Target - SW, healthy eating and running diary

[Target140]

Hi! I've just switched from slimming world. I loved the idea of slimming world but kept cheating...so figured 5:2 would give me more room for manoeuvre.

UPDATE: I'm planning on continuing doing SW (with flexisyns where appropriate) and fast one or two days a week for the benefits fasting brings. I can't be faffed with calorie counting at the moment, I'm just hoping fasting will give me a little more room for manoeuvre!

Today was my first fast. It went fine until the evening, and now I'm hanging on to the bitter end.

Ex: 3 mile run

B - none

L - oat so simple cuppa porridge

T - tomato bean & tuna stew, SW hifi light bar

Total cals: 565

 

[Lady_Amalthea]

Good luck with 5:2 . I switched to Slimming World from Calorie Counting about half a year ago and for some reason SW suits me down to the ground. Funny how different we all are!! x

 

[Target140]

Good luck with 5:2 . I switched to Slimming World from Calorie Counting about half a year ago and for some reason SW suits me down to the ground. Funny how different we all are!! x

What do you do on slimming world? Red? Green? EE? I still like a lot of stuff about slimming world and I may use it on my non fasting days when I can't be bothered to count. It certainly does make me eat more home cooked / fresh food. The problem I found was that I often wasn't as prepared as I should have been, so I kept falling off the wagon. With CC it's simpler (if not as healthy) to eat on the hoof.

 

[Target140]

Plan for this week:

Mon - run 3 miles, fast (500 cals) - DONE
Tues - rest, SW
Wed - run 3 miles, abs, legs, SW
Thurs - run 3 miles, poss fast
Fri - rest, dinner out
Sat - run 5 miles, SW
Sun - rest

 

[Target140]

Good morning I am ultra cheery because I made it through my first fast

It's now 6.30am...I woke up with that slightly tender but nice empty stomach feeling, and a dehydration headache. I thought I was hungry but after a gals of water and two slices of melon I'm full lol! Clearly this fasting thing is weird!

It's weigh in day so I want to go a little carefully. It's time of the month and I didn't do particularly well this week so I'm expecting a sts.

Plan for the day:

B - melon, yoghurt, soya latte (hexa)

L - smoked salmon, ryvita (hexb), salad

T - chicken chow mein (SW style)

Treat: some chocolate with my syns!

 

[Target140]

So 0.5lb off. Not great but not too shoddy given my lapses this week and totm!

Today:

Ex: planned rest day

Extra easy

B - melon, Rachel's low fat raspberry yoghurt (this was amazingly scrummy and well worth 2.5 syns), soya latte (hexa)

S - banana

L - wholemeal bread (hexb), smoked salmon, salad with 1tsp olive oil in dressing (2 syns), cup of tea with milk (1)

S - soya latte (6 syns), Hifi caramel & choc bar (3 syns)

T - SW chips & roasted veg, 2 dry-fried eggs, HP Sauce (1 syn)

Total syns 15.5 (not bad for a weigh in day!)

I am determined to lose 2lb next week...I've only got 1 meal out planned and that's Friday, other than that it's well behaved all the way!

 

[KBQueen]

Hi, just popping in to see how your doing, well done on the loss. I have a meal/drinks night out next week too but have another weigh in before then so hoping to get a 2 lb loss. Good luck on your 5:2 diet x

 

[Target140]

Hi! You're doing so well! Going to be on it like a car bonnet this week....need some losses like yours

Today:

Extra easy

B - oat so simple cuppa porridge (not sure about these but as they're 180 cals I'm going to count it as hexb plus 3 syns) until I'm proved otherwise!

L - homemade cannellini bean stew, rf cheese (hexa), Rachel's lf raspberry yoghurt (2.5)

T - SW chicken chow mein - scrummy! And so easy!

Total syns so far: 5.5. Might end there as I'm full but if not I'll have a hifi light bar for 3 syns.

 

[Target140]

Also forgot to add exercise...3 mile run @ 10.39 av pace

 

[Target140]

And here's the chicken chow mein...I added way too many bean sprouts...but still yummy

 

[Target140]

Today (4 Dec)

Run: 3 miles (av pace 10.31 per mile)

Green day

B- soya latte (hexa), hifi bar (3 syns), pear

L - left over chow mein (hexb for chicken, 1/2 syn for oyster sauce)

S - cup of Waitrose chicken & veg broth (6 syns!!!!)....won't be having that again!

T - baked potato, olive oil (hexb) & cottage in cheese

S - hifi light (3), liberte honey yoghurt (1)

Total: 13.5 syns, 1 x hexa and 2 x hexb

 

[Target140]

5th Dec...red day

Planned rest day

B - banana, hifi light, coffee with milk (1)

S - hifi light (hexb)

L - ryvita (hexb), laughing cow light (hexa), sweet chilli chicken pieces (1.5), melon, coffee with milk (1)

Treat night.... S - skinny latte, almond croissant

T - chicken & chorizo stew with puff pastry stars, Chocolate fudge cake & cream!

Total syns....no idea!

 

[Target140]

Back on track today and a morning run to prove it.... But so busy Christmas shopping I didn't have time to eat...

Red day

Ex: 6 mile run

S - soya latte (hexa), 1 roasted chestnut (1/2)

d - Nandos half chicken (skin removed), side salad, 1/2 corn on cob, a tsp peri peri sauce (1)
1/2 side of spicy peas (1 1/2)

S - banana, liberte honey yoghurt (1), 2 hifi light bars (hexb)

Total syns at mo: 4 (might have a few more later....)

 

[Target140]

Might count yesterday as a fast day...or at least a semi fast day as I only had 1000 cals and according to my garmin I ran 826 of them off!!!

I did feel hungry during the night so am having a big breakfast this morning!

 

[Target140]

Sunday 7th Dec

B - banana, cheesy scrambled eggs (2 whole, 2 whites as I'm hungry) on toast (3 syns, hexb)

L - mugshot, Apple

S - skinny latte (hexa), hifi bar (3 syns)

T - baked potato, tuna, sweetcorn, extra light mayo (1) broccoli

S - yogurt (1) fudge bar (5.5) Syns: 13.5

 

[Target140]

So Sunday turned into a baaaadddd day...

Then I tried to make up for it by fasting on Mon (800 cals eaten, 600 cals exercised off with 30 day shred and a 3 mile run).

Then I was so busy today I only managed to eat a bowl of porridge...its tea time now and I'm cooking up a big healthy pot of veg, rice, tomatoes & chickpeas.

But I'm not liking these swings between eating nothing and then going nuts so I'm not going to fast this week, and certainly not to counter a binge.

My trigger point seems to be Friday...I plan and shop on a Sunday. So by Friday I'm running out of food, then I meet a friend for coffee and have cake, my Ex comes over and cooks an indulgent meal and buys pudding....and that's be fine if I stopped there, but then I'm not hungry on sat, do a longish run, don't eat properly to make up for fri and binge on sun.

The plan for this week is to do a fab SW bolognese in the slow cooker so it's ready when I get home, syn the cake, hexa the latte and stay on plan, because I'm out to eat Saturday night.

Other than Saturday I'm going to stick to the SW plan religiously and see what happens!

 

[Target140]

Tues 9th December - green

Ex - planned rest day

B - none...too busy

L - porridge (hexb + 3 syns)

S - soya latte (hexa), 1 Malteser! (1/2)

S - (at meeting) hifi salted caramel (hexb), cup of tea with milk (1/2)

T - 2 big bowls of veggie, chickpea & rice stew, cheese on top (hexa) low fat yoghurt (2.5)

Total syns 6.5

Weigh in: down 1.5 lbs....not bad but 3.5 lbs in 3 weeks is a bit slow so going to try extra hard this week to eat loads of veg & healthy stuff!

 

[KBQueen]

Well done on the loss, that's a great number x

 

[Target140]

Well done on the loss, that's a great number x

Thank you v much! Am glad to be losing, even if slowly!

 

[Target140]

Wed 10th December

Ex: 4.7 mile run (50 mins) av pace 10.39, 619 cals burned

Green day

B - yoghurt (2.5 syns), banana, soya latte (hexa)

L - veg, chickpea and rice stew

S - liberte Greek yog with honey (1)

T - a little baked potato & tuna mayo (1, hexb)...which I then dropped on the floor...oops so substituted left over chickpea & rice stew with cheese on top (hexa) and switched to a green day..,thank goodness I had spare food ready coz I'd already waited an hour for the baked potato and was hungry!

Snack - salted caramel hifi bar (hexb)

2 x hexa, 1.5 x hexb,
Syns 4.5 so far...