Sue & Chris
“Hey there, it’s Sue! I’m fully committed to the WW program, (despite them closing their workshops) diving into Anna’s online recipes and finding motivation in her published works. Plus, I’m exploring how to adapt WW’s recipes for Thermomix.”
Sue’s Weight Loss Progress
TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 7.0kg
THIS WEEKS: – 600g
WEIGH IN day – WEDNESDAY – 16-10-24
- Starting Weight – 79.9kg
- Current Weight – 72.9kg
- Goal Weight – 66kg
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Meet The Team
Sue
One half of The ThermoCouple
I’m Sue, and I play one half of The ThermoCouple dynamic. By day, I dive into the world of website design and computer repairs, but beyond office hours, I don various hats. I run our social media, writing our online blogs and overseeing the intricate dance of meal planning, cooking and conversions. Nanny (grandmother) to two adorable little girls - Ivy & Sofia, adding an extra layer of joy to our lives.
Chris
The Other half of The ThermoCouple
Chris, my husband, he is the National Sales Manager for a prominent BBQ firm based in Queensland. Beyond the corporate realm, he has a total green thumb, cultivating a garden that provides our kitchen with the abundance of fresh vegetables, wonderful herbs, and the most stunning roses. His culinary skills shine, especially when it comes to conjuring up irresistible Thermomix ice cream creations that leave everyone exclaiming, “OMG, he is the ice-cream man!”
Anna
Feed Me Healthy
Many of you are familiar with Anna Van Dyken. A very dear friend of ours and owner of Feed Me Healthy, Author and WW Ambassador. Many of the recipes that we convert are Anna’s. Her books are amazing for scrumptious meals and also brilliant for WW and weight loss which I am actively participating in.
Head on over to her site, give her a follow on social media and if you want to create her culinary delights, buy her books!
A good week was had! Down 600 gms - total so far is 7.0kg.
This week I didn’t eat any bread 🍞 I find that I have issues with bread, not gluten I don’t think 🤔 as I can eat pasta. Still working it out but overall really happy with it. It is not just the weight loss with the bread. Certain other things have changed.
Tummy pains gone.
Indigestion gone.
Swallowing issues. Almost gone.
Win win 🏆
Only 2 more WW WORKSHOPS to go. Really sad about that but I am working my way to having my own workshop at home. The ThermoCouple Fat Club 🤣
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Anna’s Salted Caramel Bliss Balls - conventional and thermomix. 1 WW point per ball - these little balls of bliss are amazing and so simple to make. Below is both versions of HOW TO. Thanks @feedmehealthy_annavandyken for a great treat.
INGREDIENTS
200 gms fresh Medjool Dates
100 gms Dry rolled oats
35 gms Desiccated coconut
1/2 tsp sea salt
2 tsp pure maple syrup
INSTRUCTIONS - Conventional
Pit dates and chop in half, add to a food processor and pulse twice 3 seconds at a time to break down dates. Add all other ingredients (reserving 15g of coconut for rolling) and blitz until a soft dough forms.
INSTRUCTIONS - THERMOMIX
Remove pips and cut into 4
(If they are hard - Soak dates in boiling water for 5 mins then drain well)
Add to bowl and turbo 3-4 times to break down dates. Scrape down the sides
Add oats, maple syrup, coconut and 1/2 tsp salt.
Put in TM Lid and MC - 30sec | speed 5.5.
Using a small scoop roll bliss balls and coat in reserved coconut.
Tip - Use soft large Medjool dates for this recipe and wet hands to roll balls.
1 WW Point
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What can I say - this easy WW Friendly yoghurt & avalanche white chocolate mousse was delicious. I paired it with raspberries and spray cream. Omg 1000% doing this again. 3 points and so good
I used
120 grams @chobaniau (you can use more)
1 x Avalanche caramelised white chocolate drink
Drops of @myproteinau vanilla drops
Mixed together and popped in the fridge
Top with raspberries and spray cream (yes I’m a sucker for the stuff)
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Chicken Stir-fry - sounds boring tastes delicious 😋 3 WW Points. To make the perfect stir-fry to me is what you put in it. A list of people just put in everything. That to me doesn’t work. They have to match each other. I added a teaspoon of butter with the chicken - but I really needed some form of fats today. If you add it - 2 WW Points.
Here’s how I do it. If you don’t have the same vegetable try and match it in texture and flavour.
1 x chicken breast - side sliced
1/4 tsp bicarb soda - for velveting chicken
2 x Spray Olive oil
1 x small potato - cut into fries
1 x medium carrot - thinly sliced lengthwise
1 x Celery stick - diced
1 x medium zucchini - Sliced
1/2 red capsicum - sliced
1/4 red cabbage - sliced
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp tamari/soy sauce
Salt & Pepper
How I make it - 2 frypans - yes annoying but …
Chicken - Side slice and sprinkle with bicarb soda and rub into chicken. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. After time is up, rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towel. For reference: 1 chicken breasts, 1/4 tsp bicarb soda
Prepare the vegetables.
In smaller frypan 1 spray of olive oil. When hot add potato, carrot, celery, and half zucchini. Make sure all the potato has contact with the pan and LEAVE IT SIT. When the potato sweats it creates juice. Turn when browned.
Rinse and pat dry chicken with paper towel
In the big fry pan spray with olive oil and add chicken. When nearly cooked - 8 mins approx - add the rest of the zucchini, capsicum, onion & garlic powder. When almost ready to serve - add cabbage, a dash of soy sauce and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Serves 2
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Wow what a meal - @becstable Thermomix Smoked Bacon and Mushroom Risoni - tasty, delicious, filling. It is for 2 people but I made it into 4 serves. 1 serve for me and 3 for Chris 🤣 I lowered the olive oil to 15g and butter to 20g totalling 9 points for WW.
This is a highly recommended meal. It would be also great serving more with a piece of chicken or steak. Totally delicious 😋
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Chicken Rice soup - Serves: 6 - 5 WW POINTS
The is a new recipe - Chris wasn’t feeling well today so I decided to make a soup that would be gentle on the tummy while still be filling. The result was a delicious bowl of yummy 😋
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 1 onion chopped
* 3 large carrots peeled and diced
* 3 sticks celery diced
* 1 teaspoon garlic minced
* 1 teaspoon parsley
* 1 teaspoon salt
* ½ teaspoon thyme leaves
* ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
* 8 cups chicken stock
* 2 skinless chicken breasts uncooked
* 1 cup rice
Instructions
* In a large pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots, and celery and cook and stir for 3-4 minutes, until onion begins to turn golden.
* Add garlic, parsley and thyme and cook 1 minute.
* Add salt and pepper, stock, rice. Stir. Add rice and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
* Reduce heat to medium-low and cover. Simmer for 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, or until vegetables and rice are tender.
* Remove chicken from pot and shred.
If you have a thermomix, cut chicken into chunks. Put on TM LID - 5 seconds | REVERSE | Speed 4
* Add chicken back to the pot. check salt and serve.
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Weekly weigh in and I have had a gain again. 😡
+200gms. 🤷🏼♀️ all but one day I was so spot on with tracking and being conscious of what I was eating. Gosh I even walked over 16,000 steps on day. I dunno. I think there is just so much going on with WW, work, life!!!
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Chocolate Mousse - ZERO WW POINTS
200gms Chobani or similar yoghurt
1 tbsp Avalanche Sugar Free Drinking Chocolate
Mix together and pop it in the fridge. I have added a sprinkle of drinking chocolate to the top.
Add whatever fruit you may want. I also add whipping spray cream - 2 points. Whatever happened to the lite version. So annoyed. 😡
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Creamy Chicken & Spinach Pasta. 10 WW Points and every mouthful was delicious. This was super creamy and yummy. I used cooked chicken. Thermomix steamed chicken and shredded is on my website - shedded chicken.
RECIPE
* 250g long pasta. I used curly fettuccine
* 2 x 3 second spray olive oil
* 1 onion finely chopped
* 1 red chilli finely chopped, or 1 tsp chilli flakes
* 2 Garlic cloves. Chopped
* 2 tbsp tomato paste
* 200ml Chicken stock
* 120g Baby Spinach
* 200g-300g Shredded Cooked Chicken
* ½ lemon - juice
* 100g Crème Fraiche
Cook the pasta following pack instructions and reserve 1 cup of the cooking water.
Heat a large pan medium-high heat. Spat with the oil and stir in the onion and cook for 5-7 mins until softened. Mix in the chilli, garlic and tomato paste, then cook for a further 5 mins until all has caramelised. Pour in the stock and simmer for 2-3 mins until almost completely reduced.
Mix in the spinach and chicken with half of the reserved cooking water. Cook for 3-4 mins until the chicken is heated through, then squeeze in the lemon juice, the crème fraîche and cooked pasta.
Mix in the rest of cooking liquid to bring it all together, then season to taste, adding more lemon juice if needed. Add extra chilli to serve.
To shred chicken in the Thermomix
5 Seconds | REVERSE | Speed 4
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Oh what a week. I think I forgot I was doing WW. Gained 400gms 😩 Dinners out a few times, icecream for desserts and potato chips for snacks does not constitute good nutritional food. Tasted good though 😉😂
I realised today that my weight today is the same as I was on the 30-07-24. I got really down on myself for about 5 minutes and then realised that I have been away on a wonderful holiday and relaxed. If not for WW mindfulness it could have been a lot higher!!
For those upset on the closure of workshops-me too -but just remember YOU are the one that started this journey and only you can continue it. Start your own workshop. That’s what I am thinking of doing.
Would you come to my private home for a WW meeting (Gladstone Park, Victoria)? Send me a message or comment below ⬇️
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