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Doing a food diary is a good idea. Is there something you eat (bananas/cereal etc.) everyday? Maybe cut it out completely and see how you go. Our bodies sometimes become intolerable to certain foods. Is there anything that makes you feel bloated/uncomfortable after you have eaten it? Are you...

I too will be watching this post. Both your stories are very similar to mine and I have also read lots of comments about the new pro points system not working but from what I have read it seems WW have tweaked it a little and lowered the points (which I would be on) I'm just gathering info and...

Hi, well reading back and forth I have decided to go straight into counting Pro points. I'm not going to confuse myself with Simple Start etc. Can anyone tell me if there is a list of free foods for pro points please. I am waiting on my books to arrive and want to start today. Also, is there a...

Thanks Treacle, it looks like the app is the way forward then. My only worry also here is that we have a very good social life and although the alcohol isn't really going to be a problem it's eating out. Is there a general guide? Say if I were to order a 1/4 spitroast chicken, salad and small...

Thank you Xassy. I feel it will be a challenge working points out on the Spanish products but I am determined! LOL

Hi all. I've been reading like mad this forum and it's great. I live in Spain and am waiting for my starter pack to arrive. I am going it alone as I have no leader or group near me..........now...........I used to do the very old ww system and pro points is very new to me. Is all fruit and salad...

Hi there, I live in Spain now and don't have a leader/group close to me so I have ordered the starter pack and while I am waiting for it to arrive I am joining here to get some advice and motivation! I have ordered a calculator but apart from that is there another way of working out the pro...

Good Luck, I too am joining back. I did SW which didn't work so sticking to what I know works! I don't think this is a big forum for the 'old' points system but there are a few of us around. x

Well, that's week 2 complete, I've done a couple of 'juicing' days, mainly to try and improve my terrible skin. Again, haven't found it too difficult this week and another 2lbs off, so I'm a happy bunny. Week 1 - 2lb loss Week 2 - 2lb loss :)

OK, 2lbs off over a very busy time is fine by me. I've found this quite easy to follow so hopefully this will now be a continuous loss. Here's to a better year! Week 1 - 2lb loss

Happy New Year to you too and thanks for the info. I have started this already and finding it ok although I forgot which day I did actually start properly but I'm just going to keep checking my weight although not daily (bad!) but more weekly. I'm going to say I started this Monday just gone so...

Thanks Sarah, that's cleared it up for me. I was thinking of doing the 5:2 diet and on my fast days using the remainder of my exante diet shakes (before they expire) would I be ok to spread these out on DD do you think? x

Hi all, I am currently doing the old 'vintage' weightwatchers system and doing ok so far but I like the idea of JUDD. I keep reading about these 'eating windows' can someone please explain what it is and do you do it on both normal and fasting days?

Just re-read what I wrote, I'm doing the old points system not propoints sorry. I'm allowed 23 a day plus whatever earned through exercise. My books are showing that fruit does have a points value so I am going with that. I don't like the look of propoints to be honest and the old system worked...

I'm using my old books which are a combination of 123 success and propoints Shez. I've worked out that I can have 23 points and I've decided not to use my points earned through exercise (when I eventually start some! ;) ) I've done ok this week and that's been with 2 nights out. I weigh in on...

Thank you. Wow, is it really that old? I just came across it as there is a lot of propoints forums but I tried that when it came out and gained weight :eek:. I'll check out your diary then. I have a feeling I'll be asking a lot of questions about points in chocolate and wine over the next few...

Hi Shez. Thanks for the reply re. fruits. I couldn't remember off hand. I will be keeping a weekly diary for now until I get back into it. It has been a lot of years since I've done the diet and I now live in Spain where they don't have a lot of WW stuff but I didn't eat a lot of it before, I...

Hi. Can I join here? I know it's a funny time to start a diet, so close to crimbo, but my weight is spiralling and I've looked back at the mahoosive amount of diets I have tried and the old ww points system seemed to be the one for me so I've dug out the old books and here I am. I need to have...

Thanks scotmix. For some strange reason I am feeling very positive so I'm making the most of it. LOL x

Thank you Smidge87, I am really enjoying it to be honest, I do walk everyday too for about an hour and a half and a friend said I should eat something?! I've actually felt ok, really good in fact and really don't want to eat anything.

So after trying SW for 3 weeks and losing nothing I have decided that I need food taken out of the equation. My problem is I constantly pick so I am hoping Exante will help me overcome this. Tomorrow is my 1st weigh in, I've had a sneaky peak and the scales have budged yay!!! I have stated...

Thanks for your replies everyone, very interesting. I have sat down and looked over what I have been eating and I genuinely think I have been eating too much. Now I know that you're all gonna say well that's the magic of slimming word but I constantly graze which is why I am overweight, that's...

Hi everyone. Well this week I have stayed the same. In total 4lbs lost in 4 weeks, now I know you are all gonna say 'that's good, a 1lb a week' but I have 2 stone to shift and I thought it would come off quicker so........................ My friend is doing SW, she is logging her food into My...

Hi swgm, lucky you going to Florida. That's our next holiday and we are saving hard so we can do all the things the kids keep adding to the list :O. You may not get a true reading from the scales on your weigh in as your body tends to retain fluid etc. (I always feel really bloated when I'm...

Hi all. I am fairly new (week 3 for me) and am doing SW from home this is my lifeline as I live in Spain with very few people here doing any kind of diet! LOL. 4lbs off in week one and then 2 lbs on??!! in week 2. I've been real good this week (just a party to conquer this weekend) and...

Right a 2lb gain for me this week. Although the battery needs replacing on my scales the hubby is still weighing the same so it's not them. Could it be bananas? I never used to eat them and now I'm sometimes having 2 a day. I've decided this week to keep a food diary and post on here for...

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Sounds good to me Sue. Maybe when the kids go back in a few weeks?

Thanks for the reply Sue. I'm in Pedreguer and shop at Iceland Benissa! LOL. I am so determined to do this it's unreal. Being in this country and having to show a little more flesh than I normally would has set off the alarm bells this year. I just find it so hard as there is always some kind...

Hi all. New to SW. Been In Spain (Alicante) for 2 years now and need to shift the stone and a half I've gained. This site is great as I am 'going it alone' no SW classes near me and no-one I know doing the diet. I am struggling to find brands here other than in Iceland and their prices are...

Good luck with the diet.

Thanks guys, I live in Spain and really miss Tesco's etc. I'll just have to look out for the citric acid I guess. Thanks again.

I've lost 6lbs this week and I'm chuffed to bits with that but my goodness am I struggling with the water thing. Can we have flavoured sparkling water? Think I could drink loads of that.

Farewell 6lbs. Onwards and upwards from now. Very pleased with that although it has been a hard week. Struggling with the water.

I'm starting back again today. Haven't done this for years but it worked for me last time so here we go. Didn't want to wait til Monday and then after xmas then the new year.......... Good Luck everyone

It's crazy isn't it!!! One comment made to me before starting this diet was 'Go on Elaine, you never say no!!!' That has stuck with me. I also found a chocolate lime (I love them) in the glove compartment whilst getting the sat nav out, now that would have been gone before I had even turned it...

On Day 3 and going OK apart from a dull ache in head (wouldn't really say a heache as such). Anyway I have noticed things that I didn't really take any notice of before doing this diet like: Taking a mouthfull of the kids cereal when it comes out the microwave to make sure it's not too hot...

Well, my delivery has just turned up! Two days wasted :o but hey, it's here now, bring on tomorrow. Just had a bbq (no carbs though) and am very ready to get started tomorrow now. Good luck Liam, we can do it! Thanks for all the replies too, this site is fab.

Well, I am not a happy bunny! I have just had an email to say that Interlink could not deliver as there was no reply?! WHAT?! I have waited in all day (with kids driving me insane) for this delivery. They say they left a 'you were out' card too which they didn't. I am so concerned that I am...

Hi everyone Right, today my packs arrive and I start my journey on Exante. Did Slimming World and was losing a 1lb a week then had a bad weekend and wacked the lot back on:cry:. Need to shift some weight for a party in June (lots of people I haven't seen for a while) and want to look and feel...

Awh, thanks girls. My god did I panic!!! LOL. So, do you put the saturated fat etc. into the calculator? I can't seem to get to grips with it. I'm doing it myself from home so sorry to ask silly questions :o

Hi Kingleds I am unsure of how to use the calculator to be honest (saturated fats etc.). It's bringing up 25 syns?? This can't be right, it's salad? I am happy to allow for the sauce but not 25 syns surely? LOL. It was so nice too :(

I didn't check the Tesco Prawn salad that I have just demolished and now worried about how many sins were in it! :(

In a nutshell I hate preparing salads so have bought one ready done. Tesco prawn layered salad. I am doing EE so have calculated this as 5 sins for the sauce as the rest is salad and pasta/prawns which is allowed right? Yes, no? I am not sure I have done this correct - HELP!

I have to say I am wondering about my portion sizes too. The concept of eat until you are full has gone out the window cos I keep telling myself I can eat loads?! I am going to buy myself my own (smaller) plate next week and hope this makes a differene. No pics sorry hun, me and cameras are...

Welcome and good luck. It's always good to have something to aim for I think.

Well, last week I decided to try Extra Easy and this mornings weigh-in shows that I have stayed the same? I am dissapointed to be honest as I have stuck to it, it didn't feel right that I could eat so much?! I'm baffled so this morning I have planned a weeks menu and plan on sticking to it and I...

Thank you. I'm still trying to find my way around the diet and this site. Everyone seems very nice. x

As a former WW I used to love a meringue nest, strawberries and fromage frais. Can anyone help me out with what this is on green? Many thanks

Well done on your loss by the way bellareh!

Thank you. I'm not sure what you mean by extra easy? It doesn't say anything about that in my book (it is the old food optimising one though) which I have borrowed until I start the classes. Will have to read about that on the site.

Thanks Laura I do feel quite full and my friend told me to use as little syns as possible, do you think I should use more? How many roughly? I haven't been to a class yet so am a little unsure how many I should be using. :confused:

Just realised I have posted this in the wrong place? Hi all It's official from the nurse last week, I am obese! Now that I have to terms with being called this for the first (and hopefully last) time I now intend to do something about it and have decided on SW. My doctors can provide this for...

Hi all It's official from the nurse last week, I am obese! Now that I have to terms with being called this for the first (and hopefully last) time I now intend to do something about it and have decided on SW. My doctors can provide this for me for free although due to popular demand they are...