I made noodles with steak mushrooms and peppers and carrots today using  oil to wipe around non sick pan.. .5 tsp so 1 syn the lot.

 I use one whole pepper and .5 lb of steak one carrot some onions and seasoned with thyme pepper and salt. I Used rice noodles this time.

Eggs are free on Slimming World but not cream Eggs

Only one of these Eggs are free on Slimming World

Well I have been fortunate to remain the same for two weeks at slimming world. And I think I have been good. However I have innocently and assumed I knew my sin values and even went so far as convincing myself that since eggs are free on slimming world I would poetically include Cadburys Cream Eggs. what a shock to be told they have a syn value of 9 syns. These appeared in the fridge as part of an Approved Foods order. a discount food store where Hubby’s ups on pickles and Naan bread. My slim health concious husband will only eat one and my 5 year old does not like  them so I am not sure of their purpose in the fridge. Anyway although I did order the Cream Eggs  I can only blame myself I know better really and have a choice in what I put in my mouth and wither I count it or not. I am determined to syn every single food item in the house. So I cannot delude myself. I started tonight and found to my shock that my daughters innocent chocolate pancakes were 7.5 syns and the small can of gin and tonic was 5 syns Now called Syn and Tonic .  I now know that I will have to try harder to track all my Syns and concentrate on free food as and super foods.  I have also looked at my slimming world recipe books for inspiration and alternatives to my naughty and worse still uncounted foods. On Slimming World no food is banned  it  just has to be counted.  In contrast my lovely slimming world silent partner Sarah lost a whopping 4.5 lbs this week and is slimmer of the month. She is less blaze about the while thing and it shows. so I am armed with  my slimming worlds books especially the Slimming World syns book and will be reporting back on my findings on the labelling project.  If you would like to cheer me on please your comments and subscribe to my blog or follow me on Twitter . If you would like to sponser me and raise money for the Ms Society please  click on the link.

Well I have been fortunate to remain the same for two weeks at slimming world. And I think I have been good. However I have innocently and assumed I knew my sin values and even went so far as convincing myself that since eggs are free on slimming world I would poetically include Cadburys Cream Eggs. what a shock to be told they have a syn value of 9 syns. These appeared in the fridge as part of an Approved Foods order. a discount food store where Hubby’s ups on pickles and Naan bread. My slim health concious husband will only eat one and my 5 year old does not like  them so I am not sure of their purpose in the fridge. Anyway although I did order the Cream Eggs  I can only blame myself I know better really and have a choice in what I put in my mouth and wither I count it or not. I am determined to syn every single food item in the house. So I cannot delude myself. I started tonight and found to my shock that my daughters innocent chocolate pancakes were 7.5 syns and the small can of gin and tonic was 5 syns Now called Syn and Tonic .  I now know that I will have to try harder to track all my Syns and concentrate on free food as and super foods.  I have also looked at my slimming world recipe books for inspiration and alternatives to my naughty and worse still uncounted foods. On Slimming World no food is banned  it  just has to be counted.  In contrast my lovely slimming world silent partner Sarah lost a whopping 4.5 lbs this week and is slimmer of the month. She is less blaze about the while thing and it shows. so I am armed with  my slimming worlds books especially the Slimming World syns book and will be reporting back on my findings on the labelling project.

 If you would like to cheer me on please your comments and subscribe to my blog or follow me on Twitter . If you would like to sponser me and raise money for the Ms Society please  click on the link.

Prawns and scallops

Slimmer of the week at Slimming world

I was slimmer of the week at Slimming World today!

As this was not my regular group and the one in the evening I did not think I would qualify so this made it even more special.

 I lost  3lbs making my loss with slimline world. 6lbs and I lost a stone prior to that. I found it easy to get on track with extra easy loving eating all the fruits and vegetables as free food speed foods.  So it was super great to get more speed foods for the prize. How this works is that  each member brings a piece of fruit into the group and this is given to the person with the highest loss.

So another week and I should definitely have lost a half a stone.

Squash, Chickpea, and Red Lentil Stew Recipe - Syn Free

 This recipe without the peanuts is free on Slimming World. I did it the pressure cooker.. did not take the 6 hours recommend.. just 20 mins.

Squash, Chickpea, and Red Lentil Stew Recipe - Delish.com:

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Fruits and Donuts

I got very excited at the fruit stall in Watford Market. The Rray of fruits is amazing. I was particularly impressed to know that donuts are now free on Slimming World: Donut Peaches that is. These succulent leaves are shaped like a Donut hence the name.

I brought Cherrys,apricots, minneola apples and mangoes in a much larger quality than I would have got from those shrink wrapped polystyrene packed Supermarket fruits.

My love of fruit is quite simply a joy after doing some very low calorie diets and also low carb.. I became a bit fruit phobic as well as constipated. How can these diets work long terms when they do nothing to educate the pallet. I feel like I am becoming normal again after a long time of having so many restrictions on what I ate that I became trapped into a vicious circle of denial , craving and eating.what a relief for my body to let go of these pounds and misconceptions about food.

slimming world Lime and Chilli Fritters

Mm Lime and chilli fritters

Serves 2

2 syns for entire recipe on Green or Extra Easy

Ingredients

2 eggs

2 cups of frozen sweetcorn (defrosted and any water drained)

1 spring onions 

chilli if you want a spicy version

1/2 tsp of chilli powder or 1 small deseeded red chilli finely chopped

1 small shallot, finely chopped

some fresh coriander finely chopped ( any herb will do ) 

1 tbsp of juice from a fresh lime

12 grams  of plain flour (2 syns)

non stick spray

salt and pepper to season

Method

Add all ingredients and roughly blend using a hand blender.

Spray a skillet or frying pan with non stick spray and spoon some of the mixture on the pan (The mixture should make 6 medium sized fritters or around 12 bite sized  in total), flatten out and then flip after a few minutes a you would do to a pancake. Repeat with more mixture, you may want to set your oven to a low heat and place the cooked ones on a baking tray, to keep hot, while you cook the remainder.

Serve on a bed of mixed salad topped with chopped spring onions. 

3lb lost on slimming world in the first

It gets better !

3.5 lb lost on slimming world  in the first week 

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I am not taking the Scenic Route with weight loss

Slimming World Membership 

 The Leader at my new slimming world class has brought out the competitive stubborn edge in me. There is a raffle in which you get a ticket for each pound you loose between now and September. Just the incentive I need to fit into my gamesmaker uniform for the Paralympic Games which needs to be collected sometime this summer. I shall put this off until the very nearest date as I ntend to fit into a size smaller that a 26!

She also pointed out that if  one takes the scenic route to losing wieght then that is fine with her as she needs the cash to go on holiday.. I am determined not to fund her on a Carribean cruise. maybe a weekend in a Bed and Breakfast instead. In fact I am now keeping a spread sheet of the expenditure on weight loss!

She is a excellent coach as she spoke in a way that captivated my visual mind. Talking of how you should have speed foods to fill up two thirds of your plate. This has helped me a lot. She also told us off in advance about thinking that the Jubilee weekend is a excuse to get off the programme and then not coming back to weigh in as the loss will not be there.. she did this in a humorous way.

I only started 3 days ago and am already showing a tremendous loss without even opening the book..How? well as I have been on every diet under the sun I know the principals  of the diet and recall which foods do not need to synned.

I also have been working up a sweat doing house work and gardening. I think this has changed my attitude and mindset. I firmly believe that the overhaul I am doing of my body is also an overhaul of my lifestyle. Getting up and doing things is making me realsie how lttle I did before .. (No wonder the house was a mess and I was so large) Tidying the house properly hardly leaves time to eat. I am bot making the sizeist generalisations that fat = lazy as many of my large friends have a perfectionism around their house and gardens. For me it has been a earning curve as I was not taught how to keep house. It is important for me to tackle this as my daughter cannot be like this. I intend to lead by example. I cannot take all the credit for my work. I employed a cleaner who I observed years ago doing a great job when I worked at a Community Centre. I gave her the remit of clean and teach me as you go. She was the one who pointed  out that garden need to be done too. I have taken out some shrubs in my garden.. they were there because they looked ok and were low maintanace. I have trimmed things and got ride of three skip loads.  I am also using the blossomy of the Garden as a visual incentive to how I am growing into a healthy person through my weight loss. (i know I sound really hippy..but watch this space!)

I have decided that I have to just get on with things in the house instead of waiting for my husband to do them.. There really is no such thing as man's work.especaillay as he cooks and puts my daughter to bed.


With regards to food  I now have  routine where I have thought about or cooked dinner for the evening by 11.00 am ( In the summer heat this is helpfull and it also helps with time management for the day) I am still trying to run a business as a Toastmaster and Celebrant  and Party Doctor as well as being a mum.

If you want to help me in my weight loss journey please drop me a line with your thoughts and inspiration and also sponsor me  as I try to raise money or the MS Society