Thread: Still a little confused...

...and the bodyoptimise.com website doesn't help! Lol. Is it ONLY the items on the Healthy Extras list that are HE's? I mean, it has a few random cereals listed... but does that mean basics like bran flakes or weetabix are counted as Syns? I'm finding it hard working from the printed lists without having to go online to try to figure these things out! Any help much appreciated!! Julz x

I did post the entire list of HE's a and b, for both plan, but due to copyright it got taken down. This is the list of cereals;

Cereals and Crispbreads

28g Alpen (any variety) and 1 Oat/Scan Bran
28 Jordans Muesli (any variety) with 1 Ryvita High Fibre Crackerbread
28g Kellogg’s All-Bran Flakes and 1 Ryvita Dark Rye/Original/Sesame
28g Kellogg’s All-Bran Crunchy Oatbakes
42g Kellogg’s All-Bran Fibre Plus
28g Kellogg’s All-Bran Fibre Plus and 1 Ryvita Multigrain
28g Kellogg’s All-Bran Sultana Bran and 1 Ryvita Multigrain
28g Kellogg’s Chocolate Wheats
28g Kellogg’s Frosted/Raisin Wheats and 1 Ryvita Dark Rye/Original/Sesame
28g Kellogg’s Fruit ‘n’ Fibre and 1 Oat/Scan Bran
28g Kellogg’s Special K Sustain
28g Nestle Bitesize Shredded Wheat
28g Nestle Fruitful Shredded Wheat and 1 Ryvita Dark Rye/Sesame/Original
28g Nestle Honey Nut Shredded Wheat
28g Nestle Shreddies (Honey or Plain) and 1 Ryvita High Fibre Crackerbread
28g Nestle Wholegrain Clusters and 1 Ryvita High Fibre Crackerbread
28g porridge oats and 1 Oat/Scan Bran
28g puffed wheat and 2 Oat/Scan Bran
28g Ready Brek Original and 1 Ryvita Dark Rye/Original/Sesame
42g Weetabix Crunchy Bran
28g Wheetabix Minis (any variety) and 1 Ryvita High Fibre Crackerbread
28g Weetabix Oatiflakes (any variety) and 1 Oat/Scan Bran
28g Weetabix Weetaflakes and 1 Ryvita Dark Rye/Original/Sesame
6 Finn Crisp Original Thin Crisps
3 Finn Crisp Organic Crispbread
3 Finn Crisp Original Rye Crispbread
5 Oat/Scan Bran
3 Pagen Wholegrain Krisprolls
2 Ryvita Breaks/Muesli Crunch/Pumpkin Seeds & Oats
2 Ryvita Dark Rye/Original/Sesame
4 Ryvita Dark Rye/Original/Sesame
7 Ryvita High Fibre Crackerbread
30g bag Ryvita Minis, any variety
3 Ryvita Multigrain/Sunflower Seeds & Oats
1 Shredded Wheat and 1 Ryvita Breaks
2 Weetabix
1 Weetabix and 3 Ryvita High Fibre Crackerbread
1 Weetabix and 4 Oat/Scan Bran




Cereal Bars

1 Hi-Fi Bar (any variety)
2 Alpen Light Cereal bars, any variety (21g each bar)
1 Kellogg’s All-Bran Honey&Oat bar (27g bar)
2 Ryvita Goodness bars, any variety (23g each bars)
1 Ryvita Goodness Luxury Bar, any variety (35g bar)


I've got the books so don't use the site, but hopefully someone who does will pop along shortly and answer your question

Are the books good? I used WW books instead of the site while on ww. Maybe I should get sw ones... x

SW books explain everything and have full lists of free foods, healthy extras and a small selection of unbranded syn values. I thought if you joined online they sent you some books in the post?

If you are finding the site too hard to use, it might be wasted money? Is joining a group not an option?

Like I say hopefully someone who is a member of bodyoptimise.com will have better answers than me

Hi hun!

I've joined via the website so i think i get what you mean. Whatever plan you decide to follow, i think the Healthy Extras are only what is given on the Healthy Extra lists for each plan. It varies a little from plan to plan so it might be a good idea to download all the lists until you get used to it, thats what i've done anyway. There are occasionally new things listed as healthy extras, i find these out from the Slimming World magazine usually.

I'm doing it this way as at least i know for definate what i can have and there is no messing around. Maybe someone who attends meetings can help out on that a bit more xx

Squiddie, thanks again for your input, it's much appreciated..