Enjoy Chinese New Year with our Slimtone Favourite

Chicken & Mushroom Curry
Serves 4 – 140 calories (4g fat) per portion

450g (1lb) uncooked diced boneless chicken breast 2 tblspns curry paste
1 medium onion – chopped 2 tblspns curry powder
2 cloves garlic – crushed 340g (12oz) mushrooms – sliced
1 tblspn flour to thicken Salt to season
¾ pint stock made with chicken stock cube

In a non-stick pan, dry fry the chicken, onion, garlic and mushrooms for about 5 mins. Once the juices start to flow add the curry powder and paste. Stir well so all the chicken and vegetables are coated with the spices. Cook for 2-3 mins. Add the stock, bring to the boil then turn down the heat, cover and simmer for 35-45 mins (ensure chicken is cooked through). Mix the flour with a little water to form a paste and stir into the curry to thicken. Cook for a further 4-5 mins and enjoy with boiled rice or wedge potatoes. (Jan likes the potatoes seasoned with rosemary and garlic.)

Congratulations to Diane who was thrilled to lose 7 pounds this week with the new Fat Blasting Diet. Also, to her brother Nigel who was featured in the latest edition of Around Town magazine with Victoria and Chris of the Sainsburys class who between them lost an amazing 14 stone. The class is still held at 6.00pm at the Non Political Club at Ogmore Vale.

Really pleased that our new Fat Blasting Diet will be launched in all the Slimtone classes next week. The four week low GI meal planner has lots of new ideas and inexpensive easy to prepare menues. Also, congratulations to all the members for the wonderful weight losses we had in all the classes last year you have all done us proud. If you have not been to class for some time we are always pleased to see our familiar faces along with the new members. You will find a full list of classes and motivational success stories on our website www.slimtone.co.uk

Congratulations to three of our Slimtone successful slimmers who are all looking forward to a slim Christmas. Nigel from our Ogmore Class, together with Chris and Victoria from Sainsburys have been an inspiration after losing nearly 14 stone between them. They are allways sharing lots of ideas and motivating all the other members. Special member to Jo who comes to class with Victoria for winning the Slim for Santa competition and has been thrilled with the weight she has lost in such a short time and she finds all the weekly recipes and ideas has helped her achieve this. Once again best wishes from myself and everyone at Slimtone you have done us proud. Look forward to seeing their stories on our Slimtone website www.slimtone.co.uk

Looking for quick and easy hot snacks to prepare for your bonfire celebrations. Two of the ideas we gave in Slimtone classes this week will go down a treat. Cut into chunks some grilled sausages, add to a large can of baked beans, sitr in brown sauce and serve over hot jacket potatoes. Another favourite is stir fry lots of vegetables with sliced chicken. Warm bread wraps and fill with with stir fry and season with sweet chilli or plum sauce. Serve with Butternut Squash and red pepper soup and you will certainly make everyone’s celebrations go with a bang.

Best of luck to Chris Dyke one of our successful Slimtone members at our Sainsburys class who is taking part in the New York Marathon this weekend. Every year since losing his brother Daryl to Encephalities at just 23 years of age he has been undertaking seemingly impossible challenges to raise money for charities in Daryl’s name. This year the chosen charity is Get Kids Going giving young and disabled children opportunities they would not have normally had. Chris has chose this special charity as it brings together two of Darryl’s passions – Children and Sport. Chris has alread completed the Cardiff Half Marathon on October 16th and all the Slimtone members will be thinking of him on Sunday. I would like to thank them all for their generosity in raising over three hundred pounds in class and the ladies who visited Champneys last weekend

We will soon be starting our Autumn visits to Champneys Health Hydro in Leicester. We have 125 guests looking forward to a pampering break during two weekends and a Sunday special on the 30th October. I would like to say a big “thank you” to Carol and her team at Champneys for the wonderful celebration we enjoyed for our 100th visit earlier this year. They really did us proud. Our first visit next year is the 4th – 6th May for a pampering weekend. The Sunday special which is also enjoyed by so many will be on the 6th May. If you want to reserve a place let me know soon as these visits are so popular the places are booked quickly.

Would you like to have a pampering weekend as a Christmas present. We have now booked the date for our Spring visit which will be from the 4th – 6th Many 2012. As most of you know we have been visiting Champneys in Leicester over 100 times and it is the highlight of so many of the members year. Fab treatment, delicious food and a chance to relax. So if you want a treat this Christmas why not join us for this pampering weekend. We also have a Sunday special on the 6th May with two treatments, coach, use of
all the facilites and a delicious lunch. For further information contact me on Marie@slimtone.co.uk or 01656 870339. We will also be having our usual visits in October and November 2012 and all places filled quite quickly for these this year so don’t hesitate to long.

Good news if you can’t get to a Slimtone class. We have launched our new 8 week online Count Down to Christmas. All you need to lose weight for the festive season. Lots of new ideas, recipes and daily motivational messages. Visit www.slimtone.co.uk and check it our for yourself.

Just to let you all know we have started our Count Down to Christmas programme in all the Slimtone classes.
Members are looking forward to lots of new recipes and ideas and how to cope with all those parties, buffets etc and still look good on Christmas Day. For every pounds lost members will have a bauble on their Christmas Tree and everyone is motivated to seeing a stone melt away in the next 12 weeks. If you are sitting home feeling uncomfortable because your waistband has shrunk now is the time to join in the fun. A full list of classes are on our website www.slimtone.co.uk Look forward to seeing you