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Sorry for the slow update, my weigh in was Monday night, 2lb off! Whoop! That's 9lb in two weeks, I'm more than chuffed. I know it'll slow down now but it's a great start, I was 11st exactly and was willing the scales to tip just under so I could see the 10s...next time though. I'm so much...

Hey! First of all, so happy for your loss...haha that sounds so wrong but you know what I mean! Well done and yes, totm is so hideous for building up the old fluids and I swear I gain in size every time and feel like a beached whale. And how exciting about your work...I hope it goes well...

I'm totally with you on that. If I only use what I would raw or frozen, I don't syn it. And how strange that blueberries aren't speed foods...cherries ok, I guess they're a bit more sugary. But looking at the nutritional value there's hardly any difference between the various berries. I...

Hey! Slow catch up here, first of all, food looking great as always. I can't always be bothered to record mine, I should do it more to help me stay on the straight and narrow! Sorry to hear you've been poorly and in a lot of pain by the sounds of it! I hope it can be sorted soon. And I...

I liked your post very much, and the thought of what you're looking forward to over the next few months is really quite exhilarating and an excellent outlook to have. Because weight is measured in numbers, we often make the success/failure of weight loss or lack of it based on the numbers...

It's been a glorious weekend, the most beautiful weather and I have tried and get out and about as much as I can. Had a good weekend food wise, treated myself to a little meal out with a good friend last night and enjoyed it without guilt. Coz that's life :) It's weigh in tonight, I am hoping...

Ok, so I've been out of the loop on the diary front for nearly two weeks, sorry. Loved catching up though. Although this was more last week's topic, I'll add my tuppence of wisdom...on the subject of the goals and it doesn't matter how long t takes etc etc (I knew I should have replied to the...

Just wolved this down for late lunch, such a treat, all totally fweeeeeee

Hey!! I'm here, I'm here, so sorry for the radio silence, I've had such a mad week! But good news, folks, I've totally been sticking to plan. At my weigh in on Monday I was 11st2lb which is a 7lb loss! I couldn't believe it when I saw it. Since then I've been down with a bad chest, affected...

Hi Sam, I enjoy reading your diary again, I was still subscribed from back before Minimins got killed and resurrected. And I'm still here like a bad penny...I can't believe it coz when I started Slimming World, I well and truly believed I'd be at goal early 2015...and I probably could have been...

Ok, so I went to my weigh in last night, first time in two months after I restarted mid February and immediately threw in the towel again... I weighed in at 11st9lb. I knew it was going to be high and in the 11s. So I'm ok. I know why and I can work on it. Funnily enough I felt almost...

First of all...wow! Amazing loss, so so pleased for you. And you shouldn't be surprised, you did so well with your food and gym and all that, it's well deserved. The pineapple looked like it was tinned? That would be part of your hexB wouldn't it, that's not free sadly. Just pointing it...

Oof, I really needed this, thank you :) And yes, whatever the scales say tonight it'll give me added motivation to do extra well. I know it'll be bad. But sometimes I think we define ourselves a little too much by the numbers. I have in the past let the numbers on the scale ruin my day when I...

Hey! I also really fell off the wagon yesterday and ended up eating practically a whole packet of biscuits plus cake....not happy with myself. But onwards from here now, at the end of the day, what's the alternative to carrying on... We can both do it :) xx

Hey! Looks like you had a great weekend :) And I love reading your food diary and positive thoughts, I agree that this forum helps a lot, getting your thoughts off your chest helps on a bad day and it motivates on a good day so it's a very balancing influence. And I love goulash! I make mine...

Oh I'm so bad at posting on the weekend, I'm always out and about. Saturday was such a gorgeous day here so I ended up doing two walks, a 6 mile first thing in the morning and another 10 mile one in the afternoon but ended up burning myself out a bit, silly. I can't remember what exactly I ate...

Fab news!! :):) Well done! xx

Did you manage the gym today? Hope you've had a good day x

Good evening all :) So today has been a massively long day and I've been so tired and hormonal, and I got some proper dizzy spells. But I was also enormously hungry so I started with my treat breakfast I don't have very often, a good old cooked brekkie :) Today's food so far: BF: 2 Linda...

Sorry to hear you've been down with that horrid bug, hope you're feeling better now. And happy anniversary! Enjoy your meal, you've got it all planned and in control so a few drinks to celebrate are definitely part of the plan, enjoy!

Another good day under my (hopefully soon to be loose) belt hehe. Today's food was: BF Weetabix (HexB) with FF peach yog chopped pear Banana Snack: few carrots plum Lunch: home made soup of potatoes, onions and carrots with heaps of ginger, chillies and coriander for dipping: raw celery and...

Well done for being so honest with yourself and your diary too! You have had a couple of bad days. Today isn't a third one. Today is a good day and you can make it happen :) You know from your own experience no doubt that after a few days of good healthy eating the negative feelings about...

I love frozen fruit! I tend to eat it in its frozen state, it seems more of a treat that way and especially grapes are super sweet! And your random dinners are great, I love random food combinations :) And well done on resisting the cake, very interesting substitution, cake or tomato, which...

Good morning friends, I wasn't on here at all yesterday, I don't work Wednesdays so I tend to be all over the place and out and about. But it was a good day, having a fridge full of fresh attractive food is such a strong motivator to do well. Yesterday's food was: BF: 2 weetabix HExB with...

Today's food: BF: Muller light Greek style strawberry yog (I think they are 1 syn) coffee with milk HexA Lunch: some homemade tomato soup, salad of two boiled eggs, cooked beetroot, pickled gerkins Snacks: punnet of strawberries (yes, a whole one) Another yogurt (1 syn) 1 coffee with milk HexA...

Today has been good so far, I feel like I'm fighting something off but I'm dosing up with echinacea and lots of fresh fruit and veg. The processed food just makes us addicted to strong overloaded flavours. Asda delivery tonight with lots of yummy fresh stuff, can't wait to have my random meals...

Congratulations! That's a great result, so pleased for you. And I love the doodle diary, so cute, I bet that is a great motivator. And your dinner ingredients last night sounded really good, what did you make with it, a sort of pasta bake? Yeah, the syns thing...I'm a bit warped in my head...

I haven't really found anything that has made a big difference in terms of supplements. I used to be really into all that and ended up rattling :D So I found for myself what really helps enormously is keeping the food fresh and simple. The more processed, the more inflammatory it is in my...

Oof, your food sounds delicious :)

Hey Ruth, I totally agree with the goal/target thing. It's amazing how quickly we can put ourselves under undue pressure. Although my long term goal is reaching 8st, it's not something I dwell on anymore. I reckon after the last six months of yoyo-ing I'm going to be back in the 11st bracket...

Here to subscribe :) you're doing so well! x

Hey! Just checking in to say well done on your losses so far, you're doing brill! I find that really motivating, I'm restarting and need to latch on to the good spirit I used to have when I first joined and was really in the zone. Seems like you're there at the moment, so nice to read. I...

Good Morning, welcome and all the best for your SW journey, please post plenty, it does help. :)

Hey! I've just read through your diary and would like to subscribe :) I'm restarting today after a very bumpy six months on and off plan and I'm thoroughly fed up with myself. I enjoyed reading your diary and your food posts too, I need inspiration and will learn from you no doubt. My groups...

Good Morning, a new week, a fresh start, I'm ready. The most frustrating thing is that I was all geared up for going to the group tonight but now I can't and I live in the middle of nowhere so there aren't many groups readily available. So I have to do the restart on my own this week and go...

Hey hun! Sorry for not keeping up and being quiet, I guess life has muted us all a bit :) I love that you're both doing SW together now, such a boost. And I'm glad to hear you're enjoying your new job as well. Makes all the difference. I'm restarting ... again.... today. Wish me luck! Hope...

Hey, I just came across your post, I don't know if you're still interested in a buddy but I'm really keen to team up with someone to keep motivated, not just on here coz it's been quiet but possibly text/whatsapp? I started SW nearly two years ago and in the first 18 months lost over five...

Hey....ok so it's been nearly a month since I last posted. Things have really crumbled around me, I hit a rough patch with some stuff in my life, bad end to a relationship that was doomed when it started. And it's like I've fallen down a rabbit hole. Every day I try to restart and end up...

Good Morning! I've been away from this for too long...what can I say, I had the most amazing time in America. I need to go back there asap and explore more, really like it there. And yes, the all American experience also included the food...and I didn't worry, I ate what I wanted to eat. But...

Ok, so I went to weigh in last night. -1lb. I'm happy that I had a loss. I really wish it had been more but it wasn't realistic considering the meal I had the night before. So onwards, my friends :) With my holiday and the inevitable damage control/undoing of all the damage done there I...

Oof Sushi. I've got that in my head now and could really dig into that, I love it! I live in the sticks and other than those expensive little trays you can buy in the supermarkets there isn't anywhere I could go for sushi. Everytime I visit my mum, we go out to this amazing Mongolian...

Hey hun, 1lb isn't bad, is it....and you had your carbloaded evening haha! So I'm sure you'll be just fine carrying on today. Wow, you've handed in your notice, that's a really big deal, I bet you're nervous and excited. How long have you got on it?

Oh and we have a new consultant, she's lovely. Met her for the first time last week. I must admit though....it was a bit boring! whoops! Going around everyone and literally asking the same question and come back with the same reply to everyone...I felt a bit like being stuck at the...

I'm going to visit friends who live a couple of hours outside NY so we'll be doing a lot of sight seeing around there and also squeeze in a little road trip to Canada :) Can't wait!

Hey! Just catching up, you're doing so well, very focused! I really hope you'll get your 5 stone award this week, you certainly deserve it! Noticed the mention of sushi last week...oh my, I adore sushi. How does that fit in with SW and syns etc? Maybe I'm a little ignorant but it should be...

Hey chick, how are things? Sorry it's been difficult with job loss etc, how are things going? You're doing so well, keep it up! :)xx

Hey lovely, how are you feeling today? The City Maze sounds so good! I must make a mental note of that and do it. Good luck with your WI, I'm due one tonight too so all fingers and toes crossed for both of us. Oh and the house looks so cute!! I bet you're excited huh! xx

Sorry for being so quiet. Again. It's been mega busy and I've had a good week foodwise. Apart from yesterday, friends had organised a big meal at an Indian restaurant and I went and ate loads. I didn't actually care, I was looking forward to it, hadn't used my syns in the week and I just had...

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Congratulations lovely, that's so great!!xx

Good Morning....so I went to the group last night, first time in four months it turns out! I weighed in at 10st12lb. There it is. I'm not going to wail and be all woe is me. I know why this happened. This is a number I can work with, a baseline. I actually feel quite positive. I know had...

Thank you. I'm going on holiday in less than two weeks and the little devil on my shoulder has been trying to tell me there's no point in getting back to plan and going off it again. But I know how much better I will feel about myself being on plan until then and I don't want to waste time...

Oh hun, what a load of stress you're having to deal with at the moment! I really sympathise, I know too well what it feels like when anxiety goes through the roof and everything is crowding in on you. Oh my, look at your photographs, you have done so amazingly well! You look fab! And I have...

Hey! I'm crawling out from under the rock where I've been hiding....I had another awful weekend. I can't get a grip at the moment and the cold ended up seriously troubling my chest and I had to have steroids and they always make me balloon instantly. As of today it's yet another start. But...

It's my weigh in tonight, returning to group after several months of absence. I know I'm not in the 9s, nowhere near them at the moment. But please please pleeeeease let me be in the 10s!

Oh well done! Nothing like it huh...I know when I went into the 9s (distant memory now, sniff :p) it was such a big deal. It's not just a stone bracket. Going into single digits is just very special :):) Really happy for you xx

Yeah the happy clappy thing always gets to me. The group I attend is a very busy one and some days you end up with like 35/40 people there, by the time we are halfway through I think will anyone notice if I don't clap...my hands are sooooore pahaha. I have to treat my weigh in day like any...

Well done for sticking to plan, I find it all too easy to just go off track when my day does. £140....Ouch! I hate it when these things crop up unexpectedly, cars are such a nuisance. My friend's little brother just passed his test and bought a car, he had some money saved up and I sent him...

What a fantastic loss!! And so close to goal, well done you! I think Jessie's suggestion is good, are you able to go to another group? I'm sure your friend would understand if you told her that it feels too close to home, a bit like meeting your doctor at a social function thinking last time...

Hey, how did the weigh in go? xx

Hey Becky, welcome :) You've done really well losing nearly 1.5st, I hope your weigh in tonight goes well. Another four weeks until your Portugal trip will give you lots of time to lose a few more pounds and feel better within yourself. It's the time of the year sadly with it being cold and...

Hey, Laramay, I'm still a fair way away but my goal is 8st. And if at all possible, I would like to dip into the 7s after that, I'm only little, 5ft exactly, so I would still be a normal weight range and I would definitely need moral support :) How are you doing so far?

Hey, I just spotted you on my subscribed list, I've been terrible keeping up with everything and everyone! You're doing well, you've had a fab run, look at the results in your signature line, such a lovely sight :)

Right, so I've already managed to use all of my syns on several biscuits this afternoon....why oh why are they right by the kettle. And I'm still waiting for that blasted period to come, in the meantime I'm just a craving on legs. My food so far: BF: nothing as such, I grazed through till...

I loved you last post, Lucie, it's very positive and you sound in control and happy and I love it! And what a nice idea with the box swap! I have no doubt you'll smash your target and keep going strong x

Hey! Thank you for subscribing :) I have sort of lost my way a little and need to get back on to the plan properly because it really does work for me and suits me well. Funny how your mind can deceive you into thinking that you've undone all your hard work with some time off. So I did a...

Nooooo! Disaster! You're back on the road? Or more importantly, somewhere warm??

Hey, here to join as well :) I briefly dipped into the 9st last November and was so chuffed! I was wearing size 10 stuff (tops, my bottoms will always be a 12...) but was feeling so happy in my own skin and only 1.5st away from my goal and then...I just dropped off the surface of the earth it...

Hey hun! Sorry I've been so quiet but I've loved catching up on your diary, you're doing so well and have such a good spirit and attitude :) I need to latch on hehe. Keep going, you're doing so fab! x

Good day, y'all :) Oh my goodness, it's blowing an absolute gale out there, I'm getting so sick of this storm and rain and the constant noise. I've come here to confess another weekend of doom :( I can't seem to get back into my steady routine. I've restarted again today. Again! But I'm...

Super exciting about the house! :)

Thank you...so true. And why can we say all the right things (and mean them!) to other people who have slipped...but when it comes to ourselves we can be so hard. I blame the hormones! I have had a lot of trouble over the years with them including PCOS and when I go overdue as much as I have...

Hey hun! The flowers look absolutely amazing and don't beat yourself up having the cake or your cheat meal the other night. It's just life, isn't it. I think you're doing well still carrying on with the plan, I find if I go off track with a cheat meal I end up writing off the whole day (and...

Hey everyone, sorry for the radio silence, I have had such a crash! It started Thursday night and I basically binged until Sunday, re-started Monday only to fall off the wagon again Monday eve. I have been back on plan now since but I feel so rubbish about myself, it's almost like goal is...

Thank you :) I still can't get my head around this sometimes...I mean I have lost 5st with SW and yet when I have those days like today when all I do is stuff my face I wonder if this time the system will fail me hehe.

Thank you! You'd think I know this but for some reason it comes as a surprise every month including the side effects, I'm such a terror to be around, really emotional but also on the brink of enormous anger.And I haven't even started yet, it's just the build up. Ah well....

That's a relief hehe. I actually worry that I eat too much fruit, I have had such a bad day of cravings I ended up popping out of the office into town and came back with a bag of oranges, punnet of blueberries, sliced turkey breast (my latest addiction) and coke zero. I don't actually need any...

So I did do a load of exercise yesterday although my heart wasn't really in it. But felt better for it. For dinner afterwards I had a massive bowl of pasta and carrots and a bowl of hot/sweet curry yogurt dip plus a whole red pepper, I love them. After that I had two plums and a peach yoghurt...

Micci.....are you ok?

I can't believe you live on one piece of fruit for breakfast...makes me feel positively pig like :eek:

I'm definitely due on my totm.... I'm craving food, it's not even pretty anymore Had a massive breakfast and have not really stopped eating since. So far my food has been: 2 boiled eggs 2 raw carrots 1 yellow pepper 1 wholewheat bread thin (hexB) with marmite Mid morning: caramel wafer bar 6...

Ok, my dinner last night was good although quite carby. Lots of steamed veg with a tomato purée based spicy sauce and pasta. Very filling though. Finished the evening on half a jar of silverskin onions (I know....weird) and a yoghurt, another 1.5 syns.

Wouldn't surprise me...super weird though, I looked up the Aldi Brooklea FF cherry yogurt which is the Muller imitation in size, 175g. and that's 0.5. The ones I've been eating and counting as 1.5 syns is 120g. So bizarre, I might email them about it.

If you feel like it, let it all out. We are the sum of our experiences, good, bad and downright heartrending sometimes. And they are intertwined with everything that we do. So letting it out sometimes helps, helps others to understand but also helps you to be as kind to yourself as you would...

My food until dinner is as follows: BF: coffee with milk (HexA) two boiled eggs apple pear 1 red pepper Lunch: jacket potato 1 lighter cheese triangle 1.5 syns fresh leafy spinach two carrots, raw 1 tangerine Dinner: not planned yet

Aw hey, good morning! Wish I could give you a hug right now, I know exactly how you feel, especially when the day starts out like that. * week really doesn't help....and yes, cereal is the devil's food, I totally agree. I can only cope with weetabix because they come in units and I take two...

Aw Jessie, I so feel for you! I know how frustrated I get when I have stayed the same but the body has its own way of working, some weeks when you least expect it you have a good loss and others when you're absolutely confident that you have lost, it's very little or nothing at all. Take...

The salsa dip is 0.5 syns for 2 table spoons so that's quite good. I like to add it to my sauces for that extra bit of flavour. I cook some really strange stuff. Mostly is somehow veggie stew style but with whatever I think might go. I have had a phase of quorn chicken pieces, throw them in...

Ok I have to have a lookout for those in our Aldi's although I don't have high hopes. Saying that, the Asda rich tea biscuits are only 1.5 syns. I have to find the perfect biscuit with the lowest amount of syns possible. It's biscuit gate.

Today's food: BF: 2 carrots 1 green pepper 1 wholewheat sandwich thin (HexB) with Marmite 1 apple 1 tangerine Lunch: Jacket potato with light cheese triangle 1.5 1 red pepper 1 pear 1 carrot snack: 1 Aldi's fat free cherry yog 1.5 (thought they were syn free, very odd, they have fewer...

I'm with you on the pizza! Some things mustn't be messed with. And the pancakes...I will have to try them asap. And two eggs plus bacon and all sound good. Especially after a run I can really put it away when I'm in a good non ED frame of mind. I have shocked men with the amount of food I'd...

HAHA! It was my idea of being clever when I signed up on minimins a couple of years back, I always meant to be BBC and just spelled it out but people started calling me Bee. Which is fine of course but now it's finally been picked up on, whoop :p The whole thing of food being a reward for a...

Oh and I just discovered your instagram account, loving it! I need to cook more interesting things....your pizza! And oh my, the pancakes. They looked incredible. Were they just egg based?

Hey! And welcome, lovely :) thanks so much for the help with finding my threads, I'm not amazing with technology and end up all in a twist. Very helpful xx And thank you for your post. It's so true that the attitude and "stickability" (one of my favourite words that don't exist) are the key...

Love the KFC chicken recipes, such good ideas. I so know what you mean...if I try and compensate for a bad day or I just feel particularly rubbish about myself and my weight, it makes me feel so virtuous just taking the very basics with me to work. And then realise it's not enough. I liked...

Hey Micci, how are things with you? I hope you're keeping well? I really like the sound of your food, the added peanut butter in dishes sounds absolutely yum! I could (and often have!) eat peanut butter by the spoonful. I love African style food, at least the bits I have tried, can't say...

Oh you live in Wales?

Just subscribed :) love reading your thread, you're doing so great!

Hey! Only just caught up, I tend to zone out for a few days every now and again and then have pages and pages to read and catch up on. First of all, your ring! So lovely! And I love that your jeans are all baggy, see if you can grab a bargain and treat yourself to a new pair :) my weight...

I couldn't resist the scales again...weighed in yesterday morning at 10st3lb. So it's going down again but I have to stop weighing constantly, it's messing with my head. Got another day of clean eating ahead of me, brought all my things into work and will soon start munching my way through it...

Sunday: BF: Veggie Smoothie: kale, rocket salad, carrots, ginger, lime 2 boiled eggs 1 orange 1 apple 1 coffee with milk (HexA) L: 2 weetabix (HexB) with hot water topped with chopped apple, chopped pear, tangerine, FF yogurt 1 coffee (HexA) 10 mile walk/run followed by 45 min of abs workout...

So my food diary for Saturday: BF: 1 boiled egg 1 apple 1 orange coffee with milk (HexA) L: 1 boiled egg (didn't have time for a second in the morning) spoonful of leftover rice from dinner veggie smoothie consisting of kale, carrots, ginger and lime 1 orange afternoon: two coffees with milk...

Hi Angie, that's what I'm struggling with, I go into my profile and can't seem to find my started threads. It's an old one from a previous diet I was on. This is my current diary.

And can I ask a stupid and technical question about the new website...How do I find my diary? Sounds daft I know. But everytime I come back on here I have no idea how to find it and end up searching it via my username in the search bar. There must be a more straight forward way o_O

Good Morning...right! I'm really struggling. I gave in to weighing about a week ago and weighed in at 10st2.7lb. Ok. I thought that wasn't so bad, I can take it from here, use this weight as a baseline for a couple of weeks and then head back to rejoin my group. Well, I have had a good week...

Nice suit :) Food looks good. When you count coffees at 0.5 syns, is it the milk you count? Bit of a stupid question I know. I don't tend to think about teas and coffees, I drink them quite regularly throughout the day but I use very little milk and count it as my hexA.

I've had a bit of everything really with moving house, some emotional trauma and it's affected greatly how I have felt about myself. I totally relate how things in your life affect your attitude and how you feel about your ability to make good choices and lose weight etc. I actually think a...

Oh wow, your dinner looks amazing!

Yes! :)

Thank you both, it's so true, I get so caught up sometimes worrying about what's been done. Could spend that energy looking ahead :) Plus I have just discovered my obsession with Pinterest and all things hair braid related, that should keep me out of trouble :D

I've always followed EE. I'm not a Vegetarian but I mostly eat that way because I'm not terribly drawn to meat and fish. I ended up living on fruit and veg which sounds better for you than it is....which led to me being afraid of any food not being one of those two categories. But I've been...

Lynne! Hey! It's taken me ages to realise that Minimins was back up and running so today is my first day back here. Wow, such big news! So you're getting married? Sorry if that's a daft question but you said in your thread that you had a wedding coming up, I wasn't sure if that meant your...

Hey Jessie, I've just subscribed to your thread, I really enjoy reading it. I'm in much need for inspiration, I had such a good run on SW for almost a year between May 2014-May 2015 and after that I went a bit mad on things like exercise and not eating at all because I was going through a...

I'm sure I have posted on my diary since May 2015, a lot must have got lost. But anyway, I'm writing this post to bring it up on the page again so the technically challenged person that I am can find the diary again :D I'm back on SW, many of you I am sure can relate to the dietary car crash I...

HEY! It took me a while to see that Minimins was back...and I'm so relieved. I haven't familiarised myself yet with the new setup and I haven't gone near my old diary yet if I can find it. But I'm so pleased you're still here :) Or, again. Just the quickest of updates...I hit my lowest...

Good morning, I have just joined the ranks of the 10 stone something people :) So good to be here. This will be a real mile stone getting into the 9s. Single digits. I haven't been there since my teens so I am nervous and excited that this is actually within reach now. :)

Hey everyone, I am very pleased to let you know that I'll be moving into the next thread down....I weighed in at 10st12.5lb on Monday night, so so chuffed. Good luck, please come and join me in the 10s! :)

Micci, this really spoke to me. I enjoyed reading your post and found it very insightful. I really empathise with the expectations of others e.g. parents/teachers. And I was always a good pupil and student and prided myself in academic achievements because I felt like a failure and...

Ok, a much needed update. I have had a decent week. It's all been a major roller coaster for me lately with my emotional state but I have felt stronger this week and it shows straight away in my general contentment. Foodwise I've been back on track, very happy to report that at Monday night's...

Hey, this really spoke to me. In more ways than one. I also struggle to see what other people see and I rarely believe it, it's a major psychological adjustment to "lose" the weight in your head. Also, I too have been losing what I consider slowly, simply because I'm terribly impatient and...

Hey Micci, I really like the quotes from that book, especially this spoke to me "The lower your self-esteem, the more you measure yourself against an outside standard—a standard you can never meet—with painful ramifications". Sums me up really. Also the bit about focusing on weight rather than...

Right, so I'm back...and it's been a roller coaster of a week. Lovely to see some of my family, struggle with the rest of them. And my negative body image and where it all began with ED is all linked back to my family and childhood and inevitably when i come home I am always overwhelmed by the...

Hi Micci, thank you very much for your post. I have decided that I'm going to allow myself this time of feeling low, going with it, taking each day as it comes. Something someone once said about their chronic health issues really stuck with me and I remembered it today. This lady said on the...

Hey Micci, thank you so much for your helpful post, it really did calm me a lot. At the last weigh in this Monday gone I was 11st exactly which I was a bit disappointed about because I have been doing ridiculous amounts of exercise. But then again, I have had a couple of binges and although I...

Hey, so sorry for my disappearing act. Things have been tough for me lately and I sort of go off the radar every once in a while. A few things have happened over the last few months that have left me reeling and for the first time in my life I'm really struggling emotionally, it seems to have...

So, at the WI last night, I came in at 11st4lb so I'm 1lb away from a 4 stone loss. For the first time ever I think I have less to lose than I have already lost. If that makes sense. I have always had such a vast amount of weight to shift so I'd lose a stone or maybe two and then stop. With...

Hey Micci, so glad to hear from you! Very very sorry to hear about your mum, and also your mother-in-law, it throws us into such turmoil and we end up having to focus on things that are anything but conducive to grieving and coping, e.g. lots of paperwork, dealing with other people's grief etc...

Oh I definitely feel the difference, I have a totally different posture and walk with so much more confidence. :) Actually, what I'm really enjoying is the fact that with all the exercise added in as well, I'm so much fitter. Had my weigh in last night, 11st4lb, I'm now 1lb away from a 4st...

Wow, I just noticed after updating my statistics that I'm exactly halfway. Down to the half pound, I've lost exactly half of what I want to lose, 3st8.5lb! And in all fairness, yes I have to adjust my thinking on food and yes, sometimes it's hard to say no to stuff....but it's not been that...

Ok, update on yesterday's weigh in: 2.5lb off. I'm so pleased that I'm in single digits now in the 11s. :) I mean single digits in the lbs....obviously. Oh my word, I can't even fathom being in single digits in the stones bracket! That will be one big celebration, I can tell you hehe!

I've got weigh in tonight, I'm really hoping for 2 or 3 lb off, I've been working my socks of exercise wise and super clean eating...but I guess at the end of the day I'll be happy with any loss, it's easy to put a lot of pressure on. My clothes are ridiculously loose these days and my personal...

Hey! I'm here to join, I weighed in last night at 11st11lb, I couldn't believe my eyes! I was close to the 11s but my last weigh in was a fortnight ago as I couldn't go last week and then I was 12st3.5lb. I was hoping to edge closer to the 11s but I didn't think I'd lost nearly half a stone in...

Soooo, good news! I had my weigh in last night, I didn't go last week because of illness so I had two weeks' worth of loss :) and I lost 6.5lb! I'm so chuffed, that means I have not only gone past the 3 stone mark, but I'm in the next stone bracket now. I haven't been in the 11s in such a...

So at last week's weigh in I only lost 0.5lb, I was a bit gutted because it meant that I am 0.5lb away from my 3st loss! I have had a major battle with the old hormones this week, I'm due now and it takes all my energy not to throw myself off the wagon. I have definitely eaten a lot more but...

Hey Micci!! I haven't been on here in absolute ages, I have thought of you and hope you are still in a good mind set for a re-start, how are you feeling now? I hope you haven't changed diaries and I have missed it! I've neglected this forum and those I have been writing with rather...

Right, I've really neglected my diary, probably because I don't get many visitors :D but it is really helpful to just offload so I'll be doing that more from now on. I had a really terribly bingey weekend and couldn't snap out of it, I would start every day fresh and end up eating all the...

Oh that's fab! What a good loss :)

Your food always looks good. I'm here to learn, bowing my head in shame, I totally fell off the wagon last weekend and this morning just decided that I have messed around enough. In a way, having a total binge weekend actually shocked me into getting my head back into gear, I just woke up this...

I really sympathise with you...a messy schedule can throw you off balance so much, I've been there these last few weeks and feel like I've just been messing about diet wise. But got a big Asda order coming tonight loaded with tons of fruit and veg and will have to get back into clean eating and...

Hey, what a fab loss, well done you!! I definitely need to clean up my act, when I read your food diary you seem to keep it all very straight forward and although you allow for treats, you don't go overboard. Perfect! I don't know what's wrong with me at the moment, I have a couple of good...

Here to join as well, I'm currently a bit stuck right bang in the middle at 12st7lb and want to move closer to those 11s asap please!!

Hey, I love your enthusiasm, I really can do with some of that and going to take a leaf out of your book. I have struggled a bit mentally these last couple of weeks and although I have done mostly quite well, it's those little things here and there where I would give in to a few biscuits or...

My weight loss really shows now, it wasn't until I lost about 2 stone that I really felt it in myself and I feel so much happier already. Also, I have really got into exercising and although I don't have much time to spare, I try and do even just short 20 minute workouts at home as often as I...

Hey, KBQueen, I have just read through your diary and really enjoyed it, would love to buddy up with another shorty for extra support :) I started out at my very heaviest in April of 2013 at 15st10lb and dabbled in Exante for about a year and at the end of a year of ups and downs and phases of...

Weigh in last night....2.5lb off again. So glad! It means my holiday pound has come off and another 1.5lb, I'm really chuffed because I now just hit that half stone mark at 12st7lb, one more lb and I am actually closer to 11st than 12st, very much looking forward to that feeling. I'm beginning...

Ok, after last week's weigh in, things haven't been so brilliant. I gained 1lb which, all things considered, wasn't too bad really. I was ok for the next few days, eating healthily, but went away for a long weekend with friends and what can I say, I went a little bit mad :( Had a wonderful...

Hey Lynne, checking in and up on you after a long silence on here...sorry. Things have been mega busy. Glad to hear you're doing well, you sound very positive and I find that so motivating. Good idea as well about joining Weight Watchers. I do think that whatever diet or nutrition plan...

Weigh in tonight, slightly on edge about it, I know I have done some damage with my bad eating last week but have been back on track for the past few days. I wonder if I've managed to rein it in properly, fingers crossed.

Thank you very much. Already feeling a lot better because I've got my emotions back under control. Done two sessions of Pilates during the day in work when it was quiet and will get cracking on some proper cardio and kettle bells tonight. Looking forward to that. :)

Hey, very inspiring story, thank you for sharing! I've recently really got back into exercise and it's incredible what a big difference it makes to the weight loss itself but also to toning up and how you feel about yourself. I've still got a long way to go but am always very motivated reading...

Ok, update...what can I say, I totally blew it this past week and feel like I'm crawling in chastened and guilty. But I'm telling myself that I have been there before x amount of times and still managed to lose weight to reach the 12s. Although if I weighed right now I'm quite sure I wouldn't...

Hey Micci, I have noticed you missing, I'm sorry I haven't kept in touch with it all more, things have been quite mad in my life. But I have wondered how you are doing? How are you coping? I do hope you had a nice time away and that you have managed to perhaps find some clarity in your head...

Good Morning, a quick update. Being uber-hormonal, I had a bad weekend. I thought my weight loss from last week would see me through this but it didn't and here I am feeling rather low. I ended up having a proper binge weekend inclusive of the sleepless nausea filled nights. Today I feel...

Hey Laura, sorry for not picking this up sooner, I haven't been on here as much as I used to and I should really. Sorry to hear you're struggling with losses, looks like you have already lost quite a bit in a relatively short amount of time. And if you're on your final stretch of the last...

Dear diary, and all out there who may or may not be reading this :) I have good news. It was weigh in last night and I'm now down to 12st8.5lb so another 3.5lb off. I'm on such a roll at the moment, I know it's not going to last because I find myself in constant peaks and troughs but I'm...

Right....weigh in last night....3lb off. I'm now well and truly in the 12s at 12st12lb. I cannot put into words quite how chuffed I am. I have battled with a really bad period this week and hideous cravings and I have occasionally given in to them too. But I have never binged and I have...

Thanks Micci. I can't wait to be in the 12s finally. Haven't been there in a very long time. And a non scale victory for me as well - when I started again with trying to lose weight in April 2013 (on Exante at the time) I weighed 15st10lb and my favourite old belt I used to wear didn't fit...

Ok I had such a busy week, I just didn't manage to update my weigh in from last week. I lost another 2lb!! So happy, it makes my total weight loss 30lb exactly since beginning of May. This week has been very busy and I have had the odd biscuit here and there as well as a meal out. With my...

Weigh in again tonight, I'm a bit apprehensive. I'm so due on my totm and whilst I'm not too bad during, I get the most hideous cravings just before and over the last few days I have eaten quite a few biscuits and cupcakes :o So I would be quite pleased staying the same weight. Fingers crossed!

Hey, I'm so sorry to hear how difficult things have been for you. I really empathise, I cannot say that I understand your individual situation. But I know how I have felt in the past when life got so very complicated and painful and stressful that the only way to cope and find relief seemed to...

Hey Micci, sorry I've been so quiet on your diary. How are you doing now? Please come back and write a little comment, just so I know you're ok. Always really enjoy your posts, you're so honest about everything, and it motivates me thinking that we're all real people with a lot to carry...

So, weigh in yesterday and I lost another 2.5lb. I'm really pleased! It means that I've lost exactly 2 stone now, I'm really happy :)

Weighing in again tonight, have had a good week but actually haven't eaten much at all. Which seems strange for me, I tend to fill up on fruit and veg but having a bigger loss like last week almost makes me paranoid every time I eat something whether it will affect my weight loss straight away...

Oooooh and I forgot to mention. I got my Club 10! I'm actually 4.5lb below my Club 10 now, yay! So only 2.5lb and I would have reached my next goal which is a 2 stone loss. It's making me so motivated, I can't tell you :D Having so much weight yet to lose, going beyond the 2 stone loss mark...

Good Morning, just checking in for a quick update on weigh in last night. I lost 5.5lb! I'm so pleased!! I know it's over three weeks but saying that in those three weeks I had a proper carb and cake loaded weekend, a bad period and lots of stress so I'm really happy. And I'm finally really...

Oh and also, going through some older clothes whilst unpacking in my new home I found a coat that I used to wear a lot and absolutely loved it. It's a size 16 so I thought I'd never fit into it again but I tried it on just to see and it fitted perfectly! So chuffed. Whoop! Another non scale...

Ok, it's Monday and tonight will be weigh in, first weigh in in about three weeks. So I'm really hoping for a good result. Unfortunately, since Saturday, I've been full of cold and it's gone to my chest and the only way I can combat it is with tons of cough syrups and honey and that is all so...

Hey, haven't shown my face here in a while, just checking in to say things are going well. I've barely had time to think since moving house and it's resulted in me having just my three meals and some fruit and veg as snacks and nothing else. I feel quite good apart from a bad back that's...

I meant to add to the above. What really shook me back into action was getting dressed this morning. No, not because I'm so big :D But what with a chaos at home after just having moved in, I just grabbed a pair of jeans that I found in one of the clothes bags and put them on and they were...

Hey Lynne, sorry for checking in so late, you're already off on your holiday!! Things have been mad with me, I moved this weekend and it was quite a stressful messy move. But it's done now, just having to deal with the chaos in the new place. Hope you have a lovely time away! I am a teeny...

Right, so this weekend I moved house. And as always, it was a very stressful experience and I totally fell off the wagon, hitting the ground hard. It lasted from Friday to Monday and there were still some biscuits in my car when I drove to work this morning and I threw them out of the window...

There is a lot of truth in what you said about wearing bright colours. It's often a subconscious thing wanting to blend into the background and not being seen. And bright colours naturally stand out. I used to be very similar in that I would always be in black whereas over the last few years...

Oh wow, Woman of the Year is really cool, I like that it's a recommendation from the group rather than it being all about how much you may have lost in a certain amount of time. I had my weigh in yesterday and lost 0.5lb. I was quite disappointed, I had had a good week and I have finally...

Hey Micci. Sorry to hear you have struggled. But it seems you have reined it in before it got out of control, think of how in the past this may have led you on to weeks/months of bingeing. It's important to face up to it like you do, going to the group and just accepting the consequences of...

Hey Lynne, how is it going? You're so close to your holiday now, must be excited! I hope you're getting on alright and if not, please check in anyway, you know you want to :)

I really hope so :) Things have been going well foodwise, tbh I have been so busy and distracted, I have often found myself not at all bothered with food these last couple of weeks. Last night though I really needed something sweet and ended up eating a solero and a calippo. But both together...

Right, weigh in last night showed a 2lb loss. I'm very pleased, this is good and steady weight loss. I'm actually trying not to think so much about the numbers but just to make this plan my new way of life and build up good habits that will keep me strong even when life throws a wobbly...

Can you believe how time is flying by? It's Monday again which means weigh in for me tonight. Wish me luck :) I have a good feeling but I have often been wrong about that so I'm trying not to get my hopes up. But what with the stresses of moving etc I have not felt as hungry these last few...

Right, here I am finally checking in with some rather good news. I lost 4.5lb! It was over two weeks, mind, but still a great loss, I'm chuffed! Especially because it means I have finally dipped into the next stone bracket which in itself is a huge psychological boost. I really want to reach...

Sorry meant to reply to this ages ago. I'm staying in West Wales, just moving a bit further up the coast, near New Quay. Beautiful part of the country :) How are things with you? Still got a good fortnight until your Turkey holiday :)

Thanks for visiting Micci :)

By the way, it's WI tonight. Fingers crossed people! :D

Hi Micci, thank you so much for your nice comment and shame I only read it today. Just to go through what you wrote, no I don't sleep enough. Unfortunately, I have had fibromyalgia for a number of years now which is closely linked to an abnormal sleeping pattern and very disturbed and patchy...

That's a great loss! Well done. I'm sure all the hard work in the garden really helped. My consultant always keeps insisting that you don't need to exercise to lose weight. And I don't know if I agree. Exercise alone wouldn't be enough unless you are already a normal weight and just want to...

I weighed this morning which I know I shouldn't have done. But I have been the same for about a week now. It's so frustrating. I'm having a bit of a low phase at the moment, I seem to see slim people everywhere and it's on my mind every waking minute (and even in my dreams) how much I want to...

Hey Lynne, I'm doing a little catching up on here, sounds like you're doing well especially on the exercise front. Once I have moved I am determined to get back into things, I am really hoping to join a water spinning class. As the name suggests, it's spinning. But in the water. :D It would...

Hey, sorry for being so quiet on here and so slow in replying. It's one of those things, I am moving soon and am so busy I find it hard to find the brainpower to even come on here and read and process and write something. Foodwise I have been doing fine although I am eating quite a lot at the...

Micci, I am only now catching up after a rather long absence. My heart really goes out to you when I read your posts. You clearly understand what is going on and at the same time it is so painfully clear what a powerful opponent Addiction is. I really feel for you, I have been there myself...

So I had my weigh in last night and I gained 2 pounds. Ah well. I didn't expect to lose anything and after the holiday I had, I am actually pleased that it wasn't more than 2lb. I feel like I'm eating loads, well I probably am. But I don't want to fall into the trap again of thinking that...

Hey, wow it's been so long since I last posted. Although I came back a week ago, the week just went by so quickly having to catch up with a lot of stuff. My week in Stockholm was amazing, loved it so much, I wish I could have stayed longer. I actually really miss it now. Food wise a bit of...

Thanks Lynne and Micci. Yes, I was actually thinking because I hadn't used any syns at all that day that the avocado might well be covered by that. I'm just quickly checking in and out because I am off on holiday today, driving down to the airport soon and an early flight tomorrow morning. My...

I read this post yesterday and I cannot find it again, for the life of me, I have searched and searched so I hope I get the order right. It's quite simple really. You know your body is beautiful when: 1. you have a body. 2. that's it. 3. congratulations. 4. you have won. I liked that.

Hey Micci, aw you got so much going on! And on top of that, those silly scales aren't telling you the truth! I wonder if it would be worth it spending that pound in Boots or somewhere where they have properly calibrated scales. Those home ones can be enormously unreliable and it's...

This week I have been struggling a lot with my hormones, I am seriously overdue on my totm which is quite irregular with me as it is but it makes my cravings sometimes overpowering. So for the last few days, rather than giving in to junk, I have just upped a bit on the things I eat anyway, or...

Thanks and welcome, the more the merrier :)

No, I am actually from Hamburg, Germany :) So it was a bit of an escape to the country moving to Wales. Although I still have a big space in my heart for beautiful cities such as Hamburg and love visiting them, I do like it here in the sticks. I reckon later on in life I would get closer to...

Yea, on their own or plain mixed in with stuff I don't like the tinned potatoes much either. But properly seasoned they are super easy to add. Oh I love instant mash! :D I make potato cakes out of them, make it quite thick and season and add any nicely chopped veg like onions and peppers and...

Thank you. I have monthly appointments for checkups and renewing prescriptions so that is part of my life at the moment, hopefully only for a few more months. Attending another meeting isn't gonna work sadly, I live at the very end of the middle of nowhere in rural Wales and even for the group...

Haha, very true!

The soup sounds really nice! Will definitely try it, sounds mega easy to make and good to keep in fridge or eat in large quantities :D I have to admit that I really can't stand the reduced salt and sugar baked beans. Seeing as they are free, I'm having the normal ones. I tried the others and...

Hey Lynne, catching up at the moment, sounds like you're all set. Give it a fair shot, this is your chance before your holiday. How are you doing at the moment?

Thank you all, it's really encouraging to read your comments. I am clinging on at the moment, things are a bit tough in work and with a pending totm on the horizon I am doing all I can to not give in to sugar cravings. But I feel like I am slowly re-building good food habits and although I do...

First of all, baked bean soup! Sounds great! What else do you put in it other than baked beans and carrots? :D And secondly, that article was so good! It made me laugh but it is that kind of humour that actually conveys a deep truth, not for comical effect but to show things up for what...

Good Morning, sorry for the general neglect, I am always busy but lately it seems frantic is the only word to describe it. Things have been very stressful, some good stress, some not so good. And combined with being so overdue on my totm and hormones raging, I am finding it super hard to stay...

Hey Mollyrock, thanks for subscribing and reading my thread, I need all the help I can get :) You have done really well so far looking at your numbers. Are you on Extra Easy?

Thanks Cate, yes it actually is fun! It would be a lie to say that it doesn't involve sacrifice being on SW because it wasn't all the cucumber salads and fat free yogurts that got me to the weight I am so obviously I have had to say goodbye to a lot of things. But I am in a good place in my...

Thanks Micci. I had a bit of a wobbly day yesterday, I think it's my hormones because I am due and it tends to drag on for about a week with me of constant food thoughts. Yesterday, I ended up having lunch with a friend and we went to a pub which is hard because everything is so carb laden and...

Right, it seems like groundhog day, once again I am here, a week on, apologizing for being so quiet. I am always busy but what with the good weather I find myself being out and about even more than before, cramming it all in before the winter (which I am sure is just around the corner :p ). It...

Oh my, that sounds delicious!! I have already printed it off and it's on my to do list :):) thanks for posting it, I love lentils and I adore my slow cooker. I would marry it if I could. (but I'm already taken, I recently married my new phone which I adore even more.)

Right, it was weigh in for me last night and I lost 2.5lb. Very pleased indeed. I am starting to notice the weight loss in small ways like my neck looks slimmer, someone actually said to me yesterday that I looked thinner around the face which I was happy about. Also, I invested in two pairs...

Ha, yes, very true :D

Hey, welcome back, I can always use the support as I am here for the long haul. I hope you have a good week this week, give it a proper chance and see it working, there are so many people on here who have done it successfully, very inspiring.

Yesterday's food diary: BF: baby plum tomatoes, 1 bell pepper, two boiled eggs, a few spoonfuls of baked beans, banana Lunch: mixed bean and shredded carrot salad Dinner: 2 quorn sausages (2 syns), wholewheat pasta, mixed veg, some fromage frais/dijon mustard (0.5 syns) dressing After Dinner...

You are quite right there Micci. And I have been feeling quite good in myself these last couple of weeks. Apart from my general health issues which won't go away, I can tell that the healthy diet I am on is benefiting me. So I'm battling on :)

Micci!!! That is so great, I am pleased for you, well done! It gives you an enourmous boost, doesn't it. Aw, Lisa, I really feel for you. Over the course of the last few weeks, I have barely lost a pound despite sticking to plan. Portion sizes and control are a funny thing. I think it is...

Hey Emma, again, loving your food diary, I have taken a few ideas for it for myself. Things have been mega slow with me these last few weeks and although I have had losses, they were very small. Nevertheless, since starting SW, I have lost every week which shows that it's working. I can't...

Hey Emma, i just read your post and wanted to say welcome back, well done for making it back! I haven't read through your diary, will do that later, but the most important step is to make the decision to commit to it again. Although this is my first time on SW, I have been there so many times...

Right, so at last night's WI I lost 1lb. Pleased that it is another loss but slightly disappointed too that it wasn't more than that. My clothes have been fitting a lot more loosely this last week. Saying that, an evening WI is more prone to outside influences depending on what you eat and...

Thank you Cate. Well, my weigh in last night showed a 1lb loss. I really was convinced it would be more than that because I have really felt a change this week in the way my clothes fit. But I'm not letting this slow me down, a loss is a loss and at the end of the day the body isn't a machine...

Btw Lynne, after all that rambling I meant to say, yes, I would really like to be of support to you and really appreciate yours as well. So whatever target you want to set yourself, we can make it a doable challenge I think. So I am saying I want to lose 45lb now until the end of the year...

Hey Lynne, oh I so know how you feel, a bit like a learner driver who keeps stalling the engine and finds himself totally exhausted, with an empty tank and after hours of trying is still stuck on the same junction! Well, that was how I felt when I realised a year had gone by with exhausting...

How is the new job going? I hope you had a good start to it, that is a rather big and daunting change. Puts my silly phone fret into perspective a little :p

Yes, I definitely learned a lot from the last 12 months. I want to be kinder to my body. And I have often mistaken kindness with giving in to my cravings which in the moment felt like doing something good for myself, but really the opposite was true. So I now try to re-train my instincts and...

Hey Micci, sorry for the slow catch up, I haven't been on here since last week, what with the good weather and more to do that there are hours in the day, I haven't managed to come on here. Sounds like things have been mega busy as usual your end and you have so much on your mind! I think you...

I agree with this totally. I get these high days when I feel really light and positive and think of all the people who lose like 7 stone plus and think yea that'll be me. And then I have days (like this week) when I just feel like I'm wading through treacle. And think of this major journey...

Hey everyone, sorry for being so quiet on here. Things have been so busy. But i'm happy to report that I managed my restart last week and have been back on the plan for a week now. But what with a mega hideous totm I only lost 0.5lb at weigh in last night. I wasn't disappointed though. I...

Oh and to add to that, I too wish I had started last year. I had often heard of people who had done well on SW and yet I wasted a whole year and faffing about with meal replacement diets and after a lot of struggling and deprivation and painful restarts I ended up on the SW scales exactly a...

I know what you mean! After my week off about a week ago I found it quite hard to get back in the saddle, I knew how much better I felt on SW and that it does work for me. Yet, I felt quite robbed of the joys of sugar and fat :rolleyes: It takes a few days and the enthusiasm comes back. But...

Right, the results are in, I lost 0.5lb. I am actually pleased with that because it means that since starting SW, I have lost every time, sometimes more, sometimes less, but it's all in the right direction.

Whatever abbreviation you like :) I often get called Bee so that might be the easiest. Or BBC which is the clever idea behind my name...coz I loves the telly :D Glad to hear that your husband is doing better and your son is willing to see the psychiatrist! That is really good news. I do hope...

Hey, favourite target member :D you look fab! Great dress. And I bet you feel great.

Thank you, yes the holiday is within reaching distance now it seems, four weeks today. So I'm going to remind myself of that. Being in the 13s still means that I am very much overweight but I haven't been in the 13s in so long, it's going to feel good to be back there.

Yes, that's a funny one Micci. I know exactly what you mean. Being in a good place mentally has everything to do with it I guess. When I've had a few good days and I know I've been doing good things for my body, I have a spring in my step and just feel thinner! And if I have a slip up or even...

Hey Micci, just checking in to see how things are? Sorry I've been so quiet these last few days, weekends are usually my quiet time as I'm rarely near a computer. I'm just shocked at what has been going on!! How is your husband now? And your son? It sounds like you've really kept your head...

Oh my word, Emma, I wish I could like your comment about you reaching target several times over!!! Congratulations chick, you have done soooo well!!! Keep up the excellent work and keep posting your amazing food diary, I want to know how a winner eats :D:D

Ok, yesterday's menu continues: Lunch: salad made of 1 large pepper, cucumber, tomato and tuna with a few spoonfuls of 0% Greek yog and coriander, and some capers 1 ML yogurt Dinner: another pepper salad with some sweetcorn with 1 tsp olive oil (2 syns), another ML yogurt, and melon After...

Hey Micci, I finally kept reading in your diary after I wrote my endless comment above :) and well done on your weigh in!! I know, during the time that we are trying to lose weight, it can be frustrating not seeing the numbers go down. But really, what I want to learn is to balance out a day...

I do like this. Positive affirmation is so important, to acknowledge the true worth of what we have. Yes, isn't it strange that we condemn the whole person for doing something that wasn't entirely right (I hesitate to use the word wrong, perhaps too harsh a judgement sometimes). If someone...

Oh I love that!! We do judge ourselves way too harshly sometimes based on a number. I have noticed it with myself and others at group that they would have a great week and come in bouncing because they feel confident about themselves after a week on plan. And then they didn't lose as much as...

Oh my, why did I miss that post Micci? Thanks Pinkie for quoting it, I totally overlooked it. Just watched it and I cried so much about it. It opens many wounds that have never really healed. You wonder what was there first. A society with a rigid format of how you have to look or the self...

Ok can I ask a stupid question....what does NSV stand for?

I can second that. Whenever I have had a slip up (and I have had a few, including one that lasted until almost yesterday) I crave fresh healthy food. And the impact it has on your emotional well being, on how you sleep etc is enormous.

Hey Darcy, I'm only now catching up. Glad to hear you're picking up again and good luck on the restart. I have no doubt you're going to smash it :)

Thanks Darcy :)

Oh I so understand the toast situation! I only have bread occasionally, and then untoasted. Because toast needs butter. For me it does anyway. I find having a sizeable breakfast and then not snacking until lunch time really helps me. I tend to have a small selection of various things and...

Hey, welcome back and good luck. It's great you're doing so much exercise, I wish I could. Will build up again once I have had a certain loss. And well done on not snacking either! That I find the hardest, not to pick at things. Free or not, if it's not really needed, probably good to get...

I do manage quite well on SW. The hole I fell into was slippery with emotions :) Funnily enough, I have been doing a version of 5:2 with SW. I have one or two days of exante a week and to SW the rest. I couldn't do the whole "don't worry what you eat on those five days" thing. That is for...

Hey Micci, I'm glad you have checked in and good luck for weigh in today. Would like to hear your thoughts on coping mechanisms when things are tough.

Aw, Emma, that is such a good experience! You must be so happy! I honestly cannot remember the last time I didn't fill a chair or didn't worry about squeezing past people (especially on those pesky cinema rows). What a thrill, I cannot imagine. So so happy for you. And good luck for weigh...

It's a new day today, I have drawn a line under it and are back on SW, 100%! I realised that it's only five weeks until my holiday and I definitely want to be well in the 13's for that. My breakfast today was quite big, but all good stuff: FF FF (fat free fromage frais) with grapes baby plum...

Hey Micci, how are you? Miss you on here, hope things aren't too rocky with you. And if they are, please check in!! xx