Evilpenguin's food diary

[evilpenguin]

EE today

Breakfast: coffee (milk 2 syns)
Lunch: pearl barley & chicken soup
Dinner: burgers with bacon, beans and salad (HEA and HEB plus 6 syns for extra pitta)
Snacks: more soup, baby beetroot, sliced turkey, shape yoghurt (.5 syn) wispa ice cream bar (6 syns) banana, satsuma, apple, medley bar (7 syns)
Total syns: 21.5

 

[evilpenguin]

EE

Breakfast: coffee (HEA) fibre bar (5.5 syns)
Lunch: turkey salad sandwich (HEB plus 3 syns) satsuma, Pom bears (5 syns)
Dinner: stroganoff with sweet potato mash, broccoli, carrots, peppers & onion (3.5 syns for sauce)
Snacks: satsuma, banana, baby beetroot, turkey slices
Total syns: 17

 

[evilpenguin]

EE today

Breakfast: coffee (milk HEA) fibre bar (5.5 syns)
Lunch: ham salad sandwich (HEB plus 3 syns) satsuma
Dinner: leek, pea, courgette and bacon risotto (parmesan 3 syns)
Snacks: walkers baked crisps (5 syns) wispa ice cream (6 syns) medley bar (7 syns)
Total syns: 29.5

 

[evilpenguin]

I stopped smoking on Tuesday, can you tell? I can't stop eating

EE today, having a few drinky poos tonight so syns will be over.

Breakfast: coffee (HEA) fibre bar (5.5 syns)
Lunch: ham salad sandwich (3 syns mayo, 3 syns cheese) satsuma
Dinner: turkey stir fry
Snacks: satsuma, apple, banana
Alcohol: 4 vodkas (so far!) small measures! 10 syns
Total syns: 21.5

Didn't have any more vodka after those

 

[evilpenguin]

Lost half a pound this week. Had a feeling since mid week that it would be a STS or a half off, better than it going on but it's still disappointing. Still 4lbs off in 2 weeks though!

EE today, have decided to use flexi syns (approx 60) as we're having some drinks tonight.

Breakfast: fat free onken, banana, fibre bar (HEB) coffee (milk 2 syns)
Lunch: ham slices, satsuma
Dinner: slow cooked beef chilli with tortillas & salad (12 syns)
Snacks: strawberry yoghurt bar (7 syns) WW yoghurt, apple, satsuma, crisps (5 syns) cereal bar (4 syns). Drinks - 5 vodkas 12.5 syns
Total syns: 40

Weekly total: 158 / 140.... Ok, next week I will aim for 120 over the week to balance this out lol.

 

[evilpenguin]

EE today. I know last week wasn't bad but I can't help feeling like it was because I went over syns a couple of days, so today is a fresh start for me

Breakfast: coffee (milk HEA)
Lunch: chopped mango, poached eggs on toast (HEB plus 2 syns marge), jammy dodger cereal bar (4 syns)
Dinner: spaghetti meatballs with super free sauce (celery, carrot, pepper, onion, tomato)
Snacks: 2 mini Philly frittatas (3.5 syns) WW yoghurt, satsuma, banana, rf pb & banana on toast (10 syns)
Total syns: 19.5

So because of last week's syns I'm aiming for a weekly total of 120 this week, which is about 17 a day, obviously I'm already over that today but I can balance it out over the week...

 

[evilpenguin]

Got a lot of studying to do today for my exam on Wednesday. Seriously bricking it - I know eff all about this particular topic so I need to study or wing it.. think I'll study! So, got my nicotine inhaler thing and a loaded fruit bowl - here we go

EE today

Breakfast: coffee (milk 2 syns) jammy dodger cereal bar (4 syns)
Lunch: mini philly frittata (2 syns) WW yoghurt, chopped mango, banana
Dinner: spaghetti carbonara (light philly HEA, Parmesan sprinkles 3 syns)
Snacks: home made lentil soup, mini philly frittata (2 syns), satsuma, ham on toast (HEB plus 1 syn) velvet crunch (4 syns)
Total syns: 18

 

[evilpenguin]

EE today

Breakfast: coffee (HEA) jammy dodger cereal bar (4 syns)
Lunch: FF onken yoghurt, chopped mango, slice of ham
Dinner: BBQ pork & fried rice with peppers, onion, leeks (BBQ sauce is approx 4 syns)
Snacks: hm lentil soup, velvet crunch (4 syns) carrot batons, shape yoghurt (0.5 syns) grapes, rf pb & banana on toast (HEB 4 syns) 1/2 strawberry yoghurt bar (3.5 syns)
Total syns: 20

 

[evilpenguin]

EE today

Breakfast: coffee (HEA)
Lunch: ham salad sandwich (HEB plus 2 syns) 2 satsumas, strawberry yoghurt bar (7 syns)
Dinner: chicken & mushroom risotto (3 syns parmesan)
Snacks: shape yoghurt (0.5 syn) velvet crunch (4 syns) banana
Total syns: 16.5

Probably not enough super free today, risottos are hard to hide veg in!

 

[evilpenguin]

EE today

Breakfast: coffee (HEA)
Lunch: ham salad sandwich (HEB 3 syns) jammy dodger bar (4 syns) 2 satsumas
Dinner: leftover risotto (reheated for ages to avoid rice food poisoning!!)
Snacks: velvet crunch (4 syns) banana, pineapple & beetroot, shape yoghurt (.5 syn) scrambled eggs....
Total syns: 10.5

 

[evilpenguin]

It's confession time. I think one of my 'tweaks' is backfiring on me. Basically I have coffee throughout the day and just assume my A choice will cover the milk / guess 2 syns for it on low coffee days, and so far it has (or I've been getting away with extra syns). Well the scales have been showing a 3lb gain all week and I think the milk is to blame.

It could be totm because I'm on depo so I still get the feelings of a period - mood swings, cramps, bloating some times, but no actual period, this tends to happen when my depo is due and it's due in 2 weeks ish, so it could be that. Or it could be the extra 20 syns I had last week (not counting extra milk) or it could be because I haven't done my 30DS every single day since finishing level 2. It might even be a random fluctuation that will be gone by WI day. I don't usually let the numbers bother me, but this has because I actually calculated how many extra milk syns I've been having.....

Approx 50ml of SS milk in coffee in the morning = 2 syns I think? This is sometimes all I have and if i count it as an A it's not really the full lot is it?
However some days, college days, I then go on to have approx 350ml to 700ml of skimmed milk. That's 2 A choices, or about 18 syns. Not good.

So anyway I'm writing this on here so that when WI comes and I do gain I can see this and know that it isn't an unfair gain!

From now on I am counting my milk properly!!! I am also considering lowering my syns to 15 - I'll see what happens next WI with the new milk regime, if the scales are still going up/STS then the syns are being reduced!

Edit: I think 18 syns is wrong, I thought 350ml was 9 syns but it's 568ml and I'm rubbish at maths so maybe it's more like 12 syns? Still a lot to go over by, even if you deduct 6 for the A, add 2 for the SS stuff, it's 8 syns extra a day

 

[evilpenguin]

After my confession last night I woke up this morning to my not-so-monthly friend, so maybe the 3lb gain is totm related after all! I did count my milk and cut down on college coffee tho!

Breakfast: coffee (5 tbsp 1.5 syns) medley bar (7 syns)
Lunch: skinny latte (approx 300ml skimmed milk HEA) ham salad sandwich (HEB 3 syns)
Dinner: slow cooked beef curry (made with courgette, peppers, onions, tomatoes, sweet potato, coriander, chillies, garlic, random curry spices) with basmati rice
Snacks: pineapple, 2 satsumas, WW mini roll thing (4.5 syns) banana, baby beetroot
Alcohol: vodka x 5 (10 syns) baked crisps (5 syns)
Total syns: 31

Having a few vodkas tonight might stop at 20 syns... Might not!

 

[ermintrude]

A HEX is about 6 syns penguin.

Milk, Skimmed milk, 100ml 1½
Milk, Semi-skimmed milk, 100ml 2½

250ml Semi Skimmed is a HEXA (6 syns)
375ml Skimmed is a HEXA (6 syns)

I wouldnt worry too much, its probably just a random fluctuation or any of the other things you listed, one WI means absolutely zero, but it probably a good idea to keep an eye on measuring it. And I am always amazed at how many syns you get away with!

Hope you dont mind me gatecrashing, I read your diary quite often x

 

[evilpenguin]

Hi Erm

Thanks for the reply No I don't mind at all

I think I did the milk thing right yesterday? Synned the SS stuff and used my A for the skinny latte, it was 75mls short but better than being a whole A choice over imo!

Well yeah you were right, it was random, weighed in this morning and I'm down 2lbs from last week so the 3lbs effed off and so did another 2 - chuffed! I really don't let the midweek numbers bother me usually but because I know that I've been sneaking milk I thought it had all caught up

Haha do I really get away with lots? I do try to make up for high syn days with lower syn days, could be how I get away with them I am going to lower them soon tho - I was thinking of dropping to 17.5 just now, then down to 15 when I hit 19 stone. When I lost with SW the first time, it stopped working around 19st 7 - 10lbs ish, and instead of changing anything I just felt disheartened and stopped going, so I think I will need to lower my syns soon anyway

 

[evilpenguin]

EE today

Breakfast: 2 coffees (milk 150ml part HEA) poached eggs on toast (HEB plus 2 syns)
Lunch: nothing yet
Dinner: pork & prawn stir fry with soba noodles (5 syns)
Snacks: kiwi fruit, clementine, toast with 1tbsp choc Philly (2.5 syns bread, 4 syns Philly)
Total syns: 13.5


Oh oh oh I added up my syns so far and if I keep them low today I will have almost balanced out the extra 20 from last week

 

[evilpenguin]

Had about 20 syns worth of vodka last night, oops! Ah well so much for balancing out syns. Dropping to 17.5 as of today! Or 122.5 a week.

Breakfast: coffee (milk part HEA)
Lunch: 4 WW sausages, beans, toast (HEB plus 3 syns)
Dinner: roast chicken, broccoli, carrots, peas, roast potatoes, stuffing & gravy (10 syns)
Snacks: shape yoghurt (.5 syn) banana, plum, tsp of choc Philly (1 syn?) another coffee (rest of HEA) alpen light (3 syns) clementine
Total syns: 17.5

Tomorrow my B choice & syns are being used for peanut butter, chocolate philadelphia and banana on toast. Omg! Wish I had the syns for it tonight but I've used my B and the stuffing is like 6 syns! Mmmm tomorrow's breakfast is gonna rock!

 

[ermintrude]

Well yeah you were right, it was random, weighed in this morning and I'm down 2lbs from last week so the 3lbs effed off and so did another 2 - chuffed! I really don't let the midweek numbers bother me usually but because I know that I've been sneaking milk I thought it had all caught up

Haha do I really get away with lots? I do try to make up for high syn days with lower syn days, could be how I get away with them I am going to lower them soon tho - I was thinking of dropping to 17.5 just now, then down to 15 when I hit 19 stone. When I lost with SW the first time, it stopped working around 19st 7 - 10lbs ish, and instead of changing anything I just felt disheartened and stopped going, so I think I will need to lower my syns soon anyway

Yay, 5lbs off overnight, well done
Nah I think I probably get away with about as many syns as you, it's just I have the whole lot on a Saturday and then behave the rest of the week I think my days average about 20 syns if I spread the 'cost' of Saturday out over the week Thinking I ought to start cutting back a bit, MFP is telling me I wont be losing anything at this rate

Well done, we'll be outta the 20 room soon!

 

[evilpenguin]

Yay, 5lbs off overnight, well done
Nah I think I probably get away with about as many syns as you, it's just I have the whole lot on a Saturday and then behave the rest of the week I think my days average about 20 syns if I spread the 'cost' of Saturday out over the week Thinking I ought to start cutting back a bit, MFP is telling me I wont be losing anything at this rate

Well done, we'll be outta the 20 room soon!

Thanks

I think we spend our extra syns wisely tho, it's not as if we're having a KFC every week! My extra syns are usually on milk, cereal bars, low syn things, I think that makes a difference Anyway whatever syn method we use it seems to be working for us, so don't fix it til it's broke I've come down to 17.5 as of today to see what happens! Not really fussed if I go over tho!

Yeah I can't wait til we are out of there! Will get my 2 stone sticker and be in a stone I haven't seen for a long time

Xxx

 

[evilpenguin]

Wow I actually managed to stop at 17.5 yesterday - serious achievement! I was really hungry, but not really, just had nicotine withdrawal hunger! So I'm pretty pleased that I didn't munch everything in sight

EE today

Breakfast: coffee (milk part HEA)
Lunch: rf peanut butter, choc philly, banana on toast (HEB plus 4 syns PB, 4 syns philly)
Dinner: random tomato pasta thing
Snacks: home made veg soup (parsnip, leek, carrot, sweet potato - yum yum!) shape yoghurt (.5 syn) hash brown (2 syns) clementine, apple, chopped mango, another shape yoghurt (.5 syns) WW mini roll thing (4 syns)
Total syns: 17.5

So tonight's dinner was meant to be a risotto (not the salmon pasta as I originally put in here) and I cooked it, put in as much super free as possible and right at the end I threw in a pack of prawns. Well the prawns were off! Ugh!! They didn't even smell or anything, not until they were heated up! I took one out to check they were hot through and ughhh it was horrible. Served up the risotto thinking it was just that one prawn - nope, all of them were horrible and had ruined my risotto!!!!! So now my bf is saving the day by making a tomato sauce and we're just having that with some rigatoni. I honestly could cry!!!! The prawns were dated until the 9th, only bought them on Saturday, so upset

 

[evilpenguin]

Ooh another 17.5 day yesterday! I am missing those extra syns but I'm sure I'll get used to not having them! Will stick with the 17.5 allowance for another 22lbs I think, so going down to 15 at around 18st. Woah 18st, haven't seen that number since I was about 16. Looking forward to it though!

EE today

Breakfast: coffee (milk 2 syns)
Lunch: home made veg soup, clementine, small banana, mango, alpen light (3 syns)
Dinner: salmon & chive pasta (philly light HEA)
Snacks: choc mint muller (free?) banoffee nom yoghurt (3) mango, ham on toast (HEB plus 2 syns)
Total syns: 10