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Ah thank you Mrswelsh for replying, home made soup sounds a great idea, your version sounds devine! Ive made some in the past, a butternut squash one and some lentil ones. Good thinking! I have lost some and regained some and lost it again, admittedly mainly due to having babies rather than...

Sorry should say thats around 2-3lb in total not per week...i wish!

Hi ladies, am tried and tested Ww over the years. Had my third (and last!) baby 7 weeks ago and got back on the Ww wagon 4 weeks ago. Losses have been very slow, around 2-3lb. I know a loss is a loss but it only takes a minor event and i can put a couple of pounds on and be back at square 1...

Hi, am on day 3 and went into ketosis yesterday according to the ketostix. I feel all weak and wobbly today, really lethargic and like i could curl up in a ball. Am at work and intended to go to the gym at lunch but right now even leaving the building feels a hard task! ALl though i dont feel...

Hi, have done RC in the past and am tempted to come back. Just wondered how it works now a days, is it still a low number of cals to start with then increase to a higher, more manageable amount a few weeks in? Any tips, advice or info would be gratefully received?! Thanks :)

Thanks people, am still lurking and gathering bits n pieces. If i do manage to do s and s i REALLY want this to be the last time so am trying to go in as fore warned as possible! Definately thing doing things to the packs will help, am excited to try them out x

Thanks spanglymum, thats a good idea, like the thought of making it into a food as such. Have looked at the stickies and people have suggested chocolate brownies etc which sound appealing! I am hoping this is something that could work for me, have a holiday in 2 weeks and move in 5 weeks so am...

Hi, someone has just mentioned the wafers to me and i didnt even know s & s did wafers! Have looked on the website and at old posts but what is the general consensus with the wafers now? Can you have 1 wafer (from a pack of two) at breakfast, meal pak at lunch then another wafer at tea time...

Thanks for all the ideas, i really appreciate it. I used to 'do things' with the CD packs, remember making something i termed 'cake mix' which i adored,so much so i sickened myself but was amazing at first! Wonder if making them into things would help? Is there any links anyone has as to how to...

I have bananas, did cambridge first then all about w8 and finally s and s. i wish i was someone whi enjoyed the packs but iv always found them awful, some people look forward to them but i think id rather not eat at all than have the packs. But i need them cos im fed up of faffing around st this...

Thanks for your replies ladies. Im not sure what it is that makes me wretch, not sure if its physcological or what. My husband has ha a few packs over the last few weeks and just the smell in the kitchen after hes prepared it gets to me! Have tried the bars but not the wafers on s & s, i'll have...

Hi, i posted on the general vlcd forum but had no responses, thought id try here as have done s and s before. have done various VLCDs over the years with varying success, longest i lasted was 6 weeks, shortest about 6 hours!! Through weightwatchers ive lost another stone. Have about 1 st 9 to...

Hi, have done various VLCDs over the years with varying success, longest i lasted was 6 weeks, shortest about 6 hours!! Through weightwatchers ive lost another stone. Have about 1 st 9 to get to my target of 11 stone and it just isnt working with WW. Would love to do a vlcd but the last few...

I completely agree, I`ve a 3 year old boy and 16 month old girl and like you, dont want them growing up seeing Mam not eating "proper food". Ive not done a VLCD in a while, was getting on quite well with weightwatchers but have put on 7lb in the past week and to lose that with WW will probs take...

This is my plan too! Have done a VLCD in the past for a much longer time and know realistically i just cant commit like that atm,. I`ve two young kids and just dont have the willpower to do a couple of months of VLCD! but could see myself doing a few weeks and use it as a quick start. Im just...

oooh ive no idea? guess its the same with any roasted veg isnt it, its very light, wonder if anyone can shed any light?

excellent thank you very much! :D

Hi Just after a little advice, I wondered if the 200g of veg allowed daily is before cooking or after cooking? Also - do you have to have it with your meal or can it be snacked on thru out the day? many thanks

Sapphire im still a loooong way from goal, minimum 2 stone to go but to get to healthy BMI its more like 3 1/2 stone! wish i was close and that was why things were getting harder! Aswethink i have done rosemary conley a while back and calorie counted as much as i liked her and the diet, i just...

Ooh i didnt think of that snugglepuss, good idea to reduce from 28 to 26, i do really value my 49 weeklies as it feels like i can go out/get takeaway and not stress so will try dropping to 26 a day. aswethink - so when you say you barely lose 1/2 pound on 26 daily PPs, what do you do, do you...

Thanks for your replies! I am on 28 dailies which i have double checked and it is correct. I do eat my 49 every week, so maybe trying to drop them would be a good move. I dont eat my exercise points to be honest, maybe i should, just feels wrong somehow like im exercising for nothing iykwim!? I...

thanks again, that makes sense! Am going to see if friday brings a loss on WW and if not, S and S, here i come!

Hey guys I`m soo desperate, any words of wisdom for me greatly received! Currently doing PP`s at home having done WW on and off for years and recently since I had my daughter last year. Lost slowly but steadily and was quite happy with how it was going, diagnosed as underactive thyroid in Feb...

Thanks for replying Weasey, I would say the same thing to myself i think. Im just petrified of doing it for a week and barely losing anything, cos no matter what i find VLCD`s sooooo hard! and to not see much of a loss would devestate me! But without trying i`ll never know. Well done on your...

Hi guys Posted this in Slim and Save too. Just wondering if anyone can advise me? Brief history, im 29 (30 in sept eek!) Have two kids (DS 3 and DD 11 months). Was diagnosed as hypothyroid in Feb 2012 and am on levothyroxine, I have been on all kinds of diets for much of my adult life, was...

Hi guys Just wondering if anyone can advise me? Brief history, im 29 (30 in sept eek!) Have two kids (DS 3 and DD 11 months). Was diagnosed as hypothyroid in Feb 2012 and am on levothyroxine, I have been on all kinds of diets for much of my adult life, was doing fine on Weightwatchers and have...

Thanks Laura, I asked for another test in the end and it came back fine so am back to the drawing board. Thanks for the advice hun xx

Hi guys Hoping someone with knowledge can help me! I was diagnosed with underactive thyroid in february, started on only 25mcg thyroxine, had repeat blood test 8 weeks later and levels were steady and remained on same dosage. Im due a repeat blood test in August. This past week ive felt really...

Hi Busybee Would you mind if i asked where you got your Alli supply from? Ive been prescribed both xenical and Alli but am yet to start due to nobody stocking it! Would love to get hold of some :) thanks, Katy

Hi, thanks for your replies guys The brand is Dell`s, never heard of them before, got them in Home bargains today (theyre american i think??). Have just looked at the box again and its as clear as mud, to me anyway! I can only assume the per serving part is for one melba toast and not 6...

Hi I know in the shop guide it says 2 x PPs for 6 melba toasts, however I got some today and when i work out the info on my calculator it says 0 PP`s. Can this be right?? Any advice greatly received :)

Hi With my first i put on tonnnnnes! (5st ish), was determined with my second to keep it under control. So with my second i put on 20lb and all of that went on after 22 weeks. I calorie counted, staying at or below 1600, however often had treats at weekends and was by no means an angel. I just...

thanks for your replies guys, we ended up having a pub lunch (where i had a ham salad sarnie! didnt know what else to have really!) Will keep the info tho as im sure it will come in handy in future thanks again

Hi guys Very sorry to ask but can anyone give me some of the lower P-pointed burger king options? Ive searched thru a lot of the archives but cant find any info, apparently there was a piri-piri chicken sarnie for 5 PPs but theyve stopped doing that now? Im having a day out with the family...

thats an amazing loss well done! Its taken me 3 weeks to get anywhere near that amount so huge well done :) x

thanks girls, weight loss has continued to be slow but ive had a wedding and also our wedding anniversary so its not as if ive been a 100% all the time. Have had thyroid test and am just awaiting results now, feel so tired all the time but little Miss is up a couple of times a night and my...

thanks Jen x

thanks hun, must admit have wondered if i will ever get there but cant accept how i am now so thats the only choice - work hard and long to get there :rolleyes: x

Hi everyone Im Katy, 29 years old and just had my second baby, Evie. She was 6 weeks premature and in Neonatal for a while, she is now 4 weeks old and coming on great. Ive been back on Rosemary for 2 weeks, things arent getting off to a great start, losses are slow but hey... got to start...

Hi girls Im currently 29 weeks and have gained 15 pounds, start weight was 13.13 and am now 15 stone. Didnt gain anything until 19 weeks and have been very careful throughout this time after putting on around 6 stone last time!!! However, i feel my appetite has increased hugely since around 24...

Thanks for your story Zeke, thats interesting to know. I think it definately seems to help to eat all the points, and that probs wont be difficult for me either :) xx

Hi Fern Ive just come across your thread, you and I are in similar boats by the sounds! Im 25 weeks pregnant with my second baby and like you, my thoughts have recently turned to shifting the weight after babes arrives. I wanted to have an action plan in place with meal plans and recipe ideas...

Thanks for the link, i`ll have a look at that! Thats what im hoping this time Minxymoo, ideally once all the normal baby/water/blood etc has worked its way out, to be back at my start weight or maybe even a little lower. Then i just have to tackle the excess 3 1/2 stone i was already carrying...

Thanks for all your ideas and input. I completely agree that bf doesnt appear to be something you can wholly predict or plan for and whilst i would love to hit the floor running with the weight loss, BF bubs is really important to me and is definately a priority. Hannata, I wasnt aware of the...

Great thanks for the offer of help with bf, im sure i`ll be in touch all the time when shes here! Ive bought a book on bf, "the food of love". With my son, he seemed to latch okay but fell asleep constantly at the breast and by day 6 he still hardly seemed to be taking a thing. His nappies were...

Hi hun Thanks for replying, im just currently healthy eating, trying to stick to around 1400 cals a day but whenever im hungry i eat. So would you suggest i could just stay with calorie counting and maybe add a few more hundred or something? I really want to try and bf as tried and failed with...

Ah thank you K8G, I was determined to not go crazy this time due to the amount I put on with Jack. Thank you for your post it sounds like a great plan. I am very very excited, its a lovely time :)

Hi everyone Im currently 25 weeks pregnant with a little girl :D, have so far put on 8 pounds which im fairly pleased with. I have a son whos 2 (which i put 7 stone on with whilst preg!!) I have recently started thinking about what to do after Ive had her, weight loss wise. I`ll be 29 by the...

Hi I know technically Go Lower isnt a VLCD but I wasnt sure where else to post this. I just wondered if there is anyone else out there doing this at the moment and your thoughts on it? I have done every diet in the book, including atkins and meal replacement/VLCD and i have a feeling that Go...

thanks for your input ladies. I suspect some people who are pretty narrow minded view low weight gains in pregnancy as a big no no. Personally i think you`re all absolutely spot on in your approach, i only hope i can do something similar. mummy tummy, a 21 pound gain at 36 weeks is bleedin...

thanks for your replies ladies, you have both done amazingly well. By about halfwayt through i think i had gained 2 stones last time. I like you bajoleth, last time had to eat every 2 hours or i got sick, but i like the fact that once that passed you got back on track, where as i just let it...

Hi Can I ask you amazing women how you manage to be pregnant and to have kept your weight so low?? Everyone I look at on this forum has done so well and I want to know your secret! I really want to get pregnant with my second child but am a few stones heavier than i would like. I am a...

aw thank you! was super chuffed, ive a new found respect for ww this past week, id stopped believing in it and have found my belief again, yay! I agree 100%, maybe we should start a petition for the NHS to give us hypno for free :) x

Ive done xenical along side WW in the past and must admit i didnt see any difference in my weight. God for you though! Its obviously working so keep it up :D My personal feeling is that xenical blocks (dredging this up so could be wrong) around a quarter of the fat intake from any meal. My...

hey chick, sorry ive not been on for ages! I do feel a bit different, seem to be able to stop without feeling like i want more so im pleased. Ive decided not to go anymore as to be honest it was money we couldnt really afford at the moment. How are you doing? Ive lost 3.5 in my first week on...

hey hun, had my second hypno session last nite and seemed to go really deep this time, at one point i think i was asleep! haha. Will have to see how it goes, shes going to look at food issues next week so looking forward to that. Pregnancies are nightmares for weight gain arent they? I want...

I think Smirnoff vodka (25ml) with a diet mixer is only half a point, but the rest are all a point for the same measure (dont know why that is? could also be wrong but im sure thats what it used to be). All other 25ml spirits are 1 point (i think) A 175 ml dry white wine is 2 points Enjoy!

I know thats it, what happens when you stop them and i always think, if things like that worked, doctors would prescribe them and everyone would be doing them so most likely just a big waste of £ x

I must admit it was sooo weird when she started talking! When she was talking to me before she was really normal, then she started the hypno and went into a really weird voice where all her words were elongated!! I was so cynical at first, thought i was going to burst out laughing but as time...

Ive had hypnotherapy recently (well one session, second ones tonight). Rather than over eat for comfort i tend to turn to booze (im not an alcoholic by any means but once i open a bottle i want to finish it etc etc!) I want to feel satisfied with less booze and also want to tackle some of my...

I tried SW this past week and put on 2 pounds! I followed it to the letter (1/3rd of plate free food, had 65 syns in the week, my 2 HE`s a day) and for me personally, it just didnt work. But it works for 1000s of people out there and they have fantastic losses on it so dont let one story put you...

Id be interested to see what the results were from them. My weight suffers when i eat carbs. Im sure i read in a magazine (you know where they compare 5 different "weight-loss" tablets) im sure the carb blockers didnt work but cant remember any more detail than that :rolleyes: Sorry not much...

Ive just switched from sw to ww today hun, have always done ww but thought sw might give me a boost. Loved sw way of eating, sadly it didnt love me and i gained 2 pounds in my first week :sigh: So ive rejoined ww class and off i go. Good luck with your decision

Snap hun! Have been on sw for the last week but gained 2 pounds so far so am definately reverting to good old ww, but cant decide whether to go to class or go it alone :rolleyes: I think deep down i know going to class works better for me. So i suppose ive answered my own question too. Just...

thanks slimmarach x

does anyone happen to know when it would happen? Im assuming it might be Jan next year if theyre auditioning now? Would love to do it but dont think i have the nerve! x

Hi girls Thanks so much, its so nice that people take the time to reply when it was such a negative post anyway, i thought everyone would just tell me to get a grip! I was faffing around with all kinds of diets before i started sw, the last one i did was a meal replacement diet similar to...

Thank you ladies for replying. I know it could be several factors, i guess i just have to be patient. I have found myself wondering if it is the diet for me j70joj so thanks for your input, ive done RC too and have been on and off WW most of my adult life! I do find that the losses on WW are...

Hi This is a self pitying post so please forgive me. Ive been on sw for 5 days, im doing EE and my weight is half a pound up from the day i started. I do go to class but also get on my own scales (its stupid i know, my hub goes mad at me cos every time i get on i get down). I know im not meant...

Great thanks Michelle, i dont like gravy much so can live without that. Just hope its sw friendly! thanks again x

Hi Im going out for my Great Aunts birthday today, dont know a great deal about where we`re going other than its 2-3 courses and is a pub/bar meal kind of thing. Ive only been on SW 4 days so am not 100% confident in my choices. (Im on EE) So thought something like melon boat for starters...

Hi Jo Im like you, have only started on thursday and I like you, cannot belieeeeve i will lose weight eating what i am! Ive recognised ive eaten hardly any processed food or rubbish over the last few days but my portion sizes seem massive! Im praying for a loss but it seems hard to believe it...

Wow! I logged on here just now expecting no replies! Thank you so much you have made me feel so much more certain about starting. The fact that you all vouch for it so much is sooooo powerful! And you have all done so very well, im amazed. I have done sw before, many many moons ago when it was...

Hi guys Am just looking for some advice and reassurance really that slimming world is for me and wondered if any of you lovely people could assist me! I am a serial dieter, tried everything at one point or another. Looking at the free 7 day trial it seems like a lot to eat, i know of...

Thanks everyone for your support, feeling much better now, dunno what came over me earlier, think i was just having a miserable moment! Thing is theres so many things i love about this diet and so few i dont. Im hoping to get deeper into ketosis and maybe this will give me the energy surge i...

thanks for replying Jim, no ive made a real effort this time to have some variety and experiment with different things. Even made cauliflower cheese last night which is pretty good for me (im useless in the kitchen). Ive made sure ive had a different dinner and tea every day, brekkie is mostly...

Hi everyone, hope you`re all ok Im struggling slightly, worried this would happen. I only started on Monday, have lost 5 1/2 pound so far, which im very pleased with. Certain aspects of the diet im reallllly enjoying but there are a few bits im not happy with. The worst thing is i cant even...

hope your day is better now that the wine is out Vicky:flirt2: Jim, i didnt know that about red and the dessert wine thing, you learn somet new every day!

Haha, phew, seems like everyone likes to drink, that makes me happy!! Wine really is my fave so its good to know you`ve all stuck at it and had a drink, thank you. What are scallions again? Spring onions?

Hi everyone Hope you`re all doing okay? I am very happy ( and a bit scared to even say it incase its not real) I got weighed this morning, naughty i know, and am down 4 pounds - so pleased. :p Did a ketosis stick tonight and im just in ketosis - only trace but hoping it`ll be stronger tomorrow...

I know, the wonders of medicine :p

haha, hmmm yes didnt think of it like that!!

Im exactly the same, i write a list where ever i can! Shes okay thanks, when i dropped her off it had started to water quite a bit and was feeling quite sore and gritty. They say that only lasts 24 hours tho. Was really quick, she was only in having the actual eye procedure for about 10-15 mins x

I have cheese from Iceland and was also wondering that too as it says its 0 carb, so thats answered that question, thanks!

I know Jim, was deliberating over whether to drink it and he kind of made my mind up for me in the end :)

Thanks for your words of wisdom guys. Vicky we sound like we are the same, i love lists!! I make lists about what I want to make lists about haha! But i do do something similar, plan a week ahead, construct a shopping list from it and thats that. Im not and dont intend to use any low carb...

Thats a brilliant loss, July, well done!!! I`ll have a look for that website thanks, will be good to have something that does it all for me. In the past i wouldnt have had things like sour cream etc but really want this to be a long term thing hence why i want to get it right Thanks again

Hi In the past when doing atkins, i have just stuck to the allowed food list and only weighed my salad. (if i remember rightly this generally worked and i had goodish losses) However today i have tried tallying up my carbs and actually counting them. This can be a bit time consuming and if i...

Okay great thanks, will give it up, for now at least. As much as i enjoy it, its not worth not losing becos of it! x

Thanks everyone for replying, made me feel all happy! haha. Ditzeeblonde, can i ask how you are finding Atkins this time round? Looking at your losses youve done really well. Also does anyone else drink diet coke? I love it and have a bit of a thing for it :p and just wondered if say one can a...

Hi everyone I am on my first day of Atkins, have done it before and (when stuck to) had good losses. My problem is i seem to get sick/bored quite quickly and give up. Have done a lot of research lately and it really does seem that low carb, however its done, works. Iam usually a weightwatchers...

yes fingers crossed for the both of us. wish it came off as quickly as it went on! x

Hi Ive just joined the site but have been doing WW on and off for years. I know exactly what you`re saying princessria, i am the same, worked hard on sticking to the food plan, exercised and loss is pretty dismal. I know every little helps but at this rate its going to take me a decade to lose...