Diary of a Maintainer

[Laura_carlburgess]

Ok so as above my day on Saturday started very well and turned into a food/booze nightmare that saw us leaving the car there and getting a lift home so all SW reservations went out the window. Then yesterday was a booze recovery day so was very much in need of greasy hangover food. Don't know what's up with me and not being able to stay on plan recently GROAN :-(

Anyway been good today abd working on minus syns to make up for my indiscretions....so diary today is

30th May 2011

Breakfast
Two pieces of toast (no butter) HEB
28g cheese HEA
Baked beans FF
Two "fried" eggs FF

Morning snacks
Apple
Orange

Dinner
Fat free super noodles FF
Diced onions and mushrooms SF
Strawberries SF
Grapes SF
Fat free onken yogurt FF

Tea
1 syn SW Chicken Dupiaza (onions, peppers, mushrooms, tomato, garlic, ginger SF)
Steamed rice FF
SW chips FF
Chopped strawberries/grapes SF
Yogurt FF

Syn
1 syn in curry
Total syns 1

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

31st May 2011

Breakfast
Two egg omelette (no milk) FF
Grilled mushrooms SF
Chopped grapes SF
Onken yogurt FF

Morning snacks
Apple

Dinner
Left over SW curry from last night with steamed rice SF/FF
Coop wholemeal pitta HEB
28g cheese HEA

Tea
Chicken, mushroom and leek roastie pie (lots of SF leek, mushroom, carrot, peas, garlic) potato FF
Mixed SF roasted veggies (peppers, red onion, carrot, leeks, mushrooms, courgette)
Chopped strawberries SF
Natural fat free yogurt FF

Syn
1 syn for gravy in the pie when divided by 4 portions
3 syn Alpen light choc and fudge bar
Total syns 4

Exercise a bit FAT 0!! Really need to get my arse into gear and get some exercise done now that I am starting to feel human...ish

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

1st picture - roasted veggies

2nd picture - chicken, mushroom and leek roastie pie

3rd picture - on the plate...a bit of a mess but blooming gorgeous

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

1st June 2011

Breakfast
Magic porridge HEB
chopped strawberries SF
Apple

Morning snacks
Chopped strawberries SF
Chopped pineapple SF
Dollop of S/berry onken FF

Dinner
Fat free chilli super noodles FF
Apple SF

Tea
Spag Bol (SF veggies were red/White onion, peppers, mushrooms, courgette, tomatoes and garlic) 2/3
Linguine pasta FF 1/3
28g cheese HEA

Dessert
2 oranges

Syn
3 syn Alpen light bar
5.5 syn kit Kat two finger bar
Total syn 8.5

 

[Shrimpy]

Hiya, just popping in to say HI! Yesterday's dinner looked AMAZING! I LOVE roasted veggies!

You doing Success Express?

Was your spag meat free?

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

Hey

Thanks for popping by I read your diary every day top haha

I am trying but probably not very well no the spag bol had mince meat it but just trying to eat more SF or at least 2/3 on the plate.

Not sure if I understand SE very well. I fancy trying a red week but don't quite understand that one either lol that's why I stick to EE x

 

[Shrimpy]

Hiya!

SE is just 2/3 of each meal is fruit/veggies, all snacks are superfree, HEx or syns. If you have anything that is synned (and not part of the 1/3 of a meal) must be synned at the highest value. You get two Bs and 2 As.

Red is pretty easy too. All meats are free and all the orange pages are free. HEx are the usual pages and the Red HExB page. You get two Bs and 1 or 2 As.

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

Thanks for the above shrimpy. Going to try again tomorrow. I think it will be easier as I plan on attempting my first ever red day tomorrow

Plan is to have for breakfast - porridge and lots of chopped fruit on top (HEA and HEB and SF)

Dinner - tuna salad

Tea - fillet steak in some sort of garlic and mushroom sauce, lots of SF roasted veggies and for my final HEB either a portion of potato made into SW chips or might do some sort of pitta garlic bread

Snacks will all be SF fruit and then would u say 5-10 syns?
Does that sound about right? X

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

2nd June 2010

Breakfast
2 egg omelette FF (no milk)
1/2 tin Baked beans FF
Apple

Dinner
Small baked potato FF
1/2 tin Baked beans FF
Big bowl of chopped strawberries/pineapple SF
Natural yogurt FF

Tea
Left over spag Bol with lots of superfree
Wholewheat pasta FF
28 Cheese HEA
Garlic pitta bread HEB
2 oranges

Will update syn and going back to aerobics tonight YEY finally got some motivation

Ok update I went to aerobics and worked my arse off ;-) so yey and feel so much better and motivated. Also I went for the garlic pitta bread WOW it was lovely haven't had any syns yet not sure about having any or perhaps having just a Alpen light bar for 3 syns with fruit....hmmmmmmm decisions ;-)

Update again
Had Allen light and Oreo cookie for grand total of 5.5syn

 

[Shrimpy]

Looks like a lovely EE day.

The original plan would have been a good red day, though I tend to save my HExB for cereal/cereal bars etc so would have butternut squash chips.

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

Looks like a lovely EE day.

The original plan would have been a good red day, though I tend to save my HExB for cereal/cereal bars etc so would have butternut squash chips.

Hey

My today's tea looks like a good EE or tomorrow's meal plan?

Never tried BNS chips before...I actually have a BNS in so that could be a plan. Do they taste similar to chips?

If I used BNS for tomorrow nights tea then I could have porridge for breakfast and then instead of having tuna salad on it's on I could pile it all into a coop pitta bread and make a kebab as such for my HEB x

 

[Shrimpy]

Today.

BNS chips taste sweet, not really like normal chips, so I load them with smoked paprika, chilli and pepper and they are AMAZING!

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

Ooh might give them a try tomorrow then thanks for the tip. X

 

[Shrimpy]

No probs. I love BNS, I like it roasted with cajun spices too. *drool*

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

3rd June 2011

1st ever Red Day - yey ;-)

Breakfast
2 egg omelette (no milk) FF
Grilled mushrooms and tomatoes SF

Morning snacks
Apple SF
Strawberries SF
Pineapple SF

Dinner
Tuna (1/2 syn E/E lite Mayo) FF
Lettuce, onion, peppers, carrot SF
28g cheese HEA
Coop pitta 1st HEB
Apple - SF
Orange - SF

Tea
Fillet steak in Jamaican jerk spices FF
Portion of potato into SW chips 2nd HEB
Sautéed onion, mushrooms and tomatoes in garlic SF
Salad of lettuce, onion, peppers, carrot SF
1 tbsn Mayo 1syn

Syns
1.5 syn Mayo
3 syn Alpen light choc fudge bar
5.5 kitkat two finger bar
Total syn 10

I haven't done any exercise today...well it was too lovely to go biking but I did go for a lovely walk with my husband and daughter

 

[Shrimpy]

Mmmmmm. Looks gorgeous Laura!

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

Thanks Hun.

This picture was actually prior to the sautéed veggies on top...trying to present The food to look edible but I am happy with a big mess on the plate it was gorg x

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

4th June 2011 - Red Day

Breakfast

2 egg omelette (no milk) FF
Grilled mushrooms SF
Tomatoes SF
Strawberries SF
Natural yogurt FF

Dinner
Boiled egg FF
SW spicy sausage FF
Lettuce, onion, peppers, tomatoes, carrot SF
Apple

Tea
Will be a SW friendly BBQ which is why I am having a HEA and HEB free day so far to save for tonight.
Having SW sausage, SW Mex burger (in bap HEB) with 28g cheese HEA
Lots of salad and a jacket potato 2nd HEB

Then still have 7.5 syns to play with yey me

Will update later xx

UPDATE: Ok so my red day turned into an unexpected EE day... Because after I consumed two BBQ corn on the cob(Devine) I had some third sense that was telling me to question whether it was free on red day...therefore went into panic mode to find out, then I did then crapped it thinking SYNS EEEK but then breathed a sign of relief when realised only had a pitta today as i could use the jacket potato as FF if I changed to EE phew panic over haha

So tea was

1 SW sausage (spicy yum) FF
1 SW burger (Mexican) FF
2 corn on cob FF
Sautéed mushrooms and red/White onions SF
Plate of salad (lettuce, onion, tomato, peppers, carrot and mushrooms) SF
1 medium jacket potato (no butter) FF
1 coop wholemeal pitta FF
Plain chicken (diced breast) kebab FF
1 tbsn extra light Mayo 0.5 syn
Bowl of fruit salad (strawberries, pineapple and grapes) SF

Syns
5 syn 2 caramel snack a jack
0.5 syn Mayo
Total syn for the day 5.5syn

 

[Laura_carlburgess]

5th June 2011 - Red Day

Breakfast
Big bowl of leftover fruit salad - strawberries, pineapple, grapes and apple SF

Brunch
Tomatoes SF
Mushrooms SF
21g mozzarella 1/2 HEA
2 SW syn free sausages

Afternoon snack
Small bowl of SF syn free spicy tomato soup (tomatoes, carrot, red onion, passata, veg stock) keep me going until tea

Tea
BBQ syn free SW burger SF/FF
Wholemeal roll HEB
21g mozzarella 1/2 HEA
Salad (lettuce, onion, tomato, carrot, mushroom, peppers) SF
Mixed roasted veggies (onion, mushrooms, peppers, courgettes) SF
Might have a portion of SW chips HEB (if not will have Alpen bars later on)

Syns
2.5 syn caramel snack a jack
2.5 syn marshmallow wafer thing
7.5 syn garlic bread (so totally not worth it but hey ho you live and learn haha)
Total syns 12.5 syn

UPDATE : SYNS

 

[Shrimpy]

Mmm looks yummy! I haven't even though about dinner yet! LOL. Wanna come and cook for me?