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Thanks for help , looked closely at the ingredients and its high in fat 13% and has a lot of added stuff like wheat and other stuff, as its only a Tesco value packet on luncheon meat I was wondering about no big deal, t least I know better in future

In my book it says ham is free but what about other meats? im guessing chicken will be, but what about cuts like beef, corned beef, pork, and luncheon meat? does there have to be below a certain fat/sugar content

Its been a while since I looked into such things but I had a feeling they were, also cooking fruits I recall are syns (apart from toms)

Could I use mashed banana in this instead of mincemeat,? would it sill have a syn value? not attending any classes anymore so have nowhere else to ask.

Nevermind

Typical just as Ive discovered this cereal:cry:

There was nothing wrong in what you said sue, Ive just leaned how to give rep, hope it balanced out what you lost. I'm surprised that such a thread has not seen me receive such bad comments, I don't like stereotyping but most of the woman I know love such programmes, Its good to have such a...

Its all down to personal taste, I was after a creme caramel type constituency, half a pint pretty much gave me that, I guess a full pint would be more an angel delight type pudding. Its all trial and error, just add/subtract the water you use according to how previous one turned out

Theres a syn free custard here Maybe with some.. er.. sorry, fruit or if you know of any low/syn free cake you could have with it Not sure what other hot deserts you could make low or syn free

Can mods or admin update first page list with the new values, some people might not go through every page here now theres so many and will not know new syn values

The opening page syn values need updating

They are nice in soups too, heres an interestind ricipe I found for when the days warm up somewhat Ingredients 6 cups stock (chicken, vegetarian, duck) 3 good sized sweet potatoes 3 leeks (they usually come in bunches of three) Freshly ground pepper if you have it but black pepper will...

Do you think it would work using Ainsley Harriott lentil Dahl and his cous cous? it would make it 1.5 syns per loaf if ive done the math right

Just bought a few packs hoping they would be free, no big deal though them being 1.5 per pack.

Just got me a few packs unsure what syn value was, made up its free on EE

Never watched any of them seen a few adverts for them, and they never appealed to me

K, thanks I guess Ill just have to ask if its the same recipe they used when they were approved

I'm guessing I'm in the minority here but I really cant stand the show, same goes for programs like I'm a celebrity and Big Brother:rant2: Oh yeah and add all soap operas to that list.:p Ive a feeling Ive offended a vast majority here with that rant, so feel free to tell us all what makes...

Does he still do the syn free range? I haven't been in a while or to classes so don't know if anythings changed

Much lighter using half a pint of water, goes twice as far too:)

I'm not sure, possibly to ensure a good balanced diet, low fat meat or fish with a spud or rice on its own is low in fat and healthy enough it just lacks all the vits and minerals they recommend us to consume. also its less likely you will over eat such foods that would no doubt cause weight...

Can you freeze fat free yogurt? One of those muller lights with chocolate topping frozen perhaps. Panettone? maybe banana or fried plantain(done with fry light) vin Santo? rum or another a spoon of another essence flavouring use freash fruit instead of tinned and jam Thats about all I...

Well done to him

Well done, you look great

Cant see your pics but 29lb loss so far is impressive

Keep the faith, you can notice the difference.

You can also throw in a tin of beans( not necessarily the baked kind)butterbean are nice, lentils or split peas most dried varieties will need to be soaked overnight though before cooking

I think ill try that before buying a rice maker

You could always leave it chunky, I have it that way if I'm putting chicken or bacon in it

I like mine with a bit of Cinnamon, not sure if this is what you would call "weird stuff"

I tend to just throw whatever veggies I got together with a stock cube or 2, I add a lot of chili and garlic to so Waters in it tastes virtually the same anyway after i blitz it with hand blender. It all depends on taste, or wether or not you want to make it with meat or not, theres tons of...

Is the rice cooker fool proof why to get perfect rice every time? Rice cooking for me is hit or miss(miss mostly) Don't really want to clutter me kitchen, or spend money on stuff if they don't really work

A few nice recipes here, is there a low syn alternative to Coconut milk?

Surprisingly nice, could have mixed the packet of jelly with maybe half a pint of water instead of the quarter of a pint to a 250g tub of quark I used as it set a little bit firm but was a nice change from just normal jelly, looking forward to trying with different flavour jelly's and essences

This is what I could find Nutrition Facts Mackerel Salted: Nutrition Facts Serving Size 100 g Amount Per Serving Calories 305 Calories from Fat 226 -------------------------------------- Raw: Nutrition Facts Serving Size 100 g Amount Per Serving Calories 167, from Fat 84...

Just made a pot with quark, lime sugar free jelly, a couple spoons of 1 cal sugar with a spoon of rum and a spoon of coconut essences(I assume they are practically syn free) hope it turns out alright as its a first attempt experiment, inspired by this thread

unsmoked is free, smoked one 1 syn per 28g on ee

Thats interesting my C said its classed as cooked fruit if they are ripe(brown) but syn free and are treated like a veg when hard and green

Not sure, as smoked mackerel does have syn value for some reason.

Well done, thats a fantastic achievement

http://www.minimins.com/syn-values/18883-low-syn-treats.html

Well done, you look fantastic, a truly unbelievable difference and a huge inspiration to us all

Well done, you can see a huge difference between those photos, your weight loss has highlighted just what a great figure you have, keep the faith and ignore those who try and put you down

Well done on your fantastic transformation

Wow, what a transformation, hard to believe its the same person.

Best of luck reaching your target, you look great you should feel proud of your achievements

Good luck, but I'm sure you wont need it with the motivation the change in those two photos should give you, as others have said you look a lot lighter than just 1 stone 9lbs, whatever the loss its really highlighted your great figure it was hiding, well done

Wow, what a transformation, you look great.

Well done keep up the good work, you can really see a difference

Your nearly at your target weight, well done on your weight loss

Not bad as a health risk, but I find you lose a lot of quality in reheating egg dishes.

Smoked Cod is free so I cant see a reason why saltfish should be synd Ackee however is high in fat, and although its not saturated fat, but "healthy" fat it probably will have a syn value. I was told that fried Plantain has a syn value IF you use the fruit when brown but you can boil it when...

Ive done it before many times with no problem, I couldn't see a reason why it would be a bad thing to do

A non Asda wholemeal pita bread yesterday I assumed would be an Extra B, only to later find out its as much as 7 syns:cry:

What about EE syns just bought 2 packs chick and mush and cheese leek and ham flavours

Thats true, but I suspect that some manufactures do try their best to make them look like close to meat alternatives as they can

Thanks Jim, This was my first real weight loss "diet" as such and was surprised how rapid the lbs came off, I guess the difficult thing was to keep them off. You've done great on the Atkins, Its been a plan that up to now I didn't give much credit to due to "bad press", but reading a few...

My first Weekend of my new start and they go and reduce the price of all their higher Synod goodies, Cheesecakes Gateaux and Caramel Shortbread, all right next to the cheakout till:drool: Im sure they did it to mock me:rant2:

You could adapt these I would think BBC - Food - Recipes : Stewed octopus with herb tabbouleh BBC - Food - Recipes : Octopus, cannellini beans and mustia ricotta BBC - Food - Recipes : Octopus in the Sardinian way

Yup just watched the clip on youtube they just said Calcium. Fat free dairy still has that in as far as I know. Thanks

Tried quorn once, never again, its not even close to be considered a replacement to meat

I would say realistically 2 lb a week is a good loss (and fairly realistic) if its steady, anything more is a bonus. even half a half lb loss the odd week shouldn't be seen as a failure and should not be a reason to be down. neither should even a gain as long as its not a regular occurrence

Thanks thats gave me a few ideas, never thought of making a veg based sauce, or even a salsa to go with meat

Would fat Free be classed as low fat, do you actually need some fat for it to work?

:doh: Of course, I knew that. brain fart on my part. Oh well looks like im gonna have to take all them salad bags back out from the bin

Thanks Sammy, a couple days back in and I starting to remember just how good heathy meals can taste, love hot spicy foods and its so easy to just blitz a load of veggies into a soup and dumping a load of chillies and spices into it, or how tasty grilled skinless chicken thighs can taste with a...

IF you have a meal of chicken and rice or SW chips if the chicken consists of 1/3 of all the food on the plate, is that your 1/3 portion of speed food? Just read my book and noticed a S next to chicken, I always thought I needed some veg or salad with such a meal, this seems to good to be true

Have both:D

I may have an old book but it says in it 28g porridge oats and 1oat/scan bran or 1 ryvita wholegrain crackerbread

Oh well my initial fears came true, 7 months gone and 30lbs heavier:cry: Only myself to blame I should know by now I cant sink as many beers and eat as much junk I did when in my early years without it piling on, damn ageing process:rant2: So here I am again SW extra easy plan at home, still...

Good luck and welcome to MM, theres plenty of help and support here as well as plenty of great recipe ideas and helpful hints how to stay on track, did the SW thing and got great results before I packed it in and lost my way, just restarted it again at home and find this site a great source of...

Good luck and welcome to MM, theres plenty of help and support here as well as plenty of great recipe ideas and helpful hints how to stay on track, did the SW thing and got great results before I packed it in and lost my way, just restarted it again at home and find this site a great source of...

I think you need to have a certain amount of posts before you can use certain features here I think there is a thread on it ill try and find it for you

Thanks for words of support, just weighed myself for the first time in months and weight gain was more than I first suspected, updated tracker and gonna make sure it comes of for good this time

And nearly half my weight loss put back on:mad: Cant face up to updating weight loss tracker Only myself to blame, decided to go back to my old ways, going back to SW book till christmas and New year and then a new start for 2012

Thanks for all the advice, I think for now I will keep a regular check on my own weight, maybe fortnightly and If I have any significant gains re attend SW ASAP, This site seems to offer support and motivation to keep focused on maintaining my weight or at least keeping it under control

Ive had one of them weekends too, gonna be a tough week ahead:whacky068:

I dont want to be obsessed by my weight and a slave to the scales, my last week I went UNDER my set target, and was told unless I but weight ON i would have to pay. Ive hardly ever weighed myself before joining SW

It would be a good idea, you wouldn't HAVE to buy it it would just be convenient if you didnt have time to make something yourself from scratch

Hi Suzie welcome to MiniMins, sorry to hear about your recent bad luck, I hope you find the support here you are looking for.

It really depends on your current weight, unless you are currently obese, I would imagine it would be difficult to lose that weight healthily in a month.

Thanks I also have MiniMins and its members to thank also. Its been a great help

Hi ebbs, welcome to Minimins, Ive not tried many diets, in fact the only "diet" Ive ever been on is Sw, Ive noticed you have said in profile you are on that diet(ish) I'm not sure how strictly you are following it but I'm 100% sure if you followed its rules you would be pleased with your weight...

I cant say with any authority to whats the best diet to lose weight as the only thing Ive tried is SW after I piled the weight on during a period of inactivity due to injury and unemployment, What I will say is that my weight losses while at SW have been steady and Ive never felt like Ive been...

Are the limited addition Summer Berry mullers Syn free?

Hi all after 4 months, I'm a a point were I'm happy with my current weight and have decided to no longer attend SW, Ive seen a few posts were people said they have gained weight while not attending, how likely is it that in a few months or more I will be in the same position, Has anyone being...

I fear the hard part will be keeping it off, Not going to SW classes anymore don't want to having to weigh myself every week, but don't want to slowly pile weight back on.

Asda doing Muller lights 25p each, they do a limited addition summer berrys one dunno if they are syn free but already had a couple

I have never seen extra lean lamb mince, where sells it?

Cool to know, ive walked past them before

I seen these on offer today but walked past as I didnt think they would be a Heb. Its good to know will try them in future

You get some nutritional info on some of them here if its the ones you mean Find Yeo Valley Fat Free in Tesco | mySupermarket

Yeo Yogurt..fat free? I have always assumed is syn free

Its crazy really You can make a pint of smoothie with a few fruits that would have a worse syn value than a pint of beer

Tesco Tiger Baton in Tesco | mySupermarket Dunno how that works out Syn wise

Edit: Sorry Didnt realise it was a double post

All variates are free according to Slimmers World Web Site

When ever I try and make fish cakes this way without breadcrumbs or flour they turn out like mush, even if I refrigerate overnight, I dunno why

Just had some of that today after reading here about the best meals syns wise from Weatherspoons. Wasn't bad at all and I wasn't feeling at all bad washing it down with a pint:)

Shame, rice n peas isnt the same without

Edit: Sorry posted on wrong thread

Can you have one Hex b Just before midnight and the other just after:p

Your correct you are allowed 28g as HEB

1 syn per 100g frozen all plans I believe

Sounds nice, was looking for a low syn Cheesecake Recipe

Hi Mel, Welcome to MM, Good luck with getting to your target weight, I hope you find the help and recipes on here a big aid to you achieving that

Hi, Welcome to MM, I hope you will find the motivation here you need to get those extra pounds off, good luck

Nice one, just bought some and wasn't sure what they would be because they contain a bit of fat

:cry:Thought it sounded to good to be true, Anyone know of any other Pastry alternatives that are free, or at least lower in Syns

You cant eat JUST rice or Pasta though, you have to have at least 1/3 of "super foods" with it, They are mainly fruit and veggies, I think its this that fills you so you cant over do on rice. I was sceptical at first and even after more than 3 months still cant believe how much I can eat and...

Sorry to bump an old post, but this is all I could find regarding SW friendly pastry alternatives, Is polenta still free on EE?

1 Lvl Tbs isn't that much(for me anyway) is there anything anyway of making a low or even syn free alternative?

I love eggy bread not tried it since joining SW will make it again soon

Are they shops own quavers? if so thats great news

I have a butchers near that sells his own made syn free bangers but I believe Morrisons own make low fat ones are syn free(or at least they used to be) There is also a online butchers who do them, but I think you need to buy in bulk Thy this link...

They are nice, the sweet chili ones especially, I would like to know syn value also

I would like to know too, I cant just eat 1 section, once its open the whole pack goes

I like these too, never know how much to syn for them, it would be great if they really are 2 syns for the lot but I very much doubt it, Things I enjoy never usually are that low

-------------- Depends if you have used your HEB(Healthy Extra B) yet. A SW cereal bar can be used if you haven't, otherwise you have to count it as a syn, like every other such bar that I know of

I love these with Syn Free sausage meat from the butchers, rolled in scran bran

Oh well, ill play safe and just count em as syns and save my HEB for something else

Sounds interesting, will give it a go soon

ive Tried it with baked beans, never with mushy peas

http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/93680-meringue.html Hope this helps

sounds tasty

Sorry if I missed it but what is the syn value on their Jacket potatoes then?

Is that how much they are for each little square?:( How do you manage to just eat 1, they are very moreish

I meant mixing it with normal oats and using the same 28g in a day or is it better just taking the full syn hit

Hi, welcome to MiniMins, Great losses so far well done, I'm on Slimming World ATM too with good results, I'm a Noobie to MM too and so far find the help and support here great, stick with SW and don't feel disheartened If/When you don't have great weeks , things usually get better the following...

Hi, welcome to MiniMins, Great losses so far well done, I'm on Slimming World ATM too with good results, I'm a Noobie to MM too and so far find the help and support here great, Good luck, and enjoy eating

Hi, welcome to MiniMins, Great losses so far well done, I'm on Slimming World ATM too with good results, I'm a Noobie to MM too and so far find the help and support here great, stick with SW and don't feel disheartened If/When you don't have great weeks at the weigh in, things usually get better...

I could think of much better ways to use up 6 syns

Just recently joined a gym that has a steam room, and have used it a couple of times for about 15 mins each time, so far thats about as much as i can tolerate comfortably, I'm guessing and heard a few places any weight loss that might come off will be put back on as soon as you have a drink as...

Why is that, did they change the recipe or something? Shame if they did, they are/where great for making a syn free meal

:(Ive just bought some quorn burgers to give em a go, never tried it before but a few of the girls from the weekly class said they were nice, I'm guessing now they are not as tasty as they where making out. oh well theres a SW approved butchers not far away.

Ive got a few of the flavoured ones left(they were on offer and I stocked up on them not realising they weren't HEB), would mixing it with double the amount of normal oats in anyway reduce syns and make it closer to a HEB?

Is that pic of the lb of fat for real? is that a really tiny mug its next too. Another thing Why can you mush up and cook toms but are synd if you do same to an apple, they are both fruit technically

Thanks, you have done well yourself, it is EE I'm on as I like my meat wouldn't last long if I had to do the green plan, MiniMins is great, lots of ideas on how to make great food that don't pile the weight on, Ive made a baked been curry sauce(baked beans blitzed with a bit of stock, and curry...

Those crisps aren't bad at all, not quite as tasty as McCoys but IF they are indeed syn free a very good alternative, Tried it with Sweet Tatas too again they were good

Ive lost about 3 stone in 4 months, had great losses with SW at first, even if I thought at the time It was impossible to lose anything following a diet that allowed me to eat unlimited chicken and rice, and full breakfasts. had a few weeks when I was just maintaining my weight and have even had...

Hi all, Ive Been doing the Slimming World diet for a few months now, with some success largely down to the advice from this site when not at my weigh in, just thought I would sign up and maybe try to help others that need help, and to try and get any additional help I may need. I'm a 30ish old...