Glittermonkey's food diary (with pics) x

[glittermonkey]

Hello folks! My name is wendy aka glittermonkey here on minimins! I have a lot of weight to lose and was stuck in a rut until i found SW. I have been on every diet possible and racked up a lot of stones, which I am now ready to lose! please drop in for chats and comments i will be posting pics of all my meals here, recipies on request...i hope you enjoy it!

Today I had an omlette with mushrooms, tomatoes and chirizo (syns) for breakfast, with a cup of coffee and some green grapes
For lunch I had yuk sung which was delicious and syn free! with 2 mandarins.
for dinner i'm having 2 syn butter chicken, with a pitta bread instead of naan for my HEB

 

[lougalx]

​Sounds nice, love chorizo. Good luck Wendy!

 

[glittermonkey]

thanks! this is probably a stupid question but how do you actually post pics? doh!

 

[lougalx]

No idea I'm afraid... I'm sure someone else will know!

 

[glittermonkey]

I found out lol i'm a bit thick sometimes.
My mam and dad are having a dinner for all the family today (about 27ppl going) I am really hoping I can stay within my syns. there is ham and roast beef which I can have but i might just fill up on free food before I go. i'm not drinking so fingers crossed i can say no to dessert ant be happy about it!

 

[glittermonkey]

had a great day today. just coffee and a mllerlight as I was running out the door for breakfast.
Lunch: baked potato with ham and roast beef and peas
Dinner: chicken parmageanno (however you spell it) it was delicious! love aubergenes now! I also had 6syns todays. might have some hot chocolate almond milk before bed as i have lots of syns left over! so stuffed from dinner though. i really need to improve me spelling!!

 

[glittermonkey]

a great day food wise today!

scrambled eggs for breakfast with a peach afterwards,
lunch was a mcdonalds salad, i didnt have the croutons or the dressing- i knew i was going before hand so i mixed up an old vanilla essence bottle of chili flakes, soy, ginger and lemon juice and used that for dressing my salad i must have looked a bit mad taking a bottle from my bag and throwing it on my salad haha.
Dinner was sea bass, sw chips, samphire and a garlic and mushroom sauce made from quark.
I also had a glass of alpro almond chocolate milk. and a pack of onion rings, with a mullerlight. havent made up my sins yet but I think i'm at around 7 for the day.

 

[lougalx]

Looks good that. I had a little cheat dinner after my weigh in so back on it tomorrow. Hope I haven't done too much damage!

 

[glittermonkey]

ah no, we all need something now and again, i think its better to let yourself had little treats then to be too strict only to blow it and never get back on it! hope you enjoyed it!

 

[lougalx]

ah no, we all need something now and again, i think its better to let yourself had little treats then to be too strict only to blow it and never get back on it! hope you enjoyed it!

Oh I agree. Enjoyed every bit of it thanks!

 

[Laura*7]

Hi, here to subscribe...your food looks great!!

 

[anju100]

Hi Wendy
Here to subscribe. Your food looks lush. Loving the garlic and mushroom sauce with sea bass, must give that a go. How did you make the 2 syn butter chicken? It looks delicious.
Good luck x

 

[glittermonkey]

Hi Wendy
Here to subscribe. Your food looks lush. Loving the garlic and mushroom sauce with sea bass, must give that a go. How did you make the 2 syn butter chicken? It looks delicious.
Good luck x

Hi Anju! thanks a lot! it was really easy..theres packs of spice mix called asianfoodgourmet (all one word). i got the butter chicken variety. 1/4 of the pack of spice mix has 1 syn but i had double to make it two.

sautee a finely diced onion in some frylight. add a TON of frylight to it as this is usually when you would add the butter.
to that add a tin of chopped tomatoes and the spice mix. then add fat free fromage frais instead of cream (I also added some quark)
add sweetner and salt until you get the required flavour

Seperatly in a bowl marinate some chicken chunks in fat free yogurt, celery, cucumber and the following spices:
cinnamon
garlic
chili
cumin
I left it for about an hour, then remove from bowl and cook, once cooked add to the sauce- i also added some chilli powder and fresh coriander to mine but thats personal preference...enjoy!!!

 

[anju100]

Sounds delicious and really easy too. My lot love butter chicken and hubby usually makes it with heinz tomato soup+ extra spices. Hopefully if I make this one, they wont be able to tell the difference!

 

[glittermonkey]

Today I did a big slimming world shop delighted with it as it only came to 30 euro! I took a photo as I was so delighted haha. feeling super positive today and looking forward to my weigh in tomorrow.
This is the first time ever that it was my TOTM and I didnt eat my own weight in junk food, plus I have uni exams next week and I havent stress ate at all! :happy036:

I just had a coffee this morning as I didnt make time for breakfast.
Lunch was a bacon and pasta salad with olives (1 syn) and a poached egg on top it was yum! I had an apple pie mullerlight afterwards (1 syn)
Dinner will be a slimming word version of a spice bag, my favorite thing to get from the chinese! Hope you'r all having a great day!
(if anyone doesnt know a spice bag is a mix of spicy chips, crispy chicken, peppers and onion in a bag with lots of salt and chili-sounds gross but its lovely!
I also made lemon and lime mousse after with a coconut "cream" on top.

 

[chug]

Hi glittermonkey I'm here to follow. Your diary is great and it's good with pictures. Good luck with weigh in tomorrow.

 

[Laura*7]

That slice bag sounds gorgeous! How do you make that? Xx

 

[glittermonkey]

That slice bag sounds gorgeous! How do you make that? Xx

Hi Laura! make up a batch of your bog standard slimming world chips, but put some chili flakes, paprika and garlic powder on them.
get some chicken or turkey breast, dip in egg and then in some panko breadcrumbs and fry with plenty of fry light.
once thats done stir fry lots of strips of peppers and onions and add chili flakes, sweetner, garlic, papkika, soy sauce and cayenne pepper.
put the chips and breaded chicken into the wok with the veg and taste, if its not spicy enough tweak with the above spices until you get the desired taste.

there is a way of breading the chicken with cous cous to make it syn free but i like to use the panko, its only 3 syns you only need a very small amount. it really tastes like a take away! i also use some of the schwartz seasoning for chips but im not sure of the syns on that...enjoy!

 

[glittermonkey]

Just had my weigh in and lost 3 pounds!! Delighted with myself. Also should have won slimmer of the week but she gave it to a girl who only joined last week.....oh well!!


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[chug]

Just had my weigh in and lost 3 pounds!! Delighted with myself. Also should have won slimmer of the week but she gave it to a girl who only joined last week.....oh well!!


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Well done that is great. I would be delighted with myself aswell if I lost that much. Obviously all the hard work pays off. Well you won the Slimmer of the Week on here and if I could I would give you a certificate. Well done.