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Mediterranean_Mum

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

mediterraneanmum - your snacks don't have to be 1/3rd superfree - just your 3 main meals!

maman wrote: »

What an interesting conversation.

I'm in the position of being able to say 'It worked for me.' as I'm a target member. I have always done EE and have to say I am a bit guilty of some 'tweaking' of the plan.:o I took about 10 months to lose 3.5 stone so averaged just over a 1lb a week although that did include some flexi holidays. I did very little exercise. If I'd done it more 'full on' maybe I'd have lost more quickly.

I had just one HEA and HEB a day. HEXs are quite high syn so if you're having more (unless breast feeding) on EE then that's extra syns. For my HEA I always had milk which I only measured at the very start. Once I realised that a HEA was enough for a day's drinks (probably too much) then I stopped measuring. I know I had extra on the 1 or 2 days a week I had cereal but I reckoned it balanced out. For my HEB I had bread most days and occasional cereal. mm, you can have tinned fruit (but why would you when you have fresh in abundance?) or soup (but you probably can't get the brand and why would you again?) or 1tbsp of extra virgin for a HEB which you might enjoy. Whether I had fruit with my cereal or something extra with my baked beans at breakfast depended on what I was eating the rest of the day.

That brings me on to SFs. Again I'd balance them through the day and I always try to have loads at dinner. When I have a stir-fry I reckon I always have 60%+ veg with my noodles and (minimal) meat and a completely free sauce. If I am conscious of being a bit low on SFs I'll just have a couple of satsumas or a banana (not too often for those). Free food I'm careful with as I know I don't want it to 'dilute' the SFs. So if I have a snack of cottage cheese, I slice an apple into it. If I fancy a JP, I'll have some pickled beetroot with it etc. etc.

I've always averaged my syns, working from a weekly bank of 105. I keep the vast majority for the weekend and have lots of virtually syn free days in the week.

I really can't understand the soup argument. I always make fairly chunky soups but that shouldn't matter as veg can be mashed (unlike fruit) and still be counted as SF. I think maybe the reason you lose better with SFs as well as soups and bolognese is that you're doing more like the Success Express plan than EE.

HTH. I'm only trying to add to the debate from my experience, certaily not to preach.:)

gailey wrote: »

b choices in brand new book out last week in uk for ee plan is

35g alpen high fibre
35g jordans muesli natural
35g kellogs all bran
30g kellogs golden crunch
35g kellogs bran flakes
35k kellogs fruit and fibre
35g nestle bitesize shreadded wheat
35g fruitful shreaded wheat
30g nestle honey nut shreaded wheat
30g nestle shreddies
35g unflavoured porridge oats
25g ready brek any variety

2alpen light bars or 1 kellogs fibre plus cereal bar

2 weetabix

1tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

dried fruit
50g apple
65g apricots
55g figs
55g peaches
60g pears
45g pinnapple
85 prunes semi dried

canned fruit 300g apple slices
350g apricots
275g pears
225g pinnapple
150prunes
400g rasberries

soups

280 baxters chunky soup
300g covent garden soup carrot and coriander/minestrone.

295g ww soup country veg/hearty veg broth.

Hope this helps.

thanks all of you for your help - I love this forum so much - hugs to you all xx

salome

I'm doing the original/green plans. They were what I did 5yrs ago, and the worked well. When I dipped in to SW last year, I had a try at EE and wasn't that successful. Willing to except that was me, and not the plan :-)
I'm doing this at home, and online. I lost 2lb this week, which is my first week, which I'm pleased with. I started off as 10st 10lbs, now 10st 8lbs. I want to get back down to 9st :-)
Well done other weight losers, even if you feel it wasn't enough, every little bit helps to get nearer the goal :-) If you didn't lose this week, well done anyway for staying with it :-)

x

Mediterranean_Mum

Eating for today finished and soon time to get on the dreadmill for half an hour -


Wed 18 January 2012
B-Mexican Bake
S-banana, persimmon
L-Tuna & Egg Salad – cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, spring onions, red pepper, beetroot, tuna, 2 hard-boiled eggs, seasoning, 1 tblspn light mayo – 2 syns
S-persimmon, kiwi fruit
D- Vegetable Soup (onions, carrots, sweet potato, courgettes, lentils); Salmon - marinaded in ginger, soya sauce and garlic/herb seasoning then pan-fried in Frylight, Stir-Fried Vegetables – cabbage, peppers, onions, mushrooms, remainder of marinade from salmon

Mediterranean_Mum

I bought a tin of coconut milk today and I'd be grateful if someone could look up the syn value for me. If I were cooking with it I'd probably use the whole tin.

The contents are 400 ml
Figures for 100 ml -
calories - 66
carbs - 1.6g
sodium - 82g
protein - 0
fat - 5.7g

thanks in advance

saidan

Blue Dragon, Coconut Milk, Light, canned, 400ml can 17.5 all plans

Blue Dragon, Coconut Milk, canned, 400ml can 39 all plans

Blue Dragon, Coconut Milk, Organic, canned, 400ml can 36 all plans

hth.

i tried to do it manually but it does grams not ml - and was 3.5 syns for 100g, but i couldn't convert to gramms. does it have a gram on the tin?

saidan

hi all

interesting chat on the SF thing......i only do red/green and don't eat fruit/veg at all.
my sister though started in july and has lost 3.5 stone on EE every day. she uses SF in food, eg chopped in spag bol, but then always adds veg or a side salad. she only snacks on fruit........

i'm still on fluids - but dietician visited today and said try something gentle.....will have a piece of toast later.
she also brought extra calorie drinks - and thinks i should aim for 2000cals per day. i'm getting about 1000 at the mo. :cool:

keep up the good work everyone

saidan

Mediterranean_Mum

saidan wrote: »

Blue Dragon, Coconut Milk, Light, canned, 400ml can 17.5 all plans

Blue Dragon, Coconut Milk, canned, 400ml can 39 all plans

Blue Dragon, Coconut Milk, Organic, canned, 400ml can 36 all plans

hth.

i tried to do it manually but it does grams not ml - and was 3.5 syns for 100g, but i couldn't convert to gramms. does it have a gram on the tin?

No grams on the can - I suppose I should go for the Light one as it is the lowest calorie one I can find - most of them have way over 100 calories and some of them over 200.

Thanks Saidan and glad to hear that things are looking up for you.

gallygirl

saidan wrote: »

Blue Dragon, Coconut Milk, Light, canned, 400ml can 17.5 all plans

Blue Dragon, Coconut Milk, canned, 400ml can 39 all plans

Blue Dragon, Coconut Milk, Organic, canned, 400ml can 36 all plans

hth.

i tried to do it manually but it does grams not ml - and was 3.5 syns for 100g, but i couldn't convert to gramms. does it have a gram on the tin?

Oops. Back to skimmed milk in my curries then :eek:

Mediterranean_Mum

gallygirl wrote: »

Oops. Back to skimmed milk in my curries then :eek:

If you use one tin of the light and serve 4 people it's only 4.5 syns - that's not bad.

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Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

thanks all of you for your help - I love this forum so much - hugs to you all xx

I agree, found today's post wonderfully informative! As always!!!

Thanks everyone :grouphug:Big hugs (although that looks rude :embarasse)

FC xx