With just over 6 weeks til our holiday I have returned to Slimming World (in spirit, I don't actually go to groups) and attempted to up my fitness in a bid to be 'bikini ready'. I thought that since my Summer holiday is a little early I would do a little bikini body series for those of you who may be interested in a few months time.. starting with my diet. I find it hard to stick to anything where I'm depriving myself and that's why Slimming World works best for me, there's so much 'free food' that I have never had everything I'm allowed for that day.. I can always have another meal if I'm hungry and I still stay on plan. I'm not a stickler for ALL of the rules so don't take all of my calculations as gospel but I try to make my main meals free  where possible and save my syns for treats/alcohol. A week in I decided a food diary might help me 1. remember what I ate and 2. remember what I should and shouldn't be counting.. I'm writing this a week in advance (on my birthday - worst day EVER to be watching what you eat!) and will take you through each day.. if you like the format I'll continue until out trip.. I'm hoping doing so will keep me motivated to keep it up too!

Wednesday 04/02

• Breakfast - Slimming World Quiche & Beans (recipe here) FREE
• Lunch - Chicken Noodle Soup (recipe here) 1 Syn
• Dinner - Smash Pizza (for another post but yummy) - FREE
• Snacks - Pretzel Flipz - 5 Syns
• Drinks - MUCH Black Tea - Free /Fizzy Water - Free / 2x Coors Light (Bottle) - 4.5 Syns
• Total Syns - 15

Thursday 05/02

• Breakfast - Porridge - Free (I think, it's plain and doesn't appear to have sweeteners)
• Lunch - Chicken Noodle Soup - 1 Syn
• Dinner - Pasta, Bacon, Mushrooms, Broccoli, Cheese (HE) - FREE
• Snacks - Carrot Sticks - Free / Mini Gingerbread Men - 6.5 Syns
• Drinks - Fizzy Water / Black Tea
• Total Syns - 7.5

Friday 06/02

• Breakfast - Porridge - Free (same as yesterday)
• Lunch - Chicken Noodle Soup - 1 Syn
• Dinner - Tuna, Rice & Broccoli - FREE
• Snacks - Carrot Sticks - Free / Pretzel Flipz - 5 Syns
• Drinks - Black Tea / Sugar Free Red Bull (needed it, don't judge me!) / Fizzy Water / Coors Light (bottle) - 4.5
• Total Syns - 10.5

Saturday 07/02No counting, decided to take it as my birthday 'treat day' since I was pretty good on Wednesday

Sunday 08/02

• Breakfast - skipped
• Lunch - Fish Pie (my Mum assures me this is low cal and she also follows SW occasionally but I'll add in 2 syns to be on the safe side)
• Dinner - KFC SW Stye - syn free and AMAZING! I will definitely do a post on this!
• Snacks - 2 Border Chocolate Ginger Biscuits (11 syns) & Carrot Sticks
• Drinks - Fizzy Water / Black Tea
• Total Syns - 13

Monday 09/02

• Breakfast - Breakfast Pie & Beans - FREE
• Lunch - Pasta, Mushrooms, Bacon & Low Fat Cheese - FREE
• Dinner - KFS SW Style - seriously so good!
• Snacks - Lettuce, Carrot Sticks - FREE
• Drinks - 2 Coors Light (bottles) - 11 Syns
• Total Syns - 11

Tuesday 10/02

• Breakfast - Porridge - FREE
• Lunch - Mug Shot - FREE
• Dinner - Roast Chicken, SW Chips and Green Beans  - FREE
• Snacks - Lettuce, 2 Borders Chocolate Ginger Biscuits - 11
• Drinks - 2 Coors Light - 11 Syns
• Total Syns - 22 - oops

I'm not going to talk weight specifically because it's so subjective. I read a post by someone else recently who said she was the same height and dress size as me but 2 stones heavier.. this would explain why in the past people have been outraged when I've revealed my weight and said I wanted to lose a few lbs. People carry weight differently and if I were 2 stones heavier I would NOT be a size 12. I don't actually care what dress size I am or what I weigh.. they don't really mean anything, it's how I feel when I look in the mirror.. but that's tough to measure. If you don't follow Slimming World then you can ignore the syn/free/HE notes but if you do and are wondering I try to keep to 15 syns per day.

If you have any #SW friendly recipes I'd love the links!

Miss BBPS. someone moved the scales and they're now WAY off (they have to be on a hard, flat surface to weigh correctly and I swear every floor in my house is wonky lol) so my motivation is already waning since I can't tell whether I actually lost anything this week now. I mean they are showing a half a stone gain so I'm fairly certain that's not right (I don't tend to fluctuate much) so I've measured myself and am hoping that will be a better way to measure improvement moving forward! ARG!