Wednesday evening, 06-11-24 and Christmas Strategy 4: It's your Christmas too.

Good evening, everyone!  

What I ate today

The usual breakfast.  Fruit was apple and raspberries.

Part of a healthy B for the seeds

Half of the leftover chicken pasta bake (the other half is not in the freezer) with a very simple salad.

Two syns for evoo in dressing, half an A for some cheese and one syn for evoo used to cook the veg yesterday.

Later on I had a couple of easy peelers.

Apologies for the light - it's not great above the dining table.

A small jacket potato with some cheese, some bean and tomato mix and a salad.

Afters was more easy peelers

One and a half healthy extra As, two syns for dressing and one for some evoo in the bean/veg mix.

Summary:

two healthy extra As

part of a healthy extra B

six syns

My meal plans for tomorrow:

B:  fruit, yogurt and seeds

L: at a friend's for lunch.

D:  tuna and bean burger, side salad; fruit

Exercise:   SET class online.

The Extra Bit

These points are taken from the article on p 34 of the Nov/Dec Slimming World magazine but with my thoughts instead of theirs!

4.  It's your Christmas too

Basically, this is saying that it can really help to let your family and friends know how very important this whole weight loss shebang is to you and how they can really help you stay as on track as possible.  

It also suggests being creative about those little changes that can make a difference, the example being to have butted in a separate dish rather than adding it to the vegetables.

I'm lucky in the Beth and Alex are very onboard, as shown during our recent holiday together and I've already had a few conversations about that sort of thing.  This week, Alex is staying and like most young adults likes a snack or two.  However, he is keeping his snacks up in his bedroom as that way there's no way I will grab a few sneaky nibbles.

We have agreed that a few good, home made sweet treats (biscotti, etc) will be all we want in that line so no 'nice box of chocolate biscuits' and have discussed the non-negotiables such as Granny's veggie sausage rolls (see strategy 1).

It is really helping me to feel grounded and on top of it all - yes, early days, but a good start.  After all my hard work, I REALLY don't want much of a weight gain this Christmas plus it is also a health thing.  

As the lovely Stephanie says, Moderation in all Things!

She is quite right.