Spring into Summer 2012 with Slimming World

redmel1621

One more day until my first weigh-in, on Monday morning. My jeans actually do feel slightly looser, I was kind of inbetween sizes anyway but usually opted for the bigger size so I could breathe/eat lol. I have not long bought myself a few new clothes in the bigger size, at this rate I will only get to wear them once each before having to replace them? I will invest in some belts I think lol x

Right I have only used 4 syns today on my two snack a jacks and although I did say I wanted to keep them a bit lower each day I think I will have a yummy alpen light and a nice options drink while watching something before bed

blackberry-rum

fluff1987 wrote: »

...also didnt get the house i wanted. i was getting it (best bid repo) until some ummm... lets call them a wazzock?... til some wazzock put a cash bid in on the afternoon my final bid was submitted. and they accepted the cash bid! grrrrrr :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: not remotely amused. i mean who on earth would have over 50k of disposable cash at the drop of a hat?! i was going to do up that poor neglected building and live in it until i could afford to move on to something bigger. it was the only house i could afford, and now that sausage is going to do it up and sell it on for a massive margin and doesnt give two hoots. hes not going to live in it. sorry ladies, had to have a little rant

That's a shame, what a disappointment for you. I expect the cach buyer was a politician or a scrap metal merchant

lalamb wrote: »

You can freeze them :eek:

Well I never knew that........my fridge was looking like it had been sponsered by muller we were rotating the stock when we topped up. Something I will keep in mind now, thanks!

I only freeze one at a time for eating that same evening! Dunno how they'd be if frozen for weeks then defrosted, sorry

poohbear59 wrote: »

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After almost a year on EE I think I am getting the hang of it. Today I have stuffed myself with salad but would have preferred something more warming as we have had a few flurries of snow.

Add some warm potatoes to a salad, or squeeze your salad into a warmed up wholemeal pitta - something warm in a salad makes it more filling and more like a Real Meal imo.

blackberry-rum

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Have a bag of quorn mince in my freezer. has anyone made a chilli with this and was it a thumbs up or thumbs down ??? daft question but can I re-freeze ??? whats the best recipe to use ???

I prefer the dried soya mince but whichever you use you need at least half as much again of all seasonings as it has no flavour at all! I wd assume u can freeze it but I freeze everything sorry diff to type with kitten sleeping in my arms

eta: Evilsquid got there before me!

Becks81

fluff1987 wrote: »

thinking of investing in a slow cooker - has anyone got one? are they any good?

I love mine, and use it a lot more than I thought.


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3915823

On the first page is a load of sw slow cooker recipes from a lady who lost over 11stone following sw.

Apart from being :money: it's great for batch cooking.

Becks81

I hope everyone is having a good weekend.

I've had another good day today, I haven't eaten a lot but what I have eaten has been good. I'm not knocking it but my appetite as just disappeared. Usually on a Saturday night I could sit and graze watching rubbish on the tv - but haven't felt like it at all tonight :j

I have a day of batch cooking planned for tomorrow, I want to fill the freezer of sw friendly meals to keep me motivated and on track.

Because I have decided to go alone and give up group I now feel i have a point to prove so feel more determined. Not that I am knocking group sessions - I learnt so much from staying at image therapy but it just wasn't the same any more.

And a huge good luck to those giving up chocolate, I'm more of a savoury girl and find it hard to stay away from the crisps. But when I was pregnant with DD2 I gave up chocolate for Lent as I was always craving it badly - I found it so difficult and just ended up replacing the chocolate with other sweet and naughty things!

And talking of cravings I'm still off the Pepsi Max :T and am now hooked onto fizzy water. At 4 bottles for £1.50 at Tesco's I worked out Im saving myself over £5 a week in drinks :eek:. Add that to the saving I'm making from not going to group thats £10. MSE or what :rotfl:

fluff1987

thanks becks81 - i'd never seen those before - gives me loads of options now

im going to try and have a chocolate free week to see if i can shift a few lbs.... when its a particular week, or nearing it, i always over-crave chocolate... today as a result is now a flexi-day. but from tomorrow, no more chocky (or crisps etc) til at least friday, to see how i do.

SwipernoSwiping

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Strange day for me today. Started well (fat free activia yogurt for breakfast followed by boiled egg HEB sandwich) no spread or marmite - just black pepper! Had a late lunch of batchelors noodles which were horrid - this is where it went awry ! I then promptly had crackers and cheese (unmeasured!!) with spicy chutney for lunch followed by a 10 syn cereal bar ??? Then I have filled up on chocolate syns this afternoon.

Tea has been very sw friendly - lots of sw chips, fried eggs (in frylight of course!) and ham. My favourite comfort tea.

Have munched more chocolate syns since ???

Tomorrow is going to be tough as I will be getting up at the very stupid time of 5am, will be leaving the house before 7am and will not be back until early afternoon. I have taken steak out for tea but not sure what is going to happen with the rest of my meals Don't think it will be possible to get properly back on track until Monday and then as its a bank holiday, will no doubt want a bank holiday treat.

Keep calm...it's only a bank holiday. Flexi-syn it. As to all your chocolate munchings- try not buying any for a couple of weeks and see what you snack on.

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Have a bag of quorn mince in my freezer. has anyone made a chilli with this and was it a thumbs up or thumbs down ??? daft question but can I re-freeze ??? whats the best recipe to use ???

One lady at group pads out her quorn with lentils - apparently much nicer.

fluff1987 wrote: »

thanks becks81 - i'd never seen those before - gives me loads of options now

Love my slow cooker. Saving the day many times. I did a beef joint in it the other day, layering the potatos/carrots/onions on the base with a tiny bit of stock, some peppers.. it was devine. Smelt lovely all day.

Today I have decided to embrace the Flylady mentality. I really refuse to be beaten by a house that insists on cluttering, no one puts anything away round here.:D
Lots of stuff to ebay, (savings for our stateside trip to the lakes. ) Hubby is full of flu. Not well at all, :mad: so cross at losing my weekend. Again! it seems to happen every time.

gettingthere54

Today I have decided to embrace the Flylady mentality. I really refuse to be beaten by a house that insists on cluttering, no one puts anything away round here.:D
Lots of stuff to ebay, (savings for our stateside trip to the lakes. ) Hubby is full of flu. Not well at all, :mad: so cross at losing my weekend. Again! it seems to happen every time.[/QUOTE]

Never mind, we all know men are wusses! Just ignore him and he will soon come around

SwipernoSwiping

Gettingthere...5 stone and just over a half in 46 weeks.. less than a year. ?!
There is hope for me yet.

Artytarty

Mornng! I made porridge for breakfast 35g Healthy B choice made with water and a wee bit of milk. Not very nice at all, even sprinkled with some sugar substitute it must be the plainest food on earth. Then I decided to "syn"a piece of wholemeal toast which got burnt( ate it anyway) so all in all, not the best start to the day! A small glass of red wine planned for later and I reckon that should be be my syn allowance of about 12 gone.:(