Iceland

January 19th 2016

Weigh in

I nearly didn't make it having had to work late but I got there and am delighted to have lost 2lb! Finally back on the weight loss wagon after Christmas.

Iceland

As you may know, Iceland sell Slimming World ready meals along with some soups, sauces, sausages and burgers.  If you can't get to an Iceland, you can order online and they will deliver free of charge of you spend £35 (on any of their products, not just Slimming World) so may be a chance to fill your freezer with both Slimming World meals and Slimming World friendly products.  I added frozen fish and vegetables to my order.  All of the meals are a good portion, possibly stretching to a meal for two when you add vegetables or salad and maybe potatoes or rice.  My favourite meal I have tried so far is the Chicken Tikka Masala and I also love the sausages and burgers.  A great way to use the burgers without the need for a bun is the 'Big Mac in a bowl'  The original recipe states 5% fat mince meat as the 'burger' but it works just as well with a Slimming World burger.

Life!
Work, children (for some, although not for me), friends and day to day 'stuff' can all get in the way of your slimming.  Last week I was running out of time to do a food shop so on Thursday I quickly logged on to Sainsbury's online and managed to get a delivery slot for 7.30am Friday - fridge and cupboards now fully stocked I was ready for the weekend.  Saturday is a working day for me (a 3-11pm shift) so I prepared a meal to take with me.  Sunday was our staff party and having already had a high Syn buffet this week, I decided to take my own food. Easier said than done I know but the event was taking place at the hotel I work in so I packed a lunch box, kept it in the kitchen fridge and when it was time for the buffet I retreated to the kitchen to empty the contents onto a buffet plate...returned to the room and no one was any the wiser!  Can't say I was a saint in the alcohol area though but as I spent most of the night on the dance floor I think I got my body magic in too!

The rest of my Week

So I mentioned last week that I attended a funeral of a close friend and on such an emotional day with a buffet provided, there is not much you can control food wise.  I had to just go with the flow and have a small portion of buffet...one thing I did have that I probably shouldn't (but it was something my friend and I shared a love of) was a slice of coffee and walnut cake.  The trip home took a lot longer than expected so it was early evening before I was home and it would have been so easy to get a takeaway but I was strong and felt as I'd already had more than my daily allowance of Syns I shouldn't add any more on the day so I cooked a quick Salmon fillet with soy and ginger noodles (thanks to my online shopping order on Thursday night we had food in the house to cook with!)

Breakfast: 2 x slices of wholemeal bread from a 400g loaf topped with tinned tomatoes, All Bran Chocolate Wheats (30g) plus melon, Sausage sandwich - 2 x Slimming World sausages on 2 x slices of wholemeal bread from a 400g loaf plus melon


Lunch: Chicken & rice salad with stir fry vegetables, jacket potato with tuna and sweetcorn served with a salad, Big Mac in a Bowl (lettuce, tomato, gherkin, 2 x slimming world burgers, cheese slices, thousand island sauce)

Dinner: Gammon, vegetables and potatoes (roasted in fry light), Prawn and tomato linguine

(sorry for the lack of photos this week, I forgot to take any!)
My tip...Plan, Plan, Plan... that's all I have to say, it's the main key to a good or great weight loss week.

I will point out cause I haven't yet that this is a personal blog and in no way affiliated with Slimming World.  Some of the recipes are from their books or websites but the opinions are purely personal.