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    Step 1 Sole Source Started SS yesterday - worried

    Hey sorry not too sure, can you call your consultant or cambridge? I am sure my friends not far off and she's doing 810. I wouldnt do ss though. Good luck :)
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    Evening meal ideas for 10 pp and under??

    Will give this a go then, thanks for the tip. I do try and bulk my lunches with salad, will get the veggies out for evening meals too. Thanks all
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    Evening meal ideas for 10 pp and under??

    I am on week 2 and have put a 1lb on....I haven't used all my weeklies but with the bank holiday too I did have more alcohol. SO I looked back at my weekly menu and can see I use anything from 14pp upwards on my evening meal. I need some meal ideas to get this lower as I am fine during the...
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    Getting over binging and weight loss plan

    Hey hun, thank you for putting this post. I have been the exact same with binging...i have been feeling really down and went to see a Dr on Wednesday, while talking to her how I felt I blerted out that when I binge I just feel like I am punishing myself. It really shocked me that I said it and...
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    Cowboy Pie

    Had this last night but with the cornedbeef, we do have mince quite a lot! It was delish...thank you so much.
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    Bolognese Stuffed Peppers

    Had this this evening....yummy thank you so much. Feel like your recipie stalker :)
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    Beef & Baked Bean Cottage Pie

    Thank you so much for these, your a star :D
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    Wii or kenect?

    Hi, I saw a review on the gadget show back in November. Which showed that the kinnect had the best results, between this the wiii and another one. They did exercise games and had heart monitors on, and they said the kinnect was the one that closely resembled the heart monitor results. Cant...
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    Anyone in 13s and wana get down to 12s?

    I would LOVE to be in 12's for xmas too, currently 13.3 and have stayed the same for past 2 weeks, before that lost 3 lbs but before that put 1 1.5 on...before that stayed the same! SEEE the curse of the 13's!! I go up I go down...but pretty much stay the same arrgghhh. So getting on it today....
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    binges

    Yep I do that too :( Its not always when I am down, or stressed it can be anything that sparks me off. Its like i'm filling in a void but not sure what? I just think old habits die hard and i'm not going to change over night, its how I deal with it that matters. I am trying to shifty my...
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    How many PP should i be on?

    How many pp? :( Hi ladies, please can someone tell me what points I should be on? I started on 32, the leader told me I am now on 30, and although I was waiting for the meeting to tell me if I drop 3 points to 27, I ended up leaving before hand...it wasnt my usual group and found people very...
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    lazy girl's photo diary :)

    Well usually I would say no (because i'm boring with food), BUT you inspired me today:) I had a ww wedges and mushroom thingy (was nicer than sounds), with some raw carrots, yellow peppers and tomatoes on side. Looked very pretty, I forget the piccy tho.:sigh: Usually I would have had a ww...
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    No veggies or salad??

    Not quite...I havent had the heart to update :( at week 5 I stayed the same having lost 10 1/2 lbs, my leader gave me a frown and told me my period was due?! (it wasnt). It sent me on a spin a bit and due to not being well I didnt go last week....its weigh in this week and the scales havent...
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    lazy girl's photo diary :)

    oooh please come back with some more...signed a fellow lazy girl :)
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    No veggies or salad??

    Hi all thanks for the replies. I take on board the carbs comment...I will watch that. Its not as if I never have veggies (I tried that suffed marrow thing the other night, with peppers, onions mushrooms etc.) I love tomato sandwiches (Iknow I know but I like em)....when I make them from...
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    No veggies or salad??

    Hi is anyone losing weight but not eating salad or veggies? I have a yohurt for breakfast, ww sandich and crisps for lunch, snack on fruit, then pasta, ww meal or smiliar for tea...all within points but really struggling to lose weight...do I need to up the veggies and salad. Not really a...
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    New to propoints - not a convert yet :-)

    Hey, you have the same points as me :) (well I now only have 31) and as an x slimming worlder too I was worried....BUT I can honestly say I haven't been hungry yet. I usually have a yoghurt 1pp and yummy and that and sometimes a banana 0pp keeps me going till lunch. Then 10pp for lunch...and...
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    do you use your weeklies??

    I use some but not all. I try and stick to daily pp, but then if I really fancy a chocolate or drink or meal out, I use what ever dailies I have left plus "nick a few" of the weekly ones. I hope that makes sense....I kind of use them as a reserve if needed :)
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    Calcium

    second vote for ww yoghurts. I also buy yoghurt type drinks for my little girl who isnt into milk, and they are 2pp. I have also read on here, (and we are testing it out in her lunch box today). Milk roll...its a bread with extra calcium
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    butternut squash recipes

    my first try with butternut squash was a soup, I added a little curry powder and my other half thought it was delish! Also have seen a curry receipe on the receipe board which is made from butternut squash too...sounds nice :)
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    low point curry recipes

    Tried this last night, twas very dubious when I actually read the receipe to see banana in, but I did it...and it was actually nice! :D It was sweet and usually I like spicy curry but it was a nice change!
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    Joes Sausages

    yes I tried these whilst on slimming world. I thought they were pretty nice to be fair. And the came quickly and packaged well. Thumbs up from me :)
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    Husbands

    Well my other half treats "hun i'm doing this or that diet" like I have said i'm off to bed I say it so often! I have joined slimming world twice this year, have fell off the cambridge wagon 3 times, and had countless slimming pills cures, have listened to hypnotherapy, and stupid amounts of...
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    Wobbly on treadmill

    yep i'm the same, it funny but if you can switch off a bit and keep going it gets easier. If you are getting out of breath, try slowing down a little bit (thats what the couch to 5k woman says)...distance not speed :) Cant help with trainers, I have some nike's from the local shoe shop but I...
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    C25K beginners - struggle with W1D1

    welsh tigger, thats a very good idea! Thank you...will try this tomorrow when I have babysitter :)
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    C25K beginners - struggle with W1D1

    Oooh help!!! I'm currently on week 7 and should have completed day 3 two days ago...but I just cant face it. I dont think I would last 30 seconds outside as I have been training on the treadmill, I watch a dvd to keep my mind off things but i just cant seem to get myself going at all....I dont...
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    Labradour nipping

    Hi, good advise from above, as puppies the mums/siblings will squeal if hurt, so its kind of that you are replicating. Some times if the pups were taking early from the mother (any thing earlier than 8 weeks...longer for smaller dogs) they dont really learn the behaviour. When playing try and...
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    Labradour nipping

    what happens to make her nip? Is it when she's chasing you, playing? Or it is the puppy mouthing? What do you do when she nips? What have you tried so far? :)
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    Best recipe book

    We like extra easy cook book too :)
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    whats for lunch

    potatoe salad :) idea stolen from here! lol
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    Race for life

    :D Same as me!! I have done day 1 of week 4 today...so long way to go. My first go at rfl on the 3rd at stratford...arggh excited :)
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    Buying a Puppy - £500?

    Current trend is crosses...a friend used to sell pure cocker spaniels (could barely get £500 for them)...cocker poo's however had people all over the country paying £1000!!! LOL I like the picture above...very cute HOWEVER the border/poodle I saw at agility at the weekend was not like...
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    Joining with toddler in tow...?

    Oh great thank you :)
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    Joining with toddler in tow...?

    Hi I hoping to join tomorrow (strike while the iron is hot and all that)...but I will have my little girl with me (21 months old). Can I take her to classes with me?
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    syn free sausage's

    I thought Joes were the best.
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    Pictures of meals and nibbles

    Ooh I LOVE this thread...actually forgot I where I was and went crazy liking all the food pictures. I didnt realise there was so much you could do with meat and few veggies! Ooopsie stuff looks amazing, so where are all these receipies?
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    WATER - Yep again but interesting ;)

    So I was having a nosy on an old school friends facebook (he's a personal trainer) and my favourite subject came up WATER:tear_drop::tear_drop::tear_drop:and how much you should have....seemed to make sense to me... Forget what you hear when people say you should have 8 glasses a day (how big...
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    off t'pub

    Water/fizzy water or coffee is what I stick too. On the up side there's no waiting around at the bar with too much choice as to what to have ;)
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    ****the "its almost Friday" Thursday daily thread*****

    Its Thursday night and I am soo excited about Marshlands tonight. Baby is in bed and going for a nice bath before hand, then trying out my new "toning" moisturiser. Then its Friday!! (Trying to think of positives that dont include food :) Twas a bad day for me yesterday but feeling quite...
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    Totally lost control , please help :(

    Well as I have the least self control EVER, feel a bit of a twit even being on your thread...BUT as I put bubs to bed I thought about your thread and thought, could you plan your meals tomorrow tonight, if you know what your having it "may" take away the snack attacks :) Good luck x
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    ANGRY LADY!!!!

    Thanks to everyone who replied...I fell right off the wagon last night BUT I am happier and in a better place today! I even did an exercise video to try and increase the happy hormones. :) Happy happy me! LOL
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    ANGRY LADY!!!!

    So nearly at the end of week 2...and I am sooo angry at EVERYONE! I went to work yesterday morning and didnt speak to one of the lads who works for me. I snapped my other half head off about 4 times, and really shouted at him while at work (which I NEVER do)...and today I am ashamed to say...
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    Convinced myself i can't do it anymore....

    Hey...well you may have to stay another week as we have all been on here cheering you on this afternoon waiting for an update LOL Sorry not sure why the loses seem low-ish, but may be just give it 100% for one last week, if nothing changes then maybe try something else (thats what I would do i...
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    Determinators before and during pics ...

    WOW!!! well done missy! Love the pictures, really inspired to carry on, big thanks x
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    Convinced myself i can't do it anymore....

    I can totally relate to where you are coming from...this is bloomin hard! BUT as I was previously on sw I still get emails through. Tonights was the 12 weeks challenge (sounds good hey...it says that you could lose a stone YEP A STONE IN 12 WEEKS)!! I thought I could actually lose THREE stones...
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    Recipes for crisps/Muffins????

    ooh thanks for the link....mmmm crisps lol
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    CD Buddies

    lost 10 1/2 lbs first week :) excellent concidering I was ill with my little girl for most of it! Mini target for me 7lbs in 2 weeks....fingers crossed im going for it!! Well done on the other loses ladies :) Lucky thursdayers lol
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    Im back!!

    LOL @ "mush"...love it :) Good luck x
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    CD Buddies

    Just wanted to wish my thursday buddies all the best for tomorrows weigh in. I'm not holding out much luck as my little girl was ill over the weekend (ear infection...trip to a&e...very stressful), so came off the wagon finally on sunday evening...then had been thrown up on soo much over the...
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    CD Buddies

    Nice one making the pizzas and not eating...now please could you pass me some self control! My little girl had some mini sausages that were "hot" and kept stuffing them under my nose to blow and cool down...I could almost feel myself dribbling over them.....torchure!!!
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    Jelly made from gelatin and water flavoring

    Great...just what I need. Twas very tempted to come off plan on day 3 because I have a very poorly little girl and very high stress levels (cue eat eat eat)...will try jelly x
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    CD Buddies

    Oooh me too...can I join :) First weigh in next Thursday! Its the second time I have done it...lost 3 stone then lost my way, but dont remember feeling cold the first time around?? This time I am freezing (well not right now as I have heating and open fire on that I am nursing LOL0, but...
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    Jelly made from gelatin and water flavoring

    whats this?? Not heard of jelly before do you have instead of pack
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    Im back after baby...

    Just had a read through your diary (sorry for the snoop, but its the only non eating thing I can do today). I have a sick 18 month old baby and had to cancel plans for 5*mitchelin meal tonight :( I'm only on weekone but havent been for a "posh nosh" before and nights out without baby are like...
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    Best Food Distractions?

    Ohh no...! LOL I spent yesterday reading articles on big fat gypsy weddings/baby forums...anything that didnt involve food :)
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    Wedding ideas?

    oooh found a link Premiere Travel Inn offer budget wedding package | Wedding Blog – My-WeddingInsurance.co.uk
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    Wedding ideas?

    I know its not the same but apparently travel inn? Or similar do them for approx 1K...I havent checked but thats what I have read on another forum. Or some barns/spas/golf clubs etc do better deals for low season or weekdays. May be able to get a bargain if not fussed on day.
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    Best Food Distractions?

    TV, book...brushing the dog, cleaning a cupboard/room, reading to my little one, painting toe nails/face pack. Thats all I can think of at the moment.
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    calling slimmers who go to group - question...

    We were talking about this in group the other night. The flexi syns ensure you dont start resenting being on sw and just blow it, give yourself a syn allowance and keep control and your all good. I would say though that despite good intentions I would ensure you have a syn free curry ready for...
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    Feeling sad

    I'm guessing they were sharing a brain cell between them and in was in transit when they spoke! Some people are idiots, tomorrow is another day, I know its hard but dont give them a second thought...have a minimins hug***
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    The fat irishman

    LOL, thanks for the jokes I enjoyed them anyway ;) Sitting back for the fat/blonde jokes to come so I can jump up and down and get huffy...LOL wanders if I can count that as body magic?! (ha ha ha bloody hell i'm funny) xx
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    couch to 5k 1st outing!!!!

    ohhh going to try this tomorrow...just trying to think where is flat enough to run (thinking canal or local park)...will be taking 2 mad collies and a papillon with me ;) Need a running buddy or 3 x
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    NHS couch to 5k

    Does anyone know how many training sessions per week this is? Have downloaded it and just about to find my mp3, but just need to know what days I need to commit too :)
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    Diet Tribe

    oh how did i miss him...what channel and when ;)
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    Will my sex drive return once I've lost some weight?

    Oh there is the exact same thread on my baby forum (babies from july 09 - and us girlies still having the same conversation 18 months later LOL). I started to wander when I saw this thread if there was something in the water xx
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    Bad Night at WI

    Have you tried printing off the 7 day menu from the website and following that for a week...give you a start ? May have to do that myself after eating my way through xmas to a hefty 7lbs on :( ooops x
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    IF UR THINKING OF BINGEING .............

    Oh I was wandering where this thread had gone?! I have eaten a packet of chedders, 3 chocolate coins, and 3 of the new fero rocha (sorry spelling). I had eaten my breakfast and although not hungry for lunch i'm picking at chocolate :( I get annoyed with myself when I nibble on...
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    Kids!

    LOL at both! Luckily my daughters too young to talk at the moment, the chorus of mum, mum, mum, mum, mum is slowly driving me around the twist, not sure if I am looking forward to more words ;)
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    Ideas for a SW friendly raffle prize

    A fancy egg timer? Something for the kitchen? A fruit bowl?
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    Pets names.

    Mine dogs are pretty "normal" Jake, Molly and Fate, the vet had said he had never heard a dog called Fate before :) He has since been renamed little git as he doesnt want to toilet train at the moment!! When working at a vets I met two rotties Rogan and Josh...I loved it when they were called...
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    IF UR THINKING OF BINGEING .............

    VAL - NO MORE WHIPS!!!! ;) LOL I have found the key to my under the stairs hampers and I have 2 boxes of 6. I am sooo tempted to go and introduce them to my tummy! I have already had a hot chocolate, pear and massive lion bar...I am trying to down the juice and be good but I know they are...
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    Anyone fallen off wagon already ?

    yep jumped off the wagon right in front of a lion bar, I havent checked the syn value as I am too frightened...weigh in tomorrow! I felt fed up so had a hot chocolate and a pear and a glass of juice STILL not satisfied so had a chocolate instead. i did try and be good first :)
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    Diet and Budget woes

    I buy 15 kg bags of potatoes from the farm shop in my village for £4.00 and keep them in the cold utility so last ages :) Also buy eggs from the farmer I rent my unit from £1.50 for 12. Pasta I buy the shop own brands because they are mega cheap. Also (not this week though as life hectic at the...
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    Feeling down and sorry for myself:-(

    Yep agree with the above, my other halfs blood pressure goes through the roof the minute he sets foot in a doctors let alone when they do his blood pressure. He can only have readings on the old fashion ones not the digital (he always breaks them??). i have heard that coffee and talking can...
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    Just wondering

    I put a LOT of weight on in my late teens. I was so unhappy and my weight went on so quickly I didnt notice it, I was in a bad relationship, had no family and ate my way through life. By the end of two years my relationship fell apart and I didnt have the money to eat and had to walk to work...
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    IF UR THINKING OF BINGEING .............

    The only thing I have been looking forward to is a roast chicken so brought one today with some yoghurts so all set. I made some homemade burgers for lunch which were nice....target get food mojo back is in full swing :)
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    IF UR THINKING OF BINGEING .............

    LOL re the walnut whips I have brought some for the hampers I do for friends and family (had to lock them under the stairs and my little girl keeps losing the key so not much hope of me getting those!) Ive not felt right all day. There's nothing i look forward to eating for dinner or...
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    Tuesday Weighers

    I lost 2lbs! Not sure how but pleased!!
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    supermarket fruit problem

    Asda or sainsburys I find are better. I keep grapes and melon in the fridge which helps a little. And I have a little monkey who loves her bananas so she helps me get through the fruit quickly.
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    depo injection womens problems :~(

    Yep I was the same started at 17 had no probs, had a few personal problems and kept forgetting it so nurse suggested the implant (big mistake I hated it)...bled constantly, when i came off it I fell pregnant (intended) but chose the injection after bubs and it wasn't the same :( Not using...
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    Help!!! Depression eating...

    Sorry to hear about your job. Like others have said at least you haven't gone wild on take aways and chocolate which to be honest I think I would of done...i'm on the verge had a naff week and if i didnt feel ill at the moment would of eaten all the goodies I have brought for peoples xmas...
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    Jelly Sweets the SW way

    Oh I think I love you...sitting a bit miserable this afternoon with a poorly little one...going to make me a lovely sweet treat for tonight when she is in bed...yay sweeetiiiieesss!!
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    How on earth are you supposed to peel a pineapple?

    LOL this was the laugh I needed today sorry! Do you have fun chopping chillies too :D
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    Tuesday Weighers

    My first week but I have lost 6 1/5lb. I want to jump up and down but it feels like a fluke some how and i'm frightened it will all go back on next week...I know no pleasing some people...just seems a bit too good to be true, I NEVER lose weight like that. :)
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    my food diary day 1

    What's your guilty pleasure? :) Mine's crisps so I know i can have a packet of walkers lites for 5.5 syns, my other half prefers a drink (alcoholic) so uses his syns on that. Some times though I dont bother with crisps and use my syns on mayo/marg/ gravy etc
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    slow cooker disaster/s help

    Yeah BRAND NEW S/S DOUBLE SLOW COOKER & BUFFET SERVER-2010 on eBay (end time 30-Nov-10 22:00:45 GMT) Side by side one, can cook two meals at a time! I'm having difficulty with one so maybe a little out of my reach at this time LOL
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    slow cooker disaster/s help

    Oh just seen the same one on ebay - its a russel hobbs black one! Did anyone else know you can get a twin one...or am I just greedy ;)
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    slow cooker disaster/s help

    Oh thanks everyone, sorry for the late replies. No I didnt par boil any thing just chucked it all in...I was running late ;) Mine was from tesco's but wasn't there brand, I was being greedy and wanted the bigger one 3.5l I think. Yeah I checked all the settings and made sure it was on the...
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    Tips for sleep

    Agree, reading helps me too. I get annoyed with myself for worrying about stupid stuff and then not being able to sleep, try and tell myself it wouldnt be as interesting the next day (and it never is...doesnt help when I am the only one awake, even the dog sleeps infront of me to rub it in!)...
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    Why Tesco, why?!!!

    Yep there's one in our's too. I havent even tried one and am sooo tempted, just dont think I should even "go there" though, its hard enough going through the bakery...cake and bread smell sooo good ;) LOL
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    slow cooker disaster/s help

    Righty operation slow cooker was put into action this week. I didn't want yet another item of kitchenware I didnt use...so Firstly I tried a beef casserole, left for 6 hours on high = hard veggies? SO today I put some carrots at the bottom, some stock covering and a small chicken (smallest...
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    Should I go back?

    Def go back. I could of written your thread, I rejoined last Tuesday after joining twice already this year, the time before this with my other half for support! With one thing and another I gave up, let myself down and it took a lot of "i'm joining this week" "i'm joining tomorrow's" before I...
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    Puddings

    I made some of the chick pea cake for my group today...it went down very well. Put lots of vanilla and almond flavour in and everyone thought it tasted like battenburg! LOL. The only down side was although I thought the chickpeas were free the consultant advised they have a sin value if used...
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