Pregnant on SW - Food Diary - feedback please

Following EE, not going to classes yet as I want to see how I go. I'm also pregnant and doing this on midwifes advice.

They would prefer I gained no weight in this pregnancy, and I need to lose 9lbs in the next 20 weeks in order to attempt the type of birth I want. I'm doctor and midwife approved to aim for this but nothing more.

i am going to paste my diaries each day and would appreciate advice about if I'm eating enough and calculating it right. The goal is to feel full, to be able to snack to keep the sickness at bay, to keep baby healthy (I was having way too much processed junk before) and to at minimum manage my weight gain.

If it goes well for the next fortnight or so I will sign up to classes.

Thanks in advance.
 
Wednesday - Day 1, Week 1, Month 1
Weight: 15st 9lbs

Banana - SF
Skim milk - HE a x 2

Ham - F
50g wholemeal bread - HE b
Flora light 1 tsp - 1 syn
Tomatoes - SF

Roast chicken breast - F
Boulangere potatoes - F (cooked in chicken stock)
Ratatouille - SF (peppers, tinned tomatoes, aubergine, courgette, cooked in fry light)
Cabbage - SF
Green beans - SF

Apple - SF

Total 1 syn

This doesn't seem like much, but I had lots of banana, and absolutely loads of dinner. Also, I wasn't sick today so kept it all down!

I would appreciate ideas of syn free or low syn snacky things I can have throughout the day. Tia.
 
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Thursday - Day 2, Week 1, Month 1

50g wholemeal bread - HE b
2 eggs cooked in fry light - F
Ketchup - 0.5 syns
Flora light - 2 syns

Coke - 1.5 syns

Ham - F
Chicken - F
Salad - SF
Apple - SF

Baked potatoes - F
Baked beans - F
Olive oil - 2 syns
Flora light - 4 syns
LF cheese - HE a + 6 syns

Total 16 syns
 
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Friday - Day 3, Week 1, Month 1

170 ml skim milk - HE a

Turkey ham subway on Wheat - 9 syns
Cheese - 6 syns
EL Mayo - 2 syns
Crisps - 9 syns
Salad - SF

Lean bacon, eggs, potatoes, cooked in fry light - F
Tomatoes - SF

Total - 26 syns - not the best day!
 
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Saturday - Day 4, Week 1, Month 1

I've decided to relax a little more on the weekends and be stricter in the week - not least because it's much harder with my husband home!

So with that in mind...

Ham and tomato salad - F, SF

Takeaway chicken tikka, pilau rice, bombay potatoes, naan - probably about a million syns

Total - lots!
 
Sunday - Day 5, Week 1, Month 1

Apple - SF
Skim Milk - HE a
Wholemeal bread - HE b
Cream cheese - 3 syns
Flora light - 2 syns

Bacon and eggs cooked in fry light - F
Tomatoes - SF

LF cheddar - HE a

Steak - F
Baguette - 9 syns
Flora - 4 syns
Fries - 7 syns
HP sauce - 2 syns

Total - 26 syns
 
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Monday - Day 6, Week 1, Month 1

Skim milk - HE a
Banana - SF

Salad - SF
Bread - HE b, 3 syns
Cheese - HE a
Flora light - 1 syn

Chicken curry, spicy potatoes, rice - F

Total - 4 syns
 
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Tuesday - Day 7, Week 1, Month 1

Vegetable soup - SF
Egg sandwich - 3 syns

Cheese - HE a
Ham - F

Bacon, egg cooked in fry light - F
Tomatoes - SF
Oven fries - 7 syns
Bread and flora - HE b, 8 syns

Total - 18 syns
 
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Wednesday - Day 1, Week 2, Month 1
Weight: 15st 6lbs
Lost 3lbs lw, 3lbs total

Wholemeal bread, ham, SL mayo, cheese, cucumber - HE a, HE b, 2 syns

Raisin wheats, skim milk - 7 syns? Ish? Not sure as couldn't find syn value for the raisin wheats

Apple - SF

Spicy thai meatballs, noodles, veg - 5 syns

1/2 Easter egg - 10 syns

Total - 22 syns

I do feel like I'm struggling to get enough SF in for EE to work. Today I had a small apple, 3 inches of cucumber, half a pepper, half a bak choi, and 2 spring onions. That's probably not even 4 portions.
 
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Thursday - Day 2, Week 2, Month 1

Raisin wheats and skim milk - HE a, HE b

Turkey ham and salad subway - 9 syns, F, SF
Crisps - 6 syns

Vegetable pasta - F, SF
Cheese - HE b

Total - 15 syns
 
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Friday - Day 3, Week 2, Month 1

Raisin wheats, skim milk - HE a, HE b

Wholemeal ham and salad sandwich - 6 syns
Crisps - 6 syns

Chili, tortilla wraps, cheese, sour cream - loads of syns
Milk and biscuits - 10 syns

Total - at least 40 syns and probably a lot more!
 
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Saturday and Sunday - Days 4 and 5, Week 2, Month 1

Not counting syns

Burger, chips, ice cream, coke
Pizza, chicken dippers, salad, SL mayonnaise
Galaxy

Total - at least 60 syns

Bacon sandwich, tomatoes - HE b, SF, F, 6 syns
Breaded chicken, wedges, baked beans - 2 syns

Total - 8 syns
 
hows things going? Im also pregnant & doing sw x
 
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