Christmas Challenge, day 14

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.

Proper back on it today and feeling loads happier about it.

It helped that I braved my scales and it wasn't nearly as 'bad' as I expected.  Yes, a bit out of target range but only a bit.  I felt so encouraged and, while I have told Heidi I wouldn;t weigh again until after Christmas, I actually might, depending on how things go.  The main aim for this week is to get back into target range again.

In retrospect, after today has finished, this has been an 'eat your syns' day.  

What I ate today:

Today, I used buckwheat groats (which are SW free) and zizzed them with an egg, some yogurt, a bit of baking powder and some festive spice to make pancakes.

I didn't add fruit as I had already nibbled on an easy peeler and some grapes.

If one allows that the buckwheat groats are SW free (which I am going to do), this is a syn free meal.

There's something about cheese and marmite, isn't there.

One healthy extra B and one healthy extra A

This was so good.

I had the leftovers of the steak (from the M&S can) and crumbled chestnuts and to that I added the chopped up leftovers of carrot, parsnip and onion.
I microwave cooked a potato (not too big), sliced it thinly and layered it over the top.  A spray of oil, in the air fryer on bake for 15 mins, grated cheese over the top and another five minutes and yummy!

One syn for chestnuts, two for some sprays of evoo and one A for the cheese.

I also had some fruit.

And some wine to celebrate the Strictly Final - it is a sort of tradition.  

Summary:

two healthy extra As

one healthy extra B

Fifteen syns plus, more likely, some flexible syns too.

Tomorrow's meal plans:

B:  fruit, mixed seeds, spiced yogurt

L:  chicken (or turkey), chestnut and cranberry burger, chips and salad.

I can't remember if I have chicken mince or turkey mince but will use whatever I have.

D:  bean and tuna pasta bake.

Exercise:  er - probably not a lot.