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  1. Jael

    Bbq ideas

    I do a big Joes sausages order about every 5 months. Fill freezer. Lasts ages and great for BBQ!
  2. Jael

    Does anyone ever put their food into myfitnesspal?

    With your weight, your basal metabolic rate is 2300 calories. That's without doing anything! With daily activity, you'll be burning about 3000-3500 calories a day. You're going to feel hungrier. You need more food now than you'll need when your 3 stone lighter. As you lose weight, your appetite...
  3. Jael

    Guess what I was told last week?

    I think this is a bit like slimming world saying you don't have to have third super free. They're trying to make it as easy as possible. I do think it could slow losses though. It would depend on the individual's diet generally, but plenty of research has linked dairy to more fat excretion and...
  4. Jael

    Extra Easy I can't help thinking "Can Extra Easy really work?"

    Amen to that! Sometimes we all like to think we are special cases and a plan doesn't work for us. Truth is, it might not work psychologically. Physically if we were all locked away and force fed the same amount of calorie restricted food each day, we'd all lose weight, albeit at different rates...
  5. Jael

    Online membership?

    I just paid £45 for 3 months. It really does seem to last ages. I don't regret it. I have done SW before but I like having up to date info, website access and the pressure to weigh in on a MondayMonday
  6. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Yesterday: brunch: scrambled egg, tinned toms SF, stir fried mushrooms SF, baked beans Snack: pink lady apple SF dinner: homemade jack Daniels burger, extra lean mince with red onion, tomato purée, jack Daniels BBQ sauce 1 syn and Worcester sauce, served in wholemeal roll HEB, with lean...
  7. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Sunday: morning spent in eye hospital. Yay! But feeling better now. Managed to find some healthy breakfast items in hospital shop. Breakfast: weetabix bar 3.5 syns, banana SF, muller light yogurt lunch: Roast chicken, roast potatoes, broccoli SF, leeks SF, 3 yorkshires 3 syns, gravy 2 syns...
  8. Jael

    Sw and diabetes

    There is separate diabetes advice on SW Individual dietry needs you can eat whatever you want on SW so your friend can taylor it to suit herself. Even with HE Bs, which sound carby, you can have nuts, olive oil etc instead she should probably talk to her own dietician about what her carbs...
  9. Jael

    I'm stuck!

    Well aside from pregnancy... :D It would be helpful if you had a food diary. Some people do hit a plateau, where their body is adjusting to a new set point weight. It should start moving again soon. Sometimes if I've been super good, I find that a meal off plan, like fish and chips from the take...
  10. Jael

    Best Low Fat spreads - opinions please

    I love Flora lighter than light. 0.5 syn per tsp and tastes good
  11. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Plus day before on the run Brekkie: All bran 40g HEA, strawberries, raspberries SF, FF activia yogurt Lunch on the go: Mugshot Dinner: Salmon Tray Bake- salmon, red onion, peppers, courgette, cherry toms SF, baby potatoes, stock, lemon juice/zest, Provençal herbs, creme egg 9 syns 9 syns. 2...
  12. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Birthday and anniversary celebrations done. No real damage either! Back on strict diary mode now. Also trying to aim for the 7 a day thing, so trying to get at least 6 portions fruit and veg a day Yesterday: Breakfast: All bran 40g HEB, frozen strawberries, raspberries and blueberries SF, FF...
  13. Jael

    online membership

    I like my online membership. You don't get as much as with group, but to be honest I got nothing out of group. Hated the clapping and clickiness. The website does need improving. But I feel accountable by having emails to weigh in each week. I like the supportive emails. I like the features...
  14. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Whew. Back after bad week last week. Mother's Day meal HUGE and loaded with syns. Most massive white chocolate cream filled eclair with hot fudge sauce. Horrendous! Plus several meals out and a kebab and chips takeaway:break_diet:My excuse us I was ill and only junk would do. Somehow still lost...
  15. Jael

    alpen light bars 1 or 2 for HEB??

    It's one or two. Either can count as a whole HEB as they're both high in fibre and low in calories. If you look in the book, 1 alpen light as HEB also counts as a speed food, whereas 2 don't. So you can have either 1 or 2 and it still counts, whereas you can't have 1 small slice of bread and...
  16. Jael

    I shouldn't be so hungry!

    With your BMI you're going to need more food than some of the food diaries you might've read. My appetite has gone down as I've lost weight. Yours should as well. But right now, you will need more food just to keep going than you will at your goal weight. You're body probably just is hungry! Try...
  17. Jael

    low syn wk

    I think it depends on our pattern of eating. For one thing, we do need fats and whilst there's some in free foods and healthy extras, there's possibly not enough. Apparently certain levels of fat do aid weight loss. But it back to patterns of eating, some people eat more food when they drop...
  18. Jael

    Slow losses / annoyed :(

    One thing that I've learned I need to lose weight successfully is to change my mindset. People who are perpetually overweight and yo yo in their weight, have a different relationship with food than 'naturally' thin people, according to obesity research. Slim people have a relaxed approach to...
  19. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    So yesterday I lost 2 pounds!!! Yippee!!!! But no resting on laurels. Gotta keep going. Next mini goal of 13 stone in sight. Breakfast: 40g All Bran HEB. Strawberries SF. Muller light Greek coconut yogurt. 1/2 syn Lunch: extra lean mine cooked in passata SF, half onion SF, whole green pepper...
  20. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    it was absolutely gert lush! Pure comfort food
  21. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Theyre quite nice actually. Not as good as homemade but definitely better than purely microwaved potato. They're part of my emergency " I've no food and no time to cook argh!!" Food stash
  22. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Yesterday: Breakfast: 2 activia fat free yogurts on top of diced strawberries SF Lunch: Toby Carvery with OH dad. Grrrr!! No boiled potatoes or wide veg selection available. Cauliflower covered in cheese! Peas looked like bullets! Grrrrrrr!:rant2:Only got a regular plate, not the mahoosive...
  23. Jael

    Is eating out on SW relatively impossible?

    Of course most restaurants don't give syn values. If we didn't have a list for wagamamas, we'd think a lot of it was free or only a few syns. So I reckon most food out is higher than we think. I've found that as long as I've gone for a healthy option out, I still lose weight. Life's to short to...
  24. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Breakfast: alpen light 2.5 syns and lemon muller Greek yogurt 1/2 syn Lunch: Lean bacon and egg over easy in wholemeal roll HEB. Greek muller toffee 1/2 syn Cinema snack: raspberries SF smuggled in. Dinner: pork, peppers SF, red onion SF, aubergine SF, mushrooms SF, stewed in syn free BBQ...
  25. Jael

    SYN FREE BBQ SAUCE

    Just made BBQ pork and veg over rice. Delish!!! Thank you
  26. Jael

    Is eating out on SW relatively impossible?

    Wagamamas syns confuse me because most dishes are packed with free food. Must be oil in the cooking. I went there last week and had pork ramen. Delish! And lost 2lbs that week. When I go out, I tend to choose something SW friendly but often calorie count as well to make it easier
  27. Jael

    Favourite 'odd sounding' dinners?

    Cauliflower pizza. Free and mmmmmmmm
  28. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Today Breakfast: 40g All Bran HEB. Frozen strawberries and raspberries SF. FF activia raspberry yogurt Lunch: McCain jacket 1 syn. Half tin baked beans. Salad leaves SF. FF salad dressing. 2 tsp flora lightest 1 syn Snack: half an Eton mess shortbread in Coffee Soho. Unsure of syns, so...
  29. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Yesterday: Breakfast: 35g porridge oats HEB. 150ml semi skimmed milk, part of HEA. 150g frozen berries. Lunch: Leftover veggie curry and brown rice from yesterday, made with coconut milk. 3 syns. FF mullerlights Greek coconut yogurt. 0.5 syns. Dinner: Roast pork shoulder, roasted carrots...
  30. Jael

    Advice on food diary please

    I think the key is giving your body time to adjust for big changes. Yeah the high fat low carb thing was weird for me. I feel like an idiot for trying it, especially as I knew the evolutionary science claims behind it were bull. But I've heard of lots of people who swear by it and have good...
  31. Jael

    Advice on food diary please

    I do know that some people have a gain first week then go on to lose in following weeks. Our bodies don't always register what we've done. Our weight naturally fluctuates by several pounds over the course of the hours and days. I'd say make sure you weigh at the same time every week and...
  32. Jael

    Extra Easy: Syns for lidl irish sausages

    Do you have the nutrition information? For some reason SW is pants with lidl syn values
  33. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    Yesterday breakfast All Bran 40g mixed berries and Activia FF lemon and lime yogurt Lunch : wholewheat pasta tossed with roasted leeks and cherry tomatoes, coated with 30g gruyere cheese and whole breadcrumbs dinner: vegetable curry and brown rice, made with spices, garlic, passata, coconut...
  34. Jael

    Speechless!

    Channel Winston Churchill. "You sir are ugly but in a years time, I'll be svelte". Rude idiot. Just pity him. His parents obviously never taught him manners and good behaviour.
  35. Jael

    No More Jael Whale

    So I've stuck to this for 3 months now (with a Xmas-New Year exception), so think it's time I documented it. Keep me motivated, have a record of all the positive changes I've made and maybe even encourage someone else. Plus, indulge my shameful love of food porn, AKA photographing my food:D...
  36. Jael

    Free food- how much is too much?!

    I think the key is thinking making sure you don't keep eating when you're full. I've found my appetite has reduced slightly as I've lost weight. But I still think like a fat person and almost pile my plate high out of habit. So I'm trying to stop myself and think like a 'naturally' slim but well...
  37. Jael

    The difference nine stones makes..

    Wow! It's like two different men! You've done so well
  38. Jael

    Extra Easy Has any one else done this...?

    I do online SW. Group just didn't work for me. I work shifts, so missed about 2/3 of them. And the support wasn't great, a bit clicky. Online works well for me, as I like having the access to syns and recipes. I weirdly feel accountable to the computer demanding I weigh in lol. And I like the...
  39. Jael

    I'm at target! What do I do now?

    This!! Someone I know, who isn't losing weight unless she fasts all day before weigh in, keeps moaning that on Slimming World she can't eat 'normal' food. This frustrates the hell out of me. Slimming World really is meant to be a reeducation regarding what constitutes 'normal' diet. Fresh food...
  40. Jael

    does anyone use normal larger style slices of bread as hex b?

    It's my one cheat. I use waitrose own medium sliced 800g loaf. It's a lot less syns than other 800g loaves and 2 slices works out 66g. I feel like I have a proper sandwich/toast instead of minging nimble. So far I'm losing good amounts. Not recommending anyone else do that tho
  41. Jael

    not losing enough

    I was talking to a dietician the other day and she said that, particularly people that aren't hugely overweight, they need to be careful with crash dieting, i.e. losing large amounts regularly. Apparently often at least half that weight is muscle, leading to that phenomenon 'skinny-fat', where a...
  42. Jael

    Possibly a stupid question

    The NHS have cut many operations they deem non essential. Hernias for example. Unless you can prove they're having a significant medical effect. I think with loose skin there could be risks of infection in the folds and soreness. Also severe psychological trauma would count as a medical problem...
  43. Jael

    First week struggling with syns

    I just made myself grow up and eat veg. Unfortunately my mother was right! My taste buds did change after repetitive eating. I now love all veg except runner beans. Also it might be how you're cooking them? Boiled veg can be gross. In casseroles or roasted or stir fried it can be beautiful
  44. Jael

    Fruit stopping us losing weight???

    Kinda reminds me of someone in my old group who complained loudly she wasn't losing weight and the plan didn't work. She was eating 10 mullerlights a day. 10! And would always snack on mugshots every day. I just don't believe she was hungry following her three main meals. No normal person eats...
  45. Jael

    Before and During - 7 stone down

    You look absolutely beautiful! I was having one of those low weeks, where you think you'll never do it, I'm gonna stay fat so might as well eat a family sized bar of dairymilk. Your pics have inspired me to get out of my pity party and be 100% this week. You're an inspiration!
  46. Jael

    I need some moral support! 100% on plan, gained 1.5lbs :(

    It could be holiday catching up with you. Can take a while for that to show on scales. But could be anything. It sounds cliché but it's true:everyone's body reacts differently. Bodies take time to adjust. Sometimes they hold on to weight or water weight, the suddenly lose lots. Mine typically...
  47. Jael

    Where the bargains are at and anything else thats useful.

    Dammit! Spent full price on fry light yesterday:(
  48. Jael

    How many syns to have

    My understanding is have what syns you need, just not more than 15 or less than 5. Sometimes I have all 15, other times I'm lower. I don't think you need the same set number each day. Besides, mixing it up is supposed to be good for your body, stop it getting complacent and slowing metabolism...
  49. Jael

    Change to Red : diary help?

    I used to be vegetarian, so did all green days. I'd use both my HEBs as bread and sometimes syn a third portion as well. I still lost weight really well. Don't let other diets put you off slimming world! Bread doesn't make you fat, overeating it will. And SW doesn't allow for overeating bread...
  50. Jael

    Aspartame Poisoning - My Story

    Thanks for hair comment! Yours is lovely though it is an issue because people are not usually meaning allergies with aspartame. They are meaning it is toxic to humans. Allergies are a separate matter. Where it comes from is precisely the issue. It is not a food we evolved to eat. It isn't a...
  51. Jael

    Aspartame Poisoning - My Story

    I have sweeteners in small volumes, usually stevia. It's a. It of false equivalence comparing aspartame to nut allergies. Nuts come out of the earth and have been food to homo sapians for thousands of years. Most sweetener comes from a laboratory and isn't found in nature, so not really the same...
  52. Jael

    Need some reassurance please

    Believe it or not, SW does work by calorie restriction, even though it doesn't seem like it. I use MyFitnessPal as my food diary, not as a calorie counter. But if I check back through my days, my calories are always between 1100-1500. That's with eating yesterday roast chicken dinner with...
  53. Jael

    Has Slimming World improved anyone's knees?

    I've been having knee issues for a couple of years, that I'm sure my weight isn't helping. My GP doesn't seem that interested. But I get this crunchy, gravelly feeling and sound from them. Ewww! Just wondered if anyone has found that SW has helped their knees in any way? I'm hopeful being...
  54. Jael

    Tesco 100% juice oatsosimple

    2 syns per 100mls. Plain porridge oats are HE. Oatso simple mostly wouldn't be, unless you get plain
  55. Jael

    Extra Easy: Breaded Chicken Fillet

    Most of the shop bought ones are 8-11 syns, average seems to be 9 or 10 depending on size. You can make your own for much lower syns tho :-)
  56. Jael

    What on earth is tweaking?!

    Scan bran cake or weetabix ought to be fine because it's not free food. There is a syn value attached or you use your healthy extra. So portion control is built in and you can't eat too many calories without going over your syns. The issue with free carbs is that if you tweak them they're less...
  57. Jael

    You people need to make: Magic Oaty Pancakes

    I would say no to the food abuse question. You are, for example, allowed to use your HEB bread as breadcrumbs. Oats aren't free food. They are healthy extras, therefore portioned and calorie controlled, so there is no danger of overeating them-you'd have to syn any further oats. The book...
  58. Jael

    Can we eat too much veg?

    I saw a documentary on human evolution the other day. It was the idea that humans evolved by eating cooked food, especially cooked meats and grains. They did an experiment, making people live off fruit and veg and nothing else, like our ape cousins, to see if humans thrived. The test people...
  59. Jael

    Why isnt it working for me?

    A food diary would help. Are you counting syns properly? Remembering stuff like ketchup etc? Eating out at all? What size chocolate bars? A small kids bar is about 6-8 syns but a proper grown up bar can be over 15 each. SW is, in my opinion, a bit too kind in the latest books. When I got books...
  60. Jael

    Las iguanas? (Mexican)

    I'm going there today. Gonna have flaming bird. The peri peri sauce is about 2 syns a tbsp. with salad. I reckon it'll be about 6 syns. If I was doing veggie, I'd try the halloumi salad.
  61. Jael

    Sick Of Wasting My 20's..Last Ditch Effort

    Well done on your weight loss. I'll be following with interest. Your story is so similar to mine except I did waste most of my twenties! Now 31 and decided my thirties will be slim, healthy and awesome! I'm a hospital midwife as well, so can empathise with you for hospital working. My 'new man'...
  62. Jael

    Where the bargains are at and anything else thats useful.

    Really? Must be my local morrisons then. The fruit and veg is often watery and goes off really quickly. My Lidl does good veg
  63. Jael

    Pregnancy and Slimming World

    Hi Dougal. I'm a midwife and Friends is not accurate I'm afraid lol. You have a hospital record as well as your home file, but we don't record gender in either because that's not what we're interested in. We're looking to check health and wellness. And since boys and girls are equally healthy...
  64. Jael

    JMA Before and now lost 9 stone 1lb so far another 7 st to go!!!

    Wow. You look amazing. You'll be turning heads!
  65. Jael

    15 stone to 14 stone support

    Thanks for the warm welcome! Although I've already cocked up. I'm 14 8. Not 15. Doh! How did I add a stone to myself!
  66. Jael

    DOING SW FROM HOME???

    Hi I'm doing SW from home. Joined online, so have access to syn values if that's any help. Great to see all the support available on here
  67. Jael

    15 stone to 14 stone support

    Hi. Been on slimming world for a while and thought I'd quit lurking. 15 stone 8 and heading towards the 14s!
  68. Jael

    Sausages

    Dunno if this up already, but the new Linda McCartney red onion and rosemary veggie sausages are free and are lush! Available from sainsbugs
  69. Jael

    Six months to sexy for Summer!!

    Oo. Definitely need this motivation. Good idea. OK, I'm ready to get started on this challenge! Had a big Christmas gain, and I've decided to drop my target by ten pounds, so my new goal for summer is 35lbs. Two and a half stone in six months - I can totally do that! Target here I come! Acc...
  70. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    Well done to everyone! Gained 2 1/2 last week, this week lost 4 1/2 pounds, so I'm a very happy camper
  71. Jael

    Serious Christmas Challenge

    I somehow lost half a pound by a miracle. Completely undeserved! Good luck you too
  72. Jael

    NEW BOOK!

    It hacks me off! Some of us can't do EE. Veggies can't, for example. But also, some people don't lose weight as well on 1 plan but lose great on another. I reckon some people leave, thinking that SW doesn't work, but they would have done well on other plans. Plus, I think it's a bit patronising...
  73. Jael

    Changing group and shifts

    My consultant runs 5 different groups, so I always go to at least one. Maybe it's because the same woman runs it, but I've settled into all of my groups
  74. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Really? My soup came out lush. My mates at work were nicking it. I was pleased with my loss; would've been ecstatic to STS to be honest. Plus, it took me to the 12s. Yay! I'm back in the zone for Xmas week tho. You'll do just fine. You've been doing so well
  75. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Hey missy. I've been hiding for a few days, due to waaaay too much food and alcohol lol. Lost half a pound this week by some miracle. This week I'm having a bowl of super speed soup for a meal every day, except Xmas day. How you getting on?
  76. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    Whewwww! Whole week basically off plan, tonnes of alcohol, naughty food and virtually no superfree and still lost half a pound. I'm made up! Gonna be really good this week, except Xmas day. Well done everyone else!
  77. Jael

    Shift workers

    Well to each there own. It all shows up eventually - and if you had to weigh at an awkward time one week then a good time the next, losses that week are often significantly more than usual. I've done it all ways, home alone, avoiding class when I might not like results and attending class no...
  78. Jael

    My 'to target' food diary :)

    Sounds good so far. How do you not get hungry on a banana for breakfast? I'd be starving!
  79. Jael

    Pregnancy and Slimming World

    Hey the fact you delivered your baby through the right exit last time is really good news for this time. 2nd babies are usually a lot quicker and easier, pushing often only a few minutes. When units close, they open again ASAP as there are fines for closing. And there is no reason you can't have...
  80. Jael

    Serious Christmas Challenge

    Wow. Well done on the amazing loss. Well, 3 course meal last night, 8 alcoholic non SW friendly drinks, a mcdonalds meal and sone galaxy later, I'm worried for Wednesday. And yes. The doughnuts are worth the hype. Melt in the mouth amazing
  81. Jael

    Nearly there - need to keep my mojo!

    You look so beautiful. This is really motivational. You're literally a different woman: you look like your old self's daughter
  82. Jael

    Pregnancy and Slimming World

    By clear outs, do you mean going to the loo? We don't do that routinely. It's been proven to be unnecessary and can make contractions hurt more. I always give an enema to a woman who's constipated tho, as it will get in the baby's way and slow it down. If you're worried about going to the loo...
  83. Jael

    MinkyDinkys SW Success Diary!!

    I've got a pair of these and they really work but have always been comfy. I think I had to get a different size to normal. Really sounds as though you've got the wrong size. And if you want male/female depressing comparisons, I had a date with a 6 feet tall guy whose weight now is 1/2 a stone...
  84. Jael

    Serious Christmas Challenge

    Lost 2 pounds this week. Going out three times this week and yesterday a krispy kreme doughnut jumped into my mouth and attacked me. I'm worried about this week. Gonna try and compensate but I'd be ecstatic with half a pound
  85. Jael

    Signature

    Sorry I'm no help. I keep trying to follow the award posting advice and I get error messages. Hopefully someone brainy will arrive soon
  86. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Lol. Thanks. They were Xmas doughnuts! Some of them were snowmen or Xmas trees! There are some things you just can't fight
  87. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Ok, this week I have 2 heavy Xmas meals out, with no alternative meals available and a night out (definitely involving alcohol!). So my cunning plan was success express last week and 5 syns per day this week, giving myself 80 syns for nights out. I'd also worked out my 4 healthy extras as...
  88. Jael

    My 'to target' food diary :)

    Hey great planning and food sounds lush. You can do it!
  89. Jael

    lunch help please! :)

    Don't you have a fridge at your work? Just wondering why you have warm salad or pasta that gives you tummy ache? Seems a bit odd. Investing in a good quality food flask is good if you have no facilities at work. I got a good one for £20 in John Lewis. Well worth it
  90. Jael

    Shift workers

    Shift work doesn't count as a week off. As long as you've signed up as a shift worker and let them know in advance that you can't come. Personally, I've always managed to go and I work 12 hour shifts. I'll sometimes arrive late just to weigh in, because I know it keeps me on track. And I weigh...
  91. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    You never know, you're doing so well and sound like you're in the zone!
  92. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Thanks. Yeah, I love a thick soup too
  93. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Ooo great! More the merrier. Not that you need it miss, with your 11 pound loss!
  94. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Two pounds off!!!!! Woohooooooo!!!!! Star week as well, I'm full of fluid retention and boobs want to explode, yet still a loss. I'm mega chuffed! Gonna definitely do this again week after new year
  95. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    2 pounds off! 2 stone off this week. Great Xmas present. Must keep off over christmas
  96. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    Well done for being realistic about star week. It's good to not get discouraged by these things. I had 6 pounds of fluid retention once, even my ankles were pitting. You can get it off next week!
  97. Jael

    Night shift ideas!!

    I really don't get the 'I can't eat big meal at night' thing. Lol. Maybe I'm just a greedy pig but I function and sleep waaaay better if I have a proper meal. A good, thick homemade soup with toast is a great comforting option. And I usually save my syns for some treats. Night shifts require...
  98. Jael

    Student Midwife shedding the lbs

    Don't be upset. Half a pound really is nothing and your weight will naturally fluctuate with hormones. Prepare for a big loss next week.
  99. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    And yet more cauldron bangers, celeriac chips and salad. Couldn't seem to do syn free today. Was starving all day and coming to * week. So 15 syns down. Hoping for good weigh in tomorrow
  100. Jael

    Extra Easy Could anyone take a look at my Meal Plan..

    Looks good to me. Planning is key. Bet you'll still lose
  101. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Thanks for the encouragement. You've done so well. It's amazing what happens when you stick to plan. I adore my green days! They've been good to me, but I have generally been 100% with them. Just the odd day off every few weeks. Told ya my work meals would be boring repeats. More root veg stew...
  102. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Ok was gonna have all bran for a change today, but was too bloody cold. So had berries (superspeed) and porridge HEA &B today at work. It bloody exploded in the microwave. Then had toast at 1030. Don't know if syn free day is gonna happen
  103. Jael

    100% until Christmas

    That's awesome sauce girl! Well done
  104. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Rats! Was doing really well today. Had brekkie. Went to bed. Got up at 3pm and synned a hifi bar. Went to visit my mate and her new baby. Chef husband insisted on cooking dinner. It was this gorgeous, syn laden fare. It would be rude to say no. I think it was actually 2/3 superfree randomly, but...
  105. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    How on earth did you do that?!?!?! Is that a first weigh in? Is it one weeks loss? Well done you!!!! That's amazing!!!!!!!!!
  106. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Sounds good. Thanks for stopping by :-)
  107. Jael

    Losing the pounds whilst saving the pounds (hopefully!)

    Roasted sprouts taste lush tho
  108. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Good luck for tonight. I was ill too and had way too many unsynned lozenges
  109. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Oooo. Mega god bless for later. I've been ill too. Too many lozenges
  110. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Ok breakfast is 2nd HEB of waitrose porridge with ran with 160ml soya milk, part of a HEA (rest taken up with tea). Witjfrozen strawberries and raspberries stirred in. That'll be my superspeed food too. Eaten in bed, as it's far too cold to be too far from my duvet
  111. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Guh! That seriously sounds so good. What day do you weigh on? I'm a Wednesday girl. Obey you'll get a good loss with all that lurvelly veg
  112. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    Oooo. Watch out for the sour cream and the guacamole.
  113. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Last nights lunch was leftover root veg stew and HEB toast. Lush and comforting on nights. Also 4 roses, 10syns. Absolutely worth it!
  114. Jael

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Ok, some of your food sounds gorgeous. Cajun stew? Me want me want!
  115. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Sounds good. I'm going to be really thick now, but what's pakora sauce? Sounds yummy.
  116. Jael

    100% until Christmas

    Good luck for weigh in hun
  117. Jael

    Staying Shunk Shrimpy

    Just found your diary. This sounds lush. Really want pasta bake now. Might make this next week
  118. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Cheers ma dears. Well, youve been tempting me with thoughts of your sweet potato tagine. Really making me want regular green meals. Mmmmm. Must not give in to temptation. Lol. I'm really hoping for a good loss prior to Christmas too. I haven't cheated. Yet...
  119. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Dinner before work. I ballsed it up a bit, because I meant to have it with salad. But I've gone and left the salad in the fridge at work! So slight alteration. It's now 2 cauldron Lincolnshire veggie sausages at 1/2 a syn each, celeriac chips and tinned tomatoes. Was yummy. Don't think I cooked...
  120. Jael

    Lost 10 stone. SW is for men, too! Before and after pics and diary.

    I meant it. Those uninterested ladies are mad lol
  121. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Chocolate weetabix are awesome. Nit hugely sweet or chocolatey. Just enough to give you a hit lol. I love em
  122. Jael

    Losing the pounds whilst saving the pounds (hopefully!)

    Well done for getting back on the bandwagon. I was an idiot in denial and waited till I'd reached 15 stone! That festive broth looks so good. I might have to make that next week
  123. Jael

    Erm's Photo Diary

    Mmmmm. This all looks so lush. I think we need a slimming world cookery show, with you at the helm. Mmmm. Hungry now
  124. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Brekkie had. Now time for bed. Whole grapefruit eaten, my superspeed food for the day. Followed by chocolate weetabix with soya milk, a HEA and HEB plus 2 syns. Sleep now, back later
  125. Jael

    Lost 10 stone. SW is for men, too! Before and after pics and diary.

    All I can say is, phwoarrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!
  126. Jael

    one word to describe sw?..

    Freeing
  127. Jael

    a day in time

    With you there jade :-). Linda, no one deserves abusive behaviour and thinking that you do deserve it is a classic sign of a victim of abuse. Everything is believed by them to be their own fault. Are you aware that children who suffer abuse (of any kind, mental abuse as well) also believe it's...
  128. Jael

    Serious Christmas Challenge

    I'm having 5 syns a day every day Xmas week, except Xmas day. But I'm still going to count the syns. Leaves me 70 for Xmas. I'm working that day and the place is always filled with chocolate, mince pies etc, so if I've gotta work, I'm gonna enjoy it
  129. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Had my night time lunch. Used my sweet potato yay! I think this meal worked out about 50:50 in terms of portion size. But I had an orange before hand, taking it to 2/3 superfree. This is a sweet potato used as a jacket potato, stuffed with my leftover vegetable bolognese from yesterday...
  130. Jael

    100% until Christmas

    You can do it! Well done for planning ahead
  131. Jael

    What have you just eaten??

    Satsuma, total 0%. Mmmmmm
  132. Jael

    a day in time

    Linda. That just tells you that life was once normal and full of nice guys. And it will be again. Life is full of twists and turns. You can never see what's over the mountain until you're over it. The only thing in this situation you have control over is you. The only thing you can change is...
  133. Jael

    *Anna's Final Mission - 8st to go!*

    I wish my gym did that. Well done for the 5 stone. Just think where you'll be Christmas next year! The machine will think you're 16!
  134. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Aww thanks. Nice to know it's useful for someone other than me. Good luck with your Xmas party compensation.
  135. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Stop it! Lol. You're making me hungry for non-success express food. I make a great soup with sweet potatoes and peanut butter. It tastes very far east Asian. Lush, but definitely not 2/3 superfree. Mmmmm. A tagine could work though. Maybe in my success express new years week
  136. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Right, that's tea out of the way. A three egg omelette, stuffed with stir fried onion, plum tomatoes and kale ( and I do mean stuffed! Omelette is trying to burst!) with a half plate of salad. Yum. I needed that. Off to work now.
  137. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Right, shopping list! Just to say, on Thursday I ate leftover food from last weeks lot. This applies from Friday onwards. Also some of the food I already had in and some that I bought, I won't use this week. I think on balance, it would still work out £23ish. Stuff I had in already: wholemeal...
  138. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Glad to be of service lol. Well, last night went a bit belly up, since I'd brought some soup and put it in works fridge, but then someone went for a sleep in that room, so I couldn't get my food out! Ended up having a HEB of marmite on toast for my night shift 'lunch', 2syns worth of cheese...
  139. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Lol. Well, this is my success express superspeed week. Whilst I'm enjoying it, I really cannot see me doing it for longer than a week. Although I might do it again the week after new year for a boost. And again if I get into a STS funk. Good thing about success express is that I'm not craving...
  140. Jael

    Target and one massive thank you!

    Well done! Really pleased for you. And don't you feel great that it was your hard work and patience that got you there
  141. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Hi guys. Thanks. I will post weeks plan. I've just realised I need to modify it, because I forgot sweet potatoes aren't superfree. So my sweet potato jacket with beans needs to become something else. It will probably be beans on toast as I'm feeling lazy lol. I'll post plan/recipe later when I...
  142. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Still going strong! Dinner was mushroom bolognese with HEA Parmesan, made with oodles of mushrooms and a sauce with passata, herbs, garlic and synned red wine. Also through in some onion, peppers and courgettes to up the superfree. Small kitkat. Will probably have a club biscuit later.
  143. Jael

    *Anna's Final Mission - 8st to go!*

    Did your consultant offer it to you or did you have to ask? Not that I want to do it (really don't lol), but just wondered if it was her suggestion because some consultants seem more proactive than others. And how long had you been stuck in a rut for? Sorry to be nosy!
  144. Jael

    don't understand

    Ermintrude, you are like the fount of all slimming world wisdom :-). I live it. Makes stuff so much clearer than in the book
  145. Jael

    10lb to lose by Xmas...

    I love this idea. But then, imagine if you pulled, ermmm....
  146. Jael

    No sneak peak

    I'm sticking to not sneak peeking. It's illogical anyway, since what difference in fat do I think I'm going to see in 12 hours? Or even a few days, unless I'm starving. I think I'd be a basket case of worry if I had to watch myself go up and down several pounds throughout the week. Plus...
  147. Jael

    Chickpeas and Marmite

    Thing is, I sometimes roast chickpeas to bring out the flavour as part of meals. I don't use any more than usual. Sigh. This food abuse thing is confusing!
  148. Jael

    *Anna's Final Mission - 8st to go!*

    Just found your diary. Well done for doing fast forward. It sounds tough but you did it! I think sometime our bodies just need a shake up, to get em moving again.
  149. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Thanks for the support guys!
  150. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Lunch done. Still going strong! Made a winter stew with a stew pack, tinned tomatoes, stock, herbs and red lentils. With 2nd HEB wholemeal toast. 1/3 free was lentils and parsnips. Here's my before and after shot (proof it's 2/3 superfree). Was lush!
  151. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Sure, I'll post one up here later when I've time. Probably during break time at work, since I'm on nights
  152. Jael

    don't understand

    Well, most superfree are also speed or superspeed, so they should
  153. Jael

    Chickpeas and Marmite

    I appreciate it, thanks for the heads up! If it affects my losses, I'll syn them. But does anyone else find the food abuse thing inconsistent? Turning couscous into cake or pasta into crisps seems an obvious food abuse. But what's the difference between eating chickpeas as a snack (allowed)...
  154. Jael

    Why do you want to get to target/ lose weight?

    The day I had to walk into evans to get a belt and knee high boots, and their boots were tight on me, that's the day I said CHANGE!!
  155. Jael

    Extra Easy portion control

    I'm the same. Maybe we need smaller plates. The plates at work (NHS issue ;-) ) are much smaller than mine. If I put one of my portions on it, it looks huge! Like I'm a right pig!
  156. Jael

    don't understand

    That's put so well! Really shows how/why SW works :-)
  157. Jael

    Chickpeas and Marmite

    This might have to be a tweak of mine. They sound gorgeous. I don't get many free Xmas snacks on green for free and I sometimes eat chickpeas as a snack anyway. I'm not synning them. I wouldn't eat a barrel load and to me, it's not the same as trying to make doritoes or cake out of free food...
  158. Jael

    Extra Easy portion control

    In a way. They recommend a third superfree with each meal, to fill you up and act as a natural portion control. They also say eat when you're hungry. Don't just eat free food for the sake of eating. So, by not swarfing back food when you're not hungry, you'll naturally have portion control...
  159. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Thanks! My green days are always cheap, but I don't tend to plan, buying bits and bobs everyday. Planning and buying a weeks worth of food was an eye opener. So cheap! I find mixing up meals and branching out seems to help weight losses, so I'd recommend it
  160. Jael

    Extra Easy, Green or Original?

    Lol so true! I don't get why anyone would think roasted nuts are free food. Even on whole food detox diets, nuts are a small proportion of the diet. Then they get miffy when they gain weight
  161. Jael

    Weight bullies

    Thanx Tara. I hadn't even noticed I was close to halfway. That's made me feel so good! Well, I'm working a night tonight, so I'll see her in the morning. I really wanna do a winston Churchill, ya know "you madam are ugly but in a few months, I'll be slim". But I'll probably be a grown up lol...
  162. Jael

    NEW BOOK!

    What would be the point of reducing red/green healthy extras? It would be identical to EE except less food. Seriously, if they try this we should all have a collective minimins revolt and all complain. I'd do it the old way anyway, but it wouldn't be fair on new members
  163. Jael

    Nervous

    Well done! You've done fab!
  164. Jael

    Why do you want to get to target/ lose weight?

    Because I want to feel sexy for once in my life. I want to be able to walk up a hill without getting out of breath. I want to meet a great man and my confidence is too low to do this whilst big. I want to have a baby without putting my unborn child at risk from my obesity. I don't want to get...
  165. Jael

    Serious Christmas Challenge

    Wow loads of us onboard. I would be ecstatic to lose half a pound. But if I stay the same, I'll be pleased. I'm doing a success express week this week in preparation for Xmas. We can do it!!!!
  166. Jael

    Chickpeas and Marmite

    Not heard of them but I've gotta try this now! Sounds lush!
  167. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    So far so good. 30g waitrose porridge and bran with 160ml soya milk HEB and part HEA with loads of frozen berries stirred in. I'm counting healthy extras as literally 'extras', so I'm not trying to do 2/3 superfree to healthy extras, only to free food. This is about half superfree anyway. It's...
  168. Jael

    Serious Christmas Challenge

    I'm gonna join in too. I'd already decided that my bare minimum was to STS over Xmas. While I'd love to go crazy and eat/drink what I want, I know I'll be upset if come January, I'm half a stone heavier. I don't get the point. It'll take me longer to lose it than it did to put on as well. So I'm...
  169. Jael

    Green Days Wedding count down

    Wow elliebear. You look stunning! And such a woman! I'm super jealous now lol. You get to have a wedding AND look stunningly beautiful
  170. Jael

    Result

    Amazing! Well done! Keep reading the book and checking for the first few weeks till you're used to it. You wanna keep this up
  171. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    So, today had leftover free mushroom stroganoff on HEB wholemeal toast for breakfast. With HEA sweetened soya milk and teaspoon of green n blacks cocoa powder as a hot chocolate Then had homemade curried coconut vegetable soup for lunch, with HEB wholemeal toast. Followed by...
  172. Jael

    Super cheap, superspeed, super success express week

    Ok, I've been losing really well and lost a pound last night, which is 1 and a half pounds to my 2 stone award and 2 and a half pounds till I'm in the 12 stone category. Next week I have Xmas party/staying at other people's houses/nights out with alcohol week. While I've factored my syns around...
  173. Jael

    Cold and flu relief

    Whole tube is 8 syns. So divide 8 by however many are in the packet. I had this last week and to be honest, I decided not to syn medicines. I was ill and I needed them! I still lost a pound
  174. Jael

    Extra Easy, Green or Original?

    I think it takes about a month to properly get your head around it. Read book properly several times through. It's a whole new way of eating and thinking about food, so it's going to take time. Lots of people make mistakes to start with, like this lady at group last night, who was complaining...
  175. Jael

    finally seen the light :)

    I find changing rooms such a motivator. It was a changing room with bright lights highlighting my every flaw, and a pair of size 18 jeans I couldn't do up, complete with muffin top effect, that got me to SW. You go girl!
  176. Jael

    Inspiriational Notes - to help you along -PMA all the way!!!!

    Before: I felt so unattractive and undesirable. I would close my eyes walking past shop mirrors, so I couldn't see myself Now: still a bit insecure, but now look in mirrors without a second's thought and I actually approach men now
  177. Jael

    Be proud of me...

    That's hard! Well done you for having a strategy
  178. Jael

    life of a sw wannabe part 2

    Well, if people are in mentally abusive relationships, part of the nature of that abuse is that it brings your esteem and confidence so low and your fears so high, that it makes leaving an astronomically difficult prospect. It's not as simple as just leaving. The fact she has a forum to complain...
  179. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    I'm doing a success express week this week. I lost a pound this week, but I'm also desperate to get to 2 stone by Xmas (and into a new stone category), and next week is party week. So after group last night, I sat down and planned a week of success express. Maybe some success express days would...
  180. Jael

    life of a sw wannabe part 2

    Linda, keep telling myself to keep my opinions to myself, but this guys a moron! I really want to drive up and tell him to pick on me and see how far he gets! On a serious note though, if you're not in a place where you're ready to get him out of your life, do you have other positive outlets? I...
  181. Jael

    Needing Advice

    Hi. I mean this in the nicest way possible ( I really do), but if you're doing EE and not having a third superfree at meals and only eating fruit for lunch, that isn't being really good. The plan says that, while the third superfree isn't mandatory, on EE it's highly recommended to protect...
  182. Jael

    No sneak peak

    Well, back from weigh in. One pound off! So glad I didn't look, as it would probably look as though I stayed the same and would have depressed me. On past diets I've weighed daily. So far with SW, I haven't weighed myself once. I'm really finding it beneficial. Weigh in as a surprise is...
  183. Jael

    Weight bullies

    Lol! I wish I was that cruel. I always end up feeling sorry for people. But I love the thought of convincing her brazil nuts are a super speed free food ;-)
  184. Jael

    Weight bullies

    Well, pound off this week yahoo! Don't let the b@&£!rds get you down!
  185. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    Wow. You must give us all tips. Well done!
  186. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    That's an amazing loss. Don't put it down. Many of us would kill for 1.5 to be a disappointing loss. You're doing great!
  187. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    That's amazing considering it's party season
  188. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    Staying the same is really good then, considering. Well done
  189. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    One pound off!!! Woohoo!!
  190. Jael

    Whats for tea tonight?

    Quorn lamb grill, butternut squash wedges, kale, peas and gravy. For after weigh in. Can't wait!
  191. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    Well done :-)
  192. Jael

    Weight bullies

    Amen! Very true. There are so many people on here with threads about people being nasty to them. SW army unite!
  193. Jael

    whats your meal plans for the week??

    If tescos give out nets of sardines, we should all boycott them lol
  194. Jael

    Weight bullies

    ROFLMAO!!! Love it! You have my naughty streak. Guess I could say she'll lose the fat from her head soon :-)
  195. Jael

    Weight bullies

    Lol. Thanx guys. Calling her a fugly beeyatch made me laugh! I was just stood there thinking, either this woman's a bit dense or she's being a cow. And she says it whilst grinning at me, like she's being nice! Gah! I hate that! I prefer people that are just directly nasty; at least you know...
  196. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    Wow that's amazing!! Well done you. Hope I do half as well
  197. Jael

    What have you just eaten??

    My usual weigh day brunch. I have a heavy brunch at about 11am, it has to last me till 7pm. Weigh in at 5pm. Course I don't eat tea before weigh in! I always think 6 hours is long enough for food to get out my system. Can't believe this is 1syn
  198. Jael

    Syn Free pancakes

    Being really thick here. Do you still have to cook it and flip it like a regular pancake?
  199. Jael

    Wednesday Weighers

    Good luck for tonight everyone!
  200. Jael

    Weight bullies

    Ouch! Some people don't have a brain to mouth barrier, but others just like being insulting, whilst pretending they're not. Grrrr!!!! I had a patient who asked me why I didn't get a uniform that fitted me, it's way to tight, why dont you let it out etc. Unfortunately, you're not allowed to clonk...
  201. Jael

    Weight bullies

    They censored me? I never knew some people thought that was swearing. Let's say she's being moo cow to me!
  202. Jael

    Going for a meal

    You can't be exact when in a restaurant. I normally find a similar branded item and syn it as that. Your meal will be mostly free, so I shouldn't worry
  203. Jael

    Weight bullies

    Ok, this woman I work with is definitely being *****y to me. 3 weeks after I started SW, she said she was going to go to her local class as well, since she was impressed with my losses and the amount of food I could eat. So she joined and got me to explain stuff to her, because she kept...
  204. Jael

    Super Speed Foods

    It's like this: Superfree is food to fill up on, very healthy, that will not encourage you to put weight on. It's basically fruit and veg, minus avocados and starchy veg, like potatoes Speed foods are foods that actively encourage weight loss, due to some properties in the food. Superspeed are...
  205. Jael

    Whats for breakfast?

    I'm guessing it's magic porridge (porridge oats left soaking in yogurt overnight in fridge) made with total 0% Greek yogurt?
  206. Jael

    100% SWers - 1 day at a time :)

    Honk! 15 syns today. Loads of superfree. Weigh day tomorrow!
  207. Jael

    What have you just eaten??

    Quorn lamb grill, SW chips, cauliflower, kale and gravy. Stuffed now
  208. Jael

    Mixing WW and SW

    I really think you need to just one plan properly. It sounds like you're not doing it properly, then doing 'panic' modifiers to compensate. Honestly, if done properly the plans do work and are sustainable long term. What you're trying to do sounds complicated and a recipe for failure.
  209. Jael

    stupidity versus reason..

    This is so true. This is classic domestic abuse, it doesn't have to be violent. The crux of abuse is to dominate that person, to make them feel worthless and dependent on you. To make them feel that your bad behaviour is their fault. He has you feeling as though it's your fault he's abusive to...
  210. Jael

    Pregnancy and Slimming World

    I'm a midwife too. I find the whole 'permission' to do SW whilst pregnant, hilarious. The nutritional training of midwives and obstetricians is so basic, close to nil. SW isn't a diet as such, just recommended healthy eating plan. Nobody tries to tell women living off KFC to change their diet...
  211. Jael

    Magnificant Mushrooms :) ??

    Mmmmm. I love portabellos! I know so many lush, high syn recipes for them, sigh! I often use them as a burger. I sauté some onion in frylite and balsamic vinegar, sauté mushroom on both sides till soft (or spray with frylite and bake in oven). Spread a teaspoon of Dijon mustard on two slices of...
  212. Jael

    No sneak peak

    I'm ridiculously happy that I haven't sneak peaked at the scales today and no one gets why this is a big deal but you lot. So sorry, I'm boring you all by sharing here lol. Feeling seriously under the weather today. Look like cow dung, dark circles under eyes. Feeling bloated and having a fat...
  213. Jael

    Statistics - What size are you at what weight?

    Started at 15 stone 1/2 pound and a size 18. Now 13 stone 3 and just able to put on my old, more generous, size 14 jeans.
  214. Jael

    SW as a maintenance programme?

    Yeah, should've said I'm a green girl. Also, I think it depends on how you 'do' slimming world. I always have filling meals and don't scale back. But then, I never snack on free food in-between meals. I snack on superfree, my HEs or my syns
  215. Jael

    Whats for tea tonight?

    Curried coconut and butternut squash soup, with wholemeal bread
  216. Jael

    Newbie! Hello!

    Hello and welcome :-) Well done on your weight loss and good luck with the best diet ever for foodies! Out of interest, how long did it take to lose two stone on a VLCD?
  217. Jael

    SW as a maintenance programme?

    Well, I worked out my calories for the week once and it worked out 1400ish per day. But bear in mind that it'll be 100% solid food, no shakes. So you might still wanna portion down to start with. Good luck!
  218. Jael

    Green Days Wedding count down

    Don't ignore the negative people. Instead, turn it into motivation to show them just what you're capable of. It's easy to run low on steam when losing weight; ten pounds off, followed by few bad weeks and a gain. I reckon your wedding and the naysayers could be great motivation to stick to SW as...
  219. Jael

    SW as a maintenance programme?

    If you have only just finished Cambridge, I would imagine you ought not go straight to maintenance SW anyway. I would have thought it would be better to start on small portions of regular SW first. Although SW is low calorie, surely it'd be almost double the calories of Cambridge. I'd take it...
  220. Jael

    Quorn sausages complaint

    Yeah I noticed the frys vegetarian had vanished online. Bloody annoying. But if I run the ingredients through the syn calculator, the regular sausages come up free. I think frys make another flavour banger that has a small syn value, but I've never seen it in shops.
  221. Jael

    Quorn sausages complaint

    Is it bad I really want to try this?! How many syns do ya reckon?!
  222. Jael

    Quorn sausages complaint

    It's really annoying! I wouldnt mind if they tasted better, but they taste foul and gristley. Then they tell me they're lower fat than regular sausages. Yes numpties at quorn, but they're higher than diet sausages! And I don't want veggie food to taste like meat anyway
  223. Jael

    Embracing the small boob!

    I went bra shopping with my small boobed friend the other week and we found this awesome push up, cleavage enhancing bra with gel padding in marks and sparks
  224. Jael

    low syn veggie sausies??

    Don't know about cheaper, but I get cauldron veggie sausages. They taste 100 times better than quorn and are 1syn each. I also get frys vegetarian sausages from holland and Barrett. They look a bit funny colour wise but they taste lush and are syn free
  225. Jael

    What have you just eaten??

    Mushroom stroganoff. Home made and free. I'd normally have this with rice, but I was in a chip mood tonight. Followed by low syn eton mess. Nom nom nom
  226. Jael

    Extra Easy im stuck

    Well, the book in front of me says pureed fruit, fruit juice, nectars or smoothies always count as syns. If you look in the syn section, it lists fresh and frozen fruit as free if raw and whole but adds a syn value for pureed. It's not much, usually 0.5-1.5 syns, but it's still there. My book's...
  227. Jael

    Extra Easy im stuck

    No, according to SW books fruit is always synned if pureed or mashed. It doesn't matter if you do it yourself or not. Ditto with cooked fruit, whether you add sugar or not
  228. Jael

    What have you just eaten??

    Ainsley harriott sundried tomato and garlic cous cous, with Parmesan, cherry tomatoes and rocket. I'm on a night shift, not some weird foodie eating in bed at 3am ;-)
  229. Jael

    Extra Easy im stuck

    A bit of tough love here. I was like you 8 years ago. Didn't eat fruit and veg. I did a detox plan that contained oodles of them. I made myself eat the fruit and veg I hated for a month and I acquired a taste for them. My health dramatically improved, as did my hair, skin and nails. I now love...
  230. Jael

    Low carb food for vegetarians

    I don't worry about portion sizes. In the first few weeks, my portions were huge. As the weeks have gone by, my appetite has genuinely got smaller, so I've tried to do normal size portions rather than my usual supersize! I find it extremely hard not to clear my plate, but I'm learning that there...
  231. Jael

    Quorn sausages complaint

    Was there a nationwide email to mullerlights? Cool. I can't eat them, so I never kept up with that. I'm bad that I really want their sales to drop. I'm sick of companies changing products I love ;-) I never really used quern prior to SW. More of a beans, lentil, soya and nuts veggie. But I was...
  232. Jael

    Sausages

    Plus it's 70 calories per sausage not per pack ;-)
  233. Jael

    156weeks and 210lbs ago.

    Wow. I'm so encouraged by you. Thanks for posting this. Your story is exactly what I want to say next year; last year I was fat and lifeless, this year I'm slim, beautiful and living!!!
  234. Jael

    What have you just eaten??

    Lentil loaf, roast spuds, broccoli and cauli, with gravy. Gert lush!
  235. Jael

    Whats for tea tonight?

    Lentil loaf, roast spuds and broccoli and cauliflower with gravy. Delish
  236. Jael

    Low carb food for vegetarians

    What do you call slow? I do green as a veggie and my losses have been fab. My routine is I virtually always have all my syns and all 4 HEs. I don't snack on free food in-between meals as a rule, usually snacks are my syns/HEs/superfree. I also virtually always use wholegrain carbs, like brown...
  237. Jael

    Back to basics

    I think as we go along, most of us start making subtle changes to the plan, not counting our syns properly, having more meals off than we realise etc, yet still feel disappointed that we're not losing weight lol. I think B2B just means to reread book, reevaluate if you're still doing it...
  238. Jael

    Quorn sausages complaint

    So, I was feeling a tad hacked off with quern sausages. My lovely free bangers were gone. One syn each is not much, but the new ones taste foul and have a slimy texture. Plus it's annoying that you can get low fat regular sausages for less syns than the quorn "we're so low fat and healthy" ones...
  239. Jael

    Wohooo

    I'm so impressed. What an inspiration you are!!!
  240. Jael

    slimming world and thyroid.

    It's certain foods have goitregenic properties. They have properties that impact the thyroid, so if you already have a thyroid problem, you shouldn't eat them. It includes stuff like soya and cabbage
  241. Jael

    Does it ever get easy

    Well you've just motivated me! Wow, what a story. 29 stone is a hurdle I cannot imagine and I'm so impressed that you have kept going and lost so much already. Obviously, I've not had the same experience as you, but I'm finding it's getting easier now. But I think you have to be in the right...
  242. Jael

    soup

    Me neither, but I had a recipe and nothing in but cabbage and tomatoes, so thought I'd try it. It was really good! Another random one that is suprisingly tasty in broccoli and red pepper soup
  243. Jael

    soup

    I just made cabbage and tomato soup that was delish! Fry chopped onion and 2 crushed garlic cloves till soft. Add tsp paprika and tsp dried rosemary and stir whilst frying for 3 minutes. Add tin chopped tomatoes, 650ml stock, 1 small green (I used savoy) cabbage, chopped small. Season, bring to...
  244. Jael

    What have you just eaten??

    HEB of toast with cabbage and tomato soup, that was suprisingly super yummy!
  245. Jael

    Thinking about xmas food and sw!!

    I've had my Xmas goal to be to lose 2 stone by Xmas. I've 4 pounds to go, so I reckon I can do it. I've been thinking about how depressed I'll be to have 2 stone loss just before Xmas and then find I've gained half a stone by new year. Have decided it's not worth it. I'm working Xmas day anyway...
  246. Jael

    Student Midwife shedding the lbs

    A thousand times well done!
  247. Jael

    does this sound like an extra easy day??

    Just to check, as a quinoa fan myself. Are you making the porridge with the actual grain? Because that is what's free. You can get quinoa 'flakes' to make porridge with, that look a lot like regular porridge. Those won't be free.
  248. Jael

    Dam that Wii

    You will get, I think, the same answer from everyone else. Stop weighing in-between weigh ins. It doesn't mean anything. It's different scales. It's a different time of day. There is a reason you're advised to weigh once a week at the same time of day. For consistency. Weight naturally...
  249. Jael

    Green Days Anyone have good loses on green?

    I'm 100% green and have lost 1 stone 10 pounds in 9 weeks. It works! Just have to stick to plan. Actually I've found after 2 months on plan, my appetite has genuinely shrunk, so I'm not eating the mammoth portions I started out with now.
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