Sophie's Vegan Food Diary

Some people may remember me from a few years ago. I managed to lose 6.5 stone in 9 months and it was super easy. I maintained for a year before giving into work stress and emotional eating. So now I'm back, not to where I started but with around 2.5 stone to lose.

I have a new job that I love and live in a new city that I love but for some reason it's been so much harder this time round. I've been failing at SW spectacularly for 8 months now, losing around 7lbs before putting it all back on again. I decided enough was enough at my last weigh in. I know that when I focus I can do this, I've done it before. I know I'm using every difficult meal that crops up as an excuse to stuff my face and I just want to fit into all the nice clothes I bought. So, I decided to get back onto SW the way I did before, and this forum was a big part of the support for me. I used to follow the plan religiously, write up all my meals and best of all, stuff my face with tasty food. So that's what I'm going to do. And what better way to start than with a new food diary? Here goes

As I'm vegan, I always stick to the Green plan.

10/04

Breakfast - Well...I said I was doing it like before...and I never remembered to have breakfast back then either!

Lunch - "Tuna" Rice Salad (mashed chickpeas with syn free tofu mayo, gherkins, spring onion, rice, grated carrot, cherry tomatoes and seaweed) with 2 slices of marmite on wholemeal toast (B). Then I had a handful of strawberries.

Snack - 2 bananas and a clementine. Choices dairy free buttons (7 syns)

Dinner - Leftover sausage casserole (Fry's sausages (free), onion, garlic, pepper, tinned tomatoes, veg stock, aubergine, mushrooms) stirred into gnocci (5 syns)

Drinks - tea with soya milk (A) and apple cordial

Hello! Always interested in other vegan food diaries, I'll be keeping an eye on this one!

Speak to me of syn free tofu mayo...

Hello! Yes, I need to do a search and get some meal ideas. In a bit of a rut food wise at the moment

Ah, syn free mayo...it's so easy

400g silken tofu
1tbsp sweetener
2 tbsp cider vinegar
1 tsp mustard (0.5 syns but with the amount it makes, it's pretty much redundant)
1 tsp onion granules
1/2 tsp salt

Blend in a food processor. Adjust seasonings to taste. Depending on how beany the tofu is, I'll sometimes add more vinegar to mask the taste. If you want a firmer mayo just pop it in the fridge for a bit. It's great for stirring into pasta/rice salads or making an eggless salad with tofu

btw, love your avatar. Big fan of Hyperbole and a Half!

Subscribing if you don't mind...Am considering moving over to a more plant based diet (or at least dramatically reduce animal product consumption)....just in the thought stage at the moment!

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11/04

Breakfast - Wholemeal toast (B) and strawberry jam (3 syns)

Lunch - "Tuna" Rice Salad (mashed chickpeas with syn free tofu mayo, gherkins, spring onion, rice, grated carrot, cherry tomatoes and seaweed) with 2 slices of marmite on wholemeal toast (B). 1 mahoosive clementine and a handful of strawberries

Dinner - Pasta with Arrabiatta Sauce (onion, garlic, chilli, chopped tomatoes, peppers, aubergine, broccoli)

Drinks - apple cordial and green tea. Koko Chocolate Coconut Milk (A)

Syns - 3

Busy weekend!

12/04

Lunch - Mung bean curry with rice and potatoes (8 syns? Bit of a guess, was at a restaurant)
Dinner - Veggie Chilli (onion, garlic, peppers, mushrooms, courgette, tvp, chopped tomatoes, stock, chilli, chipotle,cumin, paprika, salt) with rice
Drinks - green tea, tea and soya milk (A), water

13/04

So yesterday was really bloody hard. I was at a Natural Organics trade show with work. Basically a massive hall filled with amazing vegan, organic food that I HAVE to sample as part of my job. Annoyingly it seems to be raw chocolate that is the 'in' thing this year, along with nutty cereal bars. I was really good at just having one bit of everything but there were a LOT of stalls.

Breakfast - 3 bananas and an apple
Lunch - samples, samples, samples (who knows how many syns?? I don't even want to think about it!)
Dinner - Indian buffet (dal, lots of boiled rice, veggie curry, poppadom, spinach and potato, chickpeas) I'm guessing around 12 syns. Very oily.

14/04

My weigh in was today and I lost a pound. Not to be sneered at but gutted that yesterday probably blew the decent loss I'd been hoping for. It's my birthday on Wednesday so I have a meal coming up. Just need to plan lots of syn free stuff beforehand and afterwards and fingers crossed for a big loss next week.

Lunch - Wholemeal Pittas (B) stuffed with 3 Cauldron falafel (6 syns) hummus (2 syns) gherkins, salad leaves, leftover rice
Dinner - Either syn free sausage or syn free chick'n creamy mustard casserole (onions, mushrooms, peppers, aubergine, peas, spinach, garlic, cherry tomatoes, soya milk (A), wholegrain mustard (1.5 syns) and vegetable stock) Gonna serve this with rice
Snacks - banana and an apple
Drinks - Water, Kara Chocolate Milk (A), Tea

Syns - 9.5

On track for a decent week so far, only using minimal syns so that my birthday meal goes over smoothly

15/04

Lunch - Pasta Salad (pasta, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, leeks, onions, pepper, fat free lemon dressing) 1 banana and 1 apple
Dinner - Syn free sausage creamy mustard casserole (onions, mushrooms, peppers, aubergine, peas, spinach, garlic, cherry tomatoes, soya milk (A), wholegrain mustard (1.5 syns) and vegetable stock) served with rice
Snacks - Gonna have some wholemeal pitta (B) with Hummus (4 syns)
Drinks - Koko Chocolate milk (A), squash and water

Syns - 5.5 syns

16/04

Birthday wasn't too bad. Birthday cake has been delayed so I can spread the syns over this weekend/next week which is better.

Breakfast - syn free sausages and ketchup (2 syns)
Lunch - burrito bowl (rice, peppers, mushrooms, beans, salsa, lettuce) 6 syns
Dinner - hummus & rosemary bread. Tomato and olive linguine. Chocolate ginger torte with ice cream (I guess 20 syns)
Drinks - lots of water!

Syns- 28

17/04

Breakfast - soya yoghurt (3 syns)
Lunch - pasta salad (pasta, cherry tomatoes, leeks, peppers, broccoli, fat free dressing) 1 banana, strawberries
Dinner - bulgar wheat salad (bulgar, onion, tomato, parsley, olive oil (B) with falafel (6 syns)
Drinks - tea and diet pop

Syns - 9

18/04

Lunch - pasta salad (pasta, cherry tomatoes, leeks, peppers, broccoli, fat free dressing)
Snack - Parched Peas (badger peas boiled for ages, with a splash of vinegar and some salt)
Dinner - Pasta again! (linguine, syn free chick'n. onion, garlic, aubergine, courgette, pepper, tinned tomatoes, tomato puree)
Dessert - My birthday cake! It has finally arrived! I reckon 15 syns for the slice I'll have

Syns - 15

22/04

Been on plan the last few days, just been ridiculously busy. Lost 1.5lb at WI, which is okay I guess. Want to get 4lb this week and just get my 1/2 stone award over and done with. Gonna throw in a few red days and see what happens. But for today, I'm on Green.

Lunch: 1 tin of baked beans, wholemeal toast (B) with yeast extract. Salad leaves, cherry toms. 2 bananas
Dinner: Will be syn free mince & veg stirred into bulgar wheat or something else free. Will chuck onions, garlic, mushrooms, pepper and aubergine in there.
Drinks: apple cordial, kara chocolate milk (A)
Extra stuff: Worked on food prep on deli today so reckon I had my second (B) on olive oil, also I'll say 2 syns for the tiny fork of coleslaw I had to taste too.

Snacks: Dairy Free Choc Caramels - 12 syns

Syns - 14

23/04

Red Day

Breakast - Orange Soya Yoghurt - 2 syns
Lunch - Tofu Scramble (tofu, peppers, courgette, onion, turmeric, garlic powder, celery salt, soy sauce, soya milk (A)) on wholemeal toast (B) with yeast extract
Dinner - Veganised Burger Bowl! (lettuce, gherkins, onions, mushrooms, syn free soya mince, leeks) with burger sauce (2 syns worth - made up of plain soya yogurt, vegan mayo, ketchup, mustard, onion granules, paprika, garlic powder, white wine vinegar) and some soya cheese (B)
Snacks - pear, apple, banana and I'll be having a bit more chocolate later (8 syns)
Drinks - Koko Choc Milk (A), apple cordial

Syns - 12

24/04

Another Red day today. Gonna have to do a Green tomorrow because I'm really grumpy without my carbs.

Breakfast - orange soya yoghurt (2 syns)

Lunch - Tofu scramble (tofu, peppers, courgette, onion, turmeric, garlic powder, celery salt, soy sauce) in a wholemeal wrap (B) with some cherry tomatoes and a small punnet of strawberries

Snacks - 3 bananas, 1 apple

Dinner - Veggie TVP Pie (onions, garlic, mushrooms, courgette, aubergine, spinach, tinned toms, tvp, veg stock topped with a roasted squash and carrot mash) with a sprinkling of soya cheese (B)

Drinks - Koko Chocolate milk (A), apple cordial, tea

Syns - 2

25/04

Doing a green day today

Breakfast - orange soya yogurt 2 syns

Lunch - Veggie TVP Pie (onions, garlic, mushrooms, courgette, aubergine, spinach, tinned toms, tvp, veg stock topped with a roasted squash and carrot mash) with a wholemeal pitta (B). Then some Strawberries, an apple and a pear.

Dinner - will be curry at a friends house, I've told her what I can/can't eat so hoping that it will be SW friendly

Snacks - cofresh lentil chips. 5 syns worth

Drinks - apple cordial, Koko choc milk (A) and green tea

Syns so far - 7

26/04

Red Day

Lunch - tomato soup (onion, carrot, tinned toms, stock, basil) with wholemeal toast (b)

Dinner - stew (syn free sausages, onions, leeks, mushroom, carrot, aubergine, peppers, yeast extract, stock, onion gravy granules) 3 syns

Snacks 3 x digestive creams 9 syns

Drinks - water, tea and koko choc milk (a)

Syns 12

27/04

Red day again! Getting the hang of these and want one final boost before WI tomorrow. Had a sneak peak on some scales ( I know, very bad idea) and I was 4.5lb lighter. If I could get over 5lb I'll be over the moon

Lunch - Syn free tomato soup (onion, carrot, tinned toms, stock, basil) with wholemeal toast (b)

Snack - 4 x digestive cream 12 syns. Will have more wholemeal toast with yeast extract later (b)

Dinner - will be vegan burger bowl (watercress, soy mince, onion, mushroom, pepper, tomatoes, gherkins and burger sauce 2 syns) served with roast squash

Drinks - apple cordial, koko choc milk (a) tea

Syns 14

4.5lb off! Red days have been worth it!

29/04
Started off Red, changed to Green. I need some carbs in my life today!

Breakfast - a pear

Lunch - fried tofu and veg (smoked tofu, onion, pepper, courgette, broccoli with veggie Worcester sauce) with a wholemeal pitta (b)

Dinner - Syn free chick'n pieces in a tomato sauce (onion, garlic, aubergine, mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, tom puree, veg stock, spinach) with rice. Will some soya cheese on top (b)

Drinks - tea and Koko choc milk (a)

Snacks - 2 x digestive creams 6 syns

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30/04

Brunch - 3 syn free sausages, roast sweet potato (b for olive oil) and baked beans

Dinner - Gnocci (6 syns) with olive oil (b), basil, tomatoes, mushrooms, onion, pepper, asparagus

Drinks - apple cordial, tea, koko choc milk (a)

Snacks - will have 3 x digestive creams later 9 syns

Syns - 15