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I love cooking and I'm quite enjoying figuring out substitutes for things like pasta and bread. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up an aubergine and use it as a 'pizza' base. I'm also going to my local ethnic food shop, which is truly amazing (and Guardian newspaper award-winning!) to pick up some nut...

I slipped up last night and ate a small sausage roll, but never mind. Onwards and downwards! I've noticed my sugar cravings are practically non-existent now and I'm starting to be able to taste natural sugars - a bit of cream in a black coffee is plenty sweet enough for me now. Appetite-wise...

Oh yes, that's true of most supermarkets actually. They mark up prices in the main section and you can find lots of stuff cheaper in the ethnic sections.

I've got a tin and I keep the nuts firmly out of sight in it. I haven't been able to get my hands on macadamia nuts but I picked up some pine nuts, blanched almonds and brazil nuts yesterday. I think I'll fit in more with primal rather than paleo and I'm happy with that. I know that if I'm too...

I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread where people can list their essential ingredients and food, plus the best places to find them. Any recommendations for a 'newbie kit' would be great too, e.g. coconut oil, full fat Greek yoghurt, etc. I'll start: I've ordered some coconut oil...

My mind is blown, I have to admit! Butter? FAT?! Fat is... Good? *does not compute*

Today is going well. I've had more carbs than I want to eat long-term, but it's my first day of this so I'm going to ease in gently and cut myself some slack. Food has been what I planned: Greek yoghurt and blueberries with 1/2 tbsp of runny honey. Dinner was avocado with salad leaves, spring...

That porridge really does sound amazing! I'm very very new to this (first day today!) and I'm not sure what I'm following, paleo or primal, but I like it. Coconut milk is allowed? Wow! I might have to run out and get some. Oh yes - I just realised I can make proper korma again now, woohoo!

Dammit, I already ate the honey. Ah well. I'm quite happy to ease into this way of eating and I'm prepared to feel jittery and rubbish while my body adjusts to lower carbs. I don't want to do really low carbs, just lower.

Hi all, I'm tentitively sticking a toe into the primordial water! I've been doing Slimming World on and off for about a year without losing properly as I'd always yo-yo back up again. I've also been going through cancer treatment (all fine now) which hasn't helped as I had to take steroids...

Aw, that sounds brilliant! I was lucky enough to not need herceptin, I have tamoxifen tablets to take for 5 years, but I still haven't celebrated the end of my treatment. I think I might get a new tattoo.

There is also the egg only pancake, which I prefer: Seperate the yolk and white of an egg, whisk the white with sweetener (I use a LOT). Mix the yolk with vanilla extract, tip it back into the white and whisk until just combined. Frylight your pan, pour the mix in. It's very fragile, but you get...

Wholemeal pitta (HEB) with fried red peppers, red onion, smoked aubergine, mushrooms and 30g of Tex Mex cheddar (from Aldi - 5 syns) and 0.5 syns very light mayo.

I had two PICCs for chemo - my first had to be removed because I had a horrendous reaction to the dressings, but they still couldn't cannulate me so I had another put in after my skin healed a bit. I actually pulled out the second one on my second to last chemo as the nurses refused to remove it...

For me, it does. I've noticed if I do too much, I get payback two days later! Whether that's the same for everyone, I don't know. I'm dedicated to losing weight because I'm fed up of feeling fat and horrible and I want to look nice again. Them's the superficial reasons. I'm mainly doing it...

*waves to everyone* I posted a few months ago and I'm just finding my way back again. I stopped and started SW so many times during my treatment, but I just wasn't in the right place mentally. I've finished my chemo and radiotherapy and I am very very slowly starting to recover from the effects...

My next goal is to lose 0.5lb to make it a total of 7lb loss. Sadly, I won't get my half stone award as I re-started class without actually re-starting as a new member after a break for a few weeks (hope that makes sense), so the class records will just show that I've wiped out a 7lb gain. Bah...

A very late brunch - crunchy peanut butter and banana toasted sandwich, sprinkled with cinnamon and using a HeB of bread. NOM!

I had a late brunch of what my partner has christened the 'Omelette of Deliciousness'. We shared it between us with some baked beans - it was 4 eggs, 2 tbsps water, 2 tomatoes, chives, 1 tsp each of basil, oregano and thyme, lots of black pepper, 75g light Philladelphia (1 HEA between us) and 1...

I managed to stick to plan last week after a chemo infusion (my last one, yay) and with a chest infection. My advice - switch to green, you don't have to worry about the superfree then, just don't have meat unless you HEX it. I lived off Mugshots with a few baby mushrooms thrown in occasionally...

You've actually inspired me to do a veggie red day tomorrow, hehe. I don't eat that much meat normally and yes, I've run out of potatoes. It's a plan.

You certainly can do vegetarian red days as like you said, the tofu and meat replacement products are free (well, some are synned, but you know what I mean). All you'd be doing really is having a low-carb, high protein veggie day. I do them occasionally, usually completely by accident when I...

If you look on EBay, you can get food grade citric acid. It's what makes sour sweets sour... See where I'm going with this? Mix it with sweetener and sprinkle it over the 'sweets' just before you eat them.

Ack, that's no good, I appreciate you trying to be helpful and I know that rule, but my partner took them out of the original packaging before I could syn them. They are now in the freezer in a freezer bag. Anyone? Are they listed in Slimming World online?

Specifically, Sainsburys basic crumpets please. I have tried googling and searching on here, but I've had no luck. Please, help me before I put them allllll in my mouth. Like this. :party0051:

Yep! You can also make lollies out of your milk allowance - I have a very low-syn recipe for chocolate lolly ices on my blog, the link is in my signature.

I made this tonight with about 3/4 cup of sweetener, 6 level tbsps cocoa and 1 tsp of vanilla extract. Ohmigod. I wiped the mixing bowl clean with a strawberry. HEAVEN. I got two generous nutella glass portions out of it and topped them with 1 syns worth of Anchor Light squirty cream (12.5g)...

The inside of my cheek. I was poking at a mouth ulcer with my tongue and accidentally bit my cheek. I'm doing a green day too, so I'll have to syn it as it's meat.* *This is a joke. Obviously.

Oh yes, loads of people mix it up. I do mainly green days because I don't eat much meat or fish, so I get extra healthy extras on green. If I fancy something like spaghetti bolognaise, that's perfect for Extra Easy if I have some salad with it. Burgers for tea - perfect for a red day. You'll...

2 slices wholemeal toast (HEB) with 1 tbsp crunchy peanut butter (4.5 syns), sliced banana and cinnamon. Gorgeous.

I'm proud of myself today because I was in hospital and therefore completely dependent on the NHS for food, but I chose the best option for my lunch and had a jacket potato, salad and cheese instead of a pre-packaged sandwich or a meaty stew that was bound to be high in syns.

Ooooh, this sounds interesting. I'm missing alcohol a little bit at the moment (not allowed due to medication) and this might be the answer. I'm also wondering what it would be like to cook with, I have a lovely recipe for slow-cooked ham and beans that uses beer and I've not made it since...

Cauliflower and mashed potatoes cooked in veg stocked and mixed with a HEB of garlic olive oil, baked beans and cheese. Real comfort food.

Weight and body image are such emotive issues. I like to think that the people making stupid comments are the ones with the 'problem' themselves, but they project it onto others because it's easier to be a bit nasty to someone else than accept they're shallow and appearance oriented. I'm...

Thanks for that Paula, it actually helped me as one of my meds has changed recently and I haven't got around to reading the leaflet yet. Poo, now I can't have grapefruit or pomelos.

Oh yes, cheese.... Mmm. I had a lovely spinach and cheese pasta bake for my tea that wouldn't have been possible on EE as I used 1.5 HEA (I split one HEA so I could have some milk in my coffee this morning) and 1 HEB choice on cheese. I'd have had to syn most of the cheese on EE.

Well, I can only answer for myself. I do mostly green days with a few extra easy thrown in if I want meat. The simplest answer is that green is very easy to do on the cheap and I like the extra healthy extras. I don't have to worry about always making up a third superfree as that can get very...

Green today, I'm using most of my HEXs on cheese so I can have baked spinach and cheese macaroni.

Wow, Ermintrude - you've done brilliantly. My next goal is to get down into the next stone, which I should do this week hopefully! After that, it's to have a BMI of less than 30, which will take me into the overweight category rather than obese.

Not counting your blip with the wine and cream egg, you might have stayed the same anyway. I've noticed it's very common for people to lose in their first week but then stay the same or even have a small gain in their second. It's just something that seems to happen as our bodies are adjusting...

Burgers! Nom nom nom. Made with smoked paprika, garlic olive oil and other various nice herbs and spices, so they will be spicy BBQ burgers. I'm having mine with potato wedges and salad. Cannot. Wait. *gnaws off own arm*

I didn't fancy a big lunch, just snacky things, so I had a spicy mugshot, a mullerlight and a banana. I added some chopped mushrooms to the mugshot to up the super free as today seems to have turned into an EE day for me.

Lovely breakfast this morning: sausage buttie with tomato sauce, mushrooms and tinned tomatoes. Used a HEB on the bread and the sausages were Joes ones, so syn-free. About to have a giant mug of coffee. Ahhhhh...

I'm proud of myself today for keeping a food diary and that I stopped eating foam shrimps and bananas after I'd had six of them. I could have eaten the entire, massive bag, but didn't. Victory! :D

HONK!

We're skinter than a skint, er, thing, so tea was a pitta bread pizza with freezer veggies on it, with a few Quorn meatballs (last in the bag) and a tin of mushy peas. Not the most attractive meal I've ever eaten! I was going to have half a tin of beans with it, but the Mr bagged those and we...

I'm a bugger for this too and it's especially hard on weeks when I can't get out of the house. Definitely keep your hands busy! I paint my nails in the evening when I watch TV as that stops me snacking. I also finger-knit, it's very therapeutic and keeps me occupied. As odd as this may...

Good idea for a thread! I need to improve on keeping my food diary. I'm determined to have a 100% week this week and I feel much more in control when I write everything down. I also need to keep on top of the kitchen! If it's messy, I can't be bothered cooking and that's where I come...

Woohoo! 1lb off for me. This is a minor miracle as it's a post chemo week and I have to take steroids following treatment. It has also been the week of too much cheese, hehe. I am very pleased.

Not sure, I've yet to decide on whether I'm doing EE or green today. If green, probably beans, cheese and broccoli on toast. If EE, I don't know as I've already used a HEB. I might defrost some aubergine curry.

I mixed a HEB of porridge oats with a vanilla mullerlight with the intent of making magic pancakes, but I couldn't be bothered in the end so I had it as cold 'magic porridge' with a small banana and strawberries.

I am actually having a plate of sweet potato chips and a quorn chicken breast. Green today, and I've used all my HEXs already or I'd have loads of cheese on it and have it with baked beans. I don't have any baked beans in. *cries* Today is definitely a hungry day. *eats own arm*

ALL THE THINGS.

I don't see any bullying on this thread. I see someone who doesn't like the fact that people are disagreeing with her and is choosing to flounce because of it. It's easy to pull the bullying card when things don't go your way, isn't it? I'm leaving this thread now.

Honestly? Quark and toffee mullerlight 'ice cream'.

I am actually shocked at how uncaring and insensitive this thread is. Shame on you, 'missslinky'. You'd think that someone who is admittedly overweight herself would have some empathy towards others. That could SO easily have been you. Good for you that you reached your trigger point are are...

Banana Apple Onions (lots of them - I had onion soup) Mushrooms Tomato Green pepper Baby leaf spinach Spring onion Green pepper Tomato Strawberries Kiwi On a red day too! :eek:

I think as long as you explain that Slimming World is about healthy eating and that weight loss is a result of that and not the main aim, then it would be ok. I don't think it would be right for her to start obsessing over her weight at such a young age, so maybe limit her weigh-ins to once a...

'Binty, I love your stuffed squash meals, they always look lovely. I had a spinach and sweet chilli tuna salad. Soon to be followed by a custard apple for dessert. I've never tried one before and I found them in the supermarket reduced section, I couldn't resist.

Congratulations, that's amazing!

A mug of onion soup with a pitta bread pizza (Co-Op pitta for a HEB). I had mushrooms, tomato and green pepper on the pizza and HOW much do I love the fact that tomato purée is free now? :D

I don't give a **** what people think of me any more, it's very liberating! I'm going to take my wig off to be weighed when I go back to class and I'm looking forward to getting some odd looks, hehe. I am perverse though. :D

Tuesday is my Riverford veg box delivery day, so I'm excited about all the fresh fruit and veg! I'm thinking of using some baby leaf spinach in a salad, maybe with sweet chilli tuna. I usually do green days so I'll have to have it as my second HEB if I do that, but then I can't have a pitta...

Caulipots are very comforting and a bit lighter than full on normal mash - they're what they sound like, half cauliflower, half mashed potato with a bit of veg stock mixed in. Lovely and comforting with beans and a HEX of cheese. Cheese on toast is a good comfort food too!

Bubbs honestly, no-one will be thinking about anyone else's reasons for staying or not staying - everyone is too busy panicking about getting on the scales themselves! I enjoy meetings and I can't wait to be able to join up and go again. I can't commit at the moment as I don't know whether...

Overnight oats (magic porridge) made with 35g porridge oats, a vanilla Mullerlight, a chopped apple, a small banana and cinnamon. I'll be full until lunch now!

That's really good news, that your dad found the cancer. I wish him all the best with his treatment. Point him in the direction of the Macmillan site, it's full of excellent information and there is forum too, so he can talk to others going through the same thing. Have a look yourself as well...

I used 2 syns worth of light squirty cream on a hazelnut Options yesterday - you get quite a lot for 2 syns, it's definitely worth it! I felt like a numpty putting my mug on the scales though, hehe.

HONK!!! :D

This - Falafel | Nibbles and Nipples Falafel in a wholemeal pitta for my HEB, with shredded cucumber and carrot, pickled onions and roasted red pepper. I also had it with 2x HEA of mozzarella and 2 syns worth of salad cream.

I am going to shout at you now in a well-meaning sort of way. Forget trying to get a loss this week, your health is more important. Eat what you feel like and still stay on plan, but don't go nuts obsessing over what to eat to get a loss. One week in the grand scheme of things is NOTHING - you...

Falafel with salad and a wholemeal pitta, probably with a HEA of cheese too. Green for me today.

In Soviet Russia, pineapple eat you!

Homemade burgers with salad. Undecided whether to use a HEB on a bun or not.

I'm doing success express today, so I had a two egg omelette with loads of mushrooms and balsamic roasted tomatoes and red pepper (roasted last night when I couldn't sleep) and a spoonful of cottage cheese. I am having a 'must eat all the things day' and I was still hungry after that, so I had a...

I miscalculated, this is my twelfth day at 100%. HONK!

I've had two mugs of green tea and fennel today and I'm on track to have my third before bed. I'm really enjoying it, I don't tend to like green tea on its own and brewing it up with fennel seeds in a tea strainer is making a massive difference to the flavour.

Mine always comes off the top part of my stomach first, near my ribs. That bit goes flat then eventually, it kind of moves down and the rest of my stomach gets smaller. I also notice it from my face.

It's nothing fancy, but it's one of my favourite teas because it's so tasty. Hunters chicken (chicken breast with barbeque sauce and cheese on top) with caulipots and salad for my 1/3 superfree as I'm doing EE today. Usually I top the chicken with cheddar, but I had a salad for lunch with 3...

I have a denim skirt that I love, which hasn't fitted me for years. I also have a few dresses that I use to gauge my weight losses - they still fit me now, but when I'm a stone lighter they look even better.

HONK for my ninth 100% day AND for having to buy a McDonalds breakfast for my fiancé and resisting the urge to get one for myself. I had a black coffee. I'm honking for that too. HONK!

I've done rubbish with the tea challenge today, I just bought cans of diet coke so I had two of those which is naughty as I try and limit myself to one a day. Ah well. I've had one mug of white tea and one mug of green tea brewed with fennel seeds. Tomorrow, I think I'll stick to green tea and...

Green day today and I fancy a bit of a 'naughty' tea, so I'm having SW chips, baked beans and a HEA of feta. I know it's not naughty as it's on plan, but it feels like it. :D

Have you tried making your own rice pudding? You just use a HEX of milk, pudding rice, little bit of nutmeg/cinnamon and vanilla essence, plus sugar (synned) or sweetener to taste. I made some before with a HEB of stewed apple and it's gorgeous. Sugar-free jelly is great too, I use the...

Garlic roasted broccoli and chickpeas with courgette 'noodles', followed by rice pudding made with a HEA of whole milk and a HEB of stewed apple. Nom.

A giant mushroom Green pepper Two tomatoes Rocket Small red onion Handful of frozen strawberries and blueberries (in porridge) Two satsumas A few pieces of mango as I was chopping it and putting it in the fridge.

Joining! I've been drinking white tea brewed with fennel seeds (I have a massive box of fennel seeds to get through and I don't use them in cooking that often) and really enjoying it, but I have lots of green tea to get through too. I find green tea tastes bitter if you use the water as soon...

HONK! 10 syns today and my ninth day of being 100%!

My turning point was when I weighed myself and realised I was the heaviest I've ever been, including after I had my son. I've been making excuses for myself and treating myself far too often. I needed that kick up the arse. I've been 100% on plan for nine days now (wow) and I can honestly say my...

Congrats at 3 and a half, that's fab!

HONK HONK!!! For a 100% week and a 100% day today, with 17 syns. Glad I count them weekly, there was an 'incident' with some marshmallows, a Freddo bar and a packet of NikNaks. :D

I fancied hunters chicken, but I'm doing EE today and I'd already used my HEA on cheese earlier in the day. I also didn't have any chicken breasts defrosted, so I did a cheat's version with a quorn fillet. Served it with sweet potato chips and kale, fried with red pepper, garlic, lemon juice and...

I actually can't stand to be anyway near a diet drink after I've had a chemotherapy infusion, but when I've recovered, I can drink them again. It's weird, but I think it speaks volumes - my body seems to know it's not good for me.

Homemade pitta pizza, using a co-op pitta bread as the base for a HEB. Not sure of toppings yet, but I'm having it with a rocket salad and some kale 'fried' in garlic and red wine vinegar.

Ooooh, team Scouse - can I join please? I live in Bootle and have about three stone to lose. I'm going through cancer treatment at the moment (no comment needed, honestly - I'm fine) so I'm not at work right now. I have a 21 month old son who keeps me busy and I love cooking.

Pineapple with FF yoghurt. I might have a satsuma or two as well, or maybe some mango. My fruit bowl is calling to me...

Oh, I'm not sad about it at all - obviously I had a cry when I was diagnosed, but mostly I feel incredibly lucky. I found it ridiculously early and it's not spread, I'm being treated with the full whack (lumpectomy, chemo, radiotherapy, hormone tablets) because I'm only in my twenties, but if it...

I lost about a stone and a half on WeightWatchers and then I got pregnant and had my son. I went back to WeightWatchers and really struggled with it that time around. Then the new ProPoints plan came in and I saw that you now had to 'point' herbs and spices. I remember thinking 'Fudge that' and...

I'm glad I've found this thread. I don't have M.E, I have breast cancer and I'm currently going through chemotherapy. The fatigue is similar, I'm told. My head hasn't really been in the right place so I've been half-heartedly following the plan over the last few months and telling myself it's...

I've not decided yet. I have quinoa, white bean and kale stew in the slow cooker (recipe from an amazing vegan cookbook called Appetite for Reduction - all the recipes are very SW-friendly) but my partner wants cowboy pie, so I'm making both. Depending on what day I choose, I'll have one and...

A great big HONK for today, with 17 syns (due to testing a cake recipe) but I am counting them weekly, so it's fine. :)

This! Hidden vegetable tomato pasta sauce | Nibbles and Nipples Hidden vegetable tomato pasta sauce with spaghetti, courgette and a HEA of feta.

Green day today, just had a spicy sweet and sour Mugshot followed by a hardboiled egg.

HONK! For yesterday. Still 100% since last Sunday and 100% so far today.

Breakfast was chocolate porridge with cherries and strawberries using half my HEA (200ml for the HEA) of chocolate Oatly with a splash of vanilla extract. The other half of my chocolate Oatly was used to make a chocolate lolly-ice, which will be eaten later on with great pleasure. Recipe on my...

HONK for yesterday. I have now been 100% since Sunday. Woohoo! :bliss:

Mmmm, sweet chilli sauce. I love mixing this with quark to make a dip.

HONK HONK HONK HONK!!! That's for being 100% since Sunday. WOO! :D

Two tangerines.

They were really nice. The taste definitely isn't like pastry, but it did remind of pastry as I was eating it. The outside went crispy but the inside was still like mashed potato, which I'm fine with as I really like soggy pastry anyway! I used 150g of instant potato, a pinch of garlic...

I have my version of these in the oven right now - thank you for the idea! I've done a spinach and quark filling, with an onion, pinch of nutmeg and enough black pepper to sink a ship.

I am definitely going to try these, but I think I'll do it with caulipots instead of just plain mash and then I'm getting superfree into them too! Caulipots is what it sounds like - cauliflower mashed in with the potato, the recipe is from a vegan cookbook called Appetite for Destruction if...

Louise3p, I don't think it would work exactly the same - if something is asking for jam sugar, then it needs pectin to set (which is what's in jam sugar). I imagine if you used sweetener you'd just end up with a runny version of the recipe, but it should taste similar. I'm about to make a...

HOOOONK!!! A big, rainbow HONK from me, for being 100% today and for most of this week, including a cinema trip! YEEEHAW!!! :D

I'm another one who finds it comes off the face and waist first. I'm at a plateau right now, going up and down the same few pounds, but I'm still noticing my body shape changing.

I am proud of myself. Now, let's see if I can cancel it out by not having syns tomorrow.

I have actually put the ice-cream back in the freezer and the chocolate in the cupboard. I am VERY proud of myself right now. I'm going to have some raspberries instead.

ARGHHH. I've had a really good day, up until the point where I ate a bag of chocolate buttons without synning them first. I stupidly thought they'd only be around 8 or 9 syns - nope, they worked out to be 19, putting me at 28.5 syns for the day. I have a Mars Bar-a-like and two mini...

Honk honk! 3rd day of 100% from me. I even weighed and synned a controlled portion of midget gems - usually I'd eat the bag!

As you're following EE and you said that your onions and mushrooms weren't quite enough to count as 1/3 superfree, then you've answered your own question. :) You CAN have that meal though - just make sure to add more onions or mushrooms next time, or follow it with some fruit for dessert.

The base didn't taste much different, but the texture of it was miles better. I'm going to add a beaten egg to it every time now.

I'm experimenting with the smash base to try and get it more pizza-like. Tonight, I whisked an egg, added a splash of water and used that to make my base. I always squish it out into a large frying pan and cook the base that way, I find it much easier. Tonight's base consists of: Smash (ok...

Well done! That's a great loss for your first week. Did you find it ok following the plan?

Quark. I know, I know - it's not exactly a 'new' discovery, but I've only just realised how to mess with it so I actually like it. I just made a gorgeous cheese spread by mixing a little bit of salt, lots of black pepper, dried oregano and dried parsley into it.

Superspeed soup with 2 slices Nimble toast (HEB) spread with quark. I mixed the quark with a little bit of salt, a LOT of black pepper, dried parsley and dried oregano and it was bloody gorgeous.

2 weetabix with HEA milk, topped with the tiniest banana in the world* and some fresh peaches. *I snagged a bunch of kids' bananas in the reduced section, they are ridiculously small but were also ridiculously cheap.

Back on plan again today, I had a family Christening yesterday and although I was on plan for breakfast and for tea, I didn't stick to plan during the Christening as there was a buffet. Being completely honest with myself, this made me go off plan during the evening as well. I didn't go mad, I...

I completely forgot I started this - *slaps self on hand* I had three and a half weeks off work on leave, due to a lot of family events - my partner's birthday, the baby's first birthday, MY birthday and a few more. The plan completely went out of the window, although I'm happy to say I did...

Thanks Slickers. Sadly, that's what I thought but I'd hoped differently. Ah well. :-)

Bumping this thread because I want to hear more people's motivations, and little non-food rewards. It was WI for me today and because I had a loss, I kept my promise to myself and bought a bunch of flowers. I have them in a vase in my living room now and I love them - every time I look over at...

A cherry Mullerlight. I really wanted the banana custard one but I couldn't remember whether it has syns. Boo-hiss. Sad now. :-(

Does anyone know whether I can deduct syns from chocolate soya milk, so part of it is classed as a healthy extra? I just worked it out to be 10.5 syns for 250mls and if I'm allowed to deduct any I'll be thrilled! :)

I hacked up another pineapple today and so far, half of it has eaten me. :whistle: That salsa recipe sounds really nice, but I don't have any fresh chillis. I highly doubt the pineapple will last until I can buy some, I'll have eaten it all by then...

I'm making it now, it's close to the original recipe except I've not used green lentils, parsnips or split peas. Instead, I've used red lentils, half a bag of fresh spinach and some sweet potato left over from making the baby's tea... I hope it's nice - WI tomorrow, making the soup now...

*pokes Brittany with a stick*

EE day - Baked courgette stuffed with tomato, ham, courgette, spring onion and cottage cheese (mixed in with a glug of passata and dried chillis), with butternut squash chips and a side salad of rocket, watercress and spinach. It's in the oven now and the smell is so lovely. :faint2:

Sadly, yes. One day you will die - unless you are immortal. :whistle: I wouldn't eat the rice though, I think it's been in the fridge for too long.

I loved getting my weekly veg boxes, I got mine from Abel and Cole, but they worked out too expensive in the end. I'll have to have a look at Riverford.

I love this thread! I've seen canned burgers as well, bleurgh. Canned reindeer, anyone? 14 Strangest Canned Foods - Oddee.com

Yep. Silly, silly people. I need another pineapple now. I've already had one this week, I might have to pick one up tonight.

Porridge topped with mixed summer berries and rhubarb. Frozen berries for the win!

Why do you think that's sad? I think that's a brilliant incentive - it's what keeps YOU going, never mind what anyone else might think. :)

Hannahkw1, how about a pamper evening? You could treat yourself to an uninterrupted bath with candles, a do-it-yourself facial, etc. Use what you've got at home but give yourself the time to really feel special and use loads of products.

It's the latest one in the Sookie Stackhouse series that the TV show True Blood is based on. After that, there's a new Bill Bryson book I want. I think I'll make books my treat at every half stone loss, I like the sound of that. A £1 for 1lb! Brilliant! If I had spare cash I'd make that my...

Lovetosew, that's a brilliant idea. If I had a charm bracelet, I think I'd do the same. My next mini-reward (apart from the flowers) is to buy myself a book I've been wanting for a while, but only when I've achieved my half stone again. I've gained and restarted the plan since then, so it...

I love courgettes. A really simple way to eat them is on toast, believe it or not! Cut them into long thin strips, grill them on a griddle pan with frylight, about a tbsp of lemon juice spooned over them and loads of freshly ground black pepper. Sometimes I have them with cottage cheese on...

Steal away! :D As long as you don't break into my house and actually steal my flowers... Then we'd have to have words. I like your idea of treating yourself at every 5lbs lost. What type of treats are you going to give yourself? Another thing I do, which isn't really a motivational...

I'm struggling with this myself. Being completely honest, I use them as an excuse. I'm trying not to. I had a bad day yesterday and so far today has gone well. One thing I've noticed that helps me is starting a food diary immediately after having a bad day - it makes me accountable again as...

I thought it would be nice to have a thread where we can talk about what motivates us - what gets you through when you're having a bad day? What non-food rewards or incentives do you use? I love looking at the different signatures that people have, with their mini goals. I love having fresh...

I was about to reply and say I didn't see the point in doing both, until I realised I do something similar. I HAVE to weigh my pasta and rice, otherwise my portion sizes are way too big and I'll carry on eating even though I'm full, just because I have food on the plate. I mainly do EE and green...

Nothing particularly exciting for me today - porridge topped with strawberries and blueberries, followed by a toffee mullerlight because I was still hungry.

That, is quite possibly, my new favourite fact of all time. I have a mental image now of a herd of rampaging pineapples roaming the streets and devouring unsuspecting pedestrians. :D

I agree with what the others said, it's something you really have to try to overcome. It took me ages to learn to eat vegetables on their own but now I love them. I started off hiding them in sauces and chopping them finely, then gradually having bigger and bigger pieces of them until I could...

Very interesting, I'll have a read of that later I think, I really should be going to bed. I love pineapple. There seems to be a bit of a craze in my group at the moment for putting a load of sweetener on pineapple and leaving it to soak overnight. I tried it but couldn't really taste the...

I often wondered this myself, I'm new-ish to Slimming World, so I asked my consultant about it yesterday and got a leaflet. In a nutshell, it's making sure you fill 2/3 of your plate with superfree foods and 1/3 with free foods - it's like following EE, but the ratio of free to superfree is...

That sounds really nice. I'm a big fan of pitta bread pizzas - pretty much the same thing, but if you use a wholemeal one from Asda, it's a HEB, so if you have the cheese as a HEA there's no syns (depending on topping, of course!). :D

SW pancake with a banana and some FF fromage frais mixed with vanilla essence and sweetener. EE day for me. :D

I, er, had 10 pieces of Galaxy chocolate, the one with the caramelised hazelnuts. I'm very proud of myself though, I used to eat the big bars all in one go and this one has lasted me for days. Well worth the 10 syns!

EE day today, just had a late lunch. 1 Asda wholemeal wrap (HEB), with thin sliced beef, radish, 1 tbsp light salad cream (1 syn), salad, shredded beetroot, and strips of yellow pepper. Banana to follow. I could eat it again. NOM.

EE day today, I'm having cajun potato salad, which is salad potatoes roasted with some red onion and sprinkled with approx 1 tbsp of cajun seasoning. I'll serve it with some salad leaves, tomatoes, cottage cheese and home-made tomato sauce for dipping.

I had left-over mash the other day, so I added an egg and a HEA portion of cheese, then shaped them into fairly thin patties (about 1cm in thickness) and fried them in Frylight over a medium heat. They. Were. Gorgeous. So much so, that I'm going to make them regularly from now on. I make my...

I'm glad it's not just me then - when I think of jelly sweets, I want something chewy with a bite to it. Ah well, the search continues...

I'm planning on having these for breakfast tomorrow, I think I fancy banana and cinnamon... ETA: I made one pancake and it was really nice. I made it in a big pan to get it really thin. One thing I didn't realise is how long it takes to cook properly on each side - I was going by how long a...

I tried these tonight, I used one sachet of blackcurrent jelly, one sachet of Asda's version of vege-gel (I forget the name) and some total 0% yoghurt. They were really nice, but not at all chewy. I was expecting them to be at least slightly chewy - did I get the wrong end of the stick? They...

I just wanted to say, even though I didn't start this thread, that I found your posts very helpful, so thank you. :)

Anything yoghurty will work - fromage frais is thicker, so I might add a little bit of water until it's at the consistency you like.

Ack! That's loads! I was only curious because I bought a carton of it ages ago to try and it's just going to go to waste. Ah well, I'd rather waste it than spend all those syns! Thanks.

I was hoping some kind person could tell me whether almond milk counts as a healthy extra and if not, what the syns are for it please? I've searched this site and come up with nothing. :cry:

My son turns one on the 11th May and I'm doing a similar thing! Most of my relatives are following one type of weight-loss plan or another, so while I'm not doing a strictly slimming world buffet, I am trying to make sure there are lots of options for different people. My family always do one...

Thank you both. x You're right in that I shouldn't really be worrying about this, and I wasn't, up until the point my son got a bit better. We're just waiting for him to come off oxygen and then he can come home, so I'm not panicking about him anymore. Mugshots - I forgot about those! I...

I desperately need help and advice - my son was admitted to hospital this week and I have completely and utterly fallen off the wagon. I managed to lose half a stone on SW so far (I'm fairly new to it) and I know it's all gone back on and maybe some more as well. I'm too scared to weigh myself...

I'm also new to SW, thank you for this post. I was looking for ideas for store cupboard food, for those days when I really cannot be bothered to cook, and I think getting in a few of these will save me from ringing for a takeaway!

I've just made this, only I substituted hot chilli powder for the mild, 2 tbsps of the balsamic vinegar for 2 tbsps red wine vinegar, and added 1/2 tsp garlic powder and 1/4 tsp of dried oregano. I really like it. As BBQ sauces go, this is a really nice vinegar-based one. Next time I might add...

Woo-hoo! I lost 0.5lb this week, I'm currently 11st 8lb, so I have 8.5lb to lose before I see a ten on the scale. The lightest I got to doing Weightwatchers was 11st 7lb, so I'm absolutely thrilled that I'm nearly past that point. :D

My nan always used to say 'Eat the crusts because they'll give you curly hair'. Well, they did (or genetics did, but y'know, it could have been the crusts...). I don't want my hair to get any more out of control, so I'm not taking the risk. Hehe.

Thank you. I'll weigh it and see how many slices that is. :) ETA: I like the crust idea as well!

Count me in too, please! I started off at 11st 11lb (after coming down from 12st 8lb on Weightwatchers). After my first week, I'm 11st 8.5lb but I think I'll have either stayed the same this week or put on 0.5lb, but it's my star week so I don't mind. ;)

I've come back again to sing its praises - all I've heard this week from my partner is 'Do we have any chicken left?' 'I can't find any chicken!' 'I NEED the maple syrup chicken, argh!'. :D

Hi, I'm fairly new to the forum, so my apologies if this is in the wrong place! I bought an 800g loaf of Warburtons wholemeal, instead of the 400g loaf. I know 2 slices of the 400g loaf would count as a HEB, but I'm stuck now with the larger slices and I don't want the bread to go to waste...

I don't have any advice, but I couldn't read and not post something. :hug99:

What good is a diary unless it contains an awful pun? *ahem* Hi, my name is Blaze and I'm a reformed WeightWatcher. I've followed Weightwatchers twice, the first time after I lost a baby and put on a lot of weight through comfort eating. I was 13 stone at my first class, which is the heaviest...

I've just finished my first week doing Extra Easy and that's what I did, if I wasn't having 1/3 superfree with the meal itself, I'd have it after as fruit. It works. :D

My breakfasts are very samey when I'm in work, as I take them in with me and have them on my first break - nearly always porridge, with milk from my allowance, topped with berries. When I'm at home, I like cooked breakfasts. Tomorrow I'm planning on having a breakfast omelette - 2 eggs...

This is absolutely gorgeous - I couldn't be bothered cooking it in the oven, so I just did it in the pan and cooked it long enough for the marinade to reduce. It. Is. Fantastic. Definitely one of my new favourite recipes!