Slimming World Support thread

peachyest

16011996




our s/w member 160 posted this last year & we miss her



here's the top ten tips we got last night, see if they help anyone

• Drink water or sugar free juices, the more the better, but don’t gulp it down as this can lower your blood pressure and make you feel faint.
• speed foods, go through your book and pick out all the ss foods you like, and eat as much of these as you can combine in your meals, they are called “speed” foods for a reason
• Drink a glass of water and/or juice if you still feel hungry after a meal, quite often thirst is mistaken for hunger. Even better drink one before a meal, to fill you up quicker whilst eating
• eat breakfast – there is nothing better for getting your metabolism going than a good breakfast
• vary your heb, your body gets fed up of eating the same all the time, sometimes a change to these can really boost your weight loss
• vary your foods on each day – i.e. on green don’t always have baked potato and beans, on red don’t always have chicken, variety is the way to go, no one can face the same meals for the rest of there lives!!!!
• get you magazines out, make a file of recipes, (I know this was posted earlier) and then rotate them so the same ones aren’t always at the front.
• batch cook, put aside a couple of hours a week, to batch cook, then freeze recipes in meal size portions, ready meals for when you have one of those days you don’t want to cook, and if you do extra’s (say make 4 portions instead of 2) you start to build up a stock. This works well with veggies too, peel a big pan of potatoes and mash them at once, then freeze in portions, also with soups etc. Apparently the people who suggested this reckon they now hardly throw any food out, as its all used before it goes off, and also its reducing there food bills.
• walking, its free, it’s easy to do, and it’s great for toning up you legs and bum. walk to the corner shop, or anywhere else you could really walk instead of using the car.
• had a maintain/gain and don’t know why? Go back to basics, do a food diary, and be honest, you may find there is something there you haven’t been counting, or you are not always weighing your healthy extras like you should thinking you can estimate it well now cos you’ve been doing it so long.

HOPE THIS HELPS IT DID ME , IV'E KEPT IT

Flat_Eric

peachyest wrote: »

16011996




our s/w member 160 posted this last year & we miss her



here's the top ten tips we got last night, see if they help anyone

• Drink water or sugar free juices, the more the better, but don’t gulp it down as this can lower your blood pressure and make you feel faint.
• speed foods, go through your book and pick out all the ss foods you like, and eat as much of these as you can combine in your meals, they are called “speed” foods for a reason
• Drink a glass of water and/or juice if you still feel hungry after a meal, quite often thirst is mistaken for hunger. Even better drink one before a meal, to fill you up quicker whilst eating
• eat breakfast – there is nothing better for getting your metabolism going than a good breakfast
• vary your heb, your body gets fed up of eating the same all the time, sometimes a change to these can really boost your weight loss
• vary your foods on each day – i.e. on green don’t always have baked potato and beans, on red don’t always have chicken, variety is the way to go, no one can face the same meals for the rest of there lives!!!!
• get you magazines out, make a file of recipes, (I know this was posted earlier) and then rotate them so the same ones aren’t always at the front.
• batch cook, put aside a couple of hours a week, to batch cook, then freeze recipes in meal size portions, ready meals for when you have one of those days you don’t want to cook, and if you do extra’s (say make 4 portions instead of 2) you start to build up a stock. This works well with veggies too, peel a big pan of potatoes and mash them at once, then freeze in portions, also with soups etc. Apparently the people who suggested this reckon they now hardly throw any food out, as its all used before it goes off, and also its reducing there food bills.
• walking, its free, it’s easy to do, and it’s great for toning up you legs and bum. walk to the corner shop, or anywhere else you could really walk instead of using the car.
• had a maintain/gain and don’t know why? Go back to basics, do a food diary, and be honest, you may find there is something there you haven’t been counting, or you are not always weighing your healthy extras like you should thinking you can estimate it well now cos you’ve been doing it so long.

HOPE THIS HELPS IT DID ME , IV'E KEPT IT

How good is that ??? :D:D:D

peachyest

p00 wrote: »

Sainsbury Quorn sausages are 1/2 price.

xxp00

great in a slow cooker and superspeed , thanks poo:T

peachyest

:dance: :dance: well just got back from being weighed and iv'e lost another 2lb :j

mookybargirl

Peachyest - thanks for the tips and congrats on the loss this week. I've increased my water intake, but sometimes too much in one go. I did feel a bit off so will pace it out a bit more.

Does anyone have the one pot cookbook? I'm at work and want to make the lamb & turnip rogan josh tonight after a trip to the shops. I know that I need lamb and turnip only (have the rest in the storecupboard), but not sure of quantities. Can anyone help?

mookybargirl

Oh, are we supposed to PM someone to link a recipe that's posted in here so it can be linked to the SW recipe index, as noticed it's not been updated for a year?

Flat_Eric

mookybargirl wrote: »

Peachyest - thanks for the tips and congrats on the loss this week. I've increased my water intake, but sometimes too much in one go. I did feel a bit off so will pace it out a bit more.

Does anyone have the one pot cookbook? I'm at work and want to make the lamb & turnip rogan josh tonight after a trip to the shops. I know that I need lamb and turnip only (have the rest in the storecupboard), but not sure of quantities. Can anyone help?

LAMB AND TURNIP ROGAN JOSH
Free on original
12 syns on Green

624g/ 1lb 6 oz boneless lean lamb shoulder
Fry light
2 large onions peeeled halved and thickly sliced
3 garlic gloves peeled and crushed
2 tsp finely grated ginger
2 sticks cinnamon
2 tsp each chilli powder and paprika
6 green cardamom pods
4 tbsp medium curry powder
400g can chopped tomatoes
1 tsp artifical sweetener
624ml/22 fl oz stock made with chicken bovril
624g / 1 lb 6 oz turnip peeled and cut into large pieces
salt and freshly ground black pepper
chopped corriander to garnish

cut the lamb into bite sized pieces. spray a large heavy based frying pan with fry light and cook the lamb in batches for 3-4 mins until browned on all sides. remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.

spray the pan again and add the onions. cook over a medium heat for 10-12 mins stirring often until soft and lightly browned. add the garlic, ginger, cinnamon, chilli powder, paprika, and cardamom pods. stiry fry for 1 - 2 mins and then add the curry powder and lamb. stir fry for 2 - 3 mins and then stir in the tomatoes, sweetener stock and turnip. season well and bring the mixture to the boil.

reduce the heat to very low (using a heat diffuser if possible) and cover tightly. simmer gently for 2 houros or until the lamb is meltingly tender. remove from the heat and serve garnished with chopped coriander.

peachyest

For those of you who do go on line to s/w , when finding the syn vaule say bowers sausages it tell you then you can add it to a shopping list .
Put all the sweets or treats on there and any other item you need to syn , then print off your shopping list and go and get the items .
When home get out your sticker and get your list and put it straight onto your items , so each time you pick up the item it reminds you what it is and you can put it on to your sheet , it takes the quess work out , because we all do it and makes life easyer , peachy xx

lo_bush

Gosh, It's quiet on here today! Where is everybody?

mummy_dumpling

does anyone know what the breastfeeding allowances are? I am still fully breastfeeding my 6 month old baby - we've not started weaning yet but will probably be starting gently in the next week or so

I just started back with SW today and am going it alone as I can't get to class regularly

thanks