day. Sleep well!

Thanks ladies. I'm now up with my crying 2 year old. I.really could cry just now

For Fran. Hope this works...the pic of the mushroom and lentil loaf I made

Yay, it worked Now I can start putting up pics of all the lovely meals I have

Well, despite a totally pants nights sleep thanks to little bear I am feeling positive about the day ahead. I am exhausted but I'm going to make the most of the day and get out on my own for a few hours this afternoon. My big bear is at his granny's having a sleepover so he won't be home until just before dinner tonight. Hubby is having a long lie just now so it's just me and little bear till he gets up. Perfect opportunity to catch up on here and gain some inspiration from all the lovely people on here who are doing so well

I actually feel thinner today. My legs feel slimmer and my tummy is definitely going down I don't get weighed until wednesday so i'll see if i'm right and if I am actually getting smaller, but I can feel my body shape changing and that makes me smile....a lot!!!

So anyway, once the hubster is up for the day, he's going to the gym then when he comes back i'm getting out to the shops for a few hours, on my own!!!! Yes, that's right ON MY OWN!!!!! With no pesky children grabbing things, screaming and generally making my blood pressure rise. I can't actually wait. I very rarely get any time to myself so i'm going to make the most of this afternoon.

Anyway...enough rambling and onto todays food. We're going to have a roast dinner later so in an hour or so i'm going to bung a chicken in the slow cooker and i'll prepare the roasties so that by the time I come home from my lovely afternoon off my dinner will be just about ready!!! Nom nom.

Because I do green days, I'm going to use both my HEB choices on the chicken as 1 B choice of chicken is just a miserable amount and I hate feeling deprived so no other B choices for the rest of the day!! Eeeek, how will I cope without my cereal bars??? I'm sure i'll survive just one day without them. Lunch will be a baked potato with beans and cheese using my 2 HEA choices and brekkie will be my fat free yogurt and frozen berries. I've already had a banana and a pear this morning to keep me going until a more reasonable time to have my proper breakfast!!

Oh being up so early sounds grim. My boy started waking up really early/through the night and the only thing that worked was letting him scream it out. Sounds awful but he was shattered all the time and nothing else worked.

Have a lovely afternoon! You will feel human again for a while. Haha.

You could always make it an extra easy day. You could have the cereal bars as a b choice if you either only had one a choice or syned one a choice. Then you don't need to measure out your chicken either.

Enjoy your time off and your shopping - its good to have some you time

Well I had a lovely afternoon to myself. I ate my baked potato with beans and cheese in peace and quiet. There was no screaming or having a tantrum during it. It was lovely.

Oops, pressed enter too soon. I then had a lovely look around the shops that I wanted to and even got a couple of Xmas presses. Then I came home and it all went wrong! I had put my chicken in the slow cooker at 9 this morning so that it'd be ready for me coming home, I had instructed hubby to put the potatoes that I'd prepared earlier in the oven so that when I got home all I'd have to do was turn it on. So I went to lift the chicken out the slow cooker and that was when I realised that it wasn't cooked!! My slow cooker was definitely on and on the low setting so I've no idea what happened. It was slightly warm to touch but definitely not cooked. Everything else was ready for dinner. The potatoes and veg were done, but luckily I had some breaded chicken fillets in the fridge so I popped them in the oven for the boys and hubby and I heated up some of mushy pea curry that I'd made the other day. So, not quite the Sunday dinner I'd planned and a rather unconventional one it was but it was yummy. It also meant that I haven't used my B choices so I've just devoured two aldi benefit bars and have another B choice to use up later!

No syns used as yet today either and I bought a box of the frosted fancies (thanks Missy for telling me what they were) So, I'm going to have one of those later with a mug of green tea. Might have a wee packet of crisps for 3.5syns too or just save them for another day, depending on how hungry I am.

Update on today's food

Banana and pear when I first got up

Breakfast
Fat free yogurt with summer berries and sweetner

Lunch
Baked potato, baked beans and cheese (HEA x 2)

Dinner
Roast potaoes done in fry light, brocolli and mushy pea curry

Snacks
4 ryvita crackerbread (HEB), choc philly (5.5 syns) topped with banana
2 Aldi benefit bars (HEB)
Packet of Tayto Whisps (4.5syns)

Syns for today: 10

Off to bed now, it's been a long but mostly enjoyable day

Glad you had a good day hun. Sleep well and I hope monkey doesn't wake you up too early!