Dizzie's food diary - comments welcome!

[dizzydawnie]

Tuesday - Original

heyho, forgetting yesterday, was a veeeeerrrryy long day and resulted in Cadbury's caramel eggs x 2 being scoffed with rose wine.

Back to plan with gusto!!

Breakfast - grapefruit, porridge (B) and berries

Lunch - prawn stir fry, frylight, garlic, no sauce, strawberries and ML

Tea - chicken curry (Tikka paste) (1.5) packed with peppers, tomatoes, and mushrooms, melon,

Snacks - banana and ML, babybel x 2 (A), skimmed milk for porridge and cups of tea x 3 (A), 2L NAS. Tube of fruit mentos - I would think 7 syns should cover it at 0.5 syns per sweet ??

Syns for day 8.5 - knew I shouldn't have bought the sweets but by the time I had done all my tasks and completed the shopping I was soooooo hungry I thought I may pass out!! tsk!

 

[dizzydawnie]

Wednesday - Original

Had Magic Porridge for Breakfast this morning - what is all that about then?? I was positively ravenous 3 hours later when I am normally satisfied til 11ish. will give it another go tho simply because I quite like the fact that I can use all my HEA on milk for cups of tea!!

Breakfast - Magic porridge (B) with berries

Lunch - chicken curry (2), strawberries

Tea - prawn stir fry, melon, ML

Snacks - skimmed milk (A), 2 x babybel (A), 2 x Alpen lights (B) and tonight will aim for 1.5L NAS, grapefruit

Syns = 2/15

Feels like something is missing tho!

 

[dizzydawnie]

Thursday - Original

Breakfast - porridge (B) with berries

Lunch - chilli and coriander salmon salad (1) 1 tbsp Light Salad cream (1.5), strawberries and ML

Tea - prawn stir fry, no sauce. Banana and ML

Snacks - skimmed milk for porridge and cups of tea x 3 (A), 2 x Alpen light (B), 2 x Baby bel (A), 1.5L NAS, grapefruit

Total syns for day = 2.5

And it is now 8pm and I am RAVENOUS!!! Dangerous times!

 

[dizzydawnie]

Friday - Original

creature of habit am I!!

Breakfast - grapefruit, porridge (B) and berries

Lunch - ham salad with coleslaw (5)

Tea - Lamb steaks Georgied, with mixed veg - broccoli, carrots and cauliflower, mint sauce 1 tsp (1)

Snacks - 1.5L NAS, babybel x 2 (A), skimmed milk for porridge and tea (A), 2 x alpen lights (B)

Syns - 6

Peckish and fed up of eating the same type of stuff - going to get tea over and done wiht and then plan some changes!!

 

[dizzydawnie]

Sunday - Green

Breakfast - porridge (B) with 1 tsp jam (0.5)

Lunch - nothing really because at work and too busy yesterday on my day off to shop

Tea - baked beans on 1 slice toast (1/2 B) with eggs, ML

Snacks - skimmed milk (A) for porridge and 3 x cups of tea, 1 x Alpen light (1/2 B) 2 x Babybel (A), 1.5L NAS, Thai flavour mugshot x 2

 

[dizzydawnie]

Monday - Original

Breakfast - grapefruit, porridge (B) and berries

Lunch - shop bought ham salad with coleslaw (6), melon

Tea - turkey stir fry, banana and ML

Snacks - skimmed milk (A) for porridge and tea x 3, 2 x Babybel (A), 2 x Alpen lights (B), 2L NAS, ML

Syns = 6

 

[dizzydawnie]

Tuesday - Original

Breakfast - porridge (B) and berries

Lunch - chilli and coriander salmon flakes (1) with salad, 1 tsbp Light Salad cream (1.5)

Tea - chicken breast filled with babybel (A) and wrapped in bacon, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower

Snacks - 1.5L NAS, skimmed milk (A) for porridge and cups of tea x 3, strawberries, ML, melon and grapefruit. 1 x glass red wine (6)

Syns - 8.5

 

[dizzydawnie]

Got a very log stretch ahead of me for the next few days so I am doing my diaries until Saturday morning when I will amend them.

Working until midnight today, then back in 9-3 tomorrow with a dart to change clothes and drive 25 miles for various things but won't get home til 10.30 and then back in work from 6.30am on Friday til 10pm.

Sooooooo........

Wednesday - Original

Breakfast - grapefruit, porridge (B) and berries

Lunch - chicken curry made from 1tbsp Pataks Mild Curry paste (2) packed with tomatoes, mushrooms and pepper, Strawberries and Muller Light

Tea - tuna salad with 1 tbsp Light Salad cream (1.5), melon, strawberries and ML

Snacks - skimmed milk (A) for porridge and cups of tea x 3, Babybel x 2 (A), 1.5L NAS

Syns - 3.5


Thursday - Original

Breakfast - grapefruit, porridge (B) and berries

Lunch - tuna salad with Light Salad cream (1.5), strawberries and ML

Tea - ham and cheese (A) sandwich (B),

Snacks - remaining chicken curry (as per Wednesday) (2), melon, 1.5L NAS, skimmed milk (A) for porridge and cups of tea

Syns - 3.5


Friday - Green

Breakfast - grapefruit, berries and porridge (B)

Lunch - jacket potato with cottage cheese (need to purchase yet and then input syns don't think I can do the very fat free one as I am not a fan at all but it is the easiest thing to take as the works fillings are lush and full of mayo) and salad, strawberries and ML

Tea - Thai mugshots x 2, melon

Snacks - skimmed milk for porridge and cups of tea x 3 (A), 2 x Alpen lights (B) 2 x babybel (A)

Syns - 0


I really am not doing well on SW, the last 2 weeks have been very slow and I've just done a quick jump on the scales and have put on 1.25lbs!!! I really wanted to get into the 13's for the week I go away but I can't see it happening. Getting very fed up now.

 

[kirstabubble]

Hi Dawnie,

I've seen your post and sorry that you're feeling a bit down in the dumps.

I've had a quick look at your diary, and to be honest, part of the problem may lay in the fact that you're not using all of your syns.

I always thought that the less syns I used, the more weight I would lose, but it really doesn't work like that. Why don't you try a week where you use all 10-15 syns a day (there have only been a few days when you have used this many) and see if it makes a difference.

It may also be an idea to mix up which plan you use a bit more. You seem to do mainly Red so throwing a few more Green's or even some Extra Easy's into the mix may help.

Make sure you drink at least 2 litres of water a day as well, that's another thing that may help.

Hope this helps

xx

 

[kirstabubble]

Oooo and another thing I noticed is that you lack variety in your meals (you said so yourself in the first post, that it's difficult to cook for one).

So maybe trying looking through some other diaries (Ellebear does mainly red and hers are really good) for inspiration

xx

 

[dizzydawnie]

Hi Kirstabubble

Thank you for your advice.

I had never thought that not eating enough Syns may slow weight loss!! And in fact yesterday I had only half my second (B) and no second (A)..........not by choice but by not being able to find time to eat at work, so I suppose they too count towards the ultimate number of calories we should be aiming to consume?

It is good advice and I will try harder!!

I have read through some other diaries for inspiration but tend to stick with what I like :sigh:

Thanks again and good luck!!

xx