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Sweetie_here wrote: »

lol aha, thank you. I was all confused by that. I spend ages trying to wrap my head around the super free thing

Makes no odds to me really, I'm always on EE with what seems to be speed lunches

am pretty sure to be a superfree food the veg has to be free on both green and red.

see this is why my class ran so late last night lol

bettyB_2

I think lentils are Free and speed, but not superfree. so long as you have enough sf veg in your lentil soup it's fine tho, and you'll be getting the 1/3 sf required.

Sweetie_here

Can i please ask a quick question about low fat yoghurt?

My (very old) SW book says 0.5 syns for 100g low fat natural yog, and 0 syns for very low fat natural yog - but it doesn't give any numbers.
But what counts as very low fat?

I have 1.5% low fat yog - is that low fat or very low fat???
Just want to know if i need to weigh/syn it or it's it's free.
thanks

Checking it all out I think (and I could be wrong) that you have to syn low fat yogurt 1/2syn per 100g. Think it needs to be a fatfree natural yogurt in order for it to be 0 syns

thejoyofanonymity

Hey everyone,

I'm brand new to Slimming World (gunsandbanjos recommended I come over here) and looking forward to totally getting grasp of the Extra Easy plan - it takes a bit of getting used to, eating pasta but not bread...:j

Any tips and tricks would be great for a newbie...

Thanks,
Clare

bettyB_2

Sweetie_here wrote: »

Checking it all out I think (and I could be wrong) that you have to syn low fat yogurt 1/2syn per 100g. Think it needs to be a fatfree natural yogurt in order for it to be 0 syns

Ok, so only 0% (like Total 0%) counts as very low fat

that's annoying, Lidl doesn't stock 0% fat yog!
I have to get their 1.5%.
I guess 0.5 syns per 100g is not too bad tho.

thejoyofanonymity wrote: »

Hey everyone,

I'm brand new to Slimming World (gunsandbanjos recommended I come over here) and looking forward to totally getting grasp of the Extra Easy plan - it takes a bit of getting used to, eating pasta but not bread...:j

Any tips and tricks would be great for a newbie...

Thanks,
Clare

Welcome - i am fairly new to SW too (at least i feel like I am!) but feel free to ask as many questions as you need to.

EE is pretty simple - it's what I do most of the time, though I am doing more Green for financial reasons at the mo (cheaper not to use meat)

My top tips are eating protein with meals to stay full - like eggs with brekkie, lentils or beans with lunch, and chicken/turkey with dinner.

Also, home made soup is an amazing way to get loads of superfree veg and really fills you up!!

thejoyofanonymity

bettyB wrote: »

Welcome - i am fairly new to SW too (at least i feel like I am!) but feel free to ask as many questions as you need to.

EE is pretty simple - it's what I do most of the time, though I am doing more Green for financial reasons at the mo (cheaper not to use meat)

My top tips are eating protein with meals to stay full - like eggs with brekkie, lentils or beans with lunch, and chicken/turkey with dinner.

Also, home made soup is an amazing way to get loads of superfree veg and really fills you up!!

Thanks for that - I think that i'll maybe need to plan my meals rigorously for the first wee while to get used to what I can have, and what I can't. I love all the free foods I can have though so that's a wee bonus

bettyB_2

thejoyofanonymity wrote: »

Thanks for that - I think that i'll maybe need to plan my meals rigorously for the first wee while to get used to what I can have, and what I can't. I love all the free foods I can have though so that's a wee bonus

yeah meal planning is essential -I find it hard to factor in all the Healthy Extras and syns if i dont plan properly.

any yes the free food is amazing - when i first started SW i lost 5lb in 2 weeks and was eating shedloads of pasta every day!

Bexstars

just tried a mugshot for lunch, suprisingly nice! I dont usually go for packet stuff but got some to take with us for next week

thejoyofanonymity

Bexstars wrote: »

just tried a mugshot for lunch, suprisingly nice! I dont usually go for packet stuff but got some to take with us for next week

I quite like those - a wee question, how do we know how many syns are in things like that?

Bexstars

thejoyofanonymity wrote: »

I quite like those - a wee question, how do we know how many syns are in things like that?

they are free on green and EE I bought the branded food directory last week and found them in there