Thursday, 06-01-22

 Good morning

This week seems to be passing so very quickly.  It's Thursday already; weigh-day tomorrow.  I'm typing this with metaphorically crossed fingers (my typing is bad enough without complicating matters) but I do think I have got the healthy eating patterns back again, thankfully, and I feel very much the better for it.  Whether this translates into a loss this week remains to be seen but if not this week, then definitely next week.

Yesterday's meals:

This was two bacon medallions and three mushrooms, cut up and cooked in spray oil.  I added two beaten and seasoned eggs to the pan and let them cook almost through before topping with halved mini tomatoes and some grated cheese and finishing off under the grill.
Very tasty!

Just cheesy beans on toast - perfect!

During the afternoon, I had an apple and three easy peelers.

Dinner was so good.  I do like the M&S chunky steak and, as I drained off some of the gravy, I now have that in the freezer to go with another meal.  I don't have gravy much but when I do, I like it to be meaty and tasty, not just a thickened stock cube.

I finished dinner with a mullerlight and a bit later on I stretched my eating window a bit with one more easy peeler.

Today's plans:

B:  full English - bacon, chipolata sausages x 2, fried potato (actifry/spray oil), mushrooms, tomatoes and a few baked beans left over from yesterday.
I can cook the potatoes and the sausages together in the actifry and maybe add the mushrooms near the end too.  I'll do the bacon and tomatoes in the pan, I think.
SW:  four syns for two nice pork chipolatas (not the skinny kind)

L:  carrot and lentil soup, croutons; fruit
If I don't clean the actifry bowl after breakfast, I can use it for the croutons with a bit of residual flavour, maybe.
The soup is just a bit of leftover leek, onion, carrots, red lentils, turkey stock and a bit of cumin, coriander, garlic, salt and pepper, all boiled up and blended.  I might add a splash of milk before serving, for a bit of creaminess in the texture.
SW:  one healthy extra B for the croutons

D:  mushroom risotto, mixed beans; mixed veg; yogurt
The risotto is in the freezer and needs some more protein so I will add another 15g cheese (it already has some in it) and also I will grab a handful of frozen mixed beans to add in.  The mixed veg is for both colour and speed.
SW:  half a healthy extra A

E:  the squat challenge (which is going well - I can feel that it's working those muscles) and Lindsey's playlist.

Summary:

one healthy extra A
one healthy extra B
four and a half syns

From the freezer:

sausages

bread

risotto

beans

mixed veg