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Hi ya all, I so love popcorn and wondered if anyone knows the syns for it if you pop your own using a popcorn maker? I love the cinema sweet popcorn so much but it is sooo many syns so as i have a machine I thought i might just buy the corn. Anyone know the answer??

Hi, I am on day 4 and have been in such a bad mood. I took my weighed chicken to my grandparents for tea as we were having a family meal - i did have a piece of cheese and a bread roll ahhhhhhhhh and then tonight i have had a banana. It does get to the point where you dont think of it - i lost 2...

Hi, can i be added too? Not sure if i have written enough posts either though?? I am desperate for another baby, and to all you who are doing this for baby number 1 you are def doing the right thing. I was about 16.5 stone (size 22) when I had my little boy - now 3 and half. I had to see a...

Good luck to Lisa! Just had my first shake...off i go again!!!

Thanks everyone, I love the support you get on this and the fact we are all in the same boat x

Hi all, Am in the most amazing mood tonight. Did the cambridge from oct - xmas and lost 33lbs! Xmas ruined everything and after yo yoing with slimming world have decided enough is enough. I have gained 4 stone since xmas and been soooo low! Booked to see cdc tomorrow night but have some in the...

Fantastic!!! What an inspiration!! I have just added a new thread saying how desperate i am but you have helped me rethink things! Are you doing totally ss? Have you been using the water flavourings?

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Lets all really motivate each other! I am very determined at the moment but you know how things change after a week or so - we must keep going x

I feel terrible, I am so sorry if i made you feel like that :( Everyone is different and I wasn't following sw when pregnant so again i wasn't helping myself. We both have a fantastic reason to lose weight as I too wanted to start in july as its my 10th wedding anniversary, i just wasnt...

I think with slimming world you can still do it whilst pregnant, so maybe july is still a good time to start but keep on the diet through the 9 months x

Wow! Thank you everyone for your quick replies! (My reply just now was for Gonabslim) Its great to talk to people in the same boat, why is nice food so addictive and fattening!!!

Thank you xx, i notice you are the same weight i was when i got pregnant with benjamin. If i can be honest, i didnt have trouble falling pregnant but the 9 months was hard. Don't get me wrong i loved being pregnant but because of my weight i had to see a consultant as well as a midwife, had to...

I am at my lowest point ever!! At xmas i had lost 2 and half stone through cambridge but my 2 day break over xmas has lasted till now. I started slimming world in the new year but kept yo yoing between that and the cambridge as i had got sucked into the massive weekly loss than i could achieve...

Oh my god you are an inspiration!! I cant believe you have lost 12 stone!! I am in such a dilema - i started cambridge last october and lost 2 and half stone - finally got into size 18's. Decided to have a 2 day break for xmas and ...... you can guess the rest. i have now put on nearly 4 stone...

Hi, has anyone tried these? You can get them over the counter now and supposed to enable a 50% extra weight loss. They are quite expensive ( on offer at tesco at the moment £20 for 2 weeks ) What does anyone think?

Hi ya, been reading your thread as I too had gallstones and eventually had my gallbladder out. I suffered for ages and ages and just assumed it was heartburn as i ate utter rubbish. One night - after a burger king it was soooo bad i was on the floor. Hubby took me to casualty and i was rushed to...

Hi Vamp I remember you on one of my other threads and your story is minet too. I started in october and lost 2 and half stone, thought would have 2 days off for xmas and 3 months and 2 stone gained later....... I also joined slimming world 5 weeks ago but gained as I just can't control my...

I know exactly what you mean!! I lost 2 and half stone on cambridge but got soooo bored with it and after having a week off for xmas i couldnt get back on it and eventually put on a stone. Decided to go to slimming world and did lose 3.5 lb on the first week but .....put on 5lb the second week...

hi, yes a mint skinny cow are so lush and are 4.5 syns - i have one every night. i also have chewits and tooty fruities which are 5.5 syns each ( i think - havent got my books here to check) also the snack a jack popcorn are 2.5 syns a bag. Fruit pastalles lollies are lovely and are 2-3 syns...

Hi YS I started at 17 stone 7 and now at 15 12 so total weight loss is 1 stone 9 lbs. My weight loss this week is 3 and half pounds - but that is included in the 1 stone 9 lbs. Hope that is ok xx

Hi YS, gave up on the cambridge and started slimming world last week. From xmas to last week i had gained a stone from not doing cambridge - cant believe it goes on so quickly!! Anyway went today and lost 3 and half so very pleased. You are back on cambridge? Hows it going?

WOW!! So impressed with all the replies - a big thank you!! Only thing is i was reading this while hubby shopping so unfortunatly he has had a text of loads of sweets to buy. I do enjoy a mint skinny cow icecream every night for 4 and half syns. They are lush and last ages. Def gonna try all...

Probably shouldnt be asking this but what sweets/snacks do you all nibble on or know that are low syns? I have got some curly wurlys for 6 syns and know crunchies are 9. I have also brought some of those snack a jack popcorn. I am so determined on this diet but i do need to know i can have...

thanks lentil2, just checked again and put in mugshot as the make instead of symintons as it says on the packet and you are right the sweet n sour, chicken and tomato are all free. I will eat and enjoy :)

just brought some mugshots - all 1% fat ones and they aren't free??I have checked it on the slimming world web site and the spicy chicken is 2.5 syns, the tomato and herb is 3.5 and the spicy sweet and sour is 3 syns

ha ha i am sure our other halfs would like a nipple as a nibble! Thanks for all your help - def think gonna save points for a crunchie on a saturday night and want to find out the sins for sweet popcorn as i lurve that!!

whats a mugshot? Is that like a cuppa soup?

Thank you, sausages a good idea. Well done for your first half stone and i'm liking your iggle piggle profile picture - he is a big icon in this house ha ha

Hi, just joined sw after losing 2 and half stone on cambridge ( put stone back on since xmas though as got so bored of shakes) I know that there is loads of free food available but what can you nibble on? I am doing a green day today and had fruit already but dont want to make up pasta or...

Hi, have lost 2 and half stone on cambridge diet but really finding it boring now and want to change. Have done both diets before but can't decide which to choose. It is vital for health reasons that i lose weight so an important decision. I am definatly a person who likes to eat a lot so...

Hi Barnsie 123, the 1000 going ok still not enough food for me really. As i had about 20 sachets to use up my cdc advised me to do this and just pay the £5 for consultant time and the weigh in. Once i have used them up i may go to sw. I so want to lose weight but i just love food ha ha

Hi, have been struggling to get back into ss+ after xmas and was thinking of leaving to go to slimming world as I miss food so much. My cdc advised me to try 1000. I have cereal/egg for breakfast an apple, a shake and a bar and salad pots and chicken. It sounds a lot but i am still struggling...

Hi all, been doing really badly - put on 4 lbs this week. Spoke to my cdc as was thinking of doing slimming world but she recommended me to go up to the 1000 step as i still had some shakes left. Just had a boiled egg so am hoping this maybe ok for me? I just missed food so much and every...

well done you for not just coming off your diet completely!!! Slimming world is excellent and is how i lost my weight when i met hubby. To me it is a good diet if you are a quantity eater - which i totally am!! CD isn't a diet for life really but SW is. I am struggling very badly. In fact I...

Hi lost 1lb this week - although only did whole day from yesterday, gave up lunch time today cause i felt so bad with stomach cramps. Suppose it is hard for a tummy to put up with so much food then just have shakes. Really finding it hard to get back into which i am annoyed about as i lost 33...

Hi sleepybird, yes if you go to be weighed and don't buy any shakes they charge a £5 for the councellors time and the weigh in

Well done Bijoux!!! That is amazing through xmas you must be soo pleased :)

Hi, like others I am very broody but my periods have been all over the place since being on CD. I have a nearly 3 year old little boy and when i got pregnant i was about 16 half stone. I had nothing but problems, had to see a consultant due to my weight and ended up with gestestional diabetes...

Hey I have always been told that gum isn't allowed so i use breath spray and have done since day 1. I got a nice one in superdrug. I have also had one from asda ( there arent as many to choose from as you'd think) and it was awful!!!

Well, I am sitting here drinking my shake. Weighed on tuesday and decided i must start back that day. It is sunday now and only just back on it. Am cross with myself but everyday something happened to make me go off it. Had friends round last night and tried on all my clothes and had that...

Happy new year everyone!! Weighed yesterday and put on 6lbs in 2 weeks as didnt weigh last week:( back on it rigid tomorrow. love to you all

Hi ya, I have been exactly the same. I was ill the week before xmas so only wanted to eat toast therefore didnt do the diet. Then I decided to have a few days off over xmas - that is still the case!! Each day I say right tomorrow i will start the shakes. Ahhh!!! I am weighing on tuesday so...

Hi Lins and fellow weight losers Sorry not posted been poorly :( Havent weighed today have cancelled till next week. While i was ill or i wanted to eat was toast. When i started to feel better i strayed....as i still have a weeks worth of shakes and bars i cancelled today and gonna get weighed...

Hi All. stayed the same this week. Very disapointed as I didnt eat a thing over the weekend with inlaws but like i posted i was a wee bit naughty when i came home. Still cant believe that made me stay the same and hate to admit but i came home yesterday from my wi and didnt stop eating. Like...

Hi Sasha - Well done!!! Cant believe how much you have lost in a year! Can I just ask you said you had lost 11 lb after a restart, how long did you take off the diet? I am planning not to do it for most of the christmas week but then get back on it 100%. It would be great to lose a lot after the...

Hi YS I have been away at the inlaws all weekend and have just sat down and read through all the posts in the last fews days. I SOOOO relate to you. I am the same if i have anything naughty i think oh sod it today is a right off and i eat everything not nailed down. I have been away and helped...

Hey all, lost 4 lbs today - total 2 stone 6 lbs!!! Very very pleased x

Rebecca, Congratulations!!!! What a inspirational post and one i can relate to very well. I have had very bad health due to my weight. In the last 11 years that i have been with my husband i have put on 7 stone. I have had a bad back since i was 15 but being 17 and half stone did not help. It...

Hi all off to bed but in a good mood cause i have survived another saturday night!! I find that so hard with good stuff on the telly and my hubby eating pizza and garlic bread. Had 1 milkshake till tea time then had my meal, a mousse and a bar whey hey - feel stuffed! Night all and hope you too...

Hi ya, if you are pregnant then really pleased for you. Have to say though I have been on cd for 8 weeks and have had periods all over the place. If you aren't pregnant then i really do think it is a good idea to lose weight first. I dont know how much you weigh but when I got pregnant (...

Congratulations on the wedding to be!!!! At least you know that Wayne loves you for you and not cause you are slim. What a big incentive!!!! Mine is for a second back operation and another baby ( soooo broody ). I met Paul when i was about 10 and half stone - size 12 and got up to a size 22 so i...

Hi all, got weighed today after all the water flavouring problems i have had and lost 4lbs!! The cdc even gave me a free week as an apology. Really pleased as it has only been since thursday that i cut down on the drinks!! Good luck to everyone this week on your weigh in xx

Well done Sadsam26!!!!! Fantastic weight loss!! All i can say about the bullies or people that are generally fat phobic is that they are very shallow. I am very proud of the fact that people love me for me and that they enjoy my company. I feel so great when people laugh with me and that is...

Well done to you all - haven't posted much this week as been in a bad mood and didnt want to bring you all down too ha. I still read this thread every day though and love the fact that we are all here for each other through our gains and losses. Will be in touch again in the week. Have a good...

Hi Milena, I am very annoyed and what is worse is that because i was so fed up I ate ...loads. That greediness is still inside me ha ha. This morning i woke up feeling fat and uncomfortable again and as i write this i am having a shake and black tea - no water flavourings in site. Starting over...

Hi all, well spoke to cdc today and she rang cambridge. The allowance is 1 teaspoon per litre of water flavourings OR 1 teaspoon per 250ml of the veg - not both today. The mix a mousse is seperate and you can still have that every day. I have been going over my limit by about 5 times, got some...

Hi all - just an update, spoke to my cdc today who rang cambridge and you are all right. The allowance is 1 teaspoon of either the water flavourings or the veg and you can still have a mix a mousse. I have been having about 5 times that allowance and no wonder when i got the ketostix today i was...

well i just did it and completly beige - negative. Was on this site last night speaking to lots of people regarding the water flavourings, mix a mousse and veg flavourings. Apparently you cant have as much as you like - which is what i was told. I rang my cdc just now and she is ringing...

Hi all This is going to sound really thick of me but have just brought some ketostix and i can see the scale on the side but am i supposed to be at the negative end or the most positive? By reading the instructions it seems that they want you to be negative? Help please xx

i havent used the stix before, i asked my cdc about them and she said not to get them as i could become obsessed. Do u use them? I think i need to get some tomorrow x

can i just throw a question to you all.... i started a thread a few days ago saying how great the mix a mousse were and that got a big thread going about that, the water flavourings and the veg flavouring. Basically i have been having quite a bit and everyone is saying their cdc has told them...

Hi to you both - please please read the thread started by me titled mix a mousse as we are all having a massive chat on water flavourings!!!!!!!!!!! xx

I will let you all no tomorrow and may even post a new thread for others - although if she says its ok i'm not going to believe her?????

i have the malted toffee and the choclate, not keen on the others. She should def be giving me the correct info because she has seen how disapointed i have been , and it has never been a question that i have cheated - god i even thought she may have doubted as the scales dont lie!! Mind you she...

oh god - and forgot also about 3 cups of the veg flavourings every day , made up with a teaspoon of it every cup ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my god i am furious if thats the case as my cdc said i could have as much as i want. This week i only lost 1, ok last week 4 but only 3 over the previous 2 weeks. I was disapointed as i thought what is the point of shakes when i could lose it this slow on ww. On an average day i have 1 shake...

hi ya - not sure if its allowed in week one but all it is is a pot of power and you add one spoon to your shake mix and leave in the fridge for 10 mins. So nice to have a pudding. If you are in week one also ask about the water flavour crystals - both are lovely and also this week i brought the...

Hi Lindsay I think it is so brave of you to be so honest - and i feel for you , but am also really pleased you have found a good man now. Unfortunatley it is not uncommon and in my small circle of friends it has happened to two of them, one had 2 children one had none luckily. Why do these men...

Hi, please please can i join?? I got weighed today and lost 1 lb gutted!!! I am doing the ss+ and have lost 25 pounds in 6 weeks. I am currently 15 stone 10 and would like to lose 5 stone 10 - but 6 stone would be fab. As mentioned above i weigh in on a tuesday. Last week 15 11 this week 15. 10...

Hi all Gutted today, just been weighed and lost 1 pound!!!!! Ahhhhh!!!! To be having milkshakes and a small boring meal everyday that is very disapointing!!! came home and had about 5 biscuits and a packet of crisps!!! Now i am even more in a mood :( I drink 4 pints of water, weigh my chicken...

Hi Grrscout!! Good to hear from you!! Lost 4 this week totalling 24 so am hopeful for another 4 on tuesday to get my 2 stone. Have brought the mouuse and veg mix this week and both soooo lovely. Its nice to have a mousse for pudding instead of just drinking it and i brought the veg mix to...

Hey all, been on this diet for 5 weeks and only today found out about mix a mousse. I brought it from my cdc £4.15. I am on SS+ and had been having shake for breakfast and lunch and my meal and a bar for pudding. Don't know why but i feel better when i know i have a "pudding" to eat. Anyway this...

Hi ya, me again asking questions - i have already discussed with people about what to put on salad but what on earth do you put on veg? I am tonight having turkey and broccoli and cauli but its soooooo dry and i am really struggling. You cant have gravy so what do you all do ? Please help, I am...

The last 2 weeks i only lost 3 lbs and i have been rigid. We worked out that it was cause i wasnt having fat free dressing ( was having ww low fat ) and also cause i was having chewing gum - about 3 sticks a week!! I have given them up because i am not having shakes all week to only lose 1 lb...

it's amazing how the silliest of things puts on weight on this diet - as i have found with chewing gum and the wrong salad dressing whoops. xx

I ya yes i have been told tablets are ok too - but only one per drink!

hi, i am having exactly the same problem! I couldnt find any so used ww low fat dressing. After 2 good weigh ins i then only lost 3 lbs in 2 weeks, between me and my cdc we realised it was cause i was having chewing gum and also the dressing. I stopped both and lost 4 lbs in 3 days. I tried the...

I have definatly been staying off carbs and have been sticking to the chicken / fish as told in the book, this was just a treat. How do you know that you are going into ketosis within about 48 hours? Sorry if i am sounding thick xx

Hi all Does your cdc provide you with ketosis sticks? As i have only lost 3 lbs in 2 weeks my cdc gave me a bottle so i could provide her with a sample at my next weigh in (tuesday). Unfortunatly i had a chinese last night (sat) ahh i know how naughty i am but i felt in need of a treat as i have...

Well done for losing 80 lbs thats amazing!!! How long did it take you? I haven't really had any proper totm since i started so hard to say and i am def constipated - once a week, so have had to take laxitives. I def drink lots of water - love the orange crystals! Which stage are you at? I am...

i have a ticker but i cant update it cause i forgot the pin and apparently as they didnt ask for any prompt questions at the start they wont let you have it again. How rubbish is that!! If anyone knows how i can update it i would be really grateful!! xx

Keep me updated, we'll see if we have this so called "pattern" xx

Hi Leeds123. My cdc said some of her ladies have patterns and that could me my problem - and yours too? Its soooooo annoying as you think why bother having shakes etc etc but as you say 16 lbs in 5 weeks is good and i am looking at it that if i wasnt doing this diet i would probably put 16 lbs...

Do you know i bet that is right about the goats. You don't think that chewing gum would make you put on or not lose weight. Not one stick will pass my lips this week, i am going to buy the spray and try to find all the recommended dressings - you are all stars !!!!

Thank you all!!!! Really spurred me on and you are all doing so well too!!! Will keep in touch xx

Thanks Lellycd!! I will look out for the spray and i cant believe i never thought of the breath spray myself!! I am learning sign language at the mo and in class you have to be sat knees touching so thats the main reason i have gum. You too are doing so well!!! What stage are you at now? Thank...

Thanks for you advice, yes am def weighing my chicken and fish to the gram. I will try salad with no dressing (yuk) but if anyone knows of one i can use would appreciate it. Also what i forgot to put yesterday was i am using a herb on my fish and dressing as my cdc seems to think that is ok -...

Hi all Been on cambridge for 4 weeks now, first 2 on ss - lost 17 and last two on ss+. Honestly i have not cheated but in total the last 2 weeks only lost 3 lbs. My cdc told me to give her a sample next week and to carry on but so disapointed. I can definately tell i have lost weight and am...

I haven't as yet and like you , when i met my husband 11 years ago i was a size 12 and now i am a 20/22. The annoying thing was i had slimmed from a 20 to the 12 and of course when i met him it was meals out etc and it soon goes back on. I think some skin is bound to happen, but i had a baby 2...

Hi Bubloo and welcome! Lellycd is right about the first week being the worst as i found day 5 so bad i had a ww meal. I am now in my 4th week and cant believe how quick the time has gone - yes its boring but god it works. I am/was a person who ate all the time ( hense my 17.7 stone starting...

ps - does anyone know how to change your pin? Have forgotten it and cant change my ticker xx

Hey everyone how are you all? Have moved up to ss+ and its so much better. I have my shakes breakfast and lunch, have chicken/fish with salad/veg for tea and keep a bar for my pudding ha. Its working for me. Was very annoyed last week though, had my birthday and all i ate all day was a pasta...

Thank you for your advice!! Luckily i didnt feel hungry yesterday and i had 1 less shake to try and recoup some calories ha ha. Completlely back to normal today - just wanted to lose 4lbs to get my stone and half off - we'll see. Can't believe how quickly it shows, it really gives you that...

Hi, was my birthday yesterday and i was soooooo good - am on ss+ and wanted one meal for the day and was in a wetherspoons, ordered a pasta dish which was gorgeous. Couldn't finish it which was a first!!! Anyway to my point - have a chosen the wrong thing ketosis wise? Have been reading through...

Hi all, just had my weigh in and lost 4 lb, little disapointed but keep thinking that its 17 lbs in 2 weeks!! How is everyone going? I can't update my tracker because i forgot my pin ahhh!!! Keep going everyone xx

Thanks Debs, can't believe you have lost another 11 lbs in your second week thats amazing!! I am weighing in tomorrow but looks like i am on course for about 5 lbs. Have to say at first i was a bit gutted but thats mad! It would have taken me a few weeks to get that off in ww or sw. People have...

You are an inspiration!!! Your body is smaller but your smile is bigger!! Keep it up!! x

Hi Tracey, have to say that on day 5 i was also tearing my hair out starving. I was determined not to give up but i had to have one meal. I chose a sweet and sour weight watchers ready meal which had low calories. When I had finished the meal I have to say - it was not worth it. Not only the...

Thank you! You have done fab to have lost 1 stone 12 in 7 weeks!! I would be really pleased with that. Have fantastic is this diet, its a friday night my hub is eating burger and chips and i dont care!! Yeah!!!

Hi All My weigh in is tuesday lunch time. I am amazed by this diet! I lost 13 lb in my first week and so far i have lost 4 inches around my waist. Its unbelievable. I was an absolute pig before this and i can't believe i am on day 11 and not bothered by food. Obviously i would love a chinese or...

want to thank you all for your good advice - and for being there!! I would have replied sooner but to tell you the truth I didnt know how to find this thread again duh!!! Anyway I was over the moon to lose 13lbs in my first week and i have already lost 4 inches from my waist! That is what i...

Hi ya I am on week 2 also, day 3 how are you doing? Finding it so much easier than i thought especially now i have the bars as i did miss chewing ha :D Week 1 -13 lbs!!

i thought that ketosis was just something that kicks in in the first few days - a carb withdrawal and once you had been through it you wouldnt again?

not 100% sure about ketosis?

Hey all,am on day 6 of ss. Have put on about 6 stone since meeting my husband 11 years ago and have never felt so unhealthy and fat. Decided after doing all the diets that best thing for me was to take all food out of the equation. Last night however i felt soooo in need of food i ate. It was a...