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Ive been doing sw almost properly for just over a year....am at my lightest for prob 10 years....but the last 5 months i've just bobbed around the same 2-4 lbs range - i can't shift the last stone. Proud of what I've achieved, (2 stone since xmas 10). I know the plan pretty much inside...

Ok - so i just liked the sound of it!! No, i was thinking, could i give up booze (unlikely) or chocolate (unfussed) for no other reason than to prove I can...and sneak some extra lbs off obviously...:o Well, the answer is probably not, and i'd be a right old mizmog til I tumbled off the wagon...

Hey JM.... oh those paper things - yes...but my class is only diddy and we haven't really done much on the Body Therapy (is that what it;s called?)...although i think i move on some sort of pop up board every so often!! Tick box for me anyway... i did an hour of combat cardio tonight...

ooh - what's a fit log? Hey ladies! What a sickly bunch some of us have been! Taken me ages to kick off a chesty cold...but went out for my first run in 2 weeks tonight....maaaaaannnnn it was tough! But i was looking forward to it and i feel better for it! HUrrah! And despite half a pound...

Still croaky this end - but fab to hear some good efforts! Judimac - is this a new hair cut in the new pic too? I'd say from memory you're looking slimmer round the face for sure!

Oh no! SL that's tragic news - that sounded like a fab night! Sorry to hear you're crook. Well after being laid low with galloping green monkey disease i managed to pick up the next bug that came my way - a nasty chesty cold - so i've done nowt this week...and that on top of the big birthday...

hello ladies! it's my birthday!! so i intend to do nothing today!! and i went out to a dead posh restaurant last night - i had scallops, cockles and clams cooked in butter, belly of pork with roast beetroot, caramel cheesecake AND a big wadge of birthday cake!! And champagne and red wine to...

1lb a week just doesn't sound very sexy....but losing 27lbs is! And after 27lbs people MUST be noticing and commenting! So love each of those cheeky little lbs! Well done you - keep it up! x

Judimac - you do actually leave me breathless just reading your updates! I'm def back from the dead today so heading out for a gentle 4 miler.... Amazingly lost a 1.5lbs at WI last night too.... soooo YEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAHHHH!!! My first stone award...my that's been a long time coming...

haha! was going to suggest taking it for a walk!!

love love love that you can put the pedometer on the dog!! that's hiliarous! Hello again - that was a lot of posts to catch up on so plenty of working out going on! As predicted taking the trainers way was a total waste of time!! However, i only drank vodka and diet coke all weekend...

Hey ladies - i take glucosamine sulphate - I'm not sure that i notice any difference but i'm hoping it's offering me some protection from damage - and i understand it's better than cod liver oil for your joints.... Good on the half mara time - i'd like to aim for 2.10 maybe on my 2nd one this...

Good luck and stick to your training. Relax - you'll get round - and it doesn't matter if you don't run all the way - enjoy it. Save yourself for a good finish - and remember that moment you cross the line for a really really really long time!

I want to stay young and be able to do most of the things i can now - i don't think i can do all that a few stone heavier. I'm running half marathons now - and the more i lose the easier the training and quicker the run - and i love the fact that this is now "just something i do" when most...

Pleased you like it - try not to get into a lift with anyone tonight! Should be alright if you run into any vampires tho! x

Hey ladies - these are brill. Keep adding - I'm going to think long and hard about it - bout time i did! - and post mine tomorrow! x

not got it but i've got the box set of her power of 3 and 30 mins work outs and they're brill.... although not sure that you actually get a davina body just by doing it in front of the telly if you know what i mean!!

Hello ladies! Minimel - oooh - i think a DS Light coach is a new one on us...you'll have to keep us posted.... and You and Keepthefaith are most welcome... Some join...few post again... the challenge is yours! ;-) Actually talking of which....Shetland Lass has been quiet since the sofa...

Haha! I only do marathons in half buried Roman cities - it's a policy of mine! Sussex Beacon in Brighton....i misguidely thought being by the coast it might be fairly flat!! Apparantly not! "Core runner" - sounds like you're likely to be responsible for setting people out on a 4 miler that...

Loving the lingo! Castigate! Sometimes i don't do it enough! Well i came home tonight and did another 3 miles on the treadmill....2.5 run and half mile on steepest incline with some hand weights... just for the fun of it.....(well ok, it was to work off a wee chocolate caramelly shortcake...

Thanks SL! I "off loaded" that whingey post and realised i couldn't show my face on here again unless i did something about it. Did a treadmill / dvd sandwich - 30 mins either side of a 45 min cardio combat workout....so i got 6 miles in...not the 7 i should have done for the half mara...

HI ladies. I think i'm going to have to go right back to the start of this thread and read all the way down - after all - it was Shetland Lass & Judimac;s fault i got off my bum and did a six mile run on new years eve (not being able to walk for 2 days afterwards entirely my fault for not...

Hi all. Help! My first class of the new year was snowed off so i don't really know how i've done since new year - i think 1.5lbs off. But i've gone all silly since then. Since Weds i've had 2 bottle of wine, and 4 of digestive mint chocolate slices.... on top of eating my lovely pre-planned...

Hi Clairex - you're very welcome!

Yup I'm the same...but it seems weeks when i drink vino are the weeks that i don't lose...grrrr! Vodka and diet coke it is for me....

I was planning on starting pilates this week but it got snowed off...i'd be curious to know what has it helped with - have you found it's toned you up / better than / good as weights...are you shrinking?!

I have no probs at all with rounding UP to the nearest 50!! I use a heart rate monitor that has my age, height and weight prog'd in so i'd hope that would be fairly accurate.... Hope so - sometimes it's the only thing that keeps me going!!

wow! fab losses!! wish mine would hurry up and shrink!

Hello! Late night update from me....just got in from running club...(ok there might have been a stirfry in between!). In a surprise twist, ie the bloke at the front got lost, we did 6.1 miles tonight. On a school night! I'm buzzing! Yes, we did run past home and they nearly lost me, and no...

Judimac - are you measuring too? All that effort - i'd love to know what your inch loss looks like too!

Wow that's amazing! Don't forget to update your weight on your profile!

Argh!!! This is worse than the Archie Mitchell whodunnit!! (It can't be Sam Mitchell - she's not that clever!). Pleeeeeease tell us!

Update?! Update?!

Well done you. I normally find they're packed with big spongey white bread sarnies or deep fried unidentifiable thingys...and like you say, one plate of fruit. I also find if i did dig in it's impossible to stop!! The most recent one i was at I ate a load of fruit and went down the road to...

Hello all! SL - that guy in the park story is hilarious!! God - i bet you were picturing the headlines in the local paper weren't you?! Glad you're ok to get out in a safe place - i normally have to drive out somewhere afterdark - we don't have any pavements or streetlights round here - i'd...

Not sure about freezing - i don't know how good quark is at freezing - never tried...it may go a little watery perhaps?

Hiya. Please tell me more about butter beans. Are they like giant baked beans - ie do they have a little "skin" on them. And do they taste "buttery". I don't think i'd like a butter bean casserole or anything like that - but has anyone sexed up these little beasties in anything else?

that's the funniest bit yet!!! I'm not surprised her sister was mortified! And good on you for being so nice about it! Sounds like a few syns short of a picnic!:8855:

Hi Sarah I think you've found about a squillion people to share the ups and downs with! Good luck and keep us posted!

Hey all. Try Total 0% greek yoghurt - i've only recently found it - it's absolutely delish on it's own...or if you want to syn mix through the options. One sachet per small pot is enough....Well actually it's not, maybe 10 sachets in 10 pots would be enough....

Update - I actually got out the door! Knocked out my 3 miler - thought i was struggling a bit and put it down to being out of puff....but managed my best time on that circuit... we're working! Good luck getting started - i find that's the hardest after a break. But i also find the mental bit...

SQUEAL!! my new favourite thing - Total 0% greek yogurt - luuuvveeerrrlllyyyy!! esp with a white options stirred in....

Ahhh...Shetland lass - I have to confess - I didn't do anything in the end yesterday! (Sharp intake of breath!). There were reasons/excuses - the main one being still sore from the 6 miler on NYE. Let that be a lesson to ye! S T R E T C H!!! Entirely my own fault! Oops! But - definately...

Give them away! Nasty little critters! Once you've popped you can't stop.... Good luck getting back on the wagon!

Hiya. I'm a plodder too! So by the time i've taken xmas gain into account i've lost around 11lbs in nearly 20 weeks!! BUT people are noticing and because of the exercise i've changed shape alot. Someone mentioned posting a food diary. It's a brill idea. If you're running and weight training...

It's fab! I was a red/green first time round, and took time to get my head round to EE but once i'd got it cracked it's desperately easy!! The only thing to be "strict" about is one less A&B - but if you want them you can syn them! And i think filling up a third on veg is just sensible...

Kinda hoping that what Cateka has is contagious...keep talking - we might catch it!!

These are seriously good! Made up some of these with bread rolls for a starter on new years eve...and the salmon one i wrapped in smoked salmon slices to make parcels for a starter for Christmas day.... Smoked Salmon pate 1 pack tesco SS slices Half tub quark 4-5 spring onions Fresh chives...

Morning! At work today - hence the early post! I don't really have too much of a programme. I try to get out 3x a week for a short, medium and long run. My standard long run is 5 of 6 miles and if i've got a half mara coming up i increase that by a mile a week until the week before the big...

I just got in from walking the dog and blitzed some of this in the microwave to warm all my nooks and crannies - it's lovely! 10 medium carrots 1 big onion, 2 sticks celery 1 big tablespoon of curry powder mixed with garam masala Chill flakes - as many as you can take! Chicken bovil stock...

Hey Mrs D- the only thing you've got to lose is the lbs! I find it gives me much more focus, and it's time in the week just for me to talk to other people who are trying to do the same thing as me. Why don't you go along and see what they're like - you don't have to stay if you don't like it...

Hiya. Well you have inspired me already. After I posted that yesterday I thought it was a bit rich of me sitting in the toasty warm so I pulled on my trainers and got out the door! 6 miles - my first effort in 2 weeks to be honest....and today it hurts!!! Going to try and do a dvd later to...

Hello ladies. Well done on getting started! I've been procrastinating perfectly since Christmas day. I've had 7 days off and not done a jot apart from a dog walk today....and here's the scary bit - half marathon looming in 7 weeks...Anyways, here's my challenge to you - why don't you pick a...

Anyone starting their "new start" today? I WI on Weds so today had to it be it after the xmas break! So tonight i'm in control.... we're having some friends over for dinner, games and drinks. So, I'm on gin and tonic, plus 2 glasses of wine with dinner. I've made up some syn free pates to go...

Hiya. Well i'm in the same boat. I didn't "cave in" or owt. I just said, "this is my time to enjoy all the trimmings of crimbo, and this year i know it will mean that i will gain weight". Much better than just being surprised that my jeans are tight after two weeks of popping one in each...

They were concerned that dealing with a cheesy chip wielding SWer was stopping them getting to the donut shop.... ;-)

Hiyall! Need a bit of thinky help here! My and I have a lil new year challenge set - we have brides/bridesmaid dress fittings beg of April. I'm firmly SW - she's with "the other lot". I have 1.5 stone to lose she has 2.5. We want to throw in a little incentive - like we'll buy a massage...

Hey bad girl! If it goes up it goes up - i bet you'll be so mortified you have an even better week the week after... it's a journey and sometimes we don't always take the most direct route! Good luck! x

Hmmm - doesn't curdle for me and i've made a few times....wonder if it's your mushies? when i've included 'srooms before i've cut them up tiny and fried them off first to get rid of all the juice..... give that a go xx

This is absolutely lovely! Stewing steak was so cheap - threw it all in the crock before work and came home to a lovely smell.... served it with frylight roasted tinned spuds and green beans....so good that I'm cooking it again today for the inlaws....Thanks Julie!

I shop in Tesco - and yep - near the dried stuff - in a yellow box....bout 2 quid so not cheap - you can make your own by part cooking lasagne sheets and rolling them but i didn't have a lot of luck with that!

STS!!! And i went on my fitness weekend this weekend! I worked off 1800 calories each day! And sts!! How is this fair?!

With one tin of spinach i think i filled about 9 or 10 rolls so (sadly) split it with OH....and served with salad...yummmmm! I'm still hungry after a stirfry!

OMG!! just made the eggy baileys - delish!!! Definately going to make some of this for crimbo!

I'd say so - i just wouldn't be sure on quantities....

Various places - the ones i go to are a pontins near me - but check out fitness fiesta & fitness fantastic on the internet they're the two companies i've been with....Brilliant fun!

Hello. This year i set myself some physical challenges, one of which was to go to a fitness weekend event. It was so brilliant that i'm on my second one this weekend - so i thought i'd shout about it. Get on one - do something different. All sorts of ages, shapes and sizes. All sorts of...

whoah feller! What is the syn free cake you speak of?! Could this be the happy alternative to cous cous cake?

hey ladies - i tried the cherry one - i added wild cherry muller and a spoon of almond extract....not too hot i'm afraid - they went a funny colour and didn't really taste of much.... the mincemeat ones were lush tho - def worth the syns!

yup - in the aisle where you find kidney beans and the like - it's a bit of a faff to drain it off properly but where it's all mashed up it goes into the wee tubes a treat - plus with fresh spinach you just get sooo much of it that i never get round to using it all!

Hello - kinda pinched this and adapted from a recipe in the mag recently. Tin of spinach in water, well (and I mean well) drained, 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped red onion and half tub quark, salt pepper, mixed herbs all mashed up and poked into canelloni tubes. Carton passata with herbs and...

Ooooooh!! Love love love you! Smoked salmon pate - that's the starter for our low fat xmas day bbq sorted! And for desert and because it's xmas I'm going all controversial and cooking a big mincemeat cous couse cake with low syn custard.... mmmm!

Hi all. Nobel prize on the way for services to Baileys loving slimmers! Quick q - I tried the Baileys with quark - and it tasted kind of "powdery" - do you think that's down to the quark or using splenda?

Hello all! How do you allocate your syns? I use 15 a day and this week to try something different I've taken my weekly total, taken off 10 for any forgotten slip ups, marked 95 on the big chalk board in the kitchen and i'm marking them off as a spend them. I kind of feel like i've had a really...

I'm a SW returner - and it took me a while to get my head around EE - now it's EE all the way baby! I can't imagine eating any other way. It's not like being on a diet, and the other half happily munches along with me with no complaints. Occasionally I have a green day by accident more than...

Too far into Xfactor to name 10 probs....but.... Mushy pea curry n wedges (start them in the micro, have a bath while their in the oven!) Moroccan lamb in the slow cooker mugshots pasta n sauce the cheesy pesto sauce in the secret sauces book - lush! soy glazed chilli stir fry beef yummmm....

yup - we're Weds weighers - and we've def got class - even if we don't stay...got to go to get grounded - i'm off work til the 4th so it could be silly season otherwise!

CONGRATULATIONS!! Bet you were well chuffed when you saw the pics next to each other! It's difficult to feel the difference sometimes - but you can definately see. Well done!

One more suggestion - make sure you weigh/measure your HEX's - you'd be amazed at how much you think you can have compared to what you can actually have - and it can make a huge difference by the end of the week! Good luck!

Haha! I'm going to weigh that top and trousers to check it out! I did offer to take them off to weigh properly but was asked to refrain...!!!

No - it's no -it's not the opening line to a rude phone call!! Do you wear the same thing to weigh in each week? I have worn the same dress i wore to my first weigh in everyweek - except last night when i went straight from work - and despite only wearing a vest top and trousers - put on half...

I'm soo sooo pleased these are now officially ok!! I did vanilla last week - nice - but after 6 on the bounce a bit sickly.... Then blueberry muller - not bad....then tried to recreate a bakewell scenario with cherry muller and almond essence....and crashed and burned on that....not much to...

ARGGGHHH!!!! I WANTED TO LOSE 1.5 THIS WEEK TO HIT MY STONE....AND INSTEAD I PUT ON HALF!!! ARGGHH!!!! SO I'M TEACHING THAT NAUGHTY HALF A LESSON WITH SOME ROSE AND A MASSIVE CHUNK OF CHEESE....AND GETTING ALL SHOUTY ON HERE!!!! ARGH!!!! Phew. Thanks for listening. xx

SQUEALLLL!!! Exactly the kind of stuff(ing!) i was looking for! Thanks peeps! x

Evening! After a bit of help here.... I have 3 Christmas dinners to go to before "the Big Day" and can't bear the thought of spending hours cooking to eat more turkey. Local pub is booked out....so...I thought i would try something different and have a Christmas BBQ (fingers x'd for good...

Hey ladies - a concept borrowed from a certain hypno cd - but it's true....when a plane flies to a destination, it doesn't follow a direct path 100% of the time, but overall it's heading in the right direction...and it gets there...x

Top advice above...lots of water and super speed foods to fill you up...and can you get out for a walk tomorrow to get some of those syns walked out? Might help you feel a bit better! Good luck! x

Evening. I'm about half way through my journey. It's been a slow one with an unsteady pound off a week.... And i'm scared that somehow i've cheated it off - and i've just got lucky at the weigh in and one morning i'll wake up and it'll be back on again!! Anyone else find this?

argh!! I run 13 miles a week over 3 or 4 session and only losing 1lb a week!!!

I made some on SUnday night - 50g pud rice, pint of semi skimmed, 4 tblsp sweetner, cooked on gas mark 4 for 2 hours, gave it a stir half way through. Stirred a strawberry shape no fat yog through it....absolutely lovely! But, SW C said tonight if i'm on EE i should have had a smaller portion...

Well done - that fabulous so far. I'm a believer in marathon more than a sprint - go out for a curry - enjoy it - flexible syn it - whatever, but savour every hard earned mouthful. And get straight back on the plan afterwards.... Good luck on the rest of the journey! x

Oh dear.... i thought you were going to triumph with a HE free breakfast!! Thanks for guinea pigging for us! x

Made to lick the kitchen surfaces or just made to admit to it?! ;-)

HIya - i use this stuff all the time - it's not soaked in oil - it's in white wine vinegar - same for the lazy ginger too... so presumably it's syn free - Syn free stir fry sauce - spoon of lazy ginger, garlic & red chilli's and soy sauce.... spicy and gooood! x

Hmmm - i had this a couple of weeks ago....desperate to eat some chips - but by the time i'd got to the chippy i could have cooked some anyway! What the ave pizza collection/delivery time? Quick - hit defrost and make something yummy before he gets back....x

If you find some carole vorderman recipes - she was big on millet because it's gluten free and oats aren't.... So are millet flakes free? That's what i would have used as a porridge sub.... or does it need to be the bird seed looking millet?

(embarressed cough!) erm...hands up who checks the syns only AFTER they've eaten it!! I'm seriously impressed you exercised choice power! x;)

Ouch!! That was in there quick! Can you explain why they need synning? (and break it do me gently!)

Hiya. I live "out in the sticks" so was gutted when the clocks went back any my exercise felt housebound. So, i joined a running club - that gives me a long run during the week - i've also met a girl that lives in the next village along so we can meet up at weekends to do longer runs in the...

Nooooo!!! They coat their jackets?! I went in there today for lunch and had beans on jacket....and had the WP to say no butter.... and now it could be mega syns anyway!!! Grrrrr!!!!

I normally just micro mine - wash them and prick them and shove them in - bear in mind they seem to take half the time of a normal spuddie...and they go a lot softer....but def don't need butter in - they're scrummy as they are!

Aubergine, Tom & Mushroom bolognaise - SW 100 Secret Sauces book. This is seriously delish!!! Aubergine, cherry toms, mush, passata, garlic, onion, mixed herbs, bit of sweetner & stock....reduce for half hour, whack on some tagliatelli..... syn free and seriously seriously good!!! Not a...

are these cous couse cakey things syn free then? Sounds a bit too fab....

Oooh - crisps? How?! (and why would some people say they are/aren't syn free?)

Thanks ladies - all good stuff. I went for it tonight....and i didn't regret it, didn't stay cold for very long and it didn't take very long either.... and I feel deliciously smug for having been! Now I need to test my resolve when it rains! Good luck everyone! x

Hi peeps! Help! I'm a fair weather runner! It's got my weightloss off to a brill start alongside the EE plan....but now the clocks have gone back....bleugh! I have to drive somewhere safe to run, which is fine....but actually heading out the door in the dark and cold and sometimes...

I'm only a newbie to the EE plan - but i would guess the point of this plan is that you fill your plate with a third superfree food - so that's where you're getting the extra fibre so you don't need the extra HE....

Squeal! Sounds fab - esp with lots and lots of wedgey dipping going on! Lush!

Hi all! Well tonight was defrosted leftovers, but tomorrow's Rich Pork Ragout from the EE cook book - and I can't wait for all that tomatoey yumminess! MMmmm!

Evening all! Not tried Turkey - only lean beef - but these are lush lush lush - beef, chopped onion, fennel seeds, salt n pepper....and a table spoon of barbecue sauce....(count the syns!) Yummmm!

Hello! I'm new...and feeling my way around....and it's a bit like running along the high street naked in a dream - not sure what's going on just now...but I know it'll be just fine! Looking forward to learning lots from you lovely peeps! xx