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  1. custardlipstick

    Strongest low fat cheddar cheese?

    I am quite fussy about cheeses and at the moment am addicted to Pilgrims lighter as it really tastes like cheese! When it first came out it was constantly on offer too but sadly no more :( I had 6 blocks in my fridge at one point!x
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    woman of the year awards

    Having recieved my competition file this week, I can agree with Cara. For your height your highest weight entry would be 13 1 and you have to have lost more than 3st. Think your consultant may have misunderstood and took the bmi of 25 and not the heighest entry weight. Hope that helps xx
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    Stickers as motivation

    My dad said to me the other week "How old are you?! Your getting excited about stickers?" but I pointed out that 3 in one week is a mission and I succeeded so why not be excited! Love collecting them :D
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    Book or online? Who do you believe?

    That is from the jan 2011 food optimising book and cant find my directory!!
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    Book or online? Who do you believe?

    Brill thank you! Got people disagreeing with me and when I have even paid to ring up and get told that its right online it annoys me :P In books it states 1 level tbsp cocoa is 2.5 syns yet online it states 1 level tbsp cocoa is 1 syn Putting values in the calc you get the book value...
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    Book or online? Who do you believe?

    I was always told that online was more up-to-date than the books so if it differs, follow online. I have come up with something that differs and the online value seems a little odd... So which would you follow? I even rang up the hotline and they told me to go with online! Ill tell ya what it...
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    Deathly Hallows

    8.30 tonight! Will be the second film I have watched by my bday (they like july! EEEXXXXXXCIIIIIIIITEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDD!!!!! Sorry couldnt hold it in ;) x
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    How strict are you?

    I am a second timer too having done rather well and putting it all back on. I couldnt get motivated propperlly until I forced myself to write everything down. Rejoined in Jan and lost 7lbs and in 3 weeks that all went back on as I stopped counting. I made myself sit down and plan and keep a...
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    Thursday Weighers

    I lost 4lbs last night and got my 2st award!! Very please, also for the first time got told yesterday by someone who didnt know I was slimming that I looked good!! Made me very pleased :D Just looked back through this thread and cant believe that your consultant said that to you Sadie!! That...
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    I thought this was amusing :)

    I have lost an average 2 year old, a human brain and half a guinea pig!!! :D hehe
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    Height issues

    My dr told me I shrank!!! Was no where near impressed. Have since been measure in serveral places and they all measure me as something different. I am sticking with 5'7 as I like it :D
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    If you need motivation, read this!!

    This is brilliant. Hope you dont mind me stealing it!!! Very true and accurate points there x
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    I am going to become a consultant *screeeam*

    Thats awful!! We were always told during teacher training, dont talk about the kids as you dont know who their dad/brother/cousin is and they could be serving you/sat behing you etc and you could end up in serious trouble! That really is horrible of her, there is having a gossip and then the...
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    I am going to become a consultant *screeeam*

    Thank you ALL for the brilliant comments, as most of you have said andAnnaFarady put so well, treating them all as individuals is important. My consultant saids out a weekly text and sometimes its a generic "Im thinking about you, hope your behaving" text but its written in a nice poem and it...
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    Healthy Eating Into Your 80's

    Brilliant! Will be sharing with OH when I get home :D
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    I am going to become a consultant *screeeam*

    Thanks hun!! Due to lots of moving I have been to lots of groups, one of which organised a monthly walk which I loved as it was a great excuse to go somewhere you had never been before. LOVE the santa dash idea but maybe next year. I always get involved as a member but I now get to organise...
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    I am going to become a consultant *screeeam*

    Found out yesterday, I have been accepted to become a consultant!! I am so excited and I am offically allowed to say I will be taking over the Carmel group near Holywell (n.wales) in mid sept. So I was just wondering, what to you makes a great group and are there any which stand out as...
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    Tesco Simply Cook Range

    The one syn lager still is one syn... And the only thing I can assume with the honey glazed gammon is that due to the syns being spread as it is meant to serve several people, not just one then it becomes minimal. SW's rounding does make me laugh. Not sure on the others but all they do its put...
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    I want to be overweight!!!

    How come every BMI calculator in the world puts me at under 30 yet SW puts me at EXACTLY 30?! I am still telling myself that I am now "overweight" having been "obese" for last 18 months. Will definately get under than 30 next week but grrrrr. Going to an opportunity evening tonight, rather...
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    Calling all teachers please :)

    Hey Laura, Congrats!! I finished my pgce last year but was unlucky and didnt get a job until january and am really struggling to get one for september :( There just arent any coming up so getting an interview is a brilliant start!! Go in fully planned but with several back up plans if that...
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    Green Days Wahoo, WI!

    Wow thats truely brilliant!! Well done, bet you feel so glad you joined up now :) SW is the best thing in the whoooooole world. I have 1.5lbs to go until I am "overweight" instead of "obese". I know a lot of people rubbish BMI, its not perfect but its nice to move along catergories!! lol xx
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    why didnt I get slimmer of the month?

    Jenxy is correct, the first week weight loss is halved which is why I missed SOTM by 0.25 of a lb last month :( Was gutted! There is always next month :) I still argue that SOW should go to the person who lost the most, lost or maintained the week before and STAYED to group but others disagree...
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    Thinking of giving up :-(

    I have a friend who has PCOS and she has tried literally every diet going and never been able to loose weight, except with SW. Yes it is slow, but if it is coming off that is at least the right direction. What would you do if you stopped doing sw though? As surely its better to keep loosing that...
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    I can't moooooooooooove...

    After work I am definately buying chickpeas :D Sounds gorgeous!
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    Buying the Slimming World magazine

    New one is due out in shops on 14th July (If I remember correctly.. knew it was around my bday) so you do tend to find the two weeks before its due they dont restock as they are waiting for the new one. Should be in groups the week before xx
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    FernXx- Starting All Over Again.

    Brilliant!!! Your firmly back on track and at such a hard time :) Truely amazing hun xxx
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    FernXx- Starting All Over Again.

    Good luck for WI and your doing fantastic so dont let anyone tell you otherwise :) xx
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    Sausages

    I know the morrisons Eat Smart sausages are 0.5 syns from the chiller but no so sure on "Smart price" which ill be asdas cheapo sausages which I would imagine are full of fat! Eat Smart Cumberland Pork Sausages, 60% Less Fat, 8 pack, chilled, 57g each ½
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    Syn free SW "angel delight"

    Dunno why but im my house this is called blamonge (sp?!) and just so you know, the hartleys jelly sachets are 1.5syns not 0.5 hun but still worth it! Orange jelly and the orange with chocolate sprinkles is my fave x
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    FernXx- Starting All Over Again.

    Hey hun, just wanted to remind you that your a star and doing absolutely amazingly!!! Also I did it, got 3lbs!!! See sig for all the awards I got this week :D I am so happy xx
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    From 14 stone to 13 stone

    Sorry people, I am now leaving you!! Got my 3lbs and got 4 stickers in one week!!! 1.5st award, club 10, smily face for next st down AND sow!! So I hope to see you all in the 13's soon :D only 4lbs to loose to get half way though the 13's! I am on fire xx
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Hiya folks! Realise I havent been around here for ages but been really busy... dont worry though! Im now slimmer than I was this time last year :) good start! (see ticker underneither). I have found what really helps though is my facebook page I have started, I post pics of teas daily along...
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    OH on board

    Me and my OH do EE together as it makes both of us happy. I weigh in group, he weighs on wii and we have SOW at home between of us as if hes on track he looses LOADS of weight grrrr but ive won for last 6 weeks lol it really does help having support when your at home really stuggling!xx
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    xenical and slimmingworld

    Ahh I thought it might be! Knew there was one stronger than Ali but didnt know the name and after hearing of the side effects would run a mile!! Yes SW is low fat but I spend my syns on chocolate which is definately not low fat hehe and dont think the two would combine. I have lost nearly 1.5st...
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    xenical and slimmingworld

    Is Xenical a diet boost like ali or something? Sorry never heard of it before! I find SW works pretty well for me when I try so dont need to take anything else!x
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    FernXx- Starting All Over Again.

    "If your pre-pregnancy weight was in the healthy range for your height (a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9), you should gain between 25 and 35 pounds, gaining 1 to 5 pounds in the first trimester and about 1 pound per week for the rest of your pregnancy for the optimal growth of your baby." : Pregnancy...
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    From 14 stone to 13 stone

    Thursday! So got 3 more days to eat loads of SF and drink tons of water to bag that 3lbs. I seem to be having one good loss then one small but over two weeks are amazing and lost 1lb last week so hoping this is my good loss week to get me all my stickers :) I am like a child!
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    Confidence has been knocked :-(

    Thats a horrible thing for him to say!!! I have learnt the hard way that when people say things like that its normally because they have issues of their own, not neccessarily weight but are jealous you have manage to stick at something and be successful! You have dont brilliantly so far!!! And...
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    From 14 stone to 13 stone

    I only have half a pound to go and ill be in the 13's!! I have not seen the 13's since christmas 2009 :( I am aiming for 3lbs this week though as then I will get 3 stickers at once: smily face for next stone down (my consultant does this - dont think any others do but I love it!), 1.5st award...
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    FernXx- Starting All Over Again.

    Heya Fern! I just wanted to say how amazingly you are doing :) You are a true inspiration and having met you I can verify this is definately true. You know that I put my weight back on and it is SUCH a hard thing to admit so I know how truely brave and hard it is to be completely honest. I spend...
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    Body used to SW?

    Have you tried slightly smaller portion sizes?? And I meant slightly!! When I got near my original target it really slowed down but I realised I was eating the exact same quantities as I was 5st heavier!! My body didnt need all that food, when i recipe said one portion, I ate one portion and...
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    My name is Britt...

    Its took a while but you have to realise that its not healthy!!! lol you arent going to go the rest of your life weighing every morning, so why do you need to do it now?! (is the way I look at it) I will admit I weigh most mornings but only when I remember so 2-3 times a week, normally monday...
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    A bit of a midweek pick me up!

    Did you watch the vid? I just saw it and though when she was in the bath as a bit of a OMG moment and wanted people to have the choice but wasnt quite sure how to word it.... absolutely love the song and it is meaning so much to me everytime it plays on the radio - bit like adeles someone like...
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    success express

    Beegee, In my opinion you are correct. Dont think were really meant to discuss the plans at all but we still do!! As you said FF isnt really meant to be talked about unless its between you and your consultant. SE - its bit like EE. You however you have 1/3 "free" foods and 2/3 superfree...
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    A bit of a midweek pick me up!

    It does not matter where you are on your journey, whether you still have a lot to loose or are at target. You are all special!! As a country, we are quicker to see the negative than the positive, for example "I am not at my target weight therefore I feel unhappy about this". HOWEVER, on monday...
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    Facebook?

    Tried to add the most recently offered people - debtmummy your link doesnt work and i couldnt find you. I have put a F button under my pic too x
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Using my detective powers, I think I know who you are :) You are an inspiration yourself!! Done absolutely brilliantly xx
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    Extra Easy i cant find this info anywhere,can some1 help please?lol xx

    Cup a Soup & Crunch, Creamy Chicken with Sage & Onion Croutons, dried, 34g sachet 10½ 10½ 10½ Cup a Soup Extra, Cheese & Broccoli with Tagliatelle, dried, 36g...
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Hey Luverick, thanks for the supportive words! I think I fell out of love with SW, even though in my heart it was still there. Became a love/hate thing! Although I now have the motivation to goooooo for it! Full steam ahead :) Do I have you on fb? I do not know who you are sorry! Just because...
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Im back!! Sorry for not replying to the above posts, I was at a very low point then. And over 3 weeks managed to put on the 7lbs I lost! Im not proud but there is no point lying about it. It has took alot of soul searching and tears but I now feel like im on the right path! I have a friend from...
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    That one thing you want to fit into...

    This dress! Got a wedding in sept and I want to wear this. Its a size 12 and 100% silk was really expensive from monsoon and never worn! I am currently a 18/16 and know if I loose 3-4 stone I should fit into it. Keeping fingers crossed!
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    heading for a gain :(

    Well done for the loss!! Sometimes we are better than we actually think. I am like you and jump on and off the scales though, and sometimes im my own worse enemy. Mine tend to weigh 1lb less than groups and last night said that I had maintained which was good as I was expecting a gain all week...
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    Clarification pls,, can you save Syns?

    Ok this is copied straight off the sw website as of 2 seconds ago: "At Slimming World we don't recommend that you save all your Syns up for the week, just so you can have a few drinks on a Saturday night. Depriving yourself throughout that week is like putting yourself in a tight corset...
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    SAS

    Its called Slimmers Against Sabotage (sp's?!) and its like a more indept food diary. You fill in EVERYTHING you eat and whether its syned/free, is it weighed, did you plan on eating it etc etc so the idea is you can pick up on things which may show where you are going off plan. I did it for a...
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    What are you doing RIGHT now...........?

    Im screaming at the printer!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (if you live near n.wales you may even be able to hear me!!)
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    Inspiration wall/door

    Thanks again, would help if i could make the sodding printer work!! Grrrrrrr :deadhorse:
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    Sick Unsure why?!

    Its possible that there was something nasty which has transfered from the packaging. I try to be careful but after 3 years in uni thankfully my stomach seems to be quite hardy. My aunty got really sick once from eating tinned soup, after she stopped throwing up she looked at the tin and there...
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    Inspiration wall/door

    I have a size 12 dress monsoon i brought last year, for 100 quid :O 100% silk and i love the pattern. Never warn!! and im hoping to shrink into it. Will need to loose 3 stone minimum by sept, thats doable if i try!!
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    Inspiration wall/door

    Thanks ladies, I now have something to aim for - wedding in sept not mine though! So ive got a picture of the dress i want to wear, and pics of me at target. If i saw a picture of me now i think i would cry! Hate my self for putting the weight back on and need a kick up the backside so going to...
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    Inspiration wall/door

    I am trying to create an inspiration "cupboard" and so far have lots of pictures and stuff but was wondering do you have one? If so what is on it? I know lots of ladies round her have great poems and sayings, was hoping to pinch some ideas! Thanks x
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    Discount voucher

    I have just got a coupon through which is free membership if you buy a 12 week coundown! Its from my old consultant so have an ask around as you may be able to find one of these x
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    Personality???

    I found I would stop making the "im a happy fat person" jokes and instead showed off my true colours and that im actually a nice person rather than a complete jealous female dog!! Now ive put the weight back on my confidence is in the gutter but I cant wait to get it back as I rememeber feeling...
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    Mince

    Extra lean beef mince is, and im sure its lean turkey that is. Free on red and EE that is. HTH x
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    Abandoned puppies.

    I am so glad they have found good homes! I recently got two kitties who had been given to cat protection at 4 weeks with "I dont want them, kill them for all I care" as a parting phrase which is even written on the documentation!! Personally I dont understand how anyone can do anything like...
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    Does your career affect your diet??

    Lol, love my job... but its killing my diet!
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    Could someone take change of my finances please?

    Thanks for the kind replies but its not my actual shop thats the problem!! Sorry im just in a fowl mood, (see diary for why if interested) its petrol stations that are becoming my downfall, as there is one by work which isnt chip and pin and im using so much i have to fill up all the time...
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    Could someone take change of my finances please?

    It would stop me buying junk at least!!
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Oh god I feel like crying. This is kind of nothing to do with weight loss but I needed to moan to someone and my OH would just make me feel worse - unintentionally. As you prob guess by the title, im a teacher, and currently im teaching over an hour away from where i live so the travelling...
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    Goodbye insulin FOREVER!

    Thats fantastic news! SW really does create miricles :) well done x
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    Josie bb10 - lost 3 stone really?!!

    To me she looks about my height, im 5'7, and im 16/18 at 15 stone, so i do think her starting weight is a little high, but shes not lost 3 stone! Grrr its worse lying about it than the photoshopping lol then again it is the mags/press who are saying it not her :P
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    Parking ticket

    That sounds like a stupid reason to get a ticket!! My next door neighbours everyday drive their kids to school, and im not joking when i say its 5 minutes walk down the SAME road! Its at the bottom of our road and the road is always jammed with cars away so there is just no point! I can...
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    Josie bb10 - lost 3 stone really?!!

    Im not saying i cant see a difference, and i do love josie but to me the difference looks like shes just toned up a bit more. Not 3 stone... I have well over 3 stone to loose and hope its more noticable! Dont know where they got those numbers from anyway...
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    LOL!!

    LOL!
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    Josie bb10 - lost 3 stone really?!!

    Now normally i can spot weight loss instantly, but 3 stone, well you would expect to see a big difference! I cant.... hope this doesnt seem mean but can anyone else see where its gone from?! lol Big Brother star Josie Gibson shows off slimmer bikini figure | Mail Online
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    Don't Tell The Bride

    I looked into doing this however they werent after applications at the time. How exciting!!! I know I would end up with fancy dress or something though so decided against it. ooooo good luck!!xx
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    M&S Anti-cellulite control pants - anyone tried them?

    Oh god bloody hope not! Not that this has ever happened before... do find I get hot wearing them though. Now im scared... haha
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    its a miracle!

    Wow £7, was it worth it? :P Day I passed my driving test went all the way up to trafford centre and brough one dress in the sale, and a necklase and drove all the way back! Felt so special :D Cant stand the place at weekends drives me mad! x
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    32 books down, 34 to go! To mark that is. Decided today, that honesty really is the best policy. Being dishonest with yourself is not going to help you get anywhere you want to/need to. For example with loosing weight. Took me a few months but I have finally admitted to myself that I have put...
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    M&S Anti-cellulite control pants - anyone tried them?

    Haha, im sure with a lottery win I would consider surgery!! I tried spanxs on my photoshoot and they were brilliant!! At the time I got 300 quid for a course I went on for free and didnt know I was getting so was a treat really but cant afford it now. These have bits for the tops of your legs...
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    Cooking onions - Causes Syns?

    Is that the one which has poppy seeds or something? Seeds are not free x
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    How you look after weight loss!

    One lady in my group who had lost 10 stone, said it took her over a year after target to believe it was true. She would look in the mirror but not see it, obviously see she was smaller but still see problems. She then would walk past shop windows and go "whos is that reflection?" kind of thing...
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    Confessions of a Failing Dieter

    Love jambalaya! Its now known as Jam bagger in our house however as my dyslexic OH wrote this on our shopping list ;) I have a huge sweet tooth too, so will be keeping an eye on your diary x
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    Self indulgent thread sorry just so excited.

    I thought rep was meant to be a positive thing, so surely thats got to be nice? As in you are a giver. If not ignore them as you are doing something brilliant hunny, and no one can deny that! xx
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    M&S Anti-cellulite control pants - anyone tried them?

    Just brought some, lost my spanxs! Oh how I miss my spanxs. These were 30 quid rather than 70 however, and claim that they have embedded vit E, aloe vera and caffeine to "slim and tone" and smooth skin... Sounds far to good to be true. Anyone got them? Otherwise I am a trial and will let you...
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    i emailed sw asking about an iphone app lol....

    The app is great, I have the android one though but once you know where everything is, everything yourll need is on there! Took me a while to get used to, and 3 days to realise how to log in, but all the forums are on there and makes great lunch time reading :)
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    where are you from and where is ur meeting?

    I live just outside Chester, and go to a group down the road in Buckley. There are several around me but this one suits me for the day, time and the consultant rocks!!
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    Nightmares

    Your definately not alone. When young I had a reaccuring dream of this dog popping out of a bin while walking down an ally with my grandad and it would just bark and bark till i work up screaming!! Then about 3 years ago i had the same dream my dad drove off a cliff in a white van and it was all...
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Thanks Em! I do find that its easy to slip off sometimes as it just feels like normal life! Far too good to be true, but its remembering that one meal off plan doesnt mean a whole week. Im hoping to keep by my mini targets in my sig, so far so good. Make sure you write everything down and it...
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    decarb

    Thanks for putting the science behind my claims! To me SW should be a natural diet. Lots of things to try before pills. Unfortuantely if this is a joke it went straight over my blonde head! I really need to become smarter *bashes head against wall*
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    Holiday recommendations

    I have only ever flown once, so can only recommend one hotel which I went to via thomas cook except I cant find the hotel on their website now!! Ciutat Jardi Hotel Reviews and Photos, Palma de Mallorca, Spain - TripAdvisor If you look under views mine is the first that comes up (kirsty1688)...
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    decarb

    Do you do a food diary or go to a group? If you do has your Consultant had a look, and if not post it on here and let people have a look. Sometimes it can be a really small thing which can change from a maintain to loss. It may be something else other than carbs like bread, could be hundreds of...
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    decarb

    Oh right! that sounds odd idea. On sw, you are allowed free foods freely, and I was a green day girl and would go mad over carbs but still managed to loose weight well, and still do now on EE with plenty of carbs. Have your weight losses slowed down which is why you looked at this? I would...
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    Help me choose my target weight!

    My OH is 6 2, but has no fat on him anywhere except his stomach! Real beer belly, he can get down to 11 7 but looks too skinny but still has a huge belly! He has tried sit ups etc, not properlly mind you, but that does seem to move it. So he hovers at around 12 even though for his height thats...
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    decarb

    May sound stupid but what is it?!
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    Needed a laugh...

    Haha! brill x
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    I had a very deserved glass of wine last night after a long week! Oooh it felt good! Diet and wine?! How does that work!! Bf has left me again, and someone/thing has just knocked on the door and I went to answer it and no one was there! So now im really really scared, dont like being on my own...
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Monday was soooo long! * week started bad on sunday so got nothing done and felt like rubbish which meant I had loads to catch up on monday morning, then on tuesday I have my worst group evern :( Well done witht he 4 1/2 pounds!! Matching me so far ;) Keep it up hunny, you can do it!x
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Haha sounds like your repeating my diary ;) I prefer doing the maths side as Im a bit mad and like that side, and I think your brave for doing primary!! But good luck, training is a stressful year but you need to be organised, and doing things like soup these last few weeks has helped me LOADS...
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    Self indulgent thread sorry just so excited.

    Your doing something brilliant! i remember years ago when little I said that there was no way I was not gona breast feed my kids, and was told "you dont know what your on about" but with people out there like you to help support people who are struggling in my opinion there should be no excuses...
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    Thursday Weighers

    To join the club, 2.5lbs off!! So 1/2 stone in 2 weeks :) x
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    Periods & Chocolate

    I have read that there is a scientific reason why you want chocolate/sweet things. Something to do with what ever is in "it" that you lose, means your body needs sugar. Really scientific that explanation I know ;) Anyways Zennon, was * week this week, sat-today and lost 2.5lbs! I would call...
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Cant believe its been 4 days since I was here. My monday and tuesdays are very busy and stressful, had one lad trying to harm himself because I moved him seats! Teaching is so much fun. Anyways, I have avoided birthday cake and biscuits, starting to think every tuesday before the meeting im...
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    Time of the month

    Your lucky! All i want is chocolate. Custard is a nickname and lipsty is what my name comes up as in predictive text so ended up being a good username! I did two days in primary and couldnt hack it! The older ones are much better but cant deal with the neediness lol thankfully ive not been...
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    Time of the month

    OK, well I personally dont. I know if I have gained/maintained/lost less its because I didnt syn those extra bits of chocolate I snook in there. However, I know a poor lady who every week before * week would gain 3lbs and didnt matter what she did, however she would manage to loose on average...
  105. custardlipstick

    Did anyone gain weight when increasing exercise?

    Yeah, my C always pointed out that you will be building muscle but the type of exercise most of us will do is fat burning, not muscle building so this is just an excuse. Muscle is thicker density than fat but you need alot more of it to make a difference. However, I think it has been show...
  106. custardlipstick

    Special k

    and they are full of sugar x
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    Feeling sad

    I cant add anything better than what has already been said, ignore the horrible *******, they are not worth it. I know how your feeling though, as the rumor went round my work ages ago I was pregnant when I wasnt so for days I had people and customers even congratulating me and commenting on how...
  108. custardlipstick

    Weight gains through not eating enough?

    Bump, some good points and there is alot of talk about this on the board at the minute. Im not sure I agree with the idea of "starvation mode" as it always seems to be used as an excuse for not following the plan correctly in my experience ie no heX's or v.low syns.
  109. custardlipstick

    Eating out advice

    Do you know where you are going? If you put up what type of place it would be, people might be able to make a few suggestions :D hope that helps x
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    Extra Easy My pain of a husband!!!

    I would follow this advice ;) Also, at least if he eats the whole box there are none left for you to eat! No idea how bad the syns would be for them x
  111. custardlipstick

    What does STS mean?

    HTH - hope that helped!! Thats my fav :)
  112. custardlipstick

    Shall i leave group & do this at home?

    I need the group and weekly weigh-in, I tried it by myself for 4 weeks and put on every week! But on the other hand, my mom did it at home for 5 months and lost 3 stone. All depends on your motivation. Things like here and fb are great for support, I suggest if you do decide to weigh at home you...
  113. custardlipstick

    I need your input on my hairdo!!!

    I think dos like that do look better on people with slim faces, which you have! You both have similar faces, and ive always loved her hair too but not brave enough to do something that short. Could you not try and style it like that first? See what you think and then have it cut like that. You...
  114. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Haha! Dont think they will want be on the cover again, but it means when im older I have something to show the kids and when I become a consultant I can go - I am a success TWICE!! lol TA's do get a really tough deal, my mom is an lsa and they seem to get dumped with everything teachers dont...
  115. custardlipstick

    This will work!

    Good luck lancsgirl! (I went to uni in preston - miss it so much!) I have 5 stone to loose and hope to get at least 3 off by summer (as you can see in my sig!) I have heard that the cambridge diet works wonders but I know I wouldnt be able to cope with it! My aunty did it, lost like 8 stone and...
  116. custardlipstick

    Slimsticks!!!!

    Jenny I agree with your point completely, as you say, if they get pregnant there are not the provision to have abortions etc so end up with more mouths to feed than they can. I was told a while ago that there are people out there trying to educate people in africa on how to use certain methods...
  117. custardlipstick

    Help - Aliens!!

    Im lipsty which is where my username comes from, but "apparently" book started to mean cool for this reason although if I ever heard a student of mine say "thats book" I think I would need serious words being a literal mathematican.
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    Here i am! *waves* - Brewin'a'Baby & Staying Slim! 2011 xx

    Aww that aint good! You should definately go get some more tablets if you run out, you cant put up with that its not nice. I had a dream jsut after you found out you were pregnant that I was giving birth and it hurt so much my bottom half quite literally exploded!!! I am blaiming you for putting...
  119. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    So its sunday, day of rest - my arse! Totm kicking in really bad round middle of asda GREAT! Then got home and went to sleep. Got tons to do grrr. While out decided I fancied wraps, knew asda did some wholewheat ones for 4.5 syns but got there and couldnt find any! Rubbish I thought - how...
  120. custardlipstick

    Help - Aliens!!

    Haha what phone do you have? Its either aliens or those pesky children/partners/friends/parents/siblings. OR a squirel climbed in through your window, walked all the way over to your phone, decided I know how to push buttons - tadar! ;)
  121. custardlipstick

    I have just had the shock of my life!!

    See I only actuallyhad one jug and it was a small plastic one, so this one weighs g/oz and then on the side has ml and cups - cups!! so I can do american recipes now too lol I dont think its worth the 20 quid, it was cheaper than that before christmas so i would say keep an eye out but so far...
  122. custardlipstick

    I have just had the shock of my life!!

    My mom got me one from Amazon, I saw it and that it was ace - link on #5 comment. Glad that I noticed this, and so glad my friend told me. Suppose some portions could be x3 and if you were having a special treat on something higher syn like sweet and sour (my fav!) then double or triple that...
  123. custardlipstick

    Periods & Chocolate

    Even less! It always was!! The must have changed the bar or made it smaller, its now even better!! Galaxy Bar, 46g bar 12½ all plans
  124. custardlipstick

    Hey newbie

    Hey hun, I only joined here a few weeks ago but its a great place to waste time on! If you click on the link in my sig there is my diary with a bit more info about me. I to have an unhealthy attitute to food, something which im slowly trying to change. This can be our years, with a little...
  125. custardlipstick

    gotta stop buying "bars"..

    4 alpen lights is 10 syns thats amost a whole chocolate bar! much more enjoyable like karen said! Im trying to use my syns on things i want not think i want ;)
  126. custardlipstick

    Blog?

    Have your tired blogspot.com? Most people I know use that one or there is wordpress buts its not quite as user friendly. Hope that helps x
  127. custardlipstick

    liquid in slow cookers..how much

    Most the recipes I have used had been off the slow cooker thread here so got less liquid in already. I make sure I only just cover everything, and then if there is still too much, take the lid off turn up to high for around half hour and it really reduces amount of liquid but it would need...
  128. custardlipstick

    Periods & Chocolate

    But why does having chocolate mean falling off the wagon? Allow the chocolate you want, as Jen said curley wurleys are ace as they last longer, or put it in the fridge, doesnt melt as quickly, but count it. This allows you to stay in control and stops that "ive messed up so i might as well...
  129. custardlipstick

    A "helpful" link

    How To Avoid Trapped Arm Whilst Cuddling In Bed (Dating Humor) :D its not very long and amusing - i like the last idea
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    Here i am! *waves* - Brewin'a'Baby & Staying Slim! 2011 xx

    Hey Fern, hows the sickeness going?? x
  131. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Haha! If I eat too much chocolate I feel ill but I dont think it makes me ill!! I took in tub of pasta with bit of salad one day and got told it looked too healthy... i honestly couldnt win unless I sat there eating maccy ds everyday! I was begining to think that it was my dept who just liked...
  132. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Yeah, dried fruit and nuts are really shocking! But its the idea that you can eat alot more of it and so its got syns on it for that reason. Sounds like your doing the right thing. Because I only started in jan they dont know that I act any differently so I'm lucky so far. They just put up with...
  133. custardlipstick

    New to minimins

    Hey, look like your loosing well without our help! I'm fairly new here, but got a diary on the go and the folks are friendly :) let us know how your getting on x
  134. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    You go girl!(?)! lol If you have read the whole of my diary (unlikely i dont mind as i do twitter on!) I havent told them Im on a diet and I want to try and keep it that way. You stay strong and dont let them encourage you to cave and you will succeed :D x
  135. custardlipstick

    The fat irishman

    Hahahahahaha oh i do like!
  136. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    I have found it better this week, but I know it sounds silly but I am always trying to have food on my, yogs or bananas etc to go "im eating this just now, then ill see" kinda thing. its complete lying but it might work. I found going to the loo on tuesday worked well cuz i missed the first...
  137. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    I have had one of those little bottles of roses, went far too quickly but at least there is no more! (approx 6.5 syns) a malteser bunny (8) love them! Dont know if you saw my post in the main forum but I had chicken chow mein, my fav, and got home, weighted it and its 7 syns for 380g serving...
  138. custardlipstick

    Whats your new SW food discovery??

    I really dont like the ww sausages, but i have heard people rave about them. to me they are not a sausage, they are just pretending. which reminds me - joes order from my group next week woop!
  139. custardlipstick

    I have just had the shock of my life!!

    i got the jug for christmas and its ace cuz you just poor in rice and thats it! lol but if you have a home bargains/b&m bargins they have them for around 6 quid, and they are worth it! how dya know what 28g of cheese it?
  140. custardlipstick

    gotta stop buying "bars"..

    Ooo i know that feeling with hifi and alpen bars, for the syns you can have chocolate or wine! lol When i first did sw every week, without a doubt one woman would eat 4 hifi bars while everyone else was getting weight and didnt understand why she wasnt loosing...
  141. custardlipstick

    I have just had the shock of my life!!

    Digital scales rock! Along with digital jugs (see link) but like cupcake said, I always assumed never bothered weighing. http://www.amazon.co.uk/eKitch-Large-Digital-Measuring-kitchen/dp/B003EKCRUY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295123637&sr=8-1
  142. custardlipstick

    I have just had the shock of my life!!

    OH has left me so thought I would treat myself to a 7 syn chicken chow mein (average portion 380g), I got home and for first time in 18 months I weighed it and it was just over 700g!! Now I know an extra 7 syns wouldnt kill me but I never realised it would be so much over when I've be counting...
  143. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Exactly! I threw out all by big clothes bar one pair of jeans, but now im working i need stuff to wear again and everything i own is 10/12 and im not 16/18!!! Im hoping I can loose it even faster than last time, as I did it while in uni and had several weeks off due to holidays so overall too 18...
  144. custardlipstick

    Something to motivate you over the weekend :)

    Thanks Donzy, I loved it! even better than the "only a pound" Im thinking of printing it and putting it in my diary :)
  145. custardlipstick

    Food as a treat or reward

    Thats such a sad but motivating story. When I was 14 my friend was diagnosed as annorexic and at the time I was following her lead! That was the only time in my life I felt in control like you said. I'm so glad SW has give you the control you needed to try and beat your food demons. I know it...
  146. custardlipstick

    Does being ill affect your losses?

    It depends whats wrong with me, if its just cold kinda of ill I tend to eat less and will lose but not as much as a normal good week. I find that I need alot of water and retain it while im ill so i put alot of it down to this. If its a tummy bug type illness I tend to just want junk which...
  147. custardlipstick

    Food as a treat or reward

    I can understand this fully too. From childhood our treat would be on chocolate, then 2 for lunch and 2 after, then we ended up with a icecream tub full of chocolates for us to use and treat ourselves to when ever we wanted. I was incouraged to eat them! This didnt help as I never feel full...
  148. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Haha dont worry about it!! Its funny when you find someone who is in the exact same situation and think thats me! We are all alot more a like than we think ;) My OH knows SW inside out, his mom is the reason I joined! He did it kind of in uni, but would have no syns all week, just lean meat -...
  149. custardlipstick

    SW magazine?

    Its normally out just over a week before shops, so consultants will prob get them sometime this week to sell this week/next depending on group days. I know my old consultant always had deliveries friday and group on thursday!
  150. custardlipstick

    confession time

    Agree with Michelle above, it doesnt matter what diet everyone else does, and whether its the most amazing diet in the world! If you cant follow and stick to it, then its not for you. SW personally, fits into my lifestyle and allows me to eat and eat and eat, something I love doing!! Good luck...
  151. custardlipstick

    Green Day Easy Creamy Pasta

    Love tabasco! Its great on Pizza but this sounds gorgeous :D
  152. custardlipstick

    Do you have your Syns?

    If i counted day by day it would go like this (starting thursday - small treat syned) 8 2 10 10 2 3 2 if i allowed myself maximum 10 at weekend and thats 37 syns!! That is not enough for the week, so I will sometimes go out deliberately to get something, like wine to spend syns on! Some weeks...
  153. custardlipstick

    Do you have your Syns?

    Couldn't have put it better!!
  154. custardlipstick

    Periods & Chocolate

    I posted this earlier http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/186598-something-motivate-you-over-weekend.html and it will hopefully make sence to you :) I know when its my totm all I want is galazy, doesnt matter what I try to trick my brain with thats all it wants! So now I make my OH buy a...
  155. custardlipstick

    The wanderer returns

    You seem really motivated, and having something to aim for always helps! I have only told close friend and OH I'm restarting, (as my diary explains) for same reasons. Hope all goes well for ya hun x
  156. custardlipstick

    KFC Chicken done the SW way

    Its fine to boil them, then take the skin off. I find it easier to pull off after they have cooked and cooled a little. For example, you can cook a chicken with skin on, then take it off and eat chicken. SW suggest you take it off first not to be tempted to eat it but you can cook with it on...
  157. custardlipstick

    Do you have your Syns?

    I start out with 70 a week, knowing these have to last the week but problem is during the week unless I try, I only use 2-4 syns for things like ketchup, squirty cream, chuckney so I do roll them over. eg. had 7 yesterday, on little bit of chocolate, and yog so have 63 left for week, already...
  158. custardlipstick

    saturday night snacks

    I like: Snack a Jacks Popcorn, Butter Toffee, 35g bag 7½ all plans Snack a Jacks Popcorn, Chocolate, 35g bag 6½ all plans Taste nice but you dont get alot. I tend to do a selection of savoury things including pickled onions, dips with breadsticks or veg sticks, and then some fruit like...
  159. custardlipstick

    Something to motivate you over the weekend :)

    When you’ve eaten too much and you can’t write it down, And you feel like the biggest failure in town. When you want to give up just because you gave in, And forget all about being healthy and thin. So What! You went over your syns a bit, It’s your next move that counts... So don’t you quit...
  160. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    So its saturday! I have loads to do and so im on here procrastinating. Got a really easy recipe for tommy soup im trying out tomorrow for lunchs this week. Fancy a glass of wine, but I know it will end up as a bottle! Might send OH out and get one of those mini bottles, 6 syns? well spent. So...
  161. custardlipstick

    syns......

    I personally believe that you would still loose weight, from experience the people who I have met who have been a little larger, have still stuck at 15 syns but eat alot more free foods and still loose weight, and loose weight continually. I have only ever heard of this once, a guy who said he...
  162. custardlipstick

    Too many eggs?

    I managed to get through 32 eggs in one week between 2 people a while ago. i got 16 from morrisons for 32p as they were going out of date. Made all sorts but didnt effect losses, and they are a great snack too. Making syn free pancakes later and already and 2 fried eggs for breaky. I dont...
  163. custardlipstick

    Blackberry App's

    I have the minimins app on android, its a great app!
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Thanks Alice, its turning into more theropy than a diary! But I'm sure you understand exactly where I'm coming from. I have little presents like rubbers, pencils, pens, and then stickers with my name on which I use as rewards as I always think that food, especially sweets are used as rewards and...
  165. custardlipstick

    What's the biggest weight loss you've seen in a week?

    I lost 6.5lbs one week, but that was after a 5lbs put on over new year and a week snowboarding hol in france! Biggest I have seen is a lady who was 5'10 and 11 stone (she told me) so im sure you will agree VERY slim! She lost 13lbs in one week and all of us were gobsmacked! She then told me as...
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Aww thanks Nymple! yourll have to let me know how you get on :) I wont feel utterly devistated if I dont get it as I tried to set myself really realistic targets so I wouldnt be disappointed and would not feel like I had failed again! 8 syns aint bad and they are really yummy! Anyways...
  167. custardlipstick

    Slimmer of the Week

    My consultant goes to a local shop, buys a little fruit but then cabbages, and onions and all manner which will get used by anyone, always looks really fresh and gorgeous and then she asks us all to put in 20p, which alot of the stuff listed above is worth more than that, and so far I have not...
  168. custardlipstick

    Grumble about class

    I had this same experience. I am now in Cheshire/North Wales district which has the best weight losses out of any discrict for SW in the whole of the country (or so I was told!) They are very strict about the people they let become consultants and you dont have to be within a certain range at...
  169. custardlipstick

    Thursday Weighers

    Wow some great losses this week!! I can join that with -4.5lb! So happy! Want a ticker now :)
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Cant really comment on how much its helping, but its making me alot more honest than I would in a written diary as I feel like I want people to tell me off if ive been bad here!! Anyway - back to the important bit!! I just got weighed, lost 4.5lbs! Over the moon! Cant remember the last time...
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Thank you Nymple! I think sometimes its easier to be honest with other people than yourself, but keeping this diary even for a few days is making me conscious of what I do and think and eat! Just found out I can now access this in work... oh dear nothing going to get no planning done now!! lol xx
  172. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Nervous! Week 1 WI tomorrow :( scared.... Had a perfect day again, avoided chocolates being offered at lunch time. OH made me a gorgeous chilli con carne for tea and going to have left overs for lunch tomorrow. Been thinking over the last couple of days about my obsession with food. Its not...
  173. custardlipstick

    Does anyone else calorie count

    When I began the plan, I wanted to know out of curiosity how many calories I was eating but like others have said - its far to much effort!! Also, by having the freedom of free food I know I eat differing amounts of calories day to day and I believe this helps you loose weight as well as you...
  174. custardlipstick

    slow month...

    Also, you might not realise it but I know noticed after I started working again, being at home your prob not doing anywhere near as much walking around/walking to and from kettle/to and from loo/up down several floors... you get the idea! I wasnt working june-oct and I would do odd bit of...
  175. custardlipstick

    Do you think...

    Asda meat free meatballs are 2 syns a bag (or they were) and are gorgeous! Couldnt hardly tell they werent meat! They would work :) Think the cous cous would just get REALLY soggy and mushy x
  176. custardlipstick

    From Maximus to Minimus - coming soon!

    Walking is a great fitness tool! My old SW group would arrange a walk every fortnight between the morning and evening groups, wouldnt be too far but somewhere different everytime was really good. Also, may sound odd but I know some really fit people who can not walk for long distances because...
  177. custardlipstick

    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Ok so today is my worst day teaching which has ended up me eating NOTHING until 1.15! Was starving. Not good. Meant to take a yog and cereal bar for breaky to scoff while I was sorting some work out and forgot then got too busy to eat the fruit I had! So the yummmmmy lentil, tomato and bacon...
  178. custardlipstick

    New Biggest Loser UK Jan starts 10th 2011!!

    Mommy B - First day before even doing anything, they went for a walk and he dislocated his knee so left... not sure if its forever though. Wish I had the time to do that much training....lol My sofa is much nicer ;)
  179. custardlipstick

    Swine Flu and children - worried Mum

    Aww *hugs* As a teacher I got really worried I might catch it but from what I have seen, if you are healthy then you should be able to fight it off like normal flu, the people who it will effect badly are those like my brother who have bad asthma. Best thing you can do is teach your daughter...
  180. custardlipstick

    How did all our new members get on this week?

    Got WI on thur. Feels like forever away... got 3 full days of 100% still!! and still excited :D Good luck everyone with wi's tomorrow x
  181. custardlipstick

    GRRR - ICE!!!!

    Aww!! I know exactly how you are feeling because i did the same thing on sunday! Wasnt ice tho, small kittens were to blame getting under my feet grrr. Still hurts now :( Hope yours gets better soon! I'm finding everything uncomfortable, even just standing up! Prob tmi but im glad im not...
  182. custardlipstick

    GREAT CHIPS

    Really think this is posted in the wrong area... Heard they are good though.
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    A failure to success - now includes motivational wall! Pg4 for pics

    Edit: Hiya folks! Realise I havent been around here for ages but been really busy... dont worry though! Im now slimmer than I was this time last year :) good start! (see ticker underneither). I have found what really helps though is my facebook page I have started, I post pics of teas daily...
  184. custardlipstick

    Extra Easy are sugarsnap peas superfree?

    yup they are!x
  185. custardlipstick

    Extra Easy Filling Cereal

    I love that weetabix crunchy bran, really nice just cant find it! Also 28g of wholegrain puffed wheat is two bowls!! I dont find it that filling but for the eyes its better x
  186. custardlipstick

    CHAT ROOM???

    You just need two windows open. Not too hard. But I would find it boring sitting around waiting for people to turn up so arranging to chat would be better but then I like forums :)
  187. custardlipstick

    CHRISTMAS SYNS!!!!

    Its a low fat cheesy-ness made from skimmed milk. IMO its like a non-lumpy cottage cheese but little nicer. Not great on its own, nice with chocky powder and sweetner mixed in, or i used it to make cabonara. Love cheesy pasta! Its very versitile and always make sure i have some in. It can also...
  188. custardlipstick

    Vodka & Malibu Help plez x x

    Yeah, only found one bar which does 35ml shots in the 3.5 years i have been looking! I tend to just have a look as I get there but you can tell and it normally says 25ml on the measure bit.
  189. custardlipstick

    Help with EE

    Pasta isnt the best thing to snack on as things like fruit which is superspeed would be better for good losses, or even fat free yogs. But speaking from close experience, when quiting, food becomes a substitute now aslong as you are eating free food this is ok but you have to remember the 1/3...
  190. custardlipstick

    Help - I need to set a target

    Ive tried to set myself mini targets which are REALLY easily reached! (See sig) I need to loose 5 stone but doing it in mini steps will help. First 1/2, then 1. Then club 10! Thats enough for me for now.
  191. custardlipstick

    Help with EE

    Only advise I can give is to try it, keep a diary (anywhere you want!) and it does work so trust it :D Good luck hun xx
  192. custardlipstick

    Vodka & Malibu Help plez x x

    its 2.5 for vodka for 25ml or 4 syns for 35ml. Now mathematically (being a maths teacher!) this doesnt look right but its because they will have been rounded up/down. I always thought malibu was higher but just checked and its the same syns xx
  193. custardlipstick

    Weight Sabotage

    Sometimes its not easy to just say no! But its what is needed. I have decided that out of my 70 syns a week (a minimum), to allow around 10-20 spare for little problems in school. So if they say "here have a chocolate i go ok, have one, syn it at around 3-4 normally, and then you dont get the...
  194. custardlipstick

    feeling lightheaded

    Im similar to Helen, except my levels arent low enough to be called anaemic. I went to the docs cause i was getting fed up of feeling dizzy every time i stood up, or was stood in the same spot for more than 30 seconds (made washing up fun!) and had blood tests. They noticed my folic acid...
  195. custardlipstick

    Here again

    Hi Chrisr! Im fairly new round here but starting SW again for my second time. Good luck and hope to be of some help at some point x
  196. custardlipstick

    The new website - is anyone else having problems...

    Ive not tried the diary but i dont like how everything seems hidden. Takes me 5 mins to remember where they have hidden the syn calc!! Its possibly just teething issues. Hope its sorted soon!
  197. custardlipstick

    Feel like I've over eaten and a failure

    It is free food and if you were hungry then there is no problem with having 2nd portions!! If I think something is yummy I tend to go back for seconds ;) Also you sound in my opinion completely incontrol!! You know how many syns you have used, how many syns you have left and dont worry hun...
  198. custardlipstick

    10 tips for emotional overeating!

    This is so true!! Wanted to bump this to the top so others might see it x
  199. custardlipstick

    Dont you just hate unexpected meals out!!

    I completely agree with this! Just its my first week actually with my head in gear and im trying to start a new pattern for life. Just wanting to know I've not totally blown it - my rational head says i havent but a nice loss this week would really be nice :D Thanks for encouraging my...
  200. custardlipstick

    Here i am! *waves* - Brewin'a'Baby & Staying Slim! 2011 xx

    I realise you are still trying to stick to SW, but if your feeling that ill i suggest you eat anything which you can keep down! Hopefully soon it will ease and back to normal :D Just remember - that "eating for two" rule is aload of rubbish ;) xx
  201. custardlipstick

    Ryvita v Scan Bran?

    IMO, as a crispbread stick with either ryvita or wholegrain crispbreads (those ones you can have 6 of). The scan bran are like cardboard and i really cant eat them as they come. They work in cake, and just about in yog crumbled up or in porriage but as a crispbread they are not nice x
  202. custardlipstick

    Dont you just hate unexpected meals out!!

    I had maccaroni cheese planned! One of my favourate meals!! Friends moved in just round road and to say thanks took us to the pub. I tried to be perfect, its my first week again, and I went with a veggy option they had which seemed the best out of all of them except they didnt have any! Was...
  203. custardlipstick

    mullerlight in cooking

    I have made the apple betty off the (old) sw website and that uses a muller in it and its REALLY nice! i have heated vanilla ones in the mircrowave to use as "custard" and i have cooked from frais in cookies which is a similar kinda thing and that works! All i suggest is that it will make the...
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    "I'll give you a week" GRRR! I'll prove you wrong

    Thanks Kyzi, I felt at the time like i would have to justify myself but i dont wana spend my life justifying myself to people, especially ones who arent actually my friends! Now im not saying i dont get on with them, they seem fairly nice people (so far!) but its the way that make these...
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    Whats for tea tonight?

    Macaroni Cheese and salad Ummmmmmm :D Love hot food and salad!
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    lean or extra lean mince

    I buy the extra lean beef, but i have seen a couple of sw mag/book recipes where they use lean pork or lean lamb and its been classed as free... this confuses me! I thought they were definately syned. If quorn isnt on offer, and at 3 quid a bag then I use extra lean mince as it works out...
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    10 things you need to know about losing weight..

    I love the idea of the extra calcium, and as they said, low fat yogs and cottage cheese are good sources and on SW they are FREE!! Might try and add some more in - get the quiches on the go!
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    Extra Easy Alli???

    I have heard LOTS of horror stories about what happens while taking it and its completely put me off. Ones like this and other tablets which are meant to stop you obsorbing fat, apparently if you actually have any fat while on them then because it stops you obsorbing it you end up passing it...
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    "I'll give you a week" GRRR! I'll prove you wrong

    Omg ladies you have just made me feel 100% better and about 20% angrier! Lol. I had always heard stories about how people in work could be nightmare-ish but originally doing this in uni i didnt face those problems but you are all right. The first time anything about a diet will get mentioned...
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    "I'll give you a week" GRRR! I'll prove you wrong

    Haha!! This would make me laugh, two of the men in the dept are having competitions on their weight although i know for a fact that people in the dept are trying so well see who succeeds. The person who said all this to me also says she wants to start running!! Maybe ill ask her every week and...
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    Claire Nasir

    Haha! that photoshopping of nadia is awful! not only do her legs look wrong but look at her arm pit! That shows off her real size from the original piccy me things. Yes they have done well but dont need the bad photoshop!x
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    whats for lunch

    First day in school tomorrow so chicken and noodle soup I made yesterday - its gorgeous!!
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    "I'll give you a week" GRRR! I'll prove you wrong

    Thanks ladies, I really just needed to moan! lol I took my diary to lunch one day wrote 5 words in it and got told "you wont be doing that much longer"!! I'm sure the longer I stay the more I will get used to them, and I'm definately not telling them about the SW now. Otherwise I'll have to...
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    "I'll give you a week" GRRR! I'll prove you wrong

    Back to work and was explaining that this morning while eating breaky I put lamb meatballs in the slow cooker with some tommy sauce (took less than 5 minutes!) as I posted the other day, I'm now driving an hour every morning then an hour every night and then teaching all day!! So when I come...
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    Show off your pets

    Havent worked out how to add pics yet but my avatar is a pic of my recent addition to the family. Two tabbies, Aero and Jet. (My OH surname is Blain.... work out the lame joke for yourself!) They are little balls of loveliness and are so friendly. Got taken from their mommy at 4 weeks (i...
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    (Another) daft random thought.

    This made me laugh!! Told OH and he looked at me funny, said its a joke, and he went its not funny!! lol silly
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    Where the bargains are at and anything else thats useful.

    Someone posted something other day about asda have bags at £1 but not sure if that is still on. Going past tomorrow so if I see it ill let you know. Need some quorn desperately! Freezer stocks have disapeared lol x
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    Rejoining

    Im rejoining thursday - im so excited to get started properly again!! I love the feeling of loosing weight and I really hope i feel that alot this year ;) x
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    Proud of myself......

    Hey hun, in similar situation except im only a few pounds off having put it all on!! Life does take over sometimes but need to remember that we did it once so we can do it again. I feel like im constantly weeing! especially when on plan as i drink alot more water and all those fruit and...
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    Tips on planning in advance!

    Shrimpy - when i first did sw i never planned in uni and managed fine and lost 5 stone, now if i dont plan i end up in a huge muddle and end up eating kfc! lol i have to know what meat i need out of freezer for cooking etc and know if i have all the ingredients as my "little" shops were getting...
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    Bad Night at WI

    All i can suggest is planning and food diaries! I have brought myself a hardback diary which im going to write everything down in, and carry around with me to hopefully put my off picking up anything bad. But if you know what your going to eat when you wont end up going out for little trips and...
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    Before and After (Pics on page 1 and 3)

    And you deserve too! Honestly ya look fab hun and you should feel it too :D
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    HEX Soup - Anyone managed to print a full list?

    Do you meal splitting the HeB? Its not recommended but people do do it and still loose weight. All ill say is that alot of portions are 300ml/g and less and half of that is not alot at all!! Years ago I made a really nice tommy soup though which could be made free x
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    Here i am! *waves* - Brewin'a'Baby & Staying Slim! 2011 xx

    I had heard of it last year but never ventured over! And as stupid as this may sound I had associated it in my head with a parenting site!! lol I see i was definately wrong! Anyways, CONGRATS again ;) hope it doesnt clash with the wedding!! Because of my mom having loads of probs with...
  225. custardlipstick

    Whats for tea tonight?

    I had HM beef burgers, without the buns but lettuce, toms and cheese, SW chips and HM coleslaw. Im stuffed!!!!
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    HEX Soup - Anyone managed to print a full list?

    I have a word file with all the HeX's in, was gona print it to take to class to prove there are more than the four in the book but its about a year old now and stuff changes so quickly on there. I just print screened and then meant to type it out but didnt happen :( hope you find a way that works x
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    feel so postive!!!!

    Good luck!! Im feeling the same :) ive put on all the weight i managed to loose 2 years ago and have been feeling very down about it but realised there is only one thing to do - make the change!! I may get my OH to hide my scales actually. He hid some jelly babies last year (jan) and i only...
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    Beetroot

    Superfree, its a veggy and gorgeous!xx
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    Tips on planning in advance!

    I plan on a monday night, everything till the next monday for tea times. He eats butties and I tend to eat JP/pasta for lunch so write down everything for each meal and then go shopping ONCE on a monday for everything for that week and it really does help :) I also think it helps me save money...
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    Eating out tonight

    Alot of places do gammon chips and peas, ask for a JP/boiled pots instead without butter and try not to be tempted by the egg although it would prob be around 6-8 syns. Otherwise see if they have a vegi chilli con carne, these tend to be lower in syns cuz they are made of beans or quorn instead...
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    Does eating out get any easier?

    Never tried japanese food but i dont really like fish and it doesnt like me so presumed i wouldnt be able to eat much so never actively gone out and tried it. But i have heard miso soup is amazing, one day!x
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    Veg from Aldi

    With the sweet potatoes, i make a homemade salsa (chopped toms with some peppers and spices - chilli depends on how hot you want it) then microwave/oven pots, half, make into a boat type shape, fill with salsa, top with cheese and grill = gorgeous!
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    Ideas for boot food!

    This is gona be an odd request but as of tomorrow I will be driving an hour up the m6 each day to work (im asking myself why but its work!) and i have emergency bedding, clothing and stuff in my car boot so that if i get stranded due to snow (which more is predicted) i will not freeze to death...
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    Here i am! *waves* - Brewin'a'Baby & Staying Slim! 2011 xx

    Hey fern! Just joined here - its Kirsty Davies of the book of the face. Just seen your news!! congrats, didnt see anything on the book of the face but wanted to wish you good luck and hope your feeling alot better now hun xx
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    cottage pie

    Yeah, its thickens it up and adds nice flavour. I like toms though but I would definately say try it then see what ya think. OH hates mash so very rarely make it anymore but used to be a fav of mine xx
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    How do you make soup?

    Liquid in soups is definately trial and error! I like chunky and smooth soups but to get them really smooth I find I have to blend loads and add more liquid until it seems right or sometimes it can go bitty and not nice if its blended and too thick. Hth!xx
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    cottage pie

    Have you tried it with tinned toms in? Most recipes Ive seen uses them although the one I do has 6-8 fresh toms chopped into 1/4's for around 4 people, with beef stock as the "sauce". Otherwise just use beef stock but it wont be very thick, so could try cornflour or even mr mash. hth x
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    Does eating out get any easier?

    I'm either really stressy and end up not eating alot and so eat when I get home too or dont care and everything goes outa the window!! Not good combo lol. I went out one night for a sober incontrol boogy while in uni and half way through the night I convinced myself the barman was deliberately...
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    Disgusted at syn value in Wetherspoons salad!

    I'm completely confused about this debate because people who have spoken to who work in spoons say this definately does not happen, however if you compare the syn values online the ones with JP's are higher or equal in syns to the same meals with chips! How does that work if the JP is free...
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    QUEEN SIZE TO PRINCESS

    Can I join in? Currently got just under 6 stone to lose. I was a success story but now I feel rubbish for putting it all back on again after a very stressful year training to be a teacher. Hoping that this time its for good! Got a brilliant local consultant and rejoining on thursday although...
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    Where the bargains are at and anything else thats useful.

    Are these a HeB? if not how many syns thank you x
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    Manchego cheese syn value

    Is that a make of cheese or a special type? Not heard of it sorry x
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    SW...and alcohol!! How do you treat nights out?!

    I used to get weighed on a Tue and then go out round uni on a Wed, so would count how many I had used (normally max of 40) and then work on from there. Now I'm going to get weighed on a Thursday and not in Uni anymore but find weekends hard. Hoping using tricks like the pasta in glasses...
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    1 year ago and now

    Proves how much difference a year can make - I'm hoping to do something similar! You look stunning, well done xx
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    My Photos...One Year On

    Took me a minute to check it was the same person!! Look gorgeous :)
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    Before and After (Pics on page 1 and 3)

    You look fantastic! And look fab with the light blond hair (and plastic gloves hehe ;) )
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