Monday, 02-10-23

Good morning, everyone.
So, as mentioned yesterday, this week will be a bit different in some ways but I will try to make the sensible (and delicious) choices.

Yesterday's meal photos:

A very tasty Autumn pancake - grated apple and mixed spice in the pancake, apple and blackberry on top with yogurt.  No maple syrup though - I forgot!

Lunch was lovely and so very simple to make.  Here's what I did.

Ingredients
cooked mashed potato

grated cheese - I used double Gloucester

small piece of chicken breast meat - I used raw but you could use cooked leftovers - cut into chunks

chopped tomato, onion, sluiced

red pepper, sliced

seasonings - I used an all purpose seasoning

Method:

Mix the mash with the grated cheese and set aside.

Spray some oil in a pan and soften the onion.  Add the pepper and cook for a short time.  Then add the chicken and fry until cooked on the outside.  Finally, add the chopped tomato and whatever seasoning you are using, mix it all up well, bring to a simmer, cover and cook for ten minutes or so, then remove the lid, increase the heat and let it bubble away until the sauce is thick,

Tip the mixture into a suitable sized over dish, spoon over the cheesy mash and smooth over and then give the top a quick spray of oil.

Bake in air fryer (or oven) for around fifteen minutes or until the cheesy potato topping turns crunchy and brown.

Enjoy.

Later on it all went a bit doolally so no evening photo and the lasagne will have to go into the freezer.

Today's plans:

Br:  bacon and egg sandwich with tomatoes and mushrooms; fruit

I have bacon to use up so this will be a well filled sandwich!

I'm having a brunch because at lunchtime I will be on the road.  I may have some fruit to plug any gaps but no proper lunch.

SW:  one and a half healthy extra Bs, one syn for some brown sauce

D:  This will be problematic.  The 'plan' (such as it is) is to arrive, unload the car and then meander (Beth's word) down to the Parc Market to 'see what we fancy' (Beth again).  So goodness knows but, knowing Alex, it will probably feature pizza.

Exercise:  Plenty of walking today and possibly a swim.

Summary:

No idea - off plan.

The Slimming World structure:

While following the plan, you can have . . .

Any amount of speed and free food - BUT try to have a third of your plate as speed food as a sub for free food, NOT as well as . . .  Eat to satisfaction, not to stuffed-ness!

Two healthy extra As (calcium) and one healthy extra B (fibre) - details in the SW pack and on the SW web site/app.

Between five and fifteen syns-worth of synned food - again, details in the pack, site and app.  They are a limit to stay within, not a target to hit.

As a target member, I can also have . . .

Another two healthy extras each day
Another fifteen syns up to three times each week

BUT - only if I need/want to.  It's a limit, not a target

. . . with the ultimate aim of not needing to count healthy extras, syns, etc at all but just knowing and eating well instinctively.