Friday, 11-12-20

 Morning!
Weigh in at the SW meeting last night and, after a really 'good' week, I was expecting a couple of pounds off and I felt lighter and slimmer.  

However, to my frustration and, I have to admit, anger, I had gained a pound.  I have absolutely no idea why and can only think it's just One of Those Things.  I was cross and felt pretty discouraged but I've woken up with fresh determination, helped by the arrival of the new Pinch of Nom book I had pre-ordered several months ago.

So it's back to the drawing board and my fingers are crossed for this coming week.  But grrrrrrr . . . (or less polite equivalent!)

Yesterday's food photos:

Breakfast of plain Greek yogurt, sweetened with skinny syrup and topped with fresh kiwi and peach slices and cherries from the freezer.

Lunch was leek, carrot and lentil soup and it was delicious.

I used one trimmer leek, quite a thin one, chopped, some carrot and one and a half tbsp of red lentils plus some proper chicken stock made previously by boiling up a roast chicken carcass and seasoned with a bit of Cajun spice, onion and garlic granules, salt and pepper.  I boiled it all up and blended it all down, adding a splash of milk to slacken it a bit.

I came home from the meeting feeling so disgruntled that I totally forget to photograph dinner, so sorry.  It was steak and chips and again I cooked the steak when the chips started in the actifry and then let it rest in a just warm oven and it was lovely and tender.

I'm going to be planning this week's food so carefully, not a smidgeon will pass my lips without it being recorded in advance!  (more grrrr)

Today's food plans:

B:  gingerbread yogurt with fruit
Like yesterday but with different flavours.  I have a good selection of frozen fruit so I can make it interesting.
SW:  half a syn for the Mullerlight yogurt, any additional syrup is free and the fruit will be free/speed

L:  cheese and onion toastie, tomatoes; pear and apple
Using both my As should make for a nice, satisfyingly cheesy toastie
SW:  two healthy extra As for cheese, one B for the bread.  The onion will be softened in fry light so free/speed and the tomatoes are speed too

D:  a sort of Chinese fakeaway - stirfry pork and veg in hoisin sauce; kvarg or yogurt
I have a nice, lean bit of pork fillet, a carton of fresh stir fry veg and a pot of SW hoisin sauce from Iceland which has been in the freezer for a while now so it is time I used it - fingers crossed I like it..  If (big if) I have rice, it will be the protein kind which might cost me one syn but is around 18 calories as opposed to the real kind at between 150 and 200 calories.
SW:  the pork is protein, the veg free and mostly speed, the sauce is free, I will use three syns-worth of toasted sesame oil, the protein rice is one syn and the dessert is half a syn

Body Magic:  step and balance

Summary:  two healthy extra As, one B and five syns

(grrrrrrr . . . )