Autumn Slimming World Support Thread 2019

Thanks Beanie for the new thread. Do you know how to close the old thread as there are a few posts after you posted the link to this one.

A very heavy synned weekend so won't bother posting my plans!!

Pollyanna I sometimes make a pizza using a hash brown type base - just grated potato squeezed out and then pressed into the base of a tin. Pre cook in oven and then add your toppings. Use HEA of cheese to finish it off.

There are a few SW blogs which have some good recipes to try. My favourite for the recipes is https://www.slimmingeats.com written by an English mum living in Canada. The hash brown pizza is one of her recipes. The other blog I use regularly is the pinchofnom one. They also have a book out and there is a new one due out in December which is available to pre order. Only problem is it doesn't contain syn values and you need to work them out yourself. I did that and wrote the syns of each recipe on the page so don't have to keep working it out.

My consultant has posted on our Facebook page that next week's bella magazine has a Free joining voucher in it.

Denise

Thanks for starting the new thread Beanie.

I don't know how to quote from the previous thread, but Pollyanna, I make pizzas with wholemeal packet bread mix as a base and count it as my HEB. Here's a recipe - https://pinchofnom.com/recipes/chicken-club-pizza/ - but you can top it with whatever you like. I'm not sure where you shop but most supermarkets sell packets of the bread mix. DGD who is 6 loves making these with me and eats the lot!

Slightly over syns today as I was out for a birthday lunch and had a very thin slice of a cake (12 syns!!) but a sensible choice for my lunch and stuck to water.

I'm aiming to do some proper meal planning, shopping and prep tomorrow, including making myself some low/no syn snacks so I stay away from the sweet stuff!

Thank you for the new thread Beanie! I hope Chris is OK, I understand there are family issues? I've been away from the thread for a few weeks, but been thinking of Suffolk Sue and Kathrynha too.

I did a big shop yesterday and will have a bit of a batch cooking day today, including the SW Italian chicken and tomato soup (on the SW website) - it's one of my absolute fave recipes, so tasty and filling - perfect for autumn lunches in work.

I'm also going to do a massive batch of mash ready for comforting meals - living alone I often end up wasting potatoes as they only seem to come in massive bags that I can't eat quickly enough, but mash freezes well doesn't it?

I realise we won't be having a chart, but is anyone setting themselves a target for the season, maybe for the eight weeks to 3rd Nov? (Then it'll only be another eight weeks to the end of 2019 :eek:) If I can lose 1.5lb per week, I'll be a "healthy BMI" by the end of the year, so I'm going to aim for 12lb by 3rd Nov (very ambitious for me but you've got to try haven't you!).

I love this time of year, it feels like new beginnings. I always want to buy myself a new notepad and pencil case and get organised!

esmy wrote: »

Thanks for starting the new thread Beanie.

I don't know how to quote from the previous thread, but Pollyanna, I make pizzas with wholemeal packet bread mix as a base and count it as my HEB. Here's a recipe - https://pinchofnom.com/recipes/chicken-club-pizza/ - but you can top it with whatever you like. I'm not sure where you shop but most supermarkets sell packets of the bread mix. DGD who is 6 loves making these with me and eats the lot!

Slightly over syns today as I was out for a birthday lunch and had a very thin slice of a cake (12 syns!!) but a sensible choice for my lunch and stuck to water.

I'm aiming to do some proper meal planning, shopping and prep tomorrow, including making myself some low/no syn snacks so I stay away from the sweet stuff!

I do admit that recipe for pizza looks absolutely lovely, but I am starting slow. My fear is that I will go all gungho with this diet, cooking everything in sight and then realising I don't actually have time for the cooking what with work and children etc., so at the moment doing a mix and finding out what works best for me.

The recipe says to make the pizza out of 70g dough, does this still make it a HEB I wonder as I thought you were only allowed 60g. Or am I being too pernickety? I have put this recipe down to try in a few weeks.

But... what is the lowest syn pizza out there? Just for a Friday treat, so that I can feel that I just bung something in the oven and eat with the kids?

Today I am making oat muffins and a crustless quiche for the during the week and will make (or Mum will, haha) a pineapple salsa to go with some midweek meals as I used to make that and loved it.

I noticed the old thread has now been closed Beanie! Someone must have done it so at least there won't be any unread posts on there!

Back home now and back on plan properly for the rest of the week and definitely NO alcohol! Suspect I've had most of my Syns from Thursday to Saturday but haven't actually added it up yet - at least I know what I've had so can actually count them all!

Today's plan:

B - sausages 2; egg P; beans F, mushrooms S
L - corned beef 1.5; potatoes F; beans F; onions S
D - SC chicken P; potatoes S; carrots S; peppers S; onions S; green beans S; peas F

HEA - milk
HEB - bread 1 slice 0.5; hifi bar? 0.5
Syns - corned beef 1.5; sausages 2 = 3.5

Hope everyone has had a good weekend. I've had a brilliant one with a couple of friends who we meet up with a few times a year, tends to be in the warmer months of the year as we camp together! We often go out in winter but our friends don't!

Denise