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I think I would rather play it safe and round it up to 2 Syns.

I know that I am late with last Friday's weigh-in. I have been taking things real slow this weekend. Generally I walk 4+ miles a day. I have been known to even walk 8 miles a day. But that is only when I missed a day or something. I tend to walk 5-6 days a week. Never under 5 though. Well my...

This week I gained 1lb. I am perfectly okay with that as I was prepared. Well I would have been okay with 3lbs and very upset with 5lbs but this week I having been snacking. Not on healthy snacks either but convenient snacks.. I haven't overeaten just not eaten well. So I fully expected a weight...

This week's weigh in I have lost ½lb. But the Wii doesn't show halves, just whole pounds. But it did show that my BMI was down. So.... I am still under my Christmas goal :D But... I have let myself down a little today. I had caramel snack a jacks and kind of ate 2-3 days worth. So I have to be...

Not sure how this Christmas is going to go hehe. My first vegetarian/Vegan Christmas!. I don't usually have extra treats or anything but this year I am in the mood for it. So on Saturday I am having a baking day! :D Vegan Mince Pies and Vegan Christmas Cookies. I can't wait. Let us hope I...

It was a great and much needed boost hehe. Thanks Cai. :D

Congrats on your loss Val, that's great news. Losing weight, and even life is like that isn't it. Up one moment and down the next. I think it is how we deal with it in the end. Same with weight loss. Plus no one is harder on us that we are ourselves.

I hope you have a great Christmas! :D :xmassign:

You seem to cope the way I usually do with Syns hehe. But we all find out what works for ourselves. :D It was never meant to be easy unfortunately, unlike the gaining weight part... As Emz says in her signature.. 'Life is for living, not for slimming'. I love that. :D

Christmas is always the ideal time to spoil ourselves I think and why shouldn't we. We all deserve it. Then we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off... and start again (fresh day). There is so much worry at this time of year as it is. I don't think of it as being naughty or bad, cause then we...

Thank you Emz :D Exclamation mark all you like hehe it is how I feel too. :D You and Val had more faith in me than I did and I will never forget that, you both said I could do it and wow I did. I don't know how lol. You will be saying those words. :D and then I can exclamation mark you...

:D thank you Val. I am still shocked about it hehe. Yeah I was worried about the calcium, I do have rice milk with extra calcium, but I rarely have that... My vitamins have 25% of the calcium I need. I am not a fan of things like spinach and curly kale... But then I never used to eat swede...

Hi Emz *waves* A lot of ups and downs lately? :( And stupid people that don't think... As you know I have had mean comments to as I am sure we all have. I know it is easy to say those people aren't worth it and so on but they really aren't, they have no idea. I bet you look great. :D You are...

Hi Val *waves* Don't you just hate it when you eat something you think is healthy and low Syn and it turns out to be the opposite.. I think in general you are doing great. Definitely more good days than bad. :D You are so positive, I think you can do this. We all know you can. :) Plus you...

Oh and I almost forgot!.... This week... *drum roll* I lost... hehe 6lbs :O Shocked I know.. I am flabbergasted! Over the moon and flabbergasted lol. But that takes me to my Christmas goal :D and of course my 4 stone mark :D Yes I know you thought that I could do it hehe and you was...

No worries. Because I am out more now I am not on as much either. But I will always have time for my new friends as I am sure you do for me. xx This is the site that I found, not sure if it would be much help. :) Cravings: What Do They Mean, and When Should You Listen? « Raw Food SOS...

Well it seems eating the cheese that I did helped hehe. No more cravings. But I need to keep them at bay. I think my problems were that I was struggling with the vegetarian decision and keeping low Syn. I found I was filling up on the smaller amounts, not having allowances because I wasn't...

Hi Emz, don't worry :) It is a busy time for most anyway. Then some others even more. Not sure if I will I gained 3lbs this week and I have got the hugest cheese craving... Turns out I ate 57 Syns today!!! I did the thing that I always do and looked it up, a lot... hehe Seems I am not...

That is really great news Emz, Congrats :D Ooh I love those little things when you realise how much you have lost. Nice warm, happy feelings. :D

Well did you ever!... I lost 2lbs hehe. Oh!.. I am 1lb away from my 4st and 2lbs away from my Christmas goal :D I didn't even realise that til I just came on here.

Not looking forward to weigh-in tomorrow!... I just ate 3/4 pf a pack of Cheddars!. I love them. My way of not snacking on Syn food so I can get carried away is not to buy it in the first place. I have TONS of willpower not to buy it. But my daughter bought these and I had a couple. Started...

Thank you Val and Emz. It is finally starting to go. :D Yeah there does seem to be a lot of it going around. :( Not in the mood for all that walking now though hehe. But it will get done... Virtual walks together sounds great. :D Where to tomorrow?

Meh!... What an icky week. Been feeling ill and bloated too... Syns have been within the allowance but did have a couple of treats that I guess I shouldn't. I am hungry but don't feel like eating and I know it will hurt when I do eat and a headache almost all the time and I can barely sleep...

Hi Val. I haven't been well most of the week. I thought it was just a common cold but turns out it won't clear and getting worse. Hence I haven't posted at all this week. Thank you for caring xx

Hi Emz. I read through your diary and loved it. A few giggles and smiles. You are doing really well. :D Wow you got an allotment, that would be so cool. How is that going? Although it is really cold right now and very muddy hehe. I find with rice and pasta meals, I fill up half the plate with...

Thank you MissClumsy. Thank you so much. I am actually blushing hehe. I hate it when ill too. It is as if everything goes to pot, you don't want to make the effort or anything. But glad that you are back on track. :D You seem to be doing great so far. I can't wait to read all about you too...

I seem to be managing better this week being vegetarian and keeping Syns low. I did have a treat on Monday. I had two Triangles of the 400g bar of Toblerone but then I kept the rest of the week very low Syn to make up for it. It seems to be way too easy to not have my allowances now so I have...

little_bubblez beat me to it but that's the same link that I have :)

Understandable, I have a weakness for most almond products. God I love marzipan but haven't had any in years but I always want to and knowing you can buy a block of it... lol and almond slices are gorgeous. But we all slip up at times. For me this week I had 2 triangles of the large 400g bar...

I can't wait to get to Club 20 (on here at least as I don't go to a slimming club hehe) I have a link for all the SW stickers for this site and no club 20. I wonder if Ermintrude will mind me using when I lose that 20%. I never even thought I would reach Club 10 to be honest. :D I think the...

Congrats on your loss :D It would be nice for a reward for losing more.

Oh okay thanks. I keep noticing posts on these forums about club 20 hehe.

I am confused about something... I understand Club 10 is 10% of your starting body weight but what about Club 20? Is that 20% of your starting weight or another 10% once you have reached your Club 10?

Well it is that time of week again. Eating just vegetables is going to take a lot of getting used to. It can be easy to having boring, repetitive meals and I don't want that. Plus trying to keep things low Syn as well isn't easy. A lot of vegetarian recipes have high Syn ingredients. But things...

Glad you are on the mend and your stomach is starting to settle. It isn't easy being ill when a home and family to sort out.

Hi Val. I haven't tried Tofu. It looks weird, kind of like a lump of soft cheese... I have been kind of wary about trying it to be honest. I have no plans on not being a veggie though :) So no worries there.

Hi Val and thank you. Yep you noticed hehe. xx Well!... It turns out Quorn and my body don't get on well together... I am slowly getting better but it has taken a week so far of no Quorn to get better. A week of looking up everything I can about it. Turns out that if you are allergic to...

Not going to say much. No one really notices these anyway hehe. This week I lost 3lbs, taking me to 18st 10lbs. :D I am 2lbs from the 3½ st mark. I have had my first full green/no meat week. I am really pleased with how well it went. Especially now that I can lose weight on Green days...

A bad day today... It was just one of those days that I didn't fancy preparing/cooking food. So I ended up picking. Syns wise though I had a Muller Rice and 5 bags of Pom-bears. I was only going to have one but then I had another and thought well that isn't so bad I can make up for it...

Review of the week: What a week. Had more Syns than I liked at the beginning of the week so I thought 'Fine I will make up for it the next day' but then the next day came and I had the normal 9 Syns so I never really made up for it. Then I had an Irish cream latte at a friend's and I haven't had...

Thanks Val :) I am the same with tomatoes, especially those small ones. I finished off them as nibbles one night hehe. Luckily we have just gotten over our mini heatwave and we are getting weather I like, although a tad windy hehe. Good plan. :D I like to have plans and lists and get...

Congrats on your loss. It seems you found a way about things that suits you and that you can easily adapt if any changes occur. Wow that is a lot of water, I couldn't do it hehe. I find water so plain and boring. I add no added sugar squash to mine :D No reason for feeling guilty when your...

I agree with Emmaline to be honest. When you said starting a new slate I thought you meant like, right that's it! Tomorrow is another day, start afresh. I don't think that creating a new thread will change what has happened. We learn from what we have done and it doesn't change others from...

Well as predicted it has been a crappy week. I started off Saturday in the state of mind that generally ends up worse. By the end of the day I had had about 6 HeB allowances and 4-5 HeA allowances (He = Healthy extra) and no free foods. The rest of the week was nothing special. There were no...

Thanks Val, those words mean a lot. Just about to post this week's and I was totally thrown for a loop by this week's weigh-in... Not what I expected at all. As I was walking my friend's dog today it was just so nice. I live on the edge of a town so kind of close to the countryside and I...

Diet has gone well I feel. Although I really should eat before going out and then not being able to eat until I get home between 5 and 7pm. Mainly because I don't want to go over in Syns and at my friend's house he isn't very healthy food wise. To be honest he doesn't even have food most of the...

I have found with me that it is more what I eat than the amount of syns that I have. If I follow green days and keep syns low I will put on weight. But that is what I like about SW, everyone can adapt it to suit themselves. You have the rest of the week to help towards the week syn total anyway...

Hi Val. I finally found you :D (The link in your signature helped hehe) I love reading all you say. Like you I am doing this from home but I think the site is too expensive and as food prices are shooting through the roof I would rather spend the money on good food. As I follow Original days...

Thank you Val xx

Today I lost 3lbs and now weigh 19st 1lb (267lbs). It also means.. Ta da daaaa! That I have reached the 3stone mark :D I am so pleased. I weighed myself at home before going to a friend's house to weigh myself on the Wii, like normal, but it only showed about a ½ lb loss. I can explain that...

Thank you so much Val, it means a lot to me. :hug99:

A long ramble this week... I have lost almost 3 stone (42lbs) in 4 months. Each week has been pretty good steady steps, not huge steps but small and steady. SO I was quite pleased with myself and proud. Yes I said was... How can it take strangers who know nothing about me to wipe it all away...

This week seems to have been bit of a struggle... Tuesday I had a slice of pizza, the smallest slice in the box. Yesterday I had 2 large sausage rolls, 1/8 of an apple turnover and a pack of chicken balls from the Chinese... (no sauce though). I feel that I have thoroughly let myself down this...

Hmmm. Okay... Hehe. That didn't help me work things out but it was good to know, Seems SW ones are always slightly heavier.. I wonder if there is anyone that has had comparisons with the Wii Fit and other scales?

Was there much difference? Plus it all helps :)

Today I weighed in at 19st 5lbs (271lbs) :D That is a loss of 2lbs I have been weighing myself on the Wii at a friend's because my scales only went up to 21st (294lbs) and I kept using the Wii. Because that is what I started with and I thought that I would be tempted to weigh myself more often...

A little late in posting this week but... I lost 4lbs :D and I reached my 10% target and have now lost 2½ stone. So all in all I am really pleased. I thought I would do another 10% of my body weight goal which will be to get to 17st 5lbs (245lbs)

With the diet this week I was still a bit sluggish from the week before for a few days. I was using about 11-14 Syns a day. So I decided I would make up for it the rest of the week, having barely any Syns and filly up on the Free foods instead. But for some reason I just feel bloated all the...

The diet went a bit screwy this week. I still followed the plan and nothing wrong there but turns out for three days my Philadelphia light wasn't light... I didn't even look up the Syn value to be honest. But for a couple of days I didn't have my A allowance to sort of make up for it. Then...

Today I weighed in at 19st 11lbs (277lbs) That is a loss of 4lbs :D :bliss: (Yes I do actually have a happy dance when I weigh myself, good thing I don't go to a club hehe.) I felt so sure that I would gain and never get over the 2 stone mark hehe. It is easy to see how a gain can diminish...

You seem to be trying so hard, maybe too hard? I remember when I joined a club in 2009, I even paid for 10 weeks... It wasn't a good time as my bad was still pretty bad but I thought with the diet alone it should be fine. I tried really hard, I never strayed once, yet I was putting on a lb at...

Well another week, another weigh-in. Today I weighed in at 20st 1lbs (281lbs) That is a loss of 2lbs and I reached that 2 stone mark again :D For me I think keeping off the Green days really works. A couple of days ago I even had a treat a fresh cream doughnut. I counted the Syns and...

It seems a lot of us were like this, including me :( I thought I was so fat from the age of about 10. Now I know I am fat. I look back and see how stupid I was but then family never helped... Had a terrible mother...If she was feeling fat then I had to go through it too, if she was taking pills...

I don't think baggy t-shirts helps :) But I can definitely see a difference :D Great work. Your face and neck look slimmer and more definition showing in the shape of your face.

Thank you twirly :)

Review of the week: Well the week could have been better. Saturday I decided to do exercises for my upper arms using women's weights, light weight ones. But ended up hurting the all the muscles on my left side of the neck and shoulder which spread to upper back as well. I still managed to walk...

Sounds like you really have things worked out to suit you. :D That is really great. I am really happy for you. You are in such a positive mind and it is so great that you have so much support. I think we all have worst decisions, mine is usually staying for dinner at my ex-husband's... For a...

This... Medicine Ball Exercises - Triceps Extension with a Medicine Ball is a good one for those flabby underarms, triceps. :) It is the one I do hehe. I hope it helps xx

The thing about falling off the wagon is you can just get yourself up, dust yourself down and smile at the thought that tomorrow is another day and that when tomorrow comes, today will be in the past. My daughter fell of the wagon big time recently. But she slowly got back on and things are...

My friend sent me some packets (powdered) of Old Fashioned Egg Nog and I was wondering how many Syns it would be... Unfortunately because it is American they don't do nutritional facts like we do. But it does say serving size 3 tbsps (30g) makes 8 fl.ox. Servings per container 4. Then it...

Another Friday, another weigh-in :) I felt sure I had gained weight. My stomach area felt more solid, for the first time since starting slimming world. It used to get like that with certain foods or eating more than I should so to me that meant weight gain hehe. I didn't get to do the dreaded...

Congrats on your weight loss Boo :D I was wondering how far it is you walk to work? (Read the post and then when I forget and try to find it again.... hehe.)

Another post!... I am on a roll tonight. I wanted to jot this down before I forget, it isn't quite dieting but while on a diet I am trying to get fit. I can now walk with no pain at all. :D Although a long trudge around our largest lake in town had my legs aching for a couple of days. :giggle...

Wow! I found it on Ebay :D

I know I usually only post Friday when I weigh-in but I thought I would post today as more of a motivational talk for myself hehe. Well I start my food diary on Saturdays, I still write everything down, I prefer it that way and so far this week I have actually been using 9-10 Syns a day. :eek...

Hehe I am not usually that hard to find. :D Thank you. It has been a quiet day so far but tomorrow will be different... It is my son's birthday and he wants lasagna, so going to take my books with me and work out the Syns lol. Got to have a piece. Thank you Jackie :D I hope so. I keep...

There is a Philadelphia cook book? I would love one of those. I am so please that Philadelphia is part of a healthy allowance :D

Hi Boo. Still absolutely love reading your diary. :D You have so much detail, I am always too worried about over posting and being boring in mine. Why would anyone want to read mine sort of thing hehe. Anyway, yours isn't boring, it is great. I love how everyone is following the same...

He used strawberries and he didn't fully liquidize them, not sure if that helps. But they looked ever so yummy. I wouldn't do often anyway, more like a luxury because the amount of fruit that would be used would end up expensive. I struggle to use Syns so it wouldn't hurt to have a few. :D...

Hi, it is a great site. :D I am sure you will easily shift that weight, you got all of us behind you to help :) xx :gen126: Hi Sam and thank you. They do say the first step is the hardest. Luckily I think I am in the routine of this diet so now just flowing along nicely. I hope... Hehehe.

I have Chicken Provencal ( I have posted a recipe on this forum, completely free on a Red day) with potatoes and veggies and then Brownie bites that I made earlier, a recipe I found on Facebook :D

I have been looking into getting lolly molds just the past couple of weeks, Great timing :D I heard about Mullerlight in them and thought that was a great idea and also.. A friend showed me on River cottage program they make 100% fruit lollies but liquidizing the fruit. not completely but just...

Hi and welcome. I too tried WW but it didn't work for me even though I followed it to the letter. I actually put on weight hehe. But not everyone is the same right :) But I love being on SW, it is so easy and barely any counting. My daughter is on SW too with me and if she has a green day and I...

Well I have been here a couple of months now and I am so glad I found this place. It is great! :D People are so nice and the weight lose is going well. My diary is here... http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-weight-loss-diary/214817-healthy-life-starts-here.html

I haven't walked as much this week but I did go for a 2 hour walk on Tuesday. Although my legs did feel the pain of it afterwards. But a couple of days of rest sorted that out :D and my back didn't hurt even once which I am so pleased about. I am really struggling most days to get to the 5 Syn...

I use an exercise bike. I can do that with slippers on hehe. :D I think we all find our own ways to deal with things. :hug99: The last time I tried Slimming World I went to a club, in 2009, and I followed the diet perfectly and I was putting on 1 lb every single week. I couldn't take it, all...

I think it tastes great too, One of my favourite meals to have :D You're welcome, be good to know what you think of it.

This is my version of Chicken Provencal. Free on a Red day. Ingredients: Half of a large onion One 400g can of tomatoes Two cloves of garlic Tbsp of basil 2 large chicken breasts Method: Warm up oven. Dice onions and fry ( I don't add...

Hi Missjlouise. I must admit I have loved reading your diary. You go into some much and I have learned new things. One... never listen to my daughter lol, she told me a 4 finger Kitkat was 8Syns. Luckily I don't eat chocolate much anymore :) It probably doesn't help but I try to see it as...

This is great, thank you. I tend to use these now instead of jar sauces. Saves tons of Syns :D

Thank you Circes :D

Another week and another loss :D I lost 3lbs this week. :D I really felt that I had put on this week thanks to a 'helpful' friend. Another week and another loss :rolleyes: Exercise has been hard for the second half of the week but a new week is about to start.

I think these are great on a green day. I am on my first green day but having to stay at a friend's place who isn't very Syn friendly.. hehe. Good to know my favs are completely Syn free. Plus I know to keep away from the Tesco ones too.. All the Syns add up right.. Are they still the same...

I was about to buy the items online to make sausages when I thought how can sausages been Syn free if they have rusk/breadcrumbs. So I did a search for Home made sausages syn free and this post came top hehe. Always Minimins to the rescue :D However as you make your own and other people to I...

Oh well it was worth a thought hehe. Thanks for letting me know :)

My friend made me a fruit crumble and I am trying to work out the Syns. It is quite high but I don't want to upset or offend him. Anyway... I was wondering if flour can be used as a HeB? If so how much and such please.

Hi Boo. I thought I would come by and check out your story. I am so glad I did. :D I find it so inspiring hearing other peoples journeys. You are doing so well. It is like living through it with you. I like all the details in your signature. I was thinking of maybe putting a bit more in...

My Friday weigh-in... I lost another 2lb :D I know the loss is slow but it is consistent and I haven't had a week of staying the same or putting on... Yet!... I keep waiting to fail. I exercise and follow the diet really well but as soon as I step on those scales, well from the day before I...

Thanks Boo. You seem to be doing really great yourself :D xx

Today's weigh in I lost 2 lbs. It's my first week of 'no idea how I lost weight this week' hehe. But it was a good needed boost. :D

Today I weighed in at 20st 12lbs (292 lbs) A loss of 7lbs. Yay me :D hehe. Not sure what I did too much different this week. Drank less coffee and more water. Well mainly hot orange squash (Syn free, and I like hot drinks). I didn't walk as much this week as the weather has been pretty bad...

Today I weighed in at 21st 5lbs (299lbs) with a BMI of 48.01 That's a loss of 1 lb. :D The idea with the magazines worked. It makes my daughter forget to get something to eat as she ends up reading the cupboards lol. I am pleased with my loss this week as I had a doner kebab at the beginning...

Thank you :D

Another Friday weigh-in. This week I lost ½ lb. A loss is a loss right. :) Review of the week: Diet wise it's been okay. I have followed the diet exactly. A few days I reached max limit on Syns. I think maybe that I should lower my Syn allowance to 8 (it is usually 10 a day). I started...

Friday is my weigh-in and this week I lost 2½ lbs :D Overall I think it has been a good week, the diet is going well and starting to walk a bit more often. Have to take it easy due to my back but over time I hope it will get stronger.

Thank you ermintrude. I will certainly try this when my pumpkins are ready :D

I hope this is the right place. A few years ago I went to America and had Pumpkin pie and LOVED it :D But it isn't well known in England. Anyway I have just started growing pumpkins with the thought to make pies in a few months. But I want to do a Slimming World friendly one. I have...

Hi all and thanks for looking in and any support you give me. It is ALL appreciated :D A brief introduction: In 2002 I went to Slimming World and lost 6st. I had needed to lose 11-12st. But I had to leave the club for personal reasons but tried keeping the diet going which I did for many...

Hi. As you can tell from my username, my name is Amanda :) Several years ago, about 8 I think, I went to Slimming World and lost 6st. I had needed to lose 11-12st. But I had to leave the club for personal reason but tried keeping the diet going which I did for many months. Until we went on...

Hi, I have just signed up here and this is the first thread that I read. I am so glad that it is. I lost 6 stone before and trying again so was hopeful, but your story has inspired me even more. Amazing work :D