Saturday, 26-08-23

 Good morning, everyone.

Half a pound on at weigh in.  A bit fed up temporarily but fair enough as I must have been retaining fluid as well as being bunged up.  
One of those issues has resolved in that the bunged up is - er - no longer.  Why couldn't that have happened Thursday, eh?  Three pounds down this morning (on my scales).
Still, a good start to next week's loss, I guess.  

Yesterday's meal photos:

Oh, yes!  A lovely breakfast for a sunny Friday morning and it cheered me up no end.

Apart from the stock for the soup (and the seasonings) this is a plate of speed.

Can you O D on speed food?

I had an apple for dessert and a few grapes later on  Apples are speed and grapes free food.

Can I use the left over soup as a base for a chilled soup, I wonder.  I've never had a chilled soup.

I think 40g flour is slightly too little for Thermione to knead into dough.  I added a bit more and it was better so perhaps I will make double amount and freeze one base for another time.
I now have to count the pizza as a B and three syns.

It was really, really nice.  I baked it first, then added the toppings and gave it another five minutes or so in the oven.  Delicious.  I know it looks a bit 'caught' on the edge but it wasn't, not quite!  :-)

I had some yogurt and black cherries for dessert.

Today's plans:

B:  bacon and egg bagel, tomatoes and mushrooms on the side.

SW:  one healthy extra B for the bagel

L:  h m gazpacho, crunchy salad veg; fruit

I'm giving this a go.  It won't be authentic as the vegetables have been cooked and I won't be adding bread but it should be a tasty base and I can add chopped cucumber, extra tomatoes, courgette, pepper, tabasco, etc, and decorate it with some extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar and mixed seeds.  I will Google for some ideas for tasty add ons.

SW:  one syn for half a tsp olive oil, half a syn for half a tsp mixed seeds (it goes a long way!) and I think that might be it.

D:  chicken and penne arrabbiata; fruit/yogurt

I will spoon off a little bit of the leftover tomato soup before making the gazpacho so I can use it as the base for a pasta sauce, cook and add some chicken and plenty of veg and pep it up with chilli flakes.

I might have cheese on top or I might stir in some philly light.  Not both though.

SW:  either up to 50g philly light for four signs or one healthy extra A for grated cheddar

I really like the sound/look of today's menu.

Exercise:  none - or, if I do, it will be very gentle stretching stuff, not weights or cardio.

Summary:

up to two healthy extra As

one healthy extra B

either one and a half or five and a half syns