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I used 10% mince but dry fried it and drained all the fat. Surely that's ok? Lasagne was amazing! Other half said it was the best thing I've ever cooked... ever! X

Is heck the make of the half syn sausages? Are they frozen? Wondering where I'd find them x

Ooh can you post a link so I can find it please? 2 syn chicken chow me in sounds awesome! X

After a hen weekend and off the sw radar I've done a shop and am now back on it! Missed a few days so don't know what I'm on. Also put on 0.8lbs, but also due in period. Breakfast Fat free natural yoghurt with one cereal bar heb. Lunch Jacket potato (bannister frozen) 1 syn Had with mayo and...

Day 20 First not so great day really. I was at an event for work at a hotel and being so tired... Breakfast 2 harvest moon cereal bars (heb) Lunch Chilli con carne with rice and broccoli (hotel buffet restaurant) - not sure how any cooked! 4 mini chocolate prifiterole balls with tablespoon of...

Well done!x

Day 19 Breakfast 1 harvest moon bar in fat free yoghurt Lunch Sainsburys salad bar 1 muller light Tea Cheesy mince- sw recipe from Facebook group includes mince meat, onion, mushrooms, low fat chive and onion cottage cheese, 2 eggs, herbs. 1 Muller light Snacks 1 rich tea biscuit- 2 syns 1...

Day 18 Breakfast Cereal bar in fat free yoghurt Lunch 1 turkey steak 1 Muller light Tea Chicken breast with no fat bacon Syn free chips Baby corn Snacks Chicken cup shot Cereal bar 2 sugars- 2 syns 4 wheat savoury crackers with low fat cottage cheese- 4 syns 1 Apple 1 clementine Milk in...

The bean and tuna salad

Day 17 Breakfast Harvest moon cereal bar in fat free yoghurt (heb) Lunch Sw recipe tuna and bean salad Tea Baked beans, fried egg and 1.5 Turkey steaks Snacks 2 Muller lights Handful of blueberries 2 sugars in tea and coffee - 2syns Budweiser- 6syns 2nd cereal bar (heb) Milk (hea) 4 savoury...

Thelifeofpieface you were totally right! A 0.2lb loss turned into a 1.4lbs loss after a day of drinking lots and being on plan. Silly chowmein! X

Woo! Sunday morning in the scales and came in at 143.8lbs! So I lost 1.4lbs last week! And I've learnt a valuable lesson about WI days after a takeaway! :) x

Thanks: ) 2 weeks and 1 day in, and I joined as an online member last week, definitely worth it for all the resources you get. How long have you been doing sw? X

Day 16 A 0.2lb loss has not deterred me from sw! Drank lots of water today so hopefully the effects of the takeaway may show a difference in the scales tomorrow. Breakfast 35g bran flakes with skimmed milk (hea and heb) Dinner My new favourite salad: chicken slices, beetroot, babycorn, mixed...

Thanks I shall give it a try! X

A disappointing 0.2lb loss. Could be the Chinese beef chow mein last night so I will weigh tomorrow morning. Been so good with syns and salads as well: (

Day 14 Breakfast harvest moon cereal bar in low fat natural yoghurt (heb) Lunch Home-made salad! Very impressed with myself. Discovered how much I love beetroot this week, so made a salad which had spinach leaves, mixed leaves, chopped pickled beetroot, chopped babycorn and chopped chicken...

Glad I stumbled across this. I had chow mein tonight. Usually I have chicken chow mein, but I checked the book before hand and saw it was 16 syns or something silly, whereas beef chow mein was 8.5... but the meat was fatty in parts so I left it. I can't understand why chicken chowmein would be...

Hey that's great especially as you were feeling bloated, well done!

Day 13 Breakfast 2 harvest moon cereal bars (heb) Lunch Chicken curry from last night (tomatoes, spring onion, onion, green chilli, mushrooms) Tea Syn free chips (mixed Maris piper and sweet potato) 2 fried eggs Snacks 1 Apple 1 clementine 2 teas with 1 sugar in each- 2syns 5 savoury...

Well done periwinkle! X

Chin up, you've taken a big step by posting that and joining this community. Perhaps speak to your doctor and they can refer you to similar healthy living groups. There is never any shame in asking for help xx

Well done!

Day 12 Breakfast 1 harvest moon cereal bar in low fat natural yoghurt Lunch Sainsburys salad bar- pasta in tomato and pepper sauce, pickled beetroot, boiled egg, mixed leaves, butter beans 1 Muller light yoghurt Tea Curry cooked by other half- diced chicken, tinned tomato, 1 onion, mushrooms...

Thanks I'll look out for that one!x

I went to Tesco looking for some salad dressings that were 50kcal or under per 100ml... and only found 1! Hellmans fat free vinegarette (sp?) Is the only one cut the mustard so to speak. I have one other from aldi (pictured with its syn free mate). Does anyone know of any other good salad...

Well done that's awesome! x

Did it go miata? X

How long have you been doing sw? X

Day 11 So, I was up at 5am, setting out to work for meeting at HQ. I took bits and bobs with me, but knew that we would have a buffet lunch. Pleased overall but how I ate today doesn't feel like a good example of how sw and eating healthier for life should work. I need to get organised, and...

I've not really cooked anything else from sw apart from the chips! Need to get organised! X

Well done Clareycakes that's awesome!! I'm battling against my own body lol. Feel v bloated, and to cut to the chase, gassy! Must be all this fibre. Been doing some research on here, and it looks like for some people it's just something you have to pass (literally!) and and after a few weeks...

No worries, what are the wedges like?

I know this is an old thread, but man I'm glad I found it! I'm on week 2, and I don't think my body know's what has hit it! It's painful, feeling bloated, VERY gassy. I've never eaten so much fruit and veg. I tend to have the same things though, apple, clementines and grapes. Plus then there's...

Possibly yeah, follow the syn free chip recipe on the slimming world website. You boil for 4 mins, then you drain and let rest before putting in oven x

So pleased I've discovered how to upload pics on my phone! X

Here are two pics, one of lunch,one of tea today x

I've done the syn free chips a few times now and not had any issues with oozing water. What potatoes are you using? And ste you letting them rest for 10mins after boiling? X

Oh and I officially joined slimming world as an online member tonight. 3 Months let's see how it goes!

Day 10: Breakfast: 1 harvest moon cereal bar (heb) cut into pieces, served in fat free yoghurt. Lunch: Sainsburys salad bar, medium, included mixed leaves, pasta in red pepper and tomato sauce (minimal), butter beans and kidney beans, pickled beetroot, boiled egg. Tea: 6oz fillet steak (no...

I did tweet them to ask how the salads are prepared but they just sent me a link to this: http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/responsibility/case-studies/2011/salad-bars/ x

I just had such a lovely salad from the sainsburys salad bar. Think I'm getting addicted! Not sure how many syns would be in the pasta and red pepper/tomato sauce but I had a medium bowl and the pasta was only a fifth off what went in. X

Thanks miatablue! Good news about my favourite branny flakes! 25g is really nothing. It was the peroni nastro one. I'm doing EE. I'm not an official member but that may change today. My friend is a member and she is going to log in and show me what you get x

Have started a food diary.... http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-food-diaries/346354-santa_nethys-food-diary.html#post7557794 :)

Soooo, week one came and went with a 1lb loss. After posting in a thread it was suggested that a food diary might help so people can suggest where I can improve etc. So here's goes as I start week 2... So, day 9: Breakfast 50g of bran flakes with skimmed milk (HeB and HeA) - 4.5 syns (double...

Hey guys, although I only lost a pound, when I buckled up my belt this morning I went about half an inch from the last belt buckle, so that cheered me up! :) Me and the OH went shopping at Aldi today and bought lots of healthy stuff. In fact we spent £141 which is the most we've ever spent on a...

Where do you keep food diaries on here?is it just starting a thread in the diary section? X

Thanks, I guess I'm on track to get to my goal weight by my 30th. I'll keep going x

Well I've weighed and quite disappointed. Lost 1lb exactly. I weighed less on Sunday morning, after 24 hours doing sw. I suppose it's a loss but it's really disappointing x

Wozzachops I know what you mean about the after effects of beans! X

I'll go with 3 :) thanks everyone!x

So it's just 4.5 syns for 100g of cooked peaches then? X

Thanks guys, tempted to get on the scales this morning but shall resist now that I've read your supportive comments x

In the book canned peaches in syrup is 3syns EE. And cooked its 1.5 syns. So that's 4.5syns for 100g of cooked peaches from the tin. So going on the safe side it is!

Hi guys and gals Can anybody tell me how many syns would be in a can of tinned peaches please? I'll be adding them to a pan, so they will be heated so could count as 'cooked'... which is why I'm confused! Details on can are: 250g drained peach slices in light syrup Per 100g Energy 60kcal...

It's lovely.

Thank you: ) why do you have to syn fruit if it's cooked?x

Oh and I'm getting increasingly anxious about my first weigh in. Whatever I've done before I've never seemed to have shifted anything. I'm 100% on plan, and my weigh in is on Saturday. I stupidly weighed myself on Sunday and was 1.5lb down, but on the Monday is gone back up to losing like half a...

I've just had my lunch at sainsburys salad bar. Had green leaves, pasta in red tomato sauce, mixed beans (kidney, butter bean amongst them) and... a boiled egg! My second in a week! Do you think the syns are high on the salad bar? I didn't have anything with cream, but would the beans have been...

It did taste amazing lol. I didn't have the creamy things, stuck to pasta in red tomato sauce, kidney beans, butter beans, mixed beans, green salad leaves and a boiled egg. What do we think? X

Did you ever find out? I'm going to the sainsburys salad bar shortly! Thanks

And yes, I shop at Aldi lol

Hi guys, I was just wondering if anybody has any info on syns for Jack Monroe recipes? The particular recipe I'm thinking of is the peach and chickpea curry. There is also a side of potato and spinach that goes with it, but for the main recipe the ingredients are: 250g canned chickpeas...

Well done, it's the dream and you've reached it! X

What is xls medical?

Well done!

Oh man! 8 syns. So 4 syns last night and 4 syns today as I had it with lunch. Bad times! Thanks guys x

Are there any other wraps that are SW syn free or low syn? I shop at Aldi but can go anywhere lol! Thanks

I'm doing EE. What's success express? 5:2 is where you only have 500 calories (600 for men) for 2 non consecutive days in a week x

Thanks: ) so that's 7 syns. Wow. I'm having a takeaway for my mom's birthday tonight though so am saving today's syns for later. Thanks for your help: ) x

Yep Appleby brand. Very nice they were too. Shame about the bud being more than I thought! X

Would somebody be able to double check what I've eaten today is only 5 syns please? Because I can manage with what I've eaten today and id hate for it to be full of hidden syns! Thank you: ) http://www.minimins.com/showthread.php?t=346207 x

Make that only 1 Muller yoghurt x

So it's day 4, and as far as I'm aware I've only had 5 syns today... can someone tell me if I'm right? This is what I've eaten today: 2 nectarines 1 Apple 35g bran flakes with skimmed milk (as healthy option b) 2 Muller light yoghurt, vanilla with chocolate sprinkles 1 pack of aldi roast...

Well done clareycakes!

Ready boiled eggs? Do they keep in the fridge then? How long for? I'm really new to salad... x

Week one for me, desperate to get back in the 9s. Been in the 10s for so long. I've just been to sainsbury's to buy some muller light yoghurts. How nice is the vanilla sprinkled with dark chocolate. How can that be syn free it's so yum!! Anyone tried 5:2 before?

Thank you, fingers crossed!

That's a good point about getting back on it. I think it's very much a mental thing with me. I need to learn a new way of eating and not just dieting for a time, then losing motivation. Hopefully I'll see results on SW and that will keep me motivated

I like this thread lol, so I'm joining :) Started SW for the first time 3 days ago. Actually enjoying it so far! I had a boiled egg with my lunch - don't remember ever liking boiled eggs, so I guess SW is teaching me to try new things :)

Aldi does 12% I think

Interesting I've just asked a similar question - is it OK to have the odd night off, particularly when drinking? My favourite drink is Corona, and Cider, not sure what they are on the syn scale. I did have syn free chips, lean rump steak (no fat) the other night and a bottle of bud. Think that...

Hi, I'm doing slimming world at home, although the unofficial version as I've not joined, so I don't have access to the syn bible, just what I have cobbled together from various websites. I've tried 5:2, and that works for a while, but it's hard to maintain not eating - which is why I like the...