Re: Lose Weight 4

Breynia

Does anyone doing slimming world know the syn value of Pure Spread by Matthews Foods? It is coming up as unknown on the syns online thingy, so maybe I am doing something wrong.

VelvetGlove

Nice loss jenpoptab & blue-kat it seems we are doing it half a pound at a time this week ;D I did walk up and down the stairs all week this week so I'm hoping for a better loss at club on Tuesday.

angeleyes - thanks for the password That website is a real heaven sent blessing for my diet. It means I can eat all sorts of things and just include them in my syns for the day.

I am feeling very dense today, just seen a few of you mentioning 'freecycle' and haven't a clue what it is but it sounds very good - anyone feel like educating me a bit please?

Breynia wrote:

Does anyone doing slimming world know the syn value of Pure Spread by Matthews Foods? It is coming up as unknown on the syns online thingy, so maybe I am doing something wrong.

Hey Breynia, I just looked in my A-Z food directory for 2004 and can't find a manufacturer listed under Matthews Foods I'm afraid. It isn't coming up on the website either under the 'Search All Manufacturers' where you can pick by letter and look at all the M's listed. Have you tried finding the syn value the other way?
On the website if you goto Online Tools then Syn Calculator you can get the site to calculate the syn value based on the ingredients in the item. You will need the package with you as you need to tell it the ingredients and look at the nutrition panel too. I haven't had to use it myself but the instructions seem quite alright. Hope that helps and let me know how it goes

bargainqueen_2

VelvetGlove wrote:

I am feeling very dense today, just seen a few of you mentioning 'freecycle' and haven't a clue what it is but it sounds very good - anyone feel like educating me a bit please?

Hi Lovie,

I only discovered it last week, it's under www.freecycle.org and you just type in whereabouts in the world you are, and people offer their unwanted goods on their. The only condition is that they are free. So, you see people offering bookshelves, beds, mattresses etc, anything really, and if you want it you just e-mail them and ask if you can pick it up. It's the best! xx

Breynia

thanks Velvetglove, I will give it a try

Breynia

Found it and it is good news. At 2.5 sins per 10g it is one syn less than butter.

VelvetGlove

Cheers for the info BQ - I'm going over there now to have a little look around

Breynia, I'm glad it worked for you! I knew that cruising around the site for a few hours the other day would be good for something

In other news... I've just discovered the most gorgeous Quorn product. Now don't get me wrong I am a girl who loves her meat but on a green day it's handy to have a meat substitute to hand. The other week I had some Quorn Swedish meatballs in a basil & tomato sauce, it was really scrummy, wasn't really able to tell it wasn't proper meat! Couldn't find any of those in Sainsbury's today so I found some plain Quorn Swedish Meatballs in the frozen section which are 1.5 syns for the whole 300g bag & I made a basil and tomato sauce and it was really good! Give it a go and see for yourself

jenpoptab

velvetlove, have been considering these meatballs for a while. I use loads of quorn as I'm veggie but never tried this, will give them a go.

jenpoptab

bargainquuen, thanks for info on freecycle, will have a look.

VelvetGlove

I've now joined my 'local' freecycle (well the one nearest to me at any rate) and I can't believe the things that people are just giving away for free! (Insert shocked smilie here ) I am sure there are quite a few things that I have lying around here that I don't use that I can pass along to someone else - let's face it I'll never get around to having a boot sale stall so at least this way the things are off my hands and doing someone else some good!

Went to club tonight and lost 1.5lbs which I was very happy with That makes my total loss 12lbs since starting club. Couldn't stay to the class again as I'm still on chicken duty (parents back from holiday tomorrow and I can't wait!!) but had a nice fuzzy feeling at being closer to my 1 stone lost

Hope you all have a good weigh in folks!

VelvetGlove

Bum! I knew there was something I fotgot, sorry guys I'll get you the club password next week