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whelan2 · 24-01-2015 12:57pm

Wellyd wrote: »

Could anybody hazard a guess at how many syns are in the cookies that you can get from the bakery section in Lidl? Or am I better of in sweet blissful ignorance?!

thankfully my local lidl was sold out of them last night as i had a craving for them

Wellyd · 24-01-2015 1:07pm

mkhall wrote: »

15.5 in the directory, don't stress it though I'm sure it was enjoyable

Haven't had it yet for some reason I like them when they're a bit soft and stale! The only thing is they're huge so I get plenty of enjoyment out of them!

dee_mc · 25-01-2015 8:20pm

Free membership voucher for new or rejoining members in this weeks Reveal magazine on sale 27 Jan, means you pay only 9 euro on your first visit

hbonbr · 26-01-2015 3:31pm

Dodge wrote: »

Get rid of your own scales. All they'll do is make you worry.

I completely disagree! There's nothing wrong with having an ACCURATE home scales, but you should only weigh yourself about once a week. The body varies it's weight so much, you can only really believe weight losses which persist from week to week.

Dodge · 26-01-2015 5:05pm

hbonbr wrote: »

I completely disagree! There's nothing wrong with having an ACCURATE home scales, but you should only weigh yourself about once a week. The body varies it's weight so much, you can only really believe weight losses which persist from week to week.

Well my point was that if you're attending Slimming World classes, that should be the only time you weigh yourself.

If you're at home then things are a little different but the major point remains; any more than once is a week is unhelpful

Cat.OR · 26-01-2015 7:23pm

Hi, does anyone here have the xhixken gravy recipe that is supposed to taste like KFC chicken gravy. .. apparently uses smash?

dee_mc · 26-01-2015 7:46pm

Cat.OR wrote: »

Hi, does anyone here have the xhixken gravy recipe that is supposed to taste like KFC chicken gravy. .. apparently uses smash?

I think it's the crispy coating on the chicken that uses smash instead of breadcrumbs. There's a recipe for syn free chicken gravy here http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/syn-free-gravy I haven't tried it but reviews look good

Cat.OR · 26-01-2015 8:05pm

Thank you so much for that recipe. appreciate you coming back to me. look forward to trying:)

BlondeBomb · 26-01-2015 8:34pm

Cat.OR wrote: »

Hi, does anyone here have the xhixken gravy recipe that is supposed to taste like KFC chicken gravy. .. apparently uses smash?

Here you go

it's delicious!

2 chicken oxos
2 knorr chicken gel stocks
teaspoon pepper
pint water

stir to boil then reduce heat

add a lil instant mash to thicken while stirring

Cat.OR · 26-01-2015 9:32pm

Thanks very much blondbomb:). look forward

Wellyd · 27-01-2015 11:22am

Weighed in last night and was down 1.5lbs, which I was surprised by as it's a star week. Not a big loss but enough to get me my 2.5stone award!

dee_mc · 28-01-2015 3:55pm

2 pounds off this week, total loss so far 2 stone 9 pounds... which means I'm more than halfway to my target! Yay!

Tarzana2 · 28-01-2015 5:07pm

BlondeBomb wrote: »

Here you go it's delicious!

2 chicken oxos
2 knorr chicken gel stocks
teaspoon pepper
pint water

stir to boil then reduce heat

add a lil instant mash to thicken while stirring

Two of each of these? :eek: That would be disgustingly salty!

Dodge · 28-01-2015 5:30pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Two of each of these? :eek: That would be disgustingly salty!

Its to replicate KFC so I'm not sure what you're expecting...

My wife has tailored that slightly and the result is amazing.

Boil 200ml water

add;
2 chicken oxo
1 chicken stock pot
1 tsp ground black pepper

then use smash to thicken to your own preference

andreac · 28-01-2015 5:46pm

Have my weigh in tonight. Have been so good and sneakily weighed myself on my own scales. Im usually 2lbs heavier on the SW scales, but it doesn't look like ive really lost anything which would be disappointing.

We have taster night tonight so at least that's something to look forward to.

Gee_G · 28-01-2015 7:54pm

3lb down tonight, finally feel like I'm back on track! Have been up and down for the last few months but feel like I'm finally getting back into it!!

clappyhappy · 28-01-2015 9:54pm

I “maintained" today. Fairly disappointed to be honest. Kept a food diary and was very strict to plan. Only thing I can think of is I put my back out on Monday badly!!! Lots of inflammation and took painkillers anti inflammatories etc. Will keep to plan and if I don't see a loss next week I will think about it all over again

dee_mc · 28-01-2015 9:57pm

clappyhappy wrote: »

I “maintained" today. Fairly disappointed to be honest. Kept a food diary and was very strict to plan. Only thing I can think of is I put my back out on Monday badly!!! Lots of inflammation and took painkillers anti inflammatories etc. Will keep to plan and if I don't see a loss next week I will think about it all over again

I've heard lots of people saying painkillers, particularly antiinflammatories, cause you to retain water. Ladies in my group have had gains of a couple of pounds for that reason, so a maintain sounds like quite a good result to me - try not to get disillusioned, you're doing so well!

Wellyd · 28-01-2015 10:53pm

Watching operation transformation tonight and watching the 'experts' belittle the poor women for ONLY losing 1.5lbs made me shake with anger. It also made me appreciate how much I love slimming world. I ONLY lost 1.5lbs this week and what happened? Our amazing slimming world expert Denise congratulated and encouraged me. That spurred me on for the week ahead. I know that if I was ever shouted at for not losing 'enough' weight in a week I'd be straight out the door to dominos pizza.

dee_mc · 28-01-2015 11:01pm

Wellyd wrote: »

Watching operation transformation tonight and watching the 'experts' belittle the poor women for ONLY losing 1.5lbs made me shake with anger. It also made me appreciate how much I love slimming world. I ONLY lost 1.5lbs this week and what happened? Our amazing slimming world expert Denise congratulated and encouraged me. That spurred me on for the week ahead. I know that if I was ever shouted at for not losing 'enough' weight in a week I'd be straight out the door to dominos pizza.

Operation Transformation is all about the drama - haven't seen much of it this year but I imagine we must be nearly at the stage where one of them considers quitting and we get the psych guy visiting them at home and raking up emotional sh!t from their past? I, like you, like my weight loss drama- and humiliation - free.

Wellyd · 28-01-2015 11:39pm

dee_mc wrote: »

I, like you, like my weight loss drama- and humiliation - free.

I actually haven't really broadcast to many people that I joined slimming world as I like to keep myself to myself if you know what I mean. But since I've seen that horrible programme tonight I went on a Facebook rant about the unhealthy attitude to weight loss on it and said that I joined SW and how I've been getting on. In the last hour 3 people have private messaged me asking which group I attended and how it all works. One even asked would I mind if they sat with me at it if they joined next week because they're afraid to go on their own. If me, a completely insignificant nobody on Facebook, can encourage one more person to get healthy it just makes the evenings where I want chips but eat fruit instead worth it!

ShaShaBear · 28-01-2015 11:43pm

Wellyd wrote: »

I actually haven't really broadcast to many people that I joined slimming world as I like to keep myself to myself if you know what I mean. But since I've seen that horrible programme tonight I went on a Facebook rant about the unhealthy attitude to weight loss on it and said that I joined SW and how I've been getting on. In the last hour 3 people have private messaged me asking which group I attended and how it all works. One even asked would I mind if they sat with me at it if they joined next week because they're afraid to go on their own. If me, a completely insignificant nobody on Facebook, can encourage one more person to get healthy it just makes the evenings where I want chips but eat fruit instead worth it!

I actually got asked privately by someone who used to publicly slate SW as being a fad diet along with her brother, both of whom are very overweight and go through bouts of fitness frenzy where they eat nothing but spinach and turkey burgers, lose loads of weight, then cram it all back on with snickers bars! When she found out I had shifted 14.5lbs in 7 weeks she asked what the secret was since I couldn't really be losing weight when I eat as much as "they let on you can".
Think she, and a lot of others, are shocked and intrigued when they finally realise it's actually just a mixture of a calorie-controlled diet and healthy snacking.

Tarzana2 · 28-01-2015 11:44pm

Dodge wrote: »

Its to replicate KFC so I'm not sure what you're expecting...

No, seriously. Each of those gel things has 4g of salt (a portion, which they count as a quarter of a gel thingie, contains 1g of salt). Weigh that out to get a visual. I'd imagine Oxo cubes are pretty bad too, all stock cubes are. You'd probably be talking the guts of 15g of salt in the full thing of prepared gravy, that's horrendous. All you'd be able to taste is salt. KFC gravy would be nowhere near that.

dee_mc · 29-01-2015 12:06am

Wellyd wrote: »

I actually haven't really broadcast to many people that I joined slimming world as I like to keep myself to myself if you know what I mean. But since I've seen that horrible programme tonight I went on a Facebook rant about the unhealthy attitude to weight loss on it and said that I joined SW and how I've been getting on. In the last hour 3 people have private messaged me asking which group I attended and how it all works. One even asked would I mind if they sat with me at it if they joined next week because they're afraid to go on their own. If me, a completely insignificant nobody on Facebook, can encourage one more person to get healthy it just makes the evenings where I want chips but eat fruit instead worth it!

I didn't broadcast it either but now that the weight loss is really showing I have loads of people asking 'go on, how are you doing it?', looking disappointed when I tell them I didn't get a tapeworm or hypnotism or some faddy method, then say something like 'bet you can't wait til you're finished and you can get stuck in to the mars bars!'

But equally, lots of my family and friends have joined now too and are finding it great, so I'm happy to recommend it to people!
Oh yeah, and you're far from insignificant, take a look at what you've achieved

pat on the back!

Dodge · 29-01-2015 1:59am

Tarzana2 wrote: »

No, seriously. Each of those gel things has 4g of salt (a portion, which they count as a quarter of a gel thingie, contains 1g of salt). Weigh that out to get a visual. I'd imagine Oxo cubes are pretty bad too, all stock cubes are. You'd probably be talking the guts of 15g of salt in the full thing of prepared gravy, that's horrendous. All you'd be able to taste is salt. KFC gravy would be nowhere near that.

There's nothjng as salty as KFC in my experience; and the gravy we make is lovely. Its hard to argue taste if we both haven't tasted the same thing though

clappyhappy · 29-01-2015 1:13pm

dee_mc wrote: »

I've heard lots of people saying painkillers, particularly antiinflammatories, cause you to retain water. Ladies in my group have had gains of a couple of pounds for that reason, so a maintain sounds like quite a good result to me - try not to get disillusioned, you're doing so well!

Thanks dee, since Christmas eve it's been hard going, no real change. Hope it's better next week. Off the meds now so hopefully will we a loss, although next week is star week it never ends

:(:(;)

okiss · 30-01-2015 3:51am

I had been thinking of going back to Slimming World for a while. I previously lost over 4 stone in sw and found it great. I went though a while were things were not great for me so once again I started to eat a lot of crisps, chocolate, sweets and takeaways.

In the past few days I went back and found out I was not as heavy as I though.
I was glad to hear this.
I bought fruit, yougerts and my chocolate fix of curly worlies ( 6 syns) as I need some chocolate each day.

I have to lose 5lbs to get into the next stone zone. I plan to lose 5 stone and see what I look like then as it has been a long time since I was that weight.
I would like to hear from people here who have lost 4 stone plus, what you did, how long it took ect.

andreac · 30-01-2015 10:53am

I maintained this week which was a little disappointing, but i weighed myself the next day and i was actually down 2 lbs, so maybe it was just taking a little longer for the weight to come off this week.

Hopefully will be 2 or 3 off next week then.

mejulie805 · 30-01-2015 12:38pm

Maintained this week too, so have only lost 0.5lb in the past three weeks. I feel so stuck! Trying not to let it get to me today but I'm in the worst of form! Going to try success express (legacy I know) because I've done EE and SP over the past 3 weeks and no point in expecting different results from the same action!

andreac · 30-01-2015 12:52pm

Mejulie, sometimes when i get a bit stuck i change a few things around. Maybe have a diff breakfast or change your syns etc, or eat more speed foods. Just one or two changes might just boost your system a little.

dee_mc · 30-01-2015 12:53pm

mejulie805 wrote: »

Maintained this week too, so have only lost 0.5lb in the past three weeks. I feel so stuck! Trying not to let it get to me today but I'm in the worst of form! Going to try success express (legacy I know) because I've done EE and SP over the past 3 weeks and no point in expecting different results from the same action!

Maybe try a food diary too? Great way to get focused, and if it still didn't show results you could ask your group leader to run through diary with you and see if they have any ideas. Good luck

mejulie805 · 30-01-2015 1:01pm

Thanks dee, did that last week and she said it was perfect, only to shake it up a bit because I was kind of having set breakfasts and lunches. Did that, something different every day, and nothing! One last big push this week before I try a different approach altogether!

shivers27 · 30-01-2015 9:21pm

Does anyone know if pancakes made with slimline milk( from HA), eggs and flour are free ?? Thanks &#55357;&#56842;

Gee_G · 30-01-2015 9:25pm

shivers27 wrote: »

Does anyone know if pancakes made with slimline milk( from HA), eggs and flour are free ?? Thanks ��

I doubt it as the flour would have to be synned. There is syn free recipes if you Google them

shivers27 · 30-01-2015 9:50pm

Gee_G wrote: »

I doubt it as the flour would have to be synned. There is syn free recipes if you Google them

God , I didn't know there were so many synns in flour !!!! Found a recipe using porridge oats. I'm gonna try them over the weekend. Thanks.

Gee_G · 30-01-2015 10:58pm

shivers27 wrote: »

God , I didn't know there were so many synns in flour !!!! Found a recipe using porridge oats. I'm gonna try them over the weekend. Thanks.

Yeah they can be free when you use the oats as your healthy b, enjoy

andreac · 31-01-2015 12:13am

Porridge oats are yummy. Soak your 35g porridge which is your healthy b, with a muller light overnight. The mix in 2 eggs next morn and it makes roughly 3 pancakes.

Gorgeous with fruit and more yoghurt over them.

dee_mc · 31-01-2015 2:56am

Pancakes made with a banana, 2 eggs and a bit of vanilla extract are delicious. Blitz, fry in frylight, yum. Works best as little pancakes. Not free but you only have to syn the banana (because it's cooked)

Vahevala · 31-01-2015 7:41pm

I ate so much bloody fruit this week, tried to up the veg, cut back my syns to 10 or so and lost 1/2 lb... I know my water is much lower but not much I can do about that. I was close to walking out after weigh in.. I guess I just have to try to plod on... I know it is better than a gain or maintain but I just feel so frustrated.

The week before I had only lost 1 lb so the last two weeks have been crappy and I have been diagnosed with Tonsillitis so I haven't really been eating or drinking (been too painful to do either) so I am expecting a gain next week

carolx x · 31-01-2015 8:19pm

Hi all just joined sw last Monday and I have already fell off the wagon :-( was doing so good all week and today I think I've had about 60 syns :-( weigh in Monday so new day 2moro..just wondering if anyone is feeling a bit crap and has done the same

X x

andreac · 31-01-2015 9:17pm

Carol try not to worry. Just get straight back on plan. Try and increase your speed foods if you can until weigh in.
We all have had days or weeks when we go mad but try not to worry.
I've had losses on weeks where I prob should have had a gain and I've had gains on weeks where I was sure I was down so just do the best you can.
Good luck with weigh in ☺

andreac · 31-01-2015 9:17pm

I made the half syn cake tonight. Been dying to make it for ages and it turned out fab!! Will be munching on it all night tonight.

carolx x · 31-01-2015 10:13pm

Hi andreac thanks for the support I'm new to this so hopefully next week will be better..I'm not a fan of veg I try eat some but not a lot I'd be more a fruit person..everyones stories are great to read keeps you motivated

X x

andreac · 01-02-2015 2:31am

I'm the same carol. Hardly ever eat veg but would have some in maybe stir frys and bolognese etc. Have you made the speed soup yet? That's a good way of getting the veg in if you eat it that way. Or maybe a minestrone soup either. I'm going to make that tomorrow.

If you aren't sure of something just shout as it can take a few weeks to get your head around the plan.

corkchick88 · 01-02-2015 1:05pm

Hi all I'm getting on well with SW so far. Weighed in on Thursday and am down 13lbs in 4 weeks. I have been exercising a bit as well tho. Looking forward to my stone sticker next week.

I find that you can eat a lot. The hardest thing for me is the sauces. But the recipes that you can get on the SW website are great.

andreac · 01-02-2015 1:18pm

Well done corkchick. A stone nearly in a month. That's brilliant.

What kind of sauces do you mean?

corkchick88 · 01-02-2015 1:55pm

andreac wrote: »

Well done corkchick. A stone nearly in a month. That's brilliant.

What kind of sauces do you mean?

Thank you.... delighted so far. I want to lose another 3 stone so early days yet.
for example when your making a pasta bake etc you need to be careful with what sauces you use and watch the syns

andreac · 01-02-2015 2:05pm

You make the sauces by using tins tomatoes, passata etc which are all free.
Any packets or jars of sauces are all very high in syns. Since I joined the plan nearly 3 years ago I haven't used a jar of sauce since. Everything is made from scratch. But all those type of recipes usually give the Ingredients for the sauce too.
or if you look up recipes for sw sauces there are loads on the website.

RH149 · 01-02-2015 9:01pm

Am trying to do a few days of SP to get me motivated- only gained 2 lbs over the three week Xmas period but have had two maintains for the past two weeks after only half heartedly sticking to plan. Fell off the wagon big time both weekends so was happy the maintains weren't gains but still.....

Anyway, whenever I decide to switch to EE SP I end up giving in and having pasta or potatoes with my dinner or reach for a banana or yogurt out of habit so have always ended up saying today will be an EE day instead ( but having had an extra HEXB it isn't really.....). So today having been SP all the way I got a butternut squash I had intended to make soup with and chopped up about a quarter of it with two carrots and roasted them in a baking dish with some garlic and a few sprays of Frylight. I was making a roast pork and the usual veg and potatoes for everyone else so I put my roast veggies on my plate where the potatoes would normally go and then some green veg and beans along with the pork. I'm not a veg person at all, choose fruit instead if I can, have to remind myself with the kids to eat my veg so thought this would be a dull dinner but the squash felt filling like potatoes normally would and was really tastier... may manage this SP day after all!

dee_mc · 01-02-2015 9:09pm

RH149 wrote: »

Am trying to do a few days of SP to get me motivated- only gained 2 lbs over the three week Xmas period but have had two maintains for the past two weeks after only half heartedly sticking to plan. Fell off the wagon big time both weekends so was happy the maintains weren't gains but still.....

Anyway, whenever I decide to switch to EE SP I end up giving in and having pasta or potatoes with my dinner or reach for a banana or yogurt out of habit so have always ended up saying today will be an EE day instead ( but having had an extra HEXB it isn't really.....). So today having been SP all the way I got a butternut squash I had intended to make soup with and chopped up about a quarter of it with two carrots and roasted them in a baking dish with some garlic and a few sprays of Frylight. I was making a roast pork and the usual veg and potatoes for everyone else so I put my roast veggies on my plate where the potatoes would normally go and then some green veg and beans along with the pork. I'm not a veg person at all, choose fruit instead if I can, have to remind myself with the kids to eat my veg so thought this would be a dull dinner but the squash felt filling like potatoes normally would and was really tastier... may manage this SP day after all!

There's some lovely recipes for veg on the SW site this week, saw one for roasted butternut squash with bolognese served in the cavity

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