Monday 28 October 2013

Meal planning Monday

Monday 
B- Omelette
L-  Jacket potato, beans and salad 
T- Salmon, smash, speed soup 

Tuesday 
B - Sardines on toast 
L - Tuna, rice and salad 
T - Roast beef, carrots, swede, cabbage and broccoli 

Wednesday 
B- Grill up 
L - Speed soup 
T - paella 

Thursday 
B - smoked salmon, scrambled egg on toast with mushrooms and tomato 
L- Speed soup
T - Curry 

Friday 
B- Breakfast bake 
L - speed soup 
T - lamb casserole 

Saturday 
B- weetabix & fruit 
L - smoked haddock and poached eggs 
T - pork chow mein 

Sunday 
B - grill up 
L - jacket potato & salad 
T - Turkey and prawn curry with green beans 

Monday 21 October 2013

So this is how it feels!!!

To finally reach the next milestone!!!! 

I've finally done it!! After nearly 2 years (on and off plan to be fair!) I've got my 3 stone weight loss!! I am so over the moon with today's result! 2.5 lbs off giving me a total weight loss of 3 stone and half a pound! (That all important half a pound!) 

I'm so proud that I didn't give up even when things got hard after I went on holiday which is where I normally fall flat! 

I can't take all the credit though I have to thank my slimming buddies who have kept me going and made me realise that by me doing this I am inspiring others to do the same and this makes me very proud :) 

So now it's the task of keeping it off, and losing another 2.5-3 stone! Arghh no rest for the wicked, but I truly think I may be able to do this, this time round! 

It's not going to be easy but I'm going to try and remember how amazing achieving something you really want is!! 

Here are some of the meals that helped me get a good result this week 

Tuna pasta salad, grill up, spag bol 
                    Special curry 
If anyone wants recipes feel free to get in touch :) 
Better go! Just wanted to share my fab news!! 
Love and syn free chocolate sprinkles! 
Tracey xxx

Meal planning Monday

Monday 
Tea
Salmon with vegetables

Tuesday
Breakfast 
Omelette 
Lunch 
Prawn Salad 
Tea
Peters cooking! 

Wednesday
Breakfast 
Hammy eggs
Lunch 
Rice mixed bean salad with tuna 
Tea
Lamb casserole 

Thursday 
Breakfast 
Grill up 
Lunch 
Jacket potato, prawns and salad 
Tea 
S/w Fish and chips 

Friday
Breakfast 
Omelette 
Lunch 
Mixed bean salad and tuna
Tea
Turkey and seafood curry 

Saturday 
Breakfast 
Cereal 
Lunch 
Fish 
Tea
Chow mein 

Sunday 
Breakfast 
Grill up 
Lunch 
Jacket potato 
Tea
Roast beef 

Monday 14 October 2013

Meal planning Monday

Monday
Tea
Swordfish, veg, rice

Tuesday

Breakfast  
Omelette 

Lunch 
Jacket with spaghetti 

Tea
Roast pork with veggies

Wednesday 

Breakfast 
Fruit, yoghurt 

Lunch 
Noodles 

Tea
Spaghetti Bol 

Thursday
 
Breakfast
Grill up

Lunch 
Rice 

Tea 
S/W fish and chips 

Friday

Breakfast 
Bacon and eggs

Lunch 
Jacket potato, tuna, salad.

Tea 
Scallops, chorizo, pasta pasata 

Saturday

Breakfast
Wheatabix 

Lunch 
Fish 

Tea 
Chicken Curry 

Sunday 

Breakfast 
Grill up 

Lunch 
Noodles 

Tea 
Roast 

Friday 11 October 2013

Having a moment of weakness!

Well, this post kinda shows how much I have changed, because I'm not ignoring accidental syns but the the fact I still have this cravings still mean that I still have my inner demons telling me chocolate is good! 

Well, I had lunch today with today with my lovely slimming buddy katrina who I know will be reading this.......so hi!! :P 

We set out with such good intentions, a lovely sounding jacket potato with chicken and bacon! And lovely it was!!!  

It came out full of mayo lovely ness!!!!!! 

So now we have two problems!
Problem 1, we have no idea of syns and can't find out! 
Problem 2, I now want my evening cuppa and a sweet thing and only have a two day old piece of cous cous cake left!!!!!

Problem 1 is fine, I'm writing it off as a day worth of syns and not making an issue of it because I enjoyed it and it was yummy! 

Problem 2 is, I'm now scared to grab a cuppa because my little mans chocolate buttons and chocolate fingers are in the kitchen, I really want them, but I know Saturday and Sunday are my hardest food optimising days of the week! Arghhh!! 

So I am blogging to help pass the time so I don't eat!! It's not even that I want a binge, but I don't want to slip up this close to getting to 3 stone weight loss!! 

Arghhh off to see how 2 day old cous cous cake tastes I guess!
Love and syn free chocolate sprinkles! 
Tracey xxx

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Remembering to good times :)

Hey guys! Sorry I've been so rubbish again at blogging! This whole working mummy thing is taking its toll lol! 

Anyway, things are going grand at the moment :) after my massive gain on holiday I've managed to lose 5lbs of it in two weigh in's so now I'm back to being close to getting my 3 stone award! In fact I need to lose 2 and a half lbs! Difference is, I've not put any pressure on my self! It will happen, doesn't really matter when! 

I've had a fab morning of slimming world cooking to set me up for the week! Batch cooking rocks! So far we have quiche and soup all sorted and hubby has his chicken marinading for his amazing chicken tikka tonight! So today is going to be a nice syn free day! (After my big cream tea last night! Ah the perils of living in the westcounry!) 

I figured I needed to do this blog post to remember the highs, as I post too much about my lows and when I find it hard, but not enough about when it really works for me :) I hope I can continue to have this attitude as some of you already know this time of year is hardest for me, but you know what I think I can do it this year! I think I can safely say I can make it, without having to come back in January with my tail between my legs because I've slipped up!! 

I think the key to it all is making things different (yes as it does say in the slimming world bible!!! Lol) but it really is true! To keep at this you can't possibly eat the same every week, we we're learning to make lots of new yummy food and try out new things lately and it seems to be working for us!

Things will be hard this week as we have the builders in, but Sainsburys and wetherspoons are my favourite food optimising places so I know what to do! 

Anyway, better go, bath is waiting haha! Love and syn free chocolate sprinkles! 
Tracey xxx 

Monday 7 October 2013

Monday meal plan

Monday 

Breakfast
Beans on toast

Lunch 
Stew

Tea 
Salmon, jacket potato, veggies 

Tuesday
 
Breakfast 
Omelette 

Lunch
Quiche 

Tea
Surprise! 

Wednesday 

Breakfast 
Grill up

Lunch 
Soup 

Tea
Tuna pasta bake 

Thursday

Breakfast
 Hammy eggs & tomatoes 

Lunch
Quiche with salad 

Tea
S/w fish and chips 

Friday
 
Breakfast 
Sardines on toast

Lunch 
(Out to lunch) 

Tea
Seafood curry 

Saturday 

Breakfast
Cereal 

Lunch 
Fish 

Tea
Nandos chicken with s/w chips and salad 

Sunday 

Breakfast
Grill up 

Lunch 
Noodles 

Tea 
Roast beef with veggies 

Wednesday 2 October 2013

Mid week check in!

Well, I was planning a nice long blog post this evening but my darling son will not sleep, so I think I've given up on that idea! 

Weigh in was on Monday and I lost 3 of the 6.5lbs that I gained on holiday, which was fab! Luckily I have managed to get straight back on track which is new for me as I normally leave after a huge gain from being on holiday! 

Some new slimming world meals I have tried are butternut squash curry which I think hubby found on mini mins and also last night we tried the chicken tikka from the mini mag in this months magazine. Well all I can say is wow!!!!! It's become my favourite slimming world meal! And yet I don't know how to cook it!!! Lol

I seem to be paying much more attention to things this week and checking the syn value rather than just guessing it (tut tut!) so I hope that shows on Monday!! I hope to my main blog post on Friday, as I do have a good idea for a post in my head, just no blooming time to juggle being a mummy, work, s/w and blogging lol!!! :) 

Have a nice evening :) 
Love and syn free chocolate sprinkles
Tracey xxx