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Hi all, I've been yo-yo-ing on sw for years and have just switched to ww go get my portion control sorted. I'm excited about having much more freedom over what I eat, but I've no idea where to start. I've signed up online and been allocated 30 smart points but I don't really know what to eat...

Evening!!! Sorry been awol from here! Lost 2.5lb this week so brings my total to 1st 6lb :-)

Wow well done everyone :-) 2.5lb off for me this week, I've now lost 3st since having my daughter 15 weeks ago so I'm chuffed to bits :-)))

I hate to admit my weekends tend to involve a bottle.of wine, or two...! I relax my syns on a Friday and Saturday for wine only and I still eat really well, then I tend not to have many syns during the rest of the week. I know it's not how it should be done but it's working for me right now...

Well done guys :-))) 3.5lb off for me so 10lb in 3 weeks - really pleased x

Exactly the same- one of those weeks where I really will be disappointed if I don't lose x

How's everyone doing? X

Great day today, had a picnic in the park this morning with friends then went to another park with the babies and my dad- I've done really well withy water consumption today compared to usual and found it really easy. I'm still sticking to sp and my scales are going down but I don't want to...

Ok so my first day and I managed 10k steps! Woop woop! I also did the first day of couch 2 5k on the treadmill at the gym- so proud of myself and just thinking about my babies got me through the huffing and puffing. Finished off the day with a nice shower and chicken tray bake with asparagus :-)

I bought a fitbit today! I'm so excited! After playing with it for a while I know I'm competitive enough to try and beat my own daily goals - love it!!! Already done the body magic I need for this week so I'll have done loads by Wednesday. Feeling great still and still really enjoying sp :-)

Bolognaise with butternut squash chips - odd combo!

4.5lb off and slimmer of the week!!!! Absolutely on top of the world. I worked so hard this week and had so much variety on SP. I love the plan so much right now but I also know as soon as I get fed up I can go back to extra easy. I feel so proud of myself. I know that not every week will see a...

4.5lb off for me and slimmer of the week :-) SP definitely suits me and I feel so energetic x

Wow well done Mick that's awesome! How much is that in total? (I can't see signatures)

Hi and good luck with your journey!! I too lost 7st on lighter life and while it was great to lose the weight quickly my brain struggled to keep up with my body and I never really appreciated how thin I'd become. Subsequently I put all the weight back on. I'm only a few weeks into my journey...

Also I agree with phoenix girl- I feel awful on ee and always preferred red days on the old plan. No one says blueberries are bad- if you want them on sp have them, they just advise you to have half speed foods and half protein for the best results. Nothings banned on slimming world regardless...

I've also read and been told that if I'm doing sp for longer than 2 weeks to add a syn free yoghurt a day for calcium. However if you mix and match your days and do day 3 sp and 4 ee longterm then you don't need to as you can have yoghurt on ee. I'm just coming to the end of my second week of...

Had my curry again tonight! It's seriously good and feels like it should be so much naughtier! despite the wine over.the weekend I'm feeling good. I don't think I'm going to stop drinking wine over the weekend as I like it and it's nice to relax with my husband and do something non baby...

Bbq pulled pork with roasted courgette, pepper, aubergine and asparagus x

Here's the curry recipe so I don't forget it!

Not updated for a few days as been busy with the babies! I've done well so far with my food this week. I'm still following sp and I really enjoy it weirdly! I don't feel too restricted, although yesterday at a friends bbq I had to relax just slightly. I ended up having a burger in bap with...

I'm going to try the curry sauce made with cauliflower and cauliflower rice :-)

Deedz you can totally do it!!

Done! Next goal is my half stone award in 5lb time

2lb off this week. It would always be nice to lose a bigger number in the first week but it's what I was hoping for so I'm happy :-) I'm going to plan to go to the gym tomorrow night and I'm going to stick to SP I think but have between 10 and 15 syns a day rather than drink them at the...

2lb off for me :-) I've got a long old road ahead of me but I'm happy considering how much wine I drank this week!

Weigh day today- nervous and excited at the same time- I go with my friend and I really hope she does well too as she has quite a bit to lose (more than my 6 stone). Had crust less quiche for lunch with salad which was really easy to make and have just put a joint of lamb in the slow cooker...

Slow cooked lamb :-) yummers central!

Ignore me! I wasn't logged in when I was looking before!

Wow that's awesome!! Where on the website us the 7 day plan? I cam only see the ee plan?

Hey, sorry to hear you had a loss too it's awful to go through and definitely caused me to eat so I didn't have to think about it. How have you found your losses with extra easy? X

Whole sea bass with roasted veg

I'm pretty certain you're fine to have it as syns as you're still allowed 5 to 15. I'm not sure it would make sense not to allow this as syns but you could have a bag of crisps and syn them?

Really looking forward to joining you all tomorrow and officially becoming a Wednesday weigher! didn't have the best start but I've been 100% the last few days and feeling so much more energetic :-)

Weigh in tomorrow and I'm feeling pretty good. After a bad start to the week and going well over in syns on wine I think I might have turned things around by following the SP plan since Sunday. I love meat and fish and think this plan might suit me, but I'm going to follow EE on Thursday Friday...

My absolute favourite ever! I'm having gammon, onions and red cabbage slow cooked in cherry pepsi max :-)

SP hea skimmed milk Heb 2 weetabix Heb small wm roll

My first goal is to get under 15st- even though that's only half a pound away the 15's are a horrible number for me x

Bringing this thread back to life! I had my daughter on 12th Jan this year. She's 12 weeks tomorrow and an absolute beauty! I suffered two miscarriages while I was trying to lose weight with sw last year and decided to come away from the plan completely. But now my healthy daughter is here I...

Wow just found my old thread. So I quit sw and had an awful pregnancy! My beautiful baby girl was born Jan 12th via planned c section and we're finally settling down a bit. I put on 3 stone and have lost 2 of those but now I'm back at sw with my old consultant but on a new day and a new group...

Bookmarking - looks awesome

Hi all! I'm in my first week and weigh in for the first time on Wednesday. I'll be sticking to SP mainly as I've struggled with EE in the past and preferred red days so well see how it goes :-)

Chicken tray bake and salad for me :-)

Hi all, I've started sw a number of times and lost 3.5st about ten years ago on red and green days. Extra easy doesn't work well for me personally so I'm excited about SP :-) I've got about 6 stone to lose. Definitely going to try the cauliflower rice! X

First day back since Feb for me- having good old faithful- slow cooked BBQ pulled pork with sweet potato wedges and syn free coleslaw :-)

Hello all, I posted back in February that I was 5weeks pregnant and was planning to continue losing on slimming world having already lost a stone. Unfortunately a couple of days later I started bleeding and we lost out bean for the second time in 3 months. Although it was an early loss it was...

Eek!!! I've previously done lighterlife total before and lost loads and got down to 8st 10and felt fab!! Then life got in the way. Then last year I had my son and lost 4st for my wedding. I've now put 1st back on and I'm where I was when I started lighterlife! So I know what's in store for...

Hey everyone, I have a 9mo old and started slimming world in January half a stone lighter than when I fell pregnant with him in aug 2012. I put on 3 stone with him and fought hard to lose it and a little more for my wedding in November. I'm now 5 weeks pregnant with baby no.2 (why wait lol!)...

1.5lb off this week which although i know it's brill it's my smallest loss so far so I'm going to mix things up a bit this week :-) Takes me to 10lb in 4 weeks which I'm happy with :-)

Honk x

Good week for me too- 2.5lb off, slimmer of week and half stone award. Only 5.5lb to go until my stone so I've definitely got my eye on that!!!

Thai red curry using muller coconut greek yoghurt :-))

Oh wow thanks guys! I guess it isn't too scary if I just think of it as a texture rather than a flavour- love the idea of using it as a mousse! :-))

Wow that's brilliant! What an awesome loss :-)

Jules success express is similar to extra easy but you have one third free and two thirds superfree. I actually decided against it in the end and have chosen to do a mixture of red, green and extra easy instead :)-)

My gammon and Freddie's first time on the swings <3

Ah I'm being so rubbish already at keeping a diary! I've never been great so I'm determined to try my hardest :-) So I weighed in on Monday at 13st 12lb which is a 3lb loss. I'm pretty happy with that, last time I tried extra easy I ate so much I put on 2.5lb!!! Hahah whoops! Well not this...

Oooh cake in a mug- was it really good? X

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Gammon joint slow cooked in diet coke with sweet potato and veg (haven't decided which yet). It smells amazing and I can't wait to try it!!

Three weight watchers sausages (half syn each), 2 x ww bread (hexb), grilled tomato, grapefruit - I'm on a red day x

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Turkey, apple and sage burgers with sweet potato wedges :-)

Honk! (Very nearly not!!)

Well I just weighed in and have lost 3lb so I guess that's my reassurance right there ;-)

3lb for me - was my first week and I was hoping for 2.5lb so very happy :-)))

I was actually looking at a ham recipe in nov/dec mag yesterday so I've take a couple of photos for you- hopefully you can see them!!! It's not specifically for the slow cooker but maybe you could adjust it and use the gammon instead of a ham? Or I know there's a coca-cola recipe which is...

Half a packet of broccoli and cheese pasta n sauce with spinach, tomato and syn free coleslaw. Also had 2x ww bread for my heb as I missed my breakfast taking car for it's mot!

Yes Jules I'm on EE, although I'm tempted to try. Success express for two days a week. Might see how my weigh in goes tomorrow first! Today's menu: Breakfast Poached eggs on toast (heb) 1/2 mullerlight and blueberries Lunch Leftover pulled pork Syn free coleslaw Salad Sweet potato wedges...

This is my boy Freddie enjoying his lunch :-)))

Honky!!

Good luck tomorrow everyone! ;-)

Left over pulled pork with coleslaw, salad and cous cous :-))

Do you have pudding after your 5pm dinner? Maybe 8pm could be your pudding time where you have a mullerlight and some yummy fruit to satisfy you with an after dinner coffee? I think is be starving by 8pm too if I ate dinner with my son (his is at 5.30) but I totally understand you need routine :-)

Hi Jules, I'm also a Jules (and born in 1981!) Good luck with your journey, I started this week too and so far I just feel like I'm eating loads of yummy food!!!! X

I have a journal, but I want to keep my food diaries separate and therefore easier to read. I'm on day 6 and have been super organised and have cooked so much more than I normally would. goal is to lose 5st in a year as we want to try for baby no.2 :-))) Yesterday's food looked like this...

Ah well done! 4.5lb is brilliant!!! I'm praying for 2.5lb for my first weigh in but just don't see how I can lose that with the amount I'm eating!! good luck with this week- that 7lb award is a great goal!!

Left over pulled pork and coleslaw sandwich with loads of salad :-)))

Thanks :hugs: We're thinking about trying for no.2 soon so I definitely want to shrink before then!! X

Thank you :hugs: we want to start thinking about baby no.2 as well and I definitely want to shrink before that happens!! X

Poached egg on toast with blueberries and mullerlight :-)

Thank you!! I'm not disheartened or anything, just really worried about my first weigh in tomorrow. I know It's definitely on my mind because I dreamt about it last night, although in my dream I lost 5lb this week and 2lb the next!! That would be awesomeness!!! Pulled pork recipe is fairly...

Hi, I'm in my first week and doing extra easy. I'm following the plan to the letter, finishing when I'm satisfied, having a third super free and drinking plenty, but I just need some reassurance that this works. I'm not in danger of giving up, I know it may take a long time to get rid of...

Hey all, I was a member of slimming world 8 years ago and lost over 3st. Even back then there was always talk of quark in group although I never knew what it was, what it tasted like or how to use it. Fast forward 8 years I'm now married and have a baby and I'm therefore far more accomplished...

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I'm also mis unadventurous but today I made the BBQ pulled pork with sweet potato wedges and. It's wonderful and relatively easy!!! I say go for it!!!

I need to have more faith in the SW recipes- I've now made a few and they've all been amazing, yet still i wouldn't trust these little quiches until Someone else has tried and tested them!!!! ;-)

Wow definitely going to try this one!

I personally don't think you need to worry. Although you can eat to satisfy your appetite on slimming world it can still be a shock to the system. I've also been going an awful lot this week, but I've been eating lots of super free foods that have a high water content. Although you may not be...

I had poached egg on toast (heb) and half a muller light over blueberries :-)

I've been inspired by this thread and have BBQ pulled pork with syn free coleslaw, sweet potato wedges and a side salad - the house smells so good - love my slow cooker!!!

Finding this week fairly easy so far. I'm desperate to weigh myself as I usually do it every morning but so far I've stayed well clear! I was thinking about my goals and I've decided on the following (which I'm going to add to my signature): 1. Lose 2st by friend's hendo 4th April (I'll be in...

Wow that's awesome! Have you got into the swing a bit more now? You're making it look very easy!!!

Just wanted to add that groups within your area may all vary significantly too, so if you don't get on at one it may be worth trying another (if there is one). Months ago I went to a group down the road and I just couldn't stand the guy that ran it, so I gave up and joined online but found I...

Half way through my first week and already itching to hop on the scales!!!! Help me stay away from them people!!! ;-)

A foil parcel of chicken, red onion, garlic, mushroom and red pepper baked in the oven with some couscous and baby spinach salad- it's my go-to!!

Loving your piccies and your story so far- and now you have a wedding to plan :-)) Thanks for keeping me inspired in my first week, hopefully I'll be able to do the same for someone else this time next year x

Puffed wheat with mullerlight and an apple :-)

Honky honk!!!!

Ok, I added the rice an hour before and it's perfect. The recipe has turned out perfectly, I just did some experimenting and it's worked so well it's in unbelievable!!! CHINESE CHICKEN AND RICE Syn Free on Extra Easy- serves 2-4 For the spice rub: Mustard seeds crushed (could use mustard...

Thanks tamkat! Sounds like we're in a very similar boat! Have you started weaning yet? We're doing baby led and I feel like I'm making 6 meals a day even though they're just supposed to eat what we eat- I haven't been put of the kitchen hardly all week!! ;-) Well done on your losses so far...

27 syns is gutting!! Prosecco and cava are my drinks and I don't have anything else :( I guess I'm just going to have to settle for half a bottle too ;-)

Hi, Does anyone know if I can add batchelors savoury rice to my slow cooked dish while it's cooking? If so, when should I add it if I usually takes 20mins to cook and should I add more liquid? Thanks!!

Mushroom risotto if I have everything I need!

Ah brilliant!! I don't know why I never thought of doing that before- I guess I can make a couple at a time - I'll be working 7 - 5 (so I can get Mondays off) and will have to get Babba to nursery so want as little preparation as possible! Eek!!

Thank you so much!!! Can't wait to try this :-)))

After finding it talked about on the forum yesterday I'm trying magic porridge!!!! (I literally ran to the fridge this morning to see how it had turned out!!)

Yummy!!! I'm so going to make this tonight!!

Hello all, I'm back to work after mat leave in a couple of weeks and already panicking about lunches! I'm on a tight budget because of childcare so need to avoid buying from the work restaurant (even baked potatoes are expensive!!) I can reheat things in the microwaves but there's always a...

I totally agree- I'm a yo-yoer, so one I plotted my extreme weights and the years I was at those weights, then looked back at what was happening a that time in my life. Made for an extremely interesting read!!!

Is it semi skimmed milk? WHOLE milk (175ml) gets me four coffees a day and I like it milky, so I would imagine 5 cups of tea is about right x

I have always used mine in the same way - skimmed milk and porridge/cereal, although since I've had my son I've swapped to whole milk. I can have far less than skimmed but I don't use anywhere near as much so I still get my 4 cups of coffee from it and feel really healthy!!

I know this is from a while ago but your piccies are so inspiring! I'm a shortie and want to get down to 9st 7lb initially but was my most comfortable at 8st 10lb so I have a long old way to go!! Loving the shorts outfit- definitely my dream outfit for when I've lost weight :-)

Your photos are awesome! I have the same starting weight as you did so your photos are such inspiration to me x

I know this is from over a year ago but I heart your before and after pictures- it makes you see it really is possible x

I love goal charts! I'm a bit of a geek at heart and love numbers so if I can see the weight coming off on a chart I'm a very happy bunny!!! I also do a lot of visualising in my head- it's a really powerful tool to visualise what you look like now, followed by what you want to look like, and...

Hi I'm a newbie!!! 4.5st to lose before I want to have another baby. My 8 month old son is keeping me on my toes right now but I definitely have "I don't want to be a fat mummy" syndrome! Every time I feel like going overboard on syns I have him to look at and remember why I'm doing this :-)

Well I've done it, I've actually joined a slimming world group with my mum a couple of days ago. I have done SW before but red and green days. I managed to lose over 3st and this time I'm hoping for 4.5st! I had a baby boy (Freddie) in May and weighed 17.5st. On Monday I weighed in at 14st 1lb...

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I am in love with Asda Chosen by You 40% less fat chocolate mousse. It's 3.5 syns and I mix it with a spoon to lose the air and make it gloopy and add chopped strawberries :-) I might try it over banana tomorrow :-)

Omg this looks amazing- would you mind sharing your recipe? :-)

Omg this looks amazing!! Do you have the recipe? I'm a newbie and have never done extra easy- looking for some inspiration :-)

Lazy dinner tonight!! Weightwatchers Cumberland sausages with Smash, green beans, brocoli and onion gravy. Delish!!!!

Hi everyone! I had my initial weigh in on Monday- 14st 1lb and 5' 2". I'd love to lose 4.5st. I'm usually a serial weigher but I really want to wait until my official weigh in on Monday evening :-)

Hi, I'm new this week too! I lost 3.5st with slimming world about 8 years ago and since then have yo-yo'd. I'm only on day 2 but I feel different this time and I'm sure I've finally got my mojo back! Good luck!!