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I'm not a veg fan either but have found that if I make a bolognaise sauce up with tinned toms, mushroom, onions, carotts, courgettes, chillis, peppers and anything else I can think of and then use the blender to blend it all up and then use that as my sauce base for pasta, BBQ sauce, tomato soup...

Claire you sound like you're struggling with staying onplan, me too :( I wish there was some way of getting that extra bit of willpower back that we had at one stage. I'd only lost 6.5lbs so far but have 2 back on and can't get my head round it this week. I've been back and forth to SW for...

Mandy you're right sorry, I was looking at the mini wheat one. 9 syns for the 6 inch.

Made some SS soup and blended it. Added some chicken and waaaay too much spices so it was lilke eating a bowl of chicken curry!

Are the krisprolls Healthy Extras? And are they the ones you get in Tesco? :eek:

Thanks Buzzy I saw that but didn't think it would be the right one as it was from the hot counter? Oh well, it's chopped up and in the fridge now so it'll be ate and I'll ask my Con about it next week :)

Syns online says: 6inch wheat is 6 syns, salad free, ham free, turkey free, chicken breast free, beef free. Cookies are 11 or 11.5 for all except oatmeal raisin (9.5) provided they are 45g each (48g for rainbow cookie) on EE days.

Thanks BritMum.....I'm thinking that seeing as I'll be using it over the next 2 or 3 days and have removed all skin that I shouldn't really panic about the syn value for each portion. Although it has taught me not to be so lazy and just cook a whole chicken myself in future incase there are...

Ahh nooooooooooo :( I didn't think it would be that much! Thanks for the help though :)

I bought a whole chicken at the hot food counter in Tesco today and was wondering how many syns I should count as it seems very oily. I removed all the skin and just used the chicken (dark and white) but I'm thinking I should maybe count a few syns seeing as it was swimming in oil when I took...

Salad of Rocket, red pepper, red onion, cucumber, boiled egg, chicken and bacon. YUM!

Thanks Clairedebear and wow well done Insaniti!!! You've been doing great! I put on 2lbs this week and know it should have been more because I was so bad yesterday still. Not feeling the best today so haven't been on plan but haven't ate much either so tomorrow will do the shopping and get...

Gone waaaaaaaaaay off track this week and am dreading weigh in :( Only have myself to blame though! Went to the caravan for the weekend and made up a tub of mixed salad and a tub of mixed veg and both were pretty much unused when i got home yesterday. Headed to Portrush today with the kids...

Soooooo not looking forward to weigh in tomorrow :( Had a weekend away at the caravan (sat-monday night) and had lots of hotdogs and sandwiched (easily made in a small space) and today went to the seaside and had chippy. Now polishing off a bottle of winee (in for a penny in for a pound and...

I've just had the most delicious salad......and it's not often I'll say that!! Rocket, cucumber, onion, red pepper with a wee grating of cheese and the hard boiled yolk of an edd crumbled in it (ate the white aswell but seperatly) and some hot lean bacon chopped up in it. I wish I had more! :)

Claire the evenings are killing me also :( I'm an angel all day then once the kids are in bed and it's quiet time for me I start to get the munchies. Been trying to only eat free food but I'm still left craving something 'bad'. Had a blow out yesterday because I got home from weigh in (1.5lb...

Bit late with mine but I lost 1.5lbs. Was hopeing for 2lbs to give me my first half stone award but will just try harder this week for it. Well done everyone on the great losses!!

Congrats to everyone with their losses this week!! :) HolidayGirl10....glad you made it to your weigh in and were able to stay to class, I still can't pluck up the courage to stay to mine but I know it's a great boost so I really should try to stay. My weigh in isn't til 5.30 and I'm really...

Weight Watchers yogurt and some grapes. Still hungry but weigh in at 5.30 so I'll hold out til after it.

Same here! I am 100% up to Saturday evening then ruin it by drinking and then having a takeaway on Sundays :( Really need to stop doing that, even just for one week to see how it reflects on the weight loss. I was looking forward to weigh in tomorrow but now feel like I've ruined what...

Hot Chicken Sandwich, WW Lemon Tart yogurt and a big bunch of grapes. Hopefully that fills me for the night!!

Well done Clairdebear. I've been pretty good this week but *may* have ruined it a wee bit at the weekend (again)..... really need to stop drinking at the weekend to see proper results but giving up my takeaways AND wine would kill me lol :D

Roast chicken, mashed potato and 1/3 of cabbage and onions. Yum! Followed by a Fab ice pop for 4.5syns.

Try some satin PJs and satin sheets and you might find it a lot easier to shift yourself round (you sort of slide about lol) :p

Hot chicken sandwich, ww Strawberry tart yogurt, bag of salt & vinegar snack a jacks and 2 pears. All for 5 syns :D

Home made tomato soup......I say tomato but it was more of a kitchen sink soup with all the veg that was left. Tinned tomato, passata, fresh tomato, onion, garlic, chillis, peppers and herbs and spices. I blended it so not only has it done me for lunch but it will also do a spag bol, chilli...

A huge plate of Pasta with bolognaise (sp) sauce made with passta, onion, mushroom, chillis, peppers and mince. With a side of green beans aswell just to up the 1/3. It was lovely!

A bowl of (pretty dry) watermelon.....it wasn't tasty so I want something else!

I lost 1lb.....not a great loss but I was good for 5 days bad for 2 so I suppose I should be happy enough. 5lbs total for my first 2 weeks so just need to keep going and hope for a steady loss each week :D Congrats to everyone on their loses!!!

Oh thanks for that Circes :)

For example today I had a splash of milk in my tea and didn't want to use the rest of my milk so thought maybe I could have 1 slice of Tesco Low Fat cheese along with it? Most days I don't want to use the whole amount of milk or the whole 3 slices (or 6 Laughing Cows :eek: ) so though I would...

McCain rustic oven fries (the bag is done now and I won't be buying them anytime soon.....they're too nice so I've been having them too often!), Cheese Ham & Leek Pasta & Sauce (with chilli flakes) and some cucumber and pickled onions as my 1/3. Had forgotten to make some veg so had to grab...

Insaniti that's not a massive gain but I know the feeling when you gain anything (no matter how small) if you feel you've been good. (((hugs))) good luck for the next week!!

Well done FatOllie!!

I feel for the ones who don't have SW options handy :( I don't think I could stick to plan if I didn't have the butchers at least. It's just so handy going to weigh in and then into the butchers next door so I can stock up. I haven't tried a lot of the take away options yet because I'm trying...

Yep I'm worried too. Was 100% on Weds Thurs Frid and Sat daytime again but Saturday night was too much alcohol and Sunday was Chinese :( Tryin to reign it in but ot's TOTM aswell and I just feel zonked without some proper sugar. Not going out now for a few weeks so hopefully I can limit my...

Sounds lovely Karra.....I really do understand how hard the last few weeks are so maybe me saying try to relax is a bit unfair :D I put on most of my weight in the last few weeks and just felt so uncomfortable and just wanted the whole thing to be over and to have my baby. BUT in the weeks...

Scrambled eggs, 3 SW sausages (0.5 syns) and grilled tomatoes.

I'm doing EE aswell and I think I will stick with it until my weight loss slows down or stops then try the Green/Red days to see if that picks it up.

I've been trying to stay around 10 per day and save the other 5 towards my weekend. I still can't get my head around the fact that we SHOULD be using our syns.....you'd think it would be more optional but at meeting we've been told to try our best to use between 5-10 syns a day. I always...

Do any businesses round your area cater to your needs when it comes to your diet? I've noticed quite a lot of take aways now that have a small SW menu section (and although I know most of these aren't approved by SW yet its still good to see they are trying) and lots of places in town have SW...

Ahhh I hate that a lot of the recipes in SW have tinned tomatos :( I dislike them BUT I'm willing to give this soup a go in a few days. I love spicy food so will just add extra chilli flakes in the hope it kills the tomato taste :D:p

Congrats Tizy!! The last few weeks of pregnancy is usually the most impatient, I wanted mine to arrive on time (or a week or so early) but both were 10+ days over and I just kept thinking I was going to be pregnant forever! Just try to relax and enjoy the quiet time now before the baby...

A casserole/stew type thing with Steak pieces, broccoli, onion, carrots, baby potatoes and gravy with some McCain rustic oven chips and also 2 mandarins afterwards just to be on the safe side.

I find missing weigh in just sends me on a downward spiral and I end up not wanting to go back at all. I've been rubbish today, just had a chinese as a hangover cure so the syns from last night and today will be enormous :( But back to it right now!

I'm struggling a bit today :( I've used up all my syns but really want something naughty from the chinese. Just going to go to bed a little earlier and try to do a syn free day tomorrow incase I decided to drink tomorrow night. Thought I could at least get through 2 weeks without going off...

Ah thanks Circes...was getting a wee bit excited there lol

You sound just like me ickle! I am useless in the kitchen and my OH won't touch anything with veg in it so while I'm now making healthier stuff for him he's ending up at the chippy! Although I cooked the Chicken dish Janet suggested and he said it looked lovely so I'll be be making him some...

Mixed veg omelette with mccain rustic oven chips (mmmm) and syn free BBQ Sauce.

This is probably a silly question but if I bought the supernoodles and didn't use the sachet of flavouring are they free? I could add watever flavouring was in the cupboard that is syn free?

30 syns isn't too bad when you consider it's really just saving 5 of your daily syns for it so I'm happy enough with that. Although I would dread to think how many syns I'd use on a night out when it comes to alcopops and shots :( I should just stay home for a while lol.

I don't know about willpower.....the only thing I have at the minute is a mirror and scales!! LOL I actually have the 3 wings and gravy dip in the microwave but still not sure wether to have them or not! I'm only on my 2nd week (although I've been on the plan a few times over the past year) so...

I know how you feel. My old group was fine til a group of people I had fallen out with started coming to group. I had been going with mates but they all stopped and I had planned to keep going but once I realised those people I had the fall out were staying to meetings aswell I couldn't bear...

I've had dinner of Roasted Baby Potatos (mmmmm) with Chicken fillet stuffed with a laughing cow and chillis and a huge portion of cabbage onion and green beans. I was very impressed with it all because I wasn't sure if it would all go well together but it was lovely. Followed it up with a...

I had said if I lot more than 2.5lbs this week I would have 3 kfc hotwings and a gravy dip because I'd been craving them all week but I got home from weigh in 4lbs lighter and decided to cook a proper dinner and not waste my syns. Then my OH walks in the door with the KFC :( not sure wether to...

Well done sukislim!! Great loss!

Ooh well done Claras!! I don't know if I'd be able to get my head round red and green days as all I've ever known at SW is EE but I hear it is a good switch to make if there's a few weeks of STS.

This is something I'd also like to know. I love the odd glass of wine......ok who am I kidding......a BOTTLE of wine at the weekend and would love to know the syns in a whole bottle.

Well done everyone on their loses!! Today was my first weigh in, I lost 4lbs which was great because I had drank too much wine on Saturday night and had to have a hangover cure chinese on Sunday so wasn't expecting that much although I had been 100% on the other days so was thinking 2lbs...

I;ve been looking at the diet coke chicken recipe so yes I will give that a go at some stage thanks :)

First WI today and I managed to lose 4lbs even though I had drank quite a bit of wine on saturday and had chinese on Sunday! Pretty happy with that :D

Sounds nice fairy I think I'd do it with passata because there are so many recipes needing tinned tomatoes and I'm not a big fan of them at all. Will also do a search Circes thanks.

I used to weigh constantly but now only do it every few days. Got weight on Wednesday evening at WI and checked how I was going on Friday evening (losing) and then after a bad weekend I checked on Monday (gain but still lower than WI) so I knew I had gained but still had time to be extra good...

As someone already said Chips Beans and Eggs is really cheap and tasty and you can use all 3 of them in different ways...very versatile. I shop at a few different places each week. Iceland to get frozen bags of diced onion, mushrooms, peppers, chicken, mixed veg and then Tesco for pasta and...

Hi, I can't seem to see if we have a sub-forum for SW sauce recipes? I really hate dry food and would love to try some syn free or very low syn sauces in future. I've done the BBQ Sauce one and it's lovely but just wanting some more variation. I'm not too fond on chunky sauces so does anyone...

Awww great!! :D I've been craving some takeaway and think that a few hotwings and gravy will be in order tomorrow night IF I have at least a 2lb weight loss. If not then I'll wait.

Mine is pretty boring but I love it.....a wee knob of butter and some beans! Simple and quick but yummy too. What do you usually have on yours Sarah Jayne? There's lots of combos out there that people have.

Hi, another from NI here so thought I'd join in. Just started back at SW last Wednesday but had been last year and lost 20lbs. When I went back last week I had put 13lbs back on so really need to try to do this for keeps this time and not go mental when I've lost a few lbs :D Weigh in...

:( bugger! They aren't even something I'd usually buy but was interested in doing the pizzas with them. Oh well, they're off the list....I'm not wasting syns on them :D Thanks

If I'm having Chinese I stick to boiled rice and beef and blackbean sauce. I'm a massive chinese food fan and will really struggle without fried rice, salt and pepper chicken and curry sauce so the buffet is a no-go zone for me for a long time :(

That's not too bad for the gravy. Any idea how many syns the hotwings are? I'd skip the chips and just dip the hotwings in the gravy. My favourite fast food :D

Hi, just been doing out my shopping list for this week and wanted to add Pitta Bread but the only place I can shop is either Tesco, Sainsburys M&S or Iceland because that's all there is in my town. Are there any I can get that can he a HEb or will I have to syn them and if so which ones should...

Thanks for all the advice guys....it's really helpful! I shouldn't have come in here when starving because that Chicken and Bacon idea is making me drool! That will be made on Wednesday (shopping day.....need chicken)

Hi Jackie, I'm just after simple easy recipes that don't involve lots of prep. I'm seeing lots of recipes on here that look easy enough for me so I've a while list of stuff written out to try in the week ahead. That smash pizza is one I'll never attempt again though.....I didn't get it right :(

Thanks Aston. I'm just attempting some of the recipes I see on here and winging it on other things. I've the smash pizza base in the oven now and have just had to fight with it to get it to unstick from the foil :D hopefully it tastes ok though. I think I just need to keep trying to make...

I've just joined, both here and Slimming World (again) and have to say this forum has been a great read. There's so many recipes and tips here that I have never heard at my meetings in the past and I'm hoping I can keep it up this time with the amoount of recipes in this forum to play with...