Slimming World Support Thread 2016 (2)

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First thread is here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/slimming_world/2540764-Slimming-World-Support-2016-Come-and-join-us

wellies I have a few SW recipe books - the fakeaways one and Mediterranean magic are my favourites

wellies I use the 'Extra Easy Meals In Minutes'. All the recipes are really good, and quick- like it says.

The lamb biryani is a firm favourite with all the family. Sticky Gammon with 5 spice and chicken, spinach and tomato curry are excellent too - in fact I've tried most of them out and they're all fab. There's a veggie section too.

Just looked on amazon and it seems to be going for a tenner, secondhand, which is a bit steep -it's not a very big book! Don't know if you can still get it at group - I gave up a while ago.

I'll post some of the recipes if you like - obviously not copying them as that's probably some copyright issue - but I could give hints about ingredients and how to cook them

Thanks Magz that would be great. I'm doing this online as we don't have a group here. My Auntie is coming over at the end of next month and has said that she will bring her books for me to have a look at. Any that I like I'll buy from her and she'll get new ones at her group.

Quick Lamb and Vegetable Biryani

Serves 4 0 syns on Extra Easy (do they still call it that?)

Low cal cooking spray
500g lean lamb leg steaks, cut into bite-sized cubes
250g green beans, trimmed and cut into 2cm pieces
3 cardamom pods, crushed
2 cloves
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 cinnamon stick
1 tbsp mild (or however you like it) curry powder
250g dried basmati rice
500ml lamb stock
50g baby spinach leaf, chopped

Spray a large non-stick frying pan with low cal spray and stir fry the lamb until brown on all sides. (I only do this for about 2 minutes if I'm batch making it to freeze, the lamb can go a bit tough when its re-heated).

Add the green beans, carrots, spices and curry powder and stir fry for 2-3 minutes.

Pour in the rice and the stock and stir well. Bring to the boil, cover tightly with a lid, cook for 15 minutes on medium-low heat or until the rice is tender.

Stir through the spinach, put the lid back on and leave to steam, undisturbed, for 5 minutes before serving with a little fat free natural yogurt.

B.....bacon, eggs, baked beans

L....fish with Jerusalem artichokes
Melon

D....chicken with roasted vegetables, roast potatoes, sprouts and peas
Dessert .....Apple Charlotte toastie with salted caramel cream (HEB)

Apple Charlotte toastie with salted caramel cream sounds gorgeous.

Looking through these recipes, I'm seriously considering re-joining, could do to lose a couple of stones pounds

Magz.....it was delicious :)

I have a lot of the recipe books as usually get a free one when I buy a 12 week countdown if there is not another offer on. My favs are Fakeaways and Best Loved, I am a big fan of the SW books as they are easy to follow, the prep time is realistic and the ingredients are usually easy to get.

Today
Breakfast; Egg and bacon sandwich on HEB
Lunch; Mixed grill with jacket potato and salad. 2.5 Syns of salad creme
Jelly 1/2 syn snack and fruit
Dinner; Going to be carrot and coriander soup then maybe some chocolate

Can I join in? I'm finding this thread really useful and giving me some good ideas to keep my food interesting. I'm on week four of doing SW and have about 7 stone to lose

Progress so far...
Week 1: - 4.5lbs
Week 2: - 1.5lbs
Week 3: - 3.5lbs

Welcome Frog! You're doing so well!

The pastitsio was amazing. Thank you everyone on this thread who recommended it!

Thanks for the recipe Magz, looks delicious, I'll try it this week. Cowboy I like the look of the best loved book.

B- porridge and fruit and yoghurt
Second breakfast- bacon eggs mushrooms
D- cheesy gammon and veg bake from the Christmas cook book. Was delicious

I drew a line under yesterday, as it was a disaster. I was so discouraged at gaining, (when I really shouldnt have been surprised) so I binged. Feeling very hormonal, have spots and sugar cravings - Menopause is a bitch, cos just when you think its all over....

So, back on track today and hoping to plan out all my meals for the week.

Today:
b: 2 boiled eggs and toast. pear.
l: stirfry veg and noodles. muller
d: baked breaded chicken (3) and veg risotto with parmesan (1). ff yoghurt.

sn: a biscuit (3). pear. apple.

Well done at getting back on track Fanny
Today
B porridge with Apple HeA and B.
Banana
Homemade falafel 2syn with bean dip served on large lettuce leaves, pepper, cucumber, tomatoes
Grapes
D Kerala fish with Kachumber, both from SW Curry Heaven (my favourite SW recipe book) rice, poppadom 2 syns .
1 chocolate ball 4 syns, popcorn 3 syns .

Spinning and Hiit classes.

1 week left of dry January, DH nearly cracked last night!

Today has been mixed.

B - none
L - poached eggs on toast (HExB)
D - sw chicken pizzaiola, with new pots, and a side salad of spinach, rocket, watercress, tomatoes, (all free)

Milk in tea for my HExA.

Then I ruin it with m and m's!
Actually I ruined it with the chocolate before dinner and almost then gave up on the day entirely - wanted to go get dinner from the chippy. A little bit proud that despite the chocolate I had a free dinner instead of writing off the day like the pre-sw dieting days.

Well done touch the frog...im in the same boat as you, another 7st to go..-9lb up to now in 3weeks

Hey Ain, the choc was your only syns, 45g bag m&ms are 11 syns . Maybe you didn't ruin it? If you had more than 15 syns just count them and adjust the rest of the week. Well done on sticking to a free dinner . I know that feeling of wanting to totally go off plan after thinking you've "messed up" already, it's hard to fight it!

Ohh loving that biriyani recipe magz I'm stealing that! Thanks!

Welcome frog you are doing well!

hey it's Amazon isn't it? On the menu again for this week for sure.

calzone you do love a sprout don't you?!

Anyway. Weigh in this morning and after a sneaky mid-week weight which said I'd gained a pound, I've actually lost a pound so that's 10lb off so far in 3 weeks. I'm thrilled!

DH lost 3lb which takes his total to 10lb too. He is over the moon and so pleased that this is working for him. I think (hope) he will continue to lose 2+ lbs a week for a while yet although I expect that my weight loss will slow down as I don't have much to lose. I'm happy with 0.5lbs a week though, as long as it comes off!

Well done Basin (& DH).

One analogy I think of when I've lost the plot a bit in the day, to try to stop myself blowing it altogether is 'if you drop your phone, you check it's ok, you don't keep smashing it until it's fully broken'.

Happy Sunday everyone!

one pound down at yesterday's weigh in, a little disappointed as if been really good :/
Last night I made a huuuuuuge pasta carbonara , I was craving carbs. I got mixed up , thinking half creme fraiche was free syns , so I ate a load! Turns out it has loadsa syns in :( :(

Ooh new thread. 1 1/2 lb off this week, 2 1/2lb to go to 1 1/2stone loss :) just discovered the new peanut and caramel mullerlight, they're lovely.

wowser never mind, at least you have almost a whole week till next weigh in to compensate for it!

I've just celebrated my pound off with a bag of salt and vinegar chip sticks (appx 5 syns) and already regret it. What a waste!

Thanks basin, I'm only on week 3 and I still get mixed up easily. I think I did well though because I had the 'just eat' website open ready to order a takeaway but overcame it and made something myself.

Well there you go then wowser, even though you messed up, you exercised that control to avoid a takeaway and that's a big positive. Would be for me anyway, we are massive takeaway fans and would have one every week. We have promised ourselves one per month as long as we lose every week in that month so we should have one next weekend but TBH I think k I'd rather not.

My appetite has definitely reduced already so even if I slip up and go off plan (whether intentionally or on purpose) then at least I know I'm not eating as much if it as I would have before.

I might try some SP days next week, is I can figure out what the hell in doing with them :)