New Year, New Start?? - Slimming World Support Thread

maman

beanielou said:

Thanks @ruby_eskimo.
Are alphen lights a health extra?

Yes beanie. 2 Alpen Lights for a HEB. You can often get them for £1 a packet in shops like Home Bargains. Aldi Benefit bars are even better value. 🤔

Coxy11

Hi everyone,
I enjoyed the cauldron sausages last night - thanks again to bubbs for telling me the syn value. I have frozen the other 4 in 2's so can have with a cooked breakfast later in the month.
I got the Benefit bars from A!di this week - think they were 73p for 5 beanielou
Work beyond rubbish again today but remembered to do overnight oats, so that was a good start to the day:
B - overnight oats, ff vanilla yog, cherries - 1 syn
L - sardines in tomato sauce leaves, tomatoes, pickles
D - diet cola chicken with rice
Snacks - satsumas, apple, grapes, 2 sherbet sweets - 1 syn
Total syns 2
Have a good evening everyone,
Coxy

beanielou

maman said:

beanielou said:

Thanks @ruby_eskimo.
Are alphen lights a health extra?

Yes beanie. 2 Alpen Lights for a HEB. You can often get them for £1 a packet in shops like Home Bargains. Aldi Benefit bars are even better value. 🤔

Thanks maman.
I still don't have my own car back & am only driving very locally only.
When I do I hope to get to  Aldi & HB.
It is a real pain as Sainsbugs are not cheap.

beanielou

Thanks coxy 

maman

Glad to hear you enjoyed the sausages coxy. What do they taste like compared to the LM rosemary and onion? Are they herby? I use the LM to make stuffing balls with a roast dinner.

Just checking that you are aware that cherries aren't Speed, although no problem if you prefer them. I've been enjoying frozen raspberries lately on my porridge. Or the bags of mixed red berries (mixture of Free and Speed). I think the bags of mixed red fruits are in the Sainsburys price match with Aldi. 🤔

milann

Another good day here
Breakfast heb barmcake, bacon, egg and tomato 
Dinner - ham, chicken, hea cheese, radishes, cucumber, tomato and pepper. Spoonful of blue cheese dip 1/2 
Tea - beef stew with lots of speedy veg and potato
snacks - pear, oranges, hm Florida cocktail, kitkat  5 syns, Morrison’s caramel rice cake 2 syns
total - 7 1/2 syns 👍

maman

That looks a good day's food milann. 😋
I checked the Sainsburys price match with Aldi. It's worth a look especially as many people are doing online shopping at the moment. They have lots of things we'd use including 5% beef and pork mince. 

bubbs

Evening all
Chicken thighs too Maman are price matched
Beanie what's wrong with your car? How you getting on with your scooter?
Well today i had a fry up, 0 syns, used the last of the spinach, toms and pack of mushrooms that were open, beans left from dh's tea last night.

Lunch i had a picky plate, the ham had mashed egg in it, was lovely. 1/2 melon
Tea i made pulled pork, it said 3 tbsp sweetener, glad i didn't as i put 1 1/2 in and was quiet sweet! but enjoyed and loads left hexb for wrap, 2 syns for mayo in appleslaw 

joedenise

Have to say I'm not keen on the mixed fruits - there tends to be too many black currants and red currants and I find them quite sharp!  I tend to buy the Breakfast Topper from Mr Ts which doesn't have the currants in them.

Have to say the chicken & leek baked risotto was really tasty - even DH said how nice it was so it's a definite keeper and so much easier than standing at the cooker stirring for 40 minutes!

I'm really jealous of those of you with Farm Foods near you - can't believe the price of such nice looking ham!  4 slices of ham like that would be at least £2 in Mr Ts!  Haven't bought ham for ages because decent stuff has got so expensive.

Coxy11

I'm the same with soft fruits Denise - don't like the sharpness and the texture. I know cherries aren't speed, but they keep their texture which I like.
The cauldron sausages were the Lincolnshire ones bubbs. They were nice and tasted meaty! The family had Lincolnshire ones from A!di so our dinners looked the same.
Just had a bath after dinner - feeling really bloated so star week definitely on its way
Early night needed I think.
Coxy