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When did they change? I'm only finding info from middle of last year, I have a load of these for emergencies at work and missed a syn change :o

Hi everyone I'm looking for the syn value of a Waitrose Frozen Vegetarian cottage pie 380g if anyone knows? They are delicious so hubby bought us some but I'm a bit scared eat it until I know what the damage is!! :( Thanks in advance

The award is in sight - you're doing great :D

I've been away for a while. Following the diet fairly well gave a weight loss of 1 1/2 stone over 6 weeks, down to 13st 4... then I fell off the wagon a bit for a couple of weeks. I'm back up to 13st 11lbs and cracking on. I have a pair of trousers a size down that I want to wear for my holiday...

We get weeks like this. You've got this... Keep at it :)

Can anyone help me out with the syns value of Waitrose Vegetable Tagine Cous Cous & Quinoa, please? Many thanks :)

Thanks Jennyb61 :D I'm weighing in from home for the moment... if it gets too hard, I'll think about switching to a group, but it's a bit of a financial stretch, right now! I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing, as it has all changed so much since the last time I did SW, so I'm researching the...

Hi there, I'm really failing to do this alone - I've put on a stone and a half in the last year and am weighing in two pounds short of 15 stone, it's really difficult to not hate myself for it... Looking for some moral support from people who understand where I'm at... And, obviously to offer...

Yesterday didn't go so well. I had a great start to the day, but then I went to a night time event, at which we stayed awake with lots of carbs and sugar snacks. I've not een attempted to count the syns. Back with it today. Breakfast: Toast with curd (2 syns, HExB) Lunch: Pasta, cheese (1/2...

So far today: Podge (Milk: HExA, Agave: 0.5 syns) Lunch: Brown roll (HExB) with Quorn BoB sausage (1.5 syns), butter (1 syn), sauce (1 syn) 2 x 1/2 sugar in my tea: 1 syn, partial HExA Cadbury's hit choc: 3 syns, partial HExA Syns so far:8

Yesterday was NOT good... Porridge, agave, sk. milk (HExA, 0.5 syns) Choc biccy (5 syns) Risotto (3 syns) Mad moment, 75g chocolate (c20 syns) :confused: 28.5 syns :o

I love baked beans :D

I'm probably not the best veggie to lead the way, as I use quite a bit of quorn foods... if you're wanting vegetable based meals, i don't do that many (although I do make a mean baked rice :D ) I'm generally easier on myself with the syn counting right at the beginning, then I tighten up as I...

I keep thinking of using up all the crisps and chocolate in the house ;)

Tried toshake things up a bit, today: Breakfast: Toast with lemon curd (HExB, 2 syns) Lunch: Quorn sausage with brown bread (HExB, 1.5 syns) Snack: pasta with marmite and 1/2 tsp butter (1 syn) garlic bread slice (5 syns) Dinner: Risotto (3 syns) 12.5 syns but will prob have a hot choc before...

Ha ha - yeah, that's me :D Good to fb meet you! I try to be more interesting over there :D

Well done :D I'm on day three and it's SO much easier than day two... Hoping it keeps getting easier to stay at it....WE CAN DO THIS!

So yeah.... Breakfast: Podge with agave (1/2 syn)(HExA -skimmed milk) Tea with sugar (1 syn) - I had sweetener the rest of the day, but fancied a treat! Lunch: Salad with dressing (1.5 syns) Ryvita minis (HExB) Early evening and was really hungry, so small bowl of pasta, cheese (HExA) and...

I understand - it has been tricky getting back into it, I've kept sliding further from where I left off,so I've scrapped all my old data and properly started again,rather than trying to get back on track. I'm only on day 2, though! And I'm so so hungry, so I'm doing something really badly...

PS...TOTALLY worth it :p

Dinner: salad: mixed leaf, peppers, cucumber, quorn slices, feta (HExA), dressing (1.5 syns) Hot chocolate (2 syns) 16.5 syns today and half an hour dance (with 195 calorie burn). All in all, could have been much worse with that terrible start :)

PROPER start from scratch needed. Not a good start to the day - scone for brunch while out with my mum. 9.5 syns :( Late lunch: quorn fillet sandwich: 2.5 syns, 1 HExB. Dinner Still to go and already on 13 syns :o Off to do half an hour of just dance if I can! :)

Are you still there? How's it going? xx

Keep it up... I keep cracking at the getting back into it stage when it's not as easy as I'd expected! Well done on today :)

Not a bad day, syns-wise, but didn't eat much at all, so not a successfully healthy day. Breakfast: Porridge with nuts and agave (2 x HExB,1 syn) Lunch: Bag of snack a jacks(5syns) 3 x sugar in tea/coffee (3 syns) Dinner: quorn burger (0.5 syns), five beans and chips (4 syns) 14.5 syns...

It all went badly wrong. Keep going shopping when hungry and losing all motivation. I want to get going but keep failing at the starting block.

Wonderful loss! Well done - you can do this :)

Today.... Feeling a bit stressy with the new job.... STILL don't know what I'm doing! Feel so hungry this afternoon - I think I'm not eating enough free foods in the morning. I feel more focussed by being back on here... Pretty optimistic right now :) Breakfast: Porridge (HExB) with...

Today.... Feeling a bit stressy with the new job.... STILL don't know what I'm doing! Feel so hungry this afternoon - I think I'm not eating enough free foods in the morning. I feel more focussed by being back on here... Pretty optimistic right now :) Breakfast: Porridge (HExB) with Skimmed...

Yesterday was my first day back to it... Ever Green... Breakfast: Porridge (HExB) (agave nectar - 1 syn) (Skimmed milk from HExA) Lunch: Salad with dressing (3 syns), feta (HExA), Seeds (HExB) Dinner: Stir fry - FREE! Treat: Milky Way Crispy Rolls (5.5 Syns) Ooptions belgian hot chocolate...

We can do this! I'm wiping the slate and going from now! The new diary is a good idea... just make sure you focus as much on the good bits, so you know how it feels when it's going well as well as what helps you to get/stay on track... I rave about mood diaries for the people I work...

I've had a major blip, too. More job changes, holiday cancellations (to accommodate job changes) and juggling study got too much (I know it sounds feeble, but it was my tipping point)... I went on holiday and decided to not worry about the diet, but it went a bit crazy, with grabbing all the...

Don't quit the exercise -the endorphins will give you at least a temporary feel good factor - enough to spur you on for a while. They get me through the shitty days... But there are those days when life just takes so much out of you you can't be bothered... just getout for a walkin the fresh...

Haven't had a bad couple of days, but have had a stinking cold and my brain's not working very well, so the food diary has been abandoned as I just can't remember what I've actually eaten by the end of the day - although I know I've avoided the syns!!! Yesterday I had a third of a doughnut...

I do it from home, I can't make groups with my working hours. But I'm liking the idea of putting the money saved into a pot and going on holiday with the savings when I reach my goal date (and coming back 6lbs heavier :D)

I couldn't get the lounge to myself today, so I didn't get on the EA :( Went for a walk instead, but just not the same)

It was all well and good my being so pious about it all-I've failed miserably! Yesterday my cracked attempted worsened, with an entire bag of popcorn AND milky way crispy roll. I stopped counting again.... it's not going well this week :( A little closer to being back on plan today...

I've got EA Active 2 - I've a uni assignment to finish today (will be hard at it all day until bed time I think) so will have a play tomorrow :D Great, thanks - haven't even looked at it yet :o I have been starting to work out the calorie burn of my dancing to see how that offsets my syns -...

Ha ha- that means you're busy living life- well jell ;) Weigh in went well... Last night didn't! 3 and a bit pounds off (weighed in at just over 4lbs off, but not at usual time of day but sustained a little over 3.5lbs till next morning). However, last night I cracked big time. Had a salad...

Dinner: chilli and brown rice with feta (HExA) Pros have a hot choc: 2 syns 8 syns total

FINALLY broken through that plateau... even with pancake day, I'm 3 (and a bit) lbs off this week. So very very happy. 12 st 7lbs today :)

Sorry if I missed something, but I've filled the 13 boxes available charting my weight loss, I want to continue, so I unlocked the worksheet and copied down the formulas, but the dashboard isn't reading my new data... What do I need to do? Edited: Never mind, I found the code :)

Breakfast: Porridge, agave (0.5 syns) Coffee, 1/2 sugar (0.5 syns) Lunch: salad, co-op dressing (0.5 syns) Quavers (4.5 syns) 6 syns so far. hi fi bar (HExB)

Well, this evening didn't go QUITE to plan, but not as bad as it could have been. Tea with one sugar (1 syn) Snack at centre: pasta, passata, peppers, stock, herbs (0 syns) Dinner: Uncle Ben's Wholegrain rice (3.5 syns), chilli. Today's total: 7 syns

Braveheart, Ally. talk to him. If he truly cares about you, he will be honest and help you get past this TOGETHER. Everyone embellishes... especially when they care enough to not want someone to know the whole truth - the other story may not be the complete truth either... But your b/f needs to...

Weigh in tomorrow..... Hoping I've done OK!

So yeah... Today, after a TERRIBLE yesterday..... Breakfast: Porridge (HExB) Agave nectar (0.5 syns) Drinks 3 x tea (skimmed milk (HExA) and sweeteners Lunch: Lots of romaine and gem lettuce, cucumber, peppers, cress, quorn family roast leftovers and a tablespoon of dressing (2 syns) The...

OK, stop beating yourself up over it. The whole idea of having a healthy regime is having a healthy attitude towards food. We go 'off plan', sometimes, but if we work around having a good balance in our lives, there can be no such thing. Yesterday (pancake day), I had pancakes with each of my...

My EA Active arrived today! I'm manic until Sunday, so will plug in then and compare notes :D What's a good starting place? xx

Today: Breakfast: Porridge with agave (0.5 syns) drinks 2 x tea with 1/2 sugar (1 syn) 1 x coffee (sweetener) lunch: rice, soy sauce and quorn pieces (no syns) Dinner: Jacket potato, homemade chilli,lots of butter (3 syns) options belgian hot chocolate (2 syns) 7 syns

Dinner: Quorn family roast, roast potatoes (1 syn oil), carrots, peas, kale, gravy (2 syns - cornflour). Today's total so far: 7 syns :D

You mean so that you'd be able to say, at the end of 37 days, "I've completed my 30 day challenge AND have completed 36 days out of 37"? That sounds like a great plan, to me. Lush - I bought some Quorn Peppered steaks in amassive fat free shop,today. Really looking forward to those :D

I'm on two weeks of no loss... Which may well have underpinned my mini breakdown! So far today: Breakfast: Porridge (HExB) with agave (0.5 syns) 2 x tea with agave (1 syn) Lunch: Salad (romaine lettuce, lettuce, peppers, cucumber, grated carrot, feta (HExA), tsp seeds (1.5 syns), tsp salad...

I'm sorry that your day went a bit Pete Tong, but I now feel very slightly better about my pig out - it happens... I must admit, I'd be tempted to start from scratch, as otherwise, you could find yourself in the habit of writing off days more often... I'm like that with weighing my HEXs... I...

It's the bread - two thin slices of wholemeal over and above my HExB... It all went to pot from there.... Went out for 'a few' drinks, came back and ate everything in the house! Well, ice cream, crisps, nuts... And today I ahve been a bit over, but not badly. Not sure what went wrong- I...

Ahhhhhh! Thee recipe I got was whites only - I'll have a search online :D Thanks! Sorry - I hate wasting food! lol

A day off work today- Breakfast: Porridge with agave nectar and fruit and nuts (HExB x 2, 0.5 syns), 2 x tea with half sugar (1 syn, 0.5 of HExA)... I don't usually use my Bs so early on, so will have to see how I fair for the rest of the day :/ Lunch: 'bacon' sandwich: 10 syns!!! Whoops...

I only have a wii (and that's a recent purchase- I'm not really a gaming person!) but I'll give EA ago - I'm slowly getting bored with Just Dance, anyway! :D I'm keen to give the brownies a go, but what happens to the egg yolks? Can they be used for anything or is it just collateral damage? :D...

Ooh... photos??! Spoiled!! :D My MIL doesn't (and Idon't see her much as she doesn't live on Mainland England), but it's OK, I spend FAR too much money on clothes for myself ;) I'm loving buying lots of size 14 clothes as my old 18s are blatantly a bit big, now :D the food was yummy...

Sadly not - I'm not much of an office worker, anymore, either-I'm always out on site visits for one job or running youth sessions with the other... for the moment, but I have a new job, so all is about to change and I don't know how active it will be! I'll be carrying on the youth work a couple...

I do use them for both,but have very few treats, I think.... But that's maybe why I sometimes crash and burn with it! I've got a creme egg awaiting a day when I've had no other syns :D Breakfast: Porridge with agave nectar (HExB, 0.5 syn) Lunch: Jacket pot with butter (1 syn) cheese (HExA)...

Wow! that's a lot of walking - I was disappointed at how little I moved in a working day... My day time job was in a tiny little office-I'd walk a few steps to the kettle or the loo across the hallway, but that was about it!! Now I get to have a boogie at the youth centre of an evening :D

I think my meals are fairly simple,anyway, it's just that I outline all my ingredients, rather than just saying,for example, quorn balls in home made ratatouille... I don't think I've tried much new for quite some time, but I do like my home cooking... although have eaten out a fair bit with...

That's pretty damn good going if you've been currying it up :D Well done! I've hit a plateau so will admit to being slightly jealous! :D

I've hit an early plateau... 12 s 13. Anyway, that's all out of the way so I'm hitting it harder and I'm GOING to get past this because I absolutely HAVE to! This is where I plateaued and failed last time - it will NOT happen again! Am getting the exercise routine upped and keeping a...

Mmm. Lush food today - I fall apart when I'm on, so kudos :)

Thanks Panda, it does help to know that someone has bothered to look, but I know I lack the ability to do this without a diary! Ever green veggie diet... So far today - 1.5 syns (2 x half sugar, tsp agave nectar) HExB - porridge HExA - milk (about 1/2 used so far) Must eat something before...

Have you thought about getting a pedometer so you can measure how much you walk at work and add to your total? This was actually rather disappointing for me when I tried it and I started going for a walk at lunch time to up my walking, but that was before I started taking exercise seriously and...

Sugar in my tea and coffee (2.5) a tortilla wrap for lunch (7)

So glad you're feeling better - hope your stomach catches up, soon. Keep with it xx

breakfast porridge and cheese on my quorn meatballs! Yum :D

Not really seeing the point of this - had an up and down week, getting back to it but fed up with the diary keeping and just not really seeing a way forward with it. Hey ho. b/f podge (HExB) agave (0.5 syns) lunch: quorn fillets, onions, salad, bbq sauce (1) tortilla wrap (7) dinner: quorn...

I drink loads of Robinsons No Added Sugar squash - I get really thirsty when I'm exercising and tea just doesn't cut it. Find something that suits and get plenty of fluids in you, woman! xx

Oh wow! Genius! I'm a bit of a porridge addict - this is totally worth a go as I sometimes resent having to use a HExB for such a tiny bowl of breakfast food! .... but I need oodles of willpower to not pick up the porridge in the morning :/

On a bit of a down, today. Not sure why I'm bothering even posting today... Hey ho. Keeping plugging away and using this instead of paper based food diary... Breakfast: Porridge (HExB) Milk (1/2 HExA) agave nectar (0.5 syns) 2 x tea with half sugars (1 syn) Lunch: Uncle Ben's med. rice (6...

Blimey... then they'd damned well better find the issue!!! Yays!!! Enjoy :D xx

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Snack: apple Dinner: vegetable stew (1.5 syns) with pasta and quorn roast fillet pieces (1.5 syns) Syns so far: 6.5 Will probably have a hot choc before bed (2 syns) (A further 15 mins aerobic exercise)

Yeah, I'll get myself down there if I can get an appointment :) Mine are also becoming more regular, which is a good thing... So... Huzzah!? Hi AnnaFaraday, the reason I suspect causality is that I only get these type of pains when I am below a certain weight. I suspected that the return...

Having got myself back into my size 14s this week (yays) I was shocked to be hit with period pains the like of which I've not seen since 2007 (last time I was this size and less). I've noticed them getting gradually worse over the last few months, but today was a real b***h. I'll put up with...

Stomache cramps this morning.... They seem to be getting worse as I lose weight - anyone else experience this? So far today: Breakfast: Porridge (HExB) skimmed milk (from HExA) (agave nectar - 0.5 syns) Lunch: Brown bread (HExB), two rashers quorn bacon slices (1 syn) smattering of bbq sauce...

I've not tried their froyo... Obviously something else that needs to go on my shopping list :D I hope they figure out what's wrong, soon, hun. No one needs that sort of crap :( xx

You're stronger than me!! :D I really struggle with ice cream :(

I've never tried these... I think it's about time I did :D

And yet you did great :D Well done :)

Oh no :o are you drinking enough??

Today so far: Breakfast: Porridge (HExB) skimmed milk, 1 tsp agave nectar (0.5 syns) Lunch: Quorn bacon on brown bread (1.5 syns, HExB) Snack: Fig roll: (3 syns) 2 x tea with half sugar (1 syn) Dinner: 2 x Quorn Best of British sausages (5 syns), tomato puree, lentils, stock, beans...

Yesterday.. Breakfast: Toast and Marmite (1 syn in the butter, 1 HExB) Lunch: Apple Dinner.... TAke out! Crispy fried tofu (12 syns (ish)), egg fried rice (4 syns). 3 x tea with half sugar, 1 x coffee with 1 sugar (2.5 syns) (HExA: milk) Chocolate (4 syns) Total: 23.5 syns. Whoops. Ho...

I was... Then I just carried on on my own!

Thanks littlemissnaughty and bloodcoveredprincess :D

Hello everyone... Mind if I come in? :D 13 weeks into my new get fit and healthy regime and I've finally reached 12st 13lb on today's WI. A LONG way to go, yet, but happy to be making some progress :)

Ooh! Recipe???? Breakfast was a non-starter this morning, due to faffing with electricians after weather related power outage. Snack: cocoa nakd bar (a whopping 7 syns) Apple Half a shortbread finger (2.5 syns) Dinner: Pasta, quorn swedish balls, peppers, herbs, stock, courgette, chopped...

Oh noes :( Don't give up.... You can do this! xx

I know it won't work for everyone, but when I'm just not feeling motivated to eat all the healthy foods in my cupboard/ fridge, I stick a wii dance game on and have a boogie - the endorphins make me feel really great and in just the mood to carry on getting fitter and healthier - I know you're...

A bit of time not paying attention to the plan, including a panini from the service station around midnight on Saturday while waiting for a friend who was at A&E. I didn't count my syns for about 4 days, so I'm back to it today and dreading weigh in! Today: Breakfast: Porridge (HExB) Agave...

Ahhhh! I love the two HEx situation... I don't ALWAYS use them, but it's nice to have the option :D

A bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes. So worth it :D

Well done you, even keeping busy doesn't stop my stomach from going mad at me if I don't eat. We had a guest (due to storm-related home evacuations) and this morning I was plied with crunchy nut cornflakes. Oh woe is me... Now to figure out how to offset those five syns :o

I'm ever green, on account of vegetarianism... Have I got something badly wrong?

Wow! How do you do it? If I don't have breakfast, I start rummaging in the cupboards for any old crap by 11am!!!

Thanks for the willpower - I think it helped :D I bally well loved it :D

Wow - pathetic cold- ill for ages, but managed to get sort of on track. REALLY bad work week, last week and drank my body weight (that's a LOT) in gin and WKD blue. Yes, together. But don't worry, I got carried home! :D A great friend and OH helped me overcome that (little) glitch and get back...

SW stylee risotto: butternut squash and sweet potato, cubed (par boil to ensure cooked through!) Brown rice (pre cooked!) peas grated carrot cheese (as a HExA) courgette splash of wine onions frylight quorn pieces Marinade: veg stock mixed herbs spoon of ketchup (mix the ketchup, 1/2 mug of...

I prefer the frozen ones... and at .5 syns each, they're not a syn failure... enjoy, forgive yourself the mistake and keep up the good work :D

There's something wonderful about finding a really tasty meal that's also healthy eating plan friendly, isn't there? I love the way slimming world reminds us that we can eat REALLY yummy food, have those treats (as long as they're measured and balanced) and still get ourselves fit and healthy...

What a legend! My OH throws quorn burgers in the oven and I can like it or.... well, actually, I like them, so it's all good :D

So far today... Breakfast (in bed!) Quorn bacon sandwich - 2 syns (2 rashers bacon plus thin spread of honey BBQ sauce) plus 1 HExB 2 x Tea with half sugar (1 syn) plus milk from HExA Snack: 1/4 35g toblerone: 2.5 syns. Weakened a bit over the chocolate, but am determined to have a good...

Well, yesterday went badly wrong... Breakfast - same ole porridge (yum!) (1 syn - agave nectar, milk: from HExA), lunch: salad. Dinner is where it all went wrong... dinner out with a friend - the only veggie starter: deep fried brie, main: veggie haggis with neeps and tatties (uorn southern...

So impressed with the way you keep up when you're feeling poorly - when I'm ill, I curl up in a ball and eat crisps till they're coming out of my ears! Well done and I hope they get it sorted soon - don't let up... keep at em! xx

Mmm. Mini fudge has just made my day more bearable! :D

A so-so day... I thought I was on top of my syns, but it kinda of got away from me... Not bad, but not as good as I'd hoped: Breakfast: Porridge & Agave Nectar (HExB, 1/3 HExA (milk) and 05. syn) 2 x half sugar in my tea (1 syn), milk (2/3 HExA) Lunch: Whoops! munch size cadbury caramel...

Congratulate yourself on the successes and forgive yourself the mistakes. This isn't a diet, it's a way of being healthier and you'll get there. Don't beat yourself up - it won't help at all. Have a mug of options belgian hot choc and relax for the evening - you deserve it :) xx

Oh, now that sounds amazing! (I'm assuming fry light with garlic?)

I am a MAHOOSIVE pasta fiend... I don't think I'd cope if I weren't veggie and couldn't eat shedloads of the stuff... Aw, now I wish I were having that for dinner.. But my chilli and SW chips will be great, too :D (with some cheese grated over it. Yum) !

That's genius! I'll have to start doing the money saving thing! Keep up the good work :D

I'm trying again to go it from home... It's going well again, just hoping everything doesn't collapse again (job stuff)... I'm ready for the world this time... I'm sporadically keeping my food diary on here... it's easier to be honest when you've done well... must own up to my failings more!!!

Oh em gee... are quavers really only 4.5 syns??? You have MADE MY DAY! Today - the usual agave nectar on my porridge (0.5 syns) munch size cadbury caramel (3.5) half sugar in my tea (x2) (1 syn) 5 syns so far... The day's nowhere near over, yet, though ;)

So sorry to hear you're still not feeling well. Look after yourself - we're all here for you xx

I sort of went away in a strop as I'd had a bit of a bad time with sticking to the diet, but was delighted to have lost a bit more, despite a bit of trouble... I think the massive amounts of fibre I've been eating have helped! I hope you're feeling better, by now. I'm feeling a bit bleh...

Thanks for the replies :) I think I'm going to try a few different things... I've never tried the alpen light bars, may head to the shop this evening and hunt them out! Keeping to the same has seemed to work OK for me, but will be nice to see if varying makes a difference... Also, I don't want...

I tend to use my healthy extras in the same way EVERY day.... porridge oats, bread, milk and cheese. Does anyone else do something similar or do you find it easier to vary what you're having day to day?

Having another go (ever green) the last four days, I have not been able to do my usual dance (although Saturday's was replaced with a few miles walking on sand,which was a pretty good replacement) and I lost the diet thread, as well. I seem to do much better with the two hand in hand...

The sugar in my tea and my Uncle Ben's rice for lunch! Yum :)

Glad the pain's gone, but sucks they couldn't figure out what's going on :( Hope you get it sorted soon.

So-so day,today... Breakfast - Porridge: HExB oats, milk from HExA, agave nectar (1) Tea with 1/2 sugar (0.5) 2 x Coffee with sugar (2) Lunch: Uncle Ben's Express Wholegrain Rice with Mediterranean Vegetables (6.5) Dinner: Jacket potato with baked beans and cheese (HExA) 9.5 syns so far...

well,the evening didn't go as well... Innocent veg pot (daal) (6.5 syns) with paneer (4 syns) dessert: walnut whip... (7 syns) a whopping 19.5 syns

Put the rota where it's really visible! :) I really struggle with decluttering... I'm a hoarder :eek:

Sounds like a good thing, under the circumstances... Get well quickly xx

Another green day (on account of vegetarianism) Breakfast: Porridge (Oats: HExB, Skimmed milk from HExA), Agave nectar (1 syn) 2 x Tea with half a sugar skimmed milk from HExA (1 syn) Lunch: Apple (free), FF yoghurt (free) 1.5 pints Robinsons fruit and barley (free)

Yesterday's dinner: pasta (free) quorn 'meat'balls (free) chopped tomatoes (whizzed through the blender and added 1/2 stock cube and herbs) (free), green peppers (free), courgette (free), cheddar (HExA). Oh yeah! Free dinner! Options Belgian Hot chocolate (2 syns) Total: 11 syns. MUCH...

A new start is good :) And you're STILL in a better place than your original start, so be proud of that and that you're not giving up. I saw your walking challenge in your footer... that's a great idea! Do you use a pedometer or do you know the area well enough to measure the distance? I...

Can you ask him to sit down with you to draw up a rota of chores so you each commit to doing certain things? I must admit that, after moving to my new home, I was a mess... because the house was so different, the housework didn't happen in the same way (I used to have a housework 1/2 day to...

Any thoughts on what a dessert spoonful would equate to?

Not awesome, diet-wise, but I enjoyed it. I weighed and saw I'd put on about 4lb...maybe 5lbs... My scales aren't the easiest to read and I refuse to pay out for digital scales to mock me :p So I'm just going with it. I feel healthier... OK, I had too many munchies, but I also ate more...

I definitely agree with putting the scales away... Concentrate on how you FEEL. I put on 4lbs over Christmas, but I still feel fitter and I'm still doing better than I was four weeks before Christmas... I'm back to counting my syns and trying really hard to make sure they're averaging about 10...

Breakfast: Porridge (HexB) with skimmed milk (HexA) and Agave Syrup (0.5 syns) First youth group Chrsitmas dinner (Green day) Roast potatoes (2.5 syns) Swede Carrot broccoli Cauliflower Gravy (1.5) Quorn turkey slices Total: 4 syns Asda mince pie 10 syns!!!! coffee cake (4 syns) Supper...

Green day (every day!) HexA: Milk HexB: Porridge Oats, nuts

My day on green... So far today: Breakfast: Porridge with Nuts and Raisins (HexB x2) Milk in my tea and porridge (HexA) Agave Syrup (0.5 syns) Lunch: Apple Dinner: Paneer Curry and five spice baked rice (5 syns, 1 HexA) Other: Sugar in my tea: 1.5 syns I have also had 20ml of lemon juice...

Oh noes :o I hope you really enjoyed the nachos, then! Not that it would be a good thing, but SO much better than not enjoying it and then being ill :( I have bought myself a bag of apples and I cut one into slices so I eat as a munchie style food (that plate/packet to mouth movement!!)...

I discovered I'd missed a day of my advent calendar chocs... so another syn on, but I *just* managed to not rip open the cupboards to satiate my choco-drive... I'mnot sure how long I can keep ignoring the fact that there is chocolate in the cupboard :sigh:

I often find that the beginning of the day has a higher concentration of syns... I find lunch and dinner much easier to fill with free foods. :)

15th December 2013 Well, not a bad day... 1/2 hour of wii just dancing for exercise Breakfast: Quorn bacon sandwich with bbq sauce: Syns: 3.5 Lunch: Apple and marmite on toast: Syns: 1 Dinner: Risotto-esque effort (brown rice, peppers, leeks, chillis, quorn pieces, stock, white wine...

I don't really know, PandaNate - throwing myself into work and study and I sort of forgot to concentrate on weightloss... but then I dug out the wii Just dance disks and got back to the diet and I'm feeling focussed... for the moment.I think the prob is I wasn't focussed enough to be on here...

Well done, JammyDodger :D That's great going! I'm a returner.... fell off the wagon BIG TIME and having another stab.... Here I go again with renewed vigour! :)

Green day - every day! HexA: 30g cheddar on top of my casserole HexA: Milk in my tea! HexB: The bread on my breakfast sandwich HexB: Baxter's Country vegetable soup (1/2 can) Nomminess!

Well, that didn't work out.... Back on track with other half's support... I'm a veggie, so obv a green day! Breakfast (in bed!) Quorn bacon sandwich (Bacon 1.5 syns, Butter 1 syn, Sauce 1 syn, Bread HexB) Lunch Fat free yoghurt Dinner: Boiled potatoes Country veg soup (HexB) Pasta Quorn Best...

Thanks, Nanny Doreen :) That's the plan... I'm very embarrassed about what happened on my VERY FIRST DAY BACK, but from today, it's food diaries ahoy :D Thanks abisaurus :) Thanks, PandaNate, sounds like a plan ;) Is there a follow tool or do we sort of just 'stalk' other members? :D It...

I had a bit of a meltdown a few months ago (finding out my jobs were likely to both end in the next few months) and came right off the diet, I have been comfort eating and found myself (almost) beack where I started. I'm back to it as of today and hoping to be able to stick at it this time...

That's brilliant! Well done :D You broke the plateau - keep up the good work :D

How was weigh in, Angelkitty? Hope it went well for you.

Hmm - try right-clicking and Save as?

OK, thanks - I often fnd myself having less milk than the allowance, I thought about upping my cheese, but I probably don't need to :D

I'm often delighted at how much 30g of cheese is! It's plenty to top the foods I eat and it's MASSES when it's grated :D Mmm - I'm so having cheese on toast for lunch tomorrow.

Would you be able to split it? So you have half the amount of cheese and half the amount of milk?? Ooooh - 50th post - I wonder what changes :D

Great,thanks :D

No, it isn't; food combining diets do not allow high carb and high protein foods to be eaten together at all. SW just brings the ratio down.

Thanks Vicky :( Any other veggies here up for getting involved in starting a campaign to get them to change to veggie? :D

Ah, I totally misunderstood flexisynning - I thought you adjusted the other days in that week to allow for an occasion - which would mean I could then do it retro-actively if something arose. I think I'd rather go that way than flexi-syn anyway!

Damn :( Oh well - yeah flavouring others is a great idea - I might try adding a teaspoon of choc orange options to a ff yoghurt. Oh my mouth is watering now :D Thank you guys :)

Well done, Angelkitty, you've done fabulously - it must be so disheartening to get this plateau - but you can do it, there are some great ideas here - let us know how it goes :)

It does sound ridiculous, doesn't it? But if we replace high calorie foods with low calorie, nutritious foods as well as our speed foods, how can we NOT lose weight? For me, it's about getting used to eating foods which are good for me - Without SW, I don't get anywhere near my 5 a day, but now...

Please would someone check their muller light - I'd heard tell that they are now suitable for vegetarians - is this true? It would make my day :D They used to contain gelatine but apparently this has disappeared from the ingredients list and it now says 'suitable for vegetarians'. Please tell...

Hats off to you doing EE - I would crumble if I didn't get milk AND cheese.

Mmmm. Freddos. Maybe I'll forego the alcohol :D

Thanks thumbelloulou, that's a good idea - if I'd not been up at 5, I'd probably have done the packed lunch thing - those are great ideas for yummy lunches. I'm actually perpetually on green on account of being veggie, but I tend to use up my HEx allowances FAR too easily. I'd not cope without...

Oh em gee - I am definitely going to try those :D

Ooh! That sounds yummy!

Hi xxciaraxx - welcome back and well done on your weight loss so far :) It's brilliant here - it has been such a help to me. Keep up the good work and let us know how it's going :)

Green... (a) Cheese for my risotto (a) milk in my porridge (b) porridge! (b) WM toast for my beans on toast lunch :D

1 tspn maple syrup on my porridge (1) 3 sugars (two tea, one coffee) (3) dessert spoon olive oil to cook risotto (made with brown rice and shared into 4 meals) (1) then off out for a couple of vodkas with diet lemonade (5). 10 syns

Well and truly fell off the wagon, this week. Had a bad day on Tuesday, followed by not quite such a bad day (but only just inside 15 syns) then got sent on a training course. the morning went well - I had my porridge with a teaspoon of maple syrup and felt well set up for the day. Then there...

Oh my! :o Thanks guys - I'll have to REALLY save my sins for those :(

Mmm. Sounds great - I'm going to save up syns next week and do that :D Today I have had just over a tsp of maple syrup on my porridge (approx 1 syn) and sugar in both my coffees... (2). I'm going to finish off the risotto I made last night for dinner (3) and have an options hot chocolate at...

I don't see one, either - I think it's one of those 50 posts things... I've only just been allowed to have an avatar! yays!

Oh noes :o I'm a month in and I'm now 'performing normally' The only thing I can suggest is some air freshener candles ;) Maybe try some plain water rather than just squash - it's more purifying. Good luck!!

Hi Yellowbittern :D welcome to the forums! Congrats on your weightloss so far - that's brilliant :D

Sounds a lot, but I make a risotto style meal with it - there are four servings and so, with the littl bit of oil and a stock cube in the mean, an entire yummy evening meal comes in at 3.125 syns each :) I think that's OK for a main meal :) My recipe: Wholegrain (brown) rice tsp olive oil...

Ha ha ha. Yeah, see above - you're not drinking enough water - I''m getting at least 1.5 litres of water a day and now I can sit down and stand up without dropping one! :D A huge increase of fibre in your diet can cause stomache cramps and wind - your intestines will adapt, but the water is...

Hi all - I have a Nakd Cocoa delight in the cupboard and it's calling to me - can anyone advice on the syns value? Thank you :)

Don't stress it - I went off plan in week one!!!!! I started again with a clean slate. It may be useful for you to have a space in your food diary to note what's going on in your life - if you can identify why you went off plan, then you can look for warning signs or even give yourself a break...

Damn! I can't believe I made my own! :o This is great, thanks :)

Hey there - I joined a little over a week ago, going around the houses a bit :D I did SW about 6 years ago, kept the weight off for a few years and then started eating all the stuff I make with my youth groups :o So back to it - getting lots of helpful advice and support on here - thanks...

I'm on green: Milk (for my tea!) Porridge, wholemeal bread Nom

That makes total sense! A clean slate is a great idea :) I find these boards much more useful that my old group - everyone's so supportive and there's just SO much info here. I hand write my food diaries, as it makes it more personal and 'about me' when it's there in my handwriting, but...

This is the reason I miss doing SW with a group - buying the hi fi bars. SOOOOOOO nommy :(

Thanks firelass, 11 down, a gazillion to go!!! A bad weekend behind me, so back to it, now :D You seem to be doing amazingly in the short time you've been dieting - mine weightloss slowed massively after the first two weeks. well done :)

I'm starting to wish I'd not got out of the way of cameras so much so I'd have a starting photo!! :D Great photos, everyone - great for spurring us all on and congratulations to you all.

Feeling pretty chipper - my sz18 jeans are all saggy and falling down... The 16s go on, but that's not the same as fitting! Nearly there on the 16s... The it'll be time to aim for a 14! One step at a time, though, eh? :D

Thanks Princess_Stevie. It seems to be going OK for me so far - my first week I was well over on syns, but I'm sticking to about 5 - 9 a day at the moment without planning them in. I'll keep going like this unless I need to change :D

I'm fairly new here - I've browsed for a while and decided it was time to join up properly! :D I'm doing SW from home as I can't get to group meetings. Hoping to be able to share thoughts with the group and give and get some support along the way :)

Well, I've had honey on my porridge and half a sugar in my tea (truvia tastes completely rank). I don't usually plan my syns in advance - it's often an afterthought if I've been really good and have syns to spare - Do you guys think it's a good idea to plan syns in to keep you on track?

My youth group are having pizza for lunch... I'm not sure I will be able to resist! If I manage it, I'm having a Galaxy Ripple (9). :)

McCain Oven Chips (3) Linda McCartney Mozzerella 1/4lber (4) and half a sugar in my tea (0.5) Butter on my bread (2) 9.5 so far... Trying to figure out if I can afford some dressing on a bowl of salad!!!

Hi - can someone help me out with the syns in Mary Berry's Salad dressing? It's my must have!!! Nutritional values per 100g: Calories 513 Sodium 0 mg Total Fat 44 g Potassium 0 mg Saturated 0 g Total Carbs 29 g...

Thank you both - I hadn't even THOUGHT about mini goals! Thanks JVB :) OK, so with luck, I should be 4 stone lighter in 18 months :o It's feeling like tough going so far, hoping it gets easier - I think the mini goals will really help with that :D

Hiya, I've just cme back to Slimming World. Both last time and this, I am starting slow - easing into the diet, I guess!! A couple of pounds a week in the last two weeks - I'm hoping that history repeats itself and my weightloss rate increases a bit from here - for a couple of months after...

Hi Guys - I'm after some advice - I'm back on Slimming World (from home - I cannot commit to a weigh in with my ever-changing work patterns :( ) How long should we give ourselves to lose a certain amount of weight in a healthy way? I've set a goal of 4 stone weight loss (eek!) and gave 18...

Hi there - I'm a newbie here - just joined up moments ago (1st post!) I've used the site to browse as it always comes up in searches when I'm looking for weight loss info - the tips and support that you guys give each other is pretty inspiring, so I decided it was time I joined! I've struggled...