Heading for winter with Slimming World

lo_bush

Feeling a bit rubbish today, a nasty cold has sneaked up on me but hopefully that won't distract me from my eating plans.
I didn't get any negative comments about yesterdays meal plan so I'm assuming that was acceptable as an EE day, I think I've got to grips with EE now but it's been quite difficult when your 'Old School' Like me!

Anyways so far today:

Been drinking loads to flush through the cold and to combat the sore throat!
Brekkie: Apple, satsuma, banana and FF Yoghurt
(Planned)Lunch: HM Butternut Squash soup followed by some fresh cherries
(planned) Dinner: Chicken, Sprouts, Mushy Peas or may have the chicken with salad depending on how I feel
Snacks: Fruit
HEA: Milk in drinks
Syns: as yet undecided
HEB: ditto

lo_bush

biscuitmad wrote: »

Hi all

I'm new to this thread but would love to join if you will have me as I need to lose lots before my wedding in July,

Currently todays eating extra easy is

Hea - skimmed milk for tea

Breakfast - grapes
Lunch - jacket potato and beans
Dinner - chicken rice and peas cooked in soy sauce

Will have a Hifi bar for my heb whilst wathing son play football.

Now off to print some of the great recipes.

Hello and a HUGE welcome. Everyone on here is very friendly and helpful so hopefully that will make things a bit easier for you. Please don't think I'm being critical but looking at your menu that doesn't seem to be a lot to eat ( I couldn't survive ob that but maybe thats why I've got a weight problem!)and I can't see any super free on there other than the grapes, As I understand it and I'm only just getting to grips with Extra Easy myself, you need to have a 3rd of your food intake made up of superfree at every meal. so basically fresh/frozen fruit and non starchy vegetables.
I'm not very good at explaining things so hopefully whilst I've been faffing about typing this someone else has explained that more clearly.

biscuitmad

lo_bush wrote: »

Hello and a HUGE welcome. Everyone on here is very friendly and helpful so hopefully that will make things a bit easier for you. Please don't think I'm being critical but looking at your menu that doesn't seem to be a lot to eat ( I couldn't survive ob that but maybe thats why I've got a weight problem!)and I can't see any super free on there other than the grapes, As I understand it and I'm only just getting to grips with Extra Easy myself, you need to have a 3rd of your food intake made up of superfree at every meal. so basically fresh/frozen fruit and non starchy vegetables.
I'm not very good at explaining things so hopefully whilst I've been faffing about typing this someone else has explained that more clearly.

Hi

Thanks for the welcome, i will have a salad with my lunch and fruit for my pudding at dinner does that work? Sorry only been on this a week!

Thanks for the help

shala_moo

Flat Eric - may be a bit late replying to this:o but i've tried to get myself organised this christmas with meal planning.. I went through all my recipe books and wrote down the title of all the SW recipes (or ones that could be converted) and then i will randomly pick 7 recipes for the week. I will then work my lunch and snacks around the meal. HTH. ( i also included our favourite meals that don't need recipes)

this weeks menu (mains) extra veg /salad not listed
Sunday - fishcakes and potato wedges
Monday - pork meatloaf and couscous
Tuesday - spanish frittata
Wednesday - lemon and garlic roast chicken
Thursday - chicken and leek pie
Friday - steak and hasselback potatoes
Saturday - herb crumbed fish and chips

Haven't done mix to match for a long time - i think since they bought in EE they ignore the rest of the "old" ways

Lo_bush - i find EE hard to get my head around as I'm old school too and i don't eat many veg so struggle to get 1/3rd of my plate superfree. I usually still stick to red and green when i can..


Hi Biscuitmad.. :wave: agree with Lo_bush that it doesn't seem a lot of food but adding salad and fruit as your 3rd of a plate would bulk it up more. Will you be having any syns or snacks?

I'm not doing to well today.. the people at work who don't have food issues think it's ok to leave jammie dodgers everywhere and fetch chips for lunch meanies :rotfl:i have succumbed to a jammie dodger - 4 syns???

B - apple, yogurt, weetabix (2)
L - chicken, ham, pickles, ryvita (B) 2 dairlyea (part A)
T - pork meatloaf and couscous, salad and BNS
S - satsumas, nectarine, crisps (4) jammie dodger (4) milk in tea(part A)

Just realised this is more of an EE day.. so i'll keep it at that even though it was meant to be red!!

Have a good day all x

evilsquid1603

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

So the dreaded WI was this morning and really really upset to find that I've gained a pound . I don't really think I deserve it as I've been on plan for most of the week with only 2 days that I slipped and with the amount of weight I have to lose I'm disappointed that there's not more room for error!!!

don't be disheartened! sometimes we don't loose weight because we've lost fat and built muscle. when i started doing body magic i put on. i wanted to join the RAF and did their military fitness plan so i was doing hardcore stuff. i lost inches and toned up but the scales went up. my consultant ignored it because she knew how much i was doing at the gym. i got bronze AND silver AND some points for gold in ONE WEEK thats how much i did.

Flat_Eric wrote: »

does anyone still do mix to match days ???

shala_moo wrote: »

Haven't done mix to match for a long time - i think since they bought in EE they ignore the rest of the "old" ways

i looked at my old book for those the other day.

i think success express is now EE with the values changed round. SE is 2/3 of super free and 1/3 green and/or red free food per meal. EE is just a less "hardcore" SE.

mix to max is basically EE too but making you measure two portions of free food a day cz you still have a R/G HE to use with your red/green meal.

Flat_Eric

saidan wrote: »

mm - its WI day so i have an apple & hifi bar when i'm there. i can't eat after 7pm due to my digestion problems. i usually eat liquid stuff till dinner - so yoghurt for breakfast and soup for lunch, then have a meaty dinner around 5pm. WI day i eat my dinner at lunchtime instead. so today 2 chicken breasts in tomato sauce - very yummy and will fill me up.
i dont' generally eat much due to my digestion issues (which are huge) but put on weight due to steroids and the need for chocolate & crisps :cool:

flat eric - what is a mix to match day? i notice on SW online it is on the diary as an option.....but i've no clue what it is. saidan

MIX to MATCH is similar to having a red or green day - you are allowed two Healthy A options and two Healthy B options but at each meal you either have a red meal or a green meal. So similar to extra easy but each meal, the free foods must either be all red or all green - you can't mix red and green free foods on the same plate. You could still have a measured jacket spud on your plate if you were having a red tea - you would count it as a Healthy Extra B option.

It used to work well for me - I would have a neutral breakfast - fruit / yogurt, a green lunch - jacket spud/salad/Healthy Extra A of cheese then a red tea eg steak, measured spud (HEB) veg. I realise extra easy makes it much easier but I like the structure of having two A options - milk/cheese and then hi fi / spud on a red day for Healthy B Options / Hi fi / ham on a green day.

biscuitmad wrote: »

Hi

Thanks for the welcome, i will have a salad with my lunch and fruit for my pudding at dinner does that work? Sorry only been on this a week!

Thanks for the help

I struggle with the Extra Easy plan - I miss having two Healthy A options - I like my cheese! and I really struggle to get organised enough to include enough superfree. If I'm having ham egg and chips - I don't want a side of salad or veg... But if I had a big bowl of fruit immediately after munching all my sw chips - then I think the fruit qualifies as my one third superfree.

shala_moo wrote: »

Flat Eric - may be a bit late replying to this:o but i've tried to get myself organised this christmas with meal planning.. I went through all my recipe books and wrote down the title of all the SW recipes (or ones that could be converted) and then i will randomly pick 7 recipes for the week. I will then work my lunch and snacks around the meal. HTH. ( i also included our favourite meals that don't need recipes)

this weeks menu (mains) extra veg /salad not listed
Sunday - fishcakes and potato wedges
Monday - pork meatloaf and couscous
Tuesday - spanish frittata
Wednesday - lemon and garlic roast chicken
Thursday - chicken and leek pie
Friday - steak and hasselback potatoes
Saturday - herb crumbed fish and chips

Haven't done mix to match for a long time - i think since they bought in EE they ignore the rest of the "old" ways

Lo_bush - i find EE hard to get my head around as I'm old school too and i don't eat many veg so struggle to get 1/3rd of my plate superfree. I usually still stick to red and green when i can..



Hi Biscuitmad.. :wave: agree with Lo_bush that it doesn't seem a lot of food but adding salad and fruit as your 3rd of a plate would bulk it up more. Will you be having any syns or snacks?

I'm not doing to well today.. the people at work who don't have food issues think it's ok to leave jammie dodgers everywhere and fetch chips for lunch meanies :rotfl:i have succumbed to a jammie dodger - 4 syns???

B - apple, yogurt, weetabix (2)
L - chicken, ham, pickles, ryvita (B) 2 dairlyea (part A)
T - pork meatloaf and couscous, salad and BNS
S - satsumas, nectarine, crisps (4) jammie dodger (4) milk in tea(part A)

Just realised this is more of an EE day.. so i'll keep it at that even though it was meant to be red!!

Have a good day all x

Thanks for your post. yes I keep meaning to dig out all my sw books and find some recipes to try. If I have something to follow - I find it much easier to stay on track.

Ok so here is my menu for today. I'm having a red day :j

Breakfast: Grapes/blueberries
Snack: Malteser Bunny (8 syns)

Lunch:
300g New Covent Garden Carrot and Corriander Soup (300g is a Healthy Extra B Option)
Two slices of Healthy B Option bread, toasted
30g cheddar (Healthy A Option)

Tea is Simply Cook Mr T Lamb Shank (free) which I shall be having with carrots, and ready prepared leeks and cabbage.
Possibly one Aunt B small yorkshire (subject to checking syns)

milk in my tea using my other Healthy A Option plus water / NAS barley (peach) / green tea
plenty of blueberries left over from this morning - will snack on through the afternoon.

bunny expensive syn wise but what I wanted

bargainbasement

chequers10 wrote: »

Today was an explanation of SW & a 7 day eating plan.
Tomorrow it says there is a free membership voucher if you`re thinking of joining.

Hi is the voucher in todays Mirror newspaper?

zippychick

Hi all, it's been a while since I posted, but i still read and keep up with the thread!

I've no home computer at the moment so using in work on break

Just something i noticed - the tesco simlpy cook range - some of the syn values have maybe changed? The chicken and bacon was free in the week between christmas and new year as i got some reduced and had checked the website. They are now showing as having a syn value:eek:

Tesco, Simply Cook Chicken Breasts topped with Cheese & wrapped in Bacon, twin pack, chilled, 198g each 2 2 12½
12.5 is for the Green syn value.

Also the frozen lamb shanks have syns whereas the chilled ones don't?

Tesco, Simply Cook Lamb Shanks in Mint Gravy, chilled, 420g pack Free Free 31½
Tesco, Simply Cook Lamb Shanks in Mint Gravy, twin pack, frozen, 375g each 1½ 1½ 16½

I've had only an oven since before NYE and am still desperately trying to stay on track.

Well done to the losers and welcome to the newbies.:A

Mediterranean_Mum

saidan wrote: »

mm - its WI day so i have an apple & hifi bar when i'm there. i can't eat after 7pm due to my digestion problems. i usually eat liquid stuff till dinner - so yoghurt for breakfast and soup for lunch, then have a meaty dinner around 5pm. WI day i eat my dinner at lunchtime instead. so today 2 chicken breasts in tomato sauce - very yummy and will fill me up.
i dont' generally eat much due to my digestion issues (which are huge) but put on weight due to steroids and the need for chocolate & crisps :cool:

saidan

Thank goodness for that Saidan I mean about the reason for the amount of food not about your digestive problems which I understand as I have digestive issues myself and am undergoing various tests at the moment.

lo_bush wrote: »

Hello and a HUGE welcome. Everyone on here is very friendly and helpful so hopefully that will make things a bit easier for you. Please don't think I'm being critical but looking at your menu that doesn't seem to be a lot to eat ( I couldn't survive ob that but maybe thats why I've got a weight problem!)

Ah a woman after my own heart lo_bush - I look at my food list and there is a huge amount of food on it and then I think is that the reason I'm not losing - but then we're meant to be able to eat loads on SW and a huge amount of my food is SF

evilsquid1603 wrote: »

don't be disheartened! sometimes we don't loose weight because we've lost fat and built muscle.

I think you have to exercise to build muscle Evilsquid - unfortunately I can't use that excuse!

lilian1977

Just finished off my DS's jacket potato, luckily the majority of it was free food, just had one Laughing Cow Full Fat Cheese triangle in which I probably had half of, guessing that's pretty high in syns but I haven't had any others (and won't) today so hoping that's ok! Feeling so fat now though, I don't think I'll want any tea