Slimming World Support Thread

lo_bush

Welshnutta wrote: »

Hello all,.............................................

Lo blush mine has done that in the past. I keep mine in the bathroom and blame the steam. If you have been good, it should show. I'm sure you will be fine.

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Thanks for the encouragement, .............but I feel huge :eek:

gpuss

lo_bush wrote: »

Well I've got WI tonight, although after my first 2 weeks, where I had stonkingly good weight loss, I don't really know what to expect for this week! I've been really, really good and hardly had any sins, just 2-6 a day at most ( maybe too good?). I've actually felt the weight coming off me before but I've felt F A T this week, (and no it's not star week) so I was just really naughty and stood on my home scales ( I know I should've waited for 'official' weigh in) I stood on 4 times and I weighed different every time ranging from **st 8lbs to **st 12lbs in the space of a couple of minutes. I restrained myself from scrabbling for the chocolate that I know is at the back of the fridge for emergencies though.

Did you feel big before or after you got on the scales? I am the wrong person to preach about this as I get on mine a lot, but it can get you down if you see your weight has gone up. Having said that, mine don't vary (have you got them on a solid floor and do you get weighed in exactly the same place?). Even a cup of tea or visit to the loo can make a difference. So don't worry, but if your scales are as dodgy as that, it might be best to just stick to weighins at SW or somewhere like Boots xx

I have a 27-pack of kitkats:eek: at the back of my fridge, so I know how you feel, but be strong;)

tobys_mummy_2

got some green recipes for you all.

Sweet potato and chick pea curry - free on green

Serves four 2 med sweet potatoes 1 red onion 1 green pepper 1 courgette 3 tins chopped tomatoes 1 med carrot 2 cloves of garlic 1 chilli pepper (more or less depending on how hot you like it) Garam masala cumin seeds 2 tins chick peas curry powder.

Fry light oil spray fresh chopped coriander Peel and chop the onion and fry gently in the fry light. Dice the pepper and carrot and add to the onion. Peel the sweet potato and cut into chunky dice. Cut the courgette into chunks too. Add to the vegetables and stir. Reduce the heat to medium and continue to cook. In a dry frying pan, gently toast the cumin seeds (about 1 to 2 teaspoons) before crushing them in a pestle and mortar. Combine your spices (I use about a tablespoon of each ready mixed curry powder plus the cumin and tablespoon of garam masala) and add to the veg mix. Stir until the veg is coated. Crush/ chop the garlic and the chilli(s) and stir in. Cook for a further 5 minutes. Add the chopped tomatoes and cook until the sweet potato is soft but not mush. Stir in the chick peas and cook for a further five minutes or so. Stir in some fresh chopped coriander and serve with rice and a yogurt raita.

Vegetable chilli - free on green

Spray fry light ... fry chopped onion and carrot (I used 2 big ones), add clove of crushed garlic chuck in a tin of tomatoes, tin of canellini beans, tin of pinto beans ( or whatever beans you have in), splash of worcestershire sauce, a lot of cumin (I use the caps and put in 2 .. probably about 2 tbsps), sprinkle on chilli to taste (I used about tsp) Cover and simmer for about 40 minutes serve with rice.

Minestrone Soup - free on green

Chopped onion, 2 carrots, red pepper, 1 leek, 1 small turnip, 1 parsnip, ¼ swede for the soup. obviously you don't have to put everything in - just use what you have. in pan Add tin of tomatoes, crushed garlic, tbsp dried basil, half tbsp dried oregano, half tsp rosemary, bay leaf. Add a couple of pints vegetable stock. cover and simmer for an hour Then take off lid, splash in about tbsp of worcestershire sauce, add a handful or two of pasta (I use fusilli) and simmer (without lid) for another fifteen minutes.

Chick pea mock peanuts - free on green

Open a can of chick peas and drain. Spread out on a baking sheet, sprinkle over spices (I've used paprika, cajan spices, morrocan spices, garam masala - not all at the same time!) Cook in a oven at 200 or mark 6 for about 1/2 hour, until dry and hard, a bit like peanuts. Keep them in a airtight box.

tobys_mummy_2

For some reason it won't let me edit so I will repost the soup one as i forgot a few details.

Minestrone Soup - free on green
Chopped onion, 2 carrots, 2 chopped tomatoes, red pepper, 1 leek, 1 small turnip, 1 parsnip, ¼ swede, 1 large potato, diced. obviously you don't have to put everything in - just use what you have. Fry for about 10 mins. Add crushed garlic, tbsp dried basil, half tbsp dried oregano, half tsp rosemary, bay leaf, chopped parsley. Add a 1 1/4 of pints vegetable or chicken stock. cover and simmer for an hour Then take off lid, splash in about tbsp of worcestershire sauce, add a handful or two of pasta (I use fusilli) and add 1 diced courgette, 1 cup of shredded cabbage and 1 cup of french beans cut in half. season with pepper and simmer (without lid) for another fifteen minutes.

beccabee_2

On a Friday I got to college, they have a great coffee shop, and I like to have a large cappucino (my treat) I had been counting it as one of my HEA for the milk, they use semi and in my cappucino there is about 250ml ( I asked the nice man who owns the shop) is this ok or should I be counting it as syns, I don't have sugar??

gpuss

beccabee wrote: »

On a Friday I got to college, they have a great coffee shop, and I like to have a large cappucino (my treat) I had been counting it as one of my HEA for the milk, they use semi and in my cappucino there is about 250ml ( I asked the nice man who owns the shop) is this ok or should I be counting it as syns, I don't have sugar??

It's only milk and coffee, so I don't see why it can't be an HEA, Becca


and thanks for the recipes, Tobysmummy xx:D

MrandMrsEvans

Hi all, haven't been on for a few days but got weighed on monday and lost 2lbs this week..only need 1 1/2 to get my 1/2 stone

having a red day today and just ahd a lovely lunch:
huge pile of syn free chips, egg and ham (synned) ate the egg and the ham and still had loads of chips left so sprinkled a hea portion of cheese over my chips..delish

why is it that when you plan out your food, weigh it and count the syns kids always want to 'share'. if i put a plate of ham,egg and chips in front of my daughter normally she wouldn't eat it, but when i've got it she wants it. grr

AMIE399

hi .. im back and i lost 1.1/2lbs ... yiiiipppppppppeeeee.. thankgoodness for that ... i would have cried if i had sts again.....so there it just goes to prove that shaving/plucking and cutting nails does work !!!!!!!!!! lol !!!!!!

gpuss

AMIE399 wrote: »

hi .. im back and i lost 1.1/2lbs ... yiiiipppppppppeeeee.. thankgoodness for that ... i would have cried if i had sts again.....so there it just goes to prove that shaving/plucking and cutting nails does work !!!!!!!!!! lol !!!!!!

Yey!! Well done Amie, that's brilliant:j:j:j

Wondering if a Yul Brynner look would suit me :think:

AMIE399

oh gpuss.. that has made me laugh so much that my tummy hurts !!! x x xx x

can anyone please tell me how to edit my signature.. thanks x