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Thank you all for your support . Had a good clean day , even avoided the cookies I had to cook for one if my boys school tomorrow :) Also have been sipping on water with lemon slices . That's help keep me full up all day. I need to drink more water and the lemon gives it a kick :) By this time...

Thanks all. I have to face up to the wine issue most importantly . I love it ! Especially at stressful times :( as from today , I'm cutting it down drastically . Such a waste of calories and I would rather use syns on things like olive oil or low fat mayo .

Am joining you ! Also not going to group , so will be good to get some support :)

Here I am again ! I can't go on with this current weight gain and eating too much and drinking too much wine . I have recently separated from husband but due to financial and children commitments , he has not moved out. So to be honest , after arguments I have reached for the wine or the...

Yes just put a line under it and get back to plan asap. Thats the best thing about SW. Its not a quick fix, its a lesson in how to eat properly and also SW knows that people are human and will sometimes treat themselves :)

Anyone else find Jeans just rediculously sized! I bought a pair of skinny jeans in a size 20 , because I hate anything too tight and I am a s18. Well they hang off me and look silly so I went and bought the a similar style in the 18 and I can barely get them on. I also bought a pair of white...

I was super focused for 10 weeks, Felt great, lost 10lbs and then had my birthday and a weeks holiday. Although my meals were always on plan, my syns were well over every day. So its back to basics for me for the next 10 weeks lol! I have a pair of trousers I really wanna wear and that' helped...

It's the lack of control isn't it :( well I am on plan today , so am back in control. I am gonna really work hard this week , will up my excersize and water in take and I will get those trousers on!!! Thanks gals , the self pitying has passed and I will undo this damage :)

I feel awful today. Time of month , face full of spots and I ate a stupid amount of chocolate last night :( last few days I have gone well over syns and I knew I was doing it :( I have my birthday dinner coming up and wanted to get in to a certain pair of trousers for it but that's not going to...

l really like green days but know what you mean. Now that summer is getting close I will be having more Red days as I prefer to eat salad and meat in the warmer weather. I like having the 2 HEs so thats why I dont usually do EE but I have done it. Once you get your head round it, EE is a really...

I am now a stone down. Only one of my friends has noticed any change and my husband hasn't made one comment :( I think I must be losing from the inside as well! I have found that clothes fit better, but am not physically very different. I always lose first off my face and shoulders collarbone...

Anyone else have a lovely friend who you feel like a behemoth beside. Like, shes a really lovely girl, a good pal, buts shes a petite size 8 and at least a foot shorter. So when you stand next to her at the school gate, you look 100 times bigger :)

A photo taken at Christmas . I looked like Sid the Sloth :( action was taken !

Dont know if it would affect weight loss unless the sodium caused water retention. All I know is that if you drink too much, you turn into a balloon and the airs gotta come out somehow!!!!

Starting with Yesterday... B- Apple and 2 weetabix. L- Mixed salad, SW coleslaw, couscous. D- Lentil soup. Bean casserole (onions, tomatos and white beans) with rice. Syns- 2 teaspoons of Nutella HEA- Cheese and Milk HEB- Wettabix and 1 TBSP EVOO. Excerize- one hour at gym. Extra - Full...

Great name, Good luck!

Yes it cold be anything, TOM , water retention. It will right itself I am sure :)

I agree, this weeks aim is to drink 1.5 litres of water a day :)

What is the science behind this? Is it simple the calorie defecit? Of does limiting one food group, so for me thats meat as I am on Green, really change the metabolic rate or something...?

Just want to give myself a bit of therapy and write down my mistakes this weekend! Ok first mistake, Friday...bottle of wine :( Then Saturday, a whole meal choc chip muffin that was just not worth it! Sunday, a flaky pasty cheese and onion pastie! All other meals were on plan, but I fell into...

Even just a pound a week will add up over a year. Now that I have been doing SW for about 5 weeks now, its not a diet, I am not deprived, I am just making more sensible choices. I do make mistakes, go over my syns occassionally! But, we are in this for the long haul, and in a few months when you...

Am giving it up anyway- far too windy !!

Hey all, I am trying to Up my water intake and find tap water boring so I have been drinking sparkling soda water...but someone said I should watch this as it contains alot of sodium. Is 1 litre a day too much?

If you want a slow and steady weightloss, SW is great. It wont be a quick fix, but it has helped me see that you can still have a life, but eat sensibly.

Enjoy the Green!

Yes Am thinking of a lot of comebacks but good thing I did not think of them as I would probably be banned now from the shop !

No I was just shocked that he would think he could say something like that. He thwn went on to compare me to a woman on our street who is a good 10 stone heavier than me but also has blonde hair. Still speechless!

What would make someone be so rude....I was in the queue at the shop and my neighbour turned and said wow you have put on a lot of weight. The whole queue just stared and I wanted to first of all punch him in the face and/or run out. I haven't put on weight, I have lost weight. Why would he be...

Lots of people on here are home slimmers as well! Main tip would be to tell people you are slimming. That way you will be conscious of how you are eating and also will have the support. I told my close friends that I am doing SW and now when we meet up each week for lunch they all support me in...

I agree, put it behind you. If you thought you could never go out and have a few too many again, wouldn't you just chuck the towel in! I was in the same boat, too many Friday night and felt rough Saturday. I would have in the past ate two takeaways on a hangover day! But I just carried on as...

I have two little cheats. One is I really like fine bulgur wheat pancakes which I believe should be synned as its like using a flour replacement. Another one is weetabix muffins!

I have to go into my youngest boys school today as they have a bring your mum to school session every week and I have avoided it up to now and have to go! Anyway, I have to do a crafty thing with the kids so I have baked 48 cup cakes and 24 cookies and am taking in all manner of designs and...

Good morning Fatplop! I also do green and am around the same weight as you. I agree with the others that you do need to bulk out your eating with some good fruit and veg. I am not a big fruit eater but make up for it with my veggies. One thing that does stick out to me is the coffee shop...

Welcome! Its a fun forum!

Well done, you are looking great, :)

YEs even after 4 weeks I am still struck down by bloating. Its the increase in veg, pulses and fruit! Hoping it will work itself out! I start the day feeling trim and then by 5pm I am looking 6 months pregnant. :)

How very rude of him! It not the be all and end all but its nice to get a bit of a compliment :)

Ah greatest feeling in the world when your first person says Wow you have lost weight! I have been SWing for a month, doing it by the Green book, and although I have had an easy, clean week, I thought today,' GGGrrrrrr why hasnt anyone said to me! , have you lost weight! 'But today it happened...

oh and 1 grated carrot :)

Made this yesterday and would make again! In slow cooker, put one finely chopped onion , garlic and pepper. Add tin of tomatoes. mix up and add 1 teaspoon of molasses, salt and pepper, basil. Add about 500mls of stock with a good dollop of tomato puree. Leave on high for 4 hour hours, turn down...

Yes sugar has been drastically reduced. I allow myself a tablespoon of nutella a few times a week but I use my syns for savoury stuff mostly. I do believe that sugar is why I have such a santa belly and I need to cut it out.

Thank you x I am back on plan today, even drinking green tea! I suppose everyone needs a little blip now and again :) No one is perfect!

I feel bad this morning. Last night I had the bottle of wine that I was just going to have half of. And then unbelievably I started eating shortbread??!!! Left over from Xmas, which I have not wanted even before was on SW. Why did I do it?? Feel awful this morning, slight hangover and feeling...

Have really upped my superfree this week, and am experiencing ...ahem ...well....bloating and wind of epic proportions! I look 9 months pregnant and have an overall feeling of almost indigestion. Any recommendations??

I always like these posts! As I am so impatient and wanting visible differences fast!! I have lost 6lbs in 3 weeks so slow and steady. Someone did say the other day that I looked like I had lost weight but my clothes still feel the same and I think it will be another 10lbs before my clothes...

Yes , me too! Am on week 3 as well and Although still hungry at lunchtime , evenings I am satisfied by a normal sized dinner ! Also , by cutting out sugar , I am no longer craving the sweet fix after dinner.

Love that purple tunic ! You look great .

Well done, such a good feeling!

I was invited to a school brunch/ meeting today and just knew I was gonna have to syn a lot. They served a continental style meal so I had some cheese as a HE and syned the pancakes. But what I didn't expect was my body reaction to the white pitta bread. An hour after , my stomach started...

In my lasagne I had layers of mushrooms, broccoli, sweet corn , courgette , Aubergine and tomato. The sauce was yogurt and an egg . Very tasty and filling. I had used by he xtras but would have put my cheese in as well, next time I will.

I do mostly green , and I have 2 each healthy extras and unlimited free and super free. Green does limit the amount of meat and fish . Red has unlimited low fat meat and fish and limits on pasta rice potatoes etc. I still have up to 15 syns. I know extra easy you must have a certain amount of...

Big difference already , well done :)

Great job :) looking good!

Amazing! Well done , you look wonderful :))

Well done , you look fabulous. Your original day 1 pic shows how unhappy you were ... This latest pic is brimming with a happy you !

Have to share! Lovely quiche and slimming world chips with a cherry tomato and iceberg salad :)) my quiche had broccoli and mushrooms and my hea and it was superb even if I do say so myself ! I can't quite get the rice pudding recipe right but apart from that , I'm loving all this healthy food...

Welcome , am also on 2nd week , good luck :)

Good luck with weigh in !

my first few nights last week after starting Green days, I was up to the toilet about 7 times in the night !

It's my birthday in about 10 weeks . Soif i can lose 2 lbs a week till then I will be chuffed :) I also have a pair of combats that I loved wearing but now won't do up. That's another goal , get them on !

Once the weight starts coming off I find my knees no longer ache and my skin really clears up.

I agree with craft queen , excersize compliments healthy eating. The thought of excersize fills me with dread but when I'm doing it and when it's over , I feel great. Even just walking to the shop will help.

This a great one to have in the fridge if you get a bit hungry. I use one cup of fine bulgur wheat and add 1 cup of boiled water. Leave for 10 mins. Chop up some fresh parsley and 2 spring onions finely. Add paprika, salt and pepper and fresh or dried mint. Add juice of 1 lemon and if you...

Thanks lentil2 :)

Mine was about after a 1.5 stone loss, that I could get into a size smaller jeans comfortably but as the previous poster said, I was wearing my old jeans but they would dig in and be uncomfy. I find in the first stone to two stone your original clothes feel so much better, you don't get marks...

Well my story....I did green days very succesfully about 2 years ago and lost 2 stone and was very chuffed and then gradually put it all back on! I thought I was happy with my size 18 frame, that's what I told myself, God made me this way etc etc, diets don't work etc etc. But a few things have...