1 level tablespoons is 4.5 syns hun xx

i am a slimming world convert hun i absolutely love it i can eat lots of the right thing and still lose weight it suits me to a T

not at all i started end of june and have lost 2 and half stone xx

that was one of the reasons i went for slimming world was the fact that you can eat and well i am having slimming world chips steak toms mushrooms and peas for tea tonite and all that is syn free xx

ya welcome let me know how ya get on xx

just found an ACE slimming world e-book on isohunt. downloading it as we speak.
It has got loads of recipes for red days and green days, 7 day kick start diet and a syns list and heaps more. I just gotta figure out now what is a red day and what is a green day! lol

will give it a go before spending £60 signing up for 3 months online. Oh if anybody is going to join weight watchers, sign up via quidco. Its £32 for 3 months, but you get £30 cash back!

i cant get to the classes all the time cause of my shifts. Was wanting to sign up online but its £60 for 3 months. Will have a look online for some e-vouchers to see if I can get a discount! lol

Wow thanks for the e book tip Linzi. I had all the books and lent them to a friend and I've not seen them since so this will help me get back on track until I get them back. Hopefully I will be able to get back into it and lose all the weight I put back on!

Linzi, you may want to give your local group's consultant a call, they work slightly differently for shift workers in the way you pay I think - sure it would be worth asking.

My consultant gave us a fab recipe for a "curried loaf" that's syn free on EE and is really easy to make. You just make up one sachet of savoury rice (any flavour) and add to it a tin of chick pea dahl, stir well then pour into a loaf tin and bake in the oven until set. It's best left to cool completely as then it will slice easier. I think it's gorgeous :)

For all who are on facebook - there is an offical slimming world group on there and the members regularly upload pics and recipes. I've found it brilliant for sweet recipes :)

linzi my sister is a shift worker and she goes to the classes she just ticked on the membership form and told the leader and she doesnt have to pay if she misses a class or use a holiday xx

Muller light yoghurts are free Hun

How does extra easy work? You eat so much lol

morning ladies.
I thought i was doing so well on sw yesterday seeing as it was only day 1 but then i went to my weekly poker night and for the first time ever they did home made pizza!!! I wasn't going to have anything but i hadnt eaten since mid afternoon and it was 9pm and was starving. so i think i went over on my very first day so not too happy!! xx

Going to try and be really good today to try and balance it out. going to go food shopping at lunch to stock up on things. think im going to plan my meals for the week on a sunday to try and make it easy for me. xx

Twirler, we were told that the flexible syns part has changed because people were falling off the wagon completely trying to keep some to one side for a specific day. We had it explained that the flexi syns are now on top of your daily allowance - for instance if you knew you were going out for a meal you wouldn't change the 5-15 syns a day for any of the rest of the week, including that day, but you work out approximately how many syns the meal would need, including any drinks - and to be very realistic - and then try and stay within that for that one meal.

Twirler, I've put the link to the slimming world online article for flexible syns on your profile

Hi everyone i just started last night at slimming world but never asked how much skimmed milk was allowed coz no u can have semi but skimmed is lower so is there any difference dose anyone know xx

2 days down and doing quite good i think. i had 16 syns yesterday tho which isnt very good. today i am going to try to have as little as poss!! xx

yea, i think it is just going to take a couple weeks to get used to it. yesterday it was my cereal, left over pasta from the day before, so tiny bit of sauce and 2 grilled lincolnshire sausage's. would have had one if i had worked it out properly. with them i had new pots and runner beans.

today for bkfast i had a muller light yoghurt.
lunch will be jack pot and baked beans
dinner, grilled pork chops, new pots and veg.

then ive got some ham and laughing cow triangles for snakes during the day.

Do you think that sounds ok? xx

what is your healthy extra b choice mrsbarkertobe

Menu sounds fine just keep snacking on fruit and veg and fill ya plate with superfree it takes a while to get into it but after a short time it becomes second nature
I have had blueberries and fat free vanilla yoghurt for breakkie
chicken noodle mugshot for lunch with grilled chicken breast
dinner tonite is bacon grilled all fat removed 2 eggs fried in fry light mushrooms tomatoes and beans
healthy extra a will be milk for my cups of tea healthy extra b is a bag of ryvita minis today

snacks will be cherry toms bananas and muller yoghurt xx

what are you like with ryvitas or cereal bars if i get stuck i use my b choice as a snack small 30 g bag ryvita minis is a choice or a hi fi bar does my chocolate fix too some cereals are b choices that may help with breakfast

i am just wondering as well what do you normally drink if you go out? i drink water when i am at home or work, but feel a bit stupid drinking water when i am out xx

normally i would drink vodka, lime and soda, or vodka and coke. i cant drink diet coke as i am alergic to it xx

I don't like many of the b options either, but the kellogs cereal bars (one bar a day) are actually really nice and a good alternative to chocolate.

I have put a sign that says self-control on the door of our 'calorie cupboard' and then the fruit bowl right below it on the unit and that has really helped me today.

I know I'm a bit confused with potion sizes too as I thought you could eat as much as you like too. But I've been doing it 4 days now and really sticking to it and I haven't lost a single pound yet!