Michelle's Daily food diary

[michmick]

Thursday EE
Breakfast: strawberries, blackberries, melon, porridge, Greek yoghurt, sweetener
snack: banana, apple
Lunch: jacket potato, chilli, cheese (from a cafe) (20 syns)
Dinner: rice with carrots, broccoli, mange tout, baby sweetcorn, mushrooms, Tarka Dahl. 2 mini baby bels. (7 syns)

Total syns: 27

Exercise: day 3 week 1 c25k

Thoughts
I'm a total idiot and thought I hadn't had any a choice forgetting the mountain of cheese on my jacket this lunch time. I also thought for a bit I was on a green day!

 

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Tuesday EE
Breakfast: muesli, Greek yog, strawberries, blueberries, grapes
Snack: banana, apple, pear
Lunch: salad, eggs, clems
Snack: oddities (5.5 syns)
Dinner: SW burgers, salad, SW chips, 2 slices low low mature cheddar. Mango with shape yog (0.5 syns)

Total syns: 6

Exercise: day 3 week 3 c25k

 

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Wednesday Green
Breakfast: weetabix spoon size chocolate 30g, Greek yog, strawberries, grapes, blackberries
Snack: banana, apple, pear
Lunch: salad, Clems. Cornetto (9 syns)
Dinner: pasta, 75g Philadelphia, lemon juice and rind, garlic, mushroom, red onion, broccoli. Activia yoghurt.

Total syns: 9

Exercise: none, have injuries to both legs so need to rest for a day or 2

 

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Saturday
Was having real issues after the hen weekend where I had a weekend off but managed a maintain, knew I was then going to have a day off for our street party. This then gave me a running commentary in my head "stick to it and just have one day off" v "sod it, just have a break, you're at target". This was exhausting me so I decided from yesterday to be totally off plan until I go back to work on Monday. This involves crisps, takeaways, alcohol etc. feel much happier as I know 100% I can get back on track next week and a break will do me good. A weight gain will also help keep me focused as usually when I get to target I stop going to group and put lots of weight back on again.
blurb over!!

 

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Wednesday. EE. Weigh in, gained 3.5 lbs
breakfast: 30g bite size choc wheatabix
snack: apple
lunch: salad, mackerel in Tom sauce, apple, 2 Clems, 2 plums
snack: snickers (from a box of celebrations) (?4.5 syns), Millie's double choc cookie (9.5 syns)
hot drink: coffee with milk (1 syns)
Dinner: 2 SW burgers, 2 slices Kerry low low cheese, SW chips, fried onions, garlic and mushrooms. Mixed fruit salad.

Total syns: 15

Exercise: none, knee very sore from exercising

 

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Thursday EE
Breakfast: 30g choc mini wheatabix, Greek yoghurt, melon
Snack: banana, apple
Lunch: salad, prawns, Clems, plums
Snack: banana
Dinner: lemon, broccoli, mushroom, tagliatelle, 70g phili light. Fruit salad

Syns: 0

Exercise:
Day 3 week 4 C25k

Thoughts
Just found out we're going to a wedding reception on Sunday and there's a buffet. My downfall is party food. Will eat before I go and hope I have some will power.

 

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Friday EE
breakfast: porridge, Greek yog, grapes, blueberries, strawberries
snack: banana, marzipan chocolate (?2 syns), home made chocolate muffin (?10 syns)
Lunch: salad, prawns, free dressing, apple, Clems, plums
snack: large mug homemade veg soup
Dinner: 2 SW burgers, SW chips, 30g cheddar, fried onions, mushrooms, garlic, grated carrot and tomato. Shape yoghurt (0.5 syns)

Total syns: ?12.5

Exercise: none planned, rest day

Thoughts:
Gutted I had the muffin but I really enjoyed it and hope I guessed the syns right. Line drawn!
finding the rest days between jogging annoying, would like to have gone out again tonight.

 

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Saturday Green
breakfast: porridge, Greek yoghurt, blueberries, strawberries, grapes, banana
snack: apple
lunch: batchelors beef flavour savoury rice, cabbage, leeks, mushrooms. Kiwi, pineapple, mango, vanilla with choc sprinkles muller light
Dinner: tagliatelle, lemon juice and rind, 75g sweet chilli philli, garlic, broccoli, mushrooms, red onion, grated carrot. Mixed fruit salad with cherry muller light.

Total syns: 0

Exercise: day 1, week 5 c25k

Thoughts:
Was going to have options choc with Greek yoghurt but decided to have no syns as I think the buffet/drinks tomorrow at the wedding reception may be bad. Have to lose a pound this week to get me back in target range.

Food plan for week :
NB I cook 2-3 meals a week then eat them for several days each. Never bothered me eating the same thing a few nights in a row, means less standing around in the kitchen cooking!
1) Mexican chilli chicken (BBC good food website, adapted) 13 syns for whole dish
2) roasted butternut squash and sage risotto (jan/feb mag) FREE
2) one-pan roast chicken (Jan/Feb mag) FREE

 

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Sunday EE
breakfast: porridge, Greek yog, grapes, blueberries, strawberries. Apples
lunch: chicken and mushroom pasta n sauce, mushrooms, onion. Fruit salad.
snack: banana. Strawberries, Greek yoghurt, white options choc (2 syns)
dinner: Mexican chilli chicken (4 syns) (onion, chilli powder, ground cumin, 2 tins plum toms, chick stock cube, 200g chorizo, 8 skinless chicken thighs, aubergine, cannellini beans), rice

Total syns: 6

Exercise: day 2 week 5 c25k. Ran 2 lots of 8 mins, wow!!!

Thoughts:
The wedding reception I thought I was going to this evening is actually next week!
Brilliant fantastic news, my OH has decided to try and lose some weigh too. He weighs in at 17st5lbs and wants to get down to around 14 or 15 stone. Think it'll really help me,, he's chucked out loads of naughty food which if great! He's not following a diet as such but us going to try and change his eating habits, not to being healthy but being better than he is now.

 

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Monday EE
breakfast: 35g grape nuts, Greek yog, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, strawberries
snacks: banana, apple
Lunch: veg soup, plums, Clems,
snack walkers baked stars sweet chilli (4.5 syns)
Dinner: Mexican chilli chicken (4 syns) rice, babybels x2. Shape yog

Total syns: 8.5

Exercise: none, rest day

 

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Tuesday EE
Breakfast: porridge, Greek yog, blueberries, strawberries, grapes, blackberries
Snack: banana, nectarine
Lunch: veg soup, Clems, plums
Snack: banana, cheese oddities (5.5 syns)
dinner: butternut squash risotto with 50g feta and a side salad. Shape yog. Plan to have 2 babybels later for the extra hea

Total syns: 5.5

Exercise: day 3, week 5 c25k

Good day today. Sneaky home weigh says I've lost 3 lbs so even if it's not that much tomorrow means I should at least get my 1lb I need to get back in target. Really enjoyed my tea even though risotto's such a faff to make. Made what looks like a yummy salad for lunch tomorrow but am dreading eating it as have a really bad mouth ulcer, boo.

 

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Wednesday weigh in, lost 5.5lbs
Breakfast: porridge(heb), Greek yoghurt, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, grapes
Snack: banana, chicken pasta mugshot
Lunch: salad, plums, Clems, apple
snack: 1 rocky road hi fi bar(1/2 heb)
dinner: butternut squash risotto, 50g feta (hea), salad, 1tbspn thousand island dressing. (2 syns) 2nd hi fi

Total syns: 2

Exercise: none

Thoughts:
Totally shocked re loss, pleased but no idea why, I'm no more on plan than normal. Maybe it's the running. Well I'm happy. Let's hope I lose another pound next week and can then decide whether to lower my target or not. After a feeling like tonight I'd like to have it more!
Also got my 2.5 stone award, that's going on the fridge!!!

 

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Thursday EE
Breakfast: porridge, Greek yog, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, banana
Snack: Tom and herb mugshot
Lunch: tagliatelle, mushrooms, onions, garlic, phili light (hea)
Dinner: roast beef, fry light roast pots, carrots, broc, peas, gravy (?6 syns, had beef juices added to it). Activia yoghurt

Total syns: 6

Exercise: day 1 week 6 c25k

 

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Friday EE
Breakfast: porridge, Greek yog, blue, straw and black berries, grapes
Snack: banana
Lunch: beef and egg salad, 2 Clems, 2 plums, pear
Dinner: Mexican chili chicken (4 syns), jacket pot. Miller light yog

Total syns: 4
Thoughts:
not sure if I should be a bit concerned about such a big weight loss this week when it was unexpected. Will keep an eye on it for next week.
Got a wedding reception evening do on Sunday but I am driving so alcohol not a problem. There will be a buffet though and party food is my downfall (think I said all this last week in my diary as I thought it was last Sunday!) but will eat before I go.
Going running tomorrow

 

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Saturday EE
Breakfast: same as yesterday with a banana
Lunch: wholemeal pasta, 79g phili light sweet chilli (hea + 1 syn), mushrooms, onion, garlic, lemon juice, baby toms. Apple
Dinner: jacket pot, Mexican chilli chicken (4 syns)
Drink: hot choc (2 syns)

Total syns: 7

Exercise: day 2 week 6 c25k

Thoughts
main thoughts are still around dropping target to 9st 7 lbs. Will do so if I've lost enough to make me out of target this week.

 

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Sunday EE
Breakfast: same as yesterday
Snack: banana
Lunch: pasta n sauce with added veg
Dinner: butternut squash risotto with feta
wedding reception buffet: 1 sausage roll and 5 chips ( 5 syns)
Alcohol: 2 small white wines (12 syns), 1 shot of samboka (5.5 syns)

Total syns: 22.5

Exercise:
Day 3 week 6 c25k

Thoughts:
Not sure when I'll get to run again, probably either Friday or Saturday next weekend, boo!
shin splints are starting to flare up but back to head in sand!
Really worried about this wedding evening do buffet tonight, not drinking (I'm driving which I've volunteered for even though I HATE driving in the dark areas I don't know and late when I'm tired. Will stuff myself with SW food before I go and give myself a limited amount of things I can eat, maybe 10 or less. Can only go up once, might wear painful shoes so I don't want to walk! But then I can't dance although might not want to with no booze!
Edit : didn't drive so my syns weren't great but don't think it ended up being too awful.

 

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Monday EE
breakfast: 30g bite size choc wheatabix, Greek yog, berries, grapes
snack: banana, mugshot
lunch: uncle bens expres rice lemon (2.5 syns), tin Tom mack, apple, pear, plums
dinner: butternut squash ricotta, feta. 1 chicken nuggety type thing (2 sys ?) Shape yog.

Total syns: 4.5

Exercise: none, need to rest, shin splints sore.

 

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Oops didn't do my diary yesterday. Had a good breakfast and lunch, no syns. Then had a bad time with the planned chinese and I couldn't even begin to count my syns!
Did do day 1, week 7 c25k

Wednesday. Weigh in day, gained 1.5lbs. EE

Breakfast: 30g choc spoon size wheatabix, Greek yog, berries
snack: apple, Clem
lunch: salad, mack in Tom sauce, Clem, plums, nectarine
dinner: beef curry (steak, onion, chilli, garlic, ginger, curry powder, toms, carrot, aubergine), rice. Shape delights yoghurt, vanilla and choc sprinkles (1 SYN)

Total syns: 1

Exercise: rest day

Thoughts:
Annoyed to have gained so much but expected after 2 bad days and didn't really believe my huge loss last week. Don't think I went over my syns for the whole week though. Ah well, out for tea tomorrow night

 

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Oh dear, had a bad few days, had several weeks syns in 2 days. Feel not guilty but disappointed, it really wasn't worth it.

Saturday EE
Breakfast: grape nuts, Greek yoghurt, fruit, banana
Lunch: pasta, onion, mushrooms, garlic, chicken, bacon, 75g phili. Nectarine
Dinner: roast chicken and veg pot with jacket pot. Plum, pear, Clem.

Total syns: 0

Exercise: day 2, week 7 c25k

Thoughts
Think I'll gain this week which will be crap. I'd like to be below target as next week off to pizza express thursday night, probably no alcohol though. Then the wedding is in 2 weeks so a weekend off plan 100%.

 

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Sunday EE
Breakfast: grape nuts, Greek yog, fruit, banana
Lunch: batchelors savoury rice beef. Fruit salad.
Dinner: oops, pizza express, starter, main and wine

Total syns: lots too many

Exercise: day 3, week 7 c25k