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Well, I was finally called in for surgery this week - I only had 24 hours notice although I had been waiting a while for it. It's classed as 'major surgery' but it's not that major, if you see what I mean. And I'm back home now and doing pretty well, considering :) so all is good as could be...

I didn't chuck anything, as I didn't have much processed stuff in to start with and I'll still use non-SW-friendly ingredients, either cooking for others or synned in recipes. What I did do was put any raw ingredients that might tempt me - chocolate for cooking, cake decorations etc - onto the...

I agree. What is the world coming to if you can't pay someone an innocent compliment? To be on the safe side I would focus it away from her appearance completely - in any case, most of us know that if you feel ugly all the compliments in the world won't convince you otherwise - and just say...

Please please go to your doctor and get a second test to confirm the diagnosis. As I've stated before, there is no clinical or immunological evidence that they are accurate. You really shouldn't suddenly cut an entire food group like that unless it is absolutely necessary, and you have medical...

Has anyone tried the scan bran fudge cake recipe? I just made some and I don't think it worked :( I was wondering if it was a duff recipe or whether it was just me lol.

I love camping :) OH and I can't get much holiday together but we're hoping to do some weekends. I work for the camping and caravanning club, too, so if you're a member you might end up talking to me when you phone in :D

Please go to see a doctor mummyt. That simply isn't normal. I'm not saying the doctor will listen straight away, but unless they've done tests already, don't be put off. I have considered, and avoided, posting on this thread many times but I'm going to, because if I can save one person some...

It's not a silly statement, Jaffaqueen. Yes, I know what you mean - a pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of lead. The difference is, though, that people don't regularly say that lead is heavier than feather on this forum, whereas people DO say that muscle weighs more that fat on this...

One person I know has suggested I should be burned as a witch just for liking scanbran lol. I have one or two for my tea break most days. I like them on their own and I do keep meaning to try making a cake but I've never got round to it. So no you're not alone :) But there aren't very many of...

Lol yes. That should be a rule too! SW do not make rules up just to pee us off. If your favourite food is high syn or not a healthy extra, or not a free food, it's for a reason other than to annoy you.

Sadly I'm useless at these things and I think I managed one post? I do have a blog, I think I managed five posts... Yep, I'm shamed now. Possibly shamed into updating it PMSL

In all honesty the reason that I love SW is that I don't have to bother with all of that... each to their own, some of what she says is common sense but an awful lot of it is pseudo-science or mumbo jumbo IMHO. I have to see a gastro/colo doctor regularly because of a health condition. I...

When I gave up I got one of those inhalators off the doctor, but I think it was a psychological crutch rather than a physical one, I never remembered to change the little filter thingy so I doubt I was getting much nicotine from it! But I would say, try without the nicotine therapy first...

Hi Laura, good luck on your journey! You never get used to how much you can eat on SW... I never have, anyway. After so long making all the wrong choices the right ones seem kind of crazy sometimes. I'll quite often sit down to my tea and have to say out loud, this is diet food????!!! because...

Hi Lindshster I have been in a similar place. It is scary, very very scary at times, but you CAN do it. How long have you been on your antidepressant? Do you find it helps? Have you spoken to your doctor/CPN about the weight gain? I know how hard it is, but DO try to knock the drink on the...

I bought a food magazine yesterday and one of the recipes in it was for 'lower fat' doughnuts... they still average at 286 cals so a day's worth of syns EACH still! I usually fiddle with recipes to make them SW friendly, but I just couldn't be bothered. It would end up not being a doughnut...

Well, I was sat here wondering what to say, as TBH I'm not so good at dealing with my own issues of this nature. But WOW lonestitcher, I want you in my corner too :D

as catxx says, you can have it as a HEX B on Green days only, for protein. Unfortunatley it does not have enough calcium for it to qualify as a HEX A.

Good for you! It feels great when you resist something :D But the good thing about SW is that if you'd really wanted one, you could have had it! It's only since starting SW I've realised there's very little I like that much after all. I'm even finding I'm 'getting over' wine!

Something can only really be 'perfectly healthy' in isolation though. Too much of even a good thing can end up bad for you. Bread, porridge, shredded wheat are all easy to eat and have quite a lot of calories really, if you have unlimited amounts you will end up taking in too many calories and...

CP - I know it sounds a bit stalker, but from some of your posts your family sounds a bit like mine. And I just wanted to tell you that you are an inspiration to me, because I know you've lost the weight and kept it off despite it all. So thanks so much xxx

Absolutely. As I say, I like scanbran, but if I didn't there's no way I'd force them down. I resisted dieting for years because I enjoy food and didn't want to be miserable. To me, the great joy of SW is that you can still love your food without going off plan - it's the whole point of it...

I know the one. :D And if you read on past the first lines, the second verse I think is even more telling. "Man hands on misery to man It deepens like a coastal shelf" My parents didn't so much as subtly pass on their neuroses so much as bully me full-on. My father nicknamed me 'elephant'...

I am not focussing on my weight so much as lifestyle change. Many people in my family have had major illnesses, but most are also morbidly obese. I don't believe genes so much as fatness is responsible for a lot of it. Obviously I can't change my genes but I can change the other risk factors...

I can't believe I am admitting this (and I know it makes me seriously odd) but... My name is Sockmonkey and I like scanbran. As it comes, on it's own, completely plain. I just had to get that off my chest.

Partners can be tricky. Yours sounds like mine used to. He firmly believed that food without fat can't be nice, because he'd watched a few too many TV progs where they say that 'the fat is where all the flavour is' or use half a block of butter to a recipe then orgasm when they taste it at...

I do know what you mean, but personally I've found that I do have a lot more confidence now. If you'd asked me before I started SW whether I lacked confidence I'd have laughed at you, but I do have a confidence now that was lacking before. Not a 'woo look at me I've lost weight' type of...

Congratulations!

Sorry, I spent so long on my post it crossed. But what you just said makes it clear WHY you are doing this, so when things get tough, you know exactly what to remind yourself :) But you know, with a new baby you've got a lot on as it is. You don't have to be perfect. If this is what you want...

I'm doing it from home, and I find it pretty easy. But I have friends who couldn't do it without group. I don't think either is wrong or right and I think it all comes down to mindset. The 'threat' of weigh-in that keeps people I know on-plan really wouldn't bother me. I wouldn't give a flying...

Most supermarkets sell Birdseye frozen soya beans, they are £1.99 for 500g so dear, the Tesco own-brand ones are only 99p for the same amount! They are lush though. I've never had them fresh from the pods. I wonder if you could grow them in this country?

The Tesco light choices one is made from concentrate with sweeteners as well. I was told it was free or very low syn, can't remember which. 1/2 syn IIRC as I think it was 10 cals per glass. Never been free for me though, I only like mine as a mixer with vodka... :D

Well, it would help to reduce the toxins in your skin, so could minimise it... not sure it would actually 'get rid' of it though.

There's a further reason why drinking lots of water helps. Part of the 'flushing out' effect is because, if you don't get enough water, your kidneys can't do their work properly. As a lot of their job is filtering the liquids you ingest, non-water beverages can actually mean your kidneys have to...

My weight used to fluctuate by about 5lb just before and during * week. I have actually discussed this with my GP as I have a health condition anyway and he says up to half a stone is not unheard of, but he told me never to confuse 'normal' with normal. That is to say, just because a lot of...

14.12.10 Extra Easy Breakfast: Weetabix Bar (HE B) Snack: Velvet Crunch (4 syns....mmmm!) Lunch: Leftover Risotto (counted HE A for the cheese, though probably not that much) Work Snack: huge plain salad Dinner: Venison burger, plain potato, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower. Drink: The voddy and...

I just realised who this is... :whistle: Good luck! :D

13.12.10 - Extra Easy (Have chosen EE because I want chicken risotto for my tea tonight!) Pre-lunch picking (didn't eat breakfast! Naughty I know as I've felt so hungry all day because of it): 2 x Alpen Light bars (HE B), carrot sticks Lunch - huge salad (no dressing) with syn-free chicken...

Well, having just recommended Minimins to a work colleague and saying how helpful I find it to look at peoples' food diaries it occurs to me that I should probably have one myself. Especially as on a few occasions I've felt myself slipping up a little because I've failed to plan my meals...

Just wanted to add my support really. It's really hard to stay positive but do try to - there ARE jobs out there still and, you never know, you might find the job of your dreams. What Homer Simpson would call a cris-otunity! You are obviously a strong, determined, highly motivated person to have...

There are lots of ideas on this thread, I personally love to make curry, my recipe is posted on the other thread. I do agree that green is easier when I'm in that kind of mood - I'd change too! I decide what day I'm going to do based on how I feel, and often make sure I have a neutral...

No worries. Sorry I'm not all that precise about some of the times/quantities, I am a bit of a bung it in and see what happens kind of girl ;) 1.5 pints vegetable stock (I make mine up from a tesco value stock cube and this is fine) 1/2lb red lentils 2tsp turmeric 2tsp cayenne pepper 2tsp...

I make a big pot of lentil and vegetable curry and dip in throughout the day. It's free on green and ee, and it's hot, spicy and filling - just what I need on horrid winter days! I make cauliflower rice to go with it so that I don't end up overdoing it on the rice and carbs front.

I don't have enough posts to have a thankyou button yet but I just wanted to say, erm, THANKS! I had been steering clear of the ones OH bought figuring that the syns would be horrendous. Some of them have got more syns than you'd expect but some are a lot lower. I've just munched a thai curry...

Hello all do you mind if I join you? This is the first time I've ventured out of the Slimming World forum. I'd like to aim for about 10 hours to start with. I only got wii fit plus a month or so ago and I'm already getting bored and feeling my motivation slipping. A challenge is just what I...

Syn Free Doner Meat! I make syn-free doner meat! Would you like me to post the recipe here or should I put it in the recipe section?

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lol I have a block of lard in my fridge that's about 1/2 lb of pure fat. It's there purely for motivational purposes. A small loss is still a loss - a quantifiable step in the right direction. Truly eeeeew to think that I've still got about 130 times that much excess fat in my body, but when I...

it is not a HEX A as it doesn't have enough calcium. So it's synned, apart from on green days where it's a HEX B for protein. On EE I'm afraid you'd have to syn it.

I told OH my weight and clothes size when I embarked on SW and I think he was quite surprised at how much I weighed. I guess I'm not the only one it crept up on lol. He is a skinnyminny himself but he has been fabulously supportive without pressurising me. I don't have a charm bracelet or...

SW is for life, not for Christmas... this is going to be in my life for many Christmases to come, so while I'm not going to be a total party pooper, I do think I need to find a way to have fun without going mad. I'm planning on being good-ish. Everything, but in moderation. If I really want...

I don't go to class as the daytime ones are too far away and I can't attend evening ones because of my working hours. Not that I have anything to compare to, but I don't really feel that I need the meetings. I suppose it all depends. I am doing this for myself, not so that a class or...

Good luck! I am pretty new to all of this as well. Like you, my tipping point came partly when suddenly a size 20 was all that would fit in the shops :( three weeks later and an 18 fits again :) Still not my perfect size yet, but it's a start ;) It doesn't matter what's gone before, focus...

I'm quite new to this, but although my OH was resistant I made it crystal clear that I had no intention of cooking two different meals every day for the rest of my life. So it's SW way or the highway. I have been adapting our 'normal' meals to SW and so far it is working really well. He...

The plan is great :) You just need to work out what's good for you. Personally I found that for me it's easiest to do red most of the week, which is lucky because I lose more on it too. I usually have a cereal bar (HE) for breakfast. Every day I make a big salad with any or more of the...

Thanks that is beautiful! I am a crafter too, and even though I never bother with advent I'm considering making one for myself lol Also would SW-style jelly sweets be okay?

Both are lovely :) I prefer the strawberries and cream but I do like the werthers-style ones too. The only problem would be, you'd need to wrap them in cellophane or similar to stop them getting sticky.

I'm only a beginner but so far I like: Mini-milk 1.5 syns Fruit Pastille Ice lolly 3 syns (Both give me the ice cream fix without worrying about portion size) Also the alpen light / quark / options cheesecake (search the recipes and it's there). Milky bars are quite low syn but...

Congratulations!

Sorry, my post crossed with several of the others. I don't think you need to lose enough to be able to join group, but it sounds as if your wife (what is her name? we can't just keep calling her 'your wife'!) would benefit, in terms of up to date info, cameraderie and motivation.

I agree. Partly because it seems nasty to talk about someone behind their back. Partly because SHE is the one who needs to take control of her own diet if any weight loss is ever going to stick. She is going to know what she is eating, she is the one who is going to know what questions she needs...

You have to experiment with what works for you. SW will take you so far but you need to have the right attitude and willpower. The SW hype is not defeating her - she is defeating herself. Has she really been following the plan 100% for several years? If she has does she understand the plan...

Hello ilovelife, I am in Coventry too :)

I am just starting on my journey, and I spent years refusing to diet because I didn't want to be the kind of person who does diets, I thought that if you diet you must hate food and that people who hate food can't love life. Then my uncle had a heart attack in his mid thirties, my mum had a...

Thanks everyone, you are right Brittany I am in shock! I know everyone says that SW is easy and simple but I couldn't believe it was really that easy and simple and thought I must have been missing something. Of course I know that things will get tougher, but for now I am soooo impressed. I'm...

I am going it alone with SW for the time being, though I have got the books. I have been trying to follow it but I must be missing something. Yesterday was my first day of doing it 'properly' and I decided on a red day. This is what I ate: Breakfast: Alpen light choc & fudge (healthy extra)...

Good for you, Izzy! Your motivation is because of your previous attempts, not in spite of them! I do think that changing your diet is a little like giving up smoking. You have to want to lose weight more than you want that food right now, just like the smoker has to want to give up more than...

Oh wow! I'd have guessed at sisters or cousins maybe, but not that they were both of the same person! Well done, you've done so well and you look fab! You have inspired me too, so thankyou for sharing xx

Forget him. If you heard him say it about anyone else you'd just think he was a muppet (to put it politely) and you wouldn't give two hoots for his opinion. So don't listen to his opinion on you either! Just hold your head high and rise above it. He's got his own issues, and he obviously...

Hi Lady J, I'm new too. This forum has really inspired me. I must be the first person in the whole history of the world who can't wait to diet! Good luck all xx

Thanks for your replies and your support and kind wishes! I have already started to run down all of the 'unhealthy' foods that we have in the house, as I want this to be a lifestyle change and not just a diet. I can't think of it as being just a diet, or just for a little while, because if I do...

Hi all I'm a lurker who has decided to take the plunge and post for the first time :D Anyway, I have looked through the newbie threads and I can't find what I'm after. Basically, I am waiting for surgery at the moment, nothing major but my friend is good mates with her SW consultant and had...