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Illbethin1day :)

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I all im goin cinemas tonite and want to be really good this week any ideas on what i could take or get to satisfy me like treats that would normally have as low syns as possible thanks :)
 
Have you tried doing a search in the syn values/eating out sections - there are loads of threads in there about cinema snacks
 
I would take some chopped fruit in a tuppaware with a 'spork' to eat it with.

Diet drink/pop - large bottle of water

A cereal bar (use your HEB choice) i love Kelloggs Fibre plus, or you could take a HIFI bar, or the new mini ones (x2 for a heb) or alpen light bars (x2 for a HEB)

Carrot sticks/celery and a low syn dip (salsa) although hard to not cover yourself in salsa in the dark cinema - so might be best to not have the dip!

Or alternatively - eat before you go so you are full and not hungry.
 
:eek: It's a cinema, not a restaurant. Watch the film!!

Sorry, but this is a real bugbear of mine. It's why I never go to the cinema any more - all that crunching and slurping!
 
AnnaFaraday said:
:eek: It's a cinema, not a restaurant. Watch the film!!

Sorry, but this is a real bugbear of mine. It's why I never go to the cinema any more - all that crunching and slurping!

Lol, sorry I'm of those annoying people who eat at the cinema. I think it's because I think of it as a night out!

The plain popcorn is quite low syn
 
AnnaFaraday said:
:eek: It's a cinema, not a restaurant. Watch the film!!

Sorry, but this is a real bugbear of mine. It's why I never go to the cinema any more - all that crunching and slurping!

Haha i lked this i also associate cinema with a nite out. Ive 1 1/2 hexb left so im gunna chops up 3 alpen lights get a diet coke n mite check the syns on the plain popcorn thanks :) even if i eat befor i go id still want something ther think its jus cuz its the cinema n have to ha :)
 
Haha i lked this i also associate cinema with a nite out. Ive 1 1/2 hexb left so im gunna chops up 3 alpen lights get a diet coke n mite check the syns on the plain popcorn thanks :) even if i eat befor i go id still want something ther think its jus cuz its the cinema n have to ha :)

Maybe a little habit to break (eating at the cinema)......but sounds like you are sorted for tonight!

Have fun! x
 
Plain popcorn isn't low syn... 28g is about 5syns and that's just about one small handful. The average small is around 300 -400 calories so that's 15-20syns!!!!!

A Large sweet popcorn apparently clocks in at almost 1800 calories!
 
Maybe a little habit to break (eating at the cinema)......but sounds like you are sorted for tonight!

Have fun! x

I think that maybe the habit to break is that of thinking that we must be eating something everywhere we go (I have been just as guilty of this and I am not having a dig at anyone in particular). There are snacks to be had everywhere, most of them very large in quantity, not very healthy, and many of them at ridiculous prices (I would love to know what the mark-up is on cinema popcorn and those little tubs of Ben and Jerrys!).The older I get the more I sound like my mother - "if you eat between meals you will spoil your dinner" - but sometimes I think she was right!!
 
Shrimpy said:
Plain popcorn isn't low syn... 28g is about 5syns and that's just about one small handful. The average small is around 300 -400 calories so that's 15-20syns!!!!!

A Large sweet popcorn apparently clocks in at almost 1800 calories!

The one I make is 5 syns & it makes a huge bowl! Definitely enough for two!
 
Well had a fab nite and very proud ov myself if i do say so. Had thr alpen lights hexbs and a little pack ov happy snax 1 1/2 syns n diet coke. Thanks all again. And totally agree that we feel we need to eat everywer we go but hey ho at least learnin from experience plannin ehat u will be eatin i always better :) x
 
I always take a little pot of fruit in my bag and if ive not had many syns also a curly wurly :) also used to take made up tupperware pot of jelly :) yum yum. make up a sugar free bottle of squash and you'll be sorted. This cinema thing has been one of my biggest changes - always used to get the biggest popcorn and full fat coke before SW - it's the small changes that make the difference :D
 
If I'd seen this sooner I would of told u that boots shapers popcorn is 4.5 a bag. Very tasty :) x
 
This is a really helpful thread - I'm another cinema muncher.....

Thanks for the ideas!
 
20g but there is quite alot in a bag. I took two the last time, 9 syns for 2 bags and I had diet coke. Was quite satisfied :)
 
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