**Happy New Slimming World Year**

blackberry-rum

Skintslimmer wrote: »

*Slinks in*

*quick look around*

Nobody notice me? Gooooood. Poor day today. Studying lots is equating to eating lots. Of non-SW food.

*Slinks out again*

Did anyone see Skintslimmer, cos I didn't?

It IS hard, isn't it? I would never pretend the past year has been easy foodwise and, if it helps, I rarely confess on here when I've been a piggy-o, I'm hard enough on myself. Could someone grab you some sugar free gum, sugar free polos, sugar free throat sweets? They aren't entirely syn free (I think) if consumed in quantity but might help stave the cravings a bit .... good luck.

I'm off to do a spot of freecycling now and get next week's groceries; sun's come out too so I may also do the first day of what our consultant wants us to do - three days of 15 mins exhaustive exercise :rotfl:Have a good Sunday everyone.

Littleoldme

Primmer wrote: »

Does anyone know a recipe for cheese sauce as would like to use a cheese sauce with the veg for dinner?

I tend to use one of the packet mixes, they are about 8 sins each I think which is not "that" bad if split between 4...

sweetserendipity

Primmer wrote: »

Morning all, we had the balsamic chicken and paprika chipped potatoes last night for dinner from this months sw magazine and it was yummy.

Mmmm, I was just [STRIKE]drooling over[/STRIKE] looking at this recipe today. Did you use a griddle to cook the chicken as it said?? I don't have one but would still like to give it a go if possible. Planning on doing the paprika potatoes today anyway.

blackberry-rum wrote: »

Did anyone see Skintslimmer, cos I didn't?

Nope, was she here?? :huh:;)

Morning folks :hello:

Hope everyone is feeling good today. I'm a bit tired this morning, probably because of the stupid'o'clock middle of the night visits to the loo I've been experiencing since starting back on SW!! Always seems to happen

Only had 1 glass of vino last night so a total of 10 syns yesterday which I'm happy with. Having an extra easy day today so will have to syn my daily [STRIKE]bread[/STRIKE] pitta.

Menu for today:
B - mushroom scrambled egg (will have to syn the splash of milk I used??), 2 small wholemeal toast (HEB) & baked beans
L - 3 scanbran (3) & 3 cheese triangles (HEA) & tomato
D - chicken, paprika potato slices (olive oil - 1), carrots & co-op wholemeal pitta (6 or 7??)
Snacks - mullerlight, pear, clems
I'm also hoping to make some dynorod/confused soup today so will have a big bowlful of that as well to make up the superfrees.

So both HEA & HEB used & I'll check syns but estimate 12 or 13 today so no wine for me tonight!! Or I may do without the pitta for dinner so I can have one glass?? :think: Well the bottle is open & I don't want it going to waste do I?! :rotfl:

Have a good day everyone :wave:

Primmer

Thanks LittleOld Me - think I will get a packet sauce then, there is only 2 of us but if u have a quarter of it once done it should be ok.

Just done 45 mins on your shape, burnt 600 calories but it was such hard work. Been doing it since November and it changes the workouts all the time and increases the intensity as you improve. If you have a wii I would recommend it.

MRSMCAWBER

Gooooooood afternoon all

Has anyone seen "skintslimmer" recently? haven't seen her for a while :rotfl:

Well, thats another 1lb dealt with .... Im kind of suprised as I feel rather bloaty at the moment - so Im !!!!
I haven't settled on this weeks meal plan -so after I have done this I will settle down with a cuppa and get it done. I have 13 weeks of meal plans sorted but I just have to decide which I fancy AND which will require least shopping -whichever I pick I should have most of the ingredients in -just a fruit n veg top up required hopefully


Anyhoo -todays meal plan is RED and should look like this :-

• 250ml semi (A)
• apple
• grapefruit
• minted lamb casserole (1)
• 198g potato (B)
• cauli
• broccoli
• carrots
• nobbies
• frozen berries
• activia (2.5)
• salmon fillet
• tickled cabbage
• tomato
• pepper
• tropical fruit
• activia (2.5)
• 250ml semi (A)
• fibre plus (B)

So that covers 2A+Bs and 6syns so I will need to use some more syns as I go...
Primmer I posted a cheese sauce recipe a few days ago that I make all the time,,,

• 375ml semi (1.5 A)
• 5tsp cornflour (5)
• 1tsp mustard (0.5)
• 105g low fat cheddar or 70g full fat (2.5 A)

serves 4 so comes in aht 1heA and 1.5syns per serving!


Right I will get off for now and sort out this weeks meals...
Have a lovely day everyone and keep up the great work!!!!

Flat_Eric

Morning all :wave:

I am a red and green girl but I have been trying this week to do extra easy. I weighed in on Tuesday so its been my first proper week of trying to get back on track. Its not been a perfect week but I am conscious that I don't want to be paying to attend group anymore - so want to get back to target asap ! This is my motivation (as daft as it seems) Siberian Snow because when I get back to target and don't have to pay, I am going to save the weekly fee until I can buy it. So every time I go to munch something I shouldn't then I think about the kit and think about whether I really want to munch ?! Its kind of working !

I would be interested to hear from you if you love the extra easy plan ?


I struggle with extra easy for two reasons - On a standard green and red day - you can have two Healthy A options and two Healthy B options - on extra easy - its one of each. I can make do with just the one B option if I plan well enough but I miss the flexibility of having two A options - one gets used for milk (although I don't drink enough tea to use the 250ml allowed) and one gets used for 28g cheese (my daily treat). I kind of get round this by using the A option for the cheese and synning the milk - typically having no more than two cups of tea a day (so 1.5 syns per cup of tea for the milk).


My main problem with extra easy though is adding the required proportion of superfree ? How do others manage this ? For example, tea the other evening was chicken fillets wrapped in bacon served with sw chips and roasted peppers, cherry toms and butternut squash but for lunch today, I'd be tempted to have sw chips and chopped up bacon and a sprinkling of cheese but that doesn't work from the point of view of extra easy because there is no superfree foods included.


Tea tonight is roast beef so I am having sw friendly roasties and despite being on extra easy, I will still have what would be my HEB allowance and I'll add plenty of veggies so that will be fine but this is the one thing that I struggle with on the Extra Easy plan. i find it hard to include the superfree veg element. If you love extra easy, how do you manage / does anyone have any tips for me ?

teecee46

Flat_Eric wrote: »

I would be interested to hear from you if you love the extra easy plan ?
I struggle with extra easy for two reasons - On a standard green and red day - you can have two Healthy A options and two Healthy B options - on extra easy - its one of each.
My main problem with extra easy though is adding the required proportion of superfree ? How do others manage this ?
If you love extra easy, how do you manage / does anyone have any tips for me ?

I do Extra Easy as it was the plan explained to me when I started SW. I find it easy enough to do - I never started with the 2 HEAs & Bs so I've got used to one of each. I don't use milk in coffee so the 250ml is enough for breakfast (which is when I usually use my HEB)
If I'm doing a pasta sauce, SW quiche, or whatever, I just throw extra veg into those or make a tray of roasted veg or a ratatouille style side dish. I also would take fruit as a snack so I reckon that I'm probably taking enough superfrees throughout the day.
I love cheese and savoury things (I can survive no problems without chocolate, sweets & biscuits!), so I use my syns for a bit of cheese and Jacobs Savoury Thin crackers, or the occasional glass of wine.
I do sometimes look at others red & green days and think that I wouldn't mind trying it but I've settled into the pattern of Extra Easy's and it seems to be working for me! Hope this helps!

Magnolia

Ok - I am back

I have been pouring over books and forums and websites for the last couple of days and my head is buzzing

I have put together a menu for today and wonder if anyone would look over it and see where I have gone wrong.

1st mistake was buying lean mince for lunch on a green day doh!

Anyway - here goes.

Breakfast - Alpen Light bar (HEX?) - very poor I know but just not in the zone yet nor had I got me head round it fully.

Lunch - Swede topped cottage pie (lean mince with carrot, onion, peas and swede) 9 syns per portion

Dinner - Jacket potato with baked beans - free

Snacks will be fruit including grapes and a banana.

Total for day - 9 syns - unless anyone else knows better

Looking forward to hearing from anyone who can help - I am not above thinking that I know everything - yet

Just been browsing through the book


If I add cheese to the jacket potato then I could count that as a HEa and still syn free?

and 2 ryvitas with laughing cow light small triangles as HEb?

MRSMCAWBER

ooooooh FlatEric...

another x-stitcher :j-that tiger is lovely -I have 2 tiger head x-stitches on the wall that I did hubby before we were married... x-stitch is great isn't it as time flies and you don't think of food :T

Im with you on being a red/green follower -mainly red mind. I was thinking of giving EE another go, but like you I like my 2A+Bs ... if I only got 1A I would have to allot 6 syns for an extra 250ml semi before I start (I sometimes do that even on red/green days) -well I like my cuppas and I like em milky .
I eat more than 1/3 superfree anyway on red/green as I love my veggies ,
hmmmmmm -think I will stick with red/green for now -if it ain't broke -don't fix it I guess

Primmer

I do EE and find it easy to follow but that was because it was the plan explained to me when I joined. I don't find it difficult to get superfree into my meals and if there is not enough in the meal then i make sure I have some fruit straight after.