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Well done! You're doing amazingly :) can't wait til I'm halfway there!

Well done you :). I maintained, as I said on the other thread, but much more optimistic about this week x

Sorry guys, totally forgot to let you know how I went on. I maintained, as predicted. I'm off work until Thursday this week, which is WI day, so I've got a bit more freedom with what I can make, and also I find I eat less when I'm not in work anyway. Hoping for a loss this week. Don't worry...

I just want to get weigh in out of the way tonight. I've got 5 days off work after tomorrow so I'll have a bit more freedom with what I can make. Hoping that will help to kick start me because I've gotten into the habit of eating very similarly from day to day.

Thanks, you too. Can't see it for me, my scales at home are still looking like a maintain x

Thanks GEM :) I know realistically it's just a phase and it'll be over soon but it's just so disheartening knowing you've been good all week and you're not getting the rewards for it. Weigh in, as you know, is tomorrow officially, so it might be a different story when I go to group, fingers...

I have the coconut ones with strawberries for breakfast, they're beautiful! X

Hi all. Does anyone else ever feel like no matter what you do, you've hit a wall and the weight just doesn't seem to be coming off? I've had a couple of weeks with little to no weight lost, and tonight (one day before weigh in) I weighed myself in my scales at home and I don't appear to have...

So I've weighed myself at home tonight, a day before weigh in, and I don't appear to have lost! I've been as good as gold, kept my food diary and made sure I'm within my syns limit. Drank plenty of water as well. If I haven't lost this week I am going to be a bit disheartened because this week...

Muller greek style yogurts 96p in Asda again, I believe the offer is on until 3rd June. Fill your boots before they go back up to 2 for £4!

My syns go on low-syn snacks whilst I'm at work and things like alcohol at the weekend. I may miss them, but I don't miss them enough to "spend" 9.5 syns on one.

The coconut and lime ones are back, Asda have them in.

I made the mistake of freezing the cappuccino ones once. Left them in for too long, and the yogurts themselves were rank anyway, frozen or unfrozen!

God I miss avocados :(

If I remember rightly, Joe's do low syn / syn free products but they stopped publicising the syn values of their products because of a court case with SW. So I'd be careful just in case they've changed their recipes and the syn values aren't up to date any more. Although, that said, the app...

Well done for getting back on it :) I'd really struggle to motivate myself to start again if I fell off the wagon completely, so you've done really well! Xx

You actually get 2 HeB's a day on SP, so you're definitely fine!

Thank you, and well done on your loss! How much have you lost overall now? Xx

It's really helped me so far. I realised that all the low syn things I have like hula hoop pufts and Alpen lights quickly mount up and have probably been putting me over my syns without me realising it. For the first 6 weeks I kept a food diary, but since then I think I've let things slip a bit...

Half on for me! One of those unexplainable, frustrating weeks where you stick to plan and yet the loss doesn't come. Hopefully I'll see it next week. I'm doing a food diary this week to take me back to basics and see where I'm maybe letting things slip a bit. Well done on your 2.5 off! :)

Our consultant was saying last week that the third speed is exactly as Green Eyed Monster said - only where it makes sense. Don't feel like you have to eat things that don't go together just to get your speed food in. If you eat it where it makes sense, I'd say 9 times out of 10 you'll manage to...

How are we all this weekend? I'm really hoping for my 2 stone award this week, but 2.5lbs is quite a big ask when I've generally been losing about 1.5 a week lately. Had a drink last night but have been 100% on plan other than that, so fingers crossed!

Congratulations! I agree with you about SP by the way. I make it to the end of the third day and can't cope anymore. I lost 1.5lbs tonight and got my Club 10! 2.5lbs to go til my 2 stone...

Well done for not being disheartened and going off plan because of it :) if you keep it up it will definitely show on the scales. I went out for a friend's birthday on Friday, had steak and chips to eat and drank way WAY too much. Spent yesterday struggling to keep anything down and sleeping...

I lost 1.5lbs. Not quite the 2.5 I was hoping for, but it'll do!

Good luck for your 2 stone award! I'm 5.5lbs away from mine so hopefully that'll be boxed off in the next few weeks! Got everything crossed for you :)

Having a decent week. Have had a beer or two most evenings and an ice cream here and there, but everything else has been on point. Weighed myself at home and I've definitely lost, dunno whether it'll be the 2.5lbs I need though. Knowing me it'll be 2, I always seem to stop short when I'm close...

Check the World Food aisle as well as it's often better value than Asda's own.

Haha I think I'd better go into hiding, everyone's gonna be putting on this week because of me!

It was probably a terrible idea to mention them on here, but they are too good to miss out on!

They are incredible. You've not been able to get them in this country for about 4 years, but this year Asda have them back in stock. The biscuit-y bit is all malty and soft. We found them on a trip to Asda after weigh-in, and I don't care how high your motivation is, you CANNOT just walk past them!

Hello everyone :) I've been on SW since the middle of January, and have lost 1 stone 8.5lbs. Aiming to have lost 3 stone before I go to Amsterdam on 28th June. My last weigh in before I go will be 25th June. I need to lose an average of just over 2lbs a week to hit this target so fingers...

For anyone like myself who scours the country with baited breath every summer for the elusive Maxibon, Asda have them in at 2 boxes for £3. 10 syns each but so, so worth it. The king of the ice cream world.

Does anyone know where Alpen Lights are on offer at the minute? Currently £1.99 a box in Tesco, thieving b*stards!

I love the coconut ones of these!

I had to have a word with myself last week, as I've been on and off since Easter and last week I had a gain. I needed that kick to get me back into it , and this week lost 2.5lbs. I think we all have a slump every now and again but you'll get back into it again :)

Where are all the Thursday weigh ins? I lost 2.5lbs this week. 2.5 to go til my Club 10 so going for the same again this week.

Well done Kay :). I put one on this week. My head really hasn't been in the game since we missed a week over Easter. Last week because the weather was nice we kept going for a beer after work which NEEDS to be knocked on the head. Not been out this weekend and done loads of housework and...

Congrats everyone on your losses :) I'm praying for anything this week as Friday night was a meal and lots of drinks out! Friday nights seem to be my downfall haha. But I suppose if I can't enjoy myself every now and again, what's the point?

Got my 1.5 stone this week :) so Club 10, then 2 stone. And I want to have reached 3 stone before I go to Amsterdam on 28th June. 12 weeks to go...

Well done! 1 off for me, and my 1.5 stone award! :D

He did indeed, he came and trapped it under a glass and took it outside. Once I'd stopped screaming... Yeah I think it's partly psychological cos I know I'm eating well so I feel good too. I felt horrendous from just a couple of days off plan before the weekend. Funny how we used to eat like...

I feel so much better these last couple of days, dunno if it's the long weekend or being back on the plan 100%, or both, but I like it! Also, just as I was writing this lovely positive post, I was laid in the bath all relaxed, and then a GIANT QUEEN BEE appeared from the corner of the room...

I'm doing alright so far, my bodyclock is all over the place with having the long weekend off work though, so there was a bit of late night snacking last night. All within my syns though so I won't worry too much about that :)

You've done so well! Enjoy your break, you've deserved it :) My weekend is going well thanks, started SP yesterday and stuck to it all day. I do find myself getting hungrier on SP, and having to eat more often, but I guess little and often can't hurt. We have no Easter chocolate in the house...

Yeah it was good, you need about half a cauliflower to get a decent portion though. I didn't microwave it as per the Slimming World recipe, I fried it in some low cal spray with a bit of salt, came out really nice. Covered it over and stirred it once every 3ish minutes until the moisture had...

Welcome :) hope things are on the up for you after your accident. Kathy's right about the forums, some of the things I post on here would bore other people to death ;) but here we all understand the excitement of being close to your next award or discovering an amazing new SW-friendly snack...

Hey all :) I'm giving SP a go, and I need some inspiration for low syn snacks. Not free snacks (unless they're Speed or Protein), low syn ones that I can use to make SP a bit more enjoyable. All suggestions welcome as I'm sure we all have our go-to snacks that other people haven't thought of!

The Special K ones are lovely. I have the double choc Alpen Lights and use 2 a day as my HEB. I don't buy HiFis as when Alpen Lights are on offer, they usually work out at a pound a box, so I can't justify paying the extra for HiFis. I have mine with my breakfast more often than not though and...

This is the best I think, if you don't mind tweaks. You can add whatever flavour you want and, providing you slice the potato extremely thinly, they're just as good as normal crisps. Also, one medium sized potato makes a hell of a lot of homemade crisps, so I personally don't agree that you...

My SP breakfast today was eggs and mushrooms, which I realise is only really useful on days when you're at home to cook it. At work, I have either an apple or some strawberries, a muller greek yogurt (synned) and my HEB of 2 Alpen Lights. If you're having your apple to get your Speed in then I...

My favourite snack/breakfast at the moment is strawberries with one of the muller greek style coconut yogurts, and I've been having it on SP days as the yogurt is synned and my consultant told me that's fine to do. I'm doing SP from today til Thursday when I weigh in and must say I feel better...

I've just read back through the thread and seen the post about not using syns on yogurts on SP days. That's the complete opposite to what my consultant told me at our SP-themed Image Therapy group last week...

I'd just like to add to my last comment that I have successfully made cauliflower rice on my first attempt :) although we only have a hand blender so trying to keep it in the mixing bowl was half the battle...

Haha very true! Hopefully we can both have a better week. I've been shopping so I'm all prepared and we're making a big chilli later. Had 3 eggs and 6 chestnut mushrooms for breakfast and I'm about to have strawberries and a coconut greek style muller yogurt, so far so good! Xx

Well done to both of you on your losses, you've done fabulously :). It's so nice how people support each other on here! I'm trying SP from today until Thursday to make up for a bit of overindulgence this week. Been shopping so I'm all prepared :). Anyone got any tips for low syn snacks? I've...

Have you tried the muller greek delight coconut & vanilla ones? They are AMAZING. Can't stop eating them.

Quick question - now that the Batchelors rices are synned, can you have them on SP and syn them? Like you can with the synned muller yogurts.

Well done GEM :). Not weighing in is proving difficult for me! I've strayed off plan much more than usual knowing I didn't have weigh in this week. I think I'm going to give SP a go from now til Thursday and see what I can do. Gonna go through the book and put some meal ideas together and then...

You're welcome :) it's particularly good when cooking bacon I've found. Emma x

Thanks Eloira and Wendolene, had a lovely evening out! Well done on your loss Wendolene, you must be so happy :) I'm in a similar position to you though, 1 off my 1.5 stone but no weigh in this week because of Easter! Very annoying!

Change of plan for tomorrow - we have a voucher that we got for Christmas for a deli restaurant that expires tomorrow, so we've booked a holiday week and are going using that instead...

We've stopped using Frylight since we discovered the Crisp & Dry spray. In 100ml, it has 2 more calories than Frylight, so I count it as free. It cooks SO much better than Frylight, particularly meat.

Definitely try it in chilli, gives it this aged smoky taste. We've just made a huge pot of chilli and got 6 meals (12 portions) out of it ready to freeze :D

Smoked paprika is amazing in a chilli. We use it as part of a rub for chicken too (i.e. just chicken breast pieces, not breaded), with celery salt, oregano, Franks hot sauce, lazy garlic, salt & black pepper.

Aw thank you :) I do hope so! Not ate much today (not on purpose, had a busy day of doing all our bulk food shopping) so hopefully that will help!

Welcome :) if you have any questions, just ask, everyone is so nice here x

Just so everyone's aware, because here and the Weight Loss Buddies thread are where I post the most, I'm changing my username to EmmaJH90 soon. My screen name was a quick decision when I was setting up the account and didn't expect to post as much as I do, so it's getting changed then you all...

Yeah I came to the realisation that no-one actually knows my name haha. I've requested to change my username to EmmaJH90 so hopefully that should be done soon :)

I'd have to look for some before photos, I was always careful about which photos I kept and which ones I deleted haha. When I drop my first dress size I'll definitely be going shopping and taking some new pictures to spur me on :)

They're really nice! I'm not a huge fan of grapes but they're really refreshing frozen.

I've just started reading the new magazine, and there's an article about where to buy low syn lunches. Worth buying if you don't already have it. Emma x

Well done Eloira, sounds like you're doing fab! I'm worried about this week's weigh in as we have to go on Tuesday rather than Thursday, due to it being Maundy Thursday so SW can't have the church hall as usual. I have a pound to lose for my 1.5 stone but lately I always seem to weigh heavier...

Thanks flashharry, how have you been getting on lately?

Celery salt is the key to a good spice mix for chicken. It's basically the ingredient that makes southern fried chicken so good. That, black pepper and smoked paprika make a lovely spice mix.

Sushi is a good option as it's generally 1-2 syns per pack. I'm the same as you, I like going out at lunch rather than sitting in the office. I've also been buying the roast chicken salad sandwich on wholemeal bread from Tesco lately, but I must stress that this is a little tweak I've allowed...

Thought of another positive. Every so often, looking in the mirror and noticing that your body has changed. I do this probably once every half a stone I lose. All of a sudden it dawns on me that my face looks thinner or my back fat is disappearing (so sexy. Haha). Tonight it was the area at the...

2lbs off for me too! 1lb til my 1.5 stone :)

Well done on your losses everyone :)

I've found it's extremely important to drink enough water and to get your 1/3 speed food wherever possible. If I don't do these two things, my losses are smaller. Also TOTM will undoubtedly affect you. Don't use it as a reason to quit.

This weekend me and my OH made a chilli and a tagine and have frozen them and had them for our teas in the week. Makes things so much easier with us both working full time :)

Ooh! And lazy garlic is a massive life saver if you are going to make pots of chilli etc.

Alpen Lights Hula Hoops Pufts (3.5 syns) Tinned tomatoes NAS Vimto Lean mince Chicken Mullerlights Frylight (Although we've been using the Crisp & Dry one lately as it's nicer, has the same calories, and is cheaper) Mushrooms Eggs We've started making a big pot of chilli and a big tagine at...

Alpen Lights 3 for £3 at Tesco. :)

I maintained this week and was a bit disheartened as I've not had a particularly bad week. I wasn't well last week though so I think once I've gotten back into my normal routine and started eating properly, my loss of 2.5lbs last week has probably evened itself out! Determined to lose this...

Thanks :) I should also point out that I put the 1.5 stone plus a whoooole lot more on after doing Rosemary Conley. I started it when I was 16, i.e. before I discovered alcohol, and then went to uni at 18 and...discovered alcohol.

I often have crabsticks or boiled eggs as syn free snacks. Or slices of pepper with some reduced fat houmous (synned) if I'm trying to get extra speed food in.

The main positive for me is that I never feel like I'm dieting. People ask me if I struggle and I can genuinely say I find it so easy to stick to. Don't get me wrong, I have my off days like everyone else, but syns make it possible to have an off day and still lose (another positive!). Most...

I've recently found out that Hula Hoops Pufts are only 3.5 syns which I believe is the lowest for any crisps?? I might be wrong but it's the lowest I've seen. I'm more of a savoury person than sweet and I eat a lot of crabsticks and boiled eggs as snacks as they're free. I also sometimes use...

Hello :) you'll be very welcome here, everyone is so nice. If you need anything or have any questions just ask. Good luck on your journey! :)

How are we all doing this weekend? I'm feeling pretty good so far, managed to limit myself to two drinks last night (Friday has always been drinking night in our house!), made a SW cooked breakfast this morning, and now we have a tagine simmering away for tea, and for teas in the week aswell...

Well done you! I maintained, was to be expected as I've had a couple of losses over the last few weeks that shocked me, so it kind of evens things out haha.

Not looking forward to it myself! Don't reckon I've lost this week xxx

It's still half a pound in the right direction, so well done :)

Totally agree with flashharry. It's important not to overthink it aswell, which can be difficult I know. They're just eating habits at the end of the day. Take it one meal, one food choice, at a time. All your good decisions will add up and you'll be at target before you know it, wondering why...

I 100% notice a difference if I don't drink enough. I'm on the contraceptive injection so I have a tendency to retain water if I don't drink enough. I just make sure I always have a pint of squash near me. I think my weight loss this week is partly down to drinking like a fish with all the...

3lbs til a stone and a half, Club Ten which is around half a stone away, and then 2 stone :)

The only advice I can give really is make sure you're drinking more fluid than you feel like you need (I get through so much NAS Vimto squash haha), and just keep at it and eventually your hard work will pay off. It may also be worth taking your measurements and checking for inch loss too. I'm...

When I was between my half stone and 1 stone awards, I had a really hard time losing any real weight, I was losing 0.5lbs a week at most. One week I even gained 0.5lbs when I'd been good as gold. For the last 4/5 weeks I've lost 2lbs a week at least, consistently, and I'm not doing anything...

Not totally better but getting there ish. Stupid flu! My boyfriend had it last week so I'm blaming him haha.

2.5lbs off for me this week so 1 stone 4lbs overall :) Hayley809 I'm trying to quote your post but the app won't let me for some reason. Sorry to hear about your dad, my mum had cancer at a relatively young age so I know how difficult it is to get through. The way I see it is, as difficult as...

I did something similar to that last week. I was having a crappy day in work and really wanted a creme egg. So I bought one, but also bought a proper SW lunch to have first. I didn't end up eating the creme egg. In fact, that was Wednesday last week and I walked around with it in my bag for a...

2.5lbs off for me. I'm genuinely shocked. I'll be ill every week if this can continue ;). 3lbs til my 1.5 stone award now :)

Congrats! It always means more to get a loss when you have a tough week and could have easily let it slip :) well done x

I'm not all that confident about tonight's weigh in. Had a big night out on Friday and have been off work sick yesterday and today so not in my normal routine, so can't see a big loss coming on. As long as I don't gain I'll be happy!

This is why I was reluctant to set a target at my first class. I've never been even close to a place where I'm happy with my weight so I have no idea what my target "should" be. I think I'm also going to go with the idea that as long as I'm within a healthy BMI I'm happy.

Not bad for your birthday week! I'm currently nursing a stinking hangover so need to get back on it & try for a good loss this week. 5.5lbs away from my 1.5 stone :)

I've had another heavy night of drinking last night, feeling the effects now! However, we didn't eat anything bad, no restaurants or takeaways, and we've had a low syn day so far today. And there's a chilli simmering away for tea tonight with lots of speed food in it so straight back on the wagon

Thank you :) Blades you're sooo close to target! Can't wait til I'm that close. How much have you lost overall?

Got my stone this week :D 1st 1.5lbs off in total!

2 off for me, so got my stone! I'm amazed after the weekend I had but it just proves you can pull it back if you try! So 1 stone 1.5lbs gone forever now :)

2lbs off this week so I've finally got my stone! 1.5 is my new goal

Just to add to this. I'm now 13.5lbs down and had my BP done at the doctors today, and it was significantly lower than the last time I went

I'm now 0.5lbs away from my stone, with weigh in on Thursday...wish me luck as the weekend was a heavy one in every way!

0.5lbs to go til my stone, weigh in on Thursday...fingers crossed! I have a new one to add. I went to the doctors today for my depo injection, and my blood pressure was significantly down on what it was 12 weeks ago when I had my last one . So my new target is to get my blood pressure to a...

Just a little bit of good news. Went to the doctors for my depo injection and they did my blood pressure, and it's significantly down on what it was 12 weeks ago when I had my last injection . Just a little positive thing to remind me why I'm doing this!

I love Amsterdam, it's my favourite city. We went a couple of years ago and have been dying to get back there since

Have you signed up for Slimming World or are you just trying to do it yourself? I only ask because you seem to have a lot of questions and I think it would be worth you signing up for online membership. You won't find the plan or a list of syn values etc posted publicly because it's against SW...

The title of this thread is extremely misleading. Blueberries are FREE, but they're not SPEED.

Congratulations! I've had a bad weekend. Well, a bad Friday night really. We had some friends staying and we went out for tea in Manchester. The plan was to go somewhere that does steak but one of my mates was unbelievably late so all the best places were too busy. So we ended up in Red Hot...

Well done you! I lost 2lbs which I'm thrilled about but also slightly annoyed because I needed an extra 0.5lb for my stone!

My OH makes the best chip seasoning, he's perfected it haha. Smoked paprika, celery salt, sea salt & oregano. And then a bit of salt & vinegar when they're done :)

Ha, no I don't think I'll be getting them from your shop, although any excuse for a trip to Australia! Thanks for the link, gonna have to get some I think :) apparently it's good on SW chips too.

No worries :) as you can tell I'm a huge advocate of buying your meat locally! Supermarket meat is rank in comparison to the meat we get from our place, and wildly overpriced.

Just had a look at your profile and seen you're from Nottingham, done a quick google search and found this: http://www.barlowsbutchers.co.uk/click-and-collect.asp There's also this and it looks like they have a stall in the market in Nottingham, these are pretty much the prices we pay where we...

Yeah like Makro. The one I go to is called Meat Mart, it's in Astley near Bolton (not sure where in the country you're based). There'll be something similar in your area or a butchers if you research it. It's all about buying in bulk and then freezing it in portions. I can honestly say I will...

I'm only 11.5lbs down but am already noticing that my clothes fit better. To put that into context, I have around 6 stone to lose. I instantly felt healthier when I went onto SW. It was the second week of January and I was feeling minging after overindulging over Christmas. Really sluggish and...

Stop buying supermarket meat. Bulk buy your meat at a cash & carry type place or butchers. You'll get a lot more for your money and better quality too. There's two of us in our house and we have meat at least once a day. We go to the cash & carry at the start of the month each month, spend on...

Definitely. The thing is I was giving it my all on the two weeks where I only lost half, but it's taught me that I can't change how my body behaves, and as long as I'm following the plan as best as I can, the losses will come.

Not posted on this thread for a while (sorry ). I'm now 2.5lbs away from my stone. Had a couple of disheartening weeks where I was on plan 100%, throwing SP days in, and only losing 0.5lbs a week. Went back this week with 2lbs off though which has made me feel massively better.

STILL working my way to my stone. 2.5lbs to go. I think this has taught me that I definitely can't rush my losses!

Mushrooms are brilliant in it too. We tend to just throw everything in haha. Yesterday we had chips (part potato, part parsnip), chicken breast with a rub on it, and peppers and mushrooms. Which would have all got thrown in but we ran out of room before the peppers and mushrooms

Thanks for your replies guys. It seems people on here have more common sense than the people in the Facebook group for my SW group . Your opinions pretty much match my own but I was led to believe that this was wrong. We haven't made the crisps much, we just thought maybe when we have friends...

I managed 2 and a half days before I started struggling. It's difficult when you're buying your lunches during the working week as you're pretty much left with the option of a salad and...that's it. I'd also started to get ratty, I need my carbs! Also I didn't see much of a weight loss, only...

I feel like this might have been a controversial subject to bring up ;). If there's nothing in the official literature surely they can't be that much of a big deal? I heard a woman at weigh in a couple of weeks ago say she'd had a smoothie every day for breakfast, and the consultant was like...

Parsnip chips done in the Actifry/oven with Frylight and a spice mix of your choice (ours is smoked paprika, sea salt, celery salt, dried chilli & oregano). They're so good and I'm not even a massive fan of parsnips.

I too enjoy seeing people who bullied others for being overweight gain weight themselves. I also think it's funny when they've had kids and their kids get bullied, and all of a sudden bullies are disgusting, horrible human beings. People really do have short memories don't they...

Just an update on Actifry recipes. Roasted parsnips in them are amazing as a subsitute for chips, and someone said in group this week that you can make crispy seaweed in it using kale (in the spirit of Chinese New Year).

I got into peanut butter and jam sandwiches in a big way before I started SW, and that phase hadn't passed yet, and now I crave them haha.

This is a good one. I used to "treat" myself to a takeaway on a Friday at the end of a stressful working week, which obviously isn't a treat at all in the long run. Now I treat myself to a good home-cooked meal and maybe a drink or two, and a nice lie-in on a Saturday. I've also heard of people...

Can someone help me with the concept of tweaks, please? I see them mentioned a lot on here but there's no mention of them in the book. Basically my OH and I discovered that you can make homemade crisps by slicing a potato extremely thinly, drying the slices out with kitchen roll, spraying...

When I started I was dying to get to the next milestone all the time. Hit half a stone after 3 weeks and I'm now on my 7th week. I wanted my stone by Valentine's day, but I had two weeks of only losing 0.5lbs per week, despite being on plan 100%. I'm now 11.5lbs down and I've realised that as...

I've discovered my love of crabsticks. Eat a bloody load of them in this house as we're both on SW. Particularly handy when we've had a drink and want to pick at something. I've also discovered that NAS Vimto and soda water is a brilliant replacement for full fat fizzy drinks, especially as I...

Just syn them and move on, you've got plenty of time to make the syns back up before Thursday.

Two down for me this week, 2.5 more away from my stone. Needed that after only losing half a pound the last two weeks running. It's weird, the two weeks where I only lost 0.5, I was super good and threw a few SP days in. The week that I lost 2, I'd been out for a meal in the week.

Did you sign up for the email? Our consultant ran out of vouchers in group and I'd really like some.

Bought 4 today to try and put two in the freezer

Not on here, I keep mine on paper. I only use the app for this site so I think it might be a bit of a ballache to type my whole food diary out on my phone. I intend to do one at some point but don't ever seem to get round to it.

Well done everyone! I lost half a pound last week and half a pound this week, which I'm not particularly happy about because I've stuck to plan to the letter, even thrown a couple of SP days in this week. My consultant looked over my food diary and said there's nothing massively wrong with it...

Apparently Barburrito do a burrito bowl which is everything except the wrap, so surely that should be low syn if you chose the right sauces?

Ah fair enough. Have a look at Red's though for if you decide to eat in town rather than at the Trafford Centre, well worth a visit. Not very SW friendly though ;)

I was just gonna ask if these are freezeable, I LOVE coffee ice cream so these might be the answer!

It is interesting hearing what everyone says because we obviously all have different reasons for doing this. I've found so far that the last thing I want is a takeaway. I felt instantly better when I started eating well on SW and I never want to go back to feeling like that.

I love Franks! We've been buying it ever since we had it on hot wings from Domino's. It's the best hot sauce around.

Go to Red's True Barbecue in Albert Square instead of Five Guys! Five Guys is SO overpriced and looks like a glorified McDonalds! If you want the best burger you will ever have, go to Red's. It's the best restaurant I've been to in Manchester. God I'm hungry...

That might be an idea. I've been doing SP on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week so been having Subway salads. Having some rice with tea tonight though, I need some carbs!

Ah I see, sorry I'd misread it. Either way, there's a lot of varying opinions for and against aspartame. One of which being that it would be very inconvenient to a lot of big companies (e.g. Coca Cola), if it was found to be unsafe... As other people have said, I'd rather use up a syn on a tsp...

We bought some nice ribeye steak at the weekend so we'll probably stay in and have it with a couple of glasses of wine

Whilst it may not have been invented as one, the following quote taken from that article is enough to make me avoid it: "Aspertame is neuropoison. It most likely kills the ants by interferring with their nervous system."

I've seen a few people post on here and say they've lost their motivation for one reason or another. So I thought it'd be a good idea if we had a thread where we could all post our ways of motivating ourselves whenever we feel that way. Then maybe one day, when you're not feeling too motivated...

Gosh you've been through a lot! You should be proud of yourself for using your experience to get to a positive result (i.e. your weight loss) for the sake of your children.

I don't think the cheesecake ones are free either, can't remember if they're half a syn or one syn each.

I weighed myself before and after eating one day last week just to see how much difference it made, and it put about 4lb on me. I do weigh myself during the week because I need an indication of how my week is going. I weigh in officially on Thursdays, and then I don't weigh myself until Monday...

Stevia isn't synned, I've just checked on the food search on the SW app. It's just a natural sweetener made from plants.

Another artificial sweetener, can't remember which one, is actually made from the top layer off tarmac. So yeah, even if you're not allergic it's worth avoiding them! Stevia *should* be okay for you as long as the one you buy doesn't have any other sweeteners added to it, as stevia itself is...

When are they officially out in shops? I went to Tesco yesterday hoping to get it but they only had the last one.

I did an SP day last week and had grapes in the morning cos I forgot they're not SP. I just carried on with SP regardless for the rest of the day.

I don't think it's bitter either, not half as bitter as artificial sweeteners anyway!

Have you tried stevia? It's a natural sweetener. I avoid artificial sweeteners like aspartame (given that it is ant poison) but stevia is made from plants. Maybe you could use it for baking?

Congrats!

Only a half pound loss this week, so I have my work cut out for me to make it to a stone at next weigh in! Gonna do 3 SP days and hope it makes a difference

Welcome! Well done on your loss so far, that's a massive achievement. How much are you aiming to lose?

Thanks ☺. Speaking of fizzy drinks, I used to drink a lot of coke, and have replaced it with NAS Vimto squash and soda water, which I'm actually enjoying more than I enjoyed coke.

I'm struggling with this at the moment. I recently went into the contraceptive injection and it's basically star week on and off constantly whilst my body gets used to it and the hormones settle down. I've had erratic weigh ins though, like a big loss and then the next week either a tiny loss or...

I would highly recommend cutting down your carbs, particularly pasta. In my opinion (and I'm not saying it's like this for everyone), pasta is as bad as white bread when it comes to preventing me from losing weight. I'm a bit similar to you, lost 4lb in the first week, put half a pound on in...

We avoid supermarket meat like the plague. We go to Gabbott's Meat Mart in Tyldesley near Bolton and stock up on meat for the month, best quality and cheaper than supermarket meat. I've been trying (and failing) to find a local greengrocers so we're still buying fruit and veg and everything...

Forgive my ignorance, but what's the scan bran challenge? I've seen it mentioned a few times on here. I have also...er...slowed down since starting SW.

I'm more towards Piccadilly Gardens so I usually end up in M&S or Tesco, it does get very boring though!

I have trouble with work lunches, mainly because I'm disorganised and don't take food with me! I end up wandering aimlessly around the middle of Manchester looking for something that resembles a syn-free lunch. Even worse on an SP day as well!

Thanks Kathy, going for a big loss this week with a few SP days thrown in! You'll lose next week green eyed monster once your lady problems are gone! Speaking of which, I recently had the contraceptive injection and my cycle is currently all over the place, which may be a contributing factor to...

I don't honestly think they're a must have for most people. We got one because our oven is broken for the foreseeable future and it allows us to have syn-free chips. It's very useful for us but I'm not sure how useful others would find them.

We're doing chips and meatballs in it tonight :) I also only use Frylight rather than the oil. I might try a proper recipe in it this weekend.

Thanks so much for all your advice and encouragement :) it's really helped. I lost half a pound so it looks like my damage limitation of 2 SP days worked! I'm 5lb away from a stone now and would love to get the bulk of that off this week. I think I need to take more notice of speed food...

I only have the healthy extras that I can "grab and go" like Alpen Lights etc. I've already stopped having pasta because I think pasta being unlimited is utter rubbish. I've done an SP day today and I'm doing one tomorrow in the hope that I can salvage this week (I get weighed tomorrow night)...

Well our oven is broken until we can get a new one which is part of the reason I got one haha. I've seen people say they hardly use their oven now they have one so thought it'd make a handy replacement for now. They take 40 minutes to do fresh chips with no par-boiling which is surely about the...

I'm struggling a bit this week. I've been within my syns overall for the week but I've just weighed myself and I'm the same as last week. Gonna try my first SP day tomorrow to give me a boost before weigh in on Thursday. Does anyone have any tips for why I wouldn't have lost weight if I'm...

That is a good idea, I'm going to try it once I've been food shopping. Can you do chillis and things like that in it?

I'm pretty sure this thread already exists, but I can't see it anywhere! We've bought an Actifry tonight and made syn-free chips in it, very impressed! But I wanted to know what else you use yours for? Anyone got any good tips or recipes?

I'd talked about joining for about a year. After eating and drinking far too much over Christmas I felt absolutely vile. And my OH had just been told by his doctor that he was verging on having an obese BMI, so I knew he'd come with me. It just seemed like the right time after talking about it...

The only reason I'm spending more is because I'm not organised enough to take lunch to work haha. So whereas before I'd grab a sandwich or a Greggs for a couple of quid, I'm now going into M&S and spending 5/6 quid. But like I say, it's worth it when you get on the scales and see the numbers...

Just an update on this - I've found over the last week that M&S have some brilliant low-syn lunches, like the salmon & potato salad or the beef teriyaki bites. They also do some marinated prawns with sweet chilli dip, which I had along with their new potato, egg & tomato salad bowl. All of those...

Green eyed monster is right to be fair. If it's just a money thing, ask yourself if your weight and health are more important than money. That's how I see it because I do find I spend more on food than I did previously, and obviously on my subscription itself, but it'll be worth it in the long run.

Hi guys, just thought I'd bump this post back up rather than start a new one. Thinking of getting an airfryer as we're currently without an oven and don't know when we'll be able to have it fixed. I just wondered how often you all use yours and how useful they are once the initial novelty wears...

Why don't you try going it alone for a couple of weeks and see how you do? Like a trial period. And then if you start to see a decrease in your losses, and you think that's the problem, you can sign back up. I use these message boards for motivation in a morning, so that could replace the...

Half stone done! I'm 8.5lbs down overall. My next goal to replace that one is to get my stone award by Valentine's Day, so two more weigh-ins. Fingers crossed

Well done everybody :) same again next week I hope!

How did Thursday WI go for everyone? 5lbs off for me, making 8.5lbs in total :D

Thank you! Did you WI?

Big fat 5lbs off for me this week, making 8.5lbs in total :) very very happy with that. And my only change from last week has been no pasta.

Well done Pootle! Siobhanh if you need any help sticking to it just post here and I'm sure someone will know the right thing to say! Maybe getting through week 5 100% on plan should be a mini goal for you? Then you'll make a conscious effort to achieve it? Welcome saraphoenix :) you're at the...

I'm weighing in tomorrow and predict a 4 or 5lb loss, and the only thing I've done differently after gaining half a pound last week is not ate pasta. Not cut any other carbs out, just pasta. Worth a shot if you're struggling.

I weigh in on Thursdays too, can I play?

Usually have Alpen Lights for my HEXB & save one of them for in the evening, and eat that when I feel like I want some chocolate. OR have a bit of what you want and syn it. I had 4 Roses chocolates tonight but synned them and I'm still not over my syns for the day.

Out of interest, how much pasta are you eating? In my second week, I put half a pound on despite sticking to plan 100%. The only thing I've changed this week is I've stopped eating pasta (as an experiment to see if I'd lose weight). I get weighed officially on Thursday, but my scales at home say...

Ahh I'd love that too. I've got 5 already, I'd have one in a place that I'm scared to get one now, like on my thigh. It'd take too long to tattoo my thigh at the minute with the size of them ;)

That's an amazing loss, regardless of how much you have to lose! You should be very proud :) welcome!

I'm on the EE plan. Can't wait to be able to find it easy to shop for jeans! Funny how something that a lot of people take for granted is such a big deal :) xx

Not too much of a disaster at all! This is why I like Slimming World, because you can have an off day and still make up for it. I usually have anything between 20 and 30 syns on a Friday and I've always made up for it by the end of Sunday. Siobhanh, hope you're feeling better & back on plan soon.

That's what your syns are for though! Just try and have less syns every other day this week and you should still lose :). Depending on which ones you had they probably add up to around 30 syns, so if you have no syns one day you've already made up for it. That's how I look at it if I have a...

Want my half stone award on Thursday. My OH and I decided that we're going back to Amsterdam (our favourite city) for my birthday at the end of June, and it would be amazing to have lost 3 stone before then. 2.5 stone in 5 months is do-able, right? Longer term, I want to get out of...

Hi Pootle, well done on choosing a proper weight loss plan and not a fad! I'm feeling good today, my scales at home tell me that this week when I weigh in on Thursday I SHOULD get my half stone award, which I'd be over the moon about after my gain last week. How's everyone else's day been?

Hey, I'm Emma and I'm new here. Hope you don't mind me gatecrashing :). I've been on the plan for 2 and a half weeks. Thursday is my weigh in day. First week I lost 4lb and was over the moon, second week I put half a pound on and was completely confused as to why, as I considered myself to...

Thanks Kathy :) already finding these boards so helpful, it's good to have something like this to help keep you on track.

Dollygirl92, do you make SW bbq sauce or buy it? If you buy it, where can you get it from? Thanks :)

Tonight we had spatchcock chicken (skin removed), mushrooms, peppers and spinach. Even before SW we mainly ate some form of meat and veg/salad for our teas, so it's the one thing I haven't struggled with! Been having loads of omelettes and changing what goes into them every time. A good tip...

This is a great thread! It's not something I've thought about so far but it's good to have something in mind for motivation. Mine will likely be clothes as I hate buying them at the minute. The feeling of being able to go into a shop and buy anything I like will be amazing. Also a holiday...

I honestly had no idea what my target should be, as I've never been anywhere near the weight I want to be. I asked my consultant for advice and he asked what the lightest I've been in my adult life is, which was when I was on Rosemary Conley and got down to around 12 stone. So I set that as my...

I think I'm gonna try a Subway salad tomorrow. M&S is a good option for me too as there's one close to where I work. I've seen those beef teriyaki things before. Just something I should probably mention - if we're talking about things to make at home and take with me like in chocko1's post...

Forgot to mention as well, I have Alpen Light bars as my hexb, so I'll have one with breakfast, and have my second one as a snack later in the day. Almost went for the chocolate earlier but had a toffee mullerlight and a double chocolate Alpen Light instead.

I'm a newbie too! I'm Emma, 25, currently living in Manchester but originally from Wigan. Me and my partner joined together as we could both stand to lose some weight (me more than him!). So I've been on SW for 2 and a half weeks, lost 4lb in my first week, and gained 0.5lb in my second...

They're not for everyone, but I've been eating a lot of crabsticks since starting SW. Other than that, boiled eggs, mullerlights, gherkins. I do struggle a bit as our oven is currently broken so I can't do vegetable crisps or syn-free chips or anything like that. Just having to improvise at the...

On-the-go Lunches Hey all. I'm new here so hi, I'm Emma, I've been on Slimming World for 2.5 weeks. Lost 4lb in my first week and gained 0.5lb in my second week. Obviously disheartened by the second week, as I stuck to the plan and kept within my Syns. However I did start eating big portions of...

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