Good Morning!
I'm trying to do a bit of planning for the week ahead and have some questions I hope you can help me with Kay.
Can I eat the same soup every day? More than likely I would make 2 batches of soup and alternate the 7 days- or would you recommend eating a different one each day?
Syns- I realise it's 10 a day and also realise on a red day I'm not supposed to have carbs. Surely it's more beneficial for me to use 6 syns on a wholemeal roll than on a curly wurly or a double vodka diet coke- or is it better to use our syns for "naughty" and not eat carbs?!
I don't eat meat so was thinking of making a batch of speed soup. Obvs this has lentils and stuff in it- would this be too much carb for the red day, as in, ought I have measurable portions of baked beans and so on?
As a rough guide does this sound ok?
RED:- chopped fruit, activia yogurt, [INSERT SOUP HERE], 2x quorn sausages (2 syns), 2x eggs, 150g baked beans, fruit
GREEN:- 35g fruit n fibre, banana, [INSERT SOUP HERE], veggie shepherds pie (1.5 syns) with veg, mullerlight
but now say I wanted a 6 syn packet of sunbites on the red day, is that allowed? Because they're obviously carby but I'm allowed 10 syns.
Say on that green day I was to have 2x vodkas (4 syns each) is that ok?
I also need to think of what to have in between meals as so far I'm only thinking meals but I actually have to eat something every couple of hours otherwise I've had it.
Sorry to go on. I really don't want to come up with excuses during the challenge. I really am full of them you know.
Any help will be greatly appreciated xxx
Hey Kimberley
, well done for thinking it through and you can throw as many questions as you like hun, I'm here to help.
1. Yes you can eat the same soup as many times as you like. But its good to change every 2 days so you have variety otherwise there is a risk of becoming bored and going off the challenge.
2. No Carbs on red days - I hear what your saying about a wm roll instead of a choccy bar, but the syns are there so you don't feel deprived in the week because its a tough challenge to follow. With regards to the wm roll, your soup will be packed with fibre so your body is getting enough from there. Also you are getting a healthy dose of carbs on your green days so you won't miss out, on those days you can have your wm roll. No doubt in this challenge, people will find the red days the toughest. Rather than blip and go off the challenge, if your really feeling you can't fight the carb withdrawal then go for something which is low in carb grams .
3. RED DAY / GREEN DAY food plans - your red day and green day food plans sound perfectly fine hun.
4. Sun bites on a red day - Yes no doubt there will be some carbs in the 10 syns you have but that is allowed because you will be having no other carbs on a red day. The only thing about crisps is they are high in salt, have them as your treat but remember to drink your 2L of water to wash away all that salt which retains water in the body and causes us to bloat.
5. Vodkas on green - hmm I don't want to say no alcohol, you guys will kill me
, but this is a bit like a detox so if you can keep it to just one day in the week that would be good
6. Snacks between meals - veg sticks, fruit yogurts, fruit ... I will come up with more Kimberley, I think this will help the others too.
I hope this has helped, if you have any more questions, do let me know
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Kay xx
, but we'll get through this, slimmer and better ! 
