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has anyone seen lynz recently ?

lightisfading

cande wrote: »

Hi everyone :wave:, I am a SW newbie, but I have been reading this thread all of this week to get me ready to start tomorrow. After being an on/off WW follower I have to say that I am actually looking forward to starting a diet :eek: just can't believe how much you are allowed to eat. Anyway, the other reason for posting (other than saying hi) was to ask if there is anyway to work out how many syns are in the things that you buy that aren't on the list - like the WW points calculator?

Hi Cande I'm ex-WW too. Are you going to meetings? If you do when you go they give you a pin to access the extra features on the website, which includes a syns calculator.

I have to say, i'm only a week in, but this is so much easier than WW! You don't have to spend your entire waking life thinking about 20g of pasta is this but ooh what if i have 60g?! LOL

sashanut

Hi all:j

Made a chinese meal tonight with Joes chinese chicken, very nice!! Could I just ask again if someone could tell me the syn value for this pleasefrom my post yesterday I don't have access to online syns calc ???:

One quick question, if someone could look up the syns for me for a M&S dish I just bought? It may not be online as it does say it's a new product but I could put the nutritional info if needed. It is a Chargrilled Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta Melt, weight is 1kg!! 145 cal per 100g, TIA if you can help

cande

lightisfading wrote: »

Hi Cande I'm ex-WW too. Are you going to meetings? If you do when you go they give you a pin to access the extra features on the website, which includes a syns calculator.

I have to say, i'm only a week in, but this is so much easier than WW! You don't have to spend your entire waking life thinking about 20g of pasta is this but ooh what if i have 60g?! LOL

Hi lightisfading, I'm trying it out at home at the moment as I can't really afford to pay for a membership just now, so trying to get my head round it. Really hard trying to switch from WW to SW, constantly thinking 'but most fruits have points on WW' or 'on WW I should only have a tiny bit of meat/pasta/rice/potatoes etc!!'

Like I said I'm starting a new diet tomorrow, and what am I starting this new diet with?????? - a fry up!! - how barmy does that sound.

Is there anywhere else that you can get the syn calculator at all?

Skintslimmer

No syn calculator I'm afraid, but there is a formula where you can work out roughly how many syns something is - however I googled it but couldn't find it The way a previous consultant explained it to me was good. Assuming you're on Extra Easy, Think about the supermarket:

The fruit and veg aisle: all free as long as its fresh and not prepared in any way.
The meat section: all free, just remove the fat.
The milk and cheese section: get out your book to check type and quantity
Ready meals, fresh pastas, soups etc - avoid unless you know the syns
Tinned veg - all fine
Dried goods as long as they're unflavored they are likely to be free: so lentils, pasta, rice etc
cake, choccy, wine - have in moderation.


just wanted to recap my day, as much for my own info as anything.

b: houmus and crudites (3)
l: cereal (6) and rice milk (A)
Cereal bar (b)
t: JP& tuna mayo (quite a lot of mayo, so i'll count 4) and ham (3) and cucumber.
late night: cereal bar (B)
apple x2 and a banana

So 16... it snuck up on me today had forgotton about the cereal and wasn't really prepared for tea.

Tomorrow I shall go to the supermarket (ah bliss, asda on a saturday morning :mad:) and get some stuff which will hopefully mean I am well stocked up for a busy 2 days.

Thanks for the recipes consultant

The person who wondered why they are 3lb lighter in the morning, its because you lose up to 2 pints of water over night, in sweat, breath and urine.

MRSMCAWBER

Hi sashanut..
If you can give me...per 100g
cals, fat, carbs, protein I will work it you out...

franby64

Morning

Well done to all the losers especially skintslimmer - 6lbs is brilliant!

Thats great news about your ear dizzyk - my ears get blocked up regularly (nothing as serious as yours) so I know how annoying it is not to be able to hear.

WI this morning and I lost 1lb so I'm just 1lb off my half stone. Still feeling positive though I know I need to do more exercise next week (I think I said that last week - perhaps I'll start a body magic award).

Today will be a green day:

Br : Toast (2x heb), beans and bacon. 2 tsp marg (4).
L : stir-fry (2), noodles and some speed veg, onions, carrots, anything alse I can find...
T: Shepherd's pie (2) (hea, cheese) and more veg.
Skimmed milk (hea).
Snacks - fruit, WW yogurt (When A*da bring my delivery, anytime between 12-8pm).

Also going to keep an eye out for the postman! I would love new mag today!

Have a good week everybody.

MRSMCAWBER

Good morning all
Well done on the losses :j
and Helloooooo to the newbies... Im an EX WW-er too

Sorry for being MIA yesterday -but hubby had booked Friday and monday off to make a long weekend..so we went out for a walk around the golf course and stopped off to look for a showerproof jacket and some hopefully waterproof shoes for the golf course on the way...so by the time we got back and I had fed n watered us -I was pooped....
Anyhoo -I got a jacket -nothing fancy, just something to throw in my bag when I go to the gym in case it rains on the way home AND I got some shoes... in a 5.5 (instead of what I used to be,,,,, an 8-8.5) :eek: which meant I got them for €10 as they were in the junior section .... ooohh and I got a couple of pairs of trousers for the gym too .
I was a twit yesterday *nothing new I hear you say* I had a nana for brekkie and we didn't get back in until 3pm :eek: ... still I managed to ignore the gubbins in the naafi when I nipped in...
ooohhh and the balsamic braised beef casserole was a super hit and as predicted our visitor went back for 2nds ...and considered 3rds :eek: -In the end there was still enough left for me to plate hubby a dinner up to nuke when we got in yesterday



Today is looking like green day...

• 250ml semi (A)
• 28g oats (B)
• banana
• apple
• 2 egg omelete with :-
• onions
• mushrooms
• peppers
• 42g low fat cheddar (A)
• baked beans
• pineapple
• cheesy veg pasta:-
• 50g dried weight pasta
• onions
• leeks
• peas
• sweetcorn
• 42g low fat cheddar (B)
• raspberries,blueberries,strawberries,cherries
• activia intensely (2.5)

Well that uses my A+Bs and 2.5syns,,,, so I will see if I need more syns later..
I got a tray of 30 free range eggs yesterday so I will need to be having some scramble/omelettes this week to use them at their freshest mmmmmmmm. ohhhh and I need to do the meal plan for next week -I have loads of new recipes I want to try AND I must remember to post the spanish rice and the balsamic beef recipes later...
I need to make another pan of my version of the 12 speed stew this week -I still have 4 portions in the freezer but Im addicted.. although it is a good job we don't have a roof rack as hubby reckoned yesterday that I should travel on the roof
Im thinking of getting my x-stitch back out -I haven't done any for ages but now the dark nights are here I don't mind sitting under a light that kicks heat out
Weigh day tomorrow so lets see what happens -hopefully the walk yesterday will have helped BUT I know I haven't perhaps eaten all the things I should do but, well some days Im just not as hungry ..
Anyhooo time for me to get off,,, have a lovely day everyone and keep up the great work
ooohhh and Dizzy -:jgreat news about your ears.. hubby will have to sit out on the balcony when he wants to munch crisps once they are fitted n working -although not if you are out there because of the dynorod soup :rotfl:

Rowan9

Just popped in from lurkdom to say I am so pleased for you with your special ear, Dizzy. I always look to see how you are and am sorry you had a rubbish time with the bug that's going.
I have managed to lose the stone I needed to (over 3 months or so)thanks to you lovely lot. I have been doing this from home so always checked up on you all for inspiration. Many thanks for all the help including the fab recipes. I will still read daily to keep me on track
W

Vixie_Pixie

morning!

just popping on before i make my weekly trip to Asda

I have eaten soooooooooo much so far! I've been up since 9 lol. Now having a green day as PMT monster needs shutting up!

B - 28g ready brek (part heb) with apple, banana, cinnamon, sweetener and milk (hea) Cup of tea (used milk from hea)

Ryvita sesame (rest of heb) with peanut butter (3 syns as had 2 level tsps)

2 slices WW Bacon (3.5) and 2 eggs cooked in frylight (family had bacon and egg sarnies) followed by tangerine :A

L - Butternut Squash soup (recipe posted quite a few pages back!) Hopefully the lentils will keep me full til dinnertime! lol. i am a nightmare! I decided that i didn't want to wait nearly 2 hours for my soup so i had a pasta n sauce (mac n cheese 2 syns) with 42g of cheddar (hea2) and mayoless coleslaw all cooked up in less than 20 minutes lol had a ML yog for afters

D - chinese takeaway gonna have boiled rice and stir fried mixed veg (6.5syns)

Choc fix will be a Kelloggs fibre plus bar!

Snacks - ML yogs, fruit

Drinks - Tea, NAS squash, sugar free coke, water

Total syns 15 (phew!)