Make 2013 a year to remember with Slimming World

Pennylane

Hoping to lose at least a pound this week.

B: Oatbran (HEB) Skimmed Milk (HEA) and a banana

L; Omelette, baked beans, tomato and mushrooms

SW homemade fish pie Free
Meringue Nest (3 syns) Raspberries and sliced banana

Used a few syns on creme fraiche, teaspoon of butter on mash.

That'll be it for the day now.

jill36_2

I splashed out last night and bought Total 0% Greek yoghurt.

Silly really as I've no idea if it's free or not.

Is it?

sharalee99

jill36 wrote: »

I splashed out last night and bought Total 0% Greek yoghurt.

Silly really as I've no idea if it's free or not.

Is it?

Total Fat Free 0% Greek Yogurt, is Free

lushlifesaver

Sorry in advance if this becomes a long essay of a post!

Have been craving carrot sticks and hummus for the past few days so whilst I was in Mr Ms picking up chips, mixed veg and a few other bits I grabbed myself a small bag of carrots, half a cucumber, some lemon and coriander hummus and a lettuce. Couldn't find any cous cous though :S

I've also just been informed that Birds Eye baked to perfection chilli and ginger salmon is free on EE and only £2 in there at the moment! So, as the bf doesn't like fish (well unless it's in batter from a chip shop) going to treat myself to a box - I think you only get two portions a box so wouldn't pay any more than £2 then will grab some cous cous. That way two lunches next week will be the salmon cooled and flaked with cous cous that will be mixed with carrots (raw), sweetcorn, cucumber and shredded lettuce...lush and all free!

I want to get away from sandwiches for lunch as since starting work I've been in a bit of a rut with them so thinking next week will be:
Monday -ham salad wrap + cucumber and carrot sticks with hummus
Tuesday- the salmon and cous cous salad
Wednesday- erm, maybe another ham salad wrap
Thursday-salmon and cous cous salad
Friday - canapes at a work thing over lunch followed by a mugshot

Shocked by the price of some stuff:
Half a cucumber 40p but its tiny
apples are so expensive from the supermarkets same for satsumas
peppers - love these but so pricey

Gonna try and get apples and peppers from Makro at the weekend if I can

Blodwen

stef240377 wrote: »

Have just quickly googled this and it isnt restricted to Muller yogurts its to do with the aspartame in a product. One of the ways that aspartame is metabolized by our bodies is turning it into formaldehyde. Its something to do with how the stomach breaks it down.
However google some more and you will see people say that this is a hoax and to take it with a pinch of salt. Our in house scientologist maybe able to clear this up for us

Might that be me?! Just had a little read and it seems like there is little to worry about - the concern is over methanol (which is poisonous and is further metabolised to formaldehyde ) as a breakdown product of aspartame but as many articles point out, alcoholic drinks and fruit juice contain a small amount of methanol too and the amounts involved in any of these things are way below the safe limit, so it's a bit of scaremongering really. There is an interesting looking paper about it and then a response article which I haven't read yet but will do tomorrow when I can access the full text through work. I know there are other concerns about sweeteners as have been mentioned before, e.g causing sugar cravings, but in terms of formaldehyde I wouldn't worry

lushlifesaver

Blodwen wrote: »

We've been told by our consultant if you have rotisserie chicken it has to be synned as they inject them with oil to keep them moist - not sure how true this is and whether it depends on the supermarket, but one member had the Asda ones a few times and gained/STS every time, so could be some truth in it.

Just before I stopped attending group we were told that Morrisons one were 'now free'...always wondered why they weren't all free. Silly me for not thinking about what else they might add

lucky-legs

Hi all, hope everyone has had a good day. I've been home from DS school about an hour and have had spag bol with pasta swirls for tea. Had not had any syns all day so practically had to force myself to eat a bag of mini fingers, problem now is I have the taste for them and now want more so I'm off to bed instead! LOL Goodnight! xx

Can someone please have a look to see if the Asda chosen by you chopped tomatoes with chilli and peppers are free or not - we had presumed they were but then as we used them in the spag bol I looked at the ingredients list and they have added sugar so now I'm guessing they are not free - thanks x

stef240377

lushlifesaver wrote: »

Sorry in advance if this becomes a long essay of a post!

Have been craving carrot sticks and hummus for the past few days so whilst I was in Mr Ms picking up chips, mixed veg and a few other bits I grabbed myself a small bag of carrots, half a cucumber, some lemon and coriander hummus and a lettuce. Couldn't find any cous cous though :S

I've also just been informed that Birds Eye baked to perfection chilli and ginger salmon is free on EE and only £2 in there at the moment! So, as the bf doesn't like fish (well unless it's in batter from a chip shop) going to treat myself to a box - I think you only get two portions a box so wouldn't pay any more than £2 then will grab some cous cous. That way two lunches next week will be the salmon cooled and flaked with cous cous that will be mixed with carrots (raw), sweetcorn, cucumber and shredded lettuce...lush and all free!

I want to get away from sandwiches for lunch as since starting work I've been in a bit of a rut with them so thinking next week will be:
Monday -ham salad wrap + cucumber and carrot sticks with hummus
Tuesday- the salmon and cous cous salad
Wednesday- erm, maybe another ham salad wrap
Thursday-salmon and cous cous salad
Friday - canapes at a work thing over lunch followed by a mugshot

Shocked by the price of some stuff:
Half a cucumber 40p but its tiny
apples are so expensive from the supermarkets same for satsumas
peppers - love these but so pricey

Gonna try and get apples and peppers from Makro at the weekend if I can

I have bought a bag of frozen pepper slices in Morrisons for 99p just to help cut the cost and waste down these are more for cooking with though and would by fresh if it was to use in raw state.
As for you thinking about using wraps next week have you looked at the syn values of these as we are warned in group to steer clear of them due to how high they are in syns looking online quickly 8-9syns each :eek:

stef240377

lucky-legs wrote: »

Hi all, hope everyone has had a good day. I've been home from DS school about an hour and have had spag bol with pasta swirls for tea. Had not had any syns all day so practically had to force myself to eat a bag of mini fingers, problem now is I have the taste for them and now want more so I'm off to bed instead! LOL Goodnight! xx

Can someone please have a look to see if the Asda chosen by you chopped tomatoes with chilli and peppers are free or not - we had presumed they were but then as we used them in the spag bol I looked at the ingredients list and they have added sugar so now I'm guessing they are not free - thanks x

Online just mentions with chilli and are free on all plans. So are the other flavours of toms in the chosen by you range.

lucky-legs

stef240377 wrote: »

Online just mentions with chilli and are free on all plans. So are the other flavours of toms in the chosen by you range.

Yes there are, we bought chilli and pepper ones and also some garlic ones.....they are in cartons as opposed to tins...

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp?trailSize=1&searchString=chopped+tomatoes&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=237208

These ones Stef, they also do a 'with herbs' version