Slimming World

[echokilo]

Does the bove still do red and green days? If not how does it work now? I am looking to join on line but it doesn't really tell you enough about the mechanics of it before you are expected to committ financially ....... TIA

[CheekyChops]

There is a different plany now called extra easy (or smething like that) which kind of combines red and green days so you can have unlimited meat AND potatoes/pasta/rice together which you couldn't on R or G days.

You can however still do the R & G days if you prefer. I go to the weekly groups and the information for red and green is still in the books even though most people now do the extra easy.

[echokilo]

So how do you count and monitor on this new plan CheekyChops?

[CheekyChops]

Well you get the lists of foods as before, extra easy lists are coloured orange.

You have superfree foods which are most veg & fruit and free foods which is your fish, lean meat, eggs, potatoes, rice, pasta etc. You also have 1 healthy extra 'a' choice (milk, cheese etc) and 1 healthy extra 'b' choice (bread, cereals etc). Plus your syns.

You are supposed to fill at least 1/3 of your plate with superfree foods, 1/3 with free food and then the other 1/3 is healthy extras or syns.

It does work and I find it far easier being able to eat meat & carbs together without using healthy extras. Before I used to use quorn mince to make spag bol or chilli so I could have a green day and have pasta or rice. Now it doesn't matter, I can have the spag bol made with lean mince and have pasta with it, as long as I either have a large salad with it or chuck loads of superfree veg in the bolognaise.

As I said, if you find it easier you can still do red and green days and they do still have all the info for these on the website and in the books.

[Rosie29]

yes, Extra easy is very good and workable. You have your Free Food - anything thats free on Green or Original- meat pasta potatoes etc. You have only one Healthy Extra from a and b. ( no need to choose chicken , potatoes or pasta , as they are all free) And you have 5 to 15 Syns each day. Good luck