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    Picnic ideas? EE

    I'm very into the 'flavoured' cous cous at the moment - you can make that up and take it with you. Maybe some cooked meats and/or fish too - chicken breasts, ham, prawns. Hard boiled eggs are always good for a picnic too, and maybe some mixed salads - rice salad, pasta salad, etc. If you have a...
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    before and after pic!

    Well done - you look fab! Another vote for the dress here too (love polka dots!)
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    Does lots of exercise lead to no losses??

    One of the things I like about SW is that you don't have to set yourself a 'weight target' as it were. I try to exercise quite a bit, and am doing mostly running at the moment. I am aiming to be a size 10/12 rather than a specific weight, as I would rather be toned and the size I am comfortable...
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    Body Magic?

    Hi all Can someone please explain body magic to me, and how the awards work? My consultant has never mentioned it to me in the 5 months I've been going to class. In fact a few weeks ago, in IT, she asked what could we do this week to ensure we are happy at the scales next week and when I...
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    GUTTED

    I lost half a pound two weeks in a row and was 100% both weeks. The following week I lost 2.5lbs, so I think sometimes it just takes longer than a week to show on the scales. Stick at it, and hopefully your hard work will pay off at your next WI x
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    What annoys you about your slimming world class

    Really interesting read..... At my class, they do SOTW and a raffle (usually a SW cookbook), but I've never seen SOTM. Over the summer months there has been a real fall off in the number of people staying to class, and it makes it really difficult for our C and the members who do stay to get a...
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    Small loss, then great news!

    I am in shock! I was really disappointed that after a week of being special good, I only lost half a pound last night, but then I got SOTW!!! It seems I was the only person to have a loss last week as well, so I was delighted. It's given me a real boost, plus I can save a fortune on buying fruit...
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    Week one and not great plus no consultant!

    I posted about this before as well - having to pay when we just get weighed. My class is on a Monday, and I started in March, so I've had 3 classes that fell on bank holidays where we just had a weigh-in, and on 2 other nights we just had a weigh-in as the Consultant's mother was ill. I'm in NI...
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    SOTW - I want it!!!!

    We had no SOTW at our group last night! The Group decided among ourselves to give it to the person who had lost the most, which seemed fair to us all. Our fruit bag is hit and miss, especially last night as there were very few people there. I had put in a punnet of strawberries, as I had loads...
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    (Old) SW Magazines

    When I started SW, I bought quite a few old mags from eBay. I find them really inspirational in terms of the stories, and useful in terms of the recipes. I delve into them every now and then when I need some motivation!
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    SaraC's Pescetarian Diary (SW & WW)

    Hi Sara Do you do much exercise? Just wondering if maybe varying your routine would see some results on the scales for you? Also, I am a breadaholic (!) and now take 42g of Weetabix Crunchy Bran for my breakfast. It's really filling and you get a good portion for 1 HEB, so maybe that's worth...
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    Extra Easy best tips for holidays to spain

    Are you going self catering or staying in a hotel?
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    Class cancelled again

    Should also say, there were no magazines for sale last night, so have to wait another week for that, and in the weeks where we just weigh in, my C never gives us the SW password (having said that, I never remember to ask her), so we loose out on that too.
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    Class cancelled again

    Thanks for the replies! There is another class on a Wednesday night, which is actually closer to where I live, but I actually quite like the class (i.e. the members) that I go to. I live in a small town, where everyone knows everyone else, so I go to the class in the next town, so that I know...
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    Class cancelled again

    Hi all This isn't really a rant, but I just wanted to come on and say how disappointed I am that my class was cancelled again last night. Apparently, my C had a death in her family and didn't want to do the class, so we just paid our £4.95 and got weighed. I only started in late March, and...
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    Which day gives you greater losses?

    I found that EE didn't really work for me, as I was eating too much! I did a week of mostly red and had a good loss, but then I had a really unpleasant experience with chicken and have sort of gone off most meat for the moment. Have mostly been doing green this last week or two, and while I feel...
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    How much do we really need our Image Therapy?

    Like some of the others, I find the weighing in itself good motivation. Our Image Therapy is hit and miss for what I get out of it, but it generally is a good laugh. We have a really good bunch of people there, and there's just the right number. I suppose the group support motivates me more than...
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    What exercise(if any) do you do??...

    I go to the gym about twice a week, after my daughter goes to bed. I usually do about 45 mins between cross-trainer, treadmill and rowing machine, and then a few weights. I also try to walk about 2-3 times a week with friends, and we do about 3-4 miles each time. We have a treadmill at home...
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    Slimming World Before, During and After Pics

    Chicky Noops - you look fantastic! I have 2 stone to loose too, and you have really inspired me! By the way, can I ask where you got that dress? It's fab!
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    My first delivery of JOES SAUSAGES came today

    I would love to try them, but unfortunately, they don't deliver to Northern Ireland :sigh:
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    Image Therapy - what do you expect from it?

    At our group, there are usually around 20-25 people who stay for IT, and it's always a good laugh! Some weeks, the talk is more motivational than others, but, to be honest, I get plenty of hints and motivation from here, and I really enjoy the 'craic' at the meetings. I joined on my own and...
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    end of the week munchies

    My WI is on a Monday evening, and I find the weekends tough sometimes, as I think I naturally slip into 'it's the weekend' mode, and loose focus a little. However, on balance, having my class on a Monday is probably a good thing, because it does encourage me to try to keep focused over the...
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    What do you think?

    There is a guy in our class who has lost 4 stone in 15 weeks. He regularly looses around 6lbs per week and the running joke in our class is that we just come in and hand the fruit straight to him, rather than putting it in the basket as we know he will be SOTW! I have to say, everyone in the...
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    whats your fav ?

    Mango and strawberries at the moment, but also quite getting into kiwis!
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    OMG- SW want me to be on the website!!!!

    Well done - that's brilliant news! Can't wait to see it :)
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    Can't find the post!

    Brilliant!! Thanks a million for your help!
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    Can't find the post!

    Hi all I am trying to find a recent post, but have searched and can't find it anywhere. Someone had posted a little story about Ivy Been Good (I think!) and how her little nibbles here and there mounted up to about 80 syns across the day. I wanted to print it out, but can't find it. Does anyone...
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    Exercise!

    DD has a trampoline out the back and I never really thought about using it for exercise - might give it a go, as it's a real killer! I try to go to the gym twice a week, and do an hours walk either once or twice during the week too. Before I had DD, I used to go to the gym at 6.30am which...
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    Water

    I find that when I drink plenty of water in the day, I sleep much better that night. Maybe that's just me though! Also, be careful with sparkling water, as carbon is really bad for your teeth.
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    What have you had for brekkie today?

    I tend to have either 42g of Crunchy Bran with fruit (banana or strawberries are my favs at the moment), or else a big fruit salad with youghurt and maybe an alpen light a while later. I have my breakfast when I get to work, so can't really do the cooked option.
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    im having such a down week

    I can relate too - I'm having a real 'off' week as well. I had a 2.5lbs loss last Monday and have just lost the plot ever since. My loss has been relatively slow since I started 5-6 weeks back, and I just can't seem to get into it. I know if I stick to the plan, then I will see the results, and...
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    Non-meat eaters - iron??

    Great - thanks for all the tips! :)
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    Non-meat eaters - iron??

    Hi all I had a really unpleasant experience with cooking a chicken over the weekend, and really can't stomach any meat at all at the moment. However, I am slightly prone to low iron levels, so can anyone advise on what I should eat to replace the iron I am missing out on from not eating meat? I...
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    SW Chips & Wedges

    I use on that's called Spicy Season All (I think) from Schwartz. It's really versatile, as I use it on meat and fish as well, and it goes down a storm in our house!
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    +*+* POST your food pics for meal ideas +*+*+*

    Thanks Honey I don't imagine I'll get a trip to Australia any time soon to stock up, so will just have to keep experimenting until I get mine right (while also drooling over photos of yours!)
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    I think I'm addicted to Steak!

    I find that too much red meat gives me bad headaches, but aside from that no other side effects. I would be prone to anemia, so when I go through a steak phase, I generally tend to feel much better (aside from the headaches!!!)
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    Help - Pack Lunches for a School Girl

    What about the Asda Wholemeal pitta stuffed with something like chicken or tuna and salad (the tuna might make the pitta a bit soggy though). A year or two ago, I bought a tiny little cool bag in Marks and Spencer that came with one of those freezer block thingys. It's just big enough to hold a...
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    Original Mullerlight - is 2 a day too many?

    I would have 1-2 every day as well. I just dread when I can't find them on offer, as it's hard to justify the cost sometimes when you are eating so many!
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    +*+* POST your food pics for meal ideas +*+*+*

    Honey, what do you use to roast your veg in? They always look lovely and 'glazed' in some way, whereas mine always seem quite dry.
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    Barbecue Tips

    I am raging that Joe's sausages don't deliver to Northern Ireland, as I hear so many great reports about them here :cry: However, my local butcher does do SW sausages, so I suppose it's not all bad! What about kebabs with meat and veg marinated in some spices for your BBQ, or even some king...
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    Extra Easy Weight losses without eating breakfast

    I get up at 6am and definitely couldn't face breakfast then. I get to work about 8am and usually have a coffee when I get in and have breakfast about 9am. Some mornings I am starving and have cereal and fruit, but other mornings, I have a big bowl of fruit salad and yoghurt. I find I would just...
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    Shopping online

    I buy my groceries online every two weeks from either Tesco or Sainsburys (Asda don't deliver in my area). I plan all my dinners out for the two weeks and buy accordingly. I find that I spend a lot less that way, as I am not tempted by things I don't need. I then top up on fruit and veg a couple...
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    Help me stop pressing the self destruct button :-(

    My class is on a Monday night and I find that keeps me focused over the weekend. It's made a real difference to me, as even when I was being super-good in the past, I tended to relax things a bit at the weekend and that was my downfall. I find I even watch things more carefully at the weekend as...
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    Kellogs Fibre Plus Bars??

    My life is complete now I've found them :D No, seriously, they are delicious. I've swopped from EE to Green and Original this week and have been having one as my HEB in the evenings with a cup of tea, and it has worked out great for me as I'm not tempted at all by other sweet treats during the...
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    Green Days 3 bean chilli from magazine!

    I agree! We had it last night too and it was really tasty. Will definitely be making it again.
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    syns and snacks

    I agree Margery Dawe. Our Consultant is always telling us that SW is not a diet, but a healthy eating plan for life. One girl in our class is 3lbs away from target after loosing just over 6 stone, in about a year. She has a packet of crisps every day and says that if she had tried to cut them...
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    Salads - how do you eat yours?!?

    Thanks all! Lots of great ideas here. I just needed some inspiration, otherwise I'll be bored with eating salads and go back to less healthy options! Thanks again:)
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    Salads - how do you eat yours?!?

    Hi all I am really unimaginative when it comes to salad, and tend to just have mixed leaves and some tomatoes, which is getting really boring. Can anyone give me some ideas around what I can include in salads for both green and red days - free or otherwise?? Ta x
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    Banana bread/cake with pics

    Well Leah - how did yours go? Mine is proving to be a hit with DH and DD too, so looks like I'll be making it again!
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    Banana bread/cake with pics

    Oh my goodness, it is yum! I did what you suggested and put tin foil on top after 20 minutes and it has turned out great! I luurrve cinammon so added just over 2 tsp and it is lovely. Will def be making this again. I was going to post about asking how long it will keep, but somehow I don't...
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    Banana bread/cake with pics

    Mine is in the oven - I'll keep you posted!! Didn't do the frylight, as only reading your post now, so we will see how it turns out.
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    Banana bread/cake with pics

    I'm making it at the moment and wondering about greasing the tin. However, I suspect this would add syns, so I am guessing no?!?
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    Banana bread/cake with pics

    Could you make this in a loaf tin, to make it more like banana bread??
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    Mikados

    Ah - that's why then. The Mikados I am talking about are made by Jacob's and they don't have them on the syn calculator on the SW site. Will keep an eye out for these ones then. Thought it was far too good to be true that the ones I was thinking of could only be half a syn!
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    Mikados

    Hi all I have noticed people here having Mikados and counting them as 0.5 syns each. However, when I was looking at them in the supermarket recently, they seemed to be more than this. Are there a different brand to the Jacob's ones that are lower in syns? (Come to think of it, maybe the Jacob's...
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    Yogurts

    Thanks for that - it is really confusing! They are yum though, so using a few syns on them every now and then won't do any harm!
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    Yogurts

    Just a query really - how come if Yeo Valley yogurts are fat free, they have a syns value? I assumed that all fat free yogurts were free on SW, but have I got the totally wrong?
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    Image Therapy Question

    Hi all I am just curious to know what happens during Image Therapy at your SW class? I'm not entirely sure what I expected, but our Consultant just goes round everyone and asks how their week was and what they are going to do to ensure a loss next week. I had hoped to be able to pick up handy...
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    Meetings question

    Thanks for the replies. I think it was just because it was my 2nd meeting and I was really looking forward to it, so I was pretty disappointed when I got there. I am totally sympathetic to the fact that her mother is ill (I've been there myself), so that's not the issue at all. I just wondered...
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    Meetings question

    Hi all I joined a SW group a couple of weeks ago. When I went for my second WI, the girl taking the money said that there would be no class tonight as the Consultant's Mum was ill and she was keen to get back to the hospital to see her. We were just getting weighed and that was it. Now, I...
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    SW Cook books

    I am really uncreative at meal ideas and find the help on here (as well as the mags) great for inspiration and tips. I'm not the best cook in the world, but can do OK. I was looking at some of the SW cookbooks on Amazon and wondered if they were worth the investment - are the recipes easy enough...
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    How did you set your target weight?

    I set a target of 10 stone, as I was just undert this when I got pregnant and, while I still had a huge bum, my face was getting too thin. I would be more than happy with 10 stone, as it puts me in a healthy BMI, but as my shape will have now changed from having a baby, I'm just not sure how I...
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    Salmon

    Thanks for all the replies - I have gone from having no idea to not being able to decide what to do! Looks like salmon will be on the menu a few times in the weeks to come!
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    Salmon

    Hi all I have salmon fillets in for tea tonight and want to do something to liven them up - any ideas? I have light Philadelphia in the fridge, but am not sure what to do with it. I'm on EE and have a HEA plus about 10 syns to spare. Thanks!
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