Green Phytobase - Powdered Nutrition

I love this product I used it before getting pregnant and I think it really works, the nutrients it gives are pretty complex and it is just about bearable to taste if mixed with quality apple juice.

All though thee is no excuse for eating your greens if you start of with this and some Feroglobin.. Iron and B12 you are on to a winner.

The ALL ONE Green Phyto Base

contains 2 grams of concentrated organic greens in every serving.
 Ingredients
green kamut (wheat grass), barley, alfalfa, oats, green cabbage, kale, parsley and mustard greens--all grown in fertile, unpolluted soil. These plants of the earth are combined with dulse, sea vegetables, micro-algae and spirulina. This phyto nutritional base is combined with ALL ONE's high potency multi vitamins and minerals, digestive enzymes and amino acids from rice protein, delivering an unstoppable nutritional combination that will help you start the day right. * Mulit Vitamin and Mineral Powder * High potency antioxidants * Gluten Free, Sugar Free and Dairy Free * Certified vegan * Not just a green product, but a complete food * Certified organic and kosher greens * Green Phyto rich nutrients detoxify and promote alkaline environment * 2 grams of chlorophyll rich greens per dose 

for a exhaustive list of all the vitamins and minerals  it contains go to  the Allone website

This makes a  big difference to my 2013 Pledge to become healthier and weigh less. Join my facebook page to hear more about this

12 Week Sabbatical

I have taken myself on a 12 week sabbatical from stress and some of my work. I seriously have considered having a gastric bypass  or going on a detox holiday in Thailand.

The reason when I  haven't chosen the two options are as that bypass will not address issues of optimal nutrition or body work such as strengths muscles and the holiday will be over and then what.
I recall that when  did  a 12 week programmer called Body for Life before that it helped reset patterns and this is very important.

So today I woke up seriously tired. I feel very low energy at present and have not been able to get to the gym, But I am cooking a Artichoke Omelette.

I also have Soup and Spelt crackers to take to work.

 I need to go shopping as I want to eat only organic foods too.

The juicer is brought and I will also continue to take my vitamin B12 and Iron ( Ferrogloin) and also my AllOne Nutrition shake which is full of vitamins and plant based.

I have a neck ache today and also have suffered debilitating mastalgia ( breast pain) for most of  yesterday.. I have had this all my adult life and have not found a cure for  it except  the application of heat.

I start my 10 day detox on the 11th Feb and this will include 3 day juice fast and enemas. sounds scary. I just keep picturing how much better I will feel when I address these health issues.

Squid with salad and New Potatoes

A Simple Syn Free  on extra easy meal ( Slimming World)

Saute  the squid in vinegar or lemon juice add garlic back pepper and salt.. Served with salad and New Potatoes

Slimming Sorld Squid and New Potato Salad 

Slimming staples and I do not mean Weight loss Surgery

Potato Salad - Syn Free on  Slimming World ,Extra Easy made with Quark 

Family are away camping and I opted not to go due to Hay fever and back ache. I watched lots of TV last night whilst having a can of ready mixed gin and Tonic 5.5 syns and a bowl of cherries ( Syn Free) 

Most of the programmes were weight loss ones. Super sized vs Super Skinny followed by a Programme about Weight Loss  disasters including a Lady who had a Gastric band and since then has seizures. The programme was presented by a presenter who had lost weight with the traditional diet and exercise route.

Well the programme gave me food for though and stopped me picking on things I should not!

Today I have a Barbecue  followed by and engaging party. So I am aiming for a syn free day until I get to the engagement Party. It is nice to be invited to a Wedding related party where I am not working as a Toastmaster Master of Ceremonies  or Celebrant - a busman's Holiday..

It is not even 9.00am here yet and I have emptied the dishwasher, had breakfast and made a potato salad > I have used quark for the dressing: hence the title slimming staples.  I brought the quark some weeks back when I committed to Slimming World.  Have not really researched what to do with it. I think it is horrible on its own.. so why did I by it..It is a bit like Ryvita or Cottage cheese. A diet does not have to filled with staples that make you gag or put you off at least. or worst still the  ones that stay  in the fridge till they can nearly walk out on their own.  So I  am challenging myself to a more diet staple recipes so beating of beating-my quarkaphobia.. (I could always just not buy it.. But this is more fun for you to read!.

The potato salad was made like this 

Potato Salad - Syn Free on  Slimming World ,Extra Easy made with Quark 

• Maris Piper Potatoes peeled and boiled. and chopped roughly . ( I usually keep the skin on but wanted a certain aesthetic for the summer occasion
•  Parsley and mint .. From my Garden - chopped finely 
• Artichoke heart - chopped 
• One yellow pepper - chopped
•  6 gherkins or pickled dill cucumbers - chopped
• A half a red Onion. Chopped 
• Quark
• Salt and black pepper

I don't measure and weight  syn free foods just put-them all in a bowl and mix 

So back to the topic of today. Yes I have considered a wieghtloss surgery and hope it will not be necessary.. as you can tell I love my food and cooking and would not like the restrictions and would also feel like I had taken a easy option ( which I am aware it really is not) 

I would like to hear your comments on my blog, please subscribe and tell me what you think and also what are your staples or disasters.

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.

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:

'via Blog this'

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.