Monday, 27-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year. 

What I ate today.

That's the manky avocado all used up and not wasted now.

One fibre, one healthy fats and no swips.

A hearty roast dinner for my friend and I.  One and a half swips for cranberry sauce, two for gravy and the rest was free/speed.

And loads of leftovers (intentional leftovers).

Dinner was leftovers and this is what I did.

I used some lunch leftovers - sprouts, carrots, sweet potato, parsnips and onion and re-roasted them in the air fryer for ten minutes.
I chopped some of the chicken and mixed into the leftover bean chilli and rice.
I mixed the two together, sprinkled over some grated cheddar and gave the lot another ten minutes in the air fryer.

It was absolutely gorgeous although, sorry, I had already scoffed some before remembering to take a photo.

The rice was two swips and the cheese was one calcium and three swips.

I had a nice apple for afters.

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  probably fruit

L:  I have roast potatoes and cabbage to use up so I think I will add other veg and make a sort of shakshuka

D:  I have one more SW ready meal, some sort of curry.  I think I will have that as I do need the freezer space.

Exercise - I will be going into town so the steps will be good.

Sunday, 26-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year. 

What I ate today.

First thing in the morning I made sushi for Beth's birthday lunch and finished off the carrot and pepper that was left over.  

I had decided to go for a seedy oat porridge for breakfast but remembered I had an avocado that really, really needed using so I mashed the lot up and had half on toast for breakfast topped with tomato.
Some of  my healthy fats choice and my fibre choice

Lunch was at daughter Beth's house to celebrate her birthday.  I took sushi and Delia's vegetarian sausage rolls which are delicious.

What I had wasn't SW friendly but it wasn't so naughty really.

I was still full up come the evening so I haven't had anything yet.  I might have a nibble of cheese or some chicken before bedtime.

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  the rest of the avocado, probably on a toasted bagel with some smoked salmon and the inevitable tomatoes on the side

L:  I have a friend round and I'm going to cook us both a roast chicken dinner.  Yummy!

D:  Must have the rest of the bean and veg chilli and I will bulk it out with some chicken.

And fruit . . . 

Exercise this week will be very ad hoc as there are no classes.

Saturday, 25-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Today's meals:

The usual oat and chia seed pudding with mango and blueberries.

Half a fibre choice, one and a half swips for milk and one and a half swips for the chia seeds.

I had lunch out with friends.  I had a pretty small roasted veg tart, passed on the roasted potatoes and had extra salad.

It was , , ,  OK.  I left a lot of the pastry as it was soggy.

I forgot to ask for dressing on the side but, again, didn't eat much because they had thoughtfully put it on a nice hot plate and it had wilted.
No idea of swips, sorry, but the dressing had olive oil so I'm calling it my healthy fats choice..

I baked some bread and tried a little bit off the end so that was the other half of my fibre.

Later in the afternoon, I had an apple.

Dinner was bean chilli and it was delicious (and swip free).

The rice was from a pouch and was two swips.

The cheese was my calcium choice.

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  fruit

L:  at my daughters for her birthday

D:  goodness knows.  It all depends on what I have at Beth's.

Friday, 24-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Today's meals:

I was so late home from SW and shopping that I decided to just go for the fruit.

Swip free.

This went down a treat.

One fibre choice.

I had frozen some Harry Ramsden cod goujons in hopes that they would be OK and they were.  They were a big swippy but worth it, I think.

I'm allowing all my Swips for them plus three syns for some salad cream but I haven't had my calcium or fats choices today so I think it will be OK.

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  oat and chia seed pudding with fruit

L:  eating out with friends - I've looked at the menu and rather fancy the roasted vegetable tart, I think.

D:  black bean and vegetable chilli with rice

And plenty of fruit.

Thursday, 23-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Today's meals:

It was so miserable and windy this morning, I decided to apply heat to my oats and chia seeds and it was lovely and warming.  The fruit was chopped apple and blueberries and it was one fibre choice and two syns for some milk.

It was still cold and miserable at lunch time so I added some baked beans to the toast.

Six syns for toast and the oil to make the soup can be part of a healthy fats/oils choice.

And then the sun came out.  Yay!!

I had fruit later on.  

Steak and mushrooms with a sauce made from a bit of creme fraiche light and some philly tight plus seasonings and Dijon  mustard.  Very filling!

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  beans on toast

L:  not sure

D:  cod goujons, chips, salad (it's Friday!!)

Exercise:  a :Lindsey video

Wednesday, 22-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Yesterday's meals:

Oat and chia seed pudding with blueberries and mango.

One fibre choice and one and a half swips (for a bit of milk).

Lunch was late and was just cheese on toast - white bread so goodness knows what the swips were - but it was nice!
However, my innards complained.  My body is used to wholemeal sourdough nowadays.

A SW frozen ready meal, beef tagliatelle.

Just no!

The pasta was OK but I like my mince really slow cooked and melt in the mouth and this - wasn't.

It also has a weird, slightly sweet flavour instead of the umami savouriness I like.

I ate a third and have to confess I threw the rest out.  I hate waste but sometimes you just have to.

Not one to buy again.

 

Thursday's plans:

B:  oat and chia seed pudding with fruit

I know I had it this morning but my insides need it!!

L:  soup and some toast - proper wholemeal sourdough toast

D:  steak in mushroom sauce, sweet potato fries, roasted tomatoes (still from the garden!)

and fruit

Exercise:  nothing planned but an online walk would be good and Lindsey has left some videos on YouTube.  :-)  

Tuesday, 21-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

What I ate today:

20g oats mixed with sweetener and yogurt and left to soften.
a level tbsp chia seeds mixed with 60ml milk to hydrate.

When you're ready to eat, mix the two together (I added a bit of water so slacken), add whatever fruit you want and enjoy.

The oats and chia seeds together are a healthy fibre choice.  The milk is either part of an A or one and a half swips. 

For lunch, I had the rest of the sushi with balsamic vinegar drizzled over and with with vegetables roasted in toasted sesame oil plus some pinto beans added right at the end.

Filling!

The oil is most of my healthy fats choice and, after a ponder, I am calling the sushi four swips, just to be on the safe side.

Dinner was rubbish, so it was all a bit of a white off  really.  Oh, well!

Tomorrow's meal plans:

B:  fruit and yogurt with chia seeds

L:  toasted bagel with avocado and smoked salmon

D:  SW frozen ready meal.  

Monday, 20-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

What I ate today:

Breakfast - two eggs, some mushrooms, some tomatoes and some seasonings.

Delish!

Ooooh-er!
No idea of swips, etc, but this was fun to make.

I have half of the sushi left for tomorrow's lunch plus some prepped rice in the freezer, maybe for some freeform fun!

In the evening, I just had some toast.  Again, no ideas of SW values, sorry.

And I had fruit, of course.

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  oat and chia seed pudding with fruit

L:  sushi, probably with some roasted veg.  
I looked up what to have with sushi and it said tempura veg.  I guess roasted is the next best thing.

D:  I have two SW frozen ready meals left.  I will have one of them, I think

Plus the fruit . . .

Exercise:  It is groove class today and Chris and I will be walking there and back.

Sunday, 19-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

What I ate today:

I made an oat and chia seed pud for breakfast, flavoured with skinny syrup and with added mixed seeds.  With some fruit, it was lovely, filling, felt healthy - and use up my fibre choice and two swips-worth of milk.

Lunch was the chicken from the one Alex roasted on Friday with a few roasties from the freezer, some roasted sweet potato and some fresh tomatoes plus one and a half syns for some chutney.

I had intended to cook some veg but the early afternoon got very busy.

Dinner was a portion of the lovely roasted sweet potato, red pepper and tomato soup from Friday and I used the rest of the opened can of potatoes to make a frittata/tortilla/whatever the one with a potato base is called!  There's three more portions to freeze for other times.

Summary:

one fibre, one calcium and part of a healthy fats
three and a half swips

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  bacon and mushroom omelette with tomatoes on the side

L:  possibly some hm sushi with salad

D:  chicken, cheese and cranberry toastie with side salad

That will use my calcium and fibre choices plus six more syns

And fruit ad hoc.

Exercise:  circuits class

Saturday, 18-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Today's meals:

I grated some tinned potato, mixed in onion and garlic granules and seasonings and spray fried as a patty.

One swip for brown sauce and part of my healthy oils choice for some avocado oil.

No the gloomy weather has landed, I'm back on a more substantial breakfast again.

I went to a sushi course over lunch time and after everyone had a go, we scoffed thewy results - it was all very good and there was not one bit of sushi left.

No idea of swips but it can't have been many, just what went into the sushi rice and a few drops of sauce.

It was really good fun.

Penne pasta bake for dinner.  Yum.

One and a half calciums and a bit of oil.  No fibre choice today unless you count the sprinklings of poppy seeds and sesame seeds on the sushi.

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  oat and chia seed pudding

L:  roast chicken dinner

D:  soup and fruit.

Saturday morning , 18-10-25

After a bit of a health dip this week, I'm feeling loads better this morning and hope to be posting again this evening.

Tuesday, 14-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Today's meals:

Some meals just don't photograph well.

Oat, chia seed and yogurt pudding with blueberries.  Not a pretty sight but healthy and tasted great with vanilla and sweetener.

Oats and chia seeds were each half a fibre choice.

I had already had an apple before Groove.

The toast was six syns as I have used my fibre already, the avocado was almost a healthy oils choice and everything else was free/speed.

I had another apple in the afternoon and six swips-worth of popcorn  

I found some savoury mince in the freezer.

The potato was free, as was the mince and the vegetables.  The cheese was one calcium choice and three syns and I sprayed one swips-worth of oil to crisp up the sliced potato - but that can be the last bit of my healthy oils choice.

Instead of having it as a topped potato, I made a pie.  Same ingredients, different arrangement.

Summary:

one each of healthy calcium, fibre and oils choices
twelve swips

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  beans on toast

L:  leek and lentil soup

D:  steak, salad and chips

Plus ad hoc fruit

Exercise:  personal training.

Monday, 13-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Sorry, late again.  Since I've been unwell, everything has been a bit upsy-down and I am so tired in the evenings.  I will try to do better and, in the meanwhile, please can we pretend it is Monday evening.
Thanks

What I ate today:

For breakfast I had an apple before Circuits and I polished off Saturday's mushroom soup as I felt very cold inside and needed warming up.

Lunch.  Avocado and scrambled egg on toast.  The egg was free and protein, the avocado was four and a half syns or part of my healthy fats/oils choice and the toast was my fibre choice.

The tomatoes were speed, of course.

As mentioned above, I was so tired come the evening that I used a SW frozen ready meal instead.  The aromatic duck noodles was really very nice indeed - one to get again.

It's been very hard to get back on plan after holiday and double dose of virus.  As well as what I photos, I have been scoffing away at all sorts of rubbish and need, desperately need to get it all under control.

Send me good vibes.

Tomorrow's meal plans:

B:  oat and chia pudding using yogurt, sweetener and vanilla plus some blueberries

The time for no or minimal breakfast is over.  It's colder, darker - I need more than just fruit.

This will be my fibre choice for today.

L:  Avocado toast with egg, salad on the side

Same as Monday, pretty much.  I have half an avocado to use for my healthy fats/oils choice and I will swip the toast.

D:  My brain is empty of ideas so probably a cheese jacket potato with some veg on the side.  Easy.  The cheese can be my calcium choice and I will probably swip a bit more.

(I'm not sure I like 'swip' any more than I liked 'syns' - for different reasons)

Exercise:  Groove

Sunday, 12-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

I'm just back from a lovely day at the Knit and Stitch Show at the Alexandra Palace.  If you follow my other blog (link at the side somewhere), you will know that I love knitting, crochet and sewing and today has been a wonderful experience.   My brain is now buzzing with colour and pattern . . .

Today's food has not been on plan and I have no photos although I am in the middle of prepping some hm chips with a few fish goujons.  I'll show that photo tomorrow.

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  fruit

L:  mushroom soup; avocado on toast with scrambled egg

D:  bean pasta bake, roasted veg; fruit

Exercise:  circuits

Saturday, 11-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

What I ate today, not following SW but trying to eat healthy.

It may look odd but it tasted amazing - oats and chia seeds soaked in milk, maple syrup for a bit of sweetness and with blueberries and an easy peeler.
So good!

A simple creamy mushroom soup for lunch.

Mushrooms, stock, milk, parsley, creme fraiche (it should have been cream but I only had creme fraiche light), some philly light and seasonings.
Really good and I have a second portion in the fridge for tomorrow evening, maybe.

Some hm wholemeal toast to dunk.

I was going to have something super-healthy but saw these cod goujons reduced in Morrisons so there you go!  The tomatoes and the fish fitted the bill, the batter didn't really but it was super-nice.

Tomorrow's plans are iffy because I hope to be out all day.

B:  fruit
L:  whatever I can find at the knit and stitch show

D:  back home and I have a few cod goujons to use up and some mushroom soup.  We will see . . .

Exercise:  plenty of walking around.

Saturday morning, 11-10-25

I'm feeling loads better and will post this evening.
It won't be SW though.  Today I'm focusing on using up and nutrition rather than Slimming World, calories, etc.

And then tomorrow I am out all day (I hope) so that will be different too.

Back to SW and Med vibes on Monday.  xx

Friday morning, 10-20-25

Sorry, guys, I have a bug, not feeling great.  I'll be back soon.  In the meanwhile . . .

Keeeeeeep eating . . .

(healthily)

Tuesday, 07-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Today's meals:

I had an apple before Groove, as usual, and a pear when I got home.

For lunch, I went out to a place called Fowler's Farm with my friend Diane and we both had the same -

Greens & Grains Salad - roasted red peppers, lentils, buckwheat and quinoa, tossed in a zesty pineapple & ginger dressing, served on a bed of mixed leaves and topped with pomegranate seeds, with chargrilled chicken on top.  

Very healthy, very delicious and around 500 calories.  I think my SW halo is intact today!

Sorry, no photo.  I did intend to but we were too busy talking.

I decided to have toast for my evening meal because I wanted to use my new toaster, my old one having died.  It did well, almost twenty years and almost daily use one way or another and it was cheap to start with.
Anyway, I cooked an egg and had some baked beans on the side.  Very nice!

I really have no idea of syns, etc, today - sorry.  However, I am totally sure I am within calories and it has been a very satisfying day's food.  I really must make a greens and seeds bowl at home sometime soon.  It was so good.

Tomorrow's meal plans:

It's another wonky day but I will try to make some sense of it.

B:  fruit

L:  I will have to have lunch early because I have a meeting, then I'm off to personal training and then I have another meeting and won't be home until about half past seven.

So I think it's going to be something on toast, something quick and easy and I will find time to make a pasta bake that I can have when I get home.

D:  pasta bake; fruit.

Exercise:  personal training.

Fingers crossed it all works out OK.  When did I ever find the time to work, eh?

Monday, 06-10-25

Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my 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 so please apply your own common sense and remember that, at the moment, none of the changes are official canon and won't be until the New Year.

Today's meals:

I had an apple before Circuits and managed to resist the delicious looking biscuits at the meeting I went to.

This was lovely.  I mashed the other half avocado with some avo topping (Just Spices) and some lime juice.

Afters was a pear.

The avocado was five and a half syns so I am happy to call it my healthy fats choice, and the bagel (home made) was one fibre choice.

Later on, I had some grapes.

Dinner was also really nice.  I followed this recipe, subbing mushrooms for courgette and mixed seeds for pine nuts.  One calcium for the feta, two syns for evoo and one and a half syns for the seeds.

https://juliebladon.com/warm-salad-recipe/

Summary:

one calcium extra

one fibre extra

one healthy fats extra

three and a half syns

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  fruit

L:  no idea as I am visiting a friend

D:  it depends on lunch - I can knock up something light, if necessary.

Exercise:  Groove.