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Well, I'm officially going to stay here as I set my target at 11stone 0lbs - and achieved it tonight! :) I'm very pear-shaped so an am happy with size 10/12 top and 12/14 bottom - I didn't want to lose any more from "up top" so think I'll stay here for a while and get used to maintaining...

Can I join please? Hit target tonight so 3 stone 5lbs down. I'm very pear-shaped so am happy with being a size 10-12 top and 12-24 bottom. I don't want to lose any more from "up top" (if you know what I mean!) so now have to learn to maintain :)

Oh, I forgot to thank SlimmingKitchen and GlitterMonkey for their support :) It's just that I was hoping for a big push towards target - but it's still a loss and I'll up the S and P foods and see what happens :) Butternut squash and lentil soup for lunch, followed by a peach and a...

I think that's pretty much what I'm going to do too. I've already swapped the mango, pineapple and blueberries in my breakfast fruit salad for melon, peaches and apricots, and not bought any bananas (although I may miss them too much). Will also up the pulses and lentils along with the other P...

Well done nettie! Glad you enjoyed it Our group was heaving this week - was excellent. I just hope they all come back :)

1/2lb off for me, so still in the 11s Hope to be in the 10s soon!

Hmm, well, I'm going to bring the mood right down as I only lost 1/2 lb :( Not sure that EESP is worth the effort (or the extra HEB) if I'm not going to get the weight loss Will throw in a few if I can, but might just up the S and P foods as part of my normal EE days A bit disappointed, if...

Have you been yet? If yes, how did it go? If no, good luck!

It is a bit frustrating, isn't it? (See my earlier post!) I never got to grips with Success Express, but I though this was more straighforward!

Wow! I'm weighing in tonight after following some SP days but my loss won't be anywhere near that :( Good luck!

I think it would just be easier if they said eat only S foods or P foods, 5-15 syns, 1 HEA and 2 HEB otherwise what you're having is a normal EE day rather than an SP day. This plan is for a kick start rather than to stick to permanently or have every day so it's going to be a bit more...

Good idea . . . except I didn't have any swede :D

So today's menu: Breakfast (well, brunch, really): Grapefruit [S], scrambled eggs [P], smoked salmon [P], mushrooms [S], tomatoes [S] Dinner: Chicken [P], carrots [S], green beans [S], sprouts [S], 1 roastie + 1/2 parsnip (cooked in Frylight) [Free] Snacks: Ginger Scan Bran cake (HEB, carrots...

The book says that you can have some Free foods, so I treated myself to 1 roastie and half a parsnip :) Still a HEB to go!

I never quite got to grips with Success Express, but I'm finding EE SP easier than the old red days. I can use cauliflower rice or just have extra veg, but being able to use beans, peas and pulses in the P portion is much better. And I can always swap back to an EE day if I want...

I think the amendments were caught up in the Citylink problems so haven't been delivered to the consultants - the website is still saying 1 tbsp of EVOO is a HEB - but whether that will remain for EE SP, no one's sure Still not sure how much Free Food I'm allowed on an SP day - would 1 "roast"...

I'm enjoying the luxury of 2 HEBs, so am forgetting to have my syns - only had them in yesterday's ginger scan bran cake :D

Forgot to post yesterday's diary: Breakfast: Magic pancakes - (HEB, eggs [P], Mullerlight yogurt [Free]) with Speed fruit salad Lunch: Butternut squash and lentil soup - BNS [S], onion [S], lentils [P] Dinner: Beef and bean casserole - beef [P], 3 bean casserole mix - beans [P], onions [S]...

Skimmed milk 350mls Semi-skimmed milk 250mls (1% fat milk 300mls)

If you buy a 6 week countdown, you pay only for 5 weeks, if you buy a 12 week one, you pay only for 10 weeks . . . HOWEVER, you have to book any absences in advance when you buy the countdowns otherwise (unless you can get to another class that week) you lose that week You can still get on to...

Hi Kat, Extra Easy is carrying on and is now the core plan, but they've dropped the old Superspeed and Healthy notations, but introduced Speed food (most fruits and non-starchy veg), and Protein foods (meats, fish, pulses, beans, eggs) The main EE plan means you fill a third of your plate with...

Ooh, that looks interesting - I make mine by blitzing it in the food processor, adding a couple of teaspoons of water, salt and pepper, and then cooking it in the microwave, but I'll definitely give this method a whirl :)

I'm having my first EE SP day today and it's going well: Brunch: Magic pancakes (Porridge oats [HEB] + 3 eggs [P]) with Speed fresh fruit salad (melon, raspberries, strawberries, apricots, peaches) Snack: Apple Dinner: Chilli - Mince, kidney beans [P], onions, tinned tomatoes [S] served...

Oh yes, smoked salmon - stirred into scrambled eggs or on Ryvita with low fat Philly 0% Greek yogurt for me - love it!

The BFree Multigrain gluten free wraps are a HEB (available from Asda in the gluten-free rather than bread aisle) 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil is still showing on the SW website as a HEB

I usually have the HiFi/HiFi Light/Alpen Light bars as a snack in the evening Otherwise dried apricots, although now I've seen (on another thread) that the BFree Multigrain wraps are a HEB, I might try those, and I also spotted that the Asda Wholemeal Bread Mix can be used as a HEB, so I...

Well done - and good luck with the continuing weight loss :)

There's a good thread on here about the Extra Easy SP - otherwise the normal Extra Easy is just a bit more streamlined

It does, doesn't it! My favourite at the moment is: Stewing/casserole steak (cubed) Paprika Bag Tesco 3 bean casserole mix Tin tomatoes Kidney beans in chilli sauce Coat the casserole steak with paprika and leave it in the fridge overnight Throw into the slow cooker first and stir...

Yes, perfectly natural to be nervous - but I bet you won't be the only one joining next week :) At our group, we have allocated meeters and greeters to guide the new joiners through the process, and we're also having a "new members talk" for everyone so that we can get used to the changes to...

I'm still hanging around here - been losing and gaining the same 3 lbs for what seems like months Going to try the new Extra Easy SP plan (when I can) to boost the weight loss - not that far to go now! Good luck everyone - and a happy new year (and new plan) to you all

Thanks for this - I've been losing/gaining the same 3 lbs for weeks now - need a boost to get me to target My consultant put out plates with the proportions on, and hers was also 50/50 for S/P foods so I'll give that a whirl for a week - not sure my H is going to enjoy upping the pulses (to...

I'm back from holiday! Put on 2lbs - not too bad for 2 1/2 weeks in France, but managed an extra half pound this week as well (oh dear!) so need to get back heading in the right direction Hope everyone is well, happy, and losing weight :)

1lb off for me this week . . . slowly, slowly, slowly . . . :)

ANOTHER half a pound off this week . . . but at least it's going in the right direction However, I am on holiday in France in 2 weeks time for 2 weeks so will no doubt do some damage there, but then will get straight back on plan and on my way to target :)

1/2 lb off for me tonight . . . taking this very sloooooooowly :)

Well, you've got to celebrate, haven't you? :D Good luck on Wednesday :)

Yay! Well done! :D

Oh no! I thought the 12s down to 11s were bad enough!

Only 1/2lb off for me but it got me my 2.5 stone award - woohoo! :)

Hello everyone! Some familiar faces, I see :) I lost 1.5lbs this week to take me down to 11st 12.5lbs My target weight is currently 11 stone, so I may well be spending a lot of time in here :D

I've come to bid you farewell (hopefully a permanent move from this thread!) 1.5lbs off for me taking me down to 11st 12.5 - half a pound away from 2.5 stones Good luck everyone - hope to see you in the 11s very soon (if that's where you want to be!) :)

It happens to us all, but it's only a hiccough in the journey. Good luck this week :)

I did read that and think 12st 14lbs, erm . . . isn't that 13 stone? :D Anyway, well done - and welcome! :)

Excellent news! And wow, what a weight loss! :eek: :D

I think if you've got a bust and a bum, then the BMI just doesn't seem to be able to cope - and anyway, it's supposed to be an indicator, not an absolute If you're happy at 12st 7, then set that as your goal - better to be happy with something you can maintain than unhappy trying to lose a few...

After messing around with the odd pound off, half on, half off, pound on, I went back to basics this week, wrote everything down and lost 3lbs taking me to bang on 12 stone. Hope to be out of here next week and that you'll all be joining me very soon! :)

Yes, EE I could probably lose faster if I threw in a Red day or two, but I'm so used to EE now that I think I'd struggle to stick to it I'll be happy just to continue to lose after STS for the 2 weeks after I'd put on :D

I'm finding the twelves slow going as well . . . but the end is in sight! :D

Just realised I haven't been in for a while - but I'm still here! After sticking for 2 weeks running, I lost 2.5lbs last week and 1.5lbs this week - so glad to see those numbers moving!

Gah! 2lbs on for me this week, but I have so much going on, I've really taken my eye off the ball recently, and have been stuffed by 2 conferences where they've supplied rather irresitable sandwiches, but nothing SW friendly apart from a small portion of fruit Oh well, with Mum in hospital...

1lb off for me this week :) Getting there slowly . . . my body must like this thread ;)

Thanks ladies :) Was good to get a decent loss this week as I seem to have been fannying around since Christmas ;)

2 1/2 lbs off for me this week, and my 2 stone award - hurrah! :)

Well there is that :D

2lbs to my 2 stone award. Would love to get it next week but H has said he'll cook for Valentine's Day . . . which could mean anything!

2lbs off for me too to take me to 12 stone 7 - so halfway through the stone :)

Good luck! I've almost forgotten how I managed on the old red/green days, I've got so used to Extra Easy :)

1lb off for me this week, so not too bad :)

Thanks :) 1.5lbs on. It's been a pretty crap start to the year but hopefully normality can now resume

I know I'm going to get a gain this week - I've just been totally disorganised, skipped meals (which always hits my weight loss) and I seem to have lost my Mojo. It's not helped by having to visit Mum in hospital every day which has meant I've not been getting home until 8 most evenings, and...

I had to go to a different group one night and that was similar. It was really busy with all the seats in rows and the leader went round everyone and asked them to say how much weight they'd lost . . . or, of course, gained! I hated it and if ANYTHING would make me NOT want to go back, it would...

I had magic pancakes, with a banana and fruit salad (mango/pineapple/strawberries/raspberries/blueberries/pomegranate seeds) - not sure I'll want much for lunch but have some soup to finish :)

Either they'll tell you about new classes, or if you just go onto the main SW website and put in your postcode, they'll show you all the local classes, and you can sort by day and time as well Whatever you do, don't give up because you're doing brilliantly! :)

Ah, well, we are all 12 stone something in this thread, but you're very welcome to stay while we catch up with you :D Erm, perhaps if we could offload some of our spare pounds on you just to balance it out . . . . ;)

Well done and hopefully see you soon :) Well done and welcome :)

Excellent loss - well done and welcome! :)

Well done! :)

2lbs off for me :)

Thanks Pollywotsit and Shrinki Mum's gradually improving and moved hospital to one specialising in rehabilitation with a view to getting her back home if they can or into a care home if they can't, so she's in good hands Hope your Mum is as comfortable as can be, Shrinki :hug99: For...

I didn't get to weigh-in this week - felt really grim with sinusitis and, with my mother also having been in hospital since New Year's Eve, I'll be surprised if I've lost anything at next weigh-in As for lunches, I normally take in left overs and heat them in the microwave, or make up some cous...

Well I lost 2.5lbs last week, but put on 0.5lbs on this week - I can live with that for Christmas week! :D

I stayed the same this week after my 1/2lb loss last week . . . only need 1/2lb to my 1.5 stone award, but I'm taking my time getting there!

Good luck, RosieBear . . . any particular reason why you think you've stayed the same? What's the plan to get the weight moving? :)

I know, but I've got to keep it off now . . . no pressure! :cry: Am trying to tell myself it's Christmas EVE, Christmas DAY and Boxing DAY . . . that's 2 days and an eve . . . not an entire month!

Only a 1/2lb loss for me, but it got me my Club 10 award - yay! :D

I have 28 weigh-ins before I go on holiday, so if I average only half a pound a week, I'll lose a whole stone and be the lightest I've weighed since I got married Christmas will be SW friendly where it can be, and controlled when it can't, will start Christmas Eve lunch time and finish Sunday...

Hello everyone (some familiar faces I see!) :) Lost 1lb tonight so just squeezing in here with 12st 13.5lbs - hurrah!

Oh yes, some of the instant ones are horrendous for syns - especially when they're supposed to be healthy! 10.5 syns for a pot of Oats So Simple with Honey :eek: 5 for just a single sachet of plain And sadly you can't use them as a HEB . . . which is why I stick to the raw porridge! :)

35g porridge oats is a HEB I soak mine in 2/3rds of a mug of water overnight, then add 1/2 mug of s s milk from my HEA in the morning and leave it simmering while I have my shower I actually love it plain, so don't add anything else :)

My friend with PCOS also only loses when she does a majority of red days. She usually does 5 red to 2 green and the weight is coming off, albeit slowly. But it's going in the right direction. Also, are you eating enough? I've only recently rejoined, but had my biggest weight losses when I...

A very short stay for me, I'm afraid. as I managed to lose 7lbs in my first week :eek: Hope to see lots of you in the next stone down thread (rather than me back up here) :) Good luck everyone!

EE A - 45g feta cheese B - 2 weetabix (I used low fat yogurt instead of milk) :)

Well done! :) I've restarted class as I'm the heaviest I've been for years, but am determined to stick to it and be really positive about all the foods I CAN eat, and try out lots of the recipes

This is fab! I just wondered what everyone did about their measurements for biceps, wrists, thigh and calf - average of both measured, just measure either left or right, or add both measurements together?

Hello everyone! Bit the bullet and joined the Sunbury SW class last night weighing in at 14st 5lbs, which is the heaviest I've been for a long time :( Anyway, have the pack, some enthusiasm and £4.95 a week's worth of commitment, so here I go! :)

Wednesday - Original Day Breakfast: Porridge: HEA and HEB Lunch: Butternut squash & red pepper soup, Muller liight yogurt Dinner: Pork chops, new potatoes (HEB), spinach, mustard sauce (1 syn) Snack: Apple, 1 Jimmy's free range sausage (to try it - not sure of syns, will see if I can find...

Tuesday - Original Day Breakfast: Porridge (HEA + HEB) Lunch: Chicken breast slices, mixed veg, strawberries Dinner: Pulled pork with syn-free BBQ sauce and peppers, cauliflower, carrots, broccoli Snacks: Muller light yogurt Syns: 6 lemon sherberts (9 syns) - I know these are high, but...

I'm using it in the slow cooker today to cook pulled pork - looking forward to it, although have left DH at home with the delicious smells while I'm at work!

Monday - Original Day Breakfast: 2 Weetabix (HEB), milk (HEA), banana Lunch: Butternut squash and red pepper soup Dinner: Roast chicken, new potatoes (HEB), carrots, broccoli, gravy (2 syns) Snacks: Apple, apricots, banana, 5 Minstrels (3.5 syns) Syns so far: 5.5

3 1/2 lbs off for me which brings me down to 13st 0.25lbs, so hopefully will be into the 12s next week :) Good luck everyone!

Sunday - Original Day Brunch: Bacon, egg, mushrooms, tomatoes Snacks: Apple, apricots, milk in drinks (HEA), garlic sausage & salad sandwich (HEB for bread, 2 syns for garlic sausage, 1 syn for butter), 2 Alpen Light bars (HEB) Dinner: Red pepper & butternut squash soup (was going to be roast...

Saturday - Original Day Breakfast: 2 Weetabix (HEB), 100g low fat yogurt (0.5 syns), banana, summer fruits Lunch: Leftover chicken pasta (Philadelphia cheese = 1/3 HEA, 2 syns - peas + 5 syns - pasta) Dinner: Leftover Hunter's chicken (cheese = 1/3 HEA), potatoes (HEB), carrots, broccoli...

Friday - original day Breakfast: 2 Weetabix (HEB), 100g low fat yogurt (0.5 syns), banana Lunch: Sliced roast beef, apple, Muller light yogurt Dinner: Tesco Liver & bacon casserole (3 syns), leeks, cabbage Snacks: Cake in the office :cry: (guessing at 8 syns), milk (HEA), 2 Alpen Light bars...

Thursday - Extra Easy Day Breakfast: 2 Weetabix (HEB) with 100g low fat yogurt (0.5 syns) and blueberries Lunch: Chicken breast slices + 2 apples (didn't get a chance to leave the office!) Dinner: Creamy chicken pasta (pasta, Philadeplhia Light - HEA, mange tout, green beans, asparagus...

Gaaaah @ it removing all my carriage returns! Bloomin' work computer. Sorry, will try and fix the layout tonight as it won't let me edit

Chinese sweet and sour pork Serves 4, ready in about 25 minutes Syns per serving: Extra Easy 1 500g pork loin steaks, cut into strips 1 large onion, thinly sliced1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into strips 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into matchsticks 200g sugar snap peas, halved lengthways...

Don't forget if you're doing a red day to have your 2 HEBs :)

I made this yesterday for my Hunter's chicken and it was delicious! I found it a tiny bit too sweet for me, so will reduce the sweetener next time. H also loved it - so result!I actually made it in my soup maker so I could cook it and blend it in one - was really easy

Will do later, Cazran (am at work and mag is at home). Will also sort out the formatting in my earlier post as it's not letting me edit it!

Wednesday - original day Breakfast: Porridge (HEB) made with milk from HEA Lunch: Salt beef, steamed (well, microwaved) vegetables, large fruit salad Dinner: Hunter's chicken made with syn-free BBQ sauce and topped with reduced fat cheddar (HEA), served with new potatoes (HEB), carrots, fine...

Tuesday - Extra Easy Breakfast: 2 Weetabix (HEB), 100g low fat yogurt (0.5 syns), blueberries, 125 mls semi-skimmed milk for drinks (1/2 HEA) Lunch: Ratatouille (onions, tomatoes, courgettes, sweetcorn) Dinner: Chinese sweet-and-sour pork (from the July Mag)* (1 syn + 2.5 syns for pineapple...

I'm OK with the red/green days - I have to concentrate more if I do an EE day, but I've just got out some of the magazines, so am looking for inspiration, especially as I now get a fruit/veg box delivered which sometimes makes dinner interesting! I do find keeping a food diary helps me -...

Thanks Danii :) Weigh-in is on a Monday morning at home, so I'm hoping I'm off to a good start today. I tend to do mostly red days with the occasional green/EE as I find that works best for me (and I like the 2 HEAs and HEBs) Good luck for tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing your menus xx

Am now post cat-related traumas (one injured and requiring major op, the other sadly passed away), post working away and post 2 week holiday, so need to get on with this plan Monday - Original Day Breakfast: Bacon, scrambled eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes + 250mls milk during day in drinks (HEA)...

Finally got round to reading The Hunger Games trilogy on holiday . . . and wow! Now can't decide between Fiona Walker's latest . . . or something else. I think I'll go with something less violent though!

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can hide behind my knitting with me if you like ;)

Waaaaahhhh!!! Am hiding behind my knitting here! :cry:

1lb off for me . . . again :) And my half stone award :) :)

1lb for me despite a very up and down week. At least I'm consistent!

I'm reading Warhorse at the moment. I haven't cried . . . yet! You might find some more suggestions here: http://www.minimins.com/book-club/16093-whats-everyone-reading-moment-127.html

1lb off for me which gets me down into the next stone bracket. Yay!

Hello ladies! I lost a pound this week which brings me down to 12.13! Onward and downward, and wishing everyone loads of luck with their weight loss journey :)

I lost 1lb this week which takes me down into the next stone bracket. Woohoo! :happy036:

Sunday: Original Day Brunch: 2 boiled eggs, banana, apple Dinner: Roast pork, parsnips (HEB), swede, carrots, kale, gravy, apple sauce - I confess I did have a crunch on some crackling - just to test it was crispy enough, if course! With the roast parsnips, apple sauce and gravy, that must be...

Mahoosive fillet steak, baby sweetcorn, baby carrots, kale, Portobello mushroom, syn-free pepper sauce - was absolutely gorgeous

Saturday: Original day Breakfast: Fresh pineapple, raspberries and Mullerlight (I didn't have the raspberries and Mullerlight yesterday) Lunch: Butternut squash and red pepper soup, pear Dinner: Steak night! Mahoosive fillet steak, baby sweetcorn, baby carrots, kale, Portobello mushroom...

This is the post I found on here, and it's very good! Copied this of Vixxster's blog, hope she doesn't mind For a 2 HEb pizza base You are looking for Tesco Crusty Wholemeal Bread Mix. You can use these quantities as ‘free’ on a red or a green day because they are the equivalent of 2...

Pizza! Made with the bread base so 2 HEB, mozarella (HEA), tomato puree (hadn't got any passata so had to improvise), peppers, mushrooms and sweetcorn. Was delicious!

Friday: Green Day Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, fresh pineapple Lunch: Butternut squash and roast pepper risotto (1 syn) Dinner: Pizza - 2 HEB for the base, 1.5 HEA low fat mozzarella, tomato puree (1 syn), mushrooms, pepper, sweetcorn Snacks: Orange, pear, sweetcorn, milk in tea/coffee (0.5...

You're very welcome! Well, for 3 syns, it's got to be two for all the lovely sauce! :D

Thursday: Original Day Breakfast: Shredded wheat (HEB), Milk (HEA) Lunch: Small portion leftover beef casserole (1 syn), carrots, kale Dinner: 2 cod in sauce (3 syns), potatoes (HEB), carrots, broccoli, spring greens Snacks: Pear, orange, Curly Wurly (6 syns) Went for a walk at Wisley...

1. Yesterday I decided to take today and tomorrow off - and how fab has the weather been! 2. Took my Mum shopping and then called in to Wisley Gardens to take some fab photos 3. Have planted all my new raspberry canes (24) and noticed that some of them are already producing buds to fruit...

Wednesday: Original Day Breakfast: Bite-size Shredded wheat (HEB) with milk (HEA) Lunch: Roast beef slices, boiled egg and potato salad (half HEB), fruit salad Dinner: Prawn and avocado salad (5 syns for the avocado, 1.5 syns for the very low fat mayonnaise) Snack: Alpen light bar (half...

And think of all that Body Magic with your go-getting! :D My three today: 1. Am taking tomorrow and Friday off as Flexi-leave 2. Have just booked my leave for my holiday in May 3. Had so much leave that have just had 8 days bought back so will get a nice extra in my pay slip at some point

I went out on a school night last night to see Simon Callow talking about Charles Dickens, and was baaaaaaad! Monday: Green Day Breakfast: All Bran (HEB), Milk (HEA), banana Lunch: Cottage cheese with onion & chives, fruit salad, Mullerlight yogurt, apple Dinner: Pizza Express Pasta Piccante...

1lb off for me this week . . . slow and steady :)

1lb off for me bringing me to dead on 13 stone

1. Tracked down the fuse that had blown in the car for the cigarette lighter so the Sat Nav now works (it's always the last fuse!) 2. Planted up 4 fruit trees (although digging the bed for the raspberries stumped me so will have to finish that another day) 3. Had a lovely long hot bath to...

Sunday: Original Day Brunch: Bacon, scrambled egg, tomatoes, mushrooms Dinner: Beef casserole (2 syns), new potatoes (HEB), carrots, cabbage Snacks: Mullerlight, 2 Alpen Lights bars (HEB), Milk (HEA) Weigh-in tomorrow morning!

Had my first one today - I am no longer a Mint Muller virgin! ;) It was a bit sweeter than I was expecting, but very nice. I shall be buying more (I'm sure Muller will be pleased about that :D)

Friday: Original Day Breakfast: Banana, melon, yogurt Lunch: Watercress and lettuce sandwich (HEB) Dinner: Went out for a curry - lamb tikka starter, chicken shashlick with plain rice, a couple of spoonfuls of saag bhaji, bhindi bhaji and vegetable sambar - hardly any oil and no sauce so...

Thursday: Original Day Breakfast: Portobello mushrooms, scrambled eggs, grilled tomatoes, toast (HEB) Lunch: Chicken, ham, salad Dinner: Moroccan meatballs (6 syns), apricots (HEB), lemon mousse with strawberries and raspberries Snacks: Milk (HEA), Banana

Tuesday: Original Day Breakfast: 2 Weetabix (HEB), Milk (HEA) Lunch: Tomato and vegetable soup, apple Dinner: Portobello mushroom with low fat Brie (4.5 syns) and cranberry sauce (1 syn); venison steak with new potatoes/parsnips (HEB), asparagus, tenderstem broccoli; Ginni's lemon mousse...

1. Had a day off today, and a lovely lie-in 2. Picked up my new camera - a Nikon D3100 and my first dSLR. Very excited! Battery on charge so can't do anything until that's ready 3. Have a new container and inserts to can organise my seeds by month for planting . . . when the weather gets...

Portobello mushrooms with low fat brie and cranberry sauce (will have to work out syns) Something with venison - DH is cooking the main course so I'm not sure what it'll be, but will be served with baby veg SW lemon mousse with fresh raspberries and strawberries And a bottle of Prosecco...

When they found the body part at the side of the river, DH said, "She can't have been a very good dancer . . . two left feet" At that point, I hit him. Hard :D

Just caught up with it - was better than last week's I thought, although it did give DH the opportunity to make waaay too many bad jokes :cry:

Grrrrr! DH has just asked if I can record it as he's in the middle of something, so I'll have to watch it another night with him

Monday: Original Day Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs Lunch: Tomato and vegetable soup, banana Dinner: Chicken, ham and veg pie (pastry 5 syns), French beans, peas (HEB) Snacks: Apple, Milk (HEA), Mullerlight yogurt Due another HEB later. Might be 2 Alpen Lights, or Laughing Cow Blue Cheese/BabyBel...

It actually tells you which murder it's copying in the Radio Times (although I'm none the wiser for reading it!) Looking forward to it!

I always wanted her to be The Woman in Black's sister . . . but she isn't :D

Did you know you can get it to turn the pages automatically? Open the book Press the Aa button and turn on Text-to-Speech Turn the volume right down as the voice is horrible! (bottom of Kindle under space bar) Select speech rate (I have it on the fastest - it's still slower than I read, but it...

It must be in the account settings where you choose how to pay. It must be set to come from your bank account rather than the gift card. Might be worth using your PC to check the account payment settings as once you've done that, it should save them

The Woman in Black is brilliant. I'm hoping to see the film this week, but I know they've changed the ending (just not sure to what) I read Angela's Ashes on holiday . . . it wasn't the most cheerful of books, but interesting! How I wanted to get my hands on the father by the end of it!

Blmey Lolacola - fantastic losses! What's your secret? :D

1lb off for me . . . slow and steady :)

1lb off for me. I'm a bit disappointed as I did a sneaky weigh-in on Saturday morning and had lost 2.5lbs. Oh well, serves me right, I suppose :D Hopefully that weight will show on next week's loss

Sunday: Original Day Brunch: Bacon and egg sandwich (HEB) Dinner: Roast chicken, carrots, broccoli, leeks in wine, mustard and creme fraiche sauce (4 syns), gravy (1 syn) Snacks: Cherries, apple, 2 Alpen Light bars (HEB), Milk (HEA), Muller Light yogurt Hmm, weigh-in tomorrow and I'm feeling...

Saturday: Extra Easy day (I think!) Too cold to go out in the Jag so we ate at home Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs Lunch: Minted pea and ham soup, 2 slices wholemeal bread from 400g loaf (HEB), yogurt and summer fruits Dinner: Pork chops, carrots, savoy cabbage, gravy (2 syns), apple sauce (1 syn)...

Friday: Green Day - yes really! Well, I like to be adventurous once in while Breakfast: All Bran (HEB), Milk (HEA), Banana Lunch: Minted pea and ham soup (HEB) Dinner: Jacket potato with cottage cheese (it was going to be baked beans as I ALWAYS have baked beans in the cupboard, except ...

Thursday: Original Day Breakfast: Porridge (HEB), Milk (HEA) Lunch: Butternut squash and red pepper soup, fruit salad Dinner: Liver & bacon (1.5 syns), cabbage, carrots, leeks, brocolli Snacks: Fruit salad, apple Still have a HEB to go, so possibly 2 Alpen Bars later, or cheese and...

Often my lunches end up neutral/superfree for instance home made soup, cottage cheese, fruit, yogurt Otherwise, slices of cold meat/chicken/prawn/tuna/boiled egg salad. Leftovers from main meals (yesterday I had spicy Italian meatballs) If I'm at home, bacon and scrambled egg with tomatoes...

The Hunger Games is on my Kindle Wishlist . . . I will get round to reading them one day!

Oh yes, they're fab! I've had to pace myself with them as I can read them in a day, and I don't want to run out!

Wednesday: Original day Breakfast: Porridge (HEB), Milk (HEA) Lunch: Leftover spicy meatballs in tomato sauce (3 syns) Dinner: 3 Tesco Healthy Eating Cumberland Sausages (1.5 syns), cabbage, carrot, broccoli, leek with 5 melted Laughing Cow Blue Cheese squares (HEA). Half a tarte au citron...

Fantastic start! Don't be embarrassed - you'll never be that weight again, will you? And good luck Aero!

Tuesday: Original day Breakfast: Porridge (HEB), milk (HEA) Lunch: Leftover chicken wrapped in bacon stuffed with Quark, lemon, parsley and chilli, with beetroot and shallots in honey (1 syn) Dinner: Spicy Italian meatballs (3 syns) in tomato sauce with mushrooms, wholemeal pasta (HEB)...

I make my own plain yogurt, and then buy Muller Lights when they're on offer (which seems to be all the time!)

Depends on DH. If he wants spicy meatballs or pork chops, I'll have the same. If he wants curry or something else, I'll probably have liver and bacon

You're so brave posting your first post, but you also sound so positive. Wishing you a fabulous future :bighug:

Remains of last night's chicken breast stuffed with Quark/lemon/parsley/chilli, wrapped in bacon, with honey roasted beetroot and shallots Was just as nice today!

1. I'm working from home so it's nice and warm and I don't have to go outside 2. Feel I've broken the back of the report I'm writing, so hopefully I'm on the home straight 3. SW is going very well, I'm organised and the fruit & veg box is making me cook some new and interesting meals

I enjoyed the first series, not so much the second, and this is somewhere in the middle. They're definitely stretching the copycat murders theme, but they're entertaining I was amazed how different Lizzie looked out of her work gear . . . but even I would have found her flat a bit skanky :D

None in my two local big Tescos - Sunbury and Byfleet. I shall check again tomorrow when I take my Mum shopping I want a Mint Muller! (I suppose foot stamping and jumping up and down could count towards Body Magic . . . )

I'm doing a photo a day project on flickr which is really good for making you take photos! I only have a point and shoot at the moment, but am upgrading to a Nikon dSLR - once they're back in stock. Am using my Tesco Clubcard vouchers to get £170 off - bargain!

There was a big gap on the Tesco shelves earlier - it said Limited Edition, but didn't say whether it was the coconut or the mint. Will just have to be patient!

Well, I might . . . if I'm not too deeply scarred :D Have you read the Kate Atkinson books? They were recently televised. Case Studies, One Good Turn and When Will There be Good News? All excellent, I loved them

Monday: Extra Easy Breakfast: 2 Weetabix (HEB), Milk (HEA), banana Lunch: Home made tomato and vegetable soup Dinner: Chicken with a Quark/lemon juice/parsley/chilli stuffing, wrapped in bacon, on a bed of puy lentils with baby spinach in a dijon mustard sauce (1 syn), served with beetroot...

Home made tomato and veg soup. 2 bowls. Yum!

Ooh, I didn't know there was a new flavour coming out! Will check in Tesco later (although I have a fridge full already as I bought 2 six packs last week) Sounds lovely

Thanks for this - I don't think I'll bother trying it either! I find Splenda OK for the few times I use it, but I'll give the Tesco own brand a try as well

Oooh, some good weight losses being reported! 3lbs off for me this week (depsite my massive blow out lunch yesterday) so I'm happy with that The start of a brand new week, but I must get my meal planning sorted (until DH throws a spanner in the works and decides he wants a cheese toastie for...

Totally agree with Margaret atwood - fabulous author I'm afraid I totally disagree about Cecilia Aherne. I thought "PS I Love You" was the biggest load of tosh I've ever read and I only finished out because I assumed it couldn't continue to be so awful right to the end. It did :D However, I...

The Hunger Games is also on my "to download" list but I'm trying to pace myself. Might download it for my holiday. Having a Kindle makes it just TOO easy to keep buying! :D

Sunday: Bad Red Day Went out to lunch with Mum and H before going to a concert. Some of the syns are a bit of a guess Breakfast: Fruit salad of melon, banana, grapes, summer fruits and yogurt. Milk (HEA) Lunch: Roast chicken dinner - chicken, boiled new potatoes (HEB), veg, Yorkshire...

Saturday: Red day Brunch: Lean bacon, 2 eggs fried in Frylight, 2 Tesco Healthy Eating Cumberland sausages (2 syns), tomatoes Dinner: Home made mushroom soup, 5 Laughing Cow Blue Cheese squares (HEA), Ryvita Minis (HEB) Snack: Huge bowl of melon, banana, summer fruits, yogurt (1 syn), pear...

Friday: Red day Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs Lunch: Carrot and coriander soup, monster fruit salad (melon, banana, summer fruits) with yogurt Dinner: Tesco liver & onions (1.5 syns I think), 198g new potatoes (HEB), carrots, cabbage Snacks: Ham, Curly Wurly (6 syns), 71g dried apricots (HEB)...

That's exactly how I felt! I then devoured the next two equally quickly. I actually feel quite sad now that I'm never going to read them again for the first time (how ridiculous is that?!) I'm currently reading the first Game of Thrones book, then have Warhorse to read for my book club at the...

I'm a bit dubious about Mug Shots and Pasta & Sauce as well, so I try not to over do them. But they do taste nice! Good luck with the weight loss :)

Thursday Today, erm, well kind of ended up as neutral as everything was free/superfree Breakfast: Porridge (HEB) made with milk (HEA) Lunch: Vegetable curry (with some WW creme fraiche to finish it off - 3 syns) Dinner: Home made carrot and coriander soup (I wasn't going to have this...

Well, if I'm going to do this properly, I need to start tracking what I'm eating - and declaring it here will hopefully make me think twice. Happy for any comments, criticisms or advice :) Wednesday (Original Day) Breakfast: Porridge (HEA + HEB) Lunch: Tomato and vegetable soup, cottage...

Thanks Ermintrude - I guess I can live with that extra half a syn :D

Is anyone having a go at NaNoWriMo this year? (Write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days) National Novel Writing Month I did it last year and managed 54,000 words - mainly drivel - but it was a good challenge. Looking back, there were some parts I don't remember writing at all, and I managed to...

First weigh-in for me after my restart - and lost 5 lbs Very happy with that, especially as I'm away with work for 3 days this week and I always find it more difficult to stick to SW 100% when I'm away. If only sandwiches were free, I'd be fine :D Well done all you losers, and good luck for...

Just bumping this as it's quite an old post. Could someone confirm that they're still 2 syns per pouch? I desperately needed something hot and filling for my lunch and this hit the spot - at hopefully only 2 syns

I had these for my dinner - on a wholemeal roll, with tomato sauce, beefsteak tomato and red onion - absolutely fabulous!

I crumble/squish two into the bottom of a bowl, whisk together a Mullerlight yogurt with half a tub of Quark and some sweetener, and then chill for an hour (if I can wait that long) Top with fruit . . . and enjoy!

Thanks for this recommendation - I just picked up the Chocolate and Fudge bars. They also had the Summer Fruits ones, but I'm not so keen on those Can anyone tell me the syns value of the Betty Smith's Liver and Bacon (400g pack)? Thanks!

Lunch today was pastrami, tomatoes and strawberries Stuffed now! :)

Beef goulash in the slow cooker so it was ready when I got home from work - tasted divine!

Well, as lisaluyelastic said, in a few months, you'll be slim and he'll still be a rude arse You can do this - don't let him be responsible for you falling off the wagon, you're worth much MUCH more than that

Good luck with the restart and the new group You sound very determined, which is excellent!

Red day for me - chicken breasts wrapped in bacon, served with new potatoes (HEB), carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and gravy

2 huge burgers with red onion and tomato in a whole meal roll (HEB) served with butternut squash "chips" Delicious!

Ditch the scales! (Well, except for HEAs, HEBs and syns) :D I've just had two mahoosive burgers with red onion and tomato in a wholemeal roll, served with butternut squash "chips" and didn't have to weigh a single thing Was bloody lovely too!

I've gone the other way and started a job with LOADS of travel - which is going to be a nightmare. I'm away for the next 5 weeks in Scotland and Northern Ireland staying in hotels. I'm going to have to be very strong I did the BUPA 5K plan and then worked my way up to 10K. Unfortunately life...

Good luck with the stone off. I tried calorie counting and it just got silly trying to work out the calories in a pork chop - couldn't be bothered!

Go into User CP (top left of the blue bit) then Edit Your Details - if you scroll down, you can put in your start date, start weight etc I found out this morning! Good luck on your weight loss journey

Fabulous post funcurls Very inspirational! Best of luck losing the remaining (very few) pounds

Dhansak or rogan josh certainly seem to be the way to go How many syns would chicken shashlick be? As there's no sauce and basically it's meat and veg cooked on a skewer, I'd hope it would be low

- 2 1/4 lbs for me, which I'm happy with. Brings me under 13 stone, so the scales don't look QUITE so bad Well done everyone else with a loss or STS, and I hope those who gained aren't too disheartened

Hello! Another newbie here. I'm back doing Slimming World after putting on 2 stone since my wedding I'm not going to class as I travel a lot with my job. Next month I'm in Aberdeen, Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh, in August it was Sheffield, Manila and Mumbai When I'm away it's very easy to...