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blackberry-rum

shala_moo wrote: »

Well done losers....:D welcome newcomers... and re-joiners..

I saw some of these flavoured broad beans in M&S yesterday, nearly picked up a packet until i saw the word "fried" on the front.. are they hard like nuts or soft?
mmmmmm

they are hard, Shala, and quite irresistible!

Prudent wrote: »

Help please;

I am not starting my first class until Tuesday, so missing all the basic advice.

I would like the make lentil soup for later on today. I use onions, garlic, carrots, swede, tinned tomatoes, tomato puree and red dried lentils plus marigold stock granules. I don't know how to count the lentils or the stock. Can anyone tell me please?

Thanks

I know stock and stock CUBES are free, but not sure about granules tbh. I don't use them but I seem to remember gravy granules have to be synned. Depends if there's flour in the granules I suppose. The Marigold stock I use is just powder, that's free.

Hello Vixie! As far as I know all pulses (and all rice for someone who asked, sorry didn't note name) are free. Obviously it then depends if you add oil, milk, cream etc etc! Oh and I think some of the ready cooked rice is synned because it has oil in it.

soon2bjobless

Weightin day today - Week 1 - lost 1.8 kgs (3.96 lbs in proper money!) Very pleased as I am in this for the long haul and not a quick fix.

Decided on a weigh in day (Sunday is a great one) to have all 15 of my syns in one day!

B - 2 meat free sausages, scrambled egg, beans, mushrooms, lean bacon
L - made a huge pot of spiced veg soup - enough for 4 portions during the week
T - Spicy chicken drumsticks, SW chips, h/m coleslaw with pud Creamy Fruit whip (recipes on website)

The chicken was marinated in soy sauce and was a bit too salty for my liking but ate it anywat! -dh never tasted it first and put loads of salt on his so couldnt eat it! Next time will just do plain chicken. The h/m coleslaw was lovely and so was the Fruit pud

Havnt had all my milk so will have Weetabix for supper

So 3 syns for breakies, 1 syn for tea, 2 syns for pud making only 6 syns - bring on my nightly 2 Ferraro Rocher at 5 syns and thats only 11 and I am still to have supper!

Made up my weeks menu and shopped on-line with Asda as it makes it much less likely for me to buy treats if I do it on-line....

kandfs_mam

Well that's me just about completed my 7th day on the plan and I'm nervous about tomorrow's weigh in. I have followed Extra Easy all week and have eaten so much. I have only had syns on 2 days as I have been full and not really wanting anything else. I haven't had chocolate all week as chocolate is my weak spot and once I have 1 piece I can't stop - I am like sesame street's cookie monster just shovelling it in. I will start to introduce small pieces of choc at some point over the next few weeks but need to go cold turkey for a while to break the habit first.
Today I have had:
B - pear, banana & muller light
S - hard boiled eggs
L - bacon, tomatoes,green beans, pear, peach
S - SW veg pakoras (tatties, green beans, red onion, carrots, beaten egg, curry powder) & homemade dip (FF natural yoghurt, garlic & onions)
D - gammon steak (no fat), tatties, carrots, green beans, peppers

Drinks - black coffee, sugar free squash, diet coke

Vixie_Pixie

Thanks Blackberry-Rum! I am really loving dal at the moment so I am hoping to incorporate it into my food plans plus they are cheap and last ages!! There are so many types of lentils out there and i am determined to try them all!

cyclingyorkie

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

OK so perhaps someone who has access to the website could look up my 0% fruit yoghurt and tell me if I have to syn it (here's hoping not!)

per 100g - pot is 150g
calories 39
protein 4.3
carbs 4.9
fibre 2.1
fat less than 0.1
sodium 55

thanks

I've put that through the syns calculator and each pot is 3 syns.

HTH!

TakeItEazy

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

I've put that through the syns calculator and each pot is 3 syns.
HTH!

Didn't someone else work them out to be free?

Prudent wrote: »

It could well be the cause. I don't want to ruin anyone's meal either, but as a special needs teacher I seem to spend a big part of my day dealing with toileting issues :rotfl:. Try drinking a lot more fluids and as bizzare as it might sound try having your knees higher than your hips when you sit on the toilet. A small plastic stools of the kind children use to stand at a wash basin is ideal.

I work in Reception class so know where you're coming from , thanks for the 'stools' made me laugh :rotfl:. Will just say the OJ worked :j

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

i've just bought some size 14 cords from Fatface - 2/3rds off (£48 down to £15) - they were bought to give me an incentive to get the last 2 stone off.

THEY FIT ME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I better aim for a size 12!

WTG great feeling isn't it :T:T:T


I love my Kindle but the thing that annoys me is the screen saver timeout, its too short and you can't alter it. I nipped into the kitchen to make a cuppa, came back and its shut down. I have a pasword on mine so have to keep rentering it each time VERY ANNOYING :mad:

maman

fairy_cakes wrote: »

my list goes on grrr and I have been in gear....just not sure about the Lidl yoghurts...they taste sooo good I'm sure they'll have lots of syns!

FC x

Linessa 0.1% Fruit Yogurt is 2 syns for 125g pot according to synsonline.

Good luck everyone with WI tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Well done on the new cords, cyclingyorkie, and a bargain as well!!

Mediterranean_Mum

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

I've put that through the syns calculator and each pot is 3 syns.

HTH!

Oh dear that's not good - especially as someone else said they're free! So for someone that has Mullerlite or Activia fruit yoghurt in the house can you please tell me what the numbers are so that I can try to compare with similar here to get a free one.

As it happens I only had 2 other syns yesterday so 3 for the yoghurt was ok.

Anyway, thanks for all the good wishes, 1lb loss this week which is fine I suppose and after the couple of up and down weeks makes my total loss for the month 9.5lb.

Mediterranean_Mum

Today's plan -


Mon 16 January 2012
B-Frittata made from L/O Mexican Bake - HEA
S-banana, persimmon, blackcurrants, 0% fruit yoghurt - 3 syns?
L-Tuna Salad – cabbage, cucumber, red pepper, red onion, beetroot, tuna, 1 tblspn light mayo – 2 syns
S-2 slices w/m bread, homemade humous, tomato
D-Lentil Soup; Mushroom Lasagne (Nov/Dec11 pg 74) - 1½ syns

Mediterranean_Mum

Something amazing has happened this morning -- I couldn't finish my breakfast!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I made this great frittata from the left over mexican bake and probably because it has baked beans and sweet potato in it, it was just so filling. I've only eaten half of it and I actually listened to my stomach telling me it was full. Now in the past I would have scoffed the whole bloody thing down regardless of how I felt and would have walked around feeling bloated for the rest of the day!