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Hi WT I work in an FE college - was a course leader but was promoted a couple of years ago and am now responsible for for quite a few courses. The point is is that the course leader is definitely NOT the person in charge - there are at least 3 or 4 people above her. If you want to do this...

Have to agree with Lucky7 - Alpen Lights make me sound like I have the entire wind section of an orchestra in my pants! When I stopped eating them my 'trumpet trousers' were no more!

Hi I flew Easyjet last year at a size 26/28. I didn't need the extension belt. It was a bit of a squeeze getting it done up but was fine once it was. My daughter found it the same (she's a 22/24). Good luck :) And sod the mother-in-law!

On the positive side - look how well you've with your weight loss despite being hypo - that's a fantastic achievement, well done!

Thanks for that - have just snorted tea all over my monitor!

Spicy spinach clears all known blockages!!!

Getting your skin used to the sun can really help (my consultant offered me the chance to use NHS sunbeds but I decided that I'd take the discomfort rather than risk more wrinkles because I am very vain about my skin!) so gentle exposure with lots of high factor suntan lotion is the way to go...

There's nothing wrong with you - you've just found out that you are about to experience the biggest and most profound life changing experience you will ever have! Add to that the hormonal changes you are undergoing and it's not the slightest bit surprising you feel this way. The tiredness is...

I'm so sad to hear you are having such a horrible time at home. My husband was an alcoholic and I tried everything to help him stop but the truth is only the person with the problem can do anything about it. I left him when my children were seven and two, when it became obvious he was...

It might be polymorphic light erruption (wow, what a scary name!). Basically, it's a reaction to the sun. I get it if I sunbathe in fairly strong sunlight - and it's worse if I'm eating lots of carbs. The difference between PLE and prickly heat is that PLE happens where the skin is exposed to...

I'm not that keen on the caeser salad dressing but I lurve the balsamic vinegar one - I now have a bottle in my fridge, one in my parent's fridge and one at work! Saying that, I quite often make a vinegarette dressing with a tablespoon of olive oil -it costs six syns but does at least three days...

Nannis, well done on your progress!

The most important part of your post was that you're back on track - well done!

I am a binger too - used to have bulimia but for the last two decades I stopped the purging but kept on with the binging - hence weighing 23 stones at the start of last year!:o (By the way - I'm not talking about about eating a whole chocolate bar or tub of icecream, I'm talking about eating...

According to Humpty Dumpty story and picture, the original Humpty Dumpty was a large cannon used by the Cavaliers in the Civil War and was destroyed by the Roundheads! Well, you live and learn :8855::8855::8855:

I hated mine for the first month or so but now I wouldn't have any other type of mattress! No more aches and pains in the morning.

Absolutely not! It would make you look prepared, organised and professional and that you have researched the job thoroughly and are taking the interview seriously - take your notes and the job spec and highlight bits of the job spec to show you have read it. Good luck with your interview :)

Miss Mango: 20 hours - 1 hour 33 minutes done Julie2011: 12 hours - 0 done Relle: 12 hours - 35 minutes done Ndc331: 15 hours - 33 minutes done Judimac : 15 hours - 1hr 25 mins done Owls4eva: 15 hours - 2 hr 45 mins done Amandas11976: 8 hours - 0 done Pinpant: 15 hours - 0 done...

Both my kids are dyslexic and are a rich source of misused words including thinking that monogamy is a tropical hardwood, placenta in a form of exercise (she meant Pilates) and Mount Vulva is a volcano in Italy (Vesuvius). I had a student announce in class that she had a swollen vulva (she...

You don't need to get to the cistern to flush the loo - just pour in a bucket of water. If you need flush anything other than liquids :o you might need to pour the water in from slightly higher. I know this because last year my neighbours were digging the foundations to their extension and...

Don't give up! You have done fantastically well so far. I really understand your frustration - we are the same height and I have lost nearly four stone but haven't dropped a size yet - although, strangely, a lot of the clothes I own are getting too big for me even though the next size down in...

First time I have joined a challenge but I am loving the EA Sports games - can you put me down for 15hrs please?

The end of the world as we know it will be heralded by many signs and portents - the most significant one being my 18 yr old son actually tidying up the pig sty he calls a bedroom. Since there is no evidence this is going to happen in the near future I think you can sleep safely tonight!

I think you have to made a few more posts before you can do this - sorry, I m not sure how many.

I am the world's laziest person and I have always hated exercise but the Wii Fit has changed all of that! I bought it at Christmas and at first just played about with the Wii Fit plus games, then I made a little stretching routine, then I set myself targets for burning calories and then...well...

When I started my training in '83 there was a dire shortage of nurses. Just three years later we were all being told that there was a surplus and we probably wouldn't get a job as nurse, but we all did! Nursing is a tough profession and there is a lot of churn in the NHS. Try not to worry as...

I know this is disheartening - I am in exactly the same postion. Despite sticking to the plan and exercising everyday (who'd have thought I could ever say that!) I STS the same last week and put on a pound this week. I am working on the principle that if I stick to the plan I WILL see a loss...

I have the gold membership - there's no benefit to it, whatsover. The only difference I can see is that you get a book with the healthy extras in - and my colleague joined using the cheapest membership and just downloaded the pdfs with all the info. TBH, I've done the same now as it's easier...

You've done an amazing job - by losing that weight you have made yourself much healthier to carry a baby and that's a wonderful gift to give your baby. You don't have to have cans of sugary coke around - cartons of fruit juice contain natural sugars AND vitamins and minerals - my daughter has...

I made a routine on the Wii Fit Plus made of muscle and yoga routines to help build suppleness and the rhythm boxing and step game for cardio building and fun. I bought EA Sports Active and EA Sports Active More Routines for the 4 and 6 week challenges, which even a naturally lazy person like...

Well, I'm so excited! For the first time in years I can touch my toes! I know it's only a little thing but it has made me so happy. A combination of SW and the Wii Fit Plus is really beginning to make me feel as if I could actually become fit and healthy! :D:D:D

Part of my job (I teach in an FE college) is working with learners with Aspergers and helping them into university. If you would like any information on applying for DSA/ getting a needs assessment/ working with the uni on a plan to help your son(s) settle in please feel free to pm me. I...

Someone on this forum has this in their siggy: "Being fat is hard. Losing weight is hard. Choose your hard." This is something I try to remember every day.

If you think about it, Slimming World IS working for you - you are four pounds lighter despite Christmas and New Year. I know that in the past I've often put on half a stone over the holiday period but you didn't - I've said it once and I'll say it again -you're four pounds lighter - well done!

I use mine for cooking pulses and do a lot of dal - any types of lentil (I normally use a mixture of red lentils and channa dal), loads of ginger, some garlic and chilli (fresh if I have it but but dried works just fine) and about twice as much water by volume. Cook it at pressure for 20 minutes...

I think your sig should read: "I'm proud to say I started SW because I decided to take back control of my life and my body" Feeling down is the pits but you've decided what you want (a healthier body) and you're doing something about it. It's not easy and sometimes you'll slip up (says the...

DS has got a conditional offer from Bath Spa but a rejection from Cardiff :( Was feeling very pleased - then I looked at the cost of the accommodation -eek! DD is at Birmingham and in private halls and will paying £30 a week less next year than DS. Guess I'm going to have to do some serious...

I got a Wii Fit for Christmas with a dance game and EA Sports. I think it might be quite good - well if I could have any time on it, that is! As soon as I get it out the blinkin' kids are all over it and I never get a chance for a good workout. When I say kids, I actually mean young adults -...

Great thread! My top tip would be to put your Super Free foods on your plate before putting the rest of your meal on there - it's the easiest way of reducing portion size without feeling deprived.

The Princess Bride Gross Point Blank The Secretary - I wouldn't watch this with my kids (even though they are both over eighteen!) but I think it's a beautiful love story. Although, come to think about it, I probably wouldn't watch this with my parents as well!

I put on a total of 7lbs, but I came off plan in November following a really stressful time at work, when it looked very likely I would be made redundant. Fortunately, by the time they had finished looking at the job roles they decided not only should my role be kept but that it needed two full...

If it looks OK, smells OK and isn't moving it's probably OK to eat it - this is the rule in our house and I can honestly say that none of us ever has a dicky tummy (apart from DD's brush with flu at the end of last term).

Could you use the phrase 'differentiation' here? This is one of the key terms used in teacher training as is 'student centered learning', both of which you are demonstrating skills in with this experience. BTW - get used to to 'evidencing' both yours and your students' learning - I had never...

Oh honey, I didn't want to read and run so am sending you a ((((cyber hug))). Hope everything goes well with the new baby.

I'm so excited - I went to buy some badly needed new bras yesterday, as all of mine are way too big in the back (I'm sure that the back strap is meant to be below the shoulder blade, not above them!) and was gobsmacked to find my local Evans has stopped stocking bras - although the cr*p choice...

My feet 'spread' when I was pregenant and now I have very wide feet. I'm a size nine but sometimes have to buy a size 10 just to get the width - and that's buying wide fit shoes from Evans. At the moment I have very few shoes that fit as my 10's are a bit too big now. I often try to buy shoes...

I struggled a bit with EE when I started and then I realised the trick is to put the SF food on the plate FIRST - then there is less room for the more calorific stuff. At the beginning I was serving up huge porions of pasta/rice/etc and then shoving it over to make room for the salad/veg! Doing...

The first week was pretty rough, but I put the headaches down to the fact that I wasn't drinking 6 or 7 lattes a day (hmmm, do you think that might have contributed to my weight gain???). On Friday, someone at work asked me if I had any painkillers and I realised I didn't. Before starting SW I...

At that age my daughter only thought I looked beautiful if I was wearing bright pink or something shiny, anything else was treated with a look of disdain - but then, she believed that we should all aspire to dress like Barbie! Kids have a funny way of looking at the world, especially when they...

Don't feel too downhearted that you don't know what you want for the next thirty years - sometimes the universe has a funny way of making sure we get what we need (which, unfortunately, isn't always what we want!). I spent the evening of my thirtieth birthday alone and in tears. I was getting...

My weight loss is usually really affected by that time of the month - for two weeks of the month I don't loose or I put on weight and the following two weeks I can loose up to 8lbs! As long as I loose roughly about 6 or 7 pounds a month I don't stress about it - it's the long term loss I'm...

I'm just back from France, having flown with Easyjet. Both my daughter (size 22) and I (not sure, but probably 26 or 28) managed to get out seatbelts done up - just! We were sitting right at the front for the extra leg room so were right under the gaze of the cabin crew. Getting the seat belt...

Hi I'm also going it alone - but it doesn't feel like I'm alone thatnks to the wonderful peeps on this site. I also have to lose 10 stone - I have set my intial target for just under 8 stone, but I know eventually I'll need to lose another couple of stone (I chose my initial target as it just...

Only you can know if SW and EE are right for you but my own personal experience of EE is positive. I've lost forty pounds since the middle of Feb, which is slower than some but suits me just fine as it took me a long time to get fat so it'll take some time to lose it. Plus, and this sounds...

That's such a true statement! If you can do this, then you will definitely prove your consultant wrong. The great thing about SW is that it helps to re-educate not just your body but your mind too. As a compulsive overeater and binger I find SW the easiest way to keep things under control - I...

Sounds delish - will be giving this a go later on this week.

Meli, what a lovely thing to offer someone you hardly know! People like you are one of the reasons this forum is the special place it is.

Sainsburys also do bags of mixed berries in their basics range for £1 - I normally pour some into a tupperware box, add lf greek yogurt and take it to work - by the time I get there the berries are defrosted and it makes a yummie breakfast.

I seem to be losing fat from my left side - my left boob is smaller and the roll of fat under my boobs is non-existant on my left side and huge under my right side. I have this image of a skinny left hand side trying to drag around a huge, bloated right hand side. OMG! I'll be like a modern day...

Hi, I bank with the Co-op and have been with them for nearly five years. I only have a basic account (no overdraft or cheque book) because I struggled financially after my husband died and left me with over 50K of debt. I much prefer Coop to HSBC - they seem lovely in the branch, although I...

Sorry - double post

Having lived in several countries I know how difficult it can be at first - I used to get a general sadness which I couldn't pin on anything - looking back now it seems obvious I was homesick. I didn't used to think I was homesick - after all, moving to another country is meant to be exciting...

Ooh! 10/10 - even got the bible one right!

Cybill Shephard says sex is like anything else - if you want it done properly, you have to do it yourself!:giggle::giggle::giggle:

Well done - that's fab!

I am an endomorph as well (classic apple shape) and will never be 'thin' - and that's OK because what I want to be is healthy. I don't think being thin is a healthy state as it implies being underweight and since I know I will never have a model body I refuse to aim for some mythical body shape...

An app for android phones would be great.

I weigh myself far too often (even after a midnight trip to the loo!):o:o:o but it's something that works for me - if I've lost weight then I feel positive for the whole day and find it easy to stick to my eating plan and if I've put on weight then I feel determined - and stick to my eating...

Isn't it funny how used we get to things? I have only done EE and find it really easy but wouldn't do red or green days because I find them too confusing! I mean, two HEa's and HEb's but having to syn poatatos or meat! What madness is this??? (I know I have syn things on EE but it feels so...

This website - I can't get to a group and the ammount of support, understanding and kindness that people show is phenonemal. As is the willingness to kick butt if necessary!

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The trick is to use their stapler - double revenge!

I prefer to leave a bag of Thorntons diabetic chocolates open on my desk - then when the burgers nick them (and deny it vehemently) the extra farty bottoms and panicky trips to the loo make a sweet revenge!

In America they did some research in the 80's to find out what women's three favourite words were. They thought it would be 'I love you' - it actually turned out to be 'You've lost weight!' :8855::8855::8855:

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I finally sussed out EE! The trick is to put the 1/3 SF on your plate/ in your bowl before putting the rest of my meal on the plate - before I was serving up my meal then moving things over to make room for veg/ salad! Now I put the salad on the plate and then serve up the rest of my dinner -...

The previous government has drastically cut the funding for adult education (20% at our college and we're expecting more cuts in the near future)... ...but if you want to do an Access Course and you don't already have level three qualifications (A levels, National Diploma) then the course...

It's totally human to feel this way - even if we think we shouldn't. One of my colleagues started SW after I did - she doesn't know I joined because I've kept it quiet - and keeps everyone informed of her progress. She's doing really well and most of the time I feel pleased for her but when...

A delicious chocolately cross between a flapkack and a rice crispie cake....mmmmmm

Where can you get the balsamic fry light from - none of the supermarkets in this area seem to stock it?

Have you been losing inches instead?

8/10 - it's the baseball questions that get me everytime!

I usually cook it with the skin on, take the skin off and throw it in the bin - then squirt it with washing up liquid!

Can I just ask what your dream job is? I work in an FE college and spend a lot of time with learners helping them work out a route to do the things they really want to do - and I work a lot with child care students, both full time at college and in the work place, including those who want...

Wellies that don't leave red welts on my calves, lingerie instead of underwear and something, anything from Per Una and/or Monsoon.

One of the things that's really unfair is when you get to a certain age (ie mine!) and you have spots and wrinkles - how unfair is that???:mad:

Thanks for everybody's posts. Debjk, I'm not quite as bad as that - but almost! I was looking at the Wii not to help with weight loss but more with toning and flexibility. As a I have a bit of a history :o with good ideas that soon turn out to be not so good I think I will listen to the...

I am thinking about buying a Wii with WiiFit Plus and wanted to know the good and the bad about it. Because I am out of the house from 7-7 I find it difficult to get to the gym or the pool. I get on/ off the bus one stop earlier and I walk for about an hour an day. I am also trying to use the...

I've realised that one of the reasons that I put on so much weight was that I ate everything I wanted (rather than what I needed) because I am basically rubbish at making choices. SW works for me because it gives me a framework to work in. If I want to eat something that's not free then I have...

I found this list on the web - it's a great way to think about how much weight you have lost: 1 pound = a Guinea Pig 1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts 2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs 3 pounds = an average human brain 4 pounds = an ostrich egg 5 pounds = a Chihuahua 6...

Acutally, a lot of cultures use yogurt to treat an upset tummy - the bacteria it contains helps to get rid of the nasty bacteria and yogurt can be very soothing for a dodgy stomach. I always use it on the (rare) occaisions one of us has a tummy bug.

As an ex-nurse I can guarrantee you that it is definitely the pain killers! As someone who had take quite a lot of painkillers last year due to a dislocated knee I heartily agree with the advice to deal with the problem before it becomes too large and hard (honestly, the first time was more...

I'm doing it alone, with the support of this site. I did have a membership to the online site but realised for the last six weeks I only used it to check syns values. As I can get that information from the good peeps here I decided I couldn't justify spending £60 every three months so now am...

9/10 - just no good when it comes to baseball facts!

Oh dear! I'm just going to lay down in a darkened room and wait for my hot flush to fade!

The dark chocolate ones are bars of rich, chocolately yumminess. :)

10/10 for me - but the baseball answer was a pure guess!

I know how disheartening it can be - I've spent the last 6 weeks losing and regaining the same 1.5lbs. I decided to take the bull by the horns and go right back to basics. I started a food diary and planned my food for each day. Nothing went into my mouth before I checked the syns value (which...

Umm...how do you look at the photos? I can't work it out :o

I used to get really bad prickly heat rash - or at least I thought I did until I went to the doctors and found out I actually have (get this, girls!) polymorphic light eruption! Or, to put it another way, prickly heat rash. I take quite strong anti-histamines, use sun factor 30 and, if the sun...

OMG! I love these bars so much, especially the dark chocolate ones - somehow they manage to be more chocolately that chocolate! FYI they are currently on offer in Waitrose until Tuesday, at just a pound a pack. But if you live in Witney I apologise because I bought 15 packs of the dark...

Darn! 8/10 - I knew I had one wrong but no, I had two!

That's exactly what I was going to say -you look fantastic in your photos and I bet you will be an absolute knockout this afternoon!

If you can't tell us on this forum who can you tell???:):):) That's the great thing about this site - people are here to cheer you on when you do well, support you when things aren't going as well and, dare I say, give you a kick up the backside when you need it. Congratualtions on your size 12!

I think Laura hit the nail on the head - you WILL be able to shop for clothes on the High Street soon because you are making the right choices, food wise. The thing that should really stand out for you about that day is that you were fed up and frustrated and you still made good food choices -...

Sorry - haven't tried either, But, I have just had the most delicious homemade chickpea and potato curry for tea!

I love cauliflower rice - it's not the same as normal rice but I prefer it. I make mine using frozen cauliflower because it's often cheaper. I just cook the cauli and then chop it up finely, then serve like normal rice.

Totally agree with the posters above - BMI is just a rough guideline and doesn't take into account body type or whether someone is very muscled. I think you have selected a realistic target and will feel fabulous when you get there! Don't worry about the numbers - just be guided by how you feel...

I lurve the Fibre Plus bars because they taste so chocolately and decadent but about 20 mins after eating one I feel so full - it's like I have a brick sitting in my stomach! There's no way I could eat two (and I'm a woman with a big appetite :8855:) so the fact that there's only one in each HEB...

Yes, you can manage without a car (but having one is lovely!). I've been without a car for over two years and although I miss it I have definitely coped. Most of my food shopping is done online, which is a godsend for heavy/ bulky items and I walk or use the bus. Having said that, a friend has...

Sainsburys Be Good to Yourself Greek salad cheese is 2.5 syns for 28gms. Because it has that strong feta cheese taste I find that 56gms is enough to make a really tasty greek salad.

Both - primarily my health but being able to wear nice clothes is a big motivation!

Most of my friends and colleagues are slim (a lot of my colleagues teach beauty therapy so put a lot of effort into looking both slim and gorgeous) and I used to feel the way you do all the time when I was at work. I was always feeling inadequate and frumpy. I would also spend time dreaming...

Debbie - your weight loss is amazing and you look fantastic! I am currently a size 26 and have secretly been thinking that I could never get down to a 16/18 but your pictures have made me realise that it is possible. Thank you so much - I was feeling a bit low about my slow weight loss but...

I've lost nearly two stone but can't see the difference in the mirror or my clothes yet and nobody has noticed (my DD, bless her, often tells me I've lost weight but she knows I'm trying hard and wants to keep me motivated). At first I was a bit fed up but then realised that at my size no-one...

Ooh! It's no fun being 'bunged up'! Just a couple of points - are you drinking enough fluid as this can play a major part in keeping things moving, so to speak. And are you also eating your 5 a day as well? I found that when I started SW I had the opposite problem as my body wasn't used to all...

Yes please - I have to lose 110 lbs just to become obese!

Ooh! - I think I'll join you on this challenge as I have fallen off the wagon and really want to get back.

Hugs to you - it's really demotivating when that happens. I'm doing EE as well and I have noticed that if I sts or put on one week I tend to lose more the next week (2 weeks ago I out on 2lbs and last week I lost 5lbs). Hopefully this will happen for you as well :cross::cross::cross:

I've been trying tp work out why my profile showed my bmi as being 65 - now I've put in 71 inches (instead of 61 inches!) at my height my bmi has become much more reasonable :o. Still waaay to high though...

Planning is an individual thing - I do plan because I have such a busy time at work it makes things so much easier - but I don't always stick to it. The way I see it planning is a tool that helps me most of the time but just because I decide not to follow it all the time the world won't come to...

I know, but I just can't get my head around the fact that if I measure out 70gms of frozen berries and wait for them to defrost and eat with them with a spoon they are free, but just by wizzing them up in a blender they suddenly become synned. So what I do is to make sure I weigh out the...

I quite often eat breakfast and luch at my desk (I teach in an FE college - although we have lunch breaks these are often spent marking/ planning lessons/ sorting out problems etc). For breakfast I either have a shape yogurt, fruit and an Alpen Light bar, a smoothie made with frozen berries...

That's amazing! Can I just say that you are an absoloute inspiration - I have set my first target as losing 100lbs and thanks to you i konw it can be done - thank you.

Ladies As a recovering bulimic your stories feel so familiar it's as if I could have written them myselves. I have been bulimic/ overeating for more than twenty years (which is why I too weighed more than 23 stone at the beginning of the year). Last year I had a major headshift following a...

Oooh! A phone app would be great! I realised last night that I HAVE to keep a food diary otherwise I just don't lose weight (I conveniently 'forget' syns I have had :o) and was thinking of a way I can record my planned day and my actual day. I decided on a little notebook but having a phone app...