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You won't actually eat a bigger meal... you'll eat until you are full whether 1/3 is SF or not. By having 1/3 SF you are using a natural portion control. A lot of SF foods are alos SuperSpeed so work through your body quicker and with less effort so that would also help your weightloss.

Princess Stevie, thank you so much for compiling that list.. I've been telling myself for weeks to copy a list of SS & S foods from the book, but am just too lazy.. I'm off to colour code the ones that are SF too and then print it off

Thanks for that.. I did wonder how come it had syns in it!

Water.. pile it into you.. It'll help flush you out... (I sound like my Granny)

If you eat them your wobble won't be banished for long... does that help? Can you put them somewhere you can't see them?

It happened again.. all the peppermint and green tea did nothing!! Didn't go at all yday and as soon as I got up this morning.. Poop's your uncle! :D

It doesn't taste like turf when it's turned into a cake.. Just on it's own

When I first started I couldn't get my head around the mahoosive (to me) amount of weight I wanted to lose. My sister gave me a packet of coloured paper clips. told me each one was a pound and strung 14 of them together and hung them from my fridge. It kept me motivated, as each time I lost a...

You're a cheater!!!!! :p I wish I had something that didn't agree with me..

Are you not having any HEx's at all?? You need your B for the fibre to make you poo!!!! I have Physio before I WI tomorrow, that usually makes me want to go.. all that squeezing my bum muscles in agony while he digs his elbow into my back is great for loosening things up :D

You get it at your SW group. It's a HExB or 1 syn per slice. It tastes like turf but is full of fibre so it's good for you. it's similar to Ryvita A lot of people use them to make cakes and a lot of people use it instead of bread.. Me? I just don't use it!

Such a pain :cry: Today I have had two cups of green tea and will have a peppermint tea when I get home all in preparation for tomorrow's WI! Did you lose?

Well after me having a hissy fit over him eating in front of me.. he hardly ever does it now! He'll have an ice cream but then I can have a frozen Muller Light.. He keeps getting a pizza until I am treating myself to a chinese so that's not too bad.. But now my OH needs to lose weight...

It's also a good idea to go to 2 or even 3 supermarkets just for a nosey around to see how much the normal things you buy are.. then when you are doing your weekly shop, you can save by buying some stuff in Asda and others in Aldi. @ GettingFitAt50.. Does the veg go off because you buy so...

I had a very green (in colour not plan) dinner.. Fillet Steak, 3 baby potatoes, Mushy Peas, Broccolli and Brussel Sprouts!! I am stuffed!!!

Next time you go, bring fruit with you :D

Yes, but it gets better with diet and low stress.. keep that in mind and make sure the older you get, the more time you give yourself to unwind! Since I started this thread I haven't been going regular at all. Am on my 2nd cup of peppermint tea so far today

I don't think Chicken is SS Skinny.. Mushy Peas deffo are though

I bought myself a lovely 1litre jug in IKEA the other day, my plan is to fill with with NAS squash in the morning on Sat and Sun and make sure I drink two of them.. the weekends let me down terrrible.. I used to be great at keeping up the water intake.. but fizzy drinks invaded my life for a...

Yeah, I know this.. I was trying to point out that you can't put your slowing or stopped weightloss down to that saying.. it gets bandied about every time someone in my group starts a new exercise regime

I'm loving having the time to read these threads.. I had gone completely off track with my water intake.. I've had my 2l of water already and I'll be awake for at least another 7 hours...

read the pineapple thread.. by the end of it.. all you'll want to eat is pineapple!! I promise!! I just ate half of one this morning!

Hi, you can make your own quark with a tub of fat free natural yoghurt.. Mix a half teaspoon of salt into a 200ml tub of FF natural yoghurt.. Place a muslin cloth into a sieve/colander and place that into a bowl.. pour the yoghurt into the cloth, leave in fridge overnight (all excess liquid...

I know muscle weighs more than fate etc.. but this doesn't kick in on day one of exercising.. Please remember, that just because you are burning extra calories doesn't mean you need to eat extra calories.. In my group, this happens a lot.. people join a gym, eat more (because they'll burn it...

What she said!!! :eek: I haven't done any exercise at all.. and just as i was about to start the C25K, my back gave in.. nearly back to normal now and was thinking of starting aqua aerobics or something.. so to summarise this thread.. follow the plan..

Sounds delish.. think I'll be trying that out with some home made crisps this weekend

As the others have said.. deffo give it another week. If you kept a food diary, leave it with your consultant to have a look at.. Most people who go from a no/low carb diet to SW gain in their 1st week and then have a big loss in their 2nd week..

Get out a sheet of paper and write as you bite.. remember when you first started and you were doing food diaries.. you'd put yourself off eating something because you couldn't bear to write it down.. Do it for 2 full days and the next four days will be easy enough..

There you go.. your skirt prob weighs .5lb so you are probably up 4lb and the difference between AM and PM could easily be 1-1.5lb so I wouldn't worry too much about being up 5lb at all!!! As Circes said.. onward and downwards!

Weigh your jeans.. mine weigh 2lbs! stick them on a plate on your kitchen scales.. be nice for you to know

If you have the munchies, make loads of low syn snacks to have over the next few days.. munchies are evil and don't go away after a night's sleep.. As for you justifying your junk food because you exercise.. I reckon instead of a few days with no syns, how about a few days no exercise.. might...

I haven't drank it in a while actually.. and usually only think of it when I feel bloated.. I'll stick a reminder on my phone for next Tuesday to have one or two cups that day..

I know it has to be all in my head.. I just wish I could get over it! It hasn't really affected my weight loss, but I do feel that Wednesday is my heaviest day of the week.. I don''t have a scales at home, but was tempted to buy one in IKEA the other day just to see if I could prove my theory..

I weigh in on Wednesdays and sorry if this is TMI but I always seem to be constipated on Wednesdays.. Other days I could go 2 or 3 times but on Wednesdays I feel like my pre-Slimming World IBS is back.. Anyone else suffer with this? I know it must be psychological

I'm getting married on 10th November. I am super excited about it!! jayellekay, don't wait to go try on the dresses.. It can be fun.. and then more fun when you go back and the dress fits better/is too big. just make sure if you do find "the" dress that they don't take your measurements...

You can have tomatoes as y our SuperFree with your Fry. EE does exactly what is says on the tin. A good tip to help get in your 1/3 would be to make your own coleslaw, you can have that with your steak and chips.

We call that Twilight.. it seems ok because you have a whole week to catch up.. Just start again.. You acn't uneat what you've eaten :)

Are you anywhere near Charlestown Shopping Centre in Finglas? The butchers in there whose name totally escapes me is SW friendly. They do 1 syn sausages and they are lovely.

Ooh, I never saw this thread before.. I'm a bride to be too.. am getting married in November. I have to admit, I am not exactly losing weght for the wedding, more I'm losing weight and having a wedding. But it was super exciting when I tried on a sample dress in November and it didn't close and...

She can join as a Free to Go member.. My nephew joined and has lost nearly 2 stone and loves it. They do not counts Syns and Healthy Extras.. they are encouraged to make Healthy Switches (diet coke instead of coke etc). They also pick up tips by going to group and it is self encouraging for...

I stayed the same last week but lost 1.5lb this week with BBQ season started, it's gonna get harder :sigh: aislingb 9 lbs ( 4.5 lbs to go 4.5 lost) alwyn 7lbs (lbs to go, lbs lost) Amandaj 8 lbs (5 lbs to go, 3 lbs lost) Ammsas 6lb (3lb to go 3lb lost) Anna_vixen 7lbs (7lbs to go - 0lbs...

Did you enjoy the dinner when you were eating it? If yes, then don't feel too bad.. you can't undo it.. just don't do it again ;)

If you keep going to SW as a target member and keep up the plan, your body shape might continue to change even if your weight doesn't by aiming for your platinum body magic sticker :) If I were you, I'd set my target and leave it be for 6 months and if you want to lose another bit at the end...

what size clothes are you wearing now? Don't be minding the actual weight you are. If you are happy enough to buy the size you are now for the foreseeable future, then yes, set your target! If you are not happy, then stick with it until you get there..

Good plan - I like having extra support alwyn 7lbs (lbs to go, lbs lost) Billybolly 8ls (lbs to go-lbs lost) Cakey 8lb (lbs to go - lbs lost) Caroline82 5lbs (lbs to go ~ lbs lost) chunkymonkee 7lbs (lbs to go - lbs lost) Clareel 6lb (lbs to go, lbs lost) Daisykins 6lbs (lbs to go, lbs...

Exactly, in my group, people who are around 5lb to target usually drop to 10 syns a day. If we were all at 10 syns a day, what would/could you cut out to have a "good" week??

Choose Chinese over Indian when eating out - less syns usually. If you do choose Indian, tell the waiter you are allergic to dairy and ask them not to cook your food in Gee - they honestly don't mind. Ask for gravies etc on the side (they'll give you a little boat and you'll prob only use...

My boyfriend eats nothing but rubbish - honestly nothing! When I first started SW it was very tough and one week I ate all the sweet things in the house just so there would be no more temptation for me. I then discovered that if I kept myself full I wouldn't want sweet things half as much. So...

your body will let you know if you are drinking too much.. same symptoms as if you don't drink enough - headaches, feeling pukey etc. The thirst you have now is prob your body craving the sugar-y taste it used to have. You could add some NAS squash to a couple of glasses a day to help that out...

Great post! Staying in all the time makes you depressed, being depressed makes you eat more unhealthy things.. and then you gain more weight! I never wanted to go away and I remember after I lost my first stone, I went away for one of the girl's bday's and I had a fantastic time. Down two...

Technically yes, because potatoes/lasagne sheets are only free as part of a meal. But my consultant tells us, as long as they're not an every day thing and they are not affecting your weightloss, then go for it as they are a much better alternative to a real packet of crisps!

make your own crisps, and tortilla chips and season them with salt and chilli buy a multi pack of chocolate bars, you know the small ones with the bars that are 4 syns each.. and a 2litre bottle of diet coke and buy a bag of ice! Can you tell this is how I plan to spend my St Patrick's Day?

You guys should demand it!! Ireland is normally way behind you guys but obviously not when it comes to drinking :p

Th UK is so strange.. In Ireland we have sprite zero in all of the pubs!

Look at the last time you gained, you lost it all all and more the following week. Don't deprive yourself of anything this week, make sure you add a few treats into your syns this week as if you are feeling down and try to over compensate for your gain, you'll fall off the SW wagon.. and it's...

In SW you set your own goal weight. A BMI of 20 is quite low though.. Anyone I know who has switched from Atkins to SW has gained in their first week and then start losing as their bodies are not used to carbs

You need to eat. If you don't eat, you won't lost weight.. your body will go into starvation mode and store all your fat! That might be over exaggerating it, but if your body is not working to digest your food, what is it doing? What do you eat after WI? You should eat your breakfast and...

I drink about 3 litres of water, 2 coffees and 2 herbal teas every working day.. i pee on the hour every hour. I get up once or twice in the night and I drink a 500ml bottle of water throughout the night too.. I always have much more energy and much better weightloss when I keep that up...

Your Healthy Extra B contains fibre, it is measured because we only need a certain amount. If you don't eat your full 28g of All Bran, that doesn't mean you have to Syn it. It's when you have your porridge, but not your scan bran etc that you should syn the porridge because you are not getting...

Do you have to cook the porridge? or just add it to the Muller light??? I have 2 weetabix with skimmed milk for breakfast almost every day, then I mix the fruit between blueberries, grapes, apples, bananas and mandarins all depending on what's on offer in the shop that morning

When one pair of trousers in your next size down don't fit you, try a different style. Your body hasd completely changed shape so a different style may sit better and fit better.

Can I ask why we're not allowed discuss it? If you stick to it, you will deffo boost your loss.. i could only do it for 3 days, then went back to EE

Most days I drink 2 litres, I find I don't drink as much water on weekends though.

57g of wholemeal bread is your Healthy Extra B. Any bread you eat over the 57g must be synned. Fat Free yoghurts are free.. Corner yoghurts or yoghurts with chocolate granola will not be free and you should syn them

Your scales at home and the SW will very rarely give you the same result.. You might also find if you weigh yourself in all different rooms of your house, you'll get different results!! I thought I could feel the gain over xmas, but was weighed on wed and only up 1/2lb.. no way I could feel...

You will lose as much as you put into it.. 7 months is plenty of time to lose 3.5 stone as you can see from the other posters.. I am getting married next year too and can't wait to start trying on dresses so enjoy every minute.. because unless your name is Muriel, you only get to try on loads of...

I honestly wouldn't spend that much money on a gadget.. the SW chips are yum and everything else you can cook in it can be cooked in the oven just as easily

when you par boil the potatoes, drain them off and put the lid back on the pot and shake them.. this softens up the edges on the potato and helps make your chips/roasties nice and crispy

I get up at least twice in the night and never did before I started SW. re: backpain. do you sit at a desk all day? You may need to readjust your chair to match your slimmer figure. There is nothing worse that an ill-fitting chair. and if you're short (like me) get a box to put your feet on...

Switch GP. He is obviously not listening to you. If you have been researching it for years, the idea of it is not just going to go away because the doc prescribes you with some pills that upset your whole body when you take them

I'd deffo pick the jacket potato.. I always cook two.. eat one and chop the other into pieces when cool and add fromage frais to make potato salad for lunch the next day

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Well said Hathor.. Just to add.. If you feel you are staying the same weight and are exercising well and controlling your calorie intake (ie following SW plan properly) maybe take your measurements each week. Muscle weighs more than fat.. you may not think you are gaining muscle but...