The Slimming World Thread
I realise there is a general weight loss thread for people doing all different forms of dieting/clubs etc., but I thought it would be good to start one specifically for those doing Slimming World to chat, share recipes and even weight in every week if they want.
I am current on the Extra Easy plan and could do with some good recipes for lunch as I don't want to be eating just the fat free Super Noodles or Pasta & Sauce without the milk and butter for lunch every day! I have breakfast pretty much sorted with my Weetabix and fruit with semi skimmed milk and a fat free yoghurt, and evening meals are usually just recipes I have found by searching online but for a non-salad lover I'm stuck for good ideas for lunches! Anyone got any that are quick and easy and either syn free or maybe only one or two syns?
I am current on the Extra Easy plan and could do with some good recipes for lunch as I don't want to be eating just the fat free Super Noodles or Pasta & Sauce without the milk and butter for lunch every day! I have breakfast pretty much sorted with my Weetabix and fruit with semi skimmed milk and a fat free yoghurt, and evening meals are usually just recipes I have found by searching online but for a non-salad lover I'm stuck for good ideas for lunches! Anyone got any that are quick and easy and either syn free or maybe only one or two syns?
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I try to make sure I have a sweet of some sort after dinner so I'm full on a night. Usually home made fruit salad with no fat yoghurt and fromage frais, mixed with honey as a couple of syns.
To be honest I feel like I'm eating more on this diet than I would normally, I just hope that sticking to the rules of what's in the extra easy book actually causes me to lose some weight !
And how much are the classes??
Tonight for my tea I just cooked some wholewheat pasta and had it with a tin of chopped tomatoes heated with some onions, mushrooms, peppers and oregano and mixed herbs thrown in with some normal ground pepper too (I like spicy stuff, but even at this this wasn't that spicy!) Was quite nice and definitely something I'll make again perhaps even with the lean mince or Quorn and make a full on bolognese with it. I imagine it can be frozen too and quickly microwaved if you're looking something quick and very tasty.
Might try a baked potato tomorrow with some beans for lunch.
Once again I haven't used any syns today but am feeling a little craving for some chocolate or some crisps. Must go and check what sort of sweet stuff is low syn and start using my syns per day to have little treats to keep me on the straight and narrow!
I have lots of baked potatoes with plain meat and veg for evening meals, salad with cold meat, fish or sometimes cheese for lunch and French toast or cereal for breakfast. We seem to eat mountains of fruit as snacks and desserts.
I normally stay fairly syn-free during the day so I can have a slice of cake or a gin and tonic in the evening. I have a 'day off' on Sunday when I can eat whatever I want. It normally stays fairly controlled though - if I have a muffin with my coffee while we're out, I skip lunch because I'm not hungry.
I love the plan because I can easily adapt the meals to suit my non-dieting husband so there's no need to be cooking different things for us all the time.
I brought the sw magazine and have done load of menu out of that this week.
We even did a healthy bbq last Sunday !
There are a lot of soup recipes that are good for lunches, 12 speed soup is worth a google, minestrone, tomato (tin of toms, tin of beans and a couple of pickled onions blended down).
Hope this helps.
For lunch, I quite often make a frittata or Spanish omelette. They're so easy to make and you can put whatever you like in them and of course, they can be syn free. I tend to make a large one, cut it into four and take them to work. In fact, I'm more likely to have it for breakfast than lunch, both cold but the other day I had it warm with some salad for my dinner. Delicious!
Last night's dinner was a small steak, jacket potato and salad.
I lost another 2lb this week too.
OP - have you had a look at the recipes on the SW website? I've found quite a few good ones on there and saved them as my favourites. I also bought an Asian cookery book from one of my classes and it has some gorgeous curries in it.
I'm not a slimming world member, just curious about it. But those prices sound quite reasonable to me.
You might like the general weight loss thread
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1777878
Try and have a wholemeal one if you can
BTW, some people say they have better losses if they do consume their syns !
Might have some chocolate later or a bag of low fat crisps to use up a few syns!
I have been still weighing in weekly and have been at target over a year - I am starting to feel this is too much and I should be weighing less to become less obsessed about a couple of pound either way - any thoughts?
I learned at the weekend that I really don't like quorn sausages !
Anyway, good luck to anyone on the plan; it's a good one.
google Joes sausages
Got Slimmer of the Week as I lost 9lbs.
Wow! That is impressive, well done Paddy!
Congratulations. I hope that you walked away with a bag of goodies!!
Reveal mag has a free joining coupon this week - 11th June.
SW are offering half price joining fee until 29th June.
You should have more than 5 syns per day especially as you have lots of weight to lose - the reason is you will not have any to reduce later on when it slows down.