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Hi Silkie, I always find it harder to concentrate on healthy eating when I'm back at work. Rushing around and all the cakey things people bring into the office are my downfall!! I can SOO relate to the wacky dreams. Happens to me all the time!! I actually feel really guilty in my dreams and so...

Here to subscribe :) Hope cutting out sugar helps with your hand xx

Hi Emmaline, Thanks for the encouragement :) Glad to report that by some miracle I managed to lose a 1lb before my first weigh in of Feb. And just had another cheeky weigh in now and I'm sat at 12 stone exactly :D

RawrGirl -- 3 waist inches (0 inches down, 3 to go) slimsarah -- 14 lbs. (0 lbs down, 14 to go) k8joealf -- 14 lbs. (5 lbs down, 9 to go) my1dogleah -- ? (? down, ? to go) joanne -- 14lbs (11lbs down, 3 to go ) clair198628 -- 14lbs (0 lbs down, 14 to go) jen-cheng -- 14lbs (14 lbs down, 0 to...

Hi Lionesque, Best of luck on the Paul McKenna diet :) I've heard good things about it. It will be weird to see us all posting here Jan 2015 having achieved all we had hoped for :) x

Whilst on the subject of getting re-focused here is the weigh in day table for February: Date Weight 5th February 2014 12:04 12th February 2014 19th February 2014 26th February 2014 Hoping to be 11:13 on the 26th February so I can be in 11's for my 21st birthday (1st March) :)

So I've gone off the rails a little bit recently with my eating. There is a lot of stress at work with me changing position, bereavement of a close relative, uni work, isolation all weighing me down. I actually took some time to write everything that was causing me to be stressed and it was 11...

Congrats on the loss Cate! :)

Thanks Cate, sorry to hear you are not finding it so easy :) Hope you managed to jump back on plan since the last post. Just reporting in to say another loss of 3lbs! Which makes 9lbs lost in 3 weeks. On one hand really happy but on the other hand worried that it is so much in a little span of...

3 more lbs lost this week :)

RawrGirl -- 3 waist inches (0 inches down, 3 to go) slimsarah -- 14 lbs. (0 lbs down, 14 to go) k8joealf -- 14 lbs. (4 lbs down, 10 to go) my1dogleah -- ? (? down, ? to go) joanne -- 14lbs (6.8lbs down, 10 to go ) clair198628 -- 14lbs (0 lbs down, 14 to go) jen-cheng -- 12lbs (9 lbs down...

I still weigh in on the Wednesday but keep forgetting to report in! :ashamed0005: I know for the last two weeks (or first two weeks of new year, new plan) I lost 6lbs :)

No problem! Glad I could be of some help! :)

Squash definitely sounds like fun :) and a good chance for you two to spend some quality time together. Reporting in a weight loss of 3lbs this week which I am pretty chuffed with :) I even managed to stick to plan when faced with a tempting buffet yesterday lunchtime.

Congrats on the losses Autumn500 and *joanne*. I've actually lost another 3lbs this week myself :D RawrGirl -- 3 waist inches (0 inches down, 3 to go) slimsarah -- 14 lbs. (0 lbs down, 14 to go) k8joealf -- 14 lbs. (0 lbs down, 14 to go) my1dogleah -- ? (? down, ? to go) joanne -- 14lbs (4lbs...

Hi Me2u1605, The way to edit your profile is to first click Settings in the top right corner of the page, then scroll down and look to the left hand side there should be an edit profile button there. Hope that helped. Thanks Julie, I just thought its so cute! my diets going really well...

Hey MiniSlimmer, let me add you onto the list: RawrGirl -- 3 waist inches (0 inches down, 3 to go) slimsarah -- 14 lbs. (0 lbs down, 14 to go) k8joealf -- 14 lbs. (0 lbs down, 14 to go) my1dogleah -- ? (? down, ? to go) joanne -- 14lbs (0 lbs down, 14 to go ) clair198628 -- 14lbs (0 lbs...

Thanks K8joealf :) Let me add you on here malteasers :) RawrGirl -- 3 waist inches (0 inches down, 3 to go) slimsarah -- 14 lbs. (0 lbs down, 14 to go) k8joealf -- 14 lbs. (0 lbs down, 14 to go) my1dogleah -- ? (? down, ? to go) joanne -- 14lbs (0 lbs down, 14 to go ) clair198628 --...

Hi Emily, As you seem to be new to the forums and (please don't take this the wrong way, not meant offensively at all) have a lot to lose I recommend you speak on the Wemitts section of the forum here: A LOT of weight to lose? Then join the WeMITTS it is a section for people who have a lot of...

Here is the slimming world subsection link should you need it: Slimming World

Hi Rosemary, It may be worth posting this thread under the Slimming World subforum for people on the same plan as you to offer some help, or alternatively asking Pierce (the sites administrator) to move the thread for you. If you want to get it moved by Pierce, the simplest way is to write in...

Hi there, I am hoping to lose a total of 12lbs by valentines day, have lost 3lbs so far :) RawrGirl -- 3 waist inches (0 inches down, 3 to go) slimsarah -- 14 lbs. (0 lbs down, 14 to go) k8joealf -- 14 lbs. (0 lbs down, 14 to go) my1dogleah -- ? (? down, ? to go) joanne -- 14lbs (0 lbs...

Glad to hear you are getting on well with the recipes, will have to see if I have that one. Lunch is a struggle for me too, especially when I wake up late and don't pack :o I think I have been recycling fruit salad with natural yoghurt, tuna salad and toasted bread just a bit. When I'm at home I...

Hi Cate, Sorry for taking so long to write back! It has been such a busy week for me. I'm sure you will lose as much as me if not more, are you going at it cold turkey or from being on another diet? You usually lose a lot just from water retention if you haven't been on a diet previously...

Hello again, All important first weigh in this morning and I'm proud to say I have lost 3lbs in my first week on plan :flirt2: Definitely starting to need new work trousers! they are getting to the point of needing to be pulled up every 5 seconds. Its a nice feeling though, as they were...

Hi Cate here to subscribe! :) Hope all has gone well on your first day x

Sounds like a good plan! I currently use a 99p store diary to do the same thing and to try and make sure I eat the three snacks and three meals consistently. Lucky you with the cruises and I can't wait to try on a bathing suit this summer! (weird to hear myself say that) all things having gone...

Hi Cate welcome to the forums! :) Thanks for the encouragement I'm sure you'll be fine! If I can do it, never having shopped for myself for food before or really cooking for five years you will probably do fine! Are you going to be making a diary as well? Let me know so I can subscribe! All...

Thanks for the encouragement Emmaline, glad to see you again, how's your journey going? Just checking in again with a few things I have noticed four days into the Gi Diet plan. I am really enjoying cooking again, the last time I properly cooked from scratch was probably when I was at school...

I did maintain! :) 13st dead on on the 1st Jan. I am in the second day of the Gi Diet Plan now and have decided to move! if you would still like to follow me the diary can be found here: http://www.minimins.com/gi-diet-support-forum/332544-jennifers-2014-gi-diet-diary.html

Hey Xena, thanks for the encouragement and I Hope so! So had my first day yesterday and I think it went really well. Stuck to plan 100% and did my first set of workouts :) I spent a lot of the day thinking about when/what to eat and planning things out which will hopefully get lesser with...

Welcome to MiniMins Shel :) Not too far from my goals for this year actually I need to lose 3stone and I want to have done it before the end of June. Best of luck to you :)

Hey Rachbear welcome to MiniMins :) Looking forward to seeing you rock that wedding dress!

Hey Newbies and welcome to MiniMins! If you need any help just holler :) Five more success stories in the making ;)

Hi Rita, Welcome to MiniMins, like you I hope to make this year MY year :D If you've never joined these forums before a lot of people find that starting their own diary type thread helps them :) The best place to do it would be the Slimming World sub forum group as people following the same...

Had a cheeky early weigh in this morning and I was 13st! dead on! :bliss::happy036: I was expecting a 13.4 weigh in on Wednesday so this is great news and am hoping to maintain that loss for the official weigh in and start of the Gi plan :)

Hey everyone, I have been on these forums since September 2013 losing weight through calorie counting and have lost roughly 30lbs so far. For 2014 I wanted to try to steer my weight loss to be more healthier incorporating more fruit and veg and wholefoods and because of this I have chosen to...

So I did my first Sainsbury's shop for the Gi Diet plan last night. Delivery should be between 5-6pm on the 31st.. So excited!! First time I've ever bought a food shop for myself for a month so not sure if I bought too much or too little.. I think it might take me a few shops until I get it right :)

With you there Linz! 2014 will be my year and I cant wait to feel confident in a swimsuit at summer and dress up with the kids at Halloween *not* in the plus size options either :P

okay so have gone a little off the rails these past few days :break_diet: trying my very hardest to eat well for this last week of 2013 and aiming to be 13.04 or less on the 1st Jan :)

Just thought of another :) - Have fully adopted and is confident on the Gi Diet maintenance phase.

So... I ate dominos pizza yesterday... and not a small.. a medium.. and not a healthier veggie option... the full blown Meateaor. :character00254: It totals a whopping 250 calories per slice so I ingested 2000 calories in one treat. Whoops... The usual pangs of guilt have been met by...

1lb lost forever!

1lb lost this week! :)

Best of Luck! I look forward to seeing how you get on :)

Where will you be in your weight loss journey this time next year? What goals and new years resolutions (weight loss and otherwise) would you like to have completed? To get the ball rolling here are some of mine.. - I will be at target weight and would have maintained it for roughly 4 months...

Okay, so my Gi Diet book came in the post yesterday and I have had a read last night and this morning when the idea struck me.... You know diet books, and how they make you feel all motivated and buzzing to go so you determinedly vow to start the next day only to break some rule you hastily...

Congratulations on the loss :) I was going to ask if you two keep in touch via Skype and see if he's noticed a difference yet :P If its just via phone all the better surprise though!

Hi! Here to subscribe! I bet he'll be stunned when he sees the new you ;)

What a transformation! Truly amazing and massive respect for you! :)

40% through my journey according to this calculator: Percentage Calculators :happy036:

Hey Guys, I thought I'd update you a little on life now as I can see that this diary is getting a bit repetitive with lost x, lost x, lost x. Okay so I am now 1/3rd of the way through my HR Uni course and have 8,000 words due in on the 5th January, most of them done thankfully! My Motorbike...

4lbs to go for me! :D x

Thanks elm! hope things are going well for you? :) 2lbs lost this week!

2 more pounds gone forever :) 13st4lbs! Getting to the end of the 13s and looking forward to being 12 something :)

Thanks for the compliments :D And top half is fine lol! x

Forgot to pop in last week and possibly the week before that :) (oops!) I have lost a total of 29lbs (2stone 1lb) and still going!

Thanks for all the encouragement you guys :) Super excited and happy with where I am going lately. I don't know if it is abit too early to do this sort of thing, but for some motivation I put together some before pictures, with some photos I took today! I noticed some small changes but...

Haha yup! :) 1lbs gone this week, I am now 13st 6lbs total loss of 2stone 1lb and still going strong! 3 weeks to lose 6lbs to get to my crimbo target!

Congrats! I'm just 1lb off losing 2stone and cant wait :)

Thanks Emmaline, you seem to be doing really good too! 1lb lost this week :)

Weigh-in day tomorrow, but I wanted to share with you something curious which occurred yesterday. I had my first (big) 120g bar of Dairy Milk in MONTHS! never thought id hear the day I would say that!! Tomorrow will be 2 months 3 weeks since diet began and do you know what? after I had...

That's a great idea. I have two now, and you're right its nice to see where I started to where I am now. I now weigh in on Wednesdays and have joined the thread for that.

3lbs lost again this week! :) 26lbs in total gone now x

Thanks :D Another 3lbs lost this week! x

Hey Lisa! Glad to see the fire is still going strong :) I've bought myself clothes to keep myself motivated, also I keep a money jar and I put in £1 for each pound I lose! I wouldn't take the weigh in at your nurse's to heart. Most accurate time to weigh is first thing in the morning, so...

Thankyou! :D Hope all is going well for you too Sophsmum!

Wow! fantastic news :) You're doing so well!

Hey Molly, Haven't heard from you in a while, hope everything is okay! x

Hey Lisa, Just dropping by to say I totally know where you are coming from and feeling so proud of you for keeping up the motivation and the drive to get to your goal weight! I wish you the very very best of luck! Keep us in the loop!

Another 3lbs off this week, out of the 14s and now sitting at 13.11. 2 more pounds and I will have reached my next goal of 25lbs lost!

Dropping by for another week! Out of the 14s now. I've lost another 3lbs! Currently 13.11

Weigh in this morning and I've lost 3lbs and am now out of the 200s! :) :bliss:

3lbs down this week :)!

Hey MrsP thanks for dropping by sorry I haven't been on much guys! I stayed the same last Weds, haven't beaten myself up about it and haven't let it get to me, still rumbling on. :) This week I have bought a book to help my self-esteem and it has been really interesting, learning to value...

Yup, still going strong! I overate on my calories for the first time on Saturday (on purpose) I ate 2000 calories but on sunday had only 1000 to compensate. Instead of the usual pangs of guilt on Saturday I actually felt strangely fine with it :S Which I was glad about. Maybe because it wasn't...

I'm still at it! Sorry I haven't checked in for a while, still watching my calories but a string of late nights and illness has meant I haven't been as active on here as I should :) I lost another 1lb this Wednesday, although I think there may be more as I am having...um..:o.. bowel problems...

1lb lost this morning :) not a lot but way better than a gain!

1lb lost this week! Not a lot but way better than a STS or a gain :)

Thanks :) feeling loads better and glad you are too. I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to SW so wouldn't be able to tell. I'm doing calorie counting at the moment, which I find simpler for me. Just think though, before you went on plan would you have ate that healthy?! I think you did...

Congratulations on your weight loss! :D Only 2lbs shy of a stone!!

Hey FatGurlSlim, Sorry to hear you are feeling ill, I was feeling a bit sorry for myself yesterday with a banging migraine that only pitch-black silence can solve. Needless to say, the partner wasn't having too much fun either :P Feeling a bit worn out just reading about how much exercise...

Boy do I know where you are coming from!! Juggling work, studying for a degree and family life can be like spinning plates. I always prioritize other people over me as well which I think is a contributing factor to the weight gain for me. I've just gotta learn that if I don't look after...

Saturday calories were just under 1500 and Sunday was 1300. My partner made me dinner yesterday which was so sweet of him :) as for some reason I had a banging migraine, it seems to always happen when I visit my parents house and do work in the shed, some sort of fume or oil just doesn't agree...

Hey everyone! Sorry I didn't catch up yesterday but calories for the day were 1475. A curious thing that happened was that I didn't pack lunch today (I was in a rush and forgot I had unpacked my purse a few days prior). Cakes were brought in by one of my colleagues and I would usually eat a...

Hi Everyone, I hope you don't mind if I jump in on this? I have a goal for Crimbo and wanted a thread to keep myself on plan :) I weight 14st 5lb at the moment and want to be 13st by Christmas day. I weigh myself every Wednesday so that gives me 10 weeks to lose 19lb! How is everyone doing...

Haha I did feel a bit like a lone voice in the wind !! Great job on staying the same and good luck for your goals for crimbo. I am hoping to get to 13st on crimbo day (which happens to be a weigh in day, eek!) that's where I was last year. Just in time to make a new years resolution of just...

Calorie total for Thursday of 1430. Thanks for the encouragement Emmaline :) I am really happy with this downward trend and hoping to be 13st by crimbo! Had a heart-to-heart with my partner yesterday and he says he prefers it (although he stressed he thought I was beautiful no matter what my...

Hello! I lost 2lbs yesterday :) bringing my total to 1stone 1lb lost :D Finally think I am starting to get used to juggling the uni work with everything else. Calorie sign off for yesterday of 1454

2lbs lost this week :) bringing my total lost to 1stone 1lb :D

Calories for today 1454. Weigh in day tomorrow, fingers crossed :)

Calorie total for today of 1474. Oddly I am starting to feel more slim and can see differences in my middle, it seems more flatter but maybe its too early to say. I have just finished the Christmas shopping (yes I am one of those early shoppers!!) and it's such a weight off of my shoulders...

Calories for yesterday of 1447 :) Weekend now over and back into work!

Okay, me and my partner were bricking it when it came to the Cobra but we stomached it and it wasn't so bad :) okay so I screamed like a little girl a few times but I left the ride smiling. Fear of rollercoasters (at least those designed for children) over! I managed to stay on track and avoid...

You are doing so well Molly, both on the weight loss and I bet you felt so amazing fitting into a size 14! Best wishes to you!

Hello Hello! Calorie count for yesterday of 1440 and todays total is 1439. I have got a few things coming for me in the post, including a Baby-G wristwatch which I am looking forward to wearing and as a sort of gift/prize for myself rather than food! Looking at a busy weekend again with a...

Hey everyone, Thanks for all the encouragement! Haven't heard back yet but still have fingers and toes crossed!! :fingerscrossed:

No problem. You earnt it! :) Signing off for the day with a calorie total of 1461 Found an online calculator and apparently my goal is 17% complete, pretty encouraging after only 3 weeks! :D

Thanks Sugarloaf! :) Congratulations on your weight loss too! 2.3lbs since you last posted!

Week 3 weigh in.. drum roll please... I've lost 4lbs :D taking my loss so far to 13lbs, so close to my first stone! :)

RANT WARNING Okay so I hate my job. I have hated it for a long while now actually but its one of those things where you just have to suck it up and get on with it. Recently though, it has got worse, everyone seems to be picking at me for every little thing and there's so much changing/****ing...

Calories for yesterday at 1417. Darren treated me out to Mcdonalds for dinner and how he scoffed as I got a happy meal :rolleyes: Actually was surprisingly filling given it was only 4 chicken nuggets and small fries! Todays total looking to be about 1448 :)

Fingers crossed! 1455 calories today Feeling a bit dizzy atm might be something to do with re-painting my bike frame with my dad, maybe the fumes? Anyways night all!

Hey Everyone, Sorry for not stopping by yesterday I was out of the house from 11am until 11:30pm! Me and my partner went to see the ruins of netley abbey, fed the ducks in sophies pond, walked to the royal victoria country park and then had to go into town to get a birthday present for our...

I guess so Emmaline. Thanks :) Calories for today of 1465 and have signed up to go and try Martial Arts at a local club next Friday :bolt: Going to have a picnic and visit Netley Abbey with my partner on Saturday and bike fixing on Sunday so should be a good weekend!

Hi Sugarloaf thanks for subscribing! :)

Hey Emmaline, I think you might be right, I don't want to miss out on anything. There has been occasions where they haven't told me stuff which I hold important that they didn't want to bother me about. For an example. When I started the job I hold now the family pet (that I was really close...

Calories for the end of the day (including my dinner which I haven't eaten yet) is 1495 :) Feeling abit better after the rant earlier, sorry! Treating myself to a nice soaky bubble bath when I get home before I roll up my sleeves and start on the mountain of homework for this week. Deep joy.

£9 banked so far. Invested in one of those tins that you can only open with a tin opener to stop temptation. Only £1 :)

Okay, I wanted to avoid this. But I think I might be someone who rants. I will post my food log a bit later but I have to get this off my chest and get some opinions as I am a little peeved. Ever since I moved out of my parents home to live with my partner there has been this battle. The...

Hope you don't mind if I pop in and join you! :) Lost 3lbs yesterday! My second week in.

These pictures are fantastic, such great transformations. Kudos to the starter of the thread as well, good idea indeed! Can't wait for me to be able to put some pics up for before and afters!

Hey Bex, Sorry only just saw your response! I ended up going to one that I found out of the blue in a local Tesco. They're fantastic! They gave me my weight, height, my BMI and body fat percentage and the recommended weight range I should be. And it was only 50p! I'm thinking of doing the...

Great progress Molly :) I bet your so chuffed!

Hey everyone, I have been using the blog section of the website to log my diary so far, but feel that it might be more beneficial if I try and transfer it over to a long-running thread instead! I have been going for two weeks now, the first week I lost 6lbs and the second (weighing in...

It appears I need new scales! Weighed this morning and it went from 15.10 to just 15. If you lean forward the weight goes up, lean back the weight magically melts off :sigh2: I will have to wait until Sunday and sneakily weigh myself on my mums scales in the bathroom as they are digital and...

Oh I see! Hope all goes well with the neurologist when you get there and I look forward to catching up with you on your first day on Weds!

Congratulations! Fantastic result I bet you feel great :) !

Congratulations on everyone's losses! I will be weighing in this Friday for the first time so wish me luck! :)

In that case, I've heard of success where people have found workout videos on websites like YouTube. Another idea could be going out for some regular walks with an iPod/MP3 player. If you think the Kinnect would help you though, go for it.

8lbs! looking good!! ;) wishing you the best of luck for tonight! :fingerscrossed:

Wow! fantastic willpower on Day 4 and 5. I can feel for you there, so many young kids in my family so a lot of parties and incredibly moreish party nibbles!! Don't have a diary as yet. I am eating more healthy as a kind-of warm up this week but will officially start my plan on Friday. Can't...

I think the other posters pretty much hit it on the head. Something else you might want to check out though is your BMR (Base Metabolic Rate) its the number of calories your body needs to survive if it was bed bound just to take care of all your body functions. The advise is never to go below...

Hey Molly - just a message to subscribe to your thread. You've got me to answer to know *attempts to look menancing* only kidding :) will try my best to help and support!

Hey Mark, Just came across your diary and wanted to follow your progress. I find writing a list of reasons why I want to lose weight helps. Whenever I want to eat bad or have had enough I have something to go to to keep me focused.

Hey Lisa, just a message to subscribe to this thread. Looking forward to watching your progress. Congratulations on the loss so far! :)

Hi Phil, Just stumbled upon your diary. What system are you on? if you are hungry I would advise taking in a small snack of some sort. Being hungry slows down your metabolism and sends your body into starvation mode where it thinks there is a food storage. So everything you eat is stored as...

I will never understand this. I hope she does (if she hasn't already) wake up and smell the coffee. Dump the hubby/or give him one chance to change his ways. And work on lengthening her life and seeing her kids grow/ grandkids etc. All for women feeling sexy and body beautiful no matter the...

Welcome to the forum! I'm new here too so hopefully I will see your name appearing around the place :) Congratulations on the weight loss! I lost 6st 2 1/2 years ago and unfortunately since then 2 1/2 stone has crept back on :( I know I can do it, I've proven it before, just need to get in...

I think the goals you have chose are really reasonable so I don't think you will have trouble reaching them at all. (Once you have found the plan that works for you) With exercise, I would say step into it gradually, so take gym membership for example maybe start just once a week for a month...

I think a contributing factor to my downfall was probably my partner. (Not shifting blame entirely at all mind!) "I will love you however big you get" "You will always look beautiful" Oh good, hand over the cookies then.

Hey Anna, Well I can only speak about the programme that worked for me and that was calorie counting. I was 19st at my heaviest and coupling that with exercise managed to lose 6st in a year and a half. Shame I put nearly three of it back on over two years of not tracking. I like it as no...

Hey Molly! You weigh pretty much bang on what I do! Except my goal is 10stone... although I've never been under 13st before so I guess I will see how I feel and try to avoid the bag of bones look! I like your goals too. I think I need to do some sort of break down as well I've got 76lbs to...

Hey Lyndz, Glad to meet you! even under such unfortunate circumstances. Don't mean to pry but 6 weeks you have been left with a numb arm? or is it back to normal and they are just trying to figure out what caused it? If the former I would be really peeved (a little understatement) it's taken...

Great Idea! £76 doesn't sound too shabby as an end total!

Mine goes mainly from my tum which is where (unfortunately) the majority of the weight is. After that would have to be my thighs though I do notice my collarbone become more defined. I think there may be some truth in the weight being lost evenly throughout the body, but perhaps these are just...

Hey there I have recently come off of a slight addiction of Coca-Cola (the full-fat red variety) so hope I can help! I made the switch first to similarly naughty fruit flavoured drinks such as oasis and Ribena, then to regular squash (the juice-stuff you mix with water). Eventually I will make...

Hi AlexiaRose, I'm probably going to echo a lot of what FatGirlSlim85 has said. There is a whole host of choices on how to lose weight with information readily accessible on the interwebs! It's just a case of finding a method that works for you. For example, knowing my body, I wouldn't do well...

Hey ElectricGypsy Sounds like you are off to a great start! and its not even been a full week! Many congratulations :0clapper: I hope my first week goes as well as yours :)

Hi Everyone, Just joined as I will be seriously dieting from Friday next week (waiting on slimming shake products in post) and needed to expand the support group around me. I am currently 15 stone 6 pounds (216lbs) with a target weight of 10 stone (140lbs). I have been overweight since as...