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Right! I did the first two now I am about to embark on the third!

yippee! I lost 3.5lbs!! I simply cannot believe it, after the weekend I had! that speed soup is a miracle worker! So happy, that means I got my 1.5stone sticky before I leave. I am off tomorrow and won't be back until the end of August so I am missing 5 (count them ...1..2..3..4..5!) weigh ins...

Day 56 - Wednesday 20th July Breakfast - banana, apple Lunch - speedy soup Dinner - cold roast chicken, gherkins, pineapple, 0% total corner yoghurt Snacks - potato salad, veggie sausage, cocktail sausage, pasta salad, hummous (all very small portions just to be polite under the...

Thank you :D it is really important that I learn how to hop back on the wagon, it was quite scary how I went back to my old ways this weekend but then when I stopped and thought about it to list on here what I had eaten it WASN'T my old ways, it was bad but not without limits. I think that is...

that's fantastic, you are getting great losses recently, isn't that 6lbs in 2 weeks?:eek: :D

how fab would that be?! HexA - 250ml white wine HexB - 50g dairy milk :D

it's amazing really, although so far I have only lost 1st5lbs I feel so different. I actually started feeling different within a couple of weeks so I think with me it is the diet I am eating rather than the weight I have lost. Makes me think I am insane for not always eating this way? My NSV...

I don't think you need to start again, that all sounds fine, you were just hungry! xx

Day 55 - Tuesday 19th July Breakfast - pineapple, sausages Lunch - pineapple, sushi, apple, chicken tikka mini skewers Dinner - cold roast chicken, smash, onions, green pepper, red pepper Snacks - bear nibbles, banana, mikados HexA - 250ml semi skimmed milk HexB - bear nibbles Syns -...

Ok, I fell off the wagon this weekend and it hurt but luckily I am a rounded lady so I have bounced back up:8855: I am not going to attempt to syn everything that I ate but I will try to remember it so I can share with you! I went to the circus on saturday and I had candy floss, on sunday I...

Day 54 - Monday 18th July Breakfast - mini chicken satay skewers Lunch - roast chicken leg - skin removed, bowl of speed soup Dinner - bowl of speed soup, chicken breast - skin removed, asparagus Snacks - strawberries, fibre plus, curly wurly, mikados HexA - 250ml semi skimmed milk...

I have 2 today! I did my first 'try on something that didn't fit before you started SW' this morning and I now have a brand new pair of trousers to wear, in fact I have been wearing them ever since! It is so exciting when you step into them and they simply slide up your legs and do up! Last time...

it was seriously yummy! :p

ok, I don't even know where to start counting dinner tonight! I think it is best I just move on, it was a lovely evening with good old friends and it was worth it. I dearly wish I hadn't touched the thorntons, tortilla chips, challa, baklava or tart but I did so onwards and upwards (or...

Day 51 - Friday 15th July Breakfast - apples Lunch - leftover fajita fillings Dinner - (ahem) olives, pickled cucumbers, tortilla chips, potato salad, cucumber salad (in sour cream!), goats cheese tart, salmon, piedmont pepper, challah, rice noodle salad, mixed berries, coconut yoghurt, 2...

Day 50 - Thursday 14th July Breakfast - porridge with dried prunes Lunch - fritata Dinner - fish, chips, mushy peas Snacks - curly wurly, meringue nest, squirty cream HexA - 250ml semi skimmed milk HexB - 28g porridge oats Syns - 20g dried prunes 2.5, curly wurly 6, meringue nest...

I lost 2lbs this evening, I am so pleased, I really felt like I wouldn't lose this week after having to miss a couple of body magic sessions. I was slimmer of the week again too :) I really want to lose another 2 next week to take me to my 1.5 sticky before I go off on holiday. I got my bronze...

Oh My God. Please stop, all of you!:jelous:

thank you! So far this morning I have felt fine, long may it last, I am doing race for life this Sunday so I am focusing on feeling good by then! :D should be fine, fingers crossed

WOW!!! go you! that's amazing! :D

no body magic again today, my side is still twinging when I twist or turn, hope this doesn't affect my weight loss this week :( I actually don't feel as if I have lost at all anyway! Dinner tonight was gorgeous, I am counting the Asda mini wholemeal wraps (2) as a HexB + 4 syns. I cooked some...

Day 49 - Wednesday 13th July Breakfast - nothing Lunch - fritata with new potatoes, mushrooms, onions and tomatoes. activia snack pot Dinner - fajitas - refried beans, chicken + peppers in maggi juicy bag thing, mexican savoury rice with added mixed frozen veg, 0% total, wraps. mini...

so, I have done better with my syns today but not great with the super free. I had to cry off my zumba this evening because I feel like I have pulled a muscle in my side, it isn't too painful but I get a twinge when I stand and twist so I was a bit worried I might do something worse if I went. I...

Day 48 - Tuesday 12th July Breakfast - apples Lunch - leftover pasta bolognese, activia snackpot Dinner - smash, baked beans, sausages Snacks - mini calippo, flump, chicken, fibre plus HexA - 250ml semi skimmed milk HexB - fibre plus Syns - mini calippo 3.5, flump 1.5, tesco light...

wow, you did really well if you overslept! the most I manage to cobble together if I am in a rush before work is to grab a packet of low fat supernoodles! I am super impressed that you have stayed off the round brown things begining with an M that I won't mention! well done! xx

eeep! I am blaming this on totm. I pass costco on the way home from work everyday - that's where the hot dog + fruit sundae came from. I actually stopped off believing they served frozen yoghurt but I don't know whether they have changed it or whether I was simply wrong but I cannot pretend that...

Day 47 - Monday 11th July Breakfast - apples Lunch - coronation cottage cheese, cucumber, chicken, crackerbread, strawberries Dinner - smashed new potatoes, brocoli, leftover pasta bolognese Snacks - hot dog, fruit sundae, banana + strawberries with crushed meringue nest and squirty...

I've gone a bit doolally this afternoon/evening, I'm going to attempt to remember and asign syns to all that I have consummed! In the spirit of total disclosure I must admit that I have been having an internal dialogue where I considered not documenting the naughties on here. It was like it was...

there are certainly worse things you could be addicted to! now I want a gherkin and it's only 6.40am!

Day 46 - Sunday 10th July Breakfast - nectarines + plum Lunch - jacket potato, tuna mayonnaise, lettuce, coleslaw, carrot, cucumber, tomato Dinner - bolognese with peas, carrots, mushroom, onion, sweetcorn + EL mince, wholemeal pasta. grapes Snacks - rotisserie chicken legs (skin...

mmm gherkins, nom

aww, thank you Katie :D

Day 45 - Saturday 9th July Breakfast - ww sausages, baked beans, mushrooms Lunch - homemade rogan josh (lamb, onion, tomato, spinach) with instant mash + 0% total Dinner - leftover rogan josh with savoury rice Snacks - scan bran with nutella, bananas and cream, grapes HexA - milk in...

((((((hugs)))))) that's what is great about having a diary on here, you can let it all out and know that no one is going to judge you and probably people will understand exactly where you are coming from xx

my next goal is to lose at least a pound this week so that I fall into the 23 stone bracket and a stretch goal is to lose 4lbs over the next 2 weigh ins to get my 1.5 stone sticker before I go on holiday. As a slightly longer term goal I want to lose a further 7lbs while I am on holiday (I'm in...

thank you! It was you who started me off with your talk of roulade! In other news, I have just realised it is my totm (I am VERY irregular so I had no idea) I am super pleased now with my loss last night when taking that into consideration!

Day 44 - Friday 8th July Breakfast - grapes + strawberries Lunch - supernoodles, mushrooms Dinner - lettuce, peas, potatoes, gherkins, boiled egg, chicken, mayo snacks - bananas+cream, apple, nectarine, 2 flumps, dairy milk, fibre plus HexA - milk in tea/coffee HexB - fibre plus Syns...

fingers crossed you feel better in the morning xx

Day 43 - Thursday 7th July Breakfast - 2 nectarines, activia snackpot Lunch - coronation cottage cheese, cucumber, chicken, crackerbread Dinner - sausage + chips Snacks - 4 mikados, various nibbles at club buffet HexA - milk in tea/coffee HexB - 5 crackerbread Syns - rustic chips...

ok it must have worked then, I lost 2.5lbs this week, I am happy with that and let's have some more please! :D I was slimmer of the week which I love but I have no idea what I am going to do with all the fruit, it's like I have a green grocers in my kitchen at the moment! I think I'll chop it...

I don't know how new it is but I had never come across it before last night! - Asda's Good for You Coronation Cottage Cheese - syn free on all plans and really lovely. I had it for lunch today with some diced leftover chicken and cucumber on crackerbread, it was seriously yummy :) they had the...

OMG I actually thought I was going to collapse at body vive! :giveup: there were only 4 of us in the class so there was no hiding :hide: I am quite worried about how I am going to feel in the morning :p The instructer said I did well though and said that I will feel a difference in no time...

Day 42 - Wednesday 6th July Breakfast - 2 apples Lunch - onion + three pepper fritata, cous cous, cucumber, tomato, salad cream. Activia snack pot + banana Dinner - chicken, cucumber, tomato. strawberries, banana + squirty cream Snacks - fibre plus HexA - milk in tea/coffee HexB -...

I had my doctors appointment today to monitor my weight loss. She was really pleased and upbeat about how much I have lost. I told her about being disappointed at some of my smaller losses but said I still felt motivated because I know I am doing the right things so it WILL come off, I just need...

Day 41 - Tuesday 5th July Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs, pineapple Lunch - leftover rogan josh, grapes Dinner - chicken, mushrooms + pasta in creamy pepper sauce, brocoli, sugar snap peas, mini calipo Snacks - deluxe hifi, sherbert fountain HexA - 250ml 1% milk HexB - deluxe hifi Syns -...

I had my shopping delivered tonight and they brought me dairy milk instead of curly wurlys - it seemed like a weird substitution but actually it's these small thin bars that only have 110 calories. Not bad at all! they don't last as long as a curly wurly but they do give you a nice amount of...

Day 40 - Monday 4th July Breakfast - none Lunch - white roll (gasp!) with chicken, lettuce, cucumber and tomato. apple Dinner - homemade lamb rogan josh with tomatoes, onions and mushrooms and brown rice. pineapple Snacks - cous cous, few tomberries, few grapes, flump, dairy milk HexA...

I don't even know what is going on today, I seem to have been hungry constantly! I went bowling with friends this evening and we usually go to harvester to eat afterwards but tonight everyone wanted to go to pizza hut. Luckily I don't even like pizza hut pizzas so it wasn't too hard to resist...

Day 39 - Sunday 3rd July Breakfast - bacon, egg, toast Lunch - syn free mousaka with mushrooms, onion, tomato + aubergine Dinner - pasta with tomato, onion, chili + chicken (pizza hut 'chili twist') Snacks - three pepper and onion fritata, chicken mugshot, fibre plus, supernoodles...

wow, I honestly wasn't expecting the class to be that different, I think more than anything it was that the instructer was fab! She worked us really hard and she was great at watching individuals and making sure we were doing things properly. She was also very good at telling us which muscles to...

mm, I hadn't thought about that....I am a bit anal when it comes to things being complete so maybe it will be more satisfying to get my bronze first then silver etc, that way it is more stickers :D thanks for all the replies. very apt that I was off doing some body magic while the replies came...

Hi all :D I have been doing my body magic for a couple of weeks now and am just thinking forward to next week when I can get my award for it. I have been doing 3 or 4 45 minute sessions a week so that qualifies for the silver award....do I skip bronze or do I get bronze next week then carry on...

mmm, I have been having a bit of a bacon fest this weekend. it makes me feel a little bit nervous to be honest! I am cooking any scrap of fat off it (I like my bacon crispy anyway) then blotting it like crazy on kitchen roll but I am not buying any in my next shop as it has become a bit of an...

wow! well done, you must feel fantabulous :D xxx

Day 38 - Saturday 2nd July Breakfast - bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, potatoes, baked beans Lunch - three pepper + onion fritata, strawberries, yoghurt + meringue Dinner - baked potato, tuna mayo, cucumber, tomatoes Snacks - deluxe hifi, melon, nectarines, vegetable ravioli, curly wurly...

great, thanks :) xx

sounds like you have a fun and busy weekend planned, have a great time and I hope you and everyone else raise lots of money on the walk, what a great cause xxx

Day 37 - Friday 1st July Breakfast - nothing Lunch - syn free moussaka (including mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, + aubergine), pineapple Dinner - bacon, eggs, diced potatoes, baked beans, tomatoes, mushrooms. Huge fruit salad portion - apples, melon, grapes, strawberries, kiwi, orange...

Thank you :) I will keep at it, I haven't lost my motivation, just feeling rather frustrated! It helps no end to be able to come on here and vent though! :D xx

ooh, and was it nice? sounds like a good standby to keep in my cupboard at work!

Day 36 - Thursday 30th June Breakfast - 2 slices toast, 4 rashers bacon, apple Lunch - pineapple, strawberries Dinner - mild curry savoury rice, chicken fillets, green beans, sugar snap peas, baby corn Snacks - curly wurly HexA - milk in tea HexB - 2 slices hovis Syns - rice 1.5...

I lost a pound again. To be honest I am am so disappointed that I couldn't even come on here and write about it :( It was a pretty bad meeting for me full stop and please excuse me but I am about to become a real bratt for a few minutes...... a) my C just simply CAN'T remember my name. I have...

congratulations on winning slimmer of the month, that's fantastic! xx

Day 35 - Wednesday 29th June Breakfast - 2 scanbran with 2 dairylea light, apple Lunch - 3 scanbran, cottage cheese, tomato, cucumber, apple, yoghurt Dinner - spitroasted chicken with skin removed, new potatoes Snacks - small portion syn free moussaka, mikados HexA - 2 dairylea light...

I don't think it sounds too bad, I think the important thing is that you are counting! I don't know about you but before SW I would have eaten 22 minstrels without even thinking about it and probably in a couple of mouthfuls. You are doing great, keep it up xx

Day 34 - Tuesday 28th June Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs, nectarine Lunch - crackerbreads, tomatoes, cucumber, grapes, spring onion, feta cheese, nectarine, banana Dinner - chicken + mushroom pasta n sauce, tuna, spinach. meringue nest Snacks - chicken selects, yoghurt HexA - 42g feta...

wow, thanks for all the responses and advice. Definitely makes me feel better that I am not on my own! I am going to put some toothpaste on it tonight then buy some sudacrem next time I'm at the shops xx

I have been on sw for 4 weeks now and I think it might be giving me spots! I have only had a couple but I never usually get any (at least not for the last 10 years or so!) at the most I might get a little pimple before I come on but these are big, sore spots! I have one at the moment on my...

Day 32 - Monday 27th June Breakfast - 2 alpen light, apple Lunch - super noodles, banana Dinner - risotto pronto, mushrooms, peas, cold beef Snacks - humous, red, yellow + green peppers, deluxe hifi, mikados HexA - milk in tea/coffee HexB - alpen lights Syns - deluxe hifi 6, mikados...

Day 31 - Sunday 26th June Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs, chicken, tomato, cucumber, grapes Lunch - pita with humous, chicken, tomato, cucumber and lettuce. nectarine Dinner - roast beef and salad - lettuce, coriander, avocado, tomato, cucumber, grapes+ apple Snacks - meringue nest, nectarine...

my cousin's husband has just moved in with me (see us soon on Jermemy Kyle haha) and he made us dinner - roast beef + salad with coriander, grapes, cherry toms, avocado, apple, cucumber and lettuce - yum

oh well, I guess my homemade ones are 1/2 syn for about 8 then so that is mega value! x

I love sweet and salty together, yum. if you like black pepper have you tried sainsbury's light soft cheese with cracked black pepper? I tried some last night at a friend's, on jacket potato, it is really lovely and very peppery. I might try to make a syn free version from quark

bloody hell, what on earth made me think they were free? what an idiot! thanks for the list x

Oh no, I have been making sushi but I thought it was free because the boxes you buy at the supermarket are free aren't they? :eek: AREN'T THEY?

1/2 lb off to get my first stone. I'd better bloomin' get it this week, I thought I would sail through it last week then I only lost a pound grrr

I love laughing cow on crackerbread with sliced apple on top! most people look at me as if I am a bit mad when I say that but it's delicious isn't it? :D

grapes, apples, bananas, mugshots mugshots are brilliant for filling a gap that fruit won't hit

yumm, roulade sounds great! hope you have a great sunday, well done for the 11.5 yesterday :D. I succumbed to a couple of biscuits at the workshop I was attending yesterday. I'm back there again today and I am going to try and ignore them, they aren't even the type of biscuits I like so I don't...

thanks mini mum :) On the whole I am pretty good about my superfree, I have really upped my fruit intake since starting sw but I will admit that I just generally assume I am eating plenty of fruit and veg rather than checking every meal for 1/3. I think it is possible that I am not eating...

Day 30 - Saturday 25th June Breakfast - strawberries, blueberries + yoghurt Lunch - pita with humous, chicken, tomato, cucumber + lettuce, banana Dinner - steak, salad, baked potato, fruit tart Snacks - mini sushi box, biscuits HexA - milk in tea/coffee HexB - wholemeal pita Syns -...

Ok, my mission this week is to stick between 10-20 syns per day but still within 105 for the week. The only similarities I can see between weeks 2 (half a pound loss) and week 4 (one pound loss) is that I had days where I went a lot over and days where I was way under or used none. Maybe my body...

Day 29 - Friday 24th June Breakfast - 2 scan bran with 1 dairylea light and 2 boiled eggs Lunch - 3 scan bran with 3 dairylea light, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, yellow pepper and grapes Dinner - leftover spinach, quark + tomato salad Snacks - deluxe hifi, mikados, mugshot, banana, apple...

I am undecided about my C, on the one hand I do instinctively like her and I think she is good at presenting, has a nice energy etc, however, I find it frustrating that she simply cannot remember my name. I have been to 5 meetings so far, I always stay, I always speak, yet when she reads my name...

ME! I need to lose, well, I haven't decided on how much yet but more than 10 stone anyway! Probably more like 15 :wave_cry: I have lost 13.5lbs so far in 4 weeks. I am not unhappy with that of course but I am finding I have a good loss followed by a disappointing loss and so on. I am...

ooh please share them with us if they are succesful, I'm always on the lookout for new ideas. have a great weekend xxx

well, I suppose that IS true, I lost more and faster with ww but where did it get me? I was half a stone heavier when I started sw than when I originally started ww! thank you xxx

oh, and while I am having a moan and groan......it really pees me off that you can't record half pounds on here :rant2:hurrumph!

Day 28 - Thursday 23rd June Breakfast - 2 alpen light, grapes Lunch - yoghurt, banana, apple, grapes Dinner - fish, chips, mushy peas Snacks - mint poppets, revels HexA - Milk in tea/coffee HexB - 2 alpen light Syns - fish 15, chips 17.5, poppets 9, revels 8.5 Total Syns - 51

oh dear, I am NOT a happy bunny, I only lost 1lb :( you guys can see exactly what I have been doing, any advice as to where I am going wrong? even my C can see that I should be losing more than a pound in a week. I know you need to look at the bigger picture and that 13.5 lbs over 4 weeks is...

fish, chips, mushy peas - followed by box of mint poppets sorry everyone, bit of a blow out after a disappointing weigh in

thank you, yes, I am at the moment, finger crossed that it lasts a while! xx

tee hee, I am a food technology teacher and I was just telling my year 7s about this phenomonon (sp?) today! I thought it was trying something 7 times though, whoops! I hated mushrooms until I was 21, now I think they are delicious!

fingers crossed for at least 1.5lbs off tomorrow evening so that I can get my stone award. I am happy with how I have done this week, if anything I am a little concerned that I haven't many syns (if any) each day since sunday but on the other hand, I haven't been depriving myself of anything, I...

Day 27 - Wednesday 22nd June Breakfast - banana, apple Lunch - leftover spinach stuffed pasta with tomato sauce, ff blueberry yoghurt Dinner - cucumber, tomato, spring onion + lettuce with fake blue cheese dressing. Baked potatoe + baked beans. Pineapple Snacks - bear nibbles HexA -...

they are a hexB or 5 syns. They are on offer on ocado at the moment too, I got a couple of boxes last night!

mmm, I'm having strawberries, yoghurt and meringue nests tonight, going to save it for when my favourite night of tv comes on :) waterloo road + apprentice! I must get off here though and get a good few hours work done before that otherwise I will feel really guilty and that will ruin it!

thanks! :D

Bear baked granola nibbles - they are a hexB on ee and really delicious. They are on offer on Ocado at the moment too :)

these boards are great, just the fact of writing on here everything I eat means that I have to be accountable for it. A big motivator for not getting the mcdonalds was not wanting to come on here and say I'd had it! I even considered having it and then not mentioning it on here but thankfully I...

Day 26 - Tuesday 21st June Breakfast - banana, apple Lunch - leftover quorn pasta bolognese Dinner - spinach + quark stuffed pasta shells in tomato sauce, salmon Snacks - pineapple, supernoodles HexA - 250ml 1% milk HexB - Bear Granola Nibbles (btw - yum!) Syns - none Total Syns -...

I've just come back from my first zumba class, it was lots of fun but I am expecting to ACHE tomorrow! I went to one run by a rosemary conley consultant and she said it was strictly zumba gold but not full blown 'manic' zumba either. After the first song I was thinking 'what on earth am I doing...

if you chop a tortilla wrap up into chip size pieces you can season it and bake it into your own doritos and make syn free salsa or galic dip (quark, garlic granules, salt, pepper). You'll need to spend between 4.5 and 10 syns on the tortilla but it makes a satisfying munch and you can always...

I weigh in on a thursday evening and that is the end of my week. The new week starts on friday morning and thursday night after weigh in is a bit of a no man's land ;) I am usually good but it is the one time that I allow myself to fantasize! Currently I am planning fish and chips after weigh in...

ooh yes, I was just trying to think of a veggie/fishy option. Cheese, potatoe and onion, mmmmmmm and have them with baked beans, yummmmmmm

bloody hell and here am I thinking that 0% is delicious! I will have to try it on saturday because I am taking meringue nests with total and strawberries to a friends for dessert :)

I have just tried that for the first time, I always use 1% milk when I can get hold of it anyway but that is great to have in the cupboard - doesn't taste UHTy either :D

I'm feeling quite hard done by, they didn't send me anything free with my first order :wave_cry:

go on girl, you can do it! and do you know what? even if you don't make it right on target you will be so bloody close it won't matter! I mean, if you are a few lbs off in comparison to the amaaaaazing amount you have lost! What a way to celebrate coming home and your b-day!

damnit! I did my ocado order last night for delivery tonight and couldn't find the 1% milk so didn't order milk at all :mad: luckily I have enough in the fridge to last until I pop to the shops. I notice you buy the 2% total instead of the 0%....is there a significant taste difference that...

your dinner sounds lovely, I am planning on doing a similar dessert to take to a friend's for dinner this week. I might have to crush the remainding meringue nests up in the bin so I don't binge on them though! :rolleyes: I know exactly how you feel about always wanting to have lost more. I...

I felt the same way after watching that, all those people who have lost amazing amounts of weight going on to say they felt better about themselves when they were overweight because the loose skin is so bad :sigh: makes you start questioning whether it is worth it :cry: I am going to try to...

Day 25 - Monday 20th June Breakfast - banana Lunch - tuna + lettuce with 0% total, apple Dinner - leftover quorn dish from last night Snacks - chicken mugshot, toast + frylighted eggs, alpen light HexA - 250ml semi skimmed milk (doubt I used it all, must start measuring again) HexB - 2...

Day 24 - Sunday 19th June Breakfast - leftover pasta bolognese (quorn one from friday) Lunch - hummous (chickpeas, garlic, quark, lemon juice, salt, pepper, paprika) with crackerbread Dinner - diet coke quorn (coke zero, tinned toms, red pepper, mushrooms, onion, beef style quorn...

I want to lose 1.5lbs this week to get my 1st stone off

have you done this before or have you heard it's good for you? I have never heard of this! Interesting!

just had it for tea and it was rather yummy - I easily could have used the whole batch of sauce though because it wasn't spicy once it was made up with all the veggies + quorn. I think it would be nice as just a sauce to add to stir fry too

ok, I am quite relieved to report back that I don't like the roasted chick peas...they are not horrible, they just don't do a lot for me.

I just had hummous made from 3/4s tin of chickpeas with 2 tablespoons of quark, garlic, lemon juice, salt, pepper + paprika. I had it with my hexB of crackerbreads and it was gorgeous! the other 1/4 tin of chickpeas is currently roasting in the oven to see if I can make those peanutty things. I...

I have just made a sauce by adapting the diet coke chicken recipe 1 tin chopped tomatoes 1 tin coke zero (I poured it into the tomato tin to wash it out!) 1 tsp chinese five spice 1 tsp lazy garlic 1 tsp lazy ginger 1/2 tsp chilli flakes I put it all in a saucepan and left it simmering away...

phew, I'm glad it isn't only me! I always had bought a lot of fruit (not quite so much as now!) but I had always thrown a lot away as well. I tend to look for the bargains when it comes to treaty fruit like strawberries, cherries, pineapple etc. there is always something on offer and choosing it...

:greenapple::bananalove::party0038::banana dancer::wee::party0011::thankyouthankyou::angel09::talk017: WOW 12 stone something! that is amazing, you must feel over the moon! Well done!

there are a few threads around about how expensive SW is, I do agree that shopping for healthy food can be more expensive than junk food but has anyone else noticed how much longer their cash stays in their purse? Now that I am no longer popping into starbucks at every opportunity, not stopping...

leftover quorn bolognese + pasta (I left by breakfast late enough that I started wanting 'normal' food)

well, all in all, yesterday was very high in syns but I shouldn't have any problem using no or very few syns today, I'm at home all day and have plenty of free food options. It's strange but on the way home last night after that lovely meal I had to BATTLE with myself not to pull through the...

I went over to a friends for dinner last night and had a lovely time. She had fresh home baked brownies made by a mutual friend who is famous for them so I had to try one! I did have a reasonably small piece and a smallish scoop of ice cream.....it was absolutely delicious and completely worth...

Day 23 - Saturday 18th June Breakfast - frylighted eggs, quorn sausage, mushrooms, toast Lunch - pineapple, quorn sausages, salad cream Dinner - 1/2 tortilla (baked into chips), quark dip, new potatoes, pickled cucumber, cucumber, red pepper, boiled egg, salmon, rice salad, cottage cheese...

a whole (smallish) pineapple and two cold quorn sausages dipped in salad cream :D

Day 22 - Friday 17th June Breakfast - none Lunch - bombay potatoes, brown rice, 0% total Dinner - pasta, quorn bolognese with mushroom, green pepper + onion. Grapes + cherries. HexA - milk in coffee while at interview so not measured but definitely under allowance HexB - butterscotch...

thank you! :D I am happy (it's actually 4lbs a week, 12.5lbs total over 3 weeks) The interview went really well, I was offered the job and accepted, all I need now is the formal written offer and I will be celebrating :553:

thanks! Oh well, it just had to be done and now it is over! I haven't eaten ANYTHING yet today - I'm not trying to starve myself - I had a job interview today and was too angsty to eat before I left and have only just got back! Obviously I am not hungry enough to eat before checking e-mail and...

Day 21 - Thursday 16th June Breakfast - Baked beans, tinned tomatoes, toast Lunch - muller light, banana, apple Dinner - McDonald's Snacks - cherries, grapes HexA - 250ml semi skimmed milk HexB - 2 slices hovis Syns - double cheeseburger 22, small fries 8.5, chicken and spiced onion...

Weigh in this evening and I lost 3.5lbs. I am quite happy with that, it hasn't completely made up for last week but I know I am being a bit mean to feel bad that I didn't lose more. I had to go straight from weigh in to another meeting so my only chance to eat was en route and I decided to treat...

half half mix of baked beans and tinned toms with toast. Yum.

Good morning Charles, thank you, that does seem like very good advice indeed! I needed to think about that because I know I am eating healthily, when I compare some of my choices to what I would have selected had I not been on sw sometimes I am staggered at the difference.

weigh in day again and I am feeling quite down about it, I have stuck rigidly to plan all week but I don't feel as if I have lost any weight and after last week I have lost faith. I really don't mean to suggest that losing half a pound is nothing because I know that it is a healthy amount to...

Day 20 - Wednesday 15th June Breakfast - apple Lunch - chilli chicken low fat super noodles, nectarine, banana Dinner - asda chickpea dahl, tilda brown basmati, asda bombay potatoes, 2 tablespoons 0% total Snack - fibre plus, strawberries, grapes, strawberry onken ff yoghurt HexA -...

asda chickpea dahl with half a tilda brown basmati and half a tin of asda bombay potatoes and a big dollop of 0% total. 6 syns total tbh I could have made something better tasting for no syns but convenience and curiosity won!

Day 19 - Tuesday 14th June Breakfast - banana Lunch - leftover sushi, nectarine, peach activia snackpot Dinner - quorn sausages, baked beans, tinned tomatoes, toast Snacks - banana, strawberries, nectarine HexA - ? :( HexB - 2 slices weight watchers bread Syns - chocolate 4.5, peach...

quorn sausages, baked beans + tinned toms on toast

Day 18 - Monday 13th June Breakfast - apple Lunch - leftover chow mein, salmon fillet + muller light Dinner - sushi :D first attempt at making my own + yummy! Snacks - onken ff yoghurt, alpen lights, chicken mugshot HexA - 250ml semi skimmed milk HexB - 2 x alpen light Syns -...

Thanks Lisa! So sweet of you to remember! Unfortunately the interview has been cancelled :( Not sure what the hell is going on but I am working on finding out and trying not to get too hung up about it! xxx

I am making sushi for the first time, just waiting for the rice to cool down now, can't wait!

Day 17 - Sunday 12th June Breakfast - nothing Lunch - baked fritata using 3 eggs, feta, tomato, onion Dinner - Veggie stir fry - bean sprouts, mushrooms, sugar snap peas, baby corn, boiled egg noodles Snacks - pineapple, fibre plus, mikados HexA - 42g Feta HexB - fibre plus bar Syns...

you are right and when I read this I went and got myself a big bottle of water out of the fridge and drank at least half of it over the following hour. I am usually very good about drinking!

I polished off a whole pineapple today - in two sittings - it was so delicious that I have just updated my tesco order to add two more!

What a miserable day! I'm happy I don't have to go out anywhere today, it's very rainy and windy here. I've just finished a tesco order to be delivered tomorrow and I have a tomato, feta and onion crustless quiche in the oven. Actually I suppose it is more of a baked frittata because it only has...

that sounds delicious, if I hadn't just used my last egg I would make it today! Thank you x

3lbs woohoo! well done xxx

how do you make your syn free hollandaise? sounds lovely, I eat loads of salmon because I don't have meat at home and it would be great to have a different way to eat it :)

:superwoman::superwoman::superwoman::superwoman:

what an absolute tool. The facts are that you chose to get out in the fresh air and get a bit of exercise to make yourself feel good and he chose to shout insults at a complete stranger from the safety of a moving vehicle to make himself feel good. Which one of you is the healthier and more...

it is free, just not superfree which is why I swapped it for green beans (considering I like both of them) but it is definitely free!

Day 16 - Saturday 11th June Breakfast - 2 quorn sausages, 2 boiled eggs, mushrooms, baked beand, latte Lunch - 2 slices toast, cooked chicken, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, 1 laughing cow light, nectarine Dinner - (Harvester) salad - lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, carrot, pineapple, peppers...

hey we both did well at the harvester tonight then! I had blue cheese on my salad, about half a scoop and only free salad items, no roll and the flamegrilled chicken breast with pilau rice and salsa - I swapped the corn on the cob for green beans. It was yummy and super filling and way within my...

I'm bowling tonight and we always go out to eat afterwards - 9.5 times out of 10 we go to harvester so I have decided I will have salad bar (no coleslaw etc) with a small scoop of blue cheese dressing then the simply chicken with a jacket potato and salsa. I haven't used any other syns and most...

a frozen banana + custard muller light. My first and it was quite lovely. I had it in the freezer for 3-4 hours and it was semi frozen like a mr whippy. I wouldn't say it would cure an ice cream craving but it is a really nice alternative to yoghurt, more fun :)

I like mikados because you can make them last quite a while, they are only half a syn each so if you are using your syns at the end of the day you can get quite good value. I have to stand counting them out at the fridge though and leave the box behind.

extra sugar free gum....5 pieces for half a syn

I know what you mean...it looks/sounds absolutely delicious but I can't get my head around that much bovril. I don't use bovril and have never heard of chicken bovril...is it as strong as normal bovril? That's like marmite isn't it?

Couldn't agree more, it's like there is a strong part of my mind that wants me to be fat and usually it wins but not anymore, I am taking control damn it!

I have been battling the demons since yesterdays weigh in, I keep having in-head conversations where I alternately tell myself 'I didn't lose because I wasn't eating enough while I was ill, go ahead and have some take away' and 'I didn't lose because I didn't stick to plan one way (going over...

Day 15 - Friday 10th June Breakfast - Nectarine Lunch - Salmon, pasta, tomato, cucumber salad + muller light Dinner - 5 x crackerbread, 5 x laughing cow light, apple, nectarine Snacks - apple, mikados, 1 piece of sushi, alpen light, hi fi bar HexA - 5 x laughing cow light triangles...

Day 14 - Thursday 9th June Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs, latte Lunch - cooked chicken, new potatoes, yellow pepper, tomato, cucumber salad + cherry activia snackpot Dinner - pasta, quorn swedish meatballs, mushrooms, tinned tomatoes Snacks - grapes, mikados, fibre plus HexA - 300ml 1%...

that's funny - our club is held opposite an amazing fish and chip shop and the owner came in tonight, he's a member and he lost 5.5lbs this week. He didn't stay but our c said that if you go in there and tell him you are on slimming world that he will give you appropriate sized portions. Still...

after a rather disappointing loss of half a pound I decided against the treat and I am having pasta with quorn meatballs, mushrooms and tomato. Still yummy and zero guilt

2 weigh in was not quite so succesful, I only lost 1/2lb. I'm really shocked, although I had a bit of a naughty weekend I felt sure that would be counteracted by my loss of appetite over the last few days. Oh well, another week, here I come! I had planned on treating myself to fish and chips...

that's amazing, I think I would have almost bitten my hand in the rush to get it down my neck before I talked myself out of it! Having said that I HAVE been good today - I teach food tech and I had my lovely class (I only have one lovely group :( ) making pizza rolls and the smelled amazing, at...

:17729:oooh, it's weigh in night and I am thinking about having a treat afterwards- maybe fish, chips and mushy peas from the chippy and with half of the batter removed as a nod to SW ;) I have hardly used any syns since monday because I have had a horrid cold so I can probably afford it anyway...

well done, that is amazing and so inspiring xxxx

there is always a book in my loo! I have been caught out a couple of times, forgetting to remove it when I had company over :o not sure why it's so embarassing when loads of people read on the loo!

here I am again, just under 2 hours to weigh in and I am desperately sipping a mug of peppermint tea!

yep!

I'm sorry, I keep reading this at the top of the page and now I have to ask.......how, what, why? Is it something you can share?

they were nice :) I think they would be even better if you coated them first in beaten egg then in cooked cous cous but I couldn't be bothered!

congratulations on a loss despite the bad timing of your totm! I like that idea of not eating something if you don't know the syn - keeps it simple doesn't it x

I made fishcakes from steamed salmon fillets and new potatoes mashed together roughly with some coriander, ginger and chilli then shaped into patties and oven baked. I had them with sweetcorn and some 0% total. I had melon as a starter and strawberries for dessert to make up my 1/3 superfree

I use the Vaseline Intensive Care Active Fresh Dry Cream. It comes in a funny toadstool shape container, you twist the bottom and the cream squeezes out the top. That is what I use as my usual deodorant anyway and I find it fab, I tend to develop allergies top spray deos but I've been using this...

Day 13 - Wednesday 8th June Breakfast - toast and eggs, latte Lunch - melon, new potatoes, cucumber salad, beetroot, tomato, yellow pepper, cottage cheese, cooked chicken Dinner - melon, salmon fishcakes, sweetcorn, strawberries, grapes Hex A - 250ml 1% milk Hex B - bread Syns - 0

Thanks Lisa :) the interview went well, they have invited me back again on Tuesday (luckily that changed from Friday so I will be at work for 2 days this week!) and I will find out then if I have got the job but I am feeling fairly positive about it. welcome back to sw This time girlie and...

I usually find I need a bit of protein if I am peckish and fruit isn't doing it....could you have some cooked chicken or hard boiled eggs at your desk?

hexB of toast, 2 frylighted eggs and a latte using hexA of milk

I love hot ribena, especially if I have a sore throat :)

Well, I didn't end up going to work yesterday, still feeling really under the weather today and woke up obscenely early again (3.30 today, 4.30 yesterday). I need to get myself together for my interview today, it is a preliminary chat with a view to bringing me in for a formal interview on...

Day 12 - Tuesday 7th June Breakfast - Muller light and grapes Lunch - Mushroom risotto pronto with added mushrooms and courgettes Dinner - nothing Hex A - 250ml 1% milk Hex B - one alpen light and one hifi Syns - 0

Yes, you just add water bring to the boil then simmer for 12 minutes, you can get them in tesco and the mushroom flavour is syn free. They are made by Riso Gallo.

I had mushroom risotto pronto and added half a courgette and half a pack of button mushrooms diced up and frylighted. I had planned on replacing the suggested oil/butter/parmesan you are supposed to add at the end with a laughing cow light but when I tasted it I decided it really wasn't...

a few years ago I heard that the chafing only happens when you sweat so I started using a cream anti perspirant on my thighs where they rubbed if I was wearing a skirt or dress and it really worked. I also use a roll on under my boobs and belly where I can get an itchy rash from sweating and it...

I went to Tesco yesterday 0% Total yoghurt £2.15 Laughing cow light £1.01 (bogof) Muller lights x 4 £2 Sweet chilli cottage cheese 80p Quark 70p 10 Happy eggs £2.89 Steamed salmon £10 (3 packs of two fillets) Ham £2 Quorn sausages £1.80 Cooked chicken £5 (2 packs) Quorn mince, fillets and...

I have a rotten cold at the moment so was off work yesterday - I need to decide in the next hour and a half whether I am going back in today, I have a doctors appointment at 7.15 (for the weight loss, not the cold, I'm not that feeble!) so I need to call before that otherwise it will be too late...

Day 11 - Monday 6th June Breakfast - 2 quorn sausages, tinned tomatoes, baked beans Lunch - ham, cottage cheese, cherries Dinner - mild cheese and broccoli pasta n cheese made with 125ml 1% milk, a heaped tablespoon of quark and peas, followed by 0% total yoghurt mixed with white choc...

ok, so that didn't happen! I didn't get hungry until after 8pm (I think because I have a stinking cold I don't have my usual appetite) so at that point I wasn't about to start faffing about. I ended up having mild cheese + broc. pasta n sauce - I've never tried these before, not quite sure but...

not sure because I've just done a big tesco shop so I have lots of options! I might try the canneloni recipe from the magazine a couple of weeks ago but using giant shells instead of canneloni. I'm off sick today so I have time to potter a bit. Haven't had lunch yet though, must eat something...

I've just got back from tescos and I picked up 3 pack of peppers - red, green and yellow - £1 fresh pineapples - £1 laughing cow light - bogof cucumbers - 2 for £1 button mushrooms - 2 packs for £1.50 ranier cherries - half price strawberries - half price frozen quorn products - 3 for £5 oh...

fab! I lost 8.5lbs! Just been away camping with friends this weekend though and gone slightly off track! Never mind, tomorrow is another day :rolleyes:

well, camping was fab, lovely weekend, lovely campsite, lovely people and lovely food! I went slightly (1) off track and I am drawing my line here________________________ Back on plan seriously tomorrow, I want another loss on Thursday and it is imperative that I learn how to get back on track...

aww, that's a shame you don't like it, I think it is lovely, don't know why I don't drink it more often!

first proper weigh in last night and I lost 8.5lbs! If only it was always that easy and we'd all be teenie weenie in no time. Still, it's nice to have a big kick start :D

thanks patches :D I am delighted, I just hope I manage to loose again this week, I am off camping now until Sunday and I think it will be tough to stay within my syns but I am going to make as good a choices as possible, I just might need to have a flexi evening of wine!

Day 7 - Thursday 2nd June Breakfast - Magic porridge with a bowl of strawberries Lunch - Spinach, salmon, spring onion and egg noodle in a spicy broth Dinner - 2 boiled eggs and cucumber salad Hex A - 250ml semi skimmed milk Hex B - 28g oats Snacks - grapes, a few mouthfuls of cous...

hehe, I'm a bit like that too, it drives my sister nuts sometimes when I e-mail her because I just type like I talk, I don't go back and edit. Well done for the positives, sounds like it was a challenging day. x

I just had 13 mikados - dark chocolate ones. It took serious will power to stop when it brought me to 15 syns for the day!

not lekker then like the dreaded speculoos spread? I actually have a jar in my cupboard, I haven't yet bothered to see how it works out syn wise, I just assume not good!

wow, that's fantastic, all of your losses have been big! :D

It is NOT a disaster, you stop now and you get back on plan. The disaster would be for you to feel 'I've messed it all up, what's the point?' Even if you sts or even gain again this week if you stop now and take control it will still be a million times better than if you get demotivated and...

A milk chocolate fibre plus bar - never tried them before and it was delicious but wow I feel full! I just went and downed a pint of water because I felt like it had swollen and absorbed all the liquid from my gut!

you will do brilliantly, I know it

thanks Dacuckoo, I am delighted! I was hoping for a big loss but I was thinking more along the lines of 5lbs.

Thank you Gugs and Capricorn :D Capricorn I am chasing on your tail, you are an inspiration x

just had my first one, they are delicious!

you won't believe it! after finally buying some fibre plus bars today I only went and won a box of them in the raffle tonight!

:wee::bunnydance::party0011::party0049: yippee! I lost 8.5lbs!

thank you :D I just can't wait to get it over with...I wanna know one way of the other and I wanna know now! Only an hour and a half to go ;) I think that NHS thing must be regional or maybe my Docs just haven't heard of it yet, I'm back in there on Tuesday I might mention it. You are amazing...

ah yes! I have made this twice this week and couldn't for the life of me remember where I had seen it! It is DELICIOUS I have made mine using 0% Total and it is so creamy and yummy. I have also made a variety using a pepper mill that I have with a chilli, garlic, lemon blend in it instead of the...

I managed to pick some up in Asda today but I'm going to wait til after weigh in now to scoff one!

oh yes, that would be good too, if you are clever enough you can split the pitta and get two pizzas for the price of one!

that sounds delicious and isn't there a brand of wrap that is a hex B? I could have sworn that I had seen there was one brand of tortilla that could be counted as a hex b but now I can't find it anywhere so I must've made a mistake. regardless that sounds well worth the 5 syns!

so funny we all have the same tricks.....yesterday I ate half a melon for breakie then the other half as a snack later on.....nothing. At 6ish I decided coffee was the answer and made myself a double espresso latte.......nothing. Peppermint tea seemed to be the answer for me!

ooh I had that for the first time this morning too! Did you like it? I did :) I just had an early lunch of noodles, spinach and salmon in spicy broth, was yummy and I need to go out, was getting hungry and scared I would go beserk in Asda if I didn't eat first! Weigh in tonight so I will try...

:D I am a peppermint tea convertee!

:sick0019: success!

mean old bats not even saying well done! :massmoon:

Magic porridge for the first time. I used vanilla muller light and am eating it with a bowl of strawberries. It's not bad at all, I have only just started eating it but I can tell already that this is going to keep me full til lunchtime!

Hi littlemiss, good luck tonight, not that you'll need it :) you'll feel so much better once you get started because then you can just focus on moving that number down rather than what the number IS at the moment x

wow, another 4lbs? that's fab :D xxx

Day 6 - Wednesday 1st June Breakfast - half a melon Lunch - Chicken salad sandwich with 1 laughing cow light triangle Dinner - sauteed sliced new potatoes, salmon fillet, green beans Snacks - ww yoghurt, 2 apples, 5 crackerbread, 4 laughing cow light triangles, grapes, melon, chicken...

Hi dacuckoo how are you finding the plan so far? I hope you are enjoying it! Is the excercise class run by your SW group? I haven't heard of those before, I think swimming and walking are about my limit at the moment, I fancy doing zumna or something like that but I don't think I am ready for...

<------just made herself a cup of peppermint tea it appears this issue before weigh in is not unusual! hadn't heard about the peppermint tea cure, glad I had some in the cupboard :D

Hi Capricorn, thanks for reading! Wow, you have lost loads of weight! I am off now to read your diary :)

well yes, especially for a larger lady like myself I can only imagine people don't like to bring up my weight full stop. That is apart from the horrors at the school where I teach at the moment, they have no problem whatsoever discussing my weight :cry:

I've been feeling really odd today, not sure if I'm coming down with something or coming on with something but I feel a bit bloated and lethargic. I've been in a bit of a weird eating mood too, because I feel bloated I'm not feeling empty in my tummy but I am getting hungry then a bit confused...

awww, that's so beautiful <3

I had sliced leftover new potatoes sauteed with frylite, green beans and salmon

LOL no I WISH! I only started on Thursday, haven't lost anything yet! I must have written my mini goals out all confusing! thanks for the support though :D xx

last time when I was on weight watchers I had lost over 3 stone before people at work started noticing. I never mentioned that I was on a diet but I felt so different it was weird that it took them so long but suddenly in the space of a week all kinds of people were asking 'have you lost loads...

yay! glad you liked it!

I just had a chicken salad sandwich and it was scrumptious! I toasted my hexb of bread with a light spray of butter frylight then spread 1 laughing cow light over them and added english mustard to one of them then piled on cooked chicken and a tower of lettuce leaves which I spritzed with a...

oops, must have been typing when you posted! sorry!

they are 9.5 syns hope you get through the day ok! x

OMG don't....on lovely rye bread with mustard mmmmm I don't think I can go anywhere near my local salt beef bar come to think of it, last time I was there they started handing out enormous delicious fish balls because we were kept waiting

great! I am off to put some together for tomorrow morning then! thanks x :D

hey, it's the number 20 on the lable that matters! :D

:D every little counts!

I keep forgetting to try this - I only have a vanilla or a toffee muller light in the fridge at the moment, is it nice with these flavours or shall I wait and do it with a fruity one when I've been shopping?

size 20 is the stuff of dreams - that is the magical breaking point where you can start shopping in loads more shops :D well done!

and the best thing about holiday clothes is they don't need to be amazing quality, you can spend it up big in primani! you're going to have a fantastic time! Blaze...which book are you after? btw I think the flowers idea is fab too, I love it when the daffs come into the shops because you can...

that's fantastic, you must feel on top of the world, well done!

I hadn't really thought about it before but now you have me thinking, I have a pandora bracelet....maybe I should buy myself a charm for every stone that I loose? then it would be a reminder for when I start to find things getting tougher and weight is coming off slower, I can look at my wrist...

bit of a weird one this morning. I woke up feeling very full so I had half a small melon then an hour or so later I was feeling cold and hungry but not starving so I looked in the fridge and cupboards and the thing that appealed was a chicken mugshot so I had that and a ww yoghurt. I have to say...

I'm glad lipotrim is working for you, I've never tried it, well done for how much you have already lost!