Successfully following plan without being a member?

[Passthewineandchocolate]

Just wondering if anyone is managing to follow the plan without being a member? I had online membership last year so I have all the books and stuff. I lost weight but then got a bit bored of the plan. Since then I've tried 5:2, MFP and Paul McKenna but nothing else has had the same results as SW. I'd like to follow the plan again but would like to avoid paying the membership fee if possible as the only thing I used membership for was the app for searching for syns.

Do any of you have success with the plan by just calculating syns by 1 per 20 calories or is there somewhere else you can find syn values?

Thanks.

I've found that you can pretty much just google whatever it is and syns and it will pop up, and if that doesn't work use the 20 calories per syn rule.

it wouldn't work for me though, I need the weekly fear to keep me on plan!

I tried to go it alone... am now back in group. I need someone else weighing me to truly stick to it

I started SW without going to group or using the online membership as I just can't afford it right now. Liketheshoes is right, everything I've wondered about syns or the plan, I've googled and it popped up.

If you want a buddy, let me know. Can help keep each other motivated.

Or if you can't find the syns in google give me a shout as I have the app and can check for you