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Thanks :) Day 2 and i'm still on the waggon, despite easter eggs calling to me lol. I did try going to a class but i found that psychologically if i knew i wasn't going to make the class then i didn't need to worry about that extra syn or 50 that entered my body that week :rolleyes...

Well i lost about 1.5stone last year on SW and was so chuffed, but lost the plot then started my midwifery degree and needless to say the boxes of chocolates, long shifts and night shifts have swiftly seen that weight loss disappear! :mad: I gave myself easter off but am now back on SW, i'm...

Weigh in 4 - and 1.5lbs lost. Last week i STS which i was happy with! Overall - 9.5lbs lost in 4 weeks! I'm well chuffed! Plus i'm in the lower stone so feel pretty motivated to keep in that stone and not go back up! Hope everyone else is having a good week! x

Thanks guys :) Congrats on your 7 Lucysmommy :)

:bliss:Week 2 and :eek:8lbs:eek: lighter! :bliss: The best bit is - it's not been difficult at all! 1lb to go until i am in the next stone :D Bring that on next week! Hope everyone else is having a good week!

Thansk guys, I worked out my chinese and luckily i only went over by 4points - i ate very low point things during the day. But scary how much it would be if i'd eaten normally! No more take-away treats for me til i reach the 1stone mark!

Thanks girls :) had a treat last night (chinese take-away) but back on it today!

:bliss:And 6lbs off!!!! :bliss: :talk017::party0019: I am so pleased, i didn't find it that hard to stick to, so i am ultra-motivated for the next week! 1/2 a stone next week - here i come...hopefully! :D Just had to share!

welcome and good luck on loosing the 7lbs quickly! Today is my first weigh in for WW (previously did Slimming World and lost 1.5stone) so fingers crossed for a loss this week! :) This forum is so handy for tips - i love looking at others food diarys to give myself ideas! :) Hope you have...

Thank you :) Hope everyone else had a good weekend! :)

Thanks guys :) Sorry for the late reply - wasn't around the PC all weekend! Hope you all had a good weekend! I managed to stick to the diet over the weekend - a big acomplishment as normally the weekends are where i lose the plot, but i stayed on it, and hoping to continue and have a...

HI All, i just wanted to pop in and say Hi! I'm Kim, 25 and i am starting a midwifery degree in September and need to loose ALOT of pounds before then if i can! I was doing Slimming World on my own and was not doing well at all - eating lots of the things i was allowed, but equally lots of...

oooh can i join please? I need something to keep me focused! I did manage to lose this week (how - i am not sure!!) so i need something to keep me going! :)

I know i need a class, but at this time i can't afford it. So, i am struggling with trying to do it at home. At the moment i am maintaining more than losing - not what i wanted but better than gaining i guess. I'm going to sit down and work out my budget and see if i can find a class to go...

By some fluke of the imagination i have lost 1lb this week.....got to be good this week otherwise my "treats" from the weekend will show next week! Good luck to all the other Thursday Weighers! :)

Thursday: Going Green today :D Breakfast: 2x Weetabix (HeB) with milk (HeA), Shape LF Yogurt Snack: Mullerlight Yogurt Lunch: got a lunchtime meeting, so probably a couple of sandwiches, unless i find time to eat my jacket potato with beans before. Dinner: pasta with tomatoes, peppers and...

They are good! I love the summer fruit and the chocolate fudge one...as you say - YUMMY!

I lost 1.5stone before Christmas (in preparation for being a bridesmaid) and annoyingly (but i ate it - so have to deal with it) put on about a stone. I have rejoined and although i haven't lost anything yet (can't say i've been able to stick to the plan - life keeps getting in the way!) i...

Is there any chance of using your friends oven? You could make yourself some SW chips and perhaps take some low syn or syn free sausages and have those - at least it would feel like you're having the same sort of thing? Hope you manage to sort something out! :)

Well i decided to have a sort of weekend off as i had 4 days off - i tried to stick to the EE plan - but didn't really write anything down. My biggest downfall - the chocolate cheesecake i had last night for pudding :eek: I did do a fair bit of walking and also - spent Monday decorating the...

oooh i made that when i got the magazine - it was LOVELY! highly recommend. I used ambrosia low fat custard - one of the little pots, i used what i needed and my boyfriend finished up the rest lol. Think i'll have to make it again this weekend i think!

Friday Day - going to try another EE day today. Found yesterday ok apart from the garlic bread that jumped from the plate and into my mouth before i could even register i'd done it - i was too busy chatting with my best friends. Breakfast:2 Weetabix (heB) with banana and milk (heA) and a...

I think the mikado sticks are 1/2 syn each. Not sure who makes them, but they have them in my sainsburys down the biscuit aisle, they have a big box and a multpack of 3 smaller boxes. they are yum!

i tend to use mine on puddings after dinner - great recipes on the recipe thread! and if i feel i need a chocolate fix - a couple (or 10!) of those mikado sticks do the trick for me!

wow congratulations! What an inspiration! Have a lovely time in America! x

I am an administator at a University in the computing faculty, i basically look after the student records, and am responsible for withdrawing and transferring students courses. As well as making sure the other administrators do the correct things. It's interesting but i am only here until August...

Thursday - Extra Easy Trying my hand at an extra easy day today: Breakfast:Oats so Simple x 2 (find this keeps me fuller for longer!) (HEb + 5 syns) Milk (HEa) Teaspoon of low sugar jam (1syn) Snack: Fruit and Mullerlight Yogurt Lunch: Jacket Potato with Baked Beans, Mullerlight Yogurt...

Thanks for the ideas! I am not a fan of fish - which doesn't help, but the BLT and sausage sandwich sound good! As does the quiche...will have to have a hunt round for recipies! I think i need plenty of variation -there is only so much lettuce one can eat in a week! lol

Hi All, I am trying to do some weekly plans to help me when i "can't decide" and i am doing a EE, Green and Red weekly plan. I have done EE and Green but red i am stuck on for what to have for my lunch at work. We have a microwave, toaster and fridge so just need some red packed lunch...

mullerlight and fruit for me. I think my work colleagues think i eat way too many yogurts - i alwasy have one on the go lol! I average about 3-4 a day! Is it possible to have too many yogurts?

I have porridge and don't add scan bran (tbh i don't even know what it is! lol) i'm sure it doesn't matter unless you are finding you are lacking in fibre somewhere along the line.

Thanks for all your encouragement. I am trying and i have written a rough plan for the week eating wise and the only obstacle i have at the weekend is a night out for my boyfriends birthday, but we are bowling and drinks so hopefully i'll burn some of the calories i'll be drinking! Thanks...

I got on the scales last night (i am doing the plan from home as i am saving every £ i have in preparation for being a student again!) and i have put on the 3lbs i've lost :(:cry: I know, i haven't been good, but come on 3lbs in a week?!?!?! I felt like giving up last night! I think i've...

Wednesday(Green) Breakfast:Oats so Simple x 2 (find this keeps me fuller for longer!) (HEb + 5 syns) Milk (HEa) Teaspoon of low sugar jam (1syn) Snack: Fruit and Mullerlight Yogurt Lunch: baked beans on 2 slices of Nimble Wholemeal (HEb), Mullerlight Yogurt and fruit Dinner: 3 bgty...

Thanks guys, i think i have my head around it now. I think i am going to try EE tomorrow and see how i get on!

Hi Guys, I am reading my EE book and i am puzzled.... Do i have to have both green and red food with each meal or could i for instance have: B - cereal with milk L - Jacket Potato with Baked Beans and a side salad D - Chicken breast, SW Chips and veg? Does it matter that my lunch is green? I...

I can't seem to get my head around the EE plan yet - i do want to try it to see if it works, but just can't "understand it" when i am used to doing green and red days.....anywhoo.. On green i have my HEb and HEa for breakfast and then tend to avoid using HE's at lunch - so have pasta with...

Tuesday (Green) Breakfast:Oats so Simple x 2 (very hungry!) (HEb + 5 syns) Milk (HEa) Teaspoon of low sugar jam (1syn) Snack: Fruit and Mullerlight Yogurt Lunch: Tinned Spaghetti on 2 slices of Nimble Wholemeal (HEb), Mullerlight Yogurt and fruit Dinner: 2 rashers of bacon (syns - need to...

Freckles, i know how you feel - my weekends are my weakness. When i did SW previously i had loads of willpower but now - if it's put in front of me, i cannot say no and normally i fall off the waggon at the weekend! Your food diarys look good, all i can say - keep going and stick with it...

Hmm well, my week last week was NOT good, and neither was the weekend.....last week was just one of those weeks where i couldn't do it! I have a struggle this week (well the start of - as i have no fresh food and i am out tonight and tomorrow night so no time to shop, but i am going to try!)...

ahh ok thanks for replying - i feel lost without my books today! I will syn the alpen bar 3syns is not bad, and i'll double check it when i get home to my books! Thanks again :)

I have been doing mainly green - i find them much easier. However, i have found i am getting quite bloated on green so am trying to add a few red in every week. I'm not sure what sort of effect it will have on weight loss, but i guess it might stop me feeling so bloated. *fingers crossed* it...

Red, sorry you didn't lose what you thought you should. I know i am similar and can have a perfect week and not lose much but i tend to find that the weight comes off the following week - i think my body takes a little longer to actually let go of the weight. Perhaps you will be the same...

HI All, I have a question and i don't have my books here - i was wondering i had 2 weetabix for breakfast - would an alpen light summer fruit bar count as the rest of that HEb? I seem to recall 1 HEb is 2 Weetabix plus a ryvita or something.... Hopefully someone will know as i just ate it...

Congratulations!! what a great achievement!!

oooh this looks gorgeous! Must give it a try - it really looks like a pizza express pizza! Thanks for sharing! On a side note - your side salad looks great - but was wondering what sort of dressing that is you have on it? (i love salad but tend to want a dressing on it to give it something...

I made the cake at the weekend - without the chocolate, just vanilla sponge, it is quite nice...well once i got over the "it's not like me normal cake" i decided i quite liked it. My flat mate who isn't on SW even tucked into a piece and said she liked it. I did cheat and put 3teaspoons of low...

ooh looks good, will have to try that tomorrow i think!

good to know the syns..actually knowing the syns puts me off - i could have a LOT more for 5.5syns!!! Thanks :)

Well my jump on the waggon was short lived - i caved into cake and then a pub lunch yesterday :S So being good today and avoiding the new cakes in the kitchen at work because it's someone else's birthday today! So... Red day today (my first - lets see how this goes!) B: 2 weetabix (HEb)...

Your right, i walked in the kitchen, right past the yummy cream cakes and chocolate cake (that looked devine btw!) and got my mullerlight out the fridge and came back to my desk and i have eaten it and now i don't feel so drawn to the cakes....and proud i managed to avoid them. Just got to get...

I'm sitting at work at the moment (very busy can't you tell ;)) trying to gather enough willpower to avoid the cakes that seem to have overtaken our kitchen area :eek: 2 birthdays in 2 days = LOTS of cake and i want it ALL! I am really craving sugar at the moment so i decided to post here to...

I'm the same - boobs, tummy, thighs and bum...i have always had large thighs and weight never comes off of there, and recently my bum seems to be HUGE - i'm sure it was never that big before! lol

I'm lazy and i hardly ever par-boil my chips - i just cut the potato, skin on or skin off and spray the tray with plenty of fry-light (i use a pizza tray with holes in it) and then put the chips on the tray and spray some more. Pop them in the oven at about 200 for about 30mins or until they...

OK Back on the waggon from today! Somehow and i am not sure how - i lost 1lb last week - i think catch up from the previous week where i stayed the same but was the wrong time of the month..must be good this week to keep last weeks disaster from catching up on me! Tuesday (Green - not planned...

Well i fell off the wagon over the weekend and this continued into today as i've just eaten a chicken and salad baguette from the shop around the corner as i couldn't work out what i wanted for lunch this morning. Tonight i am going to do a weekly plan as i REALLY need to introduce some red...

I went for a week to NY back in 2006 and had a FAB time! My sister and I got the city bus tour tickets - we got the 2 day tickets and really used them as our means of transport to go where we wanted to go....as long as you can tune out from the sightseeing info you've already listened to they...

Mine would have to be sweet things - chocolate, sweets, biscuits...i just do NOT have an off switch when it comes to these things..it's the whole packet or none for me lol. I'm also partial to take-aways when i am tired/down or just being damn right lazy!

I do mainly green and do feel quite bloated at times, especially if i eat a lot of processed food. I keep trying to build in red days, but i can never think of what to eat so end up on a green day again! Must try red days i think, to see if that helps with the bloating!

I've always been too scared of going orange or streaky to do self-tan. I'd love to get a salon one - but the whole no clothes in front of someone else puts me RIGHT off! I need to do something as i am quite pale and tend to go tomato coloured rather than brown if i am out in the sun!

I know, it's the last time i opt for a lazy dinner - making my own all the way now. I was shocked that it could be that much! Won't be doing that again!! It must be the oil or sugar i guess....i never checked the pack as i figured - tomato and herb where can you go wrong?! But i WAS wrong...

Thursday - Green Breakfast:Oats so Simple (HEb) Milk (HEa) Teaspoon of low sugar jam (1syn), WW Yogurt Snack: Fruit - apple or kiwi and a mullerlight yogurt Lunch: Super Noodles and a mug shot. Snack: A Cadburys Fudge (6syns) - worth it IMO! really solved my "sweet" craving! Dinner...

A Sainsburys BGTY Tomato and herb pasta sauce is 14!!!! yes 14!!!! syns!!! :eek: I put half a jar of it on my pasta last night because i was too lazy to make my own sauce! The other half of that jar is going down the sink!!!!!!!!!! NO MORE laziness for me!! :copon...

Congratulations, what a great achievement!

I don't tend to go way off the plan on "treat night" but some weeks i have a BIG bowl of cereal - and we are taking crunchy nut cornflakes or cocoa pops (totally unhealthy i know!) i just LOVE cereal! haha. How sad am i!?!

Wednesday: Green Breakfast:Oats so Simple (HEb) Milk (HEa) Teaspoon of low sugar jam (1syn), Mullerlight Yogurt Snack: Orange Lunch: Jacket Potato with Baked Beans and a triangle of extra light laughing cow (HEa?) Mullerlight Yogurt Dinner: Evening out with work - well i lost the plot...

Thanks for the advice, i am sure i can plan ahead and work things out...i think this morning the "3 meals out in 1 week" thing hit me and i suddenly doubted whether to carry on this week (the same old - i'll start again next week) but thanks to your replies, i do feel like i can make the choices...

Well done, i bet you feel great! Gosh a Tankini - i wish!!! Congrats again you've done really well!

Hi All, I am struggling a bit - i am really focused to "do it" this time on Slimming World, i have my goal - which is - i do NOT want to be a fat midwife and i start my training in September so want to be well on my way to losing the weight by then! My problem is - since i've started, 2...

Just wanted to say - well done Natalie, you are doing great! I too tend to eat a fair bit so it's nice to see that you get great losses from eating lots - something i love SW for!!! Hope you have a good week this week and manage to stay on track!

Well i wasn't around for the Bank Hol weekend, so didn't get on here. I was fairly good, bar the alcohol consumption...so i am pretty much writing last week off as a pretty bad week! Hope everyone had a good weekend! WI was yesterday - i stayed the same, but equally can't tell if it's...

I'm no expert but i think it is because cooked fruit is easier for the body to digest. I could be way off, but thats what i understood.

Give it another week or so - i find some weeks i can give it my all and for some reason my body just does NOT want to let go of any weight. :snooty: I do however, tend to make up for it the following week when i have a pretty good weight loss. So not loosing in your first week could be just your...

I'm also interested in any advice - i am starting my course to be a Midwife in September and will be working shifts for the first time. I've had 5 years of a 8.30-5 job, so the shifts and how i'm going to cope with eating properly is something i want to get my head around before i start!

NN89, i would just tell your work colleagues that it is working and it suits you and try to ignore their comments. I have colleagues at work that know i'm dieting yet still insist on bring cakes/sweets/biscuits to my desk mid afternoon and i have learnt just to say no and not even look, i'm...

Friday - TGIF! Another Green Day for me! B: 2 Weetabix (HEb) Milk (HEa) with a banana Snack: Mullerlight Yogurt with an orange Lunch: Super Noodles with a mullerlight and banana afterwards Dinner: ww Mediterrainian Vegetable Pasta (6 syns) Rest of my syns - Vodka lol, out for a work...

oooh sounds good, trifle is one of my favourites!! will have to give this a try!

Thursday: Green B: Oats so Simple (HEb) Milk (HEa) Teaspoon of low sugar jam (1syn) Snack: Mullerlight Yogurt, Orange and a Kiwi fruit L: Super Noodles (Low Fat) chicken (free i think - need to check?!) and a tomato and herb mugshot! Mullerlight Yogurt D: Jacket Potato with baked beans...

Wednesday: (updating this looking back as i was at a work event last night) B: Oats so Simple (HEb) Milk (HEa) teaspoon of low sugar jam (1Syn) Snack: Kiwi, Orange and Mullerlight yogurt L: Jacket potato, spaghetti (tinned) and some chicken (HEb) Dinner: Another bad one - work event...

Hi Little Red, I know it is suddenly coming around quickly - i can't quite believe it, i applied not thinking i would get a place and suddenly, i've had to give me notice at work and am heading back to being a student. I am very excited yes but a little aprehensive about the money and how i'll...

Well i lost 2lbs last week - YAY!! I am determined to try do the same this week! I did 35mins on the wii fit last night and walked our puppy for 30mins too. Green Day Tuesday: B: Banana, Rasberries with Fat Free Yogurt Oats so Simple HEb with SS Milk HEa topped with a teaspoon of low sugar...

ooh that sounds good. Must get some quark - i can NEVER find it in the supermarket and therefore ALWAYS forget it!

:pWell i am 1 week today and it's WI tonight, but i thought i would start a food diary so i can name and shame myself when i fall off the wagon! Today: Green (i keep thinking about trying EE or M2M but i just don't get it!!!! :sigh::confused:) B: Oats so Simple HEb Teaspoon of Low Sugar Jam...

I am partial to baked beans, but i only like Heinz ones lol. I eat them cold with a salad and use them as a replacement for ketchup too when i have SW chips - great for dipping!

Great thread, i am certainly bored with the beans and cheese i tend to always have, so i now have some more ideas! they all sound yummy!

My top 5: 1. Mullerlight yogurts (i love the banana and custard ones - i swear i could eat 20 of those a day!) 2. Fruit - variety - i make a big fruit salad to pick at when i am peckish! 3. Jacket Potatoes and small new potatoes 4. Diet Coke 5. Eggs - so many free meals!

Thanks for sharing your food diary - suddenly Mix 2 Max seems so much more "do-able", it confused me when i read the book! Congrats on your great weight loss!

Thanks SkiddyKat, i will have to try it. I've seen it - but was a bit dubious about it!

Hi all, I'm back on SW after losing (and regaining most :sigh:) 1.5 stone last year. I have my motivation again now - i am going to be a student again as i have been accepted to study midwifery from September. So, i am looking for inspiration. I like salad but it's not complete without...