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Just back and lost 1lb this week, and found out I won slimmer of the week last week when I couldn't stay to class - damn! Well done to everyone! x

I actually started showing very early and it was obvious from about 10 weeks, people kept saying I looked about 5 months or so. But then my bump really slowed and became quite small until the last 6 weeks when it exploded :)

I know what you mean. I cook recipes from my (very extensive and geeky) SW magazine collection all the time, and generally a meal that is supposed to serve 4 will just feed me and my husband. I do worry that I'm just a little piggy :) However, I think the time to re-judge your physical needs...

I think sometimes it is better to add a few syns and make it taste more traditional, cheese sauce just isn't the same with quark or from frais, boohoo! Will try the britmum recipe, thanks! x

Must admit I found it a bit gross :( I've tried many different combo's of this using yogurt, Quark, from frais and they're all sadly lacking for an Italian girl used to mamma's special lasagne sauce. Ah well :)

At the end of the day the numbers are just numbers, you know that according to your old scales you've lost a stone - well that is still the case, so well done! The only difference now is that the numbers have changed, the fact that you've lost the weight hasn't changed and you should still be...

Hey hey! Well done to everyone this week, I lost 2lbs and got my very first sparkly sticker!! Very pleased, if only I knew how to get that little sticker onto here...x

I've made the pollo relleno, was fab, and the roast pepper couscous, both lovely and yum! Have my eye on the bacon pasta too...x

5lbs off! First week and I had treats every day, amazing! So chuffed x

Woo woo! I lost 5lbs! And I had chocolate and cakes every day! I am amazed :)

off to try magic porridge for tomorrow :)

I have just one a day, usually with crumbled up biscuits in as syns, yummy :)

Oh bless you, please don't even question you rlove for him becasue you can't resist food?! That's just silly! I've bargained with myself so many times, saying things like "do it for your husband/baby" and then hating myself and feeling like such a disappointment when I've failed - again. Food...

Can i join?? I weigh in at 7pm, 1st weigh in this week - scared!! Well done to everyone else!

I have limit for each day, but then if I go over I just steal some from the next day. I won't go over 70 a week but how they get spent varies!

ooo, good luck, stick with it and I'm sure you can do 1-2 pounds a week, just make sure you have some syns in there too! x

Just me in my house, but since I do all the cooking, my husband and baby also eat SW food. My chap has listened to me babbling on about healthy extras and syns for so many years that he knows more syn values than I do, bless him :)

I'm so sorry that you're feeling so desperate, it must be very hard for you. If as you say, you lack willpower and self-discipline, I feel that living on soup day in day out would be enough to drive anyone to distraction. Surely after a couple of days of that you'd be wanting the treats and...

Argh - it's weigh in tonight, I'm still nervous and I've eaten barely anything today in preparation - silly me!! Think it'll go ok but I can't help but be nervous, I've tried SW so many times before, I really want this to be my last time!! Focus focus! :)

I would definately go to class, I've been in this situation many times and have left SW many times too, just cos after missing one week I couldn't face the thought of how bad the damage was. Like everyone else has said, go to class, draw a line and start from here - it'll be onwards and...

I've had the curry book for ages and I love it!! Everything is beautiful! The spinach and lentil dhal was fab and i've made chicken jalfrezi and kofta curry, yum yum yum! I want my mag!!

I think there probably are more veg and fruits than on the lists - there's tonnes pf weird and wonderful fruits and veg out there! Think everything is superfree except your peas/sweetcorn/potatoes/parsnips x

Hiya! Gosh it's been a busy week! And it's weigh in at class tomorrow night and I'm scared :( I've stuck to plan 100% and have tried my best with the fruit and veggies, managing at every meal to have 1/3 except for breakfast which always has and always will be just cereal. The only thing...

Homemade bacon double cheeseburgers, yum yum YUM! Might throw on a bit of lettuce and tomato, gotta make the veg effort! :)

I cook stirfry and fried rice and stuff using frozen veg, just whack em in straight from the freezer and fry on a high heat and all the water evaporates off. I guess it depends what dish you're making, if I was adding them to a pasta and sauce, I'd steam them in the microwave and then drain...

thanks again peeps, I've had a green day and a red day the last two days and have still being having loads of fruit and veg, I just prefer to keep my breakfast simple! I understand that the idea of eating the superfree is to dissuade you from snacking on other things, but if I wasn't snacking...

Hiya, I had my baby 10 months ago and I did write a loose 'birth preference' plan in my green notes, your midwife should go through it with you. I decided not to make a very prescriptive plan because I didn't know what labour would be like, so I didn't feel confident saying "absolutely no...

Thankyou for all your replies! I think I'm just struggling a bit because EE is being pushed so heavily as the plan of choice, which is great - it's nice to have tuna pasta with loads of tuna in it, or spag bol without measuring. But like I said, I don't see the point of eating more than I...

Oh thankfully, someone else who is unsure of the Easiness of EE. I'm just baffled, I can't bear the thought of having bits of fruit floating sadly in my Weetabix just for the sake of it. My Weetabix is staying untainted I tell ya!

Hello there! I've only been doing EE for two days, I'm very good with Red and Green, know them inside out. I'm confused with EE though, or maybe I'm just a bit stupid :sigh: Does my breakfast have to have 1/3 superfree if I'm just having weetabix and milk (HE's), if so, I'd end up eating...

Hello Hello! I joined my lovely new SW group last night and weighed in at 11st 1lb :o My new consultant said "don't beat yourself up about it, you've had a baby". I wish I could blame LittleMiffy for my lardy issues, but alas, I was one of those very annoying people who lost all the baby...

MarieN - thanks so much for your reply - it is really daft the way we associate foods and exercise with either being "on" or "off" a diet. I like fruit and veg and it makes me feel good to eat them, so why should they belong to diet days only? Part of what I want to achieve by changing my...

Good morning! Going it alone appears not to be going so well, so I am joining a warm and friendly slimming world group tomorrow! I just think I need the help and the reliability of proper scales that I can trust! This weekend hasn't been great food wise and I feel horrible for it, really...

By the way - Weetabox are like Weetabix only more cardboardy :p Gotta love typos!

Emma - thanks for that tip, that may be a winner, I can even walk to Boots and back (it's about a three mile round trip) which can go towards body magic! Hurrah! hchappyh - my whole house is hardwood floors but it's an old house so it's all a bit wonky. I really haven't the heart to get down...

I'm sure this has been asked many times before so sorry!:( My scales seem to be rubbish, they're WW ones, digital. I get at least three different weights just by getting on and off again and this can vary by around 7lbs. How can I motivate myself to stick to the plan if I have no feedback...

Hey Hey, Today was an ok day food wise, had a green day and felt ok, although I'm still craving biscuits and cake but that's normal for me! I'm having a crisis with my scales - they're desperately unreliable and give me at least three different weights every time I get on them. Not sure...

not as far as i know! I've made soups out of the magazine and the recipes said to blend it, still said it was Free. Hope that helps! x

I was obsesed with prams from the moment I tested positive, I don't know why but it used to keep me up at night because all the different ones would be floating around my head! I ended up getting the Britax vigour, it's light and easy to fold down and fits in my little car :) I ordered it...

I really do have far too much time to lurk here at the minute! I guess there are far worse things I could be doing though :) Today is a green day; Breakfast; weetabix and milk (HEb, HEa) Lunch; left over mushroom rissotto, with salad and babycorn Tea; SW chips and curry sauce, yum Snacks...

Good morning again! Yesterday was a good day food wise, went something like this - Mix 2 Max day Breakfast; weetabix and skimmed milk (HEb, HEa) Lunch; bacon and eggs Tea; mushroom rissotto - all free food Snacks; melon, pear, apple, 2x alpen light bars (HEb), mullerlight Syns; 3xrich...

Good morning! So today is the big day (no pressure of course). There is no food left in my house, healthy or otherwise so no temptation left for me! Although I probably should go to the shops before we perish. I just hope no-one sees Baby Girl and thinks she has leprosy or something, she's...

Oh my goodness, I have to admit I'm a total Gleek and Kurt just said "look what I'm eating - peeled celery. And this morning for breakfast I ate Splenda". I nearly died laughing, sounds like some of the terrible diets I bet we've all tried before :) Sarah x

Okey dokey! Well here's the beginning of my little tale...maybe I should start with a bit about me and mine. I'm Sarah, I'm (cringe) 29 and have a lovely husband and a baby girl who is 10 months old. I also have two slightly psychotic cats, both of which have eating disorders - one is very...

Thanks for that, I shall be trying as soon as I can get some smash, supermarket is out of bounds at the minute due to poorly Baby Girl. Will let you know how it turns out tho!! x

Please please please tell me how you make smash pizza?? I tried once and I had to spoon it off the baking sheet - it was just a pile of mash with toppings on it. Ugh.

Me me me!! Having been to every class in my area over the last 6 years...(hang my head in shame).

You're very welcome! I have the advantage of 6 years worth of SW magazine recipes that I collected and put in a folder (yes I'm a recipe geek) so in theory, I should have different meals each week for quite a while!

Thanks so much to everyone! What a lovely welcome and good luck to everyone too! Eternalflame - it's my weigh in on thursday too, but it was my birthday on saturday so I'm not hopeful this week! Good luck to you x

First silly question then - how do I add a ticker to my profile? Think it will help to see the pounds ticking away!

Hey, I have days like this all the time! In terms of food, I get very bored very quickly with the same meals so I pick 7 different meals every week from SW recipe books/magazines so then I have new and exciting things to look forward to and I know I have all the ingredients to make them. All...

Hello! I'm new here and just wanted to say a big hello to everyone on SW, hoping to get lots of tips and support from here, looks like a very friendly place :)