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Thanks everyone! I'm certainly happy to have some diet buddies LazyMiss :)

Well, after so many failed attempts at losing weight, I am once again returning to SW. This time I'm doing it online rather than attending a group, so thought I would return here for some support as I know what a wonderful site this is.

Another 1lb off please :)

2 more off please :)

1lb off for me this week :)

Another 1lb after a less than perfect week. I'll take that. :)

1.5lbs off this week

2.5lbs off this week for me please

You have done so well! Thank you very much for your post. I will have a look at your recipes. Well, I maintained last week as I had a very stressful week with son and daughter's ill health - son got a bug and daughter felt unwell (which usually results in a stint in hospital). Thankfully, a...

This week I have had a revelation Really pleased this week - I lost 3.5lbs and am now in the 13s. That deserves a bunny dance...

3.5lbs off this week.

1.5lbs off for me please

Lost 1.5lbs, which I am pleased about. I've also accepted that if this is going to work for me, I will have to buy a bit more fruit and snack stuff. I know I will spend much less in the long run as I am cooking from scratch (passata at 29p versus stir in sauce at £2) and not buying takeaways...

I've had a week of not really following the plan. I couldn't weigh-in last week as I wasn't well (but home scales - shhhhh! ;) - said I'd lost). But, starting back at work has well and truly thrown me off track again. I haven't lost my mind and started eating through the entire contents of...

Right folks. Some frugal green recipes if you are happy to welcome a vegetarian approach. These would serve around 4, depending on appetite. Jacket potatoes with baked bean mix up: fry onion, mushroom and diced red pepper until softening. Drain a tin of chopped tomatoes (through a sieve is...

2.5lbs off this week :)

Thank you :). I am back from my time away and now I have my frugal head on. I need to pay for our holiday next year, so we have some tight months ahead of us. I will add that I feel lucky that we don't need to be frugal for necessity, and I don't mean to sound flippant as I know so many...

Another 1.5lbs off for me please :)

Another 1.5lbs off. I'm pleased with that after eating loads of quorn last night at a bbq (I have quorn belly today). It's wasn't nice, low syn quorn - I was cramming the very lovely bbq sausages at 2.5 syns each... I'm home on Monday anyway, so will be doing a bit more exercise and more...

First proper diet break on Saturday night. Now, normally when I break a diet, that is it. I lose a few pounds, feel a bit better and start wanting to go out and do things which inevitably mean food and drink. I have eaten out already on the plan, and stuck to it, but my husband wanted to try...

It seems the crafting on an evening is paying off. Have weighed in as a visitor, 2 days early, and have lost... 4lbs!!! :bunnydance::bunnydance::bunnydance::bunnydance: I am pleased. That's 10lbs in just under 3 weeks. I know it will slow off a bit now, but feel like I'm starting to get...

4lbs off for me! :D

Thanks :)

Right. I am away at parents again for the next two weeks. I have exercised restraint by going straight to the supermarket on my arrival and buying food I can eat rather than succumbing to the chocolate. I am going to go to a different group to weigh in this week rather than just take the...

Gained 0.5lbs. So fed up. I was 100% all week. :cry:

This week is obviously being sent to test me. I have gained 0.5lbs even though I have stuck to it all week, 100%. I am very, very fed up. I think it is possibly a bit of my body catching up with the big loss from last week, but it doesn't stop me feeling rubbish about it. I've been really...

Having stretched skin after children is very common, and after weight loss. Her niece is obviously very lucky. It comes down to genetics. Genetically, like me, you haven't been very lucky in the skin department, just like it seems the old lady hasn't been very lucky in the...

Agree with weeing loads! I did last week, all week, but had lost 6.5lbs when I weighed in. You all looked lovely on the wedding pic. Pleased you are doing well :)

EE day today and (polishes halo) an hour on the cross trainer even though it was such an effort to make myself do it! Food: Low fat yogurt, raspberries and black cherries (defrosted), fruit and fibre Bean mix up: dry fried mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, quorn steak strips, 1/2 can baked beans...

Thank you :)

This week has been more difficult thanks to PMS. I have had the dreadful combination of cravings/boredom which drives me to the cupboards. I have stuck to the plan, but I have also eaten a lot. Weigh in on Saturday; I'm praying that I have had a loss. I want to stay motivated whilst I'm away...

I totally missed this!!! :o :o :o So sorry Suzy! Thank you for this. You are right about the worrying prospect of needing the tucking. It's my arms, legs, stomach, sides, boobs. I will look like a big empty carrier bag. Am planning on buying some reinforced (with girders of lycra) swimming...

I'm having the annual holiday crisis of what to do with my son, who is 3 and a bundle of energy, on a rainy day when we have not much money to spend. Thinking the best course of action will be to put on our boots and waterproofs and head out for a bit regardless. I feel guilty for even daring...

Made my first syn free quiche in years and it was lovely. I used to eat it all in one day, but have managed to exercise some restraint and had half for tea last night with salad, and took half for picnic lunch today. It chills beautifully. My recipe: Packet red pepper and mushroom rice...

I roast veg (red onion, pepper, aubergine, courgette, carrot, butternut squash, chunk cut mushroom all work well) and quorn pieces with frylight and put a carton of passata over it, then roast that for a bit too. Mix cooked pasta in. If you have syns, stick a tablespoon of red pesto in it when...

Thank you :) :) :). Your weight loss is fantastic. We're the same height, and I can't wait until I'm in the 150s. I haven't seen those since just after I got married 6 years ago. Good luck with it. I've managed another day out without folding to temptation. We took a picnic - I never do...

I completely understand the walking back into the staffroom after summer looking fabulous and slim fantasy - I have it too. And I have also rejoined at the start of the holidays. I won't lie, I would love to look different when I go back, but I doubt that 1st will make much difference...

I only joined this challenge a couple of days ago, but: 6.5lbs loss for me. :D First weigh-in. Really pleased.

Well, the restraint paid off: 6.5lbs!!!! :party0011::wee::bunnydance:

I'm going to make a beast of a chilli - with baked beans, kidney beans, peppers, carrots, onion, quorn sausages, tinned toms, puree, chilli powder - and serve with wedges.

Tomorrow is my first weigh in and I am getting the scale anxiousness. I am worried I won't have lost anything, or only a lb. It's that first week boost I need. I do feel like I might have lost, but time will tell. I went out for a meal again yesterday, unexpectedly. Parents wanted fish and...

Are you eating enough? Some people's diaries often seem a bit sparse. When I did SW the first time, I was really greedy at the start. As my weight dropped, my appetite settled a bit. But I remember doing green days, eating all my meals (massive, often pasta or rice based) then eating packets...

Having many small victories over myself this week, although I accept these are down to first week determination. Last night, parents ordered pizza, garlic bread and french fries (all things I love). I made my pasta with roasted veg and quorn pieces and ate that. Snacking mostly on crab...

Please can I join? I want to lose 35lbs by Christmas. :)

I've set myself the mini target of trying to get 35lbs off by Christmas. If I manage this, I will be so pleased with myself as it will take me below where I got to in January, it will put me back in the 12s and it will smash my Club 10 target of 21lbs. :superwoman:

Good luck :). I just started again last Saturday and I have a similar amount of weight to lose. I'll be long-hauling too.

Thank you so much for posting. I am feeling very motivated at the moment. Keeping it up will be the tough bit. I find as soon as I get stressed, I give up. I'd lost over 20lbs in January and February, then daughter got pneumonia and it flawed me. I put it all back on. But I know I can't...

You are doing so well! Well done :). I think the trick to beating this thing is pulling it back after a gain and you seem to be doing that really well.

I was very pleased with myself yesterday. We went for lunch to meet a friend and I ordered my first ever altered meal. Usually I just eat it as it comes. But this time I had dressing on the side and asked for things to be taken off. Admittedly, it wasn't the most exciting meal I've ever...

Hi :). I'm doing EE at the moment and will be getting weighed on Saturday. I hope I've lost, as I've been yo-yoing so much over past few weeks that I suspect my body won't let it go easily now. How are you getting on?

Hi Leeanne, I will follow your diary. You need to lose about the same as me. I started (again) on Saturday. I refuse to feel this rubbish by next summer. Good luck (and your little one on profile is very cute!) :)

So, I am a veteran of SW... and low GL... and WW... and low carb... and detox... and Gillain McKeith... and calorie counting... and (which worked very well for me at 18) the black coffee and fags diet. I first lost a lot of weight with SW at 20 when I had my daughter. I went from 16st to 10st...

I'm back to SW yet again too. Have 4st 8lbs to lose, hopefully by next summer. It's so hard because I am so greedy. I too have had emotional/family crisis over past two years - I've regained nearly 3st in that time. Sigh. My skin is knackered because of all the upping and downing. I really...

*emmie* for chick lit Jo Jo Moyes is good - 'me before you' - more complex than normal chick-lit. Do you read Sophie Kinsella? She's very funny.

Lumpee - I really liked that one. I find Jodi Picoult is very mixed, some are great and some aren't so good. I like the one about the son with Asperger's (House Rules). Having worked with many Aspie boys, and my daughter has it too, it was interesting to read.

'The Whistleblower'. Just watched the film and was horrified; it has compelled me to read her account of the events (it's about girls being trafficked for peacekeeper forces in Sarajevo after the war. Horrible, but inspiring given that she stood up to everyone, even though she was totally...

Tuna Nicoise: Tuna steak, green beans, eggs, new potatoes, olives (1 syn), lettuce, tomato, onion, anchovy fillets (negligible), dressing (olive oil, dijon mustard, vinegar 1tbsp counted as 6.5 syns, though possibly less, and could be Healthy B).

Hi all Back to SW after yo-yoing up and down for past few years. I need to lose 4st. I would like to lose 5st, but wonder if that is a bit ambitious.

Thanks so much Valerie :). I've lost another few pounds, and am feeling a bit better. Daughter has a liver disease of some kind now too so we are awaiting a biopsy of it to determine what's going on. I'm trying not to go bonkers with food, although I did overeat chocolate yesterday. It...

Managed to get my hair cut and coloured so I look a bit more human for going back to work. I've lost a stone so far so it's going to make my work clothes fit much better. Daughter's counts are still low, but she has restarted chemotherapy, so she is very vulnerable to infection. I am worried...

I need to write a diary of this as I need to keep encouraging myself to keep going when life tries to thwart me. I casually restarted WW on January 6th. I say casually because I saw I could get most of the fees back, so figured it was worth it for a couple of pounds. I don't even know if I...

I'm 32, 5' 9'' and 4lbs heavier than you, and mine have just dropped to 32 so it sounds spot on for you. Enjoy! :-)

Yes, you read right. I suspect I am a bit mental. I'm posting on Atkins because the Rose Elliot diet that I'm using takes the Atkins induction period as its start point so I am also limited to 20g carbs for at least the next fortnight. I currently weigh 15st after an awful year that has...

Hi all I'm on Day 4. A 20lb loss by Christmas would be lovely! I'll join you.

Did you do Zumba yet Ruth? It is good fun. I caved and weighed myself. I'm 9.5lbs down in 3 weeks, so not a bad start.

I hope you are feeling better after your op. Hospitals are extremely difficult places to keep weight off in if you are well enough to eat. I'm holding mine largely responsible for my 1 1/2st weight gain (it OBVIOUSLY wasn't me putting the food into my mouth that did it :D) since January as I...

As the exercise has increased, I have had snacks as I've felt hungrier. Food has been fine for two days, and exercise has been good. I did 40mins cross-trainer on Weds, and 40mins cross-trainer plus Day One of the Shred yesterday. Much of me aches today, but I plan to do the same again. the...

So, yogurt and berries with almonds for breakfast; a salad made of small portion of quinoa, small avocado, 2 tbsps mixed beans, veg, oil and balsamic vinegar for lunch; tofu and cashew nut stir-fry with chilli and garlic for tea. One snack of hummus and 2 oatcakes. 30mins on cross-trainer. I...

Definitely try Zumba, it's great. The routines change lots and it's a laugh. I really enjoyed it and have a DVD to do at home too. I think they were releasing a Wii game as well.

Hello! I'm pretty new too. It does seem like a great way to lose weight. I hope you've found it good so far. :)

Porridge and berries for breakfast; leftover bean and veg thing with some hummus for lunch and a soup with tofu, chickpeas, a cautious serving of pearl barley and mixed veg. My birthday cross trainer finally turned up so I did 20 minutes on that (all I had time for once husband had spent...

I need to post regularly as it keeps me on the straight and narrow! Today has been okay. I had banana and yogurt with almonds for breakfast; salad with avocado, tuna and black olives for lunch and roast veg in tomato and pesto sauce with cannellini and kidney beans for tea. I haven't really...

Thank you! I did measure myself at the start, and I've lost 2 inches off my waist in 13 days with a less than ideal amount of exercise, so I think that's good going. I'm still desperate to weigh myself though!

I made the sausage and butternut squash casserole off the recipes thread for tea tonight (with quorn sausages as I don't eat meat) and it was lovely. So far I've been eating really carefully, though I probably need to watch my portions as they still creep up at times. What I really need to...

I'm pleased you've mentioned that one as I got given a copy last week and it seems really handy, though I was worried in case the Holford didn't go with it. I totally agree with what you've said, I don't think I can face doing the counting really carefully as I want something that feels...

Thank you for this. I've been lurking on here all week waiting for my book to turn up and see that you are the guru of GL! You have done so well with your weight loss too. Do you follow the Holford diet strictly? I was quite surprised to see things like eggs limited to 6 a week, and no...

What about doing traditional SW and sticking to mainly red days, then it would be lower carb, but you could have your healthy Bs and if you really needed a green day then you could have one. Saying that, this diet - Patrick Holford, low gl - allows some carbs with each meal, they are just...

I wanted to say hello to everyone. My GL book (Holford) finally turned up today so I'm going to try and get to grips with the plan. Although I eat fish, I'm not a massive fan, and a lot of the foods I was hoping to rely on are in the 'restricted' bit at the back of the book (like eggs and...