Slimming world advice please :)

[lola_90]

What's sp?

18lb in a week would be lovely! I'd be a size 12 in no time!! I think Topsy does get more so I'm hoping so

I'm crap at Instagram I don't even know my user name but will try and follow you I've only recently learnt how to search!

Thanks for the heads up will get the mirror tomorrow.

Are Avocados counted as syns? They Mae salad bearable for me and I like them in smoothies. I bought a Nutribullet recently and want to keep using it.

How on earth do you put 8lbs in a week? That can't be all fat as that would equate to a serious amount of food!

 

[AngelUK]

Avocados are extremely high in syns unfortunately. 100gr are 9.5 syns!
If you don't like salad, don't have it! It really isn't a requirement on this diet! There is so much yummy food that you can have and as much as you want

SP refers to the new easier to use SW. S stands for speed and P for protein. Not sure how much you know about how SW works yet. So far you had your Super Free and your Free food. Now you only have Free Foods but these have symbols S or P. So you are recommended to fill one third of your plate with S foods from the Free Foods list and 2 thirds from the rest. There are a number of free foods that are neither S or P that you can still have if you do the Extra Easy plan. Some examples are Mango, Pineapple, Potatoes and pasta. Just don't choose these when choosing your one third of S foods.
But if you do the SP speed up week then you only choose S and P foods.
Hope that helped

I think the ppl who put on 8lbs probably drank a lot of alcohol as well as chocolates and biscuits?

 

[lola_90]

Bugger I love them normally have 4 a week - my skin is glowing ATM!! I don't mi dt as lo gas it has like a balsamic vinagrette or with meat or fish.

Nothing is ever simple. Had just gotten my head around free and duper free!

Can anyone recommend any low sun sausages? My OH and son don't eat pork but I do and lie the sound of a full English that is low in syns!

 

[AngelUK]

I think the Sainsbury's Be Good to Yourself Cumberland sausages are 1/2 syn each.
I haven't tried them yet but have heard good things about them

 

[Katerz]

I think the weight watcher ones are 0.5 syns each...last time I checked. The Linda McCartney red onion sausages are nice and syn free. You can also order syn free sausages from a place online called Joes Sausages...my friend raves about them!

Well weigh in last night and I maintained woop still in target bubble so super happy with that result

 

[AngelUK]

Well done Kate

 

[nicki01]

Well done Kate. Do you have to pay for sw if you keep in your target? Heard someone talking about it on Thursday but may have misheard?

 

[nicki01]

I bought some weight watchers sausages yesterday for Sunday and the app says on extra easy they are half a syn each!

Angel what does a typical day look like for you doing sp?
What are your meals and what do you snack on? Thinking of maybe giving sp a go but trying to get my head around it. Hope you don't mind me asking.

 

[Katerz]

No don't need to pay whilst in target if you go over target you've got a week to get back in target otherwise you start paying until you get back into it.

 

[nicki01]

Oh that's really good, I will continue to go once I'm at my target then. I did wonder if I would go once at target due to the money side of it but if you don't have to pay then I certainly will

 

[AngelUK]

I definitely will continue going too! I know I would slide back into bad habits without it.

Nicki of course I don't mind you asking So far SP isn't working for me as today I am back to the weight I was at the beginning of the week. But as I am on AF too I am not sure if that isn't why. And of course I shouldn't weigh myself at all during the week lol
As for what I eat, I am a really unadventurous (I hate cooking) and my consultant says my slow weight loss is due to not varying more. Sigh.
Anyway, yesterday morning I had two slices of a 400gr loaf of wholemeal bread, toasted with quark and then I had a pear
Lunch was a huge load of broccoli (I add a Knorr veggie stock cube to make it tasty), flame grilled chicken strips and one snap-pot of Heinz 5 beans. Dessert was watermelon (I could to eat watermelon ALL day long!)
Dinner was cauliflower cheese but with quark instead of the low fat yoghurt, dessert was raspberries and blackberries with a dollop of quark and splenda.

 

[baileybubs]

Happy new year ladies and hope you all had a merry Christmas!!! Sorry I have been MIA but with moving house and my ex just being absolutley useless over Christmas (he's not seen the kids or given me any money for them for 3 weeks now!!) I've been so busy.

Welcome jenny, Lola and Emma! I love SW and hope you all find it as rewarding as I have!

Kate well done on staying to target Hun! Especially over Christmas! And you look gorgeous Hun, well done on the weight loss!

Nicki don't worry about putting that little bit on, sometimes having a change in menu can help coz as Angel says having the same things all the time can slow down the loss.

Angel did you manage to get to the weight you wanted for Christmas?

How's everyone doing in this first week of the new year?

I joined a new group in my new area last week. I got my stone award just before Christmas but then pretty much took Christmas off (I was still good to a certain extent but drank too much and ate too much stollen lol!! Made sure I avoided the mince pies though!).
So last night I was expecting a big gain but it was only half a pound! I'm very pleased with that coz I've switched from a morning weigh in to a night one, and AF is here as well as being bad over Xmas so I can definately deal with half a pound gain. The scales were fluctuating too and I almost thought it might have said I'd maintained lol!

I joined the local gym too and have been swimming a few times and got my induction with the trainer soon so I can get my gym program sorted out. I love going to the gym coz I get to have a bit of time by myself lol! Being a single parent now seems to mean I have my kids 24/7 coz my ex is just so useless he can't even spare any time for his children, so the gym is a little getaway for me lol!

I don't think I could try that SP just yet. I'm currently living with my parents and it seems I have become the resident chef and make tea for us all which makes it hard for me to even do extra easy let alone do it SP! Plus I need my potatoes and pasta otherwise I think I'd be hungry.

Has anyone made anything nice recently?

 

[Katerz]

Thanks Bailey!

I like going so I know if I'm keeping on track or not. Plus I've made friends with people there and it's nice to see their progress as well. Plus it's a chance to get out the house of an evening haha!

 

[AngelUK]

Welcome back Bailey! Well done you for moving AND for that minimal weight gain. I actually think you probably didn't even have that much as you definitely weigh more in the evening than in the morning, what with all the food and drink during the day. So really well done indeed! And going swimming too! I am so impressed!
Sorry your ex being such as so and so though! How disappointing for your LOs too

As for my Christmas wish, no sadly I didn't get that weight-loss. I was hoping to get it for the coming Monday with doing SP but I somehow doubt it. I really don't know how people with children manage to cook such a varying menu for lunch AND dinner. I find it hard to get 10 minutes in the kitchen getting food ready without my boys constantly demanding my attention. And of course OH being a chef, he is super fussy and the few times I cooked he never liked it. So yeah I am not confident either.

 

[nicki01]

Welcome back bailey, you have done amazing with such a small gain! As your doing all the cooking just cook sw extra easy and make them all eat it lol!
I'm doing a chicken hotpot tonight, I should put it on now really but have just started watching Stuart little so could be a late dinner lol!

I also struggle to vary my food, I eat the same stuff every week and my lunch every single day is ham sandwich with salad! The only thing I really change is my dinners but they are still the same weekly! Maybe if change things up a bit I might see a better result!

Angel you have made the sp look not to bad! Do you not have any syns with it? I'm like you with being non experimental. I might have to try quark, I got some once and used it instead of mayo/butter on a sandwich but didn't like it. You use it with everything so may give it a go again!

 

[AngelUK]

Oh my gosh yes I always have my syns lol! Usually the same stuff too though.
I have a Freddo a day and then maybe a piece or two of a Rolo or a few chocolate buttons. Sometimes I have a small cappuccino if I am out and about. And the cauliflower cheese has syns from the cheese, depending on how much you use/eat of it.

 

[AngelUK]

Oh and I forgot to add that I usually have my second helping of HEB as a snack in the afternoon. And usually it is again 2 slices of wholemeal toast with quark or cottage cheese with cucumber or tomatoes on it. xx

 

[lola_90]

Thanks ladies for all of your advice I think I'm getting my head around it! I bought the Mirror paper today for the magazine which explains it quite well. It also has a voucher for free registration

I've checked out the Joes sausages and the reviews are very good. You gave to order 8 items though so I bought 4 packs of sausages, two of marinated chicken, and so e beef burgers. Will let you know what they are like.

Could you all let me know your favourite SW recipes so I can plan my first week of food x

 

[AngelUK]

Oh my favourite is probably roast chicken with roast potatoes and roasted carrots and onions! LOVE it! I swear, that using the Frylite on the potatoes makes them just as crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside as you could wish! It just takes longer in the oven. And don't even get me started on the caramelised deliciousness that is the carrots and onion. Swoon!

 

[nicki01]

I have my syns in the evening in the form of biscuits and a sw bar! Same again every day too! Lol.

I got my partner to bring me the mirror home so I've got it too! Will be getting it till Tuesday when they finish. My fav is steak and mushroom pies. I will try and find the recipe on google and put a link up for you. Omelettes are good too if you need a quick meal, I have 2 eggs ham and mushrooms with a side salad.