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That's not going to help. I had healthy stuff I could have snacked on but my head and stomach didn't want that. I need hypnotising at times!!!

Gone off the rails somewhat. My meals are all fine but I can't seem to stop eating crap in between meals. Need a kick up the backside!!!

Lost 1lb this week (not sure how, really should have gained when you look at what I've eaten between meals!). Anyhow, back to school tomorrow :( but at least that means I get my routine back. I'm planning out some meals ready for the week. I had this the other night and it was amazing...

No. Lancashire have just done their holidays a bit weird. We had the Easter bank holiday weekend and then went back in for 2 weeks before breaking up for Easter holidays last Friday.

I'm not really. Don't do religion. Why do you ask?

I've not been on here in ages sorry. Anyway a quick. Update. I had my first gain in weeks last Saturday (only half a pound). The week before I went to Leicester to visit family and we were up until 5am drinking that Saturday (hangover from hell). So on the Monday morning when I hopped on my...

I enjoyed Thursday's run. Sunday's not so much. It was tedious. Still, onwards and upwards. My food this week is rather boring, but it's cheap. Tried to get a cheaper shop done for once instead of a £75 shop. Did it for £45!

You can definitely do that by the end of the month if you put your mind to it :)

well done! :) I lost 1lb on Saturday. I then went to see family that I've not seen in ages and have eaten (and drank) 3 lb on. Gonna have to have a good week before next saturday's weigh in to try to get that 3lb off!!!!!

Woop woop another 1lb off. I've lost 5 weeks on the run now. I've never done that before, well chuffed. 2lb to my stone award!

I am totally buzzing!!!! How different that was to my last run!!!!! :) :) :) I went with my husband again but we have decided we can't run together as we both need a different pace. We started the warm up walk together then once the first run started we did our own thing. This worked much...

Glad it worked. I only discovered it one week when I really couldn't be arsed boiling, drying roughing up spuds. I just thought sod it and blasted them in the microwave. Voila, perfect air fryer chips purely discovered by accident! I've never seen the poshcorn at sainsburys. Tesco do it though...

I would just say that I made crisps once and it wasn't worth the faff. Also, to get the equivalent of a bag of crisps I used 3 large baking potatoes. I could never normally eat 3 baking potatoes so it would be over consumption. I buy tyrrells poshcorn sweet and salted popcorn multipacks. Each...

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I'm weighing in on a Saturday morning. I lost another half a pound on Saturday which was good because I'd had a bad weekend after weigh in so clawed it back in the week to get a loss on Saturday. Currently 14st 11lb. I need 3 lb to get my stone award. I started couch to 5k yesterday and I can't...

That sounds fab - good luck with the climb! Yep, today I can't move. I was hobbling up the stairs at work like a cripple. I'm supposed to have a rest day then do the next run but I really can't see me being able to go tomorrow unless by some miracle my legs have improved significantly. I'm not...

In terms of gelatine, mine goes lumpy if I add water in the wrong order. I use the sachets rather than the leaves, I get better results. Also you need to follow the packet instructions, you have to add the gelatine to the water and not the other way round (I think that's right - follow the...

I am doing the NHS couch to 5k. I downloaded the podcasts on my laptop, then transfered to my phone and mp3 player. It works on both but I used my mp3 player as my phone is quite heavy. My phone is Android too. Watch out for sw KFC chicken. If it uses smash it's a tweak and you have to syn it...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDgeu7Li4IE/ My dinner of pulled pork, wedges and corn on the cob. First time having corn on the cob and it was lovely.

I went for my first run today doing couch to 5k (for details read my diary). I was a mess, but I did it and feel chuffed I survived (just!). My calves are tight now though, despite stretching. Going to have a hot shower before bed to help. Got potato wedges, pulled pork (packed full of speed...

I'm not racing don't worry. No idea how far I ran. Doing the couch to 5k so the podcasts talks you through it. Week 1 is 3 runs a week, with a brisk 5 minute walk to warm up, then 60 seconds of running (a slow jog) and 90 seconds of brisk walking - this goes on until you've done 8 60 second runs...

2lb is fab. Well done. You're doing brilliantly at sticking to it and the calorie counting is working well for you :)

Hello and welcome :D Nice to have another follower. I do try and vary my meals when I can, and I can't stand traditional slimming food that lacks in flavour. There are so many nice dishes that you can do on SW that are tasty, I can't be doing with bland food - life's too short. Well, this...

I suspect I'll be the same but hopefully I'll at least look the part haha. First run is tomorrow. We were going to go today but we currently have thunder storms. A bit of rain isn't going to put me off but I'm not desperate to go out in thunder. I got half a pound off yesterday. That's 4...

We were hoping to go for a nice walk tomorrow but gonna have to wait to see what the weather is like, it's a bit mixed at the moment. If it's rubbish weather then we're going to get some running shoes and get my husband some running gear. If it's nice tomorrow then we'll go for a walk and buy...

Hello - here to join your group. If anyone fancies following my sw diary to help keep me on track that would be great, minimins has gone a bit quiet since it sneaked back online. After what seems like FOREVER I finally got into the 14s 2 weeks ago and I am totally made up. I slim very slowly...

I'll do you a deal, I'll follow your diary if you follow mine? It's gone really quiet on minimins lately (since they shut it down without notice) and I feel like I'm posting to myself at the minute.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDWEihiC4IZ/?taken-by=slimmermiller Been much better today. This meal was yummy!

I'm going off the rails. My meals have been spot on but I can't stop eating crap in between. 3 days to pull it back before weigh in. On another note, I suggested to my husband the other day about doing the couch to 5k programme. I fully expected him to politely tell me to bog off but he didn't...

Had a night out at the opera on Saturday. Never been before but I quite liked it, took ten minutes or so to get my head into it but I'd probably go again in the future at some point. Not stuck to plan this weekend. Haven't been horrendous though but back on plan today...

Whoohoooooo another 1.5lb off. That puts me at 14s 12lb. Fairly secure in those numbers now but another loss will totally secure them for me. One happy lady today. Hopefully everyone else is having a great week too x

How have the last 2 days been going? Hx

I've also scrapped my dropbox folder of recipes, I've moved to Google Drive instead. My recipes are all there in the folder still (the link is below my signature).

This week is not going as planned. I can't seem to stop snacking!!! And someone gave me an ester egg yesterday which I promptly scoffed with hubby so I've gone well over my syns. I currently weigh the same on my own scales as I did last Saturday so I'm going for a maintain this week. I DO NOT...

Just watch avocado if you are doing sw. 100g is 9.5 syns. An average avocado is 170g so that would be rounded up to 16.5 syns for a whole avocado.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BC_Asz8i4H6/?taken-by=slimmermiller This was sooo tasty. It was nice to come in and not really have to cook too. Well, I had to do potato wedges, but the hard work was already done. I'm having the leftovers on toast for lunch tomorrow.

Food that I've scoffed today: 30g Special K Almond and Cranberry granola (B) 2 apples (speed) 1 hifi light bar (3 syns) 1 12g bag tyrrells poshcorn (3 syns) Vegetable soup (all speed apart from the potato) Fry up for dinner: tomato and mushrooms (speed), baked beans, egg and bacon. I've also...

I couldnt manage being vegan. It would drive me nuts haha. One of my friends went vegan 6 months ago and she has the most amazing skin since cutting out dairy! She was veggie before so it's definitely the dairy that's helped her skin, it looks airbrushed! Well done on your 2lb loss. If you're...

Right then that's one mini target achieved. Next stop is my stone award which I need 5lb for. I want to aim to have that within 3 weeks ideally so lets see how I get on. Doing a rough plan of meals for the week. We've got the in-laws coming over tonight so I'm doing braised beef again for 2...

Well I weighed in this morning and guess what... 14s 13.5lb! I've only gone and bloody done it! In the 14s. Soooo happy. Worked hard for that half off after a bit of a bender last weekend with the booze at the curry night and then a wobble on Wednesday. Going to be good this week so that I...

I think having a week where you are half on it and maintain means that it shocks your body the week after when you get back on track. I sometimes get quite good losses when that happens (not always though). x

My meal plan has gone a bit all over the place. Still staying on plan but my day's are all mucked up and because I've now got things on I haven't got time to cook some of the meals I had planned so having to wing it a bit in the evenings. Today I've had 30g special k granola (5.5 syns), an apple...

I did that the other day and every now and then my computer randomly shuts everything down and restarts. Dunno why it does it but I usually lose everything then too and it's annoying. I had a bad weekend too. The curry was on plan but the vino and sticky toffee pudding wasn't!!! I think...

This is up there on my favourite top ten meals. 5 syns for whole dish. It will serve 4 people easily. https://www.instagram.com/p/BCqiUaGi4JS/

I flushed the korma it was gross! I remade it normally and just synned it. Not been good at all today. It was a lady at work's 60th birthday and she ordered in a buffet. I couldn't help myself. This was at 12.30 and I'm still stuffed. Oops. Oh well. Got some clawing back to do if I want half a...

I've planned all my meals for the week and done my shopping list ready for tomorrow. Got a new meal to try on Friday - Steak au poivre. It's supposed to be really nice so I'm looking forward to giving it a go.

How's your weekend been?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCmwN-yi4Fz/ Had a great night.. Went well over on syns though cos of wine and my heads feeling it a bit this morning. Going to get up shortly, take some paracetamol and go for a nice stroll round the block cos it's a nice day and it will clear my head a bit lol.

Not been on in a few days cos work has been total rubbish (I could think of better words than rubbish which would be more fitting, but I thought I'd be polite). However I have refused to let that make me fall off the wagon. However bad the first half a week of work was, the second half was...

10 syns of garlic bread. Yum. 72g weighed out. We'll worth it! Finishing the day on 13.5 syns. Just having my a choice of milk to take a bit of the heat out my mouth from my chilli! https://www.instagram.com/p/BCdjvyPC4Fk/

This week at work has been horrendous and I'm only half way there. Trying not to let myself have a binge to "make myself feel better" for 2 reasons 1- it will undo my hard work and 2- it won't make me feel better so there's not any point in doing it! Change of plan today for tea - I was going...

The figures on my scales are going down wohooo. I ignore the actual number I just go on plus or minus. The only weight I use is the ones from the sw scales as they're fully calibrated. This has spurred me on anyway. Today I'm having Nutella oaty muffins (4 syns for 4 muffins and my b choice for...

For breakfast today I've had chewy delight bar (b) and 2 apples. For lunch the last of the tomato and basil soup with a 12g bag tyrrells popcorn for 3 syns. Then I went food shopping. For tea I just did a Thai red curry and it was delicious. 4.5 syns per portion syns for the coconut milk and...

Got all my meals planned for the week and looking forward to a good week on plan. Hopefully with a loss at the end of it this time!!!!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCV_HrYi4ED/ My dinner. This is one of my favourite ever meals. Just bung it in the slow cooker and wait! Braised beef with mustard mash and some green beans on the side. Seriously it's the easiest tastiest dish EVER!

I'm not going to be derailed by it, if anything it's made me more determined to blast some of these fat cells to Timbuktu! Has anyone got any different breakfast ideas? I usually eat my brekkie at my desk at work. I tend to alternate between Special K chewy delight bars with apples, and my oaty...

I've never tried preserved lemons either so hopefully in the summer I'll see how they are! I'm just letting go of this week's gain - I'll get ratty if I think about it too much! Just about to plan my meals for this week...

Houmous finally done so having this for lunch: https://www.instagram.com/p/BCStAchC4AK/ I've also made some preserved lemons to try out some new tagine recipes later in the year. These lemons should last year's if I've done them correctly. One way to find out...

1lb on. Bloody fuming. I even gave my consultant my food diary and literally everything that's passed my lips was on it. She said there was nothing that she could see wrong with it but perhaps not to have my syns in my meals. I really don't see what difference that makes. The sw pack says to...

Well done! I personally wouldn't wear white to a wedding or a reception but I think it you paired it with a colourful Cardigan, shoes and accessories you'd be ok in that dress. X

Glad you didn't set the fire alarm off again hehe. That story still makes me chuckle.

Mmmm mm 1 syn each and amazing! 35g oats (b choice), 2 eggs, 2 tbsp sweetener, 1 tbsp vanilla essence. Put 1 teaspoon of oat mixture in the bottom of 4 silicone muffin cases and bake until set. Lift out the oven and allow to cool down. Then divide 1 tbsp Nutella (4 syns) between the 4 muffins...

ok - oaty muffins are in the oven. Hopefully with a melt in the middle nutella centre........

I hope I get a good loss on Saturday. My own scales say I weigh exactly the same as last Sat though!!! 4 days of doing SP and if that's the case I'll be miffed. Maybe the 5th day will make a difference...

Fajitas for tea. They were amazingly good and dead easy too. I placed 2 slices red onions in a wok with loads of frozen mixed peppers, along with some garlic and lime zest. Cooked chicken separately in griddle. At the end I added some schwartz fajita seasoning to both pans and mixed the two...

Our consultant says lots of people do this but it's not following the plan. She said you might find it still works at the start but your weight losses will slow down if not stop, when you get close to target or a much lower weight than you started off at. You're best to do the plan as it's meant...

me too - seriously, this method works a treat! Just get a cheap plastic one. Mine was less than a quid from wilkinsons x

They're are an interesting texture though - don't expect them to taste like cake. If you drop them on a table they make a thud noise! I forgot to buy a lemon for the houmous so it'll have to be tomorrow now. I couldn't make poached eggs for toffee until I used Heston's technique. I crack the...

Seem to be sticking to SP ok so far. Day 3 today - just hoping it pays off on the scales on Saturday. It is hard though, I'm hoping I get a better weight loss than I would if I stuck to normal extra easy with the same willpower - basically I want 2.5lb off at least! Today's food: Chewy delight...

Those meals sound lovely, but then your meals always do! x

It was. It's my favourite SP meal when I do it.

Slight change of plan to dinner. I decided I didn't fancy sweet chilli sauce so I did a packet mix hollandaise instead. 3.5 syns for 100ml. It was delicious! https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJBLw7i4LA/

I'm just sat eating a tunnocks caramel wafer for 6.5 syns now that I've got in from a really pants day at work. For breakfast I had 4 oaty muffins spread across the morning which was first B choice. I had roast tomato and basil soup for lunch (as I will every day this week). I had 2 apples at...

I once did roasted cubes of potato (it was normal potato now sweet potato though) with asparagus and a poached egg with loads of black pepper. It was really tasty so that sounds lovely. I'm just sat eating a tunnocks caramel wafer for 6.5 syns now that I've got in from a really pants day at work.

I could do an unhealthy weekly food shop for under £30 I'm sure!!! I'm getting the hang of instagram now. There are lots of lovely meals there you're right. Going to have a browse for some inspiration for next week's meals. H x

So today I have had a chewy delight bar (x1 B) and 2 apples for breakfast. Then I had a tunnocks caramel wafer for 6.5 syns. For lunch I had roast tomato and basil soup. I've been drinking orange squash today at work (I do most days). For tea I've had chicken stuffed with mozzarella (A) wrapped...

that lunch looks well yummy!!!

Having a go at Instagram. Yesterday at slimming world there was a lady who said she has a page (though I can't for the life of me find it) and finds it useful to look at other people's food and also document her own journey with food pics. I class myself good with computers but it has taken me a...

That sounds much more exciting! I've never eaten Thai food so I wouldn't know where to start. The SW site said spring onion and chili but even I thought that sounded like it would lack in flavour. Not a massive fan of coriander so I may give that a miss. I've got loads of limes at the moment cos...

A maintain is fine - it's not a gain and does no damage. It might just be your body getting used to a different diet perhaps? I dunno, just a thought. I always think you need to try things for a few weeks to get a realistic idea of how it works for you. I'm doing thai fishcakes on Friday -...

2lb on on Saturday. That's my own fault - chinese banquet at a restaurant with the family last Saturday night and then I messed around until I jumped back on the wagon on Thursday. I've given myself a head wobble and I'm back in the zone. I've just done my shopping for the week - it was over...

I couldn't finish it all!

Hopped on the scales this morning and it's going to take a miracle to get a maintain haha. Bloody half term! Oh well I can't undone what's gone. I've been better today though. I had a hifi light bar (1/2 B) for brekkie with a Muller light vanilla yoghurt and 2 satsumas (they weren't very nice...

Oh dear that's not good. Hope you get better soon!

It was really tasty. I left the poached eggs in a minute too long and the yoke wasn't too runny but it was still nice x

Not been on for a few days so just catching up with your posts. Your meals for this week look great. I know you're not doing sw at the mo but have you done the sw pulled pork? It's lovely. You could also make flatbreads and just brush them with garlic butter and parsley. That would defo not be a...

Not been on in a few days. I lost half a pound on sat. Not the pound I needed but it's all in the right direction. Gone off the rails a bit this week cos it's half term so I'm not in work. I'm hoping for a maintain on Saturday. Just had this for lunch (pic is a bit rubbish). 2.5 syns for 5...

Had another good day today. Had a muller greek yoghurt (1/2 syn) for breakfast, followed by a banana and an apple. I went to my mum's for lunch and she had done a lovely vegetable soup which was really filling. I've just had salmon with sweet chilli sauce (2tbsp = 3 syns) and wilted spinach with...

Good luck for tomorrow. I'm on track for new numbers hopefully...

Today I've had an apple and a passion fruit for breakfast followed by a special k chocolate delight bar. Then a bag of pom bear crisps for 5 syns. I had a ham salad for lunch again with 3.5 syns for my mayo and salad cream. Then I had chicken chasseur with brown rice for tea. I packed it with...

The daft thing is, I make lovely low syn flatbreads but it has never once occurred to me to use them as a pizza base! I normally put in cardamom and garlic and use them as naan bread. I shall have a go at using them as pizza bases at some point. I'm hoping to go out for Chinese on Saturday so...

I'm going to set myself a few mini targets. I want my new numbers this Saturday as you all know. I want a minimum of 1lb off to get into the 14 stones, but I'm hoping to get 2lb off. I'd also like to get my stone award by the end of February. That is 6lb to go. I would need to get 2lb off per...

You do whatever works for you. Your food always looks fab so I'm still gonna pinch some ideas. x

Defo planning on getting my 1lb off (hopefully a bit more!). Been to yoga tonight - really enjoying it. Pulled back a lot today. I've had a lot of salad but then that's what I fancied anyway. For breakfast I had a special k chocolate delight bar for my b choice, and 2 passion fruit. Mid...

It was amazing!!! My mum and dad always used to to it every year and it's become tradition. My dad passed away from bone cancer in 2014 so last year and this year we've gone round to my mums for "death by pancake" to continue the tradition. It's blimmin' amazing. That's the first time I've...

Death by pancake for 14.5 syns. It's an annual family tradition but this is the first time I've ever weighed it out and synned it. 3.5 syns for the homemade pancake, 50g tesco cornish ice cream for 5 syns, banana, 2tbsp tesco finest belgian chocolate choice for 6 syns, 23 chopped up hazelnuts...

I've planned my meals again. I replanned them after winning the raffle at group as I won a whole bag of veg - not bad for a 50p raffle ticket! It's pancake day this week so tomorrow I'm using flexible syns. I'm having tea out with a friend and then "death by pancake". This is an annual family...

WOHOOOO 2lb off this week. That now makes me 15s 0.5lb. I am defo getting into the 14 stones next week. We had a taster at group today which was nice. Got to try a few new things. Going to give the chicken and sweetcorn soup a go at some point. I'm not sure it's the kind of soup that would...

How was the rest of your week Emily? x

How did the rest of your week go? x

It must depend what variety they get from their farmers. Sw will take the ones that have the highest sugar content to protect their members' weight losses. Wonder if it's the same with other fruit like apples, and whether some of those have more than others? Not bothered anyway. It's all free so...

What delicious meals have you done today Emily? We wimped out of our dinner cos it was getting way too late to cook it all in time so we did a SW burger with loads of salad and some butternut squash with chilli flakes. It was lovely. I'm buying frozen butternut squash now. I nearly took my...

10g sugar per 100g in blueberries, 6g sugar per 100g in strawberries. Has to come down to sugar. Most slimming world fruit comes down to sugar content. Not massively different when you compare it to a banana but they are still almost double. Slimming world will have some calculation to work out...

Blueberries aren't that low in sugar, they're 10% more or less in line with bananas and kiwi fruit etc. They have twice the amount of sugar per 100g than strawberries and raspberries etc. Either way they're still good for you and full of antioxidants so don't stop having them altogether. H x

Notice from SW, Kingsmill thins are coming back on tomorrow. SW were given duff info. Given I've sent them photos of the new Milk Chocolate delight bars (what were the chewy delight bars) months ago but they wouldn't update the name I find it surprising they've updated the sandwich thins without...

The hovis sandwich thins are still a b choice though - just get those instead. I shouldn't laugh but the smoke alarm situation sounds hilarious. My favourite fruit are not speed food: grapes, blueberries, mango, cherries and kiwi. Bananas and pineapple aren't either but I don't eat those very...

Really not worth the faff! I may try them one more time. I'm going to do 2 cans of coke, boiled until they've reduced by half (hopefully should be more concentrated, and then extra gelatine. If that doesn't work then I won't bother again. Today I've had Chewy delight bar and 2 passion fruit for...

Did you use red onion or white onion in the slaw?

Did you make the chilli jam? And how do you do your coleslaw? I've tried making my own but wasn't keen - yours looks lovely.

Bear in mind if you put 1 healthy extra of cheese in soup, you need to have all the soup otherwise you're not getting the full A choice so you'd have to syn it per portion. x

I'd just do exercise as and when you get chance. Any is better than none - but sleep is important too! Good luck for weigh in and well done on your last loss. I maintained last week which was my own fault. I weigh in on Saturday mornings and Friday night I had a blow out of epic proportions. It...

Not been on here for last few days but have been on plan - just been mad busy. Sunday I had soup for lunch (didn't get up early enough for breakfast) and roast lamb dinner for tea. I tried the oxo roasties - they were really tasty but not at all crispy so I'm undecided on them. Monday I had a...

How's it been going?

Had lamb tagine and couscous for tea last night and spent my syns on a nice glass of red wine. Had roast tomato and basil soup for lunch (I've got rid of it all out my freezer now - I won't make so much next time!). My mum is doing a roast later and we're trying the oxo roast potatoes for the...

That looks amazing! Glad you enjoyed it x

That sounds yummy! Room for one more person???

1lb on. You win some you lose some! Never mind. Meals planned for today. Just sitting down and planning the rest of the week now.

I know - pesky doughnuts. Having left over risotto from out the freezer for tea.

I've gone off the rails today. And the day before weigh in too. Had a chewy delight bar and yoghurt and apple for breakfast. Then a doughnut mid morning (cakes came round work) and then I dropped my soup so had to go to the school canteen so had 2 cheese toasties (white bread) and then there...

some of the slimming world meals are yummy. The chicken piazola is nice. We also get the chicken tikka masala which is nice with cauliflower rice. Not fussed on the others. I get the singapore noodles occasionally for a change. The burgers are lovely though. And also the bags of meatballs are...

what are the sandwich thins like? Never had them cos I always think they look dry. Is that one of the iceland slimming world burgers? They're sooooo nice.

This was my dinner. It wasn't something that I'm gonna do again. The BFree wrap was quite nice. The Nando's marinade was completely tasteless and bland and I wasted 2 syns on it. Oh well, we live and learn. For brekkie I had a Muller greek yoghurt (1/2 syn) and a special k chewy delight bar...

Yes you definitely can do this. One day at a time. The way I see it is that in my case it took a few years to put the weight on so it will almost certainly take a while to get it off again but I blimmin well will manage it at some point. A pound at a time is great!

how was the pasta free if you used milk? Isn't it only free if made up with only water? Or if you use milk from healthy A?

Today has been a weird one cos my mum's had a cataract operation so my meals weren't quite as I had planned as I ended up having lunch at her house after picking her up but stayed within my 15 syns (just!). She had those heck sausages in so had them again! As nice as they are I need a break from...

That looks yum. How did you do the orange on the gammon?

Wohooo well done. What a fabulous loss :) made up for you. X

We will do it eventually - it's not a race :)

Hello there. I've restarted here on minimins but since the site went away I've lost all but 2 of my minimins followers. Does anyone want to follow my thread and give me a kick up the backside when I need it?! I do slimming world and I've lost 7lb but have about 5 stone to go and I REALLY want to...

I've bought the bfree wraps yes. Not done them before. The oaty muffins are a great breakfast to take to work! 35g oats for B choice, 2 eggs, 2tbsp sweetener and 1tbsp vanilla essence. Whisk it all together and put into silicone cake cases (they stick to paper ones) cook on highish until they...

Doing mine a bit different from yours. Scoffed a sausage whilst the risotto is cooking - they're yummy!!!

A rough food plan for the week: Brief outline of my meals for this week - I'll decide on extra syns each day but they will probably be hifi light bars (3 syns each), special k chewy delight bars (4.5 syns each) or a bag of tyrrells sweet and salty poshcorn (3 syns) Breakfasts Either oaty...

that looks amazing! I've planned my food for the week and put that on the menu for tomorrow!

I have some of those heck sausages in the fridge but have had no idea what to do with them. I'll try that too I think!

How come your soup and risotto syns? And how do you make the spicy chicken sausage risotto - it sounds lovely! I'm not bothered how much I lose each week. Although obviously I'll be made up with a big loss, my only aim is to get a loss each week regardless of size - I just want it to go in the...

Has anyone tried curly kale done as chinese crispy seaweed? IT IS AMAZING!!! This is what I'm going to snack on this week when I'm out of syns. Get some curly kale, remove any chunky stem bits, and arrange on a baking tray. Spray lightly with frylight and sprinkle over a SMALL amount of...

Got my half stone award this morning. Missed out on new numbers as I only lost half a lb. It's still a loss but given how good I have been I was hoping for much more. Never mind - I'm one step closer to new numbers which I am fully determined to get next Saturday hopefully. It's still been a...

Do you know where I can find Slimming World stickers for under my signature (ie half stone award, stone award etc)?

I did used to love green days though.

I lose really well on EE - not as fast as red and green but it still comes off and I much prefer it because it's more like normal eating. SP is way too hard and I end up hungry but I do find it works. Saying that I find EE works better if you just up the speed food to half a plate instead of a...

Did you ever try my beef madras? You don't have to make it really spicy (I don't do really spicy food) but it's truly amazing :) I weigh in on a Saturday morning too. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow morning and getting weighed in - my head is in a good place at the moment so I'm doing...

I find SP REALLY REALLY hard. And to be honest, most times I've done it, though I get good losses, I get the same kind of losses as I do if I do extra easy but just increase the speed food to half a plate (instead of a third of a plate). I end up hungry all the time when I do it, so personally I...

How's the SP?

That looks yummy! Looks like your head is in a great place at the moment. I'm feeling motivated too. Trouble is I tend to have a few weeks of motivation and great food choices, then a week where it all goes to pot. I suppose even if that is how my brain works, providing the 3 weeks on plan I get...

I'm trying really hard again this week. Going to try for my new numbers on Saturday (though I suspect it will be the weekend after). How is everyone else doing?

As you said - today is a new day.

No we ended up going. Oh well. Not a drop of snow in Liverpool. Only just made it home because it appears just 10 - 15 miles away here it snowed like mad whilst we were out and the roads are lethal. Enjoying a glass of red wine now. Gona plan my meals first thing in the morning. x

They do say you should aim to have a minimum of 5 syns a day you know - treat yourself to a freddo extra each day!!! x

I had a maintain this week. Not complaining too much. I did eat that whole pack of biscuits and people brought cake in to work on Friday (day before weigh in). So being good for the rest of the week must have countered the badness! Going out for tea tonight for a friend's birthday but don't...

Edamame are free. They're a P food. See your mum's book about SP plan too. Though that's for a one off boost you're not meant to do it long term. I tried it once and after 3 - 4 days I was going mad!

That sounds like a great idea. Plus you know the scales at boots will be calibrated etc so should be pretty exact. Are you joining SW online membership or just doing it by yourself? A few syn values have changed so if you need any syn values just shout. Not sure if 2 chewy delight bars were 1...

Well deserved! Well done on the loss. Family time with wine or spin class? Hmmmm not really a difficult decision ;)

Hello Emily welcome back! I've been much better today. Had a banana, apple and chewy delight bar (1 for a healthy b choice) for breakfast and tomato and basil soup for lunch (a bit too much basil but never mind, I have a gallon to get through and I'm not binning it). Had stir fry for tea which...

Whatever happens at weigh in happens. If you gain then it's reversible anyway. Sounds like you have had a busy and emotional week x

Welcome back! One of my friends was trying for a baby for ages and it took 2 years. Second time round they decided to not "try for a baby" but to stop "not trying" ie stop with protection and see what happens with no pressure or expectations. That took 2 months that time round! I think we all...

Just demolished a whole pack of chocolate chip cookies. Why oh why do I do it??????? At least I've got lots of tomato soup on the go. It worked really well for me last week so hopefully it will again. I'm hoping that the cookies can be instead of a cheat day on Saturday - I normally have a...

well done on your sts x

That's good. Good luck for weigh in then - sounds like you are doing great. A local SW consultant said that wine syns have gone up and it's now done on glass size and % vol of the wine. I've put a picture below. I have however, contacted SW's syns team because there is nothing on the SW website...

WOHHHHOOOOOOO I lost 3lbs today :) Very happy lady here. Going to celebrate with a bottle of wine with my husband later - though we've been told at group today that wine syns have gone up (a lot!) as per picture below - but I'm having it anyway! Having SW Beefburgers for tea (doing cheeseburgers...

I'll have to try that egg fried rice then and see how it turns out.

WOOOHOOOOOO!!! Well done you :D

I love colmans chicken chasseur (the schwartz one is horrible!). I do mine with onion, mushrooms, baby corn and mange tout. I agree with you, for the syns the colmans sachets are well worth it by the time you split it between 4 people. Has anyone ever tried the slow cooker sachets?

Rachael, if you want any other recipes, I've got a link in my signature to a dropbox folder where I save all my fave recipes (the ones that I do over and over again cos they're bloody lovely!). I used to have it in a thread but every time people commented they got shoved further down and made it...

I'm a bit like that with minimins at the moment too. I've got out of the habit of checking in after it just disappeared overnight last time. How did your weigh in go? I do the weighing of people at group and I'm going to give you a mini telling off now. Don't ever be disappointed with tiny...

Been good as gold this week. Actually looking forward to weigh in on Saturday. Doing pulled pork for dinner in the slow cooker so hopefully I will walk in and it will smell lovely! Not done it before so I hope it is nice. All I'll have to do is some sw chips in the air fryer. Going to do a bit...

After Christmas I am now 15 stone 5lb - I am quite happy to have only put 2lb on over Christmas. Here is to a good start to the new year!

what day do you weigh in?

I weighed in at 2lb on on Saturday (made the mistake of going out for tea the night before weigh in and had 3 courses - oops!). Still, given that the week before my own scales showed 5.5lb on, that means that this week I actually lost 3.5lb - hopefully I will have that remaining 2lb Christmas...

They say smoothies with fruit are syns - because of the amount of sugar you end up consuming when compared to filling power (an apple, orange and banana would fill you up - that in a smoothie wouldn't fill you for very long so you end up over consuming). See how you go but bear that in mind with...

are you still doing slimming world?

It's a fresh start anyway - draw a line under it and start from where you are now. You should check out some of my fave meals - I put the recipes on my dropbox account. I only put recipes in there that are my absolute favourites and they get cooked over and over again...

Hopped on the scales this morning. I know I shouldn't as they aren't the same as the slimming world ones, but my Christmas weight is definitely coming down! Hopefully on Saturday when I go to group I will get a maintain result (dare I say it perhaps a loss???)

Thanks Mini!

Hows things going with you Emily? x

I will probably start off on here every day and then fizzle to just twice a week ish since there is no app anymore. Still - at least they reopened the site!

here here! Let's start as we mean to go on :)

We can do it!

Hi there everyone, I'm joining this thread. Currently 15 stone 3 lbs - well I was before Christmas! I weigh in on a Saturday so this Saturday I'll see what the Crimbo damage was - though I'm trying my hardest for a maintain (I think a loss would be an unreasonable hope given what I have eaten...

Hey Bubble - I'm back - so glad they have reopened minimins - I've missed it a lot! x

We can kick each other's bums! I need it at times!!!

Best Christmas present ever that you are back!!!! I've just started a new diary to start afresh - here's to a slimmer 2016 for us all :)

I always get really hungry after exercise, so I take a banana with me. I would normally exercise in an evening, have tea before I go (an hour before) and as soon as the class has finished I eat a banana. I find they really fill you up and it stops me reaching for rubbish which kinda defeats the...

Hello and welcome. Good luck at the start of your new weight loss journey. I'm starting out again after 18 months of hurdles chucked in my way so now (hopefully) nothing will stop me. I'm going to follow your diary if that's ok with you - you've been at target before so following your journey...

I have started far too many of these diaries over the years but here I go again... hopefully for the last time! There have been many things that have got in my way over the last 18 months which I won't go into here, but they resulted in me putting back on the weight I lost (plus a bit extra)...

Well, you've used half a syn less than you thought cos the special k chewy delight bars are only 4.5 syns :) You sound like a lady on a mission!

Here is a screenshot

The sw website did say if you follow it all the time u are meant to have 2 a choices to give a healthy balance. Will try and find the link. It was on their faq section...

Told ya it was nice :) I don't get to do it very often as my husband doesn't like sweet and sour. He's out one night this week though so might do it then!

I normally use a small tin.

It is lovely!

know what you mean. Perhaps that's what it is, a bigger surface area perhaps so it's soaked up more? Just add a bit more stock and tomato puree should sort it out quickly!

love your new avatar btw!

mine is normally fine for a few days. Did you measure out the spaghetti? There should only be a small amount in it. Bizarre.

Bubble, are you still doing slimming world? It's just that if you are you can't have fruit in smoothies, it becomes syns if blended, crushed or cooked. That's because of the sugar content of fruit compared to veg. One glass of orange juice will require between 6 and 8 oranges. Imagine how full...

A wholemeal roll / bread is 60g for a HEX B not 30g. So you can have more than you think, but half of what you've been having. 60g does look a piddly amount. I cut off crusts to get it to 60g!

​ do my minestrone - tastes amazing and has the right amount of pasta to not soak it up like a sponge.

Roast Tomato and Basil Soup (syn free and also a meal on the SP plan) This is best done the day before as the flavours develop and it's gorgeous! Ingredients 900g ripe tomatoes Fry light 1 tsp dried oregano 1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, peeled and...

I've started a new weight loss journey thread and scrapping this one. If you still want to follow it then you can find it by clicking here. xxx

My Dad passed away last Sunday. Have piled the weight on but not bothered cos I've had other priorities in helping look after him. The funeral is this Friday coming - we're having a big party to celebrate his life. Planning on rejoining (AGAIN) slimming world the weekend afterwards (Saturday...

Put on 1/2lb this week cos dad's gone back in to hospital so not had time to cook. Will be in for 6 weeks again we think. Have planned meals for this week - lots of slow cooker ones so dinner is done when I get in!

Didn't know you could eat the skin must admit. It seems so thick and tough when you peel it I thought it would go like leather. Will try with it on next time cos it is a pain in the bum to peel!

Parma Ham Chicken with Spicy Butternut Squash Wedges Ingredients: Chicken breasts 45g mozzarella per chicken breast (hex a) Parma Ham/Prosciutto (2 slices per chicken breast) = 1 syn Butternut Squash Schwartz Piripiri shake Slice the chicken breast down the middle but not through to the...

Piccie of last dish

Parma Ham Chicken with Spicy Butternut Squash Wedges Ingredients: Chicken breasts 45g mozzarella per chicken breast (hex a) Parma Ham/Prosciutto (2 slices per chicken breast) = 1 syn Butternut Squash Schwartz Piripiri shake Slice the chicken breast down the middle but not through to the...

Had this for dinner last night, was yummy. Chicken stuffed with 45g mozzarella (hexa) wrapped in 2 slices Parma Ham (1 syn) with spinach and butternut squash wedges (sprinkled with schwartz piripiri shake). Was gorgeous and defo doing those wedges again (though may but a bit less piripiri on...

Had another good day today. Went to my parents for lasagne and even resisted ice cream! Back to work properly tomorrow as all the kids are back (noooo!) Got my packed lunch in the fridge ready :)

Should have said soft boiled egg (stupid autocorrect). Haha. Managed to get to weigh in today. My aunty is visiting my parents so stayed in with my dad who was under strict instructions not to get up until we got back. Lost a pound :) not bad given I had a pint of water before I went cos I...

Had a nice yummy lunch of asparagus (dipped as soldiers) with self boiled egg. Mmmmmm :)

Work is going OK. Done what I needed to get done during the last week of school holidays so got today and tomorrow off now :D Lost 1lb since Saturday so far. Only doing weigh in once a fortnight so keeping an eye on how I'm doing on my home scales. I want at least 3lb off by next Saturday!

Back at work today. Dunno how I feel about it. In one way I don't wanna go back in and want a longer holiday, on the other hand it's nice knowing I haven't got to go to my mum and dads at the drop of a hat. I'm going round after work though - she's doing cottage pie for tea :)

Yesterday was a good day. For brunch (I had a lie in so it was 11.30am) I has spaghetti hoops on toast (hexb) followed by an apple. I had a hifi bar mid afternoon (6 syns) and for tea I had spag bol made with ex lean mince, tinned tomatoes and packed with super finely chopped onion, green...

ROAST MEDITERRANEAN SOUP This is a gorgeous syn free soup that really does taste like sunshine. It has a gorgeous bright orangy red colour to it and is a soup I do regularly. INGREDIENTS 1 Small Butternut Squash 1 Red Pepper 1 Yellow Pepper 1 Large Red Onion 4 Tomatoes 2 Garlic Cloves...

LAMB TAGINE WITH COUSCOUS MINESTRONE SOUP PASTA PESTO PENNE ARRABIATA BEEF RAGU CHICKEN AND PEARL BARLEY SOUP BEEF MADRAS SPANISH ORANGE CAKE CHICKEN KIEV WITH GARLIC BUTTER MINTED LAMB KEBABS SWEET AND SOUR STEAK AND ALE PIE Just making a note of the recipes I've put on here so far so I know...

It says her post was 7 hours ago now. There goes that idea :(

Sweetierufus your last post says it's from 01/01/1970! If you've mastered the art of time travel, can you go back to 2002 and tell my 18 year old self who is about to go to uni, don't eat lots of pizzas, crisps and takeaways and start getting into bad habits with rubbish food? Take my "fat...

That's a good idea. Hadn't thought of that. I could start my day at 4.30 after work and run it until 4.30 the following day. That way if I have to go round to my mum n dad's and end up having more syns than I'd planned, I can just have less the following morning. Thanks Bubble! Makes planning...

Welcome to my thread Bexi100 by the way. I have a recipe thread too where I put my favourites that I do over and over again.

Great news about the antidepressants - you must be pleased about that. Hope you enjoyed your holiday! Since dad is now back home hopefully I can get back on track a bit. I still have to pop round to their house some evenings, I just need to make sure half of the meals for the week are quick...

Not updated my weights etc yet, need to get my book out the car. Off to the hospital in a bit for visiting. Instead of visiting Costa for a skinny hot chocolate I will be taking a bottle of water with me. Having watermelon for brunch (only just got up so a bit late for breakfast!). Going to the...

I'm back. Don't know if anyone is even following this thread anymore haha! Good news and bad news. Good news is I've got a job. Better paid than the last one I was made redundant from and quite a senior post too! Bad news is my dad has been in hospital for 6 weeks with severe sepsis. He...

Temp job going well. Still applying for others. Could do with one that isn't 25 miles away! Costing a fortune in petrol doing 50m+ a day! But it's income, & better than jsa. Dad's doing ok at mo too.

Another pound off :thumbup:

Been manic again lately! Dad went back into hospital for a few weeks bit is out again now. Not got anywhere with my interviews yet but a temp agency has got me something for the time being - I start on monday, though only doing a half day as Ive got another interview in the afternoon. Hate all...

Don't know when I was last on here but I put 5.5lb on in 2 weeks! I got 2lb off today though after drawing a line under my gain and kicking myself up the backside! Feeling good for the week ahead. Got 2 interviews on Wednesday so have to see how they go x

Haha - I hadn't meant to put eater holidays - how apt!

I've registered my cards (and hubby's). I tend to buy a few online (various sizes) and send the one's that are no good back. Or try them on in the shop and buy them online. I've been eating crap since Saturday and we're out for tea again tonight! It's cos it's eater holidays and Andy's off...

plodding I can do! The tortoise won the race anyway, not the hare!

nope - 2.5lb on :( I have been good though - I had an eclair in the week but synned it up. My consultant said that because most things I ate went straight through me for 2 weeks, that my body will have held onto things I've eaten this week - she did warn me last week it could happen. Didn't...

Got spag bol full of veg for tea yum :)

Got another interview. That's 2 on the same day. I don't know the time of the second one yet. I'll have to ask to see if times can be switched around. If they can't however, I need to decide which one to go for: 1. The office manager job - a promotion if I was to get it. However, my chances of...

haha - was I crying in pain from my back whilst pedaling away??? You are a strange one! Done a bit of job searching not much else tbh. This back is driving me mental - I can't do anything. When I unloaded the dishwasher, I couldn't even put things away in the bottom cupboards so I've had to...

Do they not taste like, well, sweetened egg?

What are your sweet pancakes and how do you make em? They sound nice! Love pancakes!

that pizza sounds nice. I was wondering the other day what a calzone pizza style thing would be like if you did it inside a pitta bread? I bet it's tasty!

Not sure - do you actually make bread? If so I don't see why you couldn't use it as a hex b provided you weighed out the amount once cooked. I was dubious about the quidco thing too when I joined 2 years ago but it's been amazing. Especially at xmas cos I do most my shopping online. Clothes...

I only discovered houmous recently (when I went for that greek meal). I always said I didn't like it cos I'd only had slimming world homemade ones before. I like the proper stuff so I'm made up I can have it as a hexb cos I didn't know you could! :D

just been catching up on your thread. Didn't know you could have houmous as a hexb so just looked up what else you can have that I didn't know about - I can have pistachio nuts too - love them! Although I did notice that you said you had 58g of houmous, the website says you can have 35g of...

do you use quidco? If you click here then you can sign up. You get cashback on lots of shopping online. I've earned £867 in the last 2 years. I always use it for insurance things cos they can be good payers - I'm getting £80 in the next week - that's from the car insurance I took out in Feb and...

It's a bad time to be out of work in a school. Easter hols for 2 or 3 weeks (some schools are different week's) so no new jobs coming up. Hopefully after Easter some will start appearing. Still feel pants about it cos they well screwed me over really. They hadn't looked at figures and funding...

Just checked, 1 syn per level tbsp.

Had chicken chasseur for dinner, with mash potato, mange tout, baby corn, onion and mushrooms. Very yummy! Feeling REALLY motivated at the moment - I sooooo want to get my stone award in the next few weeks. :)

It's 35g of branflakes bubble for a hexb. Our consultant said you have to have the right amount of fibre in a b or it goes into syns. They used to have porridge sachets as a b, but whoever made them took out 5g per sachet so sw removed it as a hexb as there was no longer enough fibre in it. Have...

I've put half a stone on in one week before. It's easier than you think! You can have that off in 2-3 weeks. Just do what Pippa1987 said and do nice healthy meals using your syns to stop cravings and keep you on track.

If you mean get rid of stickers when you say get rid of shiny bottom, don't do that. You got your award, its yours to keep. Just get back on track and put it behind you. No gain is impossible to get rid of! It may take 2 weeks to get rid of a week's gain (it does for me usually anyway) but it...

I'm going for lunch with my friend at 2.00 going to subway cos got enough points on my subcard for a free one! Swimming here costs a fiver for an hour so money I can't really be spending. Defo gona go for a nice walk around the park though. Will Google other exercise to do with a slipped disc...

On the marble jar front, my husband has offered to do me a stop motion animation of my jars. I take a picture each week and when he's done it you'll see each one going up/down respectively. Thought that sounded good.

Good luck for wi today!

Got loads of marbles in the jar - but what looks like hundreds to go! It will be nice when the bottom of the jar is full and ant new marbles are sitting on existing ones. Can't wait for that. Few weeks maybe. Just gota make sure I don't boredom eat! I am soooooo wanting to get into the 13s. When...

2 more off today :D

I like pasta, with diced bacon in it then stir an egg in until it scrambles and top with grated cheese. Its amazing. No supwrfree though but can't tell u how yummy it is. Infact, will do that for my tea!