Food: Re-Creating Old Classics #2 French Toast

When it comes to weekend breakfasts I like to have something quite special. In the week I tend to stick to some variation of scrambled eggs, but for me, you can't beat a sweet breakfast.

Therefore I've decided to make a healthier version of French Toast and share it with you all.

You will need:

1 egg

1 banana

Some raspberries

Warbutons Sandwich Thins

Cinamon

Skimmed Milk

Choc Shot

Mix together the egg, with a splash of milk and some cinnamon. 

Then coat the thins in the mixture. Don't leave them for too long as they'll get a bit soggy.

Then just place them in a frying pan with some fry light and cook till crunchy.

Top with the berries and banana and a teaspoon of choc shot.



All of this is 0 pp on filling and healthy.

Enjoy!

Musings: Staying healthy on holiday

For me holiday usually symbols a time for me to gorge myself on all the food I wish and slob around doing nothing all day. This time however, things were a bit different.

I decided that I wanted to carry on doing Weight Watchers and decided I'd point and track everything I ate and did. If you read my previous post you'll know I even attended a Weight Watchers meeting whilst away, though I wasn't best pleased with the outcome.

With all this in mind I decided to share a few tips and tricks I learnt along the week to help my fellow weight watchers.

First up, breakfast.

It's a tradition in our family that we have a massive fry up for breakfast on holiday.

Ah man, look at that! Whilst you could obviously point for all that and have it and enjoy it, I decided to follow Filling and Healthy, which meant I could have all of this:

0PP. Whilst it's not as enticing as the above picture, this bad boy plate filled me pretty much until dinner and didn't leave me feeling left out. Also, one day I really wanted a sausage (oo-er) so had one, and pointed it!

I swapped the normal bread for a Warbutons thin and scrambled my egg instead of fried it.

For lunch I rarely had a proper meal, choosing instead to snack on fruit as I wasn't that hungry. A big brunch really filled me. My tip for lunch would be to pack something to take with you, for example a Warbutons thin with some ham and fruit/veg to snack on will get you out of a jam, or look for places selling jacket potatoes.

When we're normally on holiday we tend to eat out every night, however this year we made the most of being self-catered (we self cater every year, just never eat in!) On the nights we did go out, I opted for steak and tried to get a jacket potato to go with it. however nowhere really sold them. One night I decided to eat what I really wanted off the menu, 'cause I was on holiday, and the rest I tracked and pointed everything.

To get around the jacket potato situation I've found that by only putting half the chips I've been served on my plate and giving the rest away made me realise I don't need the whole lot of them, and I can save points.

So an average meal out ended up being:

 

Overall my tips would be:

1) Find smarter substitutions.

2) Don't deprive yourself, but don't go overboard either.

3) Keep active!

4) Split things with others.

5) Stop when you're full.

What are your top holiday tips?

Food: Re-Creating Old Classics #1 Chicken New Yorker

After a week on holiday watching everyone else order all the delicious but high-pointage food I decided to create a series on this ol' blog here of pub classics made Weight Watchers friendly.

The first of these is Chicken New Yorker and chips.

You will need (for one person)

1 potato

1 tbsp of oil

1 chicken breast

1 bacon medallion

1 tbsp of BBQ Sauce

1 Weight Watchers Cheese slice

To begin, start by chopping your potato into chip like slices.

The put the tbsp of oil into a pan and add the potato strips to it.

Cook them in the oven for around 20-25 minutes on a high heat.

It's now time to prepare the chicken.

Grab your skinless chicken breast and wrap the bacon medallion around it.

Add it to the pan with the chips and cook for around 20 minutes.

Once the chicken is cooked add the BBQ sauce and cheese over the top. I chose to break my cheese square up. Then but it back in the over for a couple of minutes until the cheese melts. Be careful as I've found the Weight Watchers cheese melts quickly.

Then it's time to dish up and devour!

All of this is just 3PP on filling and healthy. Enjoy!

What do the Scales Say?

This week has been a bit tough for me! I've been on holiday since last Saturday so Internet has been very hard to find, hence why this post is late.

Also due to being away I had to be weighed in on a Tuesday (a day early) and in a different location; I feel this is important to note.

Now I'd been as good as I possible could whilst away, I sat and watched everyone eat cakes, chips and high pointage food whilst I however, tracked everything I ate and stuck to the plan 100%. I walked everyday, sometimes even uphill:

And cycled 18 miles:

So when it came to Tuesday morning I admit I was feeling quite positive. I then got on the scales and my heart sunk, I stayed the same

Now don't get me wrong, on a week where I may have slipped a bit I'd be thrilled with a stay the same, but due to the fact I'd been so good on HOLIDAY and exercised my large arse off, I was disappointed.

So I did what any rational person would do, I had a cry, considered eating all the cakes in the cake shop that I walked past on the way to the meeting (who positions a weight watchers meeting near a cake shop?) but instead settled for an iced lemonade from Costa (a small for 3 pro points) and calmed down a bit.

After reading lots of lovely comments on Instagram and talking to my parents I realised that these things are going to happen on this journey and I need to learn to deal with it. I then began to figure out all the non scale victories I had and felt a lot better. I carried on pointing everything for the day, and then, when we went out for dinner at our favourite holiday restaurant I ate what I wanted and enjoyed every mouthful. I had over 20 weeklies and almost 30 activity points left so didn't feel guilty, and carried on the rest of the week, pointing like normal.

Now let's just see what the scales say next week, shall we?

Food: My Favourites So Far

When I set up this blog I decided to set up an Instagram to go along with it as I quite like taking pictures and thought I'd enjoy documenting my food that way.

What I didn't realise was that I'd really come to love doing so. It's also challenged me to be more creative with me food, which is a massive plus.

Therefore I thought I'd show you my favourite meals so far.

Breakfast:

I'm finding that eggs really help to fill me right up till lunch time. Scrambling them with grilled tomatoes and mushrooms adds some flavour and helps me get my five a day. I've been enjoying them with sandwich thins and WW wraps. All for 0 propoints on Filling and Healthy.

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Of course, a Friday has to be a Bacon Sarnie. 0 propoints on Filling and Healthy. Man do I love Filling and Healthy.

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One day I even made French Toast. 0 propoints again.

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Lunch:

At home a Spanish style omlette was made and devoured. o propoints

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Bacon, sandwich thin, mushroom and sweetcorn. Odd combination but tasty. o propoints

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Beans, sandwich thin soliders and some fruit. Perfect for this wintery summer that's going on now,

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I think this post is now long enough without main meals. But don't worry (not that you are) I'm hopefully going to start posting more recipes over the next few months for my fave meals.

If you would like sneak peaks and full access to what goes into my gob on a daily basis, you can follow my Instagram account here.