A slimmer Christmas is a-coming with Slimming World

Bexstars

Im going EE today as Im making the Chicken and mushroom pie for tea from the mag I wanted to try the rice pud for bfast to save the HEB on EE days, think I might have it with the yoghurt tomorrow as really enjoyed todays

Bfast - rice pudding using HEA and a banana

Lunch - Veg soup made with lots of veg, a potato and some stock, might add some spice too

Dinner - Chicken and mushroom pie served with some steam veg

Snack - will use my HEB on a hifi bar tonight and will have fruit and mullerlight yog this afternoon

lbnblbnb

Plan for today (green)
HEA1: milk for tea/coffee
B: quorn sausages, onions, potatoes, mushrooms oven baked, with a smidge of ketchup (2 syns?)
L: bean and veg soup/stew (it is very thick!) with a home-made wholemeal roll (hopefully 57g so HEB1)
leftover curry (1 syn?), dahl, plain rice and low fat fromage frais
Snacks: two Alpen Lites (HEB2), Activia snackpot, Chocolate options (2 syns)
So, 1 x HEA, 2x HEB and five syns.
Liz x

MRSMCAWBER

Good morning all.... hope everyone is well....

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that is my sad face ... why? well I sat down to my dindins last night thinking "cornedbeef hash n lumpadings -here I come" .... I stuck my fork in and made a start- and, well b*gger my old boots if I haven't gone off it .... whats that all about !!!!!!! -now according to hubby it was just as scrumdiddlyumptious as always....

I can't believe how much my tastes have changed ....as I mentioned yesterday - in the last 23 weeks I have had NO :-

• chocolate -apart from the fibre plus bars
• bread
• crisps -had 1 pack of french fries but couldn't eat them
• pastries
• sweets
• cakes biccies
• takeaways

and I can't say that I miss any of them.... but now Im finding that Im going off some things that are amazing me .... bacon and now my hash n lumpadings
OH well - I don't suppose its the end of the world.. but Im also amazed that my appetite seems to be shrinking... and Im less focussed on food -
Im wondering if Im actually begining to have a relationship with food that a "naturally thin person" has - just thinking - "ok, now Im hungry what shall I have?" rather than "oh my god its 7am and what will I have for brekkie, lunch, dinner?" ... it will be interesting to see if this lasts or if its just a temporary thing ....
I think that because I always have plenty of basic ingredients in I am able to relax because I know I can soon whip something "on plan" up and because I simply no longer buy anything that I consider my old "danger foods " *see the list above* I can't get hungry and just stuff it in....

oohhhh what a deep n meaningful start to today..sorry folks ....
Well my red meal plan for today is looking like this:-

• 28g oats (B)**-1 ryvita
• 250ml semi (A)
• 1tsp syrup (1)
• banana
• salmon fillet
• 110g rhubarb yog (2)
• 1/2 8" home made yorkshire pud (4.5)
• nobbies
• carrots
• cabbage
• cauli
• melon
• nectarine
• 250ml semi (A)
• 1tsp camp (0.5)

hmmmm now that uses 2A+1B and 8syns... so I need to use another B and some more syns...
I know it looks a bit odd -but Im just eating what I need/want -so I only fancy salmon on its own -then this evening -Im not bothered about the brisket n gravy that I will be doing hubby with his ....
righty ho -after that strange post I will get off and get my salmon... have a lovely day all and keep at it!!!

redgie

Hi everyone

Haven't been on the last few days, just didn't seem to have the time. Can't believe how quickly this thread moves, I've a lot of reading to do to catch up.

Weighed in this morning (I actually forgot to yesterday!) and I've STS:( I'm quite disappointed cos I've been out walking (2miles) nearly every day, and I've been pretty good on the food front - at least I thought so. Ah well, maybe next week I'll have a decent loss. I've decided to change to Green this week, I've been sticking to Extra Easy since I started 6mth ago, and I'm wondering if I just need a change, but Red always leaves me hungry.

B: 2weetabix and milk (A+B)
L: soup and 2 slices of w/meal bread (f+B+4)
pasta and tomato sauce

snacks: fruit

I've really got to push myself to drink though, I could go all day without a drink and I know it can help my weight loss.

Have a great day everyone

maman

This is my first week on SW and I'm easing myself in gently, trying to get my head around how I need to change my cooking/shopping/mealplanning habits. Would anyone be able to answer me this? I usually put wine in a beef casserole, if I do will the syns be the same as if I was just drinking the wine straight or will it make a difference if it's cooked? I have the same question about sherry in stir fry. Also is it true that if I thicken it with mashed potato or instant mash powder that will be free on EE?

Am enjoying the thread, you are a really friendly lot.

h007

going out tonight after weigh in - indian restaurant so i have to be careful

think i have already figuered out my menu though

plain rice
dahl (5 syns for 350g but this is for chickpea dahl - do you think it will be the same for lentil dahl?)
tandoori chicken (9 for 340g)
and diet coke


i think that works out fine as have only had 1 syn so far today
what do you think?

MoodyMel

Afternoon sw'ers

I have been out at a friends house all morning, she is also following SW. We have had a good old chat about it all and I have managed to give her a few hints and tips for some cheapy meals, it's been a lovely morning:)

Today's Menu

B - Bacon, Sausage, Eggs, Tomatoes (3 syns)
L - HM veg soup, 1/2 snack a jack (1 1/4 syn)
D - HM Burgers, 2 w/meal baps, cheese, white choc quark over bananas with a ginger snap crushed on (1 HEa, 2 HEb's, 3 syns)

I hope the burgers turn out ok, this will be the first time I have done them, although I have made my own meatballs before and I suppose they aren't much different, just a different shape;)

Right baby needs feeding and then a quickstop at the shop before collecting the older boys:)

xx

franby64

Hi

Green day today:

Hea: Sk milk (hea).
B: Toast (heb) and marg (2) and pasta with dsp parmesan (1).
L: Carrot and coriander soup from 100 green recipes book and bread (heb) and marg (2).
T: Quorn sausage casserole (1.5) and rice.

Should be OK if I can a) resist the biscuits I've bought for the kids and b) resist stuffing my face with noodles when I get fidgety some time this evening.

mummof5 - I have a constant battle about whether to commit myself to SW and get rid of my weight once and for all (which I know it will) or try and teach myself a "normal" attitude to food without any rules which I would really love to do.
I have done a lot of shillyshallying around with this one but at the moment I have taken the decision to follow SW, lose the weight and then work on my attitude to food. I just have to be strict with myself or I'll never get anywhere!!

Have a good day everybody

ebaybaby

Hi all, mind if I join you....again?
Im going back to SW tonight after a horrendous (but tasty!) few months. Im going to get a huge shock, I know by my clothes,but Im feeling so down lately and Ive started having anxiety issues, which I know is all down to my weight and how I feel about myself.
Got to get back on track and try and shift this once and for all

MRSMCAWBER

Afternoon ladies

Maman - yep, wine and sherry are the same syns if you cook with them as they are if you drink them...

Moodymel... don't know if you have any yoghurt, quark etc -if so I stick a couple of TBSs into 1lb of mince (along with the usual herbs etc) when making burgers, it makes them lovely n juicy

nice to see you back ebabybaby