Moocow's EE diary...

[moocow3008]

Monday 19th April 2010

Breakfast
All bran (HEB)
130ml skimmed milk (HEA)

Banana

Lunch
Homemade roasted veg cous cous with spinach, watercress & rocket salad
Activia fat free yoghurt

Dinner
Salmon fillet
baby sweetcorn
mashed cauliflower
broccolli

Snacks
2 x Pink Lady Apples
Some grapes
Homemade easter nest cake (guessing at 6 syns)

Exercise :character00115:
Manic day at work today, not got the energy to sit down let alone go to the gym - have got a big conference this week, so won't be going to the gym until at least Thursday!!

Thoughts for today...
Weigh in this morning and stayed the same :sigh: - really upset actually as I thought I would have lost a bit at least! Trying not to let it get me down, will plod on this week and see how it affects next week's weigh in!!

 

[moocow3008]

Tuesday 20th April 2010

Breakfast
Fat Free Natural Yoghurt
Alpen Light (1/2 HEB)
Frozen cherries
Frozen blueberries

Banana

Lunch
Homemade roasted veg cous cous with spinach, watercress & rocket salad
Roast Chicken
Activia fat free yoghurt

Dinner
Homemade lasagne with cheese sauce sachet (guessing at 6 syns?)

Snacks
Pink Lady Apple
Some grapes
Foxs Chunkie Cookie (6 syns?)

Exercise :character00115:
Nothing today...

Thoughts for today...
Been getting ready for my annual conference tomorrow, will be a very long day with not much chance to eat - will be grabbing something on the run!

 

[moocow3008]

Wednesday 21st April 2010

Breakfast
Fat Free Natural Yoghurt
Alpen Light (1/2 HEB)
Frozen cherries
Frozen blueberries

2 x Banana

Lunch
Couple of potato wedges (not cooked by me so will be synned)
3 x triangle sandwiches with prawns and tuna (bread synned)
Fresh pineapple
Fresh strawberries
Apple

Dinner
Homemade chicken tikka masala with mashed cauliflower instead of rice

Snacks
Dark chocolate digestive (4 syns)
Kelloggs Fibre Plus Bar (5.5 syns)
small easter cake (5 syns)

Exercise :character00115:
Nothing today...

Thoughts for today...
It was my annual conference today (that I organise), so was quite a hectic day, but looking back have made quite bad choices with food with approx. 28 syns today - eek!! Anyway, will try and pull it back for the rest of the week.

 

[moocow3008]

Thursday 22nd April 2010

Breakfast
2 x poached eggs
Baked Beans
Brown bread toast (HEB)

Banana

Lunch
Roast chicken breast (no skin)
FF Natural yoghurt
Frozen blueberries
Fresh strawberries


Dinner
Beef stroganof (SW recipe) with cauliflower and green beans

Snacks
2 x slices of corned beef (didn't realise they were synned til I ate them!!!) - 1 syn
Seafood sticks
Grapes
Fresh clementines


Drinks
2 litres of water

Exercise :character00115:
4km run on tread mill

Thoughts for today...
It's a hard day today, it's the anniversary of my best friend's daughter's still birth - am really trying not to go off plan today... :sad0071:

 

[moocow3008]

Monday 26th April 2010

Breakfast
Fat Free Natural Yoghurt
Defrosted blueberries
1 weetabix biscuit (3 syns)

Lunch
Baked potato
Baked beans

some Roast chicken (no skin)

Dinner
Rump Steak
SW chips
Poached Egg

Snacks
Kelloggs Fibre Plus Bar (HEB)
Seafood sticks
Grapes
some strawberries
Special K Chocolate bites (5 syns)

Drinks
1.5ltrs of water
diet coke

Exercise :character00115:
none today - going to the gym tomorrow night

Thoughts for today...
Been a good day today, glad to be back on plan - * week is in full effect, with a massive headache, but determined not to hit the biscuit tin to compensate. Going to try and up the exercise this week to hopefully boost my loss for Monday.

 

[moocow3008]

Tuesday 27th April 2010

Breakfast
Fat Free Natural Yoghurt
Defrosted blueberries

Lunch
cous cous salad with spinach, watercress and rocket
roasted vegetables

some Roast chicken (no skin)

Dinner
Salmon
Asparagus
Dry roast potatoes

Snacks
Kelloggs Fibre Plus Bar (HEB)
Seafood sticks
Grapes
2 plums
homemade butterfly cake (guessed at 8 syns?)
Weight Watchers Chocolate dessert (3 syns) with strawberries dipped in - lush!!!

Drinks
1.5ltrs of water
Diet coke

Exercise :character00115:
going for a run as long as my husband gets home from work to look after the kids on time!

Thoughts for today...
After my 2lb gain this week, I am determined to get it back off this week. Feel really positive today, and feel really well, so fingers crossed for Monday's weigh in!

 

[moocow3008]

Wednesday 28th April 2010

Breakfast
Swiss style muesli (big portion from restaurant so have synned at 8 syns)
Skimmed milk (1/2 HEA)

FF natural yoghurt
defrosted blueberries
fresh strawberries

Lunch
Peppered Quorn steak
watercress, spinach and rocket salad
grilled cherry toms
seafood sticks
laughing cow extra light triangle (1/2 HEA)

Dinner
Rib eye steak (no fat on it)
Plain jacket potato
small salad
1/2 corn on the cob

Snacks
2 plums
banana

Drinks
1.5ltrs of water
Diet coke
8 x vodka and diet coke (can't believe vodka is 2.5 syns per measure) - 20 syns

Exercise :character00115:
4kms on the treadmill

Thoughts for today...
Off out tonight to watch Peter Kay at the MEN in Manchester, which should be a great night - will be having a couple of drinks and tea out, so hoping to keep well within syns today!

 

[moocow3008]

Wednesday 28th April 2010
(think this might be a Red Day??)

Breakfast
2 x weetabix (1/2 HEB)
skimmed milk (1/2 HEA)
Banana

Lunch
Peppered Quorn steak
watercress, spinach and rocket salad
cherry toms
seafood sticks
2 x laughing cow extra light triangle (1/2 HEA)

Dinner
Beef stew with loads of vegetables
Green beans
Sweetcorn (2.5 syns)

Snacks
Kelloggs Fibre Plus Bar (1/2 HEB)
Activia FF yoghurt
Grapes
2 x Pink Lady Apples
Mini maltesers (5 syns)
Treat size bag of cadbury's buttons (4 syns)

Drinks
1.5ltrs of water
Diet Coke

Exercise :character00115:
none today...

Thoughts for today...
Had a fantastic night last night, really pleased I was able to stay on track (I even sent back a jacket potato as it had a sauce on it). Feel completely knackered today though, so early night for me.

Have been toying with the idea of trying a few Red days during the week, just to shake things up a bit (really like the idea of having 2 HEB's every day) - think I've had one today (not completely comfortable that I'm doing it right), but going to have a look through my books again and make a decision from there

 

[moocow3008]

oh really, bummer - I will have to syn that then, thanks for letting me know though!:thankyou:

 

[moocow3008]

Had a casserole pack which had carrots, suede, leeks, onions (think that was all) so apart from sweetcorn I think I've been okay today, I only had a wee bit of sweetcorn with my tea, so hopefully the syns won't be too bad!

Appreciate you checking it out though - thanks!

 

[moocow3008]

I have been doing EE, but it occurred to me that I tend not to eat that many carbs so thought that Red days would suit me better a couple of days a week - and really like the idea of extra HE's... really like my cereal and cereal bars etc.

Will be giving them a go for the next couple of days and see how it affects my losses.

Have you found you have lost consistently mixing the days during the week?

 

[moocow3008]

I will be quite happy with small losses actually, at first it's how much can you lose in a week, but now realise that a loss is a loss, and that's what it's all about.

It's amazing how obsessed you can become with every little bite that you take, but I suppose that's what the journey is all about!

Good luck for the WI tomorrow, let me know how you got on!

 

[moocow3008]

Friday 30th April 2010 - Red Day

Breakfast
All bran (1/2 HEB)
Skimmed Milk (1/2 HEA)
Banana

Lunch
Tesco Chicken Tikka Pieces
watercress, spinach and rocket salad
seafood sticks
Roast chicken
1 x laughing cow extra light triangle (1/4 HEA)

Dinner
Take away Lamb Rogan Josh (6.5 syns) - had 2 bites, it was disgusting, so have decided to have a lamb moussaka instead at 3 syns!!

Snacks
Kelloggs Fibre Plus Bar (1/2 HEB)
Pink Lady Apple
Fresh Pineapple

Drinks
1.5ltrs of water
Diet Coke

Exercise :character00115:
none today... but did do the weekly shop round Tescos, so that's enough for me!

Thoughts for today...
Has been a good day today, getting used to these Red days, think they might be the way forward for me... fingers crossed it shows on the scales on Monday, but I definitely feel "lighter" but that doesn't always translate does it! Think I might have a couple of EE days over the weekend though, they are much easier when you are feeding the family all at the same time!

 

[Loopeylou]

I do more Red days too now and feeling far less bloated. I cook the same for the family too but I just have more veg with my dinner and not the carbs
Have a great weekend.

Claire
x

 

[moocow3008]

Thanks girlies, feels good to know that there are people looking after me...

Fingers crossed for weigh in this week!!

 

[moocow3008]

Saturday 1st May 2010 - Red Day

Breakfast
All bran (1/2 HEB)
Skimmed Milk (1/2 HEA)
Banana
Activia FF Yoghurt

Lunch
Fruit

Dinner
Homemade chicken tikka masala - using Pataks tikka masala paste, which I think is 1 syn per tablespoon??

Snacks
Kelloggs Fibre Plus Bar (1/2 HEB)
Slices of ham with 2 Laughing Cow Light triangles (1/4 HEA)

Drinks
1.5ltrs of water

Exercise :character00115:
3 mile road run, have got a 10k in two weeks - so proper training starts now!!!

Thoughts for today...
Been a good day today, lots going on at home which is why I haven't had a decent dinner - but looking forward to my tea...

 

[moocow3008]

Tuesday 4th May 2010
Red Day

Breakfast
All bran (1/2 HEB)
Skimmed milk (1/4 HEA)
Banana

Lunch
Beef stew (with lots of free veggies in)
FF natural yoghurt
Defrosted raspberries
Defrosted blueberries

Dinner
Salmon Fillet
Cauliflower
Broccolli
Baby sweetcorn

Snacks
grapes
Kelloggs Fibre Plus bar (1/2 HEB)
10 Mikado sticks (5 syns)

Drinks
1ltr of water
Diet coke

Exercise :character00115:
Nothing today...

Thoughts for today...
Had a good busy day at work today, so not had much time to think about food today (which isn't a bad thing...)

I haven't updated for about a week, been busy - was really pleased with a 3lb loss this week, so definitely trying more Red days again this week to see if it has the same effect!