Slimming World

dee_mc

Should be ok Jen, just make sure you cook them from frozen rather than defrosting for best results. Peppers and onions should be fine, everything else should ideally be blanched before freezing but seeing as you'll be using them so soon they should be fine! You mentioned you froze them in bags, I'd say once they are pretty much frozen you could separate them (a bit of gentle massage/bashing!) so that you don't end up with a big lump of veg in the bag. If I'm freezing peppers I freeze the slices on a tray, then pop them into bags once frozen. Only really an option if you have a chest freezer of course.

Jentle Grenade

Thanks Dee, I froze them similar to how you mentioned. I spread them out in batons on a baking trays separated by baking paper and let the trays sit in the freezer for about 30 minutes, then threw the lot into bags. I had a horror experience freezing corgetti a few months ago and I learned a hard lesson :pac:

dee_mc

Good on ya. I'm not organised enough for much batch cooking but my freezer is always full of pasta sauce, and in winter I do big pots of soup... must start looking out for good value on red peppers, nothing nicer than a big bowl of tomato and pepper soup on a cold day

kknitter

Hi All,

Today will be joining slimming world, hence would be my first day at the group meeting.
Can anyone let me know what to expect? What happens on the first day?

Regards

Makapakka

Can you count a cappuccino as hexA? I had small cup, which would be the "tall" size from insomnia.. does anyone know roughly the amount of milk that would be in that? It's 5 syns, so I don't mind syning it if I have to

dee_mc

kknitter wrote: »

Hi All,

Today will be joining slimming world, hence would be my first day at the group meeting.
Can anyone let me know what to expect? What happens on the first day?

Regards

Hi kknitter, scroll back to post 8599, I answered your question a few days back when someone else asked it!
Good luck with it, I hope you enjoy it and it's the start of something great for you

tk123

Makapakka wrote: »

Can you count a cappuccino as hexA? I had small cup, which would be the "tall" size from insomnia.. does anyone know roughly the amount of milk that would be in that? It's 5 syns, so I don't mind syning it if I have to

According to SW no you can't... But my consultant always has the caveat that if it doesn't affect your weight loss you can make the personal decision to do it... I do it every day with my Starbucks frappe - i brought the cup home and measured out the milk to be sure lol :pac:

kknitter

dee_mc wrote: »

Hi kknitter, scroll back to post 8599, I answered your question a few days back when someone else asked it!
Good luck with it, I hope you enjoy it and it's the start of something great for you

Thank you dee_mc. Appreciate it

gubbie

Up 2.5lbs today. Bit shocked to be honest, dunno how! I suppose I'll just keep at it tho!

Vahevala

Hi folks

Been on holiday for 2 weeks (haven't weighed in 3 weeks and went off plan when I was on holiday but I am contemplating if SW is for me. I miss being able to have a sandwich or bagel for lunch and feeling I can't have one if I have my cereal for lunch.

Another TMI thing (so sorry!) but on SW, I notice I don't go to the toilet as often when following SW in comparison to when I am not on SW. I know it's gross but it's reality lol.

I know I am at target and technically could have 2 healthy B's if I really wanted but it's that fear of gaining weight that stops me. I hate the constant battle of thinking what to have for lunch

m'lady

Vahevala wrote: »

Hi folks

Been on holiday for 2 weeks (haven't weighed in 3 weeks and went off plan when I was on holiday but I am contemplating if SW is for me. I miss being able to have a sandwich or bagel for lunch and feeling I can't have one if I have my cereal for lunch.

Another TMI thing (so sorry!) but on SW, I notice I don't go to the toilet as often when following SW in comparison to when I am not on SW. I know it's gross but it's reality lol.

I know I am at target and technically could have 2 healthy B's if I really wanted but it's that fear of gaining weight that stops me. I hate the constant battle of thinking what to have for lunch

Why don't you try having the 2nd healthy b every second day and see how you get on, if you gain then you know where you stand, if you don't gain you could try increasing it to every day? Or you could do a couple of sp days, that way you have two extra bs?

Walter H Price

First weigh in tonite , cautiously optimistic i stayed under my 20 syns and measured my Hex A and B all week , just not sure how i could eat so much food and still loose weight but will wait an see.

Clocked up 65Km walking this week too so hopefully that will have helped too

Vahevala

m'lady wrote: »

Why don't you try having the 2nd healthy b every second day and see how you get on, if you gain then you know where you stand, if you don't gain you could try increasing it to every day? Or you could do a couple of sp days, that way you have two extra bs?

I might have to try... SP doesn't suit me as I miss yogurts (I can't eat quark!) and I miss the carbs :eek:

Probably 2 B's don't suit me as I think I will gain, just miss the convenience of eating bread lol.

Wellyd

Down 2.5lbs this week. Literally have no idea how that happened. Drank my weight in alcohol twice over at the weekend. Had cake and a bit of a hangover graze afterwards so lord only knows what goes on inside my body!

m'lady

Vahevala wrote: »

I might have to try... SP doesn't suit me as I miss yogurts (I can't eat quark!) and I miss the carbs :eek:

Probably 2 B's don't suit me as I think I will gain, just miss the convenience of eating bread lol.

I know how you feel! I just have fruit and yogurt for my breakfast so I can have my b for lunch or my dinner! I'm at target but trying to lower it slightly, so am *trying* to be good! However that's failing miserably at the minute lol

Jentle Grenade

If you want extra bread why not syn it? That's what I do anyway. I try to eat as "clean" as possible while sticking to SW so I would spend most of my syns on avocado/coconut oil/nut butters etc but sometimes I just want another piece of bread.

Penny Tration

Makapakka wrote: »

Can you count a cappuccino as hexA? I had small cup, which would be the "tall" size from insomnia.. does anyone know roughly the amount of milk that would be in that? It's 5 syns, so I don't mind syning it if I have to

There's no reason why you can't, it's nothing except espresso and milk.


Insomnia use low fat milk (not skimmed), and the amount used per tall cappuccino is roughly 300mls.

Penny Tration

Wellyd, it's probably your good weeks catching up with you!


Down 1.5lbs tonight trousers I bought too small for work 5 weeks ago are now so big I need to buy new ones!

Walter H Price

Down 5 1/2 pounds in week one absolutly buzzed ,giving the 777 challenge a lash this week hoping for my half stone next week

Kauto0709

Walter H Price wrote: »

Down 5 1/2 pounds in week one absolutly buzzed ,giving the 777 challenge a lash this week hoping for my half stone next week

What's the 777 challange?

Penny Tration

Kauto0709 wrote: »

What's the 777 challange?

I think (i could be wrong) it's a challenge to have 7 different speed, 7 syns (as opposed to 15) and 7 glasses of water each day.

Penny Tration

Walter H Price wrote: »

First weigh in tonite , cautiously optimistic i stayed under my 20 syns and measured my Hex A and B all week , just not sure how i could eat so much food and still loose weight but will wait an see.

Clocked up 65Km walking this week too so hopefully that will have helped too

Well, how did you get on? I hope you got a very pleasant surprise!

Walter H Price

Kauto0709 wrote: »

What's the 777 challange?

Its 7 Syns and 7 speed foods per day for 7 days our consultant said do it stick do it and you can nearly gaurentee a 3lb + loss in the week

Penny Tration wrote: »

Well, how did you get on? I hope you got a very pleasant surprise!

Yeh 5 and 1/2 down i was a bit shocked to be honest with what i ate portion size carbs treats etc i didn't think there was a chance id be down more than a pound or two topps

moonshadow

Very happy after 2 1/2 gain last week down 5 this week and back at target !! Happy out !

Makapakka

Jentle Grenade

Just revert back to the plan and try and not be too hard on yourself. You're mindset changes eventually after a while on plan I find. I used to be a mad yoke for chocolate, cake etc every so often. Now my idea of pigging out involves eating a whole smash pizza or "accidentally" eating half a jar of almond and coconut butter. For me anyway my mindset changed.

I am having issues, I guess, with trying to fit my preference for whole food/clean eating into the plan. I want to incorporate and enjoy things like olive oil, avocado, peanut butter etc into my every day diet but sticking to a healthy calorie intake at the same time. The solution? Increase my exercise I suppose!

Wellyd

Makapakka wrote: »

Just forget about the bad days and concentrate on your next meal being on plan. My boyfriend will be home for a visit next week so I know for definite that I'll be having 2 really off plan dinners but I usually try to keep my other meals on plan and try get an extra run or trip to the gym in.

Jentle Grenade

Down 1.5lb today. Thrilled with that. I had a couple of free hours again today so I chopped and flash froze speed vegetables, made a few litres of "speed" soup, and batch cooked speedy dinners and froze them too. I found the frozen meals a lifesaver this week where I worked mostly from about 8am until 7/8pm with some breaks in between. I must invest in a better cooler system for work though, sometimes the work fridge is too jammed to fix in my lunchbox and I imagine it will only get worse as time goes on.

Kauto0709

Maintained this week I was really disappointed as I had only 1.5lbs to go to get to 1 stone.

My question for my fellow SW boardies is this: my friends like us to meet for coffee in Starbucks several times a week. I often try convincing them to go for a nice healthy walk instead but to no effect. I'm not a big fan of coffee and my starbucks drink was always a tall hot chocolate before joining SW, it has since changed to a short skinny hot chocolate (slightly less syns). Are there are SW friendly starbucks drinks that aren't very coffee-ey that anyone can recommend?

Thanks in advance

dee_mc

Kauto0709 wrote: »

Maintained this week I was really disappointed as I had only 1.5lbs to go to get to 1 stone.

My question for my fellow SW boardies is this: my friends like us to meet for coffee in Starbucks several times a week. I often try convincing them to go for a nice healthy walk instead but to no effect. I'm not a big fan of coffee and my starbucks drink was always a tall hot chocolate before joining SW, it has since changed to a short skinny hot chocolate (slightly less syns). Are there are SW friendly starbucks drinks that aren't very coffee-ey that anyone can recommend?

Thanks in advance

They do a couple of fruity iced tea lemonade style drinks that are calorie free... and I suppose herbal teas and stuff... other than that the flavoured frappuchinos made with skinny milk wouldn't be completely ruinous!