**Happy New Slimming World Year**

TakeItEazy

Well done on the losses peeps :T onwards and downwards

I finally got my slow cook today was a bit more expensive than before cos of the VAT increase :mad: but still cheap for the size [6.2L].
Also found a shop that sells 100/150g bags of herbs/spices so got some caraway seeds, cumin, & paprika for just over £3. They were on offer but didn't seem to expensive normal price and these bags will last me months :rotfl:just need to get some resealable bags or containers to put them in.
Have found a goulash recipe which can be adapted to SW i.e. swap the cooking oil for spray or just dry fry, just syns for a bit of flour but between 3 wouldn't be very much.
What would you serve goulash with? As theres potato in it I'm not sure what too have it with.
Also have my eye on a slow cook book for £4.

So far today I have had:
B - weetabix milk [a] coffee
L - noodles, pasta, beans
T - not sure yet
Snacks - pineapple, melon, meringue [3], onken
Syns - 3 so far

Not holding out much hope for WI as had chinese on Thursday, be happy with a STS, fingers crossed.

TakeItEazy

fitorbust wrote: »

OK - I was on my way to bed.... now I'm obsessing about the rules!!
You can have canned vegetables but not canned fruit? Hey ho. I'm learning ALL the time!
Must go to bed now!
x

I knew this would start something I had this conversation months back where I had bought tinned pineapple in juice then found it had syns but I could eat fresh pineapple with juice, free.
Now if I remember right it has something to do with being slightly cooked during the canning process and as we know cooked fruit is syn'd. Where as veg can be cooked and still be free so canned veg is fine. Bonkers if you ask me BUT sw knows best :rotfl:

fitorbust

TakeItEazy wrote: »

I knew this would start something I had this conversation months back where I had bought tinned pineapple in juice then found it had syns but I could eat fresh pineapple with juice, free.
Now if I remember right it has something to do with being slightly cooked during the canning process and as we know cooked fruit is syn'd. Where as veg can be cooked and still be free so canned veg is fine. Bonkers if you ask me BUT sw knows best :rotfl:

I agree - that is just how I feel.
Thanks TeeCee for the post about superfree, and speed foods. It is all up in my head but I think I fudge it a bit when I want to!
I think I need to go back to basics - I have not been having enough superfrees to EE so will try a few red and green days. I am also going to go back to writing everything down, and menu planning for a while!
I am having lamb tagine and couscous for tea.... no mix ups there! DH is out for the evening so I am going to cook some soup for next week and maybe a SW quiche! Plus a pasta salad to go in the fridge for snacking!
Have a good weekend everyone!
x:)

flutterbyuk25

Afternoon all

I'm pleased to say that a week into 2011 I have stuck to SW and exercised 4 times this week long may it continue!

I went out for lunch with the girls today, luckily we decided on a pub lunch so I could have a jacket spud and stick to SW

Green day:

B - 2 eggs fried in frylight on HM WM bread (HEB), LF marg (0.5syns)
L - jacket spud, beans, cheese (HEA)
D - stirfry veg (onions, carrot, pepper, celery), HM SF egg fried rice with peas, egg noodles, black bean sauce (5syns)
Snacks - banana, apple, 3 x clementines, jelly (0.5syns), LF creme fraiche (1.5syns), cheese (HEA), fibre plus (HEB)
Drinks - water, coffee, soda water, NAS squash
Exercise - 50 mins exercise DVD, 2.5hours walking round shops wearing toning boots.

Total syns = 7.5

Still have some syns left so may have crisps or choc later, but still have dinner and all my snacks bar apple and orange to go yet! :rotfl:

x

Skint_Catt

Well my first EE day is going surprisingly well!

Brunch - bacon, egg, mushrooms, tomato & baked beans
Dinner - hubby currently cooking a Thai Red Curry from the little book that came with the lastest magazine (2 syns) with dried noodles
HEb will come in the shape of a Fibre Plus bar with another cuppa before bed.
Drinks - diet lemondade, tea (with HEa ss milk), fruit tea in Costa while hubby had a skinny caramel latte :A, 2 or 3 glasses of Weight Watchers Rose wine (8 or 12)

Didn't have any syns yesterday so I don't mind going up to a max of 15 today.

Hope you're all doing well.

C xx

blackberry-rum

Hello all!

see, I prefer EE because it forces me to have lots of fruit and vegetables which (I think) is a healthy way to eat. I've occasionally tried Red and Green (and I tried SW when it was just Red and Green) and I get very confused. Mind, it doesn't take much to confuse me!:p

Got a knee length black stretchy straight skirt (straight! me!??!?!?) from Next only £20, and realised it cried out for a very fitted top and managed to get one for FIVE POUNDS in New Look, kind of smudgy colours, low front, 3/4 sleeves - the two items show off my bosom and waist very nicely without accentuating the slightly jiggly size 12 bottom bits too much**. I'm very very pleased but really ought not to have worn a polo neck sweater to go trying on clothes, boy was it a faff pulling it on and off! All calorie burning though I suppose. I hope to have a photo taken in the new outfit in a couple of weeks when it's my birthday, and I will chop off the head and show you on here!

**although I'm led to believe jiggly bits remain popular with people who aren't women:rotfl:

h007

ee day

b - 2 slices wholemeal toast (heb & 4 syns) with 2 laughing cow triangles (hea??).

l - blueberries with fat free yogurt

d - beef and veg casserole (still cooking)

snacks - dark choc fingers (ate far too many and didnt count!!)


still confused over the laughing cows but have decided if i can have normal dairylea triangles then i can have normal laughing cow triangles. (by the way laughing cow big boxes of triangles are 2 for £2 in tesco)

in tesco i went to get my normal muller lights which i must admit to getting abit bored of when i saw some new ones on offer. diet irish yogurts which were 4 for £1 and very nice. they are definately free too as i checked


also got my half price blueberries from lidl which are on offer this weekend only at 74p for 125g

ruby_eskimo

Hi everyone, well it's been a good day for me today:

B: 1 slice of toast, bannana
L: HM Veg soup
HM veg lasagne, melon
S: Mullerlight

blackberry-rum

H007 thanks - you reminded me it's time to put a Muller light into the freezer for later - that's my treat when I get the munchies!

papoosue

What happens when you put it in the freezer? Does it go like icecream?

blackberry-rum wrote: »

H007 thanks - you reminded me it's time to put a Muller light into the freezer for later - that's my treat when I get the munchies!