Slimming World - Extra Easy weight loss!!

Pee

Could I ask how much any of you are spending on your groceries? I know that I spend way too much, but I have been finding with Slimming World that I have saved a lot on buying sandwiches at work every day but I am spending a lot on fruit.

I am pleased with my weightloss so far, a total of nine pounds, but would really like some money saving tips.

I have got into omelette with quark in a big way and my home grown salad and spinach is doing well at the moment, but I find when I buy a big bag of apples to save money I am more tempted by other goodies, wheras when I buy cherries, I am much happier with the cherries, but the cost is higher.

Maybe the answer is that if I want to lose weight, I have to spend some money and the cost of the fruit surely only equates to the cost of the chocolate and takeaway food I was eating before.

consultant31

Jude123 wrote: »

Help! I bought some olive oil cooking spray assuming that it would be free like frylight but now I am not so sure. I cannot find it on the SW website at all.
The details are:
Aarhus Karlshamm UK
olive oil cooking spray containing 20% olive oil
per 100 ml 208 Kcal
22g fat
0g protein, 0g carbohydrate

If anyone knows is this free as I don't know if it will be, as not sure how much a spray woul be, 1 ml, 5 ml etc

TIA

As far as I'm aware, the only syn-free oil spray is Frylight, but that's not to say you can't use others, just be careful and use as little as possible.

You're allowed a tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil as a HEB too

consultant31

Pee wrote: »

Could I ask how much any of you are spending on your groceries?
Maybe the answer is that if I want to lose weight, I have to spend some money and the cost of the fruit surely only equates to the cost of the chocolate and takeaway food I was eating before.

I think you answered your own question there

I honestly don't think it costs any more to eat healthily than it does when you're regularly buying (and eating) crisps, chocolate, biscuits etc etc - all high priced items. I tend to use local markets for my fruit and veg - it's MUCH cheaper and the quality is often better than supermarkets.

Sian_the_Green

Pee wrote: »

Could I ask how much any of you are spending on your groceries? I know that I spend way too much, but I have been finding with Slimming World that I have saved a lot on buying sandwiches at work every day but I am spending a lot on fruit.

I wonder if you could focus more on veg than fruit as it is cheaper. I know I love eating a raw carrot more than an apple (nice and crunchy, pretty sweet, no waste afterwards!) and one of my faves is eating sugar snap peas raw

trixietoes

We have set our monthly food budget at 160.00 per month (2 adults). I have done SW for a month now and haven't found I've gone over budget.

As you say.. out have gone the crisps, biscuits about a tonne of bread and cakes and in came very low fat yoghurt, fruit and veggies and this has been roughly equal in cost terms. However I have been eating a LOT more food than usual but it hasn't had an effect on the budget. So I feel I am getting better value for the money I spend.

greenpixey

I got some prawns in the freezer I'd like to use up....but I guess I cant have Marie Rose Dressing anymore...so... Any tasty suggestions what I can do with the prawns please (No warm meals, I cant stand cooked prawns)

Also can someone please clarify how many syns we are allowed, is it 10 or 15??

Circes_2

You can have been between 5 and 15 syns a day , exactly how many is entirely up to you.

jinnywren

Is there really any problem with eating tinned fruit in fruit juice(with fruit juice drained).
Fresh chopped pineapple getting very expensive for breakfast.
If u ate a similar amount compared to what u ate if fresh, do u think it would still help u lose weight.
I know Slimmingworld says not to. Has anyone done this & still lost?

c_l_a_i_r_e

Jude123 wrote: »

Help! I bought some olive oil cooking spray assuming that it would be free like frylight but now I am not so sure. I cannot find it on the SW website at all.
The details are:
Aarhus Karlshamm UK
olive oil cooking spray containing 20% olive oil
per 100 ml 208 Kcal
22g fat
0g protein, 0g carbohydrate

If anyone knows is this free as I don't know if it will be, as not sure how much a spray woul be, 1 ml, 5 ml etc

TIA

Just for comparison I have the fry light extra virgin olive oil spray and the nutritional values on it per 100ml are:

549 kcal
57.6g fat
protein trace
carb 0.3g

So your one seems much more healthier and as long as it was in a similar spray bottle I would count it as free. I think the higher cal/fat value of the frylight one is because it contains 56% extra virgin olive oil as opposed to the 20% your one contains.

Having read the nutritional values of the frylight I've decided that as soon as mine runs out I'll definitely be making my own from now on.

c_l_a_i_r_e

bettyB wrote: »

Once i refilled a frylight spray with 1/3rd extra light olive oil and 2/3rds water - would that have been syn free?
A light spritz (1 or 2 squirts) used to coat the pan fine.

I'm going to try this when my frylight runs out and will count it as free. The frylight I have contains 56% olive oil so I don't see why not plus you will be avoiding all the nasties.