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I think the best way of looking at it is that mullerlights are SYN FREE foods, fat free natural yoghurt is FREE food. Fill your plate 1/3 with superfree (and eat anytime too), eat free food freely for the rest of you plate (such as dried pasta, potatoes, eggs, etc.) and also anytime - with no...

I'm on my second actifry and now have the family sized one. I find that whilst chips are better than doing them in the oven using the frylight option, they are FAR better with a little oil in the machine. I use about tablespoon - I use a measuring spoon - the one it comes with is bigger I think...

Sorry they don't list the individual weight but box says 300g and there are 6 in a box - so 50g, I'm guessing this is frozen weight if that makes a difference! Thanks guys!

Thanks so much for looking. I'm not sure that is them, these ones didn't have cheese in and are frozen. On the packet they are Glamorgan sausages with leek, onion and cauliflower. They're vegan so no dairy in them. The nutritional details are as follows per sausage: 117 kcal 3.3g protein...

Good Life Glamorgan Sausages Hi would anyone happen to know how many syns these are each? They're def not free and too nice to be 'cheap' on syns... just hope there not too much, although haven't used any syns today. Thanks

How strange, what reason do they give for not giving you new ones? It can't be cost surely? And it's not like you haven't earnt it! Maybe they think you'll sell them on the black market! :D

A sheet of stickers cost pence to produce so even if you had 50 stickers to replace I can't see why they would object. You are giving them plenty of money each week to cover it! Unless you want stickers you haven't earnt! :D

It was 1lb off for me this week. Well done everyone who lost. I'm starting to get complacent about the odd things slipping into my mouth which may be taking me slightly over the syns (or very close to upper limit) or starting off as green day and changing part way to red/EE and not being...

My plan (hoping it works) is first to look at my recent losses and work out hope long it might take me to lose whatever I might gain. Currently it may be about a pound per week - I don't want to be put back any more than 3 weeks. So no more than a 3 lb gain is acceptable to me. Therefore I can...

Well I get a large onion maybe another half too, 2 celery sticks, 2 largish carrots, whizz them up in my mini chopper - this is a classic soffrito so it quite authentic in Italian cookery. I sweat this off until it is soft using fry light and also with some garlic in. The I take a pack of extra...

Wow, what a thread! Just read from beginning to end! Keeping to the chicken thing I used to have a rotisserie in my oven just like the supermarkets. Only held on large chicken,lol, before anyone is picturing a deli counter in my house! Anyway, I used to take a chicken from a packet shove it...

:D oops I can't see anyones stats with the minimins app - 10lb is loads. It's probably the last 10lbs or so I'm most concerned about shifting!

10! I wish! When I started I was carrying at least 70 of them more than I should! No wonder I was (am) so exhausted. :d Still, I've shed 23 of them... Just 47 or so more to go! :)

Hi, can I join in? I do SW from home - this is the start of my 13th week (weigh in on Mondays). I mostly do red and green days because I don't have new books - the ones from a good few years ago when EE wasn't in there. I was at class when they introduced it but no longer have the leaflet. Can't...

Had a naughty Saturday which scuppered any chance if a better loss than the 1lb I did this week. Well done hatti for your great loss! :)

We have similar height/start/goal stats so it was a real insipiration looking at your photos. Especially as, although I've lost 22lbs so far, I don't seem to have seen any difference in how I look. I start to wonder then what significance the total loss will have and then I saw your photos - it...

Fantastic :D I've saved it. To think I've lost 22 of them! Amazing!

I like this thread. I fell off the SW wagon about 3 years ago - gained about 1.5 stone in that time (ok had another baby during that time) all because i thought it wasn't coming off quick enough. That was until I decided enough was enough, what stuck in my memory when I did go to class 3 years...

Well done Kirstym and Pomette! 2 lb off for me - still a LONG way off target but keeping me fingers crossed to have lost 2 stone by Christmas - 6 lb to get there, hmm, may have to focus hard for that!

Damn sent too soon - saying that most of my excess weight is tummy down so really want to lose leg weight! Even wide fit ones a struggle!

Oh I so need to do that! Most of my weight (and that's about 4 stone!)

Well done everyone. Hmm, quarter pound off :( for me. Not much to write home about - putting it down to * week and no zumba this week. Still it is in the right direction! Plus now takes me to a round 20 lbs off so far!

Lol don't know why I buy it really. I too skim over the stories, realise the recipes are a bit repetitive and then force myself to read the articles as otherwise I've wasted a few quid! I do like the food updates as don't have a up-to-date book and directory... but half the time it's food from...

Gosh thought I had already posted for a minute! These are all my reasons! Except the groove is in my mattress! Having got tagged in a photo at a festival recently and instantly de-tagging myself so my old school friend couldn't see how bad I looked was my lightbulb moment. I couldn't keep up...

:) The 'your' wasn't actually directed at you but more of a generalised statement that people could have homecooked style of what you refer to as junkfood if that is what they know they will continue to do. But as you say they can reject it all together ( or near enough) :D like you say what...

Ah now it depends, I think. Breadcrumbed chicken isn't that unhealthy but deep frying it is (plus the SW KFC doesn't taste like KFC imo but is a fairly nice breadcrumbed chicken dish), nor is an authentically made pizza truley awful (thin with a little cheese)... but a domino/pizza hut style one...

Yay I lost 3lbs too, Jilly!!! Well done on your loss! Feel very much PMSy and bloated so glad i lost so well :D I do think our bodies have to catch up sometimes, so good to remember that when feeling cheated of a loss. Does mean I'm sadly moving on to the next thread. Hope I see you all soon...

Helps me keep track and plan ahead. If I'm thinking what shall I have for lunch I can either check what I've planned and KEEP on plan or see what I've 'got left' so I don't go over! Plus I'm not left wondering if I've got enough syns for that curly wurly at the end of the day!

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Sorry think you got me wrong... The kfc is ok it's simply breadcrumbed chicken that tastes similar to kfc, this is quite a normal use for food, similarly if a recipe calls for yogurt there's no problem for me using FF yoghurt if it is still tasty... Substituting low fat versions of the SAME...

I think it has to be fake recipes... you know the ones where you use some strange ingredients to try and make it to be something else, like scan bran to make cakes, mushy peas as a base for curry, making a White sauce without flour i.e only using FF fromage frais... It isn't right, quite often...

Hi hjanea, well done for resisting the pub! Jilly mm butter toast... I never realised how much I had until I stopped having it! Starting to wonder whether a Monday weigh in good, if we do go out and have a little too much it is sat or sun and then little time to pull it back. I do SW at home so...

Hi all, it's all gone a bit quiet! Hope everyone is doing ok. I'm currently wondering why I agreed to make a load of shortbread for the family yesterday... I knew I wouldn't be able to resist. I even tried saying to myself "what do you want more, weightloss or shortbread?" and I heard myself...

Well done HPSaucy great loss and welcome h_and_a_mummy

Hi Jilly I'm still alive! don't know what's going on with me at the moment - seem to have no time! Haven't updated my food diary or had any chance to post - just gone to bed so thought i'd have a quick look. If i don't lose this week it'll be cos i'm not writing it down, trying keep track in my...

Hi Guys, trying to catch up - been so busy! Well done Jilly on your loss - it definitely feels good to hit the mid-point (because you've lost a good chunk) and then to the next stone and so on. Just keeps you going - a plateau must be hard though. Not had one yet but expect it will happen at...

Wow, 8 syns! That is amazing especially as you could take the same ingredients and cook it yourself as a soup and it'd be syn free in green! Especially so many syns there are other soups filled with gunks and additives (technical term :D ) that are less syns. Oh well they'll have to go to the...

I've tried a search and it hasn't shown any results... Just bought this tin of soup and can't see any reason why it wouldn't be free: Amy's kitchen - split pea soup It contains filtered water, onions, celery, carrots, garlic, green split peas, sea salt, pepper, spices There were others that...

Very pleased with a 3 and a quarter pounds loss this week! :D takes me to 14.0.25.... Ooo so close to the 13's it hurts!

Think that is 3 and a quarter pounds - but hard to tell while using that app. Can't access all my profile stuff. Amazed if it's right!

Fingers crossed for you - just weighed myself 14st and a quarter... so close to the 13's I can smell it!

Wow, that's good! I know I probably overspend at roughly £150 a week for 2 adults and 2 young kids plus 1 cat. The cat alone is probably a good £10 - £15 a week (he is a large breed cat and uses cat litter though). Is that just your food or does it include general stuff such as cleaning bits...

Jilly, dry is always good, surely :D you've been good all week so you're bound to lose. It's great all this willpower we're showing, since starting I've been in a fast food joints a few times with kids and am happy with a coffee... just as long as they eat it all. Waste is still a problem I...

I'm wondering if the peeing thing it the water content in the fruit and veg? Alway ate a lot if it but guess I'm eating more. I haven't increased the amount if water I'm drinking. The recommended amount if water per day is including water content in food. Apparently there is such a thing as too...

Blooming iPod - sent before I wanted. I was green day and feel bloated too. Really want to see 1lb or more loss on Monday. Has anyone else noticed a change in appetite level? My diet hasn't changed a significant amount just no oil or very little when I cook, pretty much no bread and cereal -...

I know that feeling...was good yesterday and only had veg for dinner, lots of mash

Just checked their website again and shows the garlic bread as 238 - as I had half... 6 syns? Think that puts my total to 21 syns plus an amaretto coffee and some dressing! Calling it 30... Could have been worse for 2 meals out in one day (angel on my shoulder is shouting it could have been better)

Well done and welcomes all round I think (School hols have been manic so far and can't keep up). Trip to Brighton went reasonably well for lunch I did the Orange Wednesday thing at Pizza Express. I had a lovely salad which had roasted veg (not that oily so reckon hardly, if any olive oil)...

Well done Leeanne910. Lol, you'll definitely be slimmer of the week when it's your first weigh in after baby is born, if HPSaucy's friend is anything to go by! Brighton Lanes are great but as its mostly the designer shops that seem to be there, they don't stock my size! That should keep me in...

Well done Hanz, 2 1/2lb loss is fab! Welcome aboard Nikkiruth and Leeanne910! Fingers crossed for you Laura. I'm off with daughter to Brighton for a shopping trip, she requested pizza express for lunch so doing a bit of research to see if there's any decent Extra Easy salads I can have. I'm...

Tuesday Plan: Extra Easy Skimmed milk - x splashes (x syns) Breakfast: yoghurt, banana Lunch: out - will update later but probably a jacket potato Dinner: Birds Eye pink salmon fillet in lemon and herb sauce, sauté potatoes and courgette, mushroom and pepper medley.

Most often I use pork shoulder - not always easy to get and rub various different spices in and cook for a couple of hours in a tin tightly covered with tinfoil - you could then add a light spiced gravy/barbecue sauce (it's not like Heinz barbecue sauce) over it. I guess pork shoulder in theory...

Sorry things aren't going well for you laura sometimes it feels like everything seems to happen at once and you can feel like giving up. Keep going - don't let losing an extra 7 lb something to add to your list :D Trust me, I've done that a few times and 'post-poned' my weightloss and now have...

I couldn't 'afford' the blue cheese as went on extra easy so lost a HExa and b than planned and had a coffee when the kids went to Mac Donalds! The burgers themselves were really nice... they had onion, diced gerkin and some worcestershire sauce, an egg yolk, as well as the extra lean mince...

Hi Lisa - welcome. I don't know whether you're aware this is the Slimming World part of the forum and whilst you're obviously more than welcome to stay I guess here there's not going to be much advice we can give regarding the Weight Watchers plan and pro points. although I find splenda...

Just 1/2 lb loss for me this week. Damn! Got dragged to an all you can eat Chinese Saturday evening by MIL and family, tried to make good choices but know I went way over so am happy I didn't gain this week.

Monday Plan: Red Skimmed milk for day (HExa) Breakfast: Dashing off again for daughters day at the stables! So just a yoghurt and apple Lunch: Prawn cocktail salad made with prawns, seafood sticks and 3 tbsp of half fat creme fraiche (3 syns) mixed with 1/2 tbsp tomato puree , 1/2 tbsp...

Sunday MIL stayed overnight so was still 'entertaining' fortunately she doesn't really eat until dinner so could do what we liked... Plan: Red Skimmed milk for the day (HExa) Breakfast: had to rush off to drop oldest to Brownie camp day so again not much for lunch - plus still full from...

Right catch up time... updating some of the above next but let carry on with Saturday, Sunday and today first Saturday Plan: Extra Easy Skimmed milk for the day - (HExa) Breakfast: still no real appitite at breakfast so had a banana and yoghurt crack of dawn when little one woke. Later had...

A STS is OK to deal if you know where it went - and you can stop doing it again :D - must be harder if you had no idea why! Actifry chicken is ON tonight - come back with thighs and drumsticks after a dash up to the shop. American themed dinner tonight then! Having SW wedges (though only a few...

Wow wish my shopping bill was as low as some of you. I shop at waitrose because it is yards from our house. I use their own brands (essentials) on the whole, don't buy their ready meals unless massively reduced (and SW friendly! :) ), try to buy any joints of meat reduce - but do try to make...

Not really!!! :D Actually sometimes I do but quite often I take another look and may change the plan from Red/Extra Easy/Green if it works better. I'll update to reflect my 'actuals' tomorrow (to tired now!) and you'll see how 'bad' this week was! :cry:

Well done Chill11, welcome back to it Hanz, I'm sure next week will see results for you Sharry (I'm hoping a week after tomorrows expected gain I will be reporting a decent loss :D) and welcome Timtim. Definitely want to be in the 13's for Christmas but really would dearly love to drop a...

Had 'dry' meat/fish too... But yeah, I felt quite virtuous and then ended up picking up 3 apple fritter thingys and a scoop of icecream at the end though :D Oops! I'm a serial weigher which doesn't normally bother me that much as my weight can still fluctuate by 4 or 5 lbs in a day so am...

Remember you are adding an imaginary (for sizing purposes) 5 inches. An A cup DOES NOT mean you're inverted. The ACTUAL difference between your under bust area and fullest part of your chest is really 4 inches positive!! ;) Most of the support should be coming from the band part - of course when...

Here's the link (hopefully!): http://www.amplebosom.com/measuring-guide.php

Found it on a website... neither of us are right as such... Take your under bust measurement and add 4 inches if it's an even number, or add 5 inches if an odd number. This is your bra size. I.e. I'm under bust 36 and add 4 as it was an even no... my bra size is 40. Now for cup size... Take...

Well just come home from an all you can eat Chinese Buffet as MIL came to visit and we'd promised to go when she came next. It is really good food there - better than a normal Chinese restaurant by far. But I was restrained and kept it dry, with loads of veg and noodles. I think I went over my...

Don't think that quite right because there is no way on this planet I'm a 36 bra size (my under chest measurement). Haven't been that since i was 16! M&S website has a great chart. Puts me at about a 40G! Over chest is 42. I think it's the other way to what you're describing as a general rule...

Ha, ha might do some barbecue beans and sweetcorn with it :D Did the SW KFC once and that was nice - I put spices in the breadcrumbs rather than the egg mix so was a bit too peppery for OH. Not quite KFC but delicious!

Ok an expirment is in order - I'll get some drumsticks and do them with some wedges style chips and make it a bit cajuny with some spices. Saturday maybe? Got tonight sorted already.

Oh was just gonna ask if anyone had - didn't want to waste the meat and potatoes if it came out rubbish so haven't done it yet :D it doesn't make it clear in the manual/recipe book whether you can or whether it works. Any combined dishes tend to be things like chillis. I guess there may be an...

Make some little SW quiches in mini muffin tins? Whiz up some vegetable soups - freeze small portions and as they're vege ones they should ding in a microwave quick and easily with no worries of dodgy tummy! Make up some sugar free jelly for a sweet fix! Houmous and vege sticks?

Welcome! We're a friendly bunch! Won't be long before you're moving on - on a sneaky midweek weigh ( I normally weigh at home Monday's) I'm just 14.1, so keeping my fingers crossed this week or next I'll be moving too!

I've had the normal size one in the past but the lid broke. Fortunately I bought it from Argos and had the extended warranty so got my money back as it had gone WAY down in price. Was gonna buy another and pocket the difference when I saw they do a family sized one and as we're greedy bought one...

Well done amazon and bunnylush hope to see you son with ally! :)

Just eaten it! A delicious butternut squash risotto (if I say so myself! :D) Well worth doing it authentically... minus olive oil though. Used a Hexa worth of Parmesan for my portion and a few points for White wine. Yum! Don't notice the olive oil isn't there.

Wow that's good I often don't use syns until my evening meal - I assume that's on red/ee days? Could make it ee day and do a few SW chips in the ole Actifry? Yum hungry just thinking about it! Also, welcome iwillbeaskinnykate and farewell _Ally_ Sorry Bunnylush your cauli curry thing didn't...

I'm sure you've considered this but i'm sure the extra healthy extras you get when breastfeeding are only if you are exclusively breastfeeding. Well at least it was when I was doing it a while ago - had to be careful when you start weaning too. Might be worth double checking if you're...

Friday Planning Plan: Extra Easy Skimmed Milk for the day = x splashes (x syns) Breakfast: Fruit, yoghurt Lunch: Chicken salad, with spoonful of coleslaw (4 syns) and various salad items - lettuce, onion, peppers, sweetcorn, pickles, carrot, beetroot, cherry tomatoes Dinner: Blue Cheese...

Thursday Planning Plan: Red Skimmed Milk for the day (HExa1) Breakfast: Mini weetabix (HExb1), milk from allowance, fruit Lunch: Chicken portion, mashed swede, other veg, gravy (x syns) Dinner: Chicken stir fry Snacks: tba!! :D Update: Complete change here to a Green Day! Went out...

Wednesday Planning Plan: Extra Easy Skimmed Milk for the day (HExa) Breakfast: Fruit Lunch: Bacon, scrambled egg, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, 2 hash browns (4 syns?) Dinner: Ocean Pie from Oct magazine, brocolli, courgettes Update: No Ocean pie for us as a very busy evening. Got a...

Tuesday Planning Plan: Green (Changed from red at last minute) Skimmed milk throughout the day (HExa1) Breakfast: Boiled egg, plum, tangerine Lunch: Ham (HExb1) on 3 seeded ryvita (HExb2),Philly cream cheese (6 syns), salad with rocket, cucumber, pickles, tomatoes, onions Dinner...

Well done for going to gym 3 times a week! I go to zumba once a week but only just started that! Stumbled across some sort of fitness channel on sky so might sky+ a few that sound good and do it while my son's asleep at lunch. Don't work at the moment - well, looking after a 20 month old boy is...

I know what you mean... I think the days I dislike it are when I'm disorganised and short on time. I've always cooked from scratch most of the time... Pre-slimming world my lazy days wouldn't be a problem as I'd grab whatever I fancy from the ready meal range in waitrose up the road. Really...

Wow, well done - great loss!

I normally make mine from scratch using raw spices anyway but nearly always made it a creamy one so the kids eat it too - the magazine one is not too dissimilar. I've resisted the mushy pea one so far as it seems naughty using mushy peas like that (don't know why!) - I like mushy peas though...

Well after a bad week I am lucky to have got away with a 1lb gain after that little lot! Monday Extra Easy Skimmed milk thoughout day = 6 splashes (3 syns) Breakfast: banana, boiled egg Lunch: Jacket potato with beans and 28g cheddar (HExa), 2 plums Dinner: Creamy Lamb Curry using...

Catching up from BAD weekend! It was a friends 40th so it was party, party, party! And unfortunately I was weak willed, but if I was going to fall of the wagon, better for this part than just being greedy for the sake of it. Dunno why but feels easier to draw the line under it. In brief, this is...

Hi newbies and well done those that lost and left! Not a great week for me - was expecting a reasonable gain as it was my friends 40th party on Saturday - it went on until the next morning and unfortunately I fell of the wagon spectacularly! Drinking until 3.45am wasn't gonna bode well...

Curry night for me too! Lamb curry using the recipe in the Oct magazine for the sauce, boiled rice and tomato and onion salad.

Hi, can I join in? Got about 5 stone to shift! I was expecting a reasonable gain this week as Saturday night I went to a friends 40th, we didn't get to bed until 3.45am and I was eating and drinking for england during that time! On Sunday, I felt dreadful so was bad then too - OH was cooking...

Couldn't agree more - the good thing about Zumba is that it is dance based and being a 'skinny-minnie' doesn't mean you'll be good. In mine, there are plenty of slender ladies that are just as unco-ordinated as me! I don't feel out of place at all and I am DREADFUL at the moment. Still want to...

How do you know which ones are syn free (I'm assuming the butcher doesn't label them as such)? I suspect I need to look out for natural casing sausages made from prime cuts (no fat included)? Or is it something else I should look for? Definitely going to see where joes sausage are stocked in my...

I've done 2 weeks so far. It's great fun and better than a standard aerobics class (which I have a severe allergy to! :D ) I'm almost certain I am the most unco-ordinated one there, but I don't care! Early days, i know, but don't think it's made a massive difference to my losses but fairly sure...

Friday Ok didn't plan ahead and am now starting to stuff. The problem is I weighed in between weigh-ins which hasn't been a problem until yesterday evening when saw the scales making an unward trend! Think I though what the heck - stuffed last night then starting a downward spiral today...

Right - crisis management! Didn't plan or post yesterday and had a bit of a bad day. Ate a giant eccles! Then 2 curly wurlys! Today is looking like it could follow. Will update this with details but going on to record today so far! From what I can remember: Breakfast: Fruit Lunch: Big...

There are far worse pastries than filo. It is wafer thin and only made with flour and water. However, when making a pastry such as the one you describe they normally brush with butter or oil or combination of both between layers. 28g raw is 4.5 syns in an old book I have - then you'd need to...

Wednesday Planning Not too much rushing about today but OH has pizza in the fridge for him to use for dinner so cooking for myself... thinking something with saute potates and a bit of salad. Plan: Green (cos I want loads of potatoes later!) Skimmed milk for the day (HExa1) Breakfast: 2...

Welcome looopy and farewell mrs big b!

Tuesday planning Plan: Extra Easy as my OH fancies burger tonight. 2 splashes of Skimmed milk for the day - 1 syns (TBA) Breakfast: Banana and apple Lunch: Tuna mixed with 4 tbsp extra light mayonnaise (3 syns), salad of tomatoes, cucumber, beetroot and pickled onions Dinner: Homemade...

Well done. If I can shift 3 lbs next week I'll be joining you. Fingers crossed and with lots of effort! Seeing people go to the next thread definitely keeps my ethusiasm up!

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Monday *week and lost 2.5lbs from last weeks menu :) Plan: Red day (again! suprised as always though I was a bit of a green day girl but seem to be off pasta and potaoes a bit) Breakfast Oops didn't have time (bit of a rush for school run then go straight to a club for my toddler) - few...

Sunday Was going to try really hard today as I knew I had blown it a bit with the chips and drinks yesterday and weigh in is Monday! Plan: Red Skimmed milk for the day (Hexa1) Brunch: Mushroom and tomato omlette Dinner: Serves about 6 (I ate about 2 servings!), Homemade beef stew made...

Saturday Today we are going out for a friends birthday so know it's going to be a tough one as we're going to an American Diner (not something I could change). Decided to go for a Red day as thought I could just eat the meat and syn a jacket potatoe or something. Anyway that was the plan...

Soup sounds lovely - I like anything curried And I'd totally forgotten about mashed cauliflower - delicious :eat:

Well think I might have to give it a go out of curiosity. Other than crushed new potatoes if I'm mashing something I peel it, just because i always have done. I don't peel anything that goes straight in for roasting. But if any kind of boiling get's involved out comes my vegetable knife! Never...

Ha, ha curious as to what do you call what I call turnips then? How does unpeeled mashed swede turn out then? I always peel to the kind of line you can see under the outerskin as was always told it wouldn't be a nice texture otherwise. I just blindly do because I was told to! Lol! Love it...

Wow Angem 5.5 lbs is amazing. Also well done everyone for their losses - no matter how small it's all in the right direction. A consultant once showed me what a lb of fat looked like and make you realise losing even half if that would be a blessing! As for me, it's * week and went out for a...

Friday Plan: green Skimmed milk for day (hexa1 & 2) Breakfast: usual Friday coffee shop skinny latte with sugar free caramel syrup, fruit salad Lunch: batchelors pasta n sauce cheese and broccoli Snacks: apple & curly wurly (6 syns) Dinner: youngs fish in butter sauce (6.5 syns)...

Lol, have the pasta! You'll only feel deprived if you don't and end up making up for it elsewhere. Feel indulgent by having the pasta - you'll more likely stay on plan (or closer to) for the rest if the evening!

Absolutely my point. Depending how much of an over-eater you are will determine at what point you start to STS. But I do feel that if you 100% food optimise AND stop when you're full then it shouldn't be much of an issue. I think eating when you're NOT hungry is a problem but satisfying true...

Most people on here are, or were at some point overeaters. I think this approach is fine at the beginning of your weightloss journey... As someone said, better than satisfying hunger on loads of sweets, cakes, bread etc. At some point you may well need to tackle portion sizes and I suspect...

Thursday Plan: extra easy Skimmed milk for day (hexa) Breakfast: didn't get time! Lunch: leftover SW quiche from yesterday with salad: rocket, cherry tomatoes, beetroot, pickled onions Dinner: Spaghetti bolognese made with extra lean minced beef (whizzed in processor so goes further =...

Offering some culinary opinion (for what it's worth!) Soup - will be made with cream and bread quite sinful Smoked Salmon - hmm caramelisation most often involves sugar and parfait involves double cream Oriental Chicken - honey can be used as healthy extra as can sesame seeds if used in quantity...

I have to agree that it's probably a bit of jealousy and a bit of difficulty dealing with change. A friend of mine who didn't know me when I was slim inadvertently offended me recently and I just had to try a take a view on it. We were talking about a lovely jacket I saw but was incredibly...

SW quiche Lorraine, SW chips a la actifry, rocket salad. Followed by figs with honey, 0% Greek yogurt and topped with a few chopped nuts.

Whole bar size that should read!

You CAN gave dairy milk... The little bars (come in multi packs) which are 21g each. They're 5.5 syns and because it's a while bar size (just a lot thinner!) I feel like I've had a proper bar of chocolate too. Oh, curly wurly's are good for this too!

I think if you feel you need a choccie treat and within your syn allowance, then do so! Most days I've had a little choccie bar, sometimes with a couple of Alpen lights too and still lost! 1st week 3lb, then 3.5lb, 1.5lb and 3.5lb. The diet works with eating your syns!

And I did! On the spur of the moment I went to a zumba class with some friends! Great fun - but was THE most uncoordinated one there... and mirrors EVERYWHERE!!! lol

Wow, well done! You've had some great losses.

Wednesday Planning Plan: Green Skimmed milk for the day (Hexa1) Breakfast: Nectarine and yoghurt Lunch: Jacket potato, beans and cheese (Hexa2) Dinner: SW quiche lorraine made with onions, peppers and 85g bacon (hexb1), SW chips and peas Snacks: fruit and 2 Alpen bars (hexb2) Total...

Well done all you losers!!! (in the nicest possible way!) Feeling extra motivated so really should embark on some exercise! Haven't done so for many, many years!

Tuesday Will be out for lunch so will have an extra easy day... Plan: extra easy Breakfast: banana, yoghurt, apple Lunch: debenhams - jacket potato, tuna and salad (might have 2 sachets of mayonnaise to mix in (? Syns - allow 4 syns) Dinner: spaghetti carbonara, made with 85g bacon...

Monday Lost 3.5 lb from last weeks menu. :) Plan: Red Skimmed milk throughout day Breakfast: yoghurt (poor amount but in a rush!) Lunch: 5 rashers of well trimmed bacon, tin plum tomatoes, 2 flat portabello mushrooms, scrambled egg, 3 quorn sausages (3 syns - damn didn't realise they're...

Aw thanks! :) didn't know anyone would read- it just helps me keep track. That said, this weekend went a little odd because I was out all weekend and didn't get back until late sunday. Normally I keep my breakfasts quite neutral and don't use any healthy extras for it. Then I try and work out...

It says 20th october in the last issue. Damn thought it would be sooner than that!

Same here! I have one every Friday with friends and a fruit salad. I opt for caramel or hazelnut syrup which are quite nice! I've lost 3, 3.5, 1.5, 3.5 lbs over last 4 weeks so not going to change my tactics! :). Coincidently, when I ate the majority of an almond croissant my son decided not...

I'm 5'2 - 5'3 and weigh 14 st 5 and a half. 4 weeks ago I was 15 st 3 and had many size 18's that didn't fit in my wardrobe. Now they're starting to feel more comfortable. I am a fat hourglass shape, big bust and hips/bum. Whatever weight I've been, I've often managed to wear a size smaller...

It's 3.5 lbs for me this week. :) 14.5.5 now so just 5.5 lbs to go! Hopefully this will shift with two weeks hard effort! :))

The more i plan my evening meals the better i do so you'll do well. It won't be anywhere near as bad as you think it might on Tuesday. Anyway after Tuesday it's a whole new week of weightloss.

Sunday Morning at my Mum's being waited on hand and foot! Plan: Green Breakfast: 2 poached eggs with 2 small slices wholemeal (hexb1) Lunch: had this out, so little control Ham & egg salad (2 slices of ham that I will count as a hexb2), various salad items and new potatoes. Small portion...

Saturday Catching up because I stayed at my mums Saturday night... Going to my mums to dig away at the garden of the flat she not long bought. It's an enormous garden totally taken over by brambles - here's hoping it burns a load of calories! Plan: Green Skimmed milk for day Breakfast...

Over several years I've gone to a group, been an online member and now just use this site. I didn't know this site existed when been in a group or online member. I used the online membership with gusto originally but then lost my enthusiasm with it - I was really only using it to record info...

Best way I've stayed on track is to try and have a syn and hex free breakfast, same for lunch, used a Hexb for dinner but cooked from scratch to keep it fairly syn free and then used all my lovely syns and leftover hex's for snacks... most days I've had a small choccie bar during the evening...

What I've always been told is that meats which need slow cooking i.e the cheaper cuts on the whole, go through a tough stage, to a tender stage and then back to tough. I'd say it's over cooked. Surprised that happened in a slow cooker though. I'm 99 per cent sure that that rule applies to oven...

Thanks for that, sounds about right as double checked and the 30 syns quote is for a 430g pack. Damn - 3 tiny meatballs for me then! Lol.

I've had a pack of meatballs festering in the freezer which was gonna use up tonight on my extra easy/red day but only have a 2008/9 directory. Whilst it doesn't list my one, think they are fairly new, the plain ones are showing 30 syns per pack!!! Before I make a costly mistake could someone...

Well done! Hope to be joining you in 3 weeks! I've always made dreadful soups (despite actually being quite a good cook!) Maybe should dust off a soup recipe book I have for SW friendly one! Thing is I like thick and creamy ones like broccoli and Stilton! :)

Whilst I haven't posted my Christmas goal for fear of failing, I was hoping for a 2 st loss as I have loads to lose! I'm only 5' 2! As you guys have 'declared' I feel I should! :) Hopefully this way the shame of not achieving if you guys do will spur me on! The fear of embarrassment definitely...

Friday Planning Plan: Extra Easy/Red/Green Skimmed milk throughout day Breakfast: fruit salad and skinny latte with sugar free caramel syrup (using milk from allowance) Lunch: Roast chicken portion (Hexb1) salad of tomatoes, celery, cucumber and red pepper with tbsp kraft light French...

Thursday planning Hmm have no idea - think I will have a universal breakfast and decide from there... Update: Well it is lunchtime and I had settled on a red day. Skimmed Milk throughout the day (Hexa1) Breakfast: Apple, yoghurt Lunch: Princes Stewed Steak (4 syns), carrots, and 1 slice...

Well done! Welcome toomanycupcakes great you can join us. It must be a great feeling to 'enter' a new weight bracket thread. :)

Well done Bunnylush and Amazon84! People getting closer to next stone bracket has lit a determined fire in me to get there too! 7 lb to shift (if this mornings scales are to be trusted). Hoping that'll be 2-3 weeks if I try hard.

Wow! Well done!

Wednesday Planning Plan - Red/Extra Easy Skimmed milk throughout day (Hexa1) Breakfast - Banana Know I'm going into town to meet my mum so going to go to a lovely deli that does some great salads where you can choose what you want like a pick and mix - loads of free foods there! Lunch...

Ha, ha I read this before many of the replies and it cropped up again so it's interesting how the replies have progressed! I didn't take it as you were eating it all the time! Having 2 young kids (and hubby!) who like mc donalds and kfc so I see your predicament. The syns are there to be used...

I do it alone. Have been to club and use my old books. I agree with the 'fear of the scales' theory but rather than going to group I found this site and use the 'through the stones' sub-forum as my weigh in. Keeps me going as I really don't want to post a gain. This site has everything I need to...

Oil, fat, butter, mascapone and cream!!! And I always feel I have to finish off a meal with something sweet. Would make loads of cakes, tarts and puddings full of these things. Since SW I haven't had to change the pudding habit but make less sinful choices. Alpine bars, ff yoghurts, little...

Tuesday planning Plan: Green Skimmed milk for day (Hexa1) Breakfast: apple walking to school! Lunch: egg, SW chips, mushrooms and beans. Followed by yoghurt. Dinner: Tuna pasta bake (tuna heb1) made with syn free tomato sauce and 28g olives (1.5 syns) topped with hea2 cheddar (28g)...

Well done everyone. It's 1.5lb for me this week. Can't say I was 100 per cent as was visiting a lot of people/coffee mornings this week. Would have like a little more as I have a lot to lose but joclarey comment of 1 lb a week is 3.5 stone over a year has stopped me feeling glum. If I'm 3.5...

Monday Planning Plan: Extra Easy Semi skimmed milk for day (hexa) Breakfast: Mullerlight Lunch: Salmon steak, jacket potato, salad Dinner: Creamy Chicken Curry (recipe from magasine), rice, onion salad, mint sauce (made with ff yoghurt, mint sauce, sweetener, turmeric), 'poppodom' (made...

Sunday Plan: green Breakfast: scrambled egg, beans small slice White bread (6 syns), 1 tsp butter (2 syns) Snack: banana, mango Lunch: butternut squash risotto (allow 2 syns), rhubarb mullerlight Dinner: gammon (hexb1), sw chips, peas Snack: 2 Alpen bars (hexb2) Total: 10 syns...

Saturday Couldn't really have a plan as we were going to visit OH sister and then on to my dad's. I thought it best to opt for extra easy day. It wasn't dreadful food-wise but could have been better: Breakfast: Banana, grapes Lunch: Chicken roll (made with a small piece of French stick x...

Friday Planning Plan: Red day Skimmed milk throughout the day (Hexa1) Breakfast: 28g Honey nut shredded wheat (Hexb1), nectarine Lunch: Roast chicken salad Dinner: Parmesan crusted chicken burgers(hexa2 for parmesan, hexb2 for breadcrumb), roast veg and spinach. For desert meringue...

Thursday planning: Plan: Green/Extra easy Skimmed milk: throughout day (hexa1) Breakfast: yogurt, fruit Lunch: at friends house???? Dinner: butternut squash risotto made with 4 syns worth of white wine - I had less than a quarter so still will count 1 syn, side salad Update: Did ok...

Wow, you look fab. You're photo's are most definitely inspirational. Sometimes I wonder what a size 10 me will look like! It was great to see your gradual change. I'm quite short so even hitting a 16 I can see will make quite a difference! I'm technically a 20 bust and hips with a smaller waist...

Wednesday planning Plan: Breakfast: Lunch: Dinner: Total syns: Update: The problem was no plan! The day is ok so far - albeit I'm hungry as I've been careful as I had no idea what to eat as I hadn't thought about it properly... as such a takeaway in on order! It turned out to be a...

Ooh love the look of your curry too. Amazingly I have all the spices except the hing (can't remember how to spell the other name for it!) and pickle. And i keep wanting to buy hing as seen loads of stuff i like the look of in my curry books, but forget each time I shop! I have a heaving spice...

As it is there I'll eek it out over some green days and the kiddies lunch then. But I'll definitely make my own as I love the certain savouriness that houmous has - I would eat the whole tub given a chance with some veggie sticks. Thanks for the recipe.

Glad you worked it out iamhev. :)

I'm working off old books here. Is Houmous a healthy extra on red day? Some threads seem to give it as a b choice but my book seems to be only listed in b as a green day HE. Here's hoping because there's some in my fridge shouting at me to eat it! :D

Thanks for looking though :) it has a sprinkle of some sort of crumb on it. So think I'll let OH have them by himself or syn it at 6 to be generous. No where near as much as a slice of bread so should be safe - rest seems to be normal free ingredients. Cheers!

Thanks jaylou :)

Thanks! I'm assuming it's due to having a tiny bit of oil in its ingredients that there's some syns. The pack is 240g so even if I'm feeling greedy (I bought 2 packs as they were so cheap) it is just 1 syn... as long as it's not a green day! :D

Tuesday Planning Plan: Red skimmed milk (hexa1) Breakfast: Honey nut shredded wheat (hexb1), milk from allowance, rhubarb mullerlight (free) Lunch: Ham, salad, syn free coleslaw Dinner: Peppered mackerel, celeriac chips, brocolli Snack: 2x Alpen light bars (Hexb2), banana, apple...

Oooh good one, haven't had them in a while! Everyone in this house loves rich tea fingers, saying that, I've noticed my Alpen bars going for walk too... Might have to do a bit of squirrelling myself!

Oops! Having read subsequent posts from the question aimed at me. It appears SW don't have an absolute consistent answer to the SF foods thing then?!? Strange?!? Didn't mean to start a major debate. I guess this is why Slimming world don't have their own forum! He, he! Maybe in the trials for...

I picked these up in Waitrose as they were really reduced (I'm a sucker for this as Waitrose is only round the corner from me!) and am hoping they are free or really low on red/EE days... any chance someone could check as I'm doing this from home with older books and they're not listed: Love...

Well done everyone! A really pleasing 3.5 lbs this week! I'm really surprising myself how determined I have been so far - even when 'cheating' opportunities have presented themselves :D. That said I did have a plain digestive before checking the syn value (thinking that it wouldn't be much)...

To be fair it was a while ago that I did SW in a club... But I did it when Extra Easy just came out and it was the one thing that left an impression. Granted the C did not say if you don't eat a third SF food you won't lose weight. But I felt that was just a 'given' of the plan when I looked...

I agree with jaylou. It has been stressed to me when I went to club in the past that the third superfree is essential to the weight loss on extra easy. Good luck Hun. I'm sure it will shift with this little adjustment.

Great idea! I too don't have anything... except maybe a piece of fruit... until school run is done. Will make a change from my regular veggie 'fry-up'!

Planning for Monday Plan: Extra Easy Skimmed milk (hexa) for drinks Breakfast: Mushroom omlette, tinned tomatoes (free) Lunch: Sliced ham, jacket potato, beans, side salad (free) Dinner: Everyday rich spaghetti bolognese (free) from Oct mag, side salad, zesty lemon cheesecake (5.5 syns)...

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Right! Starting a diary to make sure I stay on track. I've got nearly 5 stone to lose so could be a long journey! Plan: Green Skimmed milk for tea (hexa) Early morning: Apple, banana Brunch: Egg fried in fry light, 2x slice wholemeal bread from 400g loaf (hexb), 2 tsp brown sauce (1 syn)...

Oo I love the dry cappuccino suggestion! I simply can't give up the coffee shop addiction I have. I still feel an idiot asking for skinny anything. With about 5 stone to lose I always think they are thinking "like that's gonna make a difference love!", it's the same when I order diet coke. I...

Hi guys, I have done slimming world in the past and started at home by myself. I have young children so not sure if I can make a group so going to see how I get on by myself (well, with you guys) first. I'm trying extra easy, which is hard to believe can work after being used to red and green...