hi all

well i'm joanne and i'm not new to dieting , just new to slimming world , i'm 39 and live in tyne and wear

trying really hard to get my head around it all though , so used to points and weighing and feeling hungry all the time

i'm a bit stuck with plan in terms of portion size , can you really eat till full ???? it doesn't seem right

think i got the basics that you have to eat your healthy extra's every day , what about if you use a ready made sauce for instance , do you have to syn that ?????

also what fillings can i have in a jacket potato , instead of my usual beans

also can i have weetabix or shredded wheat for breakfast for free ?????

i tend to eat a lot of omlettes as well , are these free ??

don't really eat lot of meat so will probaly do mostly green days , could do with some ideas for tea , i'm the worlds worse cook though , so would have to be easy

i'm looking forward to getting to know you all , and hope i won't pester you all to much with the wails for help

thanks for reading

jo x

Hi Jo and to the group..

First of all.......Slow down!!! I can't keep up!!

Free foods are free foods, eat until you are full, You must eat at least one Healthy Extra A and two Healthy Extra B. Ready made sauce should be synned, you will find the syn values in the SW directory or ask on here, someone always knows. Jacket potatoes are my fave, you can have cheese (free if its a HEA and its low fat but only 42g.) Tuna, (free on red day in brine) Chilli, i'm sure there's a SW recipe somewhere for that, and so on.
Weetabix you can have 2 as a HEB, shredded wheat 28g as a HEB although thats for the little square ones.
Omelettes are free if fried in frylight, if you put veg in its still free, bacon added is free on red day

Good luck with it Jo, go and have a look at the food diaries and other threads on here if you can, pick up some ideas.
Full access will take a few days so don't worry if you can't get in some of them.

thanks for the help

sorry for the questions i just want to get it right , i'm not going to class and just trying to figure out the plan from what i've read myself , easier said the done i think !

hopefully i won't go too far wrong , but if do , onwards and upwards as they say

Well you will get all the help you need from here Jo, I've never been to class either, my books were bought from ebay and the SW website, apart from that, this forum is all you need,......oh and willpower to resist the dreaded chocolate!!!

You'll get the hang of it, I never go to a class either. You must get some frylight it's ace!

and welcome. The plan's really easy to follow, just give yourself a couple of weeks to get used to it and shout up as much as you need till you get your head round it. I do myself a little 'chart' each day where I write down everything I eat and all my HE's and my syns so I can keep track of what I've had and don't accidentally have too many HE's. That might help you at first.
Good luck with it! Charlotte x

Hiya Jo, nice to meet you. Good luck with slimming world, I am still trying to get to grips with the eating til full thing, especially after being on WW for so long....but yep, follow the plan, don't get hungry and it works
Look forward to hearing how you get on

Luv Vic x

and

So many question but think they have all been answered for you

Good luck with the plan

Any other questions just yell

xxx

Hi Jo - welcome! You can eat until you're full...it's a great plan!

I have an omlette for brekkie everyday too - made with fryspray - and this way I still have my healthy extras for later in the day (sandwich at lunch etc). I buy cans of mixed beans in tomato sauce and have these on potatoes too, also cottage cheese (check syns in this - but it generally isn't many), you can make a veggie chilli and have this, you can also buy some low-synned canned food - Chick Pea Dhal, and have this too.

You'll love it on this site - lots of people who don't go to a group and everyone is happy to help! xx