Mama C - Food Diary

[Corrina127]

I think I should post my food diary, cause I'm a tad old (its what my body keeps telling me anyway :sigh and my memory isn't what it used to be

I want to lose weight because I have a teeny weeny bit of a health problem . I have heel spurs in both feet which can be very painful when walking and I am on my feet 1/3 of the day walking to and from our large office. I have arthritis and another major health problem that I won't go into now as it is a long story, but safe to say the Drs and Nurses at the surgery say I could do with losing a bit of weight.

Right now down to nitty gritty of things. I don't think I am doing this right. I'm on the Extra Easy plan allowing myself up to 15 syns a day (that's the good part) I am a very fussy eater so this will probably be my syns for the next year, as long as I can my crisps and 1 chocolate a day, I am happy

HEXA - 250ml - semi-skimmed milk - HEXB - Wholemeal Bread

Breakfast: 2 Dark Rye Ryvita's with barely a scrape of marg. along it (3 syns)

Snack : Banana

Dinner : Lettuce, tomato, cucumber and ham in two slices of wholemeal bread
French fries (4 syns)
Strawberry Mullerlight

Snack : Apple

Tea : Syn free SW chips, back bacon, baked beans, plum tomato's and scrambled egg

Snack : 2 finger kit kat (5.5 syns)

Total syns : 12.5 syns

 

[Corrina127]

Well that was a big tea last night Here goes:

HEX A: Milk HEX B : Wholemeal Bread

Breakfast

2 Ryvitas thinly spread with marg. (3 syns)

Dinner

Apple followed by 2 pieces of wholemeal bread with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and bacon (with fat trimmed off)
French fries (4 syns)
Strawberry Muller Light

Tea

SW cottage pie with broccoli

Total syns - 7 syns



see recipe : Cottage Pie - Recipes - Slimming World

 

[Corrina127]

Day 3

I am really feeling full up now The beginning of the week I wasn't feeling full.

HEX A - Milk HEX B - Wholemeal bread

Breakfast

2 Dark Rye Ryvitas - 3 syns

Dinner

Apple
Leftover cottage pie
1 slice of wholemeal bread
Strawberry mullerlight (can't believe no syns!!)

Snack

Pear

Tea - (when I come to do it)

Cod fillet with breadcrumbs, SW chips and mushy peas with 1 wholemeal bread - see recipe fish and chips - 2.5 syns

Snack

2 finger kit kat - 5.5 syns

Total syns - 11

 

[Corrina127]

I only half my tea last night, it was too filling

Today's menu

HEX A - Milk
HEX B - 2 Wholemeal Bread


Breakfast: 2 ryvita's with a scraping of marg - 3 syns

Dinner : 3 boiled eggs with 2 wholemeal bread toasted (I cannot get enough of eggs )

Tea : Roast Chicken, Broccoli, Peas, Cabbage, Roast Potatoes (sprayed with frylight) 2 small Yorkshire Puddings (5 syns) gravy (made with knorr stock melt, herbs and 1 tsp of gravy powder) (1 syn).

If I am hungry later on I will either have a pear or a time out (4.5 syns).

Total syns (including time out) - 13.5 syns

 

[Lindsey-g]

Hi there, I am not an expert but I think the ryvitas should be counted as syns as you are having whole meal bread as your hexb. I assumed that the 3 syns that you gave counted for breakfast is for the spread?

Good luck with your weight loss. There is lots of help and support on here.

 

[Corrina127]

Hi there, I am not an expert but I think the ryvitas should be counted as syns as you are having whole meal bread as your hexb. I assumed that the 3 syns that you gave counted for breakfast is for the spread?

Good luck with your weight loss. There is lots of help and support on here.

The 3 syns is for the ryvita (dark rye 1.5 syns each) with barely a scraping of marg. I don't count the marg. as it less than half a teaspoon.

With the wholemeal bread - I have dried bread

 

[Corrina127]

Busy at work today, filling a walk-in skip up with a load of old rubbish. My feet hurt but we filled the skip. Unfortunately we have another skip coming on Thursday to do it all over again.

On a lighter note, pleased with my 5 and 3/4lb weight loss for week 1

Today's meals



HEX A - Milk
HEX B - 2 Wholemeal Bread


Breakfast: 2 dark rye ryvitas with just a scraping of marg. (3 syns)

Dinner : Apple followed by
2 pieces of wholemeal bread (HEX B) with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and ham
French fries (4 syns)
Strawberry Mullerlight

Snack : Banana

Tea : Paella with left over roast chicken, peppers, tin tomatoes peas and wild rice

May have a kit kat as a reward for all the effort I put in today (5.5 syns)

Total Syns - 12.5

 

[Lindsey-g]

Busy at work today, filling a walk-in skip up with a load of old rubbish. My feet hurt but we filled the skip. Unfortunately we have another skip coming on Thursday to do it all over again.

On a lighter note, pleased with my 5 and 3/4lb weight loss for week 1

Today's meals



HEX A - Milk
HEX B - 2 Wholemeal Bread


Breakfast: 2 dark rye ryvitas with just a scraping of marg. (3 syns)

Dinner : Apple followed by
2 pieces of wholemeal bread (HEX B) with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and ham
French fries (4 syns)
Strawberry Mullerlight

Snack : Banana

Tea : Paella with left over roast chicken, peppers, tin tomatoes peas and wild rice

May have a kit kat as a reward for all the effort I put in today (5.5 syns)

Total Syns - 12.5

We'll done on a great loss.

 

[Corrina127]

Joints ache after yesterday but day off tomorrow

Anyway, back to business

HEX A - Milk - HEX B - Bread

Breakfast - 2 dark rye with a scraping of marg - (3 syns)

Dinner - Apple
2 pieces of wholemeal with ham, lettuce, cucumber and tomato
french fries (4 syns)
Strawberry mullerlight

Forgot about a snack

Tea - Baked potato filled with tuna, light mayo (2 syns) and sweetcorn

Snack - if I feel like it - pear/grapes and/or Blue Riband (5 syns)

Total - 14 syns.

 

[Corrina127]

Well day off to do some uni. work. Had a light day today as follows

HEX A - 45g Mozarella - HEX B - 2 Wholemeal Bread

Milk in tea (100ml) - 2.5 syns

Breakfast - Pear and Apple

Dinner - 3 boiled eggs and 2 wholemeal toasted (firm favourite, always has been)

Tea - Pete's pizza made with smash (original) passata, 45g mozarella (hexa) onion, pepper, chicken, sweetcorn, 25g half fat grated cheese (4 syns) (had to have a cheese fix). Made smaller to share between me and the other half. SW chips. Left some of the pizza and chips as filling

snack - yoghurt (if I feel like a snack)

Total : 6 1/2 syns!!!

 

[Corrina127]

Well the 2nd skip arrived, door was stuck fast, had to throw everything in

HEX A - Milk - HEX B - Wholemeal Bread

Breakfast - 2 dark rye ryvitas - 3 syns

Snack - Apple

Dinner - Banana, 2 wholemeal bread, ham, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, French fries (4 syns) Strawberry Muller light.

Snack - Pear (when I got home from work about 30 mins before tea)

Tea - 2 Nu Me 50% less fat cumberland sausages (2 syns - rather yummy), bacon, grilled tomatoes, baked beans, scrambled egg done in the microwave (it was so yummy I am having it for tomorrow nights tea as well ) and a dab of tomato sauce (less than a tablespoon) (1 syn)

Total - 10 syns

 

[Corrina127]

Wow, groundhog day for the menu today, exactly the same

 

[Corrina127]

Well new sofa delivered today, luxury at its best. This afternoon, I couldn't believe it.... thunder.... in January!!!!

Menu today

HEX A - Milk - HEX B - 2 Wholemeal bread

Breakfast - (forgot)

Dinner - Pear, 3 soft boiled eggs with 2 wholemeal bread toasted.

Snack - Nap (so knackered after weeks work)

Tea - Pete's Chicken tikka curry, WW yoghurt.

Damn no syns in my menu tonight - probably have to have a kit kat

Total syns : 5.5 syns

I had a kit kat and a packet of french fries so total syns - 9 1/2 syns

 

[Corrina127]

A luxury day... not. Daughter not behaving, tried to get an assignment done for OU and before you know it, its nightime!!

HEX A - Milk HEX B - 2 Wholemeal bread

Breakfast - I remember today, Pear and apple

Dinner - 3 eggs soft boiled, 2 wholemeal bread toasted

Tea - Pork, cabbage, sprouts, broccoli, peas, potatoes and 2 small yorkshire puddings (5 syns) gravy (1 syn)

Snack WW yoghurt

Total syns - 6

 

[Corrina127]

Menu today

Breakfast - 2 dark rye ryvitas (3 syns)

Snack - Apple

Dinner - 2 wholemeal bread with ham, lettuce, cucumber, tomato
French fries (4 syns)
Rhubarb Mullerlight

Snack - Banana

Tea - Roast chicken, cabbage, peas, sprouts, broccoli, potatoes, 2 small yorkshire puddings (5 syns) gravy (1 syn)

Snack - Rhubarb Mullerlight and pear

Total syns - 13 syns

 

[Corrina127]

HEX A and HEX B - Usual

Breakfast - Pear

snack - Apple

Dinner - Left over paella from last nights tea and 2 wholemeal bread.

Tea - 2 Nu Me 50% less fat cumberland sausages (2 syns), bacon, grilled tomatoes, baked beans, scrambled egg done in the microwave and a dab of tomato sauce (less than a tablespoon) (1 syn)

WW yoghurt

snack - French fries (4 syns) time out (4.5)

Total syns - 11 1/2 syns

 

[Corrina127]

I forgot to post what I had yesterday, basically the same but for tea chicken tikka.

Today

HEX A - Milk HEX B - Wholemeal bread

Breakfast - 2 ryvitas (3 syns)

Snack - Apple

Dinner - Seafood Sticks, lettuce, tomato and cucumber and 2 wholemeal bread, french fries (4 syns) mullerlight yoghurt

Snack - Banana

Tea - 3 NUME cumberland sausages (3 syns) mashed potatoes (fat free yoghurt instead of butter) broccoli, peas and gravy (1 syn)

WW Yoghurt.

Total syns - 11

 

[Corrina127]

Yet again I forgot to post what I had yesterday

HEX A - Milk HEX B - Wholemeal bread

Breakfast - Banana

Dinner - 3 eggs and 2 wholemeal bread

Snack - Skips (4 syns)

Tea - Goulash (made up with peppers, tomatoes, paprika, beef and to thicken the gravy - bisto - 1 syn)
WW Yoghurt

Snack - freddo (5 syns)

Hopefully I will have lost - weigh in tomorrow

 

[Corrina127]

I am not doing to good on this thread, forget to post my menu.

Anyway todays:-

HEX A - Milk HEX B - 2 Wholemeal bread

Breakfast - 2 ryvitas (3 syns)

Snack - Banana

Dinner - Ham salad sandwich, french fries (4 syns) mullerlight yoghurt

Snack - did not have time

Tea - Chicken paella and WW yoghurt

Snack - Freddo - 5 syns

Total syns - 12