**Happy New Slimming World Year**

teecee46

bettyB wrote: »

I was just wondering if anyone knows whether Ricotta cheese can be HEB or A on any plans??

I have an up to date book and 85g of Ricotta is listed as a Healthy B on Green but isn't listed on Extra Easy or Red so would be have to be synned on those plans. Hope this helps?

sarymclary

Afternoon all, and oooooh, shiny new thread too! Thanks to Consultant for that, and for the lovely opening post.

MrsM - WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! well done on achieving 100lbs lost, fantastic achievement. The fact that you've done all that without attending meetings, but purely by using the online support is even more amazing. I think you need to go put on one of those fancy new dresses of your's and swish and sashay around the house for a bit to celebrate!

Well there seem to be lots of renewed good intentions from all of us, so I don't see any reason why shouldn't all have an absolutely stunning January. I love reading how everyone hopes to tackle their own journey.

For me it's got to be an increase in activity. I know that once the warmer weather comes .... please tell me it will come! - I will be out gardening and walking more. I've got to keep my attendance at the gym up, otherwise my BF will stop paying for me to go! I have bought a copy of a dance game for the Wii, but haven't got around to getting on that yet. I will once the children go back to school later in the week.

Food today: EE

B - apricot shredded wheat (HEB), milk (part of HEA)
L - ham salad, 0% fat salad dressing, salad cream (1 syn)
D - Roast beef, SW roasties, broccoli, carrots, peas, sweetcorn, gravy (2 syns), yorkshires (6 syns)

I'm really worrying about WI tomorrow evening, as the last one was a morning one, and I had a 1.5lb gain. I've tried to be fairly reserved in my eating, but feel that my EE plan has lacked the 1/3 superfrees some days. Hey ho, it's 100% on plan, and has been for a few days now, so I'm going to bite the bullet, and keep at it.

TakeItEazy

Evening all, I do believe I have seen a thread for sw slow cook recipes but now can't find it. Can anyone help?
I have a small slow cook but Argos has a big one on offer so was thinking might get it and do healthy meals for everyone [but not tell them lol]
Am determined to be good from now til bedtime with just my fruit/yog as am stuffed from roast lunch plus all the chocs from this morning [will be so glad when they all gone]. Bugga just remembered got a box of cadbury fingers in cupboard, love them oh dear.

flutterbyuk25

JournalGirl wrote: »

A lot of people worry about what they eat between Christmas and New Year...when they should really be worrying what they eat between New Year and Christmas!

Love this!!!

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

I did it *whoop whoop* 1.5lb off this morning -giving me my 100lbs ......

:j:j:j:j Well done MrsM!!! Such an inspriation xx

Dontknowanymore wrote: »

, not sure how I am going to cope with following SW when I cant spend much on food

I don't know your circumstances and homelife, but I manage to follow SW pretty well on a budget of £60-£80 a month for food (and toilettries/cleaning stuff). I am veggie so that cuts out a big cost I guess! OS board is great for inspiration.

x

flutterbyuk25

I got some great bargains today. blueberries/leeks/pears/mixed peppers all for 29p on YS in Tesco, and carrots for 25p/onions 39p in Lidl I've made leek&potato soup for a very late lunch, just had bowlful now! I have about 6 portions left over.

I've not decided on dinner yet so I'll update this post later

Green day:

B - 2 eggs fried in frylight on HM WM bread
L - HM SF leek and potato soup
D - HM SF veggie chilli (made with onions, garlic, quorn mince, red kidney beans, butter beans, tin toms, chilli), 2 x fajitas (12syns), cheese (HEA/HEB), letuce, sour cream (3syns)
Snacks - banana, blueberries
Drinks - coffee (s milk HEA), water, NAS squash, fizzy water

Total syns = 15

x

blackberry-rum

Well done Mrs M!!!!!!!!

And I love that quote about Christmas and New Year - I must remember that1

Dontknowanymore wrote: »

Ooh nice new thread! Hope everyone is well. I'm ok, just panicking a bit, my money has been cut by £30 a week :eek: so that means having to cut my food bill down, not sure how I am going to cope with following SW when I cant spend much on food

On the SW website there used to be a section for students (read: anyone on a low budget) you might find some hints in there. Also of course, cooking from scratch rather than using anything in a jar or packet tends to be cheaper, as does going vegetarian or only buying meat when it is reduced - you can always cut it into smaller chunks and freeze for when you need it, or cook it then freeze it. Rice, potatoes, pasta are all cheap if bought from the right shops and don't buy rice with the flavouring already in, add a bit of your own if only pepper and a bit of spice. This is what I do anyway, and I'm not (yet) struggling pence wise.

lilvixen

hi all. just wondering if i can join this thread? I will be joining slimming world in a couple of weeks time as going to mums tomorrow and will have a pig out as havent seen her since july
I'm thinking of doing the extra easy? Is this the best one to do?
I was doing Celebrity Slim last year but seem to of put most of it back on as couldnt have carbs and i cant be doing without them
Is it expensive to stick to? Can you have ready meals?
Sorry for all the questions :o:o:o:o:o

gunsandbanjos

Happy New Year :A

Will be back on board on tuesday, been awol for far too long and feeling pudgy.
My target is to lose a stone by the end of february.

Hope everyone is ok, not had a chance to catch up. Did see Mrs M is storming on as usual though, well done:T

teecee46

lilvixen wrote: »

I'm thinking of doing the extra easy? Is this the best one to do?
I was doing Celebrity Slim last year but seem to of put most of it back on as couldnt have carbs and i cant be doing without them
Is it expensive to stick to? Can you have ready meals?

I don't think Extra Easy is "better" than Red or Green - they all work - you just choose whichever suits your lifestyle better - green suits vegetarians, red suits meat eaters, extra easy can be worked to suit either vegetarians or meat eaters! And the beauty is that SW is not "faddy" - no worries about high protein, low carbs, food combining etc. - it's just straightforward healthy eating that allows for chocolate cravings etc. - it's more of a lifestyle choice than a "diet" so I find it easy to "stick to".
You can have ready meals but you will find that most of these will need to be synned and of course that would make your food more expensive - and if that's how you would prefer to use your syns then that's fine!
Good luck with it whichever plan you choose!

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT

turbo5019 wrote: »

Quorn sausages, 6 pack, frozen, 50g each Free

thank you so much, the used to have a syn value but I'm so glad they don't anymore! Guess what I'm going to be living on ha!

So my brunch was free woohoo

I ended up having 28g oats HeB with VLF yogurt, banana and 2 slices of melon for mid afternoon snack and just had home made chicken curry with peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes which I had with a small jacket potato.

Will have some more fruit later no doubt and another cup of tea to use up rest of HeA skim milk

Anyone see any good offers on quorn recently?