Slimming world advice please :)

[baileybubs]

Sorry you didn't meet the weight you wanted angel, but don't worry you will get it so soon and hopefully doing SP will give that boost! You are braver than me coz I couldn't live without potatoes lol! Plus I notice that a lot of the fruit I eat isn't speed food, such as pineapple, grapes and bananas so I'd struggle I think. I have decided to do that Dryathalon thing though so no alcohol in January and I think that might make a difference as I usually have wine one night a week and that can take up loads of my syns!

Kate I think I will definately keep going to SW once I reach target, like you it gives me an evening out of the house lol!!

Nicki I find it hard to find the time too, I'm looking forward to these SW ready meals coming out so that some days I can just have one of them and send the rest of the family to the chippy haha!

Lola one of my fave recipes is the Leek and Macaroni cheese using quark to make it creamy, only thing is I would advise taking it off the heat before adding the quark otherwise it splits a lot. I think that recipe is on the website. Also I love slimming world chips and roast potatoes (like Angel!) and I make sure I buy nice potatoes. In asda there are some called Marabel potatoes that are really buttery so it tastes like you have put butter on them!
Ooh and I love making rosti potatoes too, just grated potato, onion and egg mixed and then fried in little (or big) patties and put in the oven for 10-15 mins. Good for breakfast and you can make a batch in advance and put them in the fridge. I had some with gammon, poached egg, roasted tomatoes and spinach with a bit of cinnamon last week, was awesome!!

And thanks ladies, I think it's all the pushing my ds in his pram that's helped, unfortunately I've not managed to get him into a good routine with naps and bedtime since we moved because he has been sick so I end up having to push him in his pram in the house to get him to sleep (bad bad habit but sometimes needs must!).

I've just weighed myself this morning (I know I shouldn't) and it says I weigh 5lb less than I did on Friday afternoon before I went to SW. That can't be right surely??! Hope it stays like that lol!

 

[lola_90]

What are everyone's goals? Mine is to loose 3 stone by June for our holiday to Spain. I'm hoping that is doable. Obviously more would be a bonus!

 

[AngelUK]

I put on 1 1/2lbs. I am gutted! I showed my food diary to my consultant and she said it was perfect. So I am hoping this is down to AF this week and that next week I will have a good loss

Lola my goal is to get to 11stones. I have no idea how long this will take me
Your goal seems to be doable by what I see in my group. There is a girl who lost almost 3 1/2 stone and she started after me in late August. No surprise she gets awarded "slimmer of the week" and "of the month" all the time lol

 

[baileybubs]

Aw I'm sure it's due to AF angel and water retention. Fingers crossed for a big loss next week Hun, don't get disheartened.

Lola my goal was for 2 and a half stone by my dd's birthday in April, I've lost one stone so far (well I put half a pound of that back on last week lol) but I'm now thinking of changing my target and hoping for a total loss of 3 stone by no later than my birthday at the end of May, which I'm thinking is more than doable if I average half a stone a month.

 

[nicki01]

Maybe you will have a catch up next week and drop 2 weeks worth!

My goal is 12lb by March!

 

[AngelUK]

Thank you ladies, I hope so too

 

[nicki01]

I'm having a real bad week! I haven't gone over my syns or anything but am not eating as I should!! For instance today: breakfast muller light with banana, lunch: ham sandwich with side salad and tbsp of mayo (1 syn) snack: mug shot, dinner: sw wedges with beans over the top! I'm just going to have 5 biscuits (5 syns) and my sw bar (3 syns) and then I really want an options hot choc before bed (2 syns) so I will have 11 syns in total which Is fine but I'm not happy with I've eaten! I've been like this since Saturday now!! Whilst having free foods but they are not super free or super speedy, I know super free has gone now but i can't seem to get back into it properly! Doesn't help that I've ran out of fruit and just can't be bothered to cook proper food and we have some things going on that are playing with my brain ATM.

I really need a good old kick up the ass, I need to eat better, plan my meals, and really get back my motivation, right now its gone for a unauthorised holiday!!!

 

[lola_90]

Wow some people have great losses. I did a food shop today and got lots of lean meats and some warburton thins for lunch tomorrow. I got a 400g load of bread I think I'm going to struggle with just two slices as I normally have 4! I bought some Freddo chocolate bars as a treat. Got lots of fruit and things like light baby belles I bought some alpen light bars too. Which muller yoghurts can we have? I bought the light strawberry ones in a square box which was a pack of four. There was so many to choose from!

Angel I'm sure it's just AF I always retain waster, keep drinking lots and don't let it dishearten you

That sounds like a good target Bailey

Nicki I well done for staying on track, I wouldn't worry too much about it you've stayed well within your syns.

 

[nicki01]

The muller lights I eat that Im pretty sure are free are: vanilla, toffee, strawberry, cranberry & raspberry, cherry. My fav is vanilla with a chopped up banana put in there! Yummy!

 

[lola_90]

Thanks nicki just googled and a warbuton thin us 5 syns! Ffs! They are whole meal too

 

[lola_90]

The yoghurts I got were Greek style sublime strawberry - are they syn free?

 

[AngelUK]

I think the Greek style ones are 1/2 a syn. Are they the small ones with the greek key around it? Or did you mean Muller Corners?
When I buy Muller Lights I love getting the vanilla with chocolate sprinkles, they have normal round shape though. Those are syn free, too.

If you are signed up with SW online you can get their free app for the phone which I find invaluable for checking syns when shopping! It just is a bit annoying as it has no intelligence and you cannot have any typos lol

 

[lola_90]

Never mind yep the Greek ones!

I'm planning on going to classes. - does that include access to SW online? I bet it does I hate a nightmare trying to find Quark and in the end gave up. What section should it be in? I looked in milk yoghurt and cheese! We did our shopping at 6pm and fromage frais had sold out!

 

[AngelUK]

Yes going to class will give you access to the website and the app as well.
Quark is usually with the cheeses yes. I sometimes find it hard to find too so maybe they were sold out? Sorry it was such a nightmare! Hopefully you will be able to find it another time xx

 

[lola_90]

Thanks Angel I'm going to do an online order with Sainsburys as only nappies we seem to get on with so will add it to my list Didn't help that I had a grumpy toddler with me who just likes to eat his way round the aisles!

 

[nicki01]

With bread I get warburtons 400g loaf and have 2 slices a day as my healthy extra b. if I look on the app they are 2.5 syns each slice but I'm not sure if the thins will be healthy extras tho?

I would definatly recommend signing up as the app and website are really handy

 

[lola_90]

Thank you all I'm looking forward to my Thursday class already!

Breakfast 2 bananas and 2 yoghurts - this was not enough but was running late this morning

Lunch jacket potato, no butter with beans and a small amount of cheese

Dinner is marinated chicken I did tikka spices mixed with fat free plain yoghurt will do it with SW chips, corn on the Cobb and mixed roast veggies

Snacks diet coke so far will probably try the alpen light bars I bought

 

[nicki01]

Chicken sounds yummy! I'm doing steak and mushroom pie tonight with mash and peas, I just bought so spring onion, thinking of putting it in the mash. Anyone tried it? Do I just chop it and throw it in or do I have to cook it?

What veg does everyone roast? I've always just boiled my veg. Do you have to fry light it and how long does it take? Part boil? Complete novice over her lol!

 

[AngelUK]

I am no great cook so can only tell you what I see my OH do. He puts the chicken in one small oven dish and then in a large one he puts cut carrots and potatoes and the halved onion. He sprays it all with frylite and then in it goes. I will ask him how long the veggies take when he gets home cause I cannot remember. But there is definitely no boiling involved. It is not a fast process though so you would have to start early lol

Breakfast for me was a banana (I know, does nothing in terms of speed up the diet etc but I do love them and they are easy lol)

For lunch, lazy me shoved a microwave wholemeal rice bag thing in the microwave, added a snap pot of Heinz 5 beans, had a load of cucumber and cherry tomatoes and then watermelon chunks as a dessert. Oh and I had my Freddo already with a cup of coffee when the boys were asleep.

Snack will be 2 small slices of wholemeal bread toasted with cottage cheese and tomatoes.

Dinner will be pasta bolognese with cucumber on the side (just to make sure I get enough veggies, in case the passata, celery and carrots don't account for enough) and then probably will have rasp-and blackberries with quark and splenda if I fancy something sweet later on.

Not very adventurous but I am loving being able to eat carbs again lol

 

[lola_90]

Well I came home and had 2 slices from a 400g loaf Heb with ham, two baby bels light version hea with cucumber, tomato in and a packet of pom beats 5 syns!

I'm liking being able to eat lots!

Ooh Angel what rice bags do you use? I might have to get some

For my veggies I normally chuck whatever we have in and chop an onion in two sometimes add garlic and herbs like rosemary. I normally drizzle them with olive oil but will be using fry light. They normally take 40 mins xx

What's everyone's favourite no syn snack?