I'm going to start doing Monday to Sunday Slimming World food diaries instead of Tuesday to Monday (as I have been doing). I get weighed in on Monday evenings, so it makes sense, and the roundness of it appeals to my slightly OCD brain.
This week, my delivery of Sistema tuppaware has been a GODSEND. My first week back at uni after a three week Easter holiday break, and I was adamant that I would take my own lunches to ensure I stuck to plan. So far, so good...
This week, my delivery of Sistema tuppaware has been a GODSEND. My first week back at uni after a three week Easter holiday break, and I was adamant that I would take my own lunches to ensure I stuck to plan. So far, so good...
MONDAY
Apples, pears, and plums filled my breakfast bowl this fine Monday morning, as I got ready for my full-on first day back. I stood in the kitchen, proudly preparing my packed lunch whilst nibbling on pieces of cut-up fruit. I felt very smug.
For lunch, I brought some vegetable soup I had made the day before. This is the same accidental soup I made in week 1, where I bunged in whatever vegetables needed to be used up and it was AMAZING. This time I added some lentils for bulk, blitzed it up, and decanted the soup perfectly into 3 Sistema Soup Mugs. Satisfying. I ate lunch at my computer, with a HExB 60g wholemeal roll, raw carrot sticks, and some cucumber.
Now, Monday was obviously weigh in day. I rushed straight from uni to group and didn't eat anything on the way, but I did have two trusty apples in my bag - one for after weigh-in, and one for the Slimmer of the Week bowl. I weighed in, ate my apple, bought my first ever Hi-Fi bars, and decided to stay to group. Group overran and by the time I got home I didn't want to eat (too late) so I ate two of the new Hi-Fi bars (they're great!) and counted them as syns, as I had already had my HExB at lunch.
Recipe points: N/A
Daily syns: 6
TUESDAY
Apples, pears, and plums filled my breakfast bowl this fine Monday morning, as I got ready for my full-on first day back. I stood in the kitchen, proudly preparing my packed lunch whilst nibbling on pieces of cut-up fruit. I felt very smug.
For lunch, I brought some vegetable soup I had made the day before. This is the same accidental soup I made in week 1, where I bunged in whatever vegetables needed to be used up and it was AMAZING. This time I added some lentils for bulk, blitzed it up, and decanted the soup perfectly into 3 Sistema Soup Mugs. Satisfying. I ate lunch at my computer, with a HExB 60g wholemeal roll, raw carrot sticks, and some cucumber.
Now, Monday was obviously weigh in day. I rushed straight from uni to group and didn't eat anything on the way, but I did have two trusty apples in my bag - one for after weigh-in, and one for the Slimmer of the Week bowl. I weighed in, ate my apple, bought my first ever Hi-Fi bars, and decided to stay to group. Group overran and by the time I got home I didn't want to eat (too late) so I ate two of the new Hi-Fi bars (they're great!) and counted them as syns, as I had already had my HExB at lunch.
Recipe points: N/A
Daily syns: 6
TUESDAY
Breakfast was at my dressing table: raspberries, strawberries, and a sweet sweet Weight Watchers Toffee Apple Dessert Style Yoghurt (that's a mouthful!).
My smug face took a packed lunch into uni: more of the same vegetable soup to heat up in the (disgusting) microwaves in the common room. I had my HExB 60g wholemeal roll and even allowed myself a scraping of butter for 3.5syns (pushing the boat out). For (extra) speed I had raw carrots and cucumber on the side. Washed down with a banana, which I couldn't even eat straight away (I saved it for my 3:30pm break).
I had been dreaming of risotto all day so made a ginormous batch when I got home. I'll be honest, it was a bizarre combination of foods, but it came out OK. I started by frying a finely chopped onion in some garlic-infused frylight (which, by the way, I am NEVER using again - my boyfriend could not stop complaining that it "smells like death"), then added some finely sliced bacon and roasted red peppers from a jar. I added the rice, a vat of ham stock and let it simmer until it turned into risotto. I stirred in the peas for the last few minutes. I served it up with a pan-fried chicken breast. Definitely not for risotto purists, but I sure as hell ain't one of those.
Recipe points: 3/5 (feeling v. bloated after all that stodge - need more speed food)
Daily syns: 5.5
WEDNESDAY
I woke up feeling fine, chopped up some fruit as per usual, and sat eating it at my desk whilst I caught up on some emails. But then I started to feel off. Like, nauseous and queasy, and I had an aggy tummy. I had my shower and got ready for uni, but still couldn't shake the queasiness. I popped two Hi-Fi bars in my handbag in case I was struck by sudden hunger.
I ate one of the Hi-Fi bars just as I arrived at uni for my morning session, and then had the other one during the morning break in an attempt to soothe my sore tum, but it didn't really work.
For lunch, I had packed some leftover risotto but I couldn't face it until around 2:30...
I went to see a Sondheim show on Wednesday evening (it was great!). I wasn't that hungry after my hearty risotto lunch, so I picked up some mango and apple from Waitrose before it began and had that as my dinner. When I got home I had another 2 Hi-Fi bars - I hadn't had any syns and was feeling a little peckish.
Not the most inspiring day.
Recipe points: N/A
Daily syns: 6
THURSDAY
On Thursday I worked from home, so I had a leisurely late breakfast of ham omelette with a syns worth of tomato ketchup.
I didn't eat lunch until around 3:30pm, so let's call it "Linner" or "Dunch". Anyway, it was even more leftover risotto (the last of it, I promise!!)
In the evening, I went out for a friend's 30th. We went to a karaoke bar. Not gon' lie, it had vile sticky floors and tacky bright plastic decor, but we had fun doing the weekly music quiz. We pitched the boys in a team against the girls, but both our teams came last to the other participating groups! We then went into a private karaoke "booth", which looked more like the kind of sex den you might find in a dodgy club in Thailand, and sang our little hearts out for an hour. All very jolly. Anyway, I struggled a bit trying to find soemthing to drink. I'm not a big alcohol drinker to begin with: I don't like wine, or beer, or anything which might taste like it actually has alcohol in it. On the rare occasion I do drink, my usual poisons are either a super-sweet fruit cider in a pub (think strawberry and lime, or summer berries at 14 or 15 syns a bottle), or sugary cocktails in a more upmarket bar (don't even want to start calculating syns). Neither are Slimming World friendly! In the end I settled on a single vodka with lime cordial and soda water. It was nice, actually, and came in at 5 syns (4 for the vodka and 1 for the full-sugar cordial).
I didn't really eat dinner as lunch had been so late, but I did grab two Hi-Fi bars on my way out, so I nibbled on those on the train.
Recipe points: N/A
Daily syns: 6
FRIDAY
Breakfast was melon and grape. Like those M&S fruit packs, only home made. At my dressing table again (this is becoming a habit...)
I had finally run out of risotto (hoorah! It was nice but I was getting fed up of it), so I made up a quick stir-fry in the morning to take with me to the day's rehearsals. I used an Aldi "Asia Specialities" Sweet & Sour Stir Fry Sauce (6.5 syns), with dried rice noodles, carrot, and pepper. I divided the stir fry sauce across 2 portions so let's say I had 3.5 syns for lunch and be safe, shall we? I didn't take a picture, I'm afraid. I was staaaarving and wolfed it all down before I remembered I was supposed to be blogging my journey. Whoops.
During rehearsal breaks I snacked on fruit: a banana and an apple to be precise.
For dinner I made something I've read/seen so much about: DIET COKE CHICKEN. I have to say, I don't get it. I mean, it was a nice meal and all, but I found the recipe over-liquidy and a bit blah. I followed the "official" Slimming World recipe - next time I might see if any bloggers have tweaked it more to my liking.
I served it with rice and had a kind-of salad of cucumber and lettuce on the side to up my speed intake. After dinner I had classic hot-choc quark with banana (side note: Options Salted Caramel makes the tastiest hot-choc quark!). I was too full to finish the quark, so I ate all the banana and left the rest.
Recipe points: an average 3/5 for diet coke chicken. I just don't get the fuss!
Daily syns: 4.5
SATURDAY
On Saturday morning, I did an unclassy thing. I had last night's leftover quark for breakfast with a banana....
Saturday was a here, there, and everywhere kind of day, so I had to eat on the run. I had munched on 2 Hi-Fi bars at around lunchtime, but didn't eat any real lunch until we were on our way to the London Transport Museum (such a great museum!) at around 4:00pm (it was meant to be earlier but, you know, life). I picked up an unexpectedly free snack/late lunch from M&S: Sweet and Smoky BBQ Mini Chicken Fillets with a sugarfree pink lemonade. Top notch. Although pretty spicy - whilst eating my last mini fillet I chomped right into a bit of chilli. Error.
For dinner, since we were in town, we decided to go to Nandos. I'd seen an instagram post about a 5 syn Nandos and I was keen to give it a go. The syns information online can be a little confusing, so I've calculated it the most conservative way. I had butterfly chicken with skin (3 syns) cooked in mango and lime sauce (1 syn), with a regular spicy rice (2 syns), and sweet potato wedges (which I was fully expecting to have to syn for oil, but I am absolutely positive they were dry baked. No oil in sight), and one tbsp dollop of tomato ketchup (1 syn). Total: 7 syns! Pretty darn tasty.
Recipe points: 5/5 for Nandos
Daily syns: 7
SUNDAY
Sunday was domesticated. Before we even left for cathedral, I had stripped the beds, cleaned the bathroom, hoovered the floors, and tidied and dusted the guest bedroom (where my messy brother is staying for a while). I didn't have proper breakfast, rather two Hi-Fi bars in the car on the way to cathedral.
I didn't have lunch either. When I got home, we had some workmen in and they needed questions answered etc. Then my mum arrived, and then I had to dash to the shops before everything closed (at 4pm where I live, so annoying!). I think I did grab another Hi-Fi bar (for 3 syns) and perhaps a banana at some point through the afternoon.
Anyway, I made up for it with dinner. We had Aldi Appleby's Slow Cooked BBQ Pork Fillet, which is, remarkably, only 2 syns for the entire thing. I had about 1/3, so let's say 1 syn to be safe. I made some Slimming World chips, and served with boiled carrots and parsnips. Magic.
I had a Hartley's 10-calorie Mango & Passionfruit jelly for dessert for 0.5 syn.
Recipe points: 5/5 for the Aldi pork!
Daily syns: 5.5
WEDNESDAY
I woke up feeling fine, chopped up some fruit as per usual, and sat eating it at my desk whilst I caught up on some emails. But then I started to feel off. Like, nauseous and queasy, and I had an aggy tummy. I had my shower and got ready for uni, but still couldn't shake the queasiness. I popped two Hi-Fi bars in my handbag in case I was struck by sudden hunger.
I ate one of the Hi-Fi bars just as I arrived at uni for my morning session, and then had the other one during the morning break in an attempt to soothe my sore tum, but it didn't really work.
For lunch, I had packed some leftover risotto but I couldn't face it until around 2:30...
I went to see a Sondheim show on Wednesday evening (it was great!). I wasn't that hungry after my hearty risotto lunch, so I picked up some mango and apple from Waitrose before it began and had that as my dinner. When I got home I had another 2 Hi-Fi bars - I hadn't had any syns and was feeling a little peckish.
Not the most inspiring day.
Recipe points: N/A
Daily syns: 6
THURSDAY
On Thursday I worked from home, so I had a leisurely late breakfast of ham omelette with a syns worth of tomato ketchup.
In the evening, I went out for a friend's 30th. We went to a karaoke bar. Not gon' lie, it had vile sticky floors and tacky bright plastic decor, but we had fun doing the weekly music quiz. We pitched the boys in a team against the girls, but both our teams came last to the other participating groups! We then went into a private karaoke "booth", which looked more like the kind of sex den you might find in a dodgy club in Thailand, and sang our little hearts out for an hour. All very jolly. Anyway, I struggled a bit trying to find soemthing to drink. I'm not a big alcohol drinker to begin with: I don't like wine, or beer, or anything which might taste like it actually has alcohol in it. On the rare occasion I do drink, my usual poisons are either a super-sweet fruit cider in a pub (think strawberry and lime, or summer berries at 14 or 15 syns a bottle), or sugary cocktails in a more upmarket bar (don't even want to start calculating syns). Neither are Slimming World friendly! In the end I settled on a single vodka with lime cordial and soda water. It was nice, actually, and came in at 5 syns (4 for the vodka and 1 for the full-sugar cordial).
I didn't really eat dinner as lunch had been so late, but I did grab two Hi-Fi bars on my way out, so I nibbled on those on the train.
Recipe points: N/A
Daily syns: 6
FRIDAY
Breakfast was melon and grape. Like those M&S fruit packs, only home made. At my dressing table again (this is becoming a habit...)
During rehearsal breaks I snacked on fruit: a banana and an apple to be precise.
For dinner I made something I've read/seen so much about: DIET COKE CHICKEN. I have to say, I don't get it. I mean, it was a nice meal and all, but I found the recipe over-liquidy and a bit blah. I followed the "official" Slimming World recipe - next time I might see if any bloggers have tweaked it more to my liking.
Recipe points: an average 3/5 for diet coke chicken. I just don't get the fuss!
Daily syns: 4.5
SATURDAY
On Saturday morning, I did an unclassy thing. I had last night's leftover quark for breakfast with a banana....
Saturday was a here, there, and everywhere kind of day, so I had to eat on the run. I had munched on 2 Hi-Fi bars at around lunchtime, but didn't eat any real lunch until we were on our way to the London Transport Museum (such a great museum!) at around 4:00pm (it was meant to be earlier but, you know, life). I picked up an unexpectedly free snack/late lunch from M&S: Sweet and Smoky BBQ Mini Chicken Fillets with a sugarfree pink lemonade. Top notch. Although pretty spicy - whilst eating my last mini fillet I chomped right into a bit of chilli. Error.
Recipe points: 5/5 for Nandos
Daily syns: 7
SUNDAY
Sunday was domesticated. Before we even left for cathedral, I had stripped the beds, cleaned the bathroom, hoovered the floors, and tidied and dusted the guest bedroom (where my messy brother is staying for a while). I didn't have proper breakfast, rather two Hi-Fi bars in the car on the way to cathedral.
I didn't have lunch either. When I got home, we had some workmen in and they needed questions answered etc. Then my mum arrived, and then I had to dash to the shops before everything closed (at 4pm where I live, so annoying!). I think I did grab another Hi-Fi bar (for 3 syns) and perhaps a banana at some point through the afternoon.
Anyway, I made up for it with dinner. We had Aldi Appleby's Slow Cooked BBQ Pork Fillet, which is, remarkably, only 2 syns for the entire thing. I had about 1/3, so let's say 1 syn to be safe. I made some Slimming World chips, and served with boiled carrots and parsnips. Magic.
I had a Hartley's 10-calorie Mango & Passionfruit jelly for dessert for 0.5 syn.
Recipe points: 5/5 for the Aldi pork!
Daily syns: 5.5
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