December 28th Food Diary

Breakfast

Tassimo coffee - 4.5 syns

Breakfast

Banana and 2 clementines - Free

Lunch

Jacket potato, tomatoes, chicken and mayo - 1 syns

2 clementines - Free

Dinner

Turkey stew - 2 syns

1 slice brown bread - HEB

1 slice brown bread - 4.5 syns

Dessert

Vienetta - 6.5 syns

Snack

Turkey stew - 1 syn

Total = 19.5 syns

Took some time off

I haven't kept a food diary over Christmas as I had Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day off plan. We've been out for dinner today at my mother in laws and I forgot to take photos so I'm going to start keeping my diary again from tomorrow.

I can get totally back on plan in the morning and the only time I'll face a challenge is New Years Eve. We're having family round for a buffet but I get weighed the next morning so I'm confident I can stick to plan because I know I'll be getting weighed! None of the food will taste as good as standing on those scales and either staying the same or, fingers crossed, losing a pound or more, will make me feel.

I have five days to undo any damage I've done but I'm not going to worry about it though if I gain. I've enjoyed Christmas and I intend to enjoy Christmas every year in the future so as long as I limit myself to a few days and not the whole of December I'll be able to manage my weight every year at this time :)

I'm going to re-read my book today seeing as they've brought out new ones. I'll see what's changed and treat tomorrow as a new start.

December 22nd Food Diary

Breakfast

Shape and banana - Free

Lunch

Bacon, spaghetti and mushrooms - Free

Sausages - 2 syns

Brown sauce - 1 syn

Dinner

Curry rice and broccoli - Free

2 sausages - 2 syns

Baked apple and mincemeat - HEB

I also had some chocolate when we were making Christmas presents earlier. It was melted so I have no idea how many syns I had. I feel like I've had loads today but looking back it doesn't seem as bad I thought.

Total = 5 but I'm adding 15 to cover the chocolate I've had!

December 21st Food Diary

No breakfast

Lunch

Potato salad with chives - 1 syn

Beetroot and tomato - Free

Ham and devilled eggs - 0.5 syn

Banana and 2 clementines - Free

3 snowballs - 9 syns

Dinner

Potato slices and mushy peas - Free

Shape and clementine - Free

Cheese on toast - HEA & B

Prawns - Free

Snack

Tesco orange chocolate segments - 6 syns

2 white chocolate coins - 7 syns

Total syns = 23.5

December 20th Food Diary

No breakfast

Lunch

Savoury rice - Free

Shape and 2 clementines - Free

Snack

Mint thin - 2.5 syns

Dinner

Chicken, mashed parsnip, carrots, brussels - Free

Gravy - 3 syns

Dessert

Cupcake - 10 syns

Snack

Cheese on toast - HEA & B

Shape and 2 clementines - Free

3 tesco chocolate orange segments - 6 syns

Total = 21.5

December 19th Food Diary

No breakfast

Snack

Devilled eggs - Free

I also had a few things to eat at group this morning but I forgot to get a photo.

I think I had around 5 syns

Lunch

Beans, bacon, sausages and fried potatoes - 2 syns for the sausages

Clementine, banana and shape - Free

Dinner

Spaghetti bolognese - Free

Snack

Black coffee with sweetener  - Free

Hi-fi bar - HEB

Dessert

Ice cream - 6.5 syns

Snack

Cheese on toast - 4.5 syns for the bread and HEA for the cheese

Clementine, banana and shape - Free

Total syns = 18

Weekly weigh in - I did it!!

I've had an excellent week :D

I went to our family Christmas party on Sunday at my mother in law's house and had some lovely food and an even nicer glass of Baileys! I didn't go crazy but I did have more syns than on a normal day.
I reduced my syns each day before and after the party and it worked because I lost 3lb this week :)

It was our groups Christmas party today so everyone was in high spirits and I got cheers when I was awarded slimmer of the week, my 3 stone award and my club 10 award :D

I'd wanted to lose 3 stone before Christmas and get my club 10 award so I'm extra specially pleased to have achieved my goals today :D
My next weigh in is on Sunday as it's been moved from Boxing day, then no weigh in until January 2nd.
I'm confident I'm not going to undo any of my hard work over Christmas but at the same time, I'm going to enjoy it and have a few treats!

22/08/12	31 stone 1lb	435lb	197.3kg	BMI = 77
29/08/12	30 st 9.5lb	429.5lb	194.8kg	BMI = 76.1	- 5.5lb
05/09/12	30 st 9lb	429lb	194.5kg	BMI = 76	- 0.5lb
12/09/12	30 st 5lb	425lb	192.7kg	BMI = 75.3	- 4.0lb
19/09/12	30 st 3.5lb	423.5lb	192.0kg	BMI = 75	- 1.5lb
26/09/12	29 st 13lb	419lb	190.0kg	BMI = 74.2	- 4.5lb
03/10/12	29 st 12.5lb	418.5lb	189.8kg	BMI = 74.1	- 0.5lb
10/10/12	29 st 10lb	416lb	188.6kg	BMI = 73.7	- 2.5lb
17/10/12	29 st 6lb	412lb	186.8kg	BMI = 73	- 4lb
24/10/12	29 st 2lb	408lb	185kg	BMI = 72.3	- 4lb
31/10/12	HOLIDAY
07/11/12	28 st 13lb	405lb	183.7kg	BMI = 71.7	- 3lb
14/11/12	28 st 8.5lb	400.5lb	181.6kg	BMI = 70.9	- 4.5lb
21/11/12	28 st 8lb	400lb	181.3kg	BMI = 70.8	- 0.5lb
28/11/12	28 st 5lb	397lb	180kg	BMI = 70.3	- 3lb
05/12/12	28 st 4lb	396lb	179.6kg	BMI = 70.1	- 1lb
12/12/12	28 st 2lb	394lb	178.7kg	BMI = 69.8	- 2lb
19/12/12	27st 13lb	391lb	177.3kg	BMI = 69.3	- 3lb

December 18th Food Diary

Breakfast

Beans and fried egg - Free

Banana, clementine and shape - Free

Lunch

Jacket potato, mayo, ham and tomato - 1 syn

Dinner

Sausages - 2 syns

Potato slices and mushy peas - Free

Snack

Cheese on toast - HEA & B

Shape and 2 clementines - Free

Tesco orange segments - 6 syns

Total syns = 9 

December 17th Food Diary

Sorry for the blurry photos. Not sure why the camera has decided to mess me around!

Breakfast

Bacon, eggs, mushrooms and spaghetti - Free

Clementine and shape - Free

Lunch

Fried potatoes and spaghetti - Free

Banana, clementine and shape - Free

Dinner

Mashed potato - Free

Mince with carrots, peas and syn free gravy - Free

Brussels and broccoli - Free

Snack

Banana, clementine and shape - Free

3 tesco orange segments - 6 syns

Total syns = 6

December 16th Food Diary

Today I went to a family Christmas party. I didn't count all the syns because I didn't know what a lot of the food was. I filled my plate with free ham and turkey before adding a few other treats such as a mini pastie, a piece of quiche with pastry (I left the crust but ate the base) and some breaded chicken bites.

I had a glass of Bailey's with ice which I estimate to be around 70ml and a Cadbury's roses chocolate.

There are no syn values on this diary but I'll be back to counting the syns tomorrow :)

No breakfast

Lunch

Ham, turkey, 3 pigs in blankets, 4 cocktail sausages, 6 chicken bites, quiche & mini pasty

Dessert

Chocolate and vanilla cream cupcake, 2 mini vanilla slices, 1 profiterole and a piece of yule log, however, I didn't finish the yule log as I was full

Dinner

Cheese on toast - HEA & B

Shape and clementine - Free

Snack

Banana and clementine - Free

I also had a chocolate covered lebkuchen

December 15th Food Diary

No Breakfast

Lunch

Jacket potato and spaghetti - Free

Banana and clementine - Free

Dinner

Rump steak - Free

Cabbage and brussels - Free

Roast potatoes - Free

Onion and mushroom gravy - Free

Dessert

Snowball - 4.5 syns

2 snowballs - 6 syns

Snack

Cheese on toast - HEA & B

2 Roses - 5 syns

Total syns = 15.5

December 14th Food Diary

No breakfast

Lunch

Jacket potato, mayo, tomatoes and ham - 2 syns

Clementine, banana and Shape yogurt - Free

Dinner

Pork and tomato spaghetti - Free

Snack

Cheese on toast - HEA + B

Clementine and Shape - Free

Kitkat - 11.5 syns

Total syns = 13.5

December 13th Food Diary

For some reason my phone decided to mess me around today and corrupt the photos I took at lunch and dinner so here's today's diary without photos....hope I can remember what I've had!

Breakfast
Sparkling fruit flavoured water - Free
Clementine - Free
Yogurt - 2.5 syns

Lunch
Batchelors savoury rice - Free
Clementine - Free
Yogurt - 2.5 syns

Dinner
Beef casserole with potatoes, parsnips, carrots, cauliflower, cabbage and gravy - 2.5 syns

Dessert
Creme caramel - 5.5 syns

Snack
Cheese on toast - HEA & B
2 Cadbury's roses - 5 syns


Total syns = 15.5

December 12th Food Diary

 No breakfast

Lunch

Fried potatoes and beans - Free

Sausages - 2 syns

Brown sauce - 1 syn

Clementine and yogurt - Free

Dinner

Mashed potato, brussels and peas - Free

2 sausages - 2 syns

Syn free gravy

Snack

Cheese on toast - HEA + B

Yogurt - Free

Clementine - Free

Kitkat - 11.5

Total = 16.5 syns

Weekly Weigh In - another loss :)

I lost 2lb this week which leaves me with 1lb to go for my 3 stone award and 2lb to go for my club 10 award. I'm going to do my very best to get both awards next week :)

I've got a family Christmas party on Sunday but I'm planning on taking homemade potato salad and staying away from non free foods.
I'll use my syns for the day on a glass of Baileys and a small dessert; I'm confident that the party won't have an effect on next weeks weigh in.

I'm going to plan all my food and syns for this week so that I can still enjoy some Christmas treats off the trolley but I want to try sticking to 15 syns a day instead of 20-25.

22/08/12	31 stone 1lb	435lb	197.3kg	BMI = 77
29/08/12	30 st 9.5lb	429.5lb	194.8kg	BMI = 76.1	- 5.5lb
05/09/12	30 st 9lb	429lb	194.5kg	BMI = 76	- 0.5lb
12/09/12	30 st 5lb	425lb	192.7kg	BMI = 75.3	- 4.0lb
19/09/12	30 st 3.5lb	423.5lb	192.0kg	BMI = 75	- 1.5lb
26/09/12	29 st 13lb	419lb	190.0kg	BMI = 74.2	- 4.5lb
03/10/12	29 st 12.5lb	418.5lb	189.8kg	BMI = 74.1	- 0.5lb
10/10/12	29 st 10lb	416lb	188.6kg	BMI = 73.7	- 2.5lb
17/10/12	29 st 6lb	412lb	186.8kg	BMI = 73	- 4lb
24/10/12	29 st 2lb	408lb	185kg	BMI = 72.3	- 4lb
31/10/12	HOLIDAY
07/11/12	28 st 13lb	405lb	183.7kg	BMI = 71.7	- 3lb
14/11/12	28 st 8.5lb	400.5lb	181.6kg	BMI = 70.9	- 4.5lb
21/11/12	28 st 8lb	400lb	181.3kg	BMI = 70.8	- 0.5lb
28/11/12	28 st 5lb	397lb	180kg	BMI = 70.3	- 3lb
05/12/12	28 st 4lb	396lb	179.6kg	BMI = 70.1	- 1lb
12/12/12	28 st 2lb	394lb	178.7kg	BMI = 69.8	- 2lb

December 11th Food Diary

Breakfast

Cheese on toast - HEA + B

Yogurt, clementine and banana - Free

Lunch

Mushroom pasta - Free

Yogurt and clementine - Free

Snack

Drinking chocolate - 5.5 (I only drank half because I wasn't enjoying it)

2 roses - 7.5 syns

Dinner

Spaghetti bolognese - Free

Snack

Options - 2 syns

2 mint thins - 5 syns

Total = 20 syns