SueSpains food Diary

[suespain]

EE - Tuesday 13 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Museli HE - B

Lunch:
Restaurant salad:
lettuce (sf), tomato (sf), cucumber (sf), sweetcorn (f), boiled egg (f), salad dressing (unknown syns 5?)

Dinner:
Pork and Mash:
Pork (f), Pete's Spicy BBQ sauce (f), cabbage (sf), mash potato (3 syns)

Strawberries (sssf)

Snacks:
2 Nectarines (sf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Options (2 syns)

Total syns 10

Exercise:
Zumba DVD - 45 mins

 

[suespain]

EE - Wednesday 14 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Museli HE - B

Lunch:
Tuna Sandwich:
lettuce (sf), tomato (sf), cucumber (sf), onion (sf), tuna (f), 2 slices white bread (8 syns)

Dinner:
Seafood sticks and pasta salad:
Lettuce (sf), cherry tomatoes (sf), tomato (sf), cucumber (sf), carrot (sf), red cabbage (sf), red pepper (sf), boiled egg (f), seafood sticks (f), pasta (f), Tiger Tiger dressing (3 syns)

Strawberries (sssf)

Snacks:
Melon (sssf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Options (2 syns)

Total syns 13

Exercise:
Zumba DVD - 30 mins
Kettleworx Cardio wk 2 - 20 mins
Total 50 mins

 

[suespain]

EE - Thursday 15 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Museli HE - B

Lunch:
Salad:
Lettuce (sf), cherry tomatoes (sf), tomato (sf), cucumber (sf), carrot (sf), red cabbage (sf), red pepper (sf), sweetcorn (f), egg (f), cesar Salad light dressing (0)

Strawberries (sssf)

Dinner:
Tuna Pasta bake:
Tuna in oil (3.5 syns), pasta (f), onion (sf), mushrooms (sf), mixed herbs (f), fromage frais (f), Cathedral city light cheese (3 syns)

Melon (sssf)

Snacks:
Apple (sf)


Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Options (2 syns)


Total syns 8.5

Exercise:
20 mins walking
20 mins dance DVD

 

[suespain]

EE - Friday 16 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Fruit and Fibre - HE - B

Lunch:
Salad:
Lettuce (sf), cherry tomatoes (sf), tomato (sf), cucumber (sf), carrot (sf), red cabbage (sf), red pepper (sf), sweetcorn (f), cesar Salad light dressing (0)

Dinner:

Spaghetti Bolognese:
Chicken mince with bolognese sauce: mushrooms (sf), tinned tomatoes (sf), onion (sf), garlic (sf), oxo cube (f), worcestershire sauce (f), salt (f), pepper (f), mixed herbs (f), Spaghetti (f)

Melon (sssf)

Snacks:
Yoghurt (f)
2 Mandarines (sf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Options (3 syns)

Total syns 3

Exercise:
Kettleworx Core - week 2 - 20 mins
(part done with 3kg bell, rest with 10lb bell)

 

[suespain]

EE - Saturday 17 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Fruit and Fibre - HE - B

Lunch:
Salad:
Grilled chicken (f), Lettuce (sf), tomato (sf), cucumber (sf), green pepper (sf), sweetcorn (f), red onion (sf)

Dinner:
Omelette and salad:
3 eggs (f), onion (sf), mushrooms, light cheese (5.5 syns), lettuce (sf), red cabbage (sf), carrot (sf), cherry tomatoes (sf), red pepper (sf), cucumber (sf)

Strawberries (sssf)

Snacks:
Apple (sf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Water with lemon
Aldi's cream liquer (like Baileys but cheaper!)

Total syns unknown 30?

Exercise:
30 mins brisk walking
15 mins Zumba

 

[suespain]

EE - Sunday 18 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Fruit and Fibre - HE - B

Lunch:
2 crispbreads (6 syns)
Seafood sticks (f)

Dinner:
Restaurant Sunday dinner: beef and veg (15 syns)


Snacks:
2 Mandarines (sf)
Pear (sf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Water with lemon


Total syns 21?
Exercise:

 

[suespain]

Green - Monday 19 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Fruit and Fibre - (HE-B)

Lunch:
Crispbread (HE-B)
Philly Light with Chilli (HE-A)

Strawberries (sssf)

Dinner:
SW chips (f), egg (f) and baked beans (f)

Melon (sf)

Snacks:
Yoghurt (f)
2 Mandarines (sf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Water with lemon
Options (2 syns)

Total syns 2

Exercise:
20 mins Kettleworx Resistance using 10lb bell throughout

 

[suespain]

Red - Tuesday 20 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Fruit and Fibre - (HE-B)

Lunch:
Crispbread (HE-B)
Philly Light with Chilli (HE-A)

Dinner:
Baked Fish:
Fish - Hake (merluza) (f), passata (sf), onion (sf), red peper (sf), mushrooms (sf) mixed herbs (f), salt, pepper
Cabbage (sf), brocolli (sf)

Snacks:
Nectarine (ssf)
Low fat yoghurt (f)
Strawberries (sssf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Water with lemon
Options (3 syns)


Total syns 3

Exercise:
1 hr boxing and karate with WII Exerbeat

 

[suespain]

EE - Wednesday 21 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Fruit and Fibre - (HE-B)

Lunch:
Salad:
Lettuce (sf), cherry tomatoes (sf), tomato (sf), cucumber (sf), carrot (sf), red cabbage (sf), red pepper (sf), cesar Salad light dressing (0)

Pear (sf)

Dinner:
Spaghetti Carbonara:
Spaghetti (f), mushrooms (sf), red onion (sf), bacon (sf), Eggs (f), Cathedral City Light (28g = 4.5 syns)

Strawberries (sssf)

Snacks:
Mandarine
Scan Bran Caramel Cake (1.5 syns)
Apple (sf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Water with lemon
Options (2 syns)


Total syns 8

Exercise:
Kettleworx - Week 3 Cardio - 20 mins
(set 1 done with 10lb bell, most of set 2 with 10lb only punches and gun slinger in second set done with 3kg bell)

 

[suespain]

Green - Thursday 22 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Fruit and Fibre - (HE-B)

Lunch:
Large piece of scan bran cake and fat free yoghurt (HE-B) (+3 syns)
2 Mandarines (sf)

Dinner:
SW chips, beans and 2 eggs

Melon (sssf)

Snacks:
Pear (sf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Water with lemon


Total syns 3

Exercise:
Kettleworx Legs and Thighs - 20 mins
(10lb bell)

 

[suespain]

EE - Friday 23 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Fruit and Fibre - HE - B

Lunch:
Salad:
Lettuce (sf), cherry tomatoes (sf), tomato (sf), cucumber (sf), carrot (sf), red cabbage (sf), red pepper (sf), cesar Salad light dressing (0)

Dinner:
Chinese meal out:
Tomato soup
Prawn curry and boiled rice
Lychees

Snacks:
2 Mandarines (sf)
Apple (sf)
2 bar kit kat (5.5 syns)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
1/2 bottle med/swe white wine
1 peach snapps
1 baileys type drink

Total syns don't know but enjoyed all of them!

Exercise:
Kettleworx Core - week 3 - 20 mins
(with 10lb bell)

 

[suespain]

Green - Saturday 24 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Fruit and Fibre - HE - B

Lunch:
Tomato and red pepper soup:
Tin tomatoes (sf), passata (sf), red pepper (sf), garlic (sf), onion (sf)

Dinner:
Roasted Vegetable lasagne:
Red pepper (sf), butternut squash (sf), carrot (sf), onion (sf), tin tomatoes (sf), mushrooms (sf), garlic (sf), courgette (sf) aubergine (sf), worcestershire sauce (f), Vegetable oxo cube (f),
fat free fromage frais (f), Light cheese (HE-A)

Snacks:
Melon (sssf)
Apple (sf)
12 syn sponge cake (6 syns)
Fruit and Fibre - HE - B (dry whilst watching TV)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water


Total syns 6

Exercise:

 

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Red - Sunday 25 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Fruit and Fibre - HE - B

Lunch:
Salad:
Lettuce (sf), cherry tomatoes (sf), cucumber (sf), carrot (sf), red cabbage (sf), red pepper (sf), seafood sticks (f), cesar Salad light dressing (0)

Dinner:
Fish and vegetables
Vegetable sauce: Red pepper (sf), butternut squash (sf), carrot (sf), onion (sf), tin tomatoes (sf), mushrooms (sf), garlic (sf), courgette (sf) aubergine (sf), worcestershire sauce (f), Vegetable oxo cube (f)

Snacks:
12 syn sponge cake (6 syns)
Apple (sf)
Nectarines (sf)
Strawberries (sssf)
Alpen Light (HE - B)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Options (2 syns)

Total syns 8

Exercise:
30 mins road cycling

 

[suespain]

EE - Monday 26 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
Bran Flakes - HE - B

Lunch:
Salad:
Lettuce (sf), cherry tomatoes (sf), cucumber (sf), carrot (sf), red cabbage (sf), red pepper (sf), sweetcorn (f), slow cooked chicken (f), Tiger Tiger red chilli salad dressing (2)

Dinner:
Pete's Chicken egg fried rice and a vegetable and tomato sauce
Vegetable sauce: Red pepper (sf), butternut squash (sf), onion (sf), tin tomatoes (sf), garlic (sf), sweetcorn (sf), courgette (sf) aubergine (sf), worcestershire sauce (f), Vegetable oxo cube (f)

Snacks:
Mandarine
Strawberries (sssf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Options (2 syns)

Total syns 4

Exercise:
1 hr Wii Exerbeat: boxercise and Karate
20 Mins Kettleworx Resistance week 3 (10lb bell)

 

[Pommette]

Evening chica. Had a look over the last 2 weeks or so and the food looks great but . . . I actually think you might not be eating enough!

You're not always having 2 HexBs on your red & green days so you might not be getting enough natural fibre through you. Certainly your evening meals on red days tend to just be meat/fish & veg with no carbs in sight.

I know 2 Alpen light = HexB but I always get the feeling that this doesn't work as well for some people as others. better to have natural carbs (like potatos or rice) rather than processed carbs (like pasta, cous cous).

Talking of pasta, do you have ordinary or wholewheat? Wholewheat is much better for the SW diet although I know a lot of people don't like it - my hubby doesn't.

A lot of your lunches also tend to be salad or soup - so again no fibre/carbs.

I know you were maybe saving syns for your meal out last week but they seem to be low a lot of the time.

I don't want to tell you to eat for eating's sake but maybe try upping your fibre intake and see if that helps. And may try shaking things up a bit and having different things at lunch. Maybe a poached egg and beans, or huevos a la flamenca, or similar . . .

You've lost loads of weight so you are obviously doing it right but maybe you need to shock your body by giving it something different.

 

[suespain]

EE - Tuesday 27 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
35g Bran Flakes - HE - B

Lunch:
Lettuce (sf), cherry tomatoes (sf), cucumber (sf), carrot (sf), red cabbage (sf), red pepper (sf), sweetcorn (f), seafood sticks (f), Tiger Tiger red chilli salad dressing (2)

Dinner:
Tuna Pasta Bake:
Pasta, tuna, onion, mushrooms, brocolli, herbs, garlic, ff fromage frais, light cheese triangles (4 syns), cathedral city light (4 syns)


Snacks:
2 Pear (sf)
Special K Bar (4.5 syns)
Apple
strawberries (sssf)

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water
Options (2 syns)

Total syns 16.5

Exercise:

 

[suespain]

Evening chica. Had a look over the last 2 weeks or so and the food looks great but . . . I actually think you might not be eating enough!

You're not always having 2 HexBs on your red & green days so you might not be getting enough natural fibre through you. Certainly your evening meals on red days tend to just be meat/fish & veg with no carbs in sight.

I know 2 Alpen light = HexB but I always get the feeling that this doesn't work as well for some people as others. better to have natural carbs (like potatos or rice) rather than processed carbs (like pasta, cous cous).

Talking of pasta, do you have ordinary or wholewheat? Wholewheat is much better for the SW diet although I know a lot of people don't like it - my hubby doesn't.

A lot of your lunches also tend to be salad or soup - so again no fibre/carbs.

I know you were maybe saving syns for your meal out last week but they seem to be low a lot of the time.

I don't want to tell you to eat for eating's sake but maybe try upping your fibre intake and see if that helps. And may try shaking things up a bit and having different things at lunch. Maybe a poached egg and beans, or huevos a la flamenca, or similar . . .

You've lost loads of weight so you are obviously doing it right but maybe you need to shock your body by giving it something different.

Hi Pommette, there was me thinking at times I was eating too much! My plates always look very full, but if I cut down on portion size I feel hungry then start wanting chocolate, so pile more "good stuff" on the plate so that I am full and not wanting more of the wrong things afterwards.

I eat normal pasta, not over struck on the wholewheat - OH also doesn't like it and don't want to do 2 meals

Will try and shake it up a bit, see what happens, thanks for your post xx

 

[suespain]

EE - Wednesday 28 March 2012

Breakfast:
Banana (sf)
35g Bran Flakes - HE - B

Lunch:
Lunch out:
Baguette with prawns and salad plus thousand island sauce

Dinner:
At clients for dinner:
rice with pepper
Pork
Salad

Snacks:

Drinks:
Cups of tea (milk - HE-A)
Water

Total syns

Exercise:
Kettleworx Cardio week 4 - 20 mins

 

[suzyflo]

Aldi's cream liquer (like Baileys but cheaper!)

Hi Sue, I've been reading through your food diary as you suggested.....I see you're an Aldi fan, like me! Have you tried Austins - their version of Pimms? I also love their Kooliburra Shiraz Cabernet and the Moser Roth 85% dark chocolate..in fact there's loads of Aldi things that I love!.

Re your food, I too noticed that sometimes you are only having 1 hexb on red/green days. It must be difficult to remember when you're used to doing E/E, I tried this but it doesn't seem to suit me, I STS more on E/E than I did on red & green also I really miss that extra B on E/E. I'm more used to red & green days so I'm sticking to them. I notice you have water in your drinks list, are you having plenty? Are you having your full hexa allowance if you're just using milk in your cups of tea?...apparently if you skimp on your hexa this can hinder weight loss (so I've been told in the past anyway) Maybe also you could try varying your breakfasts a bit? You have done really really well so far though, well done.

 

[suespain]

Hi Suzyflo

Thanks for taking a look at my food diary.

Our Aldi is at the bottom of our road, very handy! Easy walk! Although a lot of the items are different from the UK - different makes - from reading posts on here.

I must admit because I have mainly done EE I forget to have 2 HE's for A and B, when I do remember them I don't know what to have or because I am full, just think I would be eating for the sake of eating!

I drink glasses and glasses of water - I have huge plastic glasses and have lots of these, plus bottles when I am out.

Will try varying breakfasts. although need something quick on a morning and I don't think cereal bars will fill me - 35g of cereal doesn't so I have the banana with it, now really enjoy it, used to hate having breakfast.

I have a big appetite, maybe I should cut down on food size portions. If the weight doesn't go down now I expect I will loose it during the summer when I am running round like a fool!!!

Thank you for having a look at my food diary