-Tally-
Silver Member
Some things just aren't making sense for me and wondered if others have thought the same in the past or if I'm just looking into it too much and not enjoying the plan as I should.
Firstly the fruit thing...can't mash fruit otherwise you have to syn it. So if I mash up a banana I have to syn it 4.5syns but if I chop it and then chew it, it's free. Surely the food is mashed when I chew? So what's the difference between my fork mashing it and my teeth mashing it?
Secondly...free food versus calories and syns. It doesn't seem to add up. For example a tom&herb pasta n sauce is 0 syns but nearly 500kcals for a full packet. So with respect to the free food allowance, I could have 5 of these a day if I wanted to and still have my syns and HEX's too. Ok, so I wouldn't, but I could. That's over 2500 calories just for the free food pasta. Even 2 of them, which is easily doable is an extra 1000 calories. You're not gonna lose weight eating all that, or are you?
I know we don't count calories at SW, and I'm not for my own purposes, just wondering I suppose.
Firstly the fruit thing...can't mash fruit otherwise you have to syn it. So if I mash up a banana I have to syn it 4.5syns but if I chop it and then chew it, it's free. Surely the food is mashed when I chew? So what's the difference between my fork mashing it and my teeth mashing it?
Secondly...free food versus calories and syns. It doesn't seem to add up. For example a tom&herb pasta n sauce is 0 syns but nearly 500kcals for a full packet. So with respect to the free food allowance, I could have 5 of these a day if I wanted to and still have my syns and HEX's too. Ok, so I wouldn't, but I could. That's over 2500 calories just for the free food pasta. Even 2 of them, which is easily doable is an extra 1000 calories. You're not gonna lose weight eating all that, or are you?
I know we don't count calories at SW, and I'm not for my own purposes, just wondering I suppose.