Slimming World Support Thread

tobys_mummy_2

just looked up the syn value for oreo biscuits. it says

Kraft Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Biscuits, 4 pack each[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT] Original 2½ Syns [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT] Green 2½ Syns[/FONT]

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does that mean 2.5 syns per 4 biscuits?

mancbird

tobys_mummy wrote: »

just looked up the syn value for oreo biscuits. it says

Kraft Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Biscuits, 4 pack each


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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT] Original 2½ Syns [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT] Green 2½ Syns[/FONT]

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does that mean 2.5 syns per 4 biscuits?

No, it's 2.5 syns for each biscuit in the pack (so for the full pack it's 10 syns)

tobys_mummy_2

shazrobo wrote: »

can somebody pm me the password please too

having a red day today
brekkie, was all day breakfast quiche
lunch was out, so mc donalds mc chicken sandwhich, does anybody know syns?, plus had fruit bag instead of fries
tea was braising steak, jacket spud (hb) and veg, yogurt and fruit for snacks
had a milky coffee while out too, so (ha)

don't know the syn value but i was told you should have chicken nuggets, small hamburger or fish fingers.

AMIE399

Oooopps .. have just had a coffee and two choccie bickies.... thats my syns for the day !..

went to a BBQ last night... how good was i.... i took my own sausages, had some chicken, a lamb chop + salad...... cant believe that i resisted all the yummy stuff... and they had them snowball cakes.. the ones with all that yummy marshmallow in and coconut on the outside.. and i LOVE them !!!!!!!!

i am going to have a BBQ here either today or monday, depending on the weather !, there are so many yummy things we can have on a red day !!!!

am off to work soon, will be back around 11ish.

done lots of gardening yesterday, so i hope that i worked of all them maltesers !!!
have a great day everyone x x

cocoluvsmummy

i thought i was doing so well yesturday, until i got home from work, starving hungery at 10pm, to find OH had bought me a chicken premier sort of thing (not sure what it was as it was new) and some fries from mcdonalds. So piglet here had to eat it didnt i?? now i'm annoyed with myself.

Am off to watch ironman at cinema this morning so thats hard enough not eating sweets.

Amie399... well done on resisting the high syned stuff at the BBQ, just goes to prove that forward planning works and we can go out an enjoy ourselves

TractorGirl327

tobys_mummy wrote: »

i think it's because chewing sends signals to your brain that make you full up. if you juice it, blend it, mash it or puree it then you don't have to chew it so you eat more before you are full. i don't get why cooking it changes the syn value though. i suppose with some things it makes it softer so you chew it less?

Chopping, mushing or juicing the fruit breaks down the fibre and therefore is easier to digest, so uses less calories to do so.

Cooking fruit alters the make-up of the sugar content which is why you have to Syn fruit if its cooked.

peachyest

morning :hello: , i'm off to see iron man tomorrow , so i'm taking snack a jacks salt n vinger pop corn 2, 1/2 syns , 2 alpine light bars, and i'll buy a big diet coke when there , i'll also make sure i have something to eat before i go .

Tesco's have got snack n jacks on offer £1 a 6 bag all flavors , also bags of apples 75p ,oranges in net 75p , pullet of grapes 75p :T , peachy x

consultant31

shazrobo - the syns for your McChicken sandwich is 19 :eek:

tobys_mummy - 4 nuggets are 5 syns on red/8½ on green : small hamburger is 12½ syns : fish fingers 5½ syns on red/8 on green.

otterspam - it's too easy to eat far too much fruit without the benefit of the peel (in the case of apples) which is full of fibre, and the action of chewing slows the whole process down and gives you time to realise you're full. (Hope you slept well last night :rotfl: )

The brain takes up to 20 minutes to send a signal to the stomach that you have eaten enough - if you juice your fruit it takes a matter of seconds to ingest loads of calories (I know we don't normally think of calories in SW) and you don't feel any of the benefits from the much slower chewing that you have to do to eat the fruit in it's natural state.

This also shows that if you eat more slowly, you give yourself time to feel full. Have you ever noticed how, in a restaurant, you can often get to the desert menu and think "actually I'm full and don't really need this"? Usually, it's because you've been forced to wait between courses and you're brain gets a chance to carch up. I've not explained it very well, but I hope you get what I mean.

I've found that when I start thinking I'm hungry and it's really not time for a meal, I have a drink and within 20 minutes or so, all feelings of hunger have passed.

consultant31

beccabee wrote: »

I got a different answer for that from online??

McDonald's Main Menu, French Fries 1 large


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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT] Original 23½ Syns [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT] Green 16½ Syns[/FONT]

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Thanks for that -always use the online answer as it is more up to date. I was using the 2007 directory (my 2008 one is in group). It never occured to me that boltonangel may have been having a red day, so I never thought of giving that value (though in my directory it's 22½).

peachyest

Today i'm having a red day
Brekkie
2 weetibix h/b grapes,yogurt
snack bacon, egg , sausages ,tom

Lunch salmon fillet salad

Dinner roast beef ,cabbiage , carrots ,broc ,sprouts, potatoe h/b
strawberries & fromiage frais , glass of wine :cheesy: