Slimming World - a Christmas countdown!

Lemon_Tree

hello may i join? I'm at the end of 12 weeks with SW and have been all over the place during this time, but now i have to buckle down.
I'm currently making what i hope will be free soup but i need to check whether home made chicken stock is free, i took off all the fat before i made it and after it was finished.
Thanks for your help, hope i'm allowed to ask such questions

fitorbust

Thanks for the shiny new thread Consultant31!!

Thought I'd transfer my long post over here....

Have had an experimental cooking day today!
Made the dynorod soup with a few tweaks - started it off by sweating the onion and leek and 4 rashers of smoked lean bacon, added all the other stuff apart from the baked beans and lentils, and increased the parsnips and carrots. It's lovely and rich!
Then, as we had a glut of carrots and parsnips in the fridge I made a spicy soup with them - it came out really thick and I sloshed a bit of milk in to thin it out a bit.
I must admit I didn't really fancy it as a soup.
I then put the chicken thighs on to cook as I was doing a curry, and added MORE carrots and parsnips, then 2 ladles of the parsnip soup and let it cook slowly with lots of curry powder and garlic , and abracadabra - syn free korma! The milk was a slosh like you'd put in a coffee so hea or 1 or 2 syns.

We've just had it with boiled rice and it was yummy and FULL of veg!

I'm now freezing the rest of the soup in 2 parcels as quick curry sauce ;o)

I've had a mad week, and only lost 1/2 lb on Friday, but am staying positive as this is the first time in 5 years I have gone down each week, or maintained - NO gains!

Well done to all the losers on here and commiserations to those who have gained or who are struggling.

I try to take the mind set that it took me a long time to put it on so it will take a long time to shift!

hey ho.

L x

msgnomey

what is dyno rod soup (dare I ask???)

consultant31

aliscrapper wrote: »

I've heard it before but it really does make you think; so would love a copy. Thanks.:beer:

Christmas in the Sogood household (what's yours like?)

It’s Christmas morning, the children are up and it’s only 6am, Mrs Sogood didn’t get to bed until 1am – after eating Santa’s mince pie and drinking his glass of sherry, not to mention (for a bit of speed food) eating Rudolph’s carrot.

She puts on the kettle and makes a cup of milky coffee and adds just one spoonful of sugar.

Presents opened in record time, she decides to have breakfast. Bran Flakes and 1 Ryvita is her first HEB of the day. She tips them into a bowl then remembers to check the weight. Yes, just as she thought, well over an ounce. She takes out the extra and puts them in her mouth. She sloshes on the milk and adds a spoonful of sugar to sweeten. As it’s Christmas day she treats herself to a small glass of fresh orange juice. The children only want toast, so she butters 4 slices, cuts off the crusts and without thinking, eats them.

Mid morning while preparing the veg, she enjoys a glass or two of champagne……well, it is Christmas! For lunch, Mrs Sogood enjoys a starter of melon and prawns on a bed of lettuce, with a drizzle of sauce. For the main course, she has mashed potato made with a dash of cream, roast potato and parsnips cooked in the turkey fat, sprouts, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, turkey (113gms), pickled onions, a dollop of stuffing, home made gravy and 1 tablespoon of cranberry jelly. All this washed down with a toast of champagne and a bottle of white wine.

She serves the family with Christmas pudding and hot brandy sauce, testing the sauce to make sure it is piping hot. She feels very virtuous for resisting the pudding! As she clears up, she finishes 2 potatoes from the children’s plates.

Mrs Sogood then prepares the cheese and crackers, just tasting crumbs from each of the 6 cheeses. She allows herself 5 crackers and puts what looks like an ounce of Camembert on her plate as her second HEA. This is enjoyed with a glass of port.

After lunch, the family sits to watch television for a couple of hours. Later, the children open the tin of Roses and give Mum 5 of her favourites (the purple one with the nut in the middle). It’s ok she thinks as she didn’t have any Christmas pudding so this is her reward.

At 7pm she makes turkey, stuffing and cranberry sandwiches. It’s on brown bread, so she counts her second HEB of the day with one mince pie and a smallish slice of Christmas cake for afters. While enjoying the film, out comes the Baileys and after the joy of the day, she allows herself a good slug over ice.

A milky coffee with just 2 After Eight mints finishes off this ‘not too bad’ Food Optimising day.

Mrs Sogood thinks she may have over-done the syns a little, having maybe an extra 20 to 25 on top of the 15 she normally has……….


But here’s the correct count:-

13 syns for the mince pie
3 syns for the 50mls sherry
2 syns for sugar in the coffee (not a level teaspoon)
HEB and 10 syns for Bran Flakes
2 x HEA for milk in coffee and on cereal
4 syns for the dessertspoon of sugar on cereal (not level)
13 syns for 100mls fresh orange juice
6 syns for crusts off children’s toast with butter on
11 syns for 2 glasses of champagne (142mls each)
2 syns for drizzle of sauce on prawns
4 syns for cream in mashed potato
18 syns for dollop of stuffing
5 syns for potatoes in oil
3 syns for parsnips in oil
HEB for 113gms turkey
6 syns for gravy
4 syns for cranberry sauce (not level tablespoon)
5½ syns for champagne
30 syns for bottle of white wine
3 syns for testing brandy sauce several times
4 syns for potatoes from children’s plates
5 syns for testing cheeses
10 syns for crackers
6 syns for Camembert
4 syns for 50mls port
17½ syns for Roses chocs
7 syns for 2 slices brown bread
2 syns for cranberry jelly
4½ syns for 2oz turkey
6 syns for stuffing
13 syns for mince pie
15 syns for 2oz Christmas cake
16 syns for good slug of Baileys
3 syns for 2 After Eight mints
3 syns for extra milk


238½ syns :eek::eek::eek:

and that’s just Christmas Day……what about Boxing Day and the New Year?

Liz3yy

Evening all

At last I've got a chance to update on my progress, OH nicked the PC all day to scan photos and posters in!

Yesterday I had a green day which went as follows:
Breakfast - fry up of quorn sausages, baked beans, eggs, mushrooms and two small slices of wholemeal toast (all cooked in frylight of course)
Lunch - didn't bother was still full from breakfast I did have a chocolate from a new choccie shop in town, I'll count 7 syns for that and a cup of tea though as the afternoon went on
Dinner - Pasta bake with penne, aubergine, mushrooms, orange pepper, tomatoes and a little low fat cheese

Today was also a green day and I've eaten this little lot......
Quorn sausages
Baked Beans
Frylight
Eggs
Tomatoes
Left over pasta bake from last night
Cous cous
Mushrooms
Parnsnips
Mini crunchie bar
Milk in several cups of tea

I went for a 30 minute walk around town earlier today which left me exhausted! I was shocked at how unfit I am! that will soon change though I hope

Bring on tomorrow and the start of a new week

Liz3yy

consultant31 wrote: »

238½ syns :eek::eek::eek:

and that’s just Christmas Day……what about Boxing Day and the New Year?

How many?!

Well I guess if you have no syns for the whole of January that would make up for it!

consultant31

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

hello may i join? I'm at the end of 12 weeks with SW and have been all over the place during this time, but now i have to buckle down.
I'm currently making what i hope will be free soup but i need to check whether home made chicken stock is free, i took off all the fat before i made it and after it was finished.
Thanks for your help, hope i'm allowed to ask such questions

You can ask anything you like, that's what we're here for

Home made stock would be free as long as you removed all the fat so enjoy your soup

Liz3yy

I also made soup this evening, parsnip with red onion. It tastes fab and I have enough for the whole week, cost about a £1 to make, bargain!

consultant31

Liz3yy wrote: »

How many?!

Well I guess if you have no syns for the whole of January that would make up for it!

Lol. But if we weren't all so clued up on Food Optimising :A it doesn't look like an outrageous amount that Mrs S ate does it?

It always makes me laugh when I read the bit about weighing something and taking some off and eating it :rotfl:I think we must ALL have done that (or is it just me who's daft?).

msgnomey

Have just told my OH I am WI tomorrow and starting on the plan...he has agreed to do the same!