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Well, I seem to be doing better at losing weight than I am at keeping a food diary on here ;) 4lbs off for me this week, 1 stone 1.5lbs off in 3 weeks :D

Chilli loaded sweet potato skins - hexa of cheese, the rest is free or superfree.

Well done for enjoying your holiday, and food! I love a good potato salad! I've got a couple of nights out next week that I need to try and fit in to my plan somehow, I think I might be flexi synning them. The house party one is going to involve sampling their extensive gin collection ;)

I got the Story of Science one :D Between the sprogs being home and working pretty much full time for CAB and then OU on top I seem to constantly be running out of time. Keeping a food diary seems to help me keep focussed on the other stuff though. Just 6 weeks to the next OU exam, then...

I'm here! Work/study/sprog summer holidays have made things a bit crazy, I've been keeping a paper food diary though and had a 3.5lbs loss last week! :D I've got one of these diaries,they're ace - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/retrofromscratch?ref=l2-shopheader-name Will try and keep up to...

Awesome!

Oh well done!!!

My first week back on track got me a stonking 8lbs loss bringing me to 17stone 10 1/2, so I'm joining in here :) Hello everyone :)

First weigh in, and I'm 8lbs off! Whoop!! :D

You'd be surprised by how active you are with the fitbit I think, most of my activity is just school run and getting to work and back and I can get over 10k steps a day with that. I love those scales, we fell out the first day they arrived as I was heavier on those than on my old ones but...

Breakfast - scrambled eggs and beans, followed by a satsuma. Lunch - Zero noodles (0.5), lime fried chicken breast with peppers and mushrooms with gf soy sauce (0.5) and nandos sauce (1) Dinner - Spanish potatoes - new potatoes, chorizo (6), peppers, mushrooms, red onions and olives (1) with...

Today I treated myself to some shiny new scales - https://www.fitbit.com/uk/aria My previous ones were glitchy at best, so some accuracy might keep me motivated to keep standing on them.

Breakfast - actifryed bacon medallions, mushrooms and tomatoes Snack - mango lolly - 2.5syns Lunch - Leftover loaded skins with a ton of salad - cheese was my hexa so just 1 syn for the olives + 0.5 syns for some nandos sauce Dinner -Lime fried chicken breast, sw chips and salad. With more...

Breakfast - Scrambled eggs and beans followed by a satsuma Lunch - actifryed bacon medallions, mushrooms and tomatoes Snack - grapes and raspberries Dinner - Loaded sweet potato skins with hexa of cheese +25g of blue cheese (4.5 syns) peppers, onions, jalapenos, olives (1 syn), with a huge...

Breakfast - actifryed bacon medallions, mushrooms and tomatoes with some scrambled eggs Snack - big bowl of grapes Lunch - leftover noodles from yesterday Dinner - Chicken and mushroom curry topped with coriander, pilau rice, red onion bhajis, mango and lime chutney (5 syns) and a microwaved...

Helloooo! I put off coming back here because I was disappointed in myself, but the weight just kept going on. Time to draw a line under it and get going. Tbh, I feel awesome today. Back in control, no bloating or discomfort and feeling gooood. Curry fest today. Chicken jalfrezi, pilau rice...

First day back Breakfast Heck sausages - square x 2 9 syns Eggs x 2 Mushrooms Tomato Lunch 2 x satsumas 1 cup of grapes Dinner Zero noodles - 1syn chicken breast red chillies garlic mushrooms peppers red onion gluten free soy sauce - 0.5 syns Drinks 3 x cups of tea, with my hexa of...

*dusts off thread* Well, I'm back again. I have spent the last 18 months or so working really hard putting most of my weight back on *tuts at self* I've joined SW online, dusting off my thread here and I will be shifting this blubber once and for all! Now for the horrible job of updating my...

Thank you :) I got to target last week - and then went to a party this weekend - I still want to lose a little more, but I'm happy with that being a slower process and as a side effect of exercise rather than too strict a diet.

Doing really well :)

Hey lovely! Have you looked on your local freecycle and gumtree sites? Our gumtree is normally full of cheap second hand bicycles if there's nothing on freecycle.

Hello, sorry it took a while to reply, I don't check here as often as I should. My calves took a while to shrink, and they're still quite wide but that's because I walk or cycle everywhere now so I have quite muscly legs. I can wear normal boots though, instead of having to get extra wide...

You can do it, you can do it, you can do it!! *pom poms*

Hello Pogley!! :553:

Finally (such a long journey through 13-12) I now weigh 12 stone, 12 lbs. 3lbs off this week. 79.5 off on SW, 107.5lbs in total. I am chuffed to bits :)

3lbs off this week. Got me one of these :) -

Have emailed you a big rambling email full of resourcey stuff. Your recent weigh in is only a couple of pounds heavier than I am now, so 100lbs lighter than I started out ;)

Eyes are still (blearily) on the prize. It's been the delightfully named star week, and there was a night out last Friday which involved at least two bottles of red wine. My food has all been on the primal plan though, and I managed to get a 1/2 lb loss. So just a 1/2lb away from my 5 1/2 stone...

I think compared to my diet 18 months ago, the SW way was better as it helped me really focus on what I was eating, cooking, etc. But now I want more from my food, I want to be able to eat healthily and fuel the amount of exercise I do without filling up on lots of carbs. The Primal way seems to...

Thank you :) Put on some old stuff to do Zumba in this morning and realised that it was the same stuff I wore to do Race For Life last year. So I took an after pic.

Put on some old stuff to do Zumba in this morning and realised that it was the same stuff I wore to do Race For Life last year. So I took an after pic.

That's exactly how I've been thinking icklerockchick :) Thank you x

Hey GinMummy! I was going to email you later about the OU stuff, will let you know about the Primal stuff too! :) Hi gettingfit, I seem to be randomly picking between the two at the minute. Just reading as much info as I can and cooking what I fancy ;) There are so many different takes on how...

I'm sticking to the 1/3 superfree, but I'm eating a lot more fats than I could cover with my syns. The Primal eating is all about cutting out processed foods, grains and legumes so no low-fat, fat-removed, 'diet' substitutes and just eating healthily really. I'm enjoying it so far, but will...

Right, I'm going to stop counting my syns as of this week. I'm loving eating the Primal way, so I'm going to stay mostly within a SW framework with a 1/3 superfree each meal but not do the syns thing. Breakfast - Fried eggs and tinned toms - Lunch - Bacon omelette with smoked paprika Dinner...

Lots of kitcheny shops sell them. Or you can buy them cheap from Amazon like on this link :)

Cheesy bacon burgers, garlic pepper BNS chips and salad

Cheesy bacon burgers, garlic pepper BNS chips and salad

Breakfast - Fried egg and tinned toms - 2 syns of EVO Lunch - Bacon, pepper and onion omelette - 2 syns of EVO Dinner - 2 x homemade beefburgers, cheese (hexa), bacon, BNS chips and salad. Drinks 2 mugs tea 1 pint NAS Syns used - 4

This week I really do feel great, my energy levels have doubled and I feel like I could take on the world :)

Hi everyone, I'm a Slimming Worlder but after getting into a bit of a rut I've been combining it with a Paleo/Primal plan this past week. Really enjoying it, my energy levels have shot through the roof and I weighed in at group last night with a 4.5lbs loss which is fantastic. I've been...

4.5lbs off, 76 total on slimming world. 104 pounds off from my heaviest. Whoop, whoop!

My new size 12 swimming costumes arrived today, hooray! No photos of me in them though, some things are best left unseen, lol! Breakfast - Fried eggs, tinned toms - 2 syns of EVO Lunch - Butternut squash and red pepper soup. 1.5 syns of soup. Dinner - No idea, tis weigh in day so something...

Spicy butternut squash and red pepper soup topped with cheese and coriander

Spicy butternut squash and red pepper soup topped with cheese and coriander

Slimming World » Om Nom 365 :)

Breakfast - Fried eggs and tinned toms. 2 syns of EVO. Lunch - Moussaka and salad. (1/2 hexa + hexb of EVO) Dinner - BNS and red pepper soup topped with cheese (1/2 hexa) and fresh coriander. Drinks 1 mug tea Syns -2 Exercise Swim Walk home - 2km

Hah, I love your avatar Feggy! Hasselbacks are ace, I love mine stuffed with garlic.

Chicken stir fry topped with fresh green chilli

Chicken stir fry topped with fresh green chilli

Aww, thank you :) I've been in a rut the past couple of months but getting the WoY award has really given me a boost. On the last stretch to target now!

I'm mixing my food optimizing up a bit after being in a rut for so long. I'm cutting back on my carbs, cutting out all processed carby foods and just getting my carbs from fruit and veg and upping my 'good' fat intake. Still sticking to extra easy, and using my syns/hex's for oils and cheese...

*chucks chips at cheeky* ;)

Seared lime and ginger tuna steak, baked sweet potato with soft cheese and green chilli and a salad

Seared lime and ginger tuna steak, baked sweet potato with soft cheese and green chilli and a salad

Cheap as chips (See what I did there) from Amazon Kitchen Craft Stainless Steel Crinkle Chip Cutter: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home

Breakfast - Poached eggs and tinned toms. Lunch - BNS and red pepper soup + 10g of roast chicken thigh with some chilli sauce. Snack - 12 Olives. 1.5 syns Dinner - Ginger, lime and soy pan seared tuna steaks, baked sweet potato mashed with quark and green chilli and salad. - hexb olive oil...

Thank you! I suppose I should put this picture here too, hehe .Not my best photo as I didn't really expect to win it, or I would have brushed my hair and put some makeup on ;)

Pan fried chicken breast topped with green chilli and red onions, garlic pepper BNS chips and salad

Pan fried chicken breast topped with green chilli and red onions, garlic pepper BNS chips and salad

Breakfast - Bacon medallions, poached eggs and tinned toms. Lunch - Butternut squash and red pepper soup - 3 syns for oil Snack - Cottage cheese with red onion with some chicken. Dinner - Pan fried garlicky chicken, BNS chips and salad. - hexb olive oil Drinks 2 mug tea - hexa 4 pint NAS...

It's just a cheat moussaka really, I made a huge bolognaise sauce to make lasagne with yesterday and kept half back for this. Just layered with aubergine and topped with a cheese sauce. I use 300ml 1% milk (6 syns) , 1tbsp sauce flour (3.5 syns) + some cheese (I used 4 syns worth) sprinkled on...

Moussaka and salad with black olives

Moussaka and salad with black olives

Breakfast - Poached eggs and tinned toms Post swim snack - apple Lunch - Butternut squash and red pepper soup - 1/2 hexb olive oil. Dinner - Moussaka with greek salad. - hexa cheese + 1 syn of black olives. Then I had seconds - 6 syns for the topping. Pudding - Tofu cherry and spinach...

It works out at a 12 syns of cheese on top, 6 syns of milk for the sauce + 3.5syns of sauce flour for the whole thing. Everything else is syn free. So that's 21.5 divided by 4, I'd call that a 6 syn lasagne. Or you could up the cheese sauce and make it into a hexa amount and just syn the...

The 'peek inside' bit on Amazon looked good, I had a voucher to use up so got mine from there. The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight: Amazon.co.uk: Hairy Bikers: Books If you click on peek inside you can have a sneaky read of some of it :)

BBC - Food - Recipes : Skinny beef lasagne It's from their new book / Telly show - How to Love Food and Lose Weight.

It was really really nice, have just bought their cookbook as it worked so well. Leeky lasagne (hairy bikers recipe) with salad

Leeky lasagne (hairy bikers recipe) with salad

Breakfast - Poached eggs and toms Lunch - Roast veg soup + hexa of cheese Post swim snack - Apple Dinner - Making the skinny lasagne from the Hairy Bikers episode, using leeks instead of lasagne sheets. Will do a giant salad to go with. 6 syns for the topping. Snack - Frozen cherries with...

I stayed the same at Fat Club. Still managed to get an award though ;)

I am trying out the food diary bit of My Fitness Pal again to try and keep better track of my carbs and protein. Will try and keep updated here too though. Breakfast - Poached eggs and beans Lunch - Roast veg (tomato, onion and peppers) soup Snack - Olives and bakelite crackers. Dinner -...

Butterfly chicken breast with chilli stir fried veg

Butterfly chicken breast with chilli stir fried veg

Breakfast - Bacon, eggs and beans. Lunch - Scan bran with marmite and cheese (hexb + hexa), plus some leftover salady bits from yesterday Snack - Olives (1) Dinner - Garlicky pan fried chicken breast, BNS chips and salad. Snack - 4 x ryvita dark rye (6) with clover (2) and jam (2) Drinks...

It was a really tasty pud! Could do with chocolate chips or something rolled round them too though I think.

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Garlicky curry BNS chips with salad

It was lots of fun. Great costumes, great music and a lot of very nice food :)

Breakfast - Mushroom and red pepper omelette Lunch - Off to the Caribbean Carnival so will try and make good choices but no promises ;) I had some Jerk chicken, rice'n' beans and corn on the cob oh and some sugar cane :) Dinner - Garlicky curry BNS chips with salad Snack 1 bowl of...

Pan fried coley, crinkle cut chips and mushy peas.

Thanks icklerockchick, it's been a lovely day so far :) Pan fried coley, crinkle cut chips and mushy peas.

Breakfast - Poached eggs and tinned toms Lunch - Chopped sausages, mushrooms and red onions all fried with some smoked paprika and topped with cheese. (hexa) (4.5) Dinner - SW chips, pan fried coley, mushy peas. (The rest of the family are having a chippy tea as my daughter is 5 today and...

If you're doing them in the oven then I would just twice-bake them. Pop them in whole at 180 for half an hour, then leave to cool enough to handle. Slice, spray and return to the oven.

Stuffed peppers with spicy couscous

Stuffed peppers with spicy couscous

We used to get chocolate cornflakey cakes at school with mint custard that we called Hedgehogs in the Grass #randomtangent :) Breakfast - Poached eggs and tinned toms Lunch - Leftover cottage pie and green beans - 4 Snack - 4 x ryvita (hexb) + 2tsp clover (3.5) + 1tbsp raspberry jam (2)...

Cottage pie with a potato/cauliflower cheesy topping and green beans

Cottage pie with a potato/cauliflower cheesy topping and green beans

I take a medium potato, pierce it with a knife and then microwave for about 5 mins or so on high. Leave to cool for a couple of minutes then place on a large wooden spoon, taking a sharp serrated knife I slice down to crate the ridges. The spoon stops you cutting all the way through. Then I...

Sausages, toms and baked eggs in portobello mushrooms. (3) + 2 syns of HP

Breakfast - Scan bran carrot and ginger cake (1/2 hexb) + cherries Lunch - Sausages, toms and baked eggs in portobello mushrooms. (3) + 2 syns of HP Dinner - Cottage pie with half potato/half cauli cheesy topping. 1tbsp of olive oil and 30g of cheese used in the topping. 12 syns for the...

Welcome back Seacrest, I hope you had a fabby holiday! :) Thanks cheeky :bighug:

Spicy butterfly chicken roasted with peppers and red onions, garlicky hasselbacks and salad

Spicy butterfly chicken roasted with peppers and red onions, garlicky hasselbacks and salad

A couple of weeks on plan and you'll get that 2lbs off easy :)

Breakfast - Mushroom omelette with tinned toms, followed by an apple Post swim snack - apple Lunch - 4 x dark rye ryvita with quark and red onion (hexb) Snack - 2 syns worth of olives. Snack - 2 x slices of carrot and ginger scan bran cake with lemony quark filling. (4) Dinner - Spicy...

Well, I gained a bit, lost a bit, gained a bit and lost again this month. So I ended up a whole 1/b lighter at the end of the month than I started, heh. It was my brain sabotaging me though, I'm back on plan now. I do extra easy, I did try red/green a couple of times but found them too...

2.5lbs off. Celebrating with bacon.

Breakfast - Poached eggs, tinned toms Snack - Pear Lunch - Leftover stuffed peppers + couscous Snack - Melon Dinner - No idea, something light before fat club. Then it's taster night so I'll be eating lots of yummy things :) Drinks 2 mugs tea 1 mug coffee with brown sugar (1) 1 pint water...

Stuffed peppers, garlic pepper BNS chips and salad

Stuffed peppers, garlic pepper BNS chips and salad

Like this - Baked Garlic Curry Fries | Post Punk Kitchen | Vegan Baking & Vegan Cooking but I leave out the oil and use an egg in the mixture instead. The lovely Keldelacoe does the potatoey ones and hers looked so good I had to try them myself. I don't parboil the BNS like I would potatoes...

Breakfast - Cherries and yoghurt post swim snack - apple Lunch - Leftover chicken noodles Snack - Carrot and ginger scan bran cake with lemony filling. (have made a cake for tomorrow's taster night and needed to test it ;) ) Dinner - Stuffed peppers + BNS chips Drinks 3 mugs tea 2 pint...

Lime chicken stir fry with rice noodles

Breakfast - Cherries and yoghurt Snack - Scan bran carrot and ginger cake - hexb Lunch - Sausage and pepper omelette and salad (The rest of the family went to the chippy, I ate 5 chips so will syn them at 1 each ) 5 Snack - Bowl of salad with 2 syns of salad cream Dinner - Lime chicken stir...

Pan fried chicken breast, garlicky curry BNS fries and salad

Pan fried chicken breast, garlicky curry BNS fries and salad

I use the olive oil and sunflower frylights, I haven't tried the buttery one yet but that's on the list for the next time I do a supermarket shop. Not sure if I'd use the BBQ one, I use liquid smoke a lot which is the same sort of flavour but without the oil :)

Breakfast - scan bran ginger and carrot cake (hexb) followed by cherries and yoghurt Snack - Pear Lunch - 2 egg omelette made with leftover bbq sausages, red onion and beans + salad. (3) Snack - Potato salad Dinner - Pan fried chicken breast with garlicky curry BNS fries + more salad...

Me too! :) Barbecue! Burger, sausage, chicken, corn on the cob, potato salad and salad. 3 syns for the plate, and that's for the burger and sausage.

Barbecue! Burger, sausage, chicken, corn on the cob, potato salad and salad. 3 syns for the plate, and that's for the burger and sausage.

I nuke them in the microwave for 5-10 mins depending on the size of the potato, leave to cool for a couple of mins and then place each on a large spoon. Cut through the potato to create the gaps until you hit the spoon, the spoon stops you cutting all the way through the potato. Spray with...

Breakfast - frozen cherries + ff yoghurt Snack - pear Lunch - Veggie couscous Snack - Olives (2) Dinner - Barbecue! I'm cooking so all SW friendly, chicken portions, burgers, sausages, corn on the cob, potato salad and lots of salady stuff. (3) Supper - Carrot and ginger scan bran cake...

Coley, hasselback potato and salad I ended up just baking it in a foil packet with some lemon as was too busy playing with the sprogs to do the pan frying :)

Coley, hasselback potato and salad

It is a very rare day when I don't take a photo of my dinner, hehe! I like coley, it's cheap and interchangeable for cod with me :)

Breakfast - Melon, 2 x scan bran with soft cheese (hexa + hexb) Snack - Apple Lunch - Spicy couscous stuffed pepper Dinner - Pan fried coley with hasselback herby potato and lots of salad. Drinks so far 4 pints NAS 1 sml bottle diet coke Syns - 0 Exercise - keeping the kids entertained...

Burger, barbecue beans and twice baked wedges with salad

Burger, barbecue beans and twice baked wedges with salad

You should be really proud of yourself Bubbs, you've worked really hard and you look amazing! Here's to 2013!

Breakfast - Poached egg and beans, followed by some melon Snack - Freebie Graze box arrived so Olives (2) for me and the sprogs are eating the rest. Lunch - Homemade spinach and basil pesto with some penne pasta, roast tomato and aubergine strips. - hexa + 2syns worth of olive oil. Plus an...

Half on for me, given the vast quantity of booze, booze and a bit more booze then I'm happy with that. I've set my target now too, 13.5 to go. Will see how i feel when I get there, I might lose more but I might just hang around there for a while :) I have frozen them, some in tubs by...

Ok, this week I will manage to be 100% *stern face* Breakfast - Grapefruit and maple agave (2) Lunch - Big bowl of salad with 1tbsp salad cream (2) + an apple Dinner - Leftover chicken and spinach bake Drinks 1 mug tea 1 mug green tea 1 pint NAS Syns - 4 Exercise Walk to library and...

Chicken, spinach and pepper bake

Chicken, spinach and pepper bake

Breakfast - Tinned toms and poached egg Lunch - Scan bran, soft cheese and red onion (hexa and hexb) followed by a plate of crispy kale Dinner - Chicken , Ramiro pepper and spinach bake with a cheesy sauce type topping. (Making this one up as I go along so I don't really know what I'm doing...

Burger, garlicky curry BNS fries, chilli lime ketchup and salad

Burger, garlicky curry BNS fries, chilli lime ketchup and salad

Breakfast - Tinned toms and poached egg Lunch - Bacon, mushrooms and beans Snack - 1 pack crisps (5) Dinner - Burger and garlicky curry BNS wedges (2) with homemade chilli lime ketchup (2) and lots of salad. Drinks 2 mega mugs of tea 1 can diet coke 2 pint NAS Syns used - 9 None so far...

Last night's Tapas - 200712 » Om Nom 365 A night of cocktails, great food, red wine, icecream, more cocktails and some very good friends. Didn't count syns, made some good choices and some not so good and enjoyed every bite :)

Broad bean, roast pepper and tomato quinoa salad. (Broad beans cooked for 3 mins and then deshelled, added to balsamic vinegar, roast peppers, onions and tomatoes and cooked for another 5 minutes in oven, mixed through with quinoa and served)

My favourite from Suki is their green cherry tea, absolutely wonderful - Suki Tea · Suki Tea - Japanese Cherry Sencha Green Tea · Tea as it should be...

Lots cheaper, plus it's loose so you can make it last as long as you like. I use a level tsp in a mini strainer per big mug and it tastes lovely. http://www.suki-tea.com/green-tea/popcorn-genmaicha-green-tea.html

Breakfast - Poached eggs and tinned toms Snack - Kale chips Lunch - Broad bean, roast pepper and tomato quinoa salad. (Broad beans cooked for 3 mins and then deshelled, added to balsamic vinegar, roast peppers, onions and tomatoes and cooked for another 5 minutes in oven, mixed through with...

Stuffed butternut squash with crispy kale

Stuffed butternut squash with crispy kale

Breakfast - Nectarine, grapefruit and quinoa porridge - hexa Lunch - leftover lentil bake - 2 syns of cheese with kale chips Snack - 4 x slices of scan bran carrot and ginger cake ( hexb) Dinner - Stuffed BNS with some more kale chips - 2 more syns of cheese Drinks 1 mug green tea 2 mug...

Lentil, spinach and tomato cheesy bake

Lentil, spinach and tomato cheesy bake

Breakfast - Quinoa porridge with 2 x scan bran (hexb) followed by 1/2 grapefruit. Quinoa is really really filling, I am stuffed! Snack - Ham and cucumber rollups, spring onion and 2 syns of salad cream Lunch - Quinoa with roast veg and chilli sauce Snack - 2 x dark rye ryvita (3) with quark...

This is similar to the ones I have - Stubbs Hickory Liquid Smoke - 148ml: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors I want to try the mesquite one too. I have AfR and the Veganomicon, chickpea gravy and lemony potatoes are two of my favourite things :) I always forget to check the blog though, I...

I just get butterflied chicken breasts and panfry them with some frylite, once they're mostly cooked splash in a bit of liquid smoke (about a tbsp) and some lime juice (about 2tbsp) and cover the pan with a lid. The lime juice caramelises with the chicken juices and creates the browning effect...

those burgers sound fab, I love PPK. I think I'm going to browse their blog a bit whilst meal planning this eve :)

Smokey lime chicken, hasselback potato and salad

Smokey lime chicken, hasselback potato and salad

Right, back on track today properly. Need to make sure I have my superfree with each meal, snack less on carby things and reach for the super free first instead, save my syns for proper treats, up the protein and stop buying multipacks of things I can't resist. *stern face* Breakfast - Poached...

A green monster is a spinach and banana smoothie. Some recipes here -http://greenmonstermovement.com/?page_id=39 It tastes a lot! better than it sounds :) I know what you mean Keldelacoe, this weather means I'm filling up on stodgy foods too. I wish summer would hurry up and get here. I...

a pound off for me at Fat Club tonight, onwards and downwards. I think I could have lost more but I got wet in the rain and that must weigh loads right? ;)

Breakfast - Poached eggs and tinned toms Snack - 3 x dark rye ryvita (hexb) + soft cheese (2) + lime marmalade (2) Lunch - Moussaka Dinner - Something quick pre-weigh in, probably a ham salady picky plate. Drinks 1 mug green tea 3 mugs milky tea - (hexa) Syns used - 4 Exercise Walk to...

I do love a green monster, it's too cold for them here at the moment *grumbles at summer weather*

Breakfast - Sausage (2), eggs, beans and mushrooms. Lunch - Chicken drumsticks, gammon, roasty potatoes (2 syns for any oil) olives (1) and 1 small cupcake (10) Dinner - Picky plate of ham and salad. No pics today as my phone is deaded and I've lost the USB cable somewhere (sproglet has...

Just had a quick look and the Tesco one is just spinach, water and salt - Compare supermarket prices | Online supermarket shopping | Save and compare on Health and Beauty products I think the frozen one works out cheaper, I've always got a bag or two in the bottom of the freezer as I use them...

Moussaka, olives and salad

Moussaka, olives and salad

I normally use frozen as it's so much cheaper :)

Breakfast - Sausage (2), egg, beans and mushrooms with 1 syns of HP (1) Lunch - Baked potato, cheese and beans. Not a great choice but compared to the cakes, cookies, cheese, fudge, pies, pasties, pork pies, sausage rolls and filled baguettes that I didn't eat I think I did ok ;) Snack - 3 x...

It's one of my favourites too :)

Slow cooked spaghetti bolognaise with cheese, olives and salad

Slow cooked spaghetti bolognaise with cheese, olives and salad

Breakfast - Muller lite (1/2) + scan bran, with a banana Lunch - Roast veg and chilli soup + 2 x scan bran (hexb) Snack - 4 x oatcakes (10) + 1/2 hexa soft cheese. Dinner - Slow cooker bolognaise and basily salad with 1/2 hexa cheese Drinks 1 giant mug of tea 2 pints NAS 1 pint diet coke...

There are some forums in the OU member bit, maybe they unlock a book swapping area closer to the course beginning? I will keep an eye out.

Mushroom Chow Mein » Om Nom 365

Thai lime chicken and sweet pepper with mushroom chow mein

Thai lime chicken and sweet pepper with mushroom chow mein

Breakfast - Scrambled eggs, beans,mushrooms with 2 x scan bran (1/2 hexb) and 2 syns of HP Snack - 2 x muller lites (3) Lunch - roast veg and chilli soup with 2 x scan bran ( 1/2 hexb) Dinner - Thai chicken and lime stir fry with mushroom chow mein Drinks 1 mug green tea with lemon 1 pint...

The OU really should do the book exchange, would be a fab idea! The Kath Woodward one is recommended as an introduction to DD101 here - Getting ready for DD101 - Are you ready for DD101? - Courses - Faculty of Social Sciences - Open University which is why I bought it. I have a copy of the Good...

Pan fried lemon chicken breast, garlic stuffed hasselback potato and salad

Pan fried lemon chicken breast, garlic stuffed hasselback potato and salad

It was just using up freezer food that I'd batched cooked ages ago. I defrosted a bag of bean chilli and poured that into the bottom of a roasting tin, layered with thinly sliced potato, sprayed with frylight and baked for 40 mins or so till the potato was starting to be golden brown. Grate over...

Breakfast - sausage (2) beans and mushrooms Snack - 2 x scan bran carrot and ginger cake slices (hexb) Lunch - leftover cottage pie Snack - 3 x oatcakes (7.5) + hexa soft cheese Dinner - Pan fried chicken breast with hasselback garlic potato and salad Pud - Muller lite (0.5) Drinks 1 mug...

Amazon's used books seem to be a lot cheaper than Ebay, might be worth looking there? I've got the Companion to the Mind in my wishlist for next month :)

Cottage pie with green beans

Cottage pie with green beans

Breakfast - Sausage (1) , beans and tomatoes. Post swim snack - 2 x oatcakes (5) + soft cheese (hexa) Lunch - Scan bran x 2 (hexb), roast veg, chilli and tomato soup. Snack - 2 slices of scanbran carrot and ginger cake (2 syns) Dinner - Cottage pie with half potato and half carrot mash...

Me too, I know it'll come off again but I still find them infuriating. A little knock to the self confidence when you can least deal with it, meh. Ah well, back on it today and am more determined.

2.5lbs on, yay star week.

Swordfish steak, chips and salad

Swordfish steak, chips and salad

Breakfast - 2 x scan bran (hexb) + cheese (hexa) and marmite Snack - Pom bear (5) Lunch - Roast veg + couscous Snack - Penguin (5.5) Dinner - Swordfish steak, chips and salad. Drinks 3 pints NAS 1 mug tea 3 mug green tea. Syns used -10.5 Exercise Sprog drop off (walked there pushing...

Sometimes I thinly slice garlic and shove that into each slice of the potato before spraying the oil, garlicky herby spuds are lovely.

Frylight works fine, I use olive oil if I have spare for a hexb but otherwise just use the frylight. Today's were frylighted :)

Seared tuna steak, herby hasselback potato and salad

Seared tuna steak, herby hasselback potato and salad

Breakfast - Apple (got up late) Post swim snack - Nairns Sweet Chilli Oaty Bakes - (5) Lunch - Seared tuna steak, herby hasselback potato and salad. Snack - 2 x scanbran (hexb) + 1tbsp peanut butter (4) + choc sprinkles (1) Dinner - Sausages (1.5), bacon, eggs, beans and mushrooms with HP...

Breakfast - Muller greek corner (4) + scan bran cake (2) Lunch - Butterfly chicken breast, chips and salad. Will call it 10 syns for the chunky chips. Dinner - Had leftover curry and saag aloo. :) Drinks 2 mug tea 1 pint NAS 1 glass diet coke Syns used - 16 Exercise Practising with...

Thanks everyone :) I've just fitted my new child bike seat to the back of the bike this morning, so I can manage the school + playgroup run (opposite ends of the village and both need dropping off before 9am) in September. I've got a buggy trailer, but it's the width of a double buggy and the...

Page 3, fame at last! ;)

Bacon cheeseburger, chips, red onions and barbecue beans

Bacon cheeseburger, chips, red onions and barbecue beans

Made a scan bran cake to use up some bits and bobs 4 x chopped bananas - I'm not going to syn these, but they would be 5 syns each if counted as mashed so 20. 8 x scan bran - 8 4 x eggs 25g raisins - 3.5 2 x tbsp golden syrup - 4 4 tbsp coffee 1 tbsp sugarfree hazelnut syrup 150ml fat free...

Breakfast - Scrambled eggs and 1 syn of HP sauce Snack - Scan bran cake (2) Lunch - leftover curry and saag aloo, followed by a muller greek corner (4) Dinner - Bacon cheeseburgers, chips, barbecue beans and salad. Drinks 2 mugs tea 1 pint NAS Syns used - 7 Exercise Sprog drop off -...

I amended this recipe - Tried and tested « Quick Indian Cooking No oil and halve the potatoes used :)

Chicken and sweet pepper curry, saag aloo and brown basmati rice

Chicken and sweet pepper curry, saag aloo and brown basmati rice

Breakfast - Sausage (1) and tinned toms Snack - Chopped banana, strawbs, fat free yoghurt and chocolate sprinkles (1) Lunch - Pan fried coley steaks (2 syns of olive oil) with lemon and coriander couscous Snack - 3 x scan bran (hexb) + 1tbsp of strawberry jam (2 syns) Dinner - Chicken and...

Spicy stuffed peppers on a bed of roast veggies and couscous

Spicy stuffed peppers on a bed of roast veggies and couscous

Breakfast - Sausages (2) + tinned tomatoes Lunch - Veg curry and brown rice, followed by chopped up banana and strawbs, fat free yoghurt and 1 syn of choc sprinkles. Dinner - Stuffed peppers, roast veggies and couscous - hexb olive oil. Pudding - more chopped up banana and strawbs, fat free...

I was just using up freezer food so it was a bag of many bean chilli from the freezer, covered with a layer of thinly sliced potatoes. Brushed with olive oil (1 tbsp used, so 6 syns for the whole dish so max 3 per portion) Baked for 45 mins at 180 then grate on 2 x hexa worth of cheese and...

Chilli, cheese and potato pie with salad

Chilli, cheese and potato pie with salad

There are two more bags labelled soup that both look different to each other, so there are more surprises coming this week ;) hehe! Thanks both :)

Breakfast - 2 x sausage (2) + tinned toms Post swim snack - apple Lunch - Soup of some kind (will have to go freezer foraging) Unlabelled soup, seems to be a many bean speed soup. Have chucked some chilli and coriander in with it, tis quite nice :) Followed by a banana and some strawberries...

1/2 a pound off for me last night. I have no idea how I managed that but I've kicked myself up the arse and I'm back on the wagon as of today. The best thing I did for myself yesterday was not to buy any Rocky Road HiFi bars at group last night, they're too dangerous for me to have in the house...

Breakfast - Porridge + raisins (1) + banana (hexb + 1/2 hexa) Snack - Pack of pom bears (5) Lunch - Ham, red onion and mushroom omelette followed by a muller lite Dinner - Nandos style chilli chicken with chips and salad. Drinks so far 2 mugs green tea 1 small bottle diet coke Syns used...

Breakfast - Porridge + banana + 1syns of raisins + sugarfree hazelnut syrup (hexb + 1/2 hexa) Lunch - One pot herby chicken (cooked in a pot with chopped onion, sweet potato and a herby mustard chicken stock) will serve with new potatoes (2 syns for some clover light), balsamic fried cabbage...

Have been out for the day on the Great Central Railway for my 3yr old's birthday treat. Breakfast - 2 x muller lights (1) Lunch - Ham roll ups with hexa of cheese and some spring onion, tuna pasta salad and a pack of quavers (4.5) Snack - whole bag of fresh cherries as we stopped off in...

I deserve some kind of medal today. The rest of the family went to the chip shop and brought home fishcake and chips and I've been and cooked my own version for tea instead. Coley, crinkle cut chips and mushy peas

I deserve some kind of medal today. The rest of the family went to the chip shop and brought home fishcake and chips and I've been and cooked my own version for tea instead. Coley, crinkle cut chips and mushy peas

I'm on plan but eating far far too much. My stomach seems to have been swapped with a bottomless pit. I will try and fill it up with tea instead.

Oh I really am struggling to stay on the wagon this week. I need a big kick up the arse.

Breakfast - Porridge + banana and SF hazelnut syrup (hexb + 1/2 hexa) Lunch - Veggie couscous and a penguin bar (5.5) Lunch 2 - Tuna and roast veg pasta salad Dinner - Coley, chips + mushy peas. Drinks so far 2 mug tea 1 pint diet coke 1 pint NAS 1 mug hot lime Syns used - 5.5 Exercise...

Which book is he getting? The Kath Woodward one? Need to make sure you get the 2nd edition not the lovely cheap 1st edition which is out of date apparently, heh. I've got one saved in my amazon basket ready for payday. I will also be ordering huge amounts of stationery, mostly because I really...

Breakfast - Scrambled eggs, beans and mushrooms Lunch - Chicken curry, saag aloo and brown rice. Snack - 2 x scan bran (hexb) + 1tbsp choc spread (4) Dinner - Sausage, egg and chips followed by a green monster smoothie (hexa +7) Drinks 3 mugs coffee 1 mug tea 2 pints NAS Syns used - 11...

I couldn't decide, so doing an Open Degree starting with DD101 in Social Sciences :)

It went really well, he had a fab day and lots of great pressies (phonics toys, a balance bike and a Mobi-Go Vtech thingymajig) I mostly resisted temptation, by allowing myself 1/2 a pack of smarties and then a pack of quavers after. It was hard going though and I made sure everyone took the...

Cheeseburger, chips and salad

I think I'd go for the pad thai too, yum! Have a lovely night whichever you choose :) Cheeseburger, chips and salad

Breakfast - Mushroom omelette with 1 syn of HP Lunch - Asparagus and notdogs. Snack - apple Dinner - Pan fried garlic chicken breast with sweet potato chips and salad. Drinks so far 3 pint NAS 1 mug tea Syns used - 1 Exercise School drop off - 2.6km Walk to book Toby into playgroup to...

Toby is 3 today and I'm now surrounded by chocolate cake, smarties and haribo *deep breaths* Breakfast - Porridge and banana (hexb + 1/2 hexa) Post swim snack - 2 x rocky road hi-fi bars (6) + apple Lunch - Notdogs + poached eggs Snack - Leftover roast veggie couscous Snack - 1/2 pack of...

Evil cake that I have to ignore

One of my favourite types of cake is vegan chocolate cake. I bake them every time we have a big party thing as some of our friends are vegan, the first time I baked a little vegan one and a large normal cake and everyone ate the vegan one. I'm not baking the cake today, I'm cheating and...

It's my son's 3rd birthday tomorrow and he has requested a chocolate train cake. I am going to need every ounce of willpower I have :S

Breakfast - Porridge, banana (hexb + 1/2 hexa) Snack - some sliced chicken breast. Lunch - Asparagus and a poached egg Dinner - Moroccan roast veg couscous Drinks so far 1 mug green tea 3 pint NAS 2 cups pepsi max Syns used - Random snacking at fat club taster night Exercise Sprog...

Sweet chilli chicken and vegetable stir fry

Sweet chilli chicken and vegetable stir fry

Breakfast - Porridge, cherries (hexb + 1/2 hexa) Post swim snack - apple Lunch - Notdogs, poached eggs and mushrooms. Snack - apple Dinner - Chicken and veg stir fry with mushroom chow mein. Pudding - Green monster type pud - Spinach, cherries, banana, fresh ginger, fat free yoghurt and...

Well, that was a day filled with sausage rolls, cheesecakes (yes, more than one) and a shop bought curry. Followed by whisky and ginger beer. I don't regret a bit of it but I'm going to draw a big ol' fat line under that now...

It was lovely pudding, normally I would have eaten 3x that amount so I'm still being good even when I'm being naughty. His birthday is today and we're out all day so food is out of my control. Will be as good as I can but not intending to stick completely to plan. Breakfast - Bacon sarnie, 1 x...

Griddled steak, chips, asparagus, tomato, garlic mushrooms, red onion rings and salad

Griddled steak, chips, asparagus, tomato, garlic mushrooms, red onion rings and salad

Breakfast - Porridge + cherries (hexb + 1/2 hexa) Snack - Muller greek light 0.5 syns Lunch - Egg and veggie 'fried' rice Dinner - Cooking a dinner for hubby's birthday - Steak, asparagus, crinkle cut chips, garlic mushrooms, balsamic glazed red onion rings and salad. Pudding 1/6th of a...

Slow cooked beef chilli, twice baked wedges, salad, cheese and lime soured yoghurt

Slow cooked beef chilli, twice baked wedges, salad, cheese and lime soured yoghurt

Breakfast - Porridge, cherries (hexb + 1/2 hexa) Snack - 2 x apples Lunch - Chicken curry and saag aloo with some homemade mango chutney (2) Snack - Quavers (4.5) + Muller light greek yog (0.5). Followed shortly after by another Muller light (0.5) - Yes, I am hormonal and over eating...

The 'bacon' version is mostly crispy so you don't get the sogginess that most people hate with aubergine. My husband hates it and won't eat anything with it in so I always end up with loads of it, heh.

You can buy maple syrup flavoured agave too, it's lovely drizzled over frozen cherries :) The eggplant bacon really is fantastic, and very moreish. I ate that whole plate, hehe!

I got mine from America, but you can buy from Amazon - Amazon.co.uk: liquid smoke. Syn free :) Syns for Agave depend on the brand, the Good Food Company one is 1/2 a syn per tsp.

Breakfast - Cherries and fat free yoghurt. Snack - Quavers - 4.5 Lunch - Chicken, saag aloo and rice freezer pot Dinner - Sausage, egg, bacon, beans and mushrooms - hexb olive oil Snack - 10syn pot of icecream while watching HHGTTG at De Montfort Hall. Fantastic show! :) Drinks 3 pint...

Cheeseburgers, chips, salad, garlic mushrooms and balsamic glazed red onions

Cheeseburgers, chips, salad, garlic mushrooms and balsamic glazed red onions

Breakfast - Porridge, cherries and hazelnut syrup. (hexb + 1/2 hexa) Lunch - Balsamic roast veggies (aubergine, pepper, garlic. chillies and tomato) with couscous. Snack - 2 x hifi lights (6) - I love these Rocky Road ones. Dinner - Cheeseburgers (1/2 hexa), sw chips, salad Drinks 1 mug...

Half off for me tonight, that'll do given my chocolate accident earlier in the week! hehe Highly recommend the new Rocky Road hifi bars too, they taste fantastic.

Breakfast - Melon and cherries Snack - apple Lunch - Moussaka and salad Snack - Quavers + apple (4.5) Dinner - Cheesy bacon pasta bake (hexa). No pics as my phone is nearly deaded. Snack - 2 x hifi lights (hexb) Syns used - 4.5 Drinks so far 1 mug green tea 2 pints NAS 2 mug tea...

Sausage, bacon, eggs, beans and grilled tomatoes

Breakfast - Porridge, cherries (hexb + 1/2 hexa) Lunch - Full English - sausages, bacon, eggs, beans, toms. 1 syn for the sausages, 2 syns of HP. Dinner - Moussaka + salad + 1syns of olives Pudding - Yoghurt + cherries Drinks so far 1 mug green tea 4 pint NAS 2 mugs tea Syns used 4...

Spaghetti bolognaise with a leafy salad.

Spaghetti bolognaise with a leafy salad.