Be Awesome in Autumn with Slimming World

Minihauk · 9 September 2014 at 11:13AM

pink_poppy wrote: »

shala, can I be re-instated on the challenge list, please?? I'm going to give it another try. Can my target be reduced to 10lbs?? Please don't put my +4lbs on, I'll start afresh from today with my new weight, if that's ok?? Sorry to mess you around. Will post my menu later.

Well done for getting back on track Pink poppy - the people on here rock. Always so good for giving encouragement. Please don't give up. It is not easy but will be so worth it in the end.

I got home from WI last night ate toast with butter and another slice with peanut butter - drat. New day today .....

Saver-upper · 9 September 2014 at 11:26AM

Okaaaaaaaayyyyyyy,
I am prepared to look a bit silly in an effort to boost my weight-loss this week

Now,I have been doing SW for 3.5 yrs (I go to group)and did lose 2.5 stone to reach target,and even now am only about 1/2 stone over target.However,this week I am going to give it a real boost.
So,am looking at my books and website this morning.
Some comments on my meal-plan yesterday said that I was limited with my vege intake.It does lack variety,(partly due to time pressures,partly fussy kids)..........Now,I thought I was doing really well to be eating as much fresh fruit as I have been.

Sooooooooooooo......
1: is eating veg preferable to eating fruit?Is that because fruit is sweeter?I have always just eaten either because it is free
2:aren't baked beans a super-speed food?
3:can I have a v e r y s i m p l e explanation of the difference between free, super-free,and super-speedy food (I do EE)
4: please look at my menu this morning:
Before breakfast: 1 apple (while preparing kid's lunches)
Breakfast,(with lots of peace and quiet after doing the school run

)2 slices bacon(trimmed),2 poached eggs,slightly under 1/2 tin baked beans,which,when spread,covers more than 1/3 of my plate

.
5:the chicken-a-leekie soup I made this week contains carrot,leeks and onion.Yesterday I had 2 bowls of it for lunch-doen't that add to my intake of vegies?
In light of Lioness Twinkletoes and maman's advice yesterday,I also munched on a large raw carrot while clearing up kitchen this morning(not a usual habit for me,but is that what people do to up their intake?)

I know I sound silly.I should know all this.Amateur!:o

I would appreciate any comments,thank you.

Kiwisaver_2 · 9 September 2014 at 11:31AM

pink_poppy wrote: »

shala, can I be re-instated on the challenge list, please?? I'm going to give it another try

Good on ya Pink Poppy :T

I've not counted up my syns today; too hard to figure it out but am well within.

B. Greek Yoghurt (1) & Raspberries
L. Chicken Sandwich (HEB) with scrape of butter (2) and bowl of salad including HM Coleslaw with about tspn mayo (1), lettuce, tomato and cucumber.
D. Slight variation to the SW Salmon and Cream Cheese omelette; made for two of us with two extra eggs, a dollop of cottage cheese with chives instead of cream cheese and chopped up spring onions, served with a few oven chips and grilled tomatoes and peppers.
S. Banana

Saver-upper · 9 September 2014 at 11:39AM

pink_poppy wrote: »

shala, can I be re-instated on the challenge list, please?? I'm going to give it another try.

Hooray!!:j:j:T:T
Thanks for coming back pink poppy.

For the skins,I was going to cook small jacket potatoes,cut into 1/2,mash the potato in its skin with a fork,then mix in ,say,cooked bacon and cheese,then (cos our grill doesn't work) heat in oven for a few minutes.[STRIKE]Then I was going to serve with lashings of sour cream and sweet chilli sauce[/STRIKE]Then I was going to serve with lo-fat creme fraiche and lots of green leafy stuff.

just_the_two_of_us · 9 September 2014 at 12:02PM

Morning - just been to get weighed and it is plus a half a pound. Well we did have three nights away at DS and although we walked over 50 km over the weekend there was a lot of drinking going on!!!

I am back on track and making mushroom omelette for lunch with salad. Picked up a few soup recipes as it is now staring to feel colder.

Well done to everyone.

lilian1977 · 9 September 2014 at 12:16PM

Saver-upper wrote: »

2:aren't baked beans a super-speed food?
3:can I have a v e r y s i m p l e explanation of the difference between free, super-free,and super-speedy food (I do EE)
4: please look at my menu this morning:
Before breakfast: 1 apple (while preparing kid's lunches)
Breakfast,(with lots of peace and quiet after doing the school run )2 slices bacon(trimmed),2 poached eggs,slightly under 1/2 tin baked beans,which,when spread,covers more than 1/3 of my plate .
5:the chicken-a-leekie soup I made this week contains carrot,leeks and onion.Yesterday I had 2 bowls of it for lunch-doen't that add to my intake of vegies?
In light of Lioness Twinkletoes and maman's advice yesterday,I also munched on a large raw carrot while clearing up kitchen this morning(not a usual habit for me,but is that what people do to up their intake?)

I know I sound silly.I should know all this.Amateur!:o

I would appreciate any comments,thank you.

As far as I know, beans aren't superfree at all, and they're only speed on a green day - so if you're doing EE you need to add 1/3 superfree to that breakfast, although the apple and carrot should be enough to balance it out.

Free Food
Free food is split into two groups - free and superfree. Superfree foods are fruit and vegetables which are free on all plans, no matter which you are following. These include (but are not limited to):
Fruit - fresh or frozen but not cooked or tinned
Vegetables - with a few exceptions such as peas, sweetcorn, parsnips, potato and sweet potato

On the Extra Easy plan, these things are also free:

Eggs - poached, scrambled, boiled, fried using low fat cooking spray - in fact any way you like as long as no fat is added
Fat free and very low fat dairy - including plain and some fruit yoghurt, very low fat cottage cheese, very low fat fromage frais, skimmed milk soft cheese such as quark
Meat replacement, such as quorn, textured vegetable protein (TVP and tofu)
Low calorie soft drinks, black tea and coffee

There also also things like stock cubes, dried herbs and other seasonings that are free. Also, fat free salad dressings that are less than 40 calories per 100ml can be used freely.

Meat and poultry - Bacon, beef, chicken, ham, pork, turkey ect. all skin and visible fat removed. Mince should contain less than 5% fat. Most things like sausages and burgers have a syn value.
Fish and seafood - Cod, haddock, prawns, tuna etc, free unless canned in oil
Pulses - beans (including baked beans), lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans etc
Rice, pasta and grains - Couscous, all types of dried pasta, quinoa, bulgar wheat etc, all types of rice
Starchy vegetables - potatoes, peas, sweetcorn, parsnips, sweet potatoes etc

http://f-g-s.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/slimming-world-basics-extra-easy-plan.html

Superspeed - Fruit (not bananas or grapes to name a couple though)
Veg
White fish
Chicken
Lentils
Baked beans
Mushy peas

http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/178104-super-speed-foods.html

Lioness_Twinkletoes · 9 September 2014 at 12:32PM

lilian1977 wrote: »

As far as I know, beans aren't superfree at all, and they're only speed on a green day - so if you're doing EE you need to add 1/3 superfree to that breakfast, although the apple and carrot should be enough to balance it out.

Free Food
Free food is split into two groups - free and superfree. Superfree foods are fruit and vegetables which are free on all plans, no matter which you are following. These include (but are not limited to):
Fruit - fresh or frozen but not cooked or tinned
Vegetables - with a few exceptions such as peas, sweetcorn, parsnips, potato and sweet potato

On the Extra Easy plan, these things are also free:

Eggs - poached, scrambled, boiled, fried using low fat cooking spray - in fact any way you like as long as no fat is added
Fat free and very low fat dairy - including plain and some fruit yoghurt, very low fat cottage cheese, very low fat fromage frais, skimmed milk soft cheese such as quark
Meat replacement, such as quorn, textured vegetable protein (TVP and tofu)
Low calorie soft drinks, black tea and coffee

There also also things like stock cubes, dried herbs and other seasonings that are free. Also, fat free salad dressings that are less than 40 calories per 100ml can be used freely.

Meat and poultry - Bacon, beef, chicken, ham, pork, turkey ect. all skin and visible fat removed. Mince should contain less than 5% fat. Most things like sausages and burgers have a syn value.
Fish and seafood - Cod, haddock, prawns, tuna etc, free unless canned in oil
Pulses - beans (including baked beans), lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans etc
Rice, pasta and grains - Couscous, all types of dried pasta, quinoa, bulgar wheat etc, all types of rice
Starchy vegetables - potatoes, peas, sweetcorn, parsnips, sweet potatoes etc

http://f-g-s.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/slimming-world-basics-extra-easy-plan.html

Superspeed - Fruit (not bananas or grapes to name a couple though)
Veg
White fish
Chicken
Lentils
Baked beans
Mushy peas

http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/178104-super-speed-foods.html

To follow on from this excellent post - I tend to make sure I get loads of free and superfree by having a big bowl of fruit for breakfast, usually with fat free yoghurt. If I am really hungry I will also have some cereal (HEX

.

Then I generally have a big bowl of salad for lunch (leaves, tomatoes, peppers, radish, cucumber, beetroot) with ham, eggs, chicken or fish. When I make a tomato based dinner like spaggy bol or pasta bake I add red and white onions, carrots, courgettes, leeks, mushrooms and peppers. This really bulks the meal out and then I serve with more veg. That way I know I am getting my free and superfree.

pink_poppy · 9 September 2014 at 1:35PM

Thank you b_e_g, Minihauk, Kiwisaver & Saver-upper for your lovely comments & support, it means a lot :A

Saver, that's one way of doing the potato skins. I scoop the cooked potato flesh into a bowl as I find it easier to mix everything together & then add a good dessert spoonful of quark, black pepper, raw chopped red onion & my HEA cheese. Pile the mixture back into the skins & put them in the oven for about 15 minutes at 200 degrees. I have a combi microwave/oven so use that as it's so quick to heat up. I made 4 skins (whoops, that sounds a bit rude!!) with the intention of eating 2 today & zapping the other 2 in the microwave tomorrow, but DD1 has snaffled them for her lunch.

I'm not sure whether to do Green or EE today:

B - blueberries & strawberries with Greek yoghurt (3.5 syns)
L - loaded potato skins (1/2 HEA1) & salad
D - Quorn cottage pie (HEA2 cheese) & mangetout

HEB1 will be 10 whole almonds. I'm not sure about HEB2 yet??

I think I'll also have a couple of scanbran (2 syns) with 1 Philly Light pod (1/2 HEA1) & some cherry tomatoes on top mid-afternoon.

I've never had Quorn mince before, so hope I like it. I'm going to put leeks, mushrooms, carrots, peas, onion & celery in with the mince & maybe thicken it with a tin of mushy peas (meg72, am I right in thinking this was something you suggested for thickening gravy??).

Last but not least, a huge well done to those who have lost or STS this week :T

Crabapple · 9 September 2014 at 1:43PM

Just reading back so I can reply properly. This thread moves fast!

Congrats on the losses rubyeskimo, wizkid, mildredd, iwilldoit, minihauk, b_e_g and lioness. That's a lot of weight lost right there :T

Commiserations on the STS and gains. Good luck with your reweigh lillian. Sounds like the gains were easily explained so you can draw that line and move on...

Hugs going out to beanielou.

Welcome caroline!

Flutterby, my mum makes that dahl loaf and we like it but for some unknown reason my toddler loves it and wolfs down loads!

Saver-upper the general view on here, even if not SW as a whole, is that veg is better than fruit simply because they are lower in sugar. It's natural sugar obv but more free veg than fruit is probably a better balance.

RedCola, thanks for letting us know what you have in. I think as suggested we might need a little more information and then I'm sure we'll deluge you with good ideas.

Pinkpoppy good on you for not giving up on the challenge. I'm sure you'll have losses to post soon x

b_e_g - I'm amused at the idea of you still blitzing vegetables for your son! Glad he's having a go at cooking and getting better at it. I'm guessing he leaves you the mess to tidy up? You asked about the pouch rices and I don't think there are any syn free ones. The microwave rices all have some oil to help it cook and not stick together.

Just looked at syns online and most are 3-4 syns a pouch, which is not bad since that's two portions. The lowest are mainly the not flavoured ones - tesco wholegrain is 2, longgrain 2.5. The best I could see is Uncle Ben's Thai Sweet Chilli at 1.5

slimwriter - hovis wheatgerm is 2.5 syns for a medium slice.

and thanks lillian for your explanations!

What's the betting while I typed that there's a load more comments!

Have WI tonight. Feeling hungry for no good reason and I'm trying to resist the urge to eat. Think I'll go hide out in the kitchen and eat a ff yoghurt (if I don't hide the toddler cadges some!).

meg72 · 9 September 2014 at 2:07PM

pink_poppy wrote: »

Thank you b_e_g, Minihauk, Kiwisaver & Saver-upper for your lovely comments & support, it means a lot :A

Saver, that's one way of doing the potato skins. I scoop the cooked potato flesh into a bowl as I find it easier to mix everything together & then add a good dessert spoonful of quark, black pepper, raw chopped red onion & my HEA cheese. Pile the mixture back into the skins & put them in the oven for about 15 minutes at 200 degrees. I have a combi microwave/oven so use that as it's so quick to heat up. I made 4 skins (whoops, that sounds a bit rude!!) with the intention of eating 2 today & zapping the other 2 in the microwave tomorrow, but DD1 has snaffled them for her lunch.

I'm not sure whether to do Green or EE today:

B - blueberries & strawberries with Greek yoghurt (3.5 syns)
L - loaded potato skins (1/2 HEA1) & salad
D - Quorn cottage pie (HEA2 cheese) & mangetout

HEB1 will be 10 whole almonds. I'm not sure about HEB2 yet??

I think I'll also have a couple of scanbran (2 syns) with 1 Philly Light pod (1/2 HEA1) & some cherry tomatoes on top mid-afternoon.

I've never had Quorn mince before, so hope I like it. I'm going to put leeks, mushrooms, carrots, peas, onion & celery in with the mince & maybe thicken it with a tin of mushy peas (meg72, am I right in thinking this was something you suggested for thickening gravy??).

Last but not least, a huge well done to those who have lost or STS this week :T

Yes mushy peas works a treat.

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