Food Diary Wednesday 20th August 2008

Today was a green day. Not the most inspiring of food diaries, and not enough HEbs!

HEa - 350ml skimmed milk
HEb - 2 alpen light bars
Syns - salad dressing (5), ainsley's tomato tango couscous (0.5), tomato risotto (4) = 9.5 syns

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (6)
Lunch - salad, dressing (5), couscous (0.5)
Tea - cherry tomato risotto (4)
Supper -
Snacks - muller light

Food Diary Tuesday 19th August 2008

Today was a red day, when I started on the much needed task of using up the contents of my freezer!!

HEa - 350ml skimmed milk
HEb - 2 alpen light bars, 198g new potatoes
Syns - santini tomato salad dressing (5), tikka chicken mini fillets (0.5) = 5.5

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (heb1)
Lunch - salad with chicken tikka mini fillets (5 + 0.5)
Tea - syn free leek & pork sausages, syn free chilli & coriander burger (think it was pork, but not sure!), roasted new potatoes (heb2), carrots, cauliflower, green beans
Supper -
Snacks - muller light, cup of tea (hea1)

Food Diary Monday 18th August 2008

After a busy weekend with work which is good for my weight loss (too busy to eat naughty things!), back on the plan 'properly' today. A green day:

HEa -
HEb - 28g + 28g goats cheese
Syns - 2 alpen light bars (6), orzo pasta salad (1.5)

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (6)
Lunch - orzo pasta salad from marks (1.5)
Tea - roasted red pepper stuffed with cherry tomatoes, basil and goats cheese with roasted new potatoes and peas
Supper -
Snacks -

Oops, no HEas today, because goat's cheese is a HEb instead. The roasted red pepper with goats cheese was absolutely beautiful, as were the roasted new potatoes - I even took a photo on my mobile - how sad am I?!?

Food Diary Friday 15th August 2008

A green flexi day, due to weight loss this morning (sure that makes no sense at all - I'm rewarding myself for losing weight by eating chocolate!)

HEa -
HEb - 2 slices bread
Syns - butter (2), marmalade (1), stir fry sauce (?), maltesers (? - I'd rather not know!)

Breakfast - 2 slices toast (heb1) with butter (2) and marmalade (1)
Lunch - noodle & veg stir fry with chilli and ginger sauce (?)
Tea -
Supper - Maltesers - a big bag!
Snacks -

Weigh In Friday 15th August 2008

Just realised I haven't blogged for a while! Prepare for lots of updates now...

Second weigh in since the new start - I'm one very chuffed lady!

Starting weight = 11 stone 12 pounds
Weightlossthis week = 2 pounds
Weightloss in total so far = 7 pounds
Current weight = 11 stone 5 pounds
Goal weight = 10 stone 7 pounds

BMI is 24.1% (was 24.4% last week)
Body fat is 29.1% (was 29.3% last week)
Hydration is 51.7% (was 51.6% last week)

Food Diary Thursday 14th August 2008

A red day. Loving the venison bolognese - gutted that the local venison farm is closing, where will I get my venison now!?

HEa - 28g cheddar, 28g cheddar
HEb - 2 alpen light bars, 35g wholemeal pasta
Syns - salad dressing (0.5), chicken (2.5) = 3

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (hea1)
Lunch - salad with dressing (0.5), chilli and lime chicken mini fillets (2.5)
Tea - venison bolognese, 35g wholemeal pasta (heb2), cheese (hea1 & 2)
Supper - Snacks - plums

Food Diary Wednesday 13th August 2008

Today was a green day:

HEa - skimmed milk, 28g cheddar
HEb - 2 alpen light bars, 2 slices bread
Syns - salad dressing (5), butter (2), marmalade (1) = 8

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (heb1), cup of tea (hea1)
Lunch - salad with dressing (5), lemon and herb couscous
Tea - jacket potato filled with tomato and herb pasta n sauce, grated cheese on top (heb2)
Supper - rest of hea1 milk, toast (heb2) with butter (2) and marmalade (1)
Snacks - diet coke, water, grapes, tropical fruit salad, lasting satisfaction yoghurt

Food Diary Tuesday 12th August 2008

HEa - 28g cheddar
HEb - 227g jacket potato, 2 slices wholemeal bread
Syns - salad dressing (5), chicken (1.5), butter (2), marmalade (1) = 9.5

Breakfast - lasting satisfaction raspberry yoghurt
Lunch - salad with dressing (5), lime and coriander chicken mini fillets (1.5)
Tea - venison bolognese, jacket potato (heb1), cheese (hea1)
Supper - toast (heb2), butter (2), marmalade (1)

Today was a red day. The venison bolognese was yummy, will be having it again tomorrow as a Healthy Extra b (85g of it, just like beef).
Another good day this week...yippee!

Food Diary Monday 11th August 2008

After an alright weekend (loss on Friday, treat Friday night, good day Saturday, few drinks Saturday night, Sunday lunch and medicinal Maltesers on Sunday night!) back to plan on Monday, a green day...

HEa - skimmed milk
HEb - 2 alpen light bars, 2 slices bread
Syns - salad dressing (5), roasted veg - oil (2.5), shortbread (2.5) = 10

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (heb1), cup of tea (hea1)
Lunch - salad with dressing (5), beans on toast (heb2), lasting satisfaction raspberry yoghurt
Tea - quorn peppered steak, roasted veg (2.5), new potatoes
Supper - cup of tea (hea1), shortbread (2.5)
Snacks - pepsi max, water, grapes

Handy List of Syns - Original day

Rice 28g uncooked - 5 syns on a red day

Handy List of Syns - Couscous

Ainsley Harriott Roasted Vegetable Couscous, excluding oil & butter, dried 100g cooked
Original 7 Syns - Green ½ Syn

Marks & Spencer Side Salad, Couscous & Roasted Vegetable 200g pot
Original 14½ Syns - Green 7½ Syns

Handy List of Syns - Salads

Marks & Spencer Santini Tomato Salad with French Dressing, chilled, 225g pack
Original 5 Syns - Green 5 Syns

Handy List of Syns - Chocolate and Sweets

Lindt Pistache Chocolate Bar 100g bar -
Original 29½ Syns - Green 29½ Syns
Marks & Spencer Milk Chocolate Popcorn 28g -
Original 7 Syns - Green 7 Syns
Marks & Spencer Strawberries Coated in Belgian White Chocolate 28g -
Original 7½ Syns - Green 7½ Syns

Weigh In Friday 8th August 2008

First weigh in since the new start this morning - it's a good one!

Starting weight = 11 stone 12 pounds
Weightlossthis week = 5 pounds
Weightloss in total so far = 5 pounds
Current weight = 11 stone 7 pounds
Goal weight = 10 stone 7 pounds

BMI is 24.4%
Body fat is 29.3%
Hydration is 51.6%

Let's hope I can keep this up!

Food Diary Thursday 7th August 2008

Today has been quite a good food day. Working at home which usually means giving in to temptations which are more easily available at home! Today was a green day. I really enjoyed my lunch (whoever thought to put pasta n sauce inside a jacket potato is a genius) and my tea. I found the beef strips in the deep freeze, which is very very full at the moment - really need to use more food from the deep freeze!

HEa - skimmed milk, cheese
HEb - 2 slices wholemeal bread, 85g beef
Syns - butter (2), marmalade (1), stir fry sauce (5), dressing (5) = 13

Breakfast - toast (heb1), butter (2), marmalade (1), cup of tea (some of hea1)
Lunch - jacket potato, tomato pasta n sauce, cheese (hea2), salad with dressing (5)
Tea - beef (heb2) stir fry with noodles, veg, sauce (6)
Supper - milk (hea1)
Snacks - mango, fanta zero, water

First weight in since my new start tomorrow. I did have a sneaky weigh in this morning and the scales said 11st 7lb! Amazing! I'll wait until tomorrow for my 'official' weight in though.
I've been considering changing my weigh in day to Monday, following advice from my slimming world buddy KellyBigBoobs. Seems like a good idea which should stop my 'naughty' Sunday habit, well curb it anyway. Thanks Kelly!

Food Diary Wednesday 6th August 2008

Well, today was going to be a red day. I took in a chicken and bacon caesar salad to work for lunch. The chicken was sweet chilli and lime flavour chicken fillets from Marks. But I was at a meeting / presentation in work in a building I hadn't been in before which had a lovely little cafe. I had a vegetable risotto for lunch. It was lush! I'm guessing about 6 syns for the oil but I could be wrong (please leave a comment if I am!). And I had the chicken salad for tea - yes, you guessed it, that was lush too! So today turned out to be a mix 2 max day. Loving my food at the moment!


HEa - 28g parmesan, 350ml skimmed milk
HEb - 2 slices bread
Syns - oil in risotto (6?), dairy milk (1.5) a chaplain gave it to me at the work meeting - couldn't say no could I?, salad dressing (1), sweet chilli chicken fillets (2.5), marmalade (1) = 12

Breakfast - mullerlight
Lunch - vegetable risotto from cafe at work, parmesan (hea1)
Tea - salad, caesar dressing (1), sweet chilli chicken fillets (2.5), bacon
Supper - toast (heb2), marmalade, glass of milk (hea2)

Snacks - muller light, grapes, water

Food Diary Tuesday 5th August 2008

HEa - 350ml skimmed milk, 28g cheddar
HEb - 2 alpen light bars, 2 slices wholemeal bread
Syns - french dressing (5)

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (heb1)
Lunch - beans on toast (heb2), muller light
Tea - tomato and herb pasta n sauce in a massive jacket potato with cheese (hea2)
Supper - milk (hea1)
Snacks - mullerlight, cherries

Good day - very yummy tea!

Food diary Monday 4th August 2008

Feeling positive - I've had quite a good weekend with Saturday being the only flexi day, which was planned. Back to work today, which was a red day:

HEa - 250ml semi skimmed milk
HEb - 2 alpen light bars, 2 slices wholemeal bread
Syns - caesar dressing (1), 56g rice (4), marmalade (1), butter (2)

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (heb1)
Lunch - chicken caesar salad (from SW mag): chargrilled chicken, bacon, lettuce, light caesar dressing (1)
Tea - chicken tikka masala (chicken, yoghurt, lemon juice, tikka spices, coriander), rice (4)
Supper - toast (heb2) with butter (2) and marmalade (1), milk (hea1)
Snacks - strawberries with vanilla yoghurt, mango

Yum, yum, I will definately be making the caesar salad and the tikka masala again! I even made pilau rice to go with the tikka masala (well, sort of pilau rice!). I fried some cumin, nutmeg and cinnamon in frylight, added a chopped onion and fried that for a bit. Added 50g of basmati rice and chicken stock (made with bovril). Bring to boil and simmer for 10 minutes - yum yum yum!

Food diary Friday 1st August 2008

Just realised I haven't posted Friday's food diary yet (green day)! Here it is:

HEa - skimmed milk, cheese
HEb - 2 alpen light bars, cheese
Syns - dressing (5), pasta salad (1), lemon herb butter (3.5) = 9.5

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (HEb1), cup of tea (some of Hea1)
Lunch - salad, dressing (5), 200g orzo pasta salad from marks (1)
Tea - jacket potato, beans, cheese (Hea2 & Heb2), peas, brocolli and spinach with lemon and herb butter (3.5)
Supper - Snacks - water, chow mein mugshot, berry medley from marks, loads of dr pepper zero!

I'm quite proud of myself for not going mad after the disappointing weigh in results, and actually sticking to the plan - go Lowri, go Lowri!

Food diary Sunday 3rd August 2008

Today was a red day, and a very special day too - first Sunday ever I haven't had a flexi day - woo hoo!!

HEa - 28g parmesan cheese, semi skimmed milk
HEb - beef, pork
Syns - tomato sauce (3), coke (10.5) = 13.5

Breakfast -
Lunch - meatballs (heb1 & heb2) with linguine pasta, tomato sauce (3) and parmesan (hea1) - from Wetherspoons
Tea - quorn tikka masala (quorn, yoghurt, lemon juice, tikka spices, coriander), rice
Supper -
Snacks - full fat coke (10.5), berry fruit salad

The tikka masala was absolutely lovely and I will be making it again. I hope to get round to posting some of the recipes I try and like, and this will be one of them!
I'm also pleased with my choice at Wetherspoons, it's even inspired me to try to make my own meatballs sometime this week.

Food diary Saturday 2nd July 2008

I knew before I even got up that today would be a Flexi Syn day - it's Oswestry Show!!
Here's a brief look at what I ate:

HEa -
HEb - 2 alpen light bars
Syns - way too many to count!

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (HEb1), dr pepper zero
Lunch - salad, dressing (5), 200g orzo pasta salad from marks (1)
Tea - sausage sandwich
Supper - hog roast
Snacks - bitter, smirnoff ice, pringles, mini cheddaries, scone, fruit cake, etc etc, oh yes and half a pizza on the way home

I had fun!!

Weigh in Friday 1st August 2008 *New Start*

Hmmm, not a happy bunny this morning - I've put on 4lbs! And after quite a good week. So I've decided to restart my progress on the slimming world website.

Starting weight = 11 stone 12 pounds
Weight loss this week = 0 pounds
Weight loss in total so far = 0 pounds
Current weight = 11 stone 12 pounds
Goal weight = 10 stone 7 pounds

My BMI is now 25.2 (was 24.6), my body fat is 30.9% (was 29.7%) and my hydration level is 50.4% (was 51.3%).

Not looking good, but today is a new start! I've also measured myself so I can see any progress in that way:

Bust = 37.5 inches
Waist = 29.5 inches (pleased with this as I'm normally 30 - 32 inches)
Hips = 38.5 inches