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I never did when I was losing!!! I think must have been a bit of water retention of something going on the previous week!!

Blimey.....lost 5 and a half!!!! The tactical morning weigh in did help (normally weigh on an evenign) but still!! ONly thing I've really changed is I used to do a lot of green days as dont eat much meat...I just switched to one a and one b choice even if a meat free day, dont know if thats had...

Its strange isnt it?! Maybe its karma catching up with me for all those 'well I dont know HOW I still lost weight after what I've eaten/drank this week...' moments! Not sure what else to do other than keep mixing up my recipes and speed foods and watch the portion sizes. Though on my way to...

I recently celebrated my 3 year targetversary....Id always been someone who kept losing and going under target...but in the past 6months I've had the total opposite problem, I can't lose to save my life!! as someone who (sometimes smuggly!) found it easy to get a loss (just followed plan...lose...

I tried towards the end of the week to snack on s foods, back to green days this week and feel so much better!!

Yeah I'm going back to Green days and a few EE and maybe SP! Strange how different people react differently, my friend did SP and lost 8pounds!! We are not speaking today....haha!

I gained! KNEW IT!!!! But, more strangely, of all the people in our class doing 7 days 100% SP...not a SINGLE person lost weight! A few maintained and most gained. Our consultant checked our diaries and said we'd all been doing it spot on, she herself maintained after mixing up her SP and EE...

I think I'm going to be the same bufalufas!!! Been on sp 100% but jeans feeling tight. Drinking lots of water, we'll see!

I know...ive been using quark as replacement for when I have strawberries and rasps but its not the same, like cement haha! But will be interesting to see what monday holds as I literally went through 4/5 500g tubs a WEEK of the stuff and yes its free on the plan but I know its packed full of...

ARgh me too! Oh, hello btw haha! I'm a target member but riiiiiight at the top so am trying SP for a week to try and have a nice loss and get in a more comfortable range. I was terrified of SP as I'm a carb FIEND, and always failed at red days. However finding it a lot easier than I thought as...

Aww thats shocking! But my consultant doesnt bother with diamond award, I only realised a week or two after I had qualified and told her and she mentioned it in class but no certificate or anything. BUt the next week she was away and it came up in conversation with the covering consultant and...

Yeah I'm the same, def keeps me focused. Its really bad in my group though as the scales are right up the other end of the room so once you've been weighed if you have to go back and pay you have to do the walk of shame right back up to the computer haha! It's all in good jest though!

Well thats what I did but I don't always think my consultant sticks rigidly to the rules haha!!! Its changed now anyway, before when I went out of target if I hadn't got back in by the next week, I went back to pay, fair enough. Then the next week I went and registered as before, got weighed...

can't you get your C to put next week down as a holiday donna? I did that when I went out of target one week and was away the next and I didn't have to pay as when I next got weighed I was back in.

Still maintaining whoop. Smack bang in middle of target but now Ive gotten into the habit of getting weighed in my boots and coat etc so may need to make sure I don't end up going under in the summer months!! Strangely I don't like being in the middle of target, much prefer being at the bottom...

Exactly! I think sometimes I just ned to get it out my system. I rarely bother with choc and sweets, or if I do I'm lucky in that I can have a couple of squares of a big bar and put the rest back in the fridge and not think about it. But sometimes my body overrides that and I go mad haha. I do...

Last nights WI was paaaiiinfuuuuul haha. Still in target but my binging totally caught up with me...and this week I have leftover tiffin to eat....3 meals out....a night out...plus going to my mums who has proudly listed all the easter treats she has bought us (including Vice Versas...used to be...

Well done Kim, it's all about finding what works for you! I do EE or Green, but only have an extra B choice when I'm doing EE at the minute as I'm finding myself really binging on chocolate which is very unlike me so the extra B choices not needed as my binges are doing enough damage! Hoping I...

Hi *waves* :) well done on getting to target, enjoy it!!! My running coach came up with my training plan but I suspect she got it online somewhere! There's a group of us from my group started running but not all are doing the 10k..just me and my coach so we've had to do an extra plan for us. It...

Welcome and many congratulations!! :) Don;t worry too much about a little gain if there's been a good reason for it...it's one of the perks of being at target!!!

Welcome Sinead and many congratulations! lovely feeling isn't it :) Now the fun begins...haha!

I can't imagine life before......I remember one occassion I sat in front of the tv, ate a large size bag of kettlechips, a packet of custard creams and then in the ad break nipped out to the shop and bought one of those large bags of malteasers and minstrels and sat and ate them...

Hi Rach...come join us!!! Haha! Biggest tip I can give you about maintaining is to just experiment and not panic!!! What works for some people might not work for you. Some people have to stay on plan 100% pretty much forever....others can relax and enjoy more B Choices and syns (though not...

Oh wow good luck with the Marathon! I'm doing the Great North Run this year (something I NEVER thought I would even be able to contemplate) but really need to kick the training up a gear....as I can currently run 5k and thats it haha. But I will get there! Still maintaining, though I should...

Hi you're right it definately takes some experimentation, and every single person is different and find different things worlk for them or affect them differently! FOr example I can have a week of dinners out, puddings, chinese....and weigh in with a whopping 3pounds loss. But it's because my...

Hi! You'll have noticed on this thread that there is the general feeling that there is a real lack of support for target members generally. I'm lucky in that my consultant is pretty good and always talks to me in group etc but I've always struggled with keeping in target as I'm generally too...

Ahhh am really tempted to try the shred now, but I'm at target (and keep going under) so really don't need to lose weight, I just want to get more toned and esp want something which resembles a 6-pack. Do people think the shred will def cause me to lose pounds? Otherwise I'll just have to find...

well if theres anything going to tone you up the 30day shred will!!!! It was nearly the death of me haha! I'm a davina addict, love her DVDs and they've gotten me from a 16 to an 8 so I will be eternally grateful to both her and slimming world!

I try to have an extra B if I'm doing an EE day, but I also do a lot of green days and find the 2 Bs enough!! As well as my syns, I struggle to fit them in one day! Plus like you I think oh well im out for cake and sunday lunch at the weekend, or out for dinner, or on a night out, so I don't...

I second this! OR third it? I started out exercising and was getting really frustrated cos my belly just wouldn't shift....but I perservered with lots of cardio and still did abs and then suddenly, it literally seemed like overnight haha, the belly went! and because I had been doing abs as well...

Congrats on getting to target Catherine!!! You'll probably find that it will take a few weeks, even months for you to 'suss' what works for you!! (I'm over a year down the line and still my body suprises me...!!). I would read over this thread for some tips on what works for others, but it will...

Hi JMck :) to be honest I'm not totally sure!!! I'm on the social team so go every week and get weighed most.....but when I've been out of target I've often wondered whether to skip a week, or whether that will mean I'll automatically pay when I next go, regardless of what I weigh. Probs best to...

Hi everyone!!! Still in target just about though yo-yoing continues! Bottom of target last week but skipped WI this week as im off work and in London and at my parents etc so wanted plenty of leeway and it would have been typical for me to have gained if I'd gotten weighed which would have made...

Hurrah I'm a diamond member!! Somewhat tainted however by the fact I lost a whopping 4pounds so 2pounds out of target AGAIN!!! No idea where it came from, I know I didnt have a load of syns but still....thats the same amount I lost in my very first week! So conscious effort to up the Bs this...

Wow well done Ginlin!! Is that for being at target for a year? I never knew there was a reward...its my years anniversary next week!!

Hi Jen!!! Not sure I'm right person to give advice as I yo-yo like a madwoman haha, but I think I would start adding more B's and see what happens. When I kept losing my C told me to try 2/3 Bs a day, and I struggled to fit them in to be honest, but when I did I gained quite a lot. But if you're...

EUrgh I gained 2....needed 1 to get back in target but didnt want that other one as I have a TONNE of fudge to consume this week (damn you food market!!!) and then next week am off back to my parents for a week, have a wedding, two birthday meals, a takewaway, a dinner out and various drinking...

I chickened out of getting weighed this week after a week of meals out and alcohol, combined with last weeks hen party etc just didnt want to face it!!! Aiming to have good on plan week this week, but I find that now I'm at target I try to find excuses to go out for dinner or lunch or get a...

ahh thats good Jo that hes got back to it rather than just letting it go!!! I too am bemused by my tummy rolls......I fear I am stuck with them forever haha! PRAYING for a loss tonight despite horrendous amount of alcohol consumed on sat night and then unnecessary Chinese last night.....we...

Lord no I havent dared!!!!!!! Im taking solace in the fact my clothes fit and my waist measurement is now 28...therefore my body fat must be non existant. HAH I wish!! Still got some chunk when I stop breathing in......

Well I was a bit like crikey haha thats almost half a stone....but I a)needed a gain b)am now smack bang in middle of target range b)was TOM and c)I did have about 4 layers on!! So I know that hopefully I might shift a pound or two this week, despite the hen party and chinese take away...

Haha oooooops was a bit nervous about being under, (despite it being TOM and me feeling like a whale) so got weighed in big jeans and shoes etc....and gained 4.5! haha my biggest gain ever in a week. Never mind though am going to have pristine week until the hen party...and then the week after...

Looks like I'll be trying the old jeans, jumper and heavy boots next weigh in!! A stomach bug over the weekend (I assume thats the main reason) saw a 2.5 loss and I need to gain 1.5 to get back into target!!! So DEF making sure I have at least 2 B choices a day, and snacking on my hoarded easter...

I feel a bit of a cheat posting in this thread, I've been at target since August, lost 3stone in total in less than a year, was dead good no binging because I was so focused....but suddenly now I;ve started, and really quite badly for me. I think its because even when at target I still kept...

Its all about breaking the cycle cheekylau!! If i have choc....and then binge...I find I want it more..(sugar feeds sugar as they say) but if I manage to keep off it for a week then I want it less. Same with cake for me. Don;t know whats up with me but all my body wants is cake!! its on my mind...

Hi guys! havent been here for a while! Been maintainng nicely (literally, I stayed the same for 3 weeks...thats a miracle for my body!) at my lower target that I didnt even realise I was. Had HUGE weekend away though just gone, lots of cake, pizza...sweets, you name it. BUt came in with a pound...

I got told that only people who had been at target for over a year got the book! To tie in with the target member award thing thats come out for the jubilee....am going to steal one anyway!!!

Well done CheekyLau :) I maintained, and had a strop because I thought I had to pay....my consultant just looked baffled and said 'what do you mean, you're still in target'...? Turns out when I thought it had been changed months ago to 10.0, it actually was changed to 9.11 (something to do with...

Of course you can join Donna, welcome!!! Its a tricky business.....you just need to learn to go with the flow, although I am a hypocrite and struggle to follow my own advice!!! As for extra HEBs, I don't like having more....but if I dont then I fall under target (hoping for a pound gain...

Only a pound off therefore a pound under which I can happily live with as have busy weekend coming up where I plan to not even think about my syns....for once!!! (eurovision party anyone? haha!!!) So expecting nice chunky gain next WI! Cheekylau don't worry you'll be surprised at how much...

Reading the last few posts I feel really lucky that my Consultant is so supportive, I stay to group every single week and she still asks how my weeks gone, how im finding maintaining, and offers advice when I inevitably fall under my target range (I sense another one this week eurgh!). Looking...

Definately not Emsie....5pounds in the grand scheme of things is nothing really! Especially when you think how far you have come! Perhaps your body is just settled at this weight and isnt wanting to lose anymore?

well the hefty gain of last week has come straight back off again, so 1under....consultant just laughs at how my body yo-yos...its the same 3pounds I keep gaining and then losing straight away! she says she doesnt want me to have to pay, so may tweak target by literally a pund or two so i dont...

Hi everyone! I got rid of my clothes in stages, everytime something was too big it went and I replaced it. I ended up in total sending 8 bags of clothes to the charity shop!! I've gone from a generous 14-16 to an 8-10 and thrilled although I'm annoyingly stuck at a size '9' for a lot of shops...

well done Ginlin! And Jo I'm determined to gain this pound and then actually maintain haha, I think I still need to get out the strict mindset which got me to target in the first place. Starting by making the OH take me out for dinner, with desert haha, every little helps!!

awwww poop lost 3.5pounds so back under target again! Only by a pound though, and am NOT going to change my target again, need to get it into my head that I can gain and it won't jeopardise my whole weight loss. So really focusing this week on having extra Bs and my syns, even if I sometimes...

Don't worry cyberjelly it'll soon come back off! I know the holidays are a nightmare for everyone (thankfully Im unaffected!), but writing everything down is such a good way to get on track, I still do if I feel like I've overindulged the previous week, or that I'm starting to lose focus.Keep...

Hi everyone I've been out the loop a bit lately! Still been going to group (i have to as I weigh everyone in....so no excuse!), and still been struggling to keep in my range as I keep dropping out the bottom. Even lost over easter, and a weekend away I managed to scrape the 1.5 I needed to avoid...

BTW just seen your stats, well done thats one heck of an impressive journey! :D

That part takes a while to get used to...only now do I 'let myself go' on a weekend (not every weekend) and go out for dinner and have starter and dessert, or a chinese, or have cake when I'm out shopping etc. I know I can have a gain and it isn't the end of the world!! I'm quite strange in that...

I had (still have) the same issue regarding people telling me off haha. But to be honest I DEF don;t want to lose anymore now, as I know myself Im starting to look see through!! But when I kept going under my original target I knew my body obv wasn't quite finished or it would have settled down...

Hmm its a tough one!!! Personally I hated 'making myself heavier' just so I didnt have to pay (and I'm proper tight haha). Have you talked to you Cons about maybe lowering your target?

Well I hope you had a good one :) I maintained, pretty chuffed with that as thought might face backlash off a dodgy week previous, as well as having two slices of cake on saturday nom!

Haha glad youre enjoying your holiday!!! I wouldn't worry too much about everything thats coming up, especially as you've stayed on plan the rest of the time! It'll be fine, and if you do gain a few pounds so what eh its for a good cause so to speak, and a week back on plan will soon shift it...

Exactly Quins! We all know the plan works or we wouldn't be here in the first place :)

After a week of eating out and not being in control (was staying on peoples sofas etc!) and first drinking sesh since before christmas, I lost 1.5!!! Body officially backwards. But I suspect its more likely that my body takes a week to 'catch up' so I'll probably see the effect this week on the...

Hmmm 1.5 on. Not sure how I feel, pretty narked I think as followed plan 100% as knew was going to have to take a hit this week!!!! Will just have to cross fingers and try to make good choices. Hate not being in control of my meals!

well done Quins :) I feel like I'm in for a gain this week, but as I have to gain or maintain to stay in target could live with it!! Hope its not more than a pound though as have awful week coming up...staying with friends and dining out so it will be 3 non SW meals a day from Wed to...

well done Ginlin thats incredible!! Made me sit and count how long I've been at target...about 6 months whoop! Jo I would def try and lower target if I was you too, I know how you feel about feeling forced to eat crappy foods just for the sake of it, just to try and gain. Seems totally...

You just have to be back in range :) so you would just have to get back to 10.10, but only have a week to do it. I havent gone out the top end yet thankfully but been out the bottom end few times! Gains are inevitable when trying to maintain, your body will go up and down but most I've gained...

Yip I went through exactly the same thing, some weeks still do. I also sometimes freak out at a gain. Its hard to lose the 'most lose' mentality. But I am slowly learning its ok to let go, now and then, but not all the time :)

Gah 2.5 off this week, with the 1.5 off last week means I'm right at bottom end of target...again!!! I got my 3stone sticker though which was a bit strange my C was like well done...don't lose any more haha. Will have to up the B choices this week as have no weekend plans which could contribute!

I havent tried that but really fancied it, but might not bother if its only 30g! Am sad they reduced my two faves ie all bran and weetabix crunchy bran, as I used to buy them especially for the extra grams!

I decided to lose a bit more, but that was because I still felt like I wasnt 100% happy, like I'd quit too soon and kept going under target anyway. Right decision for me, as now Im maintaining pretty consistently, as if my body has found its ideal weight. Theres no way I could physically lose...

ooo I have half a packet of beetroot left over from making the risotto, normally I throw it in the bin but fancy the soup. I don't have the book, can somone give me the basic outline of the recipe and I'll just make it up as I go!!

its def 35g, and also says Kellogs All-bran, whilst the other cereals it says Kellogs/other brand......boo. think only kellogs, tesco or co-op listed. which is poo as none of my tescos or co-ops sell it and Kellogs is so expensive!

Grr I have a full box of puffed wheat which isnt morrisons!!!! How annoying!!!!! Never mind, Im sure using it won't do me any harm, it worked well enough in the past!

Thats what holidays etc are for!!! :) I think now im at target I can relax better when I go away. Did the weigh ins for the first time on monday, lord it was manic haha esp as we have about 100 to weigh in during the first session. Was good fun though :)

Hey everyone what sort of week have you all had? :) Have managed to rectify some of the damage done last week so still hanging on in there! :)

im really confused about All bran....online it says ONLY kellogs at 35g (ie no other supermarket versions) or furthe down it says 42g of tesco hi fibre bran. I shop at sainsburys or asda, so does it have to be kellogs or tescos brand??? Also similarly, the puffed wheat used to be 28f puffed...

euuuuuuurgh have had crappy crappy weekend eating crappy crappy food and am now dreading WI tonight. Blarg!

I think I'm lucky in the sense that I rarely use more than 5syns a day, so at a weekend I have more to use. But I don't have every weekend off, I'll go for dinner once a fortnight or soemthing, or have a choccy binge every other saturday night, but stick to plan as if I'm still trying to lose...

Its tricky I admit, but I think it is def a change for life, for me anyway. Ie I will always use the recipes and the little tricks for replacing items (using quark, ff etc). Im finding that I can let myself go at a weekend say and not suffer in terms of my weight, but I do generally stick to 1 B...

hmmmm I don't know how it would work with cottage cheese, can't stand the stuff so avoid at all costs, but I guess would work with anything creamyish!

ahhhh good old my fitness pal. I was on that before SW, but sadly became so obsessed with counting calories I was close to developing an eating disorder. Hence me joining SW as it was recommended to me because there was no calorie counting and I could lose weight in a healthy way. in terms of...

Oh no! Must admit this cold snapping is giving me constant munchies which is beginning to get annoying :( Just try and keep focused and think how hard you worked to get to target, you know the plan works you just need to get back to basics and give it a good whirl :)

Welcome Quins, and congratulations!!!!! Im sure most on here will tell you maintaining really is the tricky part. My cons told me to up my B choices to make sure I don't keep on losing, but personally I prefer to stick to 1 if doing extra easy, although dont feel bad if I decide now and then...

whoooooooooooooooooooooop! :) well done you!!!!

It must be! It wasnt even TOM or anything though!! I thought they might have got her card mixed up with someone else, but no apparantly not and they weighed her twice!!!! And she confirmed she isnt pregnant before I even asked haha...

Ok I am never ever going to moan or whince at a gain again...my friend who goes to another group had 5 pounds to go until her target and had done really well. One bad week (including 'that' bake sale!) and she put on 12.5 in ONE WEEK!!! I thought she was joking, and asked her if she meant to...

Boo I missed my training as I got stuck on a delayed train so will do it next week, only half on which is fine!!! (although still grimace when I see any gain...need to stop that!) Our group is HUGE, we have about 100 in the first session and then another 50 or so in the second session, so she...

thanks Valerie the flower story is one of my Cons!! Its a good way to luck at it though. Am excited to start doing WIs and stuff, nice to be asked as its normally the old timers who do it, but then realised I've been at group for almost a year now yikes! Will see the damage the bake sale did...

Jo thats shocking!!!!! My consultant uses me as an example (in a good way) and asked me to be part of the social team though she does joke I need to eat more chips so I can fund her next holiday haha but she is 100% joking. Sounds like shes one of the better ones actually as she always gives me...

I sometimes have weeks where I'm totally food-obsessed, its all i can think about, ohh will I have maintained/gained etc, even worse than when I was trying to get to target. But lately I've been better, like on a weekend we'll go out for dinner or get a takeaway and I won't really think about it...

Thanks Jo....I feel pretty pap today but at least I did an emergency Davina workout last night to try and make amends!!! new day, not going to have any extra Hebs or too many syns until WI on Monday.....man that seems far away!! Haha good point about the positivity....I guess a dilema of...

It really is, I mean who will notice a 2pound gain physically, noone. But you know its there so you automatically see and feel it. Am really annoyed at myself, had a bake sale at work yesterday and i just went CRAZZZZY. I had about 8 large pieces of really really stodgey choc brownie (was...

*nods* I know what you mean about getting into bad habits. I'm not so bad now, but still have moments! I'm happier now I changed my target though, before when it was higher I was chuffed I hit it obv, but then because it wasnt where I really wanted to be (I raised it when we thought it was too...

I know the feeling Tom! Find it hard to relax, whatever the occasion. But then I look at how far I've come and know its def worth it :) another half off for me, so still hovering around mid target happily :)

Maintaining is harrrrrrddddd haha. I'm like a blummin yo-yo!!!! But just redone my measurements and I'm now a 28inch waist......meaning since I started my journey in March 2011 I've shrunk by 10 inches. I did a pretty epic happy dance round my bedroom haha. Heres to a good week everyone!!!

oh thats brilliant for hubby! well done him. he can join in the fun now haha!!! I agree, I really really hate the fact that I went from target, to under, to needing to eat crap really just for the sake of it, I didnt enjoy it much of the time, i didnt need it and it certainly wasnt benefitting...

I think there needs to be some better advice than 'increase B choices', as when I was badly under I was on 3/4 B choices a day and still losing 1/2 pounds a week, and even over the christmas fortnight I lost about 3.5 and my consultant said well done and made an example of me to prove you can...

Thats great Jen, pretty painless then!!!! I feel eurgh this week have a little pot belly going on not sure where its come from haha but it wants to disappear pretty quickly....!!

FINALLY a gain!!!! 1.5 puts me smack bang in the middle of my new target range. Which is ok. Though I don't want to gain anymore really, I always get nervous when at top end!! Tom I know the feeling I have been under my old target for weeks and couldnt seem to gain or maintain, but my new...

I had the same predicament, and after having to eat just for the sake of eating in order to put on half a pound or a pound, and one week still coming in 2pounds under I chatted to my consultant and we lowered mine by just 5 pounds instead of me paying, because it was obvious my body was happier...

Good for you Jenny!!! Fingers crossed its not as bad as you think!! :)

well done for making it back to class though, its so easy to think nah I'll just miss this week and give myself a bit longer to get the weight off....and we all know where that leads!! If you get back to basics you should be fine :) But I know what you mean, when I started to eat sweets and...

Happy new year everyone!! Havent been on for aages, been at my parents and dont have ready access to the net!! Its been a right odd one!! After the trip to Edinburgh and constant cake I lost, meaning at Christmas week I was 2pounds under target so was really looking forward to Christmas...

Hello newbies!! Welcome to the group and congratulations! Everyone seems to be having a good week! (Except me...thank GOD I couldnt make weigh in after my weekend...6days of continous cake. No, really....horrendous) Im trying to have a good week this week but MORE cake yesterday at my team...

Good luck Becky!!! Keep seeing that magic number on the scales! I actually squealed and did a little dance if I remember rightly.. And Jo I always feel like the naughty kid as well!!! I always get looks of death whenever I have an unexpected loss or go under, I cant help it I've just always...

crikey lost another pound despite my excessive eating of cake and enchiladas at the weekend! Means right at lower end of target so need to maintain or gain....which bodes well for my big weekend coming up! (mums birthday plus weekend in edinburgh) Missing next weeks WI though so I will never...

Haha lurk away!!!!! Fingers crossed you will be here this time next week :)

I'm the same regarding B choices, I rarely up them and then get told off for losing too much! In terms of syns I've had 5-7 all the way through, and tend to stick with that although now I sometimes use my full 15 without feeling guilty (I know I shouldnt feel guilty for using 15 but I do I...

Ah brilliant Jo! :)

I only lost a pound so still in target (1 pound over threshold). Want to mantain or even lose this week as have huuuuge weekend coming up after this one, but will miss weigh in after it so will never know the damage!!! And then almost christmas gah!! I don't want to put on more than 4 over...

I think I might be in for a telling off tomorrow night!! Suspect I;ve lost, if I lose more then 2 I'll be under again. though I have just eaten a whole bag of chocolate fudge and had cake yesterday so that might have saved me!!!

Welcome Trango!!!! I remember I didnt stop dancing around my house when I got back from group and grinning like a loon!! Its also a lovely feeling knowing you can step on the scales for free and dont HAVE to see a loss (unless youre on the outer edges of target and then I get the old 'weigh in...

I've often wondered if I should move my target back to what I originally wanted it to be (originally blurted out 10 stone, but realised that I may well have looked emaciated so changed it to 10.5), but as I'm only a few pounds off that and been only a pound away at my lowest, am I allowed to...

I agree I'd much rather be at target over christmas then still trying to lose! Don't know why I freak out so much about 'off days', naturally slim people don't worry about one bad meal or one bad day! As my consultant says imagine a vase of 7flowers, if one dies you don't throw away the other...

Eurgh I know the feeling, my OH is a total stick and eats rubbish constantly. I always tells him he may be slim on in outside but his insides are screaming for fresh fruit and veg!! I was a bit lazy to be honest and didn't try hard to hunt out healthy options (white bread for lunch, and...

back from Rome with a 3pound gain which I'm ok with as it was pretty impossible to even think about the plan with all the pastries and white bread!!! I found it really really hard to just let go however, I didnt really enjoy eating the 'bad' food, even though I'm at target I still always get the...

Thats my plan I'm not going to just eat for the sake of it but also not going to worry too much! I find the second B choice odd too, it always makes me feel really stodgey so sometimes I skip it. Some days however its really useful if I have say cereal for breakfast then fancy a nibble after my...

....and the rollercoaster continues! 3 pounds off, and although I was planning for a loss..I rarely used to lose 3 pounds when I was trying to get to target! Got a telling off, but it means I'm a pound under target so can enjoy my trip to Rome without worrying about going out of target at the...

Only......7weigh-ins to christmas???? Oh dear haha. Im glad I'm facing it at target but still I think I'm going to have to be under in order to cope with the onslaught of my mums well-meant but high syn food!!!!

haha oops well I gained like I needed to and thus back in target, but I didnt want to put a whole 2.5 on!! Never mind am off to Rome next week so NEED to be at lower end of target again if I'm to face all those croissants so trying to lose this week (I'm like a see-saw!). Following the plan...

do you find upping your syns leads to losses? I always stick at my 5-8 like I have from the start, and wondered if changing would have much of an effect. Its not that im strict just I struggle to incorporate all 15 :)

haha you joke but i was thinking about heavier clothes!! Im just trying to eat more Bs and a few more syns but dont want a big blow out because then I'll have to retrain my body back into the ways of SW! And Iwent straight up the top end of target when I reached it, and I was sticking to plan...

ARGH lost another pound and a half meaning I've slipped out of target!! NO idea how that happened either had a massive weekend. Now got told I only have a week to get back in range (ie put on half a pound) when I always thought it was 3 weeks. I struggle as it is to eat all my healthy extras AND...

Oops another pound off, depsite the fudge cake! Only 1 above the lowest point now think I need some more B choices. Though this weekend I have a few meals out and some wine time so that'll probably do the trick...hehe

I had two chocolate fudge cakes with ice cream yesterday haha so we shall see how it goes tonight! will be ok with a little gain I think :)

WELL DONE!!!!! Thats fantastic! :) :) I hope you feel very proud!

another half a pound gone putting me 1pound under 'mid-range' so feeling a bit more comfortable, might relax a bit this week and introduce few more B choices though when I'm doing green days I never want more than two anyway!

Welcome Jo, congrats on getting to target!!!! I find theres little support for target members, seems most people agree. It really is tricky I've been at target for 6weeks and still figuring out what works best for me, seems like sadly sticking to the plan 100% like I used to is the only easy way...

I haven't seen the book am hoping to sneakily photocopy a few recipes from my friend's! (Just call me scrooge!) Sad to find that in the new mag they tell me christmas decs are 2.5syns each boo. also debating whether to allow myself an advent calendar haha as I'm sure they must be about 1-2syns...

Lord I know how scary is it at how quick it can come on! My consultant always tells us the story about how she went to corfu and put 10pounds in a fortnight and took 8months to lose it again haha! I always eat as normal on weigh in day, I never really feel that eating affects it that much...

I love this soup! It doesnt give me a huge weightloss but I think its yum and filling, and lasted me a whole week of meals (freezer was full, d'oh!) Although I didn't see the dramatic losses other people comment on, it still made my insides feel healthy and I felt dead good. Once the side...

whoop had a loss this week of 1.5 so feeling a bit more comfortable. Helps that I didn't have any distractions (nights out etc) so could stay on plan easily. Lets see what happens this week, my body does like to keep me on my toes haha

I also love the freeness haha! And i stay to group always, because I feel I need to personally or I'll get complacent. I'm terrified I'm going to go back to weighing nearly 13 stone...but then again I'm also confident I'll never let it go that far because I love my size 10 clothes too much...

you won't dont worry :) Just remember what it took to get here!! And if you do go out of target one week don't panic, we have the tools to know how to get back to where we want to be now! I increased my HEB per day and kept my syns between 5-10, and I kept gaining so now im following the plan...

I put another half a pound on.....3 gains in a row its starting to creep up! but I'm following the plan exactly as if I was still trying to lose so not too sure whats going on!!!

well after 4 whole days of constant eating and drinking, not even thinking about the plan I only put on half a pound!!!! However I suspect it will catch up with me at next weigh in, and I have another big weekend coming up so we shall see.......

I'm exactly the same! One week of upping my B choices to 2 saw a gain, so I just follow the plan same as always. Slightly depressing but necessary!

......I always eat the Tesco value ham and chicken and got to target no probs...and i ate LOADS. Hmm interesting though I may stay clear of it now! budget reasons mean I wont be able to afford the 'proper' stuff so will have to syn or cut out altogether. rubbish!

Well my first week of maintaining has resulted in a pound gain grr. I know thats fine am within target but I have a huge wedding coming up on 24th (2days of eating and then my birthday day after that with my mums legendary birthday buffet!!) so ideally want to be at the lower end of target...

Thanks everyone! :)

Hello I can officially join this thread now after hitting target last night whooop! When I got back to my empty flat I had SUCH an urge to open my treat box and devour everything haha, but instead I made do with some scan bran cake and a rich tea biscuit haha. Bit scared of maintaining, not sure...

I've always been meaning to try the shred, but it looks horrific!!!!! Is it really bad? I know no pain no gain...but still....lol

Also I did the Charlie Brookes one which was ok; but I don't think its hardcore enough to see reeeeeeeeeeeal results! But thats just my opinion :)

Sorry for late reply, but I am a Davina FANATIC her DVD's are amazing. I mean they're pretty hardcore, but I have so far lost nearly 7inches from my waist which I found the hardest part to lose weight from too. And they're fun!!! But as all of them, you have to do them pretty frequent, I work...

yay 2 off for me despite my best mates hen do so I'm a pound off my initial target until after her wedding when I might try and lose a bit more. Also got voted Woman of the Year at my group which was gobsmacking!!! So very happy this week, determined to lose this pound next week!!!

wow thats an incredible loss Sue well done you! I'm 3lbs off....and can't shift em haha! welcome :)

I dont know I cant find it anywhere so I suspect not :( gutted though as I bought a tub!

Boo I only lost a pound and had the soup for lunch 4/7 days :( Never mind still have some left this week!

my friend ate it as her HEx 5 days out of six and lost a staggering 6.5 pounds that week!!! Previous weeks she had maintained or put on, so I think its worth the texture haha. I like mine just with Philly and cooked meats. Not a huge fan of the cakes except the ginger one, but might try them...

oh no! Chin up though you'll soon be back there! I have 4pounds to go and my lord I can't shift them for the life of me!!!

Just made this last night and had a huuuuge portion for lunch today...delicious!!! Hoping to have it at least 1meal a day until weigh in on Monday :)

Ah I stayed the same, which I was mixed, thought I might have gained but your still like meh..wish I'd lost haha. My friend ate 5 scan bran 6/7days and lost half a stone!! So I'm on that agenda this week, scan bran as my HE for 4days and made some superspeed soup....I have 3 biiig weeks coming...

Thanks for the advice :) I'm changing my target anyway I think as I've been putting myself down 2inches shorter than I actually am haha so I might well get to my new target sooner than I thought! WI tonight though, think I've put on or maintained feel size of house!!!

Going to give this a go but think I'm going to have to keep a record of exactly what I have each meal or I'll get lost off!!!

Hmm I have a dilemma! 9 pounds off target.....getting my dress fitted next week, the final fitting so I can't really lose much more...what do I do?? Try and maintain? But I dont want to pay to maintain...wedding isnt until 24th September argh!!! Tricky.....

its also great for putting with merginues! I make some low-syn ones and sandwich them together with the quark mix, or make a pavlova and use it as the topping. mmmmmm!

Thats what I use and I can safely say it does!!!! :giggle:

I need to get some pics up but I think I'll wait a wee bit longer! Im maid of honour for my bessie mate in September so perfect photo opp!! (shes not happy however as she bought the dresses before I started SW....even though I TOLD her I was going to join dont think she actually believed I would...

Weighed in at 10.9 so another 2.5 off and the lightest I think I have ever been in adulthood! Chuffed to bits :)

Brilliant thanks!! I made one of my own devices haha but one recipe said put grated carrot in to lighten it up and I did....but it was just full of grated carrot haha so tasted fine apart from that! Next time will miss out on the carrot methinks... I am a believer in Scan Bran now however...

I got my OH to hide my scales :)

i make this with greek yoghurt and mmmmmmmmmmmmm! especially nice with strawberries nom nom

phew 3.5 off so feeling a little safer in this group now :) Hope to be here for the future!

Reallllly hoping my scales say ten this week and not 11! Im at the other end of the group desperately clinging onto the tens!!!!! Only aiming for 10stone though I dont want to go to the 9s :)

I've been meaning to give this a go too, whats the recipe again? Anything that might boost my loss is welcome!

I've looked and seen various scan-bran ginger cakes, do you have a recipe for one that you use? Going to try it out this week :)

Woweeeeeeeeeeeee 3.5 is a huge loss for anyone!!!! :p Well done you!! I think I sometimes don't eat enough syns...so when I do my body freaks out and I gain. Still trying to find the happy medium I think. Oooh scan bran ginger cake sounds goood. I like syrupy....*slurp* :D

Thanks dreamer :) am pretending it's my first week all over again! I was dreading the first time I had a gain but actually it hasn't upset/annoyed me as much as I thought it would, am feeling confident I will have lost this week. Had scan-bran for breakfast, now thats comittment to the cause!!!

...........and I'm back out my stone bracket again haha. Blummin sneaky 2pound gain! Watch this space...

dooooooom last week's wine must have caught up with me, shock 2pound gain this week. Bugger!!!! Hoping to lose it again this week though. Game on!

bugger I put on 2pounds meaning I'm back in the 11s just. Pants :( going to stay in this group for a week in the hope it will be off again at next WI!!

Really nervous about WI tonight, feel the size of a house. Hope I manage to keep in the 10s!!! Praaaaaying the scales start with a 10 haha......

Hi there I'm in the right bracket (just!), trying to lose another 13 pounds to get to target!

Well I tried to make a chocolate cake with scan bran and that didn't go at all well :giggle:perhaps I shall have to keep experimenting! Is it really that effective? and do you have it regularly for it to give you a good loss or just once/twice a week say?

oooooooh the wine was gooooooooooooooood hahaha...the dancing as a result? not so good! But WI saw 1.5 off which I'm chuffed with, only another 1 to my 2stone award ;) I keep thinking I need to replace my HE's, for me my b choice is just bread or occasionally a Hi-Fi bar (really cant stand...

Hi Everyone I weighed in tonight at 10.13, can I come hang here whilst i continue my journey to 10stone? think I've been optimistic in my target but so far so good!

1.5 off for me tonight means I hit the tens by the skin of my syns!! :D hope to see you all in the next group soon, though I may end up back here....fingers crossed i can keep it off. Good luck everyone ;)

wow that's really good!!! Wish I could get away with that haha I would probably put on 1.5 STONES! I have 90syns saved up for my weekend...which I've calculated to be a whoooole lotta wine! :D

NOOOOO chocolate melting puddings is my ultimate favourite dessert worth every single syn!!!!! :giggle:

wow Bluesgal you're doing really well!! :)

ahhhhh I've never eaten at a michelin star restaurant!! Jealous much! (although I can't even pronounce the dishes!) I used to love the gym but they put the prices up and I couldn't afford to go anymore, so I invested in some DVDs and they are cracking! Do them religiously now haha. Don't...

another pound so I must have got away with my social antics haha back focused this week though, saving my syns for a big night out at the weekend! I suffer from bingo wings too but mine really are getting better, just consistent weights in particular a move thats on the Davina exercise DVDS...

whooop another pound off 11st 0.5 now hopefully next week I get to leave this lovely group :)

wow everyone is doing so well! WI tonight for me, tad nervous as its been an erm, very social week haha but if I gain at least I know the reasons!! :)

eeeeeeeeeeep 3.5 off this week totally unexpected!! Can't really say why, but I have been eating a lot of frozen veg with all my meals, and have been trying to mix up my 'b' choices ie not just have my 2slices of bread everyday! Will probably have two slow weeks now (my body seems to take a...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaargggggggghhhhhh 3.5 off tonight! no idea where it came from but chuffed to bits :) I think my body takes a wee while to catch up, slow losses then a biggy every now and then. So at 11stone 1.5 now can't believe it! Everyone is doing great keep at it :) xx

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! :D :D

Hey, I have a similar problem as theres only me and my partner (who can take or leave the meals) so I just halve the recipes if poss and either freeze some or simply keep them in the fridge for low syn/free snacks anytime! But some recipes are so good im sure the family will enjoy them! ie the...

Well a pound off this week, not loads but I got my stone and a half award so the sticketrs always cheer me up hehe! But my consultant says its always the same, you lose half a pound, you want 1.5 off, you lose 1.5 you wish it was 2 lol. I am DEF in that category.....!:giggle: Heres to...

Another pound off and down to 11.5 whoop! Wish it was more though...only shed 2pounds in the last 3weeks blarg. More veg needed obv :giggle:

ahhh this is such a good thread for me, I'm in the same boat had really good losses and then suddenly half a pound each week, which I know is a loss but when you try so hard its really hard to take the positive!!! This week I have tried a few new recipes, so hopefully will see some results on...

Hi everyone can I join plllllease :D Started over two months ago at 12st 12 (GAH) and now down to 11st 6 but have had two rubbiiiish weeks (1/2 off each week when I was trying really hard!!) so feel I need a bit more motivation. Hoping for a bigger loss at my WI on monday......! :) Cant...