September 30th Food Diary

 

 

 

Breakfast

1 slice wholemeal bread - HEB

1 slice wholemeal bread - 4 syns

2 plums - Free

1 kiwi - Free

1 shape yogurt - Free

2 cheese triangles - 4 syns

4 slices wafer thin ham - Free

 

 

 

Lunch

Creamy pork pasta (including celery, onion, mushrooms, tomatoes, tomato puree, garlic, quark and 2 extra light laughing cow cheese triangles) - 1 syn

 

 

 

Dinner

Minced Beef Hash - Free

1 orange - Free

1 shape yogurt - Free

 

 

Snack

3 ham and egg mini quiche - Free

Grapes - Free

1 shape yogurt - Free

 

Snack

120g icecream - 11 syns

 

 

 

 

Total syns = 20 syns

 

 

Please note: the normal amount of syns is between 5 and 15 but I've been told I can have more because I have lots of weight to lose.

September 29th Food Diary

No Breakfast

 

No photo....I lost it somehow when I was transferring them.

 

Lunch

1 slice wholemeal bread - HEB

1 slice wholemeal bread - 4 syns

2 cheese triangles - Part of HEA

1 pear - Free

1 orange - Free

1 shape yogurt - Free

 

 

No photo....I lost it somehow when I was transferring them.

 

Dinner

Creamy pork pasta (including celery, onion, mushrooms, tomatoes, tomato puree, garlic, quark and 2 extra light laughing cow cheese triangles) - 1 syn

 

Dessert

1 Orange - Free

 

 

 

Snack

Options white chocolate - 2 syns

2 Bourbon creams - 7 syns

1 Chocolate Mousse - 4 syns

Snack
1 banana - Free
1 shape yogurt - Free

 

 

Total syns = 18

 

 

Please note: The normal amount of syns is between 5 and 15 but I've been told I can have more because I have a lot weight to lose.

September 28th Food Diary

Breakfast

Scrambled Egg - Free

Bacon - Free

Fried Potatoes - Free

Cherry Tomatoes - Free

Satsuma - Free

Low Fat Yogurt - 2.5 syns

Coffee - Free

2 Sweeteners - Free

Milk - From HEA

Lunch

1 Slice Bread - HEB

1 Slice Bread - 4 syns

Tuna - Free

Extra Light Mayo, 2 tbsp - 2 syns

Coffee, sweeteners, milk from HEA - Free

Grapes - Free

2 Satsumas - Free

Dinner

Homemade Pork and Mustard Sausage - 3 syns

Vegetable Rice - Free

Snack

1 Caramel Options - 2 syns

2 Chocolate Digestives - 8 syns

1 Banana - Free

Total = 21.5 syns

Please note: The normal amount of syns is between 5 and 15 but I've been told I can have more because I have a lot to lose.

September 27th Food Diary

Breakfast

Scrambled Egg - Free

Cherry Tomatoes - Free

Bacon - Free

Shape Yogurt - Free

1 Orange - Free

Flavoured Water - Free

Lunch

Tomato and Onion Pasta n Sauce - Free

Fruit Salad (1 plum, 1 peach and 1 pear) - Free

Flavoured Water - Free

Please Note: I photographed the wrong dinner! This is the husbands and has lots more mash and less vegetables than I had on my plate! I filled half my plate with veg, a quarter with mash and a quarter with chicken.

Dinner

Chicken Breast - Free

Mashed Potato using milk from HEA

Broccoli - Free

Cauliflower - Free

Peas - Free

Green Beans - Free

Gravy - 5 syns

No dessert

Another point to note is that I only ate one of these slices of toast...hubby helped share the syns!

Snack

1 Slice Wholemeal Bread - HEB

1 Tbsp Peanut Butter - 4 syns

1 Tbsp Jam - 2 syns

1 Chocolate Mousse - 4 syns

Flavoured Water - Free

Total = 19 syns

Please note: The normal amount of syns is between 5 and 15 per day but I've been told I can have more because I have a lot of weight to lose.



September 26th Food Diary

No picture for breakfast because I didn't have any.

 

Lunch

4 crackerbread - 4 syns

1 tbsp extra light mayo - 1 syn

1 tomato - Free

2 Satsumas - Free

1 Shape - Free

 

 

 

Dinner

Cottage Pie with carrots, peas sweetcorn and cabbage in the mashed potato.

Also used milk from allowance for the mash - Free

Gravy - 5 syns

 

Dessert - None

 

 

 

Snack

1 slices wholemeal bread - HEB

Tuna and mayo spread - 4 syns

1 banana - Free

1 pear - Free

1 shape yogurt - Free

 

 

Snack

3 jaffa cakes - 7.5 syns

 

 

Total syns = 21.5 syns

 

 

Please note: The normal amount of syns is between 5 and 15 but I've been told I can have more because I have a lot of weight to lose.

 

 

Woohooo!! Lost my first stone :D

Well, to be exact, I've lost 1 stone and 2lbs so I'm currently grinning like this...

I'd set a 2lb target for myself for this week so I was delighted when she told me I'd lost 4.5lbs!

I think my photo food diary really helped me this week and I plan to carry on with it. I, like a lot of slimmers, struggle with the reality of what we eat and the amount our brain lets us remember that we've eaten!
Writing it down helped keep track of the syns but it didn't really help me recall what I'd actually eaten, especially as I write down the ingredients rather than the actual meal.

Anyway, back to group - I find myself enjoying it more and more each week as I get to know everyone and this week I had a bumper week, winning slimmer of the week,

slimmer of the month

and my 1 stone award :D

As slimmer of the week you get to bring home the contents of the fruit basket that everyone contributes to, which was wonderful because it's only mid week and our fruit basket is looking a bit empty!

I'm off now to take a photo of myself (I want to take one each time I lose a stone) and make some lunch. I'm ready for it today!

Starting Weight -

22 August 2012 -       31st 1lb   /  435lb   /  197.3kg / BMI = 77

29 August 2012 -      30st 9.5lb / 429.5lb / 194.8kg / BMI = 76.1 / Lost 5.5lb
05 September 2012 - 30st 9.0lb / 429.0lb / 194.5kg / BMI = 76    / Lost 0.5lb
12 September 2012 - 30st 5.0lb / 425.0lb / 192.7kg / BMI = 75.3 / Lost 4lb
19 September 2012 - 30st 3.5lb / 423.5lb / 192.0kg / BMI = 75    / Lost 1.5lb
26 September 2012 - 29st 13lb  / 419.0lb / 190.0kg / BMI = 74.2 / Lost 4.5lb

September 25th Food Diary

 

Breakfast

2 slices Hovis wholemeal - HEB

Scrambled Egg - Free

Bacon and Mushrooms - Free

Shape Yogurt - 0.5 syn

1 Banana - Free

Coffee - Free

2 Sweetener - Free

Milk - From HEA

Ignore the Ibuprofen...I forgot to move them! Woke with a headache this morning that has thankfully gone now :)

 

 

 

Lunch

2 Crispbreads - 2 syns

Quark - Free

2 Slices wafer thin ham - Free

1 Orange - Free

 

 

 

Dinner

Beef Stroganoff - Free

Jacket potato - Free

Carrots - Free

Green Beans - Free

 

 

Snack

3 Crackerbread - 3 syns

3 Cheese triangles - 6 syns

Wafer thin ham - Free 

 

 

Snack

Grapes - Free

Shape yogurt - 0.5 syn

 

 

Total syns = 12

 



September 24th Food Diary



Breakfast

2 crumpets - 4.5 syns each

1 cheese triangle - 2 syns

Wafer thin ham - Free

Grapes - Free

Shape yogurt - 0.5 syn

 

 

 

Lunch

Tomato and onion pasta n sauce - Free

Strawberries - Free

Strawberry low fat yogurt - 2.5 syns

Sparkling fruit flavoured water - Free

 

 

 

 

Dinner

 

Spaghetti bolognese - Free

 

 

 

Snack

Options orange hot chocolate - 2 syns

Milk - HEA

1 Kiwi fruit - Free

1 Hi Fi Light - HEB

1 Shape yogurt - 0.5 syn

 

 

Total syns = 16.5 syns*

 

 

The normal amount of syns is between 5 and 15 but I've been told I can have more because I have a lot of weight to lose.

 



September 23rd Food Diary

 

Breakfast

2 slices wholemeal hovis - HEB

3 Cheese triangles - HEA

2 eggs - Free

Coffee - Free

2 sweeteners - Free

Milk - From yesterday - Forgot to finish my HEA yesterday

1 Shape yogurt - 0.5 syn

1 Banana - Free

 

 

 

 

Lunch

3 crackerbread - 3 syns

Quark - Free

3 slices wafer thin ham - Free
Cherry Tomatoes - Free

1 orange - Free

 

 

 

Dinner
SW Cottage Pie - Free
Mashed potato and Cabbage - Free
Dessert - None

Snack
1 banana - Free
2 kiwi - Free
1 Shape yogurt - 0.5 syn
Pear and elderflower sparkling water - Free



Snack
2 crumpets - 4.5 syns each
2 cheese triangles - 2 syns each

Total syns = 17 syns

*The normal amount of syns per day is between 5 and 15 but because I have so much to lose, I've been told I can have extra syns.
 



September 22nd Food Diary

 

 

 

Breakfast

1 slice of wholemeal bread, toasted - 4 syns

1 level tbsp jam - 2 syns

1 low fat yogurt - 2.5 syns

1 cup of hot, low cal lemonade and paracetamol* - Free

 

*Hot lemonade and paracetamol because I've started with a horrible cold :(

 

 

 

Lunch

2 slices hovis wholemeal - HEB

1 Cheese Triangle - 2 syns

3 slices wafer thin ham - Free

1 Orange - Free

1 Kiwi - Free

1 Shape yogurt - 0.5 syn

 

 

 

Dinner

 Pork & vegetable risotto - Free

Dessert

Banana & custard - 4 syns for 100g custard

 

Snack

1 Options hot chocolate - 2 syns

Grapes - Free

1 Hi Fi Light - 3 syns

 

Total syns = 20*

 

*The normal amount of syns per day is between 5 and 15 but because I have so much to lose, I've been told I can have extra syns.

 

 

 

 



September 21st Photo Food Diary

 

 

 

Breakfast

2 eggs, scrambled - Free

Wafer thin ham - Free

Cherry tomatoes - free

2 slices wholemeal bread - HEB

Coffee - Free

2 sweeteners - Free

Milk - From HEA
1 Banana - Free

Shape Yogurt - 0.5 syn

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch

Leek & Potato Soup - Free

2 slices wholemeal bread - 8 syns

2 plums - Free

1 Shape - 0.5 syn

Sparkling flavoured water - Free

Mid afternoon
Coffee - Free
2 sweetener - Free
Milk - From HEA

 

 

 

Dinner

 Homemade pork, onion and mustard sausages - 2 syns
Colcannon - Free
Peas - Free
100ml Gravy - 2.5 syns

Snack
Coffee - Free
2 sweetener - Free
Milk - From HEA
1 Hi Fi Light - 3 syns

Snack
1 Banana - Free
1 Shape yogurt - 0.5 syn


Total syns - 17 syns*

 

*The normal amount of syns per day is between 5 and 15 but because I have so much to lose, I've been told I can have extra syns.



September 20th Food diary

 

 

Breakfast

1 crumpet - 4.5 syns
2 slices wafer thin ham - Free

1 level teaspoon margarine - 2 syns

Shape 0% fat yogurt - 0.5 syns

1 Banana - Free

Coffee - Free

2 sweeteners - Free

Milk - From HEA

Mid morning
Coffee - Free
2 sweeteners - Free
Milk - From HEA

 

 

 

Lunch

Leek and potato soup - Free

2 slices wholemeal bread - HEB

 

 

 

Dinner

Beef casserole - Lean Beef, potatoes, carrots, leeks and onion - Free

Gravy - 5 syns
1 slice wholemeal bread - 4 syns
1 Shape Yogurt - 0.5 syn


Snack 1
Banana - Free
Shape Yogurt - 0.5 syn

Snack 2
Coffee - Free
2 sweeteners - Free
Milk - From HEA
1 Hi Fi bar - 3 syns

Total Syns - 20

*The normal amount of syns per day is between 5 and 15 but because I have so much to lose, I've been told I can have extra syns.

 

September 19th 2012 Food Diary

 

A quick breakfast this morning as I had lots to do before getting ready for my weigh in.

Banana - Superfree

Shape 0% fat yogurt - 1/2 syn

 

Apple and raspberry sparkling water - Free

 

Lunch - Left over mash, fried (using fry light) with bacon and mushrooms.

1 tablespoon tomato ketchup - 1 syn

Banana - Superfree

Low fat yogurt - 2.5 syns

 

 

 

Dinner - Stuffed Pepper with pasta in sauce

Peppers, leeks, onion, tomatoes, tomato puree, lean minced beef and garlic - Free and superfree

Tomato and onion pasta in sauce - Free

 

 

Dessert - Choc Ice - 7 syns

 

 

 

Snack - Hot Chocolate with semi skimmed milk from HEA* = 6 syns

2 Hi Fi Light bars - HEB**

 

 

 

Snack - 2 plums - Superfree

Shape - 1/2 syn

 

 

 

 

 

Total syns today = 17***

 

 

*HEA = Healthy Extra A

 

**HEB = Healthy Extra B

 

***The normal amount of syns per day is between 5 and 15 but because I have so much to lose, I've been told I can have extra syns. This is the first time I've actually gone over 15 syns a day.

I'm making sure I use as much of my syns as I can to see if it has any effect on my next weigh in as the 2 weeks I've had low syn days, I've had low weight loss on those weeks.