started this last year but took sick so havent been able to do it. Now im back in full force but not going to classes.
Some talked about a fry up ... so why dont you have one. I always allow myself things. You could have two thick sausages (5 syns each) , beans (HEB) , bacon (free on red), fried eggs (free) , and a slice of french toast or normal toast (other HEB) , fried mushrooms, tomatoes, even get 84g of potato and make slimming world chips (2 syns per 28g) so thats 16 syns. For breakfast you could have melon and yoghurt and a banana. Lunch could be a bacon omelette with cheese (HEA) and peppers and onions and tomatoes . Nibble on ham as the protein will fill u more or chicken or tuna in a salad with lunch too.
I ate super free today, so am now having two baked potato with HEA cheese for the day . I fried some bacon , then took the baked potatoes out (two HEB on red - 227g per healthy extra) , mushed up the insides with cheese and fried back , then back in the oven for 20 minuets to melt slowly. Yummy. Ive had 4 syns today on a stupid biscuit, so im also going to have a packet of french dry crisps (4.5 for 22g ) and a mini snickers from lidl - worked the grammes out and theyre 5 syns per mini as a big snickers is 16!) SO muching with crisps and chocolate after, and in total i will have a HEB left as ive only had one portion of potato, so i could have a round of toast with a skinny laughing cow as well. Added chilli flakes to the skins of the baked spuds as well.
Ive been doing the carol vorderman detox until yesterday for two weeks, so this is all DEVINE! Im into using pulses more now, so am going to try making spicy chick peas for a green day to nibble on. All free if you use fry light.
Note, I do cook dry chick peas since they are so much cheaper than the canned kind, and as I've noted above they cook relatively fast compared to other beans. If you are in a hurry or can't be bothered, use canned, drained chick peas.
- 1lb or 500g bag of dry chick peas
- 4 garlic cloves
- 3 Tbs. olive oil
- 1-2 tsp (or more or less, depending on how spicy you want it) dried red chili pepper flakes
- 1 tsp. black onion seeds (also called nigella seeds)
- 1 tsp. whole cumin seeds
- 1 tsp. black mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp. ground cardamon
- Juice from 1 small lime or 1/2 lemon
- Sea salt
Sort the chick peas (take out any discolored ones) and soak in water for several hours or overnight. Drain, and place in plenty of water for about 2 hours or until tender. Drain. You'll have about 6 cups of cooked chickpeas.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F.
Peel and chop the garlic cloves rather coarsely.
Toss all the ingredients together thoroughly. Spread evenly over a baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring around midway through. Take out and let cool. [Edit: this baking time turns out peas that are a mix of crunchy ones and ones that are still a bit soft - I like this variety. Since all ovens vary, you will need to test the doneness. If you like your peas to be a bit soft, bake them for a shorter time; if you like them very crunchy leave them in longer.]
Store this in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Makes a great beer snack.
You can make it sweet-spicy by sprinkling over some brown or raw sugar to while it's still hot from the oven.
If anyone tries them befor ei do let me know how they are. I love savoury so i need a good nibble on a green day. I also have a lentil curry recipe which is reaaaaaaly filling and free on green. Yum.
I also have a nice spicy rice recipe if anyone wants it just ask. If stuck on red definitely eggs for breakfast . My favourite is saving up all day, so i can have a massive steak for dinner, and roasted veg. Throw some peppers onions, garlic, rosemary or thyme , black pepper, sweetcorn (measure it for syns), courgettes, and spray oil in a caserole dish and mix it all. Cook for about 30-40 mins or until the veg cookd how you like them.Baked potato as HEB and some pepper sauce as syns or 4 tbspns of gravy granules made up for 1 syn. Have an ice cream mars for 10 syns, and mix it up with strawberries .
I love food and i love that this plan enables me to eat so much. For people imcreasing or just starting exercise, it will show in the scales. Lately, ive bumped mine up and my clothes are a lot looser and i cxan fit into stuff i havent fitted into for months, but the scales only say ive lost 4lbs whereas ive been building up muscles with cycling walking and yoga. Sorry for the essay, im motivated!
For people who struggle with red, i found i lost moer weight and enjoy them more.
Also, the syns calcuylator is the best way for me to check syns. YOu put in the nutritional value off the packet. LIke i checked the rich tea caramel i ate earlier was 4 syns by checking there. Its when you log in, under "eat and slim"
I try to trick my brain into thinking its not on a diet. Each morning i measure my milk and cheese out in to a separate container, so i know if i need to use some later, i dont have to be measuring stuff. psychologically its less diety for me anyway. I also use the smaller grateing bit for the cheese so it goes even further.! Sad, but i love my cheese and if i didnt measure either out i would definitely go over all the time, and spend careless syns without realising.