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I haven't tried them, but there are mixed reports on the forums... did you find any? There's a new flavour out tomorrow.

Hiya, the sausages and burgers, the mince too, all of them don't leak a bit of fat. Very healthy. Sausages don't contain any breadcrumbs either. I'm not synning them, no. Enjoy!

Hi Poppity, yes that is common, especially if you are exercising/training too. I've learned to look at how my clothes fit and to get the tape measure out, rather than think too much about the number on my scales. Sounds like it's going well for you!

I've been to Frank Parker's in Nuneaton today and stocked up. I know butchers' sausages and burgers aren't syn-approved anymore, but the team at Frank Parker's were really helpful in talking me through their low fat sausages and the recipes. Polished off the first bag with my husband when we got...

Found Frank Parker's butcher shop in Nuneaton through Google today - amazing sausages! Great service from the team there, they took the time to explain their recipes. 6 or so types of slimming world friendly sausages. Yum yum yum.

Laughing so much at this site, trying to not wake my husband! http://twochubbycubs.com/

Thank you Wolf! Today was a good day, a couch to 5k run/walk at lunchtime and some good food. I had some prosecco (I blame my husband) but it's Friday and I've been good most of the week.

Loaded up Minimins to find I haven't posted in my diary for over 2 years. That would explain why I have put all the weight back on. I've been on SW again for a week, and went for my first couch to 5k run at lunchtime to burn some extra calories. I've switched my pill as my old one stopped my...

Oh wow, I've hit my target weight - lost 5kg, so 11 lb, through calorie counting and exercising once or twice a week. Now 62kg from a 67kg start at 5 foot tall. BMI likely still overweight though, pah. 1480 calories a day, adjusting downwards for lazy days and only eating some of my exercise...

Hello, I'm a chemist - please ignore whoever told you to not drink squash but only plain water. Water molecules are water molecules whether they are mixed with no added sugar squash or a teabag. You're more likely to drink more if it tastes nice too, so use the squash. Hope this helps.

I've been having frozen mango pulp, it's kind of like a sorbet. I have 100g which is about 100 calories. In Tesco, the mango pulp is in a big tin on the world aisle.

What's the syn count in those, Sian?

Oops I haven't posted in over a month! So what's new? I'm calorie counting without being strict with SW, and have started exercising again now I'm over my second hand op. Exercise earns me about 20% extra on my calorie count, definitely worth it. Oh, and it makes me feel smug :) I struggled...

Thinking of you Sian x

Lots of hugs Sian. This is horrible for you xx

Must write more often in my diary. Naughty. Bought a sandwich toaster today - planning a pastrami, ham, cheese and sweet pepper toasted sandwich tomorrow. Yummy. Currently dreaming of a nutella and banana toasted sandwich. Gorgeous. But not tonight, eaten up to my calorie limit today so I'll...

I make these in a blender using the milk option. I use about a 6 inch frying pan, plenty of frylight. Takes a bit to work out the right heat to use but they are honestly as near as damn it to real pancakes. http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/american-style-pancakes

I've been having some success with combining SW, calorie counting (thank you My Fitness Pal) and exercise (thank you Daily Burn, but not daily!!). Keeping the calories down most days means the odd blowout doesn't matter so much. It's so hard to fit exercise into a busy day, work is so busy...

This is not too much food, no. Can I ask if you shifted from another diet to SW, as this can cause a small gain initially or a delay in losing. Also, keep off the scales until the end of the week, a pound is just a big wee or a reasonable number 2, too much info I know! Keep going, you're doing...

I came back to bed for a snooze after my porridge this morning. No chance of sleep with noisy kids running around outside. So instead I am contemplating lunch while my tummy gurgles - minimins makes me hungry!

I'm generally lazy too but it feels so good afterwards. Right before your muscles seize up and you can't walk properly for a few days ;)

Morning Sian. Hope you're feeling better! I'm good today thank you. Bit achey from all this exercise but it'll be worth it :)

I travel a lot with work so I tend to try to find a jacket potato van or I'll go into a Tesco express or similar and buy a couple of packs of cold meat and a banana.

Might try this in the Actifry. Minced beef and couscous. http://avoidingarealjob.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/actifry-meal-3-couscous-with-asparagus-green-beans-and-ground-beef-hit-2/?relatedposts_exclude=20

See - it does work! Now time to do it without the stress :)

I did a Daily Burn video this morning before breakfast and work - kickboxing. Brilliant! Felt very motivated afterwards but I definitely got hungrier quicker during the day. I'm meant to do a different video each time to keep the exercise varied but I might do kickboxing again tomorrow as it was...

I've been scanning the threads for the past few days and not posting. There are so many people struggling with the plan at the moment, feeling helpless when the weight doesn't come off (it will!), confused about how this or that part of the plan works. I'm feeling for all these people. It's...

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Hi Tracy, yes all good thank you. It's my birthday today :) Errr... I hear a syn overload coming a mile off ;) x

Had a bit of travel pill before I came home from up north today, much better :) Gorgeous gammon paella tonight, rather salty but really nice. Healthy day all in all. Well over my step target for the day and switched easily to EE when my husband had already started the paella when I got home (he...

I thought I'd done the right thing by using passata instead of the chopped tomatoes, and no water, but it was still watery. I guess if you like thinner stews, it'll be fine, but my husband likes thicker sauces so I now prefer mine like that by default! Hey ho, it tasted nice, just that a lot of...

I'm sorry, I've never accessed my profile, so I'm not sure!

I hate my slow cooker. Last night chicken and chorizo, tasty but all watery. Tonight chicken jalfrezi, all watery and tasted more like last night's than jalfrezi! Back to the wok for me. Disappointed :( Fortunately, I feel sick from travelling so I didn't eat the rest of the chocolate in the...

It was a travel day with work today. I didn't eat too much crap but I feel all podgy :( I do think I need to go back to an office job!

It was a travel day with work today. I didn't eat too much crap but I feel all podgy :( I do think I need to go back to an office job!

Well done! You shouldn't put the weight back on unless you veer off the plan considerably. You can keep the weight off by keeping going with the healthy eating. Once you feel you've lost enough, you can switch your eating to help you to maintain your weight - you can then get away with a bit...

One meal won't ruin a week, you'll be doing a lot better than you think. This is my favourite minimins thread, full of great recipes. The following is just one on the thread, so back to the start and flick. Most are on extra easy but I usually adjust them to be red or green. You could leave...

I'd like to join you. I'm 10st 2.5 and I want to be 9st 10 as my first target, then maybe 9st 6 as an ultimate target. 9st 10 will do me just like lovely, but it's very hard with SW to lose this much/little plus I travel a lot with work and so I can't control everything that passes me lips! I'm...

Hi Tracey, I thought I'd look you up after you posted on my diary. How are you getting on with SW? I hope you're finding your way around the green day options okay. x

Will be putting this in the slow cooker, as soon as I can get myself out of my bed ;) Chicken and chorizo in the slow cooker. http://www.minimins.com/showthread.php?p=6719049

We stopped off at Aldi last night to shut me up moaning I was hungry. Amazing sandwich meats. I was stuffed. Good plan. Paella was gorgeous when we did get home.

I keep telling myself that I'll make paella when I get home, as I'm starving right now, but my husband is busily looking at cars while I try to keep warm. I may give in and go to a shop as it'll be hours before I can make and eat paella. Box of meat rather than a chocolate bar!!

Hi Sian, I'm good thanks. Had a really hard week last week but still managed to lose slightly. I've only had porridge so far today and won't be home for a few hours yet, so a quick visit to a shop for some sandwich meat may be in order! How are you? x

This sounds good - sweet potato and chorizo soup. http://www.minimins.com/showthread.php?p=6962465

Hi Kathy, for the sweet potato and chorizo soup, did you take the skins off? They're a pain to peel, but I thought I'd ask just in case it was nice with the skins left on! Thank you.

Try browsing this http://tfalactifry.com/recipes

Reminder to myself of banana cake, I whisked all the egg whites last time I made it. Must make it again. http://www.minimins.com/showthread.php?p=2447397

Not exactly a perfect SW day as I was rushing out this morning and busy over lunchtime, so I switched to calorie counting and stayed under my MFP total that is meant to make me lose half a pound a week. And I ate pop tarts for breakfast. Or am I not meant to admit that? ;)

Planning to do a Daily Burn session in the morning, now I can actually walk again and only one bum muscle feels like it's ripping when I walk up the stairs. Lol. Husband has decided to go healthy from now on, so that's double healthy food I need to make each day. Cooked breakfast after my...

Just to say that your planned loss is very doable with the green programme. Remember to set small targets along the way - first half stone, first stone, 10% of original body weight.

This is a bit old so the number of syns and the healthy extras need checking, but I'll give you the idea. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110728122729AAWXdtL

Hello! You'll be seeing so much meet as most people do the extra easy programme these days, which is a mix of the older (but still used) red and green programmes. Green is what you want - generally vegetarian and allows lots of carbs like pasta, rice, potatoes but also quorn for protein. I...

Roast turkey dinner, turkey pasta bake twice, turkey sandwich, turkey curry and turkey paella so far. Pleased to be reminded just now that turkey is a speed food.

Did another Daily Burn session today, struggling to sit down and go up and down the stairs, lol. Scales have shot up as my body is retaining water as it's in pain. I'm sure there is sense in all this. If I can walk tomorrow, my daily burn is kickboxing, hell yeah.

Signed up for Daily Burn today - Google it :) Did the first class today - ooya bleeder, they don't lie about the burning! Lol. Likely I won't be able to walk tomorrow, excellent. :)

The Actifry works great with frylight too, I very rarely use oil.

Cooking a turkey today - turkey everything for the next month :) You know you're a SW girl when you have the munchies at 1.30am after drinking and you have a couple of slices of ham on the bone as a snack!

Pancakes for breakfast (2 syns) and pulled pork in the slow cooker for dinner tonight. Motivated.

Thanks to Sian.... Here's the recipe for the savoury bread and butter pudding, but it would be easy to adapt. Ham and egg cobbler Ingredients: 2 medium slices white or wholemeal breadA little soft butter or vegetable oil spread 3 slices wafer thin ham, torn in half 4 large British Lion...

Re: Sian's restart diary - changing to monthly weighing. Fingers crossed! Thank you! Hope you feel better soon x

I'm ordering a different bread in my next tesco delivery as I've realised WW bread isn't on the hexB list now. 400g wholemeal it is from now on.

Something for me to ponder. I'm 2kg lighter than when I started SW last Feb but 2.5kg heavier than my lightest in the summer. Trying to lose small amounts and then maintain on SW is so hard as it is easy to go OTT with portion sizes. To kick start my 2014 weight loss, I am revisiting the start...

Re: Actifry for Christmas I use mine loads! Butternut squash is lovely. Peppers work really well too. I haven't tried any meals as such, so I'll subscribe here too :)

Re: Sian's restart diary - changing to monthly weighing. Fingers crossed! Hi Sian, please could you let me know the bread and butter pudding recipe you mentioned a while back in your diary? I think you did a savoury one but I'll adapt it and make it sweet. Thanks! x

Merry Christmas Sian! x

This was very nice. I wish a slow cooker wouldn't create so much extra liquid on the meals I make :(

Husband and I watched a documentary this morning about why people are overweight, it was particularly about Scotland as it's apparently the second most overweight country in the world (I figure after the US). On average, people in Scotland are gaining a kilo a year. The documentary explained...

Got this cooking in the slow cooker - chicken and chorizo http://www.minimins.com/showthread.php?p=6719049

Made this today again - http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/lentil-rice-pilaf-10000001027044/ - reminder to myself that this makes about 4 lunches and needs fajita spice and soy sauce to make it taste better :)

Very true - you can hide things like spinach brilliantly in a curry.

I think salad is fine instead of veg. Just make sure you're drinking plenty of fluids and the weight will come off. Unless you're trying to lose only 0.5-1 stone as losses will be slower in the 0.5-1 pound region. Not everyone can lose multiple pounds in their first week, please don't worry.

Been a bit silent, oops, and surprise surprise my weight has gone up. Been travelling again with work, really hard to be good when food and alcohol are plentiful! Not a lot of travel planned for a fortnight or so, so it's time to be good. That even included ignoring 70% off haagen daaz ice cream...

Having a treat - cut and highlights :) Weight is fine. Curry last night, curry tonight, but it's one of the easiest meals out to behave with. Byriani please!

Re: Sian's restart diary - changing to monthly weighing. Fingers crossed! Hiya, was the beans and tomatoes thing nice? x

Re: Sian's restart diary - changing to monthly weighing. Fingers crossed! But he could cook you SW meals!!!!!!

Doing a bit better tonight, I've popped a painkiller. I was in a right old strop earlier, quite unlike me. Green day today - beans on toast, mug shot, cheese and crackerbreads, pasta n sauce with peppers and cheese. And a couple of sneaky 27 calorie white choc mice. Yummy. Sustained loss...

Very fed up today. Hand is sore, on and it's Monday.

I aimed to and lost 'only' half a stone the first time I did SW. I'm now a few years older and have a pill change to blame for having been a weight where I wanted to lose 'only' a stone. This is still 10% though. My experience from the first time and more recently is that red/green alternating...

Weighed out fruit and fibre cereal with tinned peaches for breakfast, chicken, chorizo and ham homemade pizza for lunch and pulled pork is a-cooking for dinner. Love red days.

Go with option 2. Guys who are knobs with their friends are not who you want to spend your time with. I can see you now sashaying past, lol. In the red lace dress. Hell yes ;)

That chocolate is too nice! I've also found Hannah's white chocolate mice - only 27 calories each and really nice out of the freezer. One is quite nice enough.

Thank you!

http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/crunchy-nut-clusters-milk-chocolate-curls.html

Hello. Please could someone tell me how many syns this is for a specific weight, and whether it is a healthy B? Thank you!

Yes, except I've just eaten 9 squares of yummy cadburys choc with daim bar filling, god it's nice. Still, I've averaged only 1650 calories a day for the past week, which is really good.

Finished recovering from minor surgery on my hand, weight has gone up as a result of not being able to cook and all the painkillers. All sorted now. Lost 0.6 kg this week by doing red and green and the odd random EE. Today's food has been slimmingeats' pancakes (they worked! I just stuck to...

Looking at flights for holiday for next year.... Hell yeah!

I did, but the pancakes were a disaster and ended up in the bin! I should just use britmum's actual recipe rather than adjusting it. I used to drop the flour, increase the oats and use a WW yogurt, but now doing the same but with either milk or part of a muller fails miserably. Still, all bran...

Damn it - we have no eggs!! Do I go fetch some, or make something other than pancakes? I've wanted them since last night!!!

My plan today is a red day. BritMum's pancakes with bananas. Ham and cheese toastie with spicy tomato sauce. Salmon and peppers, tomatoes and fajita spice and soy sauce. Just need husband to wake up so I can blend the pancake batter! Syn free all day, so might have something sneaky later on.

A suggestion for reducing syns - I made pretty much this recipe a fortnight ago, but swapped the coconut milk for a Muller coconut and chocolate yogurt. It was very yummy. I think I added a bit of water occasionally when cooking to get the right consistency - but do this very gradually. Yummy.

I'm thinking of making pancakes tomorrow morning. And I found in my diary that I used to have salmon, peppers and old El Paso spice - sounds yummy, I have salmon in the freezer.

I need to buy chupa chups. Just reading back through my diary and I think they were my saviour when I lost so much weight before. Struggling to lose anything and keep it off after holiday - work travelling is ruining it as I eat what's in front of me at social meals and in the shops at the train...

The weight is slowly coming off again. I do wonder if my travel pills affect my water retention. Very odd. EE days today and yesterday, much easier at the weekend. I've made couscous lunches for the next few days, hopefully husband will like that too. Only travelling for two days this week...

The pilaf was very nice warm, nice on crackerbreads spread with laughing cow extra light.

Today was a green day. Red day tomorrow I think, if I can get myself organised.

Another two days away and again I'm feeling the size of a bus. I'm starting to wonder if my amazing travel pills cause water retention and constipation - but I'd rather not feel sick when travelling! I could've had fresh baguette, ham and cheese tonight like my husband, but I was a good girl...

I live nearby, so thanks for this info! Their website is playing up, but I'll drop in next time I'm in town.

Thank you! I avoid onions where possible as they, errrr, give me grief!

Thank you. My husband would hate them then, I'm glad I asked! I'd best stick to chopping then :(

Hi Chocko1, I've been looking at the frozen peppers - could you advise me if they stay crunchy when cooked or do they go soggy? Most stir fry veg that I've bought frozen before aren't anywhere close to as nice as the fresh veg :( Thanks!

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/lentil-rice-pilaf-10000001027044/ Lentil and rice pilaf, I used brown lentils so it was a bit mushy, but it tasted great and when it had gone cold, it broke up well into smaller pieces so should microwave well.

Today was my first green day in months, I do find red and green quicker for losing weight, and EE easier for slow losses or maintaining, we're all different. Might have a red day tomorrow - sausages in the fridge from our local butchers :)

I survived a whole week away with work with a stay the same. Impressive, considering I drank wine every night and ate everything in sight. Too many breakfast pastries, tut tut. I was more active that usual, walking plenty, so that will have helped. Tonight, I made moujendra - it's Lebanese I...

Oh wow, four late nights in a row away with work, four meals out. Last day away tomorrow, but no healthy food until Saturday now - very hard being in France and being surrounded by yummy continental breakfast!!

Blimey, that curry was good! I made lamb for hubby and chicken for me, yummy! The yogurt made all the difference. It was a Tesco low fat coconut yogurt, 150g, split between three meals so I guess maybe 1-2 syns per serving as I can't find this yogurt on google. I put extra actifry'd...

I'm going to tweak this recipe later - I have a coconut yogurt to use in it, and I might sneak some curry paste in too. I have both chicken and lamb marinading in the fridge, I got the marinade recipe from the current BBC programme, something like Indian cooking made easy...

Sunday morning fry-up eaten, very full now! Considering my husband had nicked a third of the sausages yesterday and left us with only three slices of bacon between us, I rustled up a good breakfast :)

:) Now go to bed! I'm doing the same.

More importantly, did the shoes look pretty?

You won't have lost Chris if he really is a friend, but the git may have lost Chris. Try to see a positive here - his mate obviously sees you as cute as he considers you a risk :) His attitude does suck though, threatening a strong minded women, indeed! Drunk men are an annoyance, urgh.

A reminder, stolen from Sian's diary again... Chicken and Chorizo Paella Serves 2 - 4.5 syns per serving on Extra Easy 2 Chicken Breasts Diced 100g Chorizo Diced 2 Onions Diced 2 Cloves of Garlic Crushed Red and Yellow Pepper Deseeded and Chopped 200g Paella Rice 720ml Chicken Stock...

Thank you my love! I've been gutted for you when quickly reading through your posts while on holiday :( I hope you and the family are doing okay.

I've just had couscous with a bit of soy sauce, some lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, fajita spice, a quarter of a bean salad tin and half the Mediterranean veg pack that I threw in the actifry. Tasty. Perfect food to bring in a box to the hairdressers with me as I'm off to town shortly to buy new...

Okay, I'm back. After weeks of not posting and really getting lazy with EE and maintaining or small gains, I've decided to start posting more again now I am back from holiday. I reached a 9lb loss in total, and holiday has meant putting around 3-4 lb back on. Not too bad on the scale of things...

Mediterranean veg are lovely in the actifry.

I use the cheapest ones - I have Tesco rolled oats, I think they come in a bag. I then add Splenda to keep it syn free.

I use fry light in my actifry - frankly, the actifry makes it easier for me to make myself eat vegetables as I don't have to stand over them cooking, so I am willing to ignore the slightly extra fry light I use. I don't use much at all. I spray them once, set it going for ten seconds or so, and...

As long as they're not the ones that are in one-bowl individual packs, as they contain extra sugar. You want to get a box or bag of oats and then weigh them yourself.

I use normal porridge (rolled) oats and it works fine. They are so nommy.

Quark is the very lowest (soft cheese), then something like Laughing Cow Extra Light or Philly Light (cheese spreads; someone will correct me on the named the Philly). For 'proper' cheese, I think it's probably low fat mozzarella as you get more for a healthy extra for that than the others. I...

Oh, and just drop the wraps for you. I have used a pitta before - have a red day and sneak two pittas in ;)

There is a lovely Schwartz fajita seasoning, it's hotter and nicer than the syn-ful Olde El Paso one. Looking at the Schwartz pack, I doubt it's got any syns as it is all spices and a bit of salt, but worth checking online.

Re: Sian's restart diary - third time lucky! :-D Sounds like Sian's been naughty! Lol

Thanks Sian, it was yummy and ready very quickly. I made it chocolate flavour with Options, very nice but could've done with a bit more creaminess so I can see why people stir yogurts through it sometimes. Nice though.

This is my usual after dinner treat, with a caramel freddo broken up in it. Yummy. Last night I put in 6 syns of cookies broken up instead of the freddo, gorgeous.

This is my after-dinner treat, usually with a caramel freddo broken up in it. Yummy.

20 mins on the hob isn't bad, I have pudding rice in the cupboard but I actually fancied magic pancakes for breakfast today... Will I have enough time before I go out if I just stay in bed a little while longer? Will make rice pudding another day!

I've seen a few posts about having rice pudding for breakfast. Is there a quick way of making it as I run out of time in the mornings? I've done the slow cooker version for two hours and it was yummy, but a quicker way would be good please!

I still gave the remnants of this cold, and the weather has cooled considerably today which is a shame :( I'm also have an eat everything in sight kind of day, I don't have may of those so I guess today is my turn. I'm bouncing around 62.8/63.2 kilos at the moment, so I've lost approx 4 kilos in...

How long did you oven cook it for and what temp please? Thanks!

Beautiful weather, and I have a cold :( A snuffly nose and sneezing is not much fun when it's this hot and difficult to sleep anyway!! :(

Re: Sian's restart diary - third time lucky! :-D Ah okay, I'll stick with the paella rice then in the risotto recipes. I need to figure out what to make in bulk today for our lunches this week, beef chilli and rice, and pork meatballs and pasta went down very well last week. Syn free lunches...

But you must enjoy yourself too! I had such a fab time, and very proud of myself for limiting the naughtiness!

Amazing night at a friend's wedding. Didn't eat too much gunk (hog roast, yummy and not too unhealthy) and only one little cupcake. Syns drunk were about 30, manageable. I danced for about 2.5 hours, my fitbit is very pleased with me as I probably burnt off all the calories I ate and drank...

Dumb question - does risotto turn up much different to paella? Is it more or less saucey than paella? I've never made it, but the recipes seem similar to paella. Thanks!

Weight is in the low 63s, 62.8 was a fluke!

First few days of EE again and I feel bloated. I've been eating pooh cake (also known as scan bran cake) to make up for not having two B's and then forgetting to drink more, so I feel all huge as a result. Still, paella for dinner was very yummy, so EE has it pros and cons! Gonna drop the pooh...

I think this is the longest I've done SW for, 4 months now - I usually fall off the wagon quite spectacularly and give up. This time, I've been able to have the odd bad day and then sort it out without a major change to my weight. I've lost the weight I gained when moving house and the week or...

Saturday morning. Must mean syn free pancakes. Amazing, even if I am a touch predictable!

It is a HExB, 30g I believe. I like it, I sometimes eat it without milk as a chocolatey snack to ensure I eat my B's.

BBQ today - red days are gooooood :)

Let us know why you think of cardboard cake :) The chocolate one on slimmingeats.com with the golden syrup is about the best one I've bad, but apparently a carroty type one is the best (not done that yet).

Just posting to remind myself of a recipe someone posted the other day. Banana oat cookies - one healthy extra of oats, one mashed banana, cook on 180 for abo 15 mins.

Made chicken curry tonight - http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/mild-chicken-curry#.UauN5L29KSM - added spinach, peppers and celery and had it with swede a d carrot mash. Excellent red day dinner. Hubby loved it, he had rice with his as well.

I'd be interested to know what the base is made of please. I made pitta bread pizza today and I quite liked that.

I get bored when I'm not busy - I'm used to being very busy at work! She says, just doing some work emails instead of relaxing on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.... Yes, I am that sad...

Magic pancakes for breakfast and now I've just had slimming world 'pizza' for the first time - WW pitta bread with passata, peppers, cherry tomatoes and cheese, cooked in the oven until the cheese melts. Been meaning to make this for a while, but I thought I'd best try it out before making it...

I've just had slimming world 'pizza' for the first time - WW pitta bread with passata, peppers, cherry tomatoes and cheese, cooked in the oven until the cheese melts. Been meaning to make this for a while, but I thought I'd best try it out before making it for my husband! Very nice, might get...

Thanks for answering!

And so I had them! Yummy!

How long do you cook at 180 for please?

Now I want magic pancakes!

It makes SW quiche very tasty, also very good mixed with fromage frais as a fake white sauce for lasagne.

I tried something new in my actifry tonight - butternut squash chunks. A bit of fry light and some old El Paso fajita spice mix, and 35 mins later they were all caramelised and yummy. Very nice instead of roast potatoes with my roast chicken dinner on a red day. Back on the diet after moving...

Looks yummy!

Sian's restart diary - third time lucky! :-D Hi Sian. You're much better than me at listing everything you have, I put it on MFP and I don't get round to doing it on here too. I strangely find that I lose more if I definitely have all my healthy extras, are you having all yours? Some of your...

I'm a chemist too - I was also staggered to read that blending causes sugar to be broken up into smaller molecules that are absorbed easier. If so, that's a very strong blender, lol. I drank too much three nights in a row. Then takeaway when I got back, then a tinned dinner the next night then...

I'm away for a few days. And there is free wine. Oh dear.

Doing well with my diet, despite moving house next week and working away from home a few days a week at the moment. Tempting to eat rubbish, but actually SW is relatively straight forward to do while travelling, there's always something I can find to have that is at least 'okay' if not 'perfect'.

Just reading a few posts where people are talking scientific rubbish again. Blending fruit and veg does not break down the fibre - mechanical mixing is not going to break down the chemical bonds in the molecules..... We're told not to blend or mash fruit as we in theory will eat more of it than...

I love crackerbreads with laughing cow and syn free BBQ sauce - an easy lunch at work.

Red day today. Sausages, eggs and cherry tomatoes for brunch. Cheese sandwich just before dinner, was starving. Salmon on peppers, carrots and cherry tomatoes, with soy sauce and old el paso 'sauce'. Couple of weight watchers yogurts, I like them. MFP combined with Fitbit says I've been a busy...

Thanks! I've had better bank holiday weekends - everyone is posting on here and on FB about the lovely weather and the nice things they're doing, and I'm packing our house up into boxes. Gutted!!!

Sian's restart diary - third time lucky! :-D Bless you - at the very least, you both had a great night. Life is mysterious...

I was out for lunch again, so I had jacket potato, cheese and beans and half a plate of salad.

Mediterranean tomato high veg pasta and sauce, spinach, cherry tomatoes. Crackerbreads and laughing cow extra light. All bran choc crunch, banana, Splenda and a yogurt on top.

I'm thinking high veg pasta and sauce, crackerbreads and laughing cow extra light. For a treat, toast with nutella and bananas.

Grabbed lunch in a coffee shop - trusty jacket potato with cheese and beans.

I had chicken and chorizo paella last night. My favourite dinner at the moment!

Couldn't agree more - with me it's just that one buffet lunch at work. I focus on the fruit tray and eat a single sandwich to be polite! My mum used to do SW, and she stills cooks SW friendly, so I'm happy when it's dinner at her house! Dinner cooked by people who don't get it is tough. Saving...

I was in London yesterday and survived a gorgeous buffet. Duck and hoisin sauce wrap, a quarter sandwich of cheese and tomato, then pineapple and melon. I was hungry at St Pancras so grabbed a box of grapes in W H Smith - better than weakening when I reached the Cornish pasty shop, conveniently...

A spicy mince beef and sauce thing (goodness knows, I just threw stuff together) with some penne pasta mixed in, on top of Aunt Bessie's carrot and swede. Tasty, but it didn't fill my husband up, oops.

I've pulled myself back on the wagon, eating the right things at the right time for the last few days. Feeling much better! I made pulled pork for the first time tonight - I wasn't convinced by the amount of extra liquid that appeared in the BBQ sauce I put in the slow cooker, so I threw that...

Pulled pork fajitas

Life is getting in the way of my diet. Every night this week we've had to go somewhere after work to look for a car to buy, and then I've got over-hungry and either eaten something fairly healthy really late or eaten rubbish. We now have two cars again, so I can come home straight from work and...

Expecting a low 64s weight this week, a slight gain is likely - I blame the chips and fish cake, or maybe the husband for buying them, or maybe even me for eating them. Oops. Finding I'm hungry a lot at the moment - need to be more organised for lunches at work. I'm sorting my husband's...

I had veg curry and savoury rice for dinner tonight, filling and yummy. Also finished the last of my yogurt covered banana chips. Glad they're gone, they're yummy but rather high syns for so little. Would much rather have a Freddo!

Tough week this week, been up early and late home every day as we're down to one car between the two of us and we work 20 miles apart. We sold my car, it needed to go. Roll on the weekend and buying a new (old) car. Getting home after 7.30 and trying to cook a healthy dinner is tough. I have...

I even lost weight this week despite a 3 course work meal, 3 work lunchtime buffets and a work curry social. Just shows that it is possible to do SW and eat out.

Doing well with weight loss - weight is now in the mid to high 63's, I used to be in the low 67's. That's almost half a stone in old money. And I get to eat chocolate most days. Freddo's don't make me feel guilty. Talking of sweets, I'm going to have a Chupa chup!

I've been putting spinach in everything!

Salmon marinaded overnight in lemon juice and soy sauce, baked in the oven and served on top of stir fried peppers with fajita spice and a bit more soy sauce. High on salt, but high on taste :)

Scrambled eggs on whole meal toast with SW BBQ sauce. Yummy.

Well done you on being do close to target for so long, wow that is really good. Good luck with the 5 pounds! x

Stayed the same this week after a syn blow-out last weekend - I was good with the curry (I had a byriani) but I drank a lot of wine, plus the sides to the curry.... Not surprised I stayed the same, but not bad considering! this week I have a work dinner, a work lunch and a work curry social -...

I think it is possible that they were too nice though...

I made the American style pancakes again yesterday, I used a weight watchers lemon yogurts instead of milk this time. Very nice. Bit harder to cook properly than with milk, but I got the hang of it.

I ignored not one, but two buffets today. On one of the buffets, a lovely slice of chocolate tiffin was staring at me, begging me to eat it. And still I ignored it. A caramel freddo after my tea tonight has settled the lust for chocolate.

Oh my god, these were yummy. I made them with milk rather than yogurt. I made double the recipe and shared with my husband. It made 9 pancakes in a 5-6" pan, of which one was a bit thick, so it could've made 10. These are definitely coming again! Yummy with bananas, lemon juice and Splenda. I...

I didn't have any eggs bought for me (good thing or bad???) so it was just my chocolate collection in the freezer. Caramel Freddo's and Chupa Chup lollies are my latest syn pleasures.

I've stuck to my syn limits the last two days and still I feel guilty. Maybe I should've just eaten all the chocolate I've daydreamed about! My weight is wobbling a bit, a pound up and down during the week. I find I eat more at the weekends, so a 5-day weekend isn't good for the scales...

I made diet coke chicken today, yummy, with loads of veg in it and served on top of Aunt Bessie's carrot and swede mash. Really nice. Husband loved it, he had a savoury rice with his.

Absolutely no yogurt covered banana chips allowed today. None. Zilch. Now to stick to that!

On a good note, making good use of my online shopping delivery passes to stock the fridge up with healthy food for the long weekend - Mr Tesco this morning and Mr Ocado this evening. Mr Ocado is very good for frozen fruit, Mr Tesco never brings me the fruit I want!

'Celebrated' losing weight by eating too much this morning - breakfast in bed. Ready-made pancakes, certainly not of the magic variety, bananas, Splenda and lemon juice. Absolutely gorgeous, but must be 20 syns worth of pancakes at least. Oopsy.

Sian's restart diary - third time lucky! :-D Wiping the slate clean is the best thing for your willpower - do it! x

Sian's restart diary - third time lucky! :-D Everything okay Sian? x

I've lost another pound, now in the low 64s (kg), very pleased. Yogurt covered banana chips are my current weakness, 28g only!

Lemon and lime it is then, thank you! x

Cottage pie was yummy. Well worth the effort. Just been reading a few threads, particularly the one about doing SW from home.. Must admit to being quite concerned at the nonsense some consultants tell their group members, it's a shame they don't all have a similar level of knowledge, I'm very...

Thank you both! I wasn't aware of the need to syn the smash at the red day rate, but I guess it is related to the use of smash as flour-ish substitute, like the couscous cake from years ago. Thanks for the warning

Hello. The latest thread I can see for these products is 2008, please could someone let me know if the syn values have changed recently? The lemon and lime one looks yummy :) 2008 thread says 4-5.5 syns per pot depending on the flavour. Thanks! x

Bacon toast, as it's known in our house. Simply grilled bacon on toast with homemade tomato or BBQ sauce. Tasty, and only the syns of the margarine. Very filling too.

Do you have a recipe please? I really fancy veggie burgers sometimes and they never work :( this sounds like a nice alternative!

Spinach in omelette sounds good.

I'm thinking of making cottage pie later, I bought some Aunt Bessie's frozen carrot and swede mash, syn free according to this forum, so let's see how that goes :) I do red and green days with a few extra easy here and there (which allows me the yummy paella!), so it's cottage pie without the...

I think I ate your paella recipe three times - it's blooming gorgeous! If I'm feeling lazy, using a savoury rice instead of the paella rice makes it less effort - need to remember not to put too many stock cubes in though as it's rather salty then!

Loving the My Fitness Pal app - now I can monitor my calories alongside doing SW. I know it's not the point, but it all helps. I'm a dataholic!

Back from a week's holiday, self-catering. An attempt at slimming world most of the week, with calorie counting on bad days to keep them not too bad, and I've lost half a pound. Very pleased.

Brilliant - I don't eat enough super free so I'm glad I bought a bag of frozen spinach from Tesco :) It's easy to hide in pasta sauces!

I've had it cold a few times now and it is yummy, a yogurt that fills you up more. Then I tried it warm, lots of forum users recommend it - I didn't like it at all! Cold for me, less hassle too. Great for grabbing before work.

I know, I just feel guilty! Too much going on all at the same time at the moment though. I start a new job on Monday, so I'll turn over a new leaf :)

Thanks so much!

Hello, is spinach free on all plans please? Thanks!

So this week has been bad - my last week at my old job so a leaving do full of cookies, gin and curry (yummy!) and that was after the pizza hut buffet. Then the next day as my husband's birthday, now we're away for a week. We're self-catering though so I've brought a load of my stuff with me...

Chocolate and banana does sound amazing...

I used your paella recipe again tonight - amazing! Thanks x

Survived Pizza Hut buffet lunch today - two tiny slices of pizza, pasta and loads and loads of salad. Yum.

Making Mothers Day lunch worried me - potential for lots of syns!!! Roast chicken dinner with syns for gravy and two Yorkies. Then I made this for pudding: http://www.minimins.com/showthread.php?p=6171091#post6171091 All in, I think I kept to about 15 syns today including a couple of cinzano...

I made this: http://www.minimins.com/showthread.php?p=6171091#post6171091 Yummy! x

A brilliant recipe, thank you. I made it with the recipe on page 1 of the thread, but whisked all 6 egg whites until they were stiff, rather than just two. The mixture filled two sandwich tins. It looked a bit like meringue mix when I put it into the oven but it was like a cake at the end. The...

Morning! I had planned to make a SW dessert for lunch tomorrow, and I'll do this if noone has any suggestions... But, does anyone know of a sugar-free dessert such as a cheesecake or pie that I can buy from a shop? As well as me on SW, I'd like to cater properly for a diabetic who is coming to...

I've eaten so much today, but I'm lying in bed trying to go to sleep and I'm hungry. Hmmm. I noticed Kellogg's nutrigrain biscuits today - are just two of them worth using up a hexb or are they best avoided? Green day tomorrow, crust-less quiche already cooked and in the fridge :)

Thanks for visiting my thread! I think writing things down helps with remembering what was nice, what was worth all the effort to make and what sucked and should never be made again! Keep up the good eating you're doing :) x

I've put paella rice and chorizo on my shopping list.. Recipe linked below, looking forward to that. http://www.minimins.com/showthread.php?p=6137737#post6137737

Sian's restart diary - third time lucky! :-D I've decided to start my own thread too, might make me behave myself a bit more if I have to admit it! http://www.minimins.com/showthread.php?t=310254

Yummy bacon and cheese toasty just now with a kind of tomato sauce salsa-y thing I made from tinned tomatoes, garlic, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, tomato purée, stock cube, splenda and some herbs. Yum yum. Adapted for the husband with bagels instead of WW bread, best not force him to do SW!

Sian's restart diary - third time lucky! :-D Thanks also to ginlin then! x

Found this rice pudding recipe, gonna try this.. http://forums.ivillage.co.uk/t5/Green-Days-Recipes-Tips/syn-free-rice-pudding/td-p/494287

Thanks for the chorizo paella recipe, gonna try that! x

Really pleased today that even with weight-wobbling, I'm 2kg lighter already. Going to be good today, yesterday was a naughtier day than I had hoped. Red day for me today.

Hello MiniMins :) I'm new here, but very used to relying on SW to help me lose a few pounds now and then. I rarely stick at it, but I know it does work for me - better than starving myself on a low calorie diet, that makes me moody! I got married 18 months ago, and I put on every pound I lost...

I'm an old-fashioned alternating red and green girl, I learnt SW from my now husband who lost stones in the early 2000s. He's not SW-ing with me this time. I ate a bit badly today, but have flicked to extra easy and have got away with about 20 syns, not bad considering I haven't had more than 5...

As I'm only 5 foot, the middle of the healthy BMI would put me at the weight I was when I went to the gym 5 times a week and barely ate - this isn't likely these days! At the moment, I'm going for the top end of the healthy BMI range and will take it from there.

I need to set myself a reasonable target - I'm 33, and still think about the way I looked 10-15 years ago, but life changes. And anyway, wearing age 13 clothes at age 18 just ain't normal surely! I don't do stones and pounds, I'm afraid, but in kg, I was 67, got back from a walking-heavy holiday...

I'm doing SW from home - I'd never make it to every class. Can I ask in response to an earlier post, do people actually get booed at weigh-in, presumably if they gain? If so, ouch.

I made magic porridge for the first time the other day, yummy. Husband was jealous! Really fancy pancakes this morning, but not enough time...