Carol's Food Diary - EE/R/G

[carol30]

I’m not sure which plan I’m following; hence the title.

I’m hoping it mostly EE; from next week I will be updating daily.

I started my weight loss journey in late march, so far i have lost 2stone 1lb. I was 23stone 5lbs and now I am 21stone 4lbs.

Any advice will be appreciated.

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Date: 11/6 – 17/6/12


Monday 11/6/12

Breakfast: 2 slices bread, toasted from 400g, Tin Baked beans.

Lunch: Had tooth out.

Dinner: Tin Heinz soup, Sliced Ham

Snacks: None

HEXB – Bread
Drinks – Black Coffee, Diet Pepsi and Squash

Total Syns: 9

Tuesday 12/6/12

Breakfast: Mango chunks, 2 slices white bread, Tesco's coarse Pate (?)

Lunch: Chicken breast with side salad

Dinner: Coleman’s Lemon & Herb seasoning for chicken (I had turkey), 2 onions, pepper, courgettes and tin toms; seasoning (Schwartz Italian garlic, salt and pepper

Snacks: 2 Apples

Drinks – Black coffee, 2 Diet Pepsi

Total Syns: 6+

Wednesday 13/6/12

Breakfast: 2 Quorn sausages, Bacon, Tom and Eggs

Lunch: 3 slices wholemeal bread, Very low fat Mayonnaise, Ham and tomato

Dinner: 1 Co-op Gammon Steak (?), grilled in George foreman, Batchelors savoury golden vegetable rice, Pineapple.

Snacks: none


HEXA: milk enough for 2 cups of tea
HEXB: wholemeal bread
Drinks: Black Coffee, squash and Diet Pepsi

Syns: 6+

Thursday: 14/6/12

Breakfast: 2 bananas with Mullerlight yogurt

Lunch: No lunch

Dinner: Spaghetti bolognaise (homemade; still have to work out syns)

Drinks: Black coffee, 1 litre squash, Diet Pepsi

Snacks: none

HEXA: cheese 1 tsp parmesan
Syns: ?

Friday: 15/6/12

Breakfast: 2 slices bread, toasted, 3 eggs, scrambled with water, Cheese and mixed herbs, Banana


Lunch: Ham salad (Cucumber, 2 little gems, toms, cress and beetroot)

Dinner: Fish & Chips (chips shop)

HEXA: Cheese
HEXB: Bread
Drinks: Jug Black Coffee, 1 litre squash, 1 Diet Pepsi

Syns: ?

Saturday 16/6/12

Breakfast: 2 Bananas and Mullerlight Yogurt

Lunch: 2 slices wholemeal bread toasted, WW tin Spaghetti in tomato sauce

Dinner: Pasta with Bacon & tomatoes 1 tsp parmesan cheese

Snacks: none
HEXA: cheddar cheese
HEXB: bread

Drinks: 2 Diet Pepsi, jug black coffee and 1 litre squash

Snacks: 2 slices white bread, 4 slices cheddar cheese
Syns: 12 1/2


Sunday 17/6/12

Breakfast: loads of strawberries

Lunch: left over Pasta with Bacon and tomatoes

Dinner: chicken thigh with mixed herbs, Jacket Potato, cauliflower and runner beans with mint sauce

Snacks:

HEXA: -
HEXB –
Drinks – Black Coffee, Diet Pepsi and Squash

Total Syns:

 

[supervixen*]

Hi Carol, well done on your loss so far How are you feeling, are you enjoying Slimming World?

 

[carol30]

Yes thanks.

I have more success with slimming world then i ever did with weight watchers.

I've always been a 'big girl' but it wasn't until i married and had a couple of kids that the weight piled on.

 

[Clouise29]

Are you doing this from home? With the EE plan you have to have 1/3 of every meal as super free foods so if you have a jacket potato and baked beans then you need to have a plate of salad or veg or fruit as well. Also try and have your HEA and B a day as this is needed for your health x

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[carol30]

Are you doing this from home? With the EE plan you have to have 1/3 of every meal as super free foods so if you have a jacket potato and baked beans then you need to have a plate of salad or veg or fruit as well. Also try and have your HEA and B a day as this is needed for your health x
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Yes i am doing this from home, can you tell?

There are days when i don't feel hungry at all, i'm trying to increase my superfree but it's a slow progress.

 

[Clouise29]

I am doing it from home as well it's harder as you don't have all the info available, I find it helps to read other peoples diarys to see what they eat. Gives some inspiration and advice, good luck x

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[carol30]

Another day for my food diary

Monday 18/6/12

Breakfast: 2 slices wholemeal bread, toasted (Hexb), garlic & mushrooms fried in frylight
Lunch: 2 Quorn Sausages (2) 2 eggs fried in frylight and Baked beans
Dinner: Beef stew with potatoes, green beans, carrots, onions with bisto beef with shallots gravy (2)
Drinks: Jug of coffee, 1 litre squash, 1 diet pepsi
Snack: ovaltine light (not sure of syn) 2 quorn sausages (2), Mullerlight yogurt with 2 bananas
syns: 6+

 

[carol30]

Been a better day today, have tried to include more free and super free choices in my menu.

Tuesday 19/6/12

Breakfast: 2 quorn sausages (2), mushrooms, mixed herbs, 3 eggs scrambled, 2 sliced wholemeal toast (400g)

Lunch: Chicken thighs with melted cheese, plain rice with side salad

Dinner: Ham Salad (2 little gem, cucumber and cherry tomatoes) with very low fat mayonnaise (1), Mullerlight yogurt with banana

Snacks: 2 Apples, strawberries, sugar free jelly

HEXA: cheese
HEXB: wholemeal bread

Drinks – Black coffee, 2 Diet Pepsi, squash

Total Syns: 3

 

[Clouise29]

That's good, how are you finding having to add the super free foods x

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[carol30]

That's good, how are you finding having to add the super free foods x

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Had to go to tesco today to buy more fruit and veg; i over did it a bit, but i know it will get eaten. I also found a lot of item that i think i might try especially the packet of couscos; i've only tried it once but it was already made.

Having a go at the syn free chicken biryani tonight. Hope it works out ok.

 

[Clouise29]

I'm sure it will I'm trying the chicken and spinach curry but going to use prawns instead x

 

[carol30]

Sorry for not posting last night; went out for a two hour walk can’t remember much after 5 o’clock.


Wednesday 20 June 2012

Breakfast: Baked beans on toast, banana

Lunch: Ham and Egg salad; (little gem, tomatoes, cucumber, cress)

Dinner: Syn free chicken Biryani, fruit

Snacks: Sugar free jelly;


HEXA: Milk 250ml
HEXB: Wholemeal bread
Drinks: Black Coffee, squash and Diet Pepsi

Syns:



So far today;

Breakfast: 2 BGTY sausages (1) 2 bacon, fat removed, Tomato, 2 eggs fried in frylight, 2 oranges and a few pieces of fresh pineapple.

 

[carol30]

Thursday: 21 June 2012

Breakfast: Breakfast: 2 BGTY sausages (1) 2 bacon, fat removed, Tomato, 2 eggs fried in frylight, 2 oranges and a few pieces of fresh pineapple.

Lunch: 2 bananas with Mullerlight yogurt

Dinner: Vegetable soup, beef steak, sugar free jelly

Drinks: Black coffee, 1 litre squash, Diet Pepsi

Snacks: Milk (hexA) walkers crisps (7)

Syns:8

 

[carol30]

I started my weight loss journey with weight watchers; I wasn’t having much success with them; I stuck with it for two months in the end I gave up. It wasn’t until I was searching through e-bay that I found the Slimming worlds books. I placed a bid and won my starter kit; and I haven’t looked back since.

The first week I lost 5lbs. I was surprised when I stepped on the scales I had never lost 5lbs in one week before; not all at once. After that it was a steady 2lbs until this month where it has been STS and lost, STS and lost again. I took the advice of ‘Pommette’ and started a diary.

Back in January my Oh brought me the Wii fit and balance board. I have increased my exercise in the last two week; I can’t do much as I have a bad hip, I know when I overdo it my hip gives me hell. My OH takes me out walking in the local parks near where we live; we have also looked into going swimming.

At the moment our local swimming pool has closed down for refurbishment, so we went out looking for a another swimming pool that doesn’t do lane swimming; luckily we found one after only going to one pool. We start next week if everything goes according to plan.

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Not feeling very hungry today.

Friday: 22 June 2012

Breakfast: 2 Oranges, Mullerlight yogurt


Lunch: bowl of Heinz beef soup beef broth (9)

Dinner: Cod, steamed with SW chips

Snacks: Sugar free jelly, Vegetable soup, cracker bread, extra light laughing cow cheese

HEXA: Cheese
HEXB: Jacob’s Cracker bread

Drinks: Jug Black Coffee, 1 litre squash, 1 Diet Pepsi

Syns: 9

 

[Clouise29]

The swimming will be food for your hips, I'm going to start once my babies had his 2nd lot of jabs, dreading getting into a swimming costume though but I'll do it x

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[carol30]

Thanks for all your support i very much appreciate it

 

[carol30]

Didn’t do very much today hips hurting a lot. Overdid the exercise, walking and the Wii fit. Must listen to my body more, the sooner I start swimming the better!!

If my maths is correct i'm 4lb off my 10%.


Saturday 23 June 2012

Breakfast: 2 Bacon, 2 eggs; fried in frylight, mushrooms & garlic; fried in frylight and 2 slices toast (HEXB)

Lunch: late breakfast; no lunch

Dinner: Beef casserole (1/4 pack casserole vegetables, ½ cup pearl barley, ½ cup red lentils, bisto gravy with caramelised onions (2)

Snacks: Walkers crisps (7)
HEXB: bread

Drinks: 2 Diet Pepsi, jug black coffee and 1 litre squash

Syns: 9

 

[carol30]

Sorry i didn't post last week, but here it is. At the end is a recipe for chicken risotto. Hope you enjoy!

Sunday 24 June 2012

Steps today: 1614

Breakfast: Banana and Mullerlight yogurt

Lunch: Gregg Pasty (Syns lots!!!!)

Dinner: Taste the difference Lamb shanks, Jacket potato (free) veg, (free) Gravy

Drinks – Black Coffee, Diet Pepsi and Squash

Total Syns: unknown because of the pasty (TTD lamb shanks 3 syns)



Monday 25[SUP]th[/SUP] June, 2012

Didn’t go out today, did 2399 steps. The Wii helped.

Breakfast: Pineapple, strawberries and raspberries

Lunch: Bacon, tomatoes 2 eggs fried in frylight, 4 slices whole bread x 1 HEXB (6)

Dinner: Sainsbury’s Bistro Lamb shanks (4) Jacket Potato

Drinks: Jug of coffee, 1 litre squash, 1 diet Pepsi

Snack: Angel delight with banana (7)

syns: 17

Tuesday 26 June 2012

I have been using a Pedometer for the past week. I am not doing anywhere near the 10,000 that the government recommends; but it’s a start.

Today I have done 5065.

The OH took me out for a walk today and we walked 1.5km; I’m not entirely sure how far that is in miles, but it took us two hours.

When I can’t go out I go on the Wii; I usually do steps, jogging and some yoga. It helps to take my step on the pedometer up!!

Tired after my walk didn’t do a lot for dinner; it was a quickie.

Breakfast: Banana with Mullerlight yogurt
Lunch: Walker’s crisps (7); little ham
Dinner: Chicken thigh, Campbell low fat mushroom soup (7/2=3 ½), mushrooms and plain boiled rice
Snacks: Linda McCartney sausages, sugar free jelly
Drinks: Black coffee, squash 1 litre, Diet Pepsi
Syns: 10 ½


Wednesday 27 June 2012

Walked to Tesco again, I think I make this a weekly commitment; my OH insists that I take someone with me just in case I fall.

Steps today:3131

Breakfast: 3 eggs scrambled in water, loads of mushrooms and green beans all fried in frylight
Lunch: Warburtons wrap (8), sliced turkey, 1 tbsp very low fat mayonnaise (1)
Dinner: Marrow, with chilli con carne
Snack: 2 apricots, sugar free jelly
Drinks: Black coffee, Diet Pepsi, Diet coke, squash
Syns: 9

Thursday 28 June 2012


Stayed at home today. I can’t remember what I did. I must remember to update my journal daily.

Steps today: 2184

For some reason I was hungry today.

Breakfast: Parsley chicken & ham pate with toast (HEXB)
Lunch: Ham Salad
Dinner: Pork kidneys with onions in pork gravy (2) Jacket potato
Snack: 4 slices bread (12) sainsbury’s corn beef slices 3 (4 ½)
Drinks: Black coffee Diet Pepsi and squash
Syns: 18 ½



Friday 29 June 2012

Went swimming today; I haven’t been for 8 years; I forgot how much I missed it. This is another weekly commitment.

Steps today: 1115 plus swimming

Breakfast: back bacon, fat removed, grilled; 2 eggs fried, in frylight
Lunch: 2 Ryvita Crispebreads (½ HEXB), Parsley chicken & ham Pate
Dinner: Fish & Chips
Snack: BGTY crisps
Drinks: Black coffee, Diet Pepsi, squash
Syns: 4 ½ ++


Saturday 30 June 2012

Forgot to put my pedometer on this morning; didn’t remember until lunchtime; that was after I came home from shopping!!! All my briefs, skirts and trousers are quite loose so went out and brought some more.

Steps today: 654

Breakfast: Kipper (not boil in the bag)
Lunch: 2 BGTY sausages (1), tomatoes and mushrooms and 2 fried eggs, cooked in frylight
Dinner: Chicken Risotto Milanese (as far as I have worked out it syn free on EE)
Snack:
Drinks: Black coffee, Diet Pepsi and squash
Syns: 1


Sunday 1 July 2012

Forgot to put on my pedometer again! Couldn’t go out for a walk because its raining, hopefully the weather will be nice tomorrow for a walk.

Steps today: 1305

Lunch: cheese sandwich with tomato and Mayonnaise
Dinner: Chicken thighs, jacket potato, stuffing, gravy, peas, carrots and Brussels
Snack: cheese sandwich with tomato and mayonnaise (7)
Drinks: black coffee, squash and Diet Pepsi

Total steps this week: 15996.



Chicken Risotto Milanese
(Adapted from chicken dishes from quick & easy by Parragon)
Serves 4
As far as I know this is syn free on EE


Frylight
900g chicken, sliced thinly
1 large onion, chopped
500g Arborio rice (risotto)
600ml chicken stock
1 tsp crumbled saffron
salt and pepper
60g grated Parmesan cheese, to serve


Heat frylight in a deep frying pan, and fry chicken and onions until golden brown

Add the rice to the frying pan, stir well and cook for 15 minutes

Heat the stock until boiling and gradually add to the rice. Add the saffron, salt and pepper and mix well. Simmer gently for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more stock if the risotto becomes too dry.

Add a little more stock and simmer for 10 minutes. Leave the risotto to stand for 2-3 minutes just before serving, Serve the risotto, sprinkled with the grated Parmesan cheese.

 

[carol30]

Monday 2 July 2012


Week 15


I’ve reached my 10% and I have lost 2 ½ stone!!!!
Didn’t go out today, went on the wii and did 30 minutes


When I changed in to my shorts I forgot to put on my pedometer on before going on the wii; so steps today: 911

Breakfast: mushrooms and tomatoes on toast (HEXB)

Lunch: 3 Mullerlight yogurt and 1 banana

Dinner: Batchelors savoury chicken rice with Gammon steak

Drinks: Jug of coffee, 1 litre squash, 1 diet Pepsi

Snack: sugar free jelly (1/2), ham & cheese slices (HEXA)
syns:


Tuesday 3 July 2012

Week 15



Weather miserable, may not be able to go out for a walk today if not I will be going on the wii.

Step today: 1085

Breakfast: Ham with scrambled eggs
Lunch:
Dinner: Batchelors tomato and herb pasta n sauce with mini chicken fillets
Snacks: slice of ham
Drinks: Black coffee, squash 1 litre, Diet Pepsi
Syns:

Wednesday 4 July 2012
Week 15


Walked to Tesco, I’m making this a weekly commitment unless of course it pouring with rain, then I will do it another day.

Steps today: 5213

Today’s menu:

Breakfast: 3 slices bread (3), 2 field mushrooms and tomatoes; fried in frylight
Lunch: Ham salad, 1 tbsp very low fat mayonnaise (1), sugar free jelly with fruit (1/2)
Dinner: Lamb stew with bisto lamb & mint sachet (2)
Snack: Turkey slices with 2 slices bread (6), Vanilla latte (4)
Drinks: Black coffee, Diet Pepsi, Diet coke, squash
Total Syns: 16 ½

Thursday 5 July 2012
Week 15


Going out for another walk today, just to see if I can manage two walks in a row. Went to Mayfield park again; it’s nice and quite there, found the nurseries had some nice plants for sale; didn’t buy any. Made the most of the weather; at least its not raining cats and dogs!!!

Steps before walk: 2303
Steps while out walking: 2362
Total steps for the day: 5213

Breakfast: Kippers
Lunch: Turkey salad with 1 tbsp very low fat mayonnaise (1), banana
Dinner: pork kebabs, with salad and jacket potato
Snacks: 2 polo mints (sugar free) angel delight (6), banana
Drinks: Black coffee, Diet Pepsi, squash
Syns: 7


Friday 6 July 2012


Week 15


Feeling really tired today, the walk yesterday must have knocked me out, fell asleep after tea work up at 1am and went back to sleep until 8am. I ache something rotten.

Going swimming again today; that will help my aches or add to them!

Steps today: 2209

Breakfast: Cheese omelette
Lunch: Orange
Dinner: Salmon with very small portion chips (5)
Snack: Banana, Alpen light Apple & Sultana (2 ½), sugar free jelly (½)
Drinks: Black coffee, Diet Pepsi and squash
Syns: 8



Saturday July 7 2012


Week 15

It’s abit iffy today weather wise. Went on the Wii and did 45 minutes; for a change I did tennis, boxing and bowling; the boxing was a struggle and wore me out. I was planning on doing my steps DVD but after boxing I gave it a miss.

Steps today: 1665

Breakfast: Orange
Lunch: Trout with 2 slices toast
Dinner: Pete’s beef stroganoff with rice (4)
Snack: sugar free jelly (1/2), Walkers chicken crisps (7)
Drinks: black coffee, Diet Pepsi and squash
Syns: 11 1/2



Sunday 8 July 2012


Week 15


Woke up cold today, after breakfast I played my Steps DVD did an hour; it was certainly different from the Wii.

Step today: 2745

Today’s menu:

Breakfast: 3 BGTY Sausages (1 ½), 2 slices bacon; fat removed, 2 eggs, loads of mushrooms and tomatoes, 1 slice wholemeal bread (½ HEXB)
Lunch: seeing as I had a big breakfast I had no lunch
Dinner: Roast Pork, Jacket Potato, Cabbage, peas, stuffing (1 ½) and gravy (2)
Snack: Sugar free (½)
Drinks: black coffee, Diet Pepsi and squash
Syns: 6

 

[carol30]

Sorry for posting extremely late. I forgot to post.

Total Steps for this week: 15350

Monday 9/7/2012

Woke up this morning and my knees were painful so I have taken it easy today.

Steps today: 1442

Today’s Menu:

Breakfast: Ham Omelet
Lunch: Muller light yogurt with banana
Dinner: Pete’s Peanut Curry (4 ½) with Uncle Bens Express plain rice.(2 ½)
Snacks: Walkers Chicken crisps (7)
Drinks: Black coffee, Diet Pepsi and squash
Syns: 14


Tuesday 10 July 2012

Week 16



Today when I woke my knees were still painful. Weather miserable, I was hoping to go for a walk.

I was rather cold so I cooked one of Pete’s soups leek & potato. It was lovely.

Went on the Wii and did yoga and muscle building and Wii sports tennis.

Step today: 1788

Breakfast: Ham with scrambled eggs with 2 slices toast
Lunch: Pete’s Leek & Potato Soup
Dinner: Pete’s sweet & sour
Snacks: BGTY crisps (4 ½), sugar free jelly (½)
Drinks: Black coffee, squash 1 litre, Diet Pepsi
Syns: 5


Wednesday, 11 July 2012


Week 16


I was going to walk to tesco by it rained very heavy so my OH took me in the car, while I was there I noticed my pedometer wasn’t where it was supposed to be; I was freaking out that I had lost it. When I returned home I found it; it had fallen off while I was sitting at the table phew! So my steps won’t be as high as I hoped.

Steps today: 2028 after losing it

Today’s menu:

Breakfast: Kipper fried in frylight
Lunch: chicken salad, 1 tbsp very low fat mayonnaise (1)
Dinner: Lamb stew with bisto lamb & mint sachet
Snack: Turkey slices, Skinny latte (4)
Drinks: Black coffee, Diet Pepsi, Diet coke, squash
Total Syns: 14 ½


Thursday July 12, 2012


Week 16


Going out for another walk today. Went to Swanwick Lakes it was pouring. It was nice there; but next not when it’s raining I got drenched. I didn’t do much for the rest of the day.

Steps before walk: 1000
Steps while out walking: 2000
Total steps for the day: 3394

Breakfast: 4 slices wholemeal toast, 4 slices tesco red Leicester
Lunch: Baxter’s turkey broth (8) banana
Dinner: 2 fish code in parsley sauce (9) with rice and mixed vegetables
Snacks: 2 polo mints (sugar free) packet walkers chicken crisps (6)
Drinks: Black coffee, Diet Pepsi, squash
Syns: 23


Friday 13 July 2012


Week 16


Woke up feeling cold today; must be from the drenching I got yesterday. I don’t ache as much as I thought I would after the walk yesterday.

It’s going to be a busy day today, foot clinic this morning, coming home and doing lunch and this afternoon I’m going swimming. Had a KFC for tea bad, bad, bad; loads of syns

Steps up until going swimming: 1009
Steps after swimming: 1622
Total for the day: 1668

Today Menu:

Breakfast: Cheese Omelette and toast
Lunch: Watermelon
Dinner: KFC and Jacket Potato
Snack: 2 Bananas (1 after swimming)
Drinks: Black coffee, Diet Pepsi and squash
Syns: unknown due to KFC



Saturday July 7 2012


Week 16

Cold again today, been busy catching up with the housework. I’m glad I didn’t go out for a walk it been pouring all day.

Been busy doing a menu plan for next week; its easier when you know what your going to have instead of throwing something together at the last minute.

Steps today: 1402

Breakfast: kipper fillets, 2 slices of bread
Lunch: 3 egg scrambled with loads of mushroom, 2 slices toast
Dinner: Syn free Chicken Biryani
Snack: walker’s chicken crisps (7)
Drinks: black coffee, Diet Pepsi and squash
Syns: 7



Sunday 15 July 2012


Week 16

This morning I went on the Wii for 16 minutes; I’m hoping to improve that later today.

Step today:

Today’s menu:

Breakfast: 1 mackerel fillet 2 slices toast (7)
Lunch:
Dinner: Shepherd’s pie with vegetables and gravy.
Snack:
Drinks: black coffee, Diet Pepsi and squash
Syns: