Brand new thread for Slimming World support

dizzyk

aliscrapper wrote: »

Welcome to the newbies!:)

Mumoftwo - Fibre Plus are a b choice or 5.5 syns and can be found in the supermarkets with all the cereal bars. They do them in milk chocolate or dark chocolate and they really are yummy!:D

Helen - not sure about banana. Generally speaking if you cook a fruit in any way it becomes syns but consultant may know the answer to your question.

I think its because when you cook fruit it turns to sugars so you get the syns.....or something like that :think:

bettyB_2

argh am starving today! probabaly something to do with the fact that i only got 5 hours sleep! got my jacket potatoes in the oven already! (will take an hour or so though)

flutterbyuk25

Ok a question from me please. I'm looking through the SW 4 Seasons Cookbook and was going to make the Cucumber & Tomato Couscous for packed lunch for tomorrow. The recipe says it's for 4 people and 0.5syns per serving on Green. However everything in it appears to be syn free *insert confused smiley*. The only thing I can think it may be is that the dressing has 'juice of one orange' (not orange juice from carton). Would the juice of one orange = 2syns?? If I ate the remainder of the squished up orange would it then be free cos you would consume all that juice if you ate the orange normally?!

sweetserendipity - in my Morrisons they were at the end of an aisle where they have all the main offers IYKWIM. I don't do normal shop in Morrisons, I just get a specific cheese there and eggs, but I always check out the ends of their aisles as that is where all their good offers are.

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credit_crunch

i think i will just review goin to classes then. i will take a break for a few weeks to see how i feel. almost feel like ive lost my mojo lol!!

lookin for a yoga/pilates dvd to try - anyone got any recommendations?

ive seen this one but im unsure! never done yoga before so im hoping i like it

http://http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Beginners-DVD-Joy-Nielen-Groen/dp/B0002848GW

helen_roberts_2

Booooo to the not being able to BBQ bananas

Another newbie fruit question...

Is there such thing as too much fruit? I do extra easy every day (this is only the 3rd week for me). As far as I understand all fruit is superfree. I eat loads. For example yesterday I ate 2 bananas, 4 plums, half punnet strawberries, 1 punnet of grapes and 2 apples.

Is this too much?

Cheers x

Is this too much?

Cheers x

yoemma

aloha ladies. sorry i've not been around much over the past few days, pmt monster at the moment plus i've not really been well since last week. have been okay with eats yesterday but the weekend fairies came to visit. today we have a function at work, so drinks and nibbles. i'm starving so i'll have to see what's there and probably flexi today. just had fruit for brekkie.

hope everyone is having a good day and i'll drop by later on. xxx

Niandra_

Hello everyone!

Hello and wecome to the newbies, hope you find this thread as helpful as I have!!

Been awol for a few days but managed to keep on track SW wise except for Sat night when I went to a wedding reception, was angelic food wise but drank far too much alcohol. Thankfully its another 3 weeks til I have any 'fairy sponsored sabotaging events' so should have time to make amends.

Despite the boozy session I still somehow managed to lose 3lb when I WI on Monday, not sure how that happened, hope it doesnt come back with avengence next week :cool:

Anyway food plan for today is -
b - muller and 3 little plums
l - Chicken salad with lettuce, celery, cuc, toms, sweetcorn, beetroot, sp onion. Strawbs, rasberries and cherries to last through afternoon
t - Morrocan lamb tagine with roasted veg cous cous (made with homegrown courgette and toms ) Half a syn for honey used in tagine
S - 1 sugar (1) Fibre Plus (Heb) SF jelly and fruit (0.5) Something else to make syns up ?? Total so far = 2

bettyB_2

credit_crunch wrote: »

i think i will just review goin to classes then. i will take a break for a few weeks to see how i feel. almost feel like ive lost my mojo lol!!

lookin for a yoga/pilates dvd to try - anyone got any recommendations?

ive seen this one but im unsure! never done yoga before so im hoping i like it

http://http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Beginners-DVD-Joy-Nielen-Groen/dp/B0002848GW

i have this one http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/616433/Kisen-Yoga-For-Weight-Loss/Product.html
it's quite good but he's a bit of weird bloke! lol
think a lady one would be better tbh

Niandra_

helen_roberts wrote: »

Booooo to the not being able to BBQ bananas

Another newbie fruit question...

Is there such thing as too much fruit? I do extra easy every day (this is only the 3rd week for me). As far as I understand all fruit is superfree. I eat loads. For example yesterday I ate 2 bananas, 4 plums, half punnet strawberries, 1 punnet of grapes and 2 apples.

Is this too much?

Cheers x

Is this too much?

Cheers x

From what I understand we are allowed to eat as much superfree food as we want and it should always be first choice for snacking on between meals so I would say its fine. I eat loads of fruit and have noticed that the weeks where I do eat a lot of fruit I seem to lose more, only thing I would say is perhaps limit banana to just one a day as they are free but not a speed food, also grapes aren't a spped food I dont think. But if it isn't affecting your loss then I would say carry on as you are

bettyB_2

stupid question - are potatoes superfree on EE?? or are they just free but too carby to be SF?