Food Diary 27/1/2011 - Week in England

KEEP ON TRACK MOLLY!

Thursday
2 Weetabix (HEb) and 250ml semi skimmed milk (HEa)
3 Slices Fritatta = 2 eggs, mushrooms, tomato, ramiro pepper, courgette
Fruit Salad: Melon, grapes, kiwi, berries
Irish Stew: Carrot, Onion, Oxo, Potatoes, Beef
Scone with cream and jam = 4 syns
12 Maltesers = 8 syns
Total 12 syns

Friday
2 Weetabix (HEb) with milk (HEa) with sweetner
Wholemeal Roll with Coca Cola Chicken filling = 5 syns
Fruit Salad: melon, kiwi, grapes, berries

Challenge Week!

This week I only lost 1lb and I feel really disapointed in myself as I over ate half of the week, eating 20+ syns!

As of Friday I'm going to England to my boyfriends house for 10days! Going to be difficult to stay on track not cooking for myself/using FryLight etc!!

I really don't want to put on :(

Syn Free Doritos

Syn Free
Servings | A big bowlful

Ingredients
- 1 box dried lasagne sheets
- Fry Light
- Schwartz Season-All or Chip Spice or any other seasoning

Method
1. Bring a large pan of water to the boil & parboil the lasagne sheets for a few minutes until beginning to soften.

2. Drain the lasagne sheets on kitchen paper. Cut each sheet into two squares, then cut each square corner to corner into four triangles.

3. Spray a large baking tray with Fry Light & lay out the triangles in a single layer. Spray the triangles with Fry Light & sprinkle with seasoning of your choice.

4. Bake in a hot oven (around Gas 8) for 5-10 minutes until crisp & golden brown. Keep an eye on the "Doritos" as once they turn golden brown they will quickly burn.

Diet Coca Cola Chicken

Syn-free

3 chicken breasts
2 onion, chopped finely
1 can of diet coke
6 tbsp passata
Worchester sauce

Cook the chicken in frylight in a large frying pan before adding the onion. Cook til the chicken turns light brown, season as necessary.
Add the coke and passata to the frying pan along with a splash of worchester sauce
Bring to a boil, turn down heat and let simmer, occasionally stirring.

Allow the sauce to reduce and thicken for around 45 minutes

Serve in wraps, with rice, with jack potato or with salad

Weetabix Cake

3.5 syns per slice
Ingredients
2 Weetabix
113g Sultanas
142ml Skimmed Milk
142ml Water
113g Self Raising Flour
Mixed Spice
14g Sweetener
1 Egg

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180degrees 
2. Add the weetabix and sultanas to a bowl 
3. Pour the milk and water over the top and leave to soak 
4. Beat the egg and leave to one side 
5. Mix in the flour, sweetner, egg and tsp of mixed spice 
6. Mix together 
7. Get 500g baking tin and spray inside with frylight before adding mixture 
8. Place in oven for around 90minutes 
9. Cut around the sides and leave to cool on cooling rack 
10. Slice and enjoy!

Food Diary 20/1/2011

Thursday
Hi - Fi Mint Bar (HEb)
Fruit Salad
Baked Potatoes with cheese (HEa) + 2
Coleslaw 3.5 syns
Handful of Crisps 2.5 syns
Potatoes, soup 0.5 syns
Bite of SW Sausage (0.5 syn) Bacon, Ham, Sweetcorn and Gravy (1 syn)
Advantage crisps 5 syns
1/3 curly wurly 2 syns
Total: 15

Friday
Scrambled eggs with wholemeal toast (HEb)
Mushrooms and bacon
Chicken Salad - chicken breast, salad veg and cheese (HEa)
Tablespoon Coleslaw
Mayonaise
Garlic Fries
Wheaten
1/2 Gammon with Stuffed Ramiro pepper - couscous, tomatoes and 28g cheese (HEa)
Gammon
Tayto Advatage 5 syns
Curly Wurly 6 syns
Weetabix cake 7 syns

Saturday

Weetabix (HEb) with 250ml milk (HEa)

Fritatta with egg, frylight, mushrooms, ham, courgette, pepper,

sweetcorn, tomato, peas, spring onion

Fruit Salad - melon and grapes
Chicken with Mushrooms in Black Bean Sauce = 5.5 syns
Plain Boiled Rice
Go ahead bar = 12 syns AVOID
3/4 Curly Wurly = 4 syns
Total: 5.5


Sunday
Scrambled Eggs with one slice of wholemeal bread (HEb)
Baked potato with 28g cheese (HEa)
Tapioca with fruit = 5 syns
Garlic Yoghurt
Coca - Cola Chicken
Boiled Rice
Fruit Salad with Grapes, Pomelo, Melon, Kiwi
Total: 7

Monday
Weetabix (HEb) with 250ml milk (HEa)
Fruit Salad
Muller Light Yoghurt = 0.5 syns
Subway - Italian White = 9 syns, Chicken Tikka 0.5 syns and various vegetables bbq sauce = 1 syn
Chilli Con Carne with Rice
Syn Free doritos
Tapioca = 3 syns
Total: 14

Tuesday
Scrambled Eggs, bacon, mushrooms with HE(b) slice bread
Fruit Salad: Pineapple, pomello, grapes, melon
Tayto Advantage = 5 syns
Potatoes, Cabbage, Carrot
3 slices lean Bacon (fat removed)
Gravy 5 tablespoons = 1.5 syns
Chunk of Cheese 28g (HEa)
Melon and low fat ice cream = 3 syns

Wednesday
Weetabix (HEb), sweetner + 250ml milk (HEa)
Diet Coca-Cola Chicken in wholemeal roll = 5 syns
Fruit Salad = 1/2 Melon (SS), kiwi, grapes
Vegetable omelette = 2 eggs, mushrooms, tomato, ramiro pepper, courgette, bacon

WEIGH IN
Quite dissapointed with my loss of 1lb although I shouldnt be surprised when I look at the amount of rubbish I've ate this week. Next week is going to be the biggest challenge!

Grand Veggie Fritatta

FryLight

1 Courgette, sliced in four down the centre

1 Pepper (Red or Yellow)

1 Tomato

Few tablespoons of tinned/fresh/frozen sweetcorn

Handful of Mushroom

56g cheese (HEa for two days)

3 medium eggs

2-3 Garlic cloves (minced)

Pinch Salt

Large pinch Paprika

Method

Using a fork, whisk the eggs with the salt and leave to the side

Add the sliced mushrooms, stir and cook for a minute then add the minced garlic. Once the garlic is added stir well for a minute then immediately turn down the heat so that the garlic does not burn

Add the courgettes and cook for a few minutes on low stirring all the time

When you pour in the egg mixture to the pan do not stir! Make sure the egg spreads across the whole pan by tilting the pan a little. Do not stir!

Leave the fritatta to cook on a medium/low heat for a few minutes then turn down the heat

Once the eggs start to set use a small spatula to gently release the edges of the fritatta, do not try to lift the middle

When the fritatta is almost "cooked" it is ready to go under the grill

The bottom of the frittata should be set and cooked and there should be some raw runny eggs roughly covering the top in a thin layer

Turn the heat off and place the pan onto a cold cooking ring. Grate the cheese over the top of the frittata.

The most important part here is to add a good generous pinch of paprika and sprinkle it on top, the paprika makes this dish very tasty.

Take the whole pan and place it under a grill for a few minutes being sure to keep checking on it so that it doesnt burn. The grill will finish cooking the eggs and melt the cheese

Serve and enjoy!

No Syn Chilli Con Carne

Fry Light, for spraying
1 large onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 fresh chillies, deseeded & chopped OR 2 dried red birds eye chillis, chopped
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp paprika
A pinch of cayenne pepper
1 x 397g/14oz can chopped tomatoes
1 green pepper, deseeded and chopped
1/2 red pepper, deseeded and chopped
284ml/½ pint oxo/beef stock
salt and ground black pepper
454g/1lb extra lean beef mince
1 x 198g/7oz can red kidney beans, drained
chopped fresh coriander leaves, to garnish
1 level tablespoon of tomato puree

Method
1. Spray a large saucepan with Fry Light and fry the onion gently over a low heat for 6-8 minutes, until softened and golden.
2. Add the garlic, chillies and all the spices and continue frying, stirring occasionally, for 2-3 minutes. Add minced, stirring until it begins to brown.
3. Add the canned tomatoes, tomato puree and stock. Stir well and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes or more (the longer the better), until the liquid is slightly reduced.
4. Add the peppers half way through the cooking period
5. Season with salt and pepper and add drained kidney beans. Heat through gently for about 5 minutes.
6. Serve hot, sprinkled with chopped coriander leaves, with some plain boiled rice or jacket potato and a green salad.

The ACCIDENT

 Quad Biking

Blissfully unaware of future events!


On the 6th of November I took my boyfriend, his brother and sister on a quad biking experience! I thought this would be a wonderful present, as its something my boyfriend was always interested in trying!
It was wonderful up until the part of breaking my foot!

So since the 6th of November I've been in several casts due to breaking 3 metatarsal bones and obliterating two joints and almost rupturing the most important ligament in the foot! Luckily I didnt or it would have needed surgery! Phew!

Now the middle of January and I'm only beginning to walk on the foot again, slowly builiding up strength it it with vigorous physio!

Hopefully in a few weeks, i'll be fit to run marathons (joke)!

Zooming around before the fateful moment

Yummy BBQ Relish

If like me, you struggle to get the 1/3 of the plate of veg needed with Extra Easy..you may find this recipe useful

BBQ Seasoning
1 tsp salt
2 tsp artificial sweetner
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp paprika

Mix together and store in an airtight container for further use

Relish
1 small pepper, deseeded
2 tomatoes
2 tblsp freshly chopped chives
1 tsp of the BBQ seasoning

Chop the pepper and tomatoes, mix with the BBQ seasoning and chives and chill

Food Diary 13/1/2011

Thursday
2 alpen light bars (HEb)
Italien 6" subway 9 syns
BBQ sauce 2 syns
Cheese slices (HEa)
Turkey breast and ham, peppers, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, pickles
Muller light cheesecake 1 syn
Diet Coke
Stew - Potatoes, beef, oxo, carrots, onions
Total: 12

Friday
2 weetabix (HEb) with milk (HEa)
Artifical sweetner
Omlette: 3 eggs, courgette, mushrooms, tomato, ham
Fruit Salad: Melon, grapes, oranges, grapes
Advantage crisps 5 syns
Chinese Chicken & Mushrooms with Black Bean Sauce 5.5 syns
Boiled Rice
Total: 10.5

Saturday
2 Boiled eggs with 1 slice wholemeal bread (HEb)
Muller light cheesecake 1 syn
Vegetable Ribbon: Carrot, courgette, oil 2 syns
Carbonara: Ham, spaghette, eggs, cheese (HEa)
1 tbsp elmlea cream 1.5 syn
Fruit Salad: melon, pomelo, grapes
Scoop low fat ice cream 4 syns
Total: 8.5

Sunday
2 weetabix (HEb) with milk (HEa)
Pasta n Sauce
Advantage Crisps 5 syns
Steak with syn free chips
Mushrooms, onions, peas, green beans and bbq relish

Totally Free and delicious!

Melon
Curly wurly 6 syns
Total: 11 

Monday
Fruit Salad for breakfast
Muller cheesecake yoghurt 1 syn
Baked potatoes with 28g cheese (HEa)
208g smoked bacon and 3 bean soup (HEb)
Tayto advantage 5 syns
Chilli con Carne - Beef and Rice
Kidney beans, onions, mushrooms, green peppers, yellow pepper, chopped tomatoes
Several diet cokes
Total: 6

Tuesday
2 alpen light bars (HEb)
Courgette, Garlic, Spring Onion, Pepper, Sweetcorn, Tomato, Mushroom Fritatta with cheese (HEa)
2 Eggs
Yoghurt 1 syn
Irish champ with spring onions
1 slimming world sausages 1.5 syns
Peas, onion, carrot and cabbage
4 tbsp gravy 1 syn
Curly Wurly 6 syns
Total: 9.5

Wednesday
Fruit salad - Pomelo, Pineapple, Melon, Grapes
1/2 Courgette Pepper Tomato Mushroom Corn Fritatta with cheese (HEa)
70g ready to eat apricots (HEb)
1/2 baked potato
Gammon
Peas and sweetcorn
Ham
Texan Grill 5 syns
Total: 5

WEIGH IN
I lost 2.5lbs this week! Very happy :D
Was angry as Michelle, our leader ignored us for 1hour..no coke or tea to keep us occupied.. so at 7.55 we all walked out and left!

Overall very pleased! This rate is good

Food Diary 6/1/2011

Thursday

Fruit n Fibre with Milk (Healthy Extra a&b)

Honey Oat 6" 10.5 syns

Ham, Lettuce, peppers, jalapenos, tomatoes, pickles

Honey Mustard sauce 1.5 syns

2xEggs fried in Frylight

Synfree chips

Mushrooms

Petit Pois
Apple

Total Syns: 12

Friday

2 Weetabix with 250ml milk (Healthy Option a&b)
1 sugar 1 syn
Banana

Wheat 6" 9.5 syns

Lettuce, peppers, pickles, jalapenos, tomatoes
Chicken Breast
BBQ sauce 2 syns

Spicy Pork Tagliatelle: Pork, can tomatoes, onion, chillis, peppers, green beans

Tagliatelle
Grapes
Tayto Advantage 5 syns
Total: 17.5

Saturday
Bacon, eggs and mushrooms
Fadge 2.5 syns
Chicken Tikka Masala 7 syns
Mushroom Curry 4 syns
Mushrooms, peas, onions
Pilau Rice 1.5 syns
Canteloup, grapes, apple, orange
Fruit tea
Total: 15

Sunday
Weetabix and Milk (HE a&b)
1 sugar 1syn
Aubergine cooked in frylight
1 tbsp flour 3.5syns
Tayto advantage 5 syns
Spicy Pork: Rice and pork
Tomato, chilli, peppers, green beans
Berries and mellon
Scoop low fat ice cream 4 syns
Total: 13.5

Monday
Scrambled eggs and 1 toast 4 syns
Baked potatoes, 28 grams cheese (HEa) and Scotch Broth (HEb)
Egg Fried Rice- ham, eggs, soy sauce, mushrooms, peas, spring onions, courgette
1/2 tsp sesame oil 1 syn
Tayto Advantage 5 syns
Melon, grapes, orange, apples
Total: 10

Tuesday
Porridge and Milk
1 sugar 1 syn
Left over fried rice
Chicken curry 4 syns
Onion, peppers red and green, tomatoes
Tayto advantage 5 syns
Melon, grapes, oranges, apples
Total 10

Wednesday

Omelette with cheese (HEa), mushrooms, spring onions and bacon
Fi-bar from meeting (HEb)
Fruit salad with red peppers
Stew: Potatoes, steak, onion, carrots, oxo
Tayto advantage 5 syns
Total: 5

WEIGH IN

I feel I had a good first week. I tested the Extra Easy Plans to its furthest limit, eating every free food in sight and still managed to loose 2lb. I feel the weighing in on the evening times is a big challenge. After reading pages scattered over the internet I've decided not to drink anything after 4.30pm on the evening of my weighin at 7pm.. apparently it slows up digestion and weights you down!

I'm happy to report I've down to 13st 2.5lb

My First Curry Secret Dish

Pilau Rice Topped with Chicken Tikka Masala and Mushroom & Peas

Total: 4 syns on Extra Easy (not including the mushroom and peas)

Perfect Pilau Rice - Slimming World Adaption

Serves 4
Preparation and cooking time: approx 30 minutes

1/2 Syn for serving on Extra Easy

1/4 tsp yellow food colouring
1/4 tsp red food colouring
2 UK cups basmati rice
1 tsp vegetable ghee or vegetable oil
2 tsp finely chopped onion
6 green cardamoms
1 x 2 inch (5cm) stick cinnamon
4 cloves
2 bay leaves
3 UK cups (425ml) cold water
1/2 tsp salt

Mix each food colouring with about a tablespoon of water, keeping the two colours separate and set aside.

Wash the rice thoroughly in several changes of water. Leave to drain in a colander or large sieve.

Meanwhile, heat the ghee/oil in a heavy pot and fry the onion until just translucent. Add the cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaves and cook for 1 minute.

Add the rice to the pot and mix well to coat all the grains in the ghee.

Pour in the water, add the salt, stir and bring to the boil. Once boiling, turn the heat to very low and cover the pot with a tight fitting lid.

Switch on the oven to preheat at gas mark 3 (350F or 170C).
After 5 minutes stir the rice gently with a fork or a wooden spoon. Cover again for a further 3 minutes.
After this time stir the rice again, beign careful not to break the grains.
Cover again and repeat this procedure after two minutes to ensure the rice cooks evenly.

Take one of the food colourings and make two lines of colour across the rice. Repeat with the other food colouring and make two lines down.

Replace the lid and place the pot in the oven for 15-20 minutes to finish cooking the rice and set the colours.

The Curry Secret - Chicken Tikka Masala Slimming World Adaption

A delicious, slightly creamy, medium spiced dish made with chicken tikka.

Serves 4
Preparation and cooking time: 15 minutes

3.5 syns on Extra Easy

1 tbsp vegetable oil   (6syns)
3 UK cups (425ml) basic curry sauce   (2syns)
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1 level tsp chilli powder
Drop of red food colouring
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp ground cumin
3 chicken fillets, freshly, made into chicken tikka (recipe previously blogged)
3 tbsp Elmlea single cream (4.5 syns)
2 tbsp fat free yoghurt
1 tbsp finely chopped green coriander

Heat the oil in a large, deep frying pan, add the curry sauce, and bring to the boil
Without reducing the heat, add the paprika, salt, chilli powder and food colouring. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently or until the sauce thickens.
Turn down the heat and add the garam masala and cumin powder. Stir and cook for 3 minutes.
Cut each piece of chicken into two smaller pieces, stir them, with the cream, into the sauce and simmer for a futher 2-3 minutes.
Serve sprinkled with the coriander on a bed of pilau rice

Yoghurt Mint Sauce - Free on Extra Easy

Free on Extra Easy

Goes well with the chicken tikka listed in previous recipe drizzled over fresh salad

Preparation time: 5 minutes
150ml of low fat yoghurt

2 tsp mint sauce with no added sugar (1/2 syn for standard mint sauce)

1/2 level tsp salt

1/4 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp garam masala
1/4 tsp amchoor
1/2 level tsp of granulated artifical sweetner
2 drops of green food colouring (optional)

Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well

The Curry Secret - Chicken Tikka Slimming World Adaption

Delicious tender chunks of chicken are produced following this recipe, lightly spiced but absolutely oozing with flavour.

Serves 4
Marinading time: 4-6 hours
Preparation and cooking time: 20 minutes

1/2 syn per serving on Extra Easy

3 large chicken fillets
4 tbsp fat free yoghurt
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cooking oil
Drop of yellow food colouring

Cut each chicken fillet into 6 equal-sized chunks. Wash and drain them.
Place all the remaining ingredients into a bowl and mix well.
Add the chicken pieces to the bowl and mix again, making sure that all the pieces are well coated with the yoghurt.
Cover and refridgerate for 4-6 hours or a maximum of 3 days.
Preheat the oven to its maximum temperature.
Place the chicken pieces onto a rack in a shallow baking tray in a single layer.
Bake near to the top of the oven for 10 minutes or until cooked through.

Serve immediately, sizzling if preferred, with a green salad, wedges of lemon and yoghurt mint sauce (recipe still to come)

"The Curry Secret" Basic Sauce Slimming World Adaption

Having heard such good reviews on MoneySavingExpert I decided to purchase "The Curry Secret" by Kris Dhillon off Amazon for under £4. What a good buy. The book is based on how to cook real indian restaurant meals at home! This was right up my street as I love a good indian even though I know how many WW points can be in one! My chance to adapt them to be healthier.

In the recipes I have decided to mostly half the prescribed amount of oil in the recipe instead of totally removing it and replacing it with FryLight. If you wish, you may make the recipes with FryLight however I felt an essential part of the taste is in the oil and did not want to full remove this.

Basic Curry Sauce

This forms the base for all the curries in the book. The quantities given are enough for 4 people.

1.5 syns on Extra Easy

1lb onions (450g) onions

1oz (25g) green ginger

1oz (25g) garlic

780ml water

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tin (110g) tomatoes

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1/2 tsp tomato puree

1/2 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp paprika

Stage 1

Peel and rinse the onions, ginger and garlic. Slice the onions and roughly chop the ginger and garlic.

Put the chopped ginger and garlic into a blender with about 135ml of the water and blend until smooth.

Take a large saucepan and put into it the onions, blended garlic and ginger and add the remaining water.

Add the salt and bring to the boil. Turn down the heat to very low and simmer, with the lid on, for 40-45 minutes.

Leave to cool

*This will smell your kitchen out..boiled onions is not pleasant at the best of time*

Stage 2

Once cooled pour the boiled onion mixture into a blender and blend until perfectly smooth (essential). To be certain, blend for 2 minutes. Pour the blended onion mixture into a clean pan or bowl.

Wash and dry the saucepan.

Stage 3

Open the can of tomatoes, pour into the rinsed blender and blend.

Again, it is important they are perfectly smooth, so blend for about 2 minutes.

Into the clean saucepan, put the oil, tomato puree, turmeric and paprika.

Add the blended tomatoes and bring to the boil. Turn down the heat and cook, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes.

Now add the onion mixture to the saucepan and bring to the boil again. Turn down the heat enough to keep the sauce at a simmer.

You will notice at this stage that a froth rises to the surface of the sauce, this needs to be skimmed off.

Keep simmering and skimming for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent the sauce from sticking to the bottom.

Use immediately or cool and refridgerate for up to 4 days.

The Ultimate Challenge!

THE MUCH PLANNED HOLIDAY!

I plan to spend a month interrailing throughout Eastern Europe with my boyfriend during July & August 2011. Thats T-minus 6 months to get in shape!

My ideal body weight lies between 11st 4lb and 9 stone 6lb. So really ideally I'd like to be 10st 6 (the illusive target I was set in WW but never managed to achieve)

Wish my luck so I'm a croatia-beach babe not a beached whale!

Carbonara and Vegetable Ribbon Saute - Free on Extra Easy

Free on Extra Easy

Vegetable Ribbon Saute (for the 1/3 of plate of veg)

Few squirts of FryLight

2 garlic cloves, cut into slivers

1 medium courgette
1 medium carrot
1/2 onion, thinly sliced, lengthwise
1/2 red bell pepper, sliced into thin strips
salt and pepper to taste
1 small tomato, diced

Using a vegetable peeler, peel thin strips from both the courgette and carrot until you can't peel off anymore and have just a little end left to snack on.  Set "ribbons" aside.  In a large saute pan, heat Frylight over medium heat.  Toss in slivers of garlic and saute, stirring frequently to prevent from browning.  When garlic is fragrant (30 seconds to 1 minute) add in onions and peppers.  Saute until onions are slightly browned and begin to soften.  Add in ribbons of courgette and carrot, season with salt and pepper and continue to saute a couple more minutes or until vegetables are crisp- tender.  Remove from heat.  Stir in diced tomato.
Serve as a side dish or on top of pasta carbonara.

Pasta Carbonara
(serves 2 ) 
200g long pasta (spaghetti or tagliatelle)
2 eggs
28g Parmesan cheese, grated (from Healthy Extra A)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup water reserved from cooking the pasta
Four slices of thick-cut bacon (all visible fat removed)
1/2 cup of peas
5-10 mushrooms
fresh ground pepper (lots of it) and salt to taste

Boil a large pot of water and cook the pasta and frozen peas.  When you drain the pasta, make sure to reserve some of the cooking liquid.  Return pasta to the pot and keep warm.  While the pasta is cooking, cook bacon until it is crispy.  Remove from heat, drain on paper towels and once cool enough to handle, crumble into bite-sized pieces. Also while pasta is cooking, in a bowl or measuring cup, break eggs and scramble with a fork until thoroughly combined.  Stir in cheese and garlic powder. While stirring the egg mixture constantly, slowly add the half cup of hot pasta water.  This will help keep the eggs from scrambling when added to the pasta.  

Meanwhile spray some FryLight in a frying pan and cook off the mushrooms which will be later added to the main dish

Put the pot of drained pasta on a burner over medium heat.  Pour the egg mixture over the pasta, tossing constantly and rapidly, until pasta is completely coated and the sauce becomes creamy (it will happen almost immediately).  Remove from heat.  If sauce is too thick, add half and half and stir to combine.  Season with a lot of fresh ground pepper and a little salt.  Toss in bacon pieces and cooked mushrooms, stir one final time and serve immediately.  Garnish with additional Parmesan cheese or top with vegetable ribbon saute

** I sometimes add in a tablespoon of Elmlea Single Cream with the egg and cheese mixture which adds 1.5 syns onto the value**

1st Slimming World Weigh In

WW was great when I was a big girl however the point scheme did not fill my ever large appetite. Hearing good things about slimming world, I decided to join a local club as my New Years Resolution

5th January 2011 my weigh in: 13st 4.5lbs



Taken on the morning before my 1st Weigh In



Past Slimming

At 18 years old and weighing in 16stone 4 pounds I decided I was going to make a change. November 2008 I had just started university in a new country and was feeling self conscious being so overweight. I regretfully didnt go out during any of the freshers nights, being the only one left in when all my flatmates had gone out partying. I was paranoid and lacked fashion taste - not a good combination in an overweight teenager. One weekend I decided enough was enough and joined WeightWatchers! I met some fabulous friends, a lovely lady I refer to as my "Granny Mary" amongst many others. The leader was fantastic and after 7 months I'd lost 4 stone. I managed to keep my weight off to go on holiday with my friends, only to return to university the next year and hook one of my best friends as a boyfriend! Both enjoying food, we ate well...ate alot! I gave up on WeighWatchers and slowly began to burst out of my jeans.

I've now been going out with my boyfriend for a year and a half I am over a stone heavier than my lowest weight achieved through WW.




At approx 17stone in the August 2008 (before I started University)



Having lost 4 stone at WW (February 2010)