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I use the Ainsley Harriott tomato and chilli one pretty much every day - 2.5 syns of amazing, flavorful, easy to make couscous :)

Can anyone recommend some low-syn sausages? I don't like the quorn ones, slimming world ones or Lynda McArtney ones and I'm really not a fan of Cumberland or 'herby' sausages. Really just fancy a plain pork-tasting sausage I bought the 0.5 syn weight watchers ones last week and even though I...

Hello all, I'm about to make a pot of lentil and vegetable soup and I usually add some ham ribs for flavour. Last few times I have used fat free smoked bacon and ham stock cubes but it wasn't nearly as good as the flavour it gets from the ham ribs. Just wondered if anyone can help me with how to...

Hello all, I'm in the middle of transitioning from the Atkins diet over to Slimming World. My first class is on Tuesday evening. I do my grocery shopping over the weekend (tomorrow) and I'm wondering if anyone can give me some ideas of the types of things I can buy that are low-syn or syn-free...

Update December 11th - 16st, 11.75lbs January 18th - 16st, 3.25lbs 8.5 down 77.5 to go Overall not bad for the festive period I must say ;) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Thanks Figment, I kinda put the idea out of my head because my doctor A) didn't sound entirely happy about prescribing it and B) wanted me to have a blood test first and there were no appointments for weeks. The day my appointment did come round, my OH went away to work with my 6 month olds pram...

So first weigh in down and lost 5.75lbs. Don't really feel like I've been putting in a lot of effort so that's good. I like the relaxed approach I've got this time, visited my friend yesterday to see her new puppy in the afternoon. Took a slimfast shake with me for lunch in my bag but when I got...

Another two pounds down today, weighed in at 16st 5.5lbs. Still another three days til weigh in so 5lbs so far is a fab little number to kick things back off. I'm very loosely following Slimfast. I have my two shakes a day for breakfast and lunch. I don't restrict dinner to 600 calories but I do...

Ok so my diet plans for the festive period were shattered when I received more than 5 boxes of chocolates as gifts, even after pleading with people not to buy me any! And everyone spent soooo much time telling me how silly I was for starting a diet a week before Xmas. Well in actual fact...I'm...

Absolutely! Not seeing Slimfast as a long term thing, just a nice little kick up the bum to get me into the swing of things. I really struggle to start off on low cal. Last time, I did Low Carb first for months and by the time I went back to low cal, I'd been restricted for so long that even...

Haven't made the best choices today! Started the day off well with my shake at 9 then a snack at 11. Decided to do my Xmas food shop and get it out the way but was in the supermarket so long that I accidentally skipped lunch & didn't get shake number two until 2.30pm. By which time I was...

That kind of sucks lol, I tend to lose weight quickly, even without any exercise (I'm not complaining!) I'm always really rigid with calorie counting and rarely slip up. It's keeping the weight off long term that I struggle with as opposed to the actual losing it part but I've got so much fear...

I'm soooo convinced that if I lose the weight I need to, I'm going to end up with big flaps of loose skin. I didn't last time I lost the weight & this time I'm a stone heavier than when I last started BUT I had a baby 6 months ago and my whole tummy is completely stretchmarked. My skin feels...

Current BMI - 32.4 and dress size 16 Lowest BMI - 25.8 and dress size 14 Although i guess it depends on your shape too, I'm very bottom heavy. It goes straight for my hips, thighs and bum. So I wear a smaller dress size on top ? Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I totally understand what you're going through! I remember a man in my newsagent let me in front of him in the queue and when I said thanks, he replied with "I can hardly let a woman who's 'with child' wait now can I?" I was particularly gutted because I'd not only been on Atkins for months and...

Ok so here I find my myself after hundreds of dieting attempts, heavier than I've ever been and having to start again! I'm 26 and have always been heavy but have never really seen myself as huge although I don't know how much of that is down to being in denial. I'm 5'10 and I think my height...

Started Slimfast a week ago today and loving it so far. Have barely been hungry at all! Hopefully can maintain this level of motivation. My initial weight was 16st 11lb and today I weighed 16st 5lb. So a loss of 6lbs and I'm chuffed to bits. I have a bit of a cheeky Tuesday every week where I...

Hello, What healthy meals do you love to eat? I'm doing slimfast which includes a 600 calorie evening meal and I'm getting fed up of eating the same things all the time. I love Mexican food like fajitas, enchiladas and quesadillas, etc. so I've been making them for my family with extra veg and...

Ok, I'm torn between Angel from Buffy and of course Damon and Stefan. But when it comes to the crunch, I think I'd much prefer to be the filling in a Salvatore sandwich!! (I start to get all overly excited and my throat makes this high pitched squeal when I think about that). Strangely seem to...

I started watching it on Netflix a few weeks ago and am half way through season 3. I agree that it's totally overrated. I think if I hadn't heard everyone say how amazing it is, I wouldn't have had such high expectations and would have enjoyed it so much more but there was just so much hype...

Taylor Swift at the o2 in February, Katy Perry in Glasgow in May, One Direction in Edinburgh in June, Lee Evans at Wembley in November!! Next year is gonna be the best ever!!!!!!!!!!! (Especially excited about 1D!!) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Yeah I totally get that they need to cover all bases, it's more the way she made me feel about asking...as though I had no right? I'm kinda confused about how to progress with this. I told her that I was able to lose weight but had so much to lose that I was a bit daunted by it and felt like...

Hey all, I seem to be reading so much about this Slim & Save diet which surprises me because I'd never even heard of it before coming on here a few days ago? What does it entail, cost and is it any good? I'm looking for something long term I can do once I get fed up of Slimfast shakes. Sent...

Hi all, I'm new to this site and looking for some friendly advice-givers and experience-sharers to keep me accountable. I'm 26 and had my first baby 6 months ago. I've always been 'heavy' and a master yoyo dieter. I'm a tall 5'10 and a size 16 on average. I lost four stone last year on low carb...

Hi Kelly, Just wondering how you've got on with your first few weeks, I'm only a week in and excited to hear some others experiences :) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Well! I was met with a bit of a snooty faced doctor who eyed me up and down and made a comment to the affect of 'we don't just go handing it out willy nilly'. I was pretty disheartened by this point considering I hadn't given any explanation as to why I even wanted it. She told me I'd need a...

Thankyou, I've got an appointment tomorrow, fingers crossed!! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hey Sam, I'm new too! I'm a total chocolate fiend so I'm trying Slimfast this time. Hopefully the chocolate shakes and three 100 cal chocolate snacks a day will keep my evil sweet tooth at bay lol! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I'm the same, really enjoying the summer strawberry but ten minutes later, I'm gagging at the aftertaste lol. But other than that - so far, so good. I'm working my snacks so that I'm eating every two hours up until dinner time and then just a cuppa in the evening because I don't like to eat...

Well that sounds fair enough :) Do they expect you to exercise whilst on it or is it ok just to diet? I just don't have the time to commit to the gym while my baby is so young but I'm 10000% committed to eating healthy! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hey, I'm just curious to know, do the Tesco ones (or any other brands) have the same yucky aftertaste as Slimfast? I LOVE the slimfast shakes but within 5 minutes of drinking them I get this awful, metallic aftertaste....bleurghhh! I actually thought I'd cut my mouth somewhere and was tasting...

Ok, so I'm trying to pluck up the courage to ask my doctor for Orlistat. I've been thinking about it for a long time but the thought of asking makes me nervous. I've got about 6 stone to lose overall and my BMI is about 34 right now so I think I'm a suitable candidate. I'm doing slimfast and...

Lol, I actually thought it was my plastic flask at first. Bit of a shame because the summer strawberry shake tastes soooo good! I was planning on sitting down in front of the telly and sipping it slowly, looks like I'll just have to down it quickly lol. Do all of the flavours a have this...

Ok first day down but omg, what is that metallic aftertaste?! Yuck!

Thanks guys, that's been awesome. I guess it would be a good idea to make a list of some 100cal snacks for my next food shop. I never thought about soup or toast or prawn cocktails for my snacks lol. So things are definitely looking up on that front. I definitely don't drink enough water so I...

Hello everyone! Don't know if I'm even posting correctly, I'm brand new! :wave_cry: Bit of background... Last year I started off at 225lb, decided it WAS the year I was going to change ME....and I did. Went on Low Carb and then slowly migrated to general low fat/cal counting and I made it down...