Jennyonaplate
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SW chips are fine as it's just potato still being eaten as potato.
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Jennyonaplate
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No crisps aren't - I emailed SW a year or so when Lasagne Doritos seemed to be touted as being free, to find out, as different consultants were giving completely different advice. Their response was that making your own crisps from Lasagne sheets or potatoes wasn't acceptable as 'Free' as you were taking out the water content and could eat a bigger quantity without it making you feel full.
It's not just about the 'I was only going to eat one potato anyway', as it also considerers the fact you've just eaten x amount of calories and it's gone nowhere to help fill you up, so later you could find yourself snacking and taking in lots more calories. It goes against one of the main theories of SW in that the food that is free helps to fill you up and keep you fuller longer.
I'll have a rummage in my hotmail vault and see if i've still got the email...
It's not just about the 'I was only going to eat one potato anyway', as it also considerers the fact you've just eaten x amount of calories and it's gone nowhere to help fill you up, so later you could find yourself snacking and taking in lots more calories. It goes against one of the main theories of SW in that the food that is free helps to fill you up and keep you fuller longer.
I'll have a rummage in my hotmail vault and see if i've still got the email...
BritMumInCanada
Gold Member
the crisps are not free because they are something that can be easily indulged in. Just look at it like this, if you bought a packet of baked crisps from the shop, you wouldnt count them as free, they would be synned. Making crisps from lasagne sheets or potatoes is the same thing.
They are used more as a snack than as part of a filling meal, so have to be synned to control your portions. The same way as advising a 1/3 superfree helps control your carb and protein portions.
They are used more as a snack than as part of a filling meal, so have to be synned to control your portions. The same way as advising a 1/3 superfree helps control your carb and protein portions.
Red Riding Hood
Silver Member
I didn't see this thread and did one of my own on the same subject 
sorry everyone.
Is homemade houmous as a snack ok then I have it with raw carrot sticks and peppers etc. It is pureed and used as a snack though.
Food abuse or not?
sorry everyone. Is homemade houmous as a snack ok then I have it with raw carrot sticks and peppers etc. It is pureed and used as a snack though.
Food abuse or not?
SlimmingKitchen
Gold Member
Here is something a sw friend sent me
Slimming World Abuse! 1.COUS COUS ABUSE!
Thou shalt not grind up cous cous and use it to make cakes without synning it. 28g of ground up cous cous is 5 syns. Same goes for polenta, bulgar wheat, rice and any other grain you use to make cheaty puddings. SLIMMING WORLD LAUGHS HEARTILY AT YOUR PUDDINGS! Did you really think you could make your cake and eat it too?!
2.BLENDING YOUR FRUIT
Thou shalt not have smoothies with blended fruit because thou shalt eat twenty apples in one glass and make yourself sick and blame Slimming World because they told you fruit was free. (You can blend your veg though because as Gillian McKeith proved so many times, no one really likes carrot and cucumber smoothies)
3.EATING PEAS ON A RED DAY
Thou shalt not eat peas on a red day because you will eat soooo many of them you will pop. Plus they have loads of sugary badness in them that magically melts away when you do a green day though we won’t tell you how or why. Ditto sweetcorn.
4.NOT WEIGHING AND MEASURING HEXes
Thou shalt weigh and measure because that’s not 227g of SW chips, that’s 227KG of SW chips! Thou shalt weigh and measure because that 64g bun contains twice the fat of a 57g bun! Thou shalt weigh and measure because 250ml of semi skimmed milk will NOT be enough for a bowl of Weetabix and 6 cups of tea. Thou shalt weigh and measure because surely 42g of cheese shouldn’t be able to fill an entire ciabatta (and what are you doing eating ciabatta anyway???)
5.NOT REFERRING TO THE BIBLE FOR SYNS
The Bible states that on the first 6 days, her Ladyship Margaret Miles Bramwell made Slimming World. On the 7th day, she did nothing. It didn’t help her Body Magic but it gave her a break from obsessing over whether or not to have that final 99 flake (2.5 SYNS). The least you could do is read it.
6.CALLING SW A ‘DIET’
Thou shalt not call Slimming World a diet because it’s not. It’s a healthy way of eating for life. Call it a diet and you’ll soon be off down the chippy with the rest of the gang from your nearest Weight Watchers class. Go home and make SW burger and chips instead. Tastes nicer, and your pants fit better.
7.NOT BELIEVING IN THE POWER OF FREE FOOD
Thou shalt eat free food til it comes out of your ears, and not be scared of having an extra chicken breast and not be scared if your plate looks fuller than the Jolly Green Giant’s. EAT until you are full. But eat the right things. Yes you can eat bananas, yes you can eat eggs. No you can’t substitute them for chocolate because bananas have too much sugar and eggs raise your cholesterol. That’s all bollocks, you know!
Slimming World Abuse! 1.COUS COUS ABUSE!
Thou shalt not grind up cous cous and use it to make cakes without synning it. 28g of ground up cous cous is 5 syns. Same goes for polenta, bulgar wheat, rice and any other grain you use to make cheaty puddings. SLIMMING WORLD LAUGHS HEARTILY AT YOUR PUDDINGS! Did you really think you could make your cake and eat it too?!
2.BLENDING YOUR FRUIT
Thou shalt not have smoothies with blended fruit because thou shalt eat twenty apples in one glass and make yourself sick and blame Slimming World because they told you fruit was free. (You can blend your veg though because as Gillian McKeith proved so many times, no one really likes carrot and cucumber smoothies)
3.EATING PEAS ON A RED DAY
Thou shalt not eat peas on a red day because you will eat soooo many of them you will pop. Plus they have loads of sugary badness in them that magically melts away when you do a green day though we won’t tell you how or why. Ditto sweetcorn.
4.NOT WEIGHING AND MEASURING HEXes
Thou shalt weigh and measure because that’s not 227g of SW chips, that’s 227KG of SW chips! Thou shalt weigh and measure because that 64g bun contains twice the fat of a 57g bun! Thou shalt weigh and measure because 250ml of semi skimmed milk will NOT be enough for a bowl of Weetabix and 6 cups of tea. Thou shalt weigh and measure because surely 42g of cheese shouldn’t be able to fill an entire ciabatta (and what are you doing eating ciabatta anyway???)
5.NOT REFERRING TO THE BIBLE FOR SYNS
The Bible states that on the first 6 days, her Ladyship Margaret Miles Bramwell made Slimming World. On the 7th day, she did nothing. It didn’t help her Body Magic but it gave her a break from obsessing over whether or not to have that final 99 flake (2.5 SYNS). The least you could do is read it.
6.CALLING SW A ‘DIET’
Thou shalt not call Slimming World a diet because it’s not. It’s a healthy way of eating for life. Call it a diet and you’ll soon be off down the chippy with the rest of the gang from your nearest Weight Watchers class. Go home and make SW burger and chips instead. Tastes nicer, and your pants fit better.
7.NOT BELIEVING IN THE POWER OF FREE FOOD
Thou shalt eat free food til it comes out of your ears, and not be scared of having an extra chicken breast and not be scared if your plate looks fuller than the Jolly Green Giant’s. EAT until you are full. But eat the right things. Yes you can eat bananas, yes you can eat eggs. No you can’t substitute them for chocolate because bananas have too much sugar and eggs raise your cholesterol. That’s all bollocks, you know!
BritMumInCanada
Gold Member
I didn't see this thread and did one of my own on the same subject
Is homemade houmous as a snack ok then I have it with raw carrot sticks and peppers etc. It is pureed and used as a snack though.
Food abuse or not?
only fruit when pureed, blended etc is syns.
hummus made from blended chickpeas is fine, because you are not using the chickpeas as a substitue for something else and are most likely serving it with superfree foods.
however if you used chickpeas in a cake, it would then be synned, because you are using the chickpeas in place of flour, which is not a free food.
