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- Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:44 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Monday Tuesday Breakfast: peanut butter on toast, a banana Lunch: cheese sandwich, cheese crackery things, an apple Dinner: chicken, mashed potato, a roast potato, stuffing, veg and gravy Monday was all good until 4pm when there were spreadsheets to do and flapjacks in the staff room. Then it desce...
- Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:41 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Automated, it seems like you predicted what was going to happen : Thursday Friday Only five more work days until the holidays. Only two more assessment spreadsheets to do (but it's writing and reading, they take the longest :cry:). One one more set of tests to mark (again, it's a reading one, not as...
- Wed Mar 27, 2019 10:04 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Wednesday
I've tried not logging meals before and it's ended in slight disaster so this may be a terrible idea, but let's try it again.
I've tried not logging meals before and it's ended in slight disaster so this may be a terrible idea, but let's try it again.
- Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:09 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Work has been tough, so I had friends round on Friday to cheer me up. I was going to call it an s-day but I ate way too many cookies so.. And on Monday I made microwave cake after dinner. Luckily yesterday I fell asleep at 7pm, so avoided snacking that way! I t...
- Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:47 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Thursday Breakfast: omelette on toast Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, apple Dinner: Pearl barley risotto and a (horrible) kale and mushroom "sausage" I threw the other two sausages away, they were disgusting. I never throw food away. I am possibly in the process of making a big error. I'm baking ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:55 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Wednesday Breakfast: poached egg on toast Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber and a kiwi Dinner: pasta with roast veg and chorizo in a tomato sauce, with mozzarella on top I can feel my resolve weakening by the minute. Better get making a cup of tea, then a tiny bit of work (urgh, assessment week - so...
- Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:35 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Tuesday Breakfast: toast and scrambled egg, a banana Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, carrot, an apple Dinner: spicy beans and rice My beans are way too spicy. They're my new broccoli quinoa - I don't really want to eat them but I've got serval portions in the freezer so I've got to. At least I do...
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:12 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Ooh, definitely something to consider. I do probably eat too many carbs and realise far too frequently that every meal in a day has been bread based. But I have lots of dinners in the freezer to eat so I'll have to put it on the back burner for now. Monday Breakfast: fried egg on toast (one slice, I...
- Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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I follow the same principles! There is nothing sweet in my house really (I don't buy it for myself and my housemate is diabetic so she avoids sugar too) and although my housemate has crisps we don't just help ourselves to each other's food. Unfortunately it is a different story at work. And although...
- Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:11 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Yeah most of my food is stews/curries that have been batch cooked and then frozen in individual portions for quick heating up. And I try to make the portions what the packet recommends or less. I used to have more, so that's an achievement! I have a feeling that things like this might be the problem...
- Tue Mar 12, 2019 6:45 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Tuesday
Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast
Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, red pepper, carrot and mango
Dinner: chickpea curry and naan
Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast
Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, red pepper, carrot and mango
Dinner: chickpea curry and naan
- Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:36 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Monday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese sandwich, red pepper, carrot, cucumber and a kiwi Dinner: pasta with roast veg and chorizo, mozzarella Boom. Another week starting. Tired already... I've not lost any weight recently (ie in the last month) which is quite frustrating....
- Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:43 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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My school event was for world book day, which is not on the same day in the UK as everywhere else. Also not sure if all other countries celebrate it as widely. UK World book day was on Thursday, so we always have the story time /hot choc event the next day (Friday). I'm in charge of literacy at scho...
- Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:26 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Friday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, red pepper, carrot Dinner: beans, roast veg and quinoa Had nine hours sleep, back to making more sensible food choices. I was so close to saying yes to a biscuit at an after school event (reading books to kids, th...
- Fri Mar 08, 2019 6:47 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Tuesday Breakfast: pancakes with peanut butter and banana Lunch: pancakes with cheese then lemon and sugar, cucumber, carrot and an apple (last three things were not on the pancakes :P) Dinner: fluffy slightly sweet pancakes (the breakfast ones were thin like crepes). Straight out of the pan, plain...
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:34 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Had my chocolate cake on Saturday. And all the biscuits on Sunday.
Monday
Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast
Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, carrot
Dinner: blackbean chilli and brown rice
Monday
Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast
Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, carrot
Dinner: blackbean chilli and brown rice
- Fri Mar 01, 2019 7:30 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Friday Breakfast: peanut butter on toast, peach slices Lunch: cheese sandwich, red pepper and a kiwi Dinner: chickpea and butternut squash curry with naan, peach slices That was hard work.There was the most delicious looking chocolate cake in the staffroom all from Wednesday and I kept being offere...
- Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:10 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Thursday
Breakfast: croissant, banana, yoghurt
Lunch: cheese sandwich, red pepper, cherry tomatoes and kiwi
Dinner: chicken wrap and chips
I really really wanted chocolate but I managed to resist the temptation. Hooray!
Breakfast: croissant, banana, yoghurt
Lunch: cheese sandwich, red pepper, cherry tomatoes and kiwi
Dinner: chicken wrap and chips
I really really wanted chocolate but I managed to resist the temptation. Hooray!
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:58 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Wednesday
Breakfast: porridge with apple, walnuts and cinnamon
Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, red pepper, cucumber, pineapple
Dinner: butternut squash "sausage", roast veg and cous cous. Oh and a lot of cheese.
Breakfast: porridge with apple, walnuts and cinnamon
Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, red pepper, cucumber, pineapple
Dinner: butternut squash "sausage", roast veg and cous cous. Oh and a lot of cheese.
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:53 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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I'm in southern England. This is not normal weather - been the warmest February on record apparently. Last year we had snow at the start of March. This year it's almost 20°C with blazing sunshine all day and not a cloud in the sky. It's weird, but it's lovely. Tuesday Breakfast: peanut butter and ba...
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:22 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Monday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: pizza, cucumber, carrot, cherry tomatoes and a kiwi Dinner: chickpea and butternut squash curry with naan bread Cold is almost gone. One day of work down. Definitely not counting down the days till the next holiday... It's still beautiful w...
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 2:06 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Aw thanks for the concern! I had a cough for most of November, but I've been fine since then till a couple of weeks ago when I had a quick 24 hour headache/dizziness bug and now I have a cold. I think it's just the joys of primary teaching! And the fact that I complain a lot when I'm ill so it proba...
- Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:14 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Thursday Breakfast: fried egg on toast, apple and peanut butter Lunch: fish finger and lettuce sandwich and crisps Dinner: random made up vegetable soup, mostly with peas in Urgh, full of cold. Sneezing all over the place, when I'm not sniffing or coughing. Maybe Monday was nothing to do with eatin...
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:37 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Wednesday
Breakfast: a fried egg on toast
Lunch: pork pie, salad, crisps, a little orange
Dinner: broccoli quinoa stuff (turns out I did have another portion in the freezer, what a welcome home treat! )
Breakfast: a fried egg on toast
Lunch: pork pie, salad, crisps, a little orange
Dinner: broccoli quinoa stuff (turns out I did have another portion in the freezer, what a welcome home treat! )
- Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:27 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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I have two sisters (and two brothers-in law) and a brother, so always lots of people to call on! That's interesting about the diabetes link - my housemate actually has diabetes so maybe I'll get her to check my blood sugars every now and again. And if it keeps happening (on a Monday) then definitely...
- Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:01 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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She's in her 60s, but she was definitely the fittest out of all of us (me, her, my two sisters). She's only really (re)started jogging this year but she's always walking etc. Though to be fair, none of us are really into sport etc so she didn't have much competition. In other news, for the second Mo...
- Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:45 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Oops, missed a whole week It went : Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday You can tell it was the week before the holiday and I was tired! This weekend I'm up at my parents' "celebrating my birthday", a month late. So this has been a weekend of gluttony with lots of cake. But on a more healthy no...
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Friday Breakfast: porridge with banana and walnuts Lunch: cheese and cucumber sandwich, red pepper and a carrot Dinner: bread dipped in olive oil, haloumi and sweet potato stack and chips Had dinner out with work friends. I so nearly had pudding, but I'm glad I refrained because I still feel full n...
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:11 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Wednesday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, red pepper, carrot and a kiwi Dinner: butternut squash "sausages", baked potato, sweetcorn, peas, spinach The "sausages" were an attempt at vegetarian food to have with potatoes/chips. Surprisingly tasty, a bit lik...
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:09 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Friday Breakfast: beans on toast. I think. Lunch: I really can't remember... Dinner: pizza It was a snow day. I stayed in my pyjamas till 2pm. It was amazing. Saturday and Sunday Monday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, cucumber, apple Dinner: falafel and hu...
- Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:55 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: is this S or not?
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- Thu Jan 31, 2019 6:50 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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- Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:49 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: is this S or not?
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I tend not to have jam on normal days. I don't really know why,as it's not a food that makes me want more sweet things.perhaps it's because it really is just sugar and fruit, so I've told myself it's better to just have the fruit. I've found other things to male breakfast interesting. Usually I have...
- Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:42 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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- Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:02 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Tuesday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: soup, bread, an apple Dinner: macaroni and cauliflower cheese with spinach I'm so cheery this evening. Its amazing what a difference a day makes. Glad I chose to make the pasta yesterday though - I got back from work late and hungry and it...
- Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:45 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Ooh, sounds interesting. I do like chickpeas, but there's only so much chickpea curry I can cope with, never tried them with pasta! Speaking of chickpeas: Monday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: soup, bread, an apple Dinner: chickpea curry and rice And I had a really stressful aft...
- Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:55 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Friday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana sandwich Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, red pepper Dinner: roast veg with black beans, cous cous and quinoa Well, much prefer quinoa when it's "diluted" with cous cous and flavoured with all the herbs and spices. Quite pleased with my random invention, ...
- Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:59 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Thursday Breakfast: fried egg on toast Lunch: cheese sandwich, red pepper, cucumber, carrot Dinner: tuna pasta salad, cheese and onion crisps. Plodding on. Literally - we're doing a walking challenge at work where each person in your team has to walk an average of 10000 steps a day. Day 2 today. I ...
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:55 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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- Views: 824271
- Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:46 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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- Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:39 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Well... Wednesday I had M&Ms at the end of school (just the thought of a data-related staff meeting and I run to chocolate, knew I should have hidden them better!). Then I ended up eating a few tiny cakes at my church group and tasting a lot of brownie batter.. Thursday Birthday baking again, caught...
- Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:41 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Tuesday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: ham sandwich, red pepper, mango Dinner: chickpea curry and rice Oh no, Octavia, sounds delightful! Luckily (as everything I cook is batch cooked) my other new recipes have been much more successful - particularly the black bean burgers, th...
- Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:08 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Ah the weekend... Less said the better. Saturday featured a buffet and Sunday I ate chocolate and gingerbread men for lunch and then two dinners... Monday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, red pepper, kiwi Dinner: bean burger, sweet potato and normal potato w...
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 6:20 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Friday Breakfast: pancakes, peanut butter, banana Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, a carrot, a kiwi Dinner: ham, parsley sauce, broccoli, carrots and (quite randomly) baked beans Baked beans wouldn't be my carbohydrate of choice but I've run out bread (hence the pancakes for breakfast) and was too hun...
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:37 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Thursday Breakfast: porridge with peanut butter, banana, walnuts and cinnamon Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, carrot, little orange Dinner: broccoli quinoa bake My dinner was about as boring as it sounds. Unfortunately I have four more portions of it in the freezer. The joys of batch cooking-trying n...
- Wed Jan 09, 2019 7:37 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
- Replies: 923
- Views: 824271
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 6:24 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Tuesday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: ham salad sandwich, an apple, a carrot Dinner: chickpea curry and rice Milk arrived this morning, way more exciting than it should be. My apple didn't make my mouth itch, so I might get a couple more apples next week (I'm trying less plast...
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:30 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
- Replies: 923
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Monday Breakfast: porridge with peanut butter, banana, walnuts and cinnamon Lunch: ham salad sandwich, carrots, little orange Dinner: scrambled egg, beans, bread, cheese Back to reality with a noisy (thanks to the 30 children in my class who have forgotten how to listen over the holidays) crash. Bu...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:59 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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I just had a sad statistics moment and worked out percentages of green days for every month this year (I've used a paper calendar to mark days green/S/red). Perecentages are out of possible green days only and, in case anyone is interested, here they are: Jan 91% Feb 85% March 77% Apr 81% May 75% Ju...
- Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:37 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Thursday Breakfast: cheese and ham croissant Lunch: turkey soup, bread, humus and a tiny bit of cheese Dinner: egg fried rice So I've had a bit more of a think. I'm going to try not buying myself any meat (so some meat may feature, especially in the next week as I have ham from my parents (they're ...
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:30 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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- Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:17 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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I'm going to say An S Tuesday Breakfast: croissant, banana Lunch: rice, chicken, chilli, quiche, little oranges Dinner: quiche, salad, humus and veggies, smoked salmon things Really almost green, but let's set high standards for the new year. I had seconds at lunch time (my mum was dishing food out ...
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:08 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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- Tue Jan 01, 2019 11:03 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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- Sat Dec 29, 2018 12:06 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Friday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: veggie lasagne, lettuce, tomatoes Dinner: bread, ham and cheese, treeselets, grapes Once again I probably ate too much dinner, but it is a minor miracle I didn't snack. My bit of lasagne was probably too small and everyone else had seconds ...
- Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:40 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Thursday Breakfast: fried eggs on toast Lunch: sausage and veg casserole with bread Dinner: Turkey soup, bread, cheese, ham Desert: chocolate cake and a couple of chocolate truffles I'd walked up a big hill and then driven for almost two hours in the afternoon and it tired me out. Holiday me has no...
- Wed Dec 26, 2018 11:43 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
- Replies: 923
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Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Mine was great, and I ate almost all day but I didn't feel at all guilty about it. I think that's new, I think I usually have a little voice saying "should you really have that?", but I just ate what I wanted, when I wanted. Today was a little trickier but I'm go...
- Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:15 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Thank you for the kind words After a weekend that was the polar opposite of moderate, but very enjoyable, today just about counts as green... Monday Breakfast: scrambled eggs on toast Lunch: oatcakes (they're a bit like pancakes/crepes) with bacon, cheese and tomato and salad Dinner: pizza and a lit...
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 12:14 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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S is for special day Breakfast: poached eggs and toast (my parents have chickens, and so does my sister - there are a lot of eggs!) Lunch: quiche, salad, potatoes Dinner: little slice of quiche, soup, bread, ham and cheese Desert: birthday cake I'm so impressed- I had one slice of cake and then not...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:19 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Thursday Breakfast: scrambled eggs and toast Lunch: two slices of bread, ham, cheese, salmon, grapes Dinner: beef stew, bean stew, a dumpling Only had to say no to a mince pie twice. And I'd made them so at least I didn't feel guilty turning them down. My mum keeps apologising for doing meals that ...
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:46 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
- Replies: 923
- Views: 824271
Wednesday Breakfast: porridge with walnuts and banana Lunch: cheese and cucumber sandwich, carrots, red pepper, grapes Dinner: raclette So I survived the drive. Only stopped once in the end and just got a drink. Dinner wasn't really on one plate- raclette is cheese that you make under a grill thing...
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:25 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
- Replies: 923
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Not sticking to it that well, but thank you for the encouragement. Tuesday Breakfast: weetabix with walnuts and a banana Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, red pepper and grapes Dinner: mushroom risotto with kale and butternut squash Half a day more of school left. So ready. People keep giving me cho...
- Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:48 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Monday Breakfast: porridge with walnuts and banana Lunch: cheese and cucumber sandwich, red pepper, grapes Dinner: gammon, broccoli, carrots, sweet potato, bread Snack: cashews and caramel sauce (not together...) I should definitely have finished my Christmas gift prep yesterday. I made a million g...
- Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:56 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Friday Glad this week could be rescued in the end Breakfast: porridge with nuts and cinnamon Lunch: cheese and cucumber sandwich, grapes, carrots Dinner: fish fingers, roast potatoes, roast veg, baked beans I ate a lot of dinner- I was really hungry! Perhaps because I'd eaten my lunch 40 minutes ea...
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:39 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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So Ofsted happened... Tuesday Wednesday There were also many buffets... It was a series of unfortunate events! But today someone asked me if I'd lost weight, always a good motivator. Thursday Breakfast: bread and butter Lunch: cheese and cucumber sandwiches, grapes, carrots Dinner: pork pies, chicke...
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 8:41 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Monday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: sausage, bacon and stuffing sandwich, carrots and grapes Dinner: sausage and chips Today's dinner is my reaction to the Ofsted call. I know another forum member had them visit recently, but in case you don't know about the English education...
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 6:10 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Friday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana sandwich Lunch: cheese and cucumber sandwich, carrots, grapes Dinner: chilli con carne and cous cous Might be a bit premature in declaring it green as I'm about to go to a craft evening where there will be canapes. I'm considering making it an s-event but ...
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 6:12 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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- Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:33 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Thursday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana sandwich Lunch: cheese and cucumber sandwich, carrots, grapes Dinner: mushroom risotto with kale and butternut squash and a kiwi Christmas is hurtling towards me at an alarming rate. It's assessment week at school, so lots of data to do as well as the us...
- Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:03 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
- Replies: 923
- Views: 824271
- Tue Dec 04, 2018 6:54 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: flyingpig checkin
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- Tue Dec 04, 2018 6:36 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
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- Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:04 pm
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Friday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, grapes Snack: chocolate biscuits Dinner: chili beans and rice, chocolate cake and ice cream Fridays are my nemesis. Especially when I make a stupid mistake at work at about 4pm and there's a box o...
- Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:16 pm
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- Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:48 pm
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Thursday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese salad wrap, grapes Dinner: fish fingers, roast potatoes, cauliflower, peas, sweetcorn In good news, I didn't wake up coughing in the middle of the night. For the first time in a fortnight, I actually slept a whole night! Still the ...
- Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:59 pm
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Thank you, so do I! She says, still coughing. Wednesday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese salad wrap, grapes Dinner: sweet potato and chickpea curry I'm bored of coughing and I'm bored of talking about coughing. So in other news, now I've got new batteries in my scales, my w...
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 6:38 pm
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Tuesday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese salad wrap, grapes Dinner: chicken soup, cheese and onion slice, slice of bread Well, in good news, the stomach ache was just a temporary thing. However the cough is still going strong . All the doctor websites/doctor-y people I've ...
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:44 pm
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Monday Breakfast: scrambled egg in a tortilla wrap Lunch: cheese and bacon burger and chips And now my stomach really hurts. I'm wondering if it's connected to the cough (still ongoing) as I never really have a stomach ache usually and this is the second time in two weeks. When I woke up this morni...
- Fri Nov 23, 2018 7:19 pm
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- Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:48 pm
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Thursday Breakfast: cheese pastry and a banana Lunch: selection from buffet Dinner: sweet potato and chickpea curry with naan bread Had two plates at lunch time but only because everyone sat down in front of the food before I got there so I leaned over heads long enough to get a few things then had...
- Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:09 pm
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- Tue Nov 20, 2018 6:41 pm
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Tuesday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese and cucumber sandwiches, grapes, carrots Dinner: chicken, veg, roast potatoes Thanks for all the sympathy! The thing is I really don't feel that ill, I just struggle to fall asleep because of coughing and then don't sleep very solid...
- Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:18 pm
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Monday Breakfast: a banana Lunch: cheese and cucumber sandwich, grapes, carrots Dinner: fish fingers, rice, peas, sweetcorn and cauliflower So last week was a bit of a sleep-deprived, coughing blur. The cough continues, and has now been joined by stomach cramps. Could be period-related but also com...
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:12 pm
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Tuesday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: pizza, cucumber, grapes Dinner: sweet potato and chickpea curry with naan bread The coughing continues. Sometimes I think it's cold season for me from September to July :lol: But I seem (fingers crossed) to just have one symptom at a time,...
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:41 pm
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Mon day Breakfast: big bowl of fruit salad with yogurt, one slice of toast with peanut butter Lunch: pizza, veggie crisps, cucumber, grapes Dinner: lasagne, veggie crisps, salad Snack: ice cream and chocolate So I'm not counting it as properly red because I'm sort of sick. Urgh. I was coughing all ...
- Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:48 pm
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- Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:13 pm
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- Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:33 am
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- Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:29 pm
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[color=green] Wednesday [/color] Breakfast: weetabix with peanut butter and banana Lunch: a ham sandwich Dinner: packet of crisps, chicken tomato pasta, fruit smoothie My lunch story is a sad (and really quite boring) tale today. Picture the scene, 6:30am, my kitchen. There is one solitary slice of ...
- Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:15 pm
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Tuesday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, red pepper, grapes and a little orange Dinner: chicken noodle soup (with actual chicken this time) Wouldn't life be easier if there wasn't chocolate in one staff room and cake in the other? My workplace very much...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:56 pm
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Friday Friday was such an epic fail. It all started with a piece of cake after lunch and by dinner time I was eating a whole packet of cookies... Mark it and move on. And don't sit so near the cake in the staffroom. Monday Breakfast: peanut butter and jam with weetabix Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucum...
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:39 pm
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Well, October was a bit of a disaster, but slightly rescued by the last week. My scales have run out of battery so I'm not sure what impact that has had, but maybe it's better not to know. On to November.... Thursday Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast Lunch: cheese and tomato sandwich Dinn...
- Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:05 pm
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Yup. All I do is chop it in half, take the core out and sprinkle cinnamon on. Then bake for 45 mins (approximately- it starts to smell done and look all bubbly) at about 180°c. I did use quite sweet "eating" apples (think they were galas), if you had cooking apples it might be too tart with no suga...
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 6:41 pm
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Tuesday Breakfast: porridge with peanut butter and banana Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, grapes, red pepper Dinner: bacon and cheese pasta bake and I've just put an apple in the oven to bake I know I said I wouldn't make a habit of baked apples, but it is so cold in my house I'm hoping having the ov...
- Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:32 pm
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So, one extremely S-y weekend later, it's back to work and back to green. Monday Breakfast: scrambled eggs and toast Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, red pepper, grapes Dinner: chicken nuggets and chips This McDonalds habit I seem to have developed is rather annoying me. It's expensive and not really f...
- Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:37 am
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Thursday Breakfast: apple and cinnamon porridge Lunch: cheeseburger, chips and salad Dinner: veggie lasagne, garlic bread, salad Friday Breakfast: bacon and egg sandwich Lunch: fish, lentils, rice (biryani), vegetables and an assortment of Indian snack foods (little fried things) Dinner: pizza and ...
- Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:03 pm
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Wednesday Breakfast: one slice of toast and a scrambled egg Lunch: pasta with lentil bolognese, grapes Dinner: fish fingers, roast potatoes, baked beans, a banana After dinner snack: strawberries, carrot sticks, pepper After dinner snack? Green? What madness is this? Well I was a bit silly, I had a...
- Tue Oct 23, 2018 5:20 pm
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Tuesday Breakfast: a slice of toast with peanut butter and banana, a small bowl of strawberries, mango and grapes Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, cucumber, cherry tomatoes Dinner: fish pie, sweetcorn, peas and a piece of cauliflower, a baked apple I've always thought that fruit after a meal is fine, ...
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:49 pm
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Hmm, the cultural differences I had never even thought about! Anyway, my week off has started well, stayed in PJs till noon then did nine thousand steps in some lovely autumn afternoon sunshine. And it was a green Monday too Breakfast: eggy bread (it's like French toast but savoury) Lunch: sausage r...
- Sun Oct 21, 2018 9:34 pm
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I just discovered safeguarding is a British term - its basically keeping children safe, recognising abuse and knowing how to report it etc. Is there an American term? The kind of training that is a necessary evil (and legal requirement), even if it really can't (and shouldn't) be made more fun. Anyw...