Sunday, 26 January 2025

Saturday, 25-01-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  At present, I am working to reduce my 'bad' cholesterol through diet, particularly using the Mediterranean way of eating.

Not doing all that well at the moment though.  

What I ate today:

The usual breakfast, the fruit being raspberries, blueberries, a plum and a pear.
One syn for chia seeds.
A really delicious tomato, pepper and lentil soup.  I use a good quality can of chopped tomatoes (Mutti) and some sun dried tomatoes and they really made a difference to the flavour.
I have two more portions of soup and one to use as a pasta sauce, all in the freezer.
Afters was an orange.
One syn for the soup, one syn for mixed seeds and one healthy extra B

The bread was more than one B and I baked a loaf, sliced it and ate the bits that fell off.  Well, I wasn't going to waste them, was I?  I reckon it all came to another B so I'm having two Bs today.
The sliced bread is now out of temptation's way in the freezer.

A tiny steak with mixed fries and a simple salad for dinner. 

And then I lost it - again.  Not saying any more but oh, dear, I really feel bad about this.  Start again and have a think about why.

Moving on . . .


Tomorrow's plans:

B:  sausage and mushroom omelette.
Maybe I need to start the day with something light but warm at the moment rather than the fruit and yogurt.

L:  Moroccan lamb tagine, bulgur wheat, side salad; fruit
The second of the Cook ready meals I am trying.  Still no idea of syns but the calories are OK - 307 - meaning that even with the bulgur wheat and salad, the whole meal will be below 500 calories

D:  cheese and chutney on toast (as almost always on Sundays), side salad; fruit

Exercise:  rest day

6 comments:

  1. Red pepper makes a lovely soup. I haven’t used it with lentil but I do use lentils in a lot of dishes.
    I also lost it yesterday. Having gained a pound at SW I went home full of new determination and then, inexplicably, crash! It might help if I only knew the reason why this happens 😡☹️😡

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    1. Yes, it would. I find it very frustrating! Wishing us both a better week ahead.
      I love the tomato and red pepper mix and I find lentils gives it a bit more substance and filling power. I think using better quality tomatoes and the sundried tomatoes made a very big difference to the flavour too. xx

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  2. I want to lose 10lb by 1st March which is doable. I know it is as I have done it in the past but struggling at the moment.
    I’m going to be colouring in each half pound on my little chart.

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    1. That's a fair old challenge but I always think if you miss the actual target, you are still well on the way and that's important. Good luck with it and enjoy colouring in your chart - I find something like that very helpful. xx

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  3. Good job for putting that bread in the freezer so that it is not longer tempting (as tempting maybe!) You may have slipped a bit but kudos for immediately making plans to make the next day awesome!

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    1. That's such a lovely thing to say, thank you so much, Maryfran. How encouraging. xx

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