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Great - thanks for the suggestion. I've started SE this morning and will try and do either SE or red days for the whole week

Hi all, I have been doing slimming world for a year and a half and have lost weight very slowly - never more than 1lb but usually more like 0.5lb or a maintain, and for almost a year I have pretty much been maintaining - losing and gaining the same couple of pounds. Anyway, I am now only 3lb...

Thanks - that's great news. I will have the superfood I think x

Does anyone know the syn values for a leggera superfood salad or a leggera salmon salad? Thanks

Hi. I am currently a SW member and have lost a stone but am still half a stone away from target. I feel like SW has stopped working for me and I have basically been maintaining for the last 6 months. I am desperate to get to target so I thought I would try PP to get me there but with some F&h...

I do mainly EE with the odd red or green day but I have tried a week of red days but that didn't seem to work. I had a good chat with my consultant and she thinks I've tried lots of different things but only for a week and maybe I should try something different but for longer than this. The...

Thanks for the advice. I haven't spoken directly to my consultant - she has heard me moan week after week in group and has suggested things like sas and for and against list which have helped me to refocus a bit but not got me out if the plateau. Subsequent to my post I have arranged to speak to...

I started SW for the first time exactly 1 year ago and have lost a stone. I am 7lb away from target but have just been totally stuck at this weight (going slightly up and down by a pound) since last November. I have tried everything including: having hardly any syns Having all 15 every day...

Cheers. Well I got through the fast days and then have had a very indulgent weekend which has involved lots of calories on non-fasting days, probably meaning that I won't lose this week. Have decided to have a week off fasting this week and instead have added up my weekly total calories from...

Well I lost 2lb after my first week of 5:2 so am very pleased as I'm breaking through that plateau finally. This week I fasted Tuesday and am fasting today. I must say I find fasting soooo hard as I feel so grumpy and all I think about is food!! Any tips for coping with the fast days??

That's fab - well done. It's good to know that it works as it's weigh in day for me of my first week tomorrow and having not fasted since thurs I feel like I may not have lost x

Just done day 1 of 5:2 and man it was tough!! Hadn't eaten since 8.30 pm last night all the way through to 6pm this evening, surviving on herbal teas and black coffee. I woke up hungry so that didn't bode well but I survived. Just had chicken stir fry for tea which came in at 432 cals and will...

I've been doing slimming world for almost a year and lost a stone. I still want to lose another 8lbs but I have been hovering around the same point for months and no matter how stringent I am I with SW I don't seem able to get any further. So I thought about giving 5:2 a go to see if this would...

I quite often have either a tin of mackerel in tomato sauce (just need to open) with some couscous (just need a kettle) and one of those frozen bags of mixed veg (just need 4 mins in a microwave) - no prep needed at home and easy to make at work. I sometimes swap the mackerel for birds eye baked...

Thanks, it's good to hear what other people do. I've just been struggling a bit with it all lately and find if I eat my hex's too early in the day then I end up snacking on syns in the evening and going over so think I need to plan my days a bit better. I really seem to struggle with breakfast...

I seem to have spent a lot of time since starting SW thinking about food and working out how to fit my food into the day. I was just wondering how other people do it? Do you plan all your meals to be free food then have your HE's and syns as snacks? Or do you not use any syns or HE's all day and...

Not personally but my SW consultant fell pregnant after losing her weight. Can't remember how much she lost but I'm sure she said she became a mum at 41 after years of trying and then finally losing the weight. Don't give up hope. The weight loss will benefit your life in so many ways and I...

I make the mix and then split it into the kind of tray you would make cupcakes in ( not sure what they are called)!

Didn't get chance to take a pic of my tea but it was really nice. In addition to today's listed food I have also had some chicken things on skewers from the co-op as I was starving at work in the afternoon. I assumed they would be free, as they seemed very similar to those packets of tikka...

Great - thanks for joining me - feels a bit less lonely in here now!

Oops pressed send before I had finished: Snacks: Apple, banana, shape crumble yoghurt (1/2 syn), mid-afternoon mugshot and 2 carrots. Tea: stir fry made with stir fry veg pack (sf), egg noodles, chicken, sweet chilli sauce 1tbsp (1 syn), soy sauce - will post pic later x

Sorry I haven't posted for a week, I have been ill with a sinus infection and last week went completely off plan - eating all kinds of horrific foods and feeling pretty disgusting. I went to group last night to draw a line under it and miraculously I had maintained but I had had a gain the...

Ah thanks a lot. Sorry for the late reply - I have been poorly xx

I remember those days and it is frustrating - I used to try and use that as an excuse for finding it hard to diet, as well as thinking if only I didn't socialise quite so much then I could easily lose weight!! Well 13 years on I am now married and a working mum with 2 young children and barely...

Yeah I think you're right - as long as I don't fall completely off the wagon whilst I'm poorly then I can hopefully continue my mission to get to target once I am fully better x

I always record my food diary somehow - either on paper or on here. Last weeks is on here in the diary section - it's not completely up to date for the week but there are a good few days on here. Hoping its the antibiotics - although switched yesterday from amoxicillin to doxycycline so could be...

Have been doing SW for 10 months, have lost 1 stone and am just over half a stone away from target. My losses are slow and inconsistent even thought have only strayed from plan a couple of times in 10 months. I have tried 777 weeks, scan bran weeks, limited syn weeks, red day weeks in order to...

In that case it sounds fine. Although I don't put any calories into MFP there are definitely days where I don't eat that much and days where I'm just more hungry so eat loads. It all balances out.

It's probably fine for just one day - although you don't seem to have had any syns - ie ketchup on your burger, butter on your bread roll. Or did you not fancy a snack at any time? Either fruit or crisps or anything. Eating like this every day though I think would be hard to sustain. I think at...

I know exactly how you feel and have often felt naffed off about this. One week in group I had lost 1/2lb (my usual) and I was moaning that whatever I do I only lose 1/2lb and that I would never win slimmer of the week and funnily enough I actually won slimmer of the week that week as you have...

Afternoon snack: banana Tea: baked bean lasagne I ate half this size portion. Evening snacks: 40g cheese (hexA + 2 syns) on wholemeal toast (HexB) with tsp butter (1 syn). 2 alpen lights (hexb2) and bag of walkers baked (5.5 syns). - bit of a Friday night binge but all within daily syns...

My quickest lunch is: 1 x tin mackerel in tomato sauce, couscous (just pour on boiled water and fluff up) and a bag of frozen veg (4 mins in microwave)

Friday 7th March: Green day today Breakfast: 1 banana, 2 x Linda McCartney sausages, 1/2 tin beans, 1 egg fried in fry light and some mushrooms (sf) Lunch: quorn Spag Bol microwave meal (1.5 syns) and bag of frozen veg (sf)

I know how you feel Roseberry Rose, as although altogether I have lost a stone with SW in 10 months my losses have been very slow (1/2lb at a time) and I have had weeks where I have been 100% on plan and either maintained or had a small gain. I have sat in group week after week listening to how...

If I'm doing something like Spag Bol or even an omelette - something where the superfree is mixed in, I often lay it all out in the chopping board (or next to it if it's raw packaged meat) and check that 1/3 of the ingredients are superfree. Then for example if the mince was taking up half of...

Great 13lbs to go is fab. How much have you lost so far? (on my phone so can't see your stats) x

Yeah I think so - I just pressed the plus button then attached the photos from my iPhone library - seems to be working now but didn't seem to work when I first tried - bit of a mystery!

Mid morning snack: hi-fi bar (3 syns) Lunch: birds eye baked to perfection salmon with lemon and herbs, egg noodles a and bag of frozen veg Mid afternoon: M & S skinny Americano and tiny side biscuit (2 syns) - I'm guessing there Tea: chicken stuffed with philli (2 syns) and wrapped in...

Ah thanks a lot. How far have you got to go to target?

Thursday 6th March 2014 Breakfast: 35g Dorset cereals Simply Nutty Muesli with chopped banana and skimmed milk (HexA) Mid morning: muller light and another chopped banana

Tea: cider pork casserole Made by my dad from the Weight Watchers cookbook ?. Plenty of superfree though, but had to count 3 syns for the cider and cornflour in it. Evening snacks: 2 bags of ringos (7 syns), 1 ryvita (1.5 syns) and 30g cheddar cheese (hexA) Total syns: 14

Cheers. They are really easy to make and there are a few different ways but I made these the easy way - just microwaved a whole jacket spud for 10 mins, then sliced it into wedges once cooked, sprinkled with some peri peri chip spice then crisped off in the oven - gorgeous!!

Ps what is the best way to post photos as they don't seem to work direct from my iPhone

Well I am now 7.5 lb from target which seems so close yet so far away. I started SW in June 2013 and have lost exactly a stone, so compared to some my losses are very slow which at times can be really frustrating. I have messed around a lot in terms of finding the perfect formula for a good loss...

FYI - there is a wrap - the only one in the world - that can be used as a HexB!! They are the Bfree wraps and 1 is a HexB. You can buy them from asda in the 'free from' section, not the bread section. And PS - you've definitely not blown it - 1 syn is nothing. Draw a line and if it makes you...

I know it does seem a bit conflicting - telling you to avoid things that are high in syns but then telling you you must eat all your syns. I tend to have mine as an evening treat once the kids are in bed but it depends what suits your lifestyle. I find that if I have them throughout the day I...

I can totally understand the feeling of being overwhelmed. I couldn't sleep the night I first went to group and then was scared to eat the next day!! Once I relaxed though I just stuck to free foods like tinned spaghetti and baked beans until I fully started to understand and felt confident...

I've kept it for a couple of days but no longer - my husband likes it too tho so it doesn't usually hang around for long! I have wondered before though if I was to make it in bulk would it freeze ok?

I would definitely recommend buying new clothes. I felt a bit annoyed when my clothes started becoming too big - I think because although I had a better figure I actually looked worse in the baggy clothes. I bought a bundle of clothes second hand in the next size down whilst in that in between...

I can't speak for the original poster but for me personally it's not about being in a rush to get to target but more the frustration you feel at sticking to the plan and then only having a tiny loss, a maintain or sometimes even a tiny gain. It's hard to stay motivated week after week if this is...

Oh good - glad to hear that it's not just me! I don't even like them that much and I agree that they taste a bit fake but they do occasionally have a place for me as a snack

Does anyone ever eat things like mug shots or low fat supernoodles as a snack? I mean they are free foods, right but I feel that they should probably be eaten as part of a meal. However, we have tea late and so sometimes I will have a mug shot late afternoon as fruit just won't see me through...

I know this is an element of SW that seems to cause much confusion and debate but I think I understand it. However my question is this: In the FAQ section of the book it is stated that you don't need to have a third superfree with healthy extra meals as there is a portion control built in -...

I know exactly how you feel as I am in the same boat in the sense that I lose sooo slowly on SW. However, overall I have lost just over a stone since June 2013 so it has been a success. I have done a few radical things such as counting WW points or calories on the odd week when I have been...

Yeah it's the app. Don't know how to do this, sorry. Generally I had 2 x crumpets for breakfast, a shop bought salad and low fat crisps for lunch, a SW style meal for tea then a 100 cal treat such as kit Kat in the evening. 2 days I had half a shop-bought pizza for tea at 400 cals (hadn't had...

It's definitely a good short-term thing to do to kick-start things. I did it CC 2 weeks ago and lost 3lb to take me to my lowest weight since before my 2 pregnancies. I still attended SW group (although kept quiet about my method) then maintained the week after. The problem is I have struggled...

Cheers. I recorded everything in mfp so not sure if there's a way I can copy it over? Does anyone know?

I saw in the website that 300g of this is a HexB so I ordered some from Tesco and it arrived tonight. However, it says new recipe on the packaging, is now called Maris Piper Leek and Potato and is 700g a carton, whereas I think it used to be 600g. Does anyone know whether this has altered its...

Thanks a lot. I did the red days this week as I had planned but had a bit of a hiccup on sat with a meal out so tried to redeem it with 2 days of CC at 1200 cals. Will see what the scales say tonight but will deserve it this week if is maintain or don't lose x

I lost 3lb counting calories after plateauing on SW since November! Stuck to 1200 on most days with a bit of a day off on sat and 2 days where I went slightly over. I am over the moon as I am now only 6lb from my target weight!! I intend to go back on SW plan, as I must admit I have been pretty...

That's fab - cheers for the reply. Have read back through the books about red days and am fully prepped for a red week. Plenty of salads and I think I'm gonna make some of the things I usually make, such as bolognese but serve them veg or 1 jacket instead of the usual big pile of pasta. Will let...

Been following EE since I started 9 months ago but have really plateaued since November. Was thinking that switching to red days only may help me to start losing weight again, as my carb portions would be limited. Has anyone else been in a similar position then had success with this?

From my understanding MFP calculates the net calorie allowance and then you can add to it if you do exercise. The calorie allowance calculated using a BMR calculator factors in exercise so you don't get any extra on top of that. I have only been CC for one week tho so anathema someone with more...

Definitely! I am craving a pizza tho, as I've only had one in 9 months of doing slimming world but don't think it'd be a good idea - if I'm not careful I might forget that the aim of this is to lose weight not to eat all the foods that are usually not possible!

Sounds good S-L-W. I've decided this week that as I'm going for a different approach with cal counting that I'm going to eat different foods to what I usually eat on SW so I've been loving having crumpets for breakfast. If I am successful this week with CC then next week I think I'll keep it...

Yes I thought it was quite low too but the automatic calculator on mfp also comes out at 1200 (without exercise). My height is 5ft 2 and weight is 9st2 - I am 34 if that affects it too. Yesterday was my first day and I stuck to 1230 but I wouldn't have managed to go any lower than this (in order...

I did the calculation from the sticky to work out the number of cals I need to lose 1lb a week but I wasn't sure about the part that takes into account level of activity, as at the moment my exercise level is inconsistent ie last week I ran a 5k race but this week I may or may not do this and/or...

That's a great weight loss - I'd be so happy with that - have forgotten what it feels like to be rewarded for the hard effort with a weight loss. I started CC yesterday and am not going to weigh myself until group on Monday but I'll let you know how I get on. Based on my level of activity I...

Monday 27th January 2014 35 g fruit and fibre (HexB) Skimmed milk (HexA) Macaroni cheese mugshot (2 syns) Chicken salad with 1tbsp low cal dressing (1 syn) Morrisons sushi (4 syns) Chicken breast and rice fusions (3.5 syns) Pom bears (4.5 syns) Daily syns: 15/15 Weekly syns: 85 syns...

You sound like you are in the same boat as me (although I've only been on SW for 9 months). I give it my all and yet, probably because I have such a large appetite I really struggle to lose (never have big gains tho) so I too have plateaued since November. I feel like this could be the kickstart...

Sunday 26th January 2014 Breakfast: fruit and mullerlight Brunch: 2 x low fat quorn sausages, beans and fried egg (in fry light) 2 x bananas, 2 x alpen lights (HexB) Coffee with sugar (1syn) Tea: Harissa lamb stew (0.5 syn) Evening: kit Kat (5.5 syns) Daily syns: 7/15, weekly syns: 70/105

Sat 25th January 2014 Breakfast: 60g wholemeal breAd bacon, egg sandwich with mushrooms and tomatoes. 2tsp low fat butter (2syns) 5k run 11.00 homemade veg soup Lunch: 100g smoked mackerel (1 syn) and salad Tea: chilli con carne made with 15% fat mince (2 syns) Evening: 2 large glasses red...

Tonight's tea: spinach and mushroom canneloni from this month's mag. I made it with 50g reduced fat cheddar on top so it was 2 syns per portion. Very nice but a bit fiddly stuffing the canneloni tubes

Just tried to post a photo of my breakfast - not sure if I've done it right, will try in next post if it doesn't work. Friday 24th Jan 2014: green day Breakfast : magic pancakes (half HExB 1) with chopped banana, frozen berries and danone crumble yoghurt (0.5 syns) Lunch: cheese leek and ham...

I found that too - I was so confused after my first group that I was scared to eat the next day. Once you read the book and get your head around it all it gets a lot easier. SW is the only eating plan I've ever been on that gets easier the longer you do it for. I found it helps to make a...

Thursday 23rd January 2014:EE Breakfast: magic pancakes with chopped banana, frozen berries (sf) and yoghurt (half HexB) (0.5 syns for danone crumble yoghurt) 10.30 am Banana Lunch: morrisons mackerel (1 syn), egg noodles and frozen veg (sf) Mid afternoon: muller light and 1 sugar in coffee...

Wednesday 22nd January 2014 EE: Breakfast: 2 x Linda McCartney red onion and Rosemary sausages, 2 x eggs scrambled and 1/3 mushrooms in fry light 10.30: lemsip (1 syns) and melon, kiwi and pineapple fruit pack Lunch: Salmon fillet, boiled egg chopped, salad, 5 pitted green olives (0.5 syns)...

I've edited my original post to introduce myself properly x

Hi all. I thought I'd start a food diary as I tend to write it all down in a book but thought it'd be a good idea to share it with all of you and possibly get some input in case I'm going wrong somewhere. I started SW in June 2013, having previously been an on and off WW for 15 years. Prior to...

I have the same problem but I have experimented at home on my days off by measuring out my milk and I've found that as long as I don't have cereal with milk on a certain day then I never use up all of my milk allowance (I have about 5 brews total per day but drink skimmed so the limit is 350ml)...

I wondered this too as I have just over a stone to lose but I have found that it does work. I have found that it has been pretty slow compared to others - I have lost 7.5 lb in 8 weeks, however the plan is very easy to stick to as you get to eat large quantities of great food. I think because I...

Thanks for your help. Yes that's what I'm struggling with - all the things that are listed don't seem to be in the shop and vice versa. Perhaps I should phone the syns hotline?

Hmmm that food all sounds great. It's so nice to head that other people are eating so well as whenever I see someone's food diary it always seems to be so small compared to mine - sometimes I run out of space on the food diary sheet! Also other people seem to go for salad and veg with lean meat...

As there seems to be a co-op food shop nearly everywhere you go and they have some pretty nice looking salads I was wondering if anyone knew the syn values for any of these? In particular the healthy choices King Prawn noodle salad? I'm going on holiday next week and the only shop there is a...

I wondered that too but I think the book says that healthy extras can be enjoyed as part of a meal or in between meals. I suppose this is supported by the extra easy info that says you don't need to have 1/3 superfree with healthy extras as it is built in. I've been having a hexA and hexB for...

Is this allowed. For example could you have 1 400g loaf slice of whole meal bread and 1 alpen light or half your milk allowance + 15g cheese? Or is this trying to cheat the system?!

I actually found it cheaper - as you don't really have to buy as many snacks (can only snack on eggs and yoghurt) and other than the masses of fruit and veg involved you are eating smaller portions of food so any meal u make could be kept and split over the next day or so. I think it does...

Hi everyone, Not sure if anyone else has this problem, but I find locating the syns values for things like 'on the go lunches' (not sure what else to call them), quite difficult. I find it easy to get the syns for anything I am cooking at home or buying in my shopping from the supermarket. Most...

I have a wedding to go to this weekend and also my husband and I are child-free for the first time in a long while (we have 2 kids, aged 1 and 3) so we are planning on a romantic meal the night before the wedding on Saturday. As I really want to carry on losing weight, my strategy for coping...

Well I'm feeling much better today, as I actually lost 1lb this week (it was weigh in last night). It's still a bit less than I would have liked, given the gain last week - however it does give me more confidence that slimming world may work for me after all. So thanks again for your advice and...

Thanks for the tips. I do try to drink a fair amount of water - especially when I'm at work (which is 3 days a week). I think maybe I do need to not go over 15 syns, but I do like to have a couple of glasses of wine on a Saturday, however I did reduce the syns on other days to compensate for...

I don't have a fabric tape measure so haven't taken any measurements so will try and do this. Do you think it's definitely the exercise rather than eating too much or any of the other things I thought it could be?

Hi there, I have done Weight Watchers on and off for the past 15 years, got to my ideal weight 3 times in this period and other than when I was pregnant with my 2 children have never in that time gone more than 3lb above the weight I first weighed in it in 1999.....anyway, I always found that...