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I also made the switch from SW to CC a few months ago. :D I originally lost around 4st on SW about 5 years ago, for a holiday, then left SW and put it straight back on afterwards! :rolleyes: About two years ago I then joined SW Online (since I hated the groups) and managed to (slowly) lose...

6st still to go for me but the weight loss is steady so I know I'll get there. :D

In my life I've been on more diets and "weight loss fads" than you can imagine. Calorie counting is literally the ONLY thing that has been easy, reliable and effective. I've lost 2 and a half stone since December. It would have been a fair bit more but . . . Christmas! :rolleyes: The things...

Hang in there. Changing bad habits doesn't happen overnight. :)

Yep, MFP is great isn't it! Sooo easy to log everything. It's really made me sort my portion sizes out, which were out of control even when I did SW. We're staying in a villa in the Four Corners area this time. Last time we were further south east, in Kissimmee, so much closer this time! I...

I'm using MyFitnessPal for the calorie counting and it works really well. Exercise-wise, I live out in the countryside so get out for a walk with the dog most days. :D

2lb loss this week. :D Still finding the calorie counting insanely easy. I'm quite often finding that I'm under my daily calories and end up having a glass of chocolate milk or fruit juice in the evenings. I don't want to lower my calories just yet though as it does let me go a little crazy...

Just wanted to update this post to say that I've finally put SW in the bin and switched to calorie counting and it's the best decision I've ever made. I've never enjoyed SW. It's restrictive, makes people "syn obsessed", pushes it's own brand products, doesn't help with portion control and is...

Hi! I'm Lisa. I've been floating about on these forums for a couple of years now, as I've been doing Slimming World on and off. However, I've never really got on with SW. From a truly awful consultant when I tried a group to see-sawing on my own as an online member, it just never really...

Welcome in. :D I often have a handful of nuts as my HeB. :) There are lots of options.

I've been slacking putting my food diaries on here but the last week has been 100% on plan, if not quite the best meals in the world. OH has been working late and eating at work and I can never motivate to cook properly when it's just me. One night was even just a plate of spicy potato wedges...

OH is working late again tonight but I'm going to cook a full meal anyway, and just have half for lunch tomorrow. I always eat badly when I'm doing food just for me, like having a plate of spicy wedges for dinner last night! :rolleyes: Weigh-in this week: STS Urgh. I'm blaming Sunday and being...

Yay I survived the bank holiday weekend! I was 100% on plan all days except for Sunday, which I'd pre-planned not to be, due to being in London for the day. The MCM Comic Con on Sunday was fantastic. OH and I go to a lot of cons every year but it was our first time at this particular one (they...

Welcome in! :classic_big_grin: You clearly know the plan works so hopefully hanging out here for a bit will help you get your head back in the game. :classic_smile:

Welcome back and good luck! :classic_big_grin: It really does help when your partner is on board. :classic_smile:

Those numbers are only for people subscribed to SW Online and so we put in our weight every week ourselves. Which is why I call BS. :rolleyes:

I can relate to this on so many levels. I went to group a few years back to lose weight for a holiday. It was my ONLY local group (I live fairly rural) and the consultant was AWFUL! She was so condescending and spoke to people like they were toddlers and was completely lacking in people skills...

It's this page on the website: https://online.slimmingworld.co.uk/inspiration-and-support/hall-of-fame.aspx

I've been a SW Online member for the last year or so. I prefer it to going to groups and it works well for me mostly. I have a couple of issues with it though and the "Hall of Fame" bit is one of them. I'm very sure people "fluff" their results here as the slimmer of the week is constantly full...

Food for today: Breakfast: Smoothie: Bananas, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (HeA) Lunch: Egg and bacon roll (HeB + 3 syns for marg) Dinner: Tandoori fish and saag aloo (2 syns for yogurt) Snacks: Fruit, 3 x herbal tea with honey (3 syns) Total syns: 9

Well done, that's awesome!

Food for today: Breakfast: Smoothie: Bananas, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (HeA) Lunch: Leftover pasta (3 syns) Dinner: Friday night fakeaway: Homemade beef burger on wholemeal roll (HeB) with SW chips and salad (2 syns for marg, 1 syn for chilli sauce) Snacks: Fruit, southern comfort &...

Every recipe those boys create is perfection! My BF gets so excited when I say I'm doing one of their recipes for dinner! :eating:

Weigh-in this week: 2lb loss:classic_big_grin: I'm happy with that! This coming week should be good for staying on plan except for Sunday. On Sunday we are down to London for a comic con. It's going to be a long day and meals will most likely be grabbed there. I'm going to try and keep syns...

Good luck! :classic_big_grin: We have similar weight loss journeys (fertility treatment aside). I started at 112kg and my goal is around 63kg. I have an overseas holiday next year and my wedding October the year after, so doubly motivated! :classic_smile:

Huge difference, well done!

Thanks! :) Food for today: Breakfast: Smoothie: Oats (half HeB), hazelnuts (half HeB), banana, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (HeA) Lunch: Cold chicken & veg skewer kabab Dinner: Pork schnitzel, potatoes and sauerkraut (11 syns for breadcrumbs and marg) Snacks: Fruit, 1 x herbal tea with...

I'm an online member too so hi! :) 7kg over 6 weeks is actually a brilliant loss so you should be really pleased with that. 1kg/2lbs a week is the considered acceptable, healthy amount to lose. Some "fad" diets might let you lose more but they aren't sustainable long term and not particularly...

I've had to start doing SW lactose free over the last few months too and I'm only just getting to grips with it. I often had almond milk previously simply because I like it but now I'm limited ONLY to lacto-free (or dairy free) products, not many of which are SW-friendly. I've also not had any...

Spent a lovely weekend pottering about in the garden. OH mowed and trimmed the hedge and the garden looks a bit more presentable now (we plan to landscape it later this year). It's so much nicer sitting outside in a neat garden! Not to mention that our garden is always on show as we live next to...

Forgot to mention that I've also bought myself a treadmill. Not super fancy but it's electric and is great for walking or (as if) slow jogging. I have it in the living room where I can either turn it towards the TV or outside so I can look at the view of the river. Of course, I only had it a...

Okay, doing Slimming World when lactose intolerant is NOT that easy but I think I finally have a handle on it. The Bad News: HeA - none of my lactose free products can be used as HeA, according to the SW website. I imagine this is because they do not come in low-fat versions but I have emailed...

Fruit is full of sugar and can definitely be over-consumed. Generally what you're eating looks good so the only thing I can suggest is maybe cutting portion sizes down a little and just having a little less food on your plate at mealtimes.

That is a LOT of syns just for a breakfast shake! You could have a lovely cooked breakfast, even a fry up for 0 syns, and save the syns for some snacks at night. Alternatively, on SW, if you make a homemade veg smoothie it's completely syn-free. Fruit in homemade smoothies "should" be syned...

Welcome in and good luck! I do SW from home too. :)

Fantastic, great job guys! :D

Just bumping, to see how progress is going on this? :)

Oh hey! Great to see you're back. :) I'm pottering along. Not really losing but holding a steady maintain, which is something. Trying to get my head back in it so I can start losing again!

Craftermary took the time to link you a very good blog that has loads of SW friendly recipes on it. Maybe have an actual look at that?

Sorry to be blunt but your OH sounds rude and nasty. A nice, loving, supportive partner doesn't make comments like that. You deserve better than to be with someone who thinks you are embarrassing.

Just wondering if there are any updates on the avatar stats coming back? Really missing that! :(

Did you get all the books from SW? They should send those out to you when you sign up online. They will be a huge help with regard to healthy extras and syns. Also, if you go to the "shop" section on the SW website they have a lot of really fantastic recipe books. I have quite a few of them...

Well done on reporting this! I went to a group with an incredibly bad consultant at one point. She had no people skills or tact, was super condescending and was the absolute worse role-model ever as she put on weight faster than the group lost it. By the time I left the group she was larger than...

Well done!!

Well done and nice NSV there too! :D

Welcome in! :D

I'm an online member too and yes, I do use the website quite a bit. For syns, recipes and motivation it does help.

Hello. Still here and pottering along. I am almost completely lactose free at the moment (still eating dairy but the lacto-reduced/free brands) and I'm feeling a lot better for it. I am still not a 100% sure that's what was causing me to be unwell but I have a doctors appointment next Friday to...

Instead of having a "pig out night" have you tried using your syns to rather have a small treat every evening? That's maybe something to work towards as it's a healthier approach (both mentally and physically). It's taken me a long long time but I'm finally at a point where I can leave food on...

I hated my group so I've been an online member (which is pretty much going it alone) for the last year and have lost 3st in that year. That's with still having a life, meals out, holidays etc. Slow and steady but I'm happy with that. If you know what you want then getting there is just a state...

Sounds like you are unlucky in finding a rubbish SW group. :( I had a similar experience . . . there are people running some of these groups that are utterly useless. My experiences have insured that nothing would convince me to set food in another SW group ever again and now I'm a happy online...

I don't touch the stuff myself but I know a LOT of SW members rely on mug shots for snacks so thought I'd give a heads-up. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/shock-slimming-world-reveals-free-14031506

Weight loss this week: 2 lbs Pleased with that. I've actually been really sick over the last couple of weeks. It wasn't just TOTM like I thought. At first I thought it might be a bug but then I realised I'd been suffering from bad gas and nausea on and off for the last few months really. The...

9lbs is amazing, well done! :D

Glad you're enjoying SW! I did Lighter Life years ago and, although I lost a lot of weight, I felt awful (and looked like I'd aged 10 years!) so I'm much happier doing SW. Even if it is a bit slower, it's worth it! If you're actively exercising, especially with weights, I will say this . . ...

Well done, he's gorgeous! :)

TOTM hit last night, a few days late but definitely why I've been feeling so sick and bloated the last week. Probably didn't help with my weight gain yesterday either. I already feel less bloated, it's funny how that happens almost straight away. Food for today: Breakfast: Smoothie: Bananas...

Weigh-in this week: 1.5lb gain :oops::( Aaargh. I was really hoping for a maintain but that goes to show what a weekend off plan can do. I know from experience that one "bad" meal a week (even a takeaway) doesn't effect my losses too much but a whole weekend? Ain't no one getting away with...

Welcome back! :)

Food for today: Breakfast: Oats porridge (HeB) with milk (HeA), fruit and honey (2.5 syns) Lunch: Skipped as breakfast was late and still not feeling 100% Dinner: Blackened chicken and spicy potato wedges (6 syns for mayo) Snacks: Fruit Total syns: 8.5

I know this is an oldish thread but I have a perfect Carbonara recipe that is really yummy! For the sauce I use 2 eggs, about 5 big tablespoons of low fat/fat free creme frais and a little grated parmesan.

According to syns online, they are both free! :D

I've banned literally every non SW friendly food from my house so if I want to eat I pretty much have to cook something. The one exception being fruit, so that's my go-to on the rare occasions that I need a snack. :)

I generally don't snack (or eat much processed food) so I've never had a mugshot . . . but I would imagine that if it came down to the choice between really bad snacks like crisps then the mugshot is going to definitely be the better choice. :)

Just to add . . . I've had a few experimental sessions and you "can" make the SW pasties/pies with the BFree wraps but they don't stick together nearly as well, even with an egg wash. They still taste quite nice though! :D

Thank you Jules. :) My philosophy is just to take one day at a time. Slip-ups happen but it's the not giving up that counts. :) And speaking of slip-ups, this weekend was a write off, as expected. The house move took WAY longer than we expected. Daughter was still packing on Saturday morning...

What a fantastic start, well done! :D I don't use snapchat but good luck with your journey. :)

Well done, you're doing awesome! :D

Well done, you're doing great! :)

Good luck! If you've done it once I'm sure you'll nail it this time around too! :)

Welcome back and good luck! :)

Food for today: Breakfast: Smoothie: Bananas, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (HeA) Lunch: Banana and egg pancakes with some honey (2.5 syns) Dinner: Friday night fakeaway: Homemade beef burger on wholemeal roll (HeB) with SW chips and salad (2 syns for marg, 2 syns for chilli sauce) Snacks...

Well done on the loss and your one stone award, it's such a great feeling! :D

It's cold and wintery today, I have totm approaching and I'm happy that I've lost weight this week so I've decided I'm having a comfort food day and am going to blow all my syns (something I don't normally do). Might be a bit sparse on the speed foods today but it will still be on plan. :)...

Weight loss this week: 1.5 lbs Another loss! :bunnydance: I really feel like I have my head in the game at the moment. I'm super motivated and determined to lose as much as I can before December. The next week, apart from Saturday, should be free of distractions. On Saturday we're helping our...

Well done on the loss, you're doing fantastically well! :D I do this fairly regularly. I think as long as you are accurate with the measurements it's fine. :)

I actually used to find it harder when I worked in an office. Sitting at a desk just made me starving, especially when everyone around me just grazed constantly! Not to mention the snack machines. I work from home now and I'm lucky if I even remember to have my meals on time and hardly ever...

I use the BFree wraps as they are also a HeB. Like you, I've been looking EVERYWHERE for the Weight Watchers ones. The Tesco website says they sell them but I have a Tesco superstore near me and even they don't have it!

I have this air fryer: And it's bloody brilliant! It definitely hasn't been one of those gadgets that get bought and used once. I really do use it a lot. :)

Food for today: Breakfast: Waffles with grated apple and honey (HeB & 2.5 syns) - http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/classic-belgian-waffles Lunch: Smoothie: bananas, almond milk (3 syns) and cocoa (1 syn) Dinner: Leftover slow-cooker lasagne (HeA) -...

Well done! :D

Well. Last night did NOT go as planned! I went to reheat the lasagne I'd taken out the freezer that morning and it was still frozen solid! :eek: Clearly my kitchen isn't warm enough for defrosting. We then spent a panicked few minutes digging in cupboards to find something else we could do. I...

Forgot to do yesterdays food. Meals were all on plan but ended up going over syns. Mostly on coffees. One of my bad weaknesses. OH drinks a lot of it and when he's home on weekends that encourages me to drink more. I usually stick to one "treat" cup a day but yesterday I just carried on and had...

Food for today: Breakfast: Nothing (slept in :p ) Lunch: Hard boiled egg on wholemeal roll with salady bits (2 syns for marg) Dinner: Homemade chicken curry Snacks: Fruit, coffees (HeA + 4 syns) Total syns: 6

Food for today: Breakfast: Smoothie:2 Bananas, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (most of HeA) Lunch: Banana and egg pancakes with honey (2.5 syns) Dinner: Friday night fakeaway: Homemade beef burger on wholemeal roll (HeB) with SW chips and salad (2 syns for marg, 3 syns for chilli sauce)...

Nice! I'm all about the sci-fi so going to comic cons is something I do rather a lot lol :rolleyes::D

Bread and fizzy drinks for me. I hardly eat much bread now at all, which is extremely hard as previously I loved eat AND making it. Baking bread was one of my favourite things to do. :( I've told myself that once I've hit goal I'll make one rustic loaf on the weekends, for OH and I to eat, and...

That's more or less what I've heard about the lemon in water too. Partly for taste, partly as a detox, partly for vitamin C. I know for a fact that on weeks where I drink a lot of water my weight loss is always bigger. One glass is a whole lot better than NO glasses! Our bodies need fluid...

My advice would be to stay well away from any kind of diet pills. Half they time they are just a money making scam and at worst they can actually be a health risk. Those ones that absorb fat? IF they actually work then that would be bad for you as your body NEEDS some fat to function. The pills...

I think what you've been told is most likely the reason. Most people lose a lot their first week because they are going from eating absolute junk like takeaways, chocolate, crisps and often a lot of alcohol too. That makes for a drastic change of diet and it usually shows. If you have already...

Weight loss this week: 2.5 lbs Pleased with that as it got me my 2.5 st award! :bunnydance: I've not had a perfect week but I have been drinking a lot of water so I guess that helped. :) I really really must try and find the time to put my meals on here. I do scribble everything down in a...

Welcome in and well done! :D

Welcome to SW. :D I haven't done the Cambridge diet but I HAVE done Lighter Life. It was probably the worst decision I ever made too. I lost a ton of weight, felt like s**t, looked like s**t (like I'd aged 10 years) and pretty much became a recluse as it was impossible to socialise or go...

Looking at your profile pic, I just have to ask, are you a fellow comic con addict? :D

Maybe start putting your daily meal plans on here? Someone might be able to spot where you could make some changes. :) How is your water intake? Also, if you are doing pole then that is quite a workout, it's both cardio and strength training, which will be making a huge difference to your shape...

Well done!! :woohoo:

I've updated my first post goals now too. I find it really keeps me focused, with lots of short-term goals and some longer term ones too. :D 1. Christmas 2016 - Seeing family, currently a lot bigger than last time I saw them. (Hit this goal with a 1 stone loss) 2. End of May 2017 - Mini break...

Hey guys. I'm still here and on it. Not been having much time to pop on here and do menu plans but all meals and syns have been staying on plan. Slow and steady, as always. I'm 2lbs away from my 2.5st award so I really want to push for that next week! AND I'm now under 16st!! Wooo! :D I'm also...

You're doing fab, well done! :)

Good luck! :D You have a major goal to focus on, which does make sticking to it a bit easier! :)

Welcome in and good luck! :D

We've all been there. It can be soooo hard to stay on track sometimes. :confused: What I find works for me is setting small goals. Usually a function or an event that I want to be slimmer for . . . it can be anything, from night out to a wedding to a holiday, and it makes it a lot easier as it...

Bank holiday weekend. We're not doing much as OH is busy with some DIY in the garden. We do have a Christening tomorrow though. Being a holiday weekend and due to the fact that our garden is a mess/building site with no real useable outside area, I'm doing a "fake" BBQ for dinner (cooked...

Food for today: Breakfast: Smoothie:2 Bananas, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (most of HeA) Lunch: Banana and egg pancakes with honey (2.5 syns)* Dinner: Friday night fakeaway: Homemade beef burger on wholemeal roll (HeB) with spicy wedges and salad (2 syns for marg, 3 syns for mayo, 1 syn for...

OMG! A SW hash brown pizza recipe! :woohoo: http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/syn-free-hash-brown-waffle-pizza I'm definitely going to try this!

I attempt to add my meals to my diary (the link in my sig). I don't do it every day but I do try to do it regularly.

The consultant makes or breaks the group. The consultant I had at my group was bloody awful. Sooo condescending, complete lack of tact and just generally useless. It was quite funny when a 2nd SW group started up in the same town and people started leaving the group in droves to go to the new...

Just realised that I'm super close to being UNDER 16st so that's my goal for this week, to get into the 15's! :D

Weight loss this week: Maintain Poo. I half expected it as I've been feeling soooo bloated this week. Think star week is close as I've been really hungry and am craving all sorts of bad things. Also had a sneaky burger king for dinner on the weekend, as OH and I were out buying DIY stuff and...

Welcome in. Setting goals is definitely the way to go! :)

Menu for today: Breakfast: Fruit salad Lunch: Smoked salmon on wholemeal roll (HeB) with Philidelphia cheese (HeA) and leafy stuffs Dinner: Homemade chicken curry Snacks: Fruit, 2 x coffees (8) Total syns: 8

That all looks really good! :) As far as syns go . . . I tend to use mine more often for "quality of life" improvements (mayo with spicy wedges, milk/flour for a white sauce, gravy etc) or for drinks (I have an addiction to apple juice so that's often a nightly treat for me). Syns can take all...

Wow, well done! :)

Yup, well done for getting back on it! :)

Menu for today: Breakfast: Smoothie: Bananas, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (HeA) Lunch: Omelette with mushrooms Dinner: Friday night fakeaway: Homemade beef burger on wholemeal roll (HeB) with spicy wedges and salad (2 syns for marg, 3 syns for mayo, 1 syn for chilli sauce) Snacks: Fruit...

I think it's likely due to the fact that you are used to the old red and green. Extra Easy is quite different. I reckon that once you get your head around this plan you'll be losing in no time. Do you write down all your food? Also, if you put your food on here daily, we might be able to offer a...

Oh, forgot to mention. I've had to make some big changes to my short-term and long-term goals. One of my driving motivations for losing weight was OH and I going to Vegas next October to get married. The money we were planning to use for this is part of an inheritance I'm receiving soon but it...

I absolutely HATED group. More because of my group leader than the members though. I'm not very outgoing though and in my months at group I never spoke to anyone there and they never spoke to me either. It was horrible. I'm an online member now, use this forum and the SW website/magazine for my...

Weight loss this week: 2 lbs Pleased with that! I haven't been quite as good with my water intake or daily walking as I should be so I'm going to work on that this week. I've also been finding that I'm eating a lot smaller portions than I used to. I was so used to cooking for 3 people and...

Welcome in! You can do this. :D If you're weight training it can cause havoc with the numbers on the scales (the one time SW and exercise don't mix, sadly) so keep going for it with the training and rely more on weekly body measurements to keep track of your progress and don't worry too much...

I found it easier to just scrap all my recipes (the complicated ones, at least) and find SW versions instead. You can buy the SW recipe books on eBay for a decent price and they have some lovely recipes in them. There are some good blog sites for recipes too, a couple of my favourites are...

Just popping in to say I hope you're doing okay x

Welcome in! :D I find keeping a diary on here really helps. :)

Great start! :)

Hi Matt, welcome in! :) I also struggle to get my speed veg in. A couple of my tricks are, with mince pasta dishes like Bolognese and Pasticcio, is to add finely grated carrots (roughly one per person/portion) in addition to the tinned tomato/passata. The carrot has the effect of sweetening it...

That's happened to me a couple of times too lol. Thankfully, most of the SW recipes are nice! Just look on the bright side . . . KFC is a LOT better than pizza when it comes to syns, so it could have been worse! ;)

Good luck, you got this! :) I went through redundancy a few years ago. Stressful but very freeing too! :)

Weighing day today! :) Weight loss this week: 4 lbs Woooo!! :bunnydance:

Today's food: Breakfast: Fruit salad Lunch: Hard boiled egg on wholemeal roll (HeB) (2 for marg) with leafy stuffs Dinner: Salmon, mixed veg and new potatoes with white sauce (need to work out syns for sauce) Snacks: Fruit, 1 coffee (4) Total syns: 6

Ah . . . Lighter Life. I did that many years ago. Lost a HUGE amount of weight (maybe 6 stone or so) but looked dreadful by the end of it (skin and hair in awful condition, looked older than I was) and as soon as I started eating normally (which I did exactly by the book and LL guidelines) I...

In my experience, saving syns for the weekend slows weight loss a LOT. Obviously, it won't be the same for everyone but I find I lose a lot more when I use daily syns, even if I use quite a few syns every day. I call them my "quality of life" syns as I use them for little things like honey on my...

It's really hard to work out syns for something without knowing the size and sys of the "whole", especially with measurements like "bites". Homemade stuff is even MORE of a nightmare as you have no way of knowing what the ingredients are. They only thing you can do is look at bought versions...

Daily walking is going well. I live next to the river so there are lots of scenic walks around, which really helps. I've been aiming for a main walk of around an hour which, because I'm not the fastest walker, is around 6k steps. I figure that the step count will go up as I get fitter and start...

Menu for today (so far): Breakfast: Smoothie: Banana, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (HeA) Lunch: Omelette Dinner: Friday night fakeaway: Homemade beef burger on wholemeal roll (HeB) with spicy wedges and salad (2 syns for marg, 3 syns for mayo, 1 syn for chilli sauce) Snacks: Fruit, apple...

Thanks Jenny, and yes joint problems are never fun. At least knowing that weight-loss will help is an extra motivator. :) Well, weighing day and I've somehow lost 1.5lbs! I'm assuming it was all the walking over the weekend! :D

Welcome in. Lots of great advice and support on these forums. Holidays are a fantastic motivator aren't they! :D

Just had a fantastic weekend at the London Film & Comic Con! Off plan due to just grabbing food whenever/wherever possible but, on the up side, I walked around 14k steps a day according to my Fitbit! Even better, my hip was absolutely fine, despite all the walking and standing. I'd packed enough...

Hey all, just to let you know I'm still (mostly) here. The last few months I have been fighting some ongoing health issues (mostly with my hip). Spending a lot of time in pain has resulted in me mostly having no appetite and feeling blegh all the time. A smoothie and a bit of dinner has been my...

Hi there, I'm also an online member as I don't like the groups and much prefer online support (which this forum is fantastic for!). :)

Hey! Good luck, you certainly sound like you got this! :D

Well done Chris, that's a fantastic loss! :D

Just keep looking ahead, the trick is not to let a gain get you down (not easy, I know) and just focus forward, to your next weigh-in. That's how I cope. :)

That's a very old post. :) This forum did close down for a while, I believe, but it's been back up and running for a while now.

Just popping in to say hi! Those muffins look great so I'm going to have to try make some too! :D

Health issues "seem" to now be over. Fingers crossed. Not been fully on plan the last couple of months but not been eating too badly either. Managed to hold steady, weight-wise, which is good. Here's yesterdays food: Breakfast: Skipped (slept in) Lunch: Smoothie: Oats (half HexB), hazelnuts...

Just popping in to say hi and good luck! :) I'm a gamer too and I'm sure (ok, I know) that hours of sitting in front of the computer has greatly helped with my weight gain! :rolleyes: The Florida holiday sounds AWESOME. It was a trip to Florida that got me started with SW for the first time a...

Ok, I'm back and hoping like mad this run of bad luck is over! The last month has been a nightmare. Firstly the loss of my nephew, then I developed an inflammed hip joint. I'm prone to joint inflammation issues anyway and my doctor thinks this one was brought on by going from zero to hundred...

I honestly would recommend joining either a group or online. SW update their plan with various foods regularly and there is no comparrison for having actual access to the books, guides, group help and online resources. :)

Just to let you all know that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth! I've been very unwell and to top it off, we lost our dog in a tragic accident on the weekend. I will be back though.

Urgh. Hi guys. Didn't make it on here over the weekend. I was off plan on Friday and Saturday, mostly with dinners. It was more of a case of just being too tired to cook dinner. OH and I are currently renovating one of our rental properties while it's empty and this particular flat is on a High...

Naughty days happen to us all. Lots of speed food over the next few days should even you out. :)

As the others have said, just write those days off and start fresh again the next day. Even if you put on/stay the same, it won't be nearly as bad as if you carried on eating bad the whole week! :)

That actually looks pretty good. What sort of drinks are you having? Are you drinking lots of water? Do you know how many syns you use daily, more or less? Have you lost any weight at all in those two weeks? If you only have a stone to lose then you ARE likely to lose quite slowly.

Thanks guys. I'm in a bit of a grump today as it's weighing day and I've stayed the same. Frustratingly, I can't think of any major reason. My water intake has been up and my meals have all been pretty much the same as normal. The only slight difference is that I've had a few days on 15 syns...

Well done on another great loss! :D

Happy belated birthday for yesterday! Glad you had a great day. :D

Welcome in! :D

Using the syns in the book for Pizza Hut pizzas . . . a regular crust 9inch Hawaiian is 8.5 syns a slice. Hopefully you can work out a ballpark figure from that. :)

Thanks @xxlauraxx15 , @freakydarkstuff and @itsGCbaby. It's all so sad, especially given that he was only 29. :( Honestly, my first reaction last night was to reach for the food/alcohol (or at least send OH to the shop for some) as it's always been my go-to when something happens, whether it's...

Welcome in! Plenty of support, encouragement and food ideas here! :D

Today is a sad day. This morning my nephew in South Africa was in a car accident and passed away. We weren't exactly close family (his uncle and I divorced 16 years ago and then I moved to the UK) but we had contact on FB and he and his beautiful girlfriend were serious role-models for me. He...

Hi Bruizie, come hang out in the Slimming World section. There's quite a few of us over there. :) https://www.minimins.com/forums/slimming-world.18/ Check out the Food Diary and Weight Loss Diary sections for lots of ideas and support.

haha indeed! Well, happy Valentines Day everyone! Is anyone doing anything nice? It's a bit sombre around my house at the moment, daughter got dumped by her BF yesterday. The day before Valentines. And by text!! Little s**t. So she's in bits obviously, which has made it a bit awkward for OH and...

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That was my first thought too. An alcoholic drink for 4 syns, I want some! I did have a quick look on the website and couldn't find that exact drink but did find these: So, not sure, but it could be more than 4 syns. :( This is also quite possible. Sometimes, when I've lost weight from being...

Welcome back. :)

That really IS the brilliance of SW. It teaches you to eat healthy and to have treats in moderation. :D

I got it off Amazon. It's a great bit of kit and comes with two slicers, one for fries and one for chunky chips. :) I also live in leggings and jeggings mostly but, for some reason, I've never felt comfortable going out anywhere in them. Having to buy size 18 jeans was a definite wake-up call...

haha it WAS good, not sure it was quite worth 18 syns though! :eek: I re-subscribed for another 3 months of SW Online last week and they've sent me a new recipe book free with my subscription . . It has a few nice recipes in it so might try some when I do my next lot of meal plans. :D...

Well done! :D

I definitely recommend homemade burgers too! We have Friday night "fakeaways" in our house, usually homemade burgers with SW chips and salad. Tastes divine! :D

Welcome in! :D I also do SW Online and this forum is fantastic for ideas and motivation! :)

Cake is always allowed on family birthdays! :) Well done on only having a tiny bit, I probably would have inhaled the whole thing lol :rolleyes:

I can't say much regarding SW food as I don't often touch processed stuff like ready-meals. I very occasionally have sausages but, since everyone I've spoken to has said the SW ones are horrible, I stick to the 1 syn HECK sausages, which are lovely.

There are some nice options in that link @Likklemonkeyy ! It's a great little go-to reference guide. :D Probably not what you want to hear but this is more or less what I did and I DO find it easier. Pre-SW, I used to have chocolate (a lot of it) a few times a week, now I have actual chocolate...

@itsGCbaby can't beat homemade burgers, they're the best! :) OH and I went out last night. There are was an artist type light display in Cambridge so we spent a couple of hours wandering around the city centre looking at it all. It was bloody freezing though and kept trying to snow so we...

I honestly don't know how SW officially work out syns but I do know (from a clean-eating point of view) that neither fat-free OR sugar-free are particularly healthy. Fat-free often has lots of sugar added and sugar-free has tons of artificial sweeteners added. From a SW perspective I "think"...

As Jean said above, this is a lifestyle change NOT a diet. :) Even professional body builders have "cheat" days and that's even though they are restricted to some of the strictest eating plans going. I also have binge days. I have no will power at all and if food is put in front of me I WILL...

Welcome back! Weekly food plans really are the best thing ever. :) I reckon if you carry on with the free foods and less syns a day that should even you out for your weekend away. :)

Those really DO sound amazing! I might have to have a go at making them. :eating:

Menu for today: Breakfast: Smoothie: Two bananas, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (HeA) Lunch: Fruit salad Dinner: Friday night fakeaway: Homemade beef burger on wholemeal roll (HeB) with SW chips and salad (2 syns for marg, 3 syns for chilli sauce) Snacks: Fruit, herbal tea with honey (2...

Awesome, well done! :D

Well done on breaking the evening snack barrier! :D

"Family Feasts on a Budget", "Fakeaways" and "Little Book of Soups" are my go-to books. I use them all quite a lot. :)

That was my thought too. You might need to increase your meal sizes a little. It's amazing how much food you can eat on SW and still loose weight. As far as syns go, I usually average around 10 a day and still get good loses. Have a look through peoples meal plans on the food diary and...

3lbs off. Yay! :bunnydance:

Well done! :D

Well done Trina, that's an awesome loss! :D I've had a pretty good week too, 3 lb off so I'm happy with that. :)

I found a recipe for a HexB pizza base the other day which I'm dying to try!! It's a bread mix flour that you can make into pizza bases as your HexB. Fairly small bases I guess but for an extra 6 syns you can double the size, which is what I'm probably going to do. I just need to get to a big...

Weighing day today! :) Weight loss this week: 3 lbs Measurements 09/02/17: Chest: 118cm Weekly loss: 0cm Total loss: 0cm Upper Arm: 43cm Weekly loss: 2cm Total loss: 2cm Waist: 119cm Weekly loss: 1cm Total loss: 1cm Hips: 123cm Weekly loss: 3cm Total loss: 3cm Upper Thigh: 70cm...

Finally managed to do my wardrobe clear-out today. Got rid of a few things that I know I won't ever wear again and was reminded how many bloody amazing clothes I have in size 10/12! Because that's my "happy" size, I've always bought more and better clothes when I fit into size 10, whereas when...

Yup, either the brown roll or 60g of dried apricots could be counted as you HexB. :)

I'm not sure about the tiger bread but the low fat honey mustard dressing IS 1 syn per tbsp. :)

Actually, this really does work! I have a herbal tea with honey pretty much every night. It's something nice to sip while watching TV and it helps me sleep lol. :)

Failed at the wardrobe clear out yesterday. I ended up carting my daughter around most of the day, mostly to and from work. Silly chef hours. I'll be doing much the same today. I can't wait until she gets her drivers licence! As soon as she's driving, OH and I will be going back to the gym so...

Any loss is a good loss! :D Well done, you're doing really well. :)

Welcome in! :D Looks like you're off to a great start. :)

My blowouts like this are usually pre-planned and, although I use daily syns, I always keep my syns as low as possible for the rest of the week. Most of the time I have still lost this way or at least stayed the same. :)

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Wow, the latest SW magazine is super motivational! Not only has it got quite a lot of people who have lost around the same (huge) amount of weight that I'm trying to lose (8/9 stone) but it's actually got some nice recipes in that I might try. :D I want to start having a bit of a wardrobe...

I struggled with this too as I don't touch processed foods like cereal bars/hifi bars and also don't eat much bread as, although I love it, it REALLY doesn't agree with me! So, I spend a lot of my HeB on dried fruit and nuts. Much healthy and more natural too! I often have smoothies for...

Well done, that's an awesome loss! :D

Pleased to say that my water intake has improved muchly over the the last couple of days and I'm now back to drinking around 2 litres of water a day. I feel much better for it too! :) Having a bit of a "fishy" day today as I'd planned a slow-cooked meal for dinner today but forgot to defrost...

Thanks Katy :D Feels good to have my head in the right place again today. It makes things much easier. Food for today: Breakfast: Fruit salad Lunch: Smoked salmon on wholemeal roll (HeB) with Philadelphia cheese (HeA) and salad Dinner: Homemade chicken curry Snacks: Fruit, coffee (4 syns)...

There are times when a creme egg can be a matter of life or death and sending out the hubby on a chocolate survival run in these times is totally acceptable! ;) :D

Yep, that should be fine! :)

Welcome in! :D From personal experience, skipping meals while doing SW slows your weight loss. I find I lose a lot more when I'm eating regular, good size meals. :)

Hi Echo. :) I'm not sure exactly how much I can help as I don't eat any processed food so haven't a clue how many syns flavoured yogurts and branded foods are. :confused: A couple of points I do pick up on: 1. Your dinners look good. You might need more "speed" veg, which is pretty much...

I'm managing, with fair success, to combine SW and clean eating. This means that I have as little processed food as possible (no flavoured yogurts, "diet" or "low fat" anythings, no cereal bars etc). I'm probably about 80% clean, 20% not, which is working well. There are things that I would eat...

I agree with the eBay option, lots of sellers will post overseas (I've often used eBay to buy from other countries). They have loads of SW stuff on there right now...

We all fall off sometimes but nothing worth having is easy, unfortunately. Stand up, dust yourself off, draw a line and start fresh. :D

I second this! Their recipes are supper yummy. Their humour is VERY off-colour though so might shock some people (very funny though!). I made one of their recipes for the first time last week and my OH has made me promise that I'll make it again as he said it's one of the best things he's ever...

That advice seems to vary from consultant to consultant lol. :rolleyes: The consultant at the meeting I used to go to would tell people to do weekly syns if there was absolutely no other way they could keep in their syns on the weekend. I often did that myself but, yes, from personal...

Weighing day was yesterday and I stayed the same. Meh. I didn't exactly expect a big loss because of the 5 lb last week but I had felt like I'd lost something. Scales said no though. My head's not in this at the moment and I need to give myself a bloody good talking to! I haven't been "bad"...

Hi Trina, wellcome in! :D You sound like you are very much in the right frame of mind to do this so I'm positive you will! I think you should edit your post, make those 5 points bigger, bold and in a colour! That way you can keep referring back to it and remember why you are doing this. Good...

Ugh poor you, you really have been through the wringer this week! :( Hopefully the antibiotics will do the trick.

Well done, that's a great loss! :D

Funny you say that . . . when I worked in an office my eating was completely out of control. I was constantly hungry. I'd have a decent breakfast (porridge), get to work and be starving by 10am, eat my lunch by 11am, afternoon snack would be gone by 12:30 and for the rest of the afternoon the...

Welcome in and good luck! With your alcohol plan it might be worth you doing weekly syns rather than daily syns. In my experience, it doesn't work "quite" as well as daily syns but it is great if you like to cut loose a bit on the weekends. :)

Welcome in. :D I can't help with the syns though, sorry.

Food for today: Breakfast: Oats porridge with fresh fruit (almond milk 1.5 syns, honey 2.5 syns) Lunch: Leftover beef stew Dinner: Cajun chicken soup with cottage-cheese/smash scones (HeA plus 6 syns for 3 - I syn them because it's technically a tweak and I also like a little marg with them)...

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So, totally failed at starting exercising today! Sigh. My time management sucks and I've had an annoying day on top of that. Food-wise, I've kept in my syns (on days like this I just want to stuff my face) BUT I have had rather a "stodgy" food day. So, not perfect but at least not fallen off the...

Welcome back! Glad you had a lovely time! :D

Welcome in! You'll find loads of support and encouragement in here. :D

7 days on plan! :D

Today's food: Breakfast: Smoothie: Two bananas, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (most of HeA) Lunch: Smoked mackerel (3 syns) with wholemeal roll (HeB) with some salady bits (2 syns for marg) Dinner: Slow-cooked chicken and bacon casserole with lots of speed veg and new potatoes Snacks: Fruit...

Welcome in! :D Totally sympathise with you on the hills . . . I live in the Fens so just the idea of WALKING up a hill scares me, let alone cycling up one! :rolleyes::p

A little something else to make you feel better! :D Imagine this doubled up!

I think any healthy lifestyle requires more time on meal planning and preparing. I have a nephew who is a bodybuilder. His girlfriend is a fitness model too and their weekends usually include a full day of meal-prep for the following week. I think, when the end result is something that you...

That's the way (the only way) I can do it. I buy only SW friendly food and I literally don't have ANYTHING in my house that would cause me to go over syns. If I want a syn'd treat, I specifically go out and buy a one-off. :)

Today's food: Breakfast: Smoothie: Two bananas, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (most of HeA) Lunch: Hard-boiled egg on wholemeal roll (HeB) with some salady bits (2 syns for marg) Dinner: Slow-cooked Irish Stew: lamb, potato and lots of speed veg Snacks: Fruit, coffee (remaining HeA and 2...

Wow! Well done! :D

Well done! :D

Planning on starting some exercise next week and using this as motivation! :D

Hi and welcome! Looks like your post did get moved for you. :)

If you've done SW in the past then your eating habits might not have been quite so bad before starting again this time. From what I've seen, the worse your diet before starting SW, the bigger your first week's loss as your body has a full on spring-clean. Upping water intake can usually speed...

Hi and welcome in! :D First week loss is usually high as your body has basically been spring-cleaned! After that you'll most likely find it will settle to around 2-4 lbs a week, which is a good, steady rate. :)

@freakydarkstuff haha that's exactly what I've been doing too! :) Right, here is today's food: Breakfast: Smoothie: Banana, cocoa (1 syn) and almond milk (HeA) Lunch: Baked potato topped with left-over chichen & mushroom casserole (1 syn) Dinner: Friday night fakeaway: Homemade beef burger...

The Bfree wraps make awesome pizza bases. I love making pizzas with them! :D

I've made a few things in mine since getting it a few weeks ago. I'll link them in for you! (some of them I've tweaked slightly to fit SW better . . . replacing oil for fry-light etc) Chicken and bacon casserole: http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/9035/chicken-and-bacon-casserole.aspx?o_is=LV...

I joined a Slimming World facebook group the other day. It's a huge group so I thought there might be some good ideas in there but all it seems to be is people asking for the syn values on a huge range of sweets, deserts and processed junk food. It really doesn't seem that any of them have...

Woops, forgot about this thread. I've been adding my weekly loss to my diary thread and forgetting to do it here! :rolleyes: 5 lb down this week though and got my 1.5 st award! :bunnydance:

I think the high carb/low carb debate is something that affects everyone differently. I adore carbs and have an real addiction/obsession with bread BUT I know my body doesn't react well to them. Since starting SW in December I made a choice to also reduce the carbs in my diet. I've mostly cut...

Hi, welcome in! This site is great for getting ideas and motivation, it definitely keeps me going! :D

Hi, welcome in! :D

Welcome in! Check out the diary section when you get a chance, it's fantastic for getting motivation and picking up meal ideas! :)

I think we're all like that so keep on writing it down! Looking at my food diary on here, I'm VERY boring and repetitive with my meals mostly. A couple of different breakfasts, lunches usually leftovers or pre-cooked and frozen soup. The only variation is my dinners really, and even that can get...

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Bit speechless this morning . . . had a loss of 5 lb, taking me past my 1.5 st award, which I was NOT expecting and can't figure out! o_O It certainly didn't start off the best of weeks but I did try to compensate where I could so maybe that's what's done it. So, I'm confused but happy lol...