Running with Scissors - one day at a time.

[Running With Scissors]

Feel sad today, one of my rats is dying. :wave_cry: She's been wobbly for a few weeks now and has basically just spent the last two days on the floor of the cage (I separated her from the others), she's not even old yet, less than 2 yrs old and her sister is fine. She's a red eyed siamese so maybe they're just not as healthy as other ratties.

 

[Ally89]

I have a red eyed siamese, she's just coming up to 1. Was she a rescue or from a breeder or pet shop? Have you taken her the vets? If she was wobbly could be just an ear infection.

 

[Running With Scissors]

Hi Ally, they (the sisters) were from a pet shop and I realised quite soon that it was the wrong place to go! The other (latter) three are from breeders. I think she's beyond vets help now.

 

[Ally89]

Yeah pet shop ratties are so prone to infection. My old hooded baby was 18 months old when she died but she had that many respiratory problems through her life. My two sisters that I have now are both rescues and have had no problems, apart from Twitch (the Siamese) can't see very well, they will be 1 year old beginning of July.

 

[Running With Scissors]

The poorly one has always had respiratory problems too...

Anyway, going off plan isn't going to help her so:

Thursday 7th June continued:

Lunch:
Meatball spaghetti using
homemade meatballs made from extra lean mince
wholewheat spahetti
tin of tomatoes
small tin of kidney beans
small carton of passata
mountain of mushrooms
Onions
garlic
herbs and spices





Snacks:
Banana
Hi fi light bar 0.5 HEB

Dinner (planned)
Chicken breast
Slimming world potato wedges
Salad
Müllerlight

Total syns: 6.5

Right, the potato wedges were perfect! Definitely having them again O.M.G

 

[Jane R]

Well done on your amazing weight loss this week but very sorry to hear about your pet. x

 

[miss_katie169]

Sorry to read about your rat It's so sad when pets are dying xx

 

[Running With Scissors]

Thanks Katie

Friday 8th June ( * )
Breakfast:
2 egg omelette
Ham
Mushrooms

Snack:
Hifi light bar 0.5 HEB

Lunch:
Meatball spaghetti as yesterday

Dinner
Roasted vegetables
Home made beef burger
Spicy potato wedges
Banana

Snack:
Sunbites
Hi fi light bar 0.5 HEB
Mug of skimmed milk HEA

Total syns 6

 

[AdamEdward]

Well done ! xx Cant wait to weigh on weds n get going with this first week xx

 

[Running With Scissors]

Well done ! xx Cant wait to weigh on weds n get going with this first week xx

Thanks

I know what you mean, it will be my fourth week on weds and I still get excited!

 

[Running With Scissors]

Saturday 9th June

Breakfast:
Slice of melon
Banana

Lunch:
Mugshots
Apple

Dinner (planned)
KFC style chicken strippers (HEB in coating)
Spicy potato wedges (again!)
Salad
Müllerlight



Snacks:
Milky way
Sunbites
Mug of skimmed milk (HEA)

Total syns:14

DEFINITELY not going to weigh myself until Monday as I'm having an awful lot of salt today, plan to drink loads of water and hopefully it will be flushed out of my system by WI on weds!

 

[miss_katie169]

The dinner you had last night looks so nice! I'll have to try making my own chicken strips and potato wedges xx

 

[Running With Scissors]

They are lush Katie, very moreish though!

Sunday 10th June

Breakfast:
Apple
Small bowl of meatball spaghetti thing that I made a couple of days ago, minus the spaghetti (at 11am)

Lunch:
Mushrooms with light Philadelphia HEA
2 small wholemeal toast HEB

Dinner:
SW style chicken strips
Spinach
Broccoli and cauliflower
Green beans

Snacks:
Müllerlight
Sunbites 6 syns

Total syns 6.

 

[Running With Scissors]

Monday 11th June

Breakfast
All bran (HEB)
Skimmed milk (HEA)
Banana

Snack:
2 daim mikado (1 syn)

Lunch
Mixed salad
Spinach and feta frittata (4 syns)

Dinner:
Had planned to make salmon and brown rice cakes but they just fell apart in the pan so I ended up with some kind of mutated kedgeree...
Wasn't altogether unpleasant but not what I was expecting to have. Had with a couple of spoons of chilli cous cous. No super free (didn't know what would go with it!) so I left a third of my plate empty and will have an apple or two after.

Tinned pink salmon
2 eggs
2 tsp mustard (1 syn)
One chilli
Brown rice
Peas
Cous cous (1.5 syns)

Snack
Sunbites (6 syns)

Total syns 13.5

 

[Running With Scissors]

Tue 12th June

Breakfast:
2 slices toast (HEB)
2 laughing cow light triangles (part HEA)
Half tin of baked beans
Banana

Lunch
speed soup
chili made with extra lean mince

Dinner
more mince
feta cheese
mikados
apple

total syns, around 14

 

[miss_katie169]

​Good luck for tomorrow!! xx

 

[Running With Scissors]

Weighed in today and lost 3lbs. Woooo! 11lbs loss in four weeks, happy with that!

 

[miss_katie169]

Well done! :clap: xx

 

[Ally89]

Well done

 

[Running With Scissors]

Thank you

Weds 13th June

No breakfast

Lunch:
2 slices wholemeal toast HEB
Mushrooms
Light Philadelphia ( HEA)

Dinner
Quorn mince chilli
Jacket potato
Green beans
Feta cheese (1 syn) a little goes a long way!)
Apple
Banana
Müllerlight yogurt



I have a deal with my daughter, she helps me cook and is in charge of the spices so she piled in LOADS of chilli powder, cayenne pepper and paprika! My lips were burning after and she was fine... She's only 8!

Total syns = 1 (OMG)