Slimming World - a Christmas countdown!

MRSMCAWBER

Ohh redmel.... sounds like a deal :j...I promise to keep them warm
The food situation out here is quite good -they seem to have a system where the staple basic foods are kept at a reasonable price then there is quite a jump in price if you want to buy a lot of the ready made stuff. Luckily I don't buy ready made stuff. Also when they "whoops" things they do it when there are at least 3 days left on the date :T. A lot of what in my freezer now is from the naffi (which I try not to use as for most stuff you need a mortgage) -but when they get good deals in I swoop .
We do get hammered with things like instant coffee - €6 for a 200g jar :eek:
I have got worse since I started SW -as I need to know that I have plenty in that I can make scrummy meals from. On the upside it means I don't get caught out and end up in the takeaway :j
oooh and a "lumpadin" is what I call dumplings -sorry :rotfl:
Crap-with-money - Good luck with the giving up bread, I did the same when I started SW (I was a carb junky ) and now Im on week 32 and still haven't had any, and Im not missing it at all

Billee

Crap_with_money.com wrote: »

Are you eating mostly the same foods all the time? If you are, try varying your HEB/A's? The last time I did the plan, I found if I was having the same healthy extras every day, eventually my body seemed to get used to them and my weight loss slowed down!
xx

Yeah i suppose i do. I tend to have porridge with milk and fruit for brekkie due to having to be at work at 7am. I usually just chuck everything in a bag and make it in the work microwave.

What would you suggest i replace them with baring in mind i still need a quick brekkie?

This is 2 days food for me. an you look to see if theres something wrong here.

Day 1
B-Porridge, milk and blueberries (HEB & HEA)
L-Tomato & Herb Mugshot, Plum and Kiwi
D-Quorn chilli (3.5 for chilli mix), 3 taco baskets (4.5 syns) LF creme fraise mixed with 0% total (2 syns), salad
Snack-Alpen bar with rhubarb activia (3 syns) with satsuma

Total, 1 each HEB & HEA and 13 syns

Day 2
B-Porridge, milk and blueberries (HEB & HEA)
Snack-Apple, satsuma and plum
L-2 slices of potato layer SW quiche with a bowl of dyno-rod
D-Quorn chilli with rice
Snack-2 Alpen lights with Activia (3 syns), bag of multi pack quavers (5.5 syns)

Total, 1 each HEB & HEA and 8.5 syns


Mrs M. Would it be possible to share your corned beef hash recipe please. I LOVE corned beef so much. Nom-nom!

gunsandbanjos

Billee wrote: »

Yeah i suppose i do. I tend to have porridge with milk and fruit for brekkie due to having to be at work at 7am. I usually just chuck everything in a bag and make it in the work microwave.

What would you suggest i replace them with baring in mind i still need a quick brekkie?

This is 2 days food for me. an you look to see if theres something wrong here.

Day 1
B-Porridge, milk and blueberries (HEB & HEA)
L-Tomato & Herb Mugshot, Plum and Kiwi
D-Quorn chilli (3.5 for chilli mix), 3 taco baskets (4.5 syns) LF creme fraise mixed with 0% total (2 syns), salad
Snack-Alpen bar with rhubarb activia (3 syns) with satsuma

Total, 1 each HEB & HEA and 13 syns

Day 2
B-Porridge, milk and blueberries (HEB & HEA)
Snack-Apple, satsuma and plum
L-2 slices of potato layer SW quiche with a bowl of dyno-rod
D-Quorn chilli with rice
Snack-2 Alpen lights with Activia (3 syns), bag of multi pack quavers (5.5 syns)

Total, 1 each HEB & HEA and 8.5 syns


Mrs M. Would it be possible to share your corned beef hash recipe please. I LOVE corned beef so much. Nom-nom!

Alpen light are 3 syns each.

dizzyk

Afternoon Folks....

Greens for me again

Brekkie breakfast rice/muller choc sprinkles & rasbs HEA milk for teas
snack satsumasx2

Lunch scrambled egg beans & mushrooms

snack clementinesx2
Tea pasta n sauce with crispy skin JPs

HEB fibre plus HEB2 ? another fibre plus

Drinks green tea & lemon

No syns today.....Im having a tuna cheese melt tomorrow so will use a HEA/HEB & 15 syns for the chiabatta (borrowing some from today;))

OH has just got back from Asda, managed to get our silly car out of the car park at home....but as he got to the security barrier (its on a slope) he thought we were going to need a new windscreen as it only just opened in time....the car was not holding very well on the slope and inching towards the barrier :eek: same coming home - he was sliding back onto the road waiting for the barrier to open....goddam stupid thing it is :mad: Anyway thats us with a top up shop of things til we set off- but more importantly we have the holiday money

Im going to WI at home on sunday night before we set off (OH has to get the scales down off the wardrobe to weigh the cases and check Ive not gone crazy :rotfl:) so at least I'l know how much excess baggage I will put in my tum when were away if I know what I am just before we go ....cos you can bet your life I'm gonna get my monies worth on the all inclusive :rotfl::rotfl:

Crap_with_money.com

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Ohh redmel.... sounds like a deal :j...I promise to keep them warm
The food situation out here is quite good -they seem to have a system where the staple basic foods are kept at a reasonable price then there is quite a jump in price if you want to buy a lot of the ready made stuff. Luckily I don't buy ready made stuff. Also when they "whoops" things they do it when there are at least 3 days left on the date :T. A lot of what in my freezer now is from the naffi (which I try not to use as for most stuff you need a mortgage) -but when they get good deals in I swoop .
We do get hammered with things like instant coffee - €6 for a 200g jar :eek:
I have got worse since I started SW -as I need to know that I have plenty in that I can make scrummy meals from. On the upside it means I don't get caught out and end up in the takeaway :j
oooh and a "lumpadin" is what I call dumplings -sorry :rotfl:
Crap-with-money - Good luck with the giving up bread, I did the same when I started SW (I was a carb junky ) and now Im on week 32 and still haven't had any, and Im not missing it at all

32 weeks without bread??? You are officially my hero! And there's me patting myself on the back just for managing 4 days! Just noticed your weight loss so far too - that's phenomenal! Well done! :T:j

xx

Crap_with_money.com

Billee wrote: »

Yeah i suppose i do. I tend to have porridge with milk and fruit for brekkie due to having to be at work at 7am. I usually just chuck everything in a bag and make it in the work microwave.

What would you suggest i replace them with baring in mind i still need a quick brekkie?

This is 2 days food for me. an you look to see if theres something wrong here.

Day 1
B-Porridge, milk and blueberries (HEB & HEA)
L-Tomato & Herb Mugshot, Plum and Kiwi
D-Quorn chilli (3.5 for chilli mix), 3 taco baskets (4.5 syns) LF creme fraise mixed with 0% total (2 syns), salad
Snack-Alpen bar with rhubarb activia (3 syns) with satsuma

Total, 1 each HEB & HEA and 13 syns

Day 2
B-Porridge, milk and blueberries (HEB & HEA)
Snack-Apple, satsuma and plum
L-2 slices of potato layer SW quiche with a bowl of dyno-rod
D-Quorn chilli with rice
Snack-2 Alpen lights with Activia (3 syns), bag of multi pack quavers (5.5 syns)

Total, 1 each HEB & HEA and 8.5 syns


Mrs M. Would it be possible to share your corned beef hash recipe please. I LOVE corned beef so much. Nom-nom!

Maybe you could try throwing another cereal into the mix now and again? I think there was quite a comprehensive list a few pages back! I usually try and just have fruit and yoghurt, mostly just because it's quick and I'm always in a hurry in the mornings, plus I like to save my HEB/A's for later, as I like to have things like crackerbread and milk if I'm feeling peckish.

Other than that - maybe some toast? You could do some scrambled eggs to go with it pretty quickly in the micro? I'm still trying to get back into the swing of it myself so I'm a bit rusty, but I'll get my thinking cap on and let you know if I think of anything else!

Are these green days you've been doing? I always find I lose more weight on red days? I generally try to have at least 3 red in the week.

When you say "bag of multi-pack quavers" is that just the one packet of crisps?

xx

Crap_with_money.com

PS Hope you have a fantastic time in Mexico dizzy! We were there 2 summers ago, and it was easily the best holiday I've ever had!

maman

Crap_with_money.com wrote: »

2 Pints of sugar free diluting juice (is this free?)

Saving my syns for tomorrow and Saturday! Anyone any suggestions for nice relatively low syn puddings?

xx

I was going to suggest Merlot or Sauvignon Blanc for the weekend:D that's what I'll be having.

I'll be interested to know about the juice as I've been having NAS squash with breakfast and it would be good to have a change.


I find it's really difficult to change HEAs and Bs. I have bread and milk almost every day unless I have cereal/porage for breakfast. So all HEs are gone with breakfast and some drinks through the day. I don't like yoghurt and have been trying to make only minor changes to breakfast as OH cooks it and he's really doing his best to support me. I suppose I do have similar food but it's on a sort of rota basis - at least 6 different breakfasts. Evening meals are much the same (I cook them) but probably on a two week cycle. On average I'm losing about 1.5lbs a week.

Our WI was cancelled today but I'm not too concerned. My main worry is that there isn't going to be much fruit and veg in the shops when I get there next. I just hope I can manage to make SW friendly stuff from freezer and cupboards.

dizzyk

Crap_with_money.com wrote: »

32 weeks without bread??? You are officially my hero! And there's me patting myself on the back just for managing 4 days! Just noticed your weight loss so far too - that's phenomenal! Well done! :T:j

xx

Mrsm is our resident superstar

I had to go cold turkey on Bread too....I could easily eat my way through most of a loaf of warburtons thick white in a day if I was left to it
Ive not had any since June, I think I only struggled for the 1st few days then I was ok. Its only in this last week that Ive allowed a rare chiabatta or paninni as my once a week weekend easy kind of tea/supper - but it doesnt do me any favours as I can feel myself bloating when Ive eaten it anyway....but I really like tuna cheese melt

dizzyk

Crap_with_money.com wrote: »

PS Hope you have a fantastic time in Mexico dizzy! We were there 2 summers ago, and it was easily the best holiday I've ever had!

Thanks hun, Ive been twice before.....I agree tis the most fab place Ive been