Essentials

JoJo69

JoJo69

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Hi there, I started SW just over a week ago, I managed to loose 4lb in my 1st week (yipeeeee) I am just wondering if some of you could point my in the right direction for items to have in my cupboards. I have fruit, yoghurt, changed sugar for sweetex, butter for low fat and the same for cheese. Any help in this direction would be appreciated.
Thanks
 
I always have cans of beans (kidney, pinto, red beans etc) and tomatoes in my cupboards so that I can whip up a chili in no time. It's one of my staple meals. Pasta and Laughing Cow Light Cheese Triangles, frozen veggies (green beans, sweetcorn, peas etc) and frozen fruits (blueberries). I'm mostly happy to plan my meals but there are occasions when I'm just hungry and need something quickly--my saviour so far has been making sure that I have something that can be on my plate within about 10 minutes--either a portion of homemade chili/soup/etc (that I've made and frozen in advance) or a bowl of pasta with frozen veggies whizzed through it and Laughing Cow triangles melted on top.
 
Yogurts
Aplen Light Bar (on offer for a £1 in Tesco's)
Ryvita
WW bread
Total 0% greek yoghurt (lovely!)
Options Chocolate Sachets
Fruit, Fruit and more Fruit I especially love banana's
Curly Wurly's only 6 syns (my saturday night treat)
Butternut Squash
Spinach
Pasta and Rice for green days
Chilli's
garlic
Diet Lemonade and Pepsi Max or Diet Coke
Herbs and Spices
Couscous
EGGS!
Linda McCartney Sausages only 2 syns each and nicer than Quorn
Tesco's meatfree burgers REALLY nice and only 0.5 syns each

errr there are loads more, I am sure someone will come along and add to the list
 
weetabix
pagen krisprolls
Asda flying saucers (4 syns a bag)
passata
loads of herbs and spices
Tin toms
beans

hope that helps :D
 
These are my fave foods - i do mainly red days, so have a lot of lean meats too!

Kelloggs Fibre Plus Bars (HEB)
Alpen Lights (2 for a HEB)
Curly Wurlys (6 syns)
Mushrooms
Tomatoes and Passata
Babybel cheeses
Laughing Cow light cheeses
Ryvitas
Low fat cheese (grated, ready to measure my 42g for a HEA)
Nimble bread (2 slices = HEB)
Spinach
Mixed Peppers
Carrots
Potatoes (to make SW chips!!!)
Fat free yoghurts - Mullerlights, Shape Zero, Activia
Eggs eggs and more eggs
Mikado sticks (.5 syn per stick!)
1% Milk (my fave brand is the Moo brand)
Frylight for cooking
Herbs and Spices
Marmite
Chicken Bovril
Sweetners
Diet coke (lots and lots of!)
Lazy Garlic
Onions
Brocolli
Fresh fruit - esp bananas and strawberries

As everyone has said, i could go on forever!!!

Hope that helps! x

ps well done on your weight loss :D x

xxx
 
Thank you ladies for the pointers I really appreciate your advice, and will defo be putting most of the stuff on my next shopping list :)
I know that was a bit of a question but me being newbie to the whole diet/SW world I have not got a clue :)
 
My cupboard/fridge/freezer staples:

Eggs
Pepper
Salt
Herbs/spices
stock cubes
baked beans
kidney beans
chopped tomatoes
passata
laughing cow light
quorn bits or sausage (depending what's on offer)
muller lights (though i typically buy them each day now - otherwise tend to over-indulge).
new potatoes are always in fridge, plus other veggies (leek, onions, beans, mushrooms).
scan bran
mugshots
rice
pasta

that in fact probably lists most of my cupboard anyhow. :)

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I always try to have my cupboards stocked with:

Flora ex ex light (0.5 syns teaspoon)
Light Laughing Cow
Savoury Rice
Fat free noodles
Baked beans, hundreds of tins!
Spaghetti
Baked Potatoes
Muller lights, chocolate sprinkle ones
WW loaf
always Mushy peas!!!
Dutch Bakes
Weetabix
Alpen light bars
 
Wow thanks ladies, I even went and invested in a George Forman griller today to get rid of that horrible FAT wen grilling meat, my steamer is out too :) Hey what a bargain too, £78 in Argos (it should have been) £29.99 I paid for it, thats a double loss of £s for me this week :) Once again thanks for your help and advice I appreciate it ♥
 
I'll often eat beetroot and pickled onions straight from the jar if I'm hungry.
 
I agree with the SW chips yum yum - do go through loads of potatoes tho lol
 
I love pickled gherkins, they are free and go lovely with quark or cottage cheese.

Well done on your loss so far.
 
beanfeasts are good, asda chick pea dahl, quorn lamb grills, cottage cheese, bacon, low fat cheese.
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