First weigh in plus a sneaky peek at my food diary

Week 1 and I lost 2.5lbs at my weigh in! 

Slimming World- day 5 review

Am I slim? No. Am I getting there? I do not know. I have hope.

Shop bought low syn/ syn free lunch

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

Oh, how true this one is Mr. Franklin!

Me before Slimming World:-

Wake up at 8:15am, leave the house at 8:30am, get to work, buy egg and cress sandwich, orange juice and maybe some sort of chocolate brownie. STUFF MY FACE. Get to lunch time and pig out bigtime. As I had already had a sandwich for breakfast I need something different right? So PROPER meal it is- veggie burger and chips; cheesey jacket potato; quiche and salad. I'm talking mega food. And then a chocolate bar. And maybe a pack of crisps for the 3pm dip. Get home. Ready meal. Sharing bag of crisps. Chocolate/cake/ice-cream. Bed.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

However, IF, the alarm clock should fail to stir you in the early hours of these oh-so-cold mornings- what can you grab for lunch on the go? (Writing this I feel there should definitely be a breakfast on the go collection.)

For my own record here are some low syn/ syn free store bought SW friendly lunches that I have enjoyed. YUM.

no hassle, guilt-free Saturday morning brekkie for one

Extra Easy peasy delicious SYN FREE Tomato and Basil Soup

Raw Carrot

My new favourite snack


Loads of great health benefits of carrots here:- http://www.care2.com/greenliving/10-benefits-of-carrots.html

.notes.

I am on the Extra Easy Slimming World plan.
You're pretty much able to eat as much fruit, veg, beans, meat and wholemeal pasta rice etc as you like. You then are entitled to 15 syns per day. Anything that isn't the above has a syn value.

HEx A- Healthy Extra A choice- Dairy food that is high in calcium. Must have one HEx A per day.
HEx B- Healthy Extra B choice- Foods that are high in fibre or contain important nutrients for a healthy balanced diet. Must have one HEx B per day.

FryLight is SYN FREE. Use it to cook with instead of vegetable/sunflower/olive oil. My SW (Slimming World) consultant famously told me to- "Squirt till it hurts" in regards to how much to use.

I do not represent Slimming World in any way shape or form. I have only been on the plan for 4 days at the time of writing this and am blogging my journey purely for my own benefit. I find when I blog it helps keep me on track. 

Ratatouille

I lurveeeeeeeee ratatouille. YUM.

Beginning at the Beginning

8 stones

I (apparently) am a serial dieter. Or a yo-yo dieter. No, I'm just not very good at dieting and I'm very good at stuffing my face with crud.