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Hiya I've been really ill the past 2 days with severe D&V, I'm still not 100% but feel a tad hungry (havent eaten since Sunday afternoon) I've lost 8lb through being ill so want to stay on track especially now I'm under 15st! I'm still quite fragile and am actually scared to eat anything but...

Thanks guys, snuggle i'll have a looksie now, I'm hoping not to do any more nights after Tuesday but we'll see. I work in a care home so I'm not going to be constantly busy.

Wont be syn free but mix crushed garlic and hellmans extra light mayo which is 1/2 syn per table spoon?

As long as you syn it properly and stay within your syns allowance you should be fine. I had a reggae reggae chickn chargrill the other say with sweet potato chips and salad, the chicken thing was 4 syns, which seems alot but it was a quick and easy meal and I'd only had 2 syns that day anyway...

Hiya all. After being on maternity leave since 1st Feb, I'm back to work tonight! I work in a care home so do different shifts but am doing a couple of nights to cover my friend who is off sick. Anywhoo! I start at 10pm and finish at 8am, I will be having dinner in about an hour, then was...

Vix, you are so amazing! I love pizza and I'm going to make a trip to Tesco this week just to pick up that mix! Last night I had salad leaves, cucmber, onion, all mixed together with salad dressing, then chucked in, boiled new potatoes, cooked and cut gammon round, and 3 boiled eggs, mixed it...

yummers, cant wait to try the pizza base!

Morrissons do their own version of mullerlights that are free, the eat smart virtually fat free ones, I prefer them to mullers but there are only about 4 flavours.

Count me in too please. I'm a stay at home mum for the moment until I can find suitable childcare for the baby so no xmas do's to worry about. It would be lovely to loose a stone by then, do you think thats doable?

Oh! Coooeee! :wavey:

I chip them in the morning and leave them in a pan of water until tea time. and I leave the skins on cos i'm a lazy moo moo :D

You dont always have to cook from scratch, last night I had sw chips, egg and spaghetti, it was so easy yet soooooooooo nice! Today I had salmon steaks just seasoned with garlic, salt and pepper, chucked in the oven, with boiled new potatoes and an egg salad from morrissons tht cost me 20p in...

Thanks, it's so true what you say! Just before we split OH told me i've let myself go, and in all honesty, he's right! :o

Hey peeps! Well! I bought myself THESE scales this morning and am disgusted to find that I have put on half a stone in the last couple of months :( I cant afford class right now so am going it alone with some guidance on here and by bessy mate who is also doing SW (I reccomended it to her)...

Another one who's dusting off me slowcooker! I'm going my chicken tommorrow, and doing spag bol in it on Wed, cos I go to an afterschool club with DS1 on wednesdays :D

I buy lots of reduced meats, the chicken that I'm having this week cost me 45p! See thats what I've been doing and it all adds up cos you end up getting other things that you dont even need. we dont mind, good luck with all that xx See I do that anyway, It's the way My mum always cooked...

Also if you are on facebook, check their SW group, thousands of piccies and recipies.

We dont have home bargains and I have no Idea what Herons or B&M is????

Ooh wow glad stock cubes are now free, bovril concentrate costs a bomb! xjox I've added you on FB. I'm thinking of doing a chicken in my slow cooker one day this week!

Good luck hun! I'm following the plan alone, but really want to go to class, it's great! I must admit it took me a while to get me head round it all, but it soon becomes easy enough, there is loads of inspiration on here and if your on facebook, they have a SW 'group' on there, with tons...

Do the stock bubes need to be synned? Thanks, I dont like beans/pulses much, can I blend them, will it hide the textre?:o

I think I have the basic principples, just need to put it all into action :D

Thanks, I'm following EE but I guess I could do that and green days for a bit of variety. I'm doing me inventory but already have about 4 meals planned from what I know I've got in there. I've done the whole downward shift thing, I'm not someone who needs brands, I buy value pasta and dried...

Hi I am doing SW from home because money is tight ATM and I cant afford class until after Xmas, or whenever my hubby's broken hand recovers and we can both go out to work! Anyway, I am really trying to budget our outgoings and have earmarked £40 per week shopping budget for food, this is for 2...

Why not just use low fat marge and syn it for jackets and toast, thats what I do. But then I dont really use syns for 'treats' such as choccie and crisps cos I prefer to use them for condiments etc

Me too, mainly if somthing upsets me, so now I'm trying to train my brain into not associating comfort with food - it's sooo hard! Good luck and post on here if you feeling like your slipping, it helps!

I can say that the Morrissons own eat smart yogurst are very yummy, much better than mullerlights IMO which are too sweet.

It would probably be better with lamb than fish.

Just a though, if you shop in morrissons, I'd reccomend their own brand version of muller lights, 3 for £1 all the time it seems and taste soooooo much nicer and creamier than the muller lights which I find too sweet, and they are free too! They are the 'eat smart' ones.

You cannot beat curry goat!!!! best curry in da world lol

I'm going to try the chiken in slow cooker next week, do you all leave the skins on when roasting? What I usually do is sprinkle over some all purpose, salt and pepper, male lots of little knife slits, slice up some galric then put the garlic slices into the slits, then peel and half an onion...

7pm, both my boys are in bed and I can relax :D

Thanks guys

Thanks, I was going to join the Monday group but as I get paid on a Thursday every week I thought I could join this week then buy the countdown next week? My best friend is doing it now on the reccomendation of me and she's lost 8lb, if she can do it, so can i!

Hi all I am back on the wagon, I want to purchase a coundown for 6 weeks, but I'm re-joining, so would I pay the joining fee plus the countdown on top?????

Anything in a size 14 that fits perfik! I know a size 14 dont sound 'skinny' but I'm and 18 to 20 now and would be happy if I only got to a size 14 :D

Only thing I can think of is Salad. Does eating really put that much weight on?

Will do :D

We generally dont eat later than 5pm, cos I like to eat the same time as my boys.

Just turn up! There are usually other newbies there and our consultant does 'the talk' with them x Good luck! x

Yep it's approved by the midwifery council or something. I know you cant do WW wilst pregnant but not sure about rose conelly.

Dont buy them :D I dont, but then I never have, my son is a good eater but doesnt need a treat for that. If I take him up the shop with me he gets a bag of crisps, sometimes chocolate, but he's uber hyper without the need for any help!

well I've not had a period for ner on 13 weeks, but all my test have been neg, so in theory I could of concieved at any time in the last 13 weeks, i've got a docs appointment on friday to discuss, 13 weeks is a long time to not have a period, I'm hoping I am :D

What sort of pub was it? I've eaten out a few times and usually have gammon and new potatoes or something. I've tried a few diests and have to say that this is the only one where I dont feel like I'm restricted, ok so I cant have a KFC or Macdonalds once a week but at the end of the day I want...

We are having one, it's not themedbut we have to take food, not sure what I'm going to make yet, might go for the scotch eggs,,,,,,

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Do you know what, I think you are amazing to have lost 4 stone! At the end of the day, you may still be big but focus on that 4 stone weightloss, it's not easy loosing that much weight. Dont let them get you down. Next time say something like, yeah but I'm loosing the weight, what you gonna do...

There is even a flylady app in FB! lol

I sometimes use the old style forum, but mainly go on there now to chat on the parents thread in moneysaving in familys and relationships. I am a diehard MSE fan!

I like it, and I even recognised a few of the guests! I'll be honest, sometimes my life is like a mix between, Eastenders, Jeremy kyle and Shameless but it's not boring haha I would NEVER shame myself into going on telly to sort out any of my problems! *please note, I have never cheated on a...

There is a preggers lady on our group, as above. this is the only 'diet' you are officially allowed to do whilst cooking your lil bun x

Aww congratulations! Hmm I feel broody! My son is only 5 months old but we could be expecting again :D

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Duh lol :o

Oh right, how do you know if your PCT does it then?

I go on a Thursday evening in Crawley.

What are countdown vouchers?

My OH keeps moaning at me saying I'm eating to much, he really doesnt understand it. He says I should just eat 3 medium sized meals a day and thats it.

I write everything down in my pad as I go along then write it in the online diary, I like it cos I have my 'favourties' list (peri peri sauce etc) and dont have to try to remeber the syns value all the time.

I'm going through eggs like noones business, they FSA dropped their 'advice' years ago, so eat as many as you like!

My OH does most of the cooking, so we have always eaten from scratch. I just tell him what to cook and he cooks it now, I secretly think he loves me being on SW as he can try out new recipies lol My son gets what he's given (the same as us) and if he dont eat it he dont get anything else, but...

Aww jealous much! We were supposed to go up in August with the children but it didnt work out, so hopefully be going up in October half term instead. My OH is from Edinburgh, it's great!

I dunno, cos the ainsly harriot ones are synned sometimes. I'm new to this so probably not the best person to advise :o

Wow, I dont know wat to say except ((((hugs))) xx

Ahh see my partner is a meat fiend so we cant really do green days lol

Will do! We have SW chips about 3 sometimes 4 times a week here, my OH wont even entertain buying frozen ones now but it's me who has to cook them all the time now! So I just chip them with the skins on in the morning, leave them in the pot of water and put on to boil when I start tea.

Yeah I went to WW once but I thought I'd starve to death! I love the Extra easy plan on SW as you can have loads of tatties and meat together!

I wouldnt say you have blown it, but you'd have to syn the pizza, cous cous, and pasta well I assume you would the cous cous and pasta as they are not plain. Just draw a line and start again tommorrow, or you could reduce your syns for the next couple of days.

Well done xx

Ooh never heard of that, intersting!

I'd love to be 2 stone lighter, I weigh nearly 3 stone more now than I did when I was pregnant with my first son! How depressing, oh weel I'm doing something about it now, better late than never x

Aww hun, it's rubbish living on your own, but then sometimes it's good! Good luck with your test on Mon, sorry I have no wise words cos I failed twice and the 3rd time lucky I was severely hungover, infact was probably still over the limit (oh naughty me!)

Hey, I'm quite new to this site, but welcome back anyway! I fell off the wagon after 2 weeks, but back to class tonight! good luck xx

Welcome! And yay you on loosing 2 stone! x

Hi! Welcome and congrats on the bubba, my baby is 20 weeks old, it goes so fast! Good luck with the weightloss x

Good luck, I'm back on the wagon tonight! x

I was just sitting here thinking, you have lost the equivilent to 3 of my 5 year old! (he's 2 stone, but eats like a pig! obviously doesn;t have my genes!)

Well done! My partner is like that, he's putting me off though, so I must stay strong like you. xx

OMG how awful! loosing 6 stone is not something many people mange to achieve, what a let down. Please dont get disheartened though, you are a true inspiration to all of us x

I have only been to 2 meetings but thought it was fab! I was supposed to go back on Thursday but didnt have enough money to re-join, so i'm going to go this Thursday coming insted. I was thinking about going on Tuesday morning but the consultant on a Thursday evening is so lovely, that I want to...

Welcome! Another EE girlie here, just finished a nice plate of SW chips, with nando's peri peri sauce for a dip, yum and only 1 syn!

Welcome, well done and good luck! xx

50 posts, but once you get to 50 it doesnt automatically let you see, the system updates every hour or so, so at some point you will lol

Blimey!:eek: well done chuck!

Firstly wanted to say, I take my hat off to you mummies with ASD children, I find it hard coping with my boy and he's just a bit hyper! Secondly, I'm terrible with binging when I'm down, I completely went to pot this weekend, but am back on (again!) today. I think one of the nicest things i've...

I think you have to syn the gravy, but the meat came in the gravy, you may ahve to syn the whole thing I'm not too sure.

oh i love extra light mayo!

Welcome! and good luck. I'm on EE too, was supoposedd to start back at group on Thursday but couldnt afford it so i'm still following the plan and going to start Thursday coming x

Cant wait to get back to group to get the book! How many recipies does it have and how much does it cost?

Aww I'm so sorry to hear that, my thoughts are with you all x

My fave meal at the moment is Gammon, SW chips, 2 dry fried eggs and a mountain of peas! yurmmy!

Thursday 27th August Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, 2 slices wholemeal bread (HEXb) 2tsp clover (3 syns) Lunch: Jacket potato, spaghetti hoops, spring onions, grated cheese (HEXa). Tea: Salmon, rice, vegetable bake (6 syns) 1TBSP extra light mayo (1/2 syn) Morrissons 'eat smart' vanilla...

I'm really peed off I couldnt get to group last night, but I'm determined not to let it spoil things. I will just follow the plan as normal and hope that by next week I would of lost :D

Wow! well done Natty! Good luck for next week too! x

Good luck! I'm just following EE and nothing else x

Not really, I am rejoining :(

Beppe from eastenders, he came into my local Mcdonals as his family lived in my town, infact I was friends with his cousins. Cwith ubank lol seen him a couple of times in Brighton. Bros haha when I was about 5! Not very inspiring!

I can highly recommend this site for keeping you on track, I nearly had a blow out yesterday but posted here and for the first time in my life didnt turn to food and binge cos i was down!

I leftt you a comment deary, I'm Carmie x

We have chips about 4 times a week these days!

Homemade chicken kebabs! I made some the other day, just used diced chicken (diced it myself lol) onion, cherry tomatoes and peppers, I did marinade the chicken in Nando's peri peri sauce but it's only 1/2 syn per tbsp! With my new potatoes, I always put them in a bowl, with a touch of...

Welcome! I only joined here on Sunday or Monday but feel 'at home' already! Good luck with your journey xx

Oh dear, hope he is ok! You'll be fine, we are surviving on £134.70 a week for a family of 4 at the moment, it sucks!

Well I wanted to make the cajun chicken burgers from the July mag, but cant find chicken mince anywhere, why did I not think of using Turkey mince :rolleyes: Oh BTW I've added your blog to my blogroll, it's great! x

Crawley is ok lol Agghhh, I cant go to group, made a willy up with my money and dont have enough :( I'm going to go to the Tuesday morning one instead I think, god I'm well gutted :(

What, you use TM for spag bol? does it not taste mingin lol x

I think because they only came out this week. I'm back at group tonight, so cant wait to get mines! OH and I love cooking, well him more than me so we have tried out a good few of the recipies from the last 2 mags.

Well it's lunchtime and I've just filled up on a jacket spud. I'm having a vegetable bake tonight, but unfortunately OH has prepared it and used a Loyd Grossman sauce, so now I need to syn it, pah Oh well, I've not used any other syns today. I managed to successfully go to morrissons and not buy...

so how many syns would lean mince be?

My first class back tonight, cant wait! Good luck fellow TWI's x

Wow, how inspirational! Well done! x

I'm on EE, it's so much easier for me, we cook from scratch most of the time anyway, but I love my meat and tatties/pasta, so love that you can have both together!

Well done and good luck! x

Thanks BR. Ooh your not far from me! Ok, so I had a bit of a bad day yesterday (not foodwise though) I'm more upbeat this morning. Hopefully going back to group tonight, just got to check me funds! Need to start meal planning a bit better, and using my HEa and HEb.

Wednesday 26th Aug Breakfast: Morrissons 'eat smart' vanilla yogurt Lunch: Morrissons 'eat smart' chicken in peppercorn sauce with poatoes (7 1/2 syns) 1 TBSP extra light mayo (1/2 syn) Tea: Gammon steak, new potatoes, peas, dry fried egg, 1tsp clover (1 1/2 syns) Morrissons 'eat smart'...

Yeah I checked in the book and it said free, woo hoo! I didnt use a HEB, need to plan it a bit more.

Hi everyone, didnt come back on last night coz OH came round to talk. I just broke down and told him everything thats on my mind and he told me I should of said something, but I just felt I couldnt. I've not had a 'time of the month' for 9 weeks now, but have done a test and it was negatvie, so...

Hi all I started SW about 7 or 8 weeks ago, but only made it to 2 groups, I've been trying to keep at it alone for the rest of the time, but now am in the position to go back to group, as of tommorrow and I cant wait! I am following the Extra easy plan as it fits in well with family life. Been...

No I am not on the pill x

See i thought they were but when i used the syn calculator they said 6 syns for half a can, yes I used cheese yesterdy for a healthy extra, although I need to incorporate them more.

Wow thank you for all your replies! I had really bad PND with my first son and i'm recognising the signs already, so I am going to call my HV in the morning and get her to come and see me. OH is coming over soon, he knows I'm down but I think he's one of these blokes who just does not know...

Thank you for your reply. I think I'm pushing him away, I'm just so moody all the time and snappy for no reason, I dont like to admit it but I feel I may be getting PND, my son is 19 weeks old and the last few weeks I feel myself getting lower and lower. I'm not going to turn to food, well I am...

Hi all I'm having a really bad day today, I have split up from my OH, well I told him to leave and now I wish I hadnt. My mind is so confused right now and all i want to do is walk up to morrisons, buy a treacle pecan pastry 2 pack and stuff it in my gob :o Why do I always turn to food when the...

Tuesday 25th Aug - Extra easy Breakfast: 2 egg omelette. (2 eggs, 2 slices of ham, 2 spring onions, half a tomato, salt and pepper) 1x Morrisons eat smart vanilla yogurt. Lunch: Jacket Tattie, 1/2 can of spaghetti hoops (6 syns) chopped spring onion and cheese (HE) Dinner: SW chips, dry...

I think i get what you mean. Basically yes, you can have chicken, chips, and say......brocolli, AND the synned cous cous on top! well I hope so lol

I've been playing around and I *think* I have the hang of it(ish) if i need any help, i'll give you a shout x

I had a sneaky read of your blog (feel like a stalker lol) I've set my own one up but I'm muchly confuzzled by the whole thing :confused:

You dont always have to cook from scratch. One of my fave meals is gammon, egg, SW chips and LOADS of peas...yum!

I have to agree with Vix, I've done WW and found it much more restrictive then SW.

Oh I love extra easy! I dont drink tea or rarely have cereals so dont mind not having 2 HEa' and HEb's. I'd start now, counteract some of the weekendness lol x

My first son didnt sleep through until 18 months! Ryan wakes up once at the moment, this was at 5am though, but since he been ill, it's more like 3am! Oh well, it will come one day. Gosh you have a long trip ahead of you, we were meant to be going to Edinburgh to see OH's family, but some of...

I know that the Morrisons 'eat smart' vanilla and strawberry yogurts are free, they are virtually fat free. what yogurts do you have? you can check online if they are free or not x

Tuesday 25th Aug - Extra easy Breakfast: 2 egg omelette. (2 eggs, 2 slices of ham, 2 spring onions, half a tomato, salt and pepper) 1x Morrisons eat smart vanilla yogurt. Lunch: Jacket Tattie, 1/2 can of spaghetti hoops (6 syns) chopped spring onion and cheese (HE) Dinner:

Hiya, I'm a newbie too. And my WI day is a Thursday! It does seem confusing at first but then you get the hang of it and it's great!

Good luck hun! I started for real yesterday, so will be popping on here to get inspiration from you aswell. I'm following the extra easy plan though.

Feeling ok this morning, very tired though, my baby (19 weeks old) has a bit of a cold still so we haven't had a decent nights sleep all week! he seems to be getting alot better though bless him. Hmmm not sure what to have for breakfast today, might have another omlette :o I'm having Jacket...

My son wouldnt eat them, but OH and I love stuffed peppers, I put cheese on the bottom and the top aswell for a bit of extra flavour.

Sounds yum, I'm sure you will be fine at work hun. So what are the quorn suasages really like? lol Never tried them but I do like a sausage sometimes. Hope you have a good day x

I always assumed RLT was just used to help ease labour or something, not actually bring it on.

Well done eveyone! It's so motivating to see real pics of people's before and afters, not fake ones like the ones you see on excercise equipment ads lol

Thank you, there are other things going on that are getting me down, having tea soon anyway, having chicken kebabs with cous cous stuffed peppers for tea.

Well I haven't had anything substantial for lunch. Just a Morrissons yogurt, eat smart vanilla - free I'm feeling a little down today, trying to to let it spoil my food plan though.

I had BH's all the way through both pregancys, and plenty of false alarms in my most recent one. You can have them quite early, I remeber having them while having my anomaly(sp?) scan.

I think that the baby just comes when it's ready, OH and I had sex almost every day of my pregnancy, I had curries, the lot, the only thing I didnt try was castor oil, I had a previous section and it's apparently more risky so I thought sod that. I had my son 19 weeks ago (8 days early) and...

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Yummy! I've already added your blog to my favourites list, got it from FB, nice to see you on here x

MORRISONS eat smart vanilla/strawberry etc yougurts, basically like mullerlights but much nicer I think, and they are free! 3 for £1 atm.

Hiya, are you following the EE plan all the time? Good luck, i'm back on the wagon from today, doing EE. I have made a diary too, so maybe we could give eachother some inspiration and motivation x

Hi all I've been loosely following SW for about 7 weeks now, but couldn't go to the meetings for the last 6, but am able to go now from Thursday evening. I'm starting properly today and would love some extra motivation and kicks up the bum lol This site is great! I'm following the Extra Easy...

I'm guessing it is because of the marinade. I do my own Nando's chicken at home (currently cooking in the oven) and the madinade is about 0.5 sins per tbsp.