Brand new thread for Slimming World support

FairyShazza

I think fat free yoghurt, greek yoghurt and fromage frais are all free but some of the low fat varieties are not. I always go for the fat free versions of those foods anyway

Brians daughter as far as I know SW is the only Slimming Club that you are allowed to continue with whilst pregnant as it encourages food optimising rather than dieting. The plan is easy to follow and I have read stories of people who have followed the plan whilst pregnant and they have weighed less after having their baby than they did before getting pregnant.

I am hoping this is the case as I have just found out I am expecting and although it is early days I am intending on following the SW plan during my pregnancy.

Vixie_Pixie

Helloooo slimmers!!

V chuffed as found Alpen light bars in my local 99p shop!! I also found weetaflakes which according to my FO book are a healthy extra. On the site they are discontinued I am assuming i can still have these as a HE if i can get hold of them I also found Raspberry and pomegranate ribena really light 2 for 99p V happy indeed!

Didn't post my diary for yesterday so here it is!

Red Day

B - 28g Fruit and Fibre (1/2 heb1) with milk (hea1) cup of tea (milk from hea1)

L - Chicken skewers, pink and white x 2 (5)

D - Haddock fillets with veggie stir fry (3 syns for sweet chilli sauce)

S - Hi Fi bar (heb2) w/g crackerbread (1/2 heb1) with choc spread (1.5) and a Skinny Cow lolly (4.5) Mug of milk (hea2)

Syns = 14

Today is a flexi syn extra easy day as i'm going to my friends Hen Night tonight and the food involves chocolate fudge cake!

B - 28g Jordan's Muesli (1/2 heb) with milk (hea) w/g crackerbread with 1 tsp lemon curd (1/2 heb + 1syn)

S - weetabix oaty bar (3.5)

L - Ham salad, cherries, strawberry cheesecake ML (1) Pink and white (2.5)

D - (Set menu) so will be carrot and coriander soup (??) will prob not eat this as i dont like it, Chicken chausser with veg and choc fudge cake. Plus will be drinking some alcohol but not too much!

I figured to have my syns as normal and have the meal later. I will be dancing so hoping to burn off excess syns!!

Enjoy ur day everyone!

bettyB_2

Thanks FairyShazza - I wil get those things in future and make sure they're fat free.
(and congrats!!)

joey-lou

Hi Betty

I haven'y been on here for weeks now I can't stop typing.

Generally anything with VLF( very low fat ) or 0% or fat free as far a yogurts or fromage frais are concerned are free.

Quark is the only soft cheese thats free.

extra light philadelphia ,dairylea& laughing cow cheeses are low in syns but need to be counted( or use as healthy extras)

you will get used to it eventually I always used to get mixed up between fromage frais & creme fraiche.

I use the ww creme fraiche in my carbonara as it's creamier than quark & well worth the 1 1/2 syns .I use that in place of sour cream.

Also total 0% yogurt makes a lovely tzatsiki. mix in grated or finely chopped cucumber,garlic,mint & lemon juice. it's lovely i like it on my new pots.

hope this helps a bit.
You will get used to it,it becomes automatic after a while

good luck

Jo

bettyB wrote: »

ok thanks. I am a bit confused about those kinds of food and what is and isn't free
I know quark is free
What i dont know about is low fat cream cheese, low far fromage frais, low fat greek yog(total 0%) half fat creme fraiche, natural yoghurt etc.
There are so many varieties of this kind of thing - dairy/cream/chees pots

I also get confused by what to use and when - do i use low fat yog for dips, pasta sauces, curry sauces, and in place of tzatsiki/sour cream... or do I need quark for that (which none of my local shops sell)???

Can anyone help me with this? I'm getting so confused and doing things wrong I think.:(

janiebaby29

Thats good about the WW creme frachie,
I will make a creamy mushroom sauce to go over pasta , or that carbonara one sounds nice
Do you have a recipe for that ??

bettyB_2

janiebaby29 wrote: »

Thats good about the WW creme frachie,
I will make a creamy mushroom sauce to go over pasta , or that carbonara one sounds nice
Do you have a recipe for that ??

I make 'fake' carbonara with creme fraiche (might be synned but still better than cream!)
It's fake cos I dont like the idea of the eggs in it - so I slowly cook mushrooms, bacon bits, garlic and onion in a pan while the pasta cooks, add pepper and some herbs (a bit of fresh parsley goes best) and then mix the cooked pasta and a couple of tbsp creme fraiche into the pan with the bacon and mushrooms. Yum! nice with a bit of parmesan in for a kick too.

I wil have to find WW creme fraiche then or else find some non fat fromage frais, which hopefully will work just as well. Quark would work too.

consultant31

brians_daughter wrote: »

Hi all, i have been directed here by a fellow MSE'er bubbles1984 who has kindly replied to my post!

My sil has had her booking in app this morning with teh midwife. She is overweight, she wasnt before, but an influx of kids 4,3 and 11 months have seen her put on, and never shift about 4stone. She is down enough already about her weight but the midwife has told her she should consider slimming worlds programme for pregnant women. TBH she was shocked as she (as did i) always thought dieting whist preg was not encouraged ( i know when i had my last 18 months ago it was not advised - regardless of size)

Anyway, could any of you wonderful ppl give us some info on the slimming world preg plan... she is on the way to mine now for a brew and i said we would find a local class etc (she was keen to start loosing the weight prior to finding out they were expecting)

Does the plan actually mena you loose weight whilst pregnant, or is it about maintaining weight whilst preg? I did sw a few years ago, so have some basic knowledge - although i understand its changed somewhat.

How does it differ from the normal plan?

As long as she has her midwives consent can she join sw whilst preg or does she need to have been attending prior to her getting preg?

Thanks so much!

Anna x

Thanks everyone!

Slimming World's plan is called Food Optimising and it's a healthy eating plan NOT a diet so it's perfectly fine to follow it whilst pregnant and whilst breastfeeding.

There are no special rules while your sil is pregnant, but once the baby is born, if she breastfeeds, she will be allowed extra Healthy Extras to make sure that she is getting enough nutrients (particularly calcium) to look after her own needs and those of the baby.

My DD lost 2 stone whilst pregnant with my gorgeous grandson and both she and he were fit and healthy after the birth.

TakeItEazy

Well done on the losses everyone
Today I have mostly been eating satsumas

B - weetabix milk [a] coffee

L - wm roll , couscous fritta, exlite s/cream [1], babybel [a], muller, oaty bar [3.5], mccoys [8]

T - new pots, couscous fritta, beans

Snacks - banana, satsumas x6, pineapple [keep saying gonna have this then forget to]:o

Syns - 12.5, only had 33 all week so hoping for a loss or at least a sts

dawnteabag

Bit of a funny day for me as I've been feeling distinctly woozy - haven't realy felt like eating much but thought I'd better in case it was that which was making me feel unwell
So breakfast (as always) weetabix (HEB) with milk (HEA) and tea
Snacks - Apples
Lunch - Ainsley Harriet Couscous (1 syn) with tomato salad, muller light & banana
Snack - Weetabix oaty bar (HEB)
tea - lentil spinahc and carrot curry (1/2 syn) (leftover from the other night) rice
Pudding meringue (2) fruit and FF fromage frais

So 4 and a half syns but I felt rubbish and so treated myself to a wispa (11.5 syns) - Still within 20 syns over the last 2 days so fingers crossed the scales won't hold that against me on Monday morning.

gonna try and have an extra easy dy over the weekend as I have been all green this week

Edited: - couldn't resist cheese - what is wrong with me?? 42g low fat cheese (HEA) with scan bran (1/2 syn) just before I go to bed

MRSMCAWBER

Good morning all

I don't think I have missed any losses -but just in case -"WELL DONE"

woohoo folks -it has cooled down here *lets see how long it lasts* -so In a moment I will get some work done on the wii

my meal plan for today is:-

• fruit
• lettuce
• cucumber
• tomatoes
• red/yellow peppers
• celery
• carrot
• gherkin
• beetroot
• seafood sticks
• melon
• pineapple
• 250ml semi (A)
• 1tsp camp(0.5)
• lamb steak -stir-fried with
• 1/4tsp oil (0.5)
• carrots
• onions
• mushrooms
• peppers
• carrot
• broccoli
• cauli
• 71g peas (B)
• fruit
• 250ml semi (A)
• 1tsp camp (0.5)
• kelloggs fibre plus bar (B)

So that is my A+Bs accounted for and a whole 1.5syns ...

Im getting organised for my new week starting tomorrow -Im doing a week of fish meals for lunch/dinner so today Im making fish burgers/cakes ready for tomorrow..

Right I will get off for now-hope everyone has a great weekend, pinkies crossed for weigh in tomorrow