After my 1.5lb gain i was determined to get back on the SW waggon! SO i bought 2 new books, the one pot book & the little book of soups.
I first of all made the pea and mint soup. OMG please PEAS!? I dont know why i decided on this recipe. I HATE peas! However, the picture looked nice so i was inspired. I WAS NOT DISAPOINTED! It was really delish, cheap to make and i didnt waste ANY of it! The mint gave a really nice and unique flavour and the peas, well tasted lie peas, but in a good way!
The second recipe i tried was the creamy corriander chicken. As ive been busy with work and doing my house i wanted something quick and easy.; This was just the thing, and it was really tasty too!
The final dish i spicy beef and red pepper stew..... If you cook one recipe this Jan please make it this one. I did it in the slow cooker for about 9 hours so perfect to come home to after work. Its so flavoursome! The red peppers are really sweet and taste almost like tomatoes. Its easy to do with just putting everything in. The cinnamon stick was reused from yesterdays corriander chicken too so had some left over flaovours from that!
Really yummy! Cany wait to try more recipes from the book tomorrow
So last Thursday i went to my local club expecting a gain... I didnt disapoint my predictions and gained 1.5lb!!
Now i was expecting a gain as i had a naughty few days...I did manage to avoid the dreaded creme egg & the pork scratching yet on the Sunday it was a different matter!!
My boyfriend took me and my son out on call with him to Liverpool, onroute (and starving) he stopped off at KFC and before i knew it there was a snack box sat on my knee... How rude!! It obviously needed to be eated! The day after i went out with the girls from uni and we went to red hot buffet world on Deansgate Manchester! Lets just say after getting in at 4am there was many cocktails, bottles of beer & food OMG the food!!!! Consumed!
However, as someone who hardly gos out it was very much enjoyed and well worth it! Just hope i can lose this week!! Ive been cooking up some AMAZING dishes using the slimming world one pot & little book of soups books! Pics & reviews to follow!
Saturday night..... Usually i would have a chinese but my OH fancied one last night so tonight i made a yummy tea of salmon, rice, cherry tomatoes & mustard mayo! Mmmmmmmm 1 syn pure tastiness! I left over some rice to munch on if i got hungry later!
However as the OH has been working all week (today inc) he wanted a drink so off to the shops he went, under the instructions to get weigght watcher or Lambrini wine... He comes back with some rather lush sparkling wine! AND some scampi fries.... In my former pre SW life i was addicted to these ( and creme eggs!) so i hurried him out of my sight carrying the said scampis... Although there is another pack in my fridge... Can i resist them tonight??
I am being so well behaved and measuring out the wine to the syn value of 9syns... Im such a good girl... Now hide the bottle!!!
I started the slimming world diet way back in May 2010. At the time i was a frumpy almost 11stoner, breastfeeding my beautiful one year old and just had come out of an unhappy relationship. To say i was unhappy was am understatement.
I lost my passion for clothes, lost my passion for pretty much everything, apart from my son. I was wearing a size 14-16 and my boobs looked likely to overspill into Ireland if anymore pizzas were consumed. Noone told me i had let myself go, noone told me i looked FAT!
I decided to start SW as i wanted to get myself back and wanted to be slim. I didnt understand how easy it would be or how my life & confidence would return with it!! In 9 months i was down to a size 10, by my sons second birthday i was a size 8! However, i stopped going to group, i disliked my leader, got into a new relationship (wine, meals out etc) and started uni... Uh Oh, the weight started coming on again and i needed to get back to me AND FAST!!
So here i am 9stone 2lb (well im 8stone 11 now thanks to my first loss of 4,5lb!), back and raring to go... Who wants to join me??..........
