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Had a good day today - within syns - and an hour at the gym after work :-)

Hi Jessie, Yeah a 5 day trek at the Grand Canyon!!! When Mandie, and another friend, were diagnosed it was the decider for me to do the trek. I've looked at them before but always had a reason not to do it! I know she was so behind me and often told me how proud she was - so I have to do it...

Well, I've rejoined and got my shiny new book with no stickers or previous weights in it! It all starts tomorrow! Made some tomato soup today which is in the fridge, and a veggie sausage, bean and veg concoction - also on the fridge!! That's about 6 meals I don't have to worry about! Back to...

Hi all, I have been going to SW for just over 4 years now. The first year and a bit went really well - then I kind of lost it! I still carried on going to class, but didn't carry on losing weight!!!! I stayed the same (give or take 7 lbs) for 2 and a bit years - and then it started to go back...

Well, I went to group last night and put on again - but I'm fine with it as I knew I would and was all ready to re start today!! I've got my Tesco order coming this afternoon with loads of fruit and veg (we've been set a challenge in group to eat 12 speed / super speed foods a day!) and I'm on...

I've been messing around for too long now - in 15 months time I'll be trekking the Grand Canyon for Marie Curie Cancer Care. So far (over 3.5 years) I've lost around 3 stone and still have another 2 to 2.5 stone to go. I want to lose the rest of it by the time I go on the trek, and I also need...

That's exactly what I used to do until I decided to go for it!!!

Hey! I am trekking the Grand Canyon next September to raise money for Marie Curie. Has anyone else done one of these organised treks anywhere - and how did you find it all?! Andi x

Oops forgot to fill this in over the past few days!!! Anyway, they must have been good as I managed to lose 4 lbs tonight - won Slimmer of the Week and a huge bag of fruit!!! Woo hoo!! I've also got a personal training session in the morning - half an hour of hard work!!! Ha ha. And I'm paying...

But it could have been a lot worse!!!!!!!! Also - I don't think that pitta breads are a B choice anymore :cry:The Co-op ones definitely aren't and I can't see the Asda ones on any list (however i may be wrong????) since it's been updated this year? Good luck with the rest of the week and...

I really fancied something sweet last night so I had 3 mini meringues (3 syns) crushed up and mixed in strawberries and a coconut greek mullerlight (0.5) - it was yummy as well!! So today has been another good one so far!! I have spent the day watching CITV's old skool weekend! Breakfast -...

So today has been a good day so far!!!! Breakfast - 2 Weetabix (B), with sweetener and milk (from A) Snack - Apple Lunch - Tomato soup, egg sandwich (B + 1 syn for salad cream), baked stars crisps (5 syns), Strawberry mullerlight Greek style (0.5 syns) Snack - Pink & White (2.5 syns) Tea -...

I went to group last night and lost 0.5lb - I'd put on 4 lbs over xmas!! I haven't got any of my Xmas biscuits & chocolates left so no temptation in the way. I've also been food shopping and have got tinned beans (various kinds!!) which I usually stick in the slow cooker with passata and herbs -...

Thank you - and good luck to you too!!

Well today went well until tonight - but it could have been sooooo much worse than the couple of jam tarts and maids of honour I had at mum's! Brekkie today was malted wheaties again (B), dinner was jacket potato, spaghetti and cheese (A), followed by Walkers Wotsits (3.5 syns) and a Magical...

I've been doing SW for just over 3 years and for half of it have been up and down losing and gaining the same 7 lbs!!! So, I have now decided that this year WILL be the year that I lose the rest of the weight I want to! I do green days as I don't really eat meat or fish. I'm also going to do...

Hi Sarah! Just been looking through your diary as I do green days too. Just wondering why you synned your cheese the other day when you can have 2 HEX As?!

Hello! Stuff you could take for lunches - cold pasta with cucumber, peppers, mushrooms and some fat free dressing on it, if you have access to a kettle ainsley harriot cous cous is good and only tiny syns, mugshots. Microwave access? Jacket potato and beans / spaghetti. Warmed up home made soup...

Hi. It doesn't seem to me that you are eating enough, even though you feel you have eaten lots!!! There have been some days where you haven't eaten lunch at all.

I've tried the fishless fingers! I thought they tasted like cheap fishfingers (if that makes sense!) but I did like them! I'm not veggie but don't eat a lot of meat / fish.

Had the sweet & sour quorn tonight - oh my god it was soooooooooo yummy!! Will definitely be making it again!! 2 portions in the fridge for another 2 meals!! Thank you!! :D

Well, yesterday didn't go to plan!!! But that's happened now so nothing I can do about it! Trying a bit of EE today - but I know I failed at breakfast as all I wanted was porridge, so I had that with cinnamon & sweetener. No SF. For dinner I had salad leaves, carrot, radish, cucumber, new...

So far today I have had - Breakfast - 2 Weetabix (B) with milk (from A) and sweetener Dinner - Wholemeal co-op pitta bread (B), 42g Cathedral light cheese (A), crisps (5 syns). Pitta bread & cheese boshed in microwave for a minute - melted cheese & warm bread yum!! Tea tonight will be...

Hi! Good luck to you too :D How much have you lost so far? Hopefully we'll manage to lose these pesky pounds and not gain them again this time!!!! I think I need to do some body magic too! I know it doesn't necessarily help with the weight loss, but need to do some toning. Got my line...

Hi all!! RIGHT!! This is not the first time I have started a diary on here - the others I just abandoned! I really need to get back on track with SW. I've still been going to the meetings and have been half heartedly following the plan for ages now, but seriously, I need to get back on...

Hi. Yes on red & green you can have 2 slices of bread AND 2 Alpen light bars!! Green days - 1 or 2 HEAs & 2 HEBs. Basically - pasta, rice, potatoes, quorn, all fruit and veg are free, B choices can be used on meat / fish but need to be weighed as well as cereal, bread etc. Red days - same...

Hi. I have made it before and it's dead easy! I whizzed up a tin of chick peas in the food processor, added in some garlic, ff fromage frais and a jar of roasted red peppers in brine (drained). I did have to add a bit more fromage frais bit by bit to make it the right consistency. I found...

So, today is weigh in day - but I can't go to class tonight as I'm working. I did weigh myself on my scales this morning (they are usually the same as the group scales) and according to them, I am 3 lbs lighter!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I know all scales are different, different time of day etc etc but to...

The canneloni was YUMMY!!! It was a bit fiddly to get it in the tubes, but soo worth it - and I still have 3 portions left over :D Yesterday I did a bit of weeding in the garden and (with dad's help!) put together my newly bought raised bed, and planted my veg 'grobox', herb plants, leek...

Hello! I kind of made the tuna fishcakes up! I mashed some potatoes, softened some onions, opened a tin of sweetcorn and a tin of tuna, added some salt and pepper, mixed it all together with an egg, made it into fishcake shapes and frylighted it for a few minutes each side. :D Well, another...

Well, I just wasn't hungry yesterday it would seem!! I ended up just having my breakfast, a packet of Velvet Crunch crisps, then the lamb chops (all 4 - the cat was happy as he got a plate of lamb fat!!) and cous cous. Not a good day - but not really bad either!! The plan for today is to have...

So, yesterday I had a pretty crappy food day - but hey, today's another day!! :break_diet: I had my weetabix for breakfast at 6.30am - and I'm still not hungry!!! Odd!!! I'm starting to get a bit hungrier and I know what I'm gonna have when the time comes!! On my way home from work, I popped...

Well done on your loss and award!! :clap::clap:

Hey!! Hope you have a good weigh in tomorrow - sounds like your head is definitely in the right place at the moment!! I've just started a diary on here too - hope it helps with my journey too :D

After severely losing the plot on my SW journey (hmm - quite an understatement there!!) I am now back on it. I joined in October 09, lost 3 stone 6 lbs up to Feb this year. And the it all went horribly wrong!!! I went to class last night after not going for 7 weeks (I work shifts so can't...

I will be at class this week and as this is my 4th attempt at SW I know exactly what will happen if I stop going! We CAN all do it - and we WILL!

Hello! Thanks for your reply and I was telling myself off really! Like you said I think I put myself under too much pressure at my last weigh in a couple of weeks ago by saying I want to lose 9lbs in 10 weeks. Yes it's very doable but I think it's frustrating that I haven't lost any weight since...

Well so far so good today! However I am now approaching the 'danger zone' time, so I'm gonna get a drink and do some cross stitch!

Right then!! I NEED some serious bum kicking - and telling off!! :copon: I've been on SW since Oct 09 and at last weigh in had lost 3 stone 5lbs. Still around 2 stone to go!!! Since Nov last year, I've been putting on / losing the same 3 - 4 lbs. Now, I HAVE to sort myself out and get back on...

So, today is a GREEN day - which I seem to get on better with! Red days, I really struggle with as I'm not a huge meat eater anyway, and EE is a bit hit & miss!! Breakfast - 42g Morrison's all bran HEXB (high fibre I think it's called!) & some of milk from HEXA Dinner - hmm. I think I'll...

Right then!! I NEED some serious bum kicking - and telling off!! :copon: I've been on SW since Oct 09 and at last weigh in had lost 3 stone 5lbs. Still around 2 stone to go!!! Since Nov last year, I've been putting on / losing the same 3 - 4 lbs. Now, I HAVE to sort myself out and get back...

Well, since my last 'entry' I have lost another 3 lbs (total loss now 3 stone 6 lbs), and really want another 1 lb for my 3.5 stone sticker on Tuesday. I am also trying to stop smoking!! I am now on day 5 fag free :D. It's strange - I think I am so conscious that I MAY put on weight, that I...

I'd be hungry if I ate what you do - so don't worry about eating too much! 'B' choices on green days also include fish and meat (unless you are a total veggie, in which case I apologise!), nuts, cheese, as well as bread & cereals!! As for syns, they're not just there for 'bad' stuff - you...

Well, just made the yummiest soup for dinner!! It was a brocolli and blue cheese one (and I'm not a fan of mouldy cheese!!) Dead easy too - chopped up and softened an onion and added it to a chopped potato, head of brocolli and 500ml of vegetable stock. Cooked it all until veg soft, blitzed it...

Hey everyone! I've been doing Slimming World since the beginning of October 2009, and so far have lost 3 stone 3 lbs (at last weigh in). Now I'm back on working shifts, I can't go to weigh in every week :cry: and sometimes find that tricky!! So I have decided to kick myself up the bum...

Kelly - once you get to target (in your case 3.5 stone away from what you have said), then you don't have to pay. As far as I'm aware (and I've been going to class since Oct 09), once you hit target it's free if you keep within 3lbs of that target. If you change your target weight it has to...

They'll be looking after her, don't worry about that! My cat never liked anyone apart from me and a couple of my friends - when she was in the vets, she loved one of the nurses to bits! When she went back for a check up, she was very purry when she saw this nurse!

Aww poor puppy! Its horrible when something happens to one of your pets - I went through it earlier this year with one of my cats, who had to be put to sleep in the end (still paying it off now!!) Everything crossed for you and your puppy xxx

I bought some tinned crab meat today, as I am mid 'fishy week' at the moment. Does anyone have any ideas what I can do with it?????? :confused:

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The other day I made chicken breast, 'stuffed' with chilli Philadelphia, wrapped in bacon.

Thanks everyone! I am pleased I stuck with it - and will continue to stick with it, although at times I get fed up with it!! Then again, I wouldn't be where I am now had I thought 'sod it' every time I got fed up!!! AND I'll soon be in the 'overweight' BMI!!!!

I like being a dripping tap I think!! Ha ha!!

At wiegh in tonight, I finally got my 3 stone sticker!! Woo hoo!! I got my 2.5 stone one on 20 July - so this has been a long time coming, but I'm pleased I stuck with it!!! Just another 2 - 2.5 stone to go!

Yeah I included it in the free foods - that was the difference between the 8.5 and the 13 syns!!!! I don't use syns calculator generally as I find it to be a bit odd at times with its calculations!!!! The only ingredients are the ones I've mentioned - lentils / pulses and pasta - nothing...

I've got a pack of vegetable & pasta mix (dried pearl barley, yellow split peas, dried pasta, green lentils, red split lentils, dried onion and dried carrot) and also a pack of country style mix (aduki beans, barley flakes, pearl barley, red split lwntils, green split peas, yellow split peas...

Hi Britt, I often have a bad couple of days / whole weeks - but I ALWAYS go to class the following week. 9 times out of 10 what I put on comes off the following week anyway. For me, I know if I don't go because I know I've put on that's where it will start to go wrong. It might not be as...

ooh sounds yummy!! do I need to boil it to get rid of salt, or just plonk it in some water for a while?!! Sorry - I'm a newbie at this slow cooker stuff!!!

I have a slow cooker, I have a smoked gammon joint - Any ideas?!!!!

Hooray - those 3 lbs are gone again!!! My next little target is to lose 4 lbs (not in a week!!) so I can get my 3 stone sticker!! Fingers crossed!

Well, day 1 so far so good!!! I've had a green day, been line dancing for an hour and usually when I get back I don't eat 'properly' - but I have tonight!! Also had more water than normal and feeling quite good!! Here's to the next 6 days and hope they're as good.

I always write down what I eat in a little book - sometimes even the non-SW stuff !! I'm gonna do what I've said - and I think exercising may also be in order! I know I can do it when I stick to it - and lose 3 - 4lbs, so why don't I?!!

Just been to weigh in and have put on 3lbs again! This is not a "woe is me" thread - I fully expected it, but I KEEP doing it!! Maybe I'm 'bored' of it now, who knows!! BUT - my plan for this week is to have different breakfasts, different HEXB's and a bigger variety in what I eat. I've...

Well, that's 1.5lbs of that 5.5lbs off :wave_cry: I went shopping with my sister today so she could buy me some clothes for my birthday - all the tops I got were in a size 14 :D:D:D I also, for the first time ever, wore leggings and a long top to weigh in tonight and got lots of positive...

I'm gonna go for a realistic loss for me - so not too high!!! Good luck all Sunday - Kissme.... 14lb - Total lost so far - lb Foodjunkie10.... 6lb - Total lost so far - lb saturday- tinkerbellsmum....6lb- total lost so far-lb jimjam87...7lb - total lost so far - lb Wednesday - Cobweb - 8lbs...

Its not time to finish up - just to get to the 3 stone off mark!! I still want to lose another 2.5 - 3 stone AFTER that!

Here you go...:copon::whoopass::slap:

It would also help if I stuck to the plan more than I do!!! Ha ha ha!!!! I really don't help myself sometimes! I'm also about half way through the weight loss - and I think sometimes the thought of having to lose the same all over again is a bit daunting! But I'll get there eventually!

Hopefully!!! I want the 5.5lbs off by October, as it'll be a year since I started SW - and also, me and my best mate are hoping to go to Edinburgh for a couple of days in October too.

Well, I thought I'd start to write down my ongoing journey on here - when I remember to that is! I can't say it'll be the most interesting diary going though!!! I've been doing SW (this time) since October 6th last year. As of last Tuesday's weigh in, I'd lost 2 stone 8.5 lbs and weigh the...

I put on 3.5 lbs :eek: !!!!!!! Tomorrow - back to it again! My mate at work ruined the ending for me too - but I still need to watch it.....

Well, the time is nearly here to go and find out my fate!! Definitely ready to get back on track in the morning - and I want my new toy to arrive so I can get on that as well!! (and of course watch Prison Break!!!) Good luck Captain with your weigh in tonight - and lets have a week where no...

I don't even know why I had the week I did - guess I just couldn't be bothered!! :sigh: I've got all 4 seasons to watch from the beginning - the 1st being my fave as he is shirtless a lot of the time................. ;) Got to half way through season 4 on Sky but went to New Zealand for a month...

Well, its weigh in tomorrow night and I KNOW I will have gained. :break_diet: I'm not gonna moan about it - I am the only one that has put the wrong stuff in my mouth this week - and have given myself a talking to:copon: and next week I WILL get back on track!! Over the weekend I ordered a 2 in...

Also - Pink & White's are 2.5 syns and the jammie ones are 3 syns - and both are YUMMY!!!!!!!!!! (if you like marshmallow in wafers!)

It will work for you if you follow the plan!!!! (says me who doesn't ALL the time!!). Look forward to hearing how you find it :)

Ha ha!! I was debating between that or burger and chips earlier on - the fish and chips won!!! (this time!!!!). Now on the hunt for something for dessert!!! Its funny - I never used to eat dessert before SW but I do now!!

Hi! Hartley's sugar free jellys are 0.5 syn each, Mikados chocs are also 0.5 syn each - I find the jelly's really help with a sweet fix :) good luck

I've just eaten SW friendly fish & chips!!!!! Diet?............

Hi Louise, I know a lot of people stick to the plan 100% and have fast, big losses - but everyone is different! I would say that the 1 - 2 lbs a week is sensible - there are people on here who have done that and lost ALOT of weight!! After all, 1 lb a week is 3.5 (ish) stone over a year...

It was funny as I had to phone my best mate and mum to tell them I'd eaten it!!!! Don't think I could do it without the sweetner though....

Hey Louise, I've been on SE since October and have lost 2.5 stone - with the same to go still! I'm a 'scenic route' slimmer - if I have times when I don't want to follow the plan, then I don't, but if I gain or don't lose weight I don't get annoyed or upset - I am the only one who puts food in...

Yeah I think that may win!! Fish and SW chips (with lots of salt and vinegar!!), 'round' peas (don't like mushy!!) and mushrooms (need using!). After YEARS of a yoghurt aversion - I was brave the other day and tried Total 0% greek yoghurt (with lots of sweetner!!) on top of strawberries and...

Hi :wave_cry: I'm stuck for what to have for tea? I'm on EE today - and I have fish (white fillets), potatoes, pasta n sauce, cous cous, tinned spaghetti, burgers, eggs..... keep fancying pasta n sauce, the I want fish and chips, then I want burger and chips...

Last night was weigh in night and I'd had a good week on plan. I usually stick to green days, but thought I'd give EE a go and....... 1) I lost 2.5 lbs ;) 2) I got my 2.5 stone award :eek: 3) I won Slimmer of the Week :D 4) I won the raffle!!!!!!!!!!!!! :happy036::happy036::happy036:

I have the same as my 3 year old goddaughter weighs. I was telling her mum that I had 'lost' Madeleine - at which point a little voice said "It's OK Auntie Andi - I'm here!!!!!!". I told her mum that if I ever have an "I'm giving up" moment, to make me carry Madeleine for 30 mins!!!

Prison Officer!!!

I go line dancing once a week and in one of the dances you have to take a step forward and push your hip forward at the same time! However, there is a loose connection somewhere between my brain and hips!!! Our instructor calls the mistakes "personal variations!!!!!

I've just discovered a class in a village near me that started about 6 weeks ago and am thinking about going - but I'll phone first!!! My problem is - my hips just WILL NOT move in the way I've seen on Zumba stuff!!! I will probably look more like a constipated duck than anything else!!!!!!!!

I only did the basic steps one - didn't even attempt any of the other ones! Think I'm gonna have to do it a few more times before attempting the others - but I stuck with it for the hour. I think, personally, I'd be better off trying it at a class - but there aren't any round here. AND, there's...

Ha ha!!! At least the Zumba DVD made it into the player and I did it (attempted!!) - which is more than the Biggest Loser one did! They do say "it's the thought that counts".....

True. Maybe when it's not as horribly hot in the evenings I'll use it - or maybe it'll gather dust!!! Ha ha!!

Thanks peeps

Does anyone know if these are a HEXB? :confused: :confused:I'm sure I've seen it somewhere - but I can't find it!! Didn't go to group last week as I was away and forgot the password the week before so I can't look online. No major issue if noone knows - its class tomorrow night.

Everyone is different in the amounts they eat / want to eat. I would say if you are hungry, eat it - if you're new to SW I think it's all about trial and error to some degree. Some people eat lots of fruit - some lose, some gain! Some people stick to red / ee days and lose loads - if I do, I...

Yep got it off the Zumba website. Am starting to wonder if it was an 'impulse buy' and if I'll ever actually use it......

I bought the DVDs and tried the 1st one (where they break down the steps) - found it quite tricky, but I guess it gets easier the more you do it!! My problem is my hips - they just won't move as they are supposed to for Zumba!!! I'm lucky I live on my own!!!!

:confused::confused::confused: Hmmm - decisions!! I think I'll take some stuff with me (not too much as I'll have to carry it around!!) just to be on the safe side. If it's gonna be this warm, I won't want to eat much anyway (possibly!). Fern - I will nearly wet myself on ALL the rides...

Ha ha!! I might be the one wrestling you to get to the front!!! Yeah I saw you can't take food in - its gonna be a long day, so I'll take some easy nibbly stuff with me - cous cous or pasta, hard boiled eggs etc. My mate is one of those evil people who can eat and not put on weight...

Hey, I'm going to Alton Towers tomorrow for the day - and to see Pink in concert at night, so gonna be out of the house all day! Anyone who has been lately - is it still SW unfriendly (I haven't been for years!) - and would I be better off taking my own food with me? I would normally have a...

and sorry about the leper comment LOL :D!! I was very distressed at the time haha!!:p Its OK - I feel exactly the same when mine 'flares up', and I've had it forever!!! It may just have been a change in diet that triggered it - as I said, it could be anything!! Don't worry about using the...

Philly, As someone who has had eczema all my life (I'm 33), the steroids etc will work in a few days! Also, it can be triggered by absolutely anything - weather changing, different washing powder, stress, tiredness, more exercise (you sweat more, dehydrate quicker etc) or developing a reaction...

Here you go Quorn Just Add, Chicken Style Fajitas, frozen 400g pack 2½ Syns on Extra Easy Original 2½ Syns Green 2½ Syns

I was just going to ask this question! I can't stand yoghurt of any kind (its the consistency of it and the aftertaste). When they're frozen, do they still taste 'yoghurty'??

Hi Lyn, It's a cheesy veg pie! free on green (6 syns if cheese not HEXA) serves 4 Fry light 12oz/30g peeled & chopped potatoes 9oz/225g chopped onions 9oz/225g thinly sliced leeks 7oz/198g frozen peas 2 finely chopped garlic cloves handful chopped parsley handful chopped thyme 2 lightly...

It is lovely! I thought it might be a bit bland, but it's not! Definitely a winter food :)

I have just made (and now eating!) the Homity pie from the Jan SW mag. Its yummy - and soooo easy to make. :D

I've made leek and potato soup a few times - and I'm no cook!! I just chucked into a pan a chopped onion, 3 - 4 leeks, some potatoes, salt & pepper, nutmeg and oxo cubes in enough water to cover the veg, cook until potatoes soft, whizz up with a hand blender - and eat (and put in the fridge for...

Do whichever works for you! Although on SW you CAN still have bread (hex) and chocolate (syns). Personally, I can't get on with WW, but you need to do what works for you :)

I do set myself mini targets - first was the half stone, then below 'the stone', now it's 1 stone. I find it easier to do it that way as I don't put huge pressure on myself!!!!

Thanks for all your replies - and the kick up the bum!!! I WILL get back into it and lose my stone before Xmas (3 lbs to go!) Can't go to class this week (Tues) as I'm away for work, and there aren't any others I can go to, but I'll go the following week and hopefully leave with a shiny new...

Hello, I've been on SW again for 7 weeks now, and for the last 2 weeks, I can't seem to get my head into it!!! I seriously need to kick myself up the bum!!!!

Me too - and it seems to be working so far!

Thanks! I've tried SW loads of times before - it always worked, but I lost motivation / interest / will power!!!! Hopefully, this is the time

Hello all!! I joined Slimming World (again!!) 2.5 weeks ago and so far have lost 6lbs :D I was reading through some of the posts last night and thought everyone seemed very supportive - so here I am!!