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Lost 2lbs which brings me back to the weight I was at the beginning of June. It's been a crap month after a great start. Apathy has set in, which in some respects isn't a bad thing as I eat less when I'm feeling apathetic (hence the loss this week). I've started my own personal KISS menu...

Aw, thanks Baby-belle :) I'm a bit like that with my wardrobe at the moment. I have clothes that are baggy and the clothes that are waiting to fit. I can get in them... with a crowbar ;) 10lb off and they should fit nicely but these past 3 weeks have been a real struggle. I've decided...

Gained 1lb this week :( Really struggling at the moment. Over-tired and feeling pretty low in general at a time when I should be the opposite. I've lost weight and gained a grandchild, so plenty of good stuff happening. Sorry 'bout the winge but SOOO want to be in control of my weight :(

Happy Birthday ColJack, and well done on making it through another year :) :birthday:

Bought a lightweight coat at Tesco today in a 16. It doesn't fit me YET, but I know this time that I will fit into it well before my holiday in September :D

trcy1066: -4-6lbs (Loss = -1lb) Ellebear: -7.5lbs (Loss = 2.5lbs) acc: -7-8lbs (Loss = ) LozzieStardust: -8bs (Loss = 5.5lbs ) Alilou21: - 7lbs (Loss = ) Baby-belle: -8lbs (Loss = STS ) Acceber: -7lbs (Loss = STS) AmyToria: -10lbs (Loss = 3.5lbs) Electra_182: -10lbs (Loss = STS ) TwiztedMuffin...

Ouch! ok, now my eyes are watering :) I didn't think about all that's involved in removing and replacing, I just know that mine is now too far up and over to the left. It's also now slightly triangular :D

Just had a thought, I gained 6 1/2 last week but lost the previous week... would that put me at plus 3 1/2lb not plus 6 1/2lb? (Talk about grabbing at straws ;) )

They usually sow the tummy button back in. Unfortunately, you can't guarantee it'll be were it should be :D If you talk to your specialist asap they may do something for you re the skin. It can't ask to hurt. The worse they'll do is say 'no'. :)

Prawn and vegetable paella from the latest SW magazine. It's looking yummy. Followed by choc n orange cheesecake (4 1/2 syns) :)

Lol :D thanks Elle, never thought being a loser would be so important :D

MAjor fail this week - gained 6 1/2lbs. Absolutely gutted and disgusted with myself :cry: I had a good first half of the week and then it went rapidly downhill. It's not easy taking the kids out watching them eat whatever they want and wanting it too. I guess the hot cookie dough at Pizza...

trcy1066: -4-6lbs (Loss = 3lbs) Ellebear: -7.5lbs (Loss = 3lbs) acc: -7-8lbs (Loss = ) LozzieStardust: -4lbs (Loss = 1.5lbs ) Alilou21: - 7lbs (Loss = ) Baby-belle: -8lbs (Loss = STS ) Acceber: -7lbs (Loss = STS) AmyToria: -10lbs (Loss = 3.5lbs) Electra_182: -10lbs (Loss = STS ) TwiztedMuffin...

Many thanks Shrimpy :)

Anyone know what salted popcorn is likely to be?

Oh heck!! I thought they were syns! lol :D thanks Cherry Summer, I shall have to start a new thread after all :D

Some excellent losses ladies :D Fingers crossed for you for tomorrow Ellebear :cross:

Me too :) I shall be doing a ginger one as I can taste ginger :D My NSV today, bought a pair of size 16 jeans. I can do them up but some serious muffin top going on there! :8855: The idea is for them to be slightly loose by the time I go visit my little brother in Greece in September :D

I'd rather dig up an old one than start a new one :) We're off to the pics later today and it seems to be compulsory to eat/drink something when there. We always share a sugarfree drink anyway but food can be a nightmare for us. If the eldest daughter comes with us we have to avoid dairy...

Cinema trips should be fun, but before I go I have to work out the carbs for my diabetic son and the syns for me and the bf in whatever we eat. Perhaps I should buy us small individual bags first, it would be easier.

Which is what a person would react to (the thought). It's not the fact that it's raw, if it's fresh it's fine, but our minds tell our stomachs that it's not nice and we urge. I eat reheated rice that's been in the fridge for 2-3 days and I have no qualms in giving my children re-heated rice...

Rst chicken, cabbage, carrots, gravy with granules and the meat juices and rst potatoes done in a little olive oil. No idea of the syns but as I haven't synned today I'm confident I'm within the allowance. Only 3 potatoes as it was a red day today.

SNAP! :D Well done :) The more NSV's I have the more I'm motivated to keep going at it :)

Thank you Gemini76 :) I have to admit to being overwhelmed by the choices and am concerned that if I order online the fitting won't be quite right so I am going to go and have a look round the various local sports shops. A good sport shop should be able to advise me of the best choice for my...

And so you should be. They look great :) I hope mine look half as good when I get to goal :) Well done everyone else for resisting the tempting (opinions may differ ;) ) food. That good feeling should help keep you all on track a little bit longer :)

Wow, you lot are amazing :) I'm so inspired that I will be taking this up after the half-term. During the half-term I will continue my walking. Can anyone recommend some reasonably priced, reasonably decent trainers? I know a brand new pair is the not the best way to start but I don't like...

Haha :D I am sooo glad I'm not the only one. I used to love pushing the water back as far as possible to see if I could do it to the almost 'spilling over the edge' point. Not that I have a bath now. It was in an awkward position in a very small bathroom and I couldn't get out without the...

You do get used to it, especially when you have little choice :sigh: I can tell there's sweetener in just about anything that has sweetener in it because of the bitter fater taste. Surprisingly, in a nice way, I can't detect it in the scan bran cakes BUT, I can detect really badly in Tesco's...

Oooo, just had a thought! (My poor head). I nearly always have a bag of frozen raspberries/mixed berries in the freezer and at the bottom of the bag, especially the rasperries, are bits of broken berries. What if I hammered the frozen berries (they smash when frozen) eithe swirled them into...

This is true :) I tried the ice-cream idea but to be honest, I'm not sure of it. It (bizzarely) has a buttery texture to it. I have no sense of taste barring sweet, sour, bitter etc so have to go by texture. The bf thinks it's 'ok' and the eldest daughter says it tastes like frozen...

Some excellent weight losses ladies, I too lost 3lb this week :bliss: To those that STS, we've all been there, we all know that you will have worked hard, so.... :grouphugg: to everyone :D AmyToria, that's an amazing weight loss. How long have you been doing SW? trcy1066: -4-6lbs (Loss...

trcy1066: -4-6lbs (Loss =) Ellebear: -7.5lbs (Loss = ) acc: -7-8lbs (Loss = ) LozzieStardust: -4lbs (Loss = ) Alilou21: - 7lbs (Loss = ) Baby-belle: -8lbs (Loss = ) Acceber: -7lbs (Loss = STS) AmyToria: -10lbs (Loss = ) Electra_182: -10lbs (Loss = STS ) TwiztedMuffin: -10lbs (Loss = )...

Seriously considering doing this now. I walked to work and back on MOnday (split into 2 parts) which is 5k! I'm finding that time-wise I'm quite constrained at times. I took a day off yesterday (baked all day!) and wish I hadn't because today is looking difficult. I'm off to work again in an...

Homemade beefburgers, potato wedges (with my own special blend of spices) and salad. Going to be a late dinner tonight so will be filling up on fruit meanwhile.

Got too carried away with baking for other people today and SW went all over the place :confused: 300ml 1% milk for coffee (but probably had more than that!) 1 HE 'a' plus 3 syns?? Brekkie - lean bacon, scrambled eggs and baked beans 10ish - licked out the bowl from the full fat ginger/banana...

I failed to plan for today and no idea what kind of day it should be so going to play safe by having a big dollop of cottage cheese and pineapple with a big salad.

Am bumping this up as I have just bought some scan bran going to try my hand at both the banana and the ginger cakes :) Can anyone tell me if it's meant to be really runny? Am only doing the one cake, banana and ginger! :D I made a quark n crystallized ginger topping for it. The whole...

Added :) trcy1066: -4-6lbs (Loss =) Ellebear: -7.5lbs (Loss = ) acc: -7-8lbs (Loss = ) LozzieStardust: -4lbs (Loss = ) Alilou21: - 7lbs (Loss = ) Baby-belle: -8lbs (Loss = ) Acceber: -7lbs (Loss = ) AmyToria: -10lbs (Loss = ) Electra_182: -10lbs (Loss = ) TwiztedMuffin: -10lbs (Loss = )

Just updating; trcy1066: -4-6lbs (Loss =) Ellebear: -7.5lbs (Loss = ) acc: -7-8lbs (Loss = ) LozzieStardust: -4lbs (Loss = ) Alilou21: - 7lbs (Loss = ) Baby-belle: -8lbs (Loss = ) Acceber: -7lbs (Loss = ) AmyToria: -10lbs (Loss = ) Electra_182: -10lbs (Loss = )

YES!!! Oh heaven! There is a god after all. All I need now is to get a hold of some scan bran :D Thank you thank you thank you :worthy: :bliss: :talk017:

Cor! We're good in here ain't we ;) Some amazing sounding and looking meals this evening :D I had homemade sweet n sour pork (1/2 syn) with roasted yellow peppers; special fried rice and braised celery. Yummy dinner, am now stuffed :) I would send a pic but don't know how to :(

Is this challenge from one of the magazines? I remember coming across something on how to get started, taking you through it a day at a time. If it is, could someone let me know the date/issue number? I don't fancy trawling through all my past mags :)

EE day 300ml for coffee 1HE 'a' Brekkie - 28g shreddies 1 HE 'b'; 1 mullerlight yogurt banana and custard flavour; 150g chopped strawberries Lunch - Tesco chicken n mushroom pasta sauce made with water - about 3 syns?? (not sure about this as the packet only gave values for made up as...

No problem AmyToria and good luck. That's quite a chunk you're aiming at :) trcy1066: -4-6lbs (Loss =) Ellebear: -7.5lbs (Loss = ) acc: -7-8lbs (Loss = ) LozzieStardust: -4lbs (Loss = ) Alilou21: - 7lbs (Loss = ) Baby-belle: -8lbs (Loss = ) Acceber: -7lbs (Loss = ) AmyToria: -10lbs...

I love the enthusiasm :D Go with the flo' Jo (sorry if you prefer Joanna, but I couldn't resist the rythm in the rhyme ;) ) 3k seems rubbish to me, especially as it took me 40-45 minutes to do it :D The aim is to be able to do it comfortably in that time by the end of the weekend. If I...

Finally managed 2 good days... phew, who would think that something as vital as drinking could be so difficult :D

After how I felt after my walk this evening, I'll be waiting til the 1st of June :) I'll use the last few days of May to get into the habit of walking round the block (almost 3k), then increase my activities by adding 1 zumba class a week initially. If it doesn't kill me.... well, I'll see ;)

It's great reading everyone's NSV's. It's these things that count so much towards how we feel about ourselves. I realised today that I didn't need to stand 6 inches away from the sink to wash up :D It was an odd feeling being able to stand up properly whilst washing up. I haven't grin so...

Sorry if this is the wrong thread or if there are other threads of this nature (I couldn't find any in the search), please feel free to put it wherever it should go :) I've been on the plan for 5 weeks now and feeling really positive about the whole thing in a way that I haven't done on...

It's simply to set yourself a weight loss goal for the month Baby-belle. Challenges like this help keep a person focused for a manageable length of time. It's less daunting aiming to lose a small amount in a month than it is to think of how many months/years it will take to lose a few stone :)...

Thanks for that :)

Welcome Lozzie and good luck :)

a good day today GREEN day 300ml of 1% milk for coffee throughout the day 1 HE 'a' Brekkie - mushroom omelette 10.30 - apple Lunch - Leftover quorn chilli and jacket potato (1/2 syn) Dinner - Vegetarian curry thing! I had some quorn chilli left but not enough so I added a tin of...

Well done Lola :) Sometimes I think it's the NSV's that count most. It's then that the weight loss makes a real difference :)

Excellent! Thank you Joanna. I have contacted a local instructor regards starting a class next Thursday :D Dependent on how strenuous it is, there are more than enough classes in the area to do it as often as I want :)

Cheers for the encouragement, the bf says the same :) As for the advice, it's very much appreciated but I've been on SW 3 times before and have really struggled to get the weight down and each time it's been mostly the syns. I'm finding that if I can stick to approx. 5 a day (or less) that I...

I can now do the buckles up on my shoes AND BREATHE AT THE SAME TIME! :D

Why the hell not! :D Got to find me a class first but what have I got to lose |(apart from weight ;) ) by going? Besides, it'll tie-in nicely with wanting to be at goal weight by December :) LOST 0/48lbs ZUMBA 0/26 weeks

Anyone got the syns for the mushroom one?

GREEN day today 300ml of 1% milk for coffees throughout the day 1 HE 'a' Brekkie - mullerlight vanilla yogurt and a banana elevenses - large dollop of cottage cheese and fresh pineapple chunks (my favourite stand by at the mo :) ) Lunch - SW bubble and squeak, currified baked beans with...

Only lost a 1lb but it's brought my weight below 14 stone :clap: so off to to the next thread .. tata folks. Look forward to seeing you all again VERY soon :cross:

Doing rubbish with the water challange :cry: Keep forgetting to take a bottle with me and rarely have access to decent water. I WILL do bloody better next week. I had such a disappointing loss (1lb over 2 weeks) that I'm going to pull out all the stops next week..... more liquid, more body...

So, so far we have: trcy1066 (myself) 4-6lbs Ellebear 7.5lbs acc 7-8lbs Good luck girlies :)

Haha.. :D I think the only difference between our dinners tonight was that yours was finished off in the oven :)

Green day in the end, but didn't have the parmesan after all :sigh: Met the bf in town and had a latte and as I don't want to use my syns today, that's my HE 'a's used up for the day.

That sounds yummy Clara! Do you make it yourself?

I see you're from Lincolnshire Daisy. That Indian takeaway wouldn't be anywhere near Lincoln would it? :)

Any chance you want to track everyone? :) Or does it kind of all fall in to place with everyone doing their bit? I'll be happy with another 4-6lb lost for the month but ultimately, I would like to be in a size 16 whatever the weight loss.

Doing it from home works for me.... this time, and I think that's because this time I have my bf's support. I stopped going to my nearest for many reasons, one of them being that the class was so popular that it could take over an hour to weigh everyone and then she didn't have enough time to...

I know it's early days yet but has anyone started a June challenge yet? I'd love to give a challenge a go but as a fairly new person to the forums, I don't yet want the responsibility of keeping up the list. Any takers?

Homemade meatballs and pasta. I don't yet know if I'm on EE or Green, tho I have the feeling it'll be green just so that I can throw a bit of parmasen on top without sinning it ;) Naturally I'll HE the meatballs.

My favourite at the moment if I have access to a microwave is jacket potato with either baked beans or cottage cheese and pineapple. Both are free on Green days and EE, and they give you the chance to not make up your mind what plan you're going to following until tea/dinner time :D (depending...

Undecided as yet as to whether EE or Green. 300ml of 1% milk for coffee throughout day 1HE 'a' Brekkie - 2 weetabix, strawberry mullerlight and a portion of mixed berries 1HE 'b' Lunch (early due to work commitments) - jacket potato, cottage cheese and chunks of fresh pineapple 1HE 'a' 3pm...

arse!

EE Brekkie - 1/2 tin beans on 2 slices of WW Danish = 1HE 'b' 10.30 - apple 12.15 - banana 1pm - Alpen light (6 syns :( ) lunch - small jacket potato with a tin of tuna mixed into dollop of fromage frais and heaped tsp of Hellmans light mayo (2.5 syns?) 5pm - apple Dinner - lamb Rogan...

I like the options idea. I found the mullerlights disappointing. I'd rather have larger bits of chocolate but less of it, if you get my meaning. Or how about some pureed mixed berries gently swirled through it? Ooo, the creative juices are beginning to flow! :eat:

Burtons mint viscount.... I can categorically state that the syn value that you have given is most definitely wrong? How do I know this?... because there is no such thing as just 1! ;) They're a bit like Pringles... "once you pop, you can't stop" ;) :D

My cat is called Gizmo too! :D

11.30 - 1 Alpen light (1/2 HE 'b') 2.30pm - 1 pear 4pm - 1 Babybel light (3 syns) 7.30pm - white fish baked with onion, mushrooms, ginger; boiled new potatoes; cauliflower and green beans. 9.30pm - 2 ginger nuts (2.5 syns each = 5 syns) Total syns = 8

I had a friend who after drinking 2-2.5 litres a day and realising the benefits decided to up the amount he drank. At 4-5 litres a day he started feeling ill and dizzy. He quickly went back to the original amount.

Thanks ladies :) As it turns out, we didn't go for coffee, too stuffed :D I think lunch yesterday is best put behind me and forgotten :D

Fish baked with shredded leek, soy sauce and fresh ginger, new potatoes and whatever veg we have in the fridge/freezer.

LOVE the idea of freezing it!! :) Will give it a go over the half-term when I have a couple of days off. As for the choc sauce, I kinda like the idea that it's a sYn ;)

Managed my 2 litres plus yesterday :) Going to struggle today as I will have no access to a toilet for 5 hours so can't risk drinking too much before hand. I will try to make it up when I get back from work but don't want to end up peeing all night! :D Well done to everyone who's managed it...

Many thanks BeeGee :D Dinner was a success, the bf stuck rigidly to plan and right back on track this morning :) EE 300ml 1% milk throughout day Brekkie (6.30) 2 boiled eggs elevnses (10.00) mullerlight strawberry yogurt and cup of mixed berries I don't normally have a...

Hi Airyfairy :) You sound a bubbly person to be around :D I can empathise with the under-active thyroid. As well as my mum having it, my eldest daughter will do soon. At the moment she has Graves disease, a form of over active thyroid. Her thyroid is going to be removed next month and her...

I've never done one of these before but I think confession might just be good for the soul and maybe having people to talk to about the highs n lows will help make it easier to keep on track. So I'm starting this here thing with a doozey of a confession! :) EE 300ml of 1% fat milk...

Woot! Nearest to me is just 18 miles away. Many thanks :D

Have just discovered that the plastic beakers at home hold half a litre, so not doing so badly after all :D 1 down, only 3 more to go ;)

This I have to try! It sounds even better than my version. Thank you Tinytootz :D

I'm going out with my daughters at luchtime and we nearly always have a coffee somewhere, usually either Starbucks or Costa. Could someone tell me the syn values of a tall/small skinny caramel latte please?

I do something similar for a mascarpone substitute in Tiramisu. 1 tub quark 1 tub mullerlight vanilla 1 tsp vanilla extract sweetener to taste It would be fairly low in syns but I refuse to make Tiramisu without alcohol :D

You could always stick a tin of tomatoes into a liquidiser and sieve yourself afterwards. My favourite at the moment is stuffed chicken breast wrapped in lean bacon. Serve with wedges of potato that have been liberally sprinkled with grated parmesan and then roasted. Add a big salad with lots...

Just read Capricorns post and now feel soooo inadequate :jelous: Well done by the way :) My NSV is having to go out and buy new clothes in a smaller size. Belts are all well and good to keep up my jeans, but looking like I'm wearing a sack tied around the middle in a suit is NOT a good look :D

I don't eat mash very often so haven't got round to trying any light versions yet. I like the idea of mayo, and fromage frais isn't too bad but needs a bit of black pepper to give a bit of lift. Before SW I would use mostly milk and a little bit of marge... ok, a not so little bit of marge :)...

BUTTER?!!! Is swearing allowed in these forums? ;) :p

Today ended up as a rush job due to having to go into work at the last minute. Nuked potato with tuna and fromage frais.

I've found if I have the 'quick' brekkie of 2 Alpen lights and some fruit that I'm ravenous by 11. My fave brekkie at the moment is 2 eggs scrambled, a serving of baked bins, tinned tomatoes and mushrooms cooked with a little fry-lite. Keeps me going for hours. Or, as has already been...

Living in Lincoln but I guess my roots are Southampton... sort of :) Anyone else in the Lincoln area?

Well done :) I've made a great start to the water challange.... I forgot my bottle this morning! :( 3 coffees so far. Time to go fill up on water now methinks :rolleyes:

Hi all :) Joined here a year or so ago (?) but barely filled in my details before life took a turn and finally getting to grips with losing the weight again. 14 st 1/2lb at the moment :D Have decided not to weigh myself this week as I think the weight loss has slowed down a bit so when I...

The bf and I have been on SW for nigh on 4 weeks now. We used to eat out 2 or 3 times a week out of sheer laziness. Since starting the eating plan we have eaten out twice and both times it's been to Harvester. Although I'm unsure of how to syn it, I follow a basic calorie guide of no more...

My daughters are half Italian and the eldest has requested 'Timballo' for her 22nd birthday (it's a bit like lasagne but uses pancakes instead of pasta sheets [it's traditionally made at Easter]) and was concerned by the syns in the pancakes. I shall try these instead and will report back on...

Loving it too :) Today is the start of the 4th week this time round, the longest I've stuck it! I have thew bf on board this time which is helping a lot. Lost 11lb so far :D The food bill has doubled but we are eating LOADS and I've enjoyed cooking again, even tho most days it really is a...

Chicken breast stuffed with Laughing Cow extra light triangle and garlic wrapped in lean bacon, parmasen wedgie potatoes and assorted steamed vegetables followed by lemon cheesecake. 7.5 syns in total (6 for the cheesecake :eek: ), worth every one :D I have been stuffed foe over an hour now...

I'll join you Nettie :) The recent increase in migraines is a sure sign I've not been drinking enough so doing this might make me think more about it. It's so easy to get through a busy a day and realise I've only had 2 or 3 drinks (coffee usually) all day. Good luck :)

YES!! :D Thank you soooo much for this. I did a lemon cheesecake today using ginger nuts. The syns are hefty and I now have half a cheesecake sat on the side screaming to be eaten. :cry: I had wondered about the Alpen bars but didn't want to spend the money on a possible disaster. I...

Already lost 4lb since I joined the forums a week ago!! A first for me... woo-hoo! :bliss:

Not entirely sure of what I am doing as new to these forums. I thought I had added over the weekend... ho-hum, here goes for 2nd time lucky :) sueschoices - aiming for 8lbs off Sweet Pink - Aiming for 14lb loss (1.5lbs off)[/COLOR] Clairex - Aiming for 11lb off rh00by - aiming for 9lb...

Add me too please. Going to go for a 'safe' 4lb to start with. Tracy 4lbs Irene 4 lb Riotgrrrrl 6lbs CherrySummer 6lbs Sucette 6lbs fatal 6 lbs Pinkyfluff 7lbs hedon tracy 8lbs JoeJoe 6lbs Sharkbait1983 7lbs Smirky 5lbs

I am currently under investigation for Gallbladder problems and as soon as I found out that the excruciating pain I was/am enduring may be my Gallbladder I did a Google search to see what I could do re self-help. Cutting out fat has been a definite help. Eating little but often also helps as...

... would be the best way to describe my dieting habits. I do believe it's also a way of saying 'hello' amongst the youth of today also. so 'hi' and 'hello' :D I managed to lose a stone earlier this year and through one thing and another, dropped out of SLimming World. Fortunately, for...