Sunday 16th December 2012

Hi all!

Well it's another 7am - 3pm shift for me today.  These shifts are notorious for going 1 of 2 ways - 1) me hardly eating at all due to being rather tired and sleep being a main priority or 2) me doing nothing but eat and having the worst munchie head on ever!

Breakfast - no breakfast for me today which I know isn't good but it was a really busy shift and impossible to leave the desk for anything.

Lunch - tuna, sweetcorn & mayo (2) sandwich (heb) with chicken and vegetable soup.

Snack - 2 pears. 4 mandarins. (I really like fruit)

Dinner - we went out for dinner tonight. I had a steak (which was very lean) and rare. Champ (which I didn't actually eat). Pepper sauce (5 approx). And sherry trifle (17)

So all in all for a night out this meal wasn't too had!

Total syns = 24 approx

Saturday 15th December 2012

Hi all!

I'm shattered this morning after a late finish from work (11pm) and an early start (7am), so I def need a reasonable breakfast to get me going.

Breakfast - 1 low fat grilled sausage (1.5), mushrooms (in frylight), 1/4 soda bread (3.5).  Also a big pint of sf orange cordial.

Lunch - vegetable broth

Snack - French fries (5), 4 mandarins

I didn't have dinner this evening due to various activities but I wasn't very hungry.

Snack - 4 mandarins

Total syns = 10

Friday 14th December 2012

Hi all!

Well it's the start of a new week.

Breakfast - cheese (hea) & ham toastie (heb). 4 mandarins.

Lunch - salad (carrot, cabbage & lettuce), salad light balsamic spray ( currently trying to find out if this is free or not). 4 mandarins.

Dinner - vegetable soup. Chicken, sweetcorn & mayo (2) sandwich (heb).
I counted the bread as a heb cuz this day is more or less success express if you look at the amount of superfree food I had.

Total syns = 2

Thursday 13th December 2012

Hi all!

So I had my weigh in at 12.00pm and ... I lost 2 lbs =D

Breakfast - 4 mandarins

Lunch/Dinner - Cheese (hea), bacon and onion toastie (heb)

Snack - hot nuts (I can't find the exact syns of these but they're similar to Nobby's Nuts which are 5 syns per 25g so I reckon they've used up my full 15 syns)

Snack - 4 mandarins

Total Syns = 15(ish)

I was out and about today so didn't eat as much as normal.

P.S. I stated previous days that sachets of brown sauce are 1.5 syns, they are in fact only 0.5 syns.

Wednesday 12 December 2012

Hi all!

Breakfast - 2 lean slices of grilled bacon, 1 slice wholemeal bread (heb), brown sauce (1.5). Apple.

Lunch - 1 lean slice roast turkey. 1 slice wholemeal bread (heb).  Brussle Sprouts. Vegetable soup.

Snack - 3 mandarins.

Dinner - Steak. Cheese (hea). Onions & mushrooms. Salad.

Snack - 3 mandarins. Ben & Jerry's 100g (12)

Total Syns = 13.5 (the ice cream was totally worth it!)

So it's weigh in day tomorrow, I'll let you know how I get on, I have been having a flexi week though with a few social excursions (including food) lol.

Tuesday 11th December 2012

Hi all!

So I thought I'd attempt to keep some form of a food diary today. It's a working day so I'm here from 7am - 3pm.

Works not normally "too" bad, but, we'll see.

Breakfast - 2 lean rashers of bacon grilled. 1 slice wholemeal bread (2.5), brown sauce (1.5)

Cuz I'm in work I never got to nab any fruit for my 1/3 superfree but I'll make an extra effort later.

Lunch - 2 slices lean pork. Peas and sweetcorn. 1 bowl broccoli and potato soup. Handful strawberries. 1 apple.

I get a bit more freedom at lunch so I nabbed some fruit.

Home from work and hungry as usual and despite a trip to asda I don't know what to eat. I eventually decided on some cereal even though that pushes me over my heb allowance.

Snack - 35g fruit & fibre (heb) with semi-skimmed milk (hea). 3 mandarins and a pear.

I love fruit especially mandarins (despite my allergies) and raspberries. Got 3 bags of mandarins today and for something a bit different cottage cheese with pear and apple, which while its not syn free it's 1 syn per 100g. Also picked up 3 chocolate bars cuz we all need a wee treat. I've not ate any yet but I have cut each in 2 meaning I'll get my chocolate fix for half the syns, these half bars are 5-7 syns each.

Can't even begin to think about dinner though I am thinking of a nap (well I was in work for 7am).

So as predicted I fell asleep. But when I woke with I decided to go with Slimming World chilli con Carne for dinner, this was quick and easy as I tend to cook it in batches and freeze it.

Here's a quick pic and the next time I'm cooking it I'll do a wee post.

Now I have been drinking throughout the day. I've had maybe 3-4 pints of water. I'm also susceptible to a Pepsi Max (though there's none in the house at the mo).

Last meal if the day was another wee snack - 3 mandarins (see told ya I liked them), 1 pear and half a bar of fruit & but (6).

So syns total for today is 10. Not too bad, I've got 15 to use after all.

Sorry for such a long winded post, once I've been doing these posts a while long I'm sure I'll find a better format.

How was your day?

There's Always Time for a New Start

Hi all!

Some of you will know me from my nail blog Never Mind Suzi.

But nails aren't my only interest. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and keeping active is also.

I've been trying to do this through Slimming World and regular gym classes.

Unfortunately though I've fell of the wagon lately. It is in part to blame for a car accident I was in at the start of the year in which I hurt my back and am still suffering from that but it's also to do with becoming complacent and its for this reason I'm further away from a target than ever.

This time last year I had lost 3 stone and was the larger end of a UK size 12. Then the accident happened, followed my complacency and a holiday and here I am now a year later 1st 4lbs heavier (though on the bright side I've still kept 1st 10lbs off).

So to summarise:

July 2010

Weight 15st 1lbs

Dress Size 16-18

December 2011

Weight 12st 1lbs

Dress Size 12

December 2012

Weight 13st 5lbs

Dress Size 14-16

I don't have a weight target but ideally would love to get to a 10-12 dress size.

So feel free to comment, ask questions, anything. I'm here to share my weight loss journey with you so honesty is the policy.

This is just a brief introduction and I hope to start posting regularly in the New Year, if not before then.