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Hello both. Yes I have moved and now i am a carer for my mother. It's been a tough year and I out on two of the three stone I lost but I started a new diet a month ago and am one stone down again so muddling through. CJ is doing the same diet as me but she didnt put all the weight back on and...

Hello peeps. You are still here!

Morning all from the Midlands. I am so happy to be here in my future bedroom even though it's only for a few days. I didn't report on WI this week. I lost 0.4lb so still 0.4lb above my lowest a few weeks ago. Had an off plan few days but still motivated to continue. Looking forward to the...

Hey all. Sorry I have been quiet. Just life keeping me busy. But I am doing OK and still on plan and like CJ, the scales are being kind to me this week and I am optimistic for weigh in on Wednesday morning. Absolutely convinced that high fibre is the way to go. I will continue my high fibre...

Interesting upndown! Here is my result from that site. You have 32% body fat. You have 54.4 Pounds of fat and 115.6 Pounds of lean (muscle, bone, body water).

According to my scales I started at 50% body fat and am only down to 46%. That seems a bit mean. Surely I have lost more fat than that?

Morning everyone. Commiserations on having to work today CJ. I am working until lunchtime too. The weekend will be here for us in a few hours. i am feeling happy today because the scales are showing good things for me this week so far and all the bloating is gone. You know how they say scan...

I had an internal struggle this afternoon. The smell of those fish and chips from the chip shop across the street from work was really calling to me. It took about an hour of this whining and arguing in my brain before I managed to shut it up. But I won and i came home and made Bean Braise...

Yay! Well done Doreen. What a nice surprise those scales had for you today and a boost to your motivation. You did so well to lose weight while away from home. I agree with turning a blind eye to a small slip up like the cheese. Doing that means we won't dwell on it and it won't have any power...

Confession... I just scoffed two mr Kipling Bakewell Tarts. 11 syns each! They were sitting there beside me at work and I was too weak to resist. I am going to put it behind me and just continue my day as though I did not slip up. I am home nice and early. Will make the Chicken & Tarragon...

OMG people. Next time you are in a supermarket, pick up one of those packs of 4 x 2l of water and see how heavy it feels. It weighs 1st 4lb. I could not face carrying it up the stairs to my flat. No wonder the stairs used to be so tough. I have lost the equivalent of two of those four packs!

Morning Mo. I hope your day goes well.

On the fizzy drink subject I have been drinking mainly fizzy plain water. I often drink diet coke in the afternoon at work but haven't noticed any sugar craving from that. In fact I don't really get sugar cravings at all since starting SW. My weakness is more for carby things like bread. I...

Doreen, I understand your fear of weigh ins. I used to be petrified whether I had a good week or bad. Since I stopped going to the group and weighing at home I am not finding it so stressful. As long as you can keep going to the WIs every week at least you know where you are and how you are...

Good afternoon all. I have the afternoon off so am trying to catch up on things including Minimins posts. I weighed this morning and STS. These last two weeks have not been good but I was laying awake in the early hours and something clicked in my brain and I knew I was ready to start afresh...

Wow, I am really impressed by a video I just watched on a well known site. It is called The Pleasure Trap and the users name is vshvideo. This explains exactly why we have trouble staying on plan in the presence of 'bad' foods. It's an hour long but well worth watching all the way through. I...

Thank you for pointing us to the Salad Challenge, upndown. The salad challenge is an interesting one but I made my weeks menu and went shopping this morning so can't join in this week. The other thing is i find it hard to eat salad in this cold weather. I would like to try it another week though...

Do you enjoy cooking Doreen? I do like it when I have time and the money so I enjoy trying out new recipes. New recipes often call for herbs and spices that I don't have so it ends up being an expensive meal. However, I have built up my store cupboard to the point where I have most things now...

CJ I agree with everything you said. I didn't link it with the gain last week until I just read your comment. You may have hit the nail on the head. It's quite a blow to know you have to lose that weight a second time after a gain. Quite demoralising. I do have much stronger reactions to...

Bubble, we can do this. I am starting again too and doing the planning. Well done for picking yourself up. We can do this!

Morning everyone. I need to find time to catch up on the posts on my own thread! But in the words of Flylady (I love Flylady!) I just jumped in where I am. Sitting here drinking my kefir and prune smoothie breakfast. That is my HexA and B for today. Lunch will be soup. Dinner, no idea yet. I...

Upndown, thank you for taking the time to write your comprehensive response to my plea for help. You make some interesting points that help me take a step back and look at what I need to do. Hi - I'm sorry u've been feeling rough and been off plan - I'm sure that's happened to most of us here...

I need help! I slipped off the wagon the last couple of days. Not massively but enough that I feel ill from too much wheat. I don't know what is causing the carb cravings. It's either the extreme stress or the legacy from the pringles. Yesterday i had my usual smoothie breakfast and added...

I am home from work and uber stressed as things are too quiet on the work front this month. I may have to dip into savings to pay my bills. I know, I know, I should not have bought the Nutribullet but I absolutely love it already. This is going to be in daily use for sure. This morning I used...

Woohoo Doreen! Well done you! See? You can do it! Keep up the good work for another good result next week. :)

Doreen, it's great to know you are able to stick to plan while away from home. I commend you! A gold star is in order there. :) Your food looks good. Not sure about the crab sticks though. LOL. I have never tried them actually. I do like crab meat. Are the sticks free on EE?

Drink 1 litre of water during the day. It's a good reminder if you treat it as a challenge.

CJ I am going to do the water challenge today. I think that is enough for me to handle. :)

Morning everyone. I was fighting carb cravings yesterday. I believe it to be caused by those darn Pringles last week. It finally seems to have gone. This morning I feel OK. I confess I ordered the Nutribullet and it is due for delivery today. Looking forward to playing with that. Many people use...

Well done on a huge loss upndown! That's brilliant. Bet you are happy happy happy! Doreen really glad you are able to stay with us while you are away from home. How about when something tempts you to stray from the plan you imagine all us rowdy lot standing looking over your shoulder and...

0.8lb on for me please, Daz :(

Weigh day is here. I am 0.8lb up. My first gain since I started. :( I am glad the weigh in is done though. I can start from now and work towards a loss next week. Good luck everyone. I hope you have done much better than me!

Been researching and it has a stronger motor than most and seems to get the best reviews. :) If your grandma wants to have smoothies with me the mini chopper just won't be big enough!

I have my eye on a new kitchen gadget. I love my gadgets and there will be plenty of room in my mothers kitchen for them all! Hehe! The new gadget I want is a NutriBullet to make my smoothies in. At the mo I use my mini chopper that CJ got me for christmas. It works great as a smoothie maker but...

Aww Kay, loving the bunny in glasses! Mo, sorry to hear your day was even tougher than usual. Hope the stress will soon be over for you. CJ, you funny thing being jealous of someone eating the lunch you eat nearly every work day! LOL. Bubble, upndown, doreen, coughdrops.... How is everyone...

Mo, you say you had too much bread today and I know you are so busy and under a lot of stress. Just wondered if you had time to substitute some of that bread for other carbs. Do you like porridge? That makes a nice, satisfying breakfast that keeps you full for a long time. You can make it with...

Sleep well Doreen. Hope the journey tomorrow is easy and uneventful for you. Remember your Minimins friends are here to provide support if you need it and to chat to if not!

Upndown, you had a good day foodwise too. We all seem to be doing well and I am sure that is partly, or maybe mostly?, due to the great support group we have on here. Loving the idea of challenges. The Hex one is easy for me. I mostly do EE and have both extras for my breakfast but a variety of...

Thank you upndown. I feel tons better tonight and pleased with my food today. One more day until weigh in. Bit scared for this week but will keep plodding on regardless. How did you do today?

Doreen, glad to hear you are on the travel computer so you will be able to stay in touch while you are away this week. Hope it goes well and you can continue to stay on plan while feeding your grandchildren. You have had some really good on plan days recently. You will be seeing good results on...

CJ your food sounds really nice and well done for drinking plenty of water. How was everyone elses food intake today? Mine was: Breakfast: prune kefir smoothie (HexA & B) - I am used to the taste of the kefir now and using it with more fermentation which means more nutrients. Yay! And I must...

Everyone is so busy today. That will keep us out of mischief! I am home early from work. Sitting down with a large glass of fizzy water. Must add my one mile walk to my signature. It's a bit chilly out there but there is definitely a hint of spring in the air. Spring is good because after spring...

Doreen, don't give up. Don't know why someone told you you can't log in on two computers. I am testing it right now. Sending this from my PC and am still logged in on my ipad and my laptop with no problems. If you are not able to login on your travel computer then you are typing something wrong...

Morning everyone. After all that wheat yesterday my tummy is complaining. Bloated and uncomfortable. I have a wheat sensitivity like CJ. But today is a new day and I am on plan and wheat free again. I had a kefir and prune smoothie for breakfast. It was so delicious! Prunes HexB and the kefir I...

Hello all. I have not been feeling well all day. Didn't really do anything but sit around watching films on Netflix. Those Pringles have a lot to answer for and they will not be passing my lips again anytime soon. I still feel thirsty despite drinking lots of water today and I felt weak and...

I am in bed early. Not feeling too good so please forgive me for not commenting on all the posts. I will explain... Started my day with a kefir and banana smoothie. Went off to work. Drank several glasses of diet coke and at work right next to me was a half eaten tube of my fav flavour of...

The fizzy water I drink is either the 17p 2 litre bottles from Tesco which are not spring water or anything, or tap water that I fizz up in a Sodastream. No expensive bottled water here either!

Morning all. Just popping on to say have a great Saturday. Stay on plan, drink loads of water, let's get a nice loss this coming week. :) On the subject of water, I really like fizzy water. To me it tastes as good as any lemonade. Not so keen on plain, still water. I find it hard to motivate...

Todays food. Breakfast: kefir smoothie (hexa) with mango and strawberries, 1 tsp honey (1 syn) Lunch: homemade veg soup Dinner: brown rice, chicken chasseur Desert: plain yogurt, one large strawberry chopped Evening treat: one large glass of white wine (9 syns) Total 10 syns, 945 calories

Foods like that just call so loudly to me from wherever they are that I end up eating them to just stop the constant chatter! I suppose I am lucky that I live alone and can keep temptation out of my house. I am not craving anything anymore. None of the things I used to eat regularly. Crisps...

Not sure about this one. I have a weird opposite thing. My brain thinks I am much slimmer than I am and when I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror I am always shocked at how fat I am. 3.5 stone is a brilliant achievement. You have done so well! I saw a photo of you taken when you went to...

Doreen, I think you are typing the password in wrong on your travel computer. It is easy to reset it to something you know. Click this link and enter your email address to have a password reset emailed to you. Let me know how it goes. Lost Password Recovery Form - MiniMins.com - Weight Loss...

Hehe! :)

Mo, you are having a tough time. Well done for staying on the ball. Keep your eye on the prize at the end of this struggle. Hopefully next week will hold really good news about your house sale. Your food is looking good and a loss is on the cards for you again next week. With a bit of luck you...

Sounds good. I will print it out and give it a try. It's great to hear you are doing well. You are on the way again, Doreen. Those scales will be showing a loss next week! I would love to help you sort out the minimins prob if you want me to. Just describe the problem and I may be able to give...

Bubble, anybody, any age welcome here. CJ32 is my daughter so you see we aren't all 'mature' ladies! LOL. Anywho, however old you get your brain doesn't age. I am sure the others of my age will confirm that we all still feel about 20. It's just that our bodies are degrading! Thank you for your...

Yay! I have stickers!

Bubble, a big welcome to our thread. Lovely to have you here. Please make yourself at home! Doreen, you were very upbeat this morning. It's good to hear such positive words after your struggle recently. How did your day go? Do you have a SW recipe for rice pudding. I love rice pudding but...

Ooh upndown, you have a sticker in your signature! Congrats on the 1.5st award! Now if I can just work out how you got that sticker to show.... :)

Good morning everyone. The weekend is almost here. The main thing that means for me is that i am one week closer to the day my life changes completely (for the better). I have a busy work day today so it will go quickly and hoping I don't have to work late tonight. I am going to stop having...

What is BNS?

Well done for sticking with it today. Get a few more good days under your belt and you will be back in the swing of it and it will get easier. Good idea to get to bed away from the food. That is a tactic I use myself at times. Sleep well and I hope your motivation will increase day by day.

My food for today. Breakfast: yogurt, muesli (hexb), honey (1 syn) Snack: 2 small bananas Lunch: kefir and mango smoothie Dinner: Chicken curry, brown rice, salad Evening treat: small glass white wine (6.5 syns) Felt a bit hungry today but resisted giving in to temptation. Fizzy water helps...

Hello Kay. Welcome to the madhouse! :) I hope you will join in with us on this thread. We are a friendly bunch and we love to chat about weight loss issues, and anything else you want to talk about. I am a big fan of upndown. She always has interesting things to say. Never a dull moment! Oh and...

Doreen, I am putting myself in your shoes and thinking about what I would do. I think the only option is to draw a line under all the past weight gains and off plan times and pledge to begin again. Every day is a chance to start afresh. You can do this if you feel ready. I hope some of our...

You lucky girl! :) When you have such beautiful places to walk it makes it so enjoyable and having company will help. When one of you doesn't feel like going you will go because of not letting the other down. Good plan, upndown! Did you measure the route? There are loads of smartphone apps to...

Be happy about the pound lost. It is progress in the right direction and that is what's important. Sticking to a diet when you are under the stress that you are is pretty good going! Well done Mo!

Happy Birthday Daz. Have a great day. :)

How are you today, upndown? Back on the SE? It's working so well for you!

I got mine through Amazon from the Happy Kombucha people. They do a starter kit. Grains, glass mason jar and a plastic sieve (kefir doesn't like metals).

It has a taste all of it's own but people liken it to yogurt. The texture is like yogurt but the taste is a little stronger. More sour, but nice. The taste depends on how long you ferment it. It gets more sour, more acidic, with time but it also gets more nutrient dense too. Most people ferment...

Thanks for stopping by, Doreen. The reason I said stopped when full was because I find it VERY hard to do. If you read back only a day or two you will see me commenting on feeling ill because I ate too much. We have been discussing the subject here recently as we know it is something we need to...

Doreen, well done on finding the strength of will to plan your return to the SW plan. I have been following your thread for some time and understand the struggle you have been through. If you need any extra support my thread is not really a diary but more of a group support thread of some...

I have had quite a nice day. I didn't have to work all day so I was able to go to Tesco to buy milk for my yogurt and kefir making and treated myself to some strawberries and mangoes. I will use them for making kefir smoothies. I had a smoothie for lunch today instead of soup and it's very...

Your food is looking good upndown. What sort of berries do you have and do you soak the oats in the yogurt overnight? I havent tried that but thinking of soaking my muesli in kefir overnight. Sadly CJ and I are both sensitive to quorn and can't eat it. We get bloating and discomfort in our...

Mo, can you see the light at the end of the tunnel with your packing yet? Any news on the house sale too? What plan are you following for your food intake? Oops, sorry for so many questions. Just interested!

3.1 lb off for me please Daz.

3lb for me too. Wayhey!! Congrats to upndown and CJ. We had a good week! Good luck for tomorrow Mo, and for everyone else. We are doing this!

CJ and upndown, to answer your questions... It is a bit of a pain having to weigh everything so I can work out the calories. I don't intend to continue long term. I am just doing it for a couple of weeks or so to give me an idea of my intake. I like the fact we weigh on Wednesdays instead of...

Yum! I enjoyed my dinner. Here is my food for today. Breakfast: yogurt, honey (1 syn), 35g muesli (HexB) Lunch: veggie soup, banana Dinner: moroccan lamb stew, brown rice, salad That is only 776 calories but I am full and won't be able to eat anything else. I haven't had any hexA either but it...

I didn't eat my banana because I stayed full all morning after eating the muesli. Must be good stuff!

Morning all. Last day before weigh in! I am in a rush but wanted to say have a great day everyone and stay on plan! I have just eaten my breakfast of yogurt and honey and today I added 35g Dorset Cereals Muesli (HexB). Very filling and only just managed to eat it all but I think this has to be...

It's been a beautiful day here. I walked to work this afternoon with my dog. It's a one mile round trip so I am adding another mile to my total. We worked a little late and I don't know why but I was hoping for my colleague to suggest takeaway, fish and chips, indian, pizza, something! But...

Upndown, sorry to hear about your sad time today. Well done for not giving in to it and letting it throw you off course. The road where I live is also in the process of having the gas main replaced. They must be doing the whole country! I have not had much contact with the workmen except when...

1000 posts! Yay!

Hello all. We are almost at......

Upndown, thank you for the cheese scone recipe link. It looks like a nicer recipe than the one I used. I will be trying it soon. And yes, I did get out for a walk in the sunshine yesterday. Just one mile because my knee is pretty painful. Every little helps! Mo, well done for spreading the...

Morning friends. So many posts yesterday. Nice! After I had my dinner yesterday my calorie count was only 854 so I made the mistake of deciding i must have something more before bedtime. I had a peach and kefir smoothie. I forced it down and made myself feel ill. Too much in my stomach. I went...

My appetite has also reduced greatly. Is it maybe that our bodies are more satisfied and getting better nutrition because we are eating good things rather than junk? This site is also a factor most definitely. I live being able to come here anytime I like and read or post and feel like part of a...

Upndown, i was not ill when I was awake in the night. Just a bit sleepless so I checked on our thread. :)

Afternoon all. I see I am too late to say good morning. Oops! I got up really late today. I was awake but surfing the net reading all sorts of interesting food related things. How to grow your own ginger, how people use kefir, more about the benefits it gives, and also reading about water...

Saturday's food Breakfast: yogurt and honey (1 syn) Snack: a stick of liquorice confectionery (1 syn)? Banana Late lunch: kefir (4 syns), peaches (4syns) Kefir is not in the SW lists so I used the syns for full fat milk although it probably should be a little less as it's partly digested...

Your food today sounds right up my street. The chicken dinner... Mmmmm! I don't cook roast dinner for myself. Doesn't seem worth it. When I move though I will be able to invite family over and have a nice sociable SW friendly meal :) LOL at the cupboard meals. I should do the same. I have some...

Afternoon people. Home from work. Was too late up this morning to post anything here. I am relaxing in front of the tv watching Titanic and sipping a smoothie made of half a tin of peaches in juice blended with half a cup of my homemade kefir. Todays batch was yummy. Didn't incubate it for as...

2.8lb off please. Yes, I am being exact too!

It's cloudy here but bright, so not too bad. Keep up the run of morning swims, Mo. Think how pleased you are going to be with the results next weigh in. It will help a lot! I haven't tried smash pizza yet. After the success with the scones I might try it because I love pizza and haven't had it...

Hehe cookathon for us both this afternoon then! The smell of leek and potato soup will be wafting across the country. :) How was the lunch, upndown? Did you manage to find foods that let you stay on plan?

Morning peeps! I have the afternoon off again. Yay! All this talk of leek and potato soup. I bought the ingredients myself so I think I will make some this afternoon. It's my favourite soup so far. I am looking forward to trying a cheese scone with my lunch today. I tell you what, that scone I...

CJ and upndown, your food looks really good today. Upndown, i see you are doing another week of SE? How are you finding it? Are meals with 2/3 superfree as appetising as normal?

CJ you haven't updated your stats!

Thank you for taking the time to write all that, upndown. It's very interesting. If I could give you a double like for it I would! Yes I do buy the magazine and usually eventually read it all. Haven't yet read any if the current one though. I will make a point of looking out for the article...

Today's food. Breakfast: plain yogurt, 1tsp manuka honey stirred in (1 syn) Snack: banana Lunch: broccoli soup, 1 slice spelt bread (HexB) Dinner: 75g pasta, 1/2 pot of Dolmio stir in sauce (4 syns), salad (baby leaves, cucumber, pickled beetroot) Treat: large glass red wine (9 syns) Total 14...

I looked up smash and it's free. Low fat cottage cheese and eggs are free too so these amazing scones are FREE!! Liking the idea of the parmesan topping. :)

About the kefir... I put it into semi skimmed milk yesterday in desperation to keep it alive. Left it in the airing cupboard until a little while ago. I think i put in too much milk for the amount of grains. They grow with time. I bought some whole milk today and warmed a cupful in the...

They are done and cooling on a rack. Will try them as soon as they cool enough to eat one. :) OK they are ready. Taste nice. The dog loves them. They are very filling and a little dry tasting. Next time I might add an extra egg or some hot water. I think they would be good with soup. Are they...

Oookay, now I have some time to make cheese scones. Can't wait to try them!

Soo.... Thursday is here. Can't believe the week is going so fast. I have the afternoon off today and plan to make the cheese scone recipe. I am going to have them in place of bread with my lunchtime soups. After abstaining from bread while I felt ill I feel that it is causing some negative...

Upndown, yes, when I was with SW years ago they only had red and green. It was during my ten year vegetarian phase so I only did green days. Hence my continued draw to the green days. I still enjoy vegetarian food but its easier to follow more mainstream ways of eating for ease of fitting in. I...

Woohoo Mo! 2lb is a good loss :) Well done! The swimming will definitely help a lot too. Do you have a special rate for regular swimmers there? I am hoping they do where I want to go. Have a lovely swim. You could do a visualisation similar to my walking one. I imagine I am leaving greasy...

I found out this evening that my kefir grains were delivered to my workplace yesterday morning. I was off work with my knee prob so didn't know. They should be refrigerated but were left out all day yesterday and today until I rushed over and fetched them tonight. They must be used within 48...

You girls are so busy with your posts tonight. I like it! Regarding posting your food intake here, please do go ahead! I don't think of it as my thread. It's OUR thread. :) Post whatever you want! Here is my food for the day. Breakfast: plain yogurt, 1tsp honey (1 syn) Snack: banana Lunch...

Just been entering my normal daily foods into my fitness pal web site and am surprised how low the calories are. No wonder sw works!

I am thinking of calorie counting for a week just to see what my intake is. I will stay with the SW plan because I find it easy. I would not want to calorie count forever! Has anyone else calorie counted a SW week? Wondering what sort of results it will show.

Morning all. I have the day off today. Managed to wangle it. My knee is still uncomfortable but i am mobile again and could drive if necessary so thats good. Last night I had some pasta with stir in sauce and I followed CJs lead and weighed out 100g of pasta. It was just too much for my stomach...

Ooh nice. Well done on the swimming. 82 lengths. All those turns. Hehe! Keep up the good work, Mo! I would so love to go swimming but it's just not possible right now for several reasons. I am envious! What great exercise it is. I hope to swim after my move in August. There is a lovely pool...

Woohoo CJ! Well done on getting into the 10's. How exciting!

Well my knee has decreed I have at least the morning off work. I couldn't even get into the car without practically yelling out. No way can I drive it so I have hobbled back inside. Nothing for it but to make a cup of tea and rest it. :( That might sound good but I am self employed so I don't...

Good morning SW soldiers! The sun is shining here and I feel quite upbeat :) I stayed up late last night playing a computer game. Finally put the light off at 1am. Slept badly due to a painful knee. I was silly and carried something heavy yesterday for quite a distance. i think thats what did...

Well done Betty. What a nice surprise you had when you stepped on the scales. Keep up the motivation and you will get your wish next week! I read your thread every day. Your humour and descriptions always make me smile. Thank you :)

I would like to join in please. My goal for March is 6lb.

Fat2go, if you are reading this, please come back and let us know how you are doing. I am sure I'm not the only one missing your words of wisdom. If you need support, we are here to give it.

I just want to add that our little group here on my thread is by far the most important support I have in continuing the SW plan. I am realising that I don't really need the group as much as I thought. I never stay anyway. I just weigh and go. So it is likely that I will stop going when my...

Food for today. Breakfast: homemade plain yogurt, 1tsp honey (1 syn) Snack: banana Lunch: veggie soup, spelt bread (hex b) Snack: banana Dinner: cold chicken, baked beans, SW chips. Stopped when I was full. Yay! Threw away half the chips. Evening treat: glass of white wine (9 syns) Yes, I am...

Upndown, Maggi papers are herb covered papyrus sheets in a packet of four. You wrap the chicken in one and cook gently in a frying pan. They are delicious and like magic. They are found in the supermarkets beside the cook in bag type things. Thank you for the suggestion of averaging my weight...

Oh wow that sounds good! The possibilities are endless aren't they? I don't use recipes for soup anymore. I just make it up as I go along. It always turns out ok. The only one that didn't was chicken soup. I will just stick to the veggie soups from now on.

I love my homemade veg soup. I agree that its great for filling up and can be superfree too! I can recommend broccoli soup. Delicious! I have soup every day for lunch.

Good morning my friends. Monday is here. Grey and wet and I don't want to go to work. The nice thing is I don't start until 10.30am today so I have time to loiter on Minimins for awhile. :) Yesterday was not the best food day. I felt very hungry all day but suffer if I eat full meals...

You will get to 100 miles in record time CJ! My goal is to reach 100 by August.

Oh no! What was it I wanted to say? Maybe it will come to me sometime today.

Here is the thread for the cheese scones. Really interesting to read all the ways people use them. CJ i think you and I would love them, us being cheese freaks! http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/241753-cheese-scones-free-green.html

Upndown, could you please post the recipe for your ryvita cakes? I would like to try them. The coffee and walnut and the toffee ones sound yummy. Oh, and next time, pictures please!

Welcome Mo! Nice to meet you and glad to have you in our team! You certainly sound like you are extremely busy. It must be adding tons to your Body Magic :) I know how much hard work is involved in moving house. i have moved about once a year for the last 10 years. Urgh! You are doing...

Well! Listen to all the nice chat on here today :) I am waiting for the elusive Mo to catch up and join in too! CJ, you are such an amazing supportive person to everyone here, not least your old ma! Thank you! I hope you are having a nice weekend. Go steady on that foot on the treadmill...

CJ you are making me really think hard about whether I could do this without the group too. Money is a big issue now. I have successfully lost weight in the recent past but only on quirky regimes which are not sustainable in the long term. SW is different. This is a way of eating that is...

Thank you upndown. Sympathy gratefully received. New posters also very welcome! You are really going for it this week aren't you with the success express meals! I will be interested to see the results. I expect CJ will too. On another note I have been reading a thread about cheese scones made...

Urggggghhhhh. I did something very stupid tonight. I worked late and we got takeaway. Fried chicken and chips from the chip shop. Suffering now..... Just arrived home. It's after 8pm. I think I need to guzzle some gaviscon and go to bed and relax to ease the pain so I will have to catch up on...

Morning everyone. Sorry for going awol yesterday. I was in bed asleep by 8.30pm. Feel better today. I was quite depressed after a horrible doctors consultation. I didnt even get to discuss alternative treatments. She was short and bossy and said i must take the antacid tablets i was on for...

1.5 off please

Oh I'm sorry you didnt lose anything this week. I understand it gets harder to lose as you get close to your ideal weight. Maybe your group leader can help? I know how lovely she is! I lost 1.5lb but that's mainly due to not being able to eat much. I think the herbal regime is starting to show...

It's weigh day! Yikes! The weeks are flying by. Good luck Wednesday weighers. Hope the scales are kind to us all. i slept fairly well. Feel a bit nauseous this morning. I really need my cup of tea but am waiting as long as I can to let the mastic gum and liquorice tablets do their work...

Hello peeps. Another day, another dollar. I have just taken my second dose of mastic gum. I slept well last night, possibly due more to the exhaustion than anything else but at least it helped. Right now I have no pain at all in my stomach. Looking forward eagerly to the cup of tea I have made...

Evening, friends. I had a difficult but on plan day. I was ok after my yogurt breakfast and after my banana snack but suffered pain for a few hours after my soup and bread lunch. Oweee. Nausea, pain, lightheaded feeling. Generally blah. Not nice when you have to work. My mastic gum tablets...

Morning all. Monday.. Don't feel like working today but that's life. Well for the next 160 days at least. Upndown, have a good trip. Hope the trains are on time for you. I will miss your input here. The interaction helps me so much to stay motivated and on plan. I have taken my liquorice...

Hello all. CJ I will be converting you to making your own yogurt in 161 days. LOL. You will be surprised how easy it is and how cheap! Sorry for my late arrival today folks. I had another early night. Was exhausted from my busy week. The pain in my back is tiring too. Anyhoo.... Yesterday I...

Didn't want to get up this morning but I have to be at work at 9am. Slept fitfully all night but had no pain in my stomach. The problem is that i have significant pain in my back since stopping the offending painkillers and that makes sleeping difficult. It's a catch 22 situation. I will have to...

Thank you for your concern. I am loathe to seek medical intervention when the problem was caused by the tablets I've been prescribed. I know it's been two weeks but last time I had this problem it took almost a year to heal. I am doing much online research into the best way to treat it myself...

I made a mistake yesterday. I went back to eating normal meals. Had bread with my lunchtime soup. Suffered all afternoon with nausea and heartburn. It went off a bit by the evening so I had cheesy broccoli bake and SW chips. Had a bad night. I went to bed early because I felt ill and that is why...

Morning all. Dreary rainy day today but on the up side it's another day closer to where I want to be! Woke up and my first thought was. I'm in the 12's!! My second thought was. I'm hungry! It seems I am getting over the nasty stomach pains. Still not feeling quite right but I am no longer...

4lb off please, Daz. I've not been well. Haven't eaten much. Hence the big loss.

Yay, go for it CJ. I often i tend to drink more but end up not doing it. I will try and follow your lead this week. Will buy a 1 litre bottle of water to take to work with me and will keep filling it up. I had chicken chasseur and air fryer chips tonight, followed by some plain yogurt with a...

OMG I know I have not eaten much this week but FOUR pounds off! And my 2 stone award. Woohoo! Smashed right through that stone hurdle. :)

Well done upndown! You did it even with the meals out! That proves that SW is compatible with real life doesn't it. That gives me hope for the eventual maintenance stage. I am feeling pretty good today for some reason. I think it is a combination of things. Getting up to a spotless, tidy flat...

Well... I don't know what came over me but I'm very glad it did! Unexpectedly got home from work at 4pm today. The sun was shining and it felt warm and spring-like. I sat on my settee and there was a wonderful silence.... peace.... It was amazing. Sat there for a few minutes and then, looking...

You have stuck to plan the rest of the time and your food intake seems low so hopefully the scales will still show a loss this week. But upndown... I think you will have had a sneaky mid week weigh in and you know the answer already! LOL!

Morning everyone. Weigh in tomorrow. It comes round so fast! I hate having to wait aaaalllllll day for it! Weigh day also marks another week closer to my move and my new life. 166 days to go now. I am itching to get started with some new projects. I am so glad to see fat2go back with us and...

It's really good to see you posting again, fat2go. I am sure it's a big step in the right direction. There is certainly no reason to call yourself weak. You are up there with CJ in the strength of willpower stakes. That's for sure. it could be that your body is fighting back because of how...

I am here! I had an ok day but still not on proper food. Still taking the honey and have had no pain, just a burning feeling in my stomach. Haven't resorted to any gaviscon since starting the honey. Oh and been doing some further research and it seems that liqorice is proven to work as well as...

Thank you CJ. I have forgotten what real food tastes like! Fingers crossed that it doesn't set off the pain again. I will just have a small portion of something gentle on the stomach, maybe with rice, or Smash. Have a great day!

Lol upndown, getting up again to come on minimins! The wraps sound good although out of bounds for me. Those gluten free things are usually made with tapioca flour which I react badly to. I will stick to my homemade bread. Morning all and welcome to another working week. Later start for me...

Hey all. Early bed for me. This low calorie intake makes me feel tired. The good news is I feel alright though. No pain, no heartburn. Havent needed to take any antacids, just the honey and small, regular meals. The chicken soup has a nice flavour but the texture is not smooth like tinned...

Do you think the sunshine helps with motivation? I think it does affect me in a positive way. I feel motivated too despite my delicate stomach. I feel optimistic that the honey and yogurt plan is working and am really really looking forward to eating chicken soup later. I agree with the idea of...

I think you hit on a great idea there CJ! I will do that. Will get my scales out after weigh in. Will be interesting to see how they compare as well. Soup is in. All the freezer containers washed and draining. Phew! Kitchen floor washed. Sitting down now with a nice cup of tea and might put my...

Morning all! Upndown, is it a realistic goal to get into your party frock by May 17th? If so, go for it! I had no pain or anything last night. Not even a twinge! This morning I got up late and had a spoonful of the honey (dog had a chihuahua sized portion too!) and waited half an hour. Just...

Been reading more about manuka honey. I didn't realise before that the Manuka bush is also known as Tea Tree. As in Tea Tree oil etc. Interesting.

It sounds like that is going to be an important issue for you to work on before you get to goal. Perhaps you can get used to having a larger amount of veggies as you mentioned? Then your plate can be as full as everyone elses whilst being lower in calories.

Eewww! Honey is bee sick. Ha!

Same here. I love Diet Coke. Never occurred to me it might cause bloating until CJ pointed it out. LOL re the driving!

Sorry, I have read this three times but not quite sure what the question is. Lol. Please explain further. Regarding big meals, I have always been a grazer. Never have been able to eat big meals. If I went out for dinner and they present me with soup starter, I am full before we get to the main...

Ooer! I just realised I am aiming to lose 40% of my body weight! Sounds about right as my scales used to show me as being almost 50% fat. Yuck! I don't weigh at home now so no idea how much fat I have lost.

Yes, at this rate I may get my sticker next weigh in. I like all the little goals too. I don't think about how far I still have to go. I just look towards the next sticker target. You are doing brilliantly CJ. I will be so excited for you when you get your next sticker!

Yes, I want to try the couscous cake too when I am eating again. I had pudding for dinner today so no pudding necessary for me. LOL! In bed now. Had my honey. Dog had some too :) So far some mild discomfort in my tummy but no pain. Its such a relief.

Upndown, maybe you could have a flexisyn day tomorrow so you can enjoy the meal out and not worry about making up the extra syns on another day?

OMG one chocolate is 5.5 syns? Wow! Well done upndown and CJ for staying on plan. CJ I will be interested to hear how your cheesy broccoli bake turns out. I overcooked the veg and when I stirred it into the sauce it broke up and went mushy. Tasted good though! I have had my fruit and yogurt...

Got my high strength manuka honey tonight. Yeah! It even says on the jar how to take it. It says a teaspoonful three times a day before food. I plan to do that plus one tsp at bedtime. It tastes really nice too. I am visualising it in my stomach, killing the bugs and healing the inflammation...

Fat2go, where are you? Did you manage to get back on plan yesterday? Please let us know how you are doing.

Thank you for your kindness upndown. I appreciate it. This is exactly why Minimins works. Support means so much.

Morning all. I am cautiously optimistic this morning. Last night I went to Tesco and bought a cheap, low strength version of manuka honey. They were sold out of the proper stuff. I ate 2tsp before eating any food. Waited half an hour as they recommend and had banana, raspberries and yogurt. Had...

It's Friday, folks. I am glad the weekend is nearly here. Last full day of work. I had very little sleep due to stomach pains. About 3 hours. I was still awake at 4.30am. At about 1am i remembered the bottle of Gaviscon medicine I bought yesterday and got up to take some. It did soothe the pain...

I consider you to be very brave having an off plan day. At this stage I would not trust myself or take the risk. The only off plan eating I will do is an occasional meal in a social setting. Never a whole day. I hope I will learn to handle off plan eating better than I can now. Happy Valentines...

6pm and home from work at a reasonable time. I am going to get my soup on. A big batch in my Intellichef. NO spices! Will eat some for my dinner. No bread today. Will have soup on its own so its a lighter meal. I opened the fridge to get the veggies out and remembered the bottle of wine...

My morning went ok. I ate my banana about an hour ago. Feeling hungry when i got home so I have just had a large mug of bovril to let my stomach know to expect food! Will have some yogurt and fruit shortly and hope that keeps me going until i get home tonight. Might take some fruit to eat mid...

LOL coughdrops. Yes we sometimes write lots of posts in a short time. I always write one in the morning when I get up and one at the end of the day. It helps keep me focussed. I am sure I speak for us all when I say we would love to hear your opinions on any of the subjects we have discussed...

Just a quick observation. CJ, fat2go and I are all on the cusp of a new stone reading. Upndown got there yesterday. Next week we will all achieve it. Go us!

Hi all. Talking of loose clothes, I have a pair of jogging bottoms that I wear when I'm lounging around my flat. They are almost falling down! LOL. Now, on the same subject. I have never thrown away my fat clothes when I lost weight in the past. They have always been comfortingly there, waiting...

Fat2go, everything you said is true for so many of us. I believe the only way for us to understand and learn how to deal with the demons is to talk about it (or write about it), as we are doing. I am finding it helps me immensely. That is only half of it though. The other half that helps is...

3lb off please Daz. :)

Woohoo!!! 3lb off. Thrilled with that! Went to Tesco on the way home. Treated myself to good things. On the recommendation of upndown's friend I bought blueberries, raspberries, dark grapes and bananas. Dare not eat dinner to ight. I need a night of no pain so I am slowly eating some of the...

Well done on your 4.5lb loss upndown. That is a huge achievement! On to the next week eh? Fat2go, well done on your great loss too! How wonderful to get those stickers and those milestones under your belt! CJ is next to weigh, then me. Hope the rain stops by then. I came home at lunchtime but...

Morning all. Another bad night for me. I feel like I have been through three rounds with Mike Tyson. My stomach feels battered and bruised. I was awake with pain until after 1am. I am concerned that this may be a repeat of the stomach ulcer I had 25 years ago. Did I trigger it with the chilli or...

My dinner was OK. I overcooked the veg so it kinda mushed up a bit. And too much sauce for the amount of veg. Two portions for freezer though and it smelled yummy while it was cooking. I am full from the dinner but feel like snacking for some reason. Won't give in to it though...

I shall enjoy comparing notes with you on gardening in the future. Oh and I believe samphire is seaweed so you might have trouble growing it even if you tried! My ex-inlaws family live on the east coast and collect samphire from the beaches to eat. They boil it and put vinegar on it. I presume...

How about a mini pizza made on a slice of HexB bread? It can be enough to satisfy the 'need' for the taste of pizza.

Thanks fat2go, I am feeling a lot better today. Just had fruit and yogurt breakfast although I wasn't feeling like eating it. As usual I will be out for several hours so I felt it best to force it down. You will be fine at weigh in today. You know you have had a great week on plan! We are all...

Good to hear you had a nice evening out with your friend, upndown, and to stay on plan too is so good! I hope your throat problem has resolved for now so that you could enjoy it. The meal sounds nice apart from the samphire. I would eat it but not that keen. CJ I am making garden plans in my...

I kind of have the opposite thing. If I exercise then I want to eat properly. And icecream? Icecream or hot steam from a shower triggers my asthma. I know someone who has the lump in the throat thing. I had no idea it had a name. Soon I will have a garden to potter in. It's going to be lovely...

Your dinner looks yummy!

That is so organised of you to phone ahead and know that you can stay on plan despite going out to eat, upndown. Go you! I had a busy work day and stayed on plan. Breakfast: yogurt and mango Mid Morning Snack: banana Late lunch: soup and bread Afternoon snack: grapes Haven't decided whether...

It's the final push to weigh in! Step it up, remember the portion control. You can achieve the goal you want for this week. Think of those stickers! :) LOL

How are you doing Jules?

Good morning peeps. I am feeling bruised and battered from the inside today. After eating my hot chillified veg tagine for dinner last night the chilli attacked me! Oh the pain the pain. It lasted until after 1am. All I could do was lay in bed and wait for it to go off. As much as I like the...

Great film. Never forget that big knicker scene!

My freezer is jam packed full. No room for anything else until I have eaten some of it. When I make the S&S I need room to freeze the leftovers so it is going to have to be put on hold for a while. It's on my To Cook list :) The bread is now sliced into HexB portions and in the freezer. The...

Re the fizzy drink thing. I drink up to a litre of diet coke during the afternoons I am at work. It keeps me alert, awake and feeling full. I don't think it has stretched my stomach. In fact, since starting SW my stomach has shrunk and I feel full on less food than before. I won't be giving up...

Wow, fat2go, you really have had a breakthrough this weekend. I admire that. The demon didn't even get to poke his head from his hidey hole this time. You are a real role model for us to follow. You are proving it can be done. We can conquer our own demons. Thank you :)

I am looking forward to using your treadmill. Maybe I can train my dog to walk on it with me. Or your kitties!

Bread looks good. I just love bread so much! Haven't had any today. Maybe an evening snack later.... Soup done. Letting it cool a little before blending it. I used up all the fresh veg from my fridge that I didn't use last week. 2 carrots, 2 sweet potatoes, 3 leeks, 2 red onions, garlic, 1...

Me too. That Bean Braise is definitely worth trying. I have printed it out already :)

I bought some cornflour specially to be able to make your sweet and sour recipe. Haven't done so yet but I intend to. I have some chicken in the freezer that I could use.

I will look out for some of that. This is lingering too long. Ok folks, so my mother has emailed to say she bought a Vibration Plate Trainer machine. I don't know why she bought it but have read some reviews and people say it helps back and joint pain and helps lose weight. No idea how it...

Just a quick report on my hands problem. Continuing from the tangerine juice burns I still have eczema on the back of the hand where it got me. I now also have eczema patches on the knuckles and middle of the palms of both hands now. It's not as sore as it was but is possibly food related. No...

Banoffee pie sounds good. That's a flavour I can have. My chocolate allergy does exclude a lot of the yummy SW puddings. The couscous cake does sound nice. Are you going to try making some CJ? Interested in what you think of it.

Morning my SW friends. Upndown, I would not dare make SW crisps. I LOVE crisps. I don't crave them so best I keep well away! Mmm... Pringles. Oh, Pringles and cheese'n'chive dip. Oops! I went over my syns yesterday. The Chicken Chasseur called for a glass of red wine. I could not find those...

What do you think of scan bran cake, upndown? Over xmas I made lots of banana scan bran cake. Was nice chopped into yogurt. Very filling. Speaking of yogurt my first batch is in the incubator as we speak. Hope it works. I want yogurt for breakfast tomorrow.

Ha! LOL On top of that CJ, her sister and I are planning a new, part time business. We are gonna be busy busy bees. :)

LOL Nooooo! We will be too busy cooking our produce!

Hehe I'm excited!

There is a small greenhouse at grandma's too. We can start our seeds off in there.

We can experiment and find things that we can grow successfully. It's going to be fun!

Yes I can't believe how fast it's going. The weeks are flying by! Soon I will be with all my family again. Can't wait. :)

176 days :)

I never even give a thought to other HexBs I love my bread.

Does it work for garlic on its own? Or did you chop the garlic with the onion?

LOL I would but it goes stale quickly without preservatives. Thats why i slice and freeze it.

I am so looking forward to having a garden again. Oh and people, CJ has said I can start a veg patch with her in her garden. Not really space in my mothers garden for veg but will be growing herbs for sure. Next year CJ.... Can't beat home grown veg and salad. Good exercise too.

Looked up Smash on the SW app. Yay it's free!

Yeah what is couscous cake, upndown?

Next time I am there I can bring my bread maker for you to try the spelt bread too. It doesn't affect me like modern wheat does and tastes great. No artificial concoctions....

Chicken Chasseur 2 syns, smash potato. Is that syned? Was delicious. Got the recipe from a SW book.

Keep the sugar demon at bay, upndown. Maybe eat fruit instead? I am investigating yogurt recipes but I know that if I use skimmed milk, which I am, I must add powdered skimmed milk to make it turn out thicker.

Yum. Chicken chasseur cooking in the Intellichef. Enough for five portions. Not sure what to have with it. I feel lazy so either smash or SW chips. Is everyone watching the rugby? I'm watching the winter olympics until The Voice starts. I love music. Make me choose between music or food, it's a...

OK Mr Smartypants. I bow to your greater intelligence. LOL. It's a good job I have my Minimins friends to make me see sense eh?

Ooh new toy, new toy. Let us know what it does!

Yes it's not simple really. Perhaps I should try keeping a proper food diary to look back on. I get lazy about filling it in though.

Very glad to hear from you, fat2go. I worry when you go awol but I needn't have! You are going full steam ahead this week. It's going to be a good result for you at weigh in :) Upndown, have you stopped weighing between weigh ins or still doing that? I think it would depress me if I wasn't...

And your post was number 500. Wow!

Hi, I have been reading a lot about 5:2 and I am planning to try it next week, starting on Tuesday. I am currently on SW and will be continuing that as well. The benefits of fasting are so good that I want to see if it will work for me but i don't intend to stop doing SW. Subbing to compare...

Morning people. Fat2go where are you? I have work this morning. Looking forward to the weekend starting. Upndown, I hope you feel alright today and can stay on plan despite the sadness and stress of yesterday. We are here to support if you need us. No matter what the reason. Everything is...

Upndown, you didn't eat much today. Hope you are feeling OK.

Urghh... I am suffering again. My stomach is complaining bitterly. It does not like this way of eating. I think my experiment is over. Tomorrow I will return to three meals a day at regular times. I don't regret doing it though. I learned from it. My stomach is not capable of telling me what it...

Root veg chips with minced beef hash. I should have made them all the same thickness but they tasted good especially the parsnips.

Little bit peckish so I am making dinner. Don't like eating late and I know I will get hungry before bedtime. I am trying something. Made chips from a carrot, a parsnip and a sweet potato. They are cooking in the air fryer. Hope they come out edible! Having them with a portion of minced beef...

Sorry, it was just something I was wondering. Certainly not meant to make you feel bad in any way! I promise not to say anything more about it.

3.30pm hungry at last. Having soup and bread. My normal lunch.

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You dark horse, upndown! Maybe you know all the answers to our SW questions then? i am not fasting because as soon as I feel hungry I will eat! I'm just testing to see what my body is telling me about when to eat. I am certainly not intending to starve myself or not eat when I need to.

2.1 mile walk done at chihuahua pace :) We both enjoyed it very much. The sun is shining and feels quite warm. There is a nice cool breeze. According to the Map my Walk app I burned 265 calories. Having a big glass of sugarfree squash now as I feel thirsty. There is a slight tinge of peckishness...

You are doing so well to stay on plan throughout all of these things happening in your life. Keep going though. It's one thing you have control over. I am home for the day now, having a nice cup of tea while the dog eats her lunch. No hunger as yet for me. I am going to go for a 2 mile walk in...

The fasting I refer to is complete fasting. No food at all, only water. The 500 calories thing reminds me of the Cambridge Diet. Remember that? All you had was three special drinks a day. I was SO ill on it I only lasted a few days! You are having a productive day upndown. Are you feeling...

If CJ eats more as her group leader suggests and I continue eating less until weigh in next wednesday that will be an interesting comparison.