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Pleased to hear I'm not on my own @Quins !!! I've still had a slightly ropey week but overall, I've been much better. And I stuck to gin and slimline last night I'm not a big drinker which is good so having a tipple is a rarity for me, but I do love my food. I'm going to give it a go myself...

I've been away a while and I've the all too familiar low mood the last few days... hopped onto the scales and I'm back up to 19st 6lb!!!! :( I haven't food optimised at all and in fact the last week, I've been eating as much wheat as I can fit in, full fat butter, even sugar in my coffee and...

Sometimes it's so easy to just slip into old habits!! However the old habits mustn't be as bad as they used to be or I'd have put loads more weight on. Just need to refocus now xx

Yes my daughter has finally settled!!!!! Thursday morning, she ran into their house all excited so it's great that she's happy there now. how's your week been?x

How easy has it been avoiding the wine bottle so far @MrsD1888 ? So I haven't had a great week. I have been cautious to a certain degree but haven't been on plan. Father in law is alright which is good news! I've had a really tough week at work... some bad news on some business we lost and I've...

1/2 on for me... but I am aware and I've just been to Sainsbury's to get all my los fat and fat free goodies and some ingredients to make healthy sw meals! Bring on the losses!!!

I haven't disappeared - just had one hell of a week! We've had a move our daughter to a new childminder which has been incredibly upsetting as she was with them since 9 weeks old (she's now nearly 3) and then last night my father in law was rushed into hospital. I'm knackered, I'm in my...

1/2 lb off - surprised I lost anything at all.... :oops:

They look lovely!!!!! I'd kill for some brownies

Both puddings sounds delicious!!! And the brownies... mmmm I must try and do those at some point!! I'm having an alpen light bar... :boohoo:

Gutted about the Olive Oil - but never mind, I'll just need to make sure and syn it!! I prefer to use it on my chips and roasties, I never ever use the spray. My lunch yesterday was absolutely delicious- been sitting telling one of the girls in work all about it :D - might have to make one...

Ive been using a tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil as my HXB. I'm pretty certain I got this information in my book but I've checked today and can't see it in there. Can someone confirm for me please?

And I've just had one more Yorkshire - but I'll syn it. I haven't had anything else today apart from my delicious dinner

Maybe we should badger @Quins until he tells us :p:D Today was a healthy version of a roast chicken dinner - including roasties, Yorkshire pudding and a drop of gravy. However I sometimes use extra virgin olive oil as a HXB and I've just realised that I think this was old slimming...

Is that crazy yellow lady shaking her boobs?! :):):):p

You have no idea how much I want this right now...!!

Haha heat pad!! The predictive text on my iPhone has got worse since I upgraded to iOS 10... :confused:

Wow @Quins what a week!!!! What do you do for living that manages to take you to Miami? I'm back on plan today and although I want to eat everything in sight, I'm making smart choices. We've been to Sainsbury's and picked some stuff up for the next few days and we have tea planned for tonight...

Maintain for me - although I'm surprised it's not a gain after what I've put away the last 2 days....!! Have fallen off the wagon but I'm back now and focussing in again xx

Thanks for he vote of confidence!!!!! I'm back on and focusing in. I'm still feeling very stiff and a little worse for wear which makes me want to eat stodgy food and chocolate but I'll feel so much better if I have some fruit and a glass of water!!!! I guess I will have times when I slip up...

Thanks @blossom102 !!! However I have some big disappointment for you all.... I have fallen off the wagon. Not forever, I've slipped off th back and as the wagon is slowing down, I'm climbing back on. On Wednesday night I slept rough for charity and basically didn't really sleep. I was tired...

I have indeed!!! 13lb is the target I've set but I have lots more weight to lose than you so should come off quicker (fingers crossed anyway!!). I think we have a similar target weight - I'm 5ft 5.5inch so I've set 10st 7lb as my target. I vaguely remember being at this weight when I was 16...

@skinnydawn it's so easy done though, isn't it. I'm like a yoyo!!!! But I've never been able to get down to my target weight the way you did. I would love to know what it feels like to be slim - would be amazing. Maybe this time next year I'll be luck enough to be there!!!! I'd had to go and...

Last night didn't end well... !! I'd been so good all day and ended up with the munchies at 7pm. I had a packet of sunbites crackers and 2 small packets of smarties so it brought my total syns for the day to 20!!!!!!! :oops: I was weighing 1lb lighter this morning so it'll be interesting to...

Thank you both!! Yes I guess I'm pleased with both the progress and the fact that I've stuck to it for over 5weeks lol!

Can you put me down for 13lb please as it's a 5 week month!!! Weigh in day is Saturday No holidays Weigh in today, lost 3lb Xx

Thanks @jules1981 - 3lb off so not too bad! I was hoping for more as I didn't lose last week but it's still good. Still 3lb off!!x

I'm looking forward to weigh in this week at least. I'm so on it this week!!!! However I'm out tomorrow night at a business awards and I have no idea what the menu will be. I have been keeping my level of syns low though so hopefully it won't affect my weight loss too much.

Ah no I've realised now that my post was on the other page lol!!!! :oops: Hopped on the scales this morning and another 1lb off! That makes 4.5lb off this week so far so fingers crossed it sticks. I didn't have much time for lunch yesterday so ended up having a packet of chicken at 4pm and a...

@Erniie I thought I'd replied earlier but my post seems to have disappeared so I've maybe forgot to hit "post reply"... :oops: I've definitely needed my head to be in the right place. I've been unhappy being fat for ages but sometimes it takes something else random to push us into doing...

Thaanks @Erniie and I hope this time works for you!! You are right though, your head does need to be in the right place. I've been a member loads before but this is actually the first time that I've done it properly and counted all of my syns and wrote a proper food diary. I've always been a bit...

2 days after weigh in and I've finally seen a loss on the scales!! I hopped on first thing this morning and there was a 3.5lb loss which was great. Makes me feel that my efforts haven't been wasted!! And as it's only Monday now and weigh in isn't until Saturday, I should hopefully have a great...

We've been out for dinner this evening before taking a trip along to the Roker Illuminations in Sunderland - you should look them up! We went to an Italian and it's sooooo difficult to work out the syns in things. I think I made good choices but who knows. I had a small bowl of chicken and...

Wine is so bad but so hard to resist at times!!

That's my official weigh in - Saturday morning. I did wonder if I should cheat and say I maintained but I realised I'd only be cheating myself at the end of the day. I'm going to stick to 15 syns per day max now this week and see if it makes a difference. I have to admit there's been a few...

1/2lb gain for me :(

Thanks @Quins . I remained good yesterday, despite my massive appetite!! I don't know why I just wanted to eat everything. I stayed on plan and had plenty of fresh fruit and a sensible lunch. However last night for dinner, we ordered an Indian. I had lamb rogan josh with boiled rice and ate the...

I just want to sit and eat today!! It's my TOM and I just want to sit and eat crap. I'm also a little disheartened that it's the day before weigh in and the scales haven't shifted at all since last week. :(

I'm having a superb week so far. I have continued with my food diary and I'm finding that is really helpful. I've ditched cereal in the morning in exchange for fruit and yogurt and I'm having a mid morning snack on an Alpen Light bar (1/2 HXB). Some days I'm finding it hard to use my syns but...

I had awful headaches when I first started and I had a day of indulgence on Saturday myself and the headaches seemed to start again for me on Sunday. I have always found that going off plan has chance to start some of my cravings again.

Stew sounds delicious!! I'm sure you'll get be able to get focussed again.

Thanks @Quins ! I weighed myself this morning again and I'm back to what I was on weigh in day, Saturday. So there's hope for me yet!! Had a trip to the cinema last night to watch the new Bridget Jones and as I had some syns left, I brought a little bag of Metcalfes skinny popcorn with me (3.5...

Weigh in day was Saturday and I was absolutely delighted with a 2lb loss!!! This means I've lost a total of 9lb so far and I'm on trck to achieve my mini September target (12 lb) - need to lose 3lb this week to achieve that. As I'm following online, I weigh myself first thing Saturday morning...

Hope you make a quick recovery!

2lb off for me this week! :) Was hoping for a little more but had a couple of days where I'd went over my syns (miscalculating the syns in things...) but lessons learned and all that. Need 3lb next week now to hit my target :character00116:

I happen to drive past a B&Ms on my way home from work and I bought 2 packs. I'll be going back to stock up on more!!! Someone mentioned to me that Iceland stock a SW curry but not sure what it's like. I might have a google and see what people are saying about it and how many syns are in it.

Haha! :p [gently removes hands from trousers] I had a 0.2 of a pound loss showing this morning which made my day to be honest! I still have 3 sleeps before weigh in so I need to stick to plan and it'll all be ok. I have to admit, although I've 'done' slimming world before, I've really immersed...

yes they're free :-)

:):)ive bought a pig of this delicious stuff and I'm planning on having it today - looked it up and see that the whole pot is only 2 syns!! My question is... Can this still be my super free? It's pickled beetroot so I was planning on having it was my super free and just adding the 2 syns on to...

Good on you for getting back to it. It's sometimes the hardest thing to do!!!! I'm the same, been on, been off - really hoping it sticks this time.

It's been 3 days since weigh in and I was so geared up after another 3.5lb loss but as the days have went on, I've started to feel somewhat deflated... You see, I'm what I refer to as a 'daily weigher'. First thing in the morning before I have my coffee I strip down to my undies and hop on the...

It's Monday and I'm staying positive! I had an early morning call with the NHS mental health service... after having my little girl in January 2014, I suffered with post-partum depression and anxiety. I had been feeling loads better but in the last few months I've started to suffer with the...

Amazing!!!!!

:( What went wrong for you think week? It's only one week, you can get back on track for next week x

2nd week weigh in today and I've lost another 3.5lb! :) That's my half stone award! :sw007: Feeling positive about the day ahead, especially as I went out for breakfast yesterday but managed to stay on plan. Im planning on having a treat today though.

3.5lb off for me today!!!! :)

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I lived the majority of my childhood as a chubster before blooming into a slender, blonde-haired goddess when I was 14 (I refer to this as the age of the boob tube). This lasted oh, around 2 years before the lbs started to slowly creep on. I can remember reaching 11stone and my mum telling me...

Thanks @Quins Do you really want to know what stopped me? I'd just dropped my toddler off at her childminder and as I was driving turning my car to drive out (to go to McDonalds on my way to work), I seen one of the other mams getting her toddler out of the back of the car. She was in lovely...

:mad:Trying to make plans that don't revolve around food!! Oh and a day off today, going to get some highlights to cheer myself up.

You're like w different person!!! How's you're weight lost this month?

I think I'm starting to recognise more and more that I'm an emotional eater and when I'm having a bad morning/day/weekend, I just reach for comfort food and comfort to me isn't a bar of chocolate, it's takeaway or McDonalds breakfast. I made it into work this morning without stopping and had...

Thanks @Sazmajig !!! Lovely seeing my name on there x

I feel like I'm on self destruct mode - I so badly want to lose weight but this morning I've already planned a trip to McDonald's drive through for breakfast on the way to work and I hate myself for it. I'm battling with myself even now, trying to talk myself out of going. Why do I do it...

Great!!! :) I weigh in on a Saturday and I'm hoping to lose 12lb this month - I have a lot to lose so should come off in my first month. I lost 3.5lbs last week and reckon across the next 3 weigh ins that I'll lose close to 1stone. Don't go to group, just following online. Such good loses in...

Newbie here - am I too late to join in?!?!x

I'm a newbie!! I'll get posting though so hopefully they'll soon rack up. I haven't started a diary. x

No I haven't - what's that?x

Rice boxes are lovely and very filling!!!! However I had a treat last week and went to kfc with the hubby and ordered a zinger tower burger!!!! :eek: I did have a Diet Pepsi and didn't eat my fries but still... It was a lovely treat and I thoroughly enjoyed it. My guilty pleasure.

Sticky chicken will have probably a low syn value with the marinade The steak would be a good choice - add some syns for oil if it's fried instead of grilled and ask for your salad to be undressed and swap out chips for jacket potato or boiled baby/new potatoes! Also the salmon would be ok too -...

I used to love harvester but not so keen on their current menu... However in saying that, they have loads of chicken options. Their sauces are served on the side, you can have a jacket instead of fries - and it all includes unlimited trips to the salad bar!!!! o_O I also like wetherspoons as...

Thanks for the good luck- I'm having a sensible lunch as we speak :)

I'm really not trying to talk myself out of it lol! I just always start off with such good intentions and then something goes wrong... I desperately want to lose weight this week but next week I fear that my love of takeaway will take over. I love cooking and we try and cook everything from...

You're like a different person - amazing results!!! :)

I had a look at this a few days ago as we like f&b. It might be best for you to stick with steak and swap your fries for a jacket potato. I wasn't able to find any info on syn values so if you manage to find them, please let me know!!! :)

I have felt a bit overwhelmed at the amount I have to lose. So I'm aiming to drop just over 2stone first and then refocus on my next goal. My one big worry is, what if I fall off the wagon? I've tried all types of diets and I start with the same enthusiasm but it soon disappears and I fall off...

Hattie you're doing so well!! I have around 9-1o stone to lose to get to a healthy weight and BMI (My BMI is 43 I think) so I'm feel very inspired seeing how well you've done!! :-D

First time poster here!! :-) I've recently started back to SW but following online rather than the groups. I've been a member on and off before so I'm hopeful that this is my turn. To get to a healthy weight and BMI, I'd have to lose around 9-10stone however, I'd be happy even with a 2 stone...