thats good pennie you will have to post it on here

as for the soup thing lol its been a bit of a god send this winter as i was fine with SW in the summer all the fruit and salad etc but had a bit of a doubt over whether it would be as easy in the winter which t is but u have moments dont you lol so i brought a slow cooker.
Me and H2B both work in the day so its easy to prepare and switch on then let it cook away whilst we are out the house xx

Well done hun, and don't feel too bad - in general I only tend to lose about 1lb a week, but I was told that the weight didn't jump on, so don't expect it to fall off! It's about losing it healthily, changing your lifestyle so that once the weight is off it will stay off. Again, well done :) x

i am having trouble trying to find low fat yoghurts with fruit flavourings, are these free or do they contain syns, sorry if i am being a bit dim but really want yoghurt with my cereal and dont know which sort to buy x

actimel snack pots are free too and onken do big pots of vanilla and strawberry fat free

Beef Broth

1 x packet Extra Lean Minced Beef(dry fried and drained)
2 x onions(diced)
1 x packet country soup mix(soaked overnight)
2 x bay leaves
beef stock, (1 cube per 3/4 litre) as much as you need, I filled a big stock pot
lots of potatoes and carrots (peeled and cubed)


Place all in a big pan or stock pot, cook for at least 45 minutes. I cooked mine slowly for hours, was lovely and thick.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Thought minced beef made it a cheaper version. :)

Syns per serving – Extra Easy FREE

The muller lights that are cheese cake inspired are 1 syn I think!

lol i am gonna attempt diet coke chicken tomorrow will let u all know xx

I am allergic to Quorn! I used to be vegetarian but couldn't eat quorn as it made mouth and lips swell and my throat close! Does anyone know if any other meat free products are ok like Linda mcartney or tesco own brand?

Not sure hun to be honest i only had it as my mate is vegetarian and she did a bolognese for me i guess stating the obvious and sorry for that it would be a case of reading ingredients on both and seeing if there is anything in it that is the same.

Watch the hidden syns with carveries some add butter to the veg to give it the shine and a lot add lots of fat and oil to the meat to prevent it from going dry when it is cooking i used to go to a Toby carvery here but they inject the meat with fat ewwwwwwwwww so just because it didn't sound nice more than anything we stopped but there is a gorgeous carvery in Wales i would live in if i could lol

Diet coke chicken is yummy and oh so easy to make just found me a new recipe yippeeeeeee

No you can't, but you can have a flexi syn day. Are you using the online sw site as well? There's a bit in there about flexi syns

This is the article about flexi syns

At Slimming World we don't recommend that you save all your Syns up for the week, just so you can have a few drinks on a Saturday night. Depriving yourself throughout that week is like putting yourself in a tight corset. Before Saturday night arrives, that corset could well have been flung off, and your eating plan been pushed aside for the week…then the month… then the year.

Food Optimising means that you can allow yourself a flexible Syn day once in a while, and not have to save up Syns beforehand, or deprive yourself afterwards.

eg You’ve arranged to go out for a Chinese with some friends on Saturday night.

Ask yourself the following questions:
1.What would I normally choose to eat (remembering those little extras)?

Chicken and cashew nuts with rice, and prawn crackers. Ask yourself…

* Are you happy with boiled rice for Free or would you choose egg fried rice (which adds 4 Syns for an average portion)?
* How many prawn crackers (count ½ Syn each)?
* Would you want a starter or a dessert… can you resist the duck pancakes? (I can’t!)

2.How does that work best with Food Optimising?

* On an Extra Easy day, boiled rice is free and your chicken and cashew nuts would be 8½ Syns.
* If you're likely to eat 12 prawn crackers (they’re so moreish!), allow another 6 Syns.
* And a portion of Peking duck and pancakes adds 30 Syns (15 if you’re sharing!)
* If you forgo the dessert for the fortune cookie add 2½Syns

Your total so far: 47 Syns
3.Have I included drinks for the evening?

If you drink alcohol, work out what you're likely to drink and the Syn value. Don’t put that tight corset on and underestimate what you'll want. If you’d normally drink three 142ml glasses of red wine, include an extra 15 Syns. We’re going for the spirit and diet mixers:

* 3 x Malibu and diet coke adds 12 Syns.

4. After answering these questions, work out how many Syns you require for that night:

My total for the night is 59 Syns

If you’re happy with this plan, agree an upper limit with yourself, enjoy your evening, and if you have an extra glass of wine, or few more prawn crackers or a pudding, keep counting. If you think you may have forgotten something, keep planning.

Food Optimise normally until you go out. Use your flexible Syns during the evening, and when you get home, go back to normal Food Optimising.

There is no guarantee when you next weigh yourself that you will have lost weight this particular week, though the chances are you will. However, you will be completely in control, you won't 'blow it' or give up, and you'll be ready to Food Optimise 100% after a great evening out, without feeling guilty.

girls which flavour of batchelors mug shots are free? x

Mug shot and batchelors are two different brands hun. The mug shots are free except the cous cous or cheese flavoured ones. The batchelors roast veg or tomato and herb cup a pasta are free on ee

thanks pennie, so basically we cannot save syns up, but if we have to have what we want to, but go straight back onto it so that we dont lose hope, thank you for your help :)x

well done hun xx

We got told at our group that u can save up syns for a week and have 105 all at once if u wanted x

i have got a web page for recipes for slimming world if anyone wants it let me know ill post the linmk to my wall xx

So do i hun just seems more on this web site x

fab thread girlies it's really motivating me to get back on it!!

Can you use flexi-syns? MrsH2be?

There you go then, max out your syns on the night then get back on track the next day.

that was a result xx

you may surprise yourself xx

that's not bad lol bad is 2 bottles of wine and 4 Yorkshire puds lol

i save mine and use them and i think its ok the slimming world website just advises you against saving them up on a regular basis cuz you could be more at risk of blowing it all i will find the bit again from pennie xx