I got my SW stuff!!!

[hiann]

Am away to read it now!

[emmaandnoah]

good luck, you'll do fab.
were here to help

[hiann]

Thanks!

Read thru the stuff and think I need to mealplan.

How do you all do this to make sure you dont go over your "syns" and get all your healthy choice "a"s and "b"s?

Like I'm thinking if I have cereal every day thats my b choice nearly gone: I reckon that its 28g branflakes plus 1 Ryvita is a b choice: but I hate Ryvita so could I have 1 slice Nimble instead?

I wouldnt drink 350ml skim milk per day so could I do it as 100ml milk and 28g reduced fat cheese as my a choice?

How do you eg keep on track of say a cereal and milk breakfast and a mac cheese style dinner and a sandwich lunch? With WW, it was just point counting: u knew how much left for rest of day and you could have the same brekkie and varied lunch everyday and you knew that left x points for snack and dinner without having to balnace fibre and dairy.

Do you meal plan brekkie, lunch and dinner every day in advance? Or does anyone not mind usu having same brekkie (I dont mind) and same lunch (I do when at work) every day so you know exactly what you have left?

Just not a fan of cold pasta salads and like baked pots or sandwiches for lunch so this prob will be my lunch options with the odd omelette (rhys likes these too so we can have the same at lunch!)

Also Mullerlight yogs are "free": any other ones free?

Thanks again for the help!

[EvansMum]

Originally Posted by hiann

Thanks!

Read thru the stuff and think I need to mealplan.

How do you all do this to make sure you dont go over your "syns" and get all your healthy choice "a"s and "b"s?

I plan in advance what Im having for tea first, so I know what syns and healthy A's and B's I have for the rest of the day. For example, if we are having pasta bake one day, I make sure I save my A until then and have 42g low fat cheese and sometimes we will have fish with breadcrumbs sprinkled on top so will save my B for that.

Here are a couple of threads taht may help you with meal choices



Like I'm thinking if I have cereal every day thats my b choice nearly gone: I reckon that its 28g branflakes plus 1 Ryvita is a b choice: but I hate Ryvita so could I have 1 slice Nimble instead?

If you actually measure it out you will see that 28g of cereal is a pretty pitiful amount. How anyone could just eat that is beyond me! I dont like cereals so for breatfast I always have fruit (whatever Ive got in my fridge) and a mullerlight poured on top, sometimes followed by some wholemeal toast (healthy B) with a smidgen of honey on (1tspn = 1 syn) no butter, sometimes not. If you get those small 400g loaves of bread, 2 slices = healthy b so you could always have 1 slice with breakfast, 1 slice later on in the day. Somedays I will have 2 alpen light bars for my healthy B instead if I dont fancy bread. Your A's and B's dont need to be used just on breakfast, you can have them any time of day.

I wouldnt drink 350ml skim milk per day so could I do it as 100ml milk and 28g reduced fat cheese as my a choice?

I dont know about that, I always just have what it says in the book. Maybe Emma can shed some more light on that. If you cant drink 350ml of skimmed, why not have 250 of semi skimmed instead?

How do you eg keep on track of say a cereal and milk breakfast and a mac cheese style dinner and a sandwich lunch? With WW, it was just point counting: u knew how much left for rest of day and you could have the same brekkie and varied lunch everyday and you knew that left x points for snack and dinner without having to balnace fibre and dairy.

Make sure you measure your milk allowance into a bottle/jug each morning and everytime you use some, use it out of the bottle. That way you know how much you have left. The healthy A and B plays a small part of the diet imo. I think the emphasis is on getting your 1/3 superfree food at each meal. Somedays, its got to 8pm and I realised I havent actually had a healthy A or B that day so have had some cheese on toast to make sure Ive had it!

Do you meal plan brekkie, lunch and dinner every day in advance? Or does anyone not mind usu having same brekkie (I dont mind) and same lunch (I do when at work) every day so you know exactly what you have left?

I plan what Im having for tea first thing each morning then go from there. I always have fruit and yogurt every morning cos I dont like cereal, I may have something else with it I may not. Lunch I just have what I fancy, somedays pasta and veg, cous cous and veg, jacket spud with beans and side salad, or a great big salad with some sort of meat (free) my 42g low fat cheese (healthy a) and some low fat dressing (free). To be honest I try and use as little syns as possible in my main meals throughout the day so then I can use them for 'treats' in the evening instead, like an ice cream or a cake or even a glass of wine at the end of the day.

Just not a fan of cold pasta salads and like baked pots or sandwiches for lunch so this prob will be my lunch options with the odd omelette (rhys likes these too so we can have the same at lunch!)

baked pots are fine as long as you have your 1/3rd superfree food with it.

Also Mullerlight yogs are "free": any other ones free?

Thanks again for the help!

I think thats answering most of your questions. Ive only been doing it for about 8 weeks, Emma and Di know alot more than me so they might be able to help you further!

Here are some threads that might be useful FAO any SW followers

Food diary: what have YOU eaten (& drunk) today? At the end of this one there are a few SW meal plans!

[daisy duke]

Haven't got time to reply properly at the min, but think Jenny has done a pretty good job! Will pop back later, and put a proper reply, good luck!!