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!!