Purplejays Food Diary - All Green

[Purplejay]

Wednesday

Breakfast
Cereal(HB) and milk(HA)
WW from frais (free)

Lunch
Quorn cottage pie (3 syns)
Sweet and sour mugshot (free)
Sounds odd but they went together really well!
Apple (free)

Snacks
Banana, apple and ww yoghurt, 7 up free, pepsi max (free)
1 biscuit 2.5 syns
Milk in drinks (0.5HA)

Tea
At Wetherspoons
Jacket potato (free)
Cheese (HB -there didn't seem to be that much - a bit mean actually lol)
Five bean chilli (free), salad (free), dressing (dunno, 2 syns maybe), diet pepsi (free)

Supper
Small piece of choc cake - 6 syns
Vodka and pepsi max 2.5 syns - just spent 2 hours inputing NCT stuff onto computer (I am treasurer for local branch) and I have earned it. It is that or chocolate and the vodka will have less syns!

Total 16 syns
Excercise - none - having a rest and feeling ouchy from step!

 

[Purplejay]

Weighed in this morning and stayed the same - not bad really all things considered!

 

[Purplejay]

Thursday

Breakfast

2 weetabix and milk (HA+HB)
Small slice toast and marmalade (0.5HB+0.5 syn)

Lunch

Pasta in sauce - Asda Arabiata 3% fat one (free)
sugar free jelly(0.5 syn), tinned pears (0.5 HB) and ww yoghurt (free)

Tea

Quorn brocolli and cheese escalope (7 syns but yummy)
Potatoes and peas (free)
Pancakes (5 syns for approx 1 oz flour, 0.5HA for milk - egg, fry light, lemon juice and sweetener all free)
Half a tablespoon of reduced cal salad cream (0.5 syn)

Snacks

Milk in drinks (0.5HA)

Supper

Quorn peppered beef slices (free)
WW Fromage frais (free)

Total Syns 13.5 syns
Exercise - 1 hour Zumba class

 

[Purplejay]

Friday

Breakfast
2 Weetabix with milk (HA&HB)
2 choc chip cookies (5 syns)

Lunch
Beans on Toast (HB), with some philadelphia extra light (from HA?) and brown sauce (0.5 syn)

Snacks
Milk in drinks (rest of HA), pepsi max

Tea
Not sure yet - off to the pub

 

[Purplejay]

Friday - update

Tea
Falafal wrap
4.5 pints beer (we went to the beer fest).

Tomorrow is another day xxx

 

[Purplejay]

Saturday

Morning all.

Breakfast
Toast, egg, phili extra light (HB)
Melon

Off to the gym now

Update - managed an hour despite feeling a bit queasy

Lunch
Pasta and sauce made with mushrooms, leek, garlic, tinned tomatoes, italian herbs, phili extra light and tomato puree. It looked an odd colour but was scrummy. Cheese on top. (HA)

Snacks
Small sultana bun, small coffee bun (3 syns each)
Milk in drinks (0.5 HA)

I spent the afternoon baking.

Tea
Cheese and pickle sandwich (0.5 HA & HB, 0.5 syn), cheese scone (cheese from allowance and 6 syns), cold potatoes, gerkins reduced cal salad cream (0.5 syn)

Fruit scone (6 syns)

Syns from baking are a guess at the moment - will work it out properly later!

Total 18.5 syns
Exercise 1 hour gym

 

[Purplejay]

Sunday

Breakfast
2 weetabix with milk (HA & HB)
Apple

Lunch
Cheese (HA)
Bread (HB)
Quorn ham, water melon, (free)
Olives (1 syn)
2 stuffed mini peppers with ricotta (2 syns)

Cream egg 9 syns

2 pints of beer (18 syns

Tea
Chick pea and mushroom curry with rice (free)
Low fat creme fraiche (1 syn)


Total 31 syns
Exercise 1 hour at the gym - it said I burnt 360 cals so does that cancel out the beer !

Recipie for chick pea and mushroom curry

Fry onions and garlic in fry light. Add spices, I used 1tsp cumin, 3/4 tsp ginger, 3/4 tsp tumuric, 0.5 tsp chilli poweder, 4tsp corriander. Stir and fry for about 3 minutes (I added a bit more frylight here). Add sliced mushrooms, stir and fry for a few more minutes until the mushroom start to cook. Add a tin of chopped tomates and stir bringing up the heat. Add about a tablespoon of tomato puree, can of chick peas and stir well. Return to the boil, adding water to get right amount of liquid, I used about 1/4 pint. Cover and cook for about 15 mins on a low heat. Voila

You can just use curry powder btw instead of the individual spices if you want.

I always like this better when it it has stood so I made it in the afternoon, we went to the pub and then I reheated using about another 1/4 pint of water (as the chickpeas had absorbed a bit of the liquid). Serve with rice and as it was a bit spicy we had a little creme fraiche on the side.

It made 2 big portions and I have a bit leftover which I will have for lunch today too. It would serve 3 comfortably and 4 with a side salad or if you add extra veg.

xx

 

[Purplejay]

Monday

Good morning all - am going to try and keep off the alcohol today!

My arms are killing after the gym.

Hope you have had a good bank holiday weekend

Breakfast
Weetabix and milk (HA&HB)

Lunch
Leftover curry and rice (free), rc colslaw and beetroot salad (2 syns)

Tea
Potatoes, greens, broccoli, carrots, potatoes (free)
1 yorkshire pud (2 syns)
Gravy (2 syns)

Snacks
Milk in drinks (0.5 HA)
Small bun (3 syns)
Vodka and pepsi max (10 syns)
1oz cheese (HB)

Total 19 syns
Exercise - a bit of running round with M at soft play centre this afternoon and some housework this morning. Tried to go to gym but they were shut!
As you can see, I didn't manage to stay off the alcohol lol. Will try again tomorrow! Weigh in tomorrow - eek!!!

 

[Purplejay]

Yay - lost a pound

 

[Purplejay]

Tuesday

Breakfast

1 slice wholemeal toast (HB)
Beans (Free)

Lunch
2 ww yoghurts (free)
Half a banana (was a bit over ripe for me so threw the other half away - free)
2 slices quorn deli slices (free)
1 Apple (free)

Tea
Pasta with mushrooms, peppers, garlic, courgette stir fried in frylight
1 tbsp low fat pesto (1.5 syns)
Olives (1 syn)
Mixture of low cheddar and parmaesan (HB)
Chocolate shape delight (5.5 syns although M ate about half so just counting 3!)

Snacks
Milk in drinks (HA)
Pepsi max
Magners Pear Cider (not sure, will count 10 syns)

Exercise - 1 hour gym - went at lunchtime after work - today is my half day
Also 1 hour steady walk this evening
Total syns 15.5

 

[Purplejay]

Wednesday

Breakfast - a bit of a strange one today!
Quorn deli ham slices (free)
Leftover cold new potatoes (free)
Approx 50g reduced cal colslaw (1.5 syns)
1 Apple (free)

Lunch
Leftover pasta from last night (0.5 HB cheese & 1.5 syns pesto)
1 ww yoghurt, 1 ww fromage frais and 1 clemantine (free)

Snacks
Milk in drinks (HA)
Pepsi max (free)
1 cookie (2.5 syns)
Olives (0.5 syn)
Glass Milk (HA)

Tea
Mushroom and pepper savoury rice with added curry powder and peas and mushrooms fried in fry light stirred through (free)

Vodka and diet cranberry (10 syns)

Total 16 syns

Still have 1.5 HB left so could have supper in theory but I didn't in the end.

 

[Purplejay]

Thursday

Breakfast
cereal and milk (HA & HB)

Lunch
Bread roll (HB)
2 veggie hotdog saus (3 syns)
Brown sauce (0.5 syns)
Spicy sweet and sour mugshot (free)

Tea
Fruit salad (free)

Supper
Quorn cottage pie (3.5 syns)
Baked beans (free)

Snacks
Wine (13 syns)
Milk in drinks (HA)

Total 20 syns
Excercise - nope - no zumba tonight as I have been for a tattoo on my leg

 

[Purplejay]

Friday

Breakfast
Cereal and milk (HA & HB)

Lunch
Bread (HB)
Mugshot (free)
2 hotdog sauages and sauce (3.5 syns)

Snacks
Ice cream - like a feast but called something else (14 syns
Milk in drink (HA)

Tea
Chippy chips (not many - say 8 syns)
Baked beans, peas (free)
Half a pineapple fritter - no idea how many syns
Vegetable chilli (free)

Pear cider (10 syns)

Total about 40 syns!
Exercise 1 hour gym, 45 mins gentle walking

 

[Purplejay]

Saturday

Breakfast
2 weetabix and milk (HA & HB)

Lunch
Before gym - Veggie chilli (free), 1 potato waffle (1.5 syns)
After gym - minestrone mugshot (free), ww yoghurt (free

Tea
Quorn sausage, quorn swedish meatballs, potatoes, carrots, broccoli, sweetcorn (all free)
Gravy (2 syns)

Snacks
1 chocolate ball (1 syn), milk in drinks (0.5HA)
1 pint Guinness (8 syns)
1 vodka and coke, ok 2 as I am going to have another (5 syns)

Exercise - 1 hour 10 mins Gym (machine said I burnt over 400 cals today - go me!)
Total syns 17.5

 

[Purplejay]

Sunday, Monday - will pop back to update if I can remember what I ate!

Edit to say - nope, can't remember!

Gym on Monday - consultation went well and I now have a program with lots of cardio! Well it seems a lot to me.

12 mins on recline bike
A few weights
16 mins on treadmill
A few weights
10 mins on rowing machine.

Takes about an hour. Never worked so hard (well maybe the other week at step lol but I am not doing that again just yet)!

 

[Purplejay]

Tuesday

Breakfast
Bread roll (HB)
Phili extra light (1 syn)
1 tsp homemade garlic and apple chutney (1 syn)
1 apple (free)

Lunch
Jacket potato (free)
Veg pasta sauce (1 syn)
Cheese (0.5HA)
Milk in drinks (0.5HA)

Tea
Bread roll (HB)
2 veggie hotdog saus (3 syns)
Brown sauce (0.5 syns)
Onions done in fry light (free)
Sugar free jelly, fresh pineapple and half a ww yoghurt (0.5 syns)

Snacks
Half a bar of galaxy bubbles (6 syns?)

13 syns total

Exercise 1 hour at the gym

 

[Purplejay]

Wednesday

Hiya, no gym today, having a day off! I bought some acai berry capsules yesterday to see if they add anything. I am not expecting miracles but if they do help with metabolism, sleep, energy and not feeling so hungry as well as being generally good for you they can't hurt! Also bought some Aloe colon cleanse tablets mainly as I have been more constipated than normal (I often am) since starting this diet and I thought since you can take them daily, they would be more gentle than actual laxatives (although I guess they work similarly)! Will let you know how it goes (sorry if TMI)

Breakfast

2 cups tea (with milk from HA)
Acai capsule
2 weetabix and milk (HA & HB)


Mid morning

Ribena really light (free)
1 Green tea with lemon (free)
1 plum and 1 apple (free)
1 cup of tea (with milk from HA)


Lunch

Acai capsule
Morrisons eat smart Arrabiatta (Can't find it, will guess 4)
Pink grapefruit yoghurt (free)

Mid afternoon
1 cup of tea (with milk from allowance)
1 can diet pepsi
1 eat natural cereal bar - which I am gutted to find had 11 syns (AND cost me over £1)!!!

Tea

Acai capsule
Pasta with pesto light, veg and olives stirred though, oh and cheese 0.5 HB & 2 syns)
Cup of tea (with milk from HA)
Glass pepsi mix

Supper
Ovaltine light (about 3 syns)
1 small slice bread with extra light phili (0.5HB and 1 syn)
1 aloe colon cleanse tablet

Syns - 20
Exercise - none

No alcohol now for 3 days!

 

[Purplejay]

Oh and I weighed in yesterday and was 13st 1lb (which would be a 1lb gain) but today I was back to 13st after going to the loo this morning! I will count it as having STS.

Not surprised no loss as was not very good at the weekend although if I went to the loo regularly that might help too lol!

 

[Purplejay]

Breakfast
Toast (HB)
veg ravioli (free)

Lunch
Curry savoury rice with pepper and radish side salad (free)
shape chocolate delight (5.5 syns)

Snack
3 olives (0.5 syns)
Cheese (HA)
Milk in drinks (HA)
Sweets (4 syns)

Tea
Quorn balls, beans, poached egg (free)
Oven chips (3 syns)
Brown sauce (0.5 syns)

Supper
Pear cider (10 syns)

Total 23.5 syns
Exercise 1 hour zumba
Also had 3 acai capsules and will have an aloe tablet before bed. Things are moving (thank goodness) lol!

 

[Purplejay]

Have just amended my statistics to reflect what I have lost already.

I started my diet 28/04/11 and lost about a stone by November time. Then a few pounds back over xmas and re started properly on 23/03/11 at a start weight of 13st 5lb. Since then, I have lost 5lb but since I started I have lost a total of 16lb and I wanted my statistics to show it. Was chatting to hubby earlier and he pointed out, how much I have lost so far

Onward and downward. My current goal is 12 stones but I think I would like to get closer to 11 stones. I will see how I feel at 12. I want to be a healthy BMI and in the healthy weight range.

xxx