Week 2 / Day 6

Thursday 18th September 2014
Filling and Healthy 

Daily points - n/a
Weekly Points left - 33

Breakfast
Scrambled eggs (3 eggs)

Tastier than it looked and F&H

Mushrooms
Tomato

Lunch
4 slices ham
Lettuce
Cucumber
Tomato
Pickled Beetroot
Pickled onions
Peppadews
Farringtons Honey and Mustard Dressing - 2pp
WW sour cream and chives crisps - 2pp


Friday 19th September 2014

Breakfast 
All day Breakfast in a can - 9pp

Lunch

The Warburton Thin makes a nice change to bread

Warburton Thin - 3pp
2 slices pre-packed ham - 1pp
Cucumber - 0pp
Tomato - 0pp
Lettuce - 0pp
Dijon Mustard - 0pp
2 x yoghurts - 2pp
Blueberries - 0pp

Tea
Gammon Steak - 6pp
New Potatoes - 4pp (guessed)
Green Beans - 0pp
Broccoli - 0pp
3 tsps Dijon Mustard - 1pp

1 meringue nest - 1pp
Strawberries - 0pp
Raspberries - 0pp
Raspberry Angel Delight - 3pp

A nice change
Not had Gammon for years 

A yummy pudding for
1 pp less than
a frozen WW dessert

Snacks
WW crisps - 2pp
WW bar - 2pp
Pack of Tuc Rosemary and olive oil snack pack - 4pp

Supper
Chocolate Options - 1pp
WW Cranberry biscuit - 2pp
WW ginger and Lemon Cookies - 2pp

Daily points used - 43pp
Weekly points remaining - 8pp

Week 2 / Day 5

Wednesday 17th September 2014
Filling and Healthy 

Daily points - n/a
Weekly Points left - 48

Breakfast
Mango
Apple
Pear

Lunch
4 slices ham

I need to find an alternative to salad
before boredom kicks in

Lettuce
Cucumber
Tomato
Pickled Beetroot
Pickled onions
Peppadews
Farringtons Honey and Mustard Dressing - 2pp
WW sour cream and chives crisps - 2pp
Blueberries

Tea
Pork Casserole (made with pork, swede, carrots, turnip, onion, Butternut squash  2 tins tomato)
2 Dumplings - 6pp (1 @ 3pp)
WW Chocolate brownie dessert - 5pp

Managed to freeze 2 portions of the pork casserole for lunches ./ tea when time means tea will not be what was planned instead of high pointed ready meals of 17pp from the Co-op

Snacks
Apple
Pear

Drink
Water

Points used today - 15 weeklies
Weekly points left - 33

Steps taken
728 - at home day

Week 2 / Day 4

Tuesday 16th September 2014
Counting Points 

Daily points - 51
Weekly Points left - 48

Breakfast
Tesco Pineapple, Mango, Kiwi and grapes 0pp

Lunch
2 x Tesco hot sweet chilli salmon (ready to eat) - 13pp
Lettuce - 0pp
Cucumber - 0pp
Tomato - 0pp
Pickled Beetroot - 0pp
Pickled onions - 0pp
Peppadews - 0pp
Farringtons Honey and Mustard Dressing - 2pp


Tea
Lamb Steak - 10pp
mash potato - 4pp (3 scoops @ 1 scoop =1pp)
Green beans - 0pp
Broccoli - 0pp
Cranberry sauce - 1pp
WW banoffee pudding - 5pp

Snacks
2 satsumas  - 0pp
WW sour cream and Chive crisps - 2pp
Options - 1pp
WW cranberry biscuits - 2pp
WW ginger and lemon biscuit - 2pp

Drink
Water

Points used today - 42
Weekly points left - 48

Steps taken
652 - at home day

Week 2 / day 3

Monday 15th September 2014
Counting Points

Daily points - 51
Weekly Points left - 48

Breakfast
Orange Juice - 3pp
melon - 0pp
grapes - 0pp

Lunch
WW Chicken Curry and Rice - 8pp
WW Fromage Frais - 1pp
Blueberries - 0pp

Tea
Fish and Chips - 30pp (not planned but due to circumstances no time to cook tea)

Snacks
Options - 1pp
WW cranberry biscuits- 2pp
WW ginger and lemon biscuits - 2pp
WW bar - 2pp

Drink
Water

Points used today - 47
Weekly points left - 48

Steps taken
1063 - not a true reading as it registered at least 100 while sat in car

Week 2 / Day 2

Sunday 14th September 2014
Counting Points 

Daily points - 51
Weekly Points left - 49

Breakfast
Granola - 5pp
WW fromage frais - 1pp

Lunch
Sainsbury's Ham Hock Sandwich - 15pp
Special K crisps - 3pp
WW Belgian milk and white chocolate mousse - 3pp

Tea
Heinz Chicken and Vegetable Big Soup - 5pp
2 bread - 5pp
Margarine - 1

Snacks
ice cream -10pp (completely guessed as can't find anywhere)
WW sour cream and Chive crisp - 2pp
2 satsumas - 0pp
WW chocolate, caramel and biscuit bar - 2pp

Drink
Water
Diet Coke

Points used today - 52
Weekly points left - 48

Moving More
I am aiming to move more this week. A couple of weeks ago whilst wearing the pedometer I noticed that I was only managing 500 steps a day as my mobility is so restricted. It is my aim to get up and walk to the kitchen / bedroom a little more if I possibly can. Obviously the more I move means the more I might be able to move in the future.

So this week I am aiming for 500 a day (shameful I know - and I hate admitting it is so little)

Steps taken
1021 - not a true reading as it registered at least 100 while sat in car

Week 2/ Day 1

Week One Review
WEIGHT LOSS THIS WEEK 

2lb off this week

POSITIVES

• I ate breakfast every day- it might not have been the traditional breakfast of cereal but I ate something every day
• I stuck to the plan 100%
• My favourite meal had to be Salmon Salad - for someone who hates salad i think this says a lot as I can still have my favourite ready to eat salmon with a sweet chilli coating

STRUGGLES

• Some days I have struggled to eat all my pp each day
• also tracking has confused me as when I track in my journal then put it into the e-source they haven't tallied e.g. WW mini rolls are 2 each but if I have 2 at different parts of the day it looks as if I had 2 together and then the points are 5pp and not 4pp as my journal shows. 

PRIORITIES FOR THE WEEK

• continue to eat breakfast
• wear my pedometer each day - even though I know I will not reach more than 500 a day due to my mobility problems due to the weight I carry
• have at least 2 filling and healthy day
• LOSE 2lb at weigh in 

Thoughts on the week

I lost 2lb at weigh in. I am happy with this and also not. I know, as it is my first week, I could have lost more but as I move so little I know this was hooping so really happy with the 2lb off Onwards and upwards - 2lb a week could mean 2 stone off by Christmas.

We decided to have lunch out on the way home from weigh in. I had already checked to see if the place we were going to was listed in EAT OUT book and it was. I struggled to point it in the sense that I had no idea how much the 100g mentioned in the book related to what I had put on my plate. I choose not ot have a Yorkshire Pudding (9pp) or any potatoes so I could have more vegetables. However, if I had had the three courses I had been planning on - starter (prawn cocktail - 13pp) / pudding (sundae - 18pp) - it could have been a lot of damage.

WISE CHOICES meant I enjoyed a meal out and no damage to my weekly weight loss hopefully on the scales net Saturday

Saturday 13th September 2014
Counting Day

Daily points - 51
Weekly Points left - 49

Breakfast
Orange Juice - 3pp

Lunch
Lunch out at Crown Carveries Trent Port in Gainsborough.
Beef - 11pp
Turkey - 7pp
Green beans - 1pp
Carrots - 2pp
Cauliflower Cheese - 1pp
Stuffing - 2pp
Gravy - 1pp
Cranberry Sauce - 1pp

Tea
Sainsburys Salmon and Ginger Fishcake - 9pp
Lettuce - 0pp

Feeling positive still

Cucumber - 0pp
Tomato - 0pp
Pickled Beetroot - 0pp
Pickled onions - 0pp
Peppadews - 0pp
Farringtons Honey and Mustard Dressing - 2pp

Snacks
WW sweet Chilli crisps - 2pp
2 Satsumas - 0pp
WW rich toffee bar - 2pp
WW chocolate, raisin and caramel bar - 2pp

Drink
Water
2 x diet cokes

Points used today - 46
Weekly points left - 48

Week 1 / Day 7

Friday 12th September 2014

Daily points - 51
Weekly Points left - 48

Breakfast
Granola - 5pp
WW Greek style coconut yoghurt- 2pp
Strawberries - 0pp

Lunch
WW chicken and Mushroom Pie - 8pp
Carrots - 0pp
Runner beans - 0pp
Meringue nest - 1pp
Strawberries - 0pp
Raspberry Angel Delight - 4pp

Not bad for someone who doesn't like salad

Tea
WW Quiche - 7pp
Lettuce - 0pp
Cucumber - 0pp
Tomato - 0pp
Pickled Beetroot - 0pp
Pickled onions - 0pp
Peppadews - 0pp
Farringtons Honey and Mustard Dressing - 2pp

Snacks
WW chocolate mini rolls x 2 - 5pp (2pp each)
2 satsumas - 0pp
Options - 1pp
WW cranberry biscuit - 2pp
WW ginger and lemon biscuit - 2pp

Drink
Water

Points used today - 39
Weekly points left - 48

Week 1 Day 6

Thursday 11th September 2014

Daily points - 51
Weekly Points left - 48

Breakfast
WW Greek style coconut yoghurt - 2pp
Fruit - 0pp

Lunch
Ham and Cheese Tortellini pasta - 9pp
Tomato sauce - 4pp

Tea
2 x Tesco hot sweet chilli salmon (ready to eat) - 13pp
Lettuce - 0pp

Cucumber - 0pp

A favourite tea 

Tomato - 0pp
Pickled Beetroot - 0pp
Pickled onions - 0pp
Peppadews - 0pp
Farringtons Honey and Mustard Dressing - 2pp


Snacks
WW chocolate mini roll - 2pp
Blueberries - 0pp
Options - 5pp
WW cranberry biscuit - 2pp
WW ginger and lemon biscuit - 2pp

Drink
water

Points used today - 40
Weekly points left - 48

Week 1 / Day 5

Wednesday 10th September 2014
Daily points - 51
Weekly Points left - 48

Breakfast
Glass of orange juice - 4pp
Granola - 5pp
Strawberries - 0pp
WW Greek Style Coconut yoghurt - 2pp

Lunch
WW Spaghetti and Meatballs - 10pp
WW Chocolate brownie pudding - 5pp

Tea
Healthy Living Fajita Chicken Sandwich - 7pp
WW poppadom crisps - 2pp
Pineapple, Mango, Kiwi and Grapes
WW Caramel mallow - 1pp

Snacks
Bounty  - 7pp
WW Caramel mallow - 1pp
Options - 1pp
WW Cranberry Biscuit - 2pp
WW ginger and lemon biscuits - 2pp

Drink
water

Points used today - 48
Weekly points left - 48

Week 1 / Day 4

Tuesday 9th September 2014
Daily points - 51
Weekly Points left - 48

Breakfast
Glass of orange juice - 3pp
Fruit fingers (mango / melon / pineapple) - 0pp

Lunch
Fish and Chips - 30pp (fish 16pp/ chips 14pp)

Tea
2 bread - 4pp
WW Tuna mayo with sweetcorn - 2pp
Tomato - 0pp
Cucumber 0pp
WW poppadom crisps - 2pp
Mango - 0pp

Snacks
WW Rich Toffee Bar - 2pp
WW caramel mallow - 1pp
Banana - 0pp
WW poppadom crisps - 2pp
WW caramel wafer - 1pp

Drink
bottle of coke

Points used today - 47
Weekly points left - 47

All I can say is today was hard. Due to certain things going wrong we ended up with unplanned for fish and chips. Whilst I don't mind the 30 pp for them I would prefer to have them when I have allowed for them and planned lots of low points meals for the rest of the day unlike today. I had planned for a salad at tea but due to eating late (after 7.30pm) didn't really fancy too much so ended up with a sandwich.

Week 1 / Day 3

Monday 8th September 2014

Daily points - 51
Weekly Points left - 48

Breakfast
45g Jordan's Super Granola - 5pp
WW Greek style coconut yoghurt - 2pp

Lunch
4 slices bread - 8pp
WW tuna in mayo with sweetcorn - 3pp
Lettuce - 0pp
Cucumber - 0pp
Tomato - 0pp
WW Chilli Crinkle Crisps - 2pp
Fruit - 0pp

Yummy tea tasted better than it looked

Tea
Morrison's Honey roast Salmon Flakes - 8pp (full pack)
Lettuce -  - 0pp
Cucumber -  - 0pp
Tomato -  - 0pp
100g Pepperdews - 3pp
pickled beetroot - 0pp
pickled onions - 0pp

Snacks
Cockles - 2pp
WW caramel mallow - 1pp
WW Rich Toffee bar - 2pp
WW poppadom crisps - 2pp
Fruit - 0pp
Glass of orange juice - 4pp

Drink
bottle of water

Points used today - 42
Weekly Points left - 48

Today has been a good day but a hungry day and very much a struggle to think what to eat. Everything we came up with from the cupboard was high in points and I wasn't prepared to waste points on them. So I ended up with what I have eaten today. I struggled to eat all my points even though I have had lots to eat so I had a glass of orange juice when DH came home just to use a few more points up.

Week 1 / Day 2

Sunday 7th September 2014

Daily Points - 51
Weekly Points left - 49

Breakfast
Orange juice - 2pp
Apple- 0pp
Pear - 0pp

Lunch
Sainsbury's Ham Hock sandwich - 15pp
WW poppadom crisps- 2pp
MacDonald's  Smoothie - 6pp

Tea
Heinz Big Soup - 5pp

Supper
Meringue nest - 1pp
Raspberries - 0pp
Raspberry Angel Delight - 4pp

Snacks
Blue Riband - 3pp
Ice cream - 10pp
Cockles - 2pp
WW Rich Toffee Bar - 2pp

Drink
bottle of water

Points used today - 52
Weekly Points Left - 48

Today has been a good day for me. We sort out my Mum on a Sunday and we always have a MacDonald's on. Before we went I looked up point values and decided that I didn't want to waste 39 point on my usual Big Mac (13pp) / chips (13pp) / Vanilla shake (13pp). I had a smoothie for 6pp and felt really good as don't really want the MacD's every week but Mum isn't happy if I don't have one with her. Because I am trying to lose weight she is okay with it.

On getting home the sandwich had more in it than I wanted to use but it was much better than having the MacD's and was really filling. Tea was soup we had in and I resisted the four slices of bread and marg I would probably have had normally (can't think why I am so fat can you!!!!)

Another good day.

Feeling Positive

Week 1 / Day1

Saturday 6th September 2014

Daily points - 51
Weekly Points - 49

Breakfast
Nothing as got up late and had to rush out to get to class on time

Lunch
Tesco ham and chutney sandwich - 7pp
WW white chocolate and raspberry bar - 2pp
WW crisps - 2pp
WW pudding - 5pp

Tea
Co-op Beef in Black Bean Sauce - 17pp

Supper
2 bread - 4pp
Marg - 2
Cheese - 6pp


Snacks
Apple - 0pp
Pear - 0pp
WW rich toffee bar - 2pp
Blueberries - 0pp
WW white chocolate and raspberry bar - 2pp

Drink
bottle of water
bottle of diet coke

Points used today - 50
Weekly Points left - 49

Today I started at WW. We travelled almost an hour to get to the class but I need to attend weekly so Saturday morning is the day to go.

Having decided to go to SW and ending up at WW means that we have no shopping in as such so on the way home we called at Mr T's in Gainsborough to get something in for lunch as between WW and T's Healthy Living range which has points on the products then it made it easier to cope with. Not going to be able to shop properly until next weekend but being on points means I should be able to cope so long as each day is planned well.

I checked in the shopping book for the best ready meal from Mr C. I found that my usual beef in black bean sauce was 10pp (or so I thought) note to self don't speed read the small writing in the book - it was chicken in black bean sauce that was 10pp mine was actually 17pp. More than I would want to spend on a ready meal but as I say this week it will be a case of make do and mend with the best we can get to - next week my freezer will be full of WW meals and veg.

Onwards and upwards is the battle cry

Oh Dear

I have rather neglected this blog again. Part of  me isn't too bothered as I do it for me and I doubt anyone reads it But then part of me wants to keep it up to date. Also once again I am only blogging because I have gone back to Slimming class again.

Last week it came home to me what I am doing to myself. I went to see Mum and really struggled to get from the car to her flat. This scared me as if I can't get to her what will happen. It will fall on Gary and he does enough as it is.

SO I debated all last week about whether to go back to class or not - knowing the answer is no I didn't want to but also knowing I can't do it without going back. On Friday night after spending all week trying to decide on SW or WW I was still not sure where I would end up.

There are pros and cons for both plans. I also need to get weighed weekly having failed miserably to do it online with WW and fortnightly with SW (class). So the one criteria that was set in stone was it had to be a Saturday class. This meant WW in Scunthorpe (about 15 mins drive) or SW in Doncaster (about 50 mins). My darling DH said he didn't mind which. The more I thought about it I decided I wanted to go to WW but knew I didn't want to go back to the Scunthorpe one. The leader is lovely but when I was a childminder she worked for the LA and so knew me too well. Also it would feel like returning like a bad penny. So that meant SW at Doncaster then DH suggested seeing if there was a WW on a Saturday and the answer was yes.

So Saturday morning saw us setting off for Doncaster to start WW. WOW what a lovely friendly class. Everyone made me feel so welcome. I cam out feeling positive and hopefully set for a good week.