Having another go!

yo-yo-dieter

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Need to try and get back on track, and keeping a diary on here really helps. I did quite well between January and June last year and lost 2st 6.5lbs however since June I've not been able to stick to it for any period of time.

Day 1

8.30am - bacon butty (2 rashers, wholemeal Kingsmill Thin, smidgeon of spread) 1.5 syns

10.30am - Thai Mug Shot 0.5 syns

Midday - Singapore noodles ready meal, alpen light (2.5 syns)

Afternoon: 4 x polos (1.5 syns), satsuma

Evening meal: Gammon, baked beans, 100g oven chips (3.5 syns)

Weight this morning: 15st 7.4lbs

Total syns: 9.5
 
Day 2: Morning weigh in 15st 7.4lbs again although had my official weigh in at SW this evening and it was 15st 8.5lbs which was a whopping 5lbs gain in two weeks (didn't go to class last week). I am disgusting.

8.30am - overnight oats (35g porridge, strawberry muller, frozen berries inc raspberries, blackberries, raspberries) and a banana

10.30am - roast chicken mugshot

Lunch: SW ready meal, alpen light (3 syns)

Dinner: Pasta bolognese (5% mince, pasta, passata, red onion, mushrooms, courgettes & peppers)

I was a bit disappointed at weigh-in as although I haven't been on plan at all, I didn't think I had been 5lbs worth of bad :-(
 
Hello, your weight changes according to the period of the day. So it's good to weigh in always at the same time. For instance, I like to weigh in when I get up every Saturday.
Also, don't weigh in everyday, it's pretty disappointing. Once a week is good, once a month even better :)
I'm sure next week you will do better!
 
Morning all, thanks for the replies ladies.

I didn't get the chance to post yesterday as I was really busy.

Day 3: (Friday) - morning weight: 15st 5.4lbs (woo)

8.30am - overnight oats(35g porridge, banana & custard muller, frozen berries inc raspberries, blackberries, raspberries)Mid-Morning: Alpen light (3 syns)

Lunch: Pasta bolognese (5% mince, pasta, passata, red onion, mushrooms, courgettes & peppers) leftover from last night

Evening: Night out (see below)

The reason I have come back to SW is because I have so many social events over the next two months that I could put two stones on easily in that time combined with my habitual crap eating - so I figured rather than say no to my invites, I will food optimise fully on the non social days. So, by my birthday on June 11th my aim is to not have gained any weight.

Last night was a night out with my former team. We went to an eat as much as you like buffet. I had "flexi synned" in that I promised myself I would stick to 2 plates and a dessert plate, which I did - and I noticed all the slim people I was out with ate pretty much the same portions too. I had diet coke which didn't cost any extra syns. And we went to a bar afterwards where I had a double southern comfort and lemonade.
 
Day 4 (15st 5.6lbs)

Woo, not too much damage done after last night - I can cope with a gain of 0.2lbs

10.30am - mugshot

Afternoon: DS1 does athletics which means we have lots of hanging around and I tend to boredom eat as we take a picnic. So I have plenty low-syn and free food to take with me:-
- 2 x snack packs of Sushi (4 syns)
- self serve salad from Morrisons (lots of free, but also a wee bit of the non-free stuff) - say 4 syns
- 2 x alpen light bars (Healthy Extra)

Dinner: Beef, brocolli, carrots, mash, gravy made from oxo (3 syns for the mash)

Syns: Fig biscuit (3.5), bourbon biscuit (3.5), handful of crisps (3 syns)
 
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Day 5 (15st 4lbs) - woooo

8.00 Punnet of grapes and melon

10.00 - Mugshot

mid-morning: Alpen light

Mid-afternoon: Hi-fi Light

16.00 - Ham & cheese omelette with cherry tomatoes, punnet of mango

Evening meal: Chicken curry (chicken, mushroom, onion in Mayflower Curry sauce) - 3 syns

I was out at football matches with the kids most of the day hence the haphazard eating plan.
 
DAY 6 - 15st 2.8lbs (double woo - had to step on twice as I couldn't believe it)

8.00am - overnight oats, banana

10.30am - Mugshot (1 syn)

Lunch: Chicken curry and rice (3 syns)

Afternoon: Alpen light (3 syns)

Late afternoon: cherry tomatos, few slices of ham

Dinner: Ham salad (with one Chinese rib at 3 syns), 1 waffle (2.5 syns), lettuce, cucumber, tomato, raddish, corn cob, pickled onion & beetroot.

Syns: Montana Bar (6.5), Mini Roll (6)

I did think we were going to eat out tonight for MIL's birthday but she'd made other arrangements (phew) so I have got out of that. However I am off to Nando's tomorrow which I believe I can do within syns and I'll take a proper look at the menu.
 
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Day 7 - Hah, forgot to weigh myself this morning!!!

9.30am - overnight oats, banana

Midday, mugshot, alpen light (3 syns)

Afternoon: few sweets (4 syns)

Tea: Thigh burger (say 18.5 syns), spicy rice (2 syns), corn on the cob (free)

92 syns in total for the week plus the meal out on Friday which I didn't syn
 
Hi, just wanted to comment to say hello :)

Overnight oats sounds yummy, and I've heard about them from a couple of people but can I just ask, do you cook the oats at all or just eat them cold? It sounds like an ideal breakfast for somebody on the go all the time!
 
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