Slimming World support thread for 2010

Skint_Catt

Barmycow - yes you can do that. Syn the low fat spread/butter then leave overnight with the quark and the whole bowl will be same syns as the portion of butter you added. Works well with dairylea too - you can double your HEa portion

gemsmember

I will mash my potatoes with yoghurt or fromage frais and black pepper, to give it a bit of extra taste (I don't cook with salt), but I have found that I have got used to the taste of just plain mash. It usually accompanies something else on the plate anyway, so the flavours mingle

TakeItEazy

Had WI today and looks like a maintain which I'm glad about as * week.

Food today

B - 3 weetabix [b's] milk [a] coffee

L - Pasta, toms, cue, red onion, beans & fat free dressing [free] diet cola

T - mash, beans, toms, cheese [a] brown sauce [1syn] diet cola


Going for a low syn day to make up for yesterday.


Oh and please tell me muller vanilla with choc sprinkles is free?

TakeItEazy

Skint_Catt wrote: »

Fruit juice isn't free is it - hence the fruit in it is synned. Orange juice isn't free to drink (even if you make it yourself and don't add anything) & neither is pineapple juice. It's do do with sateity (never can spell that!) You can easily drink the juice of 6 oranges but you'd have a job to sit & eat 6 whole oranges in one go - it's just part of the way SW works (and it does work if you stick to it!)

Does that mean if I drain the juice the pineapple is free? If it says 1 syn a ring I'm thinking not .

BarmyCow

TakeItEazy wrote: »

Oh and please tell me muller vanilla with choc sprinkles is free?

Happy to tell you that they are free :j - I think the only straightforward Mullerlights with a syn value are the cherry layer (2 syns) and the limited edition lemon cheesecake (1 syn) - although that one is so lovely it would be worth it even if it was 4 syns - yum yum.

Skint_Catt

TakeItEazy wrote: »

Does that mean if I drain the juice the pineapple is free? If it says 1 syn a ring I'm thinking not .

Strangly enough no though personally I can't see this doing your weight loss too much damage (as much as other things could!) if you were to cut a fresh pineapple there would be a certain amount of juice though not a great deal from what I remember of fresh pineapple (I always found them very dry), so personally I would drain whatever comes off and not count any syns - though consultant would probably tell me off

cheeseaddict

Well I haven't been on for a while because I've been far too busy eating and drinking! :rotfl:Have just done Mel B's workout dvd (such hard work!) to try and make up for all the rubbish I've eaten because it's weigh in tomorrow :eek: oh well, back on track today.

joey-lou

Skint katt is correct,but also food is partly cooked in the canning process which is why the fruit is a slightly different texture.


Jo

Skint_Catt wrote: »

Fruit juice isn't free is it - hence the fruit in it is synned. Orange juice isn't free to drink (even if you make it yourself and don't add anything) & neither is pineapple juice. It's do do with sateity (never can spell that!) You can easily drink the juice of 6 oranges but you'd have a job to sit & eat 6 whole oranges in one go - it's just part of the way SW works (and it does work if you stick to it!)

newMS

hello all ......... am thinking of making meragnues (spelling??? weird word) , so would these be syn free if its just egg white and sweetener ? i know the little ones you can buy are synned

consultant31

Skint_Catt wrote: »

- though consultant would probably tell me off

Moi, never!!:rotfl:

I'd be inclined to use common sense over the issue of the pineapple TakeitEazy, just drain the juice and don't eat it by the tinful. Even better though is fresh pineapple which is free and not expensive at the mo. I just bought 2 reasonably big ones for £1.50 from Morrisons.