The Slimming World "Countdown to Easter"

sarymclary

Hello you guys,
I've been away so long you've started another thread and are already on your quarter century of pages! You don't half chunter you lot. I've attempted to speed-read some of the pages, but if I've missed any important news, someone please tell me, as I hadn't realised my subscription to the old thread had stopped being emailed to me until today.

I'm not sure when I last posted, I think it was a couple of weeks back, when I'd been out and about eating far too much fast food. Well I got away with it for the first week, lost 1.5lb, but gained 2lb the next. Have now lost that 2lb, and am back on the straight and narrow again.

I should warn you all that I am back on the dyno-rod, and it is having a quite catastrophic effect. I'm not the most popular member of the family right now, that's a fact. It is blooming filling though, and rather delicious I must say. I've really got it down to a fine art now in the slow cooker, and because it tastes nice I no longer see it as 'diet food', IYKWIM. I do always make a huge amount of it, so today I'm using some of it, to make the base for some braised beef, which will be scrummy with some potatoes later. BF won't entertain a meal without a healthy dose of meat in it, so this'll be right up his street.

Class was interesting last night, as I got chatting to a couple of long-term SW members, one having lost over 5 stone now, who are really struggling, and feel like they'd both hit a brick wall. One is a man, so I was interested to hear his struggle, having had a week or two of being absolutely on the straight and narrow, keeping a food diary, and then gaining, after weeks of maintaining. Disheartened doesn't come close to describing his feelings. I felt so sorry for him. The other lady has gained week on week, after having had a sickness bug and losing 7lb in one week. She's struggling to control her eating, and has had 18 months of being on plan, to have completely fallen off the wagon, and bought packets of butter and white bread which she's eaten with gay abandon.

I was struck with how deeply embedded some of our eating habits are ingrained, and how, even after a considerable time of healthy eating, which is what I feel SW simply is, it can take the slightest thing to have us tripped up, and back into bad ways. I ate some white bread at the w/end, and the way my stomach has been complaining ever since, I don't think I'll consider doing it again soon.

I've stocked up the freezer and cupboards with healthy foods, and plenty of lean meat, so there's no excuse.

More good news is that Master Sary has gained his Club 10, and also lost 1.5lb this week, and is delighted to be under 8 stone this week, which puts him bang on the 50th percentile for his height/weight. He is delighted, and I can actually see from his body language how much more confident and happy he is now. It's only taken a few weeks, and he's totally changed his attitude regarding food, which is precisely my reason for taking him with me to SW.

The new business venture is interfering with my chances to get to the gym, but I'll find a way. It's all a bit new for now.

dizzyk

redcoltraine wrote: »

Will go back a read this thread in a bit but before I go does anyone know if Oat so Simple, just add water pots can be used as an healthy extra? as I really struggle to fit my healthy extras in and they would be a good breakie for when im at the gym early and go start to work, I've syned them and they come out at 9.5 syns :eek:

So I'm Red hope you all dont mind me joining you.
Wish me luck

Red:)

Hi Red

Is it the sachets you're talking about that you do in the microwave?? they are a HEB.

If you're an online member all the HE's are listed and updated on the sw site

redcoltraine

Hi Dizzy

Yeah I'm an online member but can't find them, they are 50g pot that you just add water too??

Probably gonna have to syn them..... which means I wont be having them as 9.5 syns is a lot for breakie....

Thanks anyway

Red

Lil_Me_2

I'm having a mid-afternoon crash. I need something to perk me up! Doesn't help that I'm off to the cinema this evening so will be tempted by popcorn too. Hmmm.

Green day today

Breakfast
Weetabix and Milk (HEA1&B1)

Lunch
Leftover chicken casserole and rice (HEB2 and 2 syns for packet mix)

Dinner
Undecided yet, but I think I'll have pasta and a garlic mushroom sauce with a little cheese on top (HEA2) (or I'll cheat and get a sainsburys ready meal - 5.5 syns)

Snacks
I just scoffed some cinnamon graham cookies - 2 syns (better than I thought!).

So that makes either 4 syns or 9.5 syns depending on how I feel after I get out of the cinema.

antonia1

redcoltraine wrote: »

Hi Dizzy

Yeah I'm an online member but can't find them, they are 50g pot that you just add water too??

Probably gonna have to syn them..... which means I wont be having them as 9.5 syns is a lot for breakie....

Thanks anyway

Red

I think you can HEB + syn them, and normally you take off 6 syns if you are using it as HE, so they'd be HEB + 3.5 syns. The Oat so Simple sachets are 27g, which is why they can be HEB by themselves. Check that the only ingredient is oats tho.

Lil_Me_2

mmm I just looked on the oatso simple website and they have some recipes on there using the oats! Spicy lamb burger using oats instead of breadcrumbs. http://www.quaker.co.uk/oats_and_you/recipes/spicy-lamb-burger.

maman

Lil_Me wrote: »

mmm I just looked on the oatso simple website and they have some recipes on there using the oats! Spicy lamb burger using oats instead of breadcrumbs. http://www.quaker.co.uk/oats_and_you/recipes/spicy-lamb-burger.

That sounds yummy, have just printed it out. DH loves lamb burgers so it'll be good to try something new.

I don't know if any of you remember the 'carp' chicken bhuna I made from a SW recipe the other week. It had almost 2lbs of veg to be cooked down into about 100ml of yogurt and the juice of a lemon!! Several hours later when I had rescued it with a tin of tomatoes, puree etc and loads more cooking time I did manage to eat it. Anyway I was so cross I emailed SW magazine and eventually I received an apology. Apparently there is an error in the recipe and it is being altered for a reprint of the book. I got it from an old magazine but the email suggests it might be in one of the cook books, so beware! What made me laugh was that they thanked me for my valuable feedback even though it was impossible to find an address and I eneded up using the email meant for letters to the magazine.

On the fishy theme, I love almost all fish and seafood. It must be something to do with being a Pisces! DH and I often have kippers for breakfast and I love eating freshly cooked cockles from the market when I'm back in my home town. I'm planning to try dizzy's spicy fish recipe soon but I thought I'd use pollock rather than mask the taste of lovely cod or haddock. At the moment I'm trying another of my 'shop from the freezers' kicks as I've no space for any batch cooking unless we eat some of it up.

Well done on moderation at the Harvester MissP. There's one of those near our SW group and some members were saying that the chicken and bacon stack (minus the cheese) is SW friendly.

I'm EE (as ever) today:
B: NAS grapefruit squash, egg, tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon , WM toast (HEB) and tea with milk (HEA for the day)
L: ham salad and bowl of strawberries
HM boiled gammon, SW chips, tomatoes, mushrooms and cauliflower

If I need a snack, it'll be the rest of the strawberries and/or an apple chopped into a big dollop of FF cottage cheese.

benny123

i ussually have bite size shredded wheat for HB, i have seen a new product in supermarket with fruit in the shredded wheat, does anyone know if still a HB or is it likely to have syns ?
thank you

consultant31

Sarymclary - I'm so pleased for your son.....it makes everything worthwhile when you see them blossom like that, well done that man :j

majjak

Sary that's fantastic ! You should both be very proud of how you're changing things for the better xxx

Had a workout this afternoon, boy was it hard ! I usually go in the mornings so maybe my body isn't used to a later workout?

I can highly recommend the ham minestrone in the EE cookbook, it's yummy and very filling too ! I did have to use cured tinned ham as I couldn't find a lean one but even at 1.5 syns per portion, it's well worth it.

I have rather a lot of syns to use up tonight so I might get DD to nip to the shops and get me a dime bar :eek: I've also got a HEB to use - maybe w/meal toast and jam.

I had a brainwave earlier, going to have eggy bread for breakfast tomorrow. Was brought up on the stuff and still love it to this day , don't know why I didn't think of it before :T.

I'm a fish lover too, bit hard not to be when you live on the coast and they bring the catch into the harbour on a daily basis - nice and cheap too :money:. My favourite is sea bass, pan fried with chilli, ginger, spring onion, garlic and a little soy sauce .... ohhhhhh might have to do that later this week seing as it would be free minus the oil I used to fry it in .