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Good thinking - hope the nightshift went OK. Im having a mare of a week so far - ended up having a take-away yesterday as school parents night dragged on and on from 5pm til 7pm!! so rather than have my birthday meal tonight we had it last night so now Im sitting here forcing myself to be good...

I will be like that on Thursday - I do late night opening in the shop and because I leave about 4.30pm don't have tea beforehand and generally go past the chippy on the way home for a bag of onion rings and large chips that the kids & I share - because it's been quiet we've not done late night...

Well done you - I kinda did the same but was hubby's suggestion - went looking at bikes for our son today and wanted to go check out another 2 stores, could have taken the car but we walked over (different retail park) so that was good. My mini achievement for today was NOT giving in to...

How yummy are the new BBQ Tortillas - saw them mentioned on a thread the other day and when I was going my online shopping this week I noticed them so got some - they are sooooooo yummy!

Well, what a major blow out I had on Thursday! I could taste that Big Tasty with Bacon from McDonalds and I was so fed up with only losing 2lbs I had one!! Had a meal + a McFlurry and the next day I lost 1lb!! And then today another one! BPs are definately my devil food you are spot on with...

Yeh, just didn't think yesterday and fancied having BP for tea as not had one in a while!! 2lbs is good I agree but for a first week is pants and I hate being under the 5lbs lost mark - 2 or 3lbs is "put-on-able" on a really really bad day so I need to get past the 5lbs mark to know that it's...

A week in and what have I lost - 2lbs!! 2 flippin lbs - was at 3 yesterday and I didn't cheat and I did exercise and TOTM is NOT due but I had a baked potato for tea and I find I always gain 1lb after eating a baked potato! So flippin annoying, I've been really really good, OK didn't start...

I can't stand fully skimmed BUT I do use it in the shakes and fine that it loses it's "coloured water" texture once the shake stuff is added and you can't tell - even my hubby said "there's no way that's fully skimmed" but it was! Have to have full fat & fully skimmed in the house as the rest...

Well done!

I was like that the other day - couldn't wait for my dinner, but I managed - better now - think it was my stomach still needing to shrink a bit more to adjust!

It was soooo much quieter on here a couple of years ago when I lost before (was it really 2yrs ago - doesn't feel it!) - just came back on tonight after working and was like WOW where have all the posts come from!

Maybe have 1 as a treat, if you have been good, and you know you can stop at one (always my downfall that!) DH was baking his bread last night, now I don't really like homemade bread (especially wholemeal stuff!) but man the smell went for me and I was sooooo hungry - he's promised next week he...

BBQ crisps - oooooh - where did you get those? I generally have the SF pretzels or cheese triangle thngs or the chocolate bars but this week i've bought some HobNob things - I like to have something in the evening when Im sitting down to wind down but try not to make it too late!

Im here - been working all weekend!! Doing OK so far, lost about 3 or 4lbs so far this week so am happy with that and getting back into my exercising tomorrow (too tired after working in the shop all day and it was busy so that's got to be good exercise!) Sundays are interesting because it's...

Hi everyone Im back again :D Not being depressed about how much I've got to lose this time, just getting on with it! Have put on most of what I lost before but have managed to stay under the 17st mark so that's good! Was around 15st 7lbs last time I went on holiday and then just never...

I usually look at the calories per weight PRIOR to cooking. i.e. if Im making a bolognese then I work out what the 100g of mince looks like before cooking (if the cals on the front are per 100g for example) then I know from the jar of sauce that 1/4 a jar = XX cals + saw 1/4 an onion (I usually...

Lost another 1lb this week - happy with that, not exercised all week as been a difficult week - stuck to the diet tho and TOTM as well so happy all round. M xx

Lost another 1lb this week - happy with that, not exercised all week as been a difficult week - stuck to the diet tho and TOTM as well so happy all round. M xx

Thanks - physio is now planning on taking her in to hospital for a residential stay next week as she's just not bouncing back at all she needs agressive/intensive physio, hydro & OT to get her back on her feet again so it's all fun and games!! Put on 2lbs yesterday (not sure how!) but had lost...

Mine's hit yesterday/today as well - I find Im not actually to bad, I prefer to start my diets off at TOTM then it only gets easier! Not had massive chocolate craving either which is good but am feeling really wiped out and knackered today but with everything else that's going on I know it's...

Can I be added too? Lost 7lbs this week and back on my plan!! Goal for next week : another 2lbs off! M xx

Go me, go me, go me ...................... (drum roll please) - lost 7lbs this week - that's the 6lbs I had put on plus a sneaky wee extra one!! Woop-woop!! Not been on much - been a difficult week as my DD has joint problems and has had a massive flair up and is struggling to walk and write...

Well done for not letting 1 day defeat you - we all have days like that. I find the shakes quite creamy and filling but the smoothies that you buy in the bottles I can't drink as they make me high they are soooo sugary. My DH cycles to work sometimes (34 mile round trip!!) and after I had...

Hiya everyone!! Well, Im back on my diet!! I did really really well before the summer then came the holidays and I just never got back to it and can't believe it's January and I've not done anything more about getting back on track so started again today! I know I hadn't really put much...

I had a bad say shopping yesterday and left me in floods of tears last night (thought I had gone down a size coz my old clothes are too big but the shops dont' agree!!) but I've not had the best of weeks either - too much going on in my head and at home!! Just take it one day at a time - once...

Oh Mel - sounds like you and I are having aweek of it!! How you feeling today - any better? Sending you a big hug :gen126: I found that on my weekly weigh in day, once I had weighed in I allowed myself a wee treat (a bar of chocolate or something) and then at the weekend on a Saturday I have...

:cry: Wanted to get myself some new 3/4 length trousers and some shorts for our holiday (go a week on Monday) and have held off until I was quite near going away as I knew I would change shape and stuff. My size 22 clothes are really lose on me and feel like they are falling off, so OK, I've...

Only lost 1lb this week :-( - had lost 2 by Friday but then put it back on again as had a couple of meals out and stuff and not actually been very good with myself - skipping meals again and snacking on SF bars and stuff to make up for it as just been sooooo busy getting t-shirts made for the...

Im down 2lbs so far this month - 2 more to go to meet my June challenge and that will be me at 1 1/2st as well!! Woo-hoo!!

Down another 2lbs this week (or maybe 2.5lbs as the Wii has me confused!) said I was 15st 13lbs yesterday, today I have lost 2lbs but says my weight is 15st 12lbs!! It's because it doesn't work in 1/2lbs - the weight graph shows me at 0.5lbs but Im not sure if that is 15st 11.5lbs or 15st...

I've still got to try it with the cubes - I just stick my milkshake in a bottle and shake it!! I tried the peach (I think) smoothie and it was waaaaay to sweet for me (the sugar content is way high) - had another couple in the fridge and DH took one work yesterday - he cycled to work (took...

Im gonna have to go shopping to get new shorts for Florida in 3 weeks and new t-shirts as well (let's just say that DH is calling my baggy ones rent-a-tent on me!) luckily I can get t-shirts thru my wholesaler for cheap so don't have to spend a fortune but am going to see if I can take my 3/4...

Woo-hoo me!! Broke thru the 16stone barrier this morning, weighed in at 15st 13lbs (official weekly update tomorrow but go on every 2 days to keep myself in check). So "hello 15stones but not for long until Im saying goodbye to you as well - but will be a wee bit longer as got my holiday in...

Well done Bubbles - a fabaroony start!

Think the heat does make you feel bloated definately. I also found that I couldn't manage a shake or one of the cereal bars in the morning - the SF bars are really really filling and I don't like to eat first thing either so I switched them out for either Special K bars (1/2 the cals) or a...

OK, it was by DH but hey still counts!! Decided this morning that I was gonna brave putting on shorts which is normally reserved for holidays and I wear 3/4 lengths at home but not going out today so why not! Pulled a pair out the drawer which wouldn't even go on a couple of months ago never...

I do the Wii Fit for 30-40mins a day and then on a Sunday I try and do an hour and that includes the daily stuff + running + some more yoga/muscle workouts. Fell out with the Wii yesterday as I was soooo busy with work (work from home) on Friday that I never managed to get on and the Wii gave...

Yeah, that's what I use as well - everyone else has Lurpak Spreadable (that's what we all used to have) and occasionally I will have some if I forget what Im doing (like on the potatoes and I just chuck the Lurpak on out of habbit!!) but also find the Flora SOOOOOO easy to spread have sneaked it...

Im a bi the same - I was/am worried about the amounts of sugar, especially as my mum has recently been diagnosed as Type 2 diabetic and I know that Im running an increased risk of inheriting it with being so massively overweight. I felt the cereal bars were extra high as well and have one...

Yup - constant "is it time for lunch yet" from Michael (9). Amy's not so bad but she's just turned 14 - Michael can be out playing with friends which is fine, until they all descend here - I work from home as well and it can be really distracting and then it's endless sandwiches + crisps +...

RedMel - stick it on the inside of a cupboard door next to where you cook - like the cupboard that has your pasta / cooking sauces etc in it - on at eye level that you would go into when cooking, then no-one else will see it and it's handy as well. M xx

I know - Im dreading them!! but have said to the kids that some days they will need to make their own lunch (sandwiches etc) and that it's good for them to do that and make them more independent as well! Worth a try I reckoned!

Totally agree with FeelingFat in that anyone that has had to lose an amount of weight will probably always have to watch what they are doing but, hopefully, by losing weight over a period of time and being sensible as we go that will help ingrain some of the new eating lifestyles we need to...

I can't stand fully skimmed milk (also known as coloured water in our house!) BUT, I found when you add the shake powder to it it thickens up and doesn't taste / have the consistency of fully skimmed milk. Let DH (who is skinny & drinks full fat milk and nothing else) taste on of my shakes the...

I have a piece of paper stuck to the side of the fridge (round the corner, out of view of parents & visitors) and on that I jot things down. Spaghetti - read the packet and some of them say 70g = XXcals but didn't know if that was cooked or uncooked, then found another packet that said 70g...

First time I was pregnant I was ill from day 1! DH had to take over the cooking and washing the dishes (darn shame!) - things like a bolognese sauce etc would literally turn my stomach as I was cooking it and the cleaning the dishes / the smell - yuck!! Managed to pile a lot of weight on that...

Poor you MrsMe - sometimes these types of days are meant to try us Im sure!! Keep positive - you can do it - you know you can and we're all here to help you. M xx

I've realised now that 1 day doesn't spoil it all ........ had a disasterous dinner the other night - let's just say the "healthy" home made potato wedges didn't cook for long enough and as had to get DS out to Cubs ended up running along to Chip Shop for couple of bags of chips to split between...

Down another 3lbs this week for me and TOTM arrived as well!! (am almost in tears here I can't believe Im doing this AND it's working AND Im not stressing AND Im enjoying it ............... AND I've totally gone off diet coke which I could drinp 2litres a day AND I like Salad!!!!

For me, want to lose another 4lbs (after todays weigh in) - my challenge will be up to Friday 19th as we go on holiday (yahooby) on Monday 22nd!!

Well done Sparkel!!

I've lost another 2lbs this week - so past my target by 1lb!! woop-woop me!!

Thanks pinkemma - back on track now - day went from bad to worse with a mini binge on SF bars in the evening but managed to control it which is amazing for me!!

Lost another 2lbs this week - not bad considering DH finally bought me my chinese on Saturday then had a bad day Monday with a McDonalds Big Tasty with Bacon (but man it was good!!) and then that night DS was a total nightmare and really really came close to binging out and was so stressed about...

I hate it when the kids are off (not looking forward to 7wks summer holidays) but DS wanted to go to McDonalds for lunch which I thought would be fine, meal for him & DD and then I wasn't going to have anything (or if I HAD to eat, then a small fries or something). Well, DD went shopping with...

Thanks for the link - will post one for Chinese if I find one!!

Does anyone have / know where to get a good calorie counter for take-aways? I've looked online and can't see anything! Want something that I can refer to if Im having a "treat" - like my anniversary chinese which I didn't have but Pete says we can have tonight as Im now only 1lb away from my...

My updates been missed I think ...... was 3lbs the first week and now another 3lbs this week!!

Well done - that's fab!

Cool - didn't know you could buy them like that (been avoiding the chocolate aisles!!) M xx

I was just at the shops and looked at the Drifters and it says on the packet they are 137cals per finger & each pack is 2 fingers! Had a Fudge instead at 110!!

I also look at some of the other low fat type things and the Go Ahead range from McVities has some nice treats in it - the yog biscuits are yumm!!

Lost another 3lbs this week!! woop-woop - 2 to go to get my first stone off!!

Hi MrsMe (and everyone else!) Stick with it - Im terrible at diets, like my food too much but it got to the point where it was making me very very depressed and taking over my life with hating the way I am and stuff so I started on SF 3wks ago! I love it love it love it!! I am also...

Fantastic Hannah - well done you - must admit, I've been slacking on the drinking a bit as well of recent - but felt it in my kidneys today so a bit of a wake up call for me - I'm soooooooooo pleased for you getting your 3stone off (so far!!!!) and am envious - but I will get there!!

Another 3lbs off!!!! :D Will get this first stone off if it kills me - only 2lbs to go .......... and no, I didn't get my chinese last week :cry: as DH was being strict and said "no, you said when you got to a stone" so am determined to have it this weekend - even if I do have to do something...

Well, today is my 16th wedding anniversary and I was hoping to have a nice chinese tonight ........ but stupid me when I was losing lots in the first week said "hopefully will be able to lose 14lbs by our anniversary" ....... 2 1/2 weeks that gave me and DH bless is trying to be helpful but...

What day are we meant to do our WI? Im confused - anyhow, lost 3lb since last Friday which is 1 week!

Lost another 3lbs so that's me at 9lbs in total so far. Kind of a weird week as was DS 14th birthday on Friday, was good, counted what I made for tea and then Saturday she was having a BBQ for some friends and it all went to pot!! Not as bad as it could have been, 2 cheeseburgers and a dod of...

Hi LR - thanks for your post - no the sandwich at lunch isn't really part of the UK version (I don't think!) but if you are hungry afterwards can you not use your snacks then? I cereal bar at brekky + no morning snack (not hungry) + shake and 1 snack thingy about 100 cals at lunch + no...

Im the same - great isn't it (in a very strange way!!!!) Im finding the SF cereal bars in the morning VERY filling - so much so that I've been using the SpecialK ones the last few days as they are not quite so filling and I've still been fine 9(and they are 1/2 the cals) - had my SF one this...

Thanks guys - Im soooo shocked at myself ....... I have absolutely no will-power at all, never have done but Im finding SF just "fits" with me somehow - I can quite happily go along most of the day without eating, until I get a sore head and then I remember and start eating, so making me eat but...

Lost 6lb!!!! :happy036: How did I manage that!!!! Well, only cheats I've had this week are 1 Jelly Bean and 1 Mint Imperial at the McFly concert on Saturday night from DS Pick'n'Mix so think that was good!! I even took a snack bar with me I was behaving!! Low of the week was at Mum's on...

Woop-woop Hannah!!

Well done - that's fab - glad you are enjoying it - so am I!!!!

Can I join in and put myself down for 7lbs? Not sure how realistic it will end up being as only started last week but can try!! M xx

Thanks guys - Im the opposite, I can't do the once a week weigh in as I don't know how Im getting on!! Plus Im weighing myself on the Wii now as it was doing my nut using the scales at one weight and the Wii at a different one but all sorted itself out now and I do the body test every day...

Hi everyone! I joined last week on the SF boards and only just discovered this one so thought I'd better say hiya over here as well!! My plan is to use SF for a kick start and to prove to myself that I can do it and then to gradually incorporate having a meal as opposed to shake etc for...

How did I manage that? Put on 1lb from yesterday!! Didn't cheat + did over an hour of exercise (48mins on the Wii with about 35mins aerobic & the rest muscle control) - OK dinner wasn't the healthiest (DH was cooking!) but counted the cals on ALL the ingredients and 1/4 them so was within my...

That's not a bad deal - even if you paid it off between now and then at £10 a month or something like that? Bet if you got one he would love it - I gave my 91yr old gran a laugh today showing her me hula-hooping. She couldn't understand how I didn't have a hula hoop on me but did on the TV...

Hi Linda We just got out Wii Fit yesterday - it was part of my plan to lose weight and DH was fine as there is no way on this earth I would go to a gym etc and the monthly fees for that are just too much for us!! I got it for £69.99 + the recharger battery pack (saves using normal batteries)...

Thanks - I checked the Robinsons bottle this morning and it's 4cals per 100mls of concentrate which I reckon is about 2 drinks worth (I use a big glass!!). Even working it out at 4cals per glass x 6 glasses (2100mls - already checked!!) that's only 24cals for the juice so should be fine...

Thanks Linda - it's weird that I can't drink it plain but don't mind when it's got juice in it. We have an american fridge so can get iced water thru that as well but I don't use it as the water goes thru a filter and that does something to set my cystitis off (had problems since I was 5!)...

Thanks for your post - will give it a go - just had a glass (yuck!!) - I usually drink Robinsons Special R Diluting Orange Juice but don't think you have anything quite as similar in the US but it's mixed with water anyways! Will see how I go - thanks agian.

The shakes, snacks, bars & smoothies are on 3 for 2 in Morrisons, not sure when the offer ends but definately on today as I stocked up!

Hi I've just been on the intro board and introduced myself but wanted to ask a quick question. I can't drink mounds of plain water in a day - makes me feel really bloated but I do drink Sugar Free Diluting Orange - will that be OK? Im happy to miss out one of the snacks to allow for any...

Hi Everyone!! I've just started today (yummy cereal bar!) and have about 6 1/2 to 7 stone to lose. Am really really low and depressed at the moment (what's new!) but know it's all down to issues I have surrounding my weight and how I look and how uncomfortable I feel and have basically hit...