A question about : Slimming World
Hello and welcome to another shiny new thread for all followers of Slimming World.
The Original and Green plans are still going strong but most people may well have heard of the new Extra Easy plan which is sweeping through the land 
If you've ever wondered if it works, I promise you it does. If you've ever wondered how it works - well the science confuses me, but I would just say to trust the experts at SW, they wouldn't send you on the wrong path.
If you fancy having a go at it, 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!
Best answers:
- Hiya consultant31 I've only been doing this 3 weeks and I don't understand the science of it but it's working so I don't care. It has to be the easiest plan I've ever been on. Took me a week to mentally shake off the weight watchers points, I kept comparing the two plans as have been going back to WW on and off for years. Wish I had tried SW first!
- Just weighed in and I've lost 4 1/2 lbs!!!!
I made a real effort to stick to the plan 100% last week AND I was walking my friends dog so the two things seem to have paid off. The best thing is because I was following EE I didn't feel like I was on a diet because I had yummy meals AND chocolate every day :-)
This week will be more tricky because I am only in control of one dinner in the next seven days but I'm determined to keep my breakfasts and lunches syn free with plenty of fruit and veg and hopefully the syns in each dinner will not go over the 15 I'm allowed per day.
Hope you all have a good week - Hi everyone,
I was doing so well yesterday untill around 8pm, I ate a 100g tub of haagen daz baileys ice cream, as my syns. THEN I drank 3/4 of a bottle of wine oops, and ate a twix finger!
Never mind, today is a fresh week I dont think that will do to much damage, I am feeling really motivated today and I've had my usual weetabix for brekkie.
Dinner is tuna pasta salad.
Tea will be chips egg and beans yum!
Snacks cottage cheese, strawberrys, banana. - Thanks Consultant for the new shiny thread
im having a green day today
B - half a melon and a muller lite
L - egg mayo sandwich 2 syns
D - bubble and squeak patties with spicy beans (hea), saalad
supper - toast and a cuppa.
syns ill add up how much ive used on spread etc at the end of the day and might have a blue ribband with my tea. - Hi all, glad for the new thread.
Bit worried about WI tonight - what do you guys do on WI days? I normally try to eat the minimum amount possible! But finding it hard now and don't think it is good for me! Just wondered how you guys do it!
Also, i am on a course tomorrow in london and lunch is provided - so not sure if i should take my own or to just try and pick the 'best' choices as i wouldn't have to pay for it!!!
What to do??? - Hi Nessie: I work my way up (or down?) to WI day, Tuesday. I begin Sunday night and eat as much fibre-y food and fruit as i can. Breakfast today was all bran, rhubarb and a yoghurt, lunch is jacket pot and baked beans, with mushrooms and tomato, and so on. Probably squash soup for tea. I just like to think the fibre will pass through all the weekend rubbish in time for Tuesday evening
- Back from weigh in today and have maintained. I am happy with that however as we had a visit to the Chinese Buffet which was thoroughly enjoyed! Plus a few drinks on the weekend And a bit of cake and icecream and a slice of pizza Crikey I was lucky to STS really
Marion - hi all
I sts this week, really pleased with that!
Green for me today,
B tea and milk (a), bean and mushroom toastie (b)
L potato wedges, peas and tomato sauce (2) salad
D pasta and sauce and veg
Snacks muller, tea, and probably cheese on toast for supper to use my other a and b
Well done on the loses, especially the 4.5lbs . .so jealous
Excuse the typing, still using my phne and its a right pain in the bum! - Can I pick your brains, this always confuses me, does this mean 100g made up is 14 1/2 syns or is it 100g dried weight then made up? Does that make sense? We fancy a pizza at the weekend and was going to have real thin and crispy pizzas with syn free toppings and healthy extra mozzarella.
Asda Pizza Base Mix, Traditional, 290g pack, made up as directed, dried 100g made up
14Ѕ Syns on Extra Easy Original 14Ѕ Syns Green 14Ѕ Syns - 2 stone in 3 month on EE! :-)
- hi all
I sts this week, really pleased with that!
Green for me today,
B tea and milk (a), bean and mushroom toastie (b)
L potato wedges, peas and tomato sauce (2) salad
D pasta and sauce and veg
Snacks muller, tea, and probably cheese on toast for supper to use my other a and b
Well done on the loses, especially the 4.5lbs . .so jealous
Excuse the typing, still using my phne and its a right pain in the bum! - nic2075 - i take it to be 100g portion of the made up stuff -
have you tried using smash as a pizza base or chicken bashed out?
Thanks rainbowfizz21 & blackberry-rum - just wondered how you did it - i normally get by with lots of water and coffee and maybe an Alpen bar or mug shot - then have a massive dinner when i get home - think i will change it once i have reached my 3st - start eating normally during WI day - cos im sure im not doing my body any good not eating much during WI day - Hi all, can anyone help me with something? I've been working by way through the whole thread and I'm sure I read somewhere that Belvita breakfast biscuits are either HE of low syns. I've just bought some on half price offer in Morrison's but now I can't find where I read about them.
I've been away camping for the weekend. I was good on Friday but fell off the wagon slightly on Saturday and sunday. Brekkies were ok but lunch and tea were fairly naughty. However, we did do 5 hours of fell walking on Friday and 7 hours on Saturday so hopefully that will have burnt off the naughty stuff!! WI is on Wed and its * week so fingers crossed I've done ok!!! - OMG with the 4.5lbs and the 2stone/3month total! And well done to the STSs (RetiredLady, if I'd found myself at a decent chinese buffet I could have put on 4.5!).
I finally managed to break through the 2stone mark myself with a 1lb loss this week! My 2stone has been a lot longer in coming though! Still, I'm glad to be chipping away at the third!! Also it means I've hit the 15s from where I started at my biggest weight of 18st. Scary. Also scary that I've just admitted my weight to the whole world via the internet!
4li5on, I just read your sig - 78lb is amazing. Hope, really hope, I have your endurance.
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