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Have a fab birthday on sunday love sarah x x x

Hi annya thanks so much for the fab welcome .... Well done you on the jeans front and the amazing level three on the 30 day shred ... That is awesome. I took the shred on hols but only managed to motivate myself to do it once (also managed one run) its really challenging isnt it. I am planning...

Hi dawn thanks for ur message, havent had chance to catch up on all the news yet but i hope all is ok with you x

Oh lottie my arms dont feel like mine this morning, so heavy! Good luck for body combat i cant decide between body attack or swimming today x x then work 12.30-9.30pm .... Dreading first shift back x x have a good day x x

OMG BACK TO WHERE I STARTED! Evening to anyone reading.....I have to report that although we have had the most amazing family holiday in a beautiful french farmhouse ..... the worst has happened both on the eating and smoking front. :cry::cry: HOWEVER, today has been marked as start over day...

Thanks so much but that is so unfair :cry::cry:they look amazing and tasty but then if I am being sensible I think 5g of seeds is about 4 syns. Thanks again for the reply.....at least I didnt buy three packs of four! Sarah x

Hi All Just been into M&S and could not resist buying their lightly dusted seeded plaice fillets (I love plaice and seeds!) they are on offer at £5.00 for four. Could anyone help with the syn value ..... my membership has lapsed and having just parted with £110 for my beautiful little girls...

You are welcome have a fab sw day x x x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Thanks annya thats great advice. I do find mullers a bit watery, what are the shape ones called? Many thanks sarah x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Evening all Tried cereal this morning but it has been a disaster!!! Have been hungry all day since will be going back to protein tom B - weetabix (hea b) milk (hex a ) S - banana cheez dipper (6 syns) L - chicken salad jacket pot (1.5 syn) D - chilli and rice Snacks 2 krisprolls, sweets...

Hi lottie sorry i missed your post i have lost 8.5 so far in about not sure how long actually about six weeks i think !!!!! Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Congratulations chick you so deserved that, you are a fab role model for us all to follow, keep up the amazing progress and get well soon x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Evening dawn thanks for popping by to offer some of your fab encouragement, you keep me going!! I saw smoking friends on sun so i drank more than i should , i am definatley finding it harder without the patches but i am determined to stick with it, you are right a few pounds is better than...

Opps forgot to put my tea on!!!! Salmon steak, roasted veg and pots (3.5 syns for marinade ) Total syns now 15 :-( Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Hi ladies Thanks for all your amazing comments and encouragement i could not keep going without you all x x x Had a few busy days with all our routines up the spout but am trying to stay as near to plan as i can. Amazed today as i could just squeeze in to a size twelve pair of trousers in...

Hi trix abc thanks for the info x x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Morning dawn hope little suki had a good first night, how exciting to have that special little bundle to come down to every morning x x have a lovely day x x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Thanks for your kind post, hope you are having a great weekend x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Sat weigh in day Stayed the same this week, i am not surprised as after the food poisoning all i can fancy is white bread and butter, of which i have eaten lots and lots! Back on plan now though ..... Sat EE (was supposed to be red but forgot no rice on red) B - scrambled eggs, mushroom...

Evening . . Thanks for the post, i am thinking like you that its a life long thing so i am going to give food doc a go. His food books are full of great info so i am sure his pittas will be full of goodness! Thanks sarah x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Hey anna, sounds like the trip to tgi's was just what you needed. If you can exercise like you do the diet will be a doddle x keep up the great work chick and enjoy the weekend x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Good luck for the night shift, i think you are a saint!! I have just worked 11.30-8.30pm and thought i was hard done to but i have it easy compared to your night shift x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Evening dawn just wanted to say congrats on your new beautiful little suki and the amazing 4.5st shiny!!! A weekend to remember, well done you x x x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Hey anna thats pants no one works harder than you at the gym. I read your diary regulary and nothing jumps out at me x x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Thanks dawn starting to feel better now, hope all ok with you x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Thanks very much x x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Hi mandy thanks so much for the advice i think you are right, will make an effort to get to a coop and stock up. Do you know the exact name of the coop one x many thanks sarah x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

I would like to have my HEB as a pitta bread .... but dont live near a coop or asda to get theirs. Is it acceptable to have a food doctor pitta (8 syns) but take off 6 syns for asda one (as you do for shop bought sandwich) so just count 2 syns? Any thoughts very welcome!! Sarah x

The frittata looks yummy x x you never fail to give me great ideas for the week ahead x x thanks skinnydawn x x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Thanks thats great info as soon as i feel better will be giving this a try x x x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Hi anna Looks like you are still going great! How did your personal training session go? Where did you get your hands on the new coconut yog's. I have been looking everywhere x

Thanks for your post - well done on being smoke free for 1.5 years! Good luck on SW - you will defo get all the support and encouragement you need on here x

Hey Dawn The meringue looks lovely, even in my very delicate state...... I am petrified of the dentist to, thats why I do 160 mile round trip to mine!!! Have a great week x Sarah x

PS Forgot to say STS at weigh in on Sat morning so cried a few tears!!! :cry:Well I didnt but I felt like it!

Hey annya glad you have had a good weekend, saw your post about making chicken soup out of the carcass.... would you be able to post the recipe please x x x

Sorry I have been missing - worked on Friday till late, then a wedding in nottingham on Saturday.... I did really well all day (I was driving home to yorkshire so no booze) the meal was very sw friendly and I chose fruit salad for pudding but then about 10pm ...the chip butties arrived...I could...

My goodness, you are amazing so full of energy and so organised, you are an inspiration to us all chick. Hope those aching muscles are on the mend already, good luck for tomorrow x x x

Hiya Annya Great to hear from you chick... thats for the encouragement, I have noticed a bit of a downward turn going onto the smaller patch but I am hanging in there! Treated myself to a new lipstick for the wedding as a bit of a treat.... think it might be a bit bright but hay ho!!! Hope...

Evening Dawn Good job on the running ... sounds like you are doing amazing already. I am sure you will be suprised on how quick your fitness improves. x x x Good luck for WI tom x x x

Wednesday EE Cup of Tea (0.5) B - Ham and Fruit L - Veg Chilli and Rice, Water, Fruit Salad S - Cherries, plums, ham, banana, diet coke, packet of snack a jack curls (4.5) D - Chicken, Pitta, Salad, Mayo with nando's hot sauce (2.5) S - cup of tea (0.5) little bag of buttons (4.0)...

Hi Lottie Well done you that is incredible..... no patches at all and dieting you are a true star keep it up chick xxx

Hi these look amazing, please could you post the recipe Many thanks sarah x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

thanks a million thats great info x x x

Hey Dawn Now I am not a big fan of dogs (got bitten on a paper round when I was younger) but she is adorable, so cute and cuddly x bet you cant wait to look after her, and I am sure she cant wait to get to you!!

Great advice annya, will try and up them a bit, in fact I think I can hear a lonely packet of hula hoops calling me from the cupboard already!!

Congratulations Valerie thats great news, only 4 to go that is amazing!!!! Can I ask - how many syns do you have on averga ea day....I am hardly having any to try and speed up the loss but not sure if that is going to work....many thanks sarah

Tuesday - EE - Work B - Ham and fruit L - Chicken, pasta salad, salad dressing(1.0 syn) Chicken mug shot, fruit salad D - 2 Eggs, bacon, tom's, beans, sw chips, brown sauce (2.0 syn) HEA - milk HEB - fibre plus Syns - 3.0 Not sure about the syns, I am trying to be really good as...

Hi Dawn Thanks very much - have been on the lower patches today and so far so good!! Hope all is ok with you - will catch up with your diary in a wee while :-) Sarah x

congrats on your loss chick a dee xx

Hey Dawn Hope all ok with you - meatloaf and curry recipe look fab! Thanks for the PM - will be trying the roulade again after the weeked. Still cant get over how tasty the lemon curd is - hubby and bella love it to! Was Hells Kitchen good? We have taped it as he is hubby's fave - on his...

Hey Lottie Hope all is well on the fag front - will post the chilli recipe as soon as I have a minute - its syn free and really yummy (adapted from my mum's recipe so I cannot take the credit!!) Last week I had a few tearful days and felt down but they have passed for the minute but I am...

New Week - more focus Evening All Did a 160 mile round trip to the dentist this morning with a cracked filing (or so I thought it was a false alarm!) :p Then into the local town to try and complete my wedding outfit for saturday buying getting shoes, bag and a shawl. NIGHTMARE - could not...

Sunday Catch Up! (At work 9.30 - 4.30) B - Mushroom omelette, toms and bacon L - Chicken Pasta Salad (2.5 syns dressing). Fruit S - Fruit Salad Swimming with hubby and bella after work - great fun Drink in a nice pub on the way home - 12 syns (but so worth it!) T - Spag Bol...

Course you can .... you are a diet diva!! Yesterday a man in the dry cleaners gave me a dairy milk choc and (how sad) I saved it for my hubby as I would have eaten it for the sake of it! ...... I think I need a doctor!

HELP NEEDED PLEASE DAWN! Evening Dawn Looks like you have been very busy today! I have not posted a for a day and a half - been at work and we dont get wifi in the dining room until the 5 th august (then I can post every shift!!) Have managed to do some cooking to help with my SW quest but I...

Evening Annya This weight loss lark is hard going sometimes isnt it chick ... who knows what goes on these bodies.... keep your focus, keep posting (you keep me going lovie :D)! Take care and enjoy this amazing weather x sarah x

:mad: At work today 11.30-8.30pm. Very depressing, the sun is shining, hubby and daughter are still in their PJ's and I am off to work :cry: Never mind it pays the bills (and the food bill has grown loads due to the huge consumption of fruit salad since I joined SW!) Sat EE B - Mushroom...

Horrid shift at work Friday - 12.30 - 9.30pm. Hubby was home after a few days away so not time to post so to catch up - Friday EE B - SW Free meat pasties (I was trialling them and could not resist!!!) L - Tuna, Pasta, Salad (1 syn mayo), Fresh Fruit Salad T - Mince and vegetables...

Evening Valerie - thanks for the post .... I have lost this week - lottie put on these forums are so confusing! I am battling away with the smoking .... think its two weeks now so I am very pleased......if only I could get rid of my weekend glass of wine or two!!!! Hope you have enjoyed the...

Evening lottie ... what sort of things do you like - are you on extra easy? I have made lots of the recipes out of the books / mags. Some of my fav's are - EE Lasagne Spaghetti Bol Cottage Pie If you like curry the keema mince is awesome (kids might not be impressed though!!) Dawn has...

Hey lottie ..... dont worry love it will probably drop off you next week. I havent started exercising yet but when I do it normally makes me gain or stops my weight loss for a week or two! Lefe is so unfair! Keep up the good work and the posting chick we will win through :D

Thanks dawn x i am sure the difference this time is mini mims! Its great to keep u going x although very addictive i have never been to bed so late!!! Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Quick post to finish the day L - Diet coke with lime (very nice) Tuna pasta salad with salad cream (3.o syns) S - Banana, small orange T - Tea at the pub - Gammon, Salad and Jacket - amazed at myself there were two butter portions on the side and I didnt open them - this is a definate...

Hey lottie, all the very best for tom x don't let the little white sticks beat you chick, let me know how you get on :D

well done lovie, you will know when your ready! Keep up the good SW work!!

Have been to non smoking clinic today. ....am very pleased with myself as reading is down to one (lowest it gets due to atmospheric pressure ???) am going to try and go down a level of patch in a few days x Just sat at the gym while little one has her induction session at the creche! So far she...

Hi shenzi Thanks for the post x start the fag stopping as soon as you can!!! Have been to stopping smoking clinic today and was discussing how fab the patches are as they curb your apetite as you are still getting some nicotine. By the time i am off the patches (about 12 weeks) i am sure i will...

12.5 inches is amazaing - well done you. Fab to read all positive feedback you have had today....thats better than any food could ever taste!

Thanks Dawn....anything to keep going! Good luck with WI tom xxx

Evening one and all! Very late posting tonight as I have had a cooking fest stocking up the freezer with lots of my favourite SW meals..... veg chilli, chilli con carne, cottage pie etc. B - Ham and mango L - tuna and sweetcorn (1 syn mayo) jacket potato, salad (2.5 syn dressing) S -...

Thanks for the welcome Valerie - you look like you are on a roll ...congrats on your great sucess. Will definatley be taking a peek at your diary x

Sorry lottie I have no idea - infact sushi is one of those things I have never tried x

Hi your food looks lovely, how do you make the sw sunblush toms??? Thanks sarah Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Go Anna Go! Great exercise chick a dee! I bet you will sleep incredibly well tonight x I joined a gym last week but havent been able to go yet other than my induction am hoping once I get my long weekend at work over I can start from Monday and follow in your footsteps! Congrats and good luck...

Thanks Annya! Sorry to hear about your extra visitors too....perhaps we need to buy cats!!!!

MICE< MICE < MICE Evening All :mad: :beam: After spending most of Sunday cleaning out the garage to try and get rid of our resident mice, came down to the kitchen this morning (we live in a 3 storey house - garage on the ground, kitchen on the middle) to find mouse droppings on the kitchen...

Thanks Dawn - hope all is ok with you today? I meant every word I said, its so amazing the support I get here and what is so fab is that its given by such genuine people x x x:grouphugg:

Hi dawn Feeling much better already - posting from my comfy bed having a giggle about bob!! To be honest have felt better since i wrote it on my post.... There must be truth in the problem shared saying :-) thanks for your post chick a dee x x x ps all i can think off is a mushroom omlette!! X...

Thanks for the info on the gravy had no idea about this and i love gravy on my veggies x sarah x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Hey pumpkin patch just checking in to see how you are doing today x x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Evening all - hope all is well with you all? Hi Dawn and Fern Just really enjoyed reading your posts, its so incredible that i dont know either of you, we would be strangers in the street but i feel like i understand what you say and how you feel better that i can talk / understand and...

Monday 25 july EE B - bacon egg toms toast (heb) milk in tea (1 syn) S - melon L - cheese and ham pasta n sauce (not sure how many syns this is) , philli (hea), runner beans carrots brocolli D - tuna pasta mayo (1 syn) fresh fruit onken fat free yog Lots of water and still cigarette free...

Sunday 24th EE Started out with very good intentions, had invited family over for sunday tea to celebrate hubbys promotion and had sw recipe book by my shopping bag (had chosen to do lasagne). The disaster struck as hubby discovered mice in the garage!!! We thought it would be a quick job to...

Thanks dawn will be trying this this week and know bella will love it too! X sarah. X Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Hi lottie Well done chick. I am using patches and also the new quick mist which is a great help if u get a bad craving or are really stressed as it works straight away (thank god!) i am also using a flower remedy craving essence to keep my mood up which is doing good. You are sooooo brave not...

Evening dawn your tea looks very yummy ..... Any chance of the recipe please :-) thanks sarah x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Update saturday food Lunch was not enough so had potato, cheese (hea) tuna tomato basil in addition to pasta and sauce - must be having a hungry day! Snack - grapes and apple Dinner - tuna and sweetcorn sandwich (heb) (1 syn mayo) diet coke,rachel organic yogurt Syns - 3 syns milk, 1 mayo...

Hi skinny dawn Just in from work and guess what.....can still smell the kipper! Glad to hear you had a fab night out, piccies look great thanks for the info on phil light will be tucking into that next week. X sarah x Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Well done you, sounds like a great plan, i always fall off plan if i am to pressured . Look foward to posting with you sarah Sent from my iPod touch using MiniMins

Hey Ladies hope you are all ok? Time to reflect on a strange week I think! Started off last Saturday with stopping smoking, worked all weekend, inlaws to stay all weekend, joined the gym, took Bella swimming on my own (had fab time), mum and dad fell into a wasps nest in the woods - lots of...

Morning Pumpkin Patch! Well done on a fab 3.5lb loss and getting into the next stone bracket that is amazing :D. Don't stress about last night it was only pringles and cookies - could of been loads worse DO NOT beat yourself up chick you deserve better. I have had up and down days this...

Day 7 - Fri 22 - EE B - milk in tea (0.5) Bacon, scrambled egg, tomato, mushroom L - tuna, pasta, sweetcorn, (mayo 1tbs = 2 syns). Pear, Apple and Mango Yoghurt D - tuna, pasta, sweetcorn, (mayo 0.5tbs = 1 syn). Pear, grapes, apple and mango yog S - Ryvita (3) HEB and Philadelphia light with...

Thanks Dawn but you are my inspiration, all those shiny stickers, your great attitude, the time you spend motivating others on here and keeping on going through really hard times in your life. You are amazing x x x

Hi Dawn, sorry to hear you have had a rough afternoon, hope you are enjoying your night out x sarah x

Syn free sarah _ sneaky weigh in Am not due for official weigh in till tomorrow but have jumped on this am to judge damage from last night and have lost 2.5 so far - am off to the gym now and working tonight so hoping that it will be the same tomorrow;)

SYN FREE SARAH DAY SIX Hello readers - quick post to catch up on yesterdays food as I didnt get in till midnight last night:4635: Thurs 21st EE Day Six B - Milk in tea (0.5 syn) Scrambled Egg and Smoked Salmon. Melon L - Vegetable Chilli, Brown Pasta and broccoli Snack - Fruit Salad...

Smelly Smokers! Morning Annya Thanks for posting chick a dee! And you are soooooo right - when the smokers came back in from their mid meal smoke they smelt VILE!!!! I am really confident this time with the help of mini mims that I can crack it! Hope you are having a good day :D Sarah x

Morning Dawn Thanks for the encouragement lovie - had a good night out but have to say was not tempted to go outside and smoke at all! I am so proud of myself, I am sure that this site is the key this time both to food and smoking. Hurray Hurray, hope you are enjoying your few days off x x Sarah xx

Go Girl! Hi Lottie Good for you chick! Hope your weigh in goes well, am sure it will:D. Giving up smoking is a great idea and so far I am managing to stick to it - even went out with my smoking friends last night and I wasnt even tempted to go outside with them - just gave my patch a...

Fantastic Dawn - well done hunny thats a great job! Sarah x

Hi Ladies Thought I would drop by and join in if thats ok. Have weighed in today at 11st 6.5 which is the lowest I have been since I was married (just short of five years ago!) I normally manage to get to about 11st 9 and then pile it back on again, but this time I want it to be different and...

Morning Anna, hope you are having a good day! Thanks for the info - have found an onken fat free mango and apple and hoping that all fat free flavours are free?? PS I love your quote - Look after your body, it's the only place you have to live I am going to put it on my fridge!

Well done on a fab loss, good for you lady!! I am still on my first week so finding my feet still but finding this site so motivating. Can i ask is the onken strawberry yog free? I havent come across it before thanks sarah

Morning dawn you are so right i will be strong, it will not beat me this time! Have a lovely few days off, hope the weather is fab to you x

Thanks will give it a try x

Syn free sarah - day five yummy food! Evening all, hope all is well with you! I have had a busy day but managed to stay on plan and be smoke free :D, infact I am feeling quite saintly as I have been to a 4th birthday party and did not induldge in any of the cake, chocolates, pizza, chips and my...

Hi Annya Thanks for the post chick, sorry to hear about your poorly ankle, glad you are on the mend. I have read alot about the shred on here - have you tried it before? Cheers Sarah

Thanks Hi thanks do much for the encouragement - can you tell me how I can subscribe to your threads they are fab but not sure how to keep track? Thanks a million Sarah x

Good morning try not to worry to much about last year whats important is that you are on plan now! I have done ww aswell but find i am always hungry, sw is easier for me x x you can do it x

Syn Free Sarah - Day Four Evening to all online - hope you have all had a fab day. Went for my health mot at the new gym tonight which was revealing to say the least! One great point was when we were discussing diet and I told him I was following slimming world he agreed that it was a really...

Thanks for the reply what a fab idea you must be very proud of yourself. Brill motivation with the savings mounting up ! Fingers crossed i will be as successful x

Hello stitchy, i have only been posting for four days but it is so motivating, far more effective for me than weighing in in class. Good luck to you - will you be posting a food diary?

Thanks for the lovely reply, i am so sad to read about your dad especially as he had not done anything as stupid as smoking to deserve it, life is so incredibly unfair and cruel. Your message will stay with me and keep me focused in weaker moments although i am determined not to have any this...

Syn Free Sarah Day Three Good Evening to all online! Have had a lovely day with my four year old buying her first school uniform ready for September. This afternoon we went swimming at the gym I have joined and we had a great time. Food good today and still no cigarettes, hurray for me...

Good for you sounds like a plan x i decided to give up now and put the money to a gym membership to try speed up the weight loss . Good luck, are you posting your diary? Sarah

Am gonna give it a good go, do you post your food diary?

Syn Free Sarah - Day Two Had a good second day, treated myself to a new gym membership and a few glasses of wine. Have managed to stay cigarette free too! Day Two - Sun 17th - EE B - Milk in tea (0.5 Syn), Egg, bacon, tinned tom's, 1 toast (0.5 HEB) Snack - Melon, Ham, Grapes, Blueberries L -...

Thanks Pumpkin Patch, have managed day two with no smoking and sticking to the plan, have treated myself to a few glasses of wine tonight and a gym membership - a wierd combination I know, but no wine from tomorrow! Thanks again :-)

Amazing! Thanks a million for posting, your progress is amazing, I will be reading up on all your posts for some fab info and motivation! I am hoping that this time I can stick to the diet, so far so good (I know its only Day 2) and I am enjoying the food. Keep up the brill work :) Sarah

Thanks! Thanks for reading, glad to read I am not the only newbie :) Good luck x Sarah

Hello all! Today is the day that I have decided to lose the extra weight and give up smoking! I have decided to record my progress on here to help keep me motivated and to gain (and give) support. Day 1 Sat 16 July -EE B - bacon toms poached eggs toast x 1 (0.5 HEB) 0.5 syn milk in tea L...