Tuesday, 11-03-25

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.

Today was proper back on track after four days off.  It was all lovely and I didn;t miss the holiday grub at all.

What I have eaten today.

 Yogurt at the bottom with a lovely mix of pineapple, peach, nectarine, mango, raspberries and grapes.  All but the grapes were from the freezer.

I spooned some mixed seeds over the top.  Lovely.

The seeds were part of a healthy extra B

As I had baked beans left over from yesterday's lunch, I cooked a thin omelette, spread over the beans (heated up) and rolled the omelette up - well, that was the theory but the omelette stuck so it ended up a bit of a mess.  It still tasted great though!  Sides were my favourite mushrooms and tomatoes - plenty of protein, fibre and speed.

Later on, I had an apple and an orange.

Syn free.

I made another batch of that white bean sauce, defrosted four portions of cooked savoury mince and the puy lentils left from last week, and used this plus some lasagne sheets (five) to make a dish of lasagne that gave me four portions plus enough cheese sauce for some macaroni cheese or similar.  I made it syn free by using spray oil rather than evoo and it was one healthy extra A per portion including the left over sauce, now in the freezer as are the three portions of lasagne.

I had it with salad, some dressing (must get my evoo in) and a good load of mixed seeds to make up my healthy extra B.

The rest of my healthy extra B, one healthy extra A and four syns for the oil in the dressing.

Regarding the sauce, I used cannellini beans this time but I think I actually like the butterbean version more.

Summary:

one healthy extra A

one healthy extra B

four syns

Tomorrow's meal plans:

B:  avocado bagel, maybe with a poached egg and some leaves/salad

 . . . although, as my sourdough starter is finally beginning to bubble and double, I might have a go and wholewheat crumpets using the discard - which I will call a healthy extra B, whether they are or not because life's too short . . .

L:  feta, olive and mixed bean salad; fruit

D:  bean penne arrabbiata, salad; fruit

(to use up the rest of the beans)

I had planned this on Monday night and was looking forward to it.  

Exercise:  circuits in the morning (because it didn't happen on Monday)and personal training in the afternoon.