Good evening, everyone, and welcome to my Christmas Challenge, 2024 where I try to give as much festive vibe to my everyday food as I can with the aim of staying on my healthy Mediterranean focused meals so that weight gain is minimal and I remain healthy.
This was just what I needed. Beans on toast is such a comfort food and adding umami in the form of marmite and a bit of brown sauce is just perfect.
Well, today went really well, thank goodness. I was rather shocked how quickly a healthy plan can descend into - well, let's be polite and call it 'not so healthy'.
I got on my scales this morning and was utterly shocked - in a not good way. I may not be weighing on Friday. I know but SW doesn't necessarily need to know. :-)
I got on my scales this morning and was utterly shocked - in a not good way. I may not be weighing on Friday. I know but SW doesn't necessarily need to know. :-)
What I ate today:
One healthy extra B and half a syn.
I also had a couple of easy peelers before Groove class.
And another real comfort meal.
I used the rest of the tomato and lentil soup and to it added some cooked carrot, peas, sweetcorn and cooked chicken and reheated it. So good and so comforting.
I used the rest of the tomato and lentil soup and to it added some cooked carrot, peas, sweetcorn and cooked chicken and reheated it. So good and so comforting.
And syn free.
I will definitely be making this soup again - so simple and very delicious!
Later, I had more easy peelers.
I softened onion, pepper, mushrooms and tomatoes, added garlic granules, sweetcorn and peas plus some chicken stock powder, pepper and some chopped tomato. Then I mixed in cooked pasta (30g raw weight) and some crumbled chestnuts before topping it with grated mozzarella and popping it in the oven.
It made loads. I had all the cheese but have saved about half of the mixture for tomorrow's lunch
So . . . one healthy extra A, half a healthy extra B, three syns for chestnuts and two syns for evoo.
Summary:
one healthy extra A
one healthy extra B
five and a half syns
Tomorrow's meal plans:
B: fruit and spiced yogurt 🎄
L: jacket potato with the chicken and veg 🎄 (because of the chestnuts) plus cheese as a topping, side salad; fruit
D: beans on toast
I have a meeting that starts at five thirty which makes things very difficult for dinner so, as I have baked beans left over from lunch, I'll have the rest on toast for a quick meal.
Exercise: personal training
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