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Lalalalalala day 2...... Boom!!!!!! :-D Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

hello everyone ! :D i signed up for WW online and today is day one, so far - BOOM!! on it like a car bonnet! bit about myself, im 31, mummy of 3 (1 x 4yr old and 15month old twins), and currently 11 and a half stone at 5ft 2 and wearing size 14 clothes. love to lose abut 2 stones to be a comfy...

Thank you!!! Feels good :-D though not to celebrate with food tonight which i wouldve done on any other diet hehe! Well done for throwing your scales away i wish i could do that and get a huge surprise in 2 weeks but alas i am weak! Xxx Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Cherry snap x 1,000,000! Had weigh i day 6 and -7.5lb woo! Xx Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

7.5lb off woo! Not due a weigh for another 2 days but cons going on holiday so now no weigh in for 2 weeks eeeeeeeeeeek!!!!! Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

And re having to make yourself put things in your mouth, that's cause for a 'that's what she said' if err i heard one lol!! :-P x Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Thank you abi :-D we'll get there huh.. I hate weekends with their tempting ways hehe! Super jealous of you and your small meal too ;-) xx Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Weigh day!! :-D day 6 today and going strong.. Went to the cinema last night and felt virtuous as sat sipping on a small Pepsi max (don't know if this is equivalent of coke zero and better than diet Pepsi??!) when my friend sat beside me eating all sorts of things shed brought along in her bag...

Hi abi, i would say have that third shake, if not you're only giving your body 2/3 of its nutrition it needs and if it feels deprived of goodness it may go into stubborn starvation mode and hang on to all the fat stores you have instead of giving up nicely.. Its only for the sake of 140kcals...

I am in love with Christian grey! There. I said it. ;-) x Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Hey willpowerwoman! Serves me right for daily weighing, stayed the same this morning :-P those 10's are just teasing me.. On the up side i didn't have that 4th shake hehe :-D got plugging the water and was in bed by 9.30! Feeling good today, loving the sveltness that a few lb's of missing...

Honk day 4!!!! (Y) x Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Ah mac!!! Dream job :-D wanna swap hehe???!!!! Do you get amazing discount?? *jealous* xx Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Lightheaded! Think today may be the day i have 4 foodpacks.. As much as im telling myself this will not affect loss i still feel guilty for considering it :-\ what's all that about... I really fancy a strawberry shake but since reading in the book that the colouring is concheneal (crushed up...

Hello!! Im looking to do CWP for 6 weeks when i go on happy holibob to France for two weeks with hubby, kids, parent in laws (and their 15yr old son), and bro in law, his wife and their 7 month old. We have 2 gorgeous villas booked with own swimming pool, cannot wait! Anyway.. Started this...

Hello ma lovely, 30 day shred is awesome! Over in 20 mins too. Hope your kicking fats ass! I need to start a diary methinks.. X Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Lol i read this as secret eastenders!! Worried id missed it :-D x Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Lol mo-jo!! I just have to keep remembering that i can eat those foods bit Im just taking a break and that its actually my choice to do this diet cos i want a bangin beach body lol! But it didn't stop hubby gettin it tight this am ;-) Im fine now. 6 mins on hot hot standing sunbeds after no...

How are you finding day 3? Hubby got shouted at before he left for work and I've got a sore head :-\ so not a very good morning hehe! gonna up my water.. I forgot to get some mango shakes, doh! Xx Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Ooh good luck for weigh in let us know habit goes! Day 3, bit of a bugger for me, sore head and ratty but not tempted by food xx Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Oh and Im 5'2 too. Boo to being short arses :-P x Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

I was 12,4 after the twins last year, been mucking about on sw since and only down to 11st,10 lol, sitting today at 11,3 after dropping my glycogen and water and my ideal weight is 9,10 but holibob in 6 weeks id settle for 10,5ish? A 14 just now but that would see me a 12. We're going to France...

Im good tah :-D determined to stick to it for more than 3 weeks this time! Though aim is only 6 when i go on summer holiday hehe.. Keep on keeping on as they say, i bet noone will even notice them! I have a million and one faded ones from carrying mahoosive twins last year, but hey ho! Like you...

You could try good old bio oil but there's not much you can do about them but give them time to fade? :-\ sunlight helps them fade so possibly do some sunbedding before you go on holibob? It'll also help you not to burn whilst away and i know, sunbeds are bad m'kay but worse of two evils? :-D...

Wow marnie a stone in three weeks well done!! :-D my aim is a stone but given myself 6 weeks hehe.. Want a stone with regained glycogen so aim is 1st 5lb in 6 weeks. Took a before bikini shot today and shall mostly be looking at it daily to keep me on track! :-) x Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2...

Hey girlies :-D made it through day 2 relatively unscathed, i love the apple and cin porridge, had it for tea both nights! Im on 3 packs per day but bought an extra 3 in case i need an extra as Im a busy bee but all good so far and in ketosis already, woo! Gonna get some of the veg bullion stuff...

*waves to the other Scottish types, in from dundee!* :-D going good girls X Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Im New yo cwp but done atkins, ww and sw before and Im a practice nurse so know a fair bit about nutrition and id say go with ss/ss+! Maybe your body has gotten perfectly complacent to working with 810 and you need to shocking into giving up the fat! You've done great so far, are you in ketosis...

Honk day 2! X Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

5'2 and day 2 too! Its just not fair is it.. If i was a good 5'8 id be a perfect weight! Boo to be stumpy.. X Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Short arses unite!! Do one, fat! :-D x Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Day 2 and I think that lovely hallowed state is here already, woke up full of beans, freezing hands, dry thirsty mouth and Im not hungry, woo! All the chasing after my 4 yr old and 1yr old twins yesterday mustve sapped my glycogen, get in! now i need to remember this lovely flat tummy feeling...

Good luck. I know what you mean, i have 3 kids under 5 but a good hubby who is happy to cook for a bit as the smells almost proved the end of me tonight! Resisted though ;-) How much do you have to lose? I just need a stone off and i have 6 weeks to do it x Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using...

What ever you decide, what a glorious dilemma to be in! :-D i'd just like to get past the first week in one price, what a way you've came. Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Hey lauren, good luck for tmrw. I just started day one today and so far Im kicking its arse! :-D got two stone to lose too. Bring it on Cambridge!! X Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Wow this thread makes some amazing reading! Well done so far!! Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Day one for me, just had third food pack, hubby is looking his and kids tea and i am hungry!! :-( roll on Thursday.. Oh boy do i need that lovely calm, hallowed ketotic state... Hi all!! *waves* x Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Honk day 1!! :-D x Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Hello :-) well done on the 10k. I bought a treadmill 3 weeks ago and been doing 5k 5 days out of 7, god knows how i would do more, Im a jelly mess after it! I do it in about 39 mins, can't wait to get better an be able to run it all. Most I've ran in one go in 10mins :-) any tips gratefully...

Happy leap year day thingy! X Sent from my Samsung galaxy s2 using MiniMins

Herro! Im currently running most days on my treadmill, attempting to train for a race in June which involves a 12mile run followed by an 18mile bike run over moors (yes i been my head checked), wondered if anyone else is preparing for anything this year or even just trying to up their fitness...

Wow jaymi just read your loss, crikey well done! Day 5 weighed myself (as i do every morning, oops!) And i've lost 3lb. Seems my glycogen and water only weighed 2lb - weird! Hay ho, onwards and downwards.. aiming for a stone over all by end of nov. Be into the 10st something, yayz! :D x

Well done jussy, great loss :D i'm on day 5 and going strong. I started early so no weigh in till friday, cant wait. Survived baking halloween fairy cakes with dd1 today. Yay to uneventful nov! xx

Dundee x

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Thanks, good to hear of someone thats doing cd and ss. I'm doing ss but also having 2 x 500kcal protein and salad/fresh green veg/nuts/cheese meals, snacking on babybels and laughin cows so basically eating looooads of calcium, proetien and vitamin rich foods worth about 1000kcals + my 3 shakes...

Thanks :) i did see this after i realised the uk and usa advice differed. So annoying when they group us bfing women in with the pregnant ones though! Only one of those points applies to me, the part of the needing a balanced diet :-/ is that them saying that cd isnt balanced? ;-) i've got my...

No i'm in the uk :-/ damn our protective NICE regulations!! X

Thanks for replying. I'm on my phone and cant post the address but i read on the cambridgedietusa.com FAQs this; "Can a woman who is breast-feeding use Cambridge products? There is no reason why a breast-feeding mother should not use Cambridge products. The products contain all the vitamins and...

Hi there, i'm currently breastfeeding my 6 month old twins and want to join CD, has anyone got any advice on how to work this for me please? Theyre now weaning and on 3 meals a day so theyre feeding maybe 6 times in 24hrs. I see on the CD website that you are able to use cd products whilst...

have added a couple of pics to my public album X

thankyou honeyoc, i feel much better now theyre out hehe! i was reckoning that i'd probably get twice the no of HExtras as i'm making double the milk? i hope so lol!! i'm just doing green days as i'm 99% veggie apart from the odd bit of chicken as i dont like meat, i love quorn though! i've got...

Hello everyone :) i have 5 week old twins and am exclusively BFing them both (apart from a cheeky wee 2oz of formula at 9pm, shh!) but have been eating for Britain since they were born, boy am i hungry!! really need to reign it in as if i keep going at this rate i'll be the size of a house so to...

Hello ladies :) happy to find a SW whilst BFing thread, i have 5 week old twins and am exclusively BFing them both (apart from a cheeky wee 2oz of formula at 9pm, shh!) but have been eating for Britain since they were born, boy am i hungry!! really need to reign it in as if i keep going at this...

well since nurse time is far more precious than doc time i think i'll bother the doc :D and i think its really bad that docs are happy to prescribe meds to patients that they havent seen in person!

clairem87 - 10lbs - 5 lb so far Elliebird - 14lbs -0lb so far madchef - 1 inch from waist - 0 inches so far pink_kelly - 14lb - 11.5lb lost so far - I go on holiday on the 30th August minx - 7lb - 4lb gone, 3lb to go Krystle- 1inch off bum and 0.5 off waist and boobs! KittyBling - 7lbs - 3 so...

*sigh*

SW is a great diet to do along with alli, thats what i'm doing, however some free foods are not good - eg. eggs, salmon, more than a sprinkle of cheese, things you'd normally have for syns etc.. good luck and forget about goals. just take it day by day and go with it :)

thats fantastic tina well done :D WOOP!

well done joany thats brilliant :D yeah, i can definitely feel a difference. i've only lost 4lb but i'd say i'm nearly half a size down in my clothes now. got a weddind on sept 10th then a week in blackpool on sept 18th so trying really hard to lose a few more lb's before then. i dont think...

*slaps kitty around with a wet fish* i think there are some people that dont :P~~~~~~

xenical is a prescription only drug peoples xoxo

1lb loss/gain of body fat is equal to eating/not eating 3500kcals so unless your piece of cake was 14,000kcals (WOW some piece of cake!!), then i wouldnt worry about the infuriating (seamigly) gain.. keep going and dont give up fighting the good fight. its all swings and roundabouts as i'm...

well i've been neglecting my diary thread havent i! just a wee not to say i'm still here, still sticking to it, not weighing myself at all as i cant take the loss/gain/loss/gain yoyo throughout the weeks! i run out of my first months pills next monday so fingers and toes firmly crossed for a...

yay!!! well done x

KB how good is it having an 'overweight' bmi and not an 'obese' one? i want oooooooooone, gimme!!!!! well done on your 3lbs off :D xx

what a first class fanjab!! great advice from the other girls here and *cliche alert* you will find a really nice guy just when youre not expecting it and i'm sure it wont involve bobby photos! dont sabotage your diet alex, youre doing so well and think of the example you have to set for all of...

hey lauren welcome :) do you have any goals in mind of events coming up? x

beautiful scenery there joany! wait till youre climbing those mountains :D

the few kcals you could probably burn off sneezing arent worth the difference in nurtrition imho, i feel far less hungry 2 hours after eating something wholemeal than white so in the end i do actually end up eating fewer kcals when i eat wholemeal (not to mention ++feelings of smugness lol)

this is a much better way of measuring results (literally!!), i want to join, i'll take my measurements at work tmrw well done joany, youre making real progress there girl! :D x

thanks KB and joany :) i dont think losing some weight will be the hardest part tbh, i reckon actually gettin an app will be the toughest battle! my surgery books up all the pre-bookable appointments 2 weeks in advance :O blinkin nightmare of a surgery! xx

i microwave mine for about 15 secs as it makes them bendy and plyable so they dont just snap when you fold :D

omg nicki you're dissapearing quickly! well done :)

wow thats a huge loss well done you sound so chuffed :D x

hey poogatch :D them be the ones! sad they didnt have the choc orange ones dude :( its pretty hit and miss what varieties they have when i buy mine, thats why i look like a complete wonder bar buying fool as i buy about ten boxes of each! weightloss wise this week, thats been about 9 days on...

hi all, i'm using my good old fashioned scales at work, i give up on digital scales completely!! almost sabotaging myself as thinking i'm gaining but must be the battery, as jumped on work old ones and i've lost a couple more lb's yay! pah to digital scales!! x verydetermind - 10lbs - 0lb...

zinfandel wine!! :D

A- aero B - butter C - cream D - doughtnuts E - elmlea F - fudge G - greggs anything! H - hamburger I - ice cream J - junk food in general K - krispy kremes L - lime pie mmmmm M - magnum N - nuts O - oreos P - pringles Q - quality streets R - roses S - salmon T - tablet U - upside down cake V -...

ahhhhh... i love soap nights!! yet another on-track day, (where am i getting this willpower from?!), and i'm vegging out on the sofa watching tv, love it! had the usual mullerlight and aldi choccy orange bar for breakkies at work, beans on toast (2 slices) for lunch and veggie brown pasta for...

thats sad youve no aldi near you kelly :( i dont know what the fat content is, very low i remember, but they are 70kcals per bar so much and such like the alpen light bars which i was a devotee of for years but these just taste so much naughtier lol :)

clairem87 - 10lbs - 0 lb so far Elliebird - 14lbs -0lb so far madchef - 1 inch from waist - 0 inches so far pink_kelly - 14lb - 5lb lost so far - I go on holiday on the 30th August :) minx - 7lb - 2lb gone, 5lb to go

i've been eating muller lights (anyone tried the orange with chocolate bits in it, it is to die for!!), and also harvest morn (wonder-bars!!!!) from Aldi, cheaper than alpen light and lovely and goey and not as dry as alpen light ones, the choc orange ones are immense! sense a theme developing...

wow well done, thats a fantastical loss you must be over the moon!!:happy036:

hi kelly, like you i am a compulsive scales hopper, can't help myself! stick with it, if youre sticking to it then your weight can't help but go down, overall. i wish i could stop doing it every morning but its so hard... and i get to the point when if its down - good day, if its up - bad mood...

a portion of meat is supposed to be the size of the palm of your hand or one chicken breast i think but it depends which diet you are following, eg SW you can eat unlimited amounts of lean meat etc and still lose weight. i reckon as long as you eat till youre satisfied and not just for the sake...

good luck to you ellibird, i'm already married but cringe when i look back at my wedding pics because i didnt bother to do anything about my weight before hand xox

i wouldnt see a problem with taking it as long as you take your levothyroxine at a time when you havent taken any alli/xenecal such as first thing when you get up or last thing at night, as they could intefere with absorbing your meds. other than that taking alli shouldnt pose a problem and SW...

hello lovilies :) today i'm doing overtime in my normal job so sitting waiting for patients to come in and bored senseless! still, there's nothing but cotton wool and rubber gloves to eat here so i'm safe from the dreaded munchy monster :D i've been really good today actually, had my usual...

looking like youre getting on well cddietgal :) we started this about the same time, do you know which day youre going to weigh in on? i think mine will be a fri, keep my motivation for being good over the weekend if i've done well. x

fingers firmly x'd for your shiney new knee madchef! and well done on you 3.5lb loss, you're a star :D x

hi pandora, how are you getting on with the pills chick? x

fankoo kes :D <3

good luck kes, you know what you need to do and you sound motivated to do it :)

alex, what you say about overall fat content and ratio's totally makes sense thank you. i've not had any side effects today so fingers firmly x'd thats the last of that and i know not to mess hehe! kes, damn those athletic types! so annoying to exercise with but oh so pretty to look at i guess...

hey guys thanks for posting :) madchef you have now got me dreaming about olives and feta :gimi: you've done great, wow 3st + 16lb is huuuuge! unfortunately i got 'tango'd' this morning! at least i now know what is meant by 'side effects'!! to be perfectly honest i did have far more than my...

i've been using quark (virtually fat free soft cheese) and i put a bit of salt and garlic powder or chives in it. i dont think extra light hellmas mayo is fatty, its something silly like 15kcals per tble spoon! i started friday too :)

oooh shiney new thread all of my ownsome :) well! thats me 2 days in to the alli (60g Orlistat) mebobbers and all is well.. no side effects yet so thats a bonus as i was worried about the horror stories i'd read! i dont know, a morbid little part of me actually wants to experience some side...

hey :) i love SW but also see the benefits of WW too.. WW gives you more freedom in that you can have anything at all you feel like spending your points on and if like me, your portion control is somewhat lax, WW is good. however, if you only eat certain foods and are a creature of habit and...

yay congrats on your loss :D

thanks a lot ladies :) going good, had a sneak peak at the scales and i was 1lb down after 2 days so heading in the right direction! havent had any side effects yet but been pretty good with my diet, ate far too much bread today though and i feel a bick yuck! hope everyone is well xx

hello folks! i went to the docs today to ask for orlistat and luckily for me i got a lovely locum dr who's first thought when i said i was there for help to lose weight was orlistat yay! i nearly kissed him lol i was a little gutted however when i realised that he'd prescribed me the 60mg Alli...

well done lizie! i'm also from SW and due to have first WI on fri, isnt this WW malarky quite good! hehe

hmm i personally wouldnt keep soup that long chick. i know you get soup that lasts that long from supermarkets but theyre chilled quickly to keep them fresh.. i'd rustle up some fresh! x

not exercising wont make much difference to your weightloss for a couple of weeks while you get better, a really intensive workout may burn 300-500kcals depending on what youre doing but if you think that 1lb on fat is equivalent to 3,500kcals it doesnt really seem much. the most inportant thing...

lol she's delerious!!!

oh that is 20g for 1 point, less than i thought yay!! :D i love pasta and rice too, i have 6 points worth in my evening meal lol *oinks*

aww, dont feel too guilty, you'll be laughing about this in the future and she'll have an awsome, awsome argument for wanting that nose job when she's older that she'll want you to pay for ;)

nah actually scrap that, i dont think thats enough points for it hehe

ooh rice, i think thats one pont per 20g like pasta is? dried weight. but i'd check on the packet cos i'm not 100% sure :)

i've not seen the ww choc chip cookies for a while :( are they still doing them?

cambridge diet is hard core! i did this earlier this yr

(kcals divided by 70) + (saturated fat divided by 4) = points value xx

oh, and the worcester sauce is free too :)

you work out points by doing this calculation; (kcals divided by 70) + (saturated fat divided by 4) = points value hope this helps. i know that quorn mince is 1.5 points per 100g, i use this alot! not sure about the kidney beans as not keen and i think theyre quite calorific hehe. the spices...

1 point per 100g raw weight x

would it be as much as 7? :S 280kcals would only be 4 points and there'd have to be 12g of sat fat to make it up to 7 doll

thankyou all! my hubby couldnt find any ww or rustic ones as they were doing mad things with the freezers in the supermarket so he came back with tesco healthy living ones, 2.5pts :S meh....

cmon back2black, make some bungo soup - you bung it all in a pan with a stock cube and voila! i dont think you can make bad soup if its got enough seasoning.. and there's always those chillis to overide bad flavour hehehe

have you tried making some no points soup? its saved me a couple of times this week :) i make it extra spicy so i drink more water with it too!

thankyou claire :)

its 57kcals per 100ml so you'd be 1.5pts per 200mls, 2pts per 250ml

hi can anyone help please? i can't for the life of me find on the net the nutritional value/ponts value for heinz WW chips per 100g frozen. cheers x

hi bunnie i posted this in the SW forum and i'm doing WW oops hehe, here it is again incase you dont see it - i've just done SW for the past 9 weeks and only lost 8lb :( i stuck to it 100% but my portion sizes were out of control so i began WW on saturday and i had a peak and i'm already down...

i've just done SW for the past 9 weeks and only lost 8lb :( i stuck to it 100% but my portion sizes were out of control so i began WW on saturday and i had a peak and i'm already down 2.5lb this week.. i think it totally depends on where you are at the moment. the 'free food' ethos of SW is very...

1st in 3 weeks is amazing!!! really well done :)

lol i totally believe that 30 is the new 20! when i think to what a total eejit i was when i was 20 i dont even think i'd like to go back to that age! yeah the weight is coming off slowly, SW was a bit of a disaster, i think i disprove the 'free food' rule :S needed to get a grip of my portion...

well done on the As!! is it mental health nursing youre doing or is it just one module? i think things have changed a bit since i was at uni :S

i'm still trying to find the answer to that chicken, good luck this time :)

hi and welcome :) this site is a godsend, i'm never off it!

btw, your story sounds a lot like mine, i was 13st 4lb when i came home with my wee one, started SW 9 weeks ago at 12st 11lb, now 12st 1lb, i too hope to be 9st something, i also lost a couple of st on WW a few yrs ago and also i'll be thirty next april hehe :)

i think you need to have so many posts before you get a bigger signature and there's a sticky thread on minimins for 'tickers'. welcome to the forum, some great support here :)

you and me both angel, lunch for me everyday was a packet of low fat supernoodles and instant mash hehe! lord knows what that'd be points wise :O

if i were you i'd weigh myself in the morning and take that as your WI. if youre anything like me i cant resist a peak on my own scales before i go to WI to give me an idea what i should expect from group. i know the difference in the two sets of scales and could kinda work out what i'd be by...

hi sasha, i'm sure there are gazillions of people on here in the same boat as you, count me in as one of them! welcome back x

lol at you talking about sysn, daftie!! ach nevermind maclynn, one off day wont matter in the end :)

looks like youre getting on well nicoleaimee, are you still on placement?

count me in, i need a challenge! just started on the 5th of june so olnly 3 weigh-ins for me but i'll aim high :D aoife87- 8lbs Back2Black - 10lbs (-3.5lbs) Berryred - 5lb (1/2lb gain-5 1/2lb to go) chocaslim 7lb-3.5lb Crazybecky5 - 5 lbs DopeyAngel - 5lbs Granny - 4lbs 0.5lbs off Irene 4 lbs...

i had a tin of heinz macaroni of ww toast for lunch, dunno where the idea i wanted tinned macaroni from, i keep one tin in for lunchtime emergencies for my two yr old lol, pretty good though - 3 points and i'm surprised how much they fit in to that wee tardis tin!

2 stone is huge well done! thats like 4 new born babies you've lost, eeek! hehe

good for you maclynn, least you've got ages before next WI :) just being nosey, how bad of a binge was it, about how many how many pts? x

not too sure blairsmummy but i know i earn 3 points for a 20min strenuous bike ride and since youre doing 10 more mins but maybe its not as strenous as uphill biking, i'd maybe say it'd be round about the same? from what i remember you can burn up to 500kcals for constant running per hour, i'd...

3.5pts, all from kcals, trace of fat. not bad actually! x

well... this place is full of cheuchters :P~~

well done for getting it together and re-gaining control pixie, wb :) i make coleslaw using a mix of FF natural yogurt and lighter than light hellmans mayo, grated onion, carrot and shredded white cabbage. also season well and a wee bit mustard powder gives a really yummy taste xx

and - yay invershneck nikki! my hubby's from nairn and we go up for a weekend to nairn/aviemore once a month, weeeee!

i'm in Dundee! origianally Buckie auburn where in the shire are you? :D

they are ca-uuuute! you've inspired me, i've now added some pics too, yay!

hi vicki, good luck x

i found it! you look lovely, i love those shoes!!

argh, why can i not see anyones photos?!

well done on the great loss :) you'll be at goal in no time!

thats a great loss, half of a half a stone! :) weren;t you worried cos u'd eaten pizza?? :P

back to black, dont worry the most 10points can be is 700kcals, and thats saying pizza doesnt contain any fat at all, so its actually less kcals! since one lb of fat is equal to 3500kcals, i totally dont think you've blown it! shouldnt make a difference at all infact if you've been in control...

i agree, theres good and bad points about both diets. i dont like the carb laden temptation of SW to eat low fat supernoodles all day, but i hate the fact that there are points in fruit on WW, i dont reckon i'll see the day when i'll choose a banana over a WW dessert for my points... i love the...

wow, well done thats a huge loss :) can you feel the difference in your clothes with that almost half a stone maclynn?

hi lemma and thanks for posting :) i'm just having a wee look round the site just now but struggling to work out the food tracker thing, its saving things at set values and i'm not sure what the portion sizes are that are giving the points values :S for example - i've saved pasta, 1 large...

yay! i am a ww member! :D i really wanna go shop for food now! cant wait to indulge in ww stuffed pasta, used to love it but its a big nono on SW, pah. one thing i dont like about WW is fruit not being free though.. more encouraging to eat a ww choc brownie dessert than a banana, hmm... to asda...

hi maclynn! tell that hilltooner that dundee's fine :D we live in broughty ferry but i work at the top of the hilltown hehe. i'll take a look at quidco, thanks for that :)

hi funkymum and phil, nice to meet you both :) i'm trying to sign up online but what is the difference between ww online for £29.95 for 3 months, and the monthly pass for £12.95 this month and £17.95 per month after? apart from the price lol.. is the monthly pass ok for me? thanks

thanks pinkyfluff, i was reading your thread about coming from SW and it confirmed everything i was thinking, i'd get to target, ooh, maybe next summer? hehe i think i'm going to join online, i'm pretty disciplined to weigh myself and keep going. think i'm just gonna ask hubby to hide the...

fabulous! i'm doing a program which enables beginner runners like myself to be able to run 30-35mins in one go (5k/3miles) in 8 weeks and was stuggling with distances, i've even tried rac routeplannering my street to 5 streets away, so difficult lol!

yes! see my thread 'deferring from SW - help!' thanks for all of the previous posts, confirms what i was thinking. SW has caused my portion sizes to spiral out of control..

hi there peoples :) i've been attending SW class for 9 weeks now and only managed to lose a measley 9lb :( despite being mostly 100% - rubbish!! i never stayed to group because of time constraints and tbh, the group was awful! far too big and not very friendly, loads of groups of friends going...

count me in, i need a good kick up the backside!! Littlemissnaughty - 14lb Shrinking Bev - 14lb (lost 5lb - 9lb to go!) Lurverick - 8lb Atchonblimp(Xsara) - 6lbs (lost 1.5lbs so far) MrsMc - aiming for -10lbs xGeordieGirlx - 8lbs QbeeWar- 7lbs- (3.5lbs lost 3.5lbs to go) Nikkiruth - 8lb...

well said ian :D

half a lb off for me this week! going in the right direction i suppose but where are these big losses everyone else seems to get?! at this rate it'll be summer '11 before i'm there lol. well done everyone and dont feel bad terrycb, i'm sure you'll have a huge loss next week. think i'm finding...

i reckon the mayo would actually maybe be light? the cottage cheese is low fat and they only use weight watchers beans too

makes lovely white sauce, i found adding milk made it seperate into wateryness and solid, much like you get the watery bit of scrambled eggs if you use milk. and the thing with quark is it tastes really nice and much better with plenty seasoning x

i go to spud u like at least once a week while in town and i have a baked tattie with cottage cheese and beans, completely free and really nice, sounds weird but its lovely! cottage cheese under beans, the total contrast between hot beans/tattie and cold cottage cheese is gorgeous :) i also...

when i'm assessing my patients for 'keep well/well woman/well man' clinics i HATE having to use the whole BMI system its so outdated we really do need something new. Waist circumference is so much more indicative of health. most of your vital organs sit right undernieth this area and having a...

i use mine as garlic dip for free SW wedges, i found fresh garlic in it too hardcore though so i just use some garlic salt, salt and pepper in it. also i often beat a couple of eggs and some quark together and use this as a really nice and creamy carbonara sauce for pasta. heat slowly though as...

yay its weigh in day! i've been quite good this week but my scales are seeing no move in the weight department. i am so sick of these little losses!! hoping for something big to give me a well needed boost but looks unlikely :'(

hi helen, have you tried the quorn escalopes? theyre pricey at 7 syns but the mozzarella/pesto, the sunblush tomato/italian cheese, and the mature cheese/broccolli ones are scrummy! x

my favourite at the mo is spinach and quark canelloni, free if you use a HEXA/B for the cheese on top :P all these lovely pics of food are making my mouth water! lucky i've just put one of these cannelloni's in the oven 5 mins ago, yay!!!

sorry guys just adding in some dates so we can see who's weighed in and who's still to 10lb Challenge!! Monday Weighers - 24/05, 31/05, 07/06, 14/06 Tuesday Weighers - 25/05, 01/06, 08/06, 15/06 Wednesday Weighers - 26/05, 02/06, 09/06, 16/06 Minx - 0lb lost, 10lb to go! Thursday...

hey peeps, count me in! copy and paste the following into a post and add your own details in, it'll be really easy to see how everyone's getting on! good luck all, bring it on! xxxx 10lb Challenge!! Monday Weighers Tuesday Weighers Wednesday Weighers Minx - 0lb lost, 10lb to go...

i'm 5ft 2 and 12st 3lb gemma, i think there's a good few of us short ar$es on here hoping to lose a st or 4 lol.. good luck for weigh in, let us know how much less of you there is tonight :D

aww, there goes your 1.5L icecream plans for tonight then louise! :8855:

i think it was sainsbury's had them tonight in tom pasta sauce, much yummier than the slices! thicker texture and for taste i found you need less

eek, so sorry rach :( but better that u didnt eat it first then check lol

i put the free food allowance in for the cooked pasta too btw x

wow, this sounds like way too much :S 26 Syns per package/portion on Extra Easy 26 Syns per package/portion on Green 42 Syns per package/portion on Original anyone feel free to correct? x

thats a shame crys :( they should do more to provide these referrals really, i know loads of my patients would much rather go SW/WW than some random keep fit class in the local library and 121 counterweight which is such a massive waste of money!

i went to live in italy for 3 months during my nurse training, lived with 3 italian guy students. never used an actual course, wish i had cos i had to learn the hard way! upside is i can swear really, really well in italian :D

wow i never knew normal cottage cheeses were free i've been buying THL one forever! cheers! x

it totally depends what your sugery is offering, i refer people to winning weigh at the mo, we only signpost people to WW/SW. think it depends on what your PTC have decided in your area.. i'll find out more at work tmrw. think us practice nurses could refer ourselves? cos i fancy saving a...

cant find them either, wow theres alot of harvest morn stuff though lol

would it not only be free if it was low fat cottage cheese? cos that'd mean any cottage cheese was free regardless of being low fat or not :S

i know and i know and i know and i know that we dont count kcals but at around 100kcals per pot, having 4 is like having another meal! so i do try to limit mine.. and i much prefer the fat free vanilla activia cos theyre amazing! so creamy, free and all probioticy too! xx

is it me or does all the different marothon coverage on tv at the min want anyone else wanna go do some running?! my mother in law is doing the nairnshire challenge which is a combined 18 mile cycle and 13 mile run this sunday coming and my sis in law just ran the half edinburgh marathon...

i get 3.5syns per 100g x

i cant see it in the online syns and i need the kcals per 100g's and infact all of the values per 100g, not in the whole pack xx

good idea gemma lol i hadnt even thought of that!

i love snowboarding! been going to aviemore for a weekends boarding at least once a month since november, caught the last of the snow at the beginning of may there and i'm really gonna miss it till next season, i must be the only person still praying for odd, may/june snowfall lol. god knows...

hello wiganers! i've lived in dundee for 22 years and consider my self scottish but i was born in billinge and lived in ashton-in-makerfield till i was 7, most of my family live in hindley and my maiden name was Atherton, so just wanted to say hellooo! :)

you should get some fish sauce, rice vinegar and thai nam pla sauce for stir fries. all free and make the tastiest and most 'takeaway' tasting stir frys i've ever had, nummy! also i've found using linguini instead of noodles gives more bite and prevents that soggy, mushy noodleness you can get...

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lol what are these easyios of which you speak??

no paperclip, those are the rasher/sliced ones i usually use that are 6.5syns per pack but i picked up a bag of 'bacon style pieces' theyre like small chunks of fake bacon. SW site says bacon style chunks are free but it said chilled and these were frozen, i'm really confused about what...

just checked, they dont seem to do a burrito one but they do a taco one which would be like that? its 3.5syns, happy days!

i dont know about burrito mix, but i make stuff with the fajita spice mix alot and know that discovery foods mixes are less syns for the fajita one old el paso is 4.5syns, discovery fajita mix is 3.5syns.. i reckon the discovery one tastes better too :D xx

yummy yummy! make a cheese cake with it!

i am confused... i've been eating bacon style rashers chopped up in tomato pasta sauce and carbonara type free sauces and always allowed a couple of syns for them as i know theyre 6.5syns per 150g pack which would do me about 4 times. however! i have found some 'bacon style pieces' in the...

lol eat away, and enjoy! lordy knows how it works cos it really shouldnt! i am a pasta fiend and i really do test the SW theory of free food and i'm glad to say its not wrong :D

yep! x

aww thanks circes, i was searching the SW site, duh..... cheers x

claireybella i bet holding sharp instruments while standing behind a bratty daniel day lewis was tempting!! julie, that rolf harris story is probably one of the most random celeb moments i've ever heard! lol

no, the nuclear expolsion is only my version of how it ends i'm afraid...

i dont watch Lost but i hear they all die in a nuclear explosion *smug, satisfed expression* :P

melarnz, i cant see the recipe for magic porridge :( searched in recipe archive and putting in 'magic porridge' just brings up body magic related articles and just putting in porridge brings up no results, i've looked in 'great for green' recipes, and in 'puddings and desserts' but nothing, meh...

that gives me the boke!! lol :D i cant eat brocolli any more cos i found dead green beasties inbetween the branches when i was about to bite into a bit :( was a favourite veg too! has it put u off salad?

i'll have to get myself a mouse for my laptop, i waste loads of time dragging the curser over to the side bar to move the page down! grrr..

wish i had an iphone! (sort of!)

hi mazzie, need the carbs, protein and kcals per 100g for the calculator hon x

me too! no BBQ's for me but i went out for a mate3s b'day on saturday - italian so really SW friendly menu, however carraffe of red wine and what did i order? blinkin well quattro formaggi pasta, no not just one cheese but four!! and of course parmesan on the top as if it didnt contain enough...

it gets worse the longer you go on, i've got a 2 and a half yr old wee girl and my broodiness is going through the roof!

lol those pesky babanas! the bananas evil twin!:bananalove:

aww dont! youre makin me all broody!!

i wouldnt advise eating 3 bananas every day, your potassium levels will be raised which isnt good for health and i hear that more than 1 babana per day can hinder Wl xx

i know it may be controversial but why dont you try a week of WW? you never know, the different amounts of kcals/fat/etc might shock your body into losing a couple of those last few pounds. sometimes i wonder if some of the sts's are because of the very low fat aspect of SW, its amazing how...

10/10 :D 7th...hmmmm

I'm a GP practice nurse! (for my syns hehe)

exercise not only burns off more kcals but also raises your metabolism so that your burning more kcals when lazing around watching tv.. or so i thought but on tesing this theory, the week that i ran 4 times, got majorly hot and sweaty!, i lost 1lb. the week i did absolutely nowt, i lost 1.5lb...

bump!

my hubby's great grandad was engaged to agatha christie when he bought a treasure map at auction and decided, along with his best mate, that going to india to find this treasure would be a good idea. agatha told him that their relationship was over if he went, so he off he went and by the time...

eek! bet it's worth it though, that wouldnt even be a days syns and i doubt i'd eat the whole lot in one day.. well.. we'll see about that :) thanks

thanks fatty no more, sounds yummy :D how many syns or would that be free if i use the olive oil ans a HEXB or does tahini paste have syns? cheers xx

i've been eating loads of chickpeas lately they are great, (if not a little parpy)! i've been putting them in curries and ive been making morroccan couscous with chickpeas in it using cinnamon, ground corriander, salt, pepper, turmeric and cayenne pepper for a wee kick :) gonna try making syn...

you've done really well to have had a loss switching from CD to SW, as soon as you started eating carb on sw you would have re-stocked your glycogen stores along with about 4lb of water which glycogen holds. well done and i'm sure you'll see a great loss next week x

sounds amazing, addicted to strawberries at the mo, i'll give this a go, cheers! :D

starbucks muffins are evil! i love the skinny lemon and poppyseed ones, thinking, hey thats ok, its got skinny in the title - 17syns :(

ritually, infront of the telly every night - Weight watchers chocolate fudge brownie desert. the best way to spend 8 syns ever! choccy cake, choccy mousse, choccy sauce, and choccy flakes on top? YUM!!

1.5lb for me this week, yay!

yes half stone stickers, yayyyy!!

i was just saying the same as you suplizi, the excercise thing makes no sense!

1lb loss for me this week, taking my total to 7lb in 4 weeks and i got my first half stone sticker, wooo! bit dissapointed as i expected a wee bit more as i've been out running 3 times last week! how is it in really active weeks you dont lose much and weeks where i sit on my butt watching soaps...

hi guys, i'm just going into week 4 of SW and really find that the paper food diary sheets we got in wk 1 help so much. just about to use up my last one and forgot to photocopy some. can u download these sheets on the website and print them out as a pdf like you can with the sas forms? thanks

stay away from the evilness babe! just imagine all the hands that would have touched the food and how they probably didnt wash them after going to the loo, yuk! did you try the mixamousse stuff yet? i saw in another thread you were gonna try it. i've not had any yet, contemplating buying some on...

fierce, fabulous banger sharin', gok would be so proud!! :banana dancer:

i agree with blingbabe, 2/3lb per week is a better loss than most other diets. hell, 2/3lb would likely win you slimmer of the week every week with WW/SW :D and its not like we have to stick needles in our eyes, or kill ourselves working out with a personal trainer :) keep going, it'll so be...

i've got one from M&S and its brilliant and was only £16. they've got loads and some are even underwired

OR!! a really strong black coffee enema? :D

LMAO babe... :D

hey folkidokes :) i had my brekkie and lunch shakes as per normal day but thenotion took me to cook some soup. my CDC said she often makes green veg soup on chilly days for a change. so i cooked up an onion, 2 green peppers, a head of broccolli and a courgette and added some beef bovril and...

thats a good question miss! i've not got the foggiest but i know what you mean about the on-off-on-off dieting meaning after 2 weeks i've only lost and re-gained my glcogen and water 3 times lol :doh: i wouldnt think it would affect how you gain/lose weight in the future though. glycogen, like...

hi gillian, i'm relatively new at this lark but its a great diet and as youve seen from previous attempts, the results speak for themselves. i tried and failed at LL at the beggining of the year and no realise, if your heads not in it, it aint gonna fly.. i've no idea about 810/1000 losses but...

:asskick: you're over 3/4 of the way there banafell, i wish i had 9lb to go, as i suspect alot of people on here do! get a grip and get it done!! (xx) ;)

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lol mrsessex :D mine are shrinking fast, argh! they are becoming like deflated ballons :( i find that i'm shrinking alot on my top half altogether. i was curvy hourglass, now i'm becoming more pear-shaped which i dont like much!