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Slimming World
Slimming World & Avocados
AnnaSteen · 25/05/2019 19:14
I have around 1 1/2 - 2 stone to lose and I am doing it in preparation for IVF. I have done slimming world before and liked it but the problem now is avocado are a very fertility friendly food so much so that I’ve been having 1/2 for breakfast every day. But I’ve heard it’s massive in syns.. has anyone done slimming world while treating avocado as a free food and still lost weight? Or would I just need to syn it and do slimming world with no other syns or treats - so I feel like I won’t succeed!!! Any thoughts? Has anyone else done SW for IVF/Infertility.
noodlenosefraggle · 25/05/2019 19:17
I think 1/4avocado is 4 syns so not that much. Is it the omega 3s that are the healthy thing? If that's the case, oily fish, including tinned mackerel and sardines will do the same thing.
freshstartnewme · 25/05/2019 19:20
Slimming Worlds idea that a bar of chocolate is equal nutritionally to an avocado really annoys me. I wouldn't count it.
emwithme · 26/05/2019 08:30
Up to 1/2 an avocado a day, I've never counted (ie a 'normal' portion) but then again I don't count cooked fruit/smoothied fruit if it's an amount I'd eat whole.
Groovee · 26/05/2019 08:48
Because I'm a target member, I use savvy syns to have avocado/olives etc. Having healthier but high good fats instead and either maintain or lose weight.
superram · 26/05/2019 08:50
This is why I couldn’t really take sw seriously. Just eat the avocado and stay on rest of plan-treat it as free. You didn’t put on the weight eating avocado.
FannyFeatures · 26/05/2019 08:55
I've lost 5.5st with SW and eat avocado
It's not high in syns but it is high in fat, yes it's healthy fat but it's still easy to over eat so I do count it. There's roughly 1 syn per 10g of flesh so it's really not a lot.
Nottheduchess · 26/05/2019 08:58
Just syn the avocado?
The reason they syn it is because it’s so high in fat (yes yes, I know it’s good fats but it’s still fats)
Slimming world is a low fat eating plan, they have never compared eating it to a chocolate bar 
You may be fine eating it in moderation, it’s just a lot of people don’t realise how calorie dense it is and would eat loads and wonder how they aren’t losing weight, so they have to syn it.
greenelephantscarf · 26/05/2019 08:59
avocados are great nutritionally but as pp say contain a lot of calories. so it doesn't surprise me that they have a lot of syns compared with other vegetables.
eat them if you like them, but be aware of that.
raisinsraisins · 30/05/2019 20:34
I think the reason why it is synned is because people often have it crushed and on toast, and it is then very easy to eat a whole avocado at once.
I’ve just reached my goal and I’ve been given the new 12 week booklet. In this it says that as I can now have more healthy extras and syns that good fats like avocado are a good option.
shrunkenhead · 01/06/2019 20:39
So once you're thin you can eat 'em, basically! I love avocados but sadly will have to wait 👍
Groovee · 01/06/2019 21:07
I love avocado but rarely actually eat, despite being at target. I buy them... they aren't ripe so I end up wasting them because I eat them. Tend to eat them eating out instead.
florriepeck · 02/06/2019 17:45
Iceland frozen avocado halves are nice.
I have never heard of a SW claim that avocados and chocolate bars are nutritionally equal: what an odd idea.
freshstartnewme · 02/06/2019 22:13
I have never heard of a SW claim that avocados and chocolate bars are nutritionally equal: what an odd idea.
You know what I mean. Same syn value. Ridiculous.
ivykaty44 · 03/06/2019 07:57
I just count 8 Syns for the avocado & don’t eat other syns. I’m not having avocado every day but I am eating it.
Are you eating Quinoa, lentils, spinach, blueberries & oysters- which are all free foods and fertility boosting?
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