Slimming World support thread 2

maman

After talking about it on here the other day, I've costed out a week's food for DH and myself. It's been a good exercise for me as because I never start from bare cupboards I'm never really sure how much I spend but was pretty sure it was about £50 a week. DH has SW dinners with me and and some breakfasts so I've added in some non-SW lunch & breakfast foods for him;)


The total came to £50.03 and that was just for food but I know I've been generous with my pricing. For example I've put the cost of meat in at full price when, in truth, the joint we had yesterday was half price. I've used this week's meal plan but if we'd had, say, a chicken yesterday it would have been much cheaper. And I know I'll have veg and fruit left over at the end of the week so won't need so much next week.


So the actual cost of what we're eating is probably about £45+. As I've not included cleaning materials, basic toiletries, herbs & spices or stock cubes or the odd squirt of ketchup. These aren't things I buy every week so there's money there for them.


I've highlighted the things that come from Aldi, most of the rest is from Sainsbury's. I could save more by having e.g. Aldi bread but I'm happy with my Hovis Sensations.


What I've done is list 7 meals and then a shopping list to go with them. Sorry to hog the thread but I'll post them in a moment.

maman

Breakfasts

• NAS Ribena (daily) baked beans, toast, milk
• 2 fried eggs, toast, milk
• porage, milk
• 2 boiled eggs, toast, milk
• 2 fried eggs, toast
• Shreddies, milk
• baked beans

DH has some breakfasts the same as mine but also (non-SW) muesli, fruit and yogurt as he doesn't eat eggs.
Shopping List
Ribena (bottle lasts 3 weeks)
£0.66
Bread
£1.45
Milk
£1.90
Baked Beans
£0.66
Eggs (12)
£1.98
Tea
£0.70
Porage (75p per kg lasts for weeks)
£0.08
Bananas
£0.68
Apples
£1.09
Pears
£1.00
Shreddies (£2 box lasts weeks)
£0.20
Spread (£1 pack lasts DH weeks)
£0.33
Yogurt
£0.55
Muesli (lasts DH 2-3 weeks)
£0.60
Orange Juice (for DH)
£0.69
Total
£12.57

maman

Lunches

• Golden Rice with salad bits mixed in
• fried veg with pickles and HM soup
• LO jambalaya and fruit
• cold meat, fried veg and pickles
• HM soup and banana
• omelette with mushrooms and peppers
• fried eggs, fried potatoes, pickled onions

DH invariably has a sandwich (cheese or LO meat or frankfurters) and a biscuit or small chocolate bar. I have lots of left overs (cook extra deliberately).
Shopping List
Golden Rice
£0.60
Cornichons (lasts a couple of weeks)
£0.50
Pickled onions (actually shallots)
£1.60
HM veg soup (costed per 2 portions)
£0.60
Tinned potatoes
£0.14
Mushrooms (2 packs)
£1.78
Frylight (lasts 2 weeks+)
£1.00
Cheese (from a large pack)
£2.00
Biscuits
£0.89
Chocolate
£2.18
Total
£11.49

maman

Dinners

• sausage and mash with carrots, onions, peas and gravy
• chicken jambalaya (with rice, onions, peppers, garlic, carrots, tomatoes, peas, courgettes, mushrooms, frankfurters)
• roast lamb with roast potatoes, parsnips, red cabbage, cauli and broccoli and gravy
• cold HM gammon, new potatoes, tomatoes, mushrooms, cauli and broccoli
• spaghetti Bolognese
• HM burger with chips, fried onions, mushy peas, tomatoes and mushrooms
• liver and onions with mash, peas, cabbage, carrots and gravy

DH and I always have the same SW meal at dinner time.
Shopping List
Sausages (half pack)
£1.00
Frozen peas (part of a bag)
£0.50
Potatoes (old)
£1.69
Potatoes (new, half bag)
£0.30
Carrots
£0.69
Onions
£0.65
Rice (from 1 kg bag)
£0.20
Frankfurters (10p each)
£0.40
Tin tomatoes
£0.31
Red peppers
£0.23
Courgettes (frozen from my garden)
£0.23
Lamb
£7.00
Parsnips
£0.99
Red cabbage (HM 2 portions costed)
£0.40
Broccoli
£0.60
Cauliflower
£0.89
Gravy (mixture of HM & granules)
£0.60
Gammon (half a joint)
£2.00
Chicken (1 large breast)
£1.75
Tomatoes
£2.00
Burger (costed out 2 portions HM)
£1.30
Mushy peas
£0.16
Cabbage (half)
£0.35
Bolognese (costed 2 HM portions)
£1.25
Spaghetti
£0.18
Liver (half a pack)
£0.50
Total
£26.17

Yemma

That's really helpful, thanks for that Maman, and everyone else offering their techniques!

I think I spend so much for a number of reasons, chief of which is the bf and his restrictive appetite. Meat and carbs only, aside from peas :wall: So meals tend to be meat heavy and I can only use veg as a side. Which then means I tend to go for sf fruit rather than veg. Part of me thinks sod it, I prefer fruit anyway so who cares if it's expensive. I think my wallet cares though

Thinking about my cupboards, I also have an odd mix of non branded, branded because they have to be and branded out of habit. Philly, for example. It's never even occurred to me to have own brand! I do have own brand reduced fat cheese though, so one yay point :rotfl:

I think I'm going to have to have a proper chat about all of this and see where I can drop brands, cut a bit of meat out (I really don't need as much as he does!) and see how I go. I'm spending £7 per week on strawberries and Muller Lights alone But they're my favourites!

Healthy extras are an expense I never used to have, actually. I've never been a bread/cereal person and I don't have cheese or milk particularly often! Have gotten into having a lovely latte every day but then that means I'm rattling through the milk.

I think next week I'll try costing everything we eat and see what shows up. I do try and take advantage of as many offers as I can. No Aldi anywhere convenient though. Tend to shop mainly at Tesco (and M&S but I've cut that out!).


Oops big post! Thanks again, everyone

beanielou

wizkid~ you can do this :j
I am restricted on the exercise front too.
So we can both do it :j

greentiger

Hello All!

mumoftwo, so sorry to hear about your SIL. Special hug for you.

Maman thanks for your costings; it's a real help.

Well I wasn't as naughty as I might have been today, but still naughty enough

Breakfast: hexb muesli, mango, some hexa milk (not what I'd planned as I forgot to defrost sausages, but I'll have them tomorrow).
Lunch (out with friend): salmon arancini with a very little lime & dill mayo (there were breadcrumbs on the arancini but they were definitely oven cooked, so I'm counting 2syns), vegetable chilli noodles (oil for veg I'm sure - 3 syns?) No dessert, or bread
Dinner: mackerel salad (0.5 syn)
Snacks so far: chocolate digestive (3 syns)
Not sure what I'll have later.

Total today: 8.5 syns

Don't think I'll have done enough to recover from a poor choices this last week when I WI tomorrow.


Good luck everyone.

beanielou

About 80% today.
Better than nothing I guess.

never_too_old

Evening all
Just about to go back and catch up..but just want to say hi and hope all is going well... I made the seafood paella that is on the online recipe section. Free on ee and it's lovely. Today is day five of my journey and it feels like I have never eaten so much:rotfl: let's hope come Wednesday I have been doing correctly:T
I have just joined a Facebook closed group where you can advertise buy/ sell your clothes as you loose weight
I think it's called pretty clothes in all sizes:D

never_too_old

maman wrote: »

I'm afraid the Special K bars are 4 syns each and don't count as a HEB.:( There are lots of others on the list like Aldi, Tesco, Asda and others. Which shops have you got?

The Special K chewy delight dark chocolate is listed as a hexb on my online food diary:)