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Aww, I was so enjoying reading this diary with all the great pics. I think I remember you from many moons ago on MSE Old Style Weight Loss with frogga and co. Goodness, I weigh even more now than I did then but so pleased to see you never gained it all back despite motherhood and all the other...

Oh my goodness, Kirsty's nearly halfway already! How quick was that. My friend is due in November too and I just noticed how big she's getting all at once. Exciting times. ;) Well done on fab loss too. I'm just catching up after getting back from happy hols. :)

WELL DONE Lucy! When I get my head together and stop yo-yoing I'll see you down there. ;)

Thats dreadful about Emma. Evil cowards. Recently we were in Tescos and a young lad, smartly dressed and decent, just collapsed in front of us. Staff thought he was drunk but it was easy to see he was a good lad. His friend explained he'd just been mugged for his phone right outside the store...

Lyla has such lovely little chubby cheeks and legs. They are such cute. I love them as they start filling out and getting really cuddly. :)

Brilliant loss Lily. 3lbs is great and even greater that you're back in the zone. An enviable place to be and one I seek. ;)

He probably dropped his tattie into the gravy as a sweet gesture to make you feel better... it being your anniversary and all. That's love for ya. ;) That or you're both clumsy. :D

Aww just seen the scan piccie of Kirsty's baby. Makes it all so real, doesn't it? DS1 used to sleep with his pic of Jamie by his bed, he couldn't get over seeing him for the first time. Lyla has incredible eyes. She's as cute as a button. :)

Too much socialising. 2x picnics and eating out two nights. 3.5 lb on. :( The fight continues next week. :p

Food today will be: EE Scrambled eggs whlm toast ~ B Mushrooms (lots) Iced coffee ~ A 1 tsp sugar ~ 1 syn Sweet and sour mugshot banana Braising steak in gravy ~ 3 syns Onions/carrots/spring cabbage potatoes/green beans Raspberries and meringue with LF natural yogurt ~ 4 syns Off to get...

Sounds like you've set yourself a good target for August hols. Wow 17st! Now that would be something. I've not been that for many many years. My eldest was a baby so 22 years. :eek: I'd sort of like to be that come the new year.

I shall be sure to remind you at half hour intervals. :p When you said you enjoyed doing your jungle I was thinking it was a dvd like zumba or something. Duh! You certainly have a lot of choice there from your little (or not so little!) exercise stash. I love the idea of Zumba but the knees...

Just checking up on how things have been going down in Patsyworld. Wow, you've lost every week for a month! I see the fight with that 'on-off lb' is a thing of the past. ;) So what type of exercise do you like doing then?

Hello Jackie, m'dear. I'm still about too. Not doing so much chatting at the mo. Just getting stuck in. ;) Patsy - what a week for me to choose to up the exercise. Its boiling! I've just done half my 'cycling' and having to have a break for water before doing the other half. Interestingly...

You do well to stay positive and keep on ignoring this conspiracy your body seems to have to try and prevent the weightloss. Lets be honest, if many of us had skin probs that flared when we went to Aquacise we'd probably just call it a day, yet you're gonna have another bash at it with the...

Hoping your not feeling quite so pooh now. If its not one thing its another, isn't it Lily? :hug99:

Feeling tons better thank you. Cough definitely getting kicking into touch. :) This leaves me no excuses now. Must stop admiring my pretty dumbells and showing them lovingly to anyone that happens to call at the door. Time to get them used. I'm starting with the pretty green ones to start. (Its...

Well done Lucy! Brilliant loss. Like you I've just got to loss over 1lb next week to be down to the next zone. ;)

Thanks Val I have. Horrible chesty cough but not bad. Hope you've had a lovely one, too. Only 0.5lbs off this week. Some good days some not so good but quite pleased with the way the weeks gone. Have exercised and now bought my dumbells. They are so pretty! I best stop admiring them and get on...

Just 0.5lbs off this week.

Jumping in to join you after returning to SW. Lost 6.5lbs a last weigh in so weigh 22st 1.5lbs at mo. Seems like many will or are saying goodbye to this room already. :) Well Done!

Taste back today so feeling gooooood. :D Not sure its fully back but I can taste toothpaste so we're getting there. ;) Today will be EE Banana Scrambled egg on toast ~ B Tinned tomatoes Tuna ~ 4 syns Lettuce/toms/cue/celery Gherkins 2x fish fingers ~ 4 syns Boiled potatoes...

Thanks for that recipe Erm, particularly as you're feeling pooh at the moment. ;) Keep cooking, its theraputic, isn't it? Well, when it goes right. :rolleyes:

Me oh my, this cold has got a hold on me now! Can hardly taste a thing so this is obviously the time to use up the foods I'm not so interested in. Looking for easy meals today as I can't be bothered to cook when I feel like this. So today will look like this: GREEN Weetabix x 2 with milk and...

You have a good week, too. And don't go letting that holiday gain get you down. We all do that. ;) You'll do better in the next couple of weeks. :)

How's your WW going, Val? Does it still suit you?

Hiya Val! :) One of my friends has a two year old. She's hilarious. When us girls all get together she walks round the room rifling through our handbags for goodies before picking one to sling over her arm and cart round the room with her all importantly. She kills me.:rotflmao: Still trying...

OOh hidden treasures under that salad. How'd you make the potato cake Erm? :)

Wish I could get my legs that high to kick box but no chance. :( Always looks such fun.

I did my wii tennis. OOh it felt good! Thought I'd come and brag on here as I knew you'd understand. :p

Tell her not to worry so much about the phone Lily. I had the same thing happen to me when I was taking my book-keeping exam. Mix up with the exam time meant we took it an hour earlier than we'd thought and I was flapping and forgot. I was told exactly the same but it was the last I heard of it...

Where are you Tilly? Lets be having ya.

Good job Lily. ;)

Honk! (day 1)

Lily, enjoy your class with Kelly and enjoy some time to yourself. ;) Sometimes we do need to step away from the computer and get out there and do things. You're going to do this! Absolutely no doubt. You're so nearly there after a long ole haul. You're strong. You know, we know. Look at...

Argghh I was hoping you two would pull a loss off and then I'd have hope of scrapping by with a lickle loss or a STS. I've eaten badly so far this week really with my 'extras.' No matter. We'll all pull back. Little gains like those two are more like maintenance weeks. ;) Glad you got the...

One of mine was struck off for faking prescriptions for drugs and taking them himself (truthfully). Said it was stress. Reckon there was a few of us felt a tad of responsibility for that poor guy. :rolleyes:

Hope the sun continues. Been so cheery looking out in the garden but got really cold tonight when I nipped to the shops. Sounds like you had a good day Tilly. ;)

Just editing the list again as my loss this morning has gone back up again through wrong list copied. 1.Ailly 4lb (0lbs lost - 6lbs to go) 2.All About The Climb 10lb (0lbs lost- 10lbs to go) 3.Ally89 5lb (1lbs lost - 4lbs to go) 4.ally___pally 8lb (2lbs lost - 6lbs to go) 5.Angie_b 4lb (0lbs...

I hope you have got those feet up seeing as they must be really painful right now! This has got to be the best legit reason to enjoy hours of chatty time online to distract you from the suffering. ;)

Its 4.5lbs off for me this week. :) 1.Ailly 4lb (0lbs lost - 6lbs to go) 2.All About The Climb 10lb (8.75lbs lost- 1.25bs to go) 3.Ally89 5lb (1lbs lost - 4lbs to go) 4.ally___pally 8lb (2lbs lost - 6lbs to go) 5.Angie_b 4lb (0lbs lost - 4lbs to go) 6.anna* 10lb (0lbs lost - 10lbs to go)...

Hiya Jane, hope youre doing a bit better now. I'll just keep reading back through your diary and practicing more of your recipes until you're back up and running with some new ones. ;) Take care.

Honk! (day 4 )

Love it! May have to print this post off for future reference. :8855:

I thought we all shouted at them and blamed our hormones. They can't bat back with anything there. Not letting DH see this thread cos he'll go all diabetic on me to get his own back. I'm gonna look out my hottie bot tomorrow. I want a day on sofa, too. I've not caught up with upstairs...

Hmmmm.. :hmm: Maybe we could all help out by giving you the highlights of our diaries over the last week or so. Saves you the bother of catching up. :D I'll start. Didn't lose 1st week. Put on 0.5lbs 2nd week. Ermm, tried SE again, done rubbish this time (see above).. nuff said. :rolleyes...

Can see you're starting to feel better. :D

Hope the backache quits soon, Lily. I'm forcing myself not to go back and look at the cake. Must be strong! :)

Thanks Cupcake for sending me that food diary. Brilliant! ;)

Ooh you lucky thing going that to show! Love anything like that. My crafting has taken a backseat this past year but I reckon its time for a revival. I get a weird excitement just looking over all my stash and ooohing and arhhhing over it.:o Have a fab day. OI... and I did see the...

Honk Honk! (day 3) :woohoo: Got my mojo back at long last. :D

Morning Tilly and all. Bright and sunny start here so lets hope its a good spring day for us all. ;)

And the award goes to Patsy for sticking on in there. Well done! :winner: :party0011::party0011::party0011::party0011: :party0011::party0011::party0011::party0011: CONGRATULATIONS! :party0023: Well chuffed for you. Fantastic loss. ;)

That cake! I'd be.... :17729: Well done at sorting that 3.5lbs Lily. :D

I'd love a copy please. Very useful. Will pm. :D

HONK! (day 2) :D

Morning Tilly. :D Duffy I can cope with, the rest you can keep. :p Is there not a vaccine for the 'bug'? We don't want it sweeping the country. :rolleyes: I got homework, too, back in my day. Thought it a pain in the bum but actually was the making of me. ;)

Honk! (day 1) Thank flippin' goodness. :rolleyes:

Still not had a chance to read back far but just seen the skin is calming down nicely. Brilliant! Got to make house ready for mum coming but will have a proper read up later tonight. Take care. xx

We all have similar tastes. I'm with Broadbean totally on the Richard Gere thing and DEFINITELY Alan Rickman. Its the eyes as well as the voice for me. Loved him in the Robin Hood movie with longer hair but hate Richard Gere with long hair. :confused: Also loved Johnny Depp in Chocolat with...

Oh err yes. Priorities. :ashamed0005: Weelllll.... today I'm doing EE straight. :D I'm not SE-ing on a Friday night. I've been promised a Chicken Chow Mein and I'm having it. :drool: Might do it tomorrow or wait till Monday. Hard to do when I've not been shopping and I only go weekends...

Am I the only one that didn't think your menu yesterday was all that bad. For an 'off plan' day I think it was pretty good. You're still only half way through your weekly syns, you ate masses of good stuff. You had your treat you needed. AND you exercised and drank your water when feeling...

Me too. :D My DH and sons thought it would be Danozzo I'd like. Pish. He's fine in his way but totally overshadowed by Gibbs in my opinion.:p Edited: Morning Patsy. Hope SE is going well so far. (nearly forgot what we're here for with the Gibbs distraction.:D)

Aww Lily you really go through it. So sorry. Hope you feel more comfortable soon. :hug99:

Didn't see St Elsewhere but taches are a no no with me too. Forgot about his spell in moonlighting. Oh yes!

:eek: Not heard of Mark Harmon! Wow. I've loved watching his movies for years. Strangely I'm not sure I don't like him better now than before. :rolleyes:

Uh Oh... Tilly with a sore head. Glad I don't live in your house. :p So was the wine worth it? ;)

Helloooey! Found ya. :D Aren't you being good with your SE menu. Ermmm mine is somewhat different. :o I'm guessing that I'm doing it wrong but I like my way. It worked last time so I'm sticking to it. :p I'll get better as each day goes along. :rolleyes:

Never heard of this Jesse person. I'm on PMT too. :p Have heard of Mark Harmon, tho. :D What an incredible smile he has.

oOh just flipped to your last page and seen the piccies of Lyla. She's so sweet. I love that one where she's fast asleep. Their little chubby checks are adorable. Can't believe its a month, tho. Wow.

Four! 4! In each? Dream on. :eek:I'll try two in each and see how it goes. ;) Now you know we all were watching and waiting for it. :p I've all the ingredients for that bar the butternut too. :D I'm concerned over this green tea malarkey. Hmmm a step too far for me I'm thinking. Do you...

Erm I've been quietly lurking and loving your recipes but I had to just say WELL DONE! Eight whole Stones!!!!!:eek::eek::talk017::talk017::talk017: OHHH i've never seen a club20 before. I didn't know they existed even.

Jumping into this challenge with you all. Aiming high as been troughing it lately. :D Thanks for starting this Jaq! Crumble (0lbs lost - 12lbs to go) Jaq 8lbs (0lbs lost - 8lbs to go) LisaC 3lbs (0lbs lost - 3lbs to go) Sarah 7lb hopefully (0lb lost - 7lb to go) Shezam 7lbs (0lbs lost -...

Weigh in today Valerie. Are you excited? :D

I had cats called Henry and Oscar. Love those names. My brother had a little Westie called Alfie. :D You're new little one is such a sweetie. As cute as your lovely Charlie.

Yep sorted! :D I'll have to pass too on the choccie eggs and curlys. SIL would nick them, I'd get huffy and then I'd eat the house out in a 'gotta eat it all before she does' frenzy. :p What are your feelings on the exercise, Patsy? I don't have kettlebell things but I do have baked beans...

I'm thinking Lily can be our personal trainer for the week. We copy what she eats. We pretend to do what exercise she does. Then we'll all lose bucketfuls for next Tuesday and celebrate together. Lily's good at all those menus and things. Ohhh we could copy her shopping list. Easier and...

Ohh success express. I enjoyed doing that with you last time. Should I give it another bash? Shall have to reread the rules when doing on EE as I was doing green and red back then.

Ooh she's back! Missed your return Tilly. No excuse really but for fact that The Indian Doctor was on and I'm slightly obsessed. :o Can highly recommend Tilly, if only for his lovely smile. :D So are you feeling any better now that you've got the doctor bit over with? Oh and I'd NEVER...

Sounds like clearing the air has done you all good. ;) Hope the skin starts to settle now.

:lost: without my daily dose of Tilly. Dont' know what to do with myself. :( Hope today has been a good one. ;)

:bighug:Lily. Can fully sympathise with the Mark thing. Perhaps you should have a going rate? :sign0151: Know that my washing basket has gone down since DS1 & DIL left. Can also feel for you on the skin front. Might be the heating because mine is all scaley at the mo. (thats attractive...

Hope you're feeling better today, Lily. ;)

Good idea to keep your time on the boards low while that heads playing up. The bright screen is a killer so days. I'm noticing that my eyes are going now. Arms not long enough to hold the writing away when its tiny. Opt' still says I should be okay for a couple of years. Hmmmmmmm.....

The good days will come, pet. ;) Trouble when you're really ill is that you miss the full potential of milking it for all its worth with the family. Can't you be sending them on little errands to get a few precious moments of 'me' time. Library? chocolate run? Get them doing the ironing...

Don't envy you walking round that hospital with that poorly toe. OUCH! The things we'll do for our babies. ;)

Hiya Valerie. :) I'm feeling a lot better today. That awful dry cough is slowly going. So hows WW going? I see from your diary that you're a bit nervous this week. You didn't feel you'd lost last week but you had. ;) I've actually stuck to 100% optimising today! :eek: Had: Bacon, egg...

Urgghhh your poor toe. :eek:

oops minimins playing me up and double posted

Ten Pounds! :eek::faint2: I am seriously impressed. WELL DONE you!

Hope you get over this horrible stage soon, Tilly. Take care. ;)

You could be 'Daddy'. :p

I knew it was going to happen. All the signs were there. She's turned into a Stepford Wife. :eek: Remember the bolshy one, all fiesty one minute and then a pinny on and a serene smile the next. :( Fight it Tilly, fight it. We need you here. ;)

Crumble has been sitting all afternoon with DIL who appears to be in labour. Just dropped them at the maternity hospital and hoping on hope that this is the real thing cos if this is a rehearsal I don't wanna be round her when its for real. Scary! :eek:

Ooops manners. Hows you today, Tilly? Please tell me that you aren't into a Bay City Rollers phase today. :rolleyes:

:8855:You nut, Lily. Ahh but Barry Manilow. Could it be magic? Love that one. :D I actually think if you don't look at him and just listen he's pretty good. :p

Glad you're feeling a tad better. Bad news about the foot, tho. Enjoy the 'mal' pampering for as long as you can. ;)

I wondered what she was reading, too. Just finished 'the moneyless man' or something like that. Guy who spent a year (longer actually) without spending any money. Was very interesting and brought out the scrouge in me. :D Mark Boyle I think he was called. Have the urge to go skip diving now. :p

Who's Capello? :confused:

Absolutely, blow. They disappear miraculously. :D (DS1 taught me that one) :rolleyes:

Oh I loved Brown girl in the ring..tra-la-la-la-la, she looked like a sugar in the plum, tra-la-la. Hmmm. that can't be right. 'sugar in a plum.' Help me out here girls. :confused: Couldn't agree with Purple more on the housework thing. Can deal with all us girls nuttiness, mood swings...

Doubt the dancing would bother them but they might gather in a corner and smirk at 'rivers of babylon' wafting out the window. :p What you doing housework for? :eek: Are we supposed to work when we're poorly? No one tell DH. :cool:

Sleep it off Lily. :snoopyhouse: Get better soon. :)

Hi Jane! :) Well I packed away a fair few syns yesterday but its all good. That's what weekly counting is for. :rolleyes: Todays food: creamed mushrooms on toast ~ 2xB + 4.5 syns banana/satsumas/ apples Open chicken sandwich ~ 6 syns packet of ringos ~ 4 syns Scrambled eggs grilled...

Sorry to hear things have been so hard for you and Chris. Hugs. Had to just congratulate you on that lovely new shiney! And what a lovely shade of green it is, too. Very deserved if I might say. ;)

Congrats on great-auntyhood! How exciting. :D The gammon sounds delish. Must put my slowcooker to more use. :rolleyes:

In that case I'm having parsnips free too. :) I was thinking along the lines of french toast with peanut butter and sliced banana on top. Great minds think alike. I had thought of the little bit of single cream that would go a treat on it too but I'll banish that idea. Tut tut. :rolleyes:

Sorry you're still troubled, Tilly. Can't agree more with others that have said counselling really can help. Get the right person and it can turn your life around. ;) Take care pet.

She's fibbing. I told you before, this is her!

Glad you're getting back on your feet again, Lily. :)

You were thinking the same! Admit it. :p

Bah I feel like I may never honk again. I loved my honking days. :sigh: WELL DONE you lot!

I'm missing your menus ... you know, on a selfish note. :whistle:

Backache is the worst. Had it last week myself and was killing my sleep. One night I was awake till 3.30am watching stuff on Youtube just to take my mind off it. Hope yours gets better soon. ;)

Yikes, sounds nasty Tilly. :eek: Sorry you've been feeling yuck in one way or another recently. Have a good ole moan, why don't ya. Or insult a few of us. That'll cheer you up. I find that works for me. ;)

Jackie the recipe is taken from Jamie Olivers idea of mixing thyme, a little butter :eek:, a rasher of bacon chopped (fat removed), the zest of a lemon and 3 cloves of chopped garlic. Pop the flavoured butter inbetween the skin and breast meat (in the pocket you make slipping your spoon gently...

Hope you'll be up and at it again soon Valerie. :) Gourmet jelly beans! How could you bear to part with them. Respect!

Yeah and mine.:p

Same disappointment with my plumber today. :( Didn't get the sweet, smiley one but the slightly grubby looking one. Don't have Sky so not got that fall back. :p

Had to admit I missed the 'slimpod' mention. Actually didn't have a clue what that meant but when I googled that I found 'Trevor' , the real one. ;) Is he any good then?

What are these discs? Like the magnet things or compact discs for listening to? I don't know any Trevors that make you lose weight. :confused: Is he off the telly? A life coach maybe? Googled Trevor and I'm guessing this isn't what got you all excited. :rolleyes:

I'd second that. Beautiful, happy photo. ;)

I'm starting to worry about this whole grandparent malarky. Sounding like a full-time job. Only just feels like I've got the boys off hand. :p Hope you're having a fun time with your grandkiddie.

Argghh I'm getting all behind with these diaries. Who's this Trevor and whats a fan man? :confused:

Well you sound happier Lily. Is the mouth feeling a bit better?

Glad to be of service. :D I'm off the chocolate today but sadly I've not avoided a mince pie. :o

Same here. Snow went over the top of your wellies and the teacher hung all our socks to dry on the radiators but we all had to turn in. Tough we were. :D

Aww lily. Poor you. Had that around this time of year a few years back and you never forget. Sleep tight.

Well done Valerie. Is that why you celebrated with the mince pie? :p

:8855:yeah it'll be Bisto tomorrow.

Sure he knows that? :p If he turns up with paxo tomorrow you might have to clarify things. :D

Maybe he doesn't like sprouts. :)

Sadly I have to agree. Love his programmes, love the way it looks. But each and every recipe I tried was naff taste-wise. Mine was a wasted anniversary pressie, too. :(

Can't believe that you still lost while you were dealing with all that Jane. Snuggle down and look after each other. Take care, pet. ;)

Well done on the 2.5lb loss Lily! Wonderful. :clap: Hate waiting in for people. My plumber for instance. All day Thursday so he could muck up my taps before he went off duty. All day Friday so he could forget and go home for the weekend without calling. :mad: Now will be all day Monday so he...

Of course its not. :) We've learnt some wonderful things to help us through and they obviously have taken root as we haven't totally abandoned them when we've slightly drifted off the path. Aren't we clever? :D We're doing it, we're changing. Exciting, isn't it? :greenapple:

Well isn't that typical. Moment I let my very costly online membership lapse they change all the rules behind my back. Bah! :mad: You betcha! :D It does but I'm not sure how naughty it really is. :confused: I used to have it worked out using a HXA but I've lost my bit of paper. :(...

Isn't it awful that we do so well and yet go back to bad habits so quickly. Me the same. :o Bread is my thing. Crusty with marmite. Simple but bliss. But I'm learning. Oh so slowly but I am. Spraying olive oil not drowning the pan, cutting all the fat off meat, etc. I stuck to them all without...

:hug99:Aww Valerie, don't be down. You've done so well and its the cold making you miserable. They do that. DH's cold is making me well miserable! :rolleyes: Chin up! :D

How's it going Lily? ;):D Now you see I make the decision to restart myself in January but then I look at your menus and think 'what the heck you waiting for girl?!' You always make the food sound so good. :D Have no where near caught up on reading up on everyone but I'll find out whatcha...

Evening, Tilly. Nice to see you're still as daft as a brush. Yep, nothing changes on this diary, (thank goodness!);)

Hi there everyone. :whistle: Don't know what to say after reading all those lovely posts. WOW! and thank you all. :hug99: Dying to catch up on everything but taking things slowly until new year and not intending getting organized till then. Scales are making it clear I've 'lapsed' big time...

Hiya Jane. Can't wait to see the kitchen. You lucky thing. Just in time for winter cooking. My favourite. :)

You forget till someone reminds you. Love both of those and remember the actions. :D Weren't grans inventive. None of this battery operated, overly noisy stuff for us. Mums, nans and dads that played with us. My mum did this thing where she'd sing to us and bounce us on her knees. Then at...

:8855::8855:little terror. :D I was thinking about dogs too. Used to have this dog that had a metal studded collar with dog tag. Could never train him not to jump up visitors when they arrived and he was a toad for shoving his face where he should not. :rolleyes: He'd have got more than he...

Watch out ginlin, could be dangerous. :D Can you imagine Jackie, all these husbands demanding divorce after discovering them in 'compromising situations' saying that their wives reached menopause and suddenly started flinging themselves at other guys. The wives plead innocence on the...

Put a sticky plaster over the outside of the magnet. Might stop you anchoring yourself to stuff. I'd be worried about lifts, blokes and belt buckles.

Ohh a thought about that ladycare. Not that I want to continue the saga of the cat but..... A thought occurred to me, a serious one for once. Who'd have thought? :eek: What about using it with your lappy..well, on your lap? BIL was always warning me not to get magnets near the puters...

Alright, alright! :o If dogs look like their owners bet one of yours looks like this. :D It has kind eyes. (runs and hides) :p

As if we'd be bothered by what you said, nutter. :D When people behave badly and act spoily they're leaving themselves wide open for people to smirk and have a giggle at their absurd behaviour. They left themselves open to it. I had to go have a look at my diary after you saying I mightn't...

Oh WOW Lily. That's a great loss. So pleased for you. :D:D Sorry I missed your poorly week. Fighting back I see. ;)

Naturally I'm only using it as a preventative. :p Totally peeved with my postie. Ordered an anniversary card off Funkypigeon for DH (not till January but they were doing a free card code and I like to keep the romance alive :whistle:) and the beggar has just folded it and put it through the...

Does promotion mean you get to boss round more people? :D Well done and woohoo about the extra money. I'd join you in your 100% day but I'm a bit tied up at the moment. :party0051:

Eating fest not over yet. Slice peanut butter, slice chocolate spread and half a tomato sarnie for lunch. Breakfast was on to plan tho. ;) It will burn itself out soon and I'll be back to plan. Not panicking. Will just enjoy going with the flow till then. :whistle:

Tilly what are you doing writing recipes when your arms not working? You should be resting up watching Coach Trip and Judge Judy. Is it your remote arm? No matter, its easy to train the other one. I happen to be ambidextrous in the remote department myself. :D Anyway, like Lily I love you...

:happy096:Well done on that 1.5lbs Lily! I agree with the others. Don't feel the need to share minimins with my lot. Wheres the fun in that? Can't have a whinge about them if they're snooping in. :p Let them find their own patch, I say. :D

argggh had a bag of chips already and not left home yet. Think I'm in for a rocky weekend. See you when I get back. ;)

Janeeeee.. where are you? Hope you're both okay. :)

Awww glad you're cheered up ginlin. ;) I've been watching wasps in the garden. I'm a bit paranoid about them. We got them in the wall cavity at our last house. Now that really did have me in fits watching DH trying to get rid of the nest one night. Must tell you about that when I've got more...

Morning folks. :D Quick food menu and straight to it today. Not thought of packing for weekend and off early tomorrow. Well, supposed to be early. Depends if we can drag ourselves up. :rolleyes: Todays: RED 1 rasher bacon cauldron sausage ~ 0.5 egg tomato smoked haddock steamed carrots...

OOhh SORRY Lily. I came to offer my sympathy about the gain cos of dratted cakes and got distracted by Lo and her spreads. Forgive me. I'm a gutsache. :o

What?! Dark chocolate peanut butter. How did I miss this? :drool:

If I'd known you only did half hour a week and got free bacon butties & sweets I'd have gone to Uni. :D

Thought it was Thursday and I'd missed the weigh in. Will be back tomorrow. So jealous about your kitchen. Sounds fab! I want one. :(

Think it would take more than you and Tilly to cover me. :o

Running late today cos spent too long reading the diaries so rushing in with my food today. GREEN 25g Frosties ~ A + 4.5 Slice toast ~ B 2 lvl jam ~ 1 strawberries grapes SW fish and chips ~ A, B + 2 (adding 28g cheese/lemon zest & herbs to my breadcrumbs) Spicy wedges peas/carrots...

*Silence* Came under attack by dolly mixture. :rant2:

Ohh ouchy Lily. Doesn't sound like the pink slippers will do the trick this time if it doesn't improve. :( Least you may be able to have some whizzy time on the pc chair. Always a silver lining. ;)

Well done CANdothis. Brilliant news. Bye bye for now. ;)

aww Tilly. I hate changes like that. Lets hope it goes smoother than you think. ;) Dh's job has been through so many changes in the past couple of years, one of the reasons he wants out but where to go these days?

I used to speed all round the downstairs of my last house as it was laminated throughout but here its just the kitchen and I keep forgetting. Get to the carpet divider into the lounge and it caterpaults me off my chair where the wheels stick. Nasty. :( I want that. I want all of that...

HONK! (day 4)

Wow I've been missing all the great losses while I've been AWOL. WELL DONE you lot! Vicki - aren't you doing well sticking with it on hols. I'm away for a few days from Friday so I think I'm going to be inspired by you and stick with the healthier options. That fish has given me an idea. Like...

I do that! Most days I have to rely on the pc chair in the kitchen to get my jobs done when my knees get too achey. You can get real speed up on the laminate! SIL has to watch her toes if she starts lurking around dishing up time. :p Do you find that if you lean too far into a cupboard that...

Thats a brilliant result and now you can get on with week now without giving it a second thought. ;)

Honking for last two days (day2 & day3) :)

ERmmm Lily.. do you know something you're not letting on? Why have you deleted your 5 stone sticker and gone back to the 4 stone one? You didn't go back and eat the whole box of lebkuchen did you? :p

Definitely keep them coming. I love that you weed out the good ones first for us all. ;) Just think how much more fun you're going to have cooking once that new kitchen is in. Not long now! :D

ohh forward planning. I like it. ;) Glad you had a super-dooper night out. :D I've had a boring evening watching Youtube. Mind this clip had me in fits. DH was rolling listening to Peter Kay on about Slimming World Peter Kay - Slimming World - YouTube

Ohh enjoy that lovely meal out tonight. Hope you get the loo sorted soon. Worse kind of leak.

We'll step on those scales proudly together on Monday cos we're not scaredy cats. Those numbers can't frighten us! My skirts are still sitting round my hips and not my waist, so shows all the good work is not undone. :p

HONK! (day one) That feels so good finally!

WELL DONE Jane! Keep up the good work. ;)

What a coincidence! I changed my menu at lunchtime to fish kebabs and slotted in courgette with cheese sprinkled over (never had before and just fancied) and it was delish. Then I find you already do it with marrow. :p I was just saying on Jackies diary that I've been 100% so far today and...

Cake is the undoing of us all Lily. :( . Look at me with my unexpected delivery of the party cake on Monday. Hardly touched the sides as it went down as I was so excited. :o I'm the same to with the sabotaging thingy. Get to the 18s (only just mind) and I've been doing my level best to shove...

That recipe looks lovely and easy to do too. Presses all the buttons. :D Finding it incredibly hard to get back on the wagon. Ate all my proper food yesterday but still ate some bread and jam and a small animal bar out of DS2 secret stash for his syn box each week. TUT TUT.:( Think I need to...

All I do is skin a sausage (I'm the only one that eats this) and mix it with the made up stuffing. Then I pop the sliced marrow rings onto a silicone baking sheet, pot some of the sausage mixture on top of each slice of marrow and then bake in the oven for around 30-40mins at gas mark 6. The...

Finally caught up with all your doings. :D Well done on the 1/2lb. Looking good for this Saturday judging by your menus. ;) I must be the only one that liked the thai chicken cakes. We all loved them. :p I fancy trying new veg. I'm gonna do something with a pumpkin soon when they come out...

Can sympathise over the car, Jane. We had another £245 bill on Friday. The third month running for us, too. Least last weeks one didn't top July's £650 bill.

I'm going to be searching your diary for that dansak recipe. I'm sure you've mentioned it before. The recipe I'm going to play with today for Lasagne is this one. pancake lasagne « CFR blog Will use lasagne sheets rather than making pancakes on this occasion, tho. They took okay to the...

:bliss::bliss:Lily, lily, I'm so excited for you. I haven't had chance to read anything more than this post that I frantically tried to find when I spotted that fantastic FIVE STONE sticky. :eek: Am over the moon for you and will be back pronto to read how you did it. WELL DONE you...

OOOhh scarey. Bet you don't have to tell your kids twice to tidy their rooms. :8855: Okay firmly back in the comfy seat. Thanks for the well wishes. Am feeling tons better but shhshh, I'm not telling anyone. Fancy another day off. :whistle: Will cook tonight tho but just doing them a new...

Urghh, not well. Stayed in bed till 11. Up and about but not great. DH and DS2 also saying dizzy and upset tummys. A couple a party weren't well, bad headaches and feeling queasy. Bah may have caught something. Not overeating, not eating much. Will be back and read when not so burny.

Ooh a party for you, too. You'll be just fine Lily. Will all the family be there as well? Why do we worry so much? Trouble is, I do it every time. I was different when I got there this time so maybe I will change. I bumped into a friend earlier in the day of Sat and she was so looking forward...

Sorry missed you there Tilly. I was very impressed with your piccy and those ones are lovely but sure its the Chesswood ones that I had in the pantry before guts-ache got her mits on them.

Morning all! Chilly, wet and grey here today. Love rain tho. :D Really freshens everything up. Straight to food today as starving: GREEN Egg on toast baked beans bacon ~ HXB crumble yogurt ~ 0.5 syns jacket potato 1/2 tin creamed mushrooms ~ 4.5 syns salad Carrot and Coriander soup...

Whooosh! Did you hear that go right over my head. :o d/l? Do you c & p them into wordpad and then save them?

I'll be listening to snoring later, too. DH bit snuffly at mo. Could have put a pillow over him last night. Perfect parent, not Perfect Wife. :p

Well done Lily! :party0011: You'll get both those stickers in no time. Keep trudging girl. ;) And thank you muchly for the Leek Lasagne recipe. I can't wait to try that. Must get myself an afternoon to go through these recipes with a little book before I lose them all. :D

I'm not to be trusted with baking. :(

Well done Karen. ;) Have a lovely holiday Vikki. :) I go off on my weekend break the day that you come back from yours. Lets hope we both lose while away. :rolleyes:

All that curry stuff sounds delish.:drool: And that leek lasagne. Looked gorgeous. One you get a mo point me in the direction of the recipe, will ya? :D Have fun tonight at class. ;)

Lily I am indebted to you yet again. Thanks m'dear. Those look right up his street. :D I'm getting waylaid from my jobs by looking on the Slimmingeats website. I love her stuff and I've got to start wading my way through her recipes. Her photos are amazing! I think I made Magic Porridge...

Right, after guessing that missing brekkies didn't help me last week, I missed brekkies yesterday again! :ashamed0005: Mum arrived earlier than I'd thought and after lots of :blahblah::blahblah: I realised it was nearly 12 and we hadn't even made even a coffee yet so went straight onto lunch...

He'd definitely love the flapjack idea. He's a flapjacky person. :) Will have a look for that. Thanks Lily. I pretty laid back about the gain. I know I didn't overeat so it must be the way I ate. I'll learn. :rolleyes: I've been eyeing those cupcakes up. Must get DH to make those, they...

Going wrong way again. 1lb on this week. Still entitled to stay here, but on just. Phew! :D

Hah they make you laugh, don't they? :8855::8855: I LOVED him in that. Wish they would show it again so I could rewatch. He didn't have this silly accent that he does in George then.

You okay Lily? Hope you're feeling a bit better and just enjoying a nice little rest up. ;)

Tilly, have you got the latest SW mag? Recipes look great and it might help you stay on the straight and narrow. Do you get problems at work with treats being offered? I know you've got your lunches well planned for the week with all that soup. I'm going to really try and plan the weeks...

They make kids grow up to quick. No need to show them that stuff so early, or at all really. Got Poirot on now. Much more relaxing. Love the music. :)

Its a worry isn't it? ;) Lets just hope she picks up quickly.

Someone was on about it being a bit much for kids now in the newspaper. Used to be a family time watching Dr Who when I was a kiddie but its getting more like a horror show now. Lets hope the meds do their job with Charlie. Its amazing how quickly they can suddenly work once they're in the...

Good idea making sure your food plan goes up each day. How do portion sizes work on EE? Never done it cos I kept thinking I'd over do it. I know a 1/3 has to be superfree but it still allows for the majority of the plate to be carbs and proteins. I think I'd be too carb heavy, another reason...

Wow thought I'd never get on here to do my food plan for today. Food today: RED 2 x bananas Ham posh cottage cheese ~ 2.5 syns tom/cue/cress/ radish/lettuce/beetroot gherkins Lamb carrots/onions new potatoes ~ HXB gravy (thick) ~ 6 syns watermelon intensely creamy lemon yog ~ 2.5 syns...

You can't do it by proxy. You have to do it yourself. :p

:8855::8855: I've even got a carpet runner in mine so I don't get my slippers dirty. Sophisticated Tilly's probably got her pit wall to wall axminstered. :p

atta girl! ;)

ohhh Ohh worked. Thank you Jane. New tricks! :D

Made perfect sense and I thought I'd have a practice right now. Aren't they. :) I'm looking for a couple of sparkly aurora borealis crystal ones. Pink ones maybe.

A pit! :eek: You didn't actually marry one that knows what he's doing with a car, did you?! Mine just looks under the bonnet, shrugs and calls the breakdown service looking miserable. Why do they even bother going through the performance of looking under the bonnet? :confused: They know...

Bad day huh lily? And when you're so full of poorliness, too. :hug99: Have a selfish day. I love those. And remember what you told me a few days back... scares hell out of them when you stop doing all the mum things for everyone. Its you and the dvd player today, pet. ;)

I would do Tilly but some man must have designed this garage and you have to go halfway down the garage and then put your hand inbetween the webby shelves to reach the light. It scarey. :( I'd get DS1 to do it but he's still walking round in a daze with his pockets hanging open. :rolleyes:

Well my gob is smacked! FANTASTIC result. Well done you! :clap::clap::clap:

You're a better friend than I am. :8855::8855: But I will give you all the :hug99: in the world cos I know how revolting these summer colds are. I was just like you when I had it. It'll soon be over Lily, Hold in there! ;)

How do you multi quote Jane? I've always wondered. Ohh and morning! :) Forgot my manners there for a minute. :p

Really pleased for you. :D A great result and does that 3.5lb loss again mean that you go down to the next zone?

Aww sorry to hear you're still feeling bad Lily. You're doing well to exercise with it. The only exercise i've got back to yet is waddling back and forth to the kettle. Am lazy lump. Will have one last day off and then tomorrow I'm going to force myself back to it. Feel left out with all you...

Isn't it hard to pick. I want them all! Can see me making excuses for a few bracelets but only one will be my special memories bracelet. I think the watch will def become my reward for stones lost.

Tilly - you should bring out a dvd of you doing the dvd. We'd lost stones shaking with laughter. :D

Hows the cold going Lily? Feeling any better now? :)

Hark at you with the exercise malarky. :D I must get myself back to the wii tennis. Finishing the first wii path jog would be great too. :o The lady in that link up the top looks like hong-kong-phooey. Or are you too young to know that one?

Hope the scales have done the decent thing today Jane. ;)

Here we go.. fancied this bead very much. followed by this one because DH once told me that the first thing he loved about me was that I was always smiling. And this is the watch he got me to do my pink theme on. Excited about this. Must think of something I can treat DH to. He's...

My Leek soups had it! Just what I didn't need. Smells iffy so will by pass that and have to come up with something else quick for tea. Tilly - yep you see my worries. Anyhow.. agreed. This is my place to 'try' and concentrate on my stuff, namely getting this bulk from clinging to my hips...

Wow those scales can be cruel aesir. Assuming from your previous post that you need to only lose 0.75lbs to get into the next zone. Next week you'll be there, no worries. ;) Looks like you will too Anwen. Might get a bit echoey in here. :D

Next week will show the deserved loss, Lily. You already know how it works. ;) Hope the cold is starting to yield a bit today. I felt really manky with mine, too. You'll be raring to go again when its blown over. :)

Hope you feel better after your nap and shower. All the best for weigh in tonight. ;)

Think I'll go for 22 lbs. Ever the optimist! MizKirsty - 14lbs - 0lbs lost 14lbs to go! JoClairey - 18lbs - 0lbs lost 18lbs to go! toofatkat - 14lbs - 0lbs lost 14lbs to go! aesir22 - 18lbs - 0lbs lost 18lbs to go! debc88 - 14lbs - 0lbs lost 14lbs to go! Mis-behave - 11lbs - 0lbs lost 11lbs...

Must try and get my food today done early: GREEN French toast ~ HXB bacon ~ 4 syns mushrooms/ tomatoes 1 tsp maple syrup ~ 1 syn egg spray olive oil ~ 1 syn nectarine apple Leek & potato soup ~ 1 syn cottage cheese ~ 2.5 syns jacket potato salad gherkins 8x walnuts ~ HXB walnuts halves...

About how many beads can you fit on the average bracelet? I'm not really up on these things. I've seen a lovely little glass bead like an orange goldfish in a bowl. I love it. Brings back happy memories of our first pet when we had just got married. Doesn't really fit with my pinks/lilacs...

I've got to lose another 4.5lbs to get my 'winter berry red' 2 stone sticker. I can't wait to get at it now. :gimi: You're doing great yourself Jane. Can't believe that you're nearly in the 17s to 16s zone! How quick was that. :eek:

its only grapes Tilly. :rolleyes: So was your mum tipsy too when you too her home? :p

Hope you're having a lovely day with your mum. ;)

Beardjoy - have to tried some of the recipes in the SW mags or on the threads here? There's some great stuff there to stop you doing roundabouts with the same ole everyday. ;)

Thanks Lily. And what a good idea about different colour schemes. I'm tempted to go pinks/lilacs/ivory. Maybe cos just spotted a couple of lovely beads from Jackies link that are swaying me. :p Would be interesting to see what everyone would go for. :D Jackie, did you get your lovely silver...

Colds are nasty, aren't they? That's the trick, spoil yourself and enjoy some reading time. I stayed in bed one whole weekend virtually and it was great other than making my back ache sitting in bed so long. ;)

Awww Lily you didn't go down with the dreaded cold, did you? Evil things! Hate them. Feet up and drink loads. Felt really sicky with mine so hope you're okay today and not laid low. ;)

Yep vicki, we'll race into the 17s together. ;) Can't believe I'm even thinking about 17s. So exciting. Holding our breath for your weigh in aesir. You can nail it this week. ;)

I'm up for another challenge. :) Going for 10lbs off in September, I think. Thanks for starting the challenge OP. ;) AgingRockChick - (0lbs lost - 8lbs to go) Alyce- (0lb lost- 9lb to go) bridgegal - (0lb lost - 10lb to go) bugsbunny2000 - (0lbs lost - 11lbs to go) CLAIREA - (0lb lost 10lbs...

Awww lost 3lbs this week but wasn't quite enough. Am 1.5lbs short of my target. Oh well, am still mighty happy with myself. :o Alilou21- 30lbs (5lbs lost 25 lbs to go) anna_vixen 42lbs (9.5lbs lost - 32.5lbs to go) BeccaMB 20lb (0 lost, 20lbs to go) Beki 20lb (18.5lb lost - 1.5lb to go)...