Anyway, I cooked an egg and had some baked beans on the side. Very nice!
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Tuesday, 07-10-25
Anyway, I cooked an egg and had some baked beans on the side. Very nice!
Monday, 6 October 2025
Monday, 06-10-25
Sunday, 5 October 2025
Sunday, 05-10-25
Saturday, 04-10-25 (posted Sunday morning)
Saturday, 4 October 2025
Friday, 03-10-25
Thursday, 2 October 2025
Thursday, 02-10-25
L: bacon sandwich with salad; fruit
Being a bit controversial, 02-10-25
"Obesity in females significantly increases the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers (like endometrial and breast cancer). It also contributes to sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, and fatty liver disease. Specifically for women, obesity can lead to fertility problems, hormonal changes, conditions like Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), and complications during pregnancy, such as gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia. "
He said that his view was that the dangers of obesity far outweighed the known dangers of weight loss injections and therefor he was not against them - providing they were accompanied by a thorough nutritional education programme that taught and encouraged moving to minimally processed, mainly plant based meals, gut and heart healthy diet so that when they stopped the injections, they were in the best possible place to maintain any weight loss and to achieve optimum health benefits.
Any comments - please be kind. xx
Wednesday and my perspective on SW changes; 01-10-25
Let's look at the ingredients in my home made hummus which is counted as four syns per portion. The biggest syns come from the tahini and extra virgin olive oil, both of which could be part of the healthy fats/oils. I'm assuming tahini will because it is made with ground sesame seeds and I know evoo will be because it's the most heart healthy oil of the lot!
Top down.
It will get easier!!
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Tuesday, 30-09-25
Monday, 29 September 2025
Monday, 29-09-25
And I'm calling syns the same for now.
one healthy fats/oils extra
There's changes afoot!
https://member.slimmingworld.co.uk/features/slimming-worlds-2026-updates
Slimming World has just posted its changes for 2026 - they are wide ranging and, I think, very positive.
The link above should be accessible for all but, just in case, in summary . . .
As and Bs are going - the terms are, I mean.
We will still have healthy extra choices which will be
- calcium rich choices, e.g. milk and cheese
- fibre rich choices e.g. high fibre breads, etc
- and - something I am so pleased about - heart healthy fats and oils e.g. nut butters, seeds, avocado, olives and heart healthy oils
The alternative is a bit silly too - SWIPS - Slimming World's Individual Picks - but, hopefully, not as open to misinterpretation. I wonder what YouTube captions will make of that.
Food Optimising remains the same, as does SP (Speed/Protein) but Extra Easy is out as it's unnecessary. So it will be Food Optimising or Food Optimising SP
Monday morning, 29-09-25
I couldn't eat all this so a pretty good portion is now in the freezer for an easy and hearty meal this week sometime.
With it I made cheesy marmite toast - I needed something very savoury.
I found this on the BBC Good Food site. It's for six but looks easy to reduce down and it uses a mix of beans so I can use what I have. I can also use my soup base mix from the freezer.
Saturday, 27 September 2025
Saturday, 27-09-25
Saturday morning and back to normal - nearly :-)
Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys. I'm now around my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.
Then I finished off the sausages in a toastie with slow softened onion and cheese. So good.
And at Belle Italia I had their Marco Polo - lamb and roasted mushrooms in a plum sauce with pasta - it was delicious.
And I went even more rogue afterwards with two scoops of gelato.
Thursday, 25 September 2025
Thursday morning, 25-09-25
Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys. I'm now around my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.
Just for this week, I'm not sticking to Slimming World structure.Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Wednesday morning, 24-09-25
Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys. I'm now around my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.
Just for this week, I'm not sticking to Slimming World structure.
Scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast.