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Does anyone know the syns in the Mexican style rice mug shot? It's a 2% fat one so thinking not free!! Thanks.

Can you work out the syns for them by using the 20 cals-1 syn rule? Currently get graze boxes but am rejoining SW next week so wondering if I need to cancel them!

Ah thanks ladies. Good to hear positive things! I was a weight watchers girl through and through a few years ago and then tried slimming world. But its all back on and I need something new to motivate me!

Hi everyone, I am thinking of joining weight watchers online and just wanted to see how people rated it compared to going to a group? My husband can be away at short notice and with 2 small children this could be just the answer! I know sometimes the online diaries etc can be frustrating so...

Hi, I have both books. There are parts that are very similar but the FAB one has options for lower carb meals and for people doing solo slim. I think the options for dinner are nicer too x

Hi, I started a week and a half ago and have lost 7lbs. Loving it so far! MRSCAT, what do you do for eating out? I am out with friends tomorrow at an Italian, was thinking pasta in some sort of tomato sauce.

Thank you! :)

Hi, I noticed in the new sw mag that the moussaka innocent veg pot is free on EE. Can anyone help me with the syns for any of the other flavours? I've done a search but the replies look quite old. Thanks! :)

Hi :wavey: Does anyone have the change 4 life meal mixer app or handout? I wondered if anyone had already worked out the syns for some of the recipes before I did it! A lot of them already look SW friendly.

I remember you! I too am more of a lurker than a poster but you always had positive advice for others. Much harder to follow your own advice eh! I just had a lovely 5 days down your way for new year. Good luck with the fresh start x

I know this is an old post but I've got the opportunity to do the same in October. How did you get on or has anyone else been on the course?

I have just come on here looking for some motivation so thank you!!! Well done both of you. I just can't seem to get back on track and am swapping from diet to diet hoping to stick to something!!! Thinking of giving slim fast another go as did well on it last year and I do love the coffee shakes...

I think catalogues like next etc always have a holiday shop section that you would still be able to get nearer the time. With Internet shopping these days you can always seem to get what you need x

Well done getting back on it! I have been the same over the past week. Just lost focus. Was so annoyed with myself yet still kept stuffing choc!! I hope I can turn things around like you did x

I really like that stairs analogy. I think I need it written in big words somewhere!!!! I had a bad day last Friday and have struggled to have a 100% day ever since. I am very all or nothing and when I go off the rails it's big time!!!

I can only echo what the other posts say. Try not to worry till tomorrow. You may have a lovely surprise x

I've been struggling with this lately and have also been feeling resentful. Why can everyone else eat it and i can't. Then i remember i've had more than my fair share which is why i need sw! I've had an off day today for the first time in 8 weeks and have not enjoyed it as much as I thought I...

Thanks so much guys. It's good just to know your not on your own in this. Hope you all have a good weekend x

My jaw dropped as I carried on reading!! It did make me giggle though! I thought my pmt was bad lol!

Ok this is a bit of a pity party but I feel like I need to get it all out and minimins seemed the best place to do it!! I have had a stressy week in that my husband has been away, it's been my sons birthday, my 2 year old daughter isn't sleeping properly and it's * week. To top it off I had...

Hi just having a little read of your diary. I loved your list. The thing about the towels reminded of when I went to a spa with my friends and the dressing gowns swamped them.....I looked like mine had shrunk in the wash!!

I've had a chicken dhansak and boiled rice every Friday night and I'm doing ok so far. If the weight stops coming off I'll re-think my weekly takeaway habit. I LOVE not having to cook on a Friday night! Everyone's body is different so I guess a case of seeing what happens.

I can't find them anywhere :( my mum used to get them in asda but they have stopped doing them. I really want to try them!

Coljack you're weight loss is amazing!! Is that all SW? Trying to get my hubby to join me.

The bell ringing would embarrass me! I cringe/blush when I'm being clapped!!

Not just our group then! Reading your replies has made me giggle. Also think face masks is a fab idea :) Apart from the ripped open mugshot there were 2 squashed satsumas, a packet of pasta & sauce that looked like it had been in someone's cupboard a long time plus you know the packets of...

I did think of texting her but didn't want people to think I was a tell-tale! :) Very cheeky but yes starting to see the funny side!

I was so chuffed to win sotw today. When I did SW last year I used to get it regularly but this is the first time since I started again so very chuffed! When I looked through my bag of goodies I noticed a roast chicken mugshot that the top of the packet had been ripped off and folded over...

My consultant mentioned this at group last week. Someone said "I think I have to many syns" and our C said "you don't need to cut your syns down until you're 10st or under". Sorry I can't offer any advice other than what has been said but wanted you to know I had heard it to :)

I put on half a pound in my second week back on plan too. I didn't do anything different for the first 3 weeks but as you can see from my signature very different results. I know it's said lots but just make sure you're getting your super free and stick to plan :)

I ate an Easter egg Sunday and a Lindt bunny Monday. So much for feeling in control! :) the children got soooooo much chocolate. It is like torture. Going to have to leave the house with them today no matter what the weather......before I eat more!!!

This is a really interesting post. I always "waste" my syns on choc/sugar. I say waste because I tend to pick on whatever sweet stuff is in the house rather than choosing something I'll really enjoy. Then all of a sudden 10 syns are gone without realising. I Think it was kingleds who has...

They are in tescos too.....I love the crumble one mmmmm :)

I have done this all day today :( Been at home with the little one and been in and out of those kitchen cupboards all day. If we're busy or out I'm fine but i really do need to keep busy on the quiet days. My hubby would suggest housework!!!!!

I need to have nearer 10 syns a day and stop having 15 every day!!! Just because it's there doesn't mean I need to eat it!!! (I'm talking to you dime bar mikados's!) :)

We've just had this too! Mine took ages to boil down, did yours? It was still a bit runny so I will leave it even longer next time. I liked it.....hubby wasn't too sure x

That's what I thought too!!! Feel like I just needed someone to say it's ok :) the SW book says fairy cakes with icing are 5 syns......I'm going with that!

My son is making cupcakes at school today and mums are going in for a mothers day tea. He's only 4 and will be heart broken if I don't try one. I was going to presume a fairy cake was 5 syns leaving me enough for my chicken dhansak tonight while I watch the new Twilight!!! However I spoke to...

I'm desperate to try the dime bar ones...mmmmmm!!! Although have to say they do not last me ages. I can't stop eating the milk choc ones. I have to keep a tally chart so I don't blow all my syns on them without realising!!!! :)

Ooohhh I used to love getting graze boxes but thought they would be a no no on SW. D you use the 1 syn = 20 cals rule to work them out? x

That sounds so nice! I love it when you can get things like this because you don't feel hard done by!! My treat that is nice but not naughty is a skinny latte with sugar free vanilla syrup. I use it as my healthy extra A. If I couldn't have one of these once or twice a week I would not have made...

Since starting SW I love love love chicken dhansak and boiled rice. I used to be a korma girl!!!! I don't save syns as it's only 6.5 syns. I just make sure I avoid the onion bhajis' and if I have enough syns left I'll have 1 poppadom instead of 4!! x

My C has a big sign up by the scales saying "your 105 syns start NOW!!!!!". A little reminder to us that weigh in day is not black hole day!!! Have to say I count daily otherwise I may have a bit of a binge and then leave myself nothing for the week ahead x

I haven't eaten beans or bananas since I was little. Always swore I hated them. Made myself try them and now I have them most days!!! Not together though!! :)

Oh it's so annoying isn't it. I hate the + sign in my book too :( Especially on my second week back when I've been 100%. I was seething in my seat at group last week when I could hear people saying"oh I've had pizza, wine, choc and I've lost 3 lbs"!!!! Aaaarrrgghhh!!! Obviously I clapped them...

Ps. 7 stone is amazing....well done!! :)

I totally understand how you feel. I've had 2 c-sections and have this big overhang that looks and feels horrible :( I've lost 3 stone since my last pregnancy but still have about 3 to go. I can't see that any amount of running and sit ups is going to get rid of it. I was going to start looking...

Sorry I can't offer any advice as still have a way to go but just wanted to say your before and after photos are fab!!! :)

I know how you feel. I stuck to plan last week yet gained 1/2lb :( Was ready to give up!! I was really lucky and my C was really good. She encouraged me to stay to group. Loads of members said it had happened to them and just to stick with it. Try and think of it as healthy eating to fuel all...

The consultant I go to now is soooo good. I was ready to walk out the door today after a gain but she persuaded me to stay and got everyone to help me with their experiences. I felt so much better by the time I got home. It is a lively group but she does well to control the noise level! I can...

Thanks for your replies.... I always use my syns, write everything down and I drink 1 litre of water on top of black coffees and sugar free squash. The only thing I can think of is maybe I didn't get the super free quite right. Our group is right next to a supermarket and I was all ready to go...

Hi all, I had my second weigh in today and gained 1/2 pound despite being totally on plan. I am so gutted. I thought I was going to cry in front of everyone. Have to say my C was brilliant. Talked me into staying to group and I did feel better at the end. This is my 3rd attempt at SW and I...

Only trouble is 1 is not enough......or is that just me!!!

This is the main reason I went back to group. I need someone to say "yay you lost a pound". Trying to do it on my own at home I was like "1 pound is that it? Where's the ice-cream!!!". I lost 5lbs last week and by my scales think it will be 1lb this week but I am going to take on board what...

I know how you feel. I had a creme egg and felt so guilty after!!!! I used all my syns yesterday for the first time in a while and am worrying I'll have ruined my weight loss for this week. Think it just takes time to get your head round you can have treats as long as your within your syns cause...

That is so true!!!!

I think I will get my hubby to read this thread! Just to read other guys are doing it and doing so well might encourage him to join me. He'll eat the sw meals I cook but eats the wrong things at work and in the evenings. He's 6ft 4 and about 19st. He would love to be back in his 38" jeans!!

My friend told me once to treat meals out as a one off treat/occasion to be enjoyed, and the next day just get right back on track. I'm still working on that as I very much have a "oh well I've blown it" mind set but one day it will sink in!!!! :)

Me!!! I confess! :) Every morning and every night. I always lose 2lbs overnight!! I also weigh after I've got dressed on a Friday to see how much my clothes weigh before group!!!! Very unhealthy I know.

I have bags of clothes in the loft from before I had 2 children. Have got 2 lovely pairs of jeans down to keep trying on and keep me motivated!

I re-joined last Friday for the 3rd time! Am worried that that my body will say not again, I'm not playing this time :) Fingers crossed we all do well this time.

Starting again for the 3rd time tomorrow!!!

Hi, please can someone tell me the pp in the carrot and coriander and the leek and potato new covent garden soups? Thanks :)

Hi, I just wondered what you cooked for the rest of your family? I am doing slimming world from home at the mo and it is really easy to cook family meals. But I just want this weight off (now!) and want to do something much more structered where I don't have to think about food!!! I was...

If you do a search there are a few posts on protein shakes. I had a look myself once :) I think I had one that was about 4 syns but seemed a waste when I wanted a curly wurly!

Do you think you can have 1 weetabix and 1 alpen light bar then? Or is that "tweaking"! :)

Thats great....thanks!

Hi, Sorry if this is a silly question but when you are checking that something has less than 5g of fat is it total fat or saturated fat that you look at? Thanks!

Thank you so much! The lattes are twice the calories/size of the cappacinos so I will call them 2pp :)

Can anyone help? Please can someone let me know the propoints in tassimo latte machiatos or the cappacinos? Thanks so much!

I haven't seen the pasta pouches but have seen the squeezey soups in asda. Does anyone know how many syns the soups are? (sorry to hijack the post!)

Ok so I went spinning today for the first time!! My bum feels so bruised and sore I can barely sit down. I loved the hill climbs just for the relief I didn't have to sit down! Please tell me this wears off once you go a few times? Also I sweated LOADS but my muscles don't ache? Perhaps there...

I feel exactly the same as you :( I just keep trying again EVERY day. Although today has gone a bit wrong as it's weigh in tomorrow and I've eaten 2 big bags of mini eggs!! I think I need to start exercising. I know it will give me a focus other than food/SW and it will give me confidance and...

Thanks for your replies. It was nice to have a change! I'm thinking of doing red days mon-fri and doing EE sat & sun. Just have to see how that fits in with the family meals!

I have done EE for 8 weeks but just fancied shaking things up today. Can you have a look at what I've eaten and tell me if it's ok for a red day. Feel like I've eaten too much! b - alpen light bar, herbal tea s - tassimo coffee (1.5) l - 2 slices wholemeal bread (heb), egg, lettuce...

Does anyone know how many syns are in the Thorntons Mini Melt Eggs? I've just eaten a Marc de Champagne one! :D There is no nutritional info on the egg or the website and nothing on SW site either. Hope someone can help!

I had the same thought this week! Even sent hubby to buy some shakes but I only like the coffee ones and they had sold out. My thing was I felt like the plan just wasnt working quick enough but I gave myself a talking to, as it is working and I just need to be patient. You've already done so...

I have at least 1 "cheat" moment a week. I weigh in on a tuesday morning and I am a saint til friday night and saturday when it all goes a bit wrong. Then back to being a saint again sunday & monday!! Just started a running programme so hopefully that will make up for my indescretions!!

I love my bacon and egg rolls at the weekend!!

Every sw recipe I have made using ff fromage frais has been disgusting!!! My husband has made me promise to stop using it :)

Hi all, my friend has given me a late Christmas present of some Hotel Chocolat Gingerbread hot chocolate :cry: It has no calories details on the packaging and Hotel Chocolat is not listed on the sw website. I have found on another site the caramel hot chocolate is 170 calories for 5 tsp which...

Hi! Just being curious and wondering how long it took those that have done it to get to club 10?

We haven't got them yet.....just a poster! Desperate to try one.

I'm sorry but that made me giggle! It's sooo something I would do :) Actually it's what I did do last week the day before WI with mini eggs. Well done for stopping at 3 :)

Thanks for your replies. I'm a serial dieter so have a lot of bad habits/thought processes to break! I lost 5 stone after having my son but I didn't stick to the same diet the whole time. I put it all back on when pregnant with my daughter and still have 3 to lose. I just want it off off off...

Does anyone else feel like this? One day I'm on plan, it's not an issue and I feel great. The next I feel like it's taking to long, I get all annoyed about being on a diet and eat 2 creme eggs!!! Why can't I just be "in the zone" all the time! Thanks for listening to me moan ;)

This week I got a whole packet of hifi bars in mine which was a bonus. And a can of diet pepsi! I hate cous-cous and I keep putting the 3 sachets I got, back in the sotw basket.....but keep winning them back! No chance of that this week!

Mmmm they all sound lovely! Tomorrow night I'm going to do the carbonara with the primula light and a big salad. Then I'm going to cheat and buy some weight watchers profiteroles!

I have just come off ad's for the second time (eeekkk!) for post natal anxiety. I found that while I was on them I didn't lose or gain weight but as soon as I come off them.....boom! I put on a stone! Same thing happened both times. I have just re-joined SW and am slowing losing the extra stone...

Thanks for the replies! I will have a look.

I miss baking :cry: Or should that be I miss eating the cookies and cakes I like baking!!! Are there any tools on the sw website that helps you syn recipes?

I try so hard to only use 10 but always end up using all 15 on chocolate and options hot choc! I agree with sofartogo....... if the losses start slowing down I'll be stricter and cut down.

It's nice to feel "normal"!! My teeth are on edge just thinking about the skin on peaches & kiwis, bananas are so slimy and smell, I hate apples that are what I call "potatoey"!! God I'm fussier than I thought :) The fruit I have found I like and eat loads of in front of my childen (!) are...

Hope you don't mind me crashing to ask a question... What do you do if you're eating out? Do you not eat (?!?) or just try and make a healthy choice and get back on track the next day? Thanks!

Hi, I wondered if anyone could answer a couple of questions for me. I used to do weightwatchers a long time ago and have just read about the new propoints. Will the food in the supermarkets be marked with both "old" points and propoints? Can you still follow the old plan or if you join a...

Hello, I had a stir fry in a John Lewis cafe today. The veg, rice, prawns & soy sauce are free (yay!) but how much do you think I should count for the oil? Thanks!

Hi CatCrazy, sorry for crashing this post but tesco's own brand, ultraslim do a hot chocolate version :)

Hello! After a brief go at slimming world I am now back and starting slim fast again tomorrow :) Anyone one from January still here? How are you getting on?

I cant imagine this happening to my baby and feel quite tearful thinking about it. It never crossed my mind to think there was something odd about the story. Stranger things have happened. Surely instead of culls local counsil's should think of emptying our bins more than every fortnight and...

Thanks for that. I am one of those struggling this week. Have been soooo bad but got back on track today. Fingers crosed for a sts this week :)

Thanks everyone. Keep starting afresh every day! Was full of good intentions this morning but was eating easter egg by 9.30! Going to keep going and plan all my lunches etc tonight. I really want that willpower I had in the first week back that made it feel so easy!

I was so motivated the first couple of weeks on SW but lately I've really struggled :cry:I can't stop eating chocolate by the ton. I started a new pill about the same time so I'm blaming it on that! How do I get back on track? I want that motivation back. Anyone else had a major slip-up but...

I'm so glad I read this post. I fell off the wagon in style at the weekend and was already thinking today that I might skip weigh in on Wednesday. I'm going to go and face those scales and get back on track! Well done for getting back on track yourself x

Got to be a creme egg for 8.5! But I did enjoy my beef in black bean sauce and boiled rice last saturday to!

This might be a weird question but do you tell them when your weighing it's your star week?? :)

Hi Lisa, well done your loss and good luck with your journey however you do it! Must admit I'm missing my coffee shakes but do feel healthier. My scales say 3lbs off so far and thats not even a full week!

I asked my C this last week if I could do this with my milk and cheese and she said no :( I can't see why not though.

Quorn sausage.....GROSS!!!! Mullerlight Vanilla and Chocolate Sprinkes yogurt......yummy! (normally hate yogurt so very proud of myself!)

Hi Lisa, how's it going?

I pulled one out of my handbag saturday after a pub lunch to have with a latte!! Although did then use my syns on a creme egg! :)

Thank you! Think I'll stick to the paella if I need a quick healthy meal x

Thanks for your support everyone. It was the hazelnut options I looked up so that will explain it! I measured out 3 tablespoons of milk as I hate soggy cereal and stuffed my spag bol with onions, mushrooms, peppers and tomatoes. I was worried the diet seemed complicated but I think I've cracked...

Thank you! I forgot the 0.5 I counted for the tomato puree too but wasn't sure how to count that when I only put 1 tbspn in the whole recipe for 4 portions? I thought options were 2 but when I looked it up on the website it said 1.5? I need to stick to 1 a day but it was so cold today!

Hello, I went to my first meeting last night so started slimming world this morning. Can you let me know what you think about what I've eaten today? Breakfast - 28g muesli (heb), blueberries, strawberries, skimmed milk (0.5 syns), Nettle tea Snacks - options hot choc (1.5 syns) Lunch -...

I love the bit about the pork pie! So funny! x

Hello....can anyone help me with the syns for Asda Fresh Taste ready meals?? Especially the chicken and prawn paella, the thai chicken, the singapore chicken or the thai prawn?? Thanks in advance! :)

Good Luck Lisa. I'm going along to a slimming world meeting tomorrow. Very nervous but hopefully it will work! :)

Hi Everyone....I'm crossing over from the slimfast forum. I'm joining slimming world on Wednesday as I hope it will fit in better with family life. Slimfast was ok as a bit of a kickstart but I need something I can stick to long term. Always been a weightwatchers girl in the past so quite...

Just a little note to say goodbye and good luck! After using slim fast a bit of a kickstart I'm joining slimming world on Wednesday. I'm hoping this will fit in better with family life and be something I can stick too long term. Thanks for anyone that has given me support since 1st Jan x

I've lost 15lbs since 1st Janbut had a few blips! :)

Thanks for your advice ladies. Woken up feeling more positive today.......and sick after all of yesterdays mini eggs and cookies! :( I know that I'm feeling so rubbish because I'm not eating enough fruit and veg or drinking enough water. I'm going to make sure I don't go over 1400 calories a...

I've been on slimfast since 1st Jan and seriously feel like giving up. I have 3st 10 to still to lose after putting on 5 stone while pregnant!! I just don't feel healthy doing slimfast anymore.....my skin looks terrible and I feel sick every afternoon. What I want is a diet where I don't have...

Good luck!

2lbs off for me this week!! Can't believe it as had a HUGE chocolate and pizza binge on Thursday. Think somethings clicked though as instead of it leading to me giving up I just ate less on Friday and went to the gym. Well done everyone on your losses :)

Meant to say 1lb off!

1lb for me this week.....it would have been 2 if it wasn't for the garlic bread and chocolate tart I ate last night! Bit annoyed with myself as I had lost a stone now it's 13lbs! Oh well back on track today! Well done everyone x

Well done! We're the same height and have the same goal weight but you're a few lbs ahead of me! :)

Yay.....I've lost a stone since 1st Jan!!! So glad I stuck with it. Really feel like I can get back in my pre-pregnancy clothes before summer now :)

I have the "coffee wee" but then I live on the coffee shakes! :)

I went into wilkinsons today and it's all back to full price. Is it just tescos and boots now then? I wish I had stocked up :(

3lb's off for me this week! In the 13's now :)

You know you will feel sooooo much better than when you get back on track. I don't really have any advice but can really empathise. Try and get out for some walks as it will really help.....easier to say than do when your feeling low I know. So much easier to hide away! You give everyone else...

Hello! My husband started Wednesday. He is 29, 6ft 4 and was 18st 8 but is now 18st 4 already. He blames my 2 pregnancies as he ate for 2 as well! We have a 2 1/2 year old boy and a 9 week old baby girl. The only tip I have is that he has the 2 shakes and our healthy meal but then he snacks on...

Thanks Kes. Couldn't find anything on the website but re-read Lisa's "how to do slimfast" post and she mentions men can have 800 calories for the meal. Think he's going to snack on extra fruit if he's hungrey. Hope he sticks to it too as it will make it so much easier! Bet he loses it really...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to talk my husband into doing slimfast with me. Does anyone know how many calories men can have a day? I think they used to be able to have an extra shake..... is that still the case? Hopefully by doing the same diet we'll be able to support each other rather than him...

1lb off for me this week

Stocked up yesterday in Wilkinsons! Noticed Boots and sainsburys still have there offers but Asda is back to full price. Heres to another week ladies! :p

2lbs off for me this week.........slow and steady :)

I like the ready made coffee one or the hand blended chocolate one. They used to do a mocha when slimfast came in cans that was lovely....they discontinued it :cry: They also used to do hot chocolate but haven't seen it lately......I think tesco's own brand do a hot chocolate??

Today......3lbs off! So glad I stuck to it this week. Thanks everyone for your posts x

3lbs off! Yippee! At least it's working. So glad I didn't give in to the takeaways :)

Thanks everyone. I just hate the idea of the evening streching ahead with a colicky baby and no big lovely dinner......eg takeaway to look forward to! I'm a bit of a chocolate binger too but I'm not missing that too much as I'm having the chocolate or coffee shakes and snack bars. I had a...

Does anyone feel that the motivation they had at the beginning of the month/year is slowly fading?! I started on the 1st Jan and counted every single calorie. Now I'm being very strict during the day but probably having a few too many calories at dinner. I always get to this point where I think...

Who can only eat 1 chocolate finger though! :)

Hello, Can you you add me on? 1lb this week. Weighed in on Monday. I couldn't live without my scales. I weigh every day and have even been known to weigh myself at night to work out what I'll be the next day!

Thanks girls, I've got my 6 week check up tomorrow after having my baby so going to speak to my Dr about my weight too. Promised myself after putting on and losing 6 stone with my little boy that I wouldn't eat as much second time round but I did!

Hi! I have been considering Alli.....is it worth the money? Can't believe this post hasn't put me off! :)

Hello, Can I join in? I weigh in on a Monday. Lost 1lb this week......really wanted more :cry:

Hello...it's going well. 2 shakes, water, diet coke, a sf snack bar and some raisins. Just dinner to get through! Not bad since hubby and I have had flu all week and now our 2 year old has it. Just hope the baby doesn't catch it! How is your day going x

Hello, I'm starting on friday and up for the challange! I'll say 14lbs too. Only had my baby girl a month ago so hoping the first lot comes off REALLY quickly like it did with my little boy. Do I just need to keep posting about my progress? Also do you update you file every weigh day with...

Hello, I'm starting slimfast on Friday....1st Jan! I had a baby girl on 30th November and have 4 stone to lose. Hoping to stick to slimfast for as long as possible to get the weight off. I lost 5 stone after having my little boy 2 years ago so know I can do it....just can't believe I ate that...