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sashafierce wrote: »This post has been deleted.
Well that wouldn't be too bad so if you divide the syns between 3 or 4 meals. At least you still get to have the food that you enjoy
Yes a low fat variety might be better. If you can't find the syns there is a syns calculator on the website where you put in all the nutritional content and it will work it out for you then.
Yeah exactly, for me I couldn't cut out chocolate so I am happy out cos I still get to have some chocolate every evening with my tea!0 -
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sashafierce wrote: »This post has been deleted.
If you follow the plan it will definitely work
What I love about it is I can still have so much normal food and don't have to cut out rice and pasta etc. I've done everything too but finally I think this is it! Good luck 0 -
Sasha I had a long reply written to your post earlier that I now realise never posted
I read months ago about someone using soya milk and coconut essence in place of coconut milk in a Thai green curry. With that in mind, maybe you could satisfy your coconutty creamy craving with something similar, like using a drop of coconut essence to flavour some fat free Greek yogurt or something?
I think even the low fat coconut milk works out at about 18 syns per can which is still very hefty as anything more than an occasional treat.
Peanut butter and almond butter (which I now prefer because it's runnier so a smaller amount goes much further!) are much easier to fit in to the plan on a regular basis.
Avocados I've all but given up on because every time I decide to treat myself to one it turns out not to be nice so not worth the syns! But again, they're not so ruinously high in syns that you couldn't manage to have half of one once or twice a week.
Someone here mentioned a syn free or very low syn gravy recipe a while back, was it a chicken gravy? Can't remember but you could easily search the thread. Re sauces, the SW Little Book of Sauces is brilliant but most of the recipes are available online anyway.
You will get there, don't try to tackle the whole plan at once. Take it day by day and week by week, get to grips with the healthy extras and try to keep your meals as low syn as possible so you have scope to fit in your treats. Feel free to throw up your daily meal plans here and we'll give you pointers.0 -
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Finally weighed myself last night and actually cried when I saw the scales. 14 12! I cant believe it! At my best I was 11 7 and that was perfect for me (I'm 5ft10) and it steadily crept up over the last two years in college. I remember hitting 13 stone thinking I was fat, then 13 and a half. Now it's nearly 15! What the actual fck?? Devastated but once I calmed down and talked to my mam about it, I realized it was as well I did weigh myself because it was my "rock bottom" and as mam says, "you will never be that weight again". Mam lost over 2 stone on SW last year. I feel like I am standing at the bottom of a huge hill now tbh. So I have about 3 stone to lose! Where do you even start?? 0
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OldNotWIse wrote: »Finally weighed myself last night and actually cried when I saw the scales. 14 12! I cant believe it! At my best I was 11 7 and that was perfect for me (I'm 5ft10) and it steadily crept up over the last two years in college. I remember hitting 13 stone thinking I was fat, then 13 and a half. Now it's nearly 15! What the actual fck?? Devastated but once I calmed down and talked to my mam about it, I realized it was as well I did weigh myself because it was my "rock bottom" and as mam says, "you will never be that weight again". Mam lost over 2 stone on SW last year. I feel like I am standing at the bottom of a huge hill now tbh. So I have about 3 stone to lose! Where do you even start??
go to a group get on plan stick to it and youl fly.
I was in the exact same boat as u , i lost 9 stone a few years back after finishing up playing rugby was at 12 stone (which was a bit light for my liking tbh) got back to 13 and was happy but then put on almost 3 stone during a really stressful year in work last year i was back doing a masters and stuff and i was disgusted with myself for ending up back at nearly 16 stone and was feeling really low about it.
5 weeks on plan super easy to follow lost another 3lbs last nigt to take my total loss to over a stone in 5 weeks like its a great boost , the support is class and the food allowance is better than any diet ive ever been on ... im doing it with my oh and shes going for her stone and a half award next week after only 6 weeks.
Keep the head up weighing yourself that first time is a rotten feeling but if you go and do something about it its the first step.0 -
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Guys I am down 7lbs my first week I know the first week is always the biggest loss but I was so delighted when I stepped on the scales. I've been really good - no drink during the week, no more junk food and also a half hour walk from work to the luas every day instead of jumping on at my usual stop.
Made a pasta dish for dinner at the weekend and it seems to be "free" but I am not sure. Basically chopped onion and garlic with some fry lite, then added a tablespoon of tomato puree, then a cup of vegetable stock, can of chick peas, can of kidney beans, can of sweetcorn and a dash of chilli. Cooked penne separately then mixed together at the end. Really filling and tasty!
Also been drinking loads of water and trying to snack on fruit.
Edit: in Tesco they have bagels now that are like "half bagels". They basically look like a bagel that has been walked on lol, but I imagine they are not as full of dough. I haven't had a chance to syn them but I might have a look later.0 -
OldNotWIse wrote: »Guys I am down 7lbs my first week I know the first week is always the biggest loss but I was so delighted when I stepped on the scales. I've been really good - no drink during the week, no more junk food and also a half hour walk from work to the luas every day instead of jumping on at my usual stop.
Made a pasta dish for dinner at the weekend and it seems to be "free" but I am not sure. Basically chopped onion and garlic with some fry lite, then added a tablespoon of tomato puree, then a cup of vegetable stock, can of chick peas, can of kidney beans, can of sweetcorn and a dash of chilli. Cooked penne separately then mixed together at the end. Really filling and tasty!
Also been drinking loads of water and trying to snack on fruit.
Edit: in Tesco they have bagels now that are like "half bagels". They basically look like a bagel that has been walked on lol, but I imagine they are not as full of dough. I haven't had a chance to syn them but I might have a look later.
Well done on your 7lb loss, thats fantastic!! That pasta dish is free going by the list of ingredients you've given, however I'd add more speed to make it your 1/3, it sounds yummy though!
Did you get the brand of the bagels, as I'd be very careful as even ones that look innocent enough can be high in syns and not a healthy extra. I eat bagels made by 'fitzgeralds' and they are a healthy extra and are really nice.
Again well done on your first week!0 -
Well done on your 7lb loss, thats fantastic!! That pasta dish is free going by the list of ingredients you've given, however I'd add more speed to make it your 1/3, it sounds yummy though!
Did you get the brand of the bagels, as I'd be very careful as even ones that look innocent enough can be high in syns and not a healthy extra. I eat bagels made by 'fitzgeralds' and they are a healthy extra and are really nice.
Again well done on your first week!
Adding speed is that more veg? That makes sense alright I didn't get the brand to be honest. I know someone in work on SW told me before there are certain wraps that can have as many as 10 syns too, whereas I always assumed they were lower than bread! 0 -
This past week probably has been one of my worst. After losing most of my holiday gain last Monday, I just never got back on track for the rest of the week. We had two bake sales at work (of course, I have to try what I bake
), then at the weekend we went home and ate our 3 times-tried to make the best of choices but when not cooking it yourself, you don't have control as to how it's being cooked.
Back to it now and hoping for a good week, before I have a full weekend off plan for friends visiting for the Jazz Festival. Have weigh in tonight and expecting a gain but will just have to try harder this week coming (and no baking thank god)0 -
OldNotWIse wrote: »Adding speed is that more veg? That makes sense alright I didn't get the brand to be honest. I know someone in work on SW told me before there are certain wraps that can have as many as 10 syns too, whereas I always assumed they were lower than bread!
Yes, more vegetables that are under the speed list in the book. The onion you added is speed, however sweetcorn isn't. SW encourage you to eat 1/3 of speed in each meal. Yes, wraps can be very high in syns, I think there are ones called 'be free' or something like that that are a healthy extra.
Are you going to a class or doing it from home?0 -
OldNotWIse wrote: »Guys I am down 7lbs my first week I know the first week is always the biggest loss but I was so delighted when I stepped on the scales. I've been really good - no drink during the week, no more junk food and also a half hour walk from work to the luas every day instead of jumping on at my usual stop.
Made a pasta dish for dinner at the weekend and it seems to be "free" but I am not sure. Basically chopped onion and garlic with some fry lite, then added a tablespoon of tomato puree, then a cup of vegetable stock, can of chick peas, can of kidney beans, can of sweetcorn and a dash of chilli. Cooked penne separately then mixed together at the end. Really filling and tasty!
Also been drinking loads of water and trying to snack on fruit.
Edit: in Tesco they have bagels now that are like "half bagels". They basically look like a bagel that has been walked on lol, but I imagine they are not as full of dough. I haven't had a chance to syn them but I might have a look later.
Well done on your 7lb loss. I joined sw in March and weighted in at 14st 6lbs, I was devastated!! I'm now 11st 9.5lbs and at target for the last month. That's a loss of 2st 10.5lbs. It's a fantastic plan and now a way of life for me. I know it's tough at the start cos you just want the weight to go. It will...it just takes time. Set yourself mini targets like 7lbs at a time and that way the mountain won't seem so high. Enjoy the journey and best of luck with it, you're off to a great start!!0 -
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