Slimming world advice please :)
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I'm planning on starting this tomorrow (ive had a sw tea but a naughty greggs sarny for dinner)
I'm planning on doing the ee plan my question is how easy is it to do without going to the classes?
Also do I HAVE to use my superfree foods every day? Its 8 a day isn't it? And 2 free foods (which is my meats ect isn't it)
For tea tomorrow I'm planning on doing a jacket potatoe with beans sw coleslaw (the free version) and some cherry tomatoes, is the beans, carrots, cabbage, onion and tomatoes superfree foods? And how many grams is classed as 1 portion?
Sorry for all of the questions ladies, im going to have to do a lot of research on this lol
For beakfast I'm going to live on over night oats they're so easy and taste amazing!! Oh and of course the full English
I think what I'm going to struggle with is finding quick and easy dinner meals
It's crazy I actually think I'm going to struggle to eat enough (with all this superfree ect) x
I'm planning on doing the ee plan my question is how easy is it to do without going to the classes?
Also do I HAVE to use my superfree foods every day? Its 8 a day isn't it? And 2 free foods (which is my meats ect isn't it)
For tea tomorrow I'm planning on doing a jacket potatoe with beans sw coleslaw (the free version) and some cherry tomatoes, is the beans, carrots, cabbage, onion and tomatoes superfree foods? And how many grams is classed as 1 portion?
Sorry for all of the questions ladies, im going to have to do a lot of research on this lol
For beakfast I'm going to live on over night oats they're so easy and taste amazing!! Oh and of course the full English
I think what I'm going to struggle with is finding quick and easy dinner meals
It's crazy I actually think I'm going to struggle to eat enough (with all this superfree ect) x
Haven't got much time to reply at the mo so hopefully someone will be along shortly.
Its much easier if you go to the groups, the plan has changed and there is no longer superfree is just free foods and some of them are known as speedy. I'm not aware you HAVE to eat a certain amount, I just eat till I'm full on sw plan, never certain amount/portions etc unless its my healthy extra a/b which I measure.
Over night oats (if you make using eggs and oats) are not a great breakfast all the time as its pretty much 2 meals in 1, egg being an omelette style and oats, or so I think anyway.
Sw is amazing when done correctly, groups are brilliant and then you know you are doing it write. You also have access to the website and app aswell.
Hope someone is on shortly who has more time to explain!
And welcome
Its much easier if you go to the groups, the plan has changed and there is no longer superfree is just free foods and some of them are known as speedy. I'm not aware you HAVE to eat a certain amount, I just eat till I'm full on sw plan, never certain amount/portions etc unless its my healthy extra a/b which I measure.
Over night oats (if you make using eggs and oats) are not a great breakfast all the time as its pretty much 2 meals in 1, egg being an omelette style and oats, or so I think anyway.
Sw is amazing when done correctly, groups are brilliant and then you know you are doing it write. You also have access to the website and app aswell.
Hope someone is on shortly who has more time to explain!
And welcome
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Haven't got much time to reply at the mo so hopefully someone will be along shortly.
Its much easier if you go to the groups, the plan has changed and there is no longer superfree is just free foods and some of them are known as speedy. I'm not aware you HAVE to eat a certain amount, I just eat till I'm full on sw plan, never certain amount/portions etc unless its my healthy extra a/b which I measure.
Over night oats (if you make using eggs and oats) are not a great breakfast all the time as its pretty much 2 meals in 1, egg being an omelette style and oats, or so I think anyway.
Sw is amazing when done correctly, groups are brilliant and then you know you are doing it write. You also have access to the website and app aswell.
Hope someone is on shortly who has more time to explain!
And welcome
The oats recipe I've seen is just oats, fat free yoghurt and fruit, I do want to go to the groups but really dont want to go on my own all my friends go at times where I can't get a sitter, I think I'm going to have to though I'm just finding it so confusing lol I think it's because there was (not sure if there still is) a few different plans, ah its got my brain fizzled haha
Thank you for your help
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First of all, welcome to the group
But, I think you may be confusing Slimming World with another diet maybe? There is no set amount of free foods you have to eat. The only number you get given is up to 15 syns a day and that basically covers anything from treats such as chocolates or sweets or extra cheese or oil etc.
The basic diet works like this:
There are Free foods of which you can eat as much as you like. They are further divided in two types, those with S and those with P. S stands for speedy and P for protein. Some free foods fall under neither S nor P so watch out for those.
S foods are mostly vegetables and fruit. P foods are your protein foods such as meats and pulses and beans.
The rule is that you must fill one third of your plate with S foods and the rest can be P foods or those foods that are free but neither S or P. One or two examples of Free foods that are neither S nor P are rice and pasta, potatoes etc.
Then there are your healthy extras A and B daily:
Healthy Extra A is things like milk and cheese etc. For example, you are allowed 250ml semi skimmed milk per day or 350ml skimmed milk a day. I use this for my coffee so never have any for cheese.
Healthy Extra B are your grains. For example you can have certain cereals, such as Shreddies, or Weetabix. Of those 2 you may have 35g a day but some others you may have less.
This is it as quick as I can make it. If you can do go to group, I find it incredibly helpful and motivating. I am pretty sure I would not stick to it as religiously if I didn't have to be accountable every week. My group is a good laugh too and most ppl are so nice cause they are in the same boat. Plus it feels nice to have ppl cheer you on or commiserate and help with advice and encouragement. It feels like proper real support to me and I know I will continue going even when I have reached my target weight.
ETA forgot to say I use my Healthy Extra B in the form of 2 slices of wholemeal bread from a 400g loaf, toasted. This is the only bread that you may have on Healthy Extra B (or 1 slice if the loaf is from a 800g loaf)
But, I think you may be confusing Slimming World with another diet maybe? There is no set amount of free foods you have to eat. The only number you get given is up to 15 syns a day and that basically covers anything from treats such as chocolates or sweets or extra cheese or oil etc.
The basic diet works like this:
There are Free foods of which you can eat as much as you like. They are further divided in two types, those with S and those with P. S stands for speedy and P for protein. Some free foods fall under neither S nor P so watch out for those.
S foods are mostly vegetables and fruit. P foods are your protein foods such as meats and pulses and beans.
The rule is that you must fill one third of your plate with S foods and the rest can be P foods or those foods that are free but neither S or P. One or two examples of Free foods that are neither S nor P are rice and pasta, potatoes etc.
Then there are your healthy extras A and B daily:
Healthy Extra A is things like milk and cheese etc. For example, you are allowed 250ml semi skimmed milk per day or 350ml skimmed milk a day. I use this for my coffee so never have any for cheese.
Healthy Extra B are your grains. For example you can have certain cereals, such as Shreddies, or Weetabix. Of those 2 you may have 35g a day but some others you may have less.
This is it as quick as I can make it. If you can do go to group, I find it incredibly helpful and motivating. I am pretty sure I would not stick to it as religiously if I didn't have to be accountable every week. My group is a good laugh too and most ppl are so nice cause they are in the same boat. Plus it feels nice to have ppl cheer you on or commiserate and help with advice and encouragement. It feels like proper real support to me and I know I will continue going even when I have reached my target weight.
ETA forgot to say I use my Healthy Extra B in the form of 2 slices of wholemeal bread from a 400g loaf, toasted. This is the only bread that you may have on Healthy Extra B (or 1 slice if the loaf is from a 800g loaf)
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First of all, welcome to the group
But, I think you may be confusing Slimming World with another diet maybe? There is no set amount of free foods you have to eat. The only number you get given is up to 15 syns a day and that basically covers anything from treats such as chocolates or sweets or extra cheese or oil etc.
The basic diet works like this:
There are Free foods of which you can eat as much as you like. They are further divided in two types, those with S and those with P. S stands for speedy and P for protein. Some free foods fall under neither S nor P so watch out for those.
S foods are mostly vegetables and fruit. P foods are your protein foods such as meats and pulses and beans.
The rule is that you must fill one third of your plate with S foods and the rest can be P foods or those foods that are free but neither S or P. One or two examples of Free foods that are neither S nor P are rice and pasta, potatoes etc.
Then there are your healthy extras A and B daily:
Healthy Extra A is things like milk and cheese etc. For example, you are allowed 250ml semi skimmed milk per day or 350ml skimmed milk a day. I use this for my coffee so never have any for cheese.
Healthy Extra B are your grains. For example you can have certain cereals, such as Shreddies, or Weetabix. Of those 2 you may have 35g a day but some others you may have less.
This is it as quick as I can make it. If you can do go to group, I find it incredibly helpful and motivating. I am pretty sure I would not stick to it as religiously if I didn't have to be accountable every week. My group is a good laugh too and most ppl are so nice cause they are in the same boat. Plus it feels nice to have ppl cheer you on or commiserate and help with advice and encouragement. It feels like proper real support to me and I know I will continue going even when I have reached my target weight.
I think i might have been looking at a really old plan or something, right I'm definitely going to join up but think I'll have a bit of research on the s p thing (like what foods fall under what ect) just to try and see me through the weekend until I find a group I can go to
Sorry for all the questions just 1 more lol is the 1/3 on all 3 meals?
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Yes on all meals But if you want a snack, you aren't going to suddenly balloon out of you have a Mullerlight yoghurt (free but not S or P) on its own. They do recommend though to try and snack on an S food (such apples, bleh lol)
Fruit that aren't S sadly are mango, grapes and pineapple and banana among a few others
But if you want a snack, you aren't going to suddenly balloon out of you have a Mullerlight yoghurt (free but not S or P) on its own. They do recommend though to try and snack on an S food (such apples, bleh lol)Fruit that aren't S sadly are mango, grapes and pineapple and banana among a few others
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Oh pineapple is my favourite a lot of recipes I've saved thankfully are full of veg, anything that hasn't I can maybe just throw a few tomatoes ect in, the oats have the fruit on top. Honestly I'm not usually this easily confused lol think I may still have a bad case of baby brain! Thank you you've been a huge help! X
a lot of recipes I've saved thankfully are full of veg, anything that hasn't I can maybe just throw a few tomatoes ect in, the oats have the fruit on top. Honestly I'm not usually this easily confused lol think I may still have a bad case of baby brain! Thank you you've been a huge help! X
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First of all, welcome to the group
But, I think you may be confusing Slimming World with another diet maybe? There is no set amount of free foods you have to eat. The only number you get given is up to 15 syns a day and that basically covers anything from treats such as chocolates or sweets or extra cheese or oil etc.
The basic diet works like this:
There are Free foods of which you can eat as much as you like. They are further divided in two types, those with S and those with P. S stands for speedy and P for protein. Some free foods fall under neither S nor P so watch out for those.
S foods are mostly vegetables and fruit. P foods are your protein foods such as meats and pulses and beans.
The rule is that you must fill one third of your plate with S foods and the rest can be P foods or those foods that are free but neither S or P. One or two examples of Free foods that are neither S nor P are rice and pasta, potatoes etc.
Then there are your healthy extras A and B daily:
Healthy Extra A is things like milk and cheese etc. For example, you are allowed 250ml semi skimmed milk per day or 350ml skimmed milk a day. I use this for my coffee so never have any for cheese.
Healthy Extra B are your grains. For example you can have certain cereals, such as Shreddies, or Weetabix. Of those 2 you may have 35g a day but some others you may have less.
This is it as quick as I can make it. If you can do go to group, I find it incredibly helpful and motivating. I am pretty sure I would not stick to it as religiously if I didn't have to be accountable every week. My group is a good laugh too and most ppl are so nice cause they are in the same boat. Plus it feels nice to have ppl cheer you on or commiserate and help with advice and encouragement. It feels like proper real support to me and I know I will continue going even when I have reached my target weight.
I think i might have been looking at a really old plan or something, right I'm definitely going to join up but think I'll have a bit of research on the s p thing (like what foods fall under what ect) just to try and see me through the weekend until I find a group I can go to
Sorry for all the questions just 1 more lol is the 1/3 on all 3 meals?
Definitely get to a group, the new member talk will explain everything you need to know, also the support at ours is fab and i have made some great friends.
I'm a target member so I'm sticking with what I already know when it comes to plans lol
good luck
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don't hesitate to ask, that is what this group is for
Another thing which is sadly (to me) not S is sweetcorn.
Oh and I wanted to say, there are a number of ladies in my group who bring their children along. Some are very loud but no one seems to mind that much. Maybe you could take yours too at a pinch?
Another thing which is sadly (to me) not S is sweetcorn.
Oh and I wanted to say, there are a number of ladies in my group who bring their children along. Some are very loud but no one seems to mind that much. Maybe you could take yours too at a pinch?
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Thank you ladies
Ah love sweetcorn too
I think i know where I went wrong when I asked if you needed 10 super foods or whatever I said haha searching the internet I'd read someone saying that if you consume that much your weight loss will be quicker so swapping your empty syn free food with more s food.
I think if it comes to it I'll just bring them with me dd wouldn't be any bother but ds will probably run rings around me!
Ah love sweetcorn too
I think i know where I went wrong when I asked if you needed 10 super foods or whatever I said haha searching the internet I'd read someone saying that if you consume that much your weight loss will be quicker so swapping your empty syn free food with more s food.
I think if it comes to it I'll just bring them with me dd wouldn't be any bother but ds will probably run rings around me!
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Total weightloss for this week is 4lb. My 'official' weighing day is Saturday . Total loss so far is 8lb in two weeks. Can't argue with that!
Alex, I don't go to the groups. I follow the old plan of Red/Green days. I am finding them really easy to follow, you don't need the third superfree at each meal.
Alex, I don't go to the groups. I follow the old plan of Red/Green days. I am finding them really easy to follow, you don't need the third superfree at each meal.
Alex I was sooo confused at
First, thought it was impossible to understand but after the first then 2nd week I got the hang of it and now I love it! So much so that I had 10 syns left last night and really wanted to eat a flake in my cupboard that was 8 syns but I just couldn't do it to myself lol! So I had a muller light and 4 biscuits (1syn each) instead! I can't quite believe it, I could have eaten about 4 in 1 day just four months ago so I'm really pleased how my
Thoughts on food have changed!
I haven't eaten a takeaway, chocolate bar, packet of crisps in 4 months and it really has changed the way I think about food.
First, thought it was impossible to understand but after the first then 2nd week I got the hang of it and now I love it! So much so that I had 10 syns left last night and really wanted to eat a flake in my cupboard that was 8 syns but I just couldn't do it to myself lol! So I had a muller light and 4 biscuits (1syn each) instead! I can't quite believe it, I could have eaten about 4 in 1 day just four months ago so I'm really pleased how my
Thoughts on food have changed!
I haven't eaten a takeaway, chocolate bar, packet of crisps in 4 months and it really has changed the way I think about food.
