Healthy Extras

I've done well with Slimming World in the past but like many others I hate the whole Mugshot/Diet Coke/MullerLight thing. I just can't understand how filling your body with horrible processed fake food is better than clean eating - even if you do lose weight. So I will be trying to do it without using these cheats and still eating good food.

I have issues with hair loss and find myself shedding if I don't eat correctly. My main must-haves are ham, avocado, brazil nuts and chia seeds. Ham is ok on EE SW (although still processed   ) as are nuts and chia if counted as HE but I will have to either syn the avo or just not count it. I think I will syn it to start with but once I get to a good weight I will start to not count them as they are just so healthy and good for you.

So, on an EE day, does this sound an OK split of HEs (I trust you're still allowed to split HEs?)


A: 30g feta (4/6 HEA), 85ml Alpro unsweetened (1/6 of HEA), 1 x Laughing Cow Extra Light (1/6 of HEA)


B: 1/2 tbls chia (1/6 of HEB) and 24g porridge oats (2/6 of HEB) with most of the above milk and berries (to make overnight oats). 

I think I've done the maths right there but please do correct me!


So, a sample menu for me would be:

Breakfast: Banana and lemon/ginger tea on the train; overnight oats at my desk

Lunch: Minestrone soup (packed with veggies and using Quinoa not pasta) with 2 x ryvita crackerbreads (1 syn each) topped with 1 x Laughing Cow Extra Light triangle, spinach, cherry toms and lean ham. 

Dinner: Superfood salad (a variation on this, synning the avocado and only using the 3 brazil nuts from my HEB) served with a grilled chicken breast: www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/superfood-salad/ 


Snacks will be fruit and a Celebrations chocolate (2.5 syns, got a massive tub to use up, might take all year!). Drinks will be water, green tea or coffee (only one in the morning, using a splash of my HEA milk).