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Yes, I know that "too accurate" feeling only too well, lol - best of luck with the new scales, keep shrinking! x

Hi Kev, I use Aria scales which sync with my Fitbit and also with My Fitness Pal (app/website). Although they were expensive, I find them very accurate and wouldn't use any other sort now! Hope that helps a little bit...

Glad to be back, seems like it's been a long time now!

Juniper - grrr, it won't let me upload a pic for some reason!

Police

Marks & Spencer Canoeing or white water rafting?

Red

* octave - votive

Peaches Laptop or tablet?

Cherry Blossom Tree - pretty!

* Atopic - Snocat

Diary

Mosquitos

Jonathan Rhys Meyers :p

1. Finally getting home after a long day to discover the parcel-lady had been, so having to go straight back out again to the post office - grrr! 2. Realising the oil-stain on the garage floor has got much worse lately 3. Having to search for ages to find my Fitbit charger 4. Forgetting to take...

Adults only Christmas cake or Christmas pudding?

Oh my, who would ever have thought there was a dog breed starting with X???!!! Xoloitzcuintli (credit goes to the American Kennel Club :) )

* dilute - litter

If you make up a SW quiche recipe and cook it using the large muffin tins, those keep in the fridge very well for a few days - they're tasty and it's easy to grab one or two for breakfast with some speed fruit. If you don't add pasta, rice, potatoes, peas or corn to your quiche mixture then...

I agree with cherrybobs - add your favourite flavour of (syn-free) extract or essence, mix it into the remaining oats, then make a pancake and fry with Frylight until the outside goes crispy. Yum! Nice little snack...

* Xanadu - audial

Pen

like an uncontrollable

1. It's finally time to start packing up the house in anticipation of leaving this awful place, yay!!! 2. I haven't found any uninvited wildlife in the house for at least 24 hours... 3. I have a lovely Columbard Chardonnay chilling in the fridge for later - I am so looking forward to that, lol :)

their socks in

Wool

Treeing Walker Coonhound - yes, this is indeed an education!!!

Scooped - the whippy sort disappears way too fast! Whipped cream with cherries or chocolate sauce with nuts?

Raw fish Brussels Sprouts Brains Prairie Oysters Insects of any sort! Five favourite things to do with a sunny Sunday afternoon?

* wounds - Sweden

I spent way too many years being frugal out of sheer necessity - now that I can afford nicer things, no way would I choose to go backwards! :)

Try chopping it in half, spritzing it with Frylight and sticking it in a medium oven for an hour or so - works much better than the microwave! This technique also works great with any type of pumpkin, butternut squash etc. Much much easier than skinning and chopping raw...

Cardigan every time! (I must be getting old, it's easy to take off when I have a tropical moment haha) Uniform - military or fire brigade? Please give your reasons with no details omitted, lol...

* urbane - brainy

* (I should think so too!) Urinal - laurel

Stories

Cheese toasties made with thick white bread, proper Lurpak and plenty of oozy mature cheddar!

Baby

Chair Fried eggs or scrambled?

and frighten the

* tinder - drivel

Wedding Dress

Platforms

to emphasise men's

Icelandic Sheepdog

* donate - donuts! (Yeah right, like that would ever happen...)

Quiet

because they didn't

Prince William Weekend in Amsterdam or Paris?

German Shepherd

deluge - golden

Zinnia - how pretty are these! Next person, make a new topic please? :)

* Elkdom - milled

Let's be seasonal - Mayflower!

Talk to Jamie! Walk around a museum or walk in a meadow?

* circle - cackle

What happened to a new theme???!!! :) Doris

I'll trade your microwave for the complete Oxford English Dictionary and a rack of baby back ribs!!! :)

edible - deicer (de-icer? Oh well, I knew what I meant lol)

Definitely sight - no way do I want to magnify the sounds of the local dogs/kids/lawnmowers/reversing alarms/idiots with souped up cars that make up the majority of the population here! Avoid a camera or avoid a mirror?

and manbags which

Mobile Sandals or Flip-flops?

with the Pearly

engage - pegged

My birthday present from 2006 - an amazing gift! I would like to see your idea of heaven please...

Winnie

* syning - grainy

epilog - pegleg

Rolling Pin

sometime before Christmas

(I'm assuming that was meant to say coRNy!) jokes about doughnuts

Ovengloves

You're more than welcome - congrats on the awesome achievement of successfully making a sauce of any variety!!!

They're 110 calories per 24g bag, so 5.5 syns. All the nutrition info is on sunbites dot co dot uk if that helps!

Lee, since you keep having issues with watery sauces, have you thought of cooking the meal then putting the bits of meat/veg etc onto your plate, then thickening the watery sauce that's left with a tsp or two of gravy granules or thickening granules? They're quite low syn and might well improve...

Pepsi Max Hot tea or cold beer after shopping?

Casual Swarovski or Pandora?

Bread knife

people but different

* jingle - longer

* ignite - genial

which will be

Mental arithmetic Hot Baileys coffee or Pimms with lots of ice?

and suntan cream.

Yves Saint Laurent

Thanks for that Clair, will look for one over here but not sure where I'd put it as space is somewhat limited currently. I'll definitely bookmark that link though, who knows, I may even be able to get back to civilisation soon and that will be on my shopping list then for sure!

There'd be no free food allowance for that so it wants synning at 20 calories = 1 syn. A lot of those flavour-base packets are very low-syn, especially if you make the number of portions as per the pack, so you may find you're onto a winner! Remember to use the calorie value for the dry product...

in sight, wobbling

Pork. Holiday home in Marbella or the Lake District?

Tyburn - numpty (lol)

Swarovski

I can't find one of these that will work for somebody larger, they all have weight limits darnit! However, I used to have one last time I lost a lot of weight, and rather than do a structured workout I kept it in the corner of the kitchen and just used it while waiting for the microwave, kettle...

Well, you want to lose 51lb so how about giving yourself a smaller reward at 5, 15, 25, 35 and 45lbs lost (makeup, book, game, magazine subscription etc) and a larger one at 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50lbs lost (nice day out, spa visit, perfume, see a show, new hairdo etc) with a top of the range treat...

Cable Car Learn the tightrope or learn the trapeze?

glance - caring

Prada

Refuse Toenails - glittery silver or deep purple?

humous - mushed

but the smell

Thanks for the idea, I'm very wary of blending chickpeas now because apparently I'm not allowed to make cake by doing that, so I'm not having houmous anymore either since I can't see any difference to speak of between the two (apart from savoury/sweet of course). I might try the cheese/quark...

I couldn't agree more - I don't understand why so many things are classified as tweaks either. I hope you enjoyed the chips!

I got told that the SW chips are also a tweak and should be synned as real chips unless you eat them as part of a meal with the 1/3 superfree. I'm getting really really tired of being told that all the nice things are tweaks, I have almost no choices left now for snacky foods.

You could try making your own roast bean mix with seasoning and Frylight, it's the oil that knocks the syns so high in these by the look of it. Just make sure you've dried your (cooked/tinned) beans thoroughly before you roast them or they'll never go crispy!

Lee, have you tried the chickpea and apricot cake by any chance? It came out more cakey for me than most of the low-syn cake recipes. You can always leave out the apricots and add a Highlights sachet instead if you want chocolate cake I suppose. This cake was nice warm as well as cold; pic shows...

Clothes - I have so many already in so many different sizes! Carousel or rollercoaster?

To be perfectly honest you could use a bit of sugar instead of sweetener for the meringue part, it would only add a syn or so to each serving and would maybe taste better?

I pulled this off another thread, haven't tried it yet but I certainly will at some point! Lemon Meringue Dessert Pots 300g quark 1 lemon, grated and juiced 3 eggs, separated 4 tbsp granulated sweetener Pre heat oven to 180C/350F. Beat quark, lemon juice, egg yolks and...

Oh, the turquoise velvet for me! Irises or bluebells?

embalm - hammer

And here's me thinking that posting food-porn was against the rules...

with an eskimo

We have sugar-free licorice ones like this over here, called Licorette. You get lots in a 25g packet, and the whole pack is 59 calories so just 3 syns for all of them. If yours are half a syn per sweet that's quite surprisingly high for sugar-free. Have you checked the calories on the pack? Just...

Really? So a Quorn cocktail sausage is the same syns as a normal sized Quorn sausage? I know what I'd be choosing!

I add sweetener and a few drops of essence to mine - my favourite is lemon :)

leapfrog over the

Hahaha, just ignore me - PB, chocolate and banana sounded good I thought!

gooseberry bush in

Domine - bemoan

Ooh - they sound lovely! Bet they'd be nice if you switched the Muller for a mashed banana too...

I agree totally with what the others said. Oh, and being stuck for one week is a slight blip, not a plateau :)

You know what, not meaning to sound sexist but I'm actually really impressed that you're even trying all these cookery-related things - my other half wouldn't even know what a muffin tin or a slow cooker looks like, let alone what to do with them! Be proud of yourself and keep going with the...

and a golden

Slow cookers are amazing (I cook all my joints of meat in mine with just a drop of water and a spritz of Frylight) - I suppose you'd still have to blend your own gravy and mash your own vegetables though! I think that meal might be nicer with ordinary mashed spuds and some swede and carrot...

Thanks Lee, yes it does look just like it's thickened with the onion, I need to try making that one again (failed last time somehow). I'd definitely leave out the balsamic though! I can't imagine what the strange taste was in the mash, unless it was the thyme - swede does have a distinctive...

gingerbread man wearing

Have you thought about shaking things up completely? A mushroom omelette is a great breakfast option and saves you your Hexes for later!

What baffles me about that one is the syn-free "proper-looking" gravy. How do they do that??? I would however be put off by the balsamic vinegar element, I wonder if that's the funny taste you mention - although you did say the gravy was nice. Is there a recipe on the pack for the gravy you...

Good job you put a pic on there, I was thinking "Yorkies" not what you meant!!!

who flashed his

Fountain pen Chocolate cupcake or caramel cheesecake?

I mix it with garlic salt and use it instead of butter with my HexB bread - makes your sandwich filling lovely and creamy!

Ed Miliband I suppose - what a hard decision that was! Sapphires or Emeralds?

witches who cackled

hyphen - plenty

Lee, have you thought about trying to make the syn free chip shop curry sauce? It's really easy, honestly (lol) and you can make it as spicy or tame as you like. Then you can just throw in some veggies or meat - or both - to make a curry that looks a hundred times better than that disastrophe...

bloody Soppy cards or funny cards?

launch - chapel

Adding a bit of citric acid (powder/crystals) would certainly help with adding zing to these sweets - I think you can buy it in supermarkets, it's usually used in baking and winemaking. Did you get your silicone ice cube trays yet?

litter - battle

of a big

I haven't looked at the original recipe for these but I assume they're not meant to be fizzy sweets? If so, you might try putting your coke or lemonade in a pan and simmering it for a while to reduce it and get rid of some of the water before you add the gelatine - that should intensify the...

DYJHIW you really need some new smart trousers and according to the size charts your waist is FOUR SIZES bigger than your hips - dammit!!!

Rheani - hairdo

You mean I have to wear make-up??? Lol, ok, I choose eyeliner. Real fire or fake fire in the lounge?

wattle - thwart

Those are also good for making microwave cheese crisps :)

Bear! Coach or train?

mangle - raglan

You could syn them using the 20 calories = 1 syn approach. 100g of raw white potato is approximately 70 calories, so 3.5 syns. Hope that helps!

lumbar - bumble

Rare Leather jacket or sheepskin coat?

Wow, what a difference, thanks so much for posting these! What a difference a year makes...

Kim/Khloe/Kourtney Kardashian - take your pick!

Izod

Bovril Bunch of flowers or pot plant? (No, not that sort, just an ordinary one!)

mantis - shaman

Thanks so much for sharing that Lee, it somehow makes things seem more achievable when you know someone else has done it - hiccups and all! Do you have before and after pics you could show us? Congrats on the loss anyway, awesome job!

You didn't say how many grams a serving size was, but 100g of this is half a syn on EE according to the calculator. Hope that helps!

I wouldn't be surprised at all if she knows the calories in them - and if she doesn't, and you ask her, she'll probably work it out for you so that you know for next time! I bet you're not the only one who's interested in the nutritional values, so just ask. Has to be worth a try!

Have you tried making the Smash with a bit less water so it's easier to wrap around the sausages? You could also put a bit of sliced tomato (no seeds or skin) in there too, to substitute for sauce. I think they'd also probably be nice if you used the flavoured Smash - I was thinking the cheesy...

Oh dear, you did make me laugh - thanks!!!

carrots who lived

Yes, I get that. I think my main issue is that, for various reasons, I can't chew anything hard so apples etc are out of the question for me altogether. Therefore I only eat soft fruits and don't chew them at all, so the "you get more satisfaction from chewing it" argument doesn't apply for me...

Oh I don't know, because you do actually eat it - and fairly slowly because it's frozen - rather than drinking it, and it has no yoghurt or milk or anything in it, and it also contains all the pulp and everything so it's not just juice. Basically it's just frozen uncooked whole fresh fruit...

Hi Curly, I'd say at least once a week, up to as much as once a day when I'm in the mood and it's really hot! Very refreshing and it has to beat having a Magnum a day, wouldn't you say? :) How did it go with your guests, what did you end up giving them?

DYJHIW your brain decides the piece of fluff on the carpet has legs and causes a mini panic attack...

Corrie Blueberry Muffin or Jam Doughnut?

knatch - tackle

Florence & Fred!

a square of

*Cough* (Smash Dumplings) *Cough* ..... runs off the thread before anyone sees this post...

Oh Tracy, that attempt at putting one third speed food on your plate really made me laugh, sorry!!!

Yes, I have a Yonanas machine - and no, I DO NOT and WILL NOT syn my fresh fruit "ice cream"!!! I would however highly recommend it...

I'm a bit confused there Curly, are you saying you don't think "official" visitors will appreciate Viscounts? I thought everyone liked them, lol. In fact, I bet even the Queen likes Viscounts! Call me a chocolate slapper if you must, but I can't think of any situation in which chocolate is...

CD Horse racing or greyhound racing?

Coach

gurner - plunge

Go for it - will look forward to seeing your pic!

Wash your mouth out for mentioning the T word! Do let us know how you get on if you try the cauli flatbread, I like it but haven't tried making it without the cheese...

Ooh, speaking of posh burgers, you reminded me of something I used to make years ago - burgers with blue cheese and bacon in the middle! Might just have to try making those again sometime soon, they were amazing...

Your stew sounds lovely. My dinner tonight will be roast beef with green beans, carrots and gravy - boring, I know! Just out of interest, if you scroll up to the "SW Recipes" subforum, there's a sticky thread on there called "What's for tea tonight", you might get a load of ideas from that...

Daisy, if you find a wrap that's less than 120 calories per serving and contains more than 3g of fibre (I think those are the criteria) then you could submit the information to SW to ask them if it's possible for them add it to their lists as a HexB - might be worth a try!

Lee, since you're in cooking mode, there's a lovely recipe for Cauliflower Garlic Flatbread on the Slimming Eats website - if you leave out the cheese (with the intention of having it with a curry) it's only one syn per serving, however I think if you leave the cheese out you may have to add a...

Two Blast from the past alert - Fruit Salad or Black Jack?

eaglet - tingle

Hahaha, the logic here simply escapes me! Going to shut up now...

Sounds lovely Tink, but technically I suppose that's a tweak! I'd have it though lol :)

Soap Four wheel drive or sporty convertible?

planet - mangle

I wonder if your scales at home aren't accurate, or maybe they need a new battery? Plus, your home scales can be way different from the Group ones and I'm assuming this gain was registered on your home scales as you said you hadn't seen your consultant. Just a thought...

flumen - fungal

of Nelson's Column.

Sudoku Strawberry jam or orange marmalade?

Can someone please tell me where I can buy these Magic Maltesers? :)

You're welcome!

That measly little pound will be gone in no time, as long as you stick at it! Try not to think of how much you have to lose in total, that's what I have to do or it would just be way too daunting. I still think the rewards thing might work for you, maybe at each half stone? Then you'd have...

STS = Stay The Same. There could be multiple reasons you maintained - yes, it could be that your speed foods were low, or it could be eating salty foods and retaining water, or exercising more than usual. Maybe it's because you lost a decent amount last week and your body is catching up, or...

I make my own quark from plain fat free Greek yoghurt, then I mix it with garlic salt until the quarky/yoghurty taste goes away. I use it instead of butter on my HexB bread, and it also goes great with a couple of chopped hard boiled eggs instead of mayo. Works for me - I always always have a...

Maksim Chmerkovskiy

lovely - vellum

Who??? I must be getting old :) Yasmin le Bon - think that proves it!!!

which had separate

Sesame. Carrot chips or swede mash?

Oh dear strawberry, please try not to stress! It is all very confusing, isn't it? Slimming World changed quite drastically when Extra Easy was introduced, and that's a large part of what's caused your confusion. Before EE, when we only had Green or Original days to choose from, we were...

Nando's Hot Peri Peri Sauce is 75 calories per 100g according to the website I looked at, which is only about four syns and that would probably be at least two or three portions wouldn't it? If you read your labels and count one syn per 20 calories, you should still be able to have your Nando's...

One HexA of cheese generally works out at around 120 calories - equivalent to six syns - so if it's 40 calories per oz I'd be having 3oz of that one for a HexA (as I don't live in the UK either, I can't get the brands mentioned on the HexA list so I just go by the calories usually). Nice find...

Ok, so with all the tweak-related posts flying around at the moment, I just thought I'd share this with all you lovely people! Today I made a chickpea cake mix, by blending one (400g) tin of drained, rinsed and dried chickpeas with 3 large eggs, 0.5tsp baking powder (half a syn), 4tbsp Splenda...

Tom Hanks

The Doors. Easter or Halloween?

leiden - noodle

Sorry, I don't know about the extra syns but I would also add a hard-boiled egg to his lunch, and you could put in a piece of SW crustless quiche or pasta n sauce quiche (both syn-free, and you can pack them with speed veggies too). Crabsticks are another good portable option. If he has...

I somehow doubt my source would be any use to you, it was (strangely) an Indian corner shop in my little one-horse Australian town! However, I did look and you can get it from Amazon too, the link is...

Tomatoes. An extra HexA or an extra HexB?

I miss cake, proper butter, real mayonnaise and copious amounts of cheese - no wonder I got so big!

I think my favourite thing to do in mine is mushrooms with just a spritz of Fry Light and a sprinkle of garlic salt. They dry out a bit rather than going all wet in a pan, which intensifies the flavour. A 400g bag of sliced mushrooms is done to perfection in just ten minutes, and they can then...

Controversial it may be, but it's good that we have this place to discuss such matters! For various reasons I also tweak the plan, however I am aware I'm doing it and am prepared to make adjustments to my methods as or when I have issues with the plan "not working", since I know darn well it...

orangutan, whose mother

melody - modify

iPhone Watermelon or canteloupe?

Hi Cate, congrats on the loss so far and welcome! Doesn't look like that's on the SW website yet from what I can see, and as it'll have a free food allowance for the pasta you will need to give us the nutrition info from the pack to work out the syns. I have to say I like the creamy cheesy...

Yes, it certainly makes you think outside of the box! And awww, that last comment gave me the warm fuzzies, lol - thanks muchly!

You're so welcome, I'm really glad I made you feel more positive - we all have these low moments, and I suppose we just have to learn to deal with them a little better each time. Hugs x

Thanks Jen, it was a very wet and windy day yesterday that's for sure! No sign of any sun at the moment, lol. Lee, I'm going to look around online to see if I can find any toffee essence - there are no WW or Muller yoghurts here, nor any Options or similar. It really is a dead end of a...

I only wish I knew how to make syn-free toffee or chocolate flavoured yoghurts! I could do the coffee one I suppose though, hadn't thought of that, thanks. If you have any ideas on how to achieve toffee, please let me know! Got to get offline now, Cyclone Marcia is heading straight for us...

Apologies to anyone who took offence at any of my comments, they were not intended to upset anyone. But I still wouldn't syn a free food, sorry...

Have you tried projecting that 2.5lbs forwards? If you have, and if your stats are correct, that means if you keep losing that much per week you'll be at goal in just 28 weeks, which is somewhere around the beginning of September. Wouldn't that be just amazingly awesome??? It's all about mental...

As far as I can see, you appear to be feeding your body nourishing food when it needs feeding (or when it thinks it needs feeding), and you're still losing weight nice and steadily! Looking at your stats, you've lost three stone in four and a half months which equates to an average loss of over...

smell was burnt

Mug Headphones or earbuds?

neuter - untied

Sounds lovely - if you fancy adding some crunch and can spare a syn or two, put some crushed cornflakes in with your Smash. Yum!

The only quark here is full-fat, and sadly there's no sign whatsoever of fromage frais. There are a couple of makes of yoghurt that I use as syn-free (fat free, very low sugar) but only in the basic flavours (peach, strawberry etc). I'm so jealous of everyone having toffee and cappuccino and...

Perhaps they all go to bed early so they can get up and hit the gym before their angelic breakfasts?

Oh I'm here Lee, and am also looking forward to the comments from the negative nellies out there - bring it on! x

I think I'd be adding a Muller light to the jelly mix (in place of some of the water) and making it into more of a mousse texture - that way you could add your raspberries and chocolate bits into the actual mixture. Now if only I could buy Muller lights here, all would be good!!!

I too would tell him to make his own if my cooking wasn't good enough - last time my OH complained about a meal I took the plate off him and emptied it into the bin! He hasn't complained since, lol. In regards to wateriness, most of the time adding mashed potato and/or cauliflower to a dish...

I also wouldn't syn this - as far as I'm concerned, if you start synning stuff like this then any recipe at all should be synned as you're then not eating each of the foods in their original form. Since the SW website and cookbooks are full of such recipes, this is clearly double standards...

Amen to that - I still have my original Red and Green day books where corned beef and tinned macaroni cheese are free foods! Those were the days...

terror - rotten

which smelled like

Alcohol! Tattoo or piercing?

Ooh they sound good - recipe please, pretty please? :)

Hi, your diet does sound kind of restrictive but you definitely should still be able to benefit from SW. Your HexA choices include rice milk, soya milk, coconut milk and almond milk and your HexBs have dried, canned or cooked fruits, nuts and seeds. Also, I'm not sure if it's in the newest books...

I too know exactly how you feel SarahJane, I haven't had my nails or hair or anything done for ages now as I just don't feel it's worth it at this size. What I wanted to say was, have you considered using charity shops to get cheap "new" outfits for while your weight is going down? You can find...

If you go to the SW Recipes link above, there's a sticky thread called "what is your number 1 favourite recipe" or similar - plenty of ideas there! I like the SW quiche myself, always have some in the fridge.

can't bring themselves

taught - gutter

Savoury Still water or sparkling water?

So glad you're feeling more positive today - one step at a time, we can DO this dammit!!! :)

No problem, hope your weigh-in goes well!