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At lunch, a friend offerred me some chips and said 'no thanks' - i sat there with my SW friendly lunch i prepared this morning. I also resisted several cadbury bars at the canteen and instead decided to get a diet coke. Plus i've got most of my weekend meals organised:cool:

Well Done squire!

can i join in? Ive recently rejoined SW after a fairly rough patch past few months (first weigh in this monday coming)

i'm back at sw tomorrow. I haven't been in 2weeks but I've been offplan so much, last time I weighed myself, there was a 6lb gain at least:-/ making sw bolognase tonight and im doing kettlebell classes this week for the next 5weeks I feel so bloated its unbelieveable. I had to go out an buy a...

I've signed up for kettlebell classes. They're 1hour 30 every tues & thurs & maybe Wednesday morning if I can manage it I also intend on keeping up with my weekly badminton match and want to do more over the weekend. My goal is to manage 1hour everyday of some exercise :)

ok, there may be a list here but DYJHIW: people tell you 'but you're not going to go to the gym, you'll not do that in your spare time' - already puuting a negative slant on something that is a positive move (and to add, this person barely knows me) DYJHIW - people have to attention seek...

I went to my first kettlebell class yesterday and really enjoyed it. In the class i got to use a 4kg k/ball and the work out was for 30mins (included warm up & cool down) today my legs feel like i've done exercise but they're not that painful, so i'm happy i've not totally wrecked...

i've cycled in & about to cycle home from work :) will be doing the same tomorrow (hopefully) then a friend from my sw class are going to do an hour of badminton on sunday :) roughly working out an hour of body magic everyday for a 4 day period, not bad!:)

1: went to my first ever zumba class last night and it was brilliant! had so much fun!! 2: didn't wake up with any aches/pains from exercise last nite 3: cycled into work this morning:)

lost 3lbs last night! :D 13lbs off ion 3weeks, hope to get my stone award next week

I'm an emotional eater but I've also found that i have to abstain from buying quantities of any chocolate/crisps/etc that i like If i want chocolate, i'll buy a freddo (whilst on sw) but that's about all i can do because i know if i buy more, i'll eat them all that night. an example is jaffa...

Last night after being weighed in, I thought I'd treat myself. After being on SW for 2weeks and being completely to plan I thought a packet of space raiders & a terry's choc orange bar wouldn't be too synful to have. Then i'd by back to my strict self the following day. So after eating said...

lost 2.5lbs last night :D 10lbs in 2 weeks, v chuffed:D

first week weigh in, lost 7.5lbs!!! v.surprised!!:D

Hello all! Rejoined last night at the mountpottinger belfast group.... 3rd time this year starting the healthy eating again. Various stresses have managed to keep me from attending a class regularly so thankful that i'm back on it!:)

poss not known if you're not into rock & metal lol

Lemmy, Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell (Motorhead) KISS (bar Paul STanley... Gene signed my tattoo i had of him, told me I had a nice ass) David Coverdale Ginger (from the Wildhearts) Biff from Saxon Jaz Coleman, Youth And Big Paul from Killing Joke Neil Fallon (from Clutch) Jerry Only (misfits)...

I rejoined last monday - I'd stopped going because my Dad was seriously ill but he's back home and doing a lot better now I've been following the EE plan 99.99999% the only thing I can honestly say I've done that i've not been happy about was on friday night I went up to the 15syn mark because I...

I phoned a doctor over the weekend re: the brown discharge.... he advised to see my own gp but to def not stop taking cezarette. I checked the instructions and you can stop taking the pill at any stage so I stopped yesterday because at present i'm not sexually active so there's really no point...

i'm on my 7th cerazette strip and i'm having issues..... I started it roughly october '11 and i was fine. Even had a period in november then after it no period at all (so i was chuffed) but from feb this year i've had a brown discharge (like the end of a period)/spotting everyday and it's...

Hi, rejoined SW on monday night and tuesday i was fine, ate load of fruit & veg but form wednesday onwards i've been getting headaches and feeling soooo tired. I think it's more or less due to the dramatic change in what i'm eating because last week it was mainly all sweets, junk food,etc does...

Yea, know what you're saying. I'd like to make alcohol a treat as it were for occassions instead of what it became (with me) which was an everyday occurance. I know as well when i've give up booze, I've more money to play with which is what i'm currently loving! :)

I think Lumley is one of the few (older actresses) that hasn't went down the botox/surgical route. She does look natural. I'd agree as well that watching the booze intake would be beneficial. I know that if i'm off alcohol for any amount of time, my skin gets a lot better and 'fresher' looking...

my 3 positives for today : 1) resisted homemade cake at lunch time 2) haven't bought any sweet stuff from the canteen 3) ate my SF food before my mugshots and found it to be a more filling way to eat my lunch :)

I've been off booze since 13th March so I'll be having a sober April too. Up until that date I'd sorta been on it far too much and it was just making me depressed so I decided to cut it out totally. Helps as well with me trying to get more cycling done too as I can get up earlier to be ready...

I've been away from SW for a while...probably the last 3months :s So tomorrow going back to rejoin!

4.5lbs off - no idea how i did it!! so chuffed though. another 2,5lbs and i'll have a stone off (in 4weeks..and before my bday!) so gotta keep it up (whatever i'm doing!)

Cheers!:) resized the others - so this should work *fingers crossed* 2 attachments, one is Gene Simmons signing the origninal tattoo, and the other is another KISS one :)

likewise i'm not looking forward to tomorrow's weigh in mainly because i've not been 100% this week... still eaten a lot of superfree but i did go over synage a couple of times (not hugely but still) damn my sweet tooth! (or teeth as it morethanlikely is!)

Aloha Shrimpy!;)

she wasn't on about making your own - pand i very much doubt she has a clue about synning stuff, i've tried helping her out.

from a kebab house? are you saying kebab sauuce is low syn??

apologies, just added another 2 pics but they were mahooooosive! :s

Motorhead's orgasmatron and Lemmy's autograph inked Not too sure if i have the rest uploaded, but that should give ye's enough of an idea:)

Gene SImmons and his autograph inked - the arrow he drew also because he said i had a nice ass, so i got it inked too :)

Jaz Tattoo (last one done)

I've 9 tattoos so far, no intention of stopping... they are as follows: 1) Gene Simmons (circa '75 costume) - 11inches long on my left thigh 2)Gene Simmons autograph above it (i met him,he signed it and i got the signature inked) 3) Motorhead's orgasmtron train across my upper right arm 4)...

todays latest jibe at me was as i sat down for morning tea break -i had 1 slice (of white bread) and a small butter. (there was no brown bread in the canteen so i'd call it my hex b and the butter i'm allowing 6syns) so i sat down and when she saw me and what i had she said 'oh, thats not good...

lol i know that seems a bit excited but the house is currently as cold as the fridge

we're getting oil on monday wooooohooooooooooooo!!!!

thanks!! :)

totally, it's far easier ordering fastfood/junk than taking the time to buy,wash,prepare and cook food past 3weeks i've been on SW and i don't think i've ever spent so much time planning and preparing food for myself. i like that i'm learning different thinks re: cooking and that i'm not...

ouch! hope you feel better soon!

Cool! did you find it difficult to make up? also, did i get the synnage of it about right? i don't think it's that high considering what it is...:)

Has anyone used this before or made it? I was watching rivercottage the other day and it was made up with chilli and garlic then left to cool - chopped into slices and friend,served with veg - looked lovely! i checked syns online and it's 3&1/2 syns per 100g (hope thats right!) but if you...

oh, i mean retriction in terms of bread... 3weeks in, i realise i was living on it lol think before my initial weigh in, my lunch consisted of 5cheesy baps (from asda) :eek:

i'm on week 3 but i do feel as though i'm restricting my carb intake...but i don't mind because i know the way i used to eat before just wasn't healthy so it's just something i've to get used to

yea, nothing worse than being indoors with no heat. last year a lot of east belfast (where i live) had a big problem with pipes freezing and the water being off. i wasn't well either but thankfully could take refuge at my parents house to get better. i moved recently but generally in the same...

thank you! just want to keep at it before the ice comes!

that is pretty mental when you look at it!

I also wouldn't be able just to eat 2 pieces of fruit a day. TBH - i'm not huge into veg, as much as i am fruit so i try to get most of my superfree from fruit either before/after/combined in my meals. i do obviously eat some veg but salads etc - never go near them I'd say the whole carb...

I would do that but i know what would happen, she'd apologise then tell the whole dept and the other depts about the whole thing and i don't want that either. i was saying to someone about this in work and they're attitude was to just use her negativity to encourage me to do better. so i think...

today was definately a test of will power to cycle in lol did eventually get out of bed and put shorts on (well, they're meant to be shorts...but i'm 'fun sized' so they sorta stop a few inches about my ankle) ...not my best decision to wear these but least i made the cycle in:o heard that too...

i'm sorta going through this too. i'm in my 3rd week and whilst in the mornings i sometimes feel more alert...the past few days i've felt really sluggish,esp when i come home from work too...i dunno weather maybe the darker mornings though and darker evenings are doing this too. i'd say my sugar...

i came home after work tonight and sorta pigged out :( i had2 lots of toast and butter as i was waiting for dinner.... i know it's the cold encouraging this (and i'm not making excuses, it's just when i am cold...it does make me want to eat) however i'm not overly worried, i'm going to bed early...

just started Mic Fleetwood's biography (of fleetwood mac fame) :)

COngrats! i used to work in a call centre which was soul destroying. even when i went to hand my notice in (the new company had told me i started in 2weeks) - my boss looked at the letter and said i couldn't go then - i was just like 'WTF?!?! - this was over me not giving them 4weeks notice. i...

I don't par boil them (as i found sometimes they go a bit soggy if i've over done it) I peel and cut potato into chips/wedges then put in the microwave for 4-7mins (depends on your microwave) and it cooks them fine then spray with frylight, also coat with crumbled up chicken oxo,garlic salt and...

same here, i like the idea of renting and if something goes wrong - you call the landlord-that's what you're paying them for! my dad said to me a few months back about getting a mortgage and i said, i just prefer renting. when you consider most european countries rent anyways, i don't know why...

Has anyone used it to mix in with pasta? just wondering as i've seen the philedelphia adds about making like a creamy sauce and thinking about trying to do it with laughing cow light (along with the usual bacon,mushroom,onion mix)

since starting (past couple of weeks) - i've noticed a drastic change in the amount of carbs i eat.... before i could literally live on white bread,pizza,etc and whilst i still love them, i just don't have them. i think i definately do feel better for it though as well. i noticed that even if i...

i moved out about 2yrs ago (when i was just turning 28)... in comparison to all my friends,it was a late move out but it's certainly been a big step since moving out:D

i was diagnosed with pcos recently and the gp (a woman) was discussing how it could affect my fertility. when i said to her 'well,that doesn't bother me as much,i'm not fussed on having kids' - she seemed a bit shocked. i think other women do sometimes react like that when you tell them, almost...

we've no oil (til pay day...end of month) i'm currently wearing tshirt,hoodie,jeans,socks,shoes,hat,scarf and a fleecey throw... i'm considering gloves too :s

tonight is frreeeezzzing! i've currently shoved a hotwater bottle up my hoodie - anyone else feeling the chill? even added some 'body magic' to warm me up with an unplanned cleaning up spurt... i was warm for about 10mins after

i never want kids, a decision i've had really since i was 18...i'm not maternal and i just don't have that feeling i'll ever want one. dogs - now that's different...maybe because i grew up with a famly who bred dogs and i've no younger siblings...but eitherway, i find it annyoing that people...

it's up the woodstock road, near the police station (before it i think)

the great bristish bakeoff showed how they make croissants...remember a few months back going through a pack of 6of them with a full tub of nutella:eek:.... obviously can't do that now!:8855:

tried the 'fluffy chocolate mousse' - it wasn't fluffy or that chocolatey, there's no way you can get a mousse-like consistency from mixing quark & fromaage fais together (unless with some mad high speed whisker? also the 'creamy mushroom and tomato pasta' - mixing fromage frais into basically...

the baby question - hate that too! i actually was asked that by a woman who was looking a housemate and i was checking out the house as a prospective tennant. then just out of the blue she asks 'so kids aren't on an agenda for you then?' - i was so taken aback like - er...i'm not even 30, i'm...

sounds really nice!!

We were shown the 'healthy eating pyramid' but i don't remember a lot about nutrition being taught or awareness of how high fastfood is being taught. the likes of starbucks i'd not go into purely because i really don't even want to start calculating what the stuff would be and it's just a...

Yea that's it exactly. The other week this woman (who's been making the comments) was at a wedding reception with a work colleague and his wife (who'd lost 6lbs and was now at target weight) the whole time through the dinner (until her husband informed her of her loss during the week)...

There's a cafe near me called 'lo cal' and i'm nearly sure that all it does is SW menus (or based upon the SW principles) I'm surprised that SW hasn't maybe considered opening up a few cafes of it's own (considering their enterprise so far has a global market) and it might encourage other...

i think what doesn't help is at the moment, she doesn't like her group and isn't losing ...however she's not making any effort to eat healthier... cheese/onion marmalade & cracker packs from M&S aren't exactly syn free....but thats mainly what she eats at lunch then complains she doesn't know...

Earlier this yr I started SW and a few work colleagues knew. One of them also decided to join (after i had basically given up and didn't go to the meetings) and everytime she saw me eat it was 'oh tut tut, how many syns is in that' type chat. i didn't care because i wasn't on the program then...

just back from weigh in and despite having a boozefest friday.. i lost 2lbs and got my half stone award second week in:) mega chuffed....possibly could have lost more had friday not happened but v.motivating for next week:D

getting weighed tomorrow but friday was a total write off (far too much booze) so i really doubt i've lost anything :(

Hey all, i've 3lbs to lose before i get into the 14st mark.... but i've had a pretty mental weekend so the sw has sorta gone out the window :( i'm hoping some much needed cycling tomorrow will help before i get on the scales at 5.30pm

Congrats Shrimpy! :)

i went to a group earlier this year and got the 12week countdown. the consultant seemed nice enuff. the second week she approached me, said she was a bit stuck that nite and could i help her out doing the door/taking money. so i was shown how to do it....then week after week i was expected to do...

"I think its the fact that we dont know what we are eating is why the uk has such a high percentage of obesity" i'd agree with that. also the fact that junk food is so cheap -just look at the likes of poundland,bm,etc i used to think nothing of eating a couple of (big) milka bars at lunchtime...

thats awesome, i've a target to get my first 10% off my xmas.. or more if i can. but i've my birthday in november and an xmas dinner early december lol

Definitely. Although i'm in my second week - syns are oon the brain all the time. even chatting to friends who aren't on sw, when i think a packet of crisps can be 14odd sysns, or a bar of chocolate. even when i think about what i'd eat and drink in the past...during the weekend,i'd easily go...

yup, first week and lost 5lb. really happy and very motivated :)

was looking at syns online (on the SW site) but it didn't recognise the brand wanted to know how much lindt choc is synwise... esp the chilli choc or mint choc variety.

lost 5lbs in my first week :)

lost 5lbs in my first week of SW v.motivated and chuffed! :)

just started at the mount pottinger group last monday :)

i've been recently diagnosed with PCOS... i had joined SW earlier this year but different circumstances meant that after a couple of months, i didn't go back. I've recently joined a new group (1st weigh in is tomorrow) so finger's crossed. i've been on EE plan. however last time round i did...

Hi, decided to sign up here because it looks like a friendly site. I've always had a weight problem but i think i've hit an all time low so any advice would be great. i'm on no particular diet as such, i'm just trying to change my everyday 'diet'. the hours i work make it fairly impossible to...