Saturday 10 May 2014

Red day ideas

Right, a couple of people have asked me for some meal plans for a red week, so, here are some that I had planned out for the last couple of weeks :)
I've been rubbish with my blog lately but I am off sick! 
Right so here goes 
Red day breakfast ideas
Poached eggs on toast
Omelette
Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs
Grill up 
Sardines on toast
Weetabix (chocolate ones are a HEb plus 2 syns I believe) 
Smoked haddock
Asparagus and boiled eggs
Bacon sarnies 
Lunch ideas,
Now this is what I get stuck with!! 
I usually just go with a salad dressed with balsamic vinegar and some kinda meat or fish, but this week I am going to attempt to (in English get hubby to make, due to my bad back!) make a meat loaf and have that with veggies.
You could also make home made soups just be clear which veggies you can use first as you can't have parsnips,sweet potato, peas or sweetcorn as free foods! 
Tea time meal ideas! 
Well I have lots due to the fact I've found my recipe book! 
Basically I've replaced potato, with butternut squash (butternut squash chips with a little chilli are yummy) it sounds horrible but hubby found a recipe that used white cabbage instead of rice for a curry and it sounds eugh but it actually worked really well! 
We've had lots of curries, chicken in bacon, lots of fish (good for weightloss) you can make a quiche,
This week we are planning a meat loaf, donner kebab from the fake away book oh and the sw KFC (non tweek) is lovely too! 
I find going red plan is a guaranteed way of getting in your super-free as it's the only thing you can really bulk out your meals with! 
Try to keep it varied though, I found when I did a food diary that I was just eating the same veggies day in day out and obviously that's not going to help weight loss :) 
Oh and lastly don't forget, to change up your healthy extras :) I was guilty of being a bread and cheese girl, but now I'm also using potato, almond milk and hi fi bars to keep it all interesting :) 
Hope this helps! 

Sunday 9 February 2014

This weeks meal plans (with a green day added!)

Monday
Breakfast - beans on toast
Lunch - rice and tuna with mixed bean salad 
Tea - salmon & risotto 
Tuesday 
Breakfast - Hammy eggs with tomato
Lunch - jacket potato, tuna and salad
Tea - mushy pea curry 
Wednesday
Breakfast - omelette 
Lunch - sea food rice
Tea - steak, jacket and salad 
Thursday (green day) 
Breakfast - veggie grill up 
Lunch - jacket and beans 
Tea - veggie sausage and bean casserole 
Friday 
Breakfast - Scrambled eggs with mushrooms and tomatoes
Lunch - ham salad
Tea - quiche and salad 
Saturday 
Breakfast -Scrambled eggs 
Lunch - smoked haddock
Tea - BBQ pulled pork, sw chips and salad 
Sunday 
Breakfast - Grill up 
Lunch - quiche and salad 
Tea - roast pork 

Sunday 2 February 2014

This weeks meal plan

Monday 
Breakfast - Eggs, beans, and sausages 
Lunch - cous cous, salad and tuna
Tea - salmon and butternut squash risotto with spinach.
Tuesday 
Breakfast - omelette 
Lunch - Seafood rice
Tea - turkey steaks, jacket and salad
Wednesday 
Breakfast - sardines on toast with tomatoes
Lunch - jacket potato and prawns and salad
Tea - sea food stew & vegetables 
Thursday 
Breakfast - grill up 
Lunch - ham salad 
Tea - fish and chips 
Friday 
Breakfast - hammy eggs 
Lunch - savoury rice 
Tea - quiche and jacket with salad 
Saturday 
Breakfast - scrambled eggs on toast 
Lunch - haddock or mackerel 
Tea - spaghetti Bol 
Sunday 
Breakfast - grill up
Lunch - quiche 
Tea - roast lamb

Wednesday 22 January 2014

My made up fish stew!

I have to share my experiment! 

1 tin of chopped tomatoes, 
A selection of fish to your taste, mine  was fish pie mix, mussels, prawns and squid.
Potatoes
Carrots
Onion
Peas
Mixed peppers 
2 fish stock cubes
Garlic
Mixed herbs
A little curry powder 
A splash of Tabasco sauce
A splash of lee and perrins 

Chuck it all in the slow cooker on low for 8 hours! 

Yum! And totally syn free!! 
I will defiantly be making it again! 

Hope everyone is getting on ok, I lost half on Monday so I am still plodding on :) 

Love and syn free chocolate sprinkles 
Tracey x 

Monday 13 January 2014

Time to think targets

So, I've been a slimming world member on and off for what is it? 5 years in March.............and not once until this week have i ever thought about actually setting my target!

All in all as of today I've now lost just over 3.5 stone, which feels amazing but i still feel huge :( which is really hard to deal with. so i think i still have a little way to go before i am really happy with where i am!

I'm finding it hard not to lured in my BMI numbers though as i believe to reach my ideal BMI i would need to lose another 3 stone, and i am not entirely sure that's where i really want to be!

How did others work their target number out? Do i really need one? I literally have no idea what weight i really want to be! Just a dress that i want to fit into!

I suppose i could set a half stone target for march when i am on my hols, and then to lose the last stone by September for Ethan's birthday?!

I'm feeling very positive about my weight loss journey at the moment and i feel like everything is working out at the moment which is a nice feeling especially as people are really starting to notice now i have new clothes to wear!

Another thing that i feel i should mention is a huge thank you for all the in box messages i have had on Facebook saying what an inspiration I've been to them :) It really is a massive honour to receive messages like this on a daily basis as i think that's what keeps me going when i find it hard, and believe me i do find it very hard!!!

i have also set up a face book public page to make my blog more interactive so if anyone has any input to add to a post or if anyone wants to talk targets with me the link is here.......www.facebook.com/ethansyummymummy

anyways, i'm off for tonight sorry for the brief post but i'm shattered from looking after my darling 2 year old lol!!

love and syn free chocolate sprinkles
Tracey xxx

Sunday 5 January 2014

This weeks meal plans

Monday
Breakfast - eggs, bacon, tomatoes
Lunch tuna, with couscous salad
Tea salmon in a Mediterranean tomato sauce topped with creamy potato slices

Tuesday
Breakfast Omelette
Lunch tuna salad with couscous
Tea Chinese pork chops, mash, carrots, beans

Wednesday
Breakfast smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, tomatoes
Lunch jacket potato and beans
Tea spaghetti bol

Thursday
Breakfast grill up
Lunch tuna and jacket potato, salad
Tea plaice, Sw chips, salad

Friday
Breakfast kedgeree
Lunch quiche and salad
Tea slimming world kebabs

Saturday
Breakfast scrambled egg
Lunch smoked haddock
Tea spicy chicken & chips

Sunday
Breakfast Grill up
Lunch rice
Tea lamb tagine