Slimming World - Extra Easy weight loss!!

mrsiwannabefree

Hi
I've been lurking around this board for ages, reading your food diaries and your great weigh in losses!
I'm going to start doing the slimming world diet from home tomorrow, with the books from when I joined quite a while ago. I would like to attend meetings but just can't afford the time or the money at the moment!
Not sure whether to stick to red & green days which I know or to give EE a try?!?
It would be great to come on and get some support as I have a long way to go, looking forward to getting to know you all

zippychick

Hi and welcome MrsIwanna - Iam new to this thread myself.

I have old books too which don't have EE. I really liked the idea but found after day one, it wasn't worth it for me as i'm not a regular meat eater - so i stick to green with the extra HEs and have the odd red day as a treat when i do want loads of meat!

Maybe try a day out (or try to plan a menu) and see what you sway towards?

aliscrapper

Well done MrsMCawber!:T

I usually cut up a whole box of strawberries and take them to the cinema - yummy!:D

got-it-spend-it

chops22 wrote: »

I totally went over my sins last night. Went for a girly evenong, and had more wine than planned and then a pizza! I am really mad at myself.

My weight in is on tuesday....if I dont have any sins till then do you think I can pull it round? Or any other ideas?

Last weekend I had a Hen Night on the Saturday and I gave myself the evening off, had pizza for dinner, drank a fair amount (albeit spirits and diet mixers) then had cheesey chips to top it all off. Sunday morning, when everyone else was mopping up the night before with fry ups I got back on the wagon, was also good Mon, Tues and Wednes and I lost 1.5lb at WI so it is totally possible!

aliscrapper wrote: »

Well done MrsMCawber!:T

I usually cut up a whole box of strawberries and take them to the cinema - yummy!:D

I am jealous of this! I miss stuffing myself with fruit. I have found that while I am breastfeeding I really have to limit my fruit intake to 2-3 pieces a day or it upsets Henry's little tummy. Usually when I'm on a healthy eating mission I eat tons, so this has been a challenge for me!

bright_side

aliscrapper wrote: »

Well done MrsMCawber!:T

I usually cut up a whole box of strawberries and take them to the cinema - yummy!:D

Doh!! why didn't I think of that!! WIll remember for next time

DEEBEE_2

Well done on the 7lbs MrsMCawber.. that's a fantastic result on week 4!

I'm another newbie to the thread mrsiwannabefree, welcome on board. I havent gotten into the habit of posting my food diary as yet, but I will. I'm only on day 3 so far and still getting into the swing of things. Started off yesterday quite well, but ended up a bit of a disaster, Never mind I've started again today on another Extra easy day..

I've eaten/planned so far

250ml s/skiim milk
3 x sw sausages (1/2 syn)
1/2 can baked beans
muller light yoghurt
syn free burgers
potatoes
carrots/peas/broccoli/caulliflower
may allow myself a few syns for gravy with my dinner. but will wait and see.
fruit

I'm not sure if I'll have anything else to eat after I've had dinner as I'm still quite stuffed from breakfast, I have plenty of things I can have so will wait and see.

aliscrapper

My food diary for my red day today:

Breakfast: Strawberries, Kiwi & Muller light yogurt

Snack: Coco Pops Coco Rocks Cereal Bar (4 syns) & apple

Lunch: 2 slices Nimble Wholemeal (b choice) with burger (made with lean mince, onion & worcester sauce), bacon, tablespoon tomato ketchup (1 syn)

Evening Meal: Chicken drumsticks with Nando sauce (0.5 syn), 228 g jacket potato (b choice), 2 oz cheese ( 2 x a choice), beetroot

Snacks: Scan Bran chocolate cake (4.5 syns) & Options (2 syns)

whoopidoo

zippychick wrote: »

I know how you feel! I go to the cinema weekly at least usually, and last night i took my lunch - a quorn sausage sandwich, two bananas and a bottle of juice! I hate spending money on those silly prices as well, so it saves a fortune. I could smell the popcorn and secretly hoped someone would choke on some :rotfl:

:rotfl:Glad I'm not the only who thinks like that! I was also the same on EE I eat meat very rarely so it was wasted on me. Loving the Green plan at the mo.

Welcome MrsIwanna You'll find great support and help from the lovely ladies on this thread

Have decided I might still buy the Uncle Bens Light sweet and sour sauce. It made up enough for 4 nice sized dinners for me, at 13 syns a jar is only around 3.5 syns for the dinner so after the initial *gasp* at the syns because I thought I would scoff half the jar, by the time I added onions, quorn bean sprouts it really bulked out. Am waffling now aren't I ?

whoopidoo

Yesterday's eating. I feel such a pig compared to what you all list up!:o

Both HExA's = Milk for tea/coffee/cereals throughout the day

Breakfast ~
28g porridge and 1 Ryvita (HExB) XL Laughing Cow Triangle (1 syn)
Warm milk
Chopped banana
Cup of tea

Lunch ~
Quorn Sweet and Sour Stir Fry (3.5syns)
Lettuce
Apple
Diet Pepsi

Snacks ~
3 Multigrain Ryvitas (HExB2)
2 XL Laughing Cow triangles (2syns)
Cherry tomatoes
Apple
Cup of tea

Dinner ~
Jacket Potato
Veg stir-fry
Peppered Quorn steak
14g Cheese (3syns)

Snacks ~
Pineapple wedges
Gin and diet pepsi (nice combination!) (4syns)

Syns Total = 13.5

~daisy~_2

i have a question i wonder if Consultant may be able to answer pls - or anyone more knowledgeable than me really lol

ok so stock cubes are all listed as syn free
when i cook a roast chicken i save all the juice and fat and put the whole lot in the freezer - when i need to use it i leave it to defrost for about 5 mins then im able to lever the whole layer of fat off in one solid block so all im left with is pure chicken jelly
would i be able to use that when making the syn free onion gravy or to flavour cous cous without having to syn it ? theres no fat there ?
the stock cubes are a little artifical and always so salty imo

many thanks - hope ive explained it ok