Food Diary Thursday 4th September 2008

Today was a green day. Went out for supper with my girlfriends and tried to be as good as possible, I feel I definately made better choices than normal, especially with pudding!


HEa - 28g cheese x 2
HEb - minced beef x 2
Syns - hmmm, chips, lasagna, ice cream...

Breakfast - muller lite
Lunch - peppers stuffed with savoury rice, melted cheese (hea2 from yesterday) on top
Tea - Had lasagna with a few chips. So the pasta was free, cheese and beef healthy extras. Had pudding too - poached pears with a little bit of ice cream
Supper - Snacks - grapes, mugshot

Food Diary Wednesday September 3rd 2008

Today was a green day and went better than previously in the week, probably because I finished the pick n mix on Tuesday!!

HEa - 350ml skimmed milk; 28g cheddar
HEb - 28g sultana bran; 2 alpen light bars
Syns - vege 1/4 pounder (2)

Breakfast - sultana bran (heb1) and milk (hea 1)
Lunch - peppers stuffed with savoury rice, melted cheese (hea2) on top - only ate half, rest of hea2 will carry over til tomorrow (does that make sense?), salad, free dressing
Tea - tomato risotto, vegetable 1/4 pounder (2)
Supper - 2 alpen light bars (heb2)
Snacks - strawberries, blackberries, blueberries

Food Diary Tuesday 2nd September 2008

Today was mix 2 max but not a good day, mostly due to pick n mix:

HEa -
HEb - 2 slices wholemeal bread
Syns - pick n mix (oops! again!!), super noodles (3.5)

Breakfast - strawberries & muller light
Lunch - ham buttie (heb1)
Tea - chicken super noodles (3.5)
Supper - Snacks - pick n mix (white choc mice and cola bottles)

Food Diary Monday 1st September 2008

Today was a Green day, my first proper day back on the plan since before I was ill last week. It was a good day apart from the pick n mix - remind me not to buy lots of sweets ever again!

HEa - 28g cheese, 28g cheese
HEb - 2 alpen light bars, 2 slices wholemeal bread
Syns - pick n mix (oops!)

Breakfast - 2 alpen light bars (6)
Lunch - beans on toast (heb2)
Tea - salad with grated cheese, free dressing, bolognese pasta n sauce, cheese melted on it (hea cheese)
Supper -
Snacks - muller light, strawberries, pick n mix (white choc mice and cola bottles)

Handy List of Syns - Green Day

Batchelors Super Noodles, Chicken, made up as directed 100g cooked
Original 9 Syns - Green 3.5 Syns

Sainsbury's Basics, Pasta Shells in a Tomato & Onion Sauce, made up as directed, dried, 100g cooked
Original 5 Syns - Green 0.5 Syns

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 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 -

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 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

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 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 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 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!!

I'm turning into chinese food! Food diary Wednesday 30th July 2008

After Tuesday night's Chinese all you can eat buffet (which was lush) I could easily live without Chinese food for a little while. I wonder if everyone is like that? Every now and then I really fancy, say, a McDonalds, have one and really enjoy it. But then I can't face one for a few weeks/months!

So, yesterday's plan was as follows. It was going to be a mix to max day:

Breakfast: 2 alpen light bars (heb1)
Lunch: salad, dressing (5), lemon and herb cous cous
Tea: salad, dressing (5), croutons (5), coriander and lime chicken fillets
Snacks: muller light, fruit salad

But one my oldest friends (as in I've been friends with her since 1992, not that she's old, well she's the same age as me!) texted to ask if she could come over for a chinese. We keep arranging to meet and then other things get in the way. I really wanted to catch up with her so she came over for a chinese.

So here's the actual food diary for yesterday:

Breakfast: 2 alpen light bars (heb1)
Lunch: salad, dressing (5), lemon and herb cous cous
Tea: vegetable chow mein (5), prawn crackers (10)
Snacks: muller light, fruit salad

Not bad at all really, and the chinese was lush!

Food Diary Monday 28th July 2008

Here is what I've eaten today, a green day:

Breakfast: 2 Alpenlight bars, cup of tea
Lunch: Salad, French dressing (3), Orzo pasta salad with sundried tomatoes (1)
Tea: Quorn peppered steak, riso gallo tomato risotto
Snacks: water, diet coke, grapes, fanta zero...

Not bad, apart from the two multicoloured cookies I ate before tea :-}

Food Diary Friday 18th July 2008

Here's a list of what I ate yesterday, a green day:



Breakfast - Muller light, cup of tea (milk from HEA1)
Lunch - Tomato and herb mugshot, mango, muller light
Dinner - Garlic and chicken pasta and sauce (yuk!)
Snacks - fruit salad, pick n mix

The pick n mix was my treat as it was weigh in day (and I lost 2.5 lbs!). I'd also planned to eat a sticky toffee pudding as well, but was full after the pick n mix!

Not the best day but it could have been a lot worse... Now to stay on plan for the first full weekend ever!

What is Slimming World?

I've been thinking I should really explain what Slimming World is, and how it works, especially as this is a blog about my weight loss journey on Slimming World. To be honest Katyboo1 has explained it so well here on her blog, I don't need to. I've been following Slimming World for 8 weeks now and she has explained it in the most comprehensive and simple way I've seen.
Thanks for letting me link to your blog Katy!