First day on EE. Learning more an more.

[yorkplumber]

So I have just found out that blending fruit turns it into a syn!!! Please can you look at my diary for today and let me know what you think.

1 x Banana + 1 x Orange smoothie
1 x 50mm of milk
1 x banana
1 x fat free activia vanilla yogurt
1 x Batchelors Cheese & Broccoli Pasta 'n' Sauce + Peas and carrots (1 syn)
1x kiwi


Evening meal will consist of sw chips extra lean beef mince burger with onion and more veg.

 

[heather:)]

Am Glad yuu have said this as i would never have knowing that x

 

[rockchick72]

Hi York

You are right on blending the fruit means syns - the idea is that you could drink lots of smoothies really easily but couldn't eat then same amount so it helps with portion control

Food looks good but a few points. EE consists of 3 areas - free foods (including superfree), Healthy Extras and syns- the plan works when you put everything together. Each meal should have at least 1/3 superfree (fruit and non starchy veg - so for example your carrots are fine but peas are not superfree

Where are your Healthy Extras? - you should have 1B choice (breads/cereals/bars etc) and 1A - milk/cheese. I can see you had some milk but a HEA portion is bigger than 50 ml

Also do have syns too - 5- 15 each day - means you can have treats or extras like sauces/mayo

So for a good extra easy your day could be

HEA - 250 ml semi skim milk (different amounts depending on type of milk)
HEb - could be eg a wholemeal roll

brekky
fruit and yogurt

lunch
pasta and sauce - but maybe choose some superfree veg instead of peas so carrots and spinach? Or have the peas and carrots but some salad as well

tea

Yours sounded great - you could put your wholemeal roll in here as a burger bun (you may have been planning that anyway)

I think you have the right idea - it does take a while to get into it. Have a look at some food diaries - especially those people who are doing well and losing, as that gives you some good ideas

 

[yorkplumber]

Hi York

You are right on blending the fruit means syns - the idea is that you could drink lots of smoothies really easily but couldn't eat then same amount so it helps with portion control

Food looks good but a few points. EE consists of 3 areas - free foods (including superfree), Healthy Extras and syns- the plan works when you put everything together. Each meal should have at least 1/3 superfree (fruit and non starchy veg - so for example your carrots are fine but peas are not superfree

Where are your Healthy Extras? - you should have 1B choice (breads/cereals/bars etc) and 1A - milk/cheese. I can see you had some milk but a HEA portion is bigger than 50 ml

Also do have syns too - 5- 15 each day - means you can have treats or extras like sauces/mayo

So for a good extra easy your day could be

HEA - 250 ml semi skim milk (different amounts depending on type of milk)
HEb - could be eg a wholemeal roll

brekky
fruit and yogurt

lunch
pasta and sauce - but maybe choose some superfree veg instead of peas so carrots and spinach? Or have the peas and carrots but some salad as well

tea

Yours sounded great - you could put your wholemeal roll in here as a burger bun (you may have been planning that anyway)

I think you have the right idea - it does take a while to get into it. Have a look at some food diaries - especially those people who are doing well and losing, as that gives you some good ideas

Right, thats tea over and done with for another day. I had the extra lean beef burger with red pepper and onion and a few strands of cheddar cheese. I used 2 eggs to bind the mix together but spread it out over 8 burgers. I had a wholemeal bread bun and sw chips with a good helping of baked beans in tomato sauce.

I plan on having a banana when im hungary and thats me done for my first day on EE. I'm sure people on here can offer advice or where i an improve it??? (Hint hint)

I am new to this and hoping you can help me as best you can

Thanks

 

[yorkplumber]

20 posts, Now you all get to see me lol

 

[rockchick72]

Right, thats tea over and done with for another day. I had the extra lean beef burger with red pepper and onion and a few strands of cheddar cheese. I used 2 eggs to bind the mix together but spread it out over 8 burgers. I had a wholemeal bread bun and sw chips with a good helping of baked beans in tomato sauce.

I plan on having a banana when im hungary and thats me done for my first day on EE. I'm sure people on here can offer advice or where i an improve it??? (Hint hint)

I am new to this and hoping you can help me as best you can

Thanks

Errmm - I was offering advice on where you could improve - was there something specific that didn't make sense or you wanted certain advice on??

 

[yorkplumber]

Sorry Rockchick I guess i hadnt processed your entire post and i aim to do better.

Day 2 looked like this and although im eating more fruit and veg i realise im not eating the superfoods to my advantage... I promise to eat more.
Milk allowance (hea)
1 x Banana(superfree)
1 x Orange(superfree)
1 x skinny caffe latte (5 syn)
1 x chicken N mushroom “pasta n go” (1 syn)
0.5 tin of garden pea’s (free food)
1 x fat free activia vanilla yogurt (2 syn)
0.5 tin of beans (free food)
2 x wholemeal bread(hexb)
1 x bag of veg(superfree)
1 x pear(superfree)


Let me know what you guys think

 

[rockchick72]

Looking good!

 

[yorkplumber]

Hi guys, Coming at you with my day 3 diary. Thanks to "bilsat" for his spaghetti bol recipe I had it for tea and loved it.
Had my first chocolate treat today at a cost of 5 syns but worth it. Bumping my food up with superfrees as well. Let me know what you guys think to day 3

1 x milk allowance (hexA)
1 x Apple (superfree)
1 x Pear (superfree)
1 x mug shot (spicy Tomato) (0 syns)
1 x activia vanilla fat free yogurt (1 syns)
75g of spaghetti (free food)
100g of extra lean mince (free food)
200ml Passata Sauce (superfree)
2 x garlic bread (10 syns)
1 x Onion (superfree)
1 x Carrot (superfree)
1x Red pepper (superfree)
1 x slice of melon (superfree)
50ml of fromais frais (free food)
1 x rocky blue chocolate bar (5 syns)
1 x apple (superfree)
1 x pear (superfree)

 

[yorkplumber]

2 x healthy living sausages (2 syns)
2 x wholemeal bread (hexB)
1 x egg (free food)
1 x skinny caffe latte (5syns)
0.5 tin of baked beans (free food)
0.5 tin of baked beans (free food)
1 x pork chop (free food)
1 x carrots (superfree)
1 x sw chips (superfree)
1 x apple filo (1 syns)

 

[yorkplumber]

Day 5 diary looks like this. I could do with an expert to look over my first 5 days and just iron out any creases
2 x egg (free food)
2 x wholemeal bun (hexB) (2 syns)
1 x 70g extra lean pork mince (free food)
28g of cheddar cheese (hexA)
1 x rocky blue chocolate bar (5 syns)
1 x pear (superfree)
1 x sw chips (superfree)
1 x pork chop (free food)
1 x carrots (superfree)
1 x frozen berries (superfree)
1 x fromais frais (superfree)
1 x crackerbread (1 syns)


Much obliged

xx