mistyme
Full Member
Hi all, I got this last week at my class, only got round to typing it up and posting it now. Some of you may already have this info, but might be useful for Newbies, hope it is of help.
These are lots of reasons why members might not have lost weight in a particular week. Each of these common reasons is unlikely to ruin a members’s weight loss on their own – but one or two together on a regular basis would.
· Using heaped instead of level spoonfuls. Believe it or not, flour is 2 ½ per level tablespoon – a heaped tablespoon is double!
· Not trimming/draining off the fat from meat, or taking the skin off chicken – its adds Syns to what could be completely Free and unlimited food!
· Pre-frying vegetables for omelettes, chillies or curries etc. Remember, 1 level tablespoon of fat or oil is 6 Syns.
· Yorkshire Puddings – 3 Syns per ounce! Most are 2 ounces, and remember to include the fat in the roasting pan – this can bump it up to 8 Syns per pud!
· Pasta on an Original day – 5 Syns per ounce before cooking, 1 ½ Syns per ounce after cooking. Beware! Fresh pasta (as opposed to dry) on a Green day may need to be counted as Syns. Check it out!
· “Forgotten” regulars, eg a small glass (142 ml) of orange juice for breakfast (2 ½ Syns). Do you write it down!
· Sugar or milk on tea or coffee – it really adds up! Beware, vending machine drinks have Syns and takeaway hot drinks are even higher! Eg a skimmed milk Latte can add up to 8 Syns or more!
· Buying your sandwiches! Hidden mayo, coleslaw and cream cheese fillings could add as much as 12 Syns!
· Using full cream or semi-skimmed milk! (If not using as Healthy Extra), Remember per pint the Syns values are: Full cream = 18 ½ Syns, semi-skimmed = 9 ½ Syns, and for a dash of milk in a cuppa: 1 ½ Syns, 1 Syn or ½ Syn respectively.
· Eating Out! Check for butter on the vegetables or hidden in the sauces. If you don’t want to count it, just ask for the meal without it.
· Guessing weights of Healthy Extras or Syns. (An extra ½ oz of bran flakes each morning can add an extra 3 Syns each day!)
· Thinking that breakfast cereals like Rice Krispies are Healthy Extras – they don’t have enough fibre to be a Healthy Extra, and they’ll add 5 ½ Syns per 1oz/28g!
· Swapping granary or white bread as a Healthy Extra. Just one thin slice can be 4 ½ Syns – and if you slice your own, that can increase to a whopping 8-10 Syns!
· Guessing your milk allowance. A splash of milk in each cuppa ½ Syn each – and on your breakfast cereal – without measuring – could see you adding an extra 3 Syns or more!
· Pubs that don’t bother to give you diet drinks when you specifically asked for one. A standard can of coke – as opposed to diet coke – is 7 ½ Syns!
· Like your tipple! Are your home measures really as mean as pub measures! Or are they more like a double! (Thats 5 Syns instead of 2 ½ Syns)!
· Mistaking pureed or canned fruit for Free Food. Just 1 apple pureed into a sauce counts as 2 ½ Syns!
· Picking up low-fat (as opposed to virtually fat free) yoghurts, fromage frais or cottage cheese thinking it’s FREE! Double–check first – it might not be!
· Products labelled “no added sugar” or “low fat” may have high Syn values – remember to check.
· Eating the children’s leftovers – “shame to throw it away”!
· Licking the lids from yoghurt pots/licking the cake bowl or spoon.
· Pinching little comfort treats, e.g. one of the the children’s sweets, a bite of your partners Mars Bar – they all add up!
· Not checking Syns before you eat them (don’t mentally reduce that portion so that it conveniently adds up to 10)!
· Allowing yourself to get hungry so that you grab high Syn snacks whilst preparing your meal.
WHERE COULD I HAVE GONE WRONG?
· Using heaped instead of level spoonfuls. Believe it or not, flour is 2 ½ per level tablespoon – a heaped tablespoon is double!
· Not trimming/draining off the fat from meat, or taking the skin off chicken – its adds Syns to what could be completely Free and unlimited food!
· Pre-frying vegetables for omelettes, chillies or curries etc. Remember, 1 level tablespoon of fat or oil is 6 Syns.
· Yorkshire Puddings – 3 Syns per ounce! Most are 2 ounces, and remember to include the fat in the roasting pan – this can bump it up to 8 Syns per pud!
· Pasta on an Original day – 5 Syns per ounce before cooking, 1 ½ Syns per ounce after cooking. Beware! Fresh pasta (as opposed to dry) on a Green day may need to be counted as Syns. Check it out!
· “Forgotten” regulars, eg a small glass (142 ml) of orange juice for breakfast (2 ½ Syns). Do you write it down!
· Sugar or milk on tea or coffee – it really adds up! Beware, vending machine drinks have Syns and takeaway hot drinks are even higher! Eg a skimmed milk Latte can add up to 8 Syns or more!
· Buying your sandwiches! Hidden mayo, coleslaw and cream cheese fillings could add as much as 12 Syns!
· Using full cream or semi-skimmed milk! (If not using as Healthy Extra), Remember per pint the Syns values are: Full cream = 18 ½ Syns, semi-skimmed = 9 ½ Syns, and for a dash of milk in a cuppa: 1 ½ Syns, 1 Syn or ½ Syn respectively.
· Eating Out! Check for butter on the vegetables or hidden in the sauces. If you don’t want to count it, just ask for the meal without it.
· Guessing weights of Healthy Extras or Syns. (An extra ½ oz of bran flakes each morning can add an extra 3 Syns each day!)
· Thinking that breakfast cereals like Rice Krispies are Healthy Extras – they don’t have enough fibre to be a Healthy Extra, and they’ll add 5 ½ Syns per 1oz/28g!
· Swapping granary or white bread as a Healthy Extra. Just one thin slice can be 4 ½ Syns – and if you slice your own, that can increase to a whopping 8-10 Syns!
· Guessing your milk allowance. A splash of milk in each cuppa ½ Syn each – and on your breakfast cereal – without measuring – could see you adding an extra 3 Syns or more!
· Pubs that don’t bother to give you diet drinks when you specifically asked for one. A standard can of coke – as opposed to diet coke – is 7 ½ Syns!
· Like your tipple! Are your home measures really as mean as pub measures! Or are they more like a double! (Thats 5 Syns instead of 2 ½ Syns)!
· Mistaking pureed or canned fruit for Free Food. Just 1 apple pureed into a sauce counts as 2 ½ Syns!
· Picking up low-fat (as opposed to virtually fat free) yoghurts, fromage frais or cottage cheese thinking it’s FREE! Double–check first – it might not be!
· Products labelled “no added sugar” or “low fat” may have high Syn values – remember to check.
· Eating the children’s leftovers – “shame to throw it away”!
· Licking the lids from yoghurt pots/licking the cake bowl or spoon.
· Pinching little comfort treats, e.g. one of the the children’s sweets, a bite of your partners Mars Bar – they all add up!
· Not checking Syns before you eat them (don’t mentally reduce that portion so that it conveniently adds up to 10)!
· Allowing yourself to get hungry so that you grab high Syn snacks whilst preparing your meal.
