Four weeks in and I've lost 11lbs - only 3 more to go and that'll be 1 stone lighter! This week was, well, awful. I said at the end of last week’s Slimming World post that my goal was to not go over my syn allowance each day this week; in a way, I succeeded as some days I didn’t have the minimum syn allowance. My Colitis and stoma were still playing up this week and I’ve had a tight chest and sore throat and all of these things combined made me not want to eat, so I didn’t. I knew there would be weeks like this when I joined. It was such a shock when I stepped on the scales and had actually lost weight! I couldn't believe it, I definitely didn't deserve to lose anything.
2 lbs lost 🎉
Wednesday 22 March:
- Breakfast - lean bacon medallions, free range scrambled egg x 2, spaghetti hoops with tomato sauce, melon and, blackberries
- Lunch - homemade tomato soup (chopped tomatoes, carrot, onion & celery)
- Dinner - cajun chicken pasta with carrots, lettuce and, cucumber
- Snacks - Douwe Egberts Smooth Caramel coffee, Kit Kat
- Healthy Extra A - 350ml skimmed milk
- Healthy Extra B - 3 slices Kingsmill Wholemeal No Crusts bread
- Total Syns 6.5 = balsamic vinaigrette 1tbsp 0.5 syns, ALdi chip seasoning 1tsp 0.5 syns, Kit Kat 5.5 syns
Thursday 23 March:
- Breakfast - n/a
- Lunch - homemade tomato soup (chopped tomatoes, carrot, onion & celery)
- Dinner - skinni sweet chilli burger with homemade chips, carrots, lettuce and cucumber
- Snacks - strawberries with Sweet Freedom choc shot
- Healthy Extra A - 350ml skimmed milk
- Healthy Extra B - 3 slices Kingsmill Wholemeal No Crusts bread
- Total Syns 2.5 - 1tsp choc shot 0.5 syns, aldi tomato ketchup 2tbsp 1 syn, aldi chip seasoning 1tsp 1 syn
Friday 24 March:
- Breakfast - 3 slices wholemeal toast with marmite
- Lunch - 2 free range scrambled eggs & lean bacon medallions
- Dinner - macaroni cheese
- Snacks - hot water, honey & lemon
- Healthy Extra A - 1/2 tub Kerry Low Low mature cheddar cheese spread
- Healthy Extra B - 3 slices Kingsmill Wholemeal No Crusts bread
- Total Syns 2 = honey 2 syns
Saturday 25 March:
- Breakfast - n/a
- Lunch - homemade tomato soup (chopped tomatoes, carrot, onion & celery
- Dinner - Iceland Slimming World Paella with peas and mushrooms removed
- Snacks - Burton's Pickled Onion Fish n Chips, melon, hot water, honey & lemon
- Healthy Extra A - 350ml skimmed milk
- Healthy Extra B - 3 slices Kingsmill Wholemeal No Crusts bread
- Total Syns 8 = Burton's Pickled Onion Fish n Chips 6 syns, honey 2 syns
Sunday 26 March:
- Breakfast - n/a
- Lunch - homemade tomato soup (chopped tomatoes, carrot, onion & celery)
- Dinner - chicken korma with rice
- Snacks - blackberries, hot water, honey & lemon, orange & lotus flower green tea
- Healthy Extra A - 350ml skimmed milk
- Healthy Extra B - 3 slices Kingsmill Wholemeal No Crusts bread
- Total Syns 2 = honey 2 syns
Monday 27 March:
- Breakfast - n/a
- Lunch - homemade tomato soup (chopped tomatoes, carrot, onion & celery)
- Dinner - scampi, homemade chips and carrots
- Snacks - blackberries, melon
- Healthy Extra A - 350ml skimmed milk
- Healthy Extra B - 3 slices Kingsmill Wholemeal No Crusts bread
- Total Syns 9 = chip seasoning 2tsp 1 syn, Aldi ketchup 2tbsp 1 syn, scampi 1/2 bag 7 syns
Tuesday 28 March:
- Breakfast - n/a
- Lunch - homemade tomato soup (chopped tomatoes, carrot, onion & celery)
- Dinner - beef ragu with rigatoni
- Snacks - Burton's Pickled Onion Fish n Chips
- Healthy Extra A - 350ml skimmed milk
- Healthy Extra B - 3 slices Kingsmill Wholemeal No Crusts bread
- Total Syns 14 = Malteser bunny 8 syns, Oreo thins x 4 6 syns
I'm hoping that this week my chest and throat will sort themselves out but I'm not overly hopeful because my dose of Azathioprine has been upped and I've found that I pretty much have some kind of throat/chest problem when on it but I'm hoping that the increase in my dosage will start to get my Colitis back under control - fingers crossed! I'm not setting myself any targets this week, I knew that going back to Slimming World wasn't going to be as easy as last time now that I've got a stoma. I think that the increase in the amount of fruit & veg that I'm eating is what has caused it to play up but hopefully it'll start to get used to the change in my diet over time. Until then, I just have to persevere and try to deal with the increase in output and frequent changes in consistency.
I've got a rather busy week this week. I've got an eye test on Saturday (I've got continuous headaches and we need to rule out possible eye problems before we resort to brain scans), an abdominal ultrasound on Monday afternoon to have a look at my liver because my Gamma GT levels have been raised for quite a few months now and I've got a Sigmoidoscopy on Tuesday afternoon to have a look at my remaining rectal stump to see how bad the inflammation is and take some biopsies to find whether it is indeed the Ulcerative Colitis back again or if it's diversion proctitis.
I've got a rather busy week this week. I've got an eye test on Saturday (I've got continuous headaches and we need to rule out possible eye problems before we resort to brain scans), an abdominal ultrasound on Monday afternoon to have a look at my liver because my Gamma GT levels have been raised for quite a few months now and I've got a Sigmoidoscopy on Tuesday afternoon to have a look at my remaining rectal stump to see how bad the inflammation is and take some biopsies to find whether it is indeed the Ulcerative Colitis back again or if it's diversion proctitis.
Until next time,
AJx
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