A Slimmer Summer with Slimming World

consultant31

Here we are again at the beginning of yet another brand new thread and with the summer holidays on the horizon. As has become the 'tradition', this first post will include the recipe link and the official version of the EE plan. Don't forget to add a subscription to the new thread so you can find it again.

Food Optimising is a plan for life, it is not a quick fix and you should look at weight losses over a period of time. There are no prizes for speed of weight loss.

You need to commit to making changes to what food you buy and how you cook it, because what you have been doing in the past has not got you to where you want to be.

You cannot use parts of the plan that suit you and forget the rest.

If you are not prepared to make a commitment to change the behaviour that has got you into your current situation then nothing is going to change, and above all things, you need to be honest and accountable for every single mouthful of food that passes your lips.

You need to care enough to take time out to pre-plan your slimming campaign. Look again at the menu plans and see the variety and volume of food you can eat. All you have to lose is the weight.
Slimming World has been successfully helping people lose weight for over forty years, so trust them and read your Food Optimising and Choose Success books again and again.

Food Optimising is easy but life isn't. Losing weight is a battle but you have the battle plan in your food optimising book, your secret weapon is free food, and that, together with your healthy extras and syns add up to a healthy way of eating that can be a life plan. Success is there waiting for you………go for it!

The Original (Red) and Green plans are still going strong but most people may well have heard of the new Extra Easy plan which is sweeping through the land If you've ever wondered if it works, I promise you it does. If you've ever wondered how it works, just trust the experts at SW, they wouldn't send you on the wrong path.

If you fancy having a go at it, here are the official 'rules' to ensure that you not only lose weight regularly but get all the nutrition your body needs to function well:-

Extra Easy:

1: Choose your Free Food

Anything that’s Free Food on Green OR Original – so that’s pasta, rice, potatoes, lean meat, poultry, fish and all the Superfree food – is totally Free on Extra Easy! Yes, you can eat unlimited meat, potatoes and veg, fish, chips and mushy peas, and chicken curry and rice with no measuring, no weighing, no counting – no kidding!

And for super-fast, super healthy results, fill one third of your plate with Superfree Food!

2: Choose your Healthy Extras

Each day select one Healthy Extra ‘a’ choice and one Healthy Extra ‘b’ choice from our simplified list of calcium and fibre-filled foods, including milk, cheese, bread and cereal.

3: Enjoy 5-15 Syns each day

And if the Syn values for Green and Original foods are different on the standard Syns lists, count the lower one!

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If you find your weight loss has slowed down or stopped, check:-

1. Whether everything you're counting as Free, is Free

2. Whether you're under-estimating Syn values (over-estimate if guessing)

3. Whether you're counting everything that should be counted

4. Whether you're measuring everything that should be measured

5. Whether you're sabotaging your success in any other way (using SAS logs will help uncover individual long-term self-sabotage patterns) and, if none of these is the culprit, either...........

A: increase the proportion of Superfree Foods to half of your plate

OR

B: switch to more Speed Foods

And above all, if you follow the plan, any plan, 100% you will lose weight!

Link to recipe thread:-

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...4#post40936144

confused57

Thanks Consultant31, glad you're back. x

dizzyk

Wooooohoooo shiney new thread!!! :T:j thanks consultant



CONFUSED57
Forgot to say DIZZY - I'm rather concerned to learn that you don't DRIVE!!!!! No wonder it's a bumpy ride on that wagon !! Only joking, I'll just hang on a bit tighter in future. xx




:rotfl::rotfl: I can drive 'officially' I do have a licence. Its just since my last Op I now have a thing called Oscillopsia when I move.(bouncy vision....imagine someone running when filming with a video camera - well thats how I see things ) soooo I have to shut my eyes in the car or It bounces so badly Im sick all over...... Its ok though cos I'l only drive the tank really slowly :rotfl:

fitorbust

Thanks for the new thread Consultant31 - nice to be here again.
I think my chat and stuff last night has given me the kick up the jacksie I needed!
Have stuck to plan big time today and have planned the weeks meals too. Also done my ocado shop with an eye on the syns online too.
Bring it on Hogarth!
x

dizzyk

Well today was an EE day


B pineapple & satsuma


L egg, ham, salady bits, ainsley cous cous satsuma


T chicken stir fry, cabbage, mixed peppers, bean sprouts, red onion, carrot, mushroom, (five spice,garlic,soy) ww dessert recipe yog

HEA milk HEB oaty bar toffee

Syns
penguin wafer 4.5 white choc option 2 (might have another before bed )

confused57

Glad you cleared that up DIZZY.

A question for you computer bods - when consultant says don't forget to subscribe to this thread what's she mean? I know I'm dull but it's all so technical!!! x

dizzyk

confused57 wrote: »

Glad you cleared that up DIZZY.

A question for you computer bods - when consultant says don't forget to subscribe to this thread what's she mean? I know I'm dull but it's all so technical!!! x

search me??? :rotfl: I just know that now Ive posted.....I can click on user CP at the top and this thread will appear as one Ive posted on

fitorbust

Confused57 - if you go to the green bar above the first post that says Thread tools - click on that and it will let you subscribe. It means it will let you know when there are replies, and will be easier for you to find again.
If it says 'unsubscribe' it means you have already subscribed by replying so don't click on it then!
x

SpendlessKaren

I have just started with SW and finding it great, bit confusing and I do find the milk allowance quite small but other than that I think I'm doing ok. I leave work on 14 May so plan on going to class and staying on a thursday from then. At the moment I just weigh and go as it is on my way to work.
I am following the EE plan and in my first 2 weeks have lost 7lbs, I am aiming to lose 4.5 stone in total

confused57

Thank you oh wise ones. x

rachelww1

confused57 wrote: »

Glad you cleared that up DIZZY.

A question for you computer bods - when consultant says don't forget to subscribe to this thread what's she mean? I know I'm dull but it's all so technical!!! x

Go to the top of the page, click on 'thread tools', then subscribe to this thread. It will then appear in your user cp.

Aha...someone beat me to it

Does anyone know how many syns ww wholemeal pittas are, as they're slightly smaller than normal pitta breads. Also tescos roasted vegetable couscous (dried packet), as I can't find either online. Thanks xx