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Oh golly. What's happened here then? Apart from clearly spending too much time with my nanna and picking up some of her phrases! I have been weighing in weekly like a good girl. I've been having to go to different groups though and, as I seem to be a creature of habit, it broke my routine so...

15.05.17 wow. Another 2.5lb off. Half a lb off 2.5st! So pleased. :) Feeling more confident body wise now. I saw a difference when I was naked quite early on. I don't see a huge amount of difference from that anymore but clothes wise I feel like I look completely different. I'm currently...

12.07.17 Didn't write last week as I couldn't find my log. Duh. There's an excuse. Anyway 0.5lb off that week. I can't remember a great deal which is why I find this log helpful so I can look back over it. I do remember feeling a bit disheartened because of the recent up/down/up/down even though...

24.04.17 Weigh in today, just 3 days after my last one so not overly bothered by the results bevause I don't think it's representative. I also had a big (SW friendly) lunch and tea was right before I left for group neither of which are usual habits for me. So after all those disclaimers. 0.5lb...

Hey booksandbacon, How are you going? Your work sounds fascinating and really worthehile. I saw a tip the other day about shirts and putting poppers on the inside so they don't gap. Even though I'm fairly average I still have that issue so much so I don't tend to buy shirts. I felt a bit "duh!"...

Hi! How is it going? You need to find a way of eating that works for YOU and it needs to be when you are ready. Sometimes it is us, not committing properly but othertimes it's a plan that just doesn't suit us (MFP was awful for me) or it's the wrong time (something just clicked for me last year...

Hi. Loving how positive you are. You can without doubt do this! Why the journey back to old you though? Current/future you is fabulous!

Hi Glitter! Update please! ;)

Hi. How was today? I read something once that said that our surroundings reflect our minds so if we are feeling overwhelmed and chaotic then that will be expressed in our house/room. That really resonated with me.

How are you getting on?

Wohoo! Well done on the loss. :) I hope you're still feeling better.

The body changes can be much more important than the numbers. Well done!

Hi Littlepiggy! How are you doing? Having my colours done (Bridget Jones' mum anyone?) was quite odd. I've always thought I was an autumn wearing lots of, well, autumn colours and was certain the day would say that too. She put numerous scarves over me and it quickly became apparent that...

02.04.17 No weigh in this week as I've booked an SW holiday week because I have better things to do. Not really. I'm a bit sad to miss it. I did weigh in on the probably never serviced pool scales and the figures looked good. Definantely in the right direction if not completely reliable. This...

Hi! Not trying to conceive but just a bit of encouragement as I plan to lose 4st too. I've already lost 2st on SW so half way there. Good luck on the loss and fingers crossed for everything else too. X

30.03.17 Put on a work dress I've not worn in ages today. It was a little tight just under the bust previously. Fitted everywhere else abd was comfy so I just wore a cardie over it. Today it was loose on top and my tummy looked so flat! Admittedly I'd not had breakfast but I've not had a flat...

Good luck! X

27.03.17 2.5lb off. This week has reaffirmed how much better I feel when I eat properly! Well duh! Who'd know?! There is something in this thing about eating lots of veg! Haha! I still need to get a grip on my sweet tooth though. This week will be chocolate reduced. I will break it! Cboc free is...

20.03.17 Expected 2lb gain. Was actually 2.5 so near enough. I'm struggling with motivation but having a chat at group tonight has helped. I need to go cold turkey on snacks and get back to eating meals and writing it down. I think it is that simple. I've put on 4lbs in the last 2 weeks so...

The bin. Blghh. A more helpful reply would be... on ryvita etc with avocado. Or with garlic and cucumber mixed in to make a sort of tzaki sauce. You can use it to make mushroom pate or a carbonara. Or mix with hot chocolate powder to make a sort of mouse. But seriously the best option? The bin!

My consultant said you couldn't split your healthy extras because it would mess up the calculations eg 15g of cheese is not the same as 100ml of milk (or whayever it is). She said you should use the item with the most syns as your hex and then syn the lesser ones. I don 't know but there we go...

I've lost 2st and am now 11st 2lbs at 5" 3'. My clothes which fitted comfortably before still fit now albeit a little looser (they weren't tight or anything before and not stretched). Nothing noticable to others though. I go back to work next month after a few months off and I was hoping to be...

Is your chest feeling any better? Any way of eating has to work for you. It won't be long lasting if it doesn't suit your life. Life happens. There will be times you go off plan. You can't expect to follow it 100% all of the time. That road leads to misery for many of us and then falling off the...

No. Always round up. :) I've not heard of the granuals. Could you just add cheese as your daily a instead?

So they announced group slimmer of the year last week. The lady who won it said she'd acheived her target (4st) in 14 months. I didn't really understand because she hasn't lost the most amount of weight in the group, it took over a year and it doesn't tie in with any year dates. Not taking it...

Don't be too hard on yourself Avocuddle. Try to be kind to yourself and give yourself a break. X But definanately keep some sort of before evidence, whether that's general photos, measurements or clothes. It can sometimes be quite disheatening if you can't see the results yourself so it's nice...

Oh yes, please don't wear pjs on the school run! Haha! I'm one to talk though. I'm currently signed off work and have a stupid hair cut so have just been throwing on my bobble hat on the school run rather than doing it! Haha! Getting dressed is horrible when you are not feeling happy about your...

06.03.17 Wohoo! 2st (and 0.5lbs - very important!) off. Overall, that is, not just this week. Haha! I am 50% way to target. Well, I think anyway. I have a vague idea that I want 4st off but we'll see as I get closer. A few items of clothing are looser or fit better but when I still couldn't find...

27.02.17 What a fickle beast losing weight is. A few bad habits crept in this week as we ate out a lot but I also had some very slimming world friendly meals which obviously worked because 3lb off this week. Very happy with that! I'm sat in group waiting for image to start and writing a shopping...

20.02.17 Well it's never going to end well when you "find" the wrapper of a family sized Cadbury Caramel in your bag just before group is it really? My 2lb gain betrayed me despite me going all Shaggy and proclaiming "it wasn't me" (that ate all the pies)! Still no proper food shopping done...

Thanks LittleMiss. How are you going?

13.02 The sugar Dragon hit this past week. Hard. How many gu puddings can one person eat in a week? No idea and I'm too scared to look in my recycling! Anyone need any glass remekins? I was expecting 1lb or so gain (based on a sneaky Friday weigh in) but I maintained. I genuinely don't...

Just read the last few pages and just wanted to say you're doing brilliantly and have a great attitude. You are heading in the right direction overall so remind yourself that you are getting there whenever you have a wobble.

Hi Salty. Tell me about your wedding! I'd love to get married again (still to Mr Smith in case he's reading!). What are your plans with your weight loss? Do you have any mini targets to keep you on track?

06.02.17 Thanks Minerva. 1.5lbs off. 3lbs to 2st. The countdown continues...

30.01.17 Thanks guys. Sorry about that. No crying over the keyboard today. Promise. Still eating junk. I need to MAKE myself sort that out. No excuses. Get it done. I can't moan about it but not change it. That is something I CAN control. 2.5lbs off today and I think it's starting to show now...

Thanks Little Miss and Cynicalgirl. That explains that! Haha! How has your year started? I'm feeling down today. I forgot to update last week but I think I've gotten a bit complacent. I stopped making an effort, no healthy extras, not logging propwrly etc and gained 1.5lb. It was a surprise but...

Thanks little miss. What actually is a gold member though? :)

How was your week? I got some dirty chips and chip spice... and it was yummy! Haha!

Thanks guys! 1.5 off again this week so I got club 10! Yay! Had a bit of a bad week. Ongoing personal issues are causing a lot of anxiety and stress. They are coming to a head so my loss was more due to the fact I wasn't eating rather than I was eating well. I'm going to make an effort to eat...

02.01.17 1.5lb off. Was hoping for 2lb so I'd get Club 10 but that will now be next week. I did get slimmer of the week which was great but it was by default rather than actually earned as I was the only person who loss/maintained this past Christmas but hey a sticker is a sticker and it sort...

How are you doing Ticketty?

Did you enjoy your wine?

Just caught up - well done!

27.12.16 I'm not sure that a single vegetable has passed my lips since my last log in. Alright, that's a lie but it isn't that far off the truth. You know those inevitable boxes of chocolates that you "really won't eat at all this year (or at least not in one sitting"? Well yep, I ate them. All...

1lb off for me. Happy with that although it means i won't hit my target but that's OK. It's all in the right direction.

Well done Ruth! 2.5lb off for me last night meaning I reached my Christmas goal. :) Had a scone last night and getting a nero full fat hot chocolate this morning to celebrate (I know how to live!) then back on it. I'm now 12st 1lb. I'd like to get under 12 by the first weigh in next year, even...

Oh, and I'm now "overweight" instead of obese. Yay!

19.12.16 I forgot to update last week. Surprisingly I lost 3lb! Thanks everyone for your encouragement. So I kept my target of getting to 12st 2lb or less by Christmas and tonight I did it! I'm 12st 1lb. So I've acheived 25% of my overall target. I'm really pleased. And I'm feeling very proud of...

3lbs off today. :)

3lbs off tonight. :)

Getting into good exercise habits is great. Calorie counting is hard at this time of year.

How are you doing?

Thank you Cynicalgirl. How are you doing?

Thanks Mini. You are of course completely right. My target was a stone before Christmas and as long as I lose something this evening (which I think I will), it's still achievable. And if not, then this isn't a race. As I said above I want this to be a new way of eating, and not about the weight.

11.12.16 oh why, oh why, oh why do I self sabotage? I was on track to hit the mystical stone this week. And then... yesterday. A cafe nero full fat hot chocolate. I didn't have whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles or marshallows, I did however have almost a full slice of their chocolate brownie...

09.12.16 So, I'm wondering if I have some sort of food intolerance. For some time I've known that sometimes when I eat my tummy gets hard and swollen and I feel really sick and uncomfortable. I always just thought it was that I'd eaten too much or something but since being more aware of what I'm...

I feel the pain! When you're starving and tired and just want to go home it's really difficult!

05.12.16 Very happy to have maintained this week. Visited family over the weekend who don't know I'm sw-ing (sw-ing? That makes it sound FUN!) and are fans of take aways. I didn't have a huge amount of choice over the food so I tried to manage portions instead. Without letting on! I realised...

Stayed the same. Very happy with that given my weekend! :)

Me please. I'm going to challenge myself to... 7lb. This w/e I've gone off track completely and suspect I've put on 2lb+. So need to concentrate to get that stone overall by Christmas.

28.11.16 Week 3. 2.5lb loss so November total is a loss of 9.5lb and I'm now just borderline obese/overweight BMI. I'm happy with that! :)

Good stuff Mouse!

Great going Crafty!

2.5 loss today. So 9.5 overall.

Hi. Thanks for the suggestion. I ended up deciding to just enjoy it. I got the artichoke and lots of veg pizza that coincidently had no cheese on it. I love artichokes! It was delicious. No idea how many syns though! :) I was also very naughty and got a desert which was enjoyable but if we ever...

How is it going Mouse?

That's fab Crafty! Well done. :)

Thank you for your encouragement Crafty. How are you doing? 21.11.16 Week 2. My week didn't improve following my post above. Lots of bad choices. HOWEVER I have come to the conclusion that this is not a diet. If I was purely after weight loss then there are lots of quicker (easier?) ways to do...

Congratulations!!! :)

Hi 3.5lb loss today. :) Sorry um... 10 total for the month.

I'm joining- better late than never. 2 weeks ago = 13st 2llb 1 week ago = a loss of 3.5lb. Aim for tomorrow = would love to make it 3.5lb so I get to half a stone but realistically I've made some "less than optimal" choices this week so 2lb would be amazing.

Hi! Sound like you are in the right frame of mind to smash it!

Hello. Well done on your loss.

Do keep us informed. Why do you think you stop going after a while?

What are you eating?

You are doing fab!

19.11.16. Ah. Bum. The universe (and my lack of will power - already!) conspired against me. Tuesday - someone made cakes. I didn't want one but "no" would have genuingely caused offence/upset. I didn't enjoy it. Wednesday - I ended up at a conference. I didn't know until I got to work so the...

Hi Crafty, nothing silly with 6st! :) you will do it! I set interim targets only because I am likely to get easily disheartened and this way, I've got one target at a time - much more achievable for me personally. I can see the advantage of sticking to the big one though - it'll be an amazing...

As per the title really. I'm going to pizza express on Sunday. Other than salad (boring!) what are my options please? Thank you.

A place for my thoughts and achievements because there will be many, many achievements. 05.11.16 I've come to hate clothes shopping and just cant do it anymore. So I have 3 dresses to wear outside of work. 3. One fits but makes me look pregnant, one looks like curtains and I quite like the...

I will be within my healthy BMI range. I'm aiming for 9 stone but may adjust my target slightly when I get closer. I will be posting in the "success stories" section that I've lost 4stones and am keeping it off.

Ha! Yeah, I forgot to say, I talk too much! Future posts will be more to the point but I think I just needed to get my feelings and thoughts out. I wasnt expecting anyone to read that brain dump. Thank you for your reply though.

I'm new so can't help but great going to on the weight loss!

Hi. I'm new to SW but will share my exercise and weight experiences: When I was eating somewhat sensibly and exercising regularly I visibly toned up. I didn't loose weight I don't think but people commented that I had. I felt fab. In fact the best I ever have. When I was eating junk and...

Great goals! You've got this!

Hello! Bovril is most definantly a sin against beverages! Yuk! Haha!

Hi. I'm going to do this but have mixed feelings. I'm embarrassed to acknowledge that I can't do this by myself and I'm embarrassed to admit my lack of will power and greed has got me so over weight. I'm 5'3"" and 13st 2llb. I'm obese. Although I think I carry it well and I wear size 14 clothing...