Wednesday, 22-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my Slimming World and associated health journeys. I'm now around my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure which is now going to include the three different healthy extras - calcium, fibre and fats/oils.  I'm winging it a bit until the info about amounts is released, making sensible guesses based on prior knowledge so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Yesterday's meals:

Oat and chia seed pudding with blueberries and mango.

One fibre choice and one and a half swips (for a bit of milk).

Lunch was late and was just cheese on toast - white bread so goodness knows what the swips were - but it was nice!
However, my innards complained.  My body is used to wholemeal sourdough nowadays.

A SW frozen ready meal, beef tagliatelle.

Just no!

The pasta was OK but I like my mince really slow cooked and melt in the mouth and this - wasn't.

It also has a weird, slightly sweet flavour instead of the umami savouriness I like.

I ate a third and have to confess I threw the rest out.  I hate waste but sometimes you just have to.

Not one to buy again.

 

Thursday's plans:

B:  oat and chia seed pudding with fruit

I know I had it this morning but my insides need it!!

L:  soup and some toast - proper wholemeal sourdough toast

D:  steak in mushroom sauce, sweet potato fries, roasted tomatoes (still from the garden!)

and fruit

Exercise:  nothing planned but an online walk would be good and Lindsey has left some videos on YouTube.  :-)  

Tuesday, 21-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my Slimming World and associated health journeys. I'm now around my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure which is now going to include the three different healthy extras - calcium, fibre and fats/oils.  I'm winging it a bit until the info about amounts is released, making sensible guesses based on prior knowledge so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

What I ate today:

20g oats mixed with sweetener and yogurt and left to soften.
a level tbsp chia seeds mixed with 60ml milk to hydrate.

When you're ready to eat, mix the two together (I added a bit of water so slacken), add whatever fruit you want and enjoy.

The oats and chia seeds together are a healthy fibre choice.  The milk is either part of an A or one and a half swips. 

For lunch, I had the rest of the sushi with balsamic vinegar drizzled over and with with vegetables roasted in toasted sesame oil plus some pinto beans added right at the end.

Filling!

The oil is most of my healthy fats choice and, after a ponder, I am calling the sushi four swips, just to be on the safe side.

Dinner was rubbish, so it was all a bit of a white off  really.  Oh, well!

Tomorrow's meal plans:

B:  fruit and yogurt with chia seeds

L:  toasted bagel with avocado and smoked salmon

D:  SW frozen ready meal.  

Monday, 20-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my Slimming World and associated health journeys. I'm now around my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure which is now going to include the three different healthy extras - calcium, fibre and fats/oils.  I'm winging it a bit until the info about amounts is released, making sensible guesses based on prior knowledge so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

What I ate today:

Breakfast - two eggs, some mushrooms, some tomatoes and some seasonings.

Delish!

Ooooh-er!
No idea of swips, etc, but this was fun to make.

I have half of the sushi left for tomorrow's lunch plus some prepped rice in the freezer, maybe for some freeform fun!

In the evening, I just had some toast.  Again, no ideas of SW values, sorry.

And I had fruit, of course.

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  oat and chia seed pudding with fruit

L:  sushi, probably with some roasted veg.  
I looked up what to have with sushi and it said tempura veg.  I guess roasted is the next best thing.

D:  I have two SW frozen ready meals left.  I will have one of them, I think

Plus the fruit . . .

Exercise:  It is groove class today and Chris and I will be walking there and back.

Sunday, 19-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my Slimming World and associated health journeys. I'm now around my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure which is now going to include the three different healthy extras - calcium, fibre and fats/oils.  I'm winging it a bit until the info about amounts is released, making sensible guesses based on prior knowledge so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

What I ate today:

I made an oat and chia seed pud for breakfast, flavoured with skinny syrup and with added mixed seeds.  With some fruit, it was lovely, filling, felt healthy - and use up my fibre choice and two swips-worth of milk.

Lunch was the chicken from the one Alex roasted on Friday with a few roasties from the freezer, some roasted sweet potato and some fresh tomatoes plus one and a half syns for some chutney.

I had intended to cook some veg but the early afternoon got very busy.

Dinner was a portion of the lovely roasted sweet potato, red pepper and tomato soup from Friday and I used the rest of the opened can of potatoes to make a frittata/tortilla/whatever the one with a potato base is called!  There's three more portions to freeze for other times.

Summary:

one fibre, one calcium and part of a healthy fats
three and a half swips

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  bacon and mushroom omelette with tomatoes on the side

L:  possibly some hm sushi with salad

D:  chicken, cheese and cranberry toastie with side salad

That will use my calcium and fibre choices plus six more syns

And fruit ad hoc.

Exercise:  circuits class

Saturday, 18-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my Slimming World and associated health journeys. I'm now around my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure which is now going to include the three different healthy extras - calcium, fibre and fats/oils.  I'm winging it a bit until the info about amounts is released, making sensible guesses based on prior knowledge so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Today's meals:

I grated some tinned potato, mixed in onion and garlic granules and seasonings and spray fried as a patty.

One swip for brown sauce and part of my healthy oils choice for some avocado oil.

No the gloomy weather has landed, I'm back on a more substantial breakfast again.

I went to a sushi course over lunch time and after everyone had a go, we scoffed thewy results - it was all very good and there was not one bit of sushi left.

No idea of swips but it can't have been many, just what went into the sushi rice and a few drops of sauce.

It was really good fun.

Penne pasta bake for dinner.  Yum.

One and a half calciums and a bit of oil.  No fibre choice today unless you count the sprinklings of poppy seeds and sesame seeds on the sushi.

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  oat and chia seed pudding

L:  roast chicken dinner

D:  soup and fruit.

Saturday morning , 18-10-25

After a bit of a health dip this week, I'm feeling loads better this morning and hope to be posting again this evening.

Tuesday, 14-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my Slimming World and associated health journeys. I'm now around my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure which is now going to include the three different healthy extras - calcium, fibre and fats/oils.  I'm winging it a bit until the info about amounts is released, making sensible guesses based on prior knowledge so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Today's meals:

Some meals just don't photograph well.

Oat, chia seed and yogurt pudding with blueberries.  Not a pretty sight but healthy and tasted great with vanilla and sweetener.

Oats and chia seeds were each half a fibre choice.

I had already had an apple before Groove.

The toast was six syns as I have used my fibre already, the avocado was almost a healthy oils choice and everything else was free/speed.

I had another apple in the afternoon and six swips-worth of popcorn  

I found some savoury mince in the freezer.

The potato was free, as was the mince and the vegetables.  The cheese was one calcium choice and three syns and I sprayed one swips-worth of oil to crisp up the sliced potato - but that can be the last bit of my healthy oils choice.

Instead of having it as a topped potato, I made a pie.  Same ingredients, different arrangement.

Summary:

one each of healthy calcium, fibre and oils choices
twelve swips

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  beans on toast

L:  leek and lentil soup

D:  steak, salad and chips

Plus ad hoc fruit

Exercise:  personal training.