Saturday, 21 June 2025

Saturday, 21-06-25

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to my blog where I talk about my ongoing Slimming World and associated health journeys.  I'm now in my target range and am aiming to keep this steady while following Mediterranean diet principles and the Slimming World structure.

In the winter, I really miss the insulative (is that even a word?) qualities that my overweighness used to give me.  I really didn't feel the cold at all.  Now - totally different; as soon as the temperature drops, out come the layers!
However, come the warmer weather, which used to be absolute purgatory for me, I am loving it.  Nice and warm but not over-hot unless it is very humid.  The fans help, of course, but I had fans before.
It's a lot easier to put on the layers and warm up than to cool down once we are overheating, isn't it?  Especially in this weather.

I must remember this come the colder weather again!  Positive is always good!
What I have eaten today:

More of the sausage, bacon and bean casserole.  I added some water and cooked the bulgur wheat in with the casserole instead of rehydrating it separately.  With some chilli flakes and cheese on top it was delish.

One healthy extra A, one syn for the casserole (smaller portion that yesterday's) and half a syn for salad dressing.

Afters was some strawberries and yogurt with strawberry chia sauce on top.  Half a syn for the chia seeds.

A bit later on, I had my healthy B in the form of some marmite on toast.  Very tasty!

I will make this gunpowder chicken again; it was so easy and so flavoursome.
I made the coleslaw yesterday - one syn for seeds and one syn for salad cream.

I finished off the strawberry chia sauce - half a syn.

Summary:
one healthy extra A
one healthy extra B
four and a half syns

Tomorrow's plans:  

D:  roast chicken dinner - chicken, stuffing, roasties, roasted peppers and onions, broccoli, carrots, cranberry sauce, gravy
(I won't have all the trimmings)

T:  maple bacon pancakes, maybe leftover veg from lunch; fruit
I haven't bought bacon in an age but treated myself to some good (i.e. more expensive) bacon on Friday and it has to be used.  Not terribly Med. friendly but works with SW.

Exercise:  a yoga video from YouTube, maybe a walking one as well.  I'll see how much time I have got.

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