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I've really been struggling the past few weeks - I think I must get extra hungry in the winter. So I took a two pronged approach - something not only to keep me occupied but also to motivate myself. So I went through ALL my clothes and all the ones that are now too big I've sold on ebay. That's...

Frylight is the devil's work! I guess it depends on what you like and how you cook, but food such as steaks, fish, offal, stir fry's etc. should always be cooked at very high temperatures, otherwise far too much oil is absorbed into the food, (increasing your calorie intake) you don't get the...

Look at your weight loss over a long period - if I have a week when I only lose half a pound or a pound, I look back over the whole month and then see how much has gone. Don't get disheartened if others are losing quicker than you are. Everyone is different and our bodies respond differently to...

I've lost 2 1/2 stone and apart from a couple of pairs of trousers that are too loose, I'm still wearing the same size! Oh - I did buy a top that was too small about 2 months ago and now it fits, but I honestly don't see much difference in clothes size. But it has to be going from somewhere! BUT...

I eat rollmops quite a lot - thinking they were free - I have always secretly thought they've probably got sugar in them, but I kept it a secret!

Oh yes, particularly when they go to the next stone down!

Well, at least you know that you CAN do it!! Done it before - you can do it again. And not anything like the long slog last time - in fact just a drop in the ocean this time! I'm certain that some people can gain weight with gay abandon while others who may eat pretty much the same diet don't...

Ah... thanks you lot - it's amazing the difference a few kind words from people you don't even know can make. I think the stress and worry may outweigh some of the slip ups this week. Yes you're all right in saying make the healthy choices when I can, but other things need to take priority...

I've been plodding along since January and I'm just a pound away from losing 2 stone. Last week we had some devastating family news and since then my whole world has been turned upside down. There's been days when I've had to get to a hospital over 100 miles away which has meant leaving home...

We must be polar opposites Lucy - if the waist fits me then the legs have got enough room for another leg! If the legs fit, I can't do them up. I'm short & short waisted, but my stomach thinks I'm having twins.

I did mention to my coach that fat weighs less than muscle and maybe the jiggles on my thighs and belly are turning I to muscle, but I was told this was rubbish!! Hmm - I can kind of see where your coach is coming from! 1lb of fat weighs the same as 1lb of muscle.In fact 1lb of anything weighs...

Me too! I'm just 4lbs away from losing 2 stone and some of my clothes (especially trousers) are at last getting a bit loose but no way would I fit into a size down. It is VERY frustrating. Much as I like the fact that SW is definitely the best plan for me, I am still struggling after almost 3...

Well Cheese Thief, you have brought the thread right back to the beginning! I said in my OP that I had gained a huge amount from this site in answering queries and getting motivated. On the day I started the thread I had come across a few posts from people who wanted the whole plan explained to...

I think you'll find a lot of people go through phases of not feeling hungry. And as it looks as though this is your first week there's a lot of inner motivation and psychology at play here. I had a not hungry week around week 4 but I soon went back to normal!

The old format of going round the room for everyone's weight loss and the clapping etc. can be very tedious. My consultant is absolutely lovely, but she doesn't do a great deal more than the round the room, awards (we do seem to get everything - I was SOTW last week and I won the hugest basket...

I can't imagine what slices of cucumber look & taste like after three days! Surely they would just turn into soggy goo?

I've been following this thread, but haven't posted before but blimey Cheese Thief, you look fantastic! Absolutely bloody brilliantly well done. Not only is the weight loss making you look really good, but you are looking remarkably glamorous with it. You are going to be my inspiration from now...

Don't be nervous! It looks as though the pros & cons may have weighed each other out - and anyway, you are still entitled to have a life & enjoy yourself. If we didn't all slip off the wagon a tiny bit now and then we'd all get very bored and miserable and land up giving up altogether. I think...

4.5lbs! Yay!!! And SOTW Lovely start to my day.

No offence taken! (I'm Mrs. Rhino Skin) I really value these replies and it sounds to me as if that breakfast is my downfall, and the bit about my metabolism kicking in at lunchtime makes absolute sense. It's kicking the bad habits isn't it? My Mum always made sure I had breakfast, but that...

Absolutely Sally - when I'm frying mushrooms - or anything that soaks up the fat, I use so much spray oil that I probably would be better off just using normal oil or butter. I do miss the taste of butter, that's high on my list "most missed" foods. But then I could easily just slice off a piece...

Lol - don't you just love those people?

Lol - I won't be trying the purple stuff that tastes of bricks then! Agree - definitely better to tweak your own style of cooking if poss. As I don't eat yoghurt or anything with the same culture in it, if I want a creamy sauce (which isn't too often these days) I use a bit of Elmlea cream. I...

I do think if you really like cooking and have reasonable experience and some good skills then these "pretend" recipes just aren't going to work for you. I shall take heed of what you say Anna and ditch the quiche from my wish list! And also remember that liquidised swede does not a curry make...

I've only lost just over a stone so I know I'm not really going to see any difference yet - but no idea where it's gone from - I think I must be losing weight on my toes as I just don't see or feel where there's any difference.

I only lost half a pound, but given the amount of food I shoved down my throat last week I call that a result! Well done everyone, some of you did really well this week, Ive stuck to plan so far- treated myself to a curly wurly yesterday as I had plenty of syns and lost a crown into the toffee...

"The "quiche" won't taste like a quiche should. Because it isn't one! The nearest equivalent would be a sort of frittata. Lots of people love them so as long as you adapt your expectations you might too." This is precisely my point Anna - why call it a quiche if it isn't?! I don't see why we...

"I only have to be accountable to myself anyway..." that would be my downfall I'm afraid. I tell myself off if I fall off the wagon but I don't think I take myself very seriously! Even though I'm quite relaxed about my weight loss, with no set goals and not desperate for it all to fall off...

No, definitely not just you! I do love SW....mostly! The trouble is, their suggestions and recipes do try and "trick" you into expecting to eat something that tastes and feels like it did before, and I honestly find in most cases this doesn't happen. In particular, making gravies and sauces...

Thanks Pippa and coughdrops - very good idea about the frittata - I'll definitely try that, (and that's what I perceive to be a "substantial" snack, so would work for me!) and no I probably don't drink enough water, so I'll up that as well and pushing my lunch another half an hour or an hour...

I've got a real problems with my afternoons. It doesn't seem to matter what I have for lunch, I'm still starving again in about an hour. Here's my food diary for today. Breakfast. Half a grapefruit (rarely eat a big breakfast, but makes no difference if I do) Lunch. small/medium piece of...

I think that might be wishful thinking NewMe! Cooking wine burns off some the alcohol content, but I don't think it affects the sugar levels - diabetics are advised to avoid alcohol even in cooked meals. Boiling and resting a meal cooked with alcohol will reduce the alcohol levels by around 85%...

Well I started in the 17's and I'm nearly out of the 16's but didn't have a very good week. So I'm dropping in to say hello, but seriously hope not to be here too long - but I'm sure we'll all meet up again in the 15's!

Well done - half stone next week for sure! I only lost half a pound but at least it was a loss, and it could have been a lot worse.

I'm glad I'm not the only Wednesday WI who will shut their eyes on the scales this week. Had a meeting in London on Monday which meant a really early start and someone had bought a huge tin of quality street and put the tin right in front of me - about 3 inches away from my hand! I was so...

I've spent every spare minute this week reading through this thread. There are some delicious sounding recipes on here and I can't believe you have taken the time and trouble to share them all! I think I now have my meals mapped out for about the next 3 months. You should write a book - I'd buy...

Well, I kind of suspected, Catherine, when I wrote the OP that someone might go off on one - which is why I put an "exclusion clause" right at the beginning of the post! I wasn't pointing any fingers at anyone it was just a general observation and my personal point of view - which is what a...

I have to admit, eating out is the one thing I find very difficult on this. I actually didn't go out at all (apart from one evening when I drunk mineral water) for the first 5 weeks as I knew it would be difficult. I went out to lunch on Sunday and everything was either in sauce, lots of them...

Hah good point! The Fillipo one does say 100% olive oil so you could be right. Definitely much better than the other stuff. Depends on how you cook to some extent - no way would I ever cook for example a stir fry unless the pan and the oil were almost smoking hot and the Frylight stuff reacts...

No, it makes you a success story!

Thank you Violet - getting intimate with hospital wards is unfortunately part and parcel of caring for an elderly person! And no, I wasn't originally referring to you in my OP - I had stumbled upon a lot of threads with people doing SW from home and it got me thinking, that was all. It was a...

Hi again fatfighter, The not going out for the first few weeks was the kick start I needed. Although I have to say it wasn't that difficult - the weather was diabolical for much of the time and I had a load of programmes to watch on catch up! And no particularly wonderful invitations came my...

The reason I haven't been back lickthelid is because I spent half of the day (and night as you can see from the time of this post) in a hospital. My opening post was carefully worded, and some of the responses have been quite enlightening as to why people don't attend groups - and made me think...

I'm the same as Snozberry. Tried everything over the years, but usually failed by the end of the first day! But SW is really clicking with me this time. I actually didn't go out for the first 5 weeks as I knew I'd give in to temptation and go off the rails completely. I went out for lunch this...

Before I carry on with this post, let me just make it absolutely clear that I'm not here to offend anyone, and I mean that! Just playing devil's advocate I think. I joined SW at the end of January and generally I'm really pleased. I've had a few struggles for various reasons but I'm doing OK...

OMG - you look ...fantastic!! A massive "well done" - I can't believe the pictures are of the same person!

I did make a slightly new alcohol plan last weekend. I figured that if I didn't actually finish the glass of wine and kept topping it up, it would just be one glass. It backfired on me a bit though as I was just half a pound away from my first 1 stone off this week! Serves me right.

I would definitely like to see the format of the meetings changed. I'm on Week 6 and I haven't actually learned anything much. It takes a whole hour (or more on a busy week) to do all the weight losses and clapping. Then SOTW, the raffle and that's it. Last week I didn't stay for the meeting...

I purposely didn't accept any social invitations for my first 5 weeks with SW as I know my own willpower level (zero!) and I knew I'd get tempted by the wrong foods and alcohol. I wanted to get myself off to a good start. It was no big deal, I caught up with a load of programmes on Catch Up and...

Everyone's body make-up is so different that I just won't compare myself to anyone else - because at first I too couldn't understand how some people could "fall of the wagon" and lose more than I did - when I may well have been gagging for a glass of wine or contemplating cutting off one of my...

Hello Lou, Ideally, I'd like to lose about 8 stone, but I'll be very happy with 6 or more. I did fine for my first week, then struggled for the next 2 weeks. I've now got my head around the plan and I'm making it work to suit my lifestyle, which is what I think is the great thing about SW. It...

Yes I used that too. We had a big discussion about it at my SW meeting last week, and it seems I'm not the only one. Someone said the Fillipo Berrio spray is much better (and much more expensive, of course!) I've only used it in the oven so far - will be trying for cooking on the hob tonight.

Hi Lahara, I obviously could kick myself from time to time if I give in to temptation, but I also think that can work the opposite way - never being able to have a little of what you fancy would make me give up as I'd feel deprived. I have enough people putting pressures on me in my life...

It was the "tweaks" that I had a big problem with. I KNOW that whatever diet/eating plan I choose, I'm never going to be able to scoff a huge box of chocolates in one evening or have 3 large pieces of chocolate fudge cake when I wake up at 3am! What I do find slightly annoying about SW and all...

I've just come across this thread and read it through with interest. I'm into my 6th week with SW and whilst the first week was ok as I was enthusiastic and motivated, I really, really struggled for the next 2 - 3 weeks. My situation is nothing like yours in that I'm at home most of the time...

I've lost 10lbs in just over 4 weeks, but I honestly can't see or feel any difference. Mind you, I'm so bloody gigantic that 10lbs is a bit of a drop in the ocean! I'm not stressing about it though, I don't pressure myself with goals or mini-goals because I know myself too well - my mind reacts...

Ooh, well done! I had a really wobbly week last week (I'm on week 5), but I have definitely worked harder at it this week - reading your post made me think about going down a clothes size and has set me up for the day!

Thanks again everyone - you're all very motivational! Just made another wonderful discovery - for anyone who has a halogen oven (which is my very best kitchen friend - wouldn't be without it) You can get an "air fry" attachment and I used it for the first time last night. Two squirts of spray...

Hi Linda. I found WEMITT by reading your original post and how brilliant to find lots of other people in it for the long haul. I've got about 7.5 stone to lose. Not quite half my body weight but given I'm only 5' tall, every pound really shows up on me. I am finding it a struggle, no question...

Thank you very much for all your replies they've been SO helpful. I'm on Week 5 by the way, so yes I'm not far into it yet. I've really tried for the last few days to think about what I'm eating and why. It does seem that I crave fat in my diet - particularly butter, cheese and cream. I've been...

Oh thank you Anna - I thought it was just me and that dreadful oil spray! You are all absolutely right - I keep telling myself that if it was all that easy with no or very little effort required, than I wouldn't be this fat in the first place! Lack of willpower is a real bummer. And I was...

I'm sure a lot of what you say is right Anna - I'm fighting myself a lot of the time. I'm sure a jacket potato with no butter would fill me up - but I certainly wouldn't like it or get any enjoyment from it, I've thrown away too many half eaten jacket spuds because I'm just not enjoying them...

Well, today I've had a slice of toast with olive oil spread, 2 poached eggs and 2 slices of gammon ham. For lunch I had 2 rollmop herrings with a tomato, onion & cucumber salad, 2 small slices of bread with spread, a banana. Then I was so hungry I had a 2 bar kitkat and a fruit shortbread...

I'm having a real problem keeping to 15 syns. I don't do too badly until the afternoon. (By this time I've normally had about 6 syns). When I have a cuppa in the afternoon I just want biscuits with it. Having a cup of tea with a carrot or a piece of ham doesn't do the trick for me! Then I always...

Sorry this is not technically about recipes but I figured it was the best place. I've had big problems with the spray on oil - so far I've burnt a frying pan, a wok, and also some quite expensive fillets of sea bass! I did a bit of research to see what I was doing wrong and all I can find is...