Week 7 - 1lb Off

Phew what a busy week at work! I had three SP days this week and lost a pound. I can't moan too much I guess as a loss is a loss but I was hoping for a little bit more!

I have had a bit of a lucky week though! I posted a picture on my instagram page (laurenrobertson1) of my SP Quorn sausages and veg meal and Quorn kindly selected me to receive a gift for "random act of kindness" day!

Then today I uploaded a picture of the delicious Chilli con Carne with cauliflower rice onto a local Slimming World Facebook page and myself and a friend from our Thursday night club won a diary!

And then finally we celebrated Chinese New Year this evening with a gorgeous Kung Pao Chicken (and a couple of Buds). A wonderful end to a very hectic week.

Starting Weight: 11st 3lb
Weigh in: 1lb off
Closing Weight: 11st 2lb
Lbs to target: 16lb

Singapore Pork Noodles - 1 Syn

Serves 2
20 minutes
1 Syn

Ingredients

250g dried egg noodles
250g less than 5% fat pork mince
3 spring onions
1 red chilli
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. lazy garlic
1x bag of ready prepped stir fry veg
1 tbsp. light soy sauce
1 tbsp. dark soy sauce
1 tbsp. sweet chilli sauce
Fry Light

Method

Cook noodles as per packet instructions then drain, set to one side and keep warm.

Spray a large wok with Fry Light (I HIGHLY recommend the Chilli Fry Light) and stir fry the mince, ginger, chilli, spring onions for 5/6 minutes or until the mince has browned.

Add the ready prepped stir fry veg and stir fry for another 5/6 minutes,

Add the soy sauces and sweet chill sauce and stir fry for a further 5 minutes.

Serve the stir fry mixture on top of the noodles!

 

Week 6 - Stayed the same

And so the rollercoaster that is Slimming World continues! Last week I was genuinely expecting a loss and got a gain. This week, I had two big meals out and also a night out on the tiles and managed to stay the same. Not that I am complaining about not gaining any weight but it definitely works in mysterious ways this diet!

This week we have decided to throw in some SP days to try and boost the weight loss.

Our evening meal menu is:

Saturday: Gammon, Egg and SW Chips
Sunday: SP - Quorn Sausages, Swede Mash and Veg
Monday: Singapore Pork Noodles
Tuesday: SP - Chilli with Cauliflower Rice and vegetables
Wednesday: Roast at the in-laws
Thursday: SP in the day time then Arrabbiata Pasta after weigh in!
Friday: Kung Pao Chicken to celebrate Chinese New Year (albeit a day late!)

My SP lunch for today consists of a delicious cheese and marmite sandwich and an apple and now I'm going to drag poor Matt for a 5 mile walk!

Starting weight: 11st 3lb
Weigh in: 0
Closing weight: 11st 3lb

Chilli Coconut Rice

Serves 2
25 minutes
1 syn

Ingredients

1 cup of rice
1 onion
1tsp. chilli flakes
100ml coconut milk
500ml vegetable stock
Fry Light

Method

Finely chop the onion and fry in a heavy saucepan for about 3 minutes or until softened. Add the chilli flakes and continue to cook for a further minute or so.

Add the rice, coconut milk and stock and bring to the boil. Once boiling, lower the heat to a simmer and cover tightly.

Cook for 10 to 12 minutes and then take off the heat and let stand for 5 minutes to ensure all the liquid is absorbed.


I served this rice with Thai Green Chicken curry and it was delicious! I tend to waste a lot of coconut milk so to be able to use this in the rice and in the meal made this feel particularly indulgent!

Week 5 - +1.5lbs

Well, I had a feeling this week wouldn't be good due to dropping 3lb last week but I was so shocked that I had gained 1.5lbs!

I was very disappointed. At work we have had quite an intense training week and I was so pleased that I had avoided the sandwich trolley and stuck with my mug shots and fruit.

So as I was feeling very sorry for myself I really didn't want to stay to group, however Matt insisted. This week it was couple of the year 2015 and so I had managed to dig out some old (and incredibly horrible) photo's of us. It was nice actually looking back at the pictures to see how far we have come though so that cheered me up! There is 3 years difference between these photo's and I can totally see the difference in my face.

Alton Towers - October 2011



Florida - October 2014

There is 3 years difference between these pictures and I can really see the difference so it is nice to put that into perspective.

We also won couple of the year in our group! That was a really lovely boost to my confidence (so thank you to all the lovely people that voted for us!)

 

This next week I have had two meals out and one night out so I am well expecting a gain on Thursday - however this gain would be totally expected.

 

 

Weight: 11st 3lbs

Gained: +1.5lbs

Lbs to target: 1st 3lbs



 

 

Winter Weekends

Brrr... the temperature has plummeted again but we decided that as it was dry we were going to kick off the walking so Saturday saw us walking 5 and half miles around the island. In the summer, we would do this walk maybe 3 or 4 times a week but this time it seemed like a real long slog!

This time of year is perfect for making soups. I picked up a packet of vegetables for soup, boiled it up in 1.5 litres of water and I added 2 vegetable stock cubes and 1 chicken stock cube. Once the veg was soft, I blended using a hand blender. Simple as that and was delicious! Making healthy, homemade soups need not be time consuming and complicated!

 

 

 

To warm us up from our winter walk, I cooked one of our favourites: Chicken Dopiaza. Another delicious and easy curry which can be cooked in about 20 minutes. I used pre-cooked chicken and this cut down the cooking time so I was able to jump back under the blankets on the sofa and carry on watching Godzilla in no time!

 

Gammon, Egg and Veg - SP

Serves 2
30 minutes
Syn Free

Ingredients

2x Gammon Steaks (all visible fat removed)
2x eggs
1x bag of mixed veg
1x bag of swede and carrot mix
Fry Light

Method

Boil the swede and carrot mix as per packet instructions (around 15 to 20 minutes and then drain and mash.

Whilst the swede and carrot mix is boiling away, spray a frying pan (I used a griddle pan) with fry light and cook the gammon steaks for about 5 minutes each side.

Cook the mixed vegetable mix as per packet instructions. I have a fabulous microwavable steamer so 6 minutes in the microwave and it's done!

And last but not least, fry up your eggs just before serving.


This is a really quick and easy meal - ideal if time is a bit short. Buying pre-packet veg is a life saver when your in a hurry!