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Mildreddd

Meg I feel in my absence ive missed something
Sorry I laughed at the police breaking in BUT least your neighbour noticed and had good intentions xxc

beanielou

Whispers to Mildredd that Meg has a new man:smileyhea:kisses:

NewShadow

june89 wrote: »

NewShadow - I'm assuming the italicised foods are superfree. They've changed this in the new EE plan to speed foods (same third of a plate rule still applies) and the following ones no longer qualify but are still free: blueberries, bananas, sweetcorn and peas (which are now listed under beans)

AFAIK, all of the SW ready meals are free with no A/Bs. I checked the ingredients on the Tikka one and there's nothing in there that would count as anything else.

EESP is like the old Success Express plan, but I haven't looked too much into it yet.

Thanks June.

I'll need to think of something to do with my soup then I guess. I could make it a chicken broth and add a load of leeks I guess.

I don't figure it'll do me much harm to follow the old rules until I get to group on Thursday - It's got to be better than my current bad habits (:EasterBun)

Are the new speed foods basically the old super speed?

The vast majority of my fruit/veg intake is made up of some stapes - Apples, Blackberries, Melon, Raspberries / Beetroot, Butternut squash, Peppers, Spinach, Mushrooms...

I mean, I also eat a fair few grapes, blueberries, and bananas, but I guess from what you're suggesting I'll have to learn to cut down on the sweeter fruits?

I may have to start taking my book with me to the supermarket again!

CountingPennies

Evening guys.... Well done to the losers!

Back at work today hence not posting but don't feel well enough to be there. Not sure how i'm going to get through a double shift tomorrow. I slept 10 hours last night, then went back to bed this morning for half an hour and ended up waking 4 hours later. Exhausted now again so back off to bed.

Today went rubbish....

Breakfast: None
Lunch: Bacon, beans, egg and sw chips
Tea: None
Snacks at work: 4 heros, 2 stripes of mint aero and 5 little onion rings

No HEA or B.... I just don't feel hungry. My head is pounding because I'm so tired. Will try to do better tomorrow but no promises.

CP xx

maman

Hello newshadow.:) June's right about the changes. It's not so much about getting your head around the new EESP (which is meant to be like old Fast Forward and only used occasionally) but more that the list of Speed food (old Superfree) has been revamped. I think there may be a list at the beginning of the thread. I'm sure you will lose on your new plan but can't underestimate how important the (at least a )third of Speed food is. If you've already done a shop this week then go with what you have in but just be aware for when you buy your next lot of fruit.


If you're having veggie days then that's a bit more like the old Green plan so more likely to get away with less Speed.

NewShadow wrote: »

Hi Everyone.

It's been about a year since I went to group, but come payday (In a week), I'm planning on rejoining.

I'm thoroughly confused by the idea of EESP, but I'm sure the new consultant will be patient.

Now I've decided to buck up, I'm wanting to start getting into good habits now...

Would you mind having a look at my plan for next week? Should be straight forward, but I wanted to try a couple of vegetarian days each week.

I've only planned to Friday as Group is Thursday evening.

Breakfast

• 2x - 2 quorn sausages, 1/2 tin beans, 2 HB eggs, 1/2 tub mushrooms, slice of WM toast (Monday & Friday)
• 3x - 35g oats, 1/2 tub ff nat yogurt, 100g blueberries, sliced banana (Tues, Wed & Thurs)

I'd advise having different fruit with your oats like a chopped up pear or buy a bag of frozen berries.
Lunch

• 2x - chicken and sweeten soup - Chicken, sweetcorn, potato, stock, garlic, 350ml skim milk (Monday & Tues)
• 2x - Omelette - 2 eggs, 3 XL babybel, mushrooms, peas/sweetcorn, leeks, courgette, 1/2 diced yellow and 1/2 green pepper, 1/2 tin beans (Wed & Thurs)
• 1x - Slimming world chicken tikka ready meal (Friday) - Not sure if this has an A/B component, If not, I'd have a skinny Latte at work.

The omelettes are fine, plenty of Speed there. Definitely need something else like onions or leeks or carrots in your chicken soup. SW meals are free but need Speed adding to make an EE meal.

Dinners

• 2x Roast chicken - chicken, roast spuds, carrot, peas, cauli (Monday & Tues)
• 3x Chilli - TVP, beans, kidney beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, onion, peppers, garlic (Wed, Thurs & Friday)

Evening meals look fine for ingredients just be sure that e.g. there's the proper balance between the carrots and cauli against the rest of the chicken dinner.

I've got muller lights, pears, cottage cheese, carrots, and sprouted seeds as snacks.


Don't know much about sprouted seeds but most/all seeds have syns and some can be counted as HEBs.


Thank you for any comments or suggestions.

Lastly what about your syns? You don't seem to have listed those.;)

Tete_en_l'Air

Yikes, my head's spinning reading those last few posts with all the different terms for things! I try not to be sceptical about something that changes its mind so often about what's the best way... I've nothing to complain about as the plan I'm on (the current one ...EE?) is working for me, just makes me wonder.

Anyway, I'm still kind of around. My dad came out of hospital on Thursday evening, immediately fell out of bed in the night then started falling about yesterday so was taken to A&E by a friend, where I went straight from work at 4pm and stayed til 11pm. Sitting in the hospital I was making all kinds of plans for a Chinese takeaway or McDonalds as I hadn't eaten, but by the time I actually left |I just wanted to go home and all I had was tea and toast, admittedly with a few biscuits, but still, better than it could have been! It's so hard for me not to reach for the family-sized chocolate bars in times of stress.

Anyway, keeping going. Brunch will be bacon, eggs, toms, mushrooms. Not sure about tea yet, probably some kind of spag bol full of veg, I'm supposed to be running a half marathon tomorrow but it's about two hours away so I don't know if I'll make it, will see how dad is today.

Have a good weekend all!

CountingPennies

meg72 wrote: »

her next time will put a sign in the window "GONE BONKING" so she dosent worry.

This is hilarious Meg! :rotfl:

Hope your dad feels better soon Tete

Slept in this morning.... Gonna have some spaghetti hoops before work. Because I'm doing a double shift I will be having some pizza. It will be a kids pizza.... will work out syns later.

Must dash.

CP xx

maman

Don't be put off by the terms tete. Basically SW is simply a healthy eating plan where we eat lots of what we know to be good for us (lean protein, fruit and veg and carbs not covered in sauces/fat) and keep things we know to be 'bad' like sugars as treats. All the terms and quantities are just supposed to be helpful!! The recent changes are because SW have realised that some fruits, however natural, still have sugar and might be slowing up weightloss.


We're off out today for a pub lunch and a matinee. I'll probably go completely off plan and have something full of white bread and fat:o but it'll only be one meal and then back on plan. Had SW breakfast (egg on toast) and if we want a meal this evening (depends how greedy we are at lunch) then I have SW stuff (Sainsbury's burgers) in freezer that I can do quickly.


Just portioned up 5 meals from the SC of savoury mince I did yesterday. Smelled yummy! That'll feature on next week's menu:drool:.


Have a good day all:).

durham_mim

Was away for a Vintage weekend last week so didn't get time to post.
Needless to say I've GAINED 2LB SHALA thought I'd reigned it in enough this week to limit the damage but seems not. No more weekends away now until next year but quite a few meals out so need to be extra good in between. Finding it very difficult with not being able to exercise has much.

NewShadow

Thanks Maman, You're right about the sweet fruit - It never felt 'right' being able to sit down and munch through a kilo of grapes.

I saw your post right before going out shopping, so picked up some frozen raspberries for with my oats.

I also grabbed some casserole veg bags that were reduced - I'll make a chicken casserole with root veg mash and mixed greens, rather than a roast, then make the leftovers into a chicken and veg broth - should fit a little better with the plan.

maman wrote: »

Just portioned up 5 meals from the SC of savoury mince I did yesterday. Smelled yummy! That'll feature on next week's menu:drool:.

Could I ask if you do anything particular to thicken the gravy of your mince? I tend to add a bit of cauli to my casseroles, so it breaks down and thickens it - that or mash the swede a little.

As for syns - I generally use as few as possible in cooking - quorn sausage, or the odd tsp of corn flour when I can't avoid it.

On a bad day, I might have a pack of skips and a Freddo, but most days I'll get a skinny late from work, and have an options hot choc in the evening.