Slimming World Support Thread

consultant31

16011996 wrote: »

consultant, so how many syns would there be in the cous cous cake?

also, does the rice quiche i make become synned? i cook a pack of savoury rice, with eggs mixed in? worried now cos thats what i got for tea.

You'd need to count the couscous at 5 syns per 28gms.

The rice quiche is free as you're using it in the form it's intended to be used.

consultant31

terrigrunshaw wrote: »

Hi im new to all this forum business (so new that im getting my husband to type this out for me), I started with slimming world at the beginning of february......im doing it myself, so im not going to meetings. In 4 weeks i've lost 5lb. Any tips or advice that could help me?????? My name is terri by the way.

Hi Terri and welcome to the board and SW. The best (and only) advice you need is to follow the food optimising book - use it as your bible, have utter faith in the plan........it really works. Drink at least 2½ litres of water every day and eat lots of free foods.

peachyest

will whats going on moved again :rolleyes: ,
weldone 160 , so glad you went :j :j :j :j :T :T and weldone everyone else :T :T :T :T :T .
well so glad you like the allday breakfast quich , if you use morrisons low fat sausage its free , i nomally make this alot in the summer for barbie , with my chicken &bacon kerbs , tikka chicken drumsticks , home made burgers

consultant31

sw_mina wrote: »

Ooooh. Hmmm. We had a tasting night the other week and someone brought lasange crisps in, which our consultant advocated, and she's always talking about the cous cous and chickpea cake. I don't really understand how a food can be 'mis-used', to be honest, as if its the intention that puts on the pounds rather than the ingredients. I recognise that it is not how you would 'normally' eat your cous cous, but you don't eat more of it, nor do you change the constitution (unless you reach for the blender ) - I don't really see how it's different to having a plate of cous cous with chopped egg, slices of lemon and a dollop of low fat yoghurt on top (except for the baking powder, of course), but I'm willing to admit I might be missing something!

I don't make the rules, I just try to explain them as best I can :rolleyes:

Food Optimising is a healthy eating plan. It's aims are to teach you how to eat in a way which will help you to maintain your new slimmer figure for ever (once you've lost the excess weight). In order to do this, you need to eat food in the way everyone else would eat it, not made up into some bizarre recipe which you find enticing - naturally slim people don't spend their time looking for ways of making cakes out of everyday foods.

I admit to not being able to explain myself well on this issue, but I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that food optimising works if you follow the rules. Tweaking them will eventually result in weight gain!

Skint_Catt

terrigrunshaw wrote: »

Hi im new to all this forum business (so new that im getting my husband to type this out for me), I started with slimming world at the beginning of february......im doing it myself, so im not going to meetings. In 4 weeks i've lost 5lb. Any tips or advice that could help me?????? My name is terri by the way.

:hello: Hi and welcome! :j

peachyest

hi and welcome , i hope you will enjoy this thread as were all mad , everyone on here really care and give surport , so if you find something you've tried and has worked or see something in the supermarket thats on offer on our diet then share , if you have queston ,or just can't get your head around something on this diet ask , someone mite know

doorstep

consultant31 wrote: »

Provided your fruit cocktail was canned in juice and not syrup, you can have 397gms as a healthy extra B choice, so enjoy your wine as syns

:dance: :dance:

ladyV

consultant 31 i laughed when i read your post about "naturally slim people don't spend their time trying to work out how to make cakes out of everyday foods" it's so true!

terri - i've just returned to SW and my weight is coming off at a snails pace too so assuming you are following the plan correctly that is just how it is for some people.
Although a few people do say if it comes off slow you are more likely to keep it off.

terrigrunshaw

hi has anybody else made the syn free crisps using lasagna sheets? if so any ideas wht to put on them instead of just salt and pepper(i over did it last time) they so yummy trying think of dif flavours to try ta xxxx o yeah ive heard u can make rice pudding with pudding rice, a vanilla and tofee muller light has anybody done it before? it if so how do u make it? :j ta

ladyV

hi terri

consultant 31 has said on this thread that lasagne crisps are not free unfortunately as they constitute a misuse of free food.