The Slimming World "Countdown to Easter"

lynzpower

yorkshire_laura wrote: »

thanks! i'll try to have a few more! do you incorporate them into your meals or have them as snacks?

pretty much always snacks for me- either chocolate, biscuits or crisps.

Other people have thiers for wine

Or there is always avocados if you are feeling :A

TakeItEazy

yorkshire_laura wrote: »

thanks! i'll try to have a few more! do you incorporate them into your meals or have them as snacks?

I do both i.e sauces on main meals, meringues on fruit etc also have snacks like crisps, chocolate etc. Its entirely up to you what you do with them but DO use them. I've always had up to 15 a day before reaching target but don't always need them now.
Although saying that..........

FORGIVE ME FELLOW SW'ERS FOR I HAVE SYNNED [big time] its pre * week and I have had the chocolate cravings from hell along with some other odd cravings. Had pickled onion mash for tea . Think I may be half way to my weekly syns and its only Tuesday :eek:. Does anyone else have odd cravings pre * week or is it just me?:rotfl:

Food today:
B - weetabix milk [a] coffee
L - potato bake [2xa] bbq sauce [2]
T - pickled onion mash, cous cous frittas, spaggy hoops, bbq sauce [1]
Snacks - pineapple, melon, activia, crisps [5] thennnnnnnnn half a sharing bag of Munchies :eek: [syns?]
Syns - too many
Not enough HEbs oh dear, why can't chocolate be HEb then I'd be fine :rotfl:

My saving grace is there were plenty of super frees in the potato bake and the cous cous frittas as well as the fruit :T

lynzpower

hey TAE whats wrong with pickled onion mash,its free? Right?

( apart from the fact it sounds a little weird

dizzyk

my syns are always of the choccie kind washed down with a white chocolate options nomnomnom.

I do sometimes (not often mind) use the odd 1syn here and there for a bit of ketchup on a HM burger, or VERY occasionally a naughty vodka (but that really is once in a blue moon when we have a BBQ maybe)

dizzyk

OOOOOOOOH speaking of mash!!!!!

I forgot to tell!!!

I made some mash for tea, did it with a couple of spoons of ff fromage frais then sprinkled a teaspoon of schwartz perfect shake 'garlic & herb MASH' into it.
It was scrummy, I saved a bit an spread it on a frylighted tray baked it in the oven then turned it.....baked a bit more til all dry & crispy, then topped it like you would a pizza

- result??......really rather flipping nice a whole lot better than smash pizza which I think was gross when I tried it:o

PJ1

Thank you for the info on syns in Extra Light Mayo. If I may join you then my day looks like this:-(Green)
B. 28g oats 10g sultanas (1.5) 1 ryvita (B) 350ml sk milk (A) (for all day)
L. Egg mayo sandwich (B) and 1.5 syns
D. Herb omelette cooked in Fry Light, steamed cabbage followed by Rhubarb and Apple jelly with fromage frais and a bit of Canderel.
Snacks of grapefruit, banana, orange.
So if I've calculated correctly then I've had 1A, 2B's and 5.5syns.
Do others think this looks OK?
I'm following Green days and doing quite a basic plan as I don't (yet) have a Syn values book. I'm not going to a class but used to years ago, in fact I was a consultant for a while but I've forgotten most of what I learned.
Take care everyone
PJ x

amybeth4

hi everyone, I am a newbie , I joined SW 2 weeks ago, lost 6/12lbs in my first week and it's my second weigh in tomorrow night. I have been lurking for a while and you all seem so nice and supportive that I decided that I would like to join you if that's ok ?

dizzyk

HI PJ

welcome to the madhouse

only kidding (actually Im not :rotfl:) were a friendly bunch & we'll help you all we can with the syn values of things if you get stuck.

Good luck with it....though I'm sure you will be fine and it will all come flooding back to you.....then we can all pick your brains

flutterbyuk25

Evening all

Welcome newbies, and well done losers

A rather stressful day for me at work, plus it's star week so I'm craving crap

Green day for me:

B - oats (HEB), FF yog, raspberries
L - HM SF tomatoey sauce, spaghetti, cheese (HEA)
D - SF Asda chick pea dahl with added peas and peppers, rice, FF greek yogurt with cucumber, mango chutney (2syns)
Snacks - cake (8syns), pear, HB egg, fibre plus (HEB), cheese (HEA), cadburys light choc mousse (3syns)
Drinks - coffee, water, squash

Total syns = 13

x

dizzyk

amybeth4 wrote: »

hi everyone, I am a newbie , I joined SW 2 weeks ago, lost 6/12lbs in my first week and it's my second weigh in tomorrow night. I have been lurking for a while and you all seem so nice and supportive that I decided that I would like to join you if that's ok ?

Oooooh another newbie

yup you're more than welcome here but it does help if you are a little craaaaazy :rotfl:
fab 1st weeks weight loss btw :T good luck for tomorrow....let us know