Rice on a Red day?
Thread in 'Syn Values' Forum started by catmad, Oct 12th, 2015 at 16:17 PM.
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Oct 13th, 2015, 19:41 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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Thank you for all your lovely replies! Guess what? Went to Kaufland today and my OH found bags of dried peas -yay! Going to find a recipe to make mushy peas and I'll make that curry on Friday. So 35g wholemeal pasta is a HexB (dried?) and 100g rice (again, dried or cooked?) is 7 syns - just trying to get my head round the rice. Extra easy - AliCat - so I could have chicken curry with loads of rice? Or spag bol with loads of spaghetti? Nope, don't get it! If all meat and all veg, pasta etc is free I would just eat and eat and eat. How do you lose weight if you're just eating ordinary meals? I must be dense because I just can't work this one out at all!!! I would have a kilo of bolognese and another kilo of spaghetti - not that I'm greedy of course lol. That just wouldn't be any different to what I scoff now...told you, I'm dense xxx
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Oct 13th, 2015, 20:06 PM
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You aren't dense at all!! ![:)](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/happy.gif) There's a lot of people that still can't get their heads around Extra Easy.
Being on EE just helps those that can't go without the pasta/rice/meat etc. that they wouldn't get if they were on red/green.
And as for the 100g rice, it's the cooked weight ![:)](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/happy.gif) xx
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Oct 13th, 2015, 21:04 PM
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Yes, go for it! As much chicken curry and rice or spaghetti bolognese as you want! It works by cutting out fats and sugars, and encouraging nutrient-dense food instead. We're all doing it on here, EE works
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Oct 13th, 2015, 21:35 PM
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But with EE you also need 1/3rd of each meal contains veg and/or fruit
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Oct 14th, 2015, 09:21 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Worcestershire, UK
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I agree with Deb. I always add loads of veg to my curries, such as peppers, mushrooms and spinach and bolognese is tomato based anyway. I can't imagine having a meal with no fruit or veg, it's become second nature. Think of a beef stew with swede, carrots and peas, or a burger and SW chips with a salad. Lovely stuff!
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Oct 14th, 2015, 11:30 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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I love how enthusiastic you all are! It's really helping me get motivated. The harvest is nearly over - just some toms, kale and cabbages left to process - so I'll soon have time to make up some menus etc. Just wondering what I'll do with the 200 jars of jams, chutneys and sauces I've made - lol! I'll syn a tablespoon here and there. Just finishing off tom sauce so that'll be another 22 jars for the pantry. Oh we grow our own fruit n veg by the way (before you think I'm a nutter!) - 60+ fruit trees so they're all canned in water. Got to 57 degrees here this summer and last winter was -17 (-34 the previous winter) so we stock up the pantry to see us through the winter. Then we try and renovate some more of the house till the snow's gone - one day I'll have a proper kitchen! And a bathroom lol! Anyway, I'm going to measure 100g cooked rice to see what it looks like and see if it's worth 7 syns or not- doing SW sweet n sour chicken tonight. Had ham, egg, tomato, mushrooms and 2 x toasts this morning (1 HexB and 2 syns for low fat butter?), had strawberries for lunch then S&S for dinner tonight with more fruit. Luckily I love fruit - just veg I have a problem with. I like mushrooms, onions, potatoes and salad stuff. I'll eat veg soup if I cut up the veg really, really small. Same with stews - I probably eat more than I think because I try to hide veg in everything I cook. OK so now I AM sounding like a nutter. I don't get out much. Will attempt mushy peas tomorrow so I can have a green day on Friday. Going to stick to red n green for a month to see how I get on. If that doesn't work I'll try the EE. Thank you sooo much for replying to my whitterings! xxx
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Oct 14th, 2015, 11:31 AM
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Oh dear just seen how long that message was - sorry x
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Oct 14th, 2015, 13:32 PM
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Never apologise for a long post... I'm a pain for doing it, but I get carried away when I ramble ![Wink](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif) lol
With the whole 'hiding the veg' thing, what about using a hand blender or food processer to blitz the food and get rid of the veg? It's obviously still there, but you just don't see it ![:)](https://www.socialslimmers.com/images/smilies/happy.gif) you can do it with soups, bolognese, chilli, etc.
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Oct 14th, 2015, 13:53 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Bulgaria
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Yes, good idea - when I see them it instantly puts me off, even though I've cooked it myself. My OH loves veg and God knows we grow enough to feed the whole village and I do try - honest. Roasting beetroot n parsnip n carrots is just about acceptable but I always cover them in honey so I'm going to have to practice with spices instead. He's just plopped a whole load of kale on my table now.....zzzzz.....roll on November and I can sit here in my longjohns eating rice! xxx
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Oct 14th, 2015, 18:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Manchester
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Oooh! Kale Crisps are tasty!! Just don't put too much salt on them like I did
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