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Hi all Just need a bit of an offload really as feeling very sorry for myself. I'd maintained my weight pretty well, I never hit goal but settled at 10st and was in a comfortable size 10 - 12, I really felt fine. Then in June I was diagnosed with coeliac disease and I was devastated. Although...

Sorry to be a pain but the 2 asda crumpets are 5 points, they're 2 points for one but 5 for 2. I'm a huge crumpet fan & haven't get found any which are less than that yet!! Still a yummy snack for 6 points though xx

Bought a dress online from Dorothy Perkins and they only had an 8 left, bought in anyway in the hope that I could take it into some local stores and see if they had it in a 12 or could check other stores for me (the website stock checker wasn't working). Anyway it arrived & looked tiny but I...

Oh god he said it again straight after...bye bye tv!!

If Kevin talks about the competition and removing competition one more time I might end up throwing something at the TV! I get that it's a competition but you can still be nice!!! Grrrr!!!! x x

Agree entirely! Have always enjoyed BL and this year it's all about game playing and tactical voting and it's dull! I'm irritated by Gerard's whining, Jessie's smirk and Kevin's game playing and back stabbing. They're like a bunch of kids. Perhaps if they stopped watching each other and started...

Read the hunger games trilogy this weekend, I loved them! The best series of books I've got into in years!! Absolutely gripping brilliant books, highly recommend them! My bf has started to listen to the audiobooks at work this morning and is equally engrossed! Similar suggestions please!! :-) x x

I totally agree with these points, I am always often surprised when people say they can't use their points...I don't have have a huge amount to lose and I eat all my points almost everyday and have to think sensibly about how to use them so that I'm not still hungry! Eating lots of fruit and...

Well done on the losses girls, I seem to be being put to shame. Have had an awful week this week, I won't go into it but it's involved eating out twice, fish and chips from the chippy and 2 custard doughnuts...that's all after I'd used my weeklies on wine and fajitas at the weekend!! Anyway...

Well done you!! :-) x x

Love this thread! I've jst written a list of books to download onto my kindle! Love love love my kindle!! For the person not sure about whether to read 'room' (sorry, can't remember who it was!) it's a phenomenal book - I loved it! Just so different, I read it an evening last year and I still...

Yeah, but I'd used all of my weeklies on Saturday - just annoyed at myself. Back on it today and quite motivated, I think it was coz i'd out on last week I was just rebelling a bit. Thanks for the message though, I'll keep at it! :-) Hope you're doing ok! x x

Fallen off the diet wagon!! Ok, I fell off for a couple of days. I'm not sure what the damage will be..Sunday I ate a 9 pp sandwich, a 3pp pack of crisps, 10pp of tortellini, with 3 pp of cheese, & 2pp of sauce plus 2 shortbread biscuits (6pp?) and 3 thornton a chocs (7pp) so had about 40pp :-s...

Well it was May 1st but my best mates hen do is now booked for April 20th so I'd like to be at goal for then. I'm 1 stone off goal now, my eventual goal is 9st 7 but I'd be happy with 9st 10 for the hen weekend. We're going to Lisbon and are having some beach days so I really want to feel...

Thanks ladies! Yeah I know there's prob really good reasons why and I know my tummy is abit bloated from my totm still, but it's still gutting when you want the scales to move and they don't! My target date is just getting closer and each week I don't lose (or I gain!!!) just makes it feel less...

0.5 gain. I am absolutely gutted, so so upset. It has been totm this week but that finished yesterday and I know I've been in bed most of the week but I have stuck to plan to the letter. I drink bucketloads ( I have to coz I get frequent kidney infections) & I just feel so gutted! :-( x x

That's still a loss, well done! & to be honest if I get a half tomorrow I'll be over the moon! But expecting a stay the same/gain as have been off sick all week so I've been doing nothing but lie on the sofa & eat! Have stuck to plan but haven't moved! :-(

I can so relate to this! The whole reason I have a weight issue is my lack of a full switch! One thing that I've been reading up on a lot is breakfast because I am definitely hungrier earlier if I eat breakfast and am hungry again mid afternoon, however I have been keeping a food diary and...

Fabulous!! Well done you!! x x

Just realised I got all muddled and was calling marysu Gemelli in my last post, do apologies to both of you!!! Gemelli - um, well I'd say if your weeklies start again tomorrow then that's fine - over the course of two weeks you'll have still used the same won't you? That's the way I'd see it...

Thank you! It's slow but it works when I stick to it, it doesn't when I don't! :-) x x

Hi Rosie lee, Yup, like you and Gemelli I haven't been in the 9's for quite sometime! 8 years I think, I was 9stone 10 at 18 but it's gone wrong since. Can't wait to be back there! Gemelli, yeah i'm the same - the occasional treat is fine but if I eat choc/crisps or other high cal snacks...

I have been totally inspired by this programme too, I don't have very much to lose but I am very aware that it would not take long for me to become someone with a lot to lose - I don't have to take my eye off the ball for very long and my weight shoots up so I can absolutely understand how...

Marysu I totally know what you mean, it's so frustrating when it doesn't budge. It's interesting how we have this guideline from ww but we're all having to work it out our own way in order to make it work for us...I guess in the long run that's a good thing though as it teaches you to manage...

Honk for 14 days straight :-) Let's hope it shows on the scales!

Hahaha! I'm so pleased you have too and that my ramblings made sense! Good luck for wi tomorrow! I am on totm so am feeling bleurgh & bloated but I don't wi until Friday so with my new found understanding of the new points system I've got time to lose some yet :-) x x

Is sf simply filling? Are you supposed to be doing that if you're on 26? Why has so much changed?? Argh!! x x

Dear work colleague I am sorry that your life is bad and you're unhappy. I am sorry that your husband is a drunk and you haven't managed to conceive and I'm sorry that he's refused to go for tests because he's 'a real man and so there's nothing wrong with his swimmers' (absolute waste of...

I have so been there, I had to leave but that's not an easy thing to do with the way the jobs market is at the moment. Good luck! x x

Been having a think about my points and realised that maybe I'm not actually eating enough! Bear with me... Ok so previously I was losing on 29 dailies and 35 weeklies (because I didn't lose on 49 weeklies ever) that totals 238 over the course of a week. Since we've dropped to 26 points a...

Hi bugs! You sound just like me back in April :-) I am 5ft 3.5 and weighed 11st 5lbs and after an unsuccessful few months on sw I came onto ww and haven't looked back! It took me a couple of months to lose my first stone but I LOVE the diet, I love everything about it & when I got down to 10st...

Well I weighed in this morning, I haven't decided yet if my weigh in day is Wed or Fri so am weighing both! Haha! But I'm 1.5lbs heavier than last week...I can only out that down to totm and my tummy is all bloated, so hopefully I'll see a double loss next week :-) xx

I might not be much help on this...but the way that I understand it potato is 2 points per 100g before cooking. As an average medium jacket potato weighs about 400g grams before they're cooked they are pointed at around 8 points. If you weigh the potato after baking all the water has cooked out...

My totm (like right now!) usually causes me a 2lb weight increase! I don't weigh when I'm on, drink LOADS and just get through it, even If you've put it on its only fluid and will come off the following week. Chin up, it's horrible I know but as long as you know it's totm and not real weight...

Not until Friday! Hehe! I do only give myself 30 weeklies as I always sts if i use 49 & I usually use them at a weekend and manage on 29 a day with no problem, but trying to stick to 26 a day I'm finding much tougher. I have my meals for tomorrow and Wed planned so te week should get easier! :-) x

Thanks for your reply, its always nice to be listened to when you're grumpy :-) Just realised we have no onions! Unbelievable! We never have no onions! Maybe I need the re-read the post, I only skim read it and saw spices should be pointed and then got grumpy about it! Haha! I'm going to make...

Hi! Well done on 1lb loss! I'm watching your thread with interest as I too am struggling with 26, those 3 points less make all the difference! I am having prawn linguine tonight for 9 points, very filling for a low point meal. All I can suggest to get more out of your points is making lots of...

Hi everyone! Having a crappy day today, there have been some redundancies issued at work so its been really difficult. I've got period pain & a banging headache to go with it. I'm starving as well and used all my weeklies on fajitas at the weekend! Have got 11 points left for dinner, think I'm...

That's what I feared :-) thanks for that! x x

Hi, when someone has a chance could you check my allowance please? I'm no longer doing the plan online as I have my handy iPhone app but now I hear points allowance has changed? I am 5ft 3, age 26 and weigh 10st 9lb. Thanks! x x

Wow!! Congratations snugglepuss! My friend is a dietician and often works with pregnant ladies so I'll ask her next week for some tips for you. But for now just do what your body is telling you to, most important thing is giving little one everything it needs! :-) Gemelli and Claireb I know...

Well done everyone on good weigh ins! I've weighed this morning and have -1lb so down to 10st 9 now! Less than a stone to go until target makes me feel much better! :-) Hope everyone's having a good Friday, I'm so tired today. So pleased it's the weekend! x x

Hi gemelli New York was incredible, honestly the most amazing place I've ever been, I loved every second of it. We did so much, saw all the sites, went ice skating at the Rockefeller building by the Christmas tree, ate all the classic food (pancakes and syrup for breakfast, bagels for lunch)...

I thought Saturdays was a bit disappointing, I missed Mondays but Tues was pretty good and yesterdays was fab! But then I'm a bit of an Italian food-aholic & I thought the recipes looked amazing!

Hi everyone! I wondered if I could join your thread? I've been in the 10's since April last year and am desperate to leave them! :-) I got down to 10st 3 at my lowest, then went to New York in November and between that & Christmas i guess i fell off the wagon. I went back up to 11 but after a...

Well I hope you find something! :-) Weigh in this morning and i'm 10st 3.5lb, that's a 2.5lb loss this week!! So pleased with that, I know most of it's prob water etc but I'm still really pleased...I want to be 10 stone by the time we fly to NYC (in fact I'd love to be 9st 13 but I'm not going...

Well I hope you find it a good price, just to give you an idea, we're paying £800 each for a four night stay there in November and flying with BA so make sure you don't pay over the odds! :-) Another 100% day, I find Thursdays really hard coz I have college in an evening after work and so by...

Yeah really pleased about the dress, it's those little things that keep me motivated I guess! No of course I don't mind you asking, we're staying at the Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue, we got a really good deal there with Thomas Cook. The comments on trip advisor are that it's living off it's...

Ok well day 4 and I snuck on the scales this morning, looks like I'm 1lb down! Yay! If I can keep it off until my weigh in day on Friday I'll be really happy, just feels like I'm achieving something now! I wore a black dress of mine today to a big work meeting that I hadn't fitted into for a...

Hi all. I followed ww earlier this year and lost 1 stone, but just sort I'd started maintaining in august as we had a lot on.l and have not got motivated again since. I have put on 3lb and am just starting to feel abit tubby again so need to get back on it, my target weight is 9.7 so I'm...

I'm so sorry it's back - definitely push to see a urologist, for me even though all they could say was that my urinary tract was short it at least gave me a reason, I was so fed up of people telling me I don't drink enough etc when I drink at least 3 litres a day!! I hope the latest antibiotic...

This sounds exactly like me! And all the Dr's ever gave me was same old advice over & over. Mine always head to my kidneys if I leave it and I used to get very irritated with friends who would have honeymoon cystitis and tell me to drink cranberry and it would go - if it's a proper bacterial uti...

My new favourite - Prawn Linguine. (for one) 3pp for the prawn sauce + however much pasta you want! 1 tsp olive oil 1 shallot (or half an onion, v.finely chopped) 2 cloves garlic 1 small red chilli 1/2 tin tomatoes 1 tsp ketchup Black pepper Cook all of this together and cook as much...

Sts for me this week but was totm and have a chest infection so I'm pleased I didn't put on as haven't been able to exercise. Just watched 'I used to be fat' on MTV. Has anyone seen it? I thought it would be annoying and trashy but actually found it quite inspiring! Really trying to get...

What calculator are you using? I've just run this through mine and it came up as 4, sorry to disappoint! x

Well done for all those losses! Mine is 1.5lbs off so I'm down to 10st 6.5 now. Just been for a swim, they say exercise is great coz it makes you all energised and stuff...so why is it that I'm exhausted. I feel like i could just crawl into bed and sleep now! So pleased everyone seems to be...

Toptooty - what happened in the end? Did she apologise for what she'd said about you when she realised that you knew? Hope so x x

Think this is a lovely idea... I'll go next. I'm Claire, I'm 25 and I live in Birmingham. I work as a counsellor for people who have had a stroke and to support them and their families. I also do lots of stroke prevention work. I live in a flat with my boyfriend who I've been with 3 years...

@elejesu - I agree with Kat about the hot water and lemon, the other thing I find is a strong black coffee or a couple of cups of Green tea...basically anything with caffeine in. I had real trouble going when i first started sw and it was caffeine that got me going, but I've been fine on ww...

Evening all! Welcome newbies, we update weight on a Tuesday here so it's the perfect day to join msjmc (Jackie) is in charge of us all :-) this is her fab group! Hclaire, well done on your loss! Onwards and lighter we go! :-) Jackie - I'm sure your weight will pan put after totm, it always...

Hello ladies Hope everyone's weeks are going well? I'm on a sts this week but am not too bothered about it, ive been swimming twice and am going again tomorrow so that's really good, nice to feel I'm doing some exercise! Sarah & Jackie, how are your vlcd's going? I'm so increased that you're...

You poor thing, some people can't help themselves! I work with a woman who is really slim but she hates it that I'm losing, I don't want to sound awful but I'm sure it's because I'm younger and prettier than her and I get attention whenever we go for lunch etc. I think she thinks if I lose...

Thank you for this! I work next door to a macdonalds and get my daily coffee from there, those wraps look delicious and now I know the points I can treat myself! What a great thread :-)

I felt horrible after what I ate yesterday, bloated and sick and rubbish! Just shows that if you put the right fuel into your body you definitely feel better. I feel really fed up today but I'm sure that it's because I'm tired and had such a bad day yesterday with my diet. Yeah I was proud of...

Good Morning ladies! My start weight is now 10st 8 if you could add that on please MsJMC :-) It's lovely to see such a lot of activity on here - welcome newbies!! It was such a great support when we all started, let's get it going again. MsJMC - yup I went swimming Tuesday night, it was...

MsJMC - good to see you back, I hope yesterday went as well as it could have done. That's fine with me to start the challenge again, I have been steadily losing so my new start weight is 10st 8. I suspect this week will be a Sts though as have had a few eating out sessions! I still haven't...

Hclaire. Do it! Honestly, I can't recommend it highly enough - plus with your mate doing it and me doing it you'll have lots of support and people to ask all the little questions! I think it has transformed my attitude to dieting, I have stuck to it because I dont feel like I'm dieting, no food...

MsJMC - yes I know what you mean about local pools, I'm a bit funny about them. But apparently our local one is lovely and has just been done up, had lots of money pumped in because some Olympic athletes were training there and I think they campaigned. I need to get brave and try it. In the...

It wouldn't be surprising at all if your slipped abit with all you've had going on, just got to get through the funeral and then you can focus on the diet again. I hope it's ok, funerals are not easy but good for us I think, a chance to say goodbye properly. I'm definitely noticing my weight...

I worked them out as 1pp each! A lovely evening treat! :-)

MsJMC - I'm so so sorry to hear that you lost your aunt and I'm terribly sorry that I've not been on here to offer my condolences sooner. My thoughts are with you and your family. It does seem to have been quiet on here, perhaps as everyone is settling in to their weight loss they are...

Hi ladies! Sorry to have been absent for a week, had a difficult one in personal life. I think I'm ok now and it didn't get in the way of ww so that's all good. MsJMC I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt. Please talk to us here if you need to. Thinking about you & your family. Samprand -...

Hi ladies old and new! Just a very quick hello as I am on my way out for a rainy bank hol! Just to say I had my official weigh in this morning and have lost another 1.3lbs since my Saturday weigh in so I'm officially 10st 11.2! I'm so pleased! Have finally reached (and passes by a pound) my...

Mjsmc - good luck with your plan today! I know it's so hard when we have socialising to do, I don't think it's an excuse to break diet I just think it's easy to do when you're bot in charge of the food in front of you! I have a busy and social day too so I'll probably not be on here...

Hi elejesu - don't worry, there are 2 Claire's on here so it's bound to get a bit confusing, I'll answer to anything though ;-) MsJMC - yeah people are always telling my oh how much he looks like lewis when we go shopping and stuff, to be honest I don't think he does that much anymore but there...

Morning! Sorry I didn't reply last night, was getting fed at my mates :-). MsJMC - cannot believe you live near Lewis' mum, that's amazing. I LOVE him so much. I even have a Lewis mousemat at work! Haha! I love F1 as a sport but am a massive Lewis fan. My bf looks a lot like him, lol...

Well that was revealing to do and admit :-s good to do though! MsJMC I love having my hair cut and eyebrows done (even though it hurts!) it's good to feel like you're doing little things for yourself :-) Good that you've upped your plan, it's no good if you don't feel right. I'm going to my...

1) What is my goal? I want to lose 21 lbs in 5months time. 2) Why do I want to achieve this goal? (if possible, come up with 50 reasons)1, to feel happier ,2 feel more confident ,3, go on the beach in a bikini 4 wear dresses without leggings ,5 have more energy ,6, look at what i see and like...

MsJMC aw thats the cutest thing about your little girl - I love that! Kids do come out with the best things! I can't wait to have little ones! I've just weighed myself and I'm 11stone which considering how much I fell off the diet wagon last week is better than I expected! Have woken up feeling...

Hi MsJMC, I think I've been a vit disheartened as I just stopped losing weight - it's so hard when you know you're doing everything you should and then Sts for 2 weeks, then I had a week off and just thought well I'm having fun so I'll eat what I like, I associate food with good times so much...

Hello ladies! Some great losses, well done! I'm so jealous. I agree that some are slipping a little, I know I am. Got very down and disheartened this week and didn't follow diet yesterday at all. Ate a lot of cake!! Back on it today though and feeling quite determined again, need to be slim! I...

Thank you all for a lovely welcome! I really don't want to hijack your thread as I only have a stone and a half to lose so do not have quite as steep a hill to climb on this journey as you lovely ladies...but I can certainly relate to everything you're saying. My starting weight was 10 stone 8...

Thanks for your replies - Calorie crusader and doingitforme, that's really good advice thank you! I'm off work this week and am doing lots of lovely days put but after a mcdonalds and a burger king although I'm within my points I do feel bloated and fat! I think that next week I will try a...

Hi ladies! really hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread, i just wanted to say that i have subscribed to it and am really enjoying reading your entries and how you are motivating one another. I would love to have someone to buddy up with and get motivation from but I don't so i am using...

Thanks for your reply ladies - much appreciated :) When I say I'm eating the same things - i don't mean exactly the same. i do mix it up a bit! lol! what i mean is i wasn't using my points on all healthy foods at first and now use them on pizza etc - I've generally eaten well and dropped in a...

Hi all I lost so well on my first few weeks on ww and then for 2 weeks the scales havent budged, in fact it looks like iv put 1lb back on! I'm not doing anything differently, ive looked back over my food diaries and I'm eating the same kind of things..I'm just a bit stuck! I still feel...

Mmm, sounds good. Might do that and then make a tomato based sauce to go with it and have it with pasta. Yum! x

Hi all I have 3 pork steaks for tonight's dinner (1 for me, 2 for OH) we had 3 last night with a tomato and chilli sauce and rice (gorgeous!) but I want to do something different with the other 3. Have got quite empty cupboards although got plenty of tinned tomatoes, herbs and spices and veg...

I felt like that my first week but used them coz I had a really busy week socially, and I lost 2.5! I used them all again last week and lost 3, then this week used them all and lost .5, but I is my totm. I think weeklies are great - they are obv there to be use otherwise ww would not allow...

Lovely to hear from you! I'm sorry to hear that it's been so hard for you stick to the diet too, I don't think that sw was quite right for either of us, do u? I put almost all of it back on again, but I am so happy on ww. I lost 2.5lbs the first week and 3 lbs the second week and am eating...

Also echoing the above points but will put my opinion in for what it's worth! I did sw for a month or so and saw very slow weight loss, I was unwell with a kidney infection so I did think it may be related to that as I was lay in bed all day...but when I went back to normal life I just couldn't...

Hi Lisa, I'm 5' 3" and weighed about 11stone 7 when I started sw, I had extremely slow losses and it got me very down. Keep at it, it may come off slowly! And at least u did have a loss - however tiny! I joined weight watchers and am having more luck on that, have lost 5.5lbs in 2 weeks, you've...

First weigh in Monday and had lost 5lbs!! Whoop whoop!! :-)

Just wanted to say thanks for your help to a newbie last week, I have just weighed in and have lost 2.5lbs :-). Am so pleased as im on annual leave from work as it was my bros 21st and I have eaten out 5 times, all within my points though! I have also come on which usually makes me put on an...

Hey cupcake and Charlie & anyone else who may remember me! Not sure if you're both still around? I hope so!! I'm sorry I did a disappearing act, I had a difficult time at work (colleague off, everything fell to me, plus soooo much that I can't go in to) and I've just thrown the diet out of the...

Oh that's so helpful and so kind of you. Thank you, I really appreciate that. Looks like I can still have it for breakfast then :-) yay!

Thanks for that. I've checked the points calculator on my phone against the cardboard wheel calculator and everythings coming out the same so thats going to make life much easier! I feel a little better about the plan already, just getting my head around it. I am confused about the fruit...

Hi all! I have been following slimming world since January and although I feel it's a great healthy diet, I find it very hard to follow as I eat out a lot and because of the job I do I'm often grabbing food on the go. A friend has had an amazing weight loss on ww sp I'm going to give it a go...

Apologies! Right...firstly an apology, I have been completely useless at coming on here over the past week or so. I have lost all motivation for the diet, I put on 1/2 a pound at WI. I feel fat and horrid and yet I don't care. I don't know what's gone wrong!! I'm fed up, tearful and...

Do you post a food diary Charlie? I would love to be losing 1 a week. As mentioned in my earlier post I dont find the plan hard to follow at home but as soon as I'm put socialising it's really tough! I feel like I'm not losing already and I'm only a few weeks in. Bit down about it all to be...

Thank you! That message was just the boost I needed yesterday! :-). I went to the Chinese and tried really hard to have the most sensible options and had fruit for pudding, damage limitation I guess! Am going to my mates for dinner tonight - she offered to do pizza or pasta so I said pasta in...

I know what people are saying and why, I guess it depends what kind of person you are - I weigh myself daily as i find it interesting to see bow my weight fluctuates through the week and around my time of the month. It's also interesting to see that I often don't show a gain after a large meal...

That's amazing, what a clever idea. I didnt know you could do that. I will have to look into that! Thank you. Yours looks so good! Thank you for your input, I need allege help I can get :-) x x

Am going to fill this in as day goes on as its easier to keep on top of it - Today: Breakfast - 2 wholemeal bread (hexb) 1/2 tin low salt Heinz beans. 2 satsumas Lunch - batchelors savoury rice, cheese (hex a) tomatoes and lettuce Snack - apple, banana Dinner - went to all you can eat...

Well I am having a major down week this week and am struggling with following the plan while having a social life. I have also got out of the habit of writing everything down as I don't like carrying round a bit of paper - roll on the sw app!! Have decided a food diary on here may be more...

Struggling this week! I just seem to have plateaued which I really shouldn't have done a few weeks in, I expected to be losing even if it was just tiny amounts. Finding it so hard to diet and have a normal life too - how do people get round this? I mean Saturday I was at a friends for dinner...

100 done tonight, really enjoyed them too! 3500 KarenHat (150 complete 3350 to go) 3000 Tiphareth (300 complete 2700 to go) 3500 Debridger (1050 complete 2450 to go) 3500 Ela ine (675 complete 2825 to go) 3500 Islemissy (950 complete 2550 to go) 3500 Nymple (900 Complete, 2600 to go) 3500...

50 done last night, need to get on and do some more today! 3500 KarenHat (150 complete 3350 to go) 3000 Tiphareth (300 complete 2700 to go) 3500 Debridger (910 complete 2590 to go) 3500 Ela ine (575 complete 2925 to go) 3500 Islemissy (800 complete 2700 to go) 3500 Nymple (750 Complete, 2750 to...

Didn't go to WI, fell asleep on sofa and didn't wake up till o/h got in from work at 10pm. Think it might be a similar story tonight! Am pretty sure I Sts though so am on a mission to lose a lot this week! Doesn't sound as though you fell off the wagon too badly this weekend, could hve been a...

Hello! Well infection seems to have gone so I went back to work today. Yay! Am exhausted now though, felt like a very long day! Was 100% till Friday but it all went horribly wrong at the weekend, not sure whether to go to WI tonight or just miss it. I know I've put on! How are you doing? Hope...

Another 50 done! 3500 KarenHat (150 complete 3350 to go) 3000 Tiphareth (300 complete 2700 to go) 3500 Debridger (620 complete 2880 to go) 3500 Ela ine (525 complete 2975 to go) 3500 Islemissy (450 complete 3050 to go) 3500 Nymple (600 Complete, 2900 to go) 3500 Jennyonaplate (50 Complete, 3450...

It's bizarre isn't it? I hope we get some tips that we can both use :-) x x

That's great advice about the milky way stars and buttons. I am aware I don't physically 'need' them, am just trying to explain how my body feels. I have always tried to watch my weight (not that successfully obviously or I wouldn't need to lose 2 stone now) and I have never actually given in...

Definitely working at it but iv just weighed myself and don't seem to be losing anything this week. Feel very bloated too! I'm really struggling with exercise at the moment due to being off work for weeks with a kidney infection, has just sapped my energy completely. Im finding everything wears...

Lol, thanks you. It is whining!! I think that's what's so hard is that last night I was stuffed, I had eaten so much food and even saved my syns for two butchers proper sausages which I love. I'd eaten more yesterday than any other day and I wasn't hungry at all, but I was craving!! I will do...

I had another 100% day too although hugely struggled yesterday - am due on and just want crap!!! O/h is taking me out to cinema and for dinner tonight as I'm starting to feel a bit better and he wants to spoil me, adorable but will be my first major test of picking something sw friendly off a...

Hello ladies Well I've been following the plan for 3 weeks and now it is that time, the dreaded monthlies are on their way and PMS is rife! I'm really struggling to stay on track this week, plus I've just weighed myself (slapped wrist I know as WI not until Monday) but I'm 2lbs heavier again...

50 done x x 3500 KarenHat (150 complete 3350 to go) 3000 Tiphareth (300 complete 2700 to go) 3500 Debridger (560 complete 2940 to go) 3500 Ela ine (525 complete 2975 to go) 3500 Islemissy (450 complete 3050 to go) 3500 Nymple (600 Complete, 2900 to go) 3500 Jennyonaplate (50 Complete, 3450 to...

Sausage pasta bake! Proper comfort food. Have only got proper butchers sausages though at (I think) 5.5 syns each so I need to save my syns for dinner so that I can have 2. Can't wait!!

Lol, that's amazing! That's so much better. I thought the idea was to name and shame you! A lady in my first group had gained 3 lbs and the c announced it and then said 'so you've had a naughty week?' and the lady said 'no, I don't know why I've put on' and the c said 'oh dear, well we know it...

Oh my god!! I have just written almost exactly this in my diary - I love food and associate food with sadness, happiness, fun, socialising etc. I don't know what the answer is to this, at the moment I have a kidney infection and can't drink wine (one of my major downfalls) and feel really...

Whoop whoop! 1lb off sounds good to me! Well done! Just stick with 100% day and don't worry too much what you eat, as long as it's on plan you should still lose :-). I'm having another portion of last nights chilli tonight, can't wait! Your feast sounds immense, I'm quite jealous! I'm having a...

Yeah I'll have a hunt for one, I think you're right though, if you try and syn each bit of a meal at least you have some kind of idea! Feel like eating out will be a big challenge though, not sure if I feel ready to try yet as I think I'm just going to go over, I get a very kind of 'f*** it'...

I think everyones motivation here is different...some of us are motivated by that new superdry coat hanging up in the wardrobe :-) and others are more competitive and want awards to recognise their hard work. I don't think we should be criticising someone for their motivation, we all need...

100 more done. Found the motivation tough today but at least they're done! 3500 KarenHat (150 complete 3350 to go) 3000 Tiphareth (300 complete 2700 to go) 3500 Debridger (500 complete 3000 to go) 3500 Ela ine (425 complete 3075 to go) 3500 Islemissy (250 complete 3250 to go) 3500 Nymple (500...

Totally sympathise with your binge eating of sweet stuff once you have some - I have a mate like that, she eats so well and then she only has to have one biscuit and before she knows it shes eaten a pack of biscuits and half a cake or a load of chocolate bars, she once rang me crying as shed...

My C does that...I just assumed it was normal!! :sigh:

I'm with you on this definitely! Have got my tofu, just need to get the chocolate. Can't wait! x

I agree and I do exactly that - but my aunty had written that she had 1x banana mashed on toast on her food diary and her c pulled her up on it in front of the group and said it changes the syn content. I think that's total cr*p and so did my aunt (and apparently told the c that, politely of...

Well I lost 2lbs although my c was talking to someone else when she weighed me so didn't even acknowledge the loss, just wrote it down - just shows though that if you have the right support like we do on here that you can do it by yourself! I had considered doing it online but I think the...

Hope you made it round tesco without buying anything off plan! I ended up sorting paperwork this morning and so had a banana and didn't eat any cereal, have decided to attempt the sw quiche for lunch and have used my cheese on that so I hope it's lovely - otherwise I'll be licking the cheese...

Hi Adelle! Thanks so much for your post, I have only just spotted it so I'm sorry to have not replied sooner. I'm sorry you struggle with your health, I can totally appreciate how hard it is to follow a diet when you feel unwell. I think it makes you feel that you can't be bothered to make...

Oh I'm sorry you've put on. That's really rubbish. Have just weighed myself on my home scales and am 2lbs heavier on them today than yesterday so weight does fluctuate ridiculously.(am a bit if a serial home weigher) Am not surprised you feel a bit disheartened though. Def have a 100% week, do...

Well I weighed in last night and have lost 2Ibs! So pleased! Def feel like eating junk coz I'm off I'll but keep thinking that if I stick to it now and get used to the plan while I'm at home and can prepare nice foods it will be easier when I get back to work. Plus it would be nice to go back...

Lost 2 lbs!! So so chuffed, especially as I had a kfc on Sat night and thought I'd totally screwed it up! Well done to everyone who's lost an big hugs to those who haven't x x

Haha, ooh they're so bossy aren't they! I've persuade my oh about the joys of online since I said we'd have to go together on a Saturday - he got ao annoyed with all the other shoppers that he's now quite happy to have it delivered! :-) I've heard that about cold making you burn calories, but...

Well done everyone. We're doing so well! Just done another 100 x x 3500 KarenHat (150 complete 3350 to go) 3000 Tiphareth (200 complete 2800 to go) 3500 Debridger (325 complete 3175 to go) 3500 Ela ine (350 complete 3150 to go) 3500 Islemissy (200 complete 3300 to go) 3500 Nymple (450 Complete...

Definitely!! I think some of us just hav bigger appetites and need more food, and that doesn't always relate to your size either! I have friends who eat buckets and are totally skinny and I have a mate who is very overweight but she can't finish a macdonalds happy meal as it's 'just too much'...

Charlie, I didn't know about the HE thing, that's brilliant! I'm going to have a look! The low syn book sounds excellent - I haven't heard about that. Have you looked through a copy? Sounds so useful! Do you know whether sw does an eating out guide? I know there is one in the food directory...

Morning! Still off, went to Dr's this morning and have been subscribed more antibiotics as the infection is still there. Also am not allowed to drive on these tablets and so have been given a sick note for another week :-( Am pleased to not have to rush back to work as don't feel well enough...

I think this is a really interesting thread and I agree with a lot of what's been said about HEx's etc. I also wondered about mugshots, pasta n sauce etc as I have never touched anything like that - however I guess my thoughts on it are that some people who are very overweight have probably had...

I can't find another group that fits in with my routine so well so am sticking with it at the moment but tomorrow am just planning to go and weigh and not stay for image therapy. I really like the idea and the principle of image therapy but I don't think it helps at all if your c isn't good...

My c is terrible, I have only been a member of sw for 3 weeks and I know I have little to compare it to, however I used to run expert patient groups and so I know a little about motivating groups and individuals in groups, my c does neither. She is far more interested in talking about herself...

Hope you're having a good weekend cupcake! Ive slept for most of it but we did go out to a comedy club last night which was brilliant, had a great night but came out a lot later than expected and had kfc on the way home - oops!! I didn't even make a sensible choice, I was so hungry! I had a...

Another 50 done last night! 3500 KarenHat (150 complete 3350 to go) 3000 Tiphareth (200 complete 2800 to go) 3500 Debridger (275 complete 3225 to go) 3500 Ela ine (350 complete 3150 to go) 3500 Islemissy (200 complete 3300 to go) 3500 Nymple (450 Complete, 3050 to go) 3500 Jennyonaplate (50...

Had this EXACT conversation with my Mum yesterday - if I mash a banana on some toast, how is that different to me slicing a banana on some toast and then 'mashing' it together through chewing in my mouth?? As far as I can see that's the same the thing!! x

Next 50 done! 3500 KarenHat (150 complete 3350 to go) 3000 Tiphareth (200 complete 2800 to go) 3500 Debridger (125 complete 3375 to go) 3500 Ela ine (250 complete 3250 to go) 3500 Islemissy (200 complete 3300 to go) 3500 Nymple (300 Complete, 3200 to go) 3500 Jennyonaplate (50 Complete, 3450 to...

Thanks for all your advice, this site really is great! The pudding turned out to be a chocolate cheesecake which was 280 cals a slice, I worked it out to be about 14 syns, cut myself a small slice and didn't finish it, just told my friend I'm watching what I eat as I've been so inactive for the...

50 done! :-) 3500 KarenHat (150 complete 3350 to go) 3000 Tiphareth (100 complete 2900 to go) 3500 Debridger (125 complete 3375 to go) 3500 Ela ine (150 complete 3350 to go) 3500 Islemissy (100 complete 3400 to go) 3500 Nymple (200 Complete, 3200) 3500 Jennyonaplate (50 Complete, 3450 to go)...

Lol! I think she's known me long enough to see through that one! Especially as we're having jackets with beans and my hexa of cheese for mains! x x

That's true, I prob will be in this situation again with her - I just feel so crappy and tearful with the infection I've got that I'm worried that if I mention it tonight and she says 'what are you on that for?' I might just cry!! Yeah I will try not to stress about it and just drop syns late...

Thank you both. I didn't know the 1 syn = 20 cals thing so I will def use that if it's something boxed. I'll also look up chocolate brownies as I have a strong feeling it may be that! I don't like lying either so I will just eat what I can and then leave the rest, or if I portion it up I'll...

Ok, small dilemma that I'd like some advice for! I have a friend coming over to see me tonight as I'm unwell. I told her I'd stick jackets in the oven - an easy tea for me and syn free of course. Anyway, she has just texted to say that she is on her way with a 'gorgeous chocolatey pudding to...

This sounds amazing! I'll wait until Monday to see where hollysnan's c for her info from before I make it but I'm drooling at the thought. The chocolate orange one sounds like a bowl of heaven! x x

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I am so sorry to hear that frankied, my Mum has had exactly the same problem with sw and also with ww. She did later discover that she's got a mild intolerance to wheat and that whong helping. She has devised her own plan now (excluding wheat but just base on healthy eating principles) and is...

Oh no!! I pulled a muscle in my arm last time I did the boxing! Think I got a bit over enthusiastic! Poor you! Well done on the run though, I am massively impressed! It's worth checking the food directory for squash (actually been meaning to thank you, I bought the food directory Monday after...

50 done. Feel like I've really achieved something as off work with a kidney infection and have hardly moved for two weeks, but this felt really good! Yay! 3500 KarenHat (150 complete 3350 to go) 3000 Tiphareth (100 complete 2900 to go) 3500 Debridger (75 complete 3425 to go) 3500 Ela ine (50...

Oh, I haven't put how many! 3500 please x x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Would love to join you please! Sit ups are the only exercise I enjoy but I'm just not motivated to do them, this will motivate me to do them if I have to post them on here and join the team :-) Claire x x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Feeling so much worse today but hoping that's a good sign? That maybe the antibiotics are kicking in or something, all I've done is sleep!! Got a banging headache too so to be honest I'm feeling very sorry for myself! I hope you got to do your run and enjoy it? I've just discovered that the no...

That's really helpful, thank you. I have definitely been being abit 'careful' with my syns but I will make sure I have my 10 a day this week and see if it helps. Think it is changing that mentality from watching how much you're eating to just knowing you're eating healthy choices. I will...

They are good, I find it's hard trying to think of ways to eat the stuff you should but with some variety. I'm trying very hard not to eat the same old thing everyday! Going for a veg omelette today for lunch, lots of mushrooms peppers and my cheese from my hexa - I'm such a cheese fiend...

Hello! Iv tried ww at home but started sw properly by joining a group 2 weeks ago. Firstly it is easy to get your head around and you won't have any problem with that, you jst might be tied to your food directory for a couple of weeks while you learn syn values instead of points! I think it...

Thank you, although I am now massively disappointed! x x Edited - I rang the syns line and they said the recipe changed while they were researching the book and they are aware of the error. Something that they should tell new people I think though. Or they should put a line through it in their...

Hi Charlie! Thank you, that's really good to know. I think most of my unhappiness with my figure stems from not being toned and it's good to know you've managed it without getting too sweaty! Wii fit is def my way forward then, I will get it out and dust it off :) Sounds like you've...

Well I've just been and picked up my latest antibiotics - the list of side effects sounds vile and I can't drive while on them! They've signed me off work until Monday but as I drive as part of my job (I'm a stroke co-ordinator and do home visits to stroke patients) I can't actually see how I...

Help! I have just had a rather lovely plate of Beanfeast with pasta for lunch as it is listed as a free food under 'free ee and original branded food' in the directory. I then went to check out the other flavours of beanfeast at the back of the directory and the bolognese one is also listed...

I like essays, it gave me something to read with my pint of water and pile of tablets! :-) Yeah I have recurrent uti/kidney infections. Have had them for about 4 years and had all the nasty tests (scans, cameras, ewww!!!) but never this bad. Am hoping that this latest batch of antibiotics does...

Feeling much more chirpy today thank you! Like you said, 1/2 lb is so little and I was very close to target. I've just got back from Dr's - they've now realised I've been on completely the wrong antibiotics for the infection I have for the past 10 days and have now prescribed me a 7 day course...

Hollysnan - thank you for your lovely message of support. Feeling much better about it this morning and much more positive. Am wondering whether I just haven't been eating enough. I've seen lots of people on here mentioning going into 'starvation mode' and I think perhaps I'm in too much of a...

1.5 lost and bitterly disappointed. Didn't WI last week as wasn't well so that's 2 weeks worth, and my first 2 weeks on the plan and I really expected better! Might curl up and have a cry now! x x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Well I hope you managed to resist - but if you didnt then I hope you enjoyed every mouthful!! I've just got back from WI, 1.5 lost. I'm absolutely gutted. I know I've been ill but I really thought I'd get 2 off. So disappointed! Wondering if I'm doing something wrong, might post some food...

My first weigh in tomorrow - really scared! Started sw 2 weeks ago but have been in bed for over a week with a kidney infection. Sadly it didn't kill off my appetite, in fact the antibiotics have done the opposite! Have stuck to plan almost 100% this week which was good considering how bad I...

Thank you! I'm crossing my fingers that iv lost, WI tomorrow but feeling massively bloated. Would love to have just lost 2lbs, 1 for each week I've followed the plan and then at least I know it's coming down! Have had such a lazy weekend, have hardly left the sofa! Feeling like a little fat...

Hi cupcake Sorry I havent really been online. Been so ill with horrendous kidney infection, was almost admitted to hospital wed as was passing so much blood. Feel awful! Feel a little better today though although have just weighed myself (I know I should wait til WI) and don't seem to have lost...

I hope you have a loss! My WI is tonight as well, I'm dreading it. Have had an awful weekend, well actually I've had a fabulous weekend just a bad diet weekend! Fri had friends over, did syn free spag Bol and it went down a treat, but then my friend served us up pudding that she had brought...

Yes!! Toned!! Exactly!! But yes, you're right - we just need to get back to that. Im going to meetings atm so if I can check any syn values for you let me know. Am finding website a bit rubbish at times though - made syn free curry on Saturday and wanted to know the value of a sharwood's...

Does anyone know if I should be counting the Syn value of my supplements? Due to a stupid bladder/kidneys/whole urinary tract I am constantly on antibiotics with some kind of infection. To try and counteract these infections I have been advised to take 400mg of cranberry tablets a day and a...

Oh it's awful when you feel fat! When is your WI Hollys nan? x

Cupcake! Nice to meet you! :-) It's so strange isn't it when you realise you always thought you were fat and then you realise you weren't at all! If I can be any help or support to you then please get in touch, it's good to support each other and especially as we have such a similar story...

Hi Ryan Your story sounds interesting, I hope sw turns out to be the right thing for you to enjoy and lose weight on. I am 3 days in as well and am doing ee every day for now. I completely understand you weighing yourself but try not to - our bodies change weight so much during the day that if...

Hollysnan, your c sounds amazing!! I am in the early days so maybe I will be pleasantly surprised by the support if I stick with it! It must be hard to know that you have done all this before - I am worried about that, I want to lose weight but I know how easy it will be to put it back on once...

In Birmingham. There are others I could attend but like you the time and location really suit me x

Thats good to know - well done you!! 9.5lbs in 5 weeks is great! Are you enjoying the diet? And are you finding it easy? x x

Hi JimofTroy Thank you for your message, I'm sure that you are right about other people not maybe having the confidence to chat to new people. Im a very chatty and friendly person and made an effort with a few people but got little back - you are probably right though about the fact that they...

Lasttime, thanks for the recipe! Made it for lunch ( was lucky to be working from home today) and thoroughly enjoyed it! Feeling very fat and bloated today, I'm sure it's to do with the bladder infection I have though and not the plan but its very frustrating! x x

I'm not sure about the clapping when you lose thing, I think I'm a bit uncomfortable with the whole clapping concept - does def feel a bit like an aa meeting! Am having a weird diet today - didn't eat much this morning and then got busy at work and ate really late so was starving! Made sure I...

Hi ladies! Suki meg, well done on your weight loss. It's so inspiring to hear that it works and this is worth doing! That's really interesting about your syns...I wonder if anyone else had had that said to them? Ive had 4.5 syns a day the last two days, not coz I was purposely trying too -...

Day 2 and things are good, although was supposed to be going to zumba tonight but have been struck down by a kidney infection ( a recurrent problem). Weird to think that I'm on day 2 of a journey which could last for the next 6 months at least! Scary!! Just need to work on changing my frame of...

Thanks so much for that - that post will come in really useful. I'm def struggling for ideas for nice filling snacks for mid afternoon and stuff like that other than fruit or muller yoghurts (I can see me getting a bit fed up of them quite quickly! :-) ) so I'll have a look for some new ideas...

Thank you! One question I have is about syns - my group leader said have 5-15 a day. Does it matter if I don't have 5 in a day (am sure most days I'll have no problems but feeling poorly today due to a kidney infection and so not going to need them!) and can you save them up and use them...

Thanks for replying so quickly - it's good to know that I am not the only one who felt that my group was some kind of social event for some quite cliquey people! I imagine if the group is good it's a great support. Never mind though - as long as I have support I'm not sure it will matter what...

Hi I'm a 25 year old newbie too, went to first group last night. 1 stone 2lbs is amazing, well done you. I'm jealous! :) This site seems so helpful, really looking forward to the support and advice it clearly brings! Claire

Hi All I just thought I'd introduce myself as I joined Slimming World last night and although was extremely excited (and nervous) about going I was hugely disappointed with my group! :cry: No-one at all friendly, leader was a bit vague and talked more about herself than really helping...

New to all of this! Hello! Another Newbie here, hope I'm in the right place - attended my first meeting last night (was petrified!) but really want to do something about my weight and have heard good things about SW off a friend who has been doing EE for a couple of months. Have 101...