Thursday, 03-04-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I have managed to reduce my 'bad' cholesterol by eating according to Mediterranean principles and now I want to maintain this.

What I have eaten today.

Meals have been out of sync today - I was out so breakfast was late, I was out again so lunch was late.  Saved me wanting a fruit snack around four o'clock.

Egg on toast.  The bread is my own sourdough wholemeal and it does have a very pronounced sourdough flavour which is rather nice - I'm quickly getting used to it.  People pay a fortune for it, don't they?

I decided to have raw sides rather than cooked.

I overcooked egg but it was still very nice.

One healthy extra B

My version of a Caesar salad.

Cos lettuce underneath, topped with feta, chicken, olives and seeds with Caesar dressing, followed by an easy peeler.

One healthy extra A, one syn for seeds, two and a half syns for the dressing and one and a half for the olives.

Really filling but in a satisfying way rather than a feeling-stuffed way.

Unless you live alone or cook for one, it's hard to imagine how impossible to make a single portion of a chilli.  By the time you've added enough stuff to make it interesting, however small the quantities, you have two portions or more.

Also, I didn't want lots of stuff leftover out of cans and packets - beans, chopped tomatoes, etc.
So I made a batch.

It contained onion, carrot, red pepper, broccoli, broccoli stem, mixed beans, chopped tomato, half a pouch of puy lentils and something - can't remember what, peas, corn, mushrooms and various seasonings and spices.
It was delicious.

It also made five portions which cut the syns considerably.

I served it with bulgur wheat, some grated parmesan and some Greek yogurt.  Very filling and very healthy too.

One portion contained one syn for olive oil and half a syn for the lentil stuff plus around half a healthy extra A for the cheese.  And that was it.

No dessert - it was nicely satisfying.

And four more portions are currently chilling down in the fridge, ready for the freezer tomorrow morning.

Summary:

one and a half healthy extra As

one healthy extra B

six and a half syns

Tomorrow's meal plans:

B:  fruit and yogurt

L:  calzone, salad; fruit

D:  Chinese meal

No, not a take-away, I went to Iceland and bought a couple of SW Chinese meals.  The idea is to cook both of them and re-freeze them in my sized portions, keeping one portion of each for my meal to which I will add a portion of rice.
We will see - it's a bit of an experiment and, if it works and I like the meals, I will have the recipes for another time as they are on the wrapper.  If I don't, no worries

Exercise:   Rest day

Wednesday, 02-04-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I have managed to reduce my 'bad' cholesterol by eating according to Mediterranean principles and now I want to maintain this.

What I have eaten today.

Not the best photo in the world but not to worry.   Peach and nectarine slices from the freezer, kiwi and strawberries with some yogurt with chia seeds mixed in.

One syn for the chia seeds.

This was scrummy - I haven't had filled pitta for ages.

I  shredded some leaves, thinly sliced some cucumber, chopped up a tomato and mixed it all up with a tsp mixed seeds and a quarter of a cooked chicken breast fillet. I always halve chicken fillets before freezing and this was half of a half - the other half is for tomorrow.  I mixed it all up with a level tbsp of M&S lighter fat creamy Caesar dressing.  With coleslaw, tomato and carrot on the side, it was lovely and really filling too.

One healthy extra B, two and a half syns for the Caesar dressing, half a syn for the coleslaw and one syn for the mixed seeds.

I was out at dinner time so to avoid tum rumbles, I had a small banana and a coiupleof easy peelers at around five.

A nice, simple dinner of jazzed up baked beans, more of the coleslaw and some cheesy jacket potato.  Afters was an apple.  Two healthy extra As and one syn for the salad cream in the coleslaw.

Afters was an apple.

Summary:

two healthy extra As

one healthy extra B

six syns

Tomorrow's meal plans:

B:  fried egg on toast, tomatoes and mushrooms

L:  chicken Caesar salad; fruit

 - using up the rest of the chicken cooked today.

D:  veggie chilli, rice; fruit

Exercise:   Groove

Tuesday, 01-04-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I have managed to reduce my 'bad' cholesterol by eating according to Mediterranean principles and now I want to maintain this.

What I have eaten today.

I am absolutely loving these sourdough discard crumpets; they are so delicious.

One healthy extra B, one syn for mixed seeds, two syns for evoo on the leaves and tomatoes - must get my heart healthy oils and fats in.

Lunch was more of the soup with a lovely little bowl of tasty salad stuff, lots of pickle-taste.  Afters was a couple of easy peelers and later on I had an orange.

One and a half syns for some olives.

For dinner, I cooked one sheet of lasagne and sort of wrapped it around some beany veg mix and cheesy white bean sauce, baked it, topped it with cheese . . . etc.  
I dearly love the whole tomato/cheese/ pasta vibe.

One healthy extra A and three syns for cheese.

Summary:

two healthy extra As

one healthy extra B

seven and a half syns

Tomorrow's meal plans:

B:  fruit, seeds and yogurt

L:  fish finger pitta, salad; fruit

D:  jacket potato, jazzed up baked beans, salad; fruit

Exercise:   personal training