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Had my scan last week and my due date has changed to 7th November!

Hi Couteaux! I am eight and a half weeks, with my first, and I have been struggling with the plan more than usual! I feel queasy quite a lot, and it seems every tea I prepare I don't fancy when it's on my plate! Toast makes me feel better, so I'm having over my HEB and synning it. I am...

Hello everyone! My big motivation to lose weight was my wedding in April 2011 and also being a bridesmaid in September! I started a size 16, and promised myself I woud be a size 12 for both my friends and my wedding! I couldn't wait to try on wedding dresses, and decided I would only go once I'd...

I'm due 5th November 2010!

Yes my due date is November 5th! It's my first, I'm a stepmum to a 14 and 9 year old who stay with us three times a week. It's exciting but scary at the same time!

Hi Mrs Lac! I've been at slimming world since November and lost almost two stone, but I have just recently found out I'm pregnant too! I'm six weeks and three days. Hoping hoping to lose 12lbs before the second trimester, then to only put 1st on throughout the second and third. Fingers crossed...

Some good ideas there. Just munching chopped cabbage at the moment lol

My weight loss has slowed recently so I have decided to try having only superfree snacks. I do mainly red and green days with one extra easy day a week. However, there are times when crudites and apples or bananas just don't hit the spot! Does anyone has inspirational ideas with superfree...

pesty how did you get on at weigh in last night?

sex kitten that sounds deish, will def be trying that!

Thanks for the sympathy everyone! I'm still feeling sorry for myself as I am used to having immaculate nails but now I have two fingers with plasters on and they are very sore!

On my way to weigh in this morning, I tripped and fell over! Grazed my knees and ripped off two nails! As I have acrylic nails, they came off, taking my natural nails with them! Oh it was painful! I went into the meeting feeling very faint, washed off the blood and put plasters on but after I...

I have eaten out quite a lot since I've been on SW, but never at Wetherspoons. I have lost every week, and this has been my rule: Melon or spare rib starter, Spaghetti bolognaise main; Gammon, pinepapple, JP and peas main; Chicken/ fat free meat and tomato based sauce with veg main; Massive...

Yes they sell it in Holand and Barrett as well as at group

My consultant told us that in test, people in the group who swapped a healthy extra B for 5 scan bran lost on average 4lb a week. I tried this last week and lost an amazing 4.5lbs! This was after using a lot of syns on vodka and ate out twice too! So this week I bought more scan bran and...

Wow I didn't reaise avacados were this many syns, I've been eating them occasionally since starting SW thinking they were free!

I find scrambed eggs a great snack on any day, but with beans on a green day will really fil you up! Or cottage cheese, chickpea dahl, quorn chicken pieces home made hummous. One of my favourite snacks in front of the TV on a green day is a tin of green giant sweetcorn! Yum!

In my case, the more chocolate I have, the more I want! But if I leave it for a week or two, I find I don't crave it. I was finding coffee with caffiene was making me really anxious so I switched to decaff. It tastes nice, and I no longer get anxious throughout the day. Have you tried decaff?

Yes it does! Thank you!

Thanks Circes and Karen!

Hi, does anybody know the syn value of one no added sugar Dream Topping??

When I have a speed food challenge, I start the day with cut up apples and pears mixed with yoghurt. Then have a huge salad for lunch, with quorn chicken pieces or tuna, carrots, peppers, cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes, bean sprouts and radishes. For tea I have chicken or Turkey in a casserole...

Last week I was getting a kitchen fitted so had to eat out for 5 nights. I went to an Italian one night and had spag bol, for the other four nights I went to pubs (not Wetherspoons) and had carvery twice and gammon, pineapple JP and peas twice. On three nights, I had a few alcoholic drinks too...

I would definitely agree with lizie2008 about the speed foods. Aim to have between 10 and 15 a day. It seems a lot, but after a couple of days it will be easy. And try cutting down to 10 syns, I'm sure if you did both for a week you'd ose that pound. Good luck!

I will ask her for you when I see her next

Someone brought some 1 syn cinnamin swirls to our christmas meeting. She said the recipe was in an old magazine. They were lovely. Maybe try searching on here?

I have just made this for tea and it was absolutely delicious! My partner loved it too, such a treat for a Friday night! I cooked it in a slow cooker but I'm sure it can be adapted for cooking in a pan! Serves 2, 3 syns per serving Ingredients: 300ml stock made with beef bovril 1 cup mung...

If you have a slow cooker you can buy the cheapest cuts of meat because once they have cooked all day they taste very tender and yummy! I have found that my local market is cheaper for fruit and veg, and are of a much higher quality! My biggest tip though, and what I do every week, is to...

Wow Amy that's amazing! Well done!!

I know how you feel, we moved into our flat in May and it had no kitchen or bathroom and needed major renovation everywhere else! We now have abathroom, gorgeous livingroom, and half a kitchen! The kitchen will be finished, complete with an oven, in about a month. I can't wait! But we have...

I'm the same during the week, as I like to save syns for some alcohol at weekends. However, I try to have 5 a day with things like low fat margarine on sandwiches, extra ight mayo, tomato puree, tomato sauce, cornflower etc, as these improve the free food meals I am having.

I have just discovered HiFi bars! They are a HEB and the lemon meringue ones are to die for!! I have stopped having cereal in the morning now, and have fruit and yoghurt so that I can treat myself to a HiFi in the afternoon if I'm on EE!

Hi Iva, I "detoxed" on Gillian McKeith last year, quite enjoyed it actually but I didn't lose much weight! Felt good though. I think the main differences are that you need to watch the amount of meat and pasta you have with Gillian, but you can have as many nuts and dried fruits and as much...

I like to have: Beans or scrambled egg (or both) on toast; Ham and cheese or tuna and cheese toasties (using frylight); Ham and pineapple mixed with yogurt and put on a jacket potato; BLT made with weight watchers bacon and extra light mayo; Ham and cheese or ham and chicken sandwich; Spaghetti...

Me too! Depending on what I've got planned, I can spend quite a few syns on alcohol. If I'm careful during the week though, it doesn't affect my weight loss. It is better when I drink vodka and diet coke though, rather than rose wine.

Asda do a Good For You range of noodles and cous cous in a pot. There's chow mein flavour noodles which are really nice and about 2.5 syns.

Fridge Raiders Mighty Bites!

Haha!!!

My boyfriend is extremely supportive! We own a business together, and have the same lunches and teas, he loves everything I cook! He does have his own snacks though, like crisps, peanut butter butties and pies. And he has toast and buter for breakfast, whereas I have fruit and yoghurt. He...

Well done! I just got my Club 10 sticker today! I have lost 1st 4lb altogether, got back into my size 14s and I feel great too! Congratulations again!

Just got back from having an Italian (having a kitchen fitted at the mo so prob be going out for tea a lot this week :eek:) Just wondering if anyone knows how many syns are in the choices I made?? I had spare ribs for a starter, and spaghetti bolognaise for main. Plus a couple of thin...

I've heard that if you put an apple in with the potatoes it stops them sprouting. Never tried it though!!

Well done!!!

I could eat some now!!! Got the munchies but not much in :-(

Hi, on Friday we're off to a Brewer's Fayre type place and I'm wondering what would be the best option for me to have? May have a starter as well as a main, but definitely won't be having pudding!!! Thanks in advance!!

An omlette would be good, or scrambled egg and beans! I can't get enough of chopped up fruit, mixed with natural fat free yoghurt and vanilla essence! yummy, and it keeps me full until lunch as I usually chop up an apple, two apricots and a pear!!!! Plus it doesn't use any HEs.

The meditterean lamb in there is delish!

Two of my friends have both said "Why are you torturing yourself?" When I told them I was doing SW! Ha, I don't think SW is torture at all! But I thought it was a weird thing to say and it anoyed me!

Did as you suggested, this meal was very tasty! My fella was well impressed!!

Threw this together for lunch today and it was yummy! Don't have exact measurements though! Ingredients: Potatoes (any kind) Cooked chicken pieces Tomatoes (chopped into small pieces) Cucumber (chopped in to small pieces) Fat free natural yoghurt Fat free Italian dressing Leave the skin...

Well I ended up putting on 1 and a half lbs. But I've been ack on track for two days and feeling very motivated so hopefully I'll shift that and more next week! Thanks for everyone's advice!

I have just thrown some things into a casserole as I just couldn't be bothered going shopping today! I have basically emptied the contents of my fridge! Bowyers sausages, Carrots, Onions, Mushrooms, Baked beans, Tomatoe puree, Stock. Hope it tastes OK! Can anyone suggest any good herbs or...

Hi everyone! Last night me and my OH went to a hotel and had a lovely meal and excellent evening! I saved up syns all week, as it was a set menu and not very SW friendly! However, what i didn't plan on was the obscene amount of wine we drunk and also the fact that we decided to get a kebab at...

Congratulations!!! I'm getting married in May 2011, the first thing I did when my fiance proposed in November was join SW! I'm a size 16 at the moment, and I decided I won't be trying on dresses until I'm a size 12! I have lost 16lbs so far, but unfortunately haven't gone down a dress size yet...

Yes I'm trying Extra Easy for a week to see how I get on. Although I've had great losses with red and green days, it makes things more interesting!!

Thanks everyone! And thanks for everyone's help too, you find out loads of things on this website which I don't get to know in group!!!

Woo hoo I lost 5.5 lbs at my eigh in this morning! That's after an awful lot of vodka over the festive period! However, foodwise I was very good! Made SW for starter, main course and pudding on xmas day, and made my own SW buffet food at a New Year party so that must have really helped! :D:D:D

Happy New Year everyone! Last night I went to a party at my mum's for new year, and as she was doing a buffet I took along some SW bites so that I could stick to it. I made Spicy Thai bites (delish!), onion bhajis (pretty yummy!), potato salad from latest SW magazine, carrots and celery with...

Good luck, and congrats! To be honest I can't believe how easy Slimming World has been! So we can both look forward to being slim brides!

happy christmas!!!

So sorry to hear about your redundancy, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you'll find something soon! I think the support you get from group is available from everyone on this forum, but the weigh in makes a huge difference to me! I think it would be a good idea if you and your wife went to a...

I have been doing a red one day and a green the next so it keeps things interesting! Would like to try EE but worried about the less HEX A and B as I drink a lot of coffee with milk and eat a lot of Alpen bars!!!!

I think going to meetings and knowing I'm getting weighed realy helps. I've tried alsorts at home, but the motivation wasn't there like it is now!

So pleased! I've just got back from WI and I'm so pleased with result! I lost 4.5lbs, bringing my total to 11lb in 4 weeks! I also picked up a half stone sticker and slimmer of the week! I'm now aiming for 3lb next week to get my stone sticker!!!

Oh and if you're out of the house for longer than that you can buy a timer for the plug so that it comes on while you're at work

Yes the recipe is easy: Mix 1 egg yolk with grated rind of one lemon, 150g cottage cheese, 150g quark, some parsley and 1 crushed garlic clove. Blanch 255g spinach for 30 seconds and then drain and add to the mixture. Spoon the mixture into 12 cannelloni tubes and place in the slow cooker. Next...

I don't have the same make but I have a 6.5l one and I use it every day! We are renovating a flat at the moment and I don't have a kitchen. All I have to cook with at the moment is my slow cooker, a microwave and an electric steamer. I find it so easy though, especially to cook SW stuff (One Pot...

I toasted mine, maybe I toasted them too much?

yeah I dipped them in egg! Don't know what I was doing wrong!

I tried to make these today, but for some reason the breadcrumbs just wouldn't stick to the mushrooms! What was I doing wrong?? I ended up having to use ready made golden breadcrumbs - does anyone know if these are synned or not?

Hi! I was wondering if you could help me think of fancy dress costumes! My mum's having a fancy dress party on New Years Eve. There's no theme, but as I'm going with my partner and stepchildren we want something matching as a family! My stepdaughter is 9 and my stepson is 14. We did think of The...

What would they be on an original day?

Like what??!!!

Sorry to be a pest - learning so much here! But how do you make pate with quark??

Thanks for all the tips everyone! I'll be buying some Oat So Simple next time I go shopping! Are Alpen bars free then? Has anyone got any tips for things to go on toast? I don't like Marmite though like Emsie suggested!!!!

Has anyone got any good breakfast ideas? I'm always in a rush so just end up grabbing cereal, which uses up one of my HEX A and B, which doesn't leave much else for milk in brews and cheese etc. When I have fruit I feel hungry an hour later!

I had Caribbean lamb (Recipe in 100 green recipes book) and cooked it in the slow cooker. It was so delicious! Plate piled high with 5 different types of veg to soak up the sauce! Yum yum!

Thank you!

The spritzer idea is a good one! As is the smaller glasses, as the glasses we usually use fit half a bottle of wine in them! I don't have many syns during the week so hopefully I should be OK to have a drink at weekends! Roll on tomorrow, haha!!!

Hi! I started slimming world 2 weeks ago and have so far lost 5 and a half pounds! I find the food part of it relatively easy (alhough I must admit I miss some cereals, milkshakes and buttered toast!!!) However, my problem is rose wine! I used to drink it at least 4 times a week but now I've...

I know it's a while off, but my boyfriend proposed last month and we're planning on getting married in May 2011. I'm currently a size 16, I want to be a size 12 bride (10 ideally but I'm being realistic!) so have joined slimming world! I'm also a bridesmaid for my friend in September and I've...

Hi everyone! My name is Kerry, I'm 27 and somehow managed to let myself get to over 13 stone! I am being a bridesmaid in September 2010 and last month my boyfriend proposed so we are getting married in May 2011! I do not want to be a size 16 bride, my target is size 12 (10 stone). I've been...