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by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:41 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
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.
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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 ...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:29 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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Re: flyingpig checkin

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...
by flyingpig
Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:11 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
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
by flyingpig
Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:36 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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....
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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!
by flyingpig
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.
by flyingpig
Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:53 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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! :roll: :lol: )
by flyingpig
Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:27 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:09 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:55 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: is this S or not?
Replies: 12
Views: 20126

I think fruit is fine. I doubt many people are really overweight because they eat too much fruit.
by flyingpig
Thu Jan 31, 2019 6:50 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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Thursday

Breakfast: porridge with peanut butter and cinnamon
Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, red pepper, cucumber and an apple
Dinner: chilli beans and rice

Everything crossed for a snow day tomorrow
by flyingpig
Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:49 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: is this S or not?
Replies: 12
Views: 20126

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...
by flyingpig
Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:42 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Wednesday

Breakfast:weetabix with hot milk
Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, red pepper and an apple
Dinner: bean burger, roast sweet potatoes, cauliflower and spinach

Still cheery but very very tired... yet not asleep despite having been in bed for 40 mins...
by flyingpig
Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:02 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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, ...
by flyingpig
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 ...
by flyingpig
Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:55 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Wednesday

Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast
Lunch: cheese and tomato sandwich, cucumber, red pepper and grapes
Dinner: fish fingers, baked potato and beans
by flyingpig
Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:46 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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Thanks!


Tuesday
Breakfast: porridge with walnuts, banana and cream
Lunch: cheese and tomato sandwich, cucumber, red pepper and grapes
Dinner: chickpea and butternut squash curry with naan bread
by flyingpig
Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:39 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:08 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Wed Jan 09, 2019 7:37 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
Views: 824271

Wednesday

Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast
Lunch: cheese salad sandwich, a carrot and a kiwi
Dinner: blackbean burgers, normal potato wedges, sweet potato wedges, peas

Half the week down, only two days to go.
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:30 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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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...
by flyingpig
Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:59 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
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 ...
by flyingpig
Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:30 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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Wednesday

Breakfast: scrambled egg on toast
Lunch: pizza and vegetable crisps
Dinner: quiche, tomato, cashew nuts, cheese and crackers
by flyingpig
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 ...
by flyingpig
Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:08 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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A chocolate fountain is almost what you're imagining, but you put fruit on a stick and hold that under the melted chocolate. We also had marshmallows to "dip", but my dad drew the line at chocolate cake in case it fell in and clogged up the pump.
by flyingpig
Tue Jan 01, 2019 11:03 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Views: 824271

Saturday and Sunday were s-days and so was yesterday (new year's eve- we had chocolate fountain).

So I've now officially done a whole year of no-S. My first ever new years resolution that has stuck! Let's see if I can make this January as green as last year's!
by flyingpig
Sat Dec 29, 2018 12:06 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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 ...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Wed Dec 26, 2018 11:43 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
Views: 824271

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...
by flyingpig
Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:15 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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 ...
by flyingpig
Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:46 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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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...
by flyingpig
Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:25 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Views: 824271

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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Mon Dec 10, 2018 8:41 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
Replies: 923
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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...
by flyingpig
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 ...
by flyingpig
Fri Dec 07, 2018 6:12 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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I don't know how they do it either!
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:03 pm
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Wednesday

Breakfast: croissant and a banana
Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, carrots, grapes
Dinner: fish fingers, roast potatoes, peas, sweetcorn, cauliflower
by flyingpig
Tue Dec 04, 2018 6:54 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Tuesday

Breakfast: toast and a boiled egg
Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, cherry tomato, grapes
Dinner: chili beans and rice
by flyingpig
Tue Dec 04, 2018 6:36 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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Monday

Breakfast: weetabix with peanut butter and banana
Lunch: cheese sandwich, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, grapes
Dinner: pasta with lentil sauce and cheese
by flyingpig
Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:04 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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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...
by flyingpig
Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:16 pm
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I'm very much regretting letting it build up... Hope you've got further through your pile of marking than I have!
by flyingpig
Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:48 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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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 ...
by flyingpig
Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:59 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
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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...
by flyingpig
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 ...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Fri Nov 23, 2018 7:19 pm
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Friday

I supplemented my very boring packed lunch with some buffet leftovers. I could maybe have been fine with keeping that green but then I solved my life's stresses with cake and ice cream after dinner. Ah well.
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:09 pm
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Wednesday

Breakfast: peanut butter and banana on toast
Lunch: cheese and cucumber sandwiches, grapes, carrots
Dinner: chili beans and rice

I foolishly said "wow, I haven't coughed all morning" and then proceeded to cough all afternoon....
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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,...
by flyingpig
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 ...
by flyingpig
Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:48 pm
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Friday

Breakfast: peanut butter and banana sandwich
Lunch: cheese, bacon and cauliflower pasta
Dinner: sweet potato and chickpea curry with naan bread

Yay, first green week at work for quite some time! :D
by flyingpig
Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:13 pm
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Thursday

Breakfast: peanut butter and banana sandwich
Lunch: tomato soup (yay), half a cheese sandwich, grapes
Dinner: fish and chips

Not the healthiest dinner, but I had a horrible day so I count it as a win that I didn't break into the chocolate.
by flyingpig
Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:33 am
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I should clarify- it was a completely voluntary staff choir. I just really wanted to go sing.

Also why won't my Wednesday turn green?
by flyingpig
Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:29 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: flyingpig checkin
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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 ...
by flyingpig
Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:15 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, 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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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 ...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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, ...
by flyingpig
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...
by flyingpig
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...