30th November 2011
"When
you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice."
- William James
Last night
in my meeting I was told by a little girl that Christmas starts on
Thursday! After listening to the rest of
her conversation she went on to tell me about the three countdown Advent calendars
she had. As cute as that statement was, please
realise it doesn’t! If we start
celebrating Christmas now, that’s 25 days of ‘oh dear’ at the scales.
The
Christmas parties and meals out are starting though and it is possible to stay
on track and still enjoy them, you need to be thinking about your options and
planning. I’m thinking F&H for those
days (Filling & Healthy not Fat & Happy remember!), steak, jacket and
veggies all come under the F&H banner, as does gammon, fish and chicken
breast. Then you’ve still got your 49pp
weekly allowance.
So I’m
starting day 3 of back on track to tremendous!
I did 29pp Monday still not decided if I’m going to do 26 or 29 daily
allowance we’ll see if I need the extra weeklies, yesterday I did F&H which
worked well, I wasn’t hungry and I didn’t go crazy. Being poorly helps as I’ve not got much of an
appetite, I had large bowl of porridge for breakfast then gammon with jacket
potato and broccoli for lunch, I used 4pp from my weeklies to have spread on my
potato, then for tea I had the leftover mixed together like bubble and squeak
which I fried in the 2tsp healthy oil that’s included for zero pp on F&H days. Very nice it all was too, so much so I’ve decided
to stick with F&H today too. I’m having
a raspberry and banana smoothie for breakfast which I’ve made with 0% Greek
yogurt. Was going to make a linguine for
lunch but just remembered the pasta has to be wholemeal so unless I can get my
hands on some, I need to rethink! Until
I’m well I need simple and quick, I’ve been and bought a few thinks from the
supermarket to get me through the week.
Having
spoken with members in my meeting this week, you seem curious about the idea of
a F&H day but at the same time a little cautious and not sure what to have,
I’ll try to help with that over the next few weeks, maybe a Bev’s Bites (if you
have any ideas email them to me). Here’s
a couple of suggestions to get you started;
How about a Creamy mushroom bagel - sauté slice mushrooms with 1 teaspoon of
healthy oil (from allowance), add lots of chopped fresh herbs, some low fat
plain fromage frais and seasoning, then spoon on a toasted Weight Watchers
original bagel. tasty
OR;
Hash Brown brunch
Zero on
F&H or 5pp per serving
Serves
4, takes 30 minutes
Low fat
cooking spray
3
rashers lean back bacon chopped roughly (4pp)
275g
cooked green vegetables (such as broccoli, leeks)
400g
boiled potatoes mashed (9pp)
1
teaspoon wholegrain mustard
1
tablespoon white wine vinegar
4 eggs
(7pp)
Salt
and freshly ground black pepper
Heat a
non stick frying pan and spray with low fat cooking spray. Gently cook the bacon for 5 minutes until
crispy. Remove and drain on kitchen paper. Roughly p the green vegetables and
put into a large bowl. Add the mashed
potato, mustards and cooked bacon. Season and mix together.
Using
wet hands, divide the mixture into four and then shape each quarter into a
large patty or burger shape. Heat the
frying pan you cooked the bacon in and spray again with low fat cooking spray.
Gently fry the potato cakes for 10 minutes, turn once (do not attempt to turn
until after 5 minutes). Once cooked, transfer to a plate and keep warm.
Meanwhile, bring a pan of water to the boil. Add vinegar to help make the
perfect eggs. Crack in four eggs and poach for 5 minutes until opaque. Remove
with a slotted spoon and place on top of the hash browns. Season with freshly
ground black pepper.
Right time
to get a wiggle on, got plenty to do today, just get through today and tomorrow
and I can hopefully sleep this lurgy off the weekend.
xx
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