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Hiya! It certainly has been quiet on here lately, whoops! I'm still struggling to get back on track and follow the 4 golden rules. I've been listening to the CD and I lost a pound last week so that's good. I'm also making a conscious decision to eat healthier and I've cut out a rubbish from...

That's brilliant, well done! I'm on my first day of the Harcombe diet now. Had my omelette for breakfast, it was the perfect amount to fill me up comfortably so I think I portioned it well haha! I also had a 2lb loss this week, no idea how that happened but I'm very pleased about it! I...

I still need to get back on the wagon, this is getting ridiculous now. I just have no motivation left; I just want to be thin over night, which I know will never happen! What I've found is that I've taken advantage of the 'eat what you want, not what you think you should' golden rule and...

I'm feeling the same way. The past few days have been a bust and I've just been eating stupid amounts in the evenings, even though I know I don't need to. I re-read some of the book the other night and listened to the CD again and I'm fine during the day but it's those darn evenings that are...

Strawberry sundae with ice cream, strawberry sauce, meringue and whipped cream! Was a 4 a few mins ago but now about a 2 as I had a satsuma lol Still want to put my face in one though!

That's a fantastic loss! Well done!

Height: 5'7'' Weight: 14 stone 11 lbs Size: Comfortable (becoming loose) 18 on bottom and 16-18 on top (depending on the brand)

Lionesque, I know exactly what you mean! I just weighed myself and I lost 2lbs this week. However, I've started measuring myself and I've found that since last Sunday I've lost 5.5 inches from around my body (0.5 from my waist, 0.5 from each thigh, 1.5 from my hips, 0.5 from my chest and 1 from...

Thursday 13 February 2014 Haven't eaten anything yet today. Got to work and had a cup of coffee and some water and found that I'm not really that hungry yet. I've brought a yogurt with me to have when I get hungry and I've also got some fruit to go with it. I expect I'll have that at about...

Hi all Haven't posted here in a little while but I'm still going strong with the HGB! The other night I was late home from work thanks to the traffic and was really hungry. I had a jacket potato with beans, cheese and 3 Southern Fried Quorn Bites. I was so hungry that I couldn't imagine...

Wednesday 12 February 2014 I listened to the CD again last night and had a yogurt for breakfast. I've just had my sandwich for lunch but I'm not feeling full. I've got a banana and a couple of satsumas I could have but I'm going to have some water first to see whether I am full and I'm...

Tuesday 11 February 2014 Today's going well. I had a yogurt and a satsuma for breakfast and now onto lunch. Having a stuffing and lettuce sandwich, it's lovely! Planning on another 20 minutes of Zumba tonight and my OH wants another jacket potato for dinner so I guess I'll be having one too...

So today, Monday 10 February 2014... It's gone well so far. I had a yogurt for breakfast and then a banana and a satsuma at about 09:30 as I was hungry. That kept me going until about 13:15 when my stomach started growling so I had lunch. That was a white roll with oven cooked chicken...

Hello! I have a weight loss diary in the Slimming World forum but I've moved away from Slimming World now and onto something completely different so I think it's time for a sparkly new diary to help keep myself accountable :) I'm now following Paul McKenna's Hypnotic Gastric Band (HGB)...

Monday 10 Feb So far so good. Had a yogurt for breakfast and a banana and satsuma at about 09:30 as my stomach was growling for something solid. Lunch time now and I've enjoyed a bread roll with chicken, stuffing, mayo and a small slice of gravy soaked bread in the middle, yum! Didn't eat it...

Ok, I'm sick of Slimming World. I just can't stick to it and I don't want to regain what I've lost so far so I've moved onto Paul McKenna's Hypnotic Gastric Band. It's taken a couple of weeks to really get into the right mindset but I think I'm finally there. My OH has also decided that he...

I did Zumba for the first time last night in front of my TV and conclusively proved that I have absolutely no rhythm or coordination! I was doing it by myself and even I was embarassed at the state I was getting in and that was just the beginners DVD where they break the steps down into stages...

I'm kind of in the same boat. I was good for most of the week, even after eating out for 2 nights due to staying away for work but last night after a long day and a long drive home we couldn't be bothered cooking so we had take-out in front of the TV. I was too tired to care so I just ate what...

Definitely! I'm already excited about next weeks weigh-in as I'm feeling so confident that I'll do well next week. Even though I didn't lose anything this week, I'm convinved I'm losing inches. My work trousers are starting to hang off me, to the point where I'm starting to look a bit stupid...

Well, I stayed the same this week but thinking back on the week it doesn't surprise me. I had a huge amount to drink on Sunday and most of it was jäger so very calorific and i had a couple of slips following the drink. Still, I've been following the rules properly since Tuesday so I'm feeling...

I know exactly what you mean. Before I started this way of eating I felt sluggish all the time. I had no energy or enthusiasm to do anything that required exerting energy but since starting the gastric band process I've been full of energy all day. The only time I start to slow down is when...

It really is the best feeling! This morning I found myself actually craving exercise! I ended up going for a 3 mile round walk to do my shopping instead of jumping in the car. I got rained on the whole time I was out but I felt fantastic and my mood was so high, it was a great feeling! I have...

The most unheard of thing just happened to me. My OH and I are staying up late tonight to watch the WWE Royal Rumble and we're having pizza as we always do. Not having that until about midnight so I bought some Doritos and dips to snack on since we're not having a proper dinner. I was a bit...

Well, only 1 pound down this week but it's still a loss. It's 4 pounds in 2 weeks too so I'm quite happy with that. Listened to the CD again last night for a bit more reinforcement so I'm hoping for a good loss next week :)

That's absolutely incredible, congratulations!! If I have even a fraction of your success I'll be over the moon, it's great to be able to follow your journey and it keeps me completely motivated to keep at it! Thanks for posting your progress on here! It's my first official weigh-in tomorrow...

Hehe I could ask my OH to hide them but I don't want to keep moving them as it's best to keep them on the same surface for consistency. I'll just have to exercise a bit more willpower over the scales :)

This way of eating really is incredible, I can't believe how much food I'm leaving on my plate at meal times now. Today was amazing, I've been dreaming about Greggs sausage rolls for about 8 months now and today I finally went and bought one. Four bites into it I'm perfectly satisfied and have...

Thanks! Well I weighed myself this morning and I'm down 3lbs since Monday just from following the 4 rules! Installed my band last night and I'm feeling good today. Had breakfast and I'm full after a slice of peanut butter in toast so that's a good sign! Onwards!

We'll done for the loss MissMiff, that's fantastic! My book, CD and DVD arrived today. I've now read the book, watched the DVD and I'm going to install my gastric band tonight. I've naturally been avoiding high fat and sugar foods for at least the past 2 weeks as part of my SW diet and I walk...

My partner and I have Costco cards. I do like Costco and a lot of the things are quite a bit cheaper than in normal supermarkets (though I find that fruit and veg are similar prices). I have found the cards to be handy as I can take my mum shopping there and she can stock up on loads of meat...

I've looked at your progress throughout this thread and it really is amazing, you've done incredibly well and you're a real inspiration. It makes me really want to give this my all and see the results on myself. You've shown that it can work in the long term and I feel so determined to make...

Thanks so much for the encouragement! While I'm waiting for my book to arrive I've picked up Pauls I Can Make You Thin techniques again so I can get started straight away. I forgot how effective it can be, this morning I was hungry (after breakfast) so I had a banana. I focussed on every bite...

Hello all! I hope you don't mind me joining in here. I've just ordered the Paul McKenna Gastric Band book off Amazon, it should be here by Thursday and I'm planning to start it straight away. I've done the 'I Can Make You Thin' technique before with limited results but the success people seem...

I struggle with emotional eating all the time, this weekend was a prime example where I got bored and just ate when I didn't need to. Luckily everything in the house is SW friendly so I didn't do too much damage but I still went over my daily syns. I've started making a point of keeping under...

They have pre-made salad pots so you could get a plain salad and an individual portion of ham. There's fresh fruit and pre-packed fruit salad that would go well with fat free yogurt. A pack of cooked chicken with some salad, maybe pick up a whole meal roll and have a chicken or ham salad roll?

I think it's important to get out of the mindset of feeling guilty when you eat syns. There's a limit on the number you can have each day, which allows you to have guilt-free treats. I've been there on previous diets and I've felt guilty about eating nice things but after depriving yourself of...

It looks good but you don't seem to have many syns in there. You should be aiming for between 5 and 15 syns a day but I can only see 1 in your list above. Could you add a few more in somewhere? I often use my syns for things like margarine on a jacket potato, some salad dressing or a treat...

Big pot of Subway salad, small packet of ham, 2 satsumas and an apple

Strawberry Muller Light, sliced banana, a handful of berries and a strong cup of black coffee

Love this thread! Some of mine are: - To not suffer for a week after wearing heels for an hour - To have the confidence to wear a dress...any dress but in particular ones shorter than my ankle length - To stop pretending to be scared of rollercoasters because I don't want to risk the...

My OH wanted Subway for dinner today. I checked here for syn values, decided that a 6" sub just wasn't worth the syns and went for a huge salad with no dressing. I nuked a potato in the microwave, added a couple of spoonfuls of baked beans, a hexa of cheese (weighed it myself, didn't get subway...

I use a lot of quark as a soured cream substitute. Sometimes I have it on its own or sometimes I add some chopped chives and eat it with chilli, potato wedges, mexican chicken, potato skins and other dishes that go well with soured cream. I also sometimes dice an onion and mix that into the...

Sweetcorn and peas are free on Slimming World on green and EE days, they're just not superfree.

Porridge and coffee...forgot to get the berries out the freezer last night so no fruit today. Whoops!

Looking at the nutritional information they're 10 syns for 100g. I'd never heard of them before, they look like something I should never have in my freezer as I'd eat the lot!

A Mug Shot and a load of fruit. Fun stuff.

I'd say it's ok. You haven't blended them up into a drink and it looks like you've just used a normal healthy portion of them. Raspberries are naturally made of those little segments anyway and they do break apart easily, especially if they're very ripe. If you sat there with a pin and ate...

Have you taken any medications lately that might affect it? I was once on antibiotics and for some reason they affected my taste buds and everything I ate had a really nasty aftertaste to it for a couple of weeks. I'd had the same antibiotics before and they had never affected me like that in...

You're definitely not alone! I feel like this most days, I've spent so many years of my life trying every diet out there, only to fail miserably. SW is the only one I know that actually works and I even messed that up a few years ago, hence my presence here now. I try to tell myself to take...

ANOTHER flippin' frittata! Getting fed up with them now, 3 days in a row but couldn't think of anything else to have without going shopping. This one's got bacon, spinach, onion, spring onions, chives, green chilli and basil in it. Topped off with hot sauce for a kick.

Home made chicken and vegetable noodle soup with 2 slices of bread (5.5 syns) and margarine.

I can't see why eating dry cereal would be bad for weight loss as long as it's one of your healthy extras or you syn it. The healthy extras in the book are for x amount of cereals, not x amount of cereals and milk together. As long as it's part of your plan I can't see why eating them dry...

I think I've just realised why I sometimes fall off plan. This might just be me but thought I'd pop a post in about it anyway just to get the words down. I find that I try really hard to stay on plan all week and then by the end of it I fall off the wagon. I try to use my syns on good things...

I use these ones: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0030EPISM/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I've had them for 2 years now, the battery is still going strong and they've always given me really accurate readings. None of this 'stand on it 5 times and take the lowest weight'...

Spring onions Peppers Chilli Spinach Satsuma Banana Grapes Later will be having: More peppers Onions More spinach

Bit naughty tonight. Having pasta (free) with a Dolmio stir in sauce (5.75 syns for half a tub!), half a Mattessons reduced fat sausage (3.5 syns), cheese (HEXA) and a load of vegetables thrown in for my superfree (peppers, onions, spinach, sweetcorn (not superfree but still free) and probably...

Another vegetable frittata. Yesterdays one was so nice I had to make it again for today!

I managed to avoid a total binge day on Saturday by using a lot of willpower and convincing words to myself. I had porridge for breakfast as usual and by 2pm I was hungry for anything and all I wanted was junk. I forced myself to eat a banana, some grapes and a fat free yogurt and after that I...

Porridge made with water and a strong black coffee!

Macaroni cheese pasta n sauce cooked with a bay leaf with fresh peppers, spring onions, carrots and peas mixed in

I had a frittata today and it was lovely. 2 eggs, half a pepper, 4 spring onions, half a chilli and 2 big handfuls of spinach. I made it last night and had it cold for lunch.

I was looking for the same thing but never found one for the Blackberry. I just use the MemoPad application on the phone to record my free foods, healthy extras and syns each day. It's not as glamorous as a proper app but it does the trick. If you do find a good app though please let me know...

This made me laugh! I've got an image in my head now of a bedroom, heat of the moment, OH pulls out a bottle of chocolate sauce... "Hang on, let me grab my measuring jug so I can syn it! How many calories are in it? No! Stop pouring it! Ergh, hang on, help me scoop it off you and into the...

I went to Florida a few years back and I'm pretty sure that's what started me on my journey to my highest weight ever. Even my mum was shocked by how much weight I'd gained after just 2 weeks and honestly it's put me off of going back again, although I did have a wonderful time. The thing that...

Hiya My book's saying that pomegranate is a F (fibre) food but not speed or superspeed, although it is still free. I like pomegranate too, I usually either eat it by itself (in a bowl it takes so long to eat piece by piece and it's something to snack on so keeps me busy and away from the...

Breakfast: Porridge (hexb), black coffee (free) Lunch: Fritatta (2 eggs, spinach, spring onions, chillis, green peppers) (free), apple (free), satsumas (free) Dinner: Pasta n Sauce (2 syns), milk (half a hexa), cheese (half a hexa), carrots (free), peppers (free), spring onions (free), peas...

Cold fritatta with spinach, green peppers, spring onions and chilli. Followed by a banana, an apple, some grapes and a couple of satsumas (these will be spread out through the day though....too much to eat all at once!)

I was just about to say the same thing! I bought a big box of them yesterday and have to hide them from my OH because they are MY treats! I managed to just have 4 yesterday for 2 syns (although I had to give my OH ONE :grumble: but I made it clear he gets NO MORE!) by licking all the chocolate...

Jacket potato, quorn chilli packed with veg, quark and hot sauce

Mushrooms fried in frylight with white pepper, egg fried in frylight, baked beans and last nights leftover Quorn sausage, all covered in hot sauce! Yum!

Thanks! I knew there was a more appropriate place to post this but for the life of me I couldn't think of where it was! Sorry for posting this in the wrong place :s

Hello all! I just had an awesome willpower moment and thought it might be nice if we had a place to share such things here. I feel that if I post about it, I'm less likely to give in next time as it makes me more accountable. If feel kinda guilty if I posted something and then went and did the...

Cheese & bacon potato skins, Quorn sausage, mushrooms, lettuce, cucumber, spring onions and quark with chives

Cheese and bacon potato skins, Quorn sausage, green salad, mushrooms fried in frylight and black pepper and quark with chopped chives. Was delicious!

Breakfast: Porridge (hexb), green tea with lemon juice (free), satsuma (free) Lunch: SW pancake roll with Quark (free), grapes (free), green tea (free) Dinner: Snacks: Banana (free), apple (free)

I love green tea. I don't think it's helped my weight loss significantly but I do feel much clearer headed after a couple of cups of green tea than I do after drinking coffee. I have a cup of plain green tea in the morning with a little lemon juice and then drink the flavoured stuff during the...

I know what you mean, I'm a little wary when it comes to Quorn products too. The bacon makes me gag, I think it's so vile! Some of the products can be a little dry (I like the sausages but have to have them with some kind of sauce or beans) but I find that the battered chicken things, like the...

SW pancake roll, a banana, a satsuma, some grapes and an apple.

It was so easy! Here's my recipe (tweaked slightly from the SW book): Beat 4 eggs with a little water and mix in half a diced red pepper and a whole (finely chopped) red chilli with some salt and pepper. Pour half of the egg mixture into a medium frying pan with FryLight over a gentle heat...

This is my take on a SW pancake roll (taken from a SW recipe book and tweaked a bit). It tastes lovely, is great cold for lunch and is free on all plans!

If you're really after quick easy things to pop in the oven for convenience rather than cooking from scratch (we all have days where cooking is too much of a chore! :) ) you could try some Quorn products if you like that? I love their chicken style things and the following go really well with...

Looking at my book it seems that pineapple is a speed food (S) but not a super speed (SS) food. I can't imagine that freezing it will make it super speed, just cold :) It does say that it can be fresh or frozen so looks like it's just a speed food.

A mug shot and an edamame bean salad. Much more filling than I initially thought it would be!

For normal SW recipe books, I'd strongly recommend having a look in charity shops. You probably won't find the food directories but my mum manages a charity bookshop and I volunteer there too. I've managed to get hold of about 8 SW recipe books (plus some of the books you get in class) for...

Haha! Yep, I know how you feel. I'm at work too and yet here I am, browsing the SW forums and thinking about buying veg at the supermarket tonight. Even yesterday I was practically glued to this website, planning my weight loss, writing a food diary and googling syns! I wouldn't say it's a...

Hello and welcome! :) I'm also doing SW from home but I try to keep as close to what it would be like weighing in at group as possible. It's up to you whether you weigh-in with or without clothes but the best thing to do would to try to keep it consistent for each weigh-in (e.g. try not to...

Breakfast: Porridge (hexb), Muller light (free), mixed berries (free), green tea with lemon juice (free) Lunch: Mug Shot (2.5 syns), edamame salad (sugarsnap peas, green beans, broad beans, edamame beans, rocket - all free) Dinner: Quorn chilli (1.5 syns for packet mix, chilli has onions...

Depending on how much time you have you could make something savoury for breakfast rather than having fruit all the time. A favourite of mine is a 1 egg omelette packed with mushrooms, onions and spinach with some chilli flakes and oregano. You can easily get your 2/3 super free in there and it...

Ok, so new year, new me...or something like that! Here comes today's food diary! Breakfast Porridge (hexb), milk (hexa), water (free), green tea (free), lemon juice (free) Lunch Mug shot (free), Apple (free), green tea (free), banana (free) Dinner Spaghetti (free), Quorn bolognese (1.5...

Just weighed in and by some miracle I've managed to stay the same! I have been massively off plan for the past couple of days but before that I hardly ate anything as was on the move a lot so I guess the days balanced themselves out a bit, although it might be waiting to sneak on over the next...

Just made the mistake of eating one of the snowman cookies I made last night for my colleagues. Still feel sick an hour after eating it, whoops!

Haha! If I did this I'd never lose any weight! They're one of my biggest weaknesses! :eatdrink023:

Massive crispy skin jacket potato with chilli. Yum!

Went to the cinema last night with my OH and his friends. Managed to only eat 2 pieces of toffee popcorn and one crispy M&M! Got my sweet fix after those 3 tiny things and didn't have anything else at all! Even synned them :D

I know what you mean. A while ago I decided to treat myself to 2 crumpets, real butter and melted cheese. Biggest mistake ever! I ended up feeling so ill after all the fat, I had heartburn, I felt sick, my heart was racing for hours after I ate it and it made me short of breath all night. I...

I definitely know what you mean today! I'm working at a clients today and they've brought in a massive amount of Christmas snacks, plonked them ALL right next to me on the desk I'm working on and said 'help yourself'! There's cold pizza, vegetarian samosas, onion bhajis, chocolate cakes...

Thanks! I weighed in this morning and have lost 3lbs this week :D That's an excellent result considering Friday night so fingers crossed I can do it again this week! Unfortuntely I've got my works Christmas meal this Friday night and it's a set menu so I don't have a choice of what I eat but...

The evening out was about as bad as it could have been lol. I'd stayed syn free all day and had been well under my syns every day leading up to the evening so I'm hoping that it didn't tip me too far over my weekly syns. The lasagne itself wasn't too bad, it had loads of nice veg in it and not...

Hiya I don't think it's bad at all that you want to enjoy Christmas Day. I'm sure a lot of people will be planning to go off plan for the day and just enjoy themselves. Your Christmas sounds almost exactly like mine! My partner and I are also going to be at his parents house and we are also...

I don't have the new SW book, I'm still working with my old red/green day book. Is the orange column extra easy? In my book, the red days were the left hand column and the green days were the right hand column and they had the letters 'O' (original) and 'G' (green) above each column to...

Haha this thread is great! I do sometimes follow my own little rules. If we only have a big loaf of wholemeal bread in the house, 2 slices get counted as my HEXB, same as a small loaf. It also works the other way round as I struggle to drink a whole HEXA of milk in one go so the smaller...

Thanks again for your support and kind words everyone! Still going strong, although it could have gone wrong last night. I'm off out tonight to have dinner at a friends house and last night I made 4 christmas cookie trees as gifts for them. I ended up making over 50 cookies and managed to...

I've never told my OH my weight and I don't plan on telling him until I'm at target. I tell him how much I lose each week but that's all. I don't know his weight either, I like that little bit of mystery haha! I think I'm just worried that I'd be heavier than him, though I don't think I am...

Hi all! Thank you so much for your responses, the support here is lovely! :) Well, it's been 2 and a bit days since I restarted and so far so good! I managed to keep within my syn allowance both days (7.5 one day and 5.5 the other day) and Gwella was absolutely right, I felt so much better...

Hiya, I agree with the other posters about hiding veg in your food. I've become pretty good at it, there are loads of different meals that are great at disguising veg. In addition to the ideas stated by the above posters, you could hide lots of veg in an omelette. I usually fry up (in...

Hi everyone Well, it happened again. I fell way off the wagon and hit rock bottom last night with the biggest binge I can remember. Seriously, it was so bad. I felt ill by the end of it, I hated what I’d done and I didn’t know what to do so I went to bed. I woke up this morning still full...

I'll join you. I can't remember the last time I actually did some proper exercise so this might be the boost I need to get up and do something! I also don't want to walk outside, it's too cold and dark by the time I get round to walking and unfortunately I don't have a treadmill or Wii Fit so...

I've tried Paul McKennas technique a few times and there was one time that it actually clicked and I was so close to using his technique all the time without really thinking about it. However, the old self-sabotage reared its ugly head and the binges started again. It does work and what he...

I agree with lickthelid above. I find that when I use my syns on things like salad dressings, nuts, oil and margarine my losses are a lot better (2-3 lbs a week) than if I use them on 'naughties' such as chocolate and crisps (0-1 lbs a week). Maybe you could switch your syns around a bit so...

Welcome to the forum and to SW KMC4! There are hundreds of threads on here that are full of tips and hints for the plan so it'd be worth having a browse through the sub-forums. There are some excellent recipes on there and plenty of inspiration to help keep you motivated. Are you planning to...

I usually just dunk a HEXB of wholemeal bread or toast into it, pretty boring. However, if I've still got a HEXA and a HEXB left and I'm having a tomato based soup, I'll make a toasted cheese sandwich and dunk that. I make in a frying pan with frylight so I don't have to grease (and clean!!) a...

Hi katsmad64. I know exactly how you feel, I've been there more times than I can even begin to remember! First of all, don't beat yourself up over it, we all have slips and days where we eat everything we shouldn't. You've already realised that you've strayed off plan and it was only one day...

I made a soup last night inspired from an old SW soup thread I found on here. It contains peppers so might work for you michedea41. The recipe is:- 3 cans peeled plum tomatoes (or you could use peeled fresh ones if you have them) 1 large red pepper (a couple of sweet red ones would be nice in...

Hiya, welcome back to SW! I did a similar thing to you where I switched from SW to a low cal diet for a couple of weeks that my OH suggested but I found I couldn't keep it up for long as although it worked ok in the first week, it was leading to binges towards the end. I'm now back on SW and...

Leftover mashed potatoes with bacon, cheese, loads of onion and peas. Yum!

I made the most amazing slow cooker beef stew the other day from my mums recipe. It's almost syn free and the smell of it makes my mouth water...even just thinking about it! The recipe is:- 1 pack of stewing steak (not sure of the weight, it had 2 steaks in it) 3-4 rashers smoked bacon 1...

Had a nice little victory yesterday. Went shopping with my Mum (we have girly shopping days once or twice a year) and we went to buy me a new suit for work. The past 2 or 3 times I've shopped for a suit it's been horrendous. I've been stuck between a size 18 and 20 (well, a 20 really but was...

My mum wraps it in bacon and cooks it in the oven with loads of onions, carrots, garlic and herbs. I think rabbit meat is vile but she goes nuts for it so it probably tastes nice to a rabbit lover :)

My OH wants to try this so I bought a tub of it today and I'll be trying it with him for 3 weeks to see how it works. I'm doing Slimming World but going to give this a trial run to see if I can boost my losses a bit as snacking is really slowing me down. Hopefully this will keep me full enough...

Taco salad - chopped lettuce, chopped tomato, onions (fried in frylight), quorn mince, half a sachet of Old EL Paso Taco mix (1.75 syns) and half a HEXA of cheese. Yum!

Hiya! :) I was wondering if someone might be able to tell me how many syns there are in a Yeo Valley Raspberry and Vanilla Noughty yogurt please? I bought 2 by mistake (I thought they were 4 packs of fat free raspberry - didn't realise they were single vanilla yogurts with a raspberry...

Hi all. Well, despite my best intentions, I went totally off-plan on my holiday. I was only in Center Parcs but as we were in the hotel we couldn't go self-catering so we ate out every night for a week! :eek: We had a few bits with us so I could have a healthy breakfast (mainly fruit or...

I really like leeks mixed in with cauliflower cheese, the oniony flavour compliments the cheese nicely and it's not overpowering. There are many SW friendly cheese sauces on here that would work perfectly with it.

I'm definitely an emotional eater and have been for as long as I can remember. I haven't managed to break the habit yet but I have found that especially on weekends when I'm at home, bored and feel the need to eat for no reason, if I go and clean something for 20 minutes (clean the bathroom...

Sandwich - Brown bread (HEXB), margarine (1 syn), light cream cheese (HEXA), tomato, cucumber and lettuce.

I used to use Splenda a lot and I found that was quite nice. It looks like they've recently released something called Nectresse that seems to be an all-natural no calorie sweetner made from fruit extracts. Looks like that might just be in the US, I can't get the UK website to load...:rolleyes:

Cherry tomato and beetroot salad followed by a banana. Did buy a Muller Light and a pot of raspberries and blueberries to have too but I was full after the salad so that'll be my breakfast tomorrow :)

5ft7 Starting weight (pre-Slimming World) - 17st 1lb - Size 20 Slimming World starting weight - 15st 10lb - Size 18-20 Current weight - 14st 9lb - Size 16-18 (18 trousers, 16 tops - more like a size 17!!) Target - 10st - Hopefully size 10-12

One of my favourite food when I'm feeling ill is pasta with a bit of margarine or olive oil, a sprinkling of grated cheese on top and black pepper. It's not rich so doesn't make me feel worse and it's filling too. I also find that margarine gives it that nice flavour without too many syns (I...

Haha! That's good to hear RebekahR! I was worried that I'd have a gain after a week there but considering all the exercise I'll be doing (loads of swimming and walking planned) and the healthy breakfasts and lunches I might be pleasantly surprised! I've never been before so your advice on the...

Excellent ideas! Thanks! I completely forgot about Mugshots and the porridge didn't even occur to me :)

Hello all! I'm going on holiday to Center Parcs on Friday for a week and we're staying in the hotel so we won't be self-catering as there is no proper kitchen to cook food in or a decent sized fridge to store it in. I'm therefore wondering if anyone can suggest some food that we can take with...

Thank you so much for the Birthday wishes! :) I've had an amazing day and haven't eaten anything I wasn't planning to :D My legs are aching from all the walking I did today, it was almost 4 hours non-stop walking round the zoo! Can't be anything but good!

Thanks! I've got a nice healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner planned and no other syns for the day so the cake will be my treat and hopefully won't do too much damage :) Thanks so much for the support, everyone's replies to this thread have really given me a huge boost to get back on plan and...

Hi all! Thank you for asking about my WI, I weighed-in this morning and had a gain of 3lbs. Not as bad as it could have been, after what I ate I deserve a gain like that but I'm working to get it off again now. Had a good day yesterday and today so hopefully I can keep it going. It's my...

Well done! All losses are achievements and a great step in the right direction :) Hope next week goes well for you too!

Hi justjudith! As you know, I've done a similar thing lately and binged far too much so I can totally relate to your post. I turn to bread, butter and cheese rather than cakes and sweets but the end results are the same! I hope that you can follow the brilliant words of wisdom you gave me and...

Awww thank you all so much for the lovely words! I'm feeling so much better about the whole situation now :hug99: justjudith, I'm sorry you've found yourself in a similar situation, I can totally relate to the drinking binge too! Drawing a line under it is the best idea, we can hop back on...

The biggest swap for me would be Quorn instead of meat. I do mainly green days and a HEB of mince just doesn't cut it so I've switched to free Quorn mince so I can have enough bolognese and chilli without picking at the leftovers and ending up going over on syns, which I would do with normal...

Thanks to you both for the messages of encouragement, I'm feeling a bit better today. Jumped back on the wagon, just had my banana and yogurt for breakfast and already planned my meals for the day. Sticking with the normal plan for the week rather than SE and hopefully this time next week I'll...

Ok, so my plan to stick to SE for a week went completely out the window and I've ended up in a 3 day mega binge! I'm feeling so so bad about myself right now, I know I've gained a stupid amount of weight this week because of this ridiculous binge and at the moment I'm hating myself for it! Why...

Good idea to try to mix up your meals a bit more. When I used to attend group my weight loss halted for a while even though I was sticking to plan and my consultant suggested mixing up by B choices as almost every day I was using them on Weetabix and bread. When I cut these out a few days a...

Thanks for the encouragement swonsong1a! I got through yesterday ok and was right on track to do another SE day today...I'd had my lovely superfree lunch and then disaster struck! The partners at work bought everyone in the building ice creams and I just couldn't resist a white Magnum so boom...

Day 4 of Success Express Breakfast - Banana (free), yogurt (free) Lunch - Last night's leftovers (no Quorn sausages) (mostly free, 2 syns for gravy) Dinner - Snacks -

Welcome aboard 3106Catherine! Day 3 of SE for me and I'm starving! Not a big problem as there's nothing for me to snack on at work and I'm planning my meals in advance but I find that vegetables and fruits really don't fill me up for very long. I'll power through though! :D

I used to drink loads of green tea but have been more on the black coffee lately. Should get back to the green tea though as I have so much of it! My favourite one is the Twinings green tea with cranberry, it tastes like Christmas! :D I also like the jasmine one, that's really light and...

I think the M&S Count on Us yogurts are free. They're the ones in the same style pots as Muller Lights with 0% fat. Other than that, I'm not sure about the other products they sell.

Ahh that's brilliant, thanks so much for your reply Ruth! :)

Hello! I'm doing some SE days at the moment and have a quick question about the healthy extras (unfortunately the book I have is pre-SE days so doesn't give me the answers I need). As I understand it, the only snacks you can have between meals are on superfree foods. Does that mean that...

Hi Beckyftwx, sorry to hear you've been unwell. Try not to be too disheartened about the gain, it may be that the antibiotics had something to do with it and once you're off them your losses may return to normal. As for reducing bloating, I'm not an expert but I've heard that avoiding too many...

Day 3 of Success Express Breakfast - Banana (free), yogurt (free) Lunch - Salad (free - lettuce, peppers, sweetcorn, carrot, beetroot, cabbage), Babybel Light (HEA), frankfurter (5 syns) Dinner - Quorn sausages (free), baby potatoes (free), cabbage (free), leeks (free), mushrooms (free)...

Day 2 of Success Express Breakfast - Banana (free) Lunch - White bread roll (6.5 syns), cream cheese (HEA), aubergine (free), peppers (free), satsuma (free), apple (free), Alpen Light bar (HEB) Dinner - Jacket potato (free), leftover ratatouille (free - tomatoes, courgette, peppers, onion...

My mum's been taking Citalopram for a while and she went from a size 16/18 to a size 10/12 (and maintained) on SW with no problems.

Thanks for the encouragement! I'm determined to stick with this for a week now, just to see the difference it makes. My WI is Tuesday morning so will report back then with my weight loss results :) Starting weight (this morning) was 14 stone 9 lbs.

Hi smallmole! Definitely join in, I know how you're feeling. I'm on day 2 now and its going well, the best thing is I've managed to resist snacking in the evenings as I know I can't. Weighed in this morning and I've stayed the same (again) so after a few days I'm hoping for a decent loss. Its...

This is happening to me at the moment. I've just passed the 1 stone mark and can feel myself slipping. I've had a couple of cheeky extra syn days and I really don't feel good about them. The way I'm dealing with it is to do a few days of Success Express to force myself back into good habits...

Thanks! It's great to hear that it works well, I'm hoping that I'll have a nice weight loss boost after a few days on it. First day today and so far so good :)

Day 1 of Success Express Breakfast - Yogurt (free), strawberries (free), blueberries (free), melon (free) Lunch - Pasta (free), home made ratatouille (free - tomatoes, courgette, peppers, onion, spring onions, mushrooms, chilli, hot sauce) Dinner - 2 eggs (free), onion (free), mushrooms...

Thanks for your reply swansong1a, good idea mixing in a red or green day with them. If I find I'm wanting to cheat or get too hungry I'll give that a go. Here's hoping it works!

Hello all! For the past 4 or so weeks I seem to have been hovering within the same couple of pounds. I'll have good days, then bad days, binge days and back to good days so I seem to be stuck in a rut and I really want to get under 14 stone 9 lbs as I think that will kick me back into the...

OH and I are trying this tonight, can't wait!!

As pureed or smashed up fruit needs to be synned, I'd go with the 1 syn = 20 calories method. That would make 1 level tsp about 1 syn.

That's pretty shocking! Really wasn't expecting it to be 76.5 syns...no more sneaky slices of garlic sausage for me!!

Welcome to the forums and well done for jumping on board with SW! Try not to beat yourself up too much about week 1, almost everyone has slips like this...I know I do! I've always been an emotional eater, every time something good happens I always celebrate with food and it's a tough habit to...

Wow! What a brilliant loss! Well done and congratulations! :party0011:

I found fat free fromage frais in Sainsbury the other day. It was around the cheese section though where the cottage cheese was, which wouldn't be the first place I'd look for it. Also spotted it in Asda too in the yogurt section. As for chocolate, I feel your pain. Last night I had half a...

That is excellent control, well done! Especially on resisting the McDonalds, that's my biggest downfall on a night out drinking! If nine units is way over the guidelines, I daren't mention how many I had on Saturday night! ;)

Would you be able to give an example of what you are typically eating each day please? Tht will make it easier to see if you're eating the right balance of foods suggested by SW.

I do the same thing, I wasn't expecting them to be so thick. Found I had to add water to my chilli and bolognese because it was too thick. I used to use the supermarket value ones and they definitely contain a lot more water than the Costco ones. Though for £3.89 for 12 cans, I wouldn't care...

For non-alcoholic drinks I tend to go for plain tap water or no added sugar squash (either apple & blackcurrant or orange & pineapple). For a hot drink it'll be black coffee (decaf in the evenings) or an Options hot chocolate for 2 syns. If I was after alcohol, it'd be a gin or vodka and...

Green Day Breakfast - Yogurt (free), strawberries (free), blueberriess (free) Lunch - Dinner - Snacks - Physalis (free)

Thank you for posting about this! Before I read this post I'd never even heard of Koko chocolate milk, not to mention being able to use it as a HEXA! Bought some in Sainsbury today and it is goooood!! Such a nice change to using cheese or regular boring old milk every day :D Thank you for...

Jelly Belly jelly beans :) I've got a 1.8kg tub of them at home and you can have 5 for 1 syn. They're pretty sweet so after about 10 I can't stomach any more and my sweet craving is done :) I find that if I pick 10 different flavours at a time they take ages to eat too as you need to get...

Green Day Breakfast - Muller Light (free), raspberries (free), banana (free) Lunch - Leftover omelette (free & HEXA), edamame beans (free) Dinner - Bread (HEXB), cheese (HEXA), ham (1.5 syns), Flora Light (4 syns) Snacks - Satsuma (free), Ryvita (HEXB), chocolate spread (2 syns)

Thanks for your reply clairebrookes, it's much appreciated :) I thought I should probably syn the lot but thought it'd be worth checking first to see if I could sneak a few syns off it but never mind :rolleyes: I agree that taking a break is nice, I don't go all out like this very often (and...

Thanks! It was delicious and HUGE! Got 3 meals from it! Had half for dinner tonight, quarter for lunch tomorrow and quarter for dinner tomorrow with a big salad :)

Hello! I was wondering if some kind person (or people!) could please confirm whether I've correctly calculated the syns for the following:- Dominos personal Tandoori Hot pizza with reduced fat cheese - 541 calories (according to the website) - 27 syns 4 x 330ml bottles of Budweiser - 6.5 syns...

My take on a Spanish omelette with potatoes, onions, mushrooms, chilli flakes and cheese :)

Green Day Breakfast - Banana (free), fat free Greek yogurt (free), sweetner (free) Lunch - Salad (free - lettuce, cucumber, celery, carrot, tomatoes, radish), edamame beans (free) Dinner - Spanish omelette (free - potatoes, onion, mushrooms, chillis, cheese (HEXA)) Snacks - Satsuma (free)...

1lb off this week, which was the one I gained last week. Ah well, at least it's in the right direction!

Green Day Breakfast - Muller light (free), raspberries (free), black coffee (free) Lunch - pasta (free), homemade tomato sauce (free) (passata, onions, chilli flakes, oregano, hot sauce, vegetable stock, salt, pepper), sweetcorn (free) Dinner - Quorn (free), pasta sauce (free - as above)...

Red Day Breakfast - Egg (free), herbs & spices (free), bacon (free) Lunch - Cheese & cucumber sandwich (bread (HEXB), cheese (HEXA), cucumber (free), Flora Light (2 syns)), salad (free), yogurt (free) Dinner - Snacks -

First of all, I love, love, LOVE your screen name! :D Secondly, I've been doing SW from home for about 10 weeks now and have lost a stone so far. Maybe not done as well as I would have if I'd been going to groups but I still think it's a pretty good loss and I haven't lost my motivation at...

Looking at the menu, it seems that the fruit skewers are the best but since you don't want them I'd say the next best thing would be the strawberry or raspberry 'Sundae Best' at 248 calories. That would equate to about 12.5 syns. Next to that is the Knickerbocker Glory Sundae at 350 calories...

Green Day Breakfast - Muller Light (free), strawberries (free), banana (free) Lunch - Cheese & tomato sandwich (bread - HEXB, cheese - HEXA, margarine - 2 syns, tomato - free), pomegranate (free) Dinner - Jacket potato (free), baked beans (free), Quorn nuggets (2.5 syns), cheese (HEXA), onion...

Haha! corrin87, I know what you mean! In the evenings I could eat everything in sight and then go on a search for more. Sometimes I struggle at lunch time though, if I'm having a slow day in the office then everything else seems to end up on a go-slow too, including my enthusiasm to feed...

Most of them look pretty repulsive. Deep fried dough? Erm...NO. The McNuggetini? Makes me feel sick just thinking about that :sign0137: Reese's Peanut Butter Cake? Yeah...well...that one I just want to put my face in! :eat:

Hi everyone. I'm on my lunch break at work at the moment. I work right in the middle of town and there's a whole town full of shops and supermarkets within a 10 minute or less walk from here and I just can't be bothered to get off my *** and buy my lunch. I usually bring lunch with me but...

Green Day Breakfast - Strawberries (free), Muller Light (free) Lunch - Banana (free), satsuma (free), black coffee (free) Dinner - Pasta n Sauce (2 syns), cheese (HEXA), bread (HEXB), mini pepperami (2 syns) Snacks - Ryvita (HEXB), cheese (HEXA), margarine (2 syns), Freddo (5 syns)

Thank you for your response, it's much appreciated :) I think I'd better steer clear of them...fat free greek yogurt and options sachets all the way!

Hiya! I have heard that monthly weigh-ins are a good idea as it helps to eliminate the day to day weight fluctuations that we experience and gives you a more accurate average weight. However, I can't keep off the scales for more than a week at a time (and usually not even that long hehe). As...

Green Day Breakfast - Muller Light (free), banana (free), black coffee (free) Lunch - Leftover bolognese (HEXB + 2 syns), pasta (free) Dinner - Potatoes (free), peas (free), Mattessons reduced fat sausage (5 syns), margarine (3 syns), cheese (HEXA), more cheese (HEXA), dash of milk (1 syn)...

1 lb on for me this week :( I know why though but this week coming I have no plans and no reason to stray off plan so fingers crossed for a bigger loss next week!

Hello! Would anyone be kind enough to tell me the syns in one pot of these please? The nutritional information is:- Serving size - 70g Calories - 160 Protein - 2.9g Carbohydrate - 17.9g (Sugars) - 17.2g Fat - 8.2g I'm expecting them to be very high in syns and I'm hoping that this will put...

I don't intentionally go all out and eat what I want after WI. However, if I do want to have a day when I relax a bit and maybe have a few more syns, WI day is usually it. Sometimes this is sharing a pizza with my OH (although last time I was super good and ordered a wrap from Dominoes rather...

Green Day Breakfast - Muller light (free), black coffee (free), jasmine green tea with a slice of lemon (free) Lunch - Leftover bolognese (HEXB + 2 syns), pasta (free) Dinner - Eggs (free), onion (free), baked beans (free), Quorn (2.5 syns) Snacks - banana (free), satsuma (free), fat free...

Hello! Try not to feel too disheartened, I expect the gain you saw was from a combination of being weighed so soon after your 2 days of going over syns and also you didn't have a full week between weigh-ins. Our weight fluctuates on a daily basis, which is why it's best to not weigh more than...

Green days are my fave as I don't really like meat (although I do eat it) but love carbs! Potatoes, pasta and rice all the way for me! My weight loss is faster on red days but I prefer green days for the food. EE is easy enough but my weight loss seems to slow waaay down when I'm on EE so I...

Green Day Breakfast - Weetabix (HEXB), milk (half a HEXA), sweetner (free) Lunch - Pasta (free), Flora Light (4 syns), cheese (HEXA) Dinner - Pasta (free), mince (HEXB), onions (free), tomatoes (free), cheese (half a HEXA), spag bol mix (2 syns) Snacks - fat free yogurt (free), sweetner...

:cry: I don't know why I thought they were only 2! Oh well, I've managed to lose weight counting them as 2 so far so hopefully by counting them as 5 I'll lose even more :rolleyes: Thanks for the correction! :) I read it just in time too, I'm off to Costco tomorrow and was going to buy a box...

EE Day - Flexisyn Breakfast - Weetabix (HEXB), milk (HEXA), sweetner (free) Lunch - M&S Edamame Soya Bean Salad (no dressing) (free), yogurt (free), banana (free), raspberries (free) Dinner - Chinese food..., WINE!...

I'm SO with Mandlegrot with te tiger loaf! That bread is amazing, I could eat a whole loaf with butter and a block of cheese given half the chance! I don't have a problem with chocolate and crisps but Ritz crackers would be gone in a flash! Also poppyseed crackers with Boursin or Applewood...

Whole punnet of strawberries and a free vanilla yogurt to dip them in, followed by a banana and washed down with a chilled bottle of peach & raspberry flavoured water. Perfect for this hot day! :cool:

EE Day Breakfast - Yogurt (free), plum (free), satsuma (free) Lunch - Strawberries (free), yogurt (free), banana (free), Peach & Raspberry flavoured water (1 syn) Dinner - Omelette (eggs (free), onions (free), bacon (free), mushrooms (free)), potato wedges (3 syns), baked beans (free), energy...

I definitely wouldn't suggest not getting it checked out as you never know the reasons for it. Without getting too personal, if you're on birth control it could have something to do with it. I found that when I started SW and started losing weight regularly, I had about 3 star weeks in 2...

This time round I don't eat anything as I weigh at home first thing on a Tuesday morning before having breakfast. However, when I went to classes I was weighed in the evenings and would eat normally during the day but wait until I got home to have dinner. I'd also plan my clothing according to...

Hi all! I hope you don't mind me posting in here. I'm getting married in June 2014 and really want to lose about 5 more stone before then (though that might be a bit too optimistic but I'd love to be at least 2 stone lighter by November/December so that I'll look better in wedding dresses when...

I'm blowing all my syns at lunch today and having a meatball salad from Subway for 11 syns with dressing for another 2 syns. I don't usually have so many syns in a day but I REALLY want Subway meatballs today! :D Gonna have to have a totally free dinner tonight!

Green Day Breakfast - Banana (free), black coffee (free) Lunch - Subway meatball salad (11 syns), dressing (2 syns), satsumas (free) Dinner - Carrots (free), mange tout (free), baby corn (free), rice (free), radish (free), Teriyaki sauce (4 syns) Snacks - Options (4 syns), bread roll (HEXB)...

Home made Quorn chilli, home made mexican rice (rice, green peppers, chopped tomatoes, onions, garlic, beef stock, spices), Total 0% (in place of soured cream) and hot sauce! It's so delicious!!!

I haven't tried it myself but you could try following the SW hash brown recipe but reduce the amount of potato and add in some other vegetables instead? The link to the hash browns is:- http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/104700-hash-browns.html I should imagine that it'd be pretty...

Green Day Breakfast - Banana (free), yogurt (free), black coffee (free) Lunch - Leftover Quorn chilli and rice (free), hot sauce (free), Total 0% (free), black coffee (free) Dinner - Pasta n Sauce (2 syns), bread roll (HEXB), Flora Light (2 syns) Snacks - Cherries (free), bread roll (HEXB)...

Most of my lunches are made up of the previous nights leftovers. I find that if it's something flavourful then it tastes better the day after anyway. Today it's leftover Quorn chilli and rice but spag bol also works well. How about salads? I've been really into ham salads lately with loads...

Down 2lbs this week! Super happy, I've finally passed the 1 stone mark! :party0011: Onwards and upwards!

This used to happen to me almost every day! It's eased off now I've started SW again but sometimes I do still get that sweet craving, even when I'm stuffed! Fruit or yogurt don't cut it for me unfortunately. Last night I had half a pot of Total 0% with a tsp of sweetner and that was so sweet...

Hiya. I've been doing SW from home for a couple of months now and I've found it pretty easy. I went to classes years ago (about 2005!) and still have my old book (although massively out of date now) but most of the basic info has remained the same. I find that doing it from home is quite...

My OH made an amazing burger a couple of weeks ago! Just asked him for the recipe and he said he used the following:- Extra lean beef mince Onion Dijon Mustard (about 1 tsp) Egg yolks (2) Worcestershire Sauce (about a tbsp) Ketchup (about 3 tbsp) Apparently it's a take on one of Gordon...

Green Day Breakfast - Banana (free), large black Costa coffee (free) Lunch - Leftover Quorn chilli and rice (free), black coffee (free) Dinner - Jacket potato (free), baked beans (free), cheese (HEXA), Mattessons reduced fat sausage (5.5 syns), Flora Light (2 syns) Snacks - 2 satsumas (free)

A banana and a large black coffee from Costa today. Was going to have mixed fruit with yogurt but didn't have time to eat that AND go to Costa so as it's Monday morning the caffiene won! :rolleyes:

Green Day Breakfast - Strawberries (free), yogurt (free) Lunch - 2 slices wholemeal bread (HEXB), Flora Light (2 syns), cheese (half a HEXA), egg (free) Dinner - Quorn mince (free), kidney beans (free), onion (free), various spices (free), tinned tomatoes (free), frylight (free), green pepper...

Firstly, well done on your losses so far! 10lbs in 4 weeks is excellent :) With regard to the gain you saw this morning, don't let that discourage you. You know the plan works, you've already seen the proof so don't give up :) The first couple of months into a new way of eating can result...

I find that if I don't keep a food diary I find it easier to convince myself that I can cheat. Not with the deliberate intention of cheating but I tend to have thoughts like 'I know I'm on a green day today and I had a chicken sandwich for lunch, which were HEXB's for the bread and chicken but...

Hi all! So I've tried writing down everything I eat on the food diary sheets but they keep getting buried under other paperwork and I forget to complete them. I'm on this site several times a day so thought this would be the best place to keep one so here goes! Green day Breakfast - fruits...

I think it depends on your preferences and how you feel in yourself on the different plans. Personally, I'm an old school slimming worlder and always stick to either red or green days. Never really went for EE as I find the other plans work the best for me. As for which one is better, I find...

Thank you so much for posting this! It's really helpful! I couldn't resist the thought of Subway again so I've got another salad today. Went for ranch dressing again but made sure they only put a little bit on it - about half the amount from yesterday so it's a bit lighter in syns today :)

Subway today. Went for a salad pot with ham, sweetcorn, lettuce, cucumber, red onions, grated carrot and jalapenos. All free and topped off with 2 syns of ranch dressing. First time I've ever had a salad pot from Subway and it was awesome! Will definitely be going back again! Edit: Ergh...

Only lost 0.5 lbs this week but it doesn't surprise me. I did have McDonalds on Sunday to cure the hangover from all the alcohol on Saturday night :rolleyes: At least I lost something though :)

I've only had quinoa a couple of times before a while ago and I remember thinking that watching paint dry would be more exciting than eating quinoa :) However, one recipe I did quite like was for a breakfast dish:- 110g Quinoa 240ml milk (can be used as a healthy extra) 240ml water 1 egg white...

Jacket potato with baked beans, a grated Babybel and salad. Might throw some kind of Quorn product on the plate too if there's one in the freezer that grabs my fancy :)

Pasta with Dolmio light bolognese sauce (1.5 syns for a quarter of the jar), brocolli, green beans, an Alpen Light bar and a Babybel.

I went to a wedding once where they had a buffet instead of a sit-down meal. They served a variery of hot meats (I think there was chicken, ham and maybe beef) on the bone that they carved for you so if they have that then it could be an option as if it's on the bone it won't be drowned in oil...

Ham and cheese toasted sandwich (HEXB bread, HEXA cheese, ham (1.5 syns), margarine (3 syns)), SW potato wedges with salt and paprika and a bowl of fresh strawberries, blueberries and cherries

Lost 3lbs this week and FINALLY made it under the 15 stone mark! :woohoo: I'm now 14 stone 11 lbs and SUPER happy about it! Feeling so motivated to keep at this!

I agree with the other posters about picking up items on offer, such as the 50p pasta n sauce. Fruit can be expensive but Sainsbury do their value fruit for £1 and you can get punnets of strawberries and blueberries for £1 each and the packs are about the same size as normal punnets, just the...

Hey, I'm a bit of a gamer. I've got an XBox360, PS3, PS2, PS1, DS Lite and various incarnations of the Gameboy. Used to have a Wii and Gamecube but the ex took them :cry: The games I like are mainly RPGs, including Final Fantasy (all of them!), Eternal Sonata and (at the moment) Ni No Kuni...

Just spotted this thread so thought I'd pop a post in :) I'm a big anime fan and I like:- Deathnote (though I prefer the manga) Ai Yori Aoshi Love Hina Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (aka Wallflower - again, bigger fan of the manga than the anime) Excel Saga Fruits Basket Revolutionary Girl...

Leftover rice with mixed vegetables (peas, sweetcorn, peppers and onions) with Maggi Liquid Seasoning

Quorn southern style burger (2.5 syns), wholemeal bread (HEXB), cheese slices (HEXA), salad, SW chips and baked beans. Mmmm...I wish it was dinner time now! :)

I find that clothes are one of my biggest motivations and I love MissNix's idea of buying smaller jeans. My mum gave me a bag full of clothes to sell on Ebay and she said that whatever didn't sell I could keep. Most of her clothes are a size 14 (I'm a size 18 at the moment) and one thing that...

I feel your pain, I'm sure we all have days like these! :) More superfree is definitely the way to go, could you have some fruit ready for after dinner if you feel hungry again later? A Muller Light poured over a big bowl of berries is a brilliant filler. You did just break my heart by...

I've been feeling the same. My weigh in day is Tuesday and I gained 3lbs this week! :( I don't wonder why though, it was my own fault. Yesterday I had kind of mixed feelings. I wanted to snack soooo much but managed to stick to mostly free foods, though I did hit 8.5 syns thanks to a bread...

Drinking enough water is crucial to living a healthy life and preventing dehydration but it doesn't have to be 8 glasses of water. The NHS recommends 6-8 glasses a day (1.2 litres) whereas in America they recommend 8 x 8oz glasses a day (1.9 litres). I think it's safe to say that 6 glasses a...

Hello deakini13! Welcome to the forums and congratulations on taking the step into Slimming World :) I've been to Shakeaway and can imagine the temptations you're faced with there! So, taking your questions one at a time... 1) What plan are you following? Are you doing Extra Easy or going...

The title of this post made me laugh, it's like it was written for me! I messed up royally this weekend, had a work leaving do Friday night, drank way too much and ended up sharing a pizza with my OH. Saturday was even worse with a cocktail pub crawl for my friends 30th, though my food choices...

I think it has to do with a few things. Firstly, the amount of time and energy taken to consume and digest a whole piece of fruit (like a handful of strawberries) would be more than if you puree it and drink it as you would need to chew the fruit and eat it a piece at a time, rather than...

Salad...forgot the dressing and forgot to defrost the chicken so it was super boring! :sigh2:

Hello! I did 5:2 a couple of months ago, just before starting Slimming World. I found that on 5:2 my weight loss was around the same as on Slimming World (about 2lbs a week). However, I think 5:2 and Slimming World contradict each other as 5:2 requires a 1,500 calorie deficit 2 days a week...

Jacket potato with baked beans, HEXA cheese and lots of salad

Stayed at a Premier Inn last night so wasn't the best breakfast but I had wholemeal toast (HEXB), margarine (1 syn - only had a little bit), marmite, orange juice (about 5 syns! :eek:), black coffee, loads of different berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, cherries)...

4 Ryvita dark rye, marmite, extra light Laughing Cow cheese triangles and an Alpen Light bar