Nancy an answer to your question...
On the Slimming World diet you have red days and green days.
"Red Day" On a red day you have unlimited ("free") amounts of meat and fish (all visible fat removed) a limited amount of carbs (i.e. pasta, potatoes) "A & B choices", "superfree" foods and "syns"(will get to those in a min).
"Green Day" On a green day you have unlimited ("free") amounts of pasta and potatoes (carbs) a limited amount of meat/fish.
"A & B Choices"
In addition to this you have 2 A choices and 2 B choices.
A's are milk, cheese etc.
B's are cereal, crispbreads, nuts etc.
The amounts you eat are again limited i.e. 28g cereal, 250ml milk etc.
"Free Foods" You really can eat as much as you want i.e. 2 large steaks, a packet of ham slices, 4 chicken breasts, 2 jacket potatoes, a plateful of pasta etc.
"SuperFree" Foods. The free foods are the bulk of the diet, apples, oranges, bananas, pears, plums, carrots, lettuce, cucumber, kiwi etc etc basically all your fruit and vegetables. Some veg can be had on a Green day but not a Red day like peas and sweetcorn (due to the digestion or something!).
"Syns" You can have between 70-105 syns a week. The syns are your naughty foods/alcohol or cooking sauces. You should aim to have 70 syns a week therefore approx. 10 a day.
Sample:-
Red Day
Breakfast - 2 weetabix (B choice) with 250ml semi skimmed milk (a) choice and a banana.
Lunch - 6 (or as many as you can eat) slices of ham with carrots, cucumber, lettuce, onions and 3 babybel lights (a choice). Muller Light yoghurt, kiwi, apple, orange.
Dinner - steak, 198g new potatoes (B choice), swede, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower. Followed by a Skinny Cow ice cream lolly 4 1/2 syns.
Green Day
Breakfast - 2 weetabix (B choice) with 250ml semi skimmed milk (A choice) and a banana.
Lunch - Jacket potatoe with cheese (A Choice) and a salad (carrots, cucumber, lettuce, onions etc) and 7 hi-fibre crackerbreads (B Choice) with flora light (syns) followed by a muller light yoghurt and fruit.
Dinner - Quorn lamb style grills, mashed potatoe, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower. Followed by a Skinny Cow ice cream lolly 4 1/2 syns.
Its basically eat as much as you want and lose weight! It obviously works as I have lost nearly 3 stone (42lbs Nancy!). I am NEVER hungry and I never go without either.
Think thats about it!
Wednesday 27 June 2007
MMMMM Mattessons
Would like to share this little new found food with you!
Its by Mattessons and its called Fridge Raiders. They do Chinese Spare Rib flavour which is 2 1/2 syns on a red day and roast chicken flavour which is 1 1/2 syns on a red day. They are lovely! The chinese spare rib ones are to die(t) for!
I have been for a walk today and am off to aqua fit tonight yay me.
Amy is teething so am having to deal with grumpy/clingy child and nasty nappies!! Only 1 week and 1 day until she turns one. OH. MY. GOD.
Oh yeah I only lost 1lb this week boo hiss thought I would have lost a bit more than that. Will have to try harder this week, although I am off out to London on friday night for a few hours and have free food and drink at my disposal. Must resist!
Its by Mattessons and its called Fridge Raiders. They do Chinese Spare Rib flavour which is 2 1/2 syns on a red day and roast chicken flavour which is 1 1/2 syns on a red day. They are lovely! The chinese spare rib ones are to die(t) for!
I have been for a walk today and am off to aqua fit tonight yay me.
Amy is teething so am having to deal with grumpy/clingy child and nasty nappies!! Only 1 week and 1 day until she turns one. OH. MY. GOD.
Oh yeah I only lost 1lb this week boo hiss thought I would have lost a bit more than that. Will have to try harder this week, although I am off out to London on friday night for a few hours and have free food and drink at my disposal. Must resist!
Friday 22 June 2007
Hello New Blogger Here
Well after having numerous people tell me I should have my own blog - I have made myself one!
Not sure what exactly I am doing but hey ho its all a work in progress!
A little history - My name is Gemma and I live in Basildon, Essex with my husband Peter and daughter Amy. (I have an older brother who EVERYONE knows, Dan aka 0ddness blog man!).
A little history lesson. Since I was about 19 years old I started gaining weight and never really stopped. When I was pregnant with Amy I kinda ate what I wanted when I wanted and therefore gained even more weight.
I tried and failed to breastfeed Amy and was very low about this however it was pointed out to me that my biggest craving - Peanut M&Ms - could now be eaten! So never one to miss an opportunity I ate them and ate them and ate them and before I knew it I was heaver than when I was 9 months pregnant!
Fast forward to January 2007 and I actually decided to do something about all this weight and so I joined my local Slimming World group one Tuesday morning. The scales read 16 stone 11 lbs.
Fast forward again to now and I currently weigh 14 stone 1 lb. I have had a few hiccups along the way where I havent been 100% commited to the plan but my head is now out of the sand and I am on my way again. Ideally I would like to be 10 stone 7lbs but will see how I feel when I eventually get there.
I will post here food ideas which are in line with the slimming world plan and any thoughts and feelings about the diet along with my weekly weigh in (Tuesdays).
This blog is also intended for me to have a good rant so be warned!
Finally, welcome everyone!
Not sure what exactly I am doing but hey ho its all a work in progress!
A little history - My name is Gemma and I live in Basildon, Essex with my husband Peter and daughter Amy. (I have an older brother who EVERYONE knows, Dan aka 0ddness blog man!).
A little history lesson. Since I was about 19 years old I started gaining weight and never really stopped. When I was pregnant with Amy I kinda ate what I wanted when I wanted and therefore gained even more weight.
I tried and failed to breastfeed Amy and was very low about this however it was pointed out to me that my biggest craving - Peanut M&Ms - could now be eaten! So never one to miss an opportunity I ate them and ate them and ate them and before I knew it I was heaver than when I was 9 months pregnant!
Fast forward to January 2007 and I actually decided to do something about all this weight and so I joined my local Slimming World group one Tuesday morning. The scales read 16 stone 11 lbs.
Fast forward again to now and I currently weigh 14 stone 1 lb. I have had a few hiccups along the way where I havent been 100% commited to the plan but my head is now out of the sand and I am on my way again. Ideally I would like to be 10 stone 7lbs but will see how I feel when I eventually get there.
I will post here food ideas which are in line with the slimming world plan and any thoughts and feelings about the diet along with my weekly weigh in (Tuesdays).
This blog is also intended for me to have a good rant so be warned!
Finally, welcome everyone!
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