Daily menu - please come and write what you eat

[Blondeshavemorefun]

Wondered if wouid help us all to have a thread where we wrote what we eat each day

To give other new ideas options etc

B toast b - scrambled egg beans spinach ham
L chicken salad and mayo light 1
T potato bacon onion bake - sw mince and veg and salad

@Blondeshavemorefun - I got the tuna from my work canteen so I prefer to be overcautious as I don't know if they added anything else to it!

Hello silver!
@Blondeshavemorefun you're right, the cous cous does sound weird but I'll give it a try! I do love my branflakes though. Not a big bready person (except for ciabatta with loads of olive oil and garlic, which kind of defeats the object

It is weird but Tastes yummy

I’ve eaten my body weight in cucumber pepper toms and strawberry’s

Sweet couscous sounds interesting!!
I weighed this morning and had gained half, which is well deserved as I have had a very bad week except for the last couple of days.
L-left over spaghetti with tomato and steak
D-Prawn and noodle pho (this delicious if you like Thai noodle soup)

@troppibambini a gain isn’t so bad when you know why

I’m Hoping for a loss Friday

Even a lb a week is 4stonw over a year

@troppibambini - did you make the prawn and noodle pho yourself?

Following this.

@Ofpalestsilver yes I do it's a big favourite in this house even though the kids say it smells like feet when it's cooking (it's just the fish sauce it doesn't taste remotely feety!)

@Blondeshavemorefun I know you're right in the grand scheme of things it's not too bad but would really like a good loss this week as I'm away at the end of the month, I need to stay focused

My menu today btw has been:

B: Weetabix (HeB) with lacto-free milk (HeA)

Mid-morning snack (honestly, I'm still ravenous; it's definitely my medication increase cos normally I am pretty chill on a WFH day): iced coffee, honeydew melon, seafood sticks

L: Uncle Ben's basmati pouch (2 syns - I needed the carb!) with a topping of fresh tomato, spinach, red cabbage with garlic, chilli and soy [it was so delicious]

Afternoon snack: Banana

D: Egg noodles with a stir-fry of prawns, yellow courgette, bamboo shoots, spinach and a soy sauce, chilli, garlic dressing.

I struggle most days to get two HeAs because I don't like cheese (mozza and parmesan but I'd struggle to eat that every day!) and I generally avoid dairy milk, only drink plant-based milks in cappucinos. Anyone else have that problem?

I had very moist gooey chocolate slice

Sits on naughty step

I’m synning 8

Really haven’t a clue how you syn cakes in cafes etc

@Ofpalestsilver what medication are you on , if you don’t mind me asking

@Ofpalestsilver I don't eat cheese either i definitely don't have both my hea's but sometimes if a want a sweet treat I will make an options hot chocolate (2 syns) with milk or have a skinny sugar free hazelnut latte at Starbucks.
I would much rather have two b's though!!

@Blondeshavemorefun I think that sounds about right... chocolate has milk in right? So I'm thinking in could be part of your hea...

@Blondeshavemorefun - a lot! but specifically metformin. i'm on the maximum dose atm so just wondering if that has something to do with it. I did read increased appetite as a possible side effect while the increased dose kicks in so let's see. I'm totally counting down the minutes to weigh in now haha!

@troppibambini - I'd rather have a bar of chocolate to be fair ;) Anyway, it's good to know I'm not the only one. Prob does no harm not to have the second one. I have my lacto-free milk in my cereal as a way to get my calcium in - and when the weather gets colder I'll enjoy having an oat cappuccino. Or parm for my pasta!

Dinner was delicious!!

2 syns for the roasted crushed peanuts on the top otherwise free.

@Ofpalestsilver
Cheese. My downfall. I love it, especially blue - comes from my Nan giving me little squares of Danish Blue instead of sweets when I was small.

@Blondeshavemorefun but did it taste nice?!
I'm never sure how to syn things like that either, but the SW app can be helpful

I do love cheese but better to have not anlot or want more

So could I use to a to have a small chai latte skinny from sb ........

Nearly forgot

Today
B - good ol’ branflakes & milk HEA & HEB;
L - fried rice (in frylight) with mushrooms, prawns, peas, sweet corn and soy sauce. 2 Hifi bars 6syns;
D - peppers, stuffed with couscous (with lazy chillies and parsley) topped with mozzarella 2nd HEA followed by pudding of FfGreek yoghurt, mixed with sweetener, blue/rasp/straw/blackberries with a meringue nest 2.5syns
Total so far 8.5 Syns!

@Dexterslockedintheshedagain it was bloody amazing !!!

And yes I reckon you could use the skinny milk in the latte as your HEA. Just don't put anything else in it!

B- porridge (hex a and hex b) with cinnamon, raspberries and grated apple
L- chicken and chorizo paella (3 syns), asparagus
D- chicken breast with peri seasoning, Nando’s style rice, salad, tomatoes, light mayo (2 syns)
Snacks - 2x 30g cheddar 2xhexa (I'm breastfeeding so get 5 hex)
Apple
Peach
And when children are in bed I'll have an options hot chocolate (2 syns)
7 syns total.

That sound lush @earlybirdhasanap
Who says slimming is boring and tasteless??!!

Has anyone brought the sw Iceland or Aldi slim meals

I have two. Brought last week. Assume they are free

Think was the tikka masala and pasta meatballs in TOM sauce

Are they nice ?

Not sure bout Aldi, never tried them, but all Iceland SW meals are free. As for whether they're nice or not.... I'm not a big fan. The sauces tend to be a bit watery for me, but for convenience they're ok. Didn't like the sausages though AT ALL.