Haven't been here in a while!

Quick catch up session!

ww been going so-so for me lately! Up/Down/Staying same....

well I recently went to my doctor to chage contraception, I had been on deprovera injections every 3 months for the last 4 years....I thought I was doing great...making sure I didn't get pregnant....and even had no periods..brilliant! Well my doctor wanted me to change, because there is bone density factors associalted with prolonged use of the injections...and I am only in my early 20s. So he suggested getting the implanon bar...if  I wanted longterm non pill contraception. So off I went to the local family planning clinic....oh they were so nice...don't ever be afriad to go in there....they are there to advise on starting families....as well as preventing unexpected families from starting.

Well oh my god I got the shock of my life, so much so I may have cried a little in there. The FPC doctor i met, a women was furious and disgusted that I was allowed to be on the depo injections...becauses it turns out these injections, hormone based, stimulate the hunger/appitite sector of the brain (fact) and incrase the appitite by at least 20% and that young women, especially those already with significant weight to lose should run a mile from these injections. By this point I had already been off the injections about a month, and in that month my body had turned into a war zone, in about 4/5 weeks I gained like a stone! But oh my god...she said thats normal...my body was kinda detoxing off the hormones! She said it could take about 6 months for my body to totally get rid of all these hormones, and I'll know there gone when my periods return!

So here I am...I was doing great all year....then my body goes splat! It totally threw me off the wagon and the horse kept running with the wagon...been playing catch up last few weeks! Going to focus on toning and inch loss and eating right....eventually the scales will catch up....they have to....even with everything going against me...eventually excercise and healthy eating HAS to result in some weight loss....

So here I am....getting ready for 2nd year of college, also dealing with trying to conquor my fear of driving. I want to head off travelling next summer. I have boarderline thyroid...which the doctors says nothing can be done about....and my body is a hormonal mess from contraception! But you know what....at least I know it wasn't ALL MY FAULT....I did have factors working against me! I'm not giving up! I'm eating healthier these days Than I have ever been!

I'll post the courgette lasagne recipe in the next day or so!

There is more to life

Right, well been feel pretty crappy this week. I failed my driving theory test, which I actually had studied really hard for! I also finished up on the contraceptive jab which I have been geting every three monthes for the past 3 or 4 yearss. So at the moment until I can get the implanon bar put in, I am a hormonal mess! I have 3 years of PMS boiling inside me. I had forgotten that the PMS me is a bottom less pit hungery me! I have been eating all round me....you know the way angry at the world teenagers will drink and do drugs...well an  angry at the world weight watchers will EAT!

It was only last night when I was trying to figure out why I couldn't get a grip on my self and my eating....this time last year the same thing happened. Cabin Fever! I've been stuck in this house obsessing about eating and drinking for six weeks! I finished college 12th May....I say the only time i've left the house since then is to stuff like grocery shopping and other things like that. So it's kinda taking its toll on me, mentally....and the fact i've gained like 1/2 stone over last two weeks .....clearly taking its physcial toll too, although I know some of that will be water retention from hormones going gaga!

So yeah....as the title says....I need to find my life and start freaking living it! But first gotta sort out this implanon thing...find someone that will put it in! :)

Feeling better now! After I had my little breakthrough last night I got the BEST nights sleep....was just what I needed! Ready to take on the day!

Food Diary (Good Day)

Breakfast:
40g Tesco Hot Oats 4pp
150ml Skimmed Milk 1pp
Nescafe Skinny Mocha 2pp
WW Toffee Apple Yoghurt 1pp
Pears, Tinned, Drained 0pp
8pp

Lunch:
50g Ainsley Harriott Thai Cous Cous 5pp
Yellow Fin Sole 5pp
10pp

Activity:
30 Minutes Treadmill Walking
3pp Earned

Snack:
Banana Bran Muffin 3pp
Nescafe Skinny Mocha 2pp
5pp

Dinner:
Quorn Pasta Bake
15pp

Snack:
Options Hot Chococlate (11g)
1pp

Original Basic Bran Muffin Recipe 4pp (Serves 6)

This is THE bran muffin recipe. I tweaked to suit my tastes and points...and cooking ability...lol (i could not for the life of me get them to rise)

but this is the ORIGINAL recipe which works out at 4pp per muffin

100ml Skimmed Milk
100g Plain Flour
60g Wheat Bran
60g Soft Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
pinch of cinnamon

if using berries 125g of chopped berries eg blueberries, raspberries, strawberries. 

if using banana's about 2 and 1/2 soft mashed bananas per 6 muffins

1. Preheat the oven to 190C (gas mark 5)

2. Put skimmed milk and wheat bran and soak for few minutes.

3. While bran is soaking beat sugar and eggs untill well combined and then mix into above bran mixture.

4. Sift in the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, bicarbonate soda. Fold in GENTLY with a metal spoon. Stir in the berries to distribute them evenly througout the mixture.

5. Devide into 6 paper cases in a muffin tin.

6 Bake in preheated oven for 20 - 30 mins (until the muffins are well risen and firm to the touch, timing can very to oven to oven) 

7. Cool on wire rack, then store in airtight tin or seeled container in fridge.

NI per serving
143kcal
2g fat
0.5 sats
12.8 sugar
4.7g fibre
0.4g salts

This is the NI given in the cook book, I used the ww online recipe builder (im an online member) to point the recipe...


Changes I made along the way:

I use self raising flour and 1tsp of both baking powder + bicarbonate

I sift the flour TWICE. to add air to the mixture.

When combining wet to dry mixture...from research online...I learned to should NOT beat it too much...and you should still see lil tiny pockets of dry flour.

I prefer banana's over berries (theyre cheaper...and supermarkets sell soft old banana at 1/2 price)

I also only use 40g instead of 60g of soft brown sugar and reduced the bran from 60g to 30g.

This means they are only 3pp per muffin.

I love the banana taste so i kinda bumped it up to 3 bananas per 6 muffins...bananas have natural sugars that will sweeten the recipe.

I also find they freeze exceptionally well...and only take about an hour to defrost. DO NOT thaw in microwave. they go hard!

If you find them too dry just omit some of the bran wheat.

they're a great source of fibre...nearly 5g per muffin! great for when your bloated!

Enjoy with a 11g sachet (1pp) of Options hot chocolate for a yummy low fat 4pp snack!

Food Diary

Breakfast 11am
40g Tesco Hot Oats
150ml Skimmed Milk
Pears,Tinned, Drained
Pint of Water
5pp

Snack 1pm
Skinny Mocha
Bran Muffin
6pp

Lunch 3.30pm
50g Cous Cous
Aldi Ham Cubes
Salad + Dressing
8pp

Activity 4.30pm
45mins on Treadmill
4pp Earned

SnackSkinny Mocha
Bran Muffin
7pp

Dinner 7pm
Tortilla Quiche
Salad+Dressing
13pp

Tortilla Quiche

So I got this recipe from the Rosmary Conley Magazine and just pointed it my self. The whole thing comes to only 12pp! wow! I had to give it a try....to see if it was too good to be true!

Well oh my god....it wad delish! So simple to make....so tasty & filling but light enough that it didn't leave you heavy and bloated!

Its pretty much a Quiche made with a tortilla wrap as the base instead of pastry. I've always found the Weight Watcher Wraps tear really easily....so I opted to use Tesco Light Choices Wraps for 5pp each.

What You Will Need:

8 Inch Sandwich Baking Tin
1 Tesco Light Choice Tortilla Wrap

2 Medium Beaten Eggs

150ml Skimmed Milk

Medium Finely Diced Red Onion
Medium Finely Chopped Tomatoe

30g Dubliner Light Cheese, Finely Grated

Dash of Dried Basil

Method:

Preheat the oven to 200C, 400F, Gas Mark 6.

Press the tortilla into a sandwich cake tin, making sure it sits into the creases without splitting.
Grate half the cheese into the base and cover with the chopped tomatoe and onion.  

Combine the milk, egg and dried basil together and pour over.

Grate the remaining cheese over.

Bake in a preheated oven for 40 minutes until set.

Serve hot or cold

Food Diary

Breakfast 10am
40g Tesco Hot Oats
150 Skimmed Milk
Pears, Tinned, Drained
Nescafe Skinny Mocha
7pp

Lunch 2pm
200g Aldi Minute Steak
Zero Point Salad
Tiger Thai Dressing
10pp

Activity
30 Minutes Treadmill @ 5kph
3pp Earned

Snack
Mullerlight
Nescafe Skinny Mocha
4pp

Dinner
Chicken Lasagne
Zero Point Salad
Tiger Thai Dressing
16pp

Dessert:
Pears, Tinned, Drained
Mullerlight
2pp