Slimming For Summer - Slimming World support thread 2019

bubbs

maman wrote: »

It was a bit of a struggle doing sausage and mash tonight but we enjoyed it. I tried Skinny sausages from Waitrose as a friend had recommended them. They were fine but not sure saving half a syn per sausage was worth the extra money (£3 for 6 sausages) compared to my usual BGTY from Sainsburys. Which sausages does everyone else like?:)

I like heck or LM, those i had from the butchers were nice but they were £2 for 4

joedenise

MamanI buy mine from the local butchers. They are low fat and our consultant used to say to syn them at 1 syn each but after SW fell out with local butchers and stopped them calling them SW she now says we should syn them at 2 each!!! The recipe hasn't changed so I still call them 1. They're not a bad price at £3.50 a lb - usually get at least 8 but I tend to ask for a particular number and then bag them up in batches depending on what I'm going to use them for.

I also like the Linda Mccartney Red Onion and Rosemary sausages but DH isn't keen unless they're used to make scotch eggs!

Just made our packed lunch for the hospital tomorrow, LOL! If I don't need fluids then we'll just stop off at the Country Park which is on the way home and have a picnic in the sun.

Denise

Gettingtherequickly

Had something yesterday for lunch which I have not had for ages, ryvita, cheese & apple, was yum and a nice change!

maman

Thinking of you denise. Hope they have air con at the hospital and you get out early enough to enjoy a picnic.:)

Thanks for the sausage responses. It's a shame about the local butchers. I remember when a guy used to come to our SW group and take orders and he also had a stall on the local market with a big banner saying SW friendly. I guess it's the same business argument as with the cookbooks and the supermarket ready meals. The problem is though that it's easy to 'estimate' the syns in something with labelling on the packaging but not with local sausages.:(

Gettingtherequickly wrote: »

Had something yesterday for lunch which I have not had for ages, ryvita, cheese & apple, was yum and a nice change!

I took Ryvita with me on holiday to have with my breakfast (and keep me off the Turkish bread) and really enjoyed it. When it was all gone I replaced it with a Turkish equivalent crispbread in sesame flavour which was really nice. It also helps that we can now have the extra HEA so I enjoyed some feta type cheese every day too. :drool:

I'm going to post my original plan for today. I don't lose my appetite when it's hot but I don't enjoy a hot kitchen although nothing on today's menu will take long.

EE plan:
B: NAS grapefruit, HEB porage (yes, really!:eek:) with HEA1 milk and half banana, skinny syrup
L: ham, fried LO veg and pickles
SW Bolognese with tagliatelle, HEA2 Parmesan
Syns: NONE!!:D

beanielou

Hope all goes well today Denise

sarymclary

Afternoon all.
I've picked up some sausages to have for dinner tonight, they're the Aldi skinny ones - 1/2 a syn each? Can anyone check the syn values before I eat a whole packet of 6!! ^.@.^ <<-- that's meant to be a little piggie

Yesterday I went off to a local business function after work, where a picnic was provided, so had absolutely no idea or real control over what we were having, other than choosing wisely on the night.

Mealplan yesterday:
B - banana & nectarine
L - salad leaves, carrot, pickled onions, tomato & cucumber, dressing (1) chicken fillet; 0% greek yog mango, strawberries
D - chicken salad & bacon sandwich (HEB for 1 slice bread only); 3 tortilla chips (1), strawberries & some cream (3)
HEA - milk in tea/coffee

Think I didn't do too badly considering, and thankfully being so hot I didn't really feel so hungry by the time we ate at 8:30pm.

Today's plan:
B - 0% skyr (1), 1/2 banana - because half of it was rotten
L - mixed salad leaves, carrot, tomato, cucumber, pickled onions, chicken fillet, dressing (1); 0% greek yogurt, mango & strawberries
D - skinny sausages (allowing 3 syns), mash, beans, gravy (2); melon for dessert
HEA1 - milk in tea/coffee

maman

You're safe sary . Just half a syn each. Do let us know what you think of them. I'm sure they're better value than my Waitrose ones.

bubbs

Afternoon all
Its bloomin hot! i went out at 8.15 this morning was 26 it said on the car:eek::eek:

beanielou

bubbs wrote: »

Afternoon all
Its bloomin hot! i went out at 8.15 this morning was 26 it said on the car:eek::eek:

Pretty warm here too!

maman

bubbs wrote: »

Afternoon all
Its bloomin hot! i went out at 8.15 this morning was 26 it said on the car:eek::eek:

Same here. Thank goodness for the a/c in the car! This time last year I had a courtesy car which didn't have any and it was hell!:eek:

I called into Home Bargains when I was out as I was running errands nearby. I got my usual red pickled cabbage, Frylight and butter beans (all good value there) but they also had light Laughing Cow triangles at £1.99 for the packs of 16. That's much cheaper than any of the supermarkets for anyone who uses them. I plan to chop a couple into omelettes or a JP or even on a Ryvita.