Thursday, 02-10-25

 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 which is now going to include the three different healthy extras - calcium, fibre and fats/oils.  I'm winging it a bit until the info about amounts is released - making sensible guesses based on prior knowledge!

Let's go straight into what I ate today.

Another nice, colourful breakfast.

The kiwis were pretty small and need using up.

Syn free,

Lunch was lovely.  

This was the recipe I sort of followed.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/refried-bean-quesadillas

I just knocked up a fresh salsa with tomato, cucumber, pepper and a bit of carrot.

No room for anything else.

One calcium extra plus three syns for the cheese.

One fibre extra for the wrap.

Part of the oils/fats extra for some garlic infused evoo.

In the afternoon I had some fresh popped popcorn.  Four syns

I had some of the refried bean mash left so I decided to forget the salmon and make a sort of vegetarian patty instead using the bean mash with some onion, grated carrot and a few chilli flakes..  It worked a treat with some roasted vegetables and some runner beans.  I used the remainder of my oil for roasting the veg and a bit for frying the patty.

Too full for anything more.

Summary:

one calcium

one fibre

one oils/fats

seven syns

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  fruit

L:  bacon sandwich with salad; fruit

I've been craving a bacon sarnie and will happily pay the syns for the other slice of bread.  Not Med friendly, very processed - sometimes you just have to!

D:  fish and chips (well, salmon and air fryer SW friendly chips!), peas; fruit and yogurt

Exercise:  a walk, weather permitting.