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Hi I finished my book last week so had my 1st fast day on Mon and my 2nd yesterday (school holidays so had to differ days). I stuck to 500 cals a day and ate normally the rest of the time but I haven't lost an ounce of weight. I'm due a fast day tomorrow and weds (may do Friday aswell) but I...

Wow! I often struggle to find something to eat when I'm out, thanks for this x

I'm allergic to milk and obviously anything with it so will quite often have a fruit salad or syn a sorbet (obviously has to be dairy free) and serve it with strawberries. There's a recipe knocking around for a chocolate mousse using silken tofu and cocoa powder but I wasn't that keen and some...

Same here! I've got one book, Shantaram, that's not avail on kindle so I'm going to have to read an actual real life book but I keep putting it off!

I thought that although the book was generally good the ending was predictable and reminded me of at school when I'd get fed up of writing a story and do a rushed ending to get it finished!! I've recently read - room, into the darkest corner and only the innocent and I'm reading Men I've Loved...

There's also a Stowells Light that's 60cal for a 125ml glass.

I read Good In Bed a few years ago before my kindle and got some raised eyebrows from my workmates when they saw the title! I've read all her books now. Have you read any Jane Fallon books? I find them similar.

Did asda stop doing the 1 syn vege burgers? I looked when I bought these monstrosities and couldn't care them.

Wow! So glad I checked first! I'm really shocked by all of those because the full ingredients list didn't seem too bad :(

Anyone? I don't have access to the online syns calculator anymore and don't want to eat any of this until I know the syns.

Hi I am doing slimming world at home and wonder if someone could help me with the following syns? Alpro Fruity and Creamy Yoghurts - Per serving - 125kcal 3.9g protein 10.6g Carbs of which 9g sugars 6.5g fat of which 1.9g sats 1.0g of fibre. 1st 3 ingredients = Water, Cherries (10.5%)...

I've recently read Before I Go to Sleeo, Into the Darkest Corner, Only the Innocent and Room. I've just started Men I've Loved Before by Adele Parks and will read Shantaram after that. I have so many samples on my Kindle that I seem to collect.

Hi, thank you. On looking at the packet they are called lemon and herb piri piri quarter pounders. I had one with dinner today with chips and beans so hopefully not high in syns.

Have bought the above. I am trying to go it alone and would appreciate any help with the sun value. Also, does anyone have the syns for the new alpro fruity and creamy yoghurt. Thanks

Does anyone know the syns for the new Alpro dairy free fruity and creamy yoghurts? I so wish they made a syn free soya yoghurt :(

the problem with the lime and soda is you have to syn the lime cordial as most pubs/restaurants don't use no added sugar cordial. my husband runs a pub restaurant so I know the syns of most drinks he serves!! as for the diet lemonade it's very rare to find it on draught but look for...

There's also a Nandos. I always go to the fast food Chinese and get something with boiled rice and syn what I need to. They do specials like chicken and mushroom. There's a few things to choose from if you're not easily swayed by the smell of KFC!

I've stopped going as of last week so I've missed two classes. I've had no contact from her. I just thought of another thing that annoys me. The raffle is 50p to enter and you win a recipe and the ingredients, which is brilliant UNTIL I discovered if you win it you buy next weeks prize.....so...

I don't think my C is good at all but there are no other classes that suit me and I don't have the willpower not to go to class. I go each week and she doesn't even speak to me. She never weighs us, we never get any contact during the week. Recently I gained 6lbs in one week and still didn't...

Yeah, we're nearest to the Leeds one. Even now it's incredibly busy whenever we're there. (not that I'm there that much ;) ! )

There's a few drive thru ones I think. We have one in Manchester and one in Leeds. I never ever resist KK. What I have done is stop eating them by the dozen!!!!!!

I bulk cook and freeze into pre portioned containers ready for late night munchies when I'm tired.

I have pcos and live in a pub too so eat late aswell, I find that my weight loss goes in stages. I can lose loads one week then sts for weeks later. I gave myself a weekend off 2 weeks ago and gained 6lbs! I weigh 10st so 6 on is quite a lot. The way I look at it is that when I'm not on sw I...

No it won't :( the seaweed is usually deep fried curly kale anyway.

I'm reading Roald Dahl's The Witches with my son. He hates reading 'real' books but loves reading from the Kindle. :) I have just started a book called What You Don't Know by Lizzie Enfield.

I'm usually a weakling when it comes to chilli but I don't find the noodles spicy at all. They taste completely different to full fat super noodles though :(

That's an amazing difference, well done you x

Thank you. If I hadn't had my wisdom tooth pulled out this afternoon I'd be munching away! As it is I'm on a diet of sugar free jelly and 1 syn sponge fingers. I'm definitely going to work it as 2 for 1.5 syns!! ;)

Hi, I have bought some mini meringues from Asda which say 16kcals each on the tub. Using the 20cals = 1 syn I worked it out to be just less than a syn each. Is this right? It seems incredibly low because they are just sugar and egg plus they taste yummy. I do hope I've worked it out right...

Just to add that I find carvers actually help our weighloss because we have loads of superfree without having to prep it all!!!

I agree, if you deprive yourself too much you might fall off plan (like I have in the past!) We eat out regularly and if I stopped that I know sw wouldn't work for me so we just make different choices. We now tend to go for chineses, carveries etc. and where before I would choose loads of...

I know this may be of no use to you other than to bump back to the top but we have an oriental supermarket nearby and they do various sauce packets that generally work out at 1 syn each between 4 (or 2 syns between 2 in our house!!) our fave is the black pepper sauce one which we have with...

Yes, it's called The Takeaway Secret by Kenny McGovern. It's nothing much to look at (no photos etc) but it's one of my favourite recipe books. He's bringing a new one out and I contacted him on Twitter to ask for certain recipes!! Let's hope they're sw friendly too!

My husband runs a restaurant so we eat dinner when he finishes work at around midnight each night! We've always done this as it's our only time together really and we want sw to be a perm fixture so don't want to change too much. I tend to have a small syn free meal when the kids have theirs...

We use ours everyday. We obviously make chips in it aswell as egg fried rice and joes sausages.

Food poisoning DOES NOT appear straight away.

Whilst I had every intention of sticking to plan this week I fell off the wagon badly! I ate and drank EVERYTHING in sight. I weighed myself this morning and i've gained 5lbs!!! But on the plus side I'm ready to get back on plan and have been super good today. I am actually sick of junk food!

Over You is on my to read pile. There's so many on my to read pile, both 'real' books and Kindle copies.

Thank you both. Yesterday I ate what I liked and woke up feeling guilty this am (even though it was only a few sweets and some crisps) I have decided to try and maintain as you've said but not be too strict with myself at the festival otherwise I will ruin the weekend for myself. I think I...

I've started How to be a Woman and after reading the sample and enjoying it i bought the full kindle but I'm losing interest. I know a lot of you have said that the early stuff was funny but I'm not really feeling it.....does it get better?! My to be read pile is huuuuuuge but I hate abandoning...

I've lost my enthusiasm for sw. I weighed in at 9.12 a few wks ago after starting at 12st but since then I've been losing and gaining the same 3 pounds. I just keep falling off the wagon. My target weight is 8st 10 but I don't see how I'll get there at this rate. I had pizza hut yesterday...

It's rare that things are cooked on site in chain restaurants. Many I have worked in have pre packaged items made in a central kitchen that are sent out to the restaurants. Obviously things like steak are cooked at the time or order but things like pasta generally aren't. Customers have got...

I very rarely use my hea. I'm allergic to milk and although I'll have a dairy free alternative every once in a while I'm not used to incorporating dairy into my diet. (I've always been allergic to dairy and as a child there wasn't alpro and the like in supermarkets!). With my heb I usually have...

I usually use the Mayflower one too but I tend to have loads of it!!

I buy the cinnamon ones and use them as a Hexb plus 1 or 2 syns. I know I could just add cinnamon myself but I find them really tasty and convenient. I also know it's not strictly sw but I've done it for a while now. If I start to gain of maintain I'll change that first. ;)

I made this as part of my dinner today. I had it with actifry chips. As I was making it I did need the Hexb oil. Once made it's a dark colour (I used 2 oxo cubes) similar to gravy. When I tasted it on its own I didn't think it was that great but once poured over chips it was lovely. My 8 year...

Did you read the book? What did you think?

I've almost finished Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale (book the film was based on) I'm really enjoying it.

Can I join? I weighed in at 9st 12.5lbs yesterday. I started SW at 12st. I would like to see 8st something on the scales but I'm not sure what because I've never been below 9st 6lbs. I'd like to be petite rather than chunky!! x

I weighed in at 9.12.5lbs today after losing 4.5lbs. I'm off to find the 9stones trying to get to 8's!! Never thought I'd get here again!! x

Wow I didn't know that. I only make soup now though so it's ok. ;)

Risk even!!! Stupid phone!!!

At the rusk of sounding really stupid but why couldn't they make them syn free? I make syn free soups all the time. (I hope!!! :) )

Emily blunt would be good in it.

I'm actually wondering why I pay to go to group because our consultant NEVER lets us now about changes like this and quorn. We get no emails, no phonecalls- even if we're a no show one week. She's a lovely person but a bad C. rant over!! :)

I'm 68% into it and I'm still waiting for it to start, if you know what I mean. I read the sample and thought it would be good but it is actually quite dull in my opinion.

I finished One Day a few weeks ago. I loved it, I only realised it was going to be a film this week too when I noticed it said on the new paperback cover. I'm dragging my husband to watch it when it comes out!! :) Ann Hathaway's accent is awful though! I'm reading One Moment, One Morning at...

3lb on!! :( But I did get a job offer today so I'm happy regardless!!

I'm going to try this tomorrow. I'm allergic to dairy and the only other syn free lemon curd I can find has quark in, thank you so much!!

The op said she couldn't use garlic or cheese! :)

I started to read it a few years ago and thought the same. I abandoned it, my nan borrowed it and did the same. I found it truly overrated by the media.

I'm quite relieved that I'm not alone! I started today quite well but yet again I went off the rails. I can't stress enough how unlike me it is!

I've started One Moment,One Morning. I finished About Last Night by Adele Parks, I really enjoyed it. There's not enough hours in the day! ;)

I'm losing my will power!! For the past few weeks I've been naughty one week, good the next, naughty, good, etc This has meant that although I'm only half a pound away from the nines I have been like this for 3 weeks or so! If there's an excuse not to follow sw then I'm using it at the...

I'm 5'4 and weigh 10st exactly. I'm a size 10-12 dependant on where I shop. As Shrimpy says it's all about your body shape, muscle etc. I want to lose another 1-1.5 stone because I still look 'chunky' at this weight imo.

I bought some size 10 skinny jeans today, this means I've dropped 2 stones and 2 jeans sizes! :) I've had a bad week this week though so I don't think I'll be in the nines on weds.

Because I eat late at night I weigh more in the morning!!

Official WI last night and I was exactly 10st although my scales at home had me at 9st13.5. It means that last week I lost 4lbs as I'd put 2 on the week before but didn't go to WI so it wasn't recorded. My original target was 9st 7lb but I sort of want to get into the 8 stone bracket (I've...

That's another one I've downloaded but haven't started yet. I keep collecting these books but never have the time to read them!! I'm reading About Last Night by Adele Parks at the minute.

It depends. My husband follows plan VERY loosely but loses far more than me. If I fall of the wagon like I have this week I will gain straight away!

Just to add I had a kidney infection a few years ago and was admitted to hosp for a week on an antibiotic drip. I lost 10 lbs in one week.....best diet ever as I only weighed about 10st 7lb to begin with. Mainly because hospital food is disgusting though I think!

I'm on antibiotics for an impacted wisdom tooth at the minute. (only for a wk thank goodness!) I started them on weds morning but weighed myself this am and I've put 2lbs on! Although I have eaten a doughnut and some ice cream, but to be fair that's all I've had as it hurts to eat.

Well I had a sneaky weigh today and I've put 2 pounds out so it looks like the jelly and ice cream diet isn't the way forward!!

I use measuring spoons as I think they're easier to level out.

Sorry, I meant 'about last night' I'm doped up on painkillers atm thanks to an infection under my wisdom teeth, so I'm being really stupid!!

I lost 1.5 today bringing me down to 10st 2lb. I'm in terrible pain however with infected wisdom teeth and have been craving naughty food. I was good yesterday but last night was my 2nd night of not sleeping so today I thought sod it and ate a doughnut followed by sugar free jelly and soya ice...

I've just ordered Adele Parks new one called men I've loved before which is out tomorrow. Can't wait to start it!

I've bought Shantaram but not read it yet. It was recommended to me.

They're encrypted with DRM so Calibre can't convert them. I googled it and I can't see anyway around it. I spent the voucher today on 'real' books. It felt really odd but I suppose I can share them with my Nan afterwards which I can't with Kindle. :) I soooo prefer Kindle now!

Just finished reading One Day. I was really shocked at one part of it (those who've read it will know what I mean!) I wish I hadn't finished it now though :( On the plus side though I've found a £50 Waterstones voucher, bad side is their ebooks won't work on the Kindle.

I can't watch the vid but I've started adding 5 spice to by fake kfc and it makes a big difference. Real kfc is battered rather than breadcrumbed so it's never going to feel the same but it comes close.

The porridge pots are different because they have milk powder already added so that you just add water and I would imagine sugar is already added too?

It's an odd one because one of the characters is easily disliked but you root for them (without giving anything away!) I also NEED to find out what happens because I can't actually guess (usually I can!)

I'm currently reading One Day by David Nicholls. I downloaded it to my kindle thinking I might not get 'into' it but it's unputdownable!

Starlight - aren't you even going to apologise for jumping on an innocent post that you haven't read properly and just jumped on? Also, if someone wants to discuss something unless it's abusive why should you tell them they can't. Just because Asda has confirmed that they don't inject food...

Is that lamb mince though? I can only ever find lean lamb mince. I even visited a local butcher and asked him for x lean but he said it would cost a fortune ( and they're expensive at the best of times!!)

Just to add alpro make a natural yog, it needs to be synned but it is available in tesco.

I have an allergy to milk which means I am hospitalised if u have ANY lactose but have been following SW without problems, yes it's annoying when my husband eats mullerlights syn free but i just have jelly or strawberries etc. There are milk alternatives in the healthy extras now too. One...

When I first made them before sw I used 20% mince but now I use extra lean and just use a bit more fry light! They don't taste exactly the same that way but are still nice......and guilt free! I make the doner kebab with standard lamb mince as I can't find extra or even just lean lamb mince...

I found it brilliant before SW as I didn't think about calories etc but now I tend to adapt recipes rather than follow them word for word. The big macs are an exact replica as is the donner kebab !

I've had this book for about a year now but I've just seen it in The Works for £1.99

I lost 2lb this week and celebrated by having a.......pizza hut! :o I had a thin crust without cheese but it's still going to be bad!

I've been trying to make my own but it's never right so I allow myself a Chinese after every weigh in and I usually have chicken chow mein or chicken in black pepper with loads of boiled rice. Yum.

I'm sure they've been duscontinued unless anyone else knows otherwise? I used to love those!!

Yeah, I have all of it though and just double the syns! I'm not trying to be a pedant but I know last time I was on SW I didn't lose as much and it was probably due to the vast quantities of Chinese I eat!!!

I really can't highlight this enough please weigh your takeaway before eating it, as I said before mine is almost double the syns at every takeaway in my area.

I can't see how corned beef has changed its ingredients to be honest

Do they still sell the low fat to go? I was told they were discontinued

2lbs off this week, very happy. I'm half way to the 9's now at 10st 7lb!

Lamb donner kebab with heb pitta with sw chips and loads of salad. Perhaps even some x light mayo.

I was at the GPs a while ago complaining that I was in the overweight category (I have polycystic ovaries) and she just laughed and said not to worry as I 'looked' a healthy weight. I don't really check my bmi now but hubby is doing sw with me and checked and said I am now 'healthy'!

I'm being naughty and having chow mein (going to try and only eat half) from the takeaway along with crispy shredded chicken to share with hubby!!! I've made a mountain of boiled rice to bulk it all out syn free!! I'm really losing my discipline this week but hubby is off on a sat which he...

My takeaway is exactly the same, a chicken chow mein weighs 700g.

After a bad bad Friday of eating loads (see previous post!) I weighed in yesterday and lost 2lbs! The previous week I was really good and put 1lb on!!!

Just watch the portion sizes the book says 340g etc but when I weigh my local takeaway portions they are 720g!

Thanks, I have done sw before and always seem to struggle around this weight! I've gone back on plan today with no syns at all and some speed soup. I've got a picnic made up for tomorrow with no syns either to try and claw back the damage. I just weighed myself and have put 2lbs on.

My name is MattsMum and I've been naughty. We went out yesterday with friends, which is very rare for us! And as we knew it was not going to happen again for a long time I ate what I wanted. I'd also partly lost heart in the diet after maintaining 2 wks ago and putting on 1lb last weekend...

From memory they are free.....they are lovely too

I'm not allowed any as they drizzle choc or yoghurt over them all and I'm allergic to dairy. Hubby has them and they look so good.

From memory I think the paprika one is 3.5syns

Hi Ok so I'm craving tapas but restaurant versions have soooooo many syns. Anyone got any suggestions? I'm allergic to dairy so cheese free would be brilliant.

Well done lillyb. I hate the smell of any raw meat cooking and have to wear plastic gloves to touch it!!! I've got WI later and had a sneaky weigh and have put 2 pounds on. I am not happy last wk was a sts aswell. Never going to get past this weight! I did sw last yr and got stuck at 1 pound...

I have only bought the small 100 ee days book but if I fancy something I just google it's name then put slimming world next to it!

I had a Chinese buffet last week on ee and was very restrained for me. I had rice, plain noodles and a chicken in black pepper with stir fried veg. I also filled up with loads of the fruit afterwards.

Chinese chicken and mushroom too ;)

Chilli Sausage and mash (with onions and carrots added to the potatoes) Homemade burgers with sw wedges and loads of salad Any joes product! Rice pudding with strawberries on top Casserole

Thanks for this, I'll try it tomorrow after WI

We went to sharm in jan and it was lovely. We didn't get any illness and that includes my 8 and 3 year olds. I just used common sense and avoided high risk food etc (as I would at buffet style dining here!) they used exactly the same cleaning stuff as the chain restaurants over here use.

Has anyone got any soya ones, I tried one but it tasted more icy than ice creamy if that makes sense? I'm allergic to milk so if anyone has any suggestions that would be great!

It could be, is that the one with digestives or rich teas crumbled over? I must have read it wrongly as I'd just started at the time! I've been eating loads of the stuff aswell!

Thank you, tbh not as bad as I expected but most days I go under on my syns anyway and my husband always loses more even though he cheats all the time so fingers crossed for WI. I ended up having speed soup for dinner to help a little!! ;)

Maybe you're pregnant ;)

I want to beat my husband! We're both doing sw and he's winning.....which is driving me insane! I also want to find clothes shopping pleasurable again and not a depressing chore!

We run a pub/ restaurant and I just tell myself that it's not food, I know it sounds stupid but it's the same as when I worked in banking.... money was just paper. If I feel hungry I eat from the salad section but usually I just drink loads of diet pop or soda water with fresh fruit in.

Hi all, I was naughty today and whilst shopping decided to go to the cafe at sainsburys with the kids. Much as I was naughty I still tried to stuck to sw principles and had a mega brunch which contained 2 sausages, 2 bacon rashers, fresh tomato, beans and mushrooms. It also had chips but I...

I think it's all to do with how filling it will be for the ingredients used. Although pasta is free flour is generally synable in other uses.

Isn't it odd how people of the same height carry weight differently? I have too much time on my hands if I'm pondering such things but I just read a thread where someone was lighter than I am now, the same height but 2 jeans sizes larger ( I dont wear too tight jeans either!)

I weighed in on weds and sts, husband weighed in and lost 5.5 pounds! He does my head in because I stick to plan all week and he always cheats but still loses :(

Hi I've used to have stewed apple and count it as a Hexb until in a recent sw mag it showed an apple crumble recipe where they simply cooked but didn't stew the fruit and as such sw didn't syn the apples. I made a bowl of warmed strawberries with vanilla extract yesterday (delicious!) but have...

One thing I would say is make sure you weigh it, I used to count my chow mien as the standard 7 or so syns but out of interest one night weighed it and it was double what the sw book said. It was served in the long silver tray. I still have one after each WI though!!

The last time I was in morrisons cafe I noticed that some of the food had the calories listed next to it on the menu. I know it's not ideal but better than nothing.

Thanks, I feel so rubbish today after eating all that junk, to think I used to eat way more than that everyday!

Can I join? I weighed in on weds at 10st 10 after starting 10 weeks ago I've lost 18 pounds. I've been down to 9st 7lb before on sw and would like to get to that and see how I go. I got complacent today and kept picking at naughty things so I have to knuckle down for the rest of the week...

We bought one yesterday and it has just set on fire!!! It's the new 'improved' black fryer. Before this though it did seem handy!

Soy sauce is free on all plans. B&M had this is a couple of weeks ago quite cheap.

I ordered my gino machine from Robert Dyas last Friday and it's due to be delivered today/tomorrow. It's been a long wait when I'm looking at these photos!! Anymore dairy free recipes?

My asda sell it with the vegetarian foods. It's in a white carton.

Sorry I was posting it on my phone but it kept crashing if I put the full link in for some reason. It's discussed on the old style money saving thread and there's a few photos on there too.

I've had this book for about 6 months or so (pre SW!) There's a thread devoted to it on MSE. The kebab recipe in here somewhere is the one featured in the book. I don't think the Chinese curry is at all nice though! I know it's not very sw but the big macs are yummy!!