Slimming World Support Thread

woohoo

Hi,
I am going to join slimming world I think, but had a couple of questions which I wondered whether you lovely slimmers could answer please?

1) I am veggie - will I survive?
2) I did weightwatchers about 7 years ago and lost weight - that was point counting though - is this similar - I haven't quite understood it yet?
3) I only want to lose half a stone for my hols - will that be OK?
4)Do you have to pay if you miss a week etc? What are the costs please?

I have had a quick look at the site and noticed half price registration and 6 for 5 offer or something?

Many thanks for reading!

tobys_mummy_2

does anyone know if you can have wholemeal ciabatta or pitta bread as a HEb instead of normal sliced bread?

angie_loves_veg

tobys_mummy wrote: »

does anyone know if you can have wholemeal ciabatta or pitta bread as a HEb instead of normal sliced bread?

I know that pitta isn't allowed as an heb (about 3.5 syns?) and I very much doubt the ciabbata as it is made with quite a bit of oil ....

sorry

Chickenprincess_x

woohoo wrote: »

Hi,
I am going to join slimming world I think, but had a couple of questions which I wondered whether you lovely slimmers could answer please?

1) I am veggie - will I survive?
2) I did weightwatchers about 7 years ago and lost weight - that was point counting though - is this similar - I haven't quite understood it yet?
3) I only want to lose half a stone for my hols - will that be OK?
4)Do you have to pay if you miss a week etc? What are the costs please?

I have had a quick look at the site and noticed half price registration and 6 for 5 offer or something?

Many thanks for reading!

Hi Woohoo

firstly to join an actual group you have to want to lose 7lbs or more so if you have 1/2 stone then you should be fine.

being vegetarian in fine on SW as you can do Green Days (Red Days are the meat days)

you do have to pay for missed weeks but you get 6 days per year for holidays and sickness that you can use, so if you need to miss a week call the consultant and book it off so you don't have to pay (weekely cost is £4.50)

and lastly there is no point counting, you basically get to eat loads and loads of Free food i.e. on a green day you could eat a huge jacket potato (or 2) with a huge pile of beans and on a red day you can eat loads of meat

also if you like quorn that is free on both days

hope this helps? and good luck with the weight loss:p

Nessa56

Hi all:hello:

Well after a great weekend (same as gpuss, copious amounts of alcohol but all accounted for) I am back on track with a vengeance

today meals RED DAY

B Banana and Grapes and 2 satsumas

L Wholemeal roll HEB, cherry tomatoes, tinned ham, cucumber,
3 minibabybellslight HEA and cottage cheese oh and banana

D Not sure yet but will involve small tin of new potatoes HEB and leak and
cabbage that I have left over.

Other HEA is for milk in my tea

Yesterday I had a bag of caramel snack a jacks as a syn (no other syns at all) does anyone know how many syns they are for future reference as I bought 2 packs of 6 in Sainsburys BOGOF ?????????

thanks

v
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consultant31

madsmum wrote: »

Hi all

Total newbie re SW. Could you please look at what I eat yesterday and let me know if I've sussed it! :-) Not going to classes due to lack of funds.

Breakfast 2 bananas free on green
early afternoon weetabix with s/s milk and sweetner - free b choice also 2 slices of wholemeal bread,(free?) ham,(2) spread(2) and teaspoon of mayo (2.5)
dinner 1 quorn burger and houmous - free?
tea rice pudding 400g 8 syns

Is this right?

Thanks in advance

MM

I am presuming you have had a Green day.

2 Weetabix is a healthy extra B choice (HEB)
500mls of s/s is 2 healthy extra A choices - possibly enough for the weetabix, rice pud & drinks through the day)
57gms wholemeal bread is a HEB
Ham is 2 syns per 28gms
Spread is 3 syns per level tablespoon
Mayo is 2½syns per level tablespoon (reduced fat type)
Quorn burger syn-free
Hummus (low syn but syn-free recipe below if you like it)
Rice pud could be syn-free if you're on a Green day, use milk from HEA and artificial sweetener such as Splenda (recipe below)

Semi-skimmed milk (extra to HEAs) is roughly 6 syns per 250mls.

Hummus/Houmous (Syn free on Green)

Canned Chick Peas
Lemon Juice to taste
Garlic to taste
Black Pepper
Very Low Fat Fromage Frais

Put the drained chickpeas into a food processor with the garlic (chopped), pepper and some lemon juice, process this until it has broken down into a paste.
Add a couple of spoonfuls of fromage frais and mix in, add more fromage frais until the hummus is the right consistency.

RICE PUDDING (syn free on Green)

4oz pudding rice
1½ pints skimmed milk (from HEAs)
7 or 8 tablespoons of Splenda
Pinch nutmeg or cinnamon

Put everything in a slow cooker and stir.
Cook on low all day or on High for about 4/5 hours.

Hope this helps

b3lly

hi everyone

I hope u can help, I went to class and lost 2.5 lbs today - so thats 6.5 in 2 weeks (i hope it continues!)
Anyway last week the consultant mentioned the banana/choc mousse thats in the dessert book. I never thought much of it, but this week everyone was raving about it - but the consultant had no books left and no-one could remember the exact ingredients??

If anybody has it could you tell me it please. I recall there was some egg whites and fromage frais and vanillas essence but nothing else?

The consultant said she might have some for next week. Would i be able to attend another meeting somewhere else this week to see if a different consultant had it? Or is this not allowed? Not sure of all the rules.


Am waiting patiently (she says drumming her fingers!!)


Thanks in advance

Skint_Catt

I don't see why you can't call in at another meeting just for a book - it just won't be your consultant thats gaining.

Off to WI in a bit - first for 3 weeks - scared but time to get my !!!! back onto it!

Catt xx

Skint_Catt

Chickenprincess_x wrote: »

also if you like quorn that is free on both days

Not all quorn is free. The chicken fillets/pieces and mince are free but (some of) the burgers, fillets and pre-made meals have syns!

sw_mina

Hi guys

Left the WI without the password - AGAIN. I was too chuffed to remember to ask. Could someone PM me it? Ta.