Friday evening, 13-09-24 - eat-your-syns-day

Good evening, everyone!  

Weigh in today for the first time in a fortnight.  I really wasn't sure because I have increased the syns quite considerably, albeit nearly all heart-healthy oil, fish oil, nuts and seeds.

So I got on those scaled with some trepidation and was absolutely delighted to see I had lost two and a half pounds, taking me down to a pound below target weight and in the lower half of my Happy Zone.

I am so, so happy about that.

What I ate today

Breakfast was overnight oats - 20g oats, one tsp chia seeds, one tsp pumpkin seeds, a splash of milk, strawberries, raspberries and some mixed nuts.  Very Med!

A bit of a healthy extra A, half a healthy extra B for oats, one and a half syns for the seeds and one and a half Bs for the nuts.

(so two Bs altogether)

A naughty looking but still healthy lunch - under all that good stuff is a waffle made with 20g oats, one medium egg, some Greek yogurt and some skinny syrup.
And then drizzled over one tbsp maple syrup.

It was SO filling!

So half a B for the oats, two syns for the maple syrup and the rest is speed and free.  I know I have already had two Bs but that's OK, as a target member, I can.

Later on, I had some mixed nuts.  I didn't weigh them so have no idea but it is Eat Your SYns Friday and I can have extra syns anyway so I'm not fussed.

Here's the recipe I used for dinner:  https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/one-pot-fish-black-olives-tomatoes

After the nuts, I truly didn't want anything else, not even chips, so I didn't.

Four syns for evoo and one and a half for olives.

Summary:

part of a healthy extra A

two and a half Bs

nine syns plus whatever the nuts were.  I don't think it will have taken me over thirty which is what I could have had as a target member.

And I am still losing weight so I obviously have quite a lot of leeway.

My meal plans for tomorrow:

B:  fruit, yogurt, nuts and seeds

L: bean and coconut soup, focaccia for dunking; fruit

I have the soup base and, to it, I thought I would add some Thai spices, some mushrooms, peppers and some coconut milk.  Very fusion!

D:  tagliatelle with smoked salmon

I found this in one of my new BBC Good Food books, Cheap Eats, p68 (the Kindle version) but I can't find it on line.  I might make the tagliatelle too - make it wholewheat.  I have Beth and Alex over for Sunday lunch and plan to do something pasta-ish so I can use 200g flour which will make enough for both meals.

Exercise:   A good walk.  

The Extra Bit

I am now a full three weeks into doing Slimming World the Mediterranean way.  How's it all going?

Well . . .   

I've got used to more syns spent on healthy oils and fats - evoo, olives, fish, nuts and seeds - and, providing I keep a tally of what I'm having, I'm no longer feeling resistant to them like I was three weeks ago, in fact a like adding them and they make a big flavour/texture difference.

I thought I was pretty plant based before (and I was, sort of) but I realise I'm now so much more.  I'll never be totally vegetarian but I'm eating less saturated fat than I was which has got to be a good thing.

The meals are absolutely scrumptious.  I have had one meal I wouldn't want to have again but everything else has been amazing.  I can certainly carry on with this for the rest of my life.

Ironically, the one reason I started this new 'journey' is the one I have no idea about and won't for another nine weeks or so.  Thankfully, it is no hardship to keep to it - quite the opposite - so I can be patient about this particular outcome.