Brand new thread for Slimming World support

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bex are you eating enough ? your days food doesnt look very much to me in all honesty - lacking in protein which keeps you feeling full - only the lentils ??

the amount of cereal allowed and then just fruit for lunch would not satisfy me at all - sorry love just trying to be objective xx

sorry just noticed the chicken dippers - also protein - but if processed are they a good source ?

Inazuma

mrsmortenharket wrote: »

anyone remember me?

Lisa x

Hi Lisa,

Yes, I remember you; there are still a few of us oldies around - Consultant31 still pops in and skint catt has just recently come back as a married woman now! You will still see some familiar names and there are some really good newer folks too. Welcome back!

blackberry-rum

Jude123 wrote: »

Are these allowed as HE now? I thought it was just Asda ones??

Yup! Look at the bit marked "recent healthy extras" online. The Asda ones were discontinued, whether that meant the actual pittas are no longer made or SW no longer recognised them I dunno.

consultant31

redmel1621 wrote: »

Right according to my directory eggs are superfree! So for EE does it stipulate that 1/3 MUST be FRUIT/VEG or does it just stipulate 1/3 MUST be SUPERFREE FOOD

I have a huge list in the front of my directory of Superfree branded and unbranded foods, so surely ANYTHING off those lists would counts for the 1/3 rule UNLESS it states that the 1/3 MUST be fruit and veg???


Where is consultant31 when you need her:p

xx

I'm here now - been away for a couple of days and it's taken me about 2 hours to catch up............blimey, you all do yack a lot:rotfl:

Right, if you haven't got this years FO book, you won't see the superfree pages at the beginning. These give a definitive list of ALL superfree foods and, sadly, it doesn't include either eggs or Quorn. They are in a place of their own being free on both plans but not included in the superfree lists.

Only fruit and the majority of veg (minus the carby ones) are counted as superfree. If you think about it, it's all designed to make us healthier as well as slimmer, so having loads of colourful veggies is the way to go. Someone once told me to try to eat a rainbow every day....it's a good way to have lots of veg/fruit but also lots of variety cos as we know, having the same foods every day is not good.

Hope that helps a bit

Just seen your later post - have a lovely day out tomorrow and enjoy your flexi-syns. There's no limit to how many you have, just keep counting and stop when you've had your allowance.

blackberry-rum

Jude123 wrote: »

Excellent is it 1 or 2 for a HEB??

it's one for a HEB, just the same as the Asda ones.

sweetserendipity

blackberry-rum wrote: »

Yup! Look at the bit marked "recent healthy extras" online. The Asda ones were discontinued, whether that meant the actual pittas are no longer made or SW no longer recognised them I dunno.

I was looking online & the Asda pitta breads are back on the 'recent healthy extras' list as well as the Co-op ones :cool:

consultant31

poohbear59 wrote: »

I think I need to join you on this thread. In fact I know I need to join something. I did SW online for a year and lost 18lbs. I haven't regained it but need to lose more.
I have since been trying to calorie count with Fitbug but I am not managing to exercise enough due to health problems. Can I join you on here please? We don't have SW groups locally.

Hi there - and you too MrsMortenHarket - I remember you Poohbear, you don't need to be able to exercise, it's handy for toning up if you can, but I used to have a lady on crutches in my group and she lost weight at much the same rate as everyone else.

mummyof5 wrote: »

thanks for your reply lill but the only thing that makes me feel full is cereal and cous cous
i have virtually given up bread as i think it is a waste of a HEB
think i am a hopeless case
the worst part is i only need to lose about 12 lbs

You are not a hopeless case, no-one is. These plans work for everyone IF they are prepared to follow them properly. You do need variety though - having the same foods day after day really doesn't work since your body becomes used to it. Give it a shock and see the weight loss result the following week.

Also, it's important, especially on the Green or EE plans, to drink lots and lots of water....at least 2½ litres a day. It needn't be plain, I love chilled sparkling water (I kid myself it's wine lol) and you can add a little sugar-free squash if you like. Also try hot water with a slice of lemon, it's very good for a morning detox kind of thing.

If you've only got 12lbs to lose, your Consultant isn't fobbing you off - it's going to be hard and losing ½lb a week (or even less) will take dedication and discipline, but it can be done, just slowly is all. The longer it takes to get there, the better you're going to be able to make it a life-long habit too.

lizziebums

Well I have had my first weigh in since joining last week and following the plan. I lost 3lbs which I know isn't as much as some first weeks but considering I had my infusion this week and my * week all in first week of SW I am quite pleased ! I think my main problems, always has been, is drinking enough water and getting the fibre in my diet !!

consultant31

Niandra_ wrote: »

Nearly forgot to post meal plan for today -

b - Muller and satsuma
l - Speedy soup, courgette frittata. Cherries, strawbs and rasberries for afternoon.
t - King prawn and chorizo skewers (5 syns for chorizo but probably won't use that much) with roasted veg cous cous and salad

Syn/snacks - 1.5 sugars (1.5) Fibre plus (Heb) Also need to fit in a Hea somewhere, i do find it difficult sometimes as I don't really like milk and it doesn't seem that healthy to be eating cheese every day even if its only a small amount. Still got some syns to play around with so may have ryvita with LCow triangles later on.

Cheese is one of the best methods of getting vital calcium into your body and that is why it's a healthy extra.

Vixie_Pixie

Hi everyone!!

Gosh you have all been busy on ere!! I have been off work and had plans every day so far this week!!! Busy busy busy!!

Just posting today's food before i go catch up with the rest of the thread!

Red day

B - 28g Fruit and Fibre (1/2 heb) with vanilla FF onken yog & banana

Followed by cuppa tea (milk from hea1) and 1 w/g crackerbread (1/2 heb) with tsp of nutella (1.5)

snack - fruit shortcake biscuit (2)

L - (at friends house) Lamb kofta kebabs (had 3 = 6syns) and salad (pepper, onion, carrot, cucumber, tomato) Morrisons beetroot salad (1 syn for the pot and i had about 1/6 of the pot lol) blob of potato salad (6.5 syns for 100g had 1/4 of this = 2syns)

followed by chocolate dipped strawberries (not sure how to syn these but was only a little bit of choc so i'm guestimating 4 syns as i had 4)

D - Spicy chicken bbq melt (asda spicy chicken fillets with blob of bbq sauce (1) and 42g of reduced fat cheddar (hea1) - i had this on its own as i was still full from lunch!

Gonna have my fibre plus bar (heb2) with a glass of milk (hea2)

Total syns = 16.5 (yes i have gone over but it could have been much much worse at my friends house lol)