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Ok I'm finally back online! My phone broke and I never get chance to log on using laptop, but today is weigh in day and I've lost 2lb :D no idea how that happened! :confused: Plus I just managed to get into a pair of pre-pregnancy jeans this morning that last week wouldn't fasten :eek: I...

Hi, could I join too? Could do with a challenge to get me motivated! I'll try for 5lb too..:D

I drink fruit tea and green tea mostly as I find it hard to just drink water or dilute juice. I find if I feel like snacking fruit teas really help, especially if you crave something sweet! Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, you sound like me! I lost 2 st on slimming world but it takes too much planning then tried calorie counting but I obsess about and have to think about everything I eat way too much! So giving this a shot! Ive also got two young children so just don't have the time or brain power to put too...

Hi, I'm thinking of trying slim fast and thinking of making the shakes with almond milk as its only 32 cals for 250ml so would come to 187 for that 'meal' so could add an extra snack or coffees with milk :) Just wondered has anyone tried it? Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Friday B: banana & 0% activia vanilla yoghurt (hea milk used in coffees) L: jacket potato & sardines in tomato sauce D: spaghetti bolognese S: 1 malted milk biscuit (2), 1 hi fi light (half heb), sw chips! Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Thanks zafira :) I like to reserve most of my syns for chocolate! Yeah the choc shot is nice, need quite a bit to make hot chocolate but its nice on yoghurt. They also make sweet freedom which I sometimes use instead of honey only 0.5syns per tsp Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com...

Thursday - so far so good 100% on plan! Wonder if I can last the weekend, thats the biggest challenge food-wise! B: 35g oats (heb) water & skimmed milk (hea) honey (1) L: batchelors rice & quorn pieces S: ww Brownie (3.5) a bit of muller banana & custard (0.5?), mini kinder bar (3.5), hi fi...

I take out a bit of the water with veg/meat/potatoes in and blend with a hand blender then put it back in. Makes a thick gravy and thickens it nicely. Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Im planning my food ahead and editing as I go along, hope that keeps me on track. Wednesday B: 1 rocky road hi fi light ( half heb), banana & 0% avtivia yoghurt L: rocket, spinach, watercress salad with turkey, cherry tomatoes, beetroot & x3 mini babybel light (hea) Dinner: smash & low fat...

Tuesday B: 1 weetabix with strawberries & skimmed milk (half heb & hea) rest of hea used in coffee/tea L: cous cous, jalapeños, roast red peppers, cherry tomatoes, rocket, m&s bbq chicken (half pack - 1 syn?) mini peperammi (2 total) D: bolognese, sw chips and salad S: rocky road hi fi...

Thank you for looking :) I'm going to hope its around 1 syn then. Got it for my salad for lunch, I've only used half the pack so shouldn't be too bad. Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, does anybody know the syns for 'just add BBQ sliced chicken' 130g pack from marks and Spencer please? I don't have access to the online directory. Thanks :) Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi! Here to follow your diary too :) Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Well after going slightly off plan on Friday, it all went downhill from there until the whole weekend was a disaster! Including an Indian takeaway on sat :eek: and I wasn't making sw choices! and to top it off I felt rubbish the next morning, they're really not worth it. Oh well im back on...

That sounds lovely. Im thinking of trying it with quorn pieces (as that's all I've got in ha) Not sure how that'll turn out. Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Jimjam its liquid chocolate that you add to milk to make hot choc but its made from natural ingredients like fruit, very nice and only 13 cals per tsp so 0.5 syn, I had banana greek yog and a tsp of choc shot and it was like a banana choc desert :) my kids ate most of mine :p Sammie I like...

Had mine for lunch and it was quite nice. Surprisingly thick and creamy to say no milk added. Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Thursday Breakfast: porridge with water & milk (hea&heb) & tsp honey (1) rest of hea milk in coffees Lunch: cheese & broccoli pasta n sauce Snack: banana, 0% greek yoghurt & tsp choc shot (0.5) - i have found my new fave low syn desert!! Dinner: chicken stew - planned Extra milk used un...

No problem. I find adding water to the oats makes them expand more and you seem to get more of a bowlful, doesn't taste as creamy but I add honey and its fine :) Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Thank you :) Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, can someone tell me how many syns in linda McCartney vegetarian sausages please? I meant to get the rosemary and red onion but have the wrong ones :rolleyes: Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Ah thanks sammie ann :) it was one of those "I've had fish and chips so I might as well eat my body weight in chocolate" moments! :( chocolate is my downfall! Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Ooh macaroni cheese and cheese and Leek sound nice, are they free? Think I might try one tomorrow. Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Thanks! good luck to you too :) Ok so I'm going to start my diary from today even though I actually started Monday. Breakfast: porridge with milk and water (heb & hea - rest of milk used in coffees) honey 1tsp (1) Lunch: innocent vietnamese curry noodle pot (4.5) Snack: 2 clementines, 1...

Brilliant thank you, I'll do that. Would prefer not to use my milk on it as need that for my coffees! And very pleased to know it's free :D Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, I alternate between using healthy extras on porridge and milk or cheese and cereal bars. You could try oats with yoghurt for the overnight oats. Also I now add water to the oats first then a little bit of milk and put in microwave so I have more milk left over for coffees. Im also toying...

Hi, not quite sure how this will work but have seen so many food diaries on here that it must help! So here goes... I initially had 4 stone to lose last year and managed to shift 2 stone in a couple of months doing slimming world from home (I can't go to or afford the group at the minute). Now...

Hi, I've never had pasta n sauce before so just wondered if you can make it without milk (just using water) does it turn out ok? Also I've got the cheese and broccoli one so is that 0.5 syns for the whole pack? Thanks :) Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app Sent from my...

Hi, I've never had pasta n sauce before so just wondered if you can make it without milk (just using water) does it turn out ok? Also I've got the cheese and broccoli one so is that 0.5 syns for the whole pack? Thanks :) Sent from my GT-I8190N using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, well done on joining the gym :-) thats the hardest part! Definitely don't wear jeans though! You can get jogging bottoms really cheap, primark or a supermarket clothes section will have some basic ones. Your old t shirt will do aswell. As long as your comfortable. You should probably get...

Yeah mfp told me 1200 calories and I ignored it. I have around 1700 and am losing it (slowly, but I was on sw first). Work out your bmr which is the calories your body burns at rest then from that you can work out your tdee which is the calories needed to maintain your weight. Then you reduce...

Thank you :)

Well this morning I weighed and scales showed 11.3 :D:D. Im going to count the other day as a bloated totm day and go with todays weight :D. How are you guys doing?

Hi all, im a bit new to this cc business. When you weigh food, do you count the calories of the cooked or uncooked weight, such as pasta or frozen chips. Im guessing the calories would be slightly different as they are heavier uncooked :confused:

Dark chocolate on an evening. Thats when I get my chocolate craving and I only need a square to get my fix :)

Hi :). I had a quick look this morning and I think ive put on a lb :(. Im hoping that its totm that's done it too but its probably easter eggs!

Xxavia, well done losing 2lb and Im doing same trying to take what I learned at sw. Try to have either milk or cheese etc not loads of both like I did before, i just have loads more flexibility with cc. I agree with stackhead though, you need to eat above your bmr as that's the min your body...

Thanks :D. Sundays are my downfall as we go to the in laws for sunday lunch and its always a huge portion with desert, and I just have to have desert! And now im home, the kids are in bed and we have loads of easter eggs left! (They're only 1 so don't exactly eat much chocolate!) Chocolate is...

Me :). Weigh 11.5 at minute (but did have a sneaky peak this morning and scales said 11st 4.8 so im hoping I might be able to lose the 0.8 by Tuesday :p). I started out on slimming world at 12.13 after having my twins. But am so fed up of it now so trying cc as its much more flexible food-wise :)

It really does make you realise how many calories you eat when you're not counting. I must have been eating loads! Pixie - I worked mine out by working out BMR (calories your body needs at rest) then you do a calculation that works out TDEE which is the calories needed to maintain your weight...

Ooh didn't notice the MFP symbol, thanks! Hi Sarah :) I'm on 1755 (ha a bit precise!) It does seem very high compared to everyone else's though. I've just started week 2 so I'm just going to see how it goes and gradually lower it) its hard to keep it much lower as I do like my snacks! I lost...

Does anyone use my fitness pal to track their calories? I like to look at peoples diaries to see how everyone uses their calories and how they're spread through the day. But the few diaries on here people seem to only have 1200 cals :eek: don't think I could live on that at the minute

The thing that annoyed me about sw is that I did feel really restricted in what I could eat, unless you plan ahead all the time you can get stuck for something to eat. With cc you can eat what you want as long as you fit it into your calories. I know my losses will be lower with cc (lost 1lb my...

Hi, I've just started calorie counting (2nd day) I worked out how many calories using a similar method id seen in here (BMR) then the calculation to see how much needed to maintain then reduced by 15% and came up with 1755, which seems alot when reading on here! But couldn't imagine only eating...

Very little caffeine in green tea. Im trying to get back into it and cut down on coffee, I used to drink loads. It supposed to speed up your metabolism and I believe that it does, apparently you should have at least 4 cups a day, or so I read :)

Brill thank you :)

Hi, does anyone know if quorn frozen sausages are free on EE? According to the 2014 food directory they are but from what ive read on here they used to be but are now 1 syn. I can't access the slimming online directory to check. Thank you :)

Wonderful! Thank you so much. I can enjoy my lunch now :-)

Hi, does anyone know the syns for these please? The indian dal one? In the 2014 food directory im sure it said 3.5 but online people are saying 7! I don't have access to the slimming world calculator or online directory and just wanted to double check. Thanks alot :-)