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Well this week saw a 2lb gain. Actually quite ok with that as only lost 5lb last week because of the tummy bug so was complete dehydration. So a 2lb gain still equates to a 3lb loss over 2 weeks. Slow and steady wins the race!

Thanks Gail, I can't believe I've managed 3 stone! If anyone would have told me 6 months ago that I would be 3 stone lighter now I would never have believed them. I feel fantastic and so positive that the first 3 stone have been pretty easy and if I stick at it and put in some more effort then...

Well another week down! Very luckily for me I have had a nasty tummy bug for the past 2 days so tonight I lost 5lbs! This has managed to get me my 3 stone award though. So the real hardwork starts this week to try and keep the loss off.

Wow Gail that is amazing! Well done! I will go and find a tape measure tonight.

Thanks Gail, I bought a wii fit off ebay last week and now doing two aqua aerobics classes a week so I definitely feel more confident and massively fitter. My colleagues are saying they can see a big difference now even though the past few weeks have been a bit static so I guess my shape is...

Well another stay the same week! Disappointing but need to remember 4lbs off last week was a lot so I don't mind if my pattern were to become 4lbs off 1 week then stay the same followed by another 4lbs off again! (I can dream!) Because I've not been having consistent losses recently I felt that...

We always do our roast potatoes and parsnips in ours but never parboil them and they're fantastic! Even gave them to the parents for sunday lunch a few weeks ago and they only ever use goosefat for theirs but thought they tasted gorgeous. We've also done battered onion rings on ours when we have...

Thanks Gail. My weekly target is 2lbs so I'd be chuffed if I keep at that but anything beyond that is a real bonus!

Hi Sharlet well done on the weight loss this week. If you didn't buy it then I'd highly recommend the extra easy cookbook. I found this invaluable. I tend to have fruit and yogurt for breakfast or scrambled eggs on toast. For lunch I have homemade soup, I make up a huge pot at the weekend and...

I used mine to do the Jamie Oliver instant berry ice cream. Just blitz it with frozen fruit and honey. Not sure how this would work with syns as frozen fruit is free but not if pureed. Well strictly speaking it's not pureed and I undersatnd they syn it because you would have so much more when...

Hi Shell, If it's any consolation I weigh myself daily and several times a day! My weight can vary by 5lbs from 1 day to the next so all is not lost! Have you tried doing teh extra easy? I find it fits into normal life a lot easier and you don't end up cheating or deviating from the plan.I tried...

Ah Helen, don't dwell on it, the negatives will only drag you down and make you feel more despondent which usually results in the wavering off plan! Think positive. Forget about the past few weeks and focus on the weight that you have lost and that you can do it. Give yourself a mini target to...

Well stuck with it and despite a weekend away in Scotland and the most amazing, beautiful, fantastic meal out yesterday I lost 4lbs! So very pleased that things are on the move again! Long may it continue!

Thanks, I think it's frustrating because it had been working but the past few weeks have just been rubbish. I've decided to try and shake things up a bit and go for green and red days this week rather than ee-think it will also make me think harder about it as well rather than doing the same...

Well another weigh in tonight and another crappy week. I've been really good this week with the exception of a meal out on saturday night. I stayed the same this week. I guess it's better than last weeks gain but it's beginning to annoy me. I'm going to try and mix things up a bit this week and...

Well I started my journey in October needing to lose just under 9 stone to be "my ideal weight!" Well I really can't see that ever happening so decided to aim for 4stone 5lbs to get my bmi down to a level that we would be able to obtain fertility treatment at. So it's a good goal with a...

Hi, I think sw is brilliant. Just wished I'd discovered it years ago. The extra easy plan really does seem too good to be true doesn't it. I come from a family of weight watcher addicts and none of them believe me when I say I'm allowed what they see me eating! But the proof is in the pudding as...

Hi Kerry, welcome and WOW what an achievement 2 stone in 2 months is amazing! I really ought to lose at least another 6st and half lost 2 1/2 st so far. I look at it in really small goals by setting mini targets for different events-but always set easy realistic targets. a stone a month would be...

Hi Caroline, Welcome. I love Slimming world it makes dieting so easy! Good luck.

Hi Jacq, Welcome,sounds like you've had a bit of a time of it lately. Just wanted to say don't get disheartened with it, try and look at your overall loss-nearly a stone in a month is fantastic! I have had a few dodgy weeks lately and just try and focus on an average loss. I told myself right...

Hi welcome and good luck! I know what you mean about class cost too, I've been debating doing something similar but using the money for another aquafit class.

:happy096: Well done Littlestar! That's fantastic, it's such an amazing feeling when the scales offer us the rewards!

Hi rootsfran, Good luck with sw. I live on soup for lunch but tend to just use ordinary recipes although do like the sw ham minestrone one and I love the speed soup! I did omit the parsnips though and added a couple of chillis, also put kidney beans in but didn't see those on one of the recipes...

Hi, try not to let it get you down and focus on this week . There have been several weeks where I've weighed differently onour scales to sw. 2 weeks ago sw said I'd lost 3 1/2 lbs but ours said nothing. I definitely didn't believe that I'd lost it and sure enough ours said I'd lost 1/2 lb and sw...

We did the chicken pie on Monday night using left over roast chicken from Sunday lunch and it was delicious. Didn't chop the potatoes thin enough though so wasn't very rosti like! Might try grating them next time on a big grater.

Hi, welcome. I only joined here a couple of days ago but sw in October. My advice us start out just doing orange and see how you go. It's a lot easier to get your head around which will make it easier to change to red or green once you understand it a bit better. As regards syns it is the same...

Hi Lizabell, welcome, I'm another newbie here. I've found giving myself mini goals along the way rather than focussing too much on the end goal has really helped me. When i first started sw in oct my parents were coming down to stay with us 6 weeks later. I didn't tell them I'd joined sw and...

Hi Littlestar, The recipe is on slimming world website but says 8 syns per serving. When I spoke to our group leader I asked if this is because of the honey in the recipe and also the milk, she said it was so if I use the milk as HEXA and ommit the honey it will be syn free. For a single...

Wow Phunkie that's impressive! I'm doing sw as well and have a friend getting married in July. Would love to be a size 14/16 by then (or maternity wear! ) so that's my goal. I'm a bit of a whimp when it comes to exercise but am braving 2 aquafit classes a week and have just bought a wii fit off...

Thanks DD, been reading the threads all evening there's so much there!

Hi Danni, I joined MiniMins yesterday too and Slimming world in October. I've been completely engrossed in the slimming world threads all evening! As for the sweetness cravings, I'm just making a very yummy sweet rice pudding! Syn free using my milk from my HEXA. Good luck. Becs

Hi, I did post yesterday as a newbie but was posting from my phone so didn't know how to do a new thread so ended up tagging onto another newbie post! Good start! A bit about me, well just turned 38 (yikes) have tried to lose weight on and off for the last few years. Tried WW without sucess 4...

I use HEXA for either milk to make a rice pudding if I fancy an sweet dessert in the evning or 3 mini babybel lights to either grate on jacket potatoes, chilli or spag bol etc. HEXB is usually either 2 small wholemeal slices of toast with scarmbled eggs for breakfast, a roll with soup at...

My father in law very generously gave us an actifry for Xmas and we do roast potatoes and parsnips ( no parboiling though) with appx 1/2 teaspoon of oil for the 2 of us and they are the best! I never thought I would ever say it but I am a complete convert from goosefat now. Absolutely delicious!

Hi I'm another newbie tonight. My Hubby and I joined slimming world last October and it's been going pretty well. I got my 2 1/2 stone sticker last week but have now promptly put on 2 1/2lbs this week. It's only my 3rd gain since joining so trying not to get it all out of proportion but wad...