***Saskya***
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If its half a syn its half a syn..
What goes into the roulade Saskia.
Ohhh another Saskia x
What goes into the roulade Saskia.
Ohhh another Saskia x
Ok..... Help! A question re the 1/2 syn Roulade....... I made this and I'm not going to lie, I pretty much scoffed the whole thing singlehanded over the space of two days....! It felt a bit naughty but I justified it as it to myself as its only half a syn.... and I have been pretty much 100% on my diet this week. Bloody heck...... Have a screwed everything up.....? Help and advice, how can I fix this disaster! Xxxxx
Hey Mandy
No need to be confused or worried. I def am no angel and am where I am cos I have a sweet / junk food tooth. LOL. I have had an over indulgent, seditary lifestyle for too many years.
But I can't eat that junk now as I had my gallbladder removed about 6 months ago and am a risk of continued gallstones (which can occur even after the gallbladder is removed). Since the operation, whenever I have any type of fatty food, chocolate etc etc my digestive systems floods with bile and I have a pretty bad, almost immediate, reaction to it. So it's not that I don't want something naughty (for want of a better word) - in an ideal world I would. But sadly I really can't have that stuff any more. As a result of years of abusing my body, I have become obese and lost a gallbladder. Admittedly I am painfully embarrased that at 30 I had to have my gallbladder out (much more embarrased than I am about gaining so much weight) - and I actually still suffer some residual pain from the surgery. I really didn't want go into all that detail about why I wasn't having the syns - as you said, nobody here knows me and it was nice not to have that baggage.
So, to be completely honest, I really have zero desire to have any chocolate, crisps, sweets, cakes, biscuits because I don't need the trips to the loo! I amn't depriving myself of anything, just trying to accept the choices I do have and enjoy the food that I can eat. I haven't tried to not use my syns, it's just that as a result of the way I am supposed to eat (because of the lack of gallbladder) I haven't needed to use any syns. I decided a few weeks ago that enough was enough and I needed to cop on - stop eating the crap and loose some weight. A friend is doing SW so I thought I would kill two birds with one stone.
I think I will have to just add some syns to my meals or something in order to use up some syns.
bookmarked this to read later on, will keep me busy and I won't think about eating LOL
The scale thing is a great idea, I've just tried to cut snacks to one a day either between lunch and my evening meal or evening meal and bedtime. Eating late at night is definitely something that you shouldn't do on any diet as your metabolism has slowed right down and takes 3 times as long to burn off, so eating a free pack of supernoodles at 11/12 at night isn't doing anybody any favours lol!
Hi beth1jade. Have recently joined SW online and what they say is it doesn't matter in the slightest what time you eat any kind of food, as long as it's within your Syn allowance. Their mantra is - if you're hungry, eat and it doesn't matter if it's late at night. Totally confused with so much contradictory advice. I always thought too that if food is classed as Free you can eat as much of it as you like. x
Ive seen this on the SW site too, and i lost 3st eating at least 50% of my daily food after 7pm! I did fall off the wagon (pleased to say im firmly back on!!) but still tend to this. I have such a busy job that lunch tends to be the last thing on my mind so just tend to snack throughout the day instead - meaning i have lots of syns and healthy extras saved for the evening.
Granted, i have read a lot that says it is not the best for digestion etc but it WILL NOT stop you losing weight! Xx
This is such a brilliant thread, made me smile that 2 years after it was started people like me are still confused about exactly the same things! I don't have my full quota of syns, but after reading this I can understand why...sort of. I spread 1 extra light triangle of cheese over 4 crispbreads and was amazed to read someone (sorry forgot the name) wasn't eating all of the 5 you CAN have! My friend who does SW online, tells me off for not having treats...the reason is, I could NEVER have 1 square or even 2 of chocolate...if the bar is in front of me, I would HAVE to eat it! I am eating salads, making casseroles, hotpots, all filled with healthy veg, but found with oxo or a stockpot it wasn't tasty enough for me, so I make gravy, (2tbs Bisto Granules, I make 1 teacup full) I love my salads too, and DID have salad cream light , this week I've swapped this for very low fat dressing, French and Honey and Mustard, things I've never bought before, but am enjoying them. I've dieted it seems all my adult life, and going without has always eventually been my downfall. Black tea ? urgh! no dressings, no bread, no cheese, and no spread, in fact No to most things I like. I love a nice salad, but am not a rabbit! I'd rather use my syns to make my meals tasty, than eat chocolate or cakes (just 2 things I'm REALLY fond of!) I can honestly say the only thing I've missed in the 4 weeks I've been on SW is Red Leicester cheese on toast!
This has been SO helpful...won't even get into the discussion of fat v muscle, don't think I have ANY of the latter, and too much of the first!!:sigh: