SuperFree is the key! Success Express one week challenge.

Princess_Stevie

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Hi everyone!

After a dreadful weekend and a 3lb gain at group last night, I am firmly back on the wagon this morning! I am, however, feeling terribly bloated and my stomach feels like it's taken a total beating!

Anyway, my plan for this week is to do a week of Success Express which will hopefully give me the boost I want this week and kick that 3lb straight back off next Tuesday.

You can find all of the details for Success Express in your pack, but to cut a long story short it is basically:

- 2/3 of your plate SuperFree foods, rather than the usual 1/3.
- One or two A choices and two B choices each day
- Counting the higher Syn value (i.e. if a sausage is 4.5 Syns on Red and is 7 Syns on Green, you would count 7 Syns)

Each day I'm going to list what I've eaten that day, similar to my food diary, so I am accountable to anyone reading. And will also try and post photos to vouch that I'm having my 2/3 SF!

I'm aiming to lose 3lb this week, to get rid of last nights gain. If anyone would like to join me, then feel free!
 
Okie dokie, so today is Day 1 of my little Success Express challenge. And these will be my eats! SuperFree highlighted in pink, of course ;)


Breakfast:
- Apple, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, grapes and a Shape 0% raspberry yogurt

Lunch:
- Chicken salad (lettuce, carrot, cucumber, onion and sweetcorn)
- Special K Milk Chocolate Chewy Delight (HExB)

Dinner:
- Roasted pepper stuffed with chilli (extra lean mince, carrot, celery, mushrooms, red onion, peppers, red kidney beans and chopped tomatoes) and cheese (HExA). Served with a mixed leaf salad

Snack / Supper:
- Salted caramel HiFi (HExB)
 
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Think I will join you Stevie. I would like to try and boost my loss this week as have just made it into the 11 stone bracket at 11st 13.5, and would like to have a firmer place in this bracket as at the moment just half a pound on and I will be out of it!

My breakfast didn't conform as had smoked salmon and poached eggs but my lunch does and will make sure my dinner does as well. Thing I will struggle with the most is 2 Hex as I barely have the 1 a day at the moment but will try!
 
Think I will join you Stevie. I would like to try and boost my loss this week as have just made it into the 11 stone bracket at 11st 13.5, and would like to have a firmer place in this bracket as at the moment just half a pound on and I will be out of it!

My breakfast didn't conform as had smoked salmon and poached eggs but my lunch does and will make sure my dinner does as well. Thing I will struggle with the most is 2 Hex as I barely have the 1 a day at the moment but will try!

Yay, nice to have you onboard!! It always seems so much easier when you're doing it together. I'm sure we can support each other along the way and hopefully have a cracking loss next week!

Have you done Success Express before? I have, and I did see some really good results from it. Mind you, I'm also having a few Syn Free days this week as I think I ate enough Syns in the last weekend to last me a lifetime lol! So cutting them right down might also be what boosts me this week. I'm sure it'll be a good combination of the two!

I absolutely love that you get double HEx's. I mostly do Red / Green days for the same reason! I only decided this morning that I would do Success Express though, and had already planned my food for the week. Today was going to be an Extra Easy day, hence why I only have 1 HExB planned so far. I'm sure I'll manage to sneak in another cheeky HiFi or something though ;)

I know what you mean about the stone bracket too. Once you've broken it, you really don't want to go backwards. I was so pleased I only put 3lb on this week for the same reason - it took me up to 10st 13.5lb. Any more than that and I'd have been back up into the higher stone bracket!

Hope you have a good first day on the challenge :) xx
 
No, have never done Success Express before, so just trying to get my head around it now and work out a meal plan for the rest of the week. I am also going to try and keep my syns lowish as really want to get a good result.

One question though, if something is syn free on EE but has syns on Red or Green is it still free? Like for example, pasta is free on EE but synned on Red? Or is it just when it has syns on all 3 plans that you have to count the syns? x
 
No, have never done Success Express before, so just trying to get my head around it now and work out a meal plan for the rest of the week. I am also going to try and keep my syns lowish as really want to get a good result.

One question though, if something is syn free on EE but has syns on Red or Green is it still free? Like for example, pasta is free on EE but synned on Red? Or is it just when it has syns on all 3 plans that you have to count the syns? x

Only things that are Synned on Extra Easy! Basically, whatever is Free on Extra Easy is Free on Succes Express too - SuperFree is the same on all plans. Then anything that has a Syn value on Extra Easy ( I used sausages as an example for Syns, because they are Synned on all plans. They may be, for example, 4.5 Syns on EE / Red, but 7 Syns on Green), you would count the higher value.

Hope this makes sense! x
 
Brilliant thanks. Will put up my meal plan once I've finished it, won't include snacks but that will just be fruit! Oh I really hope we get good losses this week ? x
 
Todays food...

Breakfast - Smoked Salmon & 2 poached eggs (Not SE but hadnt decided to do it then!), Mango & Lychee Green Tea & Glass of Water

Snack - Banana, Rocky Road HiFi (1/2 HEX B), Diet Coke & Glass of Water

Lunch - Poached salmon with salad ( cucumber, mixed leaves, pepper, tomato ) and 2 tbsp of EL mayo (1 syn), 2 x Ryvita Wholegrain (1/2 HEX B), Mango & Lychee Green Tea & Glass of Water

Snack - Banana, Mango & Lychee Green Tea, Glass of Water

Dinner - Pasta, Tuna, Green Beans, Mushroom, Onion, Peppers, Passata, Spinach, Courgette and 30g of cheddar (HEX A), Glass of Water

Snack - Salted Caramel Hifi (HEX B)

Was this ok? All my dishes (apart from breakfast) were at least 2/3 superfree.
 
Todays food...

Breakfast - Smoked Salmon & 2 poached eggs (Not SE but hadnt decided to do it then!), Mango & Lychee Green Tea & Glass of Water

Snack - Banana, Rocky Road HiFi (1/2 HEX B), Diet Coke & Glass of Water

Lunch - Poached salmon with salad ( cucumber, mixed leaves, pepper, tomato ) and 2 tbsp of EL mayo (1 syn), 2 x Ryvita Wholegrain (1/2 HEX B), Mango & Lychee Green Tea & Glass of Water

Snack - Banana, Mango & Lychee Green Tea, Glass of Water

Dinner - Pasta, Tuna, Green Beans, Mushroom, Onion, Peppers, Passata, Spinach, Courgette and 30g of cheddar (HEX A), Glass of Water

Snack - Salted Caramel Hifi (HEX B)

Was this ok? All my dishes (apart from breakfast) were at least 2/3 superfree.

Looks good to me!!

Here's my food...
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Okie dokie, Day 2 of my Success Express challenge. Here's how it's looking...

Breakfast:
- Pineapple, mango and kiwi fruit
- Shape 0% raspberry yogurt

Lunch:
- Broth (bacon, pearl barley, yellow split peas, marrowfat peas, green split lentils, red split lentils, carrots, swede, onion, leeks and celery) with a Wholemeal Roll (HExB)
- Apple

Dinner:
- Butterflied chicken breast topped with tomato puree, mushrooms, red onion, peppers, cherry tomatoes, jalapenos and mozzarella (HExA). Served with carrot "chips" and a mixed leaf salad
- Half a banana

Snacks / Supper:
- 2 x Weight Watchers chocolate digestive biscuits (4 Syns)
- Peanut Heaven HiFi (6 Syns)
- Half a Cadbury Easter egg shell (13.5 Syns)
- Salted Caramel HiFi (HExB)
 
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Food from today

Breakfast - Strawberries & Banana, Glass of Water

Snack - Banana and Green Tea

Lunch - Grapes

Dinner - Slow cooked beef in tomato sauce with a knorr stock pot onion and bacon served with sweet potato and lots of veggies

Snack - 2 x Rocky Road HiFi ( HEX B) Salted Caramel HiFi (HEX B), Bag of Walkers Popz (4 syns) and 30g of cheddar (HEX A) and 5 pickled onions.

Was so busy today so hardly are til tonight so am fitting in all my healthy extras and a few syns tonight while watching MasterChef! Also went for a 2 mile run after work which felt great.

Really enjoying these success express days ?
 
Had a few more Syns than I'd planned last night (23.5), but as I had 0 on Wednesday I'm not too worried abou it. It will even itself out somewhere. I do tend to count my Syns weekly anyway.

Anyway, on to Day 3 of the Success Express challenge. I'm really enjoying it too! This is how today is looking...


Breakfast:
- Strawberries and raspberries topped with a Shape 0% raspberry yogurt
- Special K milk chocolate Chewy Delight (4.5 Syns)

Snack:
- Apple

Lunch:
- Broth (bacon, pearl barley, yellow split peas, marrowfat peas, green split lentils, red split lentils, carrots, swede, onion, leeks and celery)
- Special K sea salt & balsamic vinegar Cracker Crisps (4 Syns)
- 25g bag of mini Maryland cookies (6 Syns)

Snack:
- Special K milk chocolate Chewy Delight (4.5 Syns)

Dinner:
- EL beef and red onion burger in a wholemeal roll (HExB) with lettuce, cherry tomatoes, jalapenos and cheese (HExA). Served with carrot "chips"

Snacks / Supper:
- 3 x WW chocolate digestive biscuits (6 Syns)
- 2 x Cadbury Time Outs (9 Syns)
- Peanut Heaven HiFi (HExB)
 
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Here's how today went!

Breakfast - Banana, Glass of Water

Snack - Activia 0% Fat Strawberry Yoghurt, Mango & Lychee Green Tea, Glass of Water

Lunch - 4 Surimi Sticks with half a small tub of virtually fat free cottage cheese with chives and a waitrose essential side salad and sweetfire beetroot with 2 Ryvita Wholegrain (1/2 HEX B), Glass of Water

Snack - Mug of Salted Caramel Green Tea (not as nice as I had hoped :()

Dinner - Salmon Fillet with rosemary and garlic (1 syn) with a whole load of mixed veg (onion, peppers, courgette, sweet potato), Worcestershire sauce, and a tiny smidge of mango chutney about 1/4 tsp (1 syn), Glass of Water
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Snack - 2 Mikado Daim sticks (1 syn), 1 Rocky Road HiFi Bar (1/2 HEXB), 1 Salted Caramel HiFi (HEX B), Aldi Low Fat Hot Choccy 2 Sachets (4 syns( with 250ml milk (HEX A)

STUFFED!
 
How's it going hun? You enjoying Success Express?

I had a couple of Synful days Thursday and Friday, with 57.5 Syns used between the two days :eek: Still within my weekly allowance though, and my home scales are still showing a nice loss. So hopefully I'll be alright for Tuesday!

Here's how Day 4 is looking...

Breakfast:
- 60g wholemeal roll (HExB) with 3 x Quorn low fat sausages, mushrooms and onion

Lunch:
- Broth (bacon, pearl barley, yellow split peas, marrowfat peas, green split lentils, red split lentils, carrots, swede, onion, leeks and celery)

Dinner:
- Steak with spicy sweet potato wedges, 2 x tbsp lighter than light mayo (1 Syn) and roasted vegetables (mushrooms, peppers, red onion and cherry tomatoes)
- Strawberry Danio (1 Syn)

Supper:
- 2 x Cadbury Time Outs (9 Syns)
- Salted Caramel HiFi (HExB)
- Coffee made up with Milk (HExA)
 
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Afternoon! Yes it's going well and still really enjoying it. I've been at a car boot sale this morning selling all my old size 18s, 16s and 14s clothes and got rid of a fair bit. My wardrobe is looking very bare so want to get a few bits but don't want to buy too much as I still have a bit to lose. It's an annoying in between bit but it's a small hardship for the end result I suppose!

Today's Eats....

Breakfast - 1/2 Banana, Glass of Water & Mango and Lychee Green Tea

Snack - 1/2 Banana & Glass of Water

Lunch - Salmon Fillet with rosemary and garlic (1 syn) with a handful of tricolor pasta and a large mixed salad of cucumber, radishes and tomatoes with Hellmans Fat Free Dressing & Glass of Water

Snack - 2 Mikado Daim Sticks (1 syn)

Dinner - Turkey Breast Chunks cooked in Ras el Hanout spice with onions, passata, peppers, courgette, carrot and a little bit of rice.

Snack - 2 x Thorntons Chocolates (6 Syns), Salted Caramel HiFi Bar (HEX B), Walkers Pops (4 syns), 30g of Cheddar (HEX A) with pickled onions, and 2 x Rocky Road HiFi Bars (HEX B) and Mango & Lychee Green Tea.

How about you? Well done on the sneaky peak loss... As you say your still under your weekly syns and the weight is coming off so you're obviously doing something right!
 
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Day 5!

Breakfast:

- Apple
- Banana

Snack:
- 2 x Rocky Road HiFi Light (HExB)

Lunch:
- 3 x Quorn low fat sausages with mashed potato, vegetables (carrots, broccoli, green beans, sweetcorn and peas) with red onion gravy

Dinner:
- Banana topped with mixed berries and 2 x tsp choc shot (1 Syn)
- Apple

Supper:
- Peanut Heaven HiFi (HExB)
- Milk throughout the day (HExA)
- Honey Monster Chocolate and Honeycomb Stix (2.5 Syns)
- Honey Monster Vanilla and Marshmallow Stix (3 Syns)
 
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Was at the beauty salon this morning for a complete hair restyle and a mani pedi... So food kind of took a back seat!

Breakfast - Glass of Water

Lunch - Cup of tea (part HEX A)

Snack - Banana & Glass of Water

Dinner - Roast Chicken, 2 baby new potatoes roasted with fry light, swede and carrot mash (rest of HEX A), stir fried courgette, runner beans and gravy (5 syns)

Snacks - 2 x Rocky Road HiFi ( HEX B), Christmas Pudding HiFi (HEX B), Curley Wurley (6 syns)
 
Well, Day 6 today. Weigh in tomorrow!

Had a sneaky peek at the scales this morning and they were showing 10st 10lb. Which means they have jumped up a little! They were 10st 9.8lb yesterday. Anyway, 10st 10lb would still be a 3.5lb loss and would get rid of last weeks gain plus an extra half lb.

That being said, I can have losses like this without following Success Express. So not entirely sure if I'll do it again next week or not? It seems like an awful lot of effort to lose something I could do on a normal week. May just go back to Red / Green / Extra Easy on Wednesday? But we'll see.

This is how today is looking anyway...


Breakfast:
- Banana split topped with a Shape 0% raspberry yogurt, raspberries and blueberries

Lunch:
- Broth (bacon, pearl barley, yellow split peas, marrowfat peas, green split lentils, red split lentils, carrots, swede, onion, leeks and celery)
- Apple

Dinner:
- 3 x Quorn low fat sausages served with cheesy sweet potato skins (HExA), roasted vegetables (peppers, red onion, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes) and baked beans

Snacks / Supper:
- 2 x Rocky Road HiFi Light (HExB)
- Salted Caramel HiFi (HExB)
 
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Had a good day yesterday and today! Got weigh in tonight - will report back. It's star week so usually get a gain around 2lbs. Am hoping success express will counteract that! X
 
Star week landed for me too, today of all days. Still lost 2.5lb! Would have liked an extra half lb to get rid of last weeks 3lb gain. But all things considered, I'm happy with a loss! X
 
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