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Burlesque_Babe

chemically speaking, I can't see how it can be on a green day?

If I cook 4 ounces of cous cous in the microwave and on the same plate have 2 boiled eggs immediately followed by a mullerlight yoghurt, how is it different to putting them in the same bowl in the microwave? OK so there is 1/2 tsp baking powder in the cake and sweetener but I could put the sweetener a cup of black tea at the same meal!

If you google 'cous cous cake slimming world free' there are loads of sites listing it as a free green day cake - the only syns are when jam or lemon curd are added.

northernlass_2

supersavershal wrote: »

Spud I am totally with you on this one.I just cant seem to get into it over the school holidays my routine has gone to pot.DS is back in on thursday and im going to really work hard at it then.

Same here SSS and Spud, i was doing ok for the first 3 weeks then came the days out and the picnics and the fishop and the meals out, the list is endless. my kids are back at school on Thursday and i will try and get back into some kind of routine then. Then on Tuesday at group i will buy myself another countdown as commitment. :A

Cleosmum

Weighed in thurs and half lb off. Been very hectic here but managing to stick to it...well apart from 3 sweet and sour chicken balls last night...also rushing about loads, decorating my brothers 2 bed flat through and just been out for a bike ride. Will try and keep in touch

Herewegoagain

Hiya guys,

Not so good at the moment, yoyoing by 2-3lbs all the time, which is maintaining sort of, but I'm eating all the wrong things:eek: :eek: :eek:
OMG help:beer:

HWGA xx

Burlesque_Babe

red day for me:

so far -

oatsosimple (HEB)
200 ml skimmed milk (1/2 HEA)

Banana

grill sticks (free)

dinner will be

mash (HEB) made with fromage frais 2 tsp butter (4 syns)
mince
leeks, carrots, onions
gravy (3 syns - 4tbsp)

spud30

Hmmmm I think I've failed already, on my first flipin day of the challenge.

First day back in work, and a buffet lunch just wrecked today completely.

Start again tomorrow, sorry guys

consultant31

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

red day for me:

so far -

oatsosimple (HEB)
200 ml skimmed milk (1/2 HEA)

Banana

grill sticks (free)

dinner will be

mash (HEB) made with fromage frais 2 tsp butter (4 syns)
mince
leeks, carrots, onions
gravy (3 syns - 4tbsp)

Just a quickie about your mash - for potato to be a HEB on a red day, the skins have to be on (this makes mash a bit difficult, lol)

consultant31

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

chemically speaking, I can't see how it can be on a green day?

If I cook 4 ounces of cous cous in the microwave and on the same plate have 2 boiled eggs immediately followed by a mullerlight yoghurt, how is it different to putting them in the same bowl in the microwave? OK so there is 1/2 tsp baking powder in the cake and sweetener but I could put the sweetener a cup of black tea at the same meal!

If you google 'cous cous cake slimming world free' there are loads of sites listing it as a free green day cake - the only syns are when jam or lemon curd are added.

I see your point, but head office have told us that any food not consumed as it is intended (ie making a flour substitute from couscous) is misuse of food!

The reason behind it is all too obvious when you think about it......a healthy diet would not include eating a whole cake a day :eek: .

SW are trying to re-educate people to eat in a sensible, healthy way cutting out as much processed food as possible (which is why corned beef is synned now where it was once free).

At the end of the day, it's down to the individual whether they follow the plan exactly or whether they 'tweak' it along the way. If it works for you, carry on, if and when your weight loss slows down unacceptably, have a rethink

Burlesque_Babe

consultant31 wrote: »

a healthy diet would not include eating a whole cake a day :eek: .

well, a normal cake with fat etc maybe, but it only makes a really small cake to be honest, I probably won't make it again purely due to it not being quite as yummy as predicted! I did read that cous cous which has been ground up to make a flour has to be synned but 'whole' grain cous cous isn't. The recipe is 4oz which is no more than the Ainsley free packets of cous cous and if I made some of that and combined it with free veggies, a couple of eggs and baked , it would be the same thing as making the cake (and just as easy to scoff down!)

Red day today:

weetabix (HEB)
skimmed milke (1/2 HEA)
banana

2 more bananas

syn free sausages

Burlesque_Babe

consultant31 wrote: »

Just a quickie about your mash - for potato to be a HEB on a red day, the skins have to be on (this makes mash a bit difficult, lol)

They call them 'crushed potatoes' in the culinery world, bit of a poncey name for 'potatoes in their skins which are then roughly mashed'