A question about : Be Awesome in Autumn with Slimming World
Shiny new thread, with all the info carried over as follows:-
Food Optimising is a plan for life, it is not a quick fix and you should look at weight losses over a period of time. There are no prizes for speed of weight loss.
You need to commit to making changes to the food that you buy and how you cook it, because what you have been doing in the past has not got you to where you want to be.
You cannot use parts of the plan that suit you and forget the rest.
If you are not prepared to make a commitment to change the behaviour that has got you into your current situation then nothing is going to change, and above all things, you need to be honest and accountable for every single mouthful of food that passes your lips.
You need to care enough to take time out to pre-plan your slimming campaign. Look again at the menu plans and see the variety and volume of food you can eat. All you have to lose is the weight.
Slimming World has been successfully helping people lose weight for over forty years, so trust them and read your Food Optimising and Choose Success books again and again.
Food Optimising is easy but life isn't. Losing weight is a battle but you have the battle plan in your food optimising book, your secret weapon is free food, and that, together with your healthy extras and syns add up to a healthy way of eating that can (and should) be a life plan. Success is there waiting for you………go for it!
The Original (Red) and Green plans are still going strong but most people may well have heard of the Extra Easy plan. If you've ever wondered if it works, I promise you it does. If you've ever wondered how it works, just trust the experts at SW, they wouldn't send you on the wrong path.
If you fancy having a go at EE, here are the official 'rules' to ensure that you not only lose weight regularly but get all the nutrition your body needs to function well:-
Extra Easy:
1: Choose your Free Food
Anything that's Free Food on Green OR Original - so that's pasta, rice, potatoes, lean meat, poultry, fish and all the Superfree food - is totally Free on Extra Easy! Yes, you can eat unlimited meat, potatoes and veg, fish, chips and mushy peas, and chicken curry and rice with no measuring, no weighing, no counting - no kidding!
And for super-fast, super healthy results, fill one third of your plate with Superfree Food!
2: Choose your Healthy Extras
Each day select one Healthy Extra 'a' choice and one Healthy Extra 'b' choice from our simplified list of calcium and fibre-filled foods, including milk, cheese, bread and cereal.
3: Enjoy 5-15 Syns each day
And if the Syn values for Green and Original foods are different on the standard Syns lists, count the lower one!
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If you find your weight loss has slowed down or stopped, check:-
1. Whether everything you're counting as Free, is Free
2. Whether you're under-estimating Syn values (over-estimate if guessing)
3. Whether you're counting everything that should be counted
4. Whether you're measuring everything that should be measured
5. Whether you're sabotaging your success in any other way (using SAS logs will help uncover individual long-term self-sabotage patterns) and, if none of these is the culprit, either...........
A: increase the proportion of Superfree Foods to half of your plate
OR
B: switch to more Speed Foods
And above all, if you follow the plan, any plan, 100% you will lose weight!
Link to recipe thread:-
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=3032236
New Recipes
Loaded Potato Skins
Homity Pie
Minestrone Soup
Lentil & Bacon Soup
Pulled Pork
Red Pepper Houmous
Cheesy Chilli Fries
Lamb Tagine
Campfire Stew
Remember we are all here to support each other, and to have fun, and to share in any little disappointments.
Link to the List of Healthy Extras as at April 14
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...postcount=4853
Best answers:
- Thank you Shala
b_e_g - Count me in this time glad to be in from the beginning!
I really need to focus on getting this weight off! - Thank you for the new thread Shala_Moo.
I feel very motivated. Can't wait for tomorrow to start - Thank you Shala for the shiny new thread and the new chart ,
A HUGE for Annie for all the work put in to the last chart/challenge
We really appreciate all the hard work you both do to keep us on track - Thank you for the new thread Shala_Moo
Feel part of the SW team now I am on the list - Thanks shala
Been off since last might as it's really hard to stick to anything when you are in a house that's not your own and there is no food about!
Meals out last night and tonight, a few naughties but I'm ok
Back on it tomorrow - Ah ha. New shiny, no cobwebs. Yay. Thank you Shala, (and Annie too).
- Thank you Annie for looking after us up to now.
And thank you shala moo for taking over the reins.
I am on the list .
Bring it on!! - Thanks for new thread shala.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/br...th_gravy_24508
Hairy Bikers' braised steak was yummy!!
I can't believe it made 500ml of delicious gravy for just a tsp of cornflour. I made it today with some sirloin steaks that weren't good enough for pan frying but I'll definitely do it again with either some braising steak or using up some shin I've got in the freezer. I always soften my onions in the microwave first and I substitute Frylight for the oil but otherwise exactly to recipe.
Tonight we had it with roast potatoes and veg but it would be excellent with chips, mushrooms and tomatoes. - If you don't mind i'd like to join you all im having a battle with the last 1.5LB to target for 6 weeks now i've put on then off, I just can't seem to shift it and keep it off weigh in is tomorrow I already know i've put on this week it's getting at the point im dreading going and standing on the scales as everyone is expecting me to make target once again
- Hi please may I join your group, I am starting S/W tonight 7pm.i think I will need all the support I can get. 5 stone to lose.thanks.
My target for the 8 weeks will be 14 ibs.. - Thanks for the thread x
Taking kids for lunch today so that will be bad but eating free/super free otherwise - Welcome tori.k and philsmum
Philsmum - i've added you to the challnge.. good luck!
Everyone best of luck today - new challenge, new week, new thread - i'm wiping the slate clean and start with fresh motivation!
Red day for me today - just grabbed what i could as its a very long day at work for me today
B - banana, yogurt
L - cheese (hea) crackers (heb)
T - veg/beef stew
S - crisps(4) orange, apple, milk 9hea)
if i fancy something when i get home then i'll use my second HEB
x - Lovely new thread
Welcome to the newcomers.
Fully back on track today. Just got back from an hour walk with the dog, and will be doing my usual 8 mile cycle to work.
Menu for Monday:
B - Fruit and a yoghurt with an option of 35g sultana bran if I get really hungry (HEX A & B)
L - Honey roasted salmon flakes with salad and new pots
D - HM Chicken kebabs with peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms. Served with basmati rice, broccoli, peas and sweeetcorn.
Drinks - Water, tea, coffee. I've also started having hot water and lemon first thing in the morning.
Syns - 2.5 for salad dressing, 1.5 for rice (half a pouch) - Good morning lovelies
Today I have been at sw for 1 year exactly and lost 4 st 10lb (actually less as I will have gained today)
Today I'm drawing a line and starting again - no more cheats, binges or stretching of the plan
Wish me luck! - Morning
Got weighed this morning & 2lbs off for last week
Now to start the 8-week challenge!! shala, thanks for the new thread & adding me to the shiny new chart
Green day:
B - Banana. 2 chocolate Weetabix (HEB1 + 2 syns), raspberries, blueberries, unsweetened almond milk (part HEA1)
L - loaded potato skins (other part HEA1 for cheese) & salad
D - 2 soft boiled eggs, new potatoes, baked beans, wholemeal pitta (HEB2), grated cheese (HEA2)
Going shopping today & will hopefully buy some plums to snack on. I might syn some whole almonds as well.
Good luck with the challenge everyone!! - Good Morning. Nice shiny new thread! Thanks to Annie for last challenge and Shala for starting this one off, lets hope we all do really well
Welcome tori and philsmum. Hope we can help!
Had a couple of lovely discoveries this weekend. I had a bath for the first time in ages (I'm a shower girl, not filthy!) and it was so much more comfy. I could move around in there and had space at the sides of me, I didn't create a tidal wave when I sat up
I've also been going through my clothes, I got rid of loads that don't fit and found out what does fit again! Sadly, the thinner stuff I held onto is mostly poshish dresses and going out clothes. Now I have two small children that's not going to happen
My back to basics week is going well still. Not been off plan at all. Should get me my 2 stone shiny tomorrow night, fingers crossed.
Today's menu (Green):
B: Branflakes & milk
L: Roll with soft cheese and lots of salad
S: Fruit and ff yoghurt
D: Bolognaise type sauce (made with quorn mince) and pasta
Will work some syns in there somewhere...
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