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    Confused about calculating syns

    Thank you, that's all making much more sense now!
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    Confused about calculating syns

    This syn calculation is confusing the life out of me! Not being the greatest lover of convenience foods it's something we rarely have in the house. However, couldn't resist some Tesco Finest fishcakes and didn't look at the calories, etc before buying them. Well, tonight was the night for the...
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    Squidgy Chocolate Cake

    Excellent - thanks for that. I'll definitely have a try this week now!
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    Squidgy Chocolate Cake

    Any Brits on here who can translate 'half a cup of sugar' into something I can understand? I don't have a set of American measuring cups.
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    Extra Easy Third superfree - something to ponder

    In effect though, all this means is cut your portion size by a third as, for me at least, the superfree foods, as lovely as they are, don't actually satisfy a hunger. I believed the mantra of Slimming World was that you would never be hungry. If I was to cut my free food portion size by a...
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    Extra Easy Third superfree - something to ponder

    In my book beans (runner, green, balor, cluster) are superfree. Are you referring to baked beans?
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    Extra Easy Third superfree - something to ponder

    I'm an online member so I don't have the benefit of a consultant ... but ... on the website they have sample menus for a week and many of them don't have the 'third free', eg poached egg and baked beans on toast; cheese omelette with mushrooms and peppers; bacon sandwich; spaghetti on toast...
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    quit smoking now i need help!!!!!

    That's the real downer about quitting smoking - I gained a stone in 3 months and it's a real effort trying to get rid of it. They say it's because food tastes better when you don't smoke so you eat more. Rubbish! I haven't smoked for 19 months now and food tastes exactly the same as it did...
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    Squidgy Chocolate Cake

    What weight is half a cup of Splenda?
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    Covent Garden soups

    I must be really stupid because I'm reading this much differently than everyone else. I read it as the Snackulator is for "crisps, sweets, biscuits, cakes, pastries and puddings". The Syns Calculator "Calculate whether a food's Free or Syns using the nutrition information on the packaging...
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    Covent Garden soups

    Sorry but I still don't get it. I used the online Syn calculator. It has boxes where you enter the calories, carbs, protein and fat per 100g as stated on the packaging. Another box asks for the portion size and when I put 300g, it gave me 1.5 syns. Can someone else please try this for me...
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    Covent Garden soups

    So what's the point of the Syns Calculator if it doesn't calculate correctly? If I was to make these soups myself with the ingredients they use, the only 'syn' in them is a little butter, the rest is free foods and at that mostly superfree.
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    Diary - where am I going wrong?

    "Hi Lynne! I'm guessing your doing EE plan? Your diary looks good BUT when your eating your omlette and jacket pot lunches it's only free If you have your third superfree with that meal. That goes for breakfast too. Is that what you've been doing?" Sorry, now I'm really confused - I have to...
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    Diary - where am I going wrong?

    Hubby and myself started on Slimming World extra easy 3 weeks ago. To date he's lost 13lbs and I've lost 2lbs! I know that men lose easier than women but what's really annoying is that he uses loads more syns than me. I'm posting my last week's diary (0.5lb loss) and I hope some of you...
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    Covent Garden soups

    I'm pretty new to SW and to be honest, these syn calculations confuse the life out of me! For example, when I use the brand calculator for New Covent Garden soups the syn value is always loads higher than if I use the manual syn calculator. An example - minestrone : by brand, 5.5 syns for...
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    What's wrong with me?

    Thanks Hollys Nan. I don't go to meetings, I'm doing the online plan. I'd be enjoying the journey much more if I could see some progress!
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    What's wrong with me?

    I started on SW 3 weeks ago and I'm hoping I can get some support and encouragement from fellow members! Whilst I'm still (just) within safe BMI levels, I gained a stone in weight 20 months ago when I quit smoking and another 7 lbs in the last 3 months of last year so have decided to try and...
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