Shrinking girl
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Hello!
I figured that now was as good a time to start a new diary since it's day 1 of the ProPoints plan for me
I'm Ang, married, and with a 4 year old boy, often referred to as The Monster. Some days it is an entirely appropriate moniker, other days he is angelic
I've managed to shift 18.5lbs since the 20th of September and I'm really hoping to get my 10% before Christmas, although I suspect that will be a big ask. That would be another 10.5lb if I'm remembering right. But what a Christmas present, eh?
I will probably shove food in here as I can't see the point of having two diaries. I'm bad enough at maintaining one, let alone two!
I got the new plan at my meeting this morning (where I lost 4lbs thanks in part to a vomiting bug) and I've spent all day trying to get my head round it. I find myself being quite annoyed about various small things that used to be 0pts and now aren't. Like Frylight... now 1pp for 4 sprays, and stock cubes that now have to be counted. I knew something would have to account for fruit being 0, but I thought the massive rise in pasta and rice points would account for it
I have a feeling that I will end up eating less and less grains---and after all the song and dance they made recently about us eating wholegrains---and eat more pulses instead. Thai green chicken curry is surprisingly good with Puy lentils cooked into it as a one-pot-wonder rather than just served on top of rice. It was one of my favourite dinners when I did South Beach Diet.
Oh well. I think I'll spend the first week trying to do the same as I have been recently, which is to try and eat as many superfoods as I can per day (BNS, oats, flax, berries, broccoli, soy beans etc) and when the magazine and new cookbook come out I can hopefully have (a) a better understanding of how the plan works and (b) get a meal plan that I can work from. Actually, I should take another look at that copy of Bella I got last week...
I figured that now was as good a time to start a new diary since it's day 1 of the ProPoints plan for me
I'm Ang, married, and with a 4 year old boy, often referred to as The Monster. Some days it is an entirely appropriate moniker, other days he is angelic
I've managed to shift 18.5lbs since the 20th of September and I'm really hoping to get my 10% before Christmas, although I suspect that will be a big ask. That would be another 10.5lb if I'm remembering right. But what a Christmas present, eh?
I will probably shove food in here as I can't see the point of having two diaries. I'm bad enough at maintaining one, let alone two!
I got the new plan at my meeting this morning (where I lost 4lbs thanks in part to a vomiting bug) and I've spent all day trying to get my head round it. I find myself being quite annoyed about various small things that used to be 0pts and now aren't. Like Frylight... now 1pp for 4 sprays, and stock cubes that now have to be counted. I knew something would have to account for fruit being 0, but I thought the massive rise in pasta and rice points would account for it
I have a feeling that I will end up eating less and less grains---and after all the song and dance they made recently about us eating wholegrains---and eat more pulses instead. Thai green chicken curry is surprisingly good with Puy lentils cooked into it as a one-pot-wonder rather than just served on top of rice. It was one of my favourite dinners when I did South Beach Diet.
Oh well. I think I'll spend the first week trying to do the same as I have been recently, which is to try and eat as many superfoods as I can per day (BNS, oats, flax, berries, broccoli, soy beans etc) and when the magazine and new cookbook come out I can hopefully have (a) a better understanding of how the plan works and (b) get a meal plan that I can work from. Actually, I should take another look at that copy of Bella I got last week...