Slimming World Support Thread

[Savvy_Sue]

This thread is a continuation of this thread (http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=650047). Since very long threads slow the forum down, Martin's asked me to close them and start new ones.

So, over to you, guys and gals!

[findingmyownway]

oooh shiny thread!

ive decided to try stop feeling sorry for myself

plan for tommorow:

breakfast = pineapple & yoghurt
lunch = jacket potato & salad
tea = quorn sausages and vegtables.

[AMIE399]

findingmyownway..... dont worry about it, i went out for a MEGGA chinese meal last friday and was sooooooo bad !!!!! but as from the sat morning i just got right back on track and stayed good all week. when i got weighed yesterday i had lost 3lb still and i was shocked, so as long as you be good from today then you should be able to put it right.. when is your wi day ?
on a bad note now... after being so happy after my wi and good all day yesterday .. i went and spoilt it my stuffing crisps and chocolate all evening !!!!! why ???? !!!!!!

going to have a red day today, have got some pork spare ribs and im going to make the spare rib sauce from the sauce book to pour over the top, also think im going to have a bash at that all day breakfast quiche as it sounds so yummy

good luck to anyone who has wi today x x

[charlies_mum]

This flipping diet is driving me mad. Yesterday, I decided to be good, so had a red day. For breakfast I had boiled egg & 1 round wholemeal toast, lunch was ham salad with one spoonful of salad cream. Dinner was Aldi lamb shanks with four tiny new potatoes and veg, and then later I had half a packet of french fries, and one small glass of wine.

Weighed myself this morning, and I had put on half a lb :mad:

I know, I have to be good today, but I really don't know what I did yesterday. My turn to be fed up, but I'll pull myself together and get on with it - is this really my life from now on :o

[miss_phish]

Hi y'all... Ooooh.... shiny thread...

Am still around just finding it hard to keep up with the thread! Didn't get to weigh in this week as had to pick up parents from airport (i LOVE a proper excuse!!) but fingers crossed for next week...

[16011996]

morning all, went to class last night and 1/2 lb loss. not too bad. back on the drinking plenty this week. i knew it wasn't going to be a huge loss as its star week and i've lost 4 and half over the two previous weeks. still very happy and :)

[Flat Eric]

So my menu plan for the weekend includes:

Today Im green so mean beanz italian for lunch with spring onion and chillis
tea is 170g (using both HEB) of gammon steak with plenty of jacket chips and two pineapple rings (1.25 syns)

Tomorrow Red so Mushroom and bacon omlette for breakfast, stir fry for lunch ? (not sure on this however) and slimming world beef madras curry for tea with onion bhajis (1 syn each) and tomato relish - what I can have instead of rice?

Im going to try and stick to 10 syns until my next weigh in (Wednesday) and also cut back on the alcohol as one LARGE (not measured!) glass of wine sends me to sleep!

Sunday is a blank - Ive had a quick look at a couple of mags but nothing has inspired me yet so any ideas???

Im also getting bored with having Mean Beanz for lunch and wondered if anyone had any suggestions for some different lunch ideas for both red and green days?

[Flat Eric]

morning all, went to class last night and 1/2 lb loss. not too bad. back on the drinking plenty this week. i knew it wasn't going to be a huge loss as its star week and i've lost 4 and half over the two previous weeks. still very happy and :)

well done :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T

[charlies_mum]

Well done 1601 :j :j

Bet you're glad you went now ;)

[consultant31]

This flipping diet is driving me mad. Yesterday, I decided to be good, so had a red day. For breakfast I had boiled egg & 1 round wholemeal toast, lunch was ham salad with one spoonful of salad cream. Dinner was Aldi lamb shanks with four tiny new potatoes and veg, and then later I had half a packet of french fries, and one small glass of wine.

Weighed myself this morning, and I had put on half a lb :mad:

I know, I have to be good today, but I really don't know what I did yesterday. My turn to be fed up, but I'll pull myself together and get on with it - is this really my life from now on :o

Please don't weigh yourself every day, it does nothing but harm!

In order to see a true reflection of how your slimming campaign is working, you should only get weighed once a week at the same time of day, wearing the same (or similar) clothes.

The body is a complicated piece of machinery, and can show a different weight just about every hour of the day. This is perfectly normal due to fluctuations in fluid retained within the tissues, but can have a very detrimental effect on your eating.

Stick with the plan 100%, drink plenty of water, have faith and you will lose weight without resorting to unhealthy obsessions with the scales.

Obsessednewbie - the same applies with your apparent weight gain really. It's almost impossible to gain 5lbs of fat in 5 days, so most of what you see is water, which, if you stick to plan, will come off as quickly as it went on. Drink lots of water, to help flush it through and you'll be fine.

As a point of interest and using calories which at SW we generally don't mention, it takes 3500 calories over and above the 2000 allowed for the average woman to maintain her weight in order to gain a pound of fat. So to gain 5lbs of fat in 5 days, you'd have to consume around 27500 calories in that time.............that's an awful lot of food!

[16011996]

hi flat eric,
try the mushed up cauli instead of rice, i did last night, and it was yummy, i really enjoyed it.
lunches i have for green days are the mug shots noodle ones,
hm soup (lob veggies in a pan, with 1pt stock made with jar bovril and simmer),
rice quiche (cook a pack of savoury rice, stick in a flan tray thingy, mix in 2-3 eggs, and bake till firm),
potato wedges and a hm salsa type dip (finely chop tomatoes, onions, and peppers, mix up and leave overnight, add any herbs or spices you like, i tend to stick with garlic, but i'm sure someof you are more adventurous.)
jacket potato always good, with beans, or mushy peas, or my latest favourite mint sauce mixed into mayonaise.
tomato and herb pasta n sauce, made up and added veggies (i stick a handful of frozen mixed veggies in to up my veggies intake, makes it go further too)

i don't do red days but i'm sure someone will come along and help on that soon.

hope someof this helps,

160

[16011996]

Well done 1601 :j :j

Bet you're glad you went now ;)

yes i am. also our consultant gave a great talk on weekends, and how to avoid the pitfalls and excuses she hears every week, which was good, as a lot of us were nodding along with the excuses!!!!

our consultant is off on her hols for next couple of weeks, wondering who we will get instead, its funny how i've got used to this one, and hoping i don't get an awful one who puts me off track now. i've sort of set a an interim target to get to my 1 and a half stone by the end of march which in theory i should do easy, but time will tell. but i like having something to aim for that i know is acheivable.

[charlies_mum]

Thanks Consultant, I will consider my legs slapped (in a nice way) :o and soldier on. I know the weight will come off if I stick to it. I will try to be really good at the weekend

Going to Morrisons to get some of their eat smart sausages, as I'm not really keen on the Quorn sausages :tongue:

I'm going to do the Quorn chow mein tonight, as that is lovely, and not a bit like a slimming meal

[gpuss]

Morning all!!

Well done losers:DJust had my wholemeal toast for breakfast (can't always face eggs, etc.) and ham quiche and salad for lunch. Out for tea, so I'll have to choose wisely ;)

I'm going to do the beef kofta curry with yoghurt dressing over the weekend, which was mentioned on here, but I found the recipe in SW magazine. Someone (might have been Shanleypink) mentioned kebabs too. I don't have the curry book, so if anyone knows how you make the kebabs, please let me know...

My first weigh-in Sunday:eek:, but is it mostly water you lose in the first week? I seem to remember someone saying that to me...

[findingmyownway]

Morning all!!

Well done losers:DJust had my wholemeal toast for breakfast (can't always face eggs, etc.) and ham quiche and salad for lunch. Out for tea, so I'll have to choose wisely ;)

I'm going to do the beef kofta curry with yoghurt dressing over the weekend, which was mentioned on here, but I found the recipe in SW magazine. Someone (might have been Shanleypink) mentioned kebabs too. I don't have the curry book, so if anyone knows how you make the kebabs, please let me know...

My first weigh-in Sunday:eek:, but is it mostly water you lose in the first week? I seem to remember someone saying that to me...


Don't be nervous about the weigh-in, its the first of many! Some people do lose quite a bit in the first week as the body has had a bit of a shock!

Can someone PM me the password please.

I would also love to see some curry recepies. I suppose chicken korma and peshwari naan isn't very low syn though :o

Kebabs with a big salad would be nice though.

Ive had my yoghurt and pineapple for breakfast which was yummy. Tesco delivery tonight with tons of fruit and free yoghurts. Also going to make the thai veggie thing from jan magazine this weekend.


Are tinned tomatoes free? I make a lovely sausage casserole which i reckon should be quite low syn. Can anyone advise....

sausages (i can use quorn)
1 tin tomatoes
400ml gravy (i could use bovril to make free?)
mushrooms
peppers
onion
mustard seeds
coriander
2 red chillis

Fry mustard seeds, chillis and onions. Add mushrooms, sausages, peppers and cook for a few minutes. Add tinned tomatoes + gravy. Simmer for 20mins or so, add coriander near end of cooking time.

I reckon this would be free on a green day so could serve with jacket potatoes and veg??

[lab-dab]

I lost 2lb this week so total is 8.5 since is started so im really chuffed with that :)

I'm off to the pub for a meal tonight so will have to try and be sensible and have a free lunch etc all day to compensate as not sure what will be on the menu. I'm going to have to get back in to exercise this week.

[lab-dab]

findingmyownway - that sausage recipe looks lovely. I might give that a go. It looks free to me and would only be the gravy to count or free with bovril.

I bought the bovril chicken jar..is this what makes chicken stock? I couldnt find cubes or vecan anywhere

[findingmyownway]

findingmyownway - that sausage recipe looks lovely. I might give that a go. It looks free to me and would only be the gravy to count or free with bovril.

I bought the bovril chicken jar..is this what makes chicken stock? I couldnt find cubes or vecan anywhere

Hmm, i've not tried bovril myself. I think bisto is 1.5 syns per 100ml and as the recepie serves 4 i think taking the 1.5 syns/serving might be worth it.

[LoneR113]

Hi guys,
Blimey, I managed 4 days of "being good" so far - this is getting almost to an obsession! Spending so long on this thread that I have to rush to do things prior to work and I haven't visited any other thread for days.
Last night the cafe brought us their unsold food such as sandwiches, chocapains,sausage rolls and danish etc - but I resisted and had NONE!!!
Crumbs, making me hungry just to mention it.Thanks to all for your continued support and motivational messages - and well done to "losers" .
Here's to me joining you this week, I hope!
I know I will probably not be so good tomorrow as I'm wine tasting - what a waste to spit, and if I'm honest I probably won't if it's nice.
Prawn Paella tomorrow from th e latest SW mag -i will feedback to you'll Sunday after my WI.
Cheers you lot

[Skint_Catt]

:hello: Found you! :grin:

On a red day today and not hungry yet, but nervous. Bread sarnie for lunch and jacket potato with dinner tonight means I can't have my aplen bar :(

[16011996]

Hi Skint Catt, Glad you found us!!!!! Will you not have enough sins for an alpen bar, i'm fairly sure they are 3 sins each, maybe you could squeeze one in?

160

[obsessednewbie]

Morning guys and girls

Was so looking forward to my sasuage and bacon quiche. But after i turned the oven off last night, kinda got engrossed with the old thread reading from page one. Got hauled off to bed at mindnight and forgot to take quiche out of oven. Wasnt sure i could eat it after being in oven all night so havent :mad:

Will pop out to Morrisons after school run and get some eat smart free sausages and try again(15 miles to morrisons - better be worth it!)

So far have had a small pack of Bernard Matthews ham and am currently eating a 4 slices of bacon omlettte with onions and tomatoes which i burned badly and most of it is still actually in the pan.

lunch if still hungry will have prawn salad. Dinner beef caserole and restaurant tonight a salad.

I am gonna do this !!

x

[One step forward]

Morning all,

Since weigh in Wednesday morning have been 99% focussed.... my only slight slip up was adding the odds left in a packet of frozen mixed veg to my cauli last night to make room in the freezer.... so a few peas and sweetcorn on a red day... ooops!!!

Have been focussing on speed foods and scan bran this week but will be trying the breakfast quiche at the weekend with OH.

Also upped the water and cleared the boxesoff the running machine and managed 15 minutes last night.... first time its been used since Christmas!

Red day again today with shepherds pie with the squash and swede topping....

Going shopping this afternoon with DD for outfit for sisters wedding so must not be tempted in the city!!

[Skint_Catt]

Hi Skint Catt, Glad you found us!!!!! Will you not have enough sins for an alpen bar, i'm fairly sure they are 3 sins each, maybe you could squeeze one in?

160

Maybe, but I've had some tomato sauce and would like a glass of wine tonight as its friday - I've earned it! Trouble is it was Dads birthday last night and although Mum cooked a healthy meal, there was nibbles, wine and dessert.:o :rolleyes: She forgot to get the birthday cake out thank god! :rotfl:so trying to cut down on syns today a bit.

Catt xx

[shanleypink]

Hi gpuss, the seekh kebabs are easy.

1 fresh green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
2 tsp ground ginger
5 minced or chopped garlic cloves
2 tbsp finely chopped corriander leaves
1 tsp roasted cumin seeds
500g pack of extra lean minced beef
2 tbsp finely chopped red onion
1 tsp mild or medium chilli powder
1 beaten egg (poor thing...)
2 tsp sea salt

Bung it all in a bowl and squidge! Use fingers, utensils don't work well with this. Make sure it is all really well mixed together. Cover and pop in fridge overnight to marinate (I did not put in fridge, I used straight away)
Preheat oven to 190/ gas 5
Divide meat into 12 portions and shape each one round a metal or bamboo skewer.
I found it easier to make sausages and then thread skewer through the middle.
Place on baking tray and spray lightly with fry light. Bake for 15- 20 mins turning once during cooking. Serve with wedges of lemon to squeeze over.
VOILA.... they are gorgeous and free on a red day and they also freeze brilliantly.
I didnt have cumin seeds, still taste great.

[Nessa56]

morning all, went to class last night and 1/2 lb loss. not too bad. back on the drinking plenty this week. i knew it wasn't going to be a huge loss as its star week and i've lost 4 and half over the two previous weeks. still very happy and :)

Well done 160

I have taken up your suggestion as well of drinking more water, so here's hoping

v
x

[Skint_Catt]

Me too nessa though I add sugar free squash to mine - yummy!

[16011996]

i'm back on the drink, on 3rd large glass of squash, plus had about 4 brews, so must keep it up!!!!!

[16011996]

Maybe, but I've had some tomato sauce and would like a glass of wine tonight as its friday - I've earned it! Trouble is it was Dads birthday last night and although Mum cooked a healthy meal, there was nibbles, wine and dessert.:o :rolleyes: She forgot to get the birthday cake out thank god! :rotfl:so trying to cut down on syns today a bit.

Catt xx

lol these things are sent to try us aren't they.

nessa, i really find the drinking helps, keep it up, its also helped my eczema a lot too i've noticed, and my skin looks much better.

[gpuss]

I bought the bovril chicken jar..is this what makes chicken stock? I couldnt find cubes or vecan anywhereI bought a jar of Bovril, as I noticed it in lots of recipes. I couldn't find cubes either. Still, it sounds as if Bisto is not too bad in syns. Do they recommend any particular gravy mix to use, at meetings?

Just enjoyed my ham quiche and a shape ls, but a bit worried about how good I'll be in the pub later...:eek:

Robinsons Fruit and barley is free and the strawberry and kiwi one is delicious!

[gpuss]

[quote=shanleypink;9166307]Hi gpuss, the seekh kebabs are easy.

Thanks Shanleypink - that's brilliant:T. I know what to add to my shopping list now

xx

[purplestar1uk]

Hey folks,
I had my WI today. I gained 1/2lb, but that's not the end of the world, and esp. as it's my first gain since I joined it's cool. And it's entirely my fault for eating several easter eggs in the week!
However I did get SLimmer of the Month for February, and I won the group's 'Greatest loser 2008' which stunned me, and I got a bunch of flowers and a bottle of perry for that!
So, good week anyway.
I got the new food directory and like others here find it immensely confusing. I was going to sell last year's but I'm not sure I will now!!
Does anyone understand the 'Smart Syns' they talk about in there? They're mentioned in the Tesco book as well (also very confusing, same set-up!) and I just dont' get what smart syns are. Cheers!

[purplestar1uk]

160 - the tesco book is 'Shop to Slim at Tesco'. Has general foods in then all tesco's own brand stuff.

littleoleme - I spent my first few weeks on SW feeling totally, totally confused. Then it all just seemed to click into place. Don't despair, you'll get the hang of it soon enough!

[purplestar1uk]

findingmyownway - that sausage recipe looks lovely. I might give that a go. It looks free to me and would only be the gravy to count or free with bovril.

I bought the bovril chicken jar..is this what makes chicken stock? I couldnt find cubes or vecan anywhere

I found vecon in Holland & Barratt.

[doorstep]

Hi all,

Having a good day today :j . I'm following the 7 day fast results plan for the SW magazine (Jan/Feb). My afternoon snack was a 400g tin of fruit cocktail (in juice). It was supposed to be with yogurt (but I don't have any left ;) ).

The mag says it's no sins for the day, but when I looked onlne it said 1.5 sins per 100g. So have I eaten 6 sins or not :confused: .

I'd already sorted some nice sins for tonight (including wine :D ) so I'm really hoping I'm wrong and the magazine is correct.

Does anyone know?

[Princess kate]

I think you can count some tinned fruit as a HeB, maybe that is what they have done in the mag?
HTH
Kate

[Skint_Catt]

160 - the tesco book is 'Shop to Slim at Tesco'. Has general foods in then all tesco's own brand stuff.

littleoleme - I spent my first few weeks on SW feeling totally, totally confused. Then it all just seemed to click into place. Don't despair, you'll get the hang of it soon enough!

Thanks purplestar - I forgot to answer 160's question! I just can't get my head round the catergories they use?! It's not at all easy to use quickly as you have to search 5 or 6 section then the sub-sections before you find something!

[doorstep]

I think you can count some tinned fruit as a HeB, maybe that is what they have done in the mag?
HTH
Kate


Thanks Princess Kate (I'd forgotten about the HEB!!!)

Bring on the wine :rotfl:

[Princess kate]

Iv just remembered somethign yummy I used to make, great for a green lunch or to have in the fridge to much on.

Brown rice salad
Cooked brown rice
Chopped cherry tomatoes
Chopped cucumber
Brown sauce, diluted in water

opttonal (yummy but adds syns)
Rasins
Peanuts/seads (could be a HeB)

Just mix it all together! The diluted brown sauce makes it really yummy with the nuttyness of the brown rice.

Hope this is of help to someone!
Kate x

[doorstep]

That sounds lovely Princess Kate

I do get a bit bored with my pasta, rice, cottage cheese rotation!!

[little ole me]

160 - the tesco book is 'Shop to Slim at Tesco'. Has general foods in then all tesco's own brand stuff.

littleoleme - I spent my first few weeks on SW feeling totally, totally confused. Then it all just seemed to click into place. Don't despair, you'll get the hang of it soon enough!

Thanks for the support, I still feel as my head is spinning reading through the books.:rolleyes:

I think I will pick up one of there mags at my next meeting and thanks to everyone who have posted reciepes on here a great help. :T Even better when they say they are a green or red meal, as us novices are not quite as clued up as the rest of you all.

[AMIE399]

oh wow .. i made the all day breakfast quiche this morning, cut it into 8 so i could count as 1 syn per portion ( used 8 bowers 95%fat free sasauges ) its sooooo nice, prefere it cold rather than hot, going to have the rest tomorrow.. great to have as handy snack in the fridge on a red day

[Nessa56]

Amie399

The all day quiche, the 1 syn per portion is that on a green or red day. Sorry if that is a stupid question but still trying to get to grips with this

I am guessing either day?

v
x

[16011996]

nessa, the quiche is only 1 syn on a red day, depends what you put in it, but without any meat, would be ok on a green day, maybe with beans.

[Nessa56]

Thanks 160

I am also guessing that if I put bacon in it I could use that on a green day as a HEB ? so it would still be syn free.

v
x

[Skint_Catt]

Thanks 160

I am also guessing that if I put bacon in it I could use that on a green day as a HEB ? so it would still be syn free.

v
x

Yes, as long as you weigh the bacon going in (85g IIRC)

[16011996]

what does IIRC mean?

[Nessa56]

Thanks Skint Catt

My god I think she's got it (well getting it slowly Grr)

Thanks to you all for all of your help, it is great to know you are all there.

Take care and have a lovely weekend all of you.

v
x

[Skint_Catt]

what does IIRC mean?

Sorry - it means "If I Remember Correctly"!
:rotfl:

[16011996]

lol, i though it was a certain type of bacon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[consultant31]

Hi all,

Having a good day today :j . I'm following the 7 day fast results plan for the SW magazine (Jan/Feb). My afternoon snack was a 400g tin of fruit cocktail (in juice). It was supposed to be with yogurt (but I don't have any left ;) ).

The mag says it's no sins for the day, but when I looked onlne it said 1.5 sins per 100g. So have I eaten 6 sins or not :confused: .

I'd already sorted some nice sins for tonight (including wine :D ) so I'm really hoping I'm wrong and the magazine is correct.

Does anyone know?

Provided your fruit cocktail was canned in juice and not syrup, you can have 397gms as a healthy extra B choice, so enjoy your wine as syns :D

[sw_mina]

Hi everyone.

I've just made some lemon cous cous cake, but I went a bit bonkers and whizzed it briefly with a hand blender before putting it in the oven. Now I'm wondering if that means I have to syn the cous cous... does anyone know? My mental process was that you blend the chickpea cake and the carrot cake and the polenta muffins so surely you can blend the cous cous cake... now I'm doubting myself. I didn't mash it completly, just a quick whizz...

:confused:

Ta

ps - made my stone on Tuesday! Woo!

[16011996]

Basic/Non Branded Foods Couscous, ground/used as flour 28g

http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 5 Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 5 Syns

think you may have to count it as syns, sorry

but well done on your stone award!!!!!!!!! Thats brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Princess kate]

You do know that the cous cous cake isnt free dont you? Just checking......
Kate

[consultant31]

Hi everyone.

I've just made some lemon cous cous cake, but I went a bit bonkers and whizzed it briefly with a hand blender before putting it in the oven. Now I'm wondering if that means I have to syn the cous cous... does anyone know? My mental process was that you blend the chickpea cake and the carrot cake and the polenta muffins so surely you can blend the cous cous cake... now I'm doubting myself. I didn't mash it completly, just a quick whizz...

:confused:

Ta

ps - made my stone on Tuesday! Woo!

Well done on your stone award:T

Sadly couscous cake can't be counted a syn-free (neither can chickpea cake, polenta muffins, lasagne crisps etc) as it is regarded as misuse of the couscous (polenta, chickpeas etc)

Some people were eating the whole cake and then wondering why their weight loss had slowed (or even reversed itself) which made the nutritionist re-examine the rules on the use of such foods.

[16011996]

consultant, so how many syns would there be in the cous cous cake?

also, does the rice quiche i make become synned? i cook a pack of savoury rice, with eggs mixed in? worried now cos thats what i got for tea.

[sw_mina]

Basic/Non Branded Foods Couscous, ground/used as flour 28g


http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 5 Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 5 Syns



think you may have to count it as syns, sorry

but well done on your stone award!!!!!!!!! Thats brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!


Oh noes! The really annoying thing is, I just tasted a bit and it is SOOOOO much nicer than it normally is.

I know its not free, but it nearly is the way I make it - just lemon juice, no lemon curd, so its only the baking powder to syn.

Thanks anyway :cry:

[16011996]

sorry consultant, can you tell me if the crisps are syn free still? our consultant told us they were on thursday, but now i'm wondering?

[sw_mina]

Well done on your stone award:T

Sadly couscous cake can't be counted a syn-free (neither can chickpea cake, polenta muffins, lasagne crisps etc) as it is regarded as misuse of the couscous (polenta, chickpeas etc)

Some people were eating the whole cake and then wondering why their weight loss had slowed (or even reversed itself) which made the nutritionist re-examine the rules on the use of such foods.


Ooooh. Hmmm. We had a tasting night the other week and someone brought lasange crisps in, which our consultant advocated, and she's always talking about the cous cous and chickpea cake. I don't really understand how a food can be 'mis-used', to be honest, as if its the intention that puts on the pounds rather than the ingredients. I recognise that it is not how you would 'normally' eat your cous cous, but you don't eat more of it, nor do you change the constitution (unless you reach for the blender :o ) - I don't really see how it's different to having a plate of cous cous with chopped egg, slices of lemon and a dollop of low fat yoghurt on top (except for the baking powder, of course), but I'm willing to admit I might be missing something!

[consultant31]

sorry consultant, can you tell me if the crisps are syn free still? our consultant told us they were on thursday, but now i'm wondering?

No, they're not free. Ask your consultant to check with SW head office.

[terrigrunshaw]

Hi im new to all this forum business (so new that im getting my husband to type this out for me), I started with slimming world at the beginning of february......im doing it myself, so im not going to meetings. In 4 weeks i've lost 5lb. Any tips or advice that could help me?????? My name is terri by the way.

[consultant31]

consultant, so how many syns would there be in the cous cous cake?

also, does the rice quiche i make become synned? i cook a pack of savoury rice, with eggs mixed in? worried now cos thats what i got for tea.

You'd need to count the couscous at 5 syns per 28gms.

The rice quiche is free as you're using it in the form it's intended to be used.

[consultant31]

Hi im new to all this forum business (so new that im getting my husband to type this out for me), I started with slimming world at the beginning of february......im doing it myself, so im not going to meetings. In 4 weeks i've lost 5lb. Any tips or advice that could help me?????? My name is terri by the way.

Hi Terri and welcome to the board and SW. The best (and only) advice you need is to follow the food optimising book - use it as your bible, have utter faith in the plan........it really works. Drink at least 2½ litres of water every day and eat lots of free foods.

[peachyest]

will whats going on moved again :rolleyes: ,
weldone 160 , so glad you went :j :j :j :j :T :T and weldone everyone else :T :T :T :T :T .
well so glad you like the allday breakfast quich , if you use morrisons low fat sausage its free , i nomally make this alot in the summer for barbie , with my chicken &bacon kerbs , tikka chicken drumsticks , home made burgers

[consultant31]

Ooooh. Hmmm. We had a tasting night the other week and someone brought lasange crisps in, which our consultant advocated, and she's always talking about the cous cous and chickpea cake. I don't really understand how a food can be 'mis-used', to be honest, as if its the intention that puts on the pounds rather than the ingredients. I recognise that it is not how you would 'normally' eat your cous cous, but you don't eat more of it, nor do you change the constitution (unless you reach for the blender :o ) - I don't really see how it's different to having a plate of cous cous with chopped egg, slices of lemon and a dollop of low fat yoghurt on top (except for the baking powder, of course), but I'm willing to admit I might be missing something!

I don't make the rules, I just try to explain them as best I can :rolleyes:

Food Optimising is a healthy eating plan. It's aims are to teach you how to eat in a way which will help you to maintain your new slimmer figure for ever (once you've lost the excess weight). In order to do this, you need to eat food in the way everyone else would eat it, not made up into some bizarre recipe which you find enticing - naturally slim people don't spend their time looking for ways of making cakes out of everyday foods.

I admit to not being able to explain myself well on this issue, but I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that food optimising works if you follow the rules. Tweaking them will eventually result in weight gain!

[Skint_Catt]

Hi im new to all this forum business (so new that im getting my husband to type this out for me), I started with slimming world at the beginning of february......im doing it myself, so im not going to meetings. In 4 weeks i've lost 5lb. Any tips or advice that could help me?????? My name is terri by the way.

:hello: Hi and welcome! :j

[peachyest]

hi and welcome , i hope you will enjoy this thread as were all mad , everyone on here really care and give surport , so if you find something you've tried and has worked or see something in the supermarket thats on offer on our diet then share , if you have queston ,or just can't get your head around something on this diet ask , someone mite know:confused:

[doorstep]

Provided your fruit cocktail was canned in juice and not syrup, you can have 397gms as a healthy extra B choice, so enjoy your wine as syns :D



:dance: :dance:

[ladyV]

consultant 31 i laughed when i read your post about "naturally slim people don't spend their time trying to work out how to make cakes out of everyday foods" it's so true!

terri - i've just returned to SW and my weight is coming off at a snails pace too so assuming you are following the plan correctly that is just how it is for some people.
Although a few people do say if it comes off slow you are more likely to keep it off.

[terrigrunshaw]

hi has anybody else made the syn free crisps using lasagna sheets? if so any ideas wht to put on them instead of just salt and pepper(i over did it last time) they so yummy trying think of dif flavours to try ta xxxx o yeah ive heard u can make rice pudding with pudding rice, a vanilla and tofee muller light has anybody done it before? it if so how do u make it? :j ta

[ladyV]

hi terri

consultant 31 has said on this thread that lasagne crisps are not free unfortunately as they constitute a misuse of free food.

[consultant31]

Rice Pudding

1 pint cold water
½ mug pudding rice
Splenda to taste
Nutmeg (optional)
2 tbsp vanilla essence (optional)
Muller Light Vanilla Yoghurt.

Put 1 pint cold water into saucepan. Add the pudding rice and cook for about 15/20 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool down - at this stage you can use the optional items - when it is really cold, add one Muller light Vanilla Yoghurt.

[redmel1621]

Hi Terri:wave:

Just a couple of posts back consultant31 says that any of the foods that are being used for anything other than their original form have to be synned!! I was going to try them too...

Mel x

[peachyest]

i posted it.
1 cup of pudding rice
water
sweetner
1 villnia muller light yoghurt
1 toffee muller light yoghurt
put rice & water , sweetner in pan cook until rice is cooked , drain ,
then add yoghurts and enjoy :T :T :T :T

[redmel1621]

Oh forgot to ask everyone,

has anybody spotted any alpen lights on offer anywhere, I tried them the other day and they are gorgeous....but a bit pricey....please share if you have I want t stock up on them.

Mel x

[terrigrunshaw]

hi terri

consultant 31 has said on this thread that lasagne crisps are not free unfortunately as they constitute a misuse of free food.

could you tell me exactly how many syns these crisps are? just trying to work out how many extra syns i've had over the past couple of weeks......my friend is having these, she goes to sw and she recommended them as she said they were free!

[charlies_mum]

Oh forgot to ask everyone,

has anybody spotted any alpen lights on offer anywhere, I tried them the other day and they are gorgeous....but a bit pricey....please share if you have I want t stock up on them.

Mel x

I'm sure they are on special in Morrisons (or they were last week) I tried them, but they were too sweet for me, anyone have any others I could try ?

[lab-dab]

when you say when free foods used for something else have to be synned...does this mean if i use potatos to make what i thought was syn free crips using the microwave crisp maker....theyre not??

[consultant31]

when you say when free foods used for something else have to be synned...does this mean if i use potatos to make what i thought was syn free crips using the microwave crisp maker....theyre not??

No they're not syn-free. However, syn them and they're only 3½ syns for 28gms which should make quite a few crisps (far fewer than a bag of crisps).

I'm a big believer in moderation in all things, so a few of anything like this is not going to have much effect on your weight, it's when you get to making loads of them and eating them in preference to 'proper' food that the problems begin.

[alyth]

I knew I've been putting on a bit of weight recently, but I bit the bullet and weighed myself in Tescos today - I am 12 stone 12 STONE!!! I'm fat and wobbly and can barely get into a size 14 now! I'm heading towards 40, and so's my weight by the looks of things!

Is it worth joining a diet club like Slimming World, or am I better to stop stuffing my face with crisps and device my own diet plan? I've got a couple of fitness DVDs which I've dug out tonight, but honestly, I'm so disgusted with myself and the way I look at the moment that I'm just determined to lose a couple of stone by the summer. Has anyone reached the despair point as I have any want a diet buddy?

[redmel1621]

thanks charlies_mum, I will check.
WI tommorrow, although i cheated and weighed today so I do know I have lost something. Will get an acurate read in the morning. I am loving this 'diet' I really feel as though I am eating loads, yet every week (so far) I have lost weight......
I think it helps that we have got rid of our car AND got a dog so we are walking loads.
I still use my excercise bike but only maybe once or twice a week and I am doing crunches and leg raises every other day too, plus Karate on a saturday.....I can definately say I am fulfilling the body magic part of this diet hehe

Mel x

[consultant31]

could you tell me exactly how many syns these crisps are? just trying to work out how many extra syns i've had over the past couple of weeks......my friend is having these, she goes to sw and she recommended them as she said they were free!

The best way to find out the syns is to see what they would be on the opposite plan (ie potatoes on a red day etc). In this instance lasagne is 2½ syns per sheet.

[Savvy_Sue]

Alyth, there are several slimming support threads scattered around the boards, including a Slimming World one on this board, one about doing it the old-fashioned way on the Old Style board, always used to be one in I wanna... and one in DT as well.

See what you can find, I'm sure there will be one to suit - but you're in despair at being a size 14? That's really not a large size ...

[flutterbyuk25]

Ha I wish I was 12 stone! I think I weighed more than that when I was born :rotfl:

But seriously, if you want to lose weight then it would probably be worth joining a slimming group. I'd recommend slimming world. It's very easy to follow and not much counting involved. A weekly class gives you motivation and you learn tips and hints. Weighing yourself weekly isn't a good idea as you can just cheat as no-one is tracking your progress!

Good luck with it all, and don't despair!

x

[lab-dab]

No they're not syn-free. However, syn them and they're only 3½ syns for 28gms which should make quite a few crisps (far fewer than a bag of crisps).

I'm a big believer in moderation in all things, so a few of anything like this is not going to have much effect on your weight, it's when you get to making loads of them and eating them in preference to 'proper' food that the problems begin.


Oh no :( mind i havent perfected making them yet like so i havent eaten loads. Today has been my worst day as i went out for tea with work and have just nutella on ryvita! :eek: tomorrow is a new day and ill do some more exercise.. :A

[alyth]

I don't have scales at home, I knew I was about 11.5 stone, but thought I'd find out the exact figure today - I've scared myself witless, not least because according to Weightwatchers and Slimming World I should be 8.5 - 10.5 stone! There are classes near me for both companies, I've checked their websites so time to bite the bullet I think!

It's not the size 14 that bothers me, I couldn't care less what size I am, it's the actual weight figure that's freaked me out. I kind of wish I hadn't bothered weighing myself now...!

[shanleypink]

I'm sure they are on special in Morrisons (or they were last week) I tried them, but they were too sweet for me, anyone have any others I could try ?

Too sweet? Too sweet? Are you mad woman? :rotfl: :rotfl:

[flutterbyuk25]

Go for it! You'll be a bit nervous walking in for the first time but everyone will be very friendly and remember that they are all there for the same reason as you.

Just to give you an insight on the two, with Weightwatchers you have to count everything you eat and track it. With slimming world you have a list of free foods to eat from plus some dairy/fibre and don't need to write it down.

Personally I find slimming world easy as i work shifts and the list of free food is massive - pasta/potatoes/rice/veg/fruit etc so you can have so many different meals, and I'm vegetarian so I just stick to their green days.

I found WW a bit too picky with all the measuring and counting points, but it's good if you like to track what you are eating. Plus WW has a better website than SW!

Check out the other threads on here for more info
x

[starjumper]

Too sweet? Too sweet? Are you mad woman? :rotfl: :rotfl:

Shanley, it is time we accepted that there are some strange people in this world.:D

Loving this empty thread, it's like taking the Christmas decorations down and realising how big your house is all of a sudden.

[Nile]

A whale...............no, you look more like a manatee.:D

No offence............I'm referring to your avatar.;)

Don't despair, have a look at the 'Lose Weight 19' thread and join in the discussion. They're a very friendly bunch.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=775103

Regards

Nile (who doesn't resemble a stripey tigger);)

[alyth]

thanks for the info Flutterby, I appreciate it. I'm more angry at myself than anything in letting myself get so heavy! I couldn't be bothered counting points, SW sounds the best option for me. I've been aware that I've been porking out for a while, it's weird because I eat only fruit during the day at work, but at night I drink wine and scoff peanuts and crisps and that's the problem - more discipline needed me thinks!

[popsy20]

Hi :hello: I've just joined Weight Watchers and lost 7lb in my first week so am well chuffed - of course I prob won't lose that much next week but I'm finding it okay - I'm just eating what I normally would and once you've worked the points out it's not too bad - it really helps writing it all down cos it makes you realise how much you eat without even realising :eek:

PS: wish I was 12 stone and size 14 :D sounds great to me !!!

[alyth]

Wow, well done popsy - i'm surfing sites at the moment getting health & diet & fitness info, and it's not until you actually sit there thinking about what you eat and drink that you suddenly realise why you're 12 stone (says alyth pouring another glass of wine!).

it's more the massive lump of fat round my middle that's annoying me, if I put on a pair of trousers then I literally look like a sack of spuds tied in the middle! It's not helped by the fact the dog had an operation so I've not been out walking for 2 months, but I think I've had the shock to motivate me to join a club and take more exercise, as well as stopping gorging!

[sw_mina]

I don't make the rules, I just try to explain them as best I can :rolleyes:

Food Optimising is a healthy eating plan. It's aims are to teach you how to eat in a way which will help you to maintain your new slimmer figure for ever (once you've lost the excess weight). In order to do this, you need to eat food in the way everyone else would eat it, not made up into some bizarre recipe which you find enticing - naturally slim people don't spend their time looking for ways of making cakes out of everyday foods.

I admit to not being able to explain myself well on this issue, but I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that food optimising works if you follow the rules. Tweaking them will eventually result in weight gain!

I'm still not understanding - I don't think 'everyone else' (those pesky so-called 'normal/average' people I've never managed to find?) would put rice or pasta into a quiche, yet this is free. But add couscous to the same mixture, and it's not okay. I can cope with rules - rules are good, they help make my goals specific, measurable, acheivable, realistic and time-managed - but here I don't see why there is a different rule for pasta and rice compared with couscous.

Apologies if I sound like I'm banging on, but I really want to follow the rules, but struggle when they seem to contradict one another. I appreciate your input, really.

[jay11]

Hi :hello: I've just joined Weight Watchers and lost 7lb in my first week so am well chuffed - of course I prob won't lose that much next week but I'm finding it okay - I'm just eating what I normally would and once you've worked the points out it's not too bad - it really helps writing it all down cos it makes you realise how much you eat without even realising :eek:

PS: wish I was 12 stone and size 14 :D sounds great to me !!!

Yeah to me to, but it's how you feel, I know that when I was 9 stone I thought I was huge, thanks to my mum who had issues cos I wasnt 8 stone or less any more! (She's lovely really but thats one of her blind spots). Now I'm, ahem, 13st...mutters, and she says not a word--go figure:confused: .
good luck

[shanleypink]

Shanley, it is time we accepted that there are some strange people in this world.:D

Loving this empty thread, it's like taking the Christmas decorations down and realising how big your house is all of a sudden.

There is strange and then there is strange... lol... wish I could find something that is too sweet for me!! Still looking though... :o

[skintlass]

Oh the joys of body dismorphia - I used to think I was fat at 7.5 stone when in school as my friend and sister were thinner than me. I really struggle with my weight now and realise how lucky I was when I was younger

[shanleypink]

Ditto...I was nine stone wet through til I was 18... and got teased for being skinny!!! God, how things change!!

[starjumper]

Oh the joys of body dismorphia - I used to think I was fat at 7.5 stone when in school as my friend and sister were thinner than me. I really struggle with my weight now and realise how lucky I was when I was younger

Okay, I get cross at people thinking they are not amazing just because they are a bit spotty or have lumps around their middle (I know that's not your point but it has led me on to this).

Ladies (and Gents) you are NOT ugly or any less of a person, no less deserving of love or joy than anyone else just because you are carrying a few spare pounds, or spare stones.

Read back through this thread, and the previous closed one, are we not all full of humour, love and compassion for one another, is this not one of the most supportive places you've got to blow off steam and have a moan and make new friends. Why is this? It is because we are all actually pretty damn amazing.

Yeah I may not get the wolf whistles I once got, but is that because I'm a bit older, a bit cuddlier or it is because I don't walk past building sites - who knows, who cares. I've a husband who worships me, a family that love me and friends who are supportive and of course everyone on here, all helpful and funny.

So your jeans are a bit tight, so you bum looks lumpy- who cares, you are all brilliant people and don't let anyone tell you otherwise (and if they do, let me know and I'll give them a good thumping for you).

[alyth]

if only I did have body dismorphia, I'm the kind of person who doesn't care about these types of things, but you know sometimes you hit a point when you can't do up a pair of trousers you bought only a couple of months ago? That's me - the problem's in my middle - nowhere else is particularly fat or flabby.

And I'm slightly flattered in being compared to a manatee - they're the cutest things in the world - but I do unfortunately share their shape at the moment!

[terrigrunshaw]

Okay, I get cross at people thinking they are not amazing just because they are a bit spotty or have lumps around their middle (I know that's not your point but it has led me on to this).

Ladies (and Gents) you are NOT ugly or any less of a person, no less deserving of love or joy than anyone else just because you are carrying a few spare pounds, or spare stones.

Read back through this thread, and the previous closed one, are we not all full of humour, love and compassion for one another, is this not one of the most supportive places you've got to blow off steam and have a moan and make new friends. Why is this? It is because we are all actually pretty damn amazing.

Yeah I may not get the wolf whistles I once got, but is that because I'm a bit older, a bit cuddlier or it is because I don't walk past building sites - who knows, who cares. I've a husband who worships me, a family that love me and friends who are supportive and of course everyone on here, all helpful and funny.

So your jeans are a bit tight, so you bum looks lumpy- who cares, you are all brilliant people and don't let anyone tell you otherwise (and if they do, let me know and I'll give them a good thumping for you).


:T:T :T :T :T well said honey, well said :T :T :T :T :T i think im gonna like it on here xxx

[janiebaby29]

hello , just introducing myself on this thread , i joined SW last night ,
and would like someone to check im doing ok
green day
2 tescos light weetabix . one b
250ml semi skim milk one a
lunch was a homemade pasta salad , with green beans , tomatoes , cuc , rocket , red onoin chopped up boiled egg , i put a spoon ful of easiyo lowfat youghurt in it .
2 pears and an orange ,
dinner was 113gm chicken , sliced potato in chicken bovril and lemon juice ,
spinach and green beans .
pudding was frozen sunmmer fruits with youghurt on it .
my syns are 2 measures of vodka with diet coke . and one lime and soda
which i make a total of 8 syns

[Princess kate]

Evening all,
I have discovered a yummy new cous cous, Aldi's green thai style curry flavour couscous, yummy & free on green, yay!!
Kate x

[AMIE399]

good morning to you all...

Redmel... Tesco are selling Alpin lt bars 2- 4- £3 i love them and have a least one a day

ive woken up starving !!!!!!! so as im typing this im munching on some left over all day quiche...

another red day for me again. for dinner im having pork spare ribs and i found a nice sounding rib sauce in the 100 saucy secrets book. so i thought i would share it with you, i think it would be nice on chicken too...

free on both days...
fry light
1 onion finely chopped
1 stick celery finely chopped
397g/14oz can chopped tomatoes
1 level tbsp tom puree
2 tsp mustard pwd
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
sweetner to taste
salt + pepper to taste

heat the pan, spray fry light, saute the onions & celery for 5 mins stir in toms & bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 mins,
add tom puree and mustard pwd, w sauce and lemon juice and simmer over a very low heat for 20 mins stirring occasionally till thickened
stir in sweetner, season to taste and serve

will tell you all what it like later

[janiebaby29]

hello , is easiyo slimmers natuarl yogurt free on both days ??
just wondering as i make my own yoghurt. thanks

[BallerinaGirl]

Morning everyone, pleased to see someone else up as early as me on a Saturday...seems to be the only time I get on the PC!

I have just been weighed after my first week and lost 6lbs, which I am thrilled about. I have been really good all week rotating from red to green and been to the gym 3 times and swimming too, so really chuffed with the weight loss, even didnt have a drink lastnight either!:eek:

Today will be red, just had weetabix, alpen light, cuppa t, not sure about lunch but tea is planned to be chicken wrapped in bacon with something.....

So only ***** more stones to go...have a good weekend everyone!

[janiebaby29]

6lbs thats a good weight loss , well done , im up early cos im waiting for the installer from sky to come round

[janiebaby29]

also any free squash drinks ?? that anyone can rec me , i want to up my water intake but i hate drinking water on its own , unless its turned into wine , lol

[charlies_mum]

Too sweet? Too sweet? Are you mad woman? :rotfl: :rotfl:

I really hate sweet things, and the Alpen bars set my teeth on edge. I really crave savoury things like crisps -mind you, I do manage to overlook my dislike of sweet things when drinking wine :D

Well done Ballerinagirl, keep going and you'll have lost your first stone in no time.

Janie, Aldi do an orange squash which is free, and I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell you of others.

Just on my way out for the day, so have packed lots of fruit and water just in case I can't get anything else - suppose I could go to MacDonalds :eek:

[BallerinaGirl]

Hi Janie

As far as I was aware most sugar-free/diet drinks are free? Thats what it says in my book, so I just drink juice, but water at the gym.

[16011996]

Alpen light bars are £1 a box in farmfoods if you have one ear you, i got loads the other night, (8 boxes, lol) as they work out better than most of the supermarket offers

hth

160

[doorstep]

* Farm Foods Managers are puzzled by sudden rush on Alpen Lights... *

:D

[redmel1621]

Ahh Thanks 160

I will have to see if I can get down there, I have put some on my Tesco order on the 2-4-£3 but it will still be cheaper at farmfoods.......

Weighed-in this morn lost 1lb this week. I started my healthy eating plan back in October and joined SW 3 weeks ago in total I have lost 1 stone 6lb

Mel x

[Flat Eric]

findingmyownway - that sausage recipe looks lovely. I might give that a go. It looks free to me and would only be the gravy to count or free with bovril.

I bought the bovril chicken jar..is this what makes chicken stock? I couldnt find cubes or vecan anywhere

You can buy Vecan in health food shops. I got mine in Holland and Barrat

[SoggyMoggy]

Morning all, I think I've got that body dysmorphia thing, except I see a slim person in the mirror and get a rude shock when I get on the scales!

Well, not quite as rude now, thank goodness ;)

Managed to do an hour in the gym yesterday, first time for two weeks as I've been doubled up with this blessed cough and couldn't walk upstairs without setting myself off. And then I'd have to run for the loo too :o ... oh, the joys of having had two huge babies :rolleyes:

Sorry, TMI!

Alyth, how tall are you, if you don't mind me asking?

[Flat Eric]

Hi Consultant 31
I just have a general query.....
I have bought some Holland and Barrett High strength Herbal iron liquid. Ive been feeling run down and my mum suggested I try this.

HOWEVER
Im conscious this could be a hidden syn. I have used the syn calculator but got a result of 37.5 syns per portion?! :eek:

I think I have entered the info wrong and also it doesnt help that the syn calculator is in grams and this product is measured in mls!! so here is the info from the product

Per 100 ml
Energy 298 kcal
1245.6 kj
Protein 0.49mg
Carbohydrate 74.1g
Fat not detectable

Product size 250ml
Im meant to take 20ml a day.

Im also keeping a food diary this week and so want to be as honest as possible and dont want to hidden syn so any advice you can give would be very much appreciated.

[Flat Eric]

Don't be nervous about the weigh-in, its the first of many! Some people do lose quite a bit in the first week as the body has had a bit of a shock!

Can someone PM me the password please.

I would also love to see some curry recepies. I suppose chicken korma and peshwari naan isn't very low syn though :o

Kebabs with a big salad would be nice though.

Ive had my yoghurt and pineapple for breakfast which was yummy. Tesco delivery tonight with tons of fruit and free yoghurts. Also going to make the thai veggie thing from jan magazine this weekend.


Are tinned tomatoes free? I make a lovely sausage casserole which i reckon should be quite low syn. Can anyone advise....

sausages (i can use quorn)
1 tin tomatoes
400ml gravy (i could use bovril to make free?)
mushrooms
peppers
onion
mustard seeds
coriander
2 red chillis

Fry mustard seeds, chillis and onions. Add mushrooms, sausages, peppers and cook for a few minutes. Add tinned tomatoes + gravy. Simmer for 20mins or so, add coriander near end of cooking time.

I reckon this would be free on a green day so could serve with jacket potatoes and veg??


Your sausage caserole sounds yum yum yum. thanks for idea :D

[doorstep]

Flat eric

This (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061026094049AABNBtx) might help you. Although I'm still confused!

[bargainbasement]

Hi, weight loss is extremely slow I put on 1lb this week even though I stuck to the plan. I was thinking about mix 2 max to vary my food anyone tried it with success?

[gpuss]

also any free squash drinks ?? that anyone can rec me , i want to up my water intake but i hate drinking water on its own , unless its turned into wine , lol

Robinsons fruit and barley is free and delicious. Lots of flavours too - strawberry yum!

Ballerinagirl - fantastic weight loss for your first week - well done you:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T It's my first weigh-in tommorrow, but haven't done any exercise this week, as I'm deluged with work. Hope I lose, as I've so much to lose :eek: that I need a good start.

[obsessednewbie]

Morning all

Just finished my breakfast quiche - Yum, feel stuffed - Morrisons Free Sausages are actualy very nice (and very free):T

Anyhow, can i just ask can i really have 2 Alpen light bars as a heb - all flavours, even the choc and orange one or am i pushing my luck here?.

x

[findingmyownway]

Anyhow, can i just ask can i really have 2 Alpen light bars as a heb - all flavours, even the choc and orange one or am i pushing my luck here?.

x


Yes as far as i know, all flavours are 2 for a healthy extra B :j

I am determined to make this weekend the first one i have stuck to the plan.

So far have had bran flakes and milk and a cuppa tea so thats 1 HEB + 1HEA down already.

Plan for the rest of the day:

lunch - humous salad (HEB)
dinner - kids are having pizza :eek: but i am going to make the vegetable pad thai from the magazine (free on green) & have a big plate for myself + get them to try it to see if they like it.

snacks - fruit and yoghurt :A (has anyone else found they genuinely love this?!? I really do, mmmmmmm i have low fat greek natural yoghurt on top of pineapple/raspberries/blackberries etc. costs a fortune but soooo yummy:D )

[findingmyownway]

hello , just introducing myself on this thread , i joined SW last night ,
and would like someone to check im doing ok
green day
2 tescos light weetabix . one b
250ml semi skim milk one a
lunch was a homemade pasta salad , with green beans , tomatoes , cuc , rocket , red onoin chopped up boiled egg , i put a spoon ful of easiyo lowfat youghurt in it .
2 pears and an orange ,
dinner was 113gm chicken , sliced potato in chicken bovril and lemon juice ,
spinach and green beans .
pudding was frozen sunmmer fruits with youghurt on it .
my syns are 2 measures of vodka with diet coke . and one lime and soda
which i make a total of 8 syns

that looks great :j welcome aboard

[ELLA]

Rice Pudding

1 pint cold water
½ mug pudding rice
Splenda to taste
Nutmeg (optional)
2 tbsp vanilla essence (optional)
Muller Light Vanilla Yoghurt.

Put 1 pint cold water into saucepan. Add the pudding rice and cook for about 15/20 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool down - at this stage you can use the optional items - when it is really cold, add one Muller light Vanilla Yoghurt.


Once this is cold and you add the muller, do you then re-heat it??? or would it curdle?

Thanks

[purplestar1uk]

Does anyone understand the 'Smart Syns' they talk about in there? They're mentioned in the Tesco book as well (also very confusing, same set-up!) and I just don't get what smart syns are. Cheers!

Anyone?! Any ideas welcome!

[findingmyownway]

Once this is cold and you add the muller, do you then re-heat it??? or would it curdle?

Thanks


No idea, i can't stand the idea of cold rice pudding though, can't u just add yoghurt and eat while hot?

[ladyV]

TAKE AWAYS

What takeaways can you all recommend that are low syn / syn free especially on a green day?

I like:
KFC: diet coke, salad, bbq beans, corn on the cob (all free on green)
CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT: rice 'n' peas + yam (all free on green)
KEBAB SHOP: chicken shish and salad (all free on red)

[tenmah]

Hello

Haven't been on here for a while as I haven't had a computer for a couple of weeks - what a nightmare!

Anyway I lost 3lbs this week which makes a total of 12lbs in six weeks! :j

Tenmah

[tenmah]

Hello

Could someone please pm me this weeks password?

Thanks
Tenmah

[gpuss]

Welcome back tenmah, and great going on the weight loss:T:T:T:T:T:T

Just back from Morrissons but all Alpen lights sold out, as they're on offer! So will have to try Tesco...

Looking forward to the beef kofta for tea :p

[purplestar1uk]

Takeaways: chicken chow mein 7 syns on green

[consultant31]

Hi Consultant 31
I just have a general query.....
I have bought some Holland and Barrett High strength Herbal iron liquid. Ive been feeling run down and my mum suggested I try this.

HOWEVER
Im conscious this could be a hidden syn. I have used the syn calculator but got a result of 37.5 syns per portion?! :eek:


I've calculated this to be 3 syns per 20mls. I also found this on the web which could help you get enough iron in your daily foods once you have built your stocks up with the herbal liquid:-

FoodServing size.......... Iron supplied
2 thick slices of lean roast beef 90g 2.3mg
3 tablespoons of baked beans 120g 1.7mg
A boiled egg 50g 1mg
Wholemeal bread (1 average slice) 36g 1mg
Sardines canned in oil (average sandwich filling)50g 1.5mg
An average bowl of fortified breakfast cereal 45g 3mg
4 dried figs 80g 3.4mg
Dark roast turkey meat (average serving) 120g 1.7mg
A tablespoonful of sesame seeds 12g 1.2mg
Spring greens boiled 90g 1.3mg
An average glass of red wine 125g 1.1mg

Liver is another rich source of iron, but it is also very high in vitamin A. So if you eat liver or liver products such as pât! every week, you might want to choose not to have it more often and you should avoid taking supplements containing vitamin A or fish liver oils (which are high in vitamin A).

[consultant31]

hello , is easiyo slimmers natuarl yogurt free on both days ??
just wondering as i make my own yoghurt. thanks


Yes the slimmers one is free on both plans.

[consultant31]

I'm still not understanding - I don't think 'everyone else' (those pesky so-called 'normal/average' people I've never managed to find?) would put rice or pasta into a quiche, yet this is free. But add couscous to the same mixture, and it's not okay. I can cope with rules - rules are good, they help make my goals specific, measurable, acheivable, realistic and time-managed - but here I don't see why there is a different rule for pasta and rice compared with couscous.

Apologies if I sound like I'm banging on, but I really want to follow the rules, but struggle when they seem to contradict one another. I appreciate your input, really.

I think it boils down to foods such as quiche being normal, everyday foods which you would have at lunch or teatime. It's not normal to eat a whole cake for a meal - cake is meant to be eaten a slice at a time. If you're happy to have the couscous cake at the rate of a slice now and then it would be fine, but to eat it in place of a meal isn't!.

he whole ethos of SW is to make healthy eating a part of your life which is as easy as breathing, eating a whole cake in a day can't be classed as healthy eating as the world sees it, no matter what the cake is made of.

Mix your couscous with peppers, onions, etc. etc and again, it's ok because it's meal-time food. I'm sorry I can't explain any better than that really.

I hope you can see what I'm getting at, but if not, why not write to SW and ask for a proper explanation - I'm sure someone there could explain it better than me.

[terrigrunshaw]

hi i love spag bol but not sure how to go about making a syn free pasta sauce all i know is that u start with toms,im not good at making up recipes at all.anybody got good easy to follow rec thanks xxxx:rotfl:

[consultant31]

Does anyone understand the 'Smart Syns' they talk about in there? They're mentioned in the Tesco book as well (also very confusing, same set-up!) and I just dont' get what smart syns are. Cheers!

I just got a box of new directories during the week and they all sold in group so I haven't even had a chance to look at one yet. When I do, I will try to answer this question 'cos I haven't a clue what smart syns are either :D

[terrigrunshaw]

also any free squash drinks ?? that anyone can rec me , i want to up my water intake but i hate drinking water on its own , unless its turned into wine , lol


hi as far as i know as long as juice is no added suger its free,i personally love the high juice range sainsburys do a lovely no added sugar tropical high juice mmmm

[consultant31]

hi i love spag bol but not sure how to go about making a syn free pasta sauce all i know is that u start with toms,im not good at making up recipes at all.anybody got good easy to follow rec thanks xxxx:rotfl:

All I do is take a jar of passata, chop up some mushrooms and onions, put them in a pan and simmer till it thickens and reduces a little. It's lovely and it's free and can be used on pasta or over meatballs so works for both plans.

[redmel1621]

Hi All

My question for the day is.......
How do I syn homemade bread, Is what I really want to do is be able to count as healthy b now and again (i don't eat much bread anyay) for when i feel like some eg on toast.

I usually make it with 75%wholemeal and 25%white flour........
I occasionaly do a half and half or a full white for the kids but I don't eat these ones.

with the syn calculator you need to know the fats etc..... Now my homemade bread is far, far healthier than anything that is shop bought so i'm sure it would be fine but would like to be 100%!!!!

Mel x

[Skint_Catt]

All I do is take a jar of passata, chop up some mushrooms and onions, put them in a pan and simmer till it thickens and reduces a little. It's lovely and it's free and can be used on pasta or over meatballs so works for both plans.

I would add loads of garlic to this too but that's just me! Basically through anything you want in - sometimes I use up leftover veg too, so passata, onion, mushrooms, leftover cauliflower/green beans and garlic - YUMMY!

[AMIE399]

consultant31..... you beat me to it..... i love passata x x

just to update you all on my dinner !!!!! i made the rib sauce to pour over pork spare ribs from the 100 saucey book and it was very yummy... will def make again, the left over sauce i put in the fridge and will dip my chips in as im going to have a green day next !!!!!

[redmel1621]

hi i love spag bol but not sure how to go about making a syn free pasta sauce all i know is that u start with toms,im not good at making up recipes at all.anybody got good easy to follow rec thanks xxxx:rotfl:

Hey terri.....

I chuck in some dried italian style herbs/mixed herbs too.

Mel x

[purplestar1uk]

I'm determined to get back on track today after a bad week.
I've just had Batchelors mushroom rice with baby corn, broccoli, sugar snap peas, carrots and falafel. Yumm and all at 4 syns! (green day).

[redmel1621]

consultant31..... you beat me to it..... i love passata x x

just to update you all on my dinner !!!!! i made the rib sauce to pour over pork spare ribs from the 100 saucey book and it was very yummy... will def make again, the left over sauce i put in the fridge and will dip my chips in as im going to have a green day next !!!!!


Oooh Amie399 I was going to order that book is is good? are there enough nice looking sauces to make it worthwhile having???

I am going to have a really 'bad' evening!!! bottle of wine and cans of lager chillin in the fridge as i type
Mel x

[consultant31]

Hi All

My question for the day is.......
How do I syn homemade bread, Is what I really want to do is be able to count as healthy b now and again (i don't eat much bread anyay) for when i feel like some eg on toast.



Do you have a food directory? If not put the amounts of ingredients you use (including any butter, milk etc) and I'll work it out for you.

[redmel1621]

Do you have a food directory? If not put the amounts of ingredients you use (including any butter, milk etc) and I'll work it out for you.


No, I don't have the food directory (yet!!)

Ingredients are as follows

150g Strong white bread flour
400g Strong wholemeal bread flour
1.5 tsp dried yeast
2 tsp sugar
1.5 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
380ml water

and that's it...I can always change things if needed, sometimes i put less salt and sugar in, or i have also in the past used light olive oil

Thanks for doing this for me

Mel x

[gpuss]

I'm from Barnsley, so I've got to have a drink tonight, weigh-in or no weigh-in!!!!!!!:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j: j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j

[Princess kate]

Evening all

Mullerlight yogurts were 4 for £1 in Asda today, my fridge is full!! I love the rhubarb one!
Kate

[AMIE399]

gpuss..... he he he ... my little girl supports Chelsea and is not amused !!!!!!! well done to Barnsley

Redmel.. i think that the 100 saucey secrets book is great

mulller light yogurts are 10 for £2 in Morrisons

[consultant31]

No, I don't have the food directory (yet!!)

Ingredients are as follows

150g Strong white bread flour
400g Strong wholemeal bread flour
1.5 tsp dried yeast
2 tsp sugar
1.5 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
380ml water

and that's it...I can always change things if needed, sometimes i put less salt and sugar in, or i have also in the past used light olive oil

Thanks for doing this for me

Mel x

You're welcome and the syns aren't too bad.

Synning each item separately I've come up with 25 syns for the white flour, 60 for the w/meal. 2 syns for the yeast and 2 for the sugar and finally 12 for the oil so it's a grand total of 101 syns.

If you get 10 slices it's only going to be 10 syns a slice. In fact I'll be getting my breadmaker out tomorrow (first time for ages).

[sw_mina]

I think it boils down to foods such as quiche being normal, everyday foods which you would have at lunch or teatime. It's not normal to eat a whole cake for a meal - cake is meant to be eaten a slice at a time. If you're happy to have the couscous cake at the rate of a slice now and then it would be fine, but to eat it in place of a meal isn't!.

he whole ethos of SW is to make healthy eating a part of your life which is as easy as breathing, eating a whole cake in a day can't be classed as healthy eating as the world sees it, no matter what the cake is made of.

Mix your couscous with peppers, onions, etc. etc and again, it's ok because it's meal-time food. I'm sorry I can't explain any better than that really.

I hope you can see what I'm getting at, but if not, why not write to SW and ask for a proper explanation - I'm sure someone there could explain it better than me.

Aha, I think I get it a bit more now - I tend to make up a half quantity of cous cous cake, keep it airtight in the chiller and have a slice maybe every third day or so.... Similarly, I've made the lasange crisps, but had them with veg chilli, my HE of cheese and a fromage frais and lime dressing, and bags of salad. I'm sure I probably could eat several sheets in one sitting, but I can see the logic in that being a bad idea!

Thanks.

BTW, for anyone feeling like a winter warmer in this wet weather, I made the carrot and ginger soup from last month's SW mag - it was gorgeous.

[terrigrunshaw]

o that sounds nice i didnt get mag last time can somebody post rec please also is it syn free on green day? ta :j

[redmel1621]

Thank You consultant31 that's great....a bit higher than i was expecting, i suppose it's a good job i don't eat much of it. Also we probably get more than 10 slices out of ours as my boys only like it very thin, at least i know how much it is overall so I can work it out...and like I said i can change a few of the ingredients to lower the syns in it.

You can't beat homemade bread, can you..........

thanks again

melx

[lab-dab]

I just made a nice tea from the website.

Syn free chips with skin on, chopped up bacon, peppers, mushrooms with melted cheese on top in the oven :) also did a salsa and made it super HOT! with chilli flakes.. LOVELY I used my HEB and HEA on a green day so no syns.

I have some meringues and strawberries in so im thinking of making something with them and natural yoghurt.

[LoneR113]

Evenin' all,
Just had the Prawn Paella from the current SW mag...absolutely gorgeous!
Totally filling, even some left over....and I normally finish whatever is left, regardless of the consequences.
Did have a couple of glasses last night, but cancelled going wine tasting tonight for fear of being OTT on Syns. (I have to swallow or it is such a waste).
Next weeks food plan all done, shopping for it completed, and at the moment I'm highly motivated to have a good WI tomorrow. (I WI at home as I do SW on the net).
I'm a big fan of the various green teas, and find them both tasty and Syn free......and it does make a welcome change from water!
Well done Barnsley
Cheers you lot

[BallerinaGirl]

Evening all

Mullerlight yogurts were 4 for £1 in Asda today, my fridge is full!! I love the rhubarb one!
Kate

Thats good Kate, I just paid £2.50 in Tesco for 6!

[BallerinaGirl]

Evenin' all,
Just had the Prawn Paella from the current SW mag...absolutely gorgeous!
Totally filling, even some left over....and I normally finish whatever is left, regardless of the consequences.
Did have a couple of glasses last night, but cancelled going wine tasting tonight for fear of being OTT on Syns. (I have to swallow or it is such a waste).
Next weeks food plan all done, shopping for it completed, and at the moment I'm highly motivated to have a good WI tomorrow. (I WI at home as I do SW on the net).
I'm a big fan of the various green teas, and find them both tasty and Syn free......and it does make a welcome change from water!
Well done Barnsley
Cheers you lot


Prawn Paella...now that sounds yum.....need to hunt out my mag!

[sw_mina]

o that sounds nice i didnt get mag last time can somebody post rec please also is it syn free on green day? ta :j

Yup:

(serves 4 - free on red and green)

1 leek (though I used 4: I had to use 'em up)
2 garlic cloves
8 carrots
Fry Light
2 tsp grated ginger
1andhalf pints of bovril stock
salt and pepper


Chop the leeks and fry in the Fry Light for 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and fry for another 2-3 minutes. Dice the carrots and add with the bovril stock. Bring it to the boil, then let it simmer until the carrots are cooked through. Season as you want, then whack it through the blender to make it smooth. They reccomend adding a swirl of vlf fromage frais when you serve it, but I didn't bother.

I had a brain-wave after I'd eaten it. I realised it reminded me of something but couldn't place it. Then my mum called and gloated that she'd had a take away curry - and that's where the connection was. If you let it simmer right down until its quite thick, it's a bit like a Passanda sauce. I'm going to try making it with some ground cumin and ground coriander and a dash of yoghuts or fromage frais tomorrow, and see if I can make it spicier. Mmmmmm!

[BallerinaGirl]

Made a LOVELY tea tonight.....

Got chicken breasts and wrapped them in bacon and spread some crushed garlic over, and bought a big mushroom stir fry to go with it.

Me and DH had this for tea, really nice indeed and totally syn free, I did use a few syns for a dollop of BBQ sauce but well worth it!:p

[BallerinaGirl]

Can any one check me for the syns of a sachet of Mayflower Curry Sauce please??? Its a little frozen boil in the bag thing, thanks in advance!

[Princess kate]

Mayflower Traditional Chinese Curry Sauce, frozen 227g pack

http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 12½ Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 12½ Syns

[sw_mina]

Can any one check me for the syns of a sachet of Mayflower Curry Sauce please??? Its a little frozen boil in the bag thing, thanks in advance!

Mayflower Beef Curry, Traditional Chinese, frozen 227g pack


http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 8½ Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 15 Syns




Mayflower Chicken Curry, Chinese Style, frozen 227g pack


http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 7 Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 12½ Syns






Mayflower Special Curry with Chicken, Pork & Shrimps, Traditional Chinese, frozen 227g pack

http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 6 Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 8½ Syns





Mayflower Traditional Chinese Curry Sauce, frozen 227g pack


http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 12½ Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 12½ Syns

[Princess kate]

I had quite a yummy tea tonight, Riso Gallo Mushroom risotto pronto. Free on green & very quick & easy to make. I added a few extra fried mushrooms & a bit of cheese. Iv also got the sun-dried tomato one to try which is also free & they do a four cheese one which is only 1 syn per 100g dry & sounds like it could taste naughtier than it is!
Im quite pleased with myself as I felt like a treat this evening & so nearly picked up something sooo naughty, I resisted & cooked my risotto & had a cup of tea with two oreo's ( 2 syns each) and feel very satisfied. Oreos are currently 2 packs for £1 in asda & taste like they should be MUCH more that 2 syns! Prefect when only chocolate will do!
Kate x

[emily jackson]

The Mullerlight yogurts are buy 1 get 1 free in Sainsbury's.

Is butter a syn? I use Lurpak light

[Princess kate]

Butter is deffo a syn!

Basic/Non Branded Foods Butter, full fat 1 level tsp


http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 2 Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 2 Syns




Lurpak Lurpak Spreadable, Lighter, Reduced Fat 1 level tsp

http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 1½ Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 1½ Syns

[LoneR113]

Back again guys,
Been surfing Body optimise, the SW web site that i am a member of and found some good stuff on there!
One recipe in particular has caught my eye....bacon-wrapped monkfish, 1 Syn original choice. Will be doing that for sure soon, but want to do it with butternut squash and chickpea mash.
Guess what? the recipe for the mash states -Syns on original...can anyone help with how many it's supposed to be? (Yes, it does say "-")
198g can chickpeas
1/2 squash
clove garlic, (that all?)
4 tblspn VLF Nat. yoghurt
Thanks in advance
Cheers you lot

[beaney50]

Large (418g) tin of John West wild red salmon was £1 in Asda Bournemouth Castlepoint tonight.

[janiebaby29]

ooohh thats for those recs for sqaush , im sure i saw a recipe for chickpea felafels in the other slimming world thread , but do you think i can find it ???

[AMIE399]

how sad am i .......... ive been up since 5am ( have to be at work by 7am ) so im thinking about food ( as usual ) decided to have a green day.... which then made me think " rice pudding " !!!!!!! so ive made a massave bowl and munched half !!!!!its only quater past six !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LoneR113]

Hi Guys,
WI this morning.....lost literally just under 8 lbs!!!
I simply cannot believe it, and have checked the scales twice and double checked my figures......what can i say?
I'm sooooo "chuffed" , the motivation this has given me to go on and push for my target weight is immense.
By the way Amie, it's not sad to be up at 5am thinking about the days food - I've cooked a veg curry at 3am before, for early shift.
Cheers you lot

[doorstep]

well done LoneR113

:T :T :T :T :T

what a fab weight loss!

[npsmama]

PLEASE someone help me!
my big problem is Sundays at the moment: i come from a tradition of Sunday being a day of celebration, complete with Sunday roast, pudding and cake for afternoon tea.

I can forego the pudding if I have enough main course but I really miss homemade cake for afternoon tea.

It's a major stumbling block for me: if I have the cake I go over 15 syns... if I don't have it I feel so cheated that the next day I eat 100g of chocolate! :eek:

I tried making cupcakes so I would just have one but the thought that 1 miserly cupcake is 10 syns is depressing.

I don't use artificial sweetners and my idea of cake is victoria sponge, not scan bran!

Sundays really stress me out in this sense. I sometimes wonder if it would be better to lose weight more slowly and more enjoyably by having Sunday 'off', not a binge day but one where counting syns doesn't dominate. :confused:

Any thoughts?

[16011996]

hi as far as i know as long as juice is no added suger its free,i personally love the high juice range sainsburys do a lovely no added sugar tropical high juice mmmm

Hi

This actually half a sin a glass made up

Sainsbury's Be Good to Yourself, High Juice Squash, No Added Sugar, diluted as directed, all varieties 250ml


http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original ½ Syn http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green ½ Syn

my consultat tipped me off that a lot of the "high juices" do have syns.

[16011996]

PLEASE someone help me!
my big problem is Sundays at the moment: i come from a tradition of Sunday being a day of celebration, complete with Sunday roast, pudding and cake for afternoon tea.

I can forego the pudding if I have enough main course but I really miss homemade cake for afternoon tea.

It's a major stumbling block for me: if I have the cake I go over 15 syns... if I don't have it I feel so cheated that the next day I eat 100g of chocolate! :eek:

I tried making cupcakes so I would just have one but the thought that 1 miserly cupcake is 10 syns is depressing.

I don't use artificial sweetners and my idea of cake is victoria sponge, not scan bran!

Sundays really stress me out in this sense. I sometimes wonder if it would be better to lose weight more slowly and more enjoyably by having Sunday 'off', not a binge day but one where counting syns doesn't dominate. :confused:

Any thoughts?

is there anyway you can save a couple of sys each day, as you can pool your syns as betwee 70 to 105 per week. so if you cut down on syns other days you could have enough for your cake.
other option is to flexi syn, have your cake, go over your syns (but keep counting so you don't then go mad) and straight back to normal monday, this is on the slimming world website, for those occaisions when 10-15 syns won't do.

hope this helps you some, you have to remember slimmig world is a healthy eating plan for life, its not to make you miserable, so I hope you really do have your cake ad enjoy it, life's too short to feel miserable over a piece of cake!!!!!!

160

[terrigrunshaw]

Hi

This actually half a sin a glass made up

Sainsbury's Be Good to Yourself, High Juice Squash, No Added Sugar, diluted as directed, all varieties 250ml


http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original ½ Syn http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green ½ Syn

my consultat tipped me off that a lot of the "high juices" do have syns.




o my god really thanks for that, do u know if its same for all high juices,usually go asda and in there shop to slim book it says they free,i really thought all no added sugar juices were free ill be carefull from now on xxxx

[npsmama]

is there anyway you can save a couple of sys each day, as you can pool your syns as betwee 70 to 105 per week. so if you cut down on syns other days you could have enough for your cake.
other option is to flexi syn, have your cake, go over your syns (but keep counting so you don't then go mad) and straight back to normal monday, this is on the slimming world website, for those occaisions when 10-15 syns won't do.

hope this helps you some, you have to remember slimmig world is a healthy eating plan for life, its not to make you miserable, so I hope you really do have your cake ad enjoy it, life's too short to feel miserable over a piece of cake!!!!!!

160

Thanks 160.
The issue I have with saving up syns or flexi synning is that I still feel guilty about eating so many syns. Eating the cake feels so naughty!
I think I'm going to take this issue slowly and see how things develop over time.
Today I will have my cake and eat it. Not all day and I won't go off plan with anything else today. Tomorrow, the cake will go with DH to his office so it's not around for me to eat.
I'm not on a race to lose weight so I'd rather work out slowly how to do this for life rather than get so frustrated that I give up entirely.

[gpuss]

Morning all!

Well my first weigh-in this morning......and I lost 5 pounds:j:j:j:j:j:j

I'm pleased with that as I've been working all hours and done virtually no exercise. Thanks for all your help and support this week, gang, it has really helped me:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T :T:T:T:T:T

[findingmyownway]

Today I will have my cake and eat it. Not all day and I won't go off plan with anything else today. Tomorrow, the cake will go with DH to his office so it's not around for me to eat.
I'm not on a race to lose weight so I'd rather work out slowly how to do this for life rather than get so frustrated that I give up entirely.


Thats a very sensible way of looking at things. You could always use the sunday cake as your weekly treat and every time u think of slipping during the week, just think of the cake and promise yourself if you are good the other 6 days you will allow yourself to enjoy it guilt-free.

Or you could look at the SW website for low syn cake ideas? I think there are a couple where the slices are 4-5syns.


I did well yesterday, the thai veg stirfry was gorgeous last night, even the kids liked it! I helped them makes choc brownies and cookies without pigging out too :A although i must confess to dipping a couple of strawberries in the leftover melted choc bowl this morning :rolleyes:

GREEN DAY

So breakfast = bran flakes + strawberries (3 of which were dipped in choc). guess at 1.5syns each = 4.5syns?

lunch = salad

dinner = quorn sausage casserole + mash + sweetcorn

**i hereby promise to eat the rest of the strawberrieds plain or with low fat yoghurt, not chocolate :rotfl: **

[findingmyownway]

Morning all!

Well my first weigh-in this morning......and I lost 5 pounds:j:j:j:j:j:j

I'm pleased with that as I've been working all hours and done virtually no exercise. Thanks for all your help and support this week, gang, it has really helped me:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T :T:T:T:T:T


thats great well done :j :j :j :j

[ladyV]

hi would anybody be kind enough to let me know password, missed it in group. ta x

[redmel1621]

Hi

This actually half a sin a glass made up

Sainsbury's Be Good to Yourself, High Juice Squash, No Added Sugar, diluted as directed, all varieties 250ml


http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original ½ Syn http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green ½ Syn

my consultat tipped me off that a lot of the "high juices" do have syns.



Thanks 160, I didn't realise this either......good job I only have a glass or two a day. I love the high juices.....

Mel x

[redmel1621]

Well Done loneR and gpuss those are both fantastic losses....
I think I am going have a big push this week although i blew my syns out the water last night, I will need to be extra good all week, I am going to aim max 5 syns per day and will promise to use the bike each day (maybe not today i'm a bit rough fromm last night)

npsmama there is a little book 100 delicious deserts I think it's called it says all deserts are 5 syns or less per erving, may be that would give you an idea.

Mel x

[purplestar1uk]

Well done for those of you with losses this week - there have been some fab ones!

[redmel1621]

Forgot to ask, could somebody please pm me the password? Thanks.

Melx

[shanleypink]

Happy Birthday to me..._party_ Happy Birthday to me..._party_
Can I have a day off for my Birthday please guys? :D
Been good all week, went to a cat show yesterday...God, what a day. My Maine Coon threw up in the car... went psycho on my arm and proceeded to drool like the dog out of turner and hooch all the way home to Stoke from Wigan! I had lasagne and chips yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it- did give my Daughter half the lasagne which was a big step for me! Gets home with 2 rosettes to find another one of my Maine Coons had literally waited til the minute I got in to have a miscarriage. Was up, on and off til 4 this morning and am now feeling more than a little bit sorry for myself and do not want to beat myself up all day about what goes in my mouth aswell. Won't go stupid guys, but don't expect miracles at weigh in on Wednesday!!
Feel better already after getting all that off my chest!!:o
xxxx

[AMIE399]

shanleypink.... happy birthday... also heres a hug x x x xx

well done ladies on them fantastic losses x x x

im munching away at a cheese and rocket sarnie and a pk of french fries !

could i please also have the password as i dont gwt to stay to class.. thanks x x x

[consultant31]

ooohh thats for those recs for sqaush , im sure i saw a recipe for chickpea felafels in the other slimming world thread , but do you think i can find it ???

227g/8ozs dried chick peas
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 level tsp ground cumin
1 level tsp ground coriander
1 small red chilli, deseeded & finely chopped
1 tblsp chopped fresh coriander
2 tblsps chopped parsley
¼ tsp baking powder
salt & freshly ground black pepper
Fry light for spraying


1. Put the chick peas in a bowl and cover with plenty of cold water. Leave to soak for at least 48 hours. Drain and rinse well under cold running water in a colander.

2. Put the drained chick peas in a food processor with the onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, chilli and herbs. Process to a thick smoth pur!e. Add the baking powder and seasoning and stir well. Transfer to a bowl and chill in the fridfge for an hour.

3. Take small pieces of the mixture and form into little balls between your hands, then flatten slightly. Arrange these balls on a baking tray which has been sprayed with Frylight.

4. Cook the falafel in a preheated hot oven at 220°C/425°F/Reg 7, for about 12 - 15 minutes until crisp and golden.

A bowl of very low fat natural yogurt flavoured with fresh mint and chopped chilli, makes a good dip for the falafel.

Sorry about the size of the font, cut and paste and I can't get it to change!!

[consultant31]

npsmama
I have pm'd you but the message was much the same as the info you've been given here by the others. Food Optimising is to make you slim and keep you slim for life, so, as you say, it's not a race, but a way of finding out what works for you so that in the end you are in control of your food intake.

sw_mina
I'm glad I finally made sense (I don't do it very often :D ) and the way you're eating the cake and the crisps sounds fine, so carry on enjoying them.

[gpuss]

Happy birthday Shanleypink!!!! Have a lovely day_party__party__party__party__party__party__part y__party__party__party_

Well done Lonestar for the fantastic loss and to anyone else I've missed.

Green-day roast dinner today, with lots of veg, a mountain of roasties and a little bit of chicken.

[Flat Eric]

Hello Consultant 31
I just wanted to check that if Im on a mix to match day, if I was to have unlimited jacket potatoes for my lunch with some heinz mean beanz italian (Which are free on green) can I then have some more potatoes for my tea (with my roast beef) as a HEB.

Re my lunch if I was to have the heinz curry beanz that are I think 1/2 syn on green per 100g - am I synning it correctly or should I be synning it as a red (even though Im having as a green meal) because I read somewhere that if you are on mix to match you count the highest syn.

I know that on my mix to match, I should snack on superfree / free foods but presumably I can use my syns for whatever I want - chocolate buttons, wine etc?

[Skint_Catt]

Just been to Morrisons to do the urgent bit of my shopping as I can't get to Tescos until tomorrow night and they didn't have any Eat Smart free sausages :mad: was really looking forward to a meat feast tonight :( Now I'll just have to find something else :(
Spent the weekend at the parents as OH away and I've been force fed birthday cake, chocolate cake, pizza...said no to as much as possible, but just can't have my meat for brekkie and dinner will be roast with everything :mad: ....can't wait to get home and get back on track. Doesn't look good for weigh-in on Tuesday and I was doing so well :mad:

[doorstep]

Just been to Morrisons to do the urgent bit of my shopping as I can't get to Tescos until tomorrow night and they didn't have any Eat Smart free sausages :mad: was really looking forward to a meat feast tonight :( Now I'll just have to find something else :(
Spent the weekend at the parents as OH away and I've been force fed birthday cake, chocolate cake, pizza...said no to as much as possible, but just can't have my meat for brekkie and dinner will be roast with everything :mad: ....can't wait to get home and get back on track. Doesn't look good for weigh-in on Tuesday and I was doing so well :mad:


It's so hard when you are out of normal routine to stay on track! Especially when you have well meaning relatives/friends wanting you to have a good time (and so feed you endlessly :rolleyes:).

We are off on holiday for Easter (self catering which will make things slightly easier) and I'm dreading it (that sounds so bad!).

I'm looking forward to the holiday :D , just dreading trying to plan my food ahead!!

[Skint_Catt]

doorstep - thats exactly why I'm trying so hard! OH and I are off to Malta for a week end of April and I don't want to be as miserable as I was in France last year. I want to lose at least another stone by then (if not more!) so I can enjoy it lots! Ah well, two days to weigh in to rectify it!

[Casperthefriendlyghost]

Hi everyone
Please could someone pm me the password for this week, am trying to follow SW too, have got the books and everything, just don't go to classes as I'm unable to with the hours I work and due to not coming home twice a week due to on call commitments.
Thanx so much.
Casper
x x x

[janiebaby29]

phew , just cleared out our spare room / study and am sitting down with a well earnt voddie and coke , syned of course . it kept me busy and completley forgot about food , so if you are getting the naughty nibbles , get yourself stuck into something .

[peachyest]

Happy birthday SHANLEYPINK:bdaycake: , have a lovley day , and get back on track tomorrow , just don't go to mad mate :beer: .
weldone LONER113 what a great weight loss 8lb.:T :T :T :T
weldone GPUSS you to 5lb weight loss :T :T :T :T .
skin-catt dont worry mate , dont beat yourself up mate ,your do it in time for hols , just get back on track as best you can :grouphug: .
I went to a 21st last night and tryed to be good , was naughty took a bottle of vodka , weight out the hole bottle to see how many syns was in it ,
VODKA ( 35CL) IS 35 SYN , so i was making sure i saved about 45 snys for the night , well that was the plan :doh: , had over half the bottle , 1 glass of wine , then hit the crips at the party :eek: , and had 2 gins , so my weigh in tomorrow is :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: , but back on track today and , im not going to beat myself up everytime i go out , this is for life not just a quick fix , and we can all do it :j :j :j

[peachyest]

can someone pm me the pass word please

[janiebaby29]

can someone pm me the pass word please
look in your pm box :D

[janiebaby29]

Happy birthday SHANLEYPINK:bdaycake: , have a lovley day , and get back on track tomorrow , just don't go to mad mate :beer: .
weldone LONER113 what a great weight loss 8lb.:T :T :T :T
weldone GPUSS you to 5lb weight loss :T :T :T :T .
skin-catt dont worry mate , dont beat yourself up mate ,your do it in time for hols , just get back on track as best you can :grouphug: .
I went to a 21st last night and tryed to be good , was naughty took a bottle of vodka , weight out the hole bottle to see how many syns was in it ,
VODKA ( 35CL) IS 35 SYN , so i was making sure i saved about 45 snys for the night , well that was the plan :doh: , had over half the bottle , 1 glass of wine , then hit the crips at the party :eek: , and had 2 gins , so my weigh in tomorrow is :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: , but back on track today and , im not going to beat myself up everytime i go out , this is for life not just a quick fix , and we can all do it :j :j :j
so it looks like you had a bloody good night then :D

[peachyest]

janiebaby , im afraid so , big bad head this morning :rolleyes2 , ah well its gotta be done , i wore my new dress my hubby borte me for xmas and , i got alot of people saying how good i looked and my hubby , said again this morning how proud he felt , see its all worth it , the ups and downs of dieting

[janiebaby29]

janiebaby , im afraid so , big bad head this morning :rolleyes2 , ah well its gotta be done , i wore my new dress my hubby borte me for xmas and , i got alot of people saying how good i looked and my hubby , said again this morning how proud he felt , see its all worth it , the ups and downs of dieting
there you go , its such a buzz when OH's say that and i bet you felt like a millon dollars:T

[gpuss]

janiebaby , im afraid so , big bad head this morning :rolleyes2 , ah well its gotta be done , i wore my new dress my hubby borte me for xmas and , i got alot of people saying how good i looked and my hubby , said again this morning how proud he felt , see its all worth it , the ups and downs of dieting

Good for you Peachy! I'm so pleased for you. That's what makes all this struggle worth it.:beer:

SkintCatt, you may still have time before the WI to put things right. If not, don't worry, we all struggle when we're off our normal routine:rolleyes: You'l soon get back on track.

[whatatwit]

:rotfl: Hi, happy birthday Shanleypink (((hugs))) for the poorly kitty :(

I think i've been fairly good this weekend...although the scales will tell on Wed morning.
On the juice debate, Robinson's R no added sugar is FREE, so as i've got a 4L bottle in the cupboard :confused: that's what I'll be drinking from now on instead of tea or coffee, diluted with warm water. :j

Was it Flateric who asked about the syns on mix to max? From my book, if the syn is part of a main meal, then you syn it for that choice either Original or Green.
If the syn is part of a snack, then they are synned to the highest (does that help).

I've been noticing some really good inspiring recipes on here, does anyone else think that it would help to have a separate SW recipes only thread, with the name in the title.
And, if anyone wonders why i thank (or try to thank) every post, it's so I know where I'm up to , as this thread seems to move sooooo fast. :o

There have been some fab weight losses posted on here today,....keep up the good work :T
And for the rest of you, hope to 'see' less of you next time :rotfl:

[Casperthefriendlyghost]

Hi everyone

Have just joined this thread, am having a great time catching up on all the posts on here. Thanx so much for all the pm's I've received, it's really great that there are so many nice and very helpful people here. Am hoping to lose 3 stone, tried last year but had a serious setback and am having surgery in three weeks, so am hoping to get cracking again. Wish me luck.

Cheers
Casper
x x x

[doorstep]

I've been noticing some really good inspiring recipes on here, does anyone else think that it would help to have a separate SW recipes only thread, with the name in the title.

And, if anyone wonders why i thank (or try to thank) every post, it's so I know where I'm up to , as this thread seems to move sooooo fast. :o - I do this too!




There is a link to a load of SW recipes (and WW too) from the Lose weight thread in the I wanna board. Maybe someone (a bit cleverer than me :D ) could tell us how to add them to this collection? :confused:


Edit

Found it here (http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=775103)

You need to scroll down abit and it's the second bullet point.

[doorstep]

Hello Casper :hello:

Everyone here is really nice and supportive. I must admt I'm more of a reader than a poster, but it all helps :D

[Casperthefriendlyghost]

Hi doorstep

Thanx so much for the link, I used to follow that thread when it was Lose Weight 12 lol, and now it's got so much further already! Got so much to catch up on now. Enjoy!

Cheers
Casper
x x x

[bindiboo]

week 3 of sw for me and have so far lost 5lbs. I am going out in a hour to wok mania with a crowd from work. Fingers crossed I behave!!

[whatatwit]

Well done bindiboo, have fun tonight, avoid the fried rice....there, that's good SW advice for you. :rotfl:

thanks for the link doorstep...I will go and investigate.

[trantr81]

Hi all,
Just booked my holiday....I fly to Rhodes on 3rd May!! Thats 7 weeks, 6 days and counting - I want to get at least 2 stone off by then, maybe even 2 and half.....joined the local gym and pool yesterday and am aiming to go every day, even for only half an hour!
I need help with food, I just have no inspiration....I have 3 old issues of SW magazine for some ideas but I need more....I prefer GREEN days during the week as I find it easier in work, but I get better results on ORIGINAL. I'm sure lots of us get stuck in a rut with our meals so can I ask for some suggestions please? A breakfast, lunch and dinner idea.....I dont mind cooking a complicated dish now and again, but just for the next few weeks Im looking more for quick and easy ideas......thanks slimmers, I appreciate it!!

[doorstep]

Hi trantr81

2 - 2.5 stones in 8 weeks? That's quite some target!

I have just made the speedie veggie sausage hot pot from a SW issued a couple of months ago. I made a few alterations (surely the recipe is just a suggestion :rotfl: )

I browned some Quorn sausages and a diced onion in extra virgin olive oil (HEB), chucked in some squashed garlic (what's the word I'm looking for, lol). I then added this to a can of baked beans and a can of cannelloni beans and let it simmer for about 10 minutes.

Just finished a huge bowl with a jacket potato, and some grated cheddar (HEA).


SCRUMMY!















(although I may not be able to move from my seat for a while :rotfl: )

[trantr81]

Mmmm that sounds good - thats Monday night sorted!!!!

[consultant31]

Hello Consultant 31
I just wanted to check that if Im on a mix to match day, if I was to have unlimited jacket potatoes for my lunch with some heinz mean beanz italian (Which are free on green) can I then have some more potatoes for my tea (with my roast beef) as a HEB.

Re my lunch if I was to have the heinz curry beanz that are I think 1/2 syn on green per 100g - am I synning it correctly or should I be synning it as a red (even though Im having as a green meal) because I read somewhere that if you are on mix to match you count the highest syn.

I know that on my mix to match, I should snack on superfree / free foods but presumably I can use my syns for whatever I want - chocolate buttons, wine etc?

I've been out for most of the day and only just got back so I'm sorry, I'm sure you'll have eaten all your meals by now. However, it's fine to have more potatoes for your tea along with the roast beef, this would be regarded as a HEB.

Heinz curry beanz...........the ones I'm looking at in the food directory are Meanz Beanz :- Jalfrezi at 3 syns on Green and Tikka at 6 syns on Green (both per 390gm can). On Mix2Max everything you eat apart from your main meals that is not a superfree food or a HE has to be synned at the higher rate. This wouldn't apply since the beanz were part of your meal.

Finally, yes your syns are to be used on any yummy thing you like, so enjoy!

[obsessednewbie]

Hi All

Have been eating quite a bit of fresh rhubarb recently as it seems to be on offer in many shops. From my FO book it is listed as free but when i look a little further ahead in the book to Dried, canned and cooked fruit it says 454g Rhubarb stewed is a HEB? I know no other way from eating Rhubarb except boiling (stewing??) it. Have i done wrong? Have i been eating rhubarb for the following week when i should have been putting it down as a HE? :confused:

Am so confused.

Many Thanks
x

[whatatwit]

198g stewed without sugar is 1/2 syn on each day.

That is from the website.

[shanleypink]

Thankyou everyone for your Birthday wishes- it meant a lot!!
All is not lost. I had breakfast in bed- poached egg on toast. My bestest friends turned up at tea time with rump steak!! Had that with home made chips and a bottle of red!! They all had a walnut whip but I abstained and it looks like my cat has a slim chance of still being pregnant!! YAAAY Had an ace day, but back on track tomorrow....night god bless xxx

[Skint_Catt]

If anyones got an Asda near them they've got 2 x 6 packs in brine/springwater for £5 :j

[Princess kate]

Im guessing thats packs of tuna?? hehe

[obsessednewbie]

198g stewed without sugar is 1/2 syn on each day.

That is from the website.

Does that mean you can eat rhubarb raw then, like a stick of celery? Sorry never eaten it raw before?

Many Thanks
x

[daPOD]

Hello All,

Started SW on 24th Jan, and so far have lost 16 1/2lbs! .... Loving it so far, have been going with my sister ... joined the local leisure centre also.

Roll on summer time!

My target weight is around 9 1/2 to 10 stone, so i've a few more stone to shift, but it will come off in time.

:) C x

[janiebaby29]

hubbie got some stuff out the loft earlier and i was looking through the boxes and found my SW from 98 and 2000 , and on both i got to target ,
so that has spurred me on

[doorstep]

Morning everyone.

A very wet and windy morning here, so no walking to work for me (any excuse, lol).

Having a green day as I find them easier for work.

B - 2 weetabix, banana, skimmed milk (HeA)
L - Cottage cheese, 4 ryvita multigrain (HeB + 2 sins)
D - Some sort of pasta thing (my brain isn't in gear yet!)

Going away in 10 days so trying to limit my sins before then. Snacks will be muller yogurt and fruit.

Have a great day

:D

[LoneR113]

Morning all,
Supposed to be on earlies this week, but fortunately I'm on Rest Day today!
Storm not too bad so far, having been up since 0330 - my body knows somehow my shift pattern and seems to adjust accordingly.
Original day, as I'm off. Need to make up for a poor yesterday after going out with the family and ending up at Pizza Hut.
One thing I did learn from yesterday is that my body does not seem to like being stuffed with food as much as it did - presume that's education from the SW effort. I did not finish off the kids portion, I had only a bottle of beer as opposed to several glasses of wine, and shared a pudding.
Saved us money too!
Cheers you lot

[16011996]

o my god really thanks for that, do u know if its same for all high juices,usually go asda and in there shop to slim book it says they free,i really thought all no added sugar juices were free ill be carefull from now on xxxx

sorry

Asda High Juice, No Added Sugar, all varieties, diluted as directed 250ml

http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 1 Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 1 Syns


it appears tht your book may me wrong, and these are those pesky hidden syns that add up!!!!!

[ladyV]

hi janiebaby 29
if you don't mind me asking what was your experience of doing slimming world again?
i lost weight successfully the first time i did it, put about half back on, am back on it now, but am struggling to get it off again.
ta x

[16011996]

Lady V,

This is my upteenth time of doing slimming world, and its never come off as quick as it did the first time, i think the first time its so new to your body, that it makes a huge difference, on subsequent times its always slower.

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[janiebaby29]

hi janiebaby 29
if you don't mind me asking what was your experience of doing slimming world again?
i lost weight successfully the first time i did it, put about half back on, am back on it now, but am struggling to get it off again.
ta x
i think it was easier the first two times as it was 10 years ago , im 45 now and find it a huge struggle to get the weight off , not running around after a little one , shes now 18 , lol and doing things like the school walk and just genrally being a bit more active then really helped the weight loss ,
also as well i think the food has changed m theres more out there thats tempting:D

[terrigrunshaw]

sorry

Asda High Juice, No Added Sugar, all varieties, diluted as directed 250ml


http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/red.gif Original 1 Syns http://www.slimmingworld.com/lifelineonline/syns/images/green.gif Green 1 Syns




it appears tht your book may me wrong, and these are those pesky hidden syns that add up!!!!!


thanks for that i went on sw site to check was shocked as ive been having this thinking it was free think ill go on to fruit and barley i like that and checkrd that it was free on site,god knows how long id have carried on not knowing xxx

[LoneR113]

Hi Guys,
Just got the curry feast book......looks like I could do a whole week of curries...LOL
Back on track this morning after last night. Signed up for the excercise bit on the site , so i now have to commit to dusting off the gazelle machine and the weights.
I'm going to work towards that "model" 6 pack, and fit body that I always wanted...what motivates me is what my wife's reaction will be...hopefully!
Cheers you lot

[janiebaby29]

oh i had a chicken breast kebab last night , i ate the chicken and salad but left the pitta , i was on a green day and im thinking the chicken would be my b ?

[16011996]

thanks for that i went on sw site to check was shocked as ive been having this thinking it was free think ill go on to fruit and barley i like that and checkrd that it was free on site,god knows how long id have carried on not knowing xxx

Thats ok, I'd been drinking it too, and my consultant picked up on it on a food diary sheet and said it might not be free, i'd been drinking 4-5 glasses a day!!!

[1sttimer]

Lady V,

This is my upteenth time of doing slimming world, and its never come off as quick as it did the first time, i think the first time its so new to your body, that it makes a huge difference, on subsequent times its always slower.

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Hi, this is my second time of SW and I got to target this time. I found it harder 2nd time because of changes I made 1st time and they stuck, i.e. I now have skimmed milk, very little butter (so therefore cut down on bread LOL) and muller/fat free yoghurts, and an uptake in fruit and veg. So when I re-joined, there was no big changes to make. It was my own home baking (ie cakes and pastries :drool: ) that crept back in plus non SW puddings!

I've been at target for about 6 months but put on over Xmas and am struggling to get back on track!

Today I'm on a green so my plan is
Breakfast Porridge
snack Banana - carrot and swede sticks
Lunch Cous cous (Ainsly Harriet Roasted Veg-1 syn) + peas & corn
snack Apple/yoghurt
Tea Quorn Spaghetti bog made using Passata with onion and garlic + cheese allowance
Snacks Any other fruit/yoghurt

It may be easier tonight as I'm out at a meeting so no temptations at hand. So I'll have to be good and try my best till next week!

Well done on any losers/maintainers and good luck to nex wi! :T :T :T

[jackieb]

I had my weigh-in this morning and I lost 1.5lb. :) I didn't think I would have lost anything as i've felt bloated for the past couple of days (time of the month), so it was a nice surprise. I got my stone award today. I love getting the stickers! You'd think I was a child. :p

[16011996]

well done jackie!!!!!!! thats fantastic, your doing really well.
I like the stickers too, lol, and the certificates, i always stick them up to remind me how well i'm doing.

[rialooney]

It is so nice to see you all being supportive to each other. :T

I recently decided not to bother going to class for the following reasons::mad:

Never had any contact with the consultant
She couldn't recognise me or my freind in a line up
She has not been supportive
She doesn't know my name
No before pictures of the consultant for inspiration
There are no boards identifying food for green and red
No recipe folders
No cartons with syn value on to help you shop
They wouldn't give me 1/2lb weight loss as they only recognise 1lbs!:eek:I was basically getting weighed but no support. She couldn't answer my questions and obviously was not keeping her eye on new things. Some of the advice she was giving was questionable. So why should I pay her £4.50 to stand on her scales.:confused:

So now I do it myself but still have the support of my sister Peachyest and those of you on this thread. Having made the decision I felt a lot better and lost 1 1/2 lb in my first week. I go to Boots and get weighed. Keep the little slip as my weigh in. It costs less than a £1 so I am saving £4 which I use to buy fruit, salad, jacket potatoe and nimble etc.

I find this suits me better. I started at 13 st 6.8lb 5 weeks ago. I am now 13 st 1.2lb.

Food Ideas
I love to make total greek Yogurt 0% with fresh passion fruit then use 2syns on a merguine either poured on top or crumbled in or Sugar Free Jelly with Raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, grapes in and eat it with some mullerlight yoghurt! :A

Green
Jacket Potatoes with Batchelors pasta in sauce (Cheese and Broc) poured over the top and loads of salad. Sometimes Ainsley Harriott Rice on the side.

Red
Tuna Steaks topped with fresh slices of lime and cracked black pepper on a bed of leeks wrapped in foil with loads of roasted veg e.g. leeks, carrots, courgettes, aspargus spears and a poached egg on to dip it all in!

[16011996]

rialooney, which meringue nests do you use that are 2 syns? the ones i got from sainsbury's are 3 syns each!!

thanks in advance

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[One step forward]

Day 6 of being extra good! Weigh in Wednesday morning.....

Feeling really pleased with myself as being extra careful this week.
Managed to get through whole weekend without a glass of wine.... prefer to use my sins for a two finger kit kat....
Also managed to get through whole weekend without nibbling on the two boxes of jaffa cakes hubby has in the cupboard.... (buy one get one free).

Have done complete original week this week so far.... ususally eat loads of baked potatos and SW Chips so decided to do something different.

Anyone any ideas for something nice to do with cod on a red day?

Trying to keep to speed foods this week as well as need to get back into target range.

Also how many of you weigh at home? I just can't stop myself each morning!

Well done all you losers! and the all day breakfast quiche is fantastic.... OH and DS have already asked for another!!!!!

Keep the recipes coming.....

[gpuss]

what motivates me is what my wife's reaction will be...hopefully!

That's a great thing for motivation. Being able to go on long walks with my husband, without getting tired, is one of my goals. Good luck LoneR, and well done JackieB!

[rialooney]

Asda own! My sister peachyest got them for me. I think she said Tesco own were the same but will have to check with her!

No doubt she will be on later and give you a list of where to get stuff. She is the fountain of knowledge.. a total slimming world buff!

[peachyest]

well been go and walked into town this morning and got weighed at boots and ive lost 1lb :dance: :dance: :dance: , im only 1lb away from target :j :j :j , thanks to all the surport of the thread :A :A :A , so im going to try and get to target for next monday :rolleyes: , i dont loss weight quick so im on a mission this week to do it .
WELDONE JACKIEB:T :T :T ON YOUR WEIGHT LOSS.
HI little sister RIALOONEY weldone you on your weight loss to :kisses3: .
well just got back from asda and got some packets of sammy couscou 45p and the good for you sausages are on offer 3 for £ 3 , all the supernoodles and packet rice & the pastas on offer to .

[purplestar1uk]

Well done to jackie, peachyest and rialooney for fab losses!!

:D

[peachyest]

most of last week i did red days , and on my night shift i went on green to last me .
Already put skinned chicken in oven and put in a tray of jacket pot, so i can have pot wedges for dinner tomorrow , to go with a cod -h/b and a tin of mushy peas .
Im making curry tonight and having it on jacket pot plus herb side salad :D

[Skint_Catt]

Having a bad day at work - been in tears most of the morning but at least I haven't been picking! Green day today as Morrisons didn't have my free sausages in, so baked beans and egg for brekkie, coronation egg sarnie for lunch (HEB), pasta bake tonight with my other HEB I think.

Well done on all your weight-losses!

[peachyest]

skin-catt :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: , can i ask is it work ?

[Skint_Catt]

Yes its work. I threatened my resignation, but will hold out until I find something else :mad:

[peachyest]

It seems to be the same all over the place , no one seems to care , your just there to fill a place , and its always the good ones who get work throne at them .
well dont you worry mate what go's around comes around and i really do beleave it , you waite and see:grouphug: , chin up

[rialooney]

Skintt Cat I have just been made redundant along with 17 others. We finish on 30th April 2008. Some of them have been employed here for over 20 years.

Until then we have to come to work and not actually do any, as HR have employed contractors to do the work. We had to train them and they do our jobs on a higher rate of pay.:eek: We sit looking for jobs on line as HR won't agree to us have Garden leave and we can't get another job until 1st May 2008. :mad:

I could sit here and feel glum but instead I am seeing it as part of my new life.

New slimmer, healthier me, happier me with a new path to tread. :T
I will find a new job and say turrah to the old me. :hello:
I will get a drivers licence and laser eye surgery.:rotfl::naughty: Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams!:D

[angela6834]

Well done to jackie, peachyest and rialooney......

peachyest only 1lb away from target...i bet you're over the moon!!

Chin up Catt...just try not to let it send you to the fridge!!

[Skint_Catt]

Ooh they sound like a bad lot rialooney! I've been made redundant twice and its not nice, but better than resigning (well it looks better on your CV anyway as you can't help redundancy!) My company are trying to save money so maybe I should volunteer for redundancy! Not sure my director would be amused though as he's the one dealing with them here (I'm his PA!)! :j :rotfl:

[peachyest]

go little sis , i no this years been really !!!! for you and im proud your turning that corner :kisses: :dance: , its going to cost me a fortune :eek: :eek: