Breakfast Ideas

Bonjourno!

I'm not really much of a breakfast person, but since I started Slimming World having breakfast has literally saved me from eating crisps as a morning snack. I try to have something filling so I don't snack until lunch time, so having my healthy B in the morning is normally a good way to go, since the fibre fills you up and prolongs the hunger. So here are my breakfast ideas:

Hope this gives you some breakfast inspiration! 
Ciao!
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A Day In The Life...

Bonjourno!

I feel like it's been ages since I've written anything on here, and I'l be honest with you, I just haven't felt in the zone recently. I feel like no matter what I do, how many syns I have, if I have just one bad meal then my weight loss goes way down or I have a gain. For example, last week I went out and had a Nandos (not too bad on syns, around 20 for the whole meal) and stayed relatively low syn for the rest of the week to compensate, and still I only managed a half pound weight loss. I know I should be happier, after all it's better off than on, but I'm a really, really impatient person and feel like half a pound is nothing in the long run.

*sigh*

I will get over this down-in-the-dumps thing that I've got going on, I'm hoping to have a good loss this week and finally get my 3 and a half stone award!

So anyway, I've decided to let you into a little bit of my daily life, and show you what I eat during a normal extra easy day on Slimming World. Enjoy!


Breakfast

I normally can't be bothered to get out of bed early enough to make myself a decent breakfast, so I tend to just grab a cup of tea and start the day with two HiFi Lite bars (the chocolate ones are just amazing!)

Lunch

I try to stay as syn free as I can for lunch so that I can use my syns on snacks later. Lately I've been really getting into having salads, as they're really quick and easy to take to work with me. And you can always pop to Subway and have a fabulous syn free salad with all those lovely cuts of meat! The salad I had today had warm chicken and beetroot.

Snack

I don't know about you, but when I get home from work I literally want to eat everything in the cupboard. I have no idea why but I'm just so hungry! So when I came in I decided to spend some syns and have a bag of crisps, these bag of lovelies are only 3.5 syns!

Tea

Like lunch, I try to make low syn or syn free meals for tea so that I can snack later on. I love having lean meat with veg or a chicken pasta bake, or my own personal favoourite, spag bol! Tonight my boyfriend was kind enough to do some steaks in fry light on the griddle pan, and I roasted some potatoes in butter fry light, then added some fried mushrooms on the side. 

After tea I usually enjoy a cup of tea or coffe (green tea or fruit tea if I've had my healthy A that day) with some fruit and a muller light yoghurt.

I hope you've enjoyed a little insight to what I eat in a day!

Ciao
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Breakfast Healthy B's

Bonjourno!

I don't know about you, but I always seem to be confused when it comes to what fibre products I can have as a healthy B. Healthy A's seem so easy - pretty much anything diary such as cheese and milk can be classed, and it's always measured. But with B's, it seems as though some things need measuring, whereas some things are in slice or bar form. So, I've decided to write a list of things that I know are acceptable Healthy B's, and give some tips on how to stretch that all important daily fibre allowance. 
Because cereal is the general use for Healthy B's as well as bread, it's something that I normally have in the morning. So I've listed all of the bread, cereals and cereal bars that you can have for a tasty and quick breakfast, without using any syns.
Remember you can only have one Healthy B a day, so only choose one thing from the list to have each day.

Bread/Pittas/Wraps

In general, the rules for bread are as follows: bread must be either 2 slices from a 400g loaf, or a 60g bun. From a bigger loaf, only 1 slice can be used.

2 slices Wholemeal bread, any brand (small 400g loaf)
1 slice Allinson Wholemeal Batch Bread (800g sliced loaf)
2 slices Hovis Nimble Malted Wholegrain bread
2 slices Hovis Wholemeal bread (small 400g loaf)
1 slice Wholemeal bread, any brand (800g sliced loaf)
2 slices Warburton's Wholemeal bread (400g medium sliced loaf)
1 50g Weight Watchers Petit Pain roll
2 Marks & Spencer Mini Wholemeal Submarine Rolls
1 slice Hovis Wholemeal Bread (800g thick sliced loaf)
1 slice Warburtons Wholemeal Rye Bread (800g thick sliced loaf)
1 slice Hovis Seed Sensations Wholemeal Bread (800g sliced loaf)
1 slice Allinson High Fibre White Bread, 800g sliced loaf
1 Weight Watchers Wholemeal Pitta Bread, 6 Pack
1 slice Waitrose Love Life, Wholemeal Rye & Toasted Grain Bread, 400g sliced loaf
1 BFree Foods Multigrain Wrap Wheat & Gluten Free, 6 pack

Cereal Bars

Lighter bars, such as Alpen Light bars and Hi-Fi Lights are lower in syns so you can have two, but most of the time only one bar is allowed.

1 Weetabix Oaty Bar - Toffee Dazzler, Rainbow Smash'em and The Milk Chocolate
1 Hi-Fi bar, any variety
2 Aldi Harvest Morn Benefit 70 Cal Cereal Bars
2 Hi-Fi light bars, any variety
2 Alpen Light bars, any variety
1 Waitrose Love Life The Nut Bar, 26g bar
1 Waitrose Love Life The Squashed Fruit Bar, 35g bar
1 Kellogg's Special K Chewy Delight Bar, Dark/Milk Chocolate

Cereal

Make sure you weigh all of your cereal, guessing leads to high syns!

40g Weetabix Crunchy Bran
40g Kellogg's All-Bran
35g Kellogg's/any brand Bran Flakes
35g Kellogg's/any brand Fruit n Fibre
35g Kellogg's/any brand Frosted/Raisin Wheats
35g Kellogg's/any brand Sultana Bran
35g Nestle/any brand Bitesize Shredded Wheat
30g Nestle/any brand Honey Nut Shredded Wheat
35g porridge oats, any brand
35g Weetabix Fruit & Nut/Strawberry Crispy Minis
35g Quaker Oat Crisp Cereal
35g Kellogg's Optivita Berry Oat Crisp
35g Nestle Shreddies, Coco or Original
30g Kellogg's All-Bran Golden Crunch
35g Kellogg's Luxury Muesli
2 Weetabix
30g Weetabix Chocolate Spoonsize
40g Co-op High Fibre Bran Cereal
35g Asda Chosen by You Cranberry Wheats
35g Weetabix Bitesize
30g Kellogg's All-Bran Chocolate Crunch
35g Kellogg's All-Bran Yogurty Flakes
35g Morrisons/Sainsbury's Puffed Wheat Cereal
35g Marks & Spencer Fruit & Fibre Muesli
35g Sainsbury's Fruit & Nut/Orchard Fruit Muesli
35g Morrisons Crispy Apple Bran Cereal
35g sachet Weight Watchers Original Breakfast Oats
35g Sainsburys Wholegrain Apricot Wheats
35g Aldi Harvest Morn Fruit & Fibre Cereal
35g Tesco Super Berry Muesli
35g Nestle Shredded Wheat, Orchard Fruits
35g Nestle Shredded Wheat, Summer Fruits
35g Tesco Finest Super Berry Muesli
30g Weetabix Crispy Minis Caramel & Nut
30g Weetabix Crispy Minis Chocolate Chip (350g pack)
30g Kellogg's All-Bran Red Berry Crunch
34g sachet Quaker Oats So Simple Multigrain, Fruit Muesli
32g sachet Quaker Oats So Simple Multigrain, Honey
27g sachet Quaker Oats So Simple Multigrain, Original
30g Kellogg's Special K Granola, with Cranberries, Pumpkin Seeds & Almonds
30g Kellogg's Special K Granola, with Raisins & Red Apples
35g Tesco Raspberry Malt Wheats
30g Kellogg's Chocolate Wheats

I hope this has helped some of you to have more choice in the morning, personally I love to mix up cereal with loads of fruit, or grab a couple of Alpen bars if I'm in a hurry. The cereal bars also add a quick sweet fix if you're craving something sugary,

Ciao!
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