Weight Loss Wednesday - Week 3 on Slimming World

Yes I know it's not Wednesday anymore but the last few days have literally been a blur due to me being sick! I am still sick, but actually feeling marginally better today, sore throat is still bad, but earache is gone, so now it just feels like a bad cold instead of something worse! Right anyway, on with the food! This is week 3 on slimming world and I am finding it easier to work out what I can eat but I have actually eaten very little the last few days, and the plan has strayed a little due to feeling so rubbish, but here's what I've eaten (you'll find my weight loss from my weigh in Tuesday night at the end!)

 Day 15 

Breakfast: Boiled Eggs and Tea

Lunch: Ham Salad, Seafood Sticks, Ryvita, Mozzarella and a Tangerine

Tea: Light Pizza at Pizza Express for a Leaving Do. It was still 25syns but was less than all the others!

 Day 16

No Breakfast

Dinner: Ice;and Hoi Sin Duck Skewers (1 syn a pack!!!), Stir Fry Veggies and Mozzarella (HExA)

Tea: Out for a family birthday at the indian, but only had a little portion of popadoms and half a curry (it has fruit in it too! lol!) 

 Day 17

New Breakfast/Snack: Cookie Crisp (25g is 4.5syns, its a surprising large portion as they are so light in weight) I eat them dry like biscuits

Fruit!

Lunch: Pasta Salad with ham, sweetcorn, cucumber, light cheese and 3 tbsp light than light mayo

Tea: Chicken in Pasata with veggies and roasted potatoes  

 Day 18 (when I started feeling ill)

Breakfast: Spagetti Hoops

Tea: West Indian Curry and boiled rice

 Day 19 (still ill)

Breakfast: Ryvita and Laughing Cow triangles

Tea: Beef Raviolli (2.5syns)

 Day 20 (most of this went uneaten)

Breakfast: Bacon, eggs and beans

Tea: Baked Ham, Mash and carrots

Day 21 (again very little was actually eaten) Lunch (was eaten): prawn sandwich, humous and carrots  Tea: Chicken in Chinese marinade (2 syns), potato wedges and fried veggies (I only ended up eating the fried veggies and a few wedges) So that was how my week went, as you can see I didn't actually manage to eat much, which actually helped on the weight loss front lol! So drumroll for the figures please (remember this is a 2 week loss as we couldn't weigh in last week)...I stared at 13st 6lbs after my first week and Tuesdays weigh in put me at...13st 0.5lbs yay!!! So a 5.5lbs loss over 2 weeks, I'm pretty happy with that! Hopefully this week will continue on the same thread, especially if I can get some exercise in, but that will depend on my health in all honesty. I'll also be aiming to post some slimming world friendly recipes this week too, so check back in if you wish to see them! How is everyone else's weight loss going?

Weight Loss Wednesday - Week 2 on Slimming World

So ladies I completed my second week on slimming world yesterday, you can catch up on week 1 here if you missed it! I started the week at 13st 6lbs after a 3lbs loss in my first week, which I was really pleased with! Sadly we couldn't make weigh in last night as we booked a last minute baby shoot (business still comes first!) and as I don't trust our home scales I haven't weighed this week so have no idea how much I have lost, but hopefully that will make next weeks weigh in look even better as it will be 2 weeks combined.

But here is what I have been eating this week

Day 8

Brunch: (didn't make it up for breakfast! lol!) Ryvita with Laughing Cow Light Cheese and Cucumber

Tea: Chinese Beef Noodles with Veg

In the early hours of the morning I promptly threw up the majority of what I had eaten on Day 8, and spent most of Day 9 feeling a bit rough.

Day 9

Tea: Slimming World Pulled Pork, Sweet Potato Wedges and Baked Beans

I didn't eat anything else all day and struggled to eat this too after feeling so ill

Day 10...

Ummm, well...I ate a McDonalds! Sorry! But I still counted the syns, turns out a chicken legend meal is around 49.5 syns! Ouch!

Day 11

Breakfast: Ryvita and Laughing Cow Light, Crab Sticks and Tangerines (think I ate a Banana too!)

Lunch: Ham salad, with mixed dark greens and Spinich

Tea: Slimming World Burgers, Sweet Potato Wedges and fried peppers with soy sauce

Day 12

Breakfast: (more) Ryvita and Laughing Cow Light, Crabsticks, Tangerine and Grapes

Lunch: Sweet and Sour Mug Shot (not totally awful, but not great either!)

Tea: It's Sunday! So Sunday Roast

Snacks: Chocolate Doughnut (totally worth the syns!)

Day 13

Breakfast: (Seeing a pattern?) Ryvita and Laughing Cow Light Cheese, Crabsticks, Banana and Tangerines

Lunch: Salad and BBQ Chicken Chunks

Tea: Homemade Stew!

 Day 14

Breakfast: Totally didn't happen!

Lunch: Linda McCartney Red Onion and Rosemary Sausages, Pasta in Tomato Sauce, Cheese (HEA) and stir fried veggies 

Tea: West Indian Curry with Rice (my dad cooks this, its amazing! Will share recipe this week)

Snack: I indulged in a Kit Kat! It was 12.5 syns worth of yumminess!

I think food wise this week has gone fairly well, I didn't max out my syns, even with the naughty meal and my snacks!

What I am a little disappointed with is that we didn't manage to get any exercising in, practically none! Which is a little annoying, but between being I'll and working I simply haven't had the time or energy. Hopefully I can change that this week and get in a few more sessions on the Wii Fit.

This post is also part of the Bloggers Weigh Loss Wednesday being hosted by Barely There Beauty. Find all the info and other participating bloggers on the link!

Weight Loss Wednesday - Week 1 on Slimming World

On New Years Eve I took the decision to finally get back in control of my weight and my size! I have tried dieting myself before but find I can't always keep to a diet or fitness plan, so this time I have decided I need help from other. This meant joining Slimming World...on New Years Eve! Plus Jon has joined too, so hopefully that will help me keep on track even more, and keep me motivated. As I will be posting my Weight Loss story every Wednesday (day after my weigh in!) I have also joined up to Weight Loss Wednesdays, a new blogging group for 2014 run by Jennifer of Barely There Beauty. It is a group of bloggers who all have the goal to lose weight and get fit and healthy in 2014. We will all be posting different info about how our personal challenges are going, and info about food, dieting and fitness. You can find out all about the group and the list of bloggers signed up to it on Barely There Beauty.
So this is the moment when I am totally upfront and honest with you all and share my weight...eek! I'm hoping sharing all my weight loss journey with you will help me keep on track and possibly help others who are going through the same thing as me in 2014!
So according to the Slimming World scales on the 31st December 2013 I weighed 13st 9lbs! I am firmly in a size 14, no matter how many times I try to persuade myself I am still a 12! I have opted not to set a final goal yet, so set an interim goal of losing 1st. I am hoping to get back to 10st 10lbs which was when I last really felt happy, so I have 3st to lose and I am hoping I can succeed this year (or at least get a large proportion off this year!) This is how my first week on the diet went!

 Day 1

Breakfast: Egg, bacon (no fat) and baked beans

Lunch: Pumpkin and Oats Ryvita and Laughing Cow light Cheese (wasn't hungry)

Tea: Minted Pork with veggies

Snack: Tangerine (had 2!)

Day 2

Breakfast: Ryvita and Laughing Cow Light Triangles with 2 boiled eggs and Tea

Lunch: Veggie Pasta

Snacks: Grapes and Tangerines

Tea: Sticky BBQ Chicken with Veg and Rice

Day 3:

Breakfast: Ryvita and cheese! (notice a theme here?)

Dinner: Veggie Pasta with some extra boiled egg

Snack: Grapes

Tea: Lemony Pork and Veg Tray Bake - will be bringing the recipe for that soon!

Day 4 - this happened!

We were at the 30th Birthday Party so the diet kinda jumped ship! We only had breakfast in the day but then had this.

Day 5

Breakfast: Bacon (no fat), eggs, potato gratin and beans

Tea: Chicken, veg and banana rice dish - my mums recipe which I will share at some point too!

Snack: I treated myself to a Viscount Biscuit as I haven't used many syns this week

 Day 6

Breakfast: Veg and Chicken Omlett, Bacon (no fat), beans and mushrooms

Snack: Lots of fruit, I ate even more than this!

Tea: Cottage Pie (3syns as mum couldn't find extra lean mince in Tesco!)

Day 7
Breakfast: A pile of fruit to take to work with me
Had a late lunch: Roasted Potatoes, Beans and Linda McCartney Sausages

Snack: I treated myself to some galaxy at the theatre as is was my first full week over with!

We had our first official weight in last night and I was...13st 6lbs! Yay!  I lost 3lbs! So I can definitely say this week was a success, even though I had a day off plan! It's a little difficult to get used to the plan, but I am sure after a few weeks doing it I will be fine. I know I should be eating 3 meals a day, but I rarely did before so it is no different. I haven't felt hungry at all either so that is really good in my books.
Is anyone else on Slimming World or another diet plan?

Sunday Catch-up - 29th December

Realised I hadn't done a sunday catch-up post since July! Which really is absolutely rubbish in all honesty isn't it! Actually I have been rubbish at posting for the last few months in general, work/life balance is just a little off at the moment, still haven't managed to get myself straight really, but anyway it is almost a new year, and things can change then. For now here is a Sunday Catch-up for what I have been up to recently (with lots of food-porn)

I went to Bath to visit Heather and the Christmas Market

1. Bath Station's Xmas Tree

2. Spent 20 minutes looking for a little Italian Cafe I had visited before, but couldn't remember where it was or what it was called - luckily I found it, it is called the Roscoff Deli and they do these amazing Italian Pasties, so worth looking for.

3. The Market was lovely, some interesting stalls too, if I had been shopping

4. Mandatory Pulled Pork Roll - but with Apple Slaw, so tasty!

Whilst in Bath I also went to a Carol Concert with the Hospital Choir and Bath Spa Brass Band

Then onto Christmas

 Pasha is a pretty funny dog, he doesn't like wearing stuff, Briony put his Xmas scarf on and he just froze, he looks so sad like you have been really mean to him. He gets over it eventually but really isn't a fan.

Christmas food porn

1. My started - Prawn Cocktail

2. Hubby carving the roast as Dad was in work

3. My Xmas Dinner

4. Boxing Day lunch - Mega Salad, anything goes! lol!

No links and love for this one as I have been so silly busy I haven't actually been able to have a nose around online to be honest!

Sunday Catch-up - 21st July

Well last weeks sunday catch-up was a little different with the haul vlog (if you haven't seen it yet it is here) but this week I am back to my usually instagram led posts. So here is what I have been up to this last week. 

 1. Thursday was the hubby's 26th birthday and he decided he wanted to go to TGI Friday's for his birthday meal.

2. Jon enjoying his ribs!

3. I may never have told you all but I am a bit of a stamp geek, so this is my newest set of First Day Covers

4. And as a stamp geek I love mail!! So this is my latest letter from my penpal Annica and a Postcard

 Lots of food pictures as usual! These are 2 meals out!

1+2. Seignior Valentino's before the theatre - Garlic mushrooms and amazing salmon and tomato pasta

3+4. TGI's mixed starters and my sticky BBQ ribs 

 How cooked meals

1. Maggi's sticky BBQ chicken, with mash and garlic bread

2. Home made chilli

3. Lamb and Sweet Potato stew with Pasta

4. Pork Chops in Creamy Cider Sauce with potato and sweet potato mash

 I am still chugging along reading this little number, although it feels like I have been reading it forever. 700+ pages can be a little hard going, but I am enjoying it and really want to get to the end of it to find out what happened.

It has been so so hot in Wales recently and the poor little boy is struggling, so he has taken to sleeping and napping on the downstairs toilet and the bathroom floor where the tiles are a bit cooler.

Warning graphic image below which may gross you out!!!

Yes ladies if you have been following me on twitter (@daisydayz25) you will know I had a bit of an ordeal at the dentist this week. I went in for 2 scheduled root canals, one either side, but ended up having 1 root canal and 1 rather troublesome extraction. The picture is of the 2 pieces of root my dentist spent 30 minutes digging out of my gum/jaw! She had to cut the tooth into pieces and take them out separately because the roots were so deep. Put it this way it was very uncomfortable and my face is still aching almost a week on! Not a fun week really!

Links and Love for this week!

1. I have fallen in love with a blog called LiveLoveDIY and her amazing home! I will be using some of her techniques and design ideas when decorating our own home one day.

2. I'm a little bit in love with this ASOS Skirt! 

3. I have a new cookery blog with my mum - Eat Cook Review - that I would love for you all to check out, only 3 recipes so far though!

4. Our latest shoot is up on the website and it is really adorable, look for the Smash the Cake Gallery

5. You can see my latest article for The Bay Magazine here - all about shoes!! 

Sunday Catch-Up - 7th July

It's sunday!! Which means time for a sunday catch-up post! And I got a new iPhone 5 last week so I have been snapping away much better pictures than I was able to with my last phone, so expect lots more sunday catch-up posts with fun instagram pictures!

So here's what's been happening in my life according to instagram

 Spent a lot of my time at work in the bay, but luckily the weather has been great!

1. Almost cloudless blue skies over St Davids Hotel

2. The new Wetherspoons is almost complete - it's called The Mount Stuart

3. Cardiff Bay hosted its annual multi cultural Mela with lots of great food and craft stalls, and some great live performances

4. The water tower has been decorated ready for the summer festivals with lots of strawberries

 We spent the afternoon yesterday at the Aberavon Beach charity festival. Here is Pasha and my Sister, Briony chilling out in the sun

 1+2 outfits from the last few days

3+4 Jon trying on hats in Tesco, looking for one for the summer. Which do you think suits him best?

I got these super flowery summer wedges curtesy of Shoe Zone in the post this week, been styling them with my maxi dresses for the last few days, which you will see in an outfit post next week.

And the obligatory food pictures! This is one of the best things from living back home with the parents!

1. Mild lamb & Leek Curry

2. Chinese Turkey Noodles - you'll find the recipe below

3. Oh so Maggi Stick BBQ chicken with herb roasted potatoes and peas

4. Sausage and Potato Hot Pot

Haven't done any Links and Love for a while so here are this weeks:

1. The recipe for those Chinese Turkey Noodles above!

2. Cross-Jones Photography's website is finally sorted (just pictures of us to be added)

3. Really want to try this Models Own Beetlejuice nail varnish!

4. This apartment is possibly the most awesome and insane apartment ever

5. This is the most perfect dress!

I was also incredibly proud to be asked by Tesco Magazine Online to write an article for them on family tourist spots in Wales.

Don't forget my Bumper Beauty Giveaway

Sunday Catch-Up - 24th March

Havent done a Sunday Catch-Up in absolutely ages so thought I should squeeze one in this week. But for some reason over the last few months I just havent been using instagram or my iphone to take pictures, so I don't have lots of pictures like I used to but here is a Sunday catch-up for March.

The Mandatory food picture I know you all like to see
1. American Brekkie at Cafe 37
2. Cawl in the Green Room at work
3. Canadian Breakfast Pancake at Crepes and Coffee in Swansea
4. Awesome goats cheese, sweet potato and spinach pie from The Raven Pub in Bath

I went home for a few days and spent some time with my rents and this ever growing bundle of fluff, Pasha, who looks cute when he is asleep but is a right little bugger when he is awake!

I want on a hen party for one of my sisters best friends. We did a cocktail making class then heading out for a night on the top. Here are a few pictures for you

Pre Hen Party Lunch

 Me and Rachel

Briony and Rebecca

Cocktail Making Class
 

Me whooping Becca's arse in a cocktail making and drinking race. I had made and drank it all before she even shook hers in the cocktail shaker! hehe!

 My sister, the Bride Hannah and her sister Emma making mean Mojitos!

 Oh yes then I had to make a cocktail blindfolded through Colette's arms, and I didn't spill a drop!

All the girls and our awesome teacher (think his name was Will, but I could be wrong!)

 Me and my 'little' sister

 Nearly all the party!

Awe aren't they all beautiful! Briony, Rachel, Becca and Rachel

Me and my 'little' sis again

So there you have it, my little Sunday catch up. No links this time as my life has sadly revolved around proofreading work, been so so busy! Done anything fun this week?