Food diary of a newbie

[xEmmax@]

So I joined for the very first time on Monday and I'm so eager to not be messing this up already so wondered if my diary yesterday is looking ok. I managed to join a week before payday so I'm not as stocked up as I should be but have been and got fruit and veggies today.

Am I doing it right ? ( yes I had wine but 125ml is extremely restrained for me lol
Thanks in advance

Tuesday
2 small wholemeal bread 1 HE
4 boiled eggs
1 tsp ketchup (1syn)
Clover 1 tsp (3 syns)

2 small tangerines
Left over SW bolognese (about 200g)
30g reduced fat grated cheddar

Toffee muller light

3 chicken thighs skinless
Tesco Texan BBQ sauce 1tbs as marinade to cook chicken in( 3 syns)
SW chips
Baked beans
Muller toffee yoghurt
125ml glass of country manor medium sweet Wine (4 syns)

Treadmill 500 calories burned Walking on a 15% incline at 2.7mph for 60 minutes

 

[Vonnie*s]

Well done on starting your journey - how did you get on?

 

[xEmmax@]

I lost 1 1/2 lbs but to be honest I think I ate too much free food. I'm happy but I'm gonna do better this week and I'm going to lay off the alcohol until Saturday even if it's within my syns

This was my food diary all last week
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Start slimming world 10th October
Monday

4 eggs fried no oil
2 44g wholesale slices
1 tsp of ketchup

Spaghetti
Lean mince
Chopped tomatoes
Garlic
Onions
Mushrooms
40g low fat grated cheddar

2 tangerines
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Tuesday
2 small wholemeal bread 1 HE
4 boiled eggs
1 tsp ketchup (1syn)
Clover 1 tsp (3 syns)

2 tangerines
Left over SW bolognese (about 200g)

Toffee muller light

3 chicken thighs skinless
Tesco Texan BBQ sauce ( 3 syns)
SW chips
Baked beans
Muller toffee yoghurt
125ml glass of country manor medium sweet Wine

Treadmill 500 calories burned

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Wednesday

Tuna mayo jacket with spring onions, 40g extra light cheddar (HE) 1 syn with 2 tsp lidl light spread 2 syns total( 3 syns)
Spring onions


2 sausages 5 syns
Tinned new potatoes free
Beans free
2 small wholemeal bread HE
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Muller toffee yoghurt free
Tangerine free

Country manor wine 125ml 4 syns
12 syns

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Thursday

Banana
Toffee muller light


3 rashers bacon medallions lean
2 Tesco chicken sausages 5 syns
2 hovis wholemeal small HE
ICBINB light 1 tsp 1 syn
Beans
Ketchup 1 syn
2 eggs
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Slimming world bolognese
Pasta
30g reduced fat grated cheddar

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142ml glass of country manor medium sweet 4.5 syns

Muller light
Tangerine

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Friday

35g Tesco Blueberry wheats HE
Muller yoghurt
9 grapes
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2 Tesco chicken sausage 5 syns
2 fried eggs
4 bacon medallions
Beans
30g reduced fat cheddar
Ketchup 1 syn

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SW Easy chicken curry
Boiled rice
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Tesco vermouth 150ml 7.5 syns

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Saturday
Fry light
1 chicken sausage 2.5 syns
2 bacon medallions
2 eggs
Beans
2 hovis slices HE
1 tsp of low fat spread 1 syn
Ketchup 1 syn
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Lean lamb steaks
Potato wedges
Flava-it Garden Mint Marinade 10g
1.5 syns

Echo falls wine 3 125ml glasses

Sunday

2 eggs
2 bacon medallions
1 chicken sausage ( 2.5 syns)
Beans
2 small wholemeal bread HE
1 tsp flora light 1 syn

Small blue Slushy 5 syns

Roast chicken skin removed
Onions
SW roast potatoes
Gravy 100ml ( 2 syns)
10.5 syns
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Monday weight
13st 8 lbs
Blueberry wheats HE
Muller yoghurt
SW tuna pasta ( 2 bowls lunch and dinner) 2 syns
Healthy living salad cream 2 syns
30g low fat cheddar
Banana
2 small tangerines

Tuesday
SW bacon double cheeseburger
Sw wedges

 

[Vonnie*s]

Try taking a photo of each meal and uploading it - here's a cauliflower pizza that I shared with my daughter, and had salad with it

 

[Kgem]

Hi! Good start! Do you plan ahead? You seem organised with the SW food.

 

[xEmmax@]

I do plan because I'm not used to all this cooking from scratch lark. I think of things I'm going to make the next day and make sure I have it in the fridge so I'm not tempted to eat something bad or boring and lose interest in the diet.

This is what I ate today
Tuesday

Tesco Flat Rice Noodles 150g 1 syn
Sharwoods oyster sauce 2 TBsp
Stir fry veg
Spring onions
Fillet steak lean
Muller light skinny cappuccino

Using these. Whole pack is only 1.5 syns. But I only used half. £1.25 a pack too

SW burger
Tesco whole meal roll HE
1 Dairy lea light slices HE
SW chips
Reduced sugar ketchup 1 syn

Summer Berries
Muller yoghurt cappuccino
1 caramel jumbo snack a jack 2.5 syns
5.5 syns

 

[xEmmax@]

So today I went in work (overtime) on my feet all day so got some decent steps in. Got home and took the dogs for a walk around the park. 7000 steps almost so pleased with that

Today's food was gorgeous. Decided another stir fry for lunch as it was so filling yesterday. Ate some at 12 o clock and then the rest at about 2.30 when i returned from the park. The chicken sausages I had were delicious and so worth eating. 2.5 syns each. Heard the heck Ones are disgusting

So here's my menus today

1 sachet super goodness blueberry, cranberry and guava porridge HE
Almond milk unsweetened HE


Tesco Flat Rice Noodles 300g 1.5 syns
Sharwoods oyster sauce
Stir fry veg
Spring onions
Beef steak lean

Muller light skinny latte

2 Tesco butchers choice chicken sausages 5 syns
Mashed potato
1 tsp flora light 1 syn
200ml gravy 2 syns
Onions fried in fry light

 

[Kgem]

I actually really liked the Heck chicken sausages. Didn't like the SW ones though.

 

[xEmmax@]

I actually really liked the Heck chicken sausages. Didn't like the SW ones though.

Those Tesco ones are like normal sausages and taste great. Only £1.50 a pack too. Don't think I'm going to try the heck Ones at £3 a pop, not now I've found these ones anyway

 

[xEmmax@]

So yesterday was just like any other. Daughter to school, took dog out and then went to work. Over the day I did 8638 steps which my phone tells me is about 3.4 miles. Pretty pleased with that. Anyway here's my diary for yesterday


Thursday

Porridge and almond milk HE A+B
Fresh Berries


2 eggs fried in fry light
3 bacon medallions
Beans
1 chicken sausage 2.5 syns

Jumbo caramel snack a jack with skinny latte muller light and summer berries 2.5 syns



Tesco Free Range Egg Noodles, chilled 150g 2 syns
Tesco Flat rice noodles 150g 1 syn
Chicken thigh fillets
Stir fry veg
Oyster sauce
Onions
Spring onions

8 syns

 

[Honey and the Moon]

Hey! Looks like you're doing great!
Is this your third or second week, then?

I've gotten used to eating all my bread without butter now, but Flora Light is only 1/2 a syn for a tsp, if you like that... Might stretch your syns out a bit more (more wine! )

I highly doubt you're eating too much free food... Some days I eat until I'm rolling around holding my stomach, haha.
The idea is that you eat until you're full and don't think about it or feel guilty.

If you want to boost that weightloss and follow the plan 100%, you possibly need to add more speed food. On plan 100% means that 1/3 of every plate should be S food, so when you're having a jacket, try putting it on a bed of salad and munching through that, or try adding sliced tomatoes or cucumber to your sandwiches. You can fry the tomatoes if you want them with a breakfast!
I don't do this for every single meal because sometimes you just really can't handle a mouthful of leaves, but whenever possible, make sure you have something from those pages on your plate.

I got stuck in a rut for a few weeks and managed to break it by making sure I was weighing my shredded wheat and measuring my milk etc, it's tedious but it makes a difference somehow!

Good luck, you can do it

 

[xEmmax@]

Hi honey and moon

This is my second week (weigh in on Monday) I am eating lots more veggies in my stir frys this week, so really trying with the speed foods. I'm also moving a lot more. Extra laps around the park to get my steps up.
I'm having a couple of glasses of prosecco tonight as a treat though

 

[xEmmax@]

Weird doing this on a Saturday but yesterday was hectic and as I'm up early today for work I thought I'd get this entry done. Had a very good day yesterday step wise. Did 10300 steps which is about 4.3 miles. (In work and on the park with the dog) so here goes. Had 25 or so syns of prosecco but I've saved more than enough over the week to cover it. It's been my only treat this week as I've stuck to plan 100%

Friday
Super goodness Porridge with almond milk HE

Chicken sausage 2.5 syns
2 Eggs
Bacon
Beans


Tesco Free Range Egg Noodles, chilled 300g 3.5 syns
Beef steak
Stir fry veg
Oyster sauce
Onions
Spring onions

5 glasses of prosecco 125ml
25 syns

 

[xEmmax@]

Hi. Been at work all day and been super good.

Here's my food for today

1 sachet super goodness blueberry, cranberry and guava porridge HE
Almond milk unsweetened HE


2 Tesco chicken sausages 5syns
2 bacon medallions
2 eggs fried in fry light
Baked beans

Glass of prosecco 5 syns
Chicken tikka kebab skewers
Home made salt and pepper chips

 

[chrissy3294]

Hi. Here to subscribe. Your salt and pepper chips look lovely

 

[xEmmax@]

Hi. Here to subscribe. Your salt and pepper chips look lovely

They were delicious. It felt naughty eating them but they were syn free lol

 

[chrissy3294]

They were delicious. It felt naughty eating them but they were syn free lol

Hi xEmma@. How did you do your chips. mine dont look nearly as good as yours.

 

[xEmmax@]

Peel & cut potatoes, part boil them for 10mins or so, Put them on a baking try & spray with frylite, put them in the oven for 20/25mins. In a wok add some frylite & Then add onions, peppers, Chillis and Chillis flakes (depending on how hot you want them) fry it all till cooked then add the chips to it and a splash of soy sauce and fry for a further 5mins..

Be careful with those chilli flakes though as we made it a tad too hot first time around. They are even better with a splash of vinegar and some salt and a taste just like chippy ones.

 

[xEmmax@]

Sunday

Worked all day so didn't really do much of anything exciting. 6000 steps so not too shabby

2 small wholemeal slices HE
Flora light 1 syn
Coffee with almond milk HE
Ketchup 2 syns
Bacon medallions
2 eggs
1 Tesco chicken sausage
Beans


Minted lamb leg steaks 2 syns for mint
SW salt and pepper chips
4 125ml prosecco.

Weigh in later

 

[xEmmax@]

Very happy to have lost 2lb at weight in today so I'm down to 13st 6lbs.
3.5 lbs off in total
3 bacon medallions
Beans
1 chicken sausage 2.5 syns
2 fried eggs
Reduced sugar ketchup 1 syn


2 SW burgers 0 syns
2 wholemeal buns HE + 6 syns
2 dairylea light slices HE
2 bacon medallions
Reduced sugar ketchup 2 syns

Skinny cappuccino muller light

I'm taking my burgers in to work because of late finishes I don't like to eat when I get home as I think it affects my weight loss if I eat too late