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rainbowfairydust

Banjo bear I always feel heavier after alcohol so its prob just that that's caused the 3lb gain.

rainbowfairydust

Had my WI & lost 5lbs :j:j. Don't know how tbh as I had a couple of days where I went over syn allowance .not by masses but still more than 15.

Class was v quiet tonight as the consultant couldn't get there due to snow/ice & we had a stand in who was just weighing people.

beanielou

Great loss rainbow :j
Im just going shortly.
We have had a power cut so hope it doesent go off again.

lushlifesaver

great loss rainbowfairydust!

Today:

Coffee in Costa (bf had to drop me there as its close to his work rather than at my parents and dad had to come collect me- 45mins to do a 10minute trip to get me!), milk from HeA
breakfast: Porridge (HeB) made with water, golden syrup (2.5syn - probs less actually as it wasn't a tbsp)
Lunch: sandwich (wholemeal roll as HeB number 2) and banana
Tea: spag bol (5.5syn)

so thats 8syns atm, will have some yogurt I made last night (2.5syn for 100ml) and also half a curly wurly (3syn) so

Syn total: 13

WI not until Wednesday but as it's *week and my first week trying to maintain I wouldn't be surprised with a small gain

Banjo_Bear

That's a great loss rainbow :T

Thank you guys for all your help, advice and encouragement :T

You are so right about the fluctuations re the scales. Yesterday, I initially registered a 2lb gain, then had a shower and weighed myself again to double check. And I was another 1lb heavier, so thought I must have soaked up water like a sponge LOL

callyb

Hi all,

I'm new to SW so wondering if any of you lovely people could help me with a few queries. I’m currently doing the EE plan, so the following questions apply to that:
1) Would extra lean pork mince (<5% fat) be free? The food optimising book only mentions <8% which has a syn value, but all other extra lean meats are free.
2) Meat - fat removed, is that before or after cooking? E.g. If someone else grills bacon, will it still be free if I remove the fat before eating or should I assign a syn value?
3) I was told by a friend that anything that you are able to have E.g. 1x Weetabix & 1x Bread or 1x Alpen & 1x Weetabix (essentially, anything you can split into half and still have one whole). The book does mention 1x Weetabix & 1x Hi-fi, but does anyone know if the ones I have listed are ok or if she was telling me porky-pies?!
4) Syns: It states 5-15 syns per day, so do you HAVE to use a min of 5 syns? OR if not, can you accumulate them (E.g. For use at the weekend?!) or is it ‘use it, or lose it’? (I have a party on Sat and while I’m happy that I can make healthy food choices (or even eat before I go out), I know I will definitely be drinking more than 15syns worth of alcohol!). :eek:
I wanted to ask my consultant last week but she was very busy with more new members.

Thanks in advance xx

stef240377

callyb wrote: »

Hi all,

I'm new to SW so wondering if any of you lovely people could help me with a few queries. I’m currently doing the EE plan, so the following questions apply to that:
1) Would extra lean pork mince (<5% fat) be free? The food optimising book only mentions <8% which has a syn value, but all other extra lean meats are free.
2) Meat - fat removed, is that before or after cooking? E.g. If someone else grills bacon, will it still be free if I remove the fat before eating or should I assign a syn value?
3) I was told by a friend that anything that you are able to have E.g. 1x Weetabix & 1x Bread or 1x Alpen & 1x Weetabix (essentially, anything you can split into half and still have one whole). The book does mention 1x Weetabix & 1x Hi-fi, but does anyone know if the ones I have listed are ok or if she was telling me porky-pies?!
4) Syns: It states 5-15 syns per day, so do you HAVE to use a min of 5 syns? OR if not, can you accumulate them (E.g. For use at the weekend?!) or is it ‘use it, or lose it’? (I have a party on Sat and while I’m happy that I can make healthy food choices (or even eat before I go out), I know I will definitely be drinking more than 15syns worth of alcohol!). :eek:
I wanted to ask my consultant last week but she was very busy with more new members.

Thanks in advance xx

Welcome!

1) 5% minced beef is free on EE.
2)SW advocates removing all fat prior to cooking so as not to sabotage any potential weight loss.
3)In the early days you are best to stick to the proportions quoted via SW for your fibre intake. As you settle into the plan some of the members of this group have jiggled it about a bit so it works for them, for others it meerly slows weight loss down. So you would be best to find your feet first.
4) Syns, again your are advised to use a minimum of 5 a day - more to stave of cravings for something you would normally consider a 'naughty' whilst dieting. Again some of the long standing members do use their limit at weekends saving a few syns for during the week to allow use for things like cornflour or mayo's. Again this is something for you to discover once you have settled into the plan as you will then discover whether or not it suits you better to do it the proper SW way or by tweaking.

If you fear that a night out will ruin your progression the best advise would be to flexi syn the day and the following morning draw a line underneath it and restart the plan.
Hope this helps.

TakeItEazy

Evening all, great loss RFD :T:T:T:T
Am totally shattered today after getting up every 2 hours to let the dog out [tummy trouble ] why does no-one else hear him whine especially when I'm the only one who has to get up for work, finally gave in and got up 5.45am . Then had to do lunch duty as 2 people not in :mad:, on duty again tomorrow too . Fed up with all this snow now, was such hard work walking to work this morning and coming home set my sciatica off so had to keep stopping to breathe through the pain .
Anyhoo
Food today,
B - weetabix milk [a] 2x coffee
S - carrot
L - mugshot, apple/pineapple/yog, 2x toms, choc thin [3.5]
S - cheese curls [4.5]
T - carrot & lentil soup [includes, mushrooms, onions, sweetcorn, curry powder], pasta [full fit to burst ]
Syns - 8

Keep the faith all :A:A:A

sharalee99

Hello everyone :hello:

Lovely (did you hear the hint of sarcasm in that :rotfl:) 12 hour shift for me again today so a work friendly breakfast and lunch.

EE day
B. 1.5 shredded wheat, with a banana on. Skimmed milk (HEA & HEB)

L. HM SW Leek and potato soup, Muller lemon Greek yoghurt (0.5)

D. Chicken breast (Done in Mr. Foreman) baked tattie, with mixed veg.

S. Curly wurly (6) Cadbury highlight (2)

Ooo, I forgot nearly, had a tbspn Lurpak lightest on me tattie-a shocking 3 syns.

Hope you've all had a good day

beanielou

2 lbs off this week.
Pleased with that.