Weigh Day Results 18 Aug 2011

Oops, its a case of three steps forward and two steps back this week, not in the slightest bit surprising considering that I lost the plot and fell off the wagon  - although you would think all that searching and falling would count as body magic!

I think I have got a bit bored of my diet, I seem to eat the same things all the time and and its not very inspiring.  I am going to have a look through the pile of SW magazines and books that I have collected over the last few years and find something different to eat.

Last night I had Diet Coke Chicken, I didn't have pasatta so just used tinned toms, I never really stick to the same recipe but this one tasted pretty good with syn free chips.

Recipe

Carton of tinned tomatoes
packet of skinless, boneless chicken thighs
2 red onions (sliced length ways)
1 chicken stock pot
Chilli powder
400ml diet coke

brown onions and chicken thighs with chilli powder in a wok
mix tomato, stock and coke together in a bowl or jug
pour tomato mixture over chicken
cook on stove over a medium heat for 30-40 mins or until sticky

Yummy!

Weigh Day Results 11 Aug 2011

Yippee I lost 3lb, I am back at my pre-holiday 2 stone total weight loss, and back to being overweight not obese, what a fab slimming world week.

OK so I slipped up on keeping my diary updated towards the end of the week, I did actually keep a list on my PC at work I just didn't find the time to blog (naughty me!).  I managed to stay on the right side of 105 (just) but  what I figure made the difference was that I hit the gym on Friday, Sunday and Monday, I started using the cross trainer, which is less painful on the old ankle and gets me really hot and sweaty (which I take as a sign of a good workout).

I started volunteering to take the money at class, what with there being no consistency in leaders I thought it might help if at least someone looked the same each week when everyone got weighed, my mum is doing the weighing so its a real family affair.  I really like helping out, being part of the group, it definitely inspires me to get enough weight off so I can apply to be a consultant myself.

Anyhow night night, have a good week everyone!

What is it with changing everything I like so it isn't syn free

Last month the devastating news that Joe's Sausages would no longer be certified as free nearly broke my heart and then it was quorn sausages, now it is muller light - the staples of slimming world are under attack! 

For anyone who hasn't heard, or seen; the newly packaged muller lights are a different recipe, this means that the rhubarb, mandarin and banana and custard yoghurts (my favourites) are all syn-ed.  They are 1/2 a syn each ,which isn't a lot but means that you can't eat them with reckless abandon anymore and who wants to use their syns on 'yoghurts' for goodness sake. 

I have been advised that the yoghurt technicians (that is quite a cool job title) are working to get the syns down again, clearly muller must realise the majority of their sales are from us Slimming World devotees - so lets hope they manage it, what I don't get is what was wrong with the old recipe, why is it always change, change, change. Boo hiss!

Right rant over, off to do some work now!

Weigh Day Results 4 Aug 2011

So despite my terrible week I managed to lose 1/2 lb.  I think I need to reassess my target for the next few weeks I have decided I want to loose 9lb in the next 6 weeks that would be 13stone 8lb by 15 September.

I really want to try and do the diet 100% this week, stick to my syns, get some exercise, do the thirds properly, write things down.

so far today I have had;

1 hifi bar 6syns
1 packet of french fries 4syns
syn free homemade colslaw
steak
syn free chips
lettuce

daily total syns 10

I am going to restart my diary challenge from this week, hopefully I will do a better job this week.

Getting back on track - changing plans

I decided that the best way to take control of what (as you can tell from my total failure to complete my food diary) has been a rubbish week.  I am really struggling to get my motivation following my holiday, I ate exactly what I wanted when I was away and now I can't seem to stop.  I am planning SW meals but still snacking on everything else.

Today is the first day that I have really thought about what I am doing, I decided that what I wanted was to eat cheese, and as any long term follower of SW knows, the best way to do this is have green day.

I haven't had a proper green day since extra easy came out, which is a long time now.  I have to admit I found the prospect of no meat really scary, odd considering I was a vegetarian for 7 years during my teens.  I just didn't know what to make, in the end I had pasta salad for lunch, which was a fetching shade of pink thanks to the beetroot. I threw in some chickpeas, tomatoes, cucumber, apple, and spring onions and despite my reservations it actually tasted OK.


I was starving when I got in, so I had a packet of morrisons egg fried rice which was 4.5 syns (I thought it was less, which proves you should check before you eat!)

For tea I had my second healthy B low fat soft cheese with garlic and herbs with mushroom and tagliatelle (for the first  had my usual breakfast of Alpen lights, it is a good thing they have a few flavours otherwise it could get boring).

I just finished my bowl of cherries, 0% Greek yoghurt, sweetener and vanilla essence.

I hope that I have managed to convince my mind it is supposed to be following slimming world and I can finally get back on track, thanks to all those who offered advice on twitter, I love how we can all be here for each other despite the fact that we could be miles apart - isn't technology great!!