Parisienne's newbie SW diary

[parisienne]

So I'm just getting into the swing of things with SW, haven't done it before, haven't really dieted before apart from keeping the odd food diary here and there. Going to record my food diary here more for my own benefit, but if anyone finds it helpful that's a bonus! Any comments are greatly welcome though, I'm new to this so I'm always open to advice from more seasoned SW'ers. I'm doing the EE plan from home.
Going to have a bash at colour coding my entries for easy reference.
Superfree
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Healthy extra
Syn

FRIDAY 22/6/2012

Breakfast
Bran flakes 28g - HEXB
Sliced banana
Cup of tea w semi skimmed milk - 0.5 syns

Snack
Apple
1 Original Ryvita - HEXB
Quark spread on the ryvita
Cup of tea w semi skimmed milk - 0.5 syns
Flavoured low-cal sparkling water

Lunch
Chicken
Cous cous cooked in stock
Salad leaves
Spinach
Tomatoes
Spring onions

Dinner
Tomato
Mozzarella 42g HEXA
Basil
Chilli made with extra lean beef mine and plenty of beans, chickpeas and veg, with boiled rice.
Meringue nest 3 syns
100g frozen yoghurt 6 syns
Strawberries and cherries
2 glasses of wine, 10 syns

SYN COUNTER - 20 syns (85 for the week left) (105 syns for the week total allowance at a max of 15 a day, Fri-Thu)
I know 15 syns a day is the top limit but since I'm new to this I'm going to allow myself the full 15 if I need them, but maybe aim for 12 max as I get used to the plan.


Friday = Weigh-in day (starting weight) - 12st5.5lb

 

[parisienne]

Soo yesterday wasn't an easy day syns wise, had some friends round for dinner and so overspent my syns when it came to wine and dessert!! Luckily we don't have people round all that often so I'll just get back on the horse and carry on....

Breakfast
Bran flakes HEXB
Banana
Cup of tea w ss milk 0.5 syns


Lunch
Yesterdays chicken, cous cous and veg
Ryvita HEXB
Quark
Apple
Mini milk 1.5 syns
Glass low cal ginger ale

Small ramekin of quark, sweetener, and 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1.0 syn
Cup of coffee w semi skimmed milk, 0.5 syns

Dinner
Last nights chilli with cous cous (This has some superfree in it also as has carrot, celery, onion, yellow peppers)
1X corn on the cob.
1 Ryvita crackerbread 1.0 syns
1 extra light laughing cow HEXA

1 meringue nest 3 syns
Frozen yoghurt (weighed out to calculate syns) 3 syns
Cup of tea with ss milk 0.5 syns

Ryvita crackerbread 1.0 syns
1 extra light laughing cow HEXA

SYN COUNTER - 12 syns (73/105 left for the week)



Also went to the gym today for an hour

 

[parisienne]

So yesterday was a bit better!

Today -

Breakfast
28g porridge oats HEXB
Semi-skimmed milk HEXA
Cup of tea with milk HEXA

Lunch
Ryvita HEXB
Extra light laughing cow triangle 1.0 syns
2 x Ryvita crackerbreads, 2.0 syns
1/2 tin baked beans

Cup of tea with milk, HEXA
2 x rich tea biscuits 4.0 syns
Apple
1 tbsp sweetened quark
Mini milk 1.5 syns

Dinner
Salad leaves, tomatoes and red onion
Cous cous
Small amount of chilli

THEN I went to my friends house to watch the football, there was wine...there were nibbles...... SYN COUNTER - 36.5 (36.5/105 left for the week)
This makes me was to cry. A lot. I think my resolve totally crumbles when I'm in a social situation and other people are drinking and eating!! I now have 36.5 syns to last me the Mon-Thu so will be a good girl for the week (fingers crossed)!

 

[parisienne]

So far not so good. AND, today I woke up starving and had double the recommended 28g serving of porridge. Blah!

Breakfast
56g porridge - HEXB + 5.0 syns
Milk HEXA
Apple
Cup of tea w ss milk HEXA

Lunch
Bowl of chilli
Banana
Ryvita HEXB
Quark
Cup of coffee with splash milk HEXA

Dinner
Big bowl of lentil soup made with onions, celery, carrot and tinned tomatoes
Small bowl of grapes
Sweetened quark

SYN COUNTER - 5.0 syns (31.5/105 for the week)

 

[parisienne]

Another day, think now I'm over the weekend things are going to get a bit easier!

Breakfast
28g bran flakes HEXB
Banana
Grapes

Apple
Mini milk 1.5 syns

Lunch
Chilli and couscous
Cup of coffee w sweetener and ss milk HEXA

Cup of tea w ss milk HEXA
50g teacake 8 syns
Mini fairy cake 5.5 syns


Dinner
Lentil and veg soup
Strawberries
SYN COUNTER: 15.0 (16.5/105 left for the week)

Did the Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred Level 1 video today from YouTube, it was hard work!! A lot like Davina's first exercise DVD but less laborious as it squeezed more work into 30 mins rather than a slow hour. I liked it but don't think I'll be able to commit to doing it every day like you're supposed to. However will try and make it a regular thing, especially as a gym replacement when the weathers bad and I don't want to go out. Going to ache tomorrow!

 

[parisienne]

Breakfast
Porridge HEXB
Banana
Sweetener
Milk HEXA
Cup of tea with milk HEXA

Strawberries
Natural yoghurt 0.5 syns


Lunch
Bowl of sweet potato soup
Muller light

Dinner
Pasta shells with onion, tomato sauce and tuna
Going out tonight with some friends so anticipating alcohol, this time I'm staying well clear of wine and sticking to spirits, 2.5 syns per single, going to have vodka and soda water.
Going to allow myself 10 syns for tonight, so that's 4 drinks. Then I'll have 6 syns for Thursday. Yay!


SYN COUNTER: 0.5 syns (16/105 left for today and tomorrow)

 

[parisienne]

Breakfast
28g bran flakes HEXB
Banana
Cup of tea with ss milk HEXA

Lunch
Bowl of lentil and veg soup
Ryvita, quark and tomato

Mini milk - 1.5 syns
Dinner
Chilli
Salad
Rice

 

[parisienne]

So weighed myself today, and after one week I've lost 2.5lb!! Quite pleased with that considering the wine I had which I thought would cut back my losses substantially. Onwards and upwards!

Breakfast
28g bran flakes HEXB
Banana
Cup of tea w ss milk 0.5 syns

Strawberries
2 tbsp low fat nat. yog 0.25 syns?!
Ryvita HEXB
Apple

Lunch
Pasta and passata
Salad leaves, tomato, cucumber
Feta HEXA

 

[parisienne]

Haven't been on my computer since Friday but have been (shakily) keeping on plan, save for two meals out...tricky tricky!


Bran flakes HEXB
Banana
2 rashers back bacon
Cup of tea w millk 0.5 syns
2 tuc crackers 3 syns
2 rich tea biscuits 3 syns
WW yogurt
Piece of ham
Apple
Curry and rice - counting 2.5 syns for oil and curry paste

 

[systema]

So far not so good. AND, today I woke up starving and had double the recommended 28g serving of porridge. Blah!

Breakfast
56g porridge - HEXB + 5.0 syns
Milk HEXA
Apple
Cup of tea w ss milk HEXA

Lunch
Bowl of chilli
Banana
Ryvita HEXB
Quark
Cup of coffee with splash milk HEXA

Dinner
Big bowl of lentil soup made with onions, celery, carrot and tinned tomatoes
Small bowl of grapes
Sweetened quark

SYN COUNTER - 5.0 syns (31.5/105 for the week)

This is now 35 gms - will check your other breakfast weights and let you know



EDIT - yes the bran flakes are 35gms - have you got the old book?

 

[parisienne]

I photocopied it from a friend, the first page inside the book is some purple grapes? lol My book has all the cereals at 28g except kelloggs all bran and weetabix crunchy bran. Have they all changed? This is great, 28g is just not enough! x