Saturday, 12-07-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I'm now in my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.

What I have eaten today:

For lunch, I made some broad bean hummus (really nice) and as tomato, cucumber and preserved lemon salsa.  

four syns for the hummus, one B for the toasted bread and one syn for the hm coleslaw.

I threw together some mashed butterbeans, grated cheese, onion and garlic granules, chopped preserved lemon and seasoning.  It came together quite well and baked in Nellie but the resulting patties were quite dry.  Maybe add a bit of egg next time.

One A for the cheese, one syn for the sauce and one syn for the coleslaw.

I had a sweetheart cabbage that needed to be used so I took off the outer leaves, shredded the rest and mixed in grated carrot, chopped apple and salad cream and now I have a big bowl of coleslaw to use up in the next few days.

Tomorrow's plans:

L:   I have the other half of the hummus to use up so I will probably toast an English muffin, bagel or crumpet (all hm), spread the hummus and add some chopped ham on top.  It should be OK with a side salad.  Then fruit.

D:  chicken and ham risotto (using chicken bits and chicken stock from the freezer and a thermomix recipe which makes risotto a whole load easier as it does all the stirring!), maybe a side salad; fruit

Exercise:   rest day

Thursday, 10-07-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I'm now in my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.

It's weigh day tomorrow.  It's been a really poor week, one way and another and I don.t want to face those scales - but I will.  No point not.

And then . . . no idea but I will have to sort it out. 

What I have eaten today:

This was lovely - lentil and veg pasta bolognaise.  One healthy extra A and two syns plus one syn for salad cream.

I had an apple and an orange in the afternoon.

I got four portions of lentil, veg and aubergine layer bake so that's three for the freezer.  

One healthy extra A and three syns for oil.

Summary:

two healthy extra As

no healthy extra Bs

six syns plus goodness knows what for bits and pieces.

Tomorrow's plans:

L:   sausage hot dog, salad; fruit

D:  egg and chips, salad; fruit

Exercise:  rest day.

Wednesday, 09-07-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I'm now in my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.

Late again, sorry!  It's not going well again - I really must get this worked out.

What I have eaten today:

A terrible photo that was taking in light that was far too bright but the egg salad itself was delicious.

I just hard boiled the eggs, halved them, scooped out the middle and mashed it with cheese, salad cream and a pinch of mustard powder.

It took me right back to childhood - Mum used to make this fairly often.

I'd been craving this - two Richmond sausages (eight syns, ouch) in a home made roll with some onion and some Tracklement's sweet mustard ketchup (delish).

And other stuff that should not have got anywhere close.  Oh, well.  xx

Tomorrow's plans:

L:   Lentil pasta, side salad; fruit

D:  cheesy lentil bake, veg; fruit

Exercise: Groove

Lots of lentils today but different lentils and I'm using what I have in without needing to buy anything.

Monday, 07-07-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I'm now in my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.

What I have eaten today:

Just the one meal today because lunch and dinner were the same thing, falafels, pasta, tomato sauce and cheese on top . . . 

. . . and a nice big salad with salad cream.

I also had an apple and an orange through the day.  

Summary:

two healthy extra As

no healthy extra Bs

eight syns - oil, salad cream.

Tomorrow's plans:

L:   I have another friend round and today I'm doing gazpacho (already made and chilling in the fridge overnight), cold meat and salad maybe coleslaw too; fruit

D:  lentil and veg pasta, veg; fruit

Exercise:   groove and the walk there and back, depending on the weather

Saturday, 05-07-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I'm now in my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.

What I have eaten today:

Before I get into the two meals, this morning I made . . . 

. . . these - using the baguette recipe from yesterday and shaping into rolls rather than longer products.

The recipe made nine at roughly one B and three syns - ish.

Seven are in the freezer, I had one for my burger and one is making a filled roll for tomorrow.  Nice!

It looks messy but it was just as delicious as yesterday's.

Working out syns is pretty much an estimate.
I think the pancakes and the cheese together make one healthy extra As and half a healthy B while the salad has one syn's worth of mixed seeds and two syns for the evoo in the dressing.

That's the best I can do really.

I had some strawberries for afters.

A home made burger in a home made roll with home made chutney.  Lovely!

One and a half syns for chutney,  one B and three syns for the roll. one A for cheese, one and a half syns for stuff in the burger.

Summary:

two healthy extra A

one and a half healthy extra Bs

nine syns

Tomorrow's plans:

L:   cold meat roll, finger salad; fruit

D:  meatballs in tomato sauce, pasta, grated cheese

Exercise:  a lot of walking

Friday, 04-07-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I'm now in my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.

I woke early this morning so set to and made some baguettes for the first time.  Not 'proper' ones, just my usual recipe to give me some practise in shaping and using my newly acquired baguette tin.

And at SW I weighed for the first time in eight weeks.  No, I wasn't in target range but I wasn't far off and I'm in the nine stone bracket, not the ten stone.  Very happy about that!

What I have eaten today:

Alex made carrot crepes with a tomato, cheese and spinach filling - except that the carrot batter didn't work properly so I knocked up a quick batch of normal batter to make crepes.

Later on, I tweaked the batter and it pancaked perfectly - too much milk or not enough eggs and flour.  I have made a note to that effect on the recipe.

This was Alex's portion . . .

And this was mine.  No idea of syns and I have one of Alex's to reheat tomorrow as they were very, very filling.

No idea of syns and I'm not fretting, especially as this evening is an off plan meal anyway.

When I make it again, then I will work out the syns properly.

How I enjoyed this!  The baguettes turned out lovely, the chutney was home made as was the butter (leftover cream after Christmas, popped in the freezer).

So naughty in SW terms and I couldn't eat like this every day, but oh, it was good.

Back on track tomorrow.

Tomorrow's plans:

L:   The leftover tomato, cheese and spinach filled pancake with salad; fruit

D:   h.m. cheese burger, salad, coleslaw and chips; fruit

Another I have been fancying for a while. My recipe makes one me-sized burger and some meatballs.  I read somewhere that you can add sourdough starter to your mix rather than breadcrumbs.  I don't add breadcrumbs anyway but I might have a go, just to see.

Exercise:   a walk

Thursday, 03-07-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I'm now in my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.

What I have eaten today:

Unusually, lunch was sweet rather than savoury.  This morning, I made a batch of sourdough blueberry pancakes, all carefully measured out so I know what I have to count - and I don't syn cooked fruit.

Half a healthy extra B and one syn for a bit of maple syrup - the rest is all free or speed ingredients.  There's protein from the egg and the yogurt.

After Groove, I sliced the loaf I made in the morning and froze all but the two ends which I am calling a B and three syns.

When it came to dinner, I realised it was silly to cook something (and probably freeze half) when I had plenty of stuff already in the freezer so I got out the last portion of the chicken and mushroom risotto from the cooking demo and four sweet potato falafels (a SW recipe) and had them with a salad.  Afters was some grapes.

So two syns for the risotto and one for some salad cream.

Summary:

no healthy extra As

one and a half healthy extra Bs

seven syns

Tomorrow's plans:

L:   Not totally sure, it depends what Alex would like, but it will be on plan, for sure.

D:   I'm going off plan to have something I have fancied for a while.  hm baguette, French cheese (probably Boursin and camembert or Brie), chutney, grapes and some red wine.

Exercise:   walk to SW and back again