Double blogging...

Sorry for not posting last night, hubby was home and cuddles made me forget!

Breakfast yesterday was a black pudding (4 syns) spinach and mushroom omelette.

Snacked on a mullerlight mid morning.

Lunch was a wholemeal ham sandwich with an apple, orange and a 0.5 syn jelly.

Dinner was a meal out at Toby Carvery. Syn free veg and meat plus some roasties, butternut squash, gravy and mint sauce equalling 7 syns.

Snacked on some mango grapes later in the evening... yummy!!

Breakfast today was smoked salmon and poached eggs on wholemeal toast followed by watermelon slices.

Snacked on some strawberry grapes mid morning.

Lunch was a big salad with chilli cottage cheese and 8 olives (1 syn) followed by a fat free yogurt and a banana.

Got home from work and ate 6 seafood sticks.

Now I'm off to the besties for homemade SW burgers filled with light babybel topped with balsamic caramelised onions... served with either veg or salad (not sure yet)

Really happy with the past few days. Really hoping to be close to target on Monday!!!

Late night cooking...

Breakfast yesterday was porridge (made with water) sweetener and chopped banana.

Snacked on some cherries at around 11.30.

Lunch was roast pork, carrots, mixed veg and boiled potatoes from the work canteen.

Was on a late shift at work and didn't  get home until nearly 7pm... then my step brother came over to play electrician with some dodgy lights... didn't get to start cooking until gone 9.20! However, even though hubby insisted on takeaway I was very proud to have resisted! Instead we had 'brinner' (breakfast for dinner) in the way of a SW Grill Up. 1 syn for weight watchers sausages, 4 syns for black pudding and the rest was syn free :-) happy days!

Weigh in...

Breakfast yesterday was scrambled eggs with onions and cherry tomatoes with 2 cups of coffee.

No lunch (weigh day, you know me!)

Got to weigh in and I was very pleased with a 1lb loss... and a nomination for Woman of the Year 2014! Really didn't think I would be nominated this year as I'm at a reletavely new group (I swapped a couple of months ago) and haven't  got to know everyone yet so I am over the moon! Next week I have to take some before pictures and an old item of clothing with me to show how far I have come... barf alert! Hate seeing those old trousers now haha!

So I am now only 3lb from  target and I am going to do my best to get that in the bag next week... let's see if I can do this!!

Being quiet...

Sorry for being so quiet over the past few days. I just got a new phone and have only just figured out how to add my account to my phone (I have several Google accounts!)

So the past few days have been full of food which is 100% on plan... However, last night was a night out with friends. I drank lots of alcohol, but managed to stay pretty low syn. I did have 1 cocktail, 1 jagerbomb but the rest of the night was low sync spirits with a diet mixer.

Breakfast on a hangover this morning. I have Toby Carvery breakfast. I had toast (3 syns for butter) lots of bacon (fat removed) beans, 1 fried egg (0.5 syns) tomatoes, 1 sausage (approx 3 syns) and some bubble & squeak (2 syns for oil) so roughly 8.5 syns but it was delicious!!

Skipped lunch as I was stuffed from brekkie, but had an early dinner of a grilled chicken kebab with lots of salad. Syn free as the kebab shop doesn't  use oil :-)

If I get peckish later I will have some superfree, so hopefully a loss will still come my way after my night out, but I saved plenty of syns so I'm feeling confident!

Fluids!

So the past few days I have been on a real mission to up my fluid intake. I have been averaging 7-8 drinks per day... I feel like I'm fit to burst but I know it will be worth it come weigh day.

Breakfast today was a spinach, onion and ham omelette with 40g light cheddar (hea) followed by a banana.

Snacked on 2 fruit crunch ryvita (heb1) mid morning.

Lunch was a superfree salad topped with cottage cheese followed by 2 scan bran mixed with yogurt (half heb2 & 0.5 syn) and a nectarine.

Snacked on some fruit mid afternoon.

Dinner was salmon with roasted vegetables followed by 4 syn of popcorn.

As dinner was quite early and I hadn't had all of my heb2 I just had 3 scan bran topped with sweetened quark and apple slices.

So finishing the day on 4.5 syns and feel like I'm going to pop! Aiming for minimal syns tomorrow to bank some up for the weekend.

Cake!

Breakfast yesterday was porridge (heb1) made with water, then mixed in a rhubarb yogurt (0.5 syns) and then had some strawberries and a nectarine.

Mid morning snack was a slice of scan bran carrot cake (3 syns) it was yummy! Definitely helped my sweet tooth and stopped me eating the sweets in the office!

Lunch was a ham and goats cheese babybel salad (hea) with lots of superfree.
Came home from work to another slice of cake (3 syns)... Love how I can actually have my cake and eat it!!! Also had yoyo bears (dried fruit, heb2)

Dinner was a late one and meal out with my dad, stepmum and hubby... Of course they chose Toby Carvery. I had lots of superfree veggies (made especially with no butter) meat and 1syn of gravy.

Challenge...

So this week I am attempting an original week... As well as the Scan Bran challenge (eat Scan Bran every day for 5 days... This will be tough as it's not the tastiest of things on it's own!)

Breakfast today was 60g of greater white toast (heb1) topped with poached eggs, mushrooms and 0.5 syn of ketchup.

Lunch was my 5 scan bran (heb2) topped with low low spread (hea) and cucumber followed by a pot of cherries and a Greek style yogurt (0.5 syn)

Snacked on a nectarine late afternoon.

Dinner was steak topped with garlic and chilli prawns with asparagus, babycorn and baby courgette followed by a rhubarb yogurt (0.5 syns)

So very impressed with today's choices. Only 1.5 syn used and I have lunch and my scan bran choice prepared for tomorrow. Being prepared is key!

Weigh day

Yesterday was weigh day...

Breakfast was 2 slices of toast topped with peanut butter (9 syns) served with fresh cherries and a Greek style fat free yogurt (0.5 syns)

No lunch (you know me!)

2 mints and a boiled sweet throughout the afternoon (2 syns)

Got to weigh in and was very pleased with a 1lb loss :-) just 4lbs from target now! I'll be saving alot of my syns this week for a night out on Saturday so that I can hopefully still get a loss next week!

I need a boring life to get to target...

So Christening yesterday. Not a bad day but again cut it fine for syns. Followed original day...

Breakfast was strawberries, cherries and blueberries topped with a mullerlight fruitopolis yogurt (0.5 syns)

Lunch was a salmon salad.

Dinner was a quick grab and scoff before heading off to a 5.15pm christening... I had a packet of Melba toasts (3 syns) topped with 60g low low (hea1) strawberries, blueberries and 2 packs of yo yo's (dried fruit, heb1)

Buffet at the after-do tempted me, I had 2 triangles of wholemeal cheese and pickle sandwich (hea2, heb2 & ?2 syns for pickle) a marshmallow (1.5 syns) and a chicken drumstick, skin removed.

Finally, 4.5 syns for a white wine spritzer... 11.5 syns (as an estimate) used for the day.

I REALLY want a loss on those scales this week, but I genuinely don't know what to expect... Maybe the way to target is sheltering myself at home and only eating foods I prepare? Haha!

Syyyyyns!

So stayed under syns yesterday but cut it very fine! It was a really busy day so I am still pretty pleased with myself.

4:30am wake up call ready for the 5am opening of the Next Sale...

Breakfast was porridge (heb) with 200ml of semi skimmed milk (5 syns) followed by a banana.

Trip to Cardiff at 8am for bridesmaid and wedding dress shopping with one of my best friends. Snacked on a fruit pot between appointments (at around 11am) then lunch was a jacket potato topped with beans and cheese (hea) at around 2pm.

Got home from Cardiff and I was too tired to be bothered to cook, so I ordered Chinese... 5 syns for Four Seasons (meat, chilli & veg in oyster sauce) 4.5 syns for prawn crackers and syn free boiled rice.

So finished by day on 14.5 syns, and feeling good about it! Have a Christening to go to this afternoon, but I am planning on staying low syn there too!

Yumminess!

So I had some really tasty food yesterday...

Breakfast was 2 slices of wholemeal toast topped with frylight eggs, bacon and mushrooms (0.5 syn for ketchup)

Lunch was a big superfree salad with cottage cheese.

My boss bought ice lollies for everyone in the office, I had a cherry flavour one from a sainsburys multipack. It was 2 syns and absolutely delicious! Definitely sorted out my sweet tooth!

Dinner was pizza topped chicken served with hassleback potatoes, spinach, babycorn, baby courgettes and asparagus (1 syn for extra light mayo)

Finished my day with a bag of flying saucers at 3.5 syns... Putting me on 7 syns for the day. Pretty impressive I'd say :-)

Low syn days

So this week I have been having low ayn days. I have a very busy weekend ahead of me and I don't want anything tripping me up.

Breakfast yesterday was overnight oats (heb) in raspberry yogurt topped with nectarine slices.

Had a skinny latte with a sugar free syrup shot in the morning (0.5 syns & hea)

Lunch was a big ham salad and a fat free yogurt.

Snacked on some grapes mid afternoon.

Dinner was Thursday night meal at the Besties... We has a quorn spag bol with lots of superfree chucked in. After dinner we sat down to some TV and 20g candy floss (4 syns)

So overall, another good day. So far I have used 6.5/105 syns for the week. Should keep me on plan over the weekend :-)

Double blogging...

Sorry for a double blog, I was on a late shift at work yesterday and had running around to afterwards... By the time I got home it was dinner and bed!

Breakfast yesterday was a big bowl of pineapple, melon and blueberries followed by a Shape apple crumble yogurt (0.5 syns)

Had a skinny latte (hea) and a caramel HiFi (heb) mid morning.

Lunch was roast pork with brocolli and carrots from the work canteen, followed by a banana.

Snacked on a small pot of fresh pineapple at around 4pm.

Dinner was bachelor's Mexican rice mixed with brocolli, babycorn, carrot, cauliflour, courgette and diced chicken. Made extra for lunch today.

Got into bed with 2 nectarines and a green tea.

Breakfast today was a cheese and ham toastie (hea &heb) followed by banana and an orange.

Lunch today was leftover chicken rice from last night.

Was flicking through instagram after work and came across someone having skewers... Made me really fancy them for dinner. So I had chicken skewers with green pepper, onion, mushrooms and tomatoes served with a tbsp of sweet chilli sauce (1.5 syns)

Just snacked on some pineapple and melon.

So happy with how the past couple of days have gone, only 2 syns used and feeling good to have some carbs back in my life. Now I'm off to bed with a book and a green tea.

Weigh in

So last night was weigh in day.

Breakfast was toast topped with mushrooms, ham and frylight eggs.

Ate some popcorn for lunch (I think I have an addiction!!!)

Weighed in and gained 0.5lb... Initially I want best pleased about it but looking back I am rather pleased. It was star week, yes I stayed under syns but I ate LOADS, and I had a false loss last week after a stomach bug... So what's half a pound ey?

I have also decided to rejig my target again. I originally set a target of 11st (which I changed because I didn't think it was enough) but I have some things happening soon which will involve a lot of stress, emotions and time... I do not need to be stressing about my weight aswell. And to be fair, after nearly two years of slimming I think I deserve a break! So I have put my target back to 11st, meaning I am now 5lbs from target. Hopefully it won't take me long to get there!

Yummy yummy

Breakfast yesterday was a fat free yogurt topped with Special K Granola (heb1) followed by a nectarine and an orange.

Lunch was a tin of Asda Lamb Bhuna (1.5 syns) with lots of added superfree (asparagus, courgette, onion, baby corn)

Snacked on 4 ryvita (heb2) topped with light Philadelphia (hea1) mid afternoon.

Dinner was Tesco BBQ pulled pork shoulder with mushrooms, sugarsnap peas, baby corn, courgette and tomatoes... It was delicious... AND SYN FREE!!! Definitely a must have on my shopping list from now on!

Snuggled up with hubby to watch a film in the evening and I had a milky chocolate coffee (hea2) and a bag of sugar free haribo (an absolute godsend at 6.5 syns!)

So finished my day on 8 syns and had some really delicious foods. Feeling bloated this week though (star week just finished) and I am keeping everything crossed for a loss on those scales tomorrow!

Discovering new treats

Breakfast yesterday was hot weetabix (heb1) and semi skimmed milk (hea1) with frozen raspberries mixed in.

Lunch was 4 Ryvita (heb2) topped with light Philadelphia (hea2) a nectarine, an orange and a fat free yogurt.

Dinner was date night with hubby. We went to the Harvester and I had a mixed grill minus the onion rings, sausage, black pudding, peas or carbs. Indeed of all these tempting extras I had flat mushrooms, lots of superfree salad, a fried egg (0.5 syns) and Budweiser BBQ sauce (2 syns)

Trip to the cinema after dinner so we took a trip to tesco to get some low syn treats. I opted for a pot of fruit, pomegranate seeds and 2 small bags of popcorn... The popcorn was to die for! They were tesco branded and the flavours in the multipack were Chocolate Orange, Salted Caramel and Strawberry Toffee... At 3.5-4 syns a bag they are amazing!!!

So finished my day on 10 syns and managed a meal out and a cinema trip. Good day all round I'd say :-)

Back in control!

So back at work today and I have to admit, it's been great! I'm back in control of my eating and I feel like I have some normality back in my life.

Breakfast this morning was oat pancakes (heb1) followed by a nectarine.

Lunch was leftover pork and spinach curry and an orange.

Off to the besties for dinner tonight and we had sweet chilli salmon and stir fried veg (1.5 syns for sweet chilli sauce) followed by some pineapple and a Jubby ice lolly (2.5 syns) Also had 2 milky coffees (hea1)

Got home and sat infront of the TV for a little while. Got a bit peckish so had 2 slices of toast (heb2) topped with light Philadelphia (hea2)

So managed to get through my day by only snacking once and having consumed only 4 syns. Feeling much better and hoping a busy weekend won't trip me up... But I know I can make good choices and that is what I intend to do!

I'll be glad to be back at work!

So being off work and having star week is proving to me making me a bottomless pit!

Breakfast this morning was overnight oats (heb1) topped with rasperries.

Lunch was a spinach, asparagus and tomato omelette topped with cheese (hea1) followed by a pack of Melba toast (3 syns) topped with light Philadelphia (hea2)

Snacked on some strawberries, blueberries and quark plus a brownie from my Graze box (5.5 syns) mid afternoon.

Dinner was a homemade syn free pork and spinach curry, with enough leftovers for lunch tomorrow.

Pud was a funny feet ice cream (3.5 syns)  and 2 alpen light bars (heb2)

So 12 syns used today, and 2 hea's and heb's (following original day) I am looking forward to going back to work tomorrow to stop me snacking! I'm staying under my syns, but I have to admit that I feel like i'm stuffing my face... That needs to stop!

Feeling better

My symptoms of my stomach bug have stopped and my appetite is back (thanks star week!!)

Breakfast yesterday was 2 slices of wholemeal toast (heb1) topped with ham, frylight eggs, mushrooms and 0.5 syn of ketchup.

Lunch was sweet chilli light Philadelphia (hea) on 4 ryvita (heb2) followed by an apple, peach, grapes and a fat free yogurt. After lunch I had a Funny Feet ice cream at 3.5 syns.

Dinner was a grilled chicken and lamb kebab with lots of salad and 1 syn of extra light mayo (no pitta bread - over the moon to find that my local kebab shop does a syn free marinade with no oil!!)

As I ate dinner quite early I had a bowl of quark mixed with strawberries and blueberries plus 5 syn of mikado mid evening.

Finished my day with a 1 syn hot chocolate in bed.

So a hungry day yesterday after star week making an appearance and getting my appetite back, but only used 11 syns and am confident I can carry this on for the rest of the week :-)

Family antics

So I was away in Devon for a long weekend. I had absolutely no signal (not even enough for a phonecall) hence no posting!

I took food with me and resisted the high syn foods my family were eating for their meals. I did eat some sweets, and the odd chip but other than than that I was a good slimmer :-) unfortunately on Sunday afternoon I came down with a stomach bug meaning the last night of our holiday was spend suffering in the caravan alone. My aim for this week's weigh in was a maintain but I was very pleased with a 2.5lb loss on the scales last night. I am sure a lot of that came down to 24 hours of a tummy upset but I'll take it!

Back home and settled now, unfortunately have to have a couple of days off work to prevent spreading my bug, but I am determined to stay on plan. Only 2.5lbs to go before I get rid of my holiday gain, hopefully I can make a dent in that this week!

Lesson learned...

Breakfast yesterday was overnight oats topped with strawberries.

Snacked on some grapes mid morning.

Lunch was a bug superfree salad topped with some chilli bean tuna (1.5 syns) followed by a peach.

The office was full of cakes and sweets all day and I did end up having a boiled sweet (1 syn) but was very pleased to have resisted the cakes!

Snacked on 3 oatcakes topped with sardines in tomato sauce mid afternoon. I was sure that oatcakes were 1 syn each but decided to double check... After eating them... Rookie mistake! 2 syns each!! Needless to say, not worth it and the rest of the box went straight in the bin!

Dinner was tomato chicken pasta topped with my head of reduced fat cheddar.

Snacked on a bag of Aldi cheese curls before bed (3 syns)

So a lesson learnt today... ALWAYS check syns before eating things! Finished my day on 11.5 syns so still within my allowances but could have been less if I'd have just done my research before scoffing. Won't be making that mistake again in a hurry!

Feeling a tad more normal

So day 2 of hubby being back at work went much better than day 1...

Breakfast was a cheese and tomato toastie.

Snacked on some grapes mid morning (I resisted Madeira Cake in the office!)

Lunch was cajan chicken stew with lots of added superfree (1.5 syns)

Finally got round to doing a food shop after work, snacked on some chicken breast slices on my way home.

Dinner was steak with mini corn on the cob, sugarsnap peas, mushrooms, tomato and some herby diced potatoes.

Got into bed with a book and an apple at around 9.30pm.

So only 1.5 syns consumed and I have to say I felt much better for it. I also increased my fluid levels having 9 drinks throughout the day :-)

Planning another low syn today today so hopefully that goes to plan...

Struggling to juggle everything...

So I am really struggling to juggle everything going on in my life at the moment. Work is busy, hubby has been off work and it has just been a really busy and emotional time! Blogging, instagraming and posting on my Facebook page seem to have fizzled out but I promise to get back on top of everything soon.

After drinking copious amounts of alcohol on Saturday night I was very pleased with a 1lb loss this week.

Food today has been on plan but I have used more syns than I usually would... A mixture of a busy day and hubby being back at work for the first time have had me reaching for comfort food.

Breakfast was an early one (started work at 6.20am!) and was a slice of wholemeal toast with scrambled egg, tinned tomatoes and mushrooms.

Snacked on a banana at around 8.30am. 

As i was only working until 1pm today (due to appointments in Oxford this afternoon) I didn't have time for lunch so I snacked on a pot of carrot batons and cucumber with 2tbsp of houmous (5 syns)

After my appointment hubby treated me to steak, boiled potatoes and salad before our journey back to Swindon.

As dinner was early (around 4pm) I was hungry again by around 7pm so had a fruit salad and some popcorn (6.5 syns)

I am just about to get into bed and having had the other half of my heb or my hea so I am going to have a slice of wholemeal toast topped with light philly.

That concludes my really hungry day... And I am hoping going to bed early will stop me boredom eating! I need to have some low syn days now since I am away with family for 4 days from Friday... Wish me luck!!