Fiorinda's diary

[Fiorinda]

Wednesday 21st August 2013

So, this is my first ever foray into Slimming World, I feel a bit uncertain. Everyone keeps saying how simple it is but it looks quite complicated to me! A food diary might help - at least for me to keep a track of what I'm eating. If anyone reads it and wants to add anything to help me get it right, that would be most appreciated. I probably should add that I'm not going to meetings and I've not joined SW at all, I just have a starter pack I bought off a friend who bought it on Ebay! I might join up, if it works for me. Then again, if it works for me, I might save my money!!

Today is my first day.

Breakfast:
28g gluten free muesli (I prefer it soaked)
a banana
a peach
some plums
some blueberries
soya milk (from my 350mls HEA)

Re the gf muesli - I have a gluten intolerance and oats are the worst cuplrits for me. GF muesli isn't included in the list of HEAs but I'm pretending it is. Mine is homemade from millet flakes, seeds, flaked almonds, raisins, dates and coconut flakes and I'd stake my life on it being healthier than Jordans!!

Lunch:
leftover chicken with onion, peppers and mushrooms in spicy tomato sauce from the enchilladas I made yesterday - 4 Syns
a big salad
boiled egg

Snack:
1 slice wholemeal bread with reduced fat butter and marmite - 5 Syns

Dinner:
Homemade bean and carrot burgers, roast butternut squash wedges, garlic mushrooms with soy sauce, and corn on the cob
3 plums

I'm currently drinking the rest of my soya milk (my HEA), which is good, as I usually just don't drink enough

Total Syns - 9

 

[Fiorinda]

Thursday 22nd August 2013

Looking back at yesterday, I feel quite pleased. Only one snack?! I did have my breakfast quite late though. I guess it helps that I'm off work this week so able to make lunch fresh.

Resisting the urge to weigh myself already - it's only been 2 days since I last did!! Don't be silly! I want it to hurry up and be next Tuesday so I can see if I've lost any weight - but then again I don't because that's when I go back to work....

Breakfast:
2 Quorn sausages
2 rashers of bacon, all fat removed
Baked beans

Lunch:
1.5 leftover bean burgers
Mushroom omelette
salad
1/2 apple

Snack:
pineapple and melon

Dinner:
Tabbouleh (made with couscous, onions, tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, mint and parsley)
Homemade hummous (2 Syns)
Carrot and orange salad
Wholemeal pitta (HEB)
Fruit salad
Low fat Greek yoghurt (1 Syn)

Snack:
Wholemeal pitta (7.5 Syns)
Low fat philly (HEA)

Total Syns 10.5
Total Syns so far 19.5

 

[Tesam2931]

Seems to me that you have understood the plan fine. (as to the muesli - just see how it goes.... if you lose weight with it, then go for it... if not, it may be worth checking out the syns of it... its sounds lovely though)
:welcome2:to Minimins and to Slimming World, good luck with your goals
Tina

 

[Fiorinda]

Thanks Tina! I'm following EE, as it seems, well, easier! I'll just see how I go I suppose.

 

[Fiorinda]

Friday 23rd August - Day 3 in the Slimming World House!

Lee says SW is much better than WW, he much prefers the stuff I'm making!

Breakfast:
Wholemeal pitta (HEB)
1 tsp low fat butter (1.5 Syns)
Banana

Snack:
half banana

Lunch:
parsley omelette with quark
tabbouleh
carrot and orange salad
apple

Snack:
slice of wholemeal bread with low fat butter and marmite (5.5 Syns)

Dinner:
chilli (extra lean turkey mince, red kidney beans, sweet potato, butternut squash, carrots, celery, tinned toms, onions, garlic, harissa powder, stock cube, marmite and about an ounce of plain chocolate in the whole panful, and I had maybe a 6th) (1 Syn)
Rice
Quark
Fruit salad

HEA soya milk

total syns 8
Total Syns so far 27.5

 

[Fiorinda]

Saturday 24th August

Breakfast:
2 slices wholemeal bread (HEB)
2 tsp low fat butter 2 syns
Banana
soya milk (HEA)

Lunch:
salad
ham

Dinner:
Salmon fillet with quark and sweet chilli sauce 0.5 syns
Salad
pasta salad
1/2 bottle wine 13 syns

snack:
pasta salad

total syns today 15.5
total syns so far 43 of 90

 

[Bean Feast]

Your muesli sounds lovely. Well done for sticking to the plan and good luck for your weigh in.

 

[Fiorinda]

Sunday 25th August - day 5

Breakfast:
28g muesli (HEB)
peach
soya milk (from HEA)

Brunch (currently being made for me by my love):
2 eggs cooked in pepper rings
salad
pasta salad

Snack:
Smash cheese scone - will have another one later and call it 0.5 Syns

Dinner:
Roast garlic chicken - must resist the skin, must resist the skin!!!
roast sweet potato, butternut squash and carrots (in Frylight)
green beans and brocolli
corn on the cob
mushrooms with low fat Philly 2.5 syns
1/2 bottle of wine 13 Syns

total syns today 16
total syns this week 31.5 of 90

 

[Fiorinda]

Monday 26th - Day 6

Breakfast:
quorn sausage
2 bacons
baked beans
egg

Lunch:
roast chicken, no skin
salad
pasta salad
banana

Snack:
small piece chocolate cake 6 Syns?
half pint dry cider 4.5 Syns

Dinner:
'leftover veg soup'
cold chicken
smash scones 0.5 Syns

total syns today 11
total syns for the (6 day) week 42.5 of 90

 

[Fiorinda]

Tuesday 27th Agust 2013 - Day 7 - Weighed, as I usually weigh on a Tuesday.....

2.25lbs off! Yay me!

Breakfast:
bacon
egg
beans
mushroom
1 smash scone 0.5 syns

Snack:
banana

Lunch:
chili
pasta
fresh fruit with ff greek yoghurt

snack:
ff greek yoghurt

dinner:
crayfish tails
salad (lettuce, red pepper, melon)
homemade chips with olive oil (HEB)
avocado dressing 1 syn

6 squares dairy milk 7 syns

slice bread 5 syns
butter 2 syns
soya milk (HEA)

total syns today 15.5
total syns for the week 15.5 of 105

 

[Fiorinda]

Wednesday 28th August - day 8

Difficult day today as I'm working 9am to 8pm. I get a break at 12 and another at 4.15. I always find these days difficult, as by 8pm I'm so tired and feel so sorry for myself that I tend to want to eat chocolate or toast with golden syrup or chips when I get home.

Breakfast:
egg, bacon, smash scone, beans, quorn sausage

snack:
banana

lunch:
jacket with cottage cheese and salad 0.5 syns

snack at 3.10:
fresh pineapple

tea at 4.15
slice of ham
cottage cheese
melon and grapes
banana

6pm blackcurrant and apple mini fruit pie 9.5 syns

supper (after work at 8.30pm)
2 slices wholemeal bread (1 HEB, 1 4 syns)
28g chedder (HEA)
2 tsp low fat butter 3 syns
quorn sausage

total syns today 17
total syns this week 32.5 of 105

 

[Fiorinda]

Thursday 29th August - day 9

Breakfast:
muesli (HEB)
soya milk (from HEA)
banana
blueberries

Snack:
banana

Lunch:
turkey and veg chilli and pasta

Mid-afternoon:
cocktail - guesstimating 11 Syns

Dinner:
baked mackeral
homemade chips
salad

Snack :
2oz cocoapops 11 syns - oops!! had no idea they would be so many!!
soya milk from HEA

total syns today 22
total syns for the week 54.5 of 105

 

[Fiorinda]

Ok, so we'll just gloss over Friday (tough day, uncomfortable conversation needed to be had with The Mother, there was stress and a cocktail and eventually there was cake), and Saturday (double gin after work led to inappropriate evening of wine and chocolate pudding)....

Sunday 1st September 2013 - Day 12

Breakfast:
banana
half gammon steak
scrambled egg
slice w/m bread (HEB)
1 tsp lf butter - 1.5 Syns

Lunch:
homemade tuna fishcakes, made with instant mash, tinned tuna, peppers and onions

Snack:
2 digestives - 7 Syns

Dinner:
bean and veg stew

Snack:
homemade baked chips
w/m pitta - 7.5 Syns
lf butter - 1.5 Syns
banana

Total Syns today 18.5

 

[Fiorinda]

Monday 2/9/13 - day 13

Looking in the mirror this morning while I was getting dressed, I think I could actually see some difference round my middle!!

Breakfast:
'fried' egg
'fried' mushrooms
w/m pitta (HEB)
LF butter - 1.5 syns

Snack:
banana

Lunch:
bean and veg stew
fresh fig
FF plain yoghurt

Snack:
apple

Dinner:
split pea and root vegetable soup with FF yoghurt

Snack:
4 Thorntons chocolates - guessing 10 syns

Totaly syns for today 11.5

 

[Fiorinda]

Tuesday 3/9/13 - Day 14

Dammit! Forgot to get on the scales this morning till I'd been up for quite a while and drunk loads of coffee!! So I'll wait till tomorrow.

Breakfast:
muesli (HEB)
banana
raspberries
FF yoghurt

Snack:
banana

Lunch:
split pea and root veg soup
ham
peach
FF plain yoghurt

Snack:
banana

Dinner:
chicken and pepper skewer
rice with sweetcorn
salad
small glass of wine - 4.5 Syns
tot of apple liqueur - 4 Syns

Snack:
28g cheddar (HEA)
grapes
Total syns today - 8.5

 

[Fiorinda]

Wednesday 4/9/13 - Day 15

0.5lb off this week - wasn't expecting much!

Breakfast:
2 eggs
mushrooms
w/m pitta (HEB)

Snack:
banana
2 biscuits - 4 syns

Lunch:
chicken and pepper skewer
rice and sweetcorn
salad
2 slices ham
fig and ff yoghurt


Tea:
soup
ff yoghurt

Snack:
2 slices w/m bread - 8 syns
2 tsp lf butter - 3 syns
2 tsp honey - 2 syns
soya milk HEA

Total syns for the day 17
Total syns for the week 17 of 105

 

[Fiorinda]

Thursday 5/9 - Day 16

Breakfast:
half of 2 egg omelette with sweetcorn and quark

Snack:
other half of omelette

Lunch:
turkey chilli
rice and sweetcorn
salad
beetroot
ff yog and raspberries

Snack:
banana

Dinner:
burger with roll and mayo and salsa (22 syns)
small pot coleslaw (5 syns)
3 scoops icecream (20 syns)
175ml glass of wine (6 syns)

total syns for day 53
total syns for week 70 of 105

 

[Fiorinda]

Friday 6/9/13 - Day 17

Breakfast:
muesli (HEB)
banana
raspberries
soya milk (HEA)

snack:
banana

lunch:
low fat cottage cheese
sliced ham
salad
apple

snack:
sliced ham

dinner:
creole chicken
rice
red wine (8.5 syns)

total syns today 8.5
total syns for the week 78.5 of 105

 

[Fiorinda]

Saturday 7/9/13 - Day 18

Breakfast:
smoked haddock
poached egg
1 slice bread (half of HEB)
lf butter (1.5 syns)

lunch:
1 slice bread (half HEB)
lf butter (1.5 syns)
tsp jam (0.5 syns)
small baked potato
cottage cheese

Dinner:
chatchouka (peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and an egg)
red wine (8.5 syns)

total syns today 12
total syns for the week 90 of 105

 

[Fiorinda]

Missed a few days, never mind.

Tuesday 10/9/13 - Day 21 Weigh day - 1/2 off

Breakfast:
2 slices bread (HEB)
2 tsp lf butter - 3 syns

Snack:
banana

Lunch:
split pea and veg curry and rice

Snack:
fruit salad

Dinner:
rice, stirfry veg, prawns and crab
2 chocolate buns 10 syns

total syns today 13
total syns this week 13 of 105