2014 Plan!

Hello! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

Just a quick blog post to share a few things!! 

Here are a few NSVs over the past few days!

 1.I went for a walk on Christmas day!! woo go me!!! :) I  got a gym membership as a present from my sister!! So, I went to the gym today and managed to run for 6mins straight on threadmilland I walked fast for the rest and swam 8 lengths! Very pleased with myself. :) 

2. I also weighed myself on gym scales and I have stayed the same over Christmas? omg is that possible?! Hopefully I can keep that sts or maybe even lose! Who knows?? Anyways even small gain is manageable... I am in control and thats all that matters. Atleast I can say I have defo changed my ways and there is no going back to the way I was last year!

Christmas 2012:Christmas 2013 

Christmas 2014 will be at goal. 

3. I even managed to do the unthinkable... I opened the box of roses on Christmas Day for guests and did not eat a single sweet, a second box was opened and there is still half a tin under the tree but I am firmly saying the two letter word NO!!!!

4. I am delighted with myself as I type I still have 8pp left from my 49 till Sunday evening. I have had loads of treats so I do not feel deprived!

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This blogs post recipes include what we did with our turkey and ham left-overs!

Easy Peasy Mexican Turkey and Ham One Pan Paella  

9pp per person

36pp shared with 4 9pp per serving

Ingredients:

250g Turkey 10pp

140g Ham 6pp

Old el paso one pan paella mix 20pp (1/4 is 5pp)

Peppers and Onions

Method:

Follow steps on box! 

*Note: 4x 165g chicken fillets can be used instead and points will be the same.

Individual Creamy Turkey and Ham Pie 

12pp per person

To make sauce:

Ingredients:

1 packet of  knor chicken soup made up with 400mls of alpro unsweetened almond milk shared with 4 people

or 1/4 of pack and 100mls of alpro unsweetened almond milk (3pp per person)

120mls of ww cream or 30mls of per person

50g Turkey per person (2pp)

70g Ham (3pp)

Tsp sage

Sprinkle salt and pepper

Method:

Make up soup with milk until lumps combined. Add cream and herbs and stir. Chop ham/turkey and put in bottom of dish/plate. Pour sauce over meat. Place pie lid on top. 

To make pastry lid for one person (4pp)

Ingredients

 10g low fat spread (1pp)

30g flour (3pp)

2 tsp water 

Method:

Combline spread into flour until like crumbs. Add water gradually. Roll out to make lid for top of pie. Pierce lid with fork to allow steam to escape when cooking. Bake 30mins at 180.

This is the mixture inside without lid.

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Here is a tip if you fancy a cheese board with wine but don't to break the points bank. 

My Cheese Board 5pp

10g Brie (1pp)

10g Blue Cheese (1pp)

20g Oakwood (1pp)

2 Tesco water crackers (1pp)

10g Tuc mini Snax crackers sour cream and onion (1pp)

1 glass of Natureo wine (bottle is 4pp I had a glass left over)

Weigh out everything. Wrap cheese/crackers up and put away before you sit down to enjoy so not to be tempted to eat more!

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So 2013 has been an eventful year and decided to see if I could list few good things that have happened/I achieved or started!

1. I got laser eye surgery!...woo no more speccy 4eyes!

2. I travelled to a new city -Edinburgh and also to Spain again!

3. I climbed the highest mountain in Ireland -Carrauntoohill!  

4. I have lost 1 and half since June in dribs and drabs gaining and losing all the time.oops.

5. I threw a 50th party for the most amazing mammy in the world!

6. I fit back into a size 10 trousers.

7. I was chosen to do a sponsored post graduate in RCSI. 

8. I got engaged to the bestest man in the world! :) :)

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So here is my 2014 plan/resolutions that I am starting now! :)

1. I plan to get to goal!

 (Hopefully lose aprox 22lbs... its 50 weeks til 15th Dec 2014 week before Christmas 2014... so if my calculations are correct if I loose 1/2 lb every week I will loose 25lbs exceeding my goal!... thats if I don't lose more than 1/2 some weeks and allowing for some bad weeks with gains as well... nobody is perfecto!)

2. I plan to run 5k! and if I succeed I will try 10k womens mini marathon!

Well I thought last years challenge was impossible...And...If i can climb Carrauntoohill anything is possible! 

....maybe I am going insane...??.....Anyone wanna join my couch to 5k then to 10k challenge???.....

3. Buy a house! 

4. Pass my post grad!

5. Set a wedding date... and maybe feel nice trying on wedding dresses! 

6. Eat slower... put knife and fork down between bites. Sit when eating. enjoy each bite and don't eat for sake of eating.

7.  Continue to drink plenty of water!

8. Take time out to relax every so often!

9. Learn to bite my tongue!... think before speaking. 

10. Make more effort to see people I don't see that often!

Oh dear 10...!! :O ........ I hope not too many lol

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Happy New Year!! 

Love Bróna

xx

GOLD 2014 :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas!

Hello. Long time no blog!

Well I have had no weigh in for almost 3 weeks... due to working 8 consecutive days in a row then night duty! So, I went to go to a weigh in on Friday afternoon and to my disappointment the class was no longer on!... I decided to ring ww hq and there are classes still on Monday (which is even better can weigh in just before Christmas!)

*anyways according to my own scales I have lost 2.5lb fingers crossed they match!*

Also, I am delighted to find out there are still classes on over the Christmas break defo going to keep me on track!

http://www.weightwatchers.ie/getting-started/class-times.html

So the aim of this blog post is outline my Christmas Eve and Day Plan! This plan is put together by the help of my amazing mam!! I couldn't do weight watchers without her!! :)
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MY CHRISTMAS EVE 26pp

BREAKFAST: 30g Porridge, sweetener or stewed apple and almond milk (3pp)
Banana

LUNCH:  Toasted slimbo (3pp), tomatoes baked with garlic oregano and basil, 10g goats cheese(1pp), slice of ham (1pp) and rocket (Total 5pp)

DINNER: Chicken Korma fakeaway with naan and poppadums after Christmas eve mass. 

SNACKS: Fruit and 3 sweets or a curly wurly

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My Christmas Day (60pp: 26 dailies and 37 weeklies)

Banana and a walk!

BREAKFAST (9pp)

Scrambled eggs (egg, egg white and dash almond milk) (2pp)

60g Smoked Salmon (2pp)

1 Slice of soda brown bread (3pp)

1 Glass of first cape light sparkling wine 125mls (2pp)

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Apple Slices

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STARTER and Canapés (5pp)

Carrot and Coriander Soup (0pp)

Caramelised Onion Tarts and laughing cow blue cheese (2pp)

Paté and 4 water crackers (3pp)

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DINNER (15pp)

100g Turkey (4pp)

70g Ham (3pp)

150g Mash potatoes (3pp)

Carrots
Cauli and Broccoli cheese (1pp) (almond milk & 10g cheese)

Gravy (ahh bisto turkey 10g granules 1pp)

Roasters (potato and parsnip) (2pp)

Stuffing Ball (1pp)

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DESSERT (21pp if eat them all lol which I would probably be sick so will save a few extra pp)

Christmas Pud and spoon ww cream (7pp)

Brownies and spoon ww cream (7pp)

Sherry Trifle (4pp)

Banoffee (5pp)

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Strawberry, Grape, Banana and mini-marshmallow santy's

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DRINKS (13pp)

3 x Gin and slim line tonics (9pp)                     Natreo wine (4pp)

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RECIPES:

Chicken korma and rice 
11pp per person add 1 ww naan and 1 pappadum for 15pp per person

Recipe serves 4

Ingredients

500g chicken (12pp)           1tsp oil

1 Onion diced                              1Carrot diced

1 small apple Diced                       20g Pataks korma paste (1pp)

15 g mango chutney (1pp)                       Tbsp passata

1 stock cube make 75mls               240g rice (24pp)

200ml light blue dragon coconut milk (4pp) ( have frozen other half of can before no problems)

Method

Fry onion, carrot and apple in oil. Sweat. Cook chicken. A chutney and korma paste. Then add coconut milk. Simmer and add passata and stock. simmer away till thickens. Cook and serve rice.

Add pappadums  for an  extra 1pp each

Add naan bread for extra pp's weight watchers own 3pp or tesco finest own brand 4pp. 

Scrambled Egg
Ingredients
1 egg, 60ml egg whites dash almond milk  S&P
Method
Whisk all ingedients in a pot sprayed with frylite beat fast so it doesn't burn.

Carrot and Coriander Soup 0pp for pot

Ingredients:

Bag of carrots diced

Bunch of fresh coriander chopped

2 onions

Salt and pepper

Optional 200ml alpro unsweetened almond milk (not quite1pp!)

Vegetable oxo

Method:

Sweat onion. Add carrot. Then add the coriander and salt and pepper. Liquidise in food processor. Simmer. Add the milk if you wish.

                              Serve with a tsp of creme fraiche for 1pp.          

  

Paté

total 13pp or 3pp f&h

Ingredients

230g pork liver (7pp)

2 x Smoked rashers with fat trimmed (2pp)

2 Tbsp 0% low fat greek yoghurt (1pp)

1 onion

3 garlic cloves

Mixed Herbs

Salt and pepper

25mls Sherry (3pp)

Method

Fry onion, garlic, livers and bacon. Do not over-cook the liver. Blitz in food processor, add s&p and mixed herbs. Allow to cool then add yoghurt and sherry. Transfer to container and chill for a few hours or overnight before serving.

Stuffing Balls 
Makes 6 1pp balls
Ingredients
4 slices of slimster into bread crumbs
Onion fried in frylite
Parsely
Sage
Egg white

Method
Whizz all ingredients into food processor and form into balls. Bake in oven. 

Christmas Pudding

179pp makes two 2pint puddings     

1 for gift other serves 15

30 slices = 6pp per person                                                            

180g Plain flour (18pp)                                                                   

150g Dark brown sugar (30pp)                                                    

2 Tbsp sweetener (0pp)                                                   

50g Almonds (10pp)                                                               

450g mixed fruit (36pp)                                                           

125g dried apricots (6pp)                                                 

500g sultanas and raisins (40pp)

125g cherries (11pp)                                                                       

225g ww spread (6pp)                                                             

2 eggs (4pp) and 60mls egg white (0pp)                                                 

9pp Slimster Bread for crumbs                                                 

35ml Brandy (3pp)                                                   

35ml Whiskey (3pp)                                                                        

1/2 pint of Guinness/stout (3pp)

Individual Banofees 5pp

Ingredients

1 ww choc biscuit (1pp)

1 Banana

25g Carnation caramel (2pp)

10g squirty cream (1pp)

Flake from box (1pp)

Method

Bash ww biscuit and put in the end of small glass.

Slice banana and layer over.

Put a spoon of caramel over.

Put squirty cream over then crumble flake.

Tip

Freeze the caramel in a few small plastic containers. I found when I keeping it the fridge is too tempting. Very easy to have an extra spoon!

Individual Trifles  2pp each

Ingredients:            

Sugar free Jelly 0pp

tesco dutch bakes 1pp

            Tinned fruit

  1 spoon lf custard

Squirty cream from can/30ml ww cream

10mls sherry

Method:

Put fruit in bottom of small glasses or bowls.

Break the dutch bake up and pour sherry over

Make jelly and pour over the 6 bowls. Put in fridge to set.

Put 1 spoon of custard on each and when serving put tiny squirt of cream on top!

Nigellas Flourless Brownies 92pp recipe

serves 16 (6pp per serving)

Ingredients

150g ground almonds (30pp)

1 egg and 2 chicks egg white (3pp)

Tub ww spread (7pp)

100g caster sugar (20pp)

substitute 100g caster sugar with canderel

2tsp vanilla essence

225g good quality chocolate (32pp)

Method

Mely choc and butter in saucepan over low heat. Careful not to burn! 

Take off heat and mix in vanilla and sugar. Let it cool a bit.

Beat in eggs along with ground almonds. 

Pour into baking tin. 

Bake for 25-30mins  at preheated oven 170degres. 

Allow to cool and cut then serve!

FAB FINDS

Grape, slice of banana with a strawberry topped with a mini marshmallow to make santy's!

3pp after 8 desserts

Crackers 2 for 1pp

 
Sparkling light wine 11pp per bottle

Natureo wine 0.4% 4pp per bottle

Ginger bread men 1pp each

Low fat sausages 1pp each

Tesco mozzarella sticks 2pp

 10g 1pp 20g 3pp

tex mex snacks all 1pp each 2 for 2pp 3 for 3pp etc

Pigs in blankets 2pp each

 Potato skins 3pp each 2 for 6pp

  Potato skins 3pp each 2 for 6pp

 Sausage rolls 1pp each 2 for 2pp 3 for 3pp and so on.

Cheese and onion rolls 1pp each 2 for 2pp 3 for 3pp

*Partytime from lidl*

Smoked medallions 1pp each

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Sorry I know a very long blog but I think it make up for the lack of one for a few weeks.

So...

Lets enjoy our Christmas BUT try not to make pigs of ourselves!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a skinny new year!!

Love Bróna

xoxox