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Hi, Can anyone motivate me and tell me how much you lost in 5 months on plan? I have been asked to be a bridesmaid in 5 months time and have a real goal now to work towards. I am hoping to lose a fair amount by then but am hoping for some inspiration! I know we all lose at different rates...

Wow bilsat....what a story and a huge inspiration! Well done on turning everything around and it is so good to hear how much better you feel :)

Wow, I've just seen all of the replies here. What lovely messages and such positivity. It fills me with real determination and hope. I don't feel as despairing as I did....I do have my moments! I've also just been diagnosed with a fatty liver on top of the hiatal hernia and gastritis I was...

Thanks for your reply. I was thinking red days would probably be best as I was told to cut refined carbs and sugar. I have read all sorts of conflicting views on diet but I figure I can't go wrong with sw and its low fat, high fruits and vegetables approach :)

Wow! You are a real inspiration! I am hugely inspired and in awe! Your diary has just given me a huge kick up the backside. Well done on your amazing weight loss and your fantastic attitude and relationship with food x x

I've just been diagnosed with fatty liver disease and have been given advice 'to lose weight.' Has anyone else had this? Anyone had success revising this whilst in slimming world? Thanks :)

Ahhhhhh! Just eaten my body weight in snacks whilst preparing food for the party tomorrow and now my husband is on about getting pizza tonight. He just doesn't get it! Ok....I need to step away from the food and carry on with my planned dinner of Quorn burgers and salad. I CAN DO THIS! X

Thanks for reading and your positive comments. I'm still eating too many syns and fall off the wagon on a daily basis but I am doing better than I was pre slimming world and although my journey may be a long, scenic one at least the weight is beginning to come off instead of on! I think the...

Thanks Meredith21, welcome! Well done on your weight loss. Hopefully we can beat the food demons x

Wow wirik, I've just read your message. What a great analogy and such kind words. Thank you x

So after a week of messing around (again!) telling myself sw doent work, I can't stick to it and using it as an excuse to eat rubbish etc I bit the bullet and forced myself to go and weigh in today. I'd lost 2 1/2 pounds! Very unexpected as I'd expected a gain so I'm very pleased and it has...

A great start....well done! Stopping binge eating is so so hard. I look forward to sharing your journey with you :)

Not a good day today after all....ahhhhh! Oh dear. I feel really disappointed but tomorrow is another day. I suffer from anxiety and my anxiety has been sky high today and I reached for my old friend, food, to help me get through. The positive part is I stopped after a mini binge and have...

Thanks Elvisfan and clevagirl. Good luck Hannahsmum, you can do it! Bit of a boring day so far. Been feeling a bit sick as I had to take the bus with my youngest to pick my car up from the garage. The bus was heaving and I had to stand which made me feel very queasy as I was facing the...

Another update: I went back to weigh in tonight.....and lost 4lbs!! Am really happy that I have finally achieved something. Once again thanks for the support! I also have a diary over in the weight loss diary section. Not very interesting at the moment but I'm enjoying writing my journey...

Thanks for your messages. I'm pleased to be able to share my journey with you. Skulldilocks good luck joining tomorrow :) so I lost....4lbs. I'm happy with that. At least I stuck to it, went back to my meeting for the second weigh in and lost some weight......all things I have struggled...

I've just been to the doctors for a new patient appointment with the nurse as we have just moved areas. I was expecting having to discuss my weight and how unhealthy it was etc. what I wasn't prepared for was my blood pressure reading. It has always been fine but now it is high and that is...

So after a plea for help on here last week, followed by some wonderful advice from some lovely helpful people I thought I would take some more of the advice given and start my own diary. i went back to group last Tuesday and have my first weigh in tomorrow. I have really struggled with my...

I joined a group last week and am looking forward to my first weigh in however next week is a taster session. As it is my first week back I feel a bit uncomfortable as I don't know anyone or what to bring! It sounds really silly but I feel a bit awkward about it. I would like to stay to group...

Quick update......I went back to group on Tuesday, was welcomed back warmly without judgement. I felt really inspired and got a countdown to cement my commitment. Since then I've stuck 100% to plan and feel much better, taking it one day at a time. Thanks again for all the wonderful support :)

Thank you so much for the wonderful replies and support. There are some fantastic pieces of advice and some lovely kind words. I have tears in my eyes reading them. Thank you. The one day at a time advice is great. That stops it from being too hard! I also find that I set myself very...

I feel really stupid posting this but I feel so down about my weight. I have ballooned over the last few years and now have 7 stone to lose. Everyday I wAke up and think that today is the day I begin my new eating plan and every day by mid morning I start to think that it's never going to...

Wow! Utterly amazing and inspirational! Having 6 stone to lose and 3 children under 3 I always feel as though it is too big a task so I give up.....you are a true inspiration and your sorry inspires me to stay on track though the ups and downs. Thank you for sharing. X

Congratulations on your pregnancy! Great news. You must be thrilled. :)

.........I will have lost 6 stone. Well that's the plan anyway! Tomorrow is December 1st and in our house that has always been an important date. We don't live in the UK, so we use the 1st December to put up our tree and start the holiday season! :xmastree: This time next year I hope...

Can I join you as well? I have signed up for the online plan and need a but of motivation. I had a baby 14 weeks ago and now need a good kick up the backside as I have never been this big and hate it! Well done on all of your losses......it is really inspirational! X

Well done on your first week weight loss. I have a baby as well, he is 12 weeks old now and so far have not been too successful in restarting my slimming world journey. Are you breastfeeding? I am finding it really hard to eat more healthily with the breastfeeding as I just crave chocolate...

Are you breastfeeding? Ww say that the plan with the extra breastfeeding points give you a loss of 1lb a week as this is supposedly the safe loss for breastfeeding. My little one is 11 weeks and with the extra 14 breastfeeding points I get 50 dailies!

Plan for tomorrow: Breakfast: fruit and omelette with onion, ham and tomato Snack: apple and yogurt Lunch: salad with tuna, cheese, egg and salad cream Snack: sw hummus with ryvita Dinner: chicken chasseur, rice and vegetables Snack: hula hoops

Iam going to try to go to the gym tomorrow. My first time in a gym in 4 years. I am terrified of stepping in the gym. My husband said to go and if it is too busy or awful then leave but go and try. I will do it. I can't put it off any longer , I need to do some exercise to help me on my...

Not been doing well at all! Fell off wagon before I'd completed a week.....how embarrassing! Anyway 'I've only failed if I give up!' so back on the sugar free sw wagon tomorrow. I'm going to make sure I take a bag of snacks out with me tomorrow as I have noticed that I go for too long without...

A much better day today! I feel determined that I will succeed. I feel as though I have finally faced up to the fact that I am big. It is as though I have accepted it and now I can do something about it. I always felt a bit In denial before. I didn't think I was that big, that I was still a...

So yesterday was a bit of a disaster! I was busy all day and when it got to driving home at 5 pm I was thirsty ( it is 40+ degrees where we live) and very hungry, I didn't have a snack in my bag so hubby decided it would be a good idea to stop and burger king. I only had half a portion of...

Today's food: B: 2 x bread ( b), scrambled egg and beans, milk in tea x 2 cups. L: salad with beetroot, mixed beans, grated carrot and cheese (a) S: small bowl of leftover spaghetti bolognaise from dinner last night! D: rice, creamy coriander and minted chicken curry from sw cook book...

Well done in your first day! I started again a couple of days ago and I think the beauty of sw is if you are hungry then eat! The healthy extras are 1 a and b if you are doing extra easy. If you do red or green days you have 2 a and b healthy extras. Hope that helps.

I have stuck to plan for 2 days..... Am very proud as haven't been able to stop scoffing chocolate since the baby arrived. Not a morsel of chocolate or coke has passed my lips in 48 hours.....and I even went for a swim last night! Was going to go again this evening but the baby wouldn't...

After having my 3 rd child 7 weeks ago it is time for me to begin the long journey to a healthy weight. I have 5 stone to lose after having 3 children in 3 and a half years. I have developed a huge sugar habit that I need to kick so I will be attempting to stop eating chocolate etc for a while...

Hi, I am 8 weeks pregnant and have put loads of weight on with my first two as I haven't been able to stop eating! This time I am determined to stick to SW as much as possible and hopefully can be lighter when I have my baby. I think it is tough to stick with whilst pregnant especially in...

Hi, Welcome to my diary. I am 7 weeks pregnant and cannot afford to gain anymore weight whilst pregnant! I have an 8 month old and am unexpectedly pregnant after a very happy 'accident!' My husband always wanted children close in age but 16 months is pushing it a bit. Anyway i had only...

I couldn't just read and run as your diary has inspired me so much already......I just wanted to say how brave you are, your post had me in tears and I am so pleased that your precious son is on the road to recovery. xx

1lb for me this week, am pleased as have had lots of social occasioms this week. LD87LD: 42lbs (0 lost, 42lbs to go) catmonkey 33lbs (0lost, 33lbs to go) Chelle82 28lbs (4lbs lost, 24lbs to go) aesir22 43lbs (2lbs lost, 41lbs to go) Sofartogo! 25lb (0lb lost, 25lb to go) Jono68 28.5lb (2lb...

I'll join too please...need a good kick up the backside! 42 lbs (3 stone for me!!) LD87LD: 42lbs (0 lost, 42lbs to go) catmonkey 33lbs (0lost, 33lbs to go) Chelle82 28lbs (0lost, 28lbs to go) aesir22 43lbs (0lbs lost, 42lbs to go) Sofartogo! 25lb (0lb lost, 25lb to go) Jono68 28.5lb (0lb...

Good luck.....you can do it!

Wow....amazing losses......makes me believe I might just be able to do it!

Just wanted to say that I did the same this week had 2 days where I was out of control....wasn't sure I could just pick myself up and carry on but I have and feel much better now.....you can do it. I'm sorry you have had a tough time. I have a 2 yr old and a 5 month old and it is...

I am about to embark on my ww journey (for the 2nd time!) after messing around with SW for ages. It is a great eating plan but just does not work for me...I always feel bloated and full and annoyed as it seems to not fit in with leaving the house. Anyway, when I tried WW before I felt very...

Thanks for this....I thought it was only me that had trouble with sweetners. I stick to plain yogurt (full fat) and syn it (it is very low) I find that using fruit to sweeten it is delicious. I would love to eat muller lights but they just don't agree with me. I bought muller activia...

2 wispa bars and a cadburys creme egg....uh oh!

I love the bird flapping one! I also really like the skateboarding, it is very tiring. The boxing is good but a bit slow. The cycling is also good.

I'm not doing so well at mastering the cravings but I reckon it is practice and will come with time. At the moment I am trying not to beat myself up if I do give into the craving and I just get right back on the plan. I like the idea of reading a book when a craving strikes....I am loving my...

I am an online member (I have just joined a group this week though for a bit of extra support) It is good to have recipes to hand online and the food diary is good especially to calculate syns. It is expensive but can be a good motivator. I have bought the recipe books online and they are...

I have found that restaring and sticking to it 100% has given me a dodgy tummy with bloating etc....I think it is all the extra fibre and healthy food. It will settle down. Hope you feel better x

I'm trying to avoid standing on the scales each day (or 10 times a day!) It is a really hard habit to break but for me it is better if I don't weigh until my weigh in day. It sounds like you have done really well this week. Have faith in the plan...it may not show a huge loss this week but...

Well done!

Wow!! An amazing achievment. You must feel amazing, you look wonderful......a true inspiration!

Wow 10lbs.......well done! Very inspirational.

Good luck!

I love this thread as I feel really bad about the amount of times I have re-joined, so pleased it is not just me! As we live abroad I can't get regularly to a class and I do online but I am back in the UK for the summer so rejoined a class on Saturday...it was really inspirational. There is a...

Your story is so similar to mine! I too have messed around with losing and gaining 9 pounds since my daughter was born 5 months ago. The same thing happened with my 1 st child and I finally lost 2 and a half stone when she was 18 months old only to fall pregnant again 4 months later! Now I...

Good luck....I rejoined a class this week as I need a bit more support......I too have tried all sorts of diets but SW is a long term solution not just a quick fix. I am going to try to do more red days as well as I find that it makes me feel better and have less cravings.

I have STS 2 weeks in a row! I have now re-joined class this week so fingers crossed for a good loss this week....not sure I will make 10lbs though!

Thanks Honeyoc. Well done on your weight loss, I will try to have more faith in the programme. My daughter is 4 and a half months old so I only have just over a month left of all the extra HE's, best make the most of it!!

Are the fibre plus bars nice?? I bought some in the supermarket yesterday and got them home and realised on the back of the packet it has a warning about increasing fibre gradually and that the product may cause tummy upsets!

I meant to put HE's instead of ha's!

Hi, Just a quick question...do you all eat your extra ha's you get for bf? I feel guilty eating all of mine as I think it is an awful lot on top of what I can already have! Thanks

I have just had the pasta with parwns chillis and tomatoes from the extra easy meals in minutes book....was lovely (I added some sweet chilli sauce in and syned it for extra taste) Yum!!

Thanks for this thread. I was just about to post myself and ask if anyone prefers red days or does better on them as I am thinking of going red myself as I find more protein makes me less hungry and stops me reaching for the high syn stuff. Is there anyone who does only red??

Oh...that's a good idea. I didn't realise I could weigh in anyday....will do that. Thanks! Tizy....it is ok, I live abroad so can't go to a group, however if I could I would go to a group instead. I find that it is not very motivating as a site and there is no forum.....minimins is much...

Yay....I've been swotting up from my books!

To fill you up was what I thought........if you have to eat 1/3 of veg or fruit then it fills you up at a meal and takes the place on your plate of what would probably otherwise be 1/3 of say pasta/ rice/ meat etc. xx

Go with the Wednesday...any difference due to the change of weigh in time or day will show up next week. Good Luck!

After having a shockingly bad start to this week I have begun to think about how I deal with temptation and cravings. I was thinking about the thought process that goes along with a craving and conquering that really is the key to successful slimming (for me...if that makes any sense!) For...

....can you change your weigh in day?? I joined up a couple of months ago to Body optimise and haven't used it much.....but this week have started to use the food diaries etc to get back on track. My weigh in day online is Tues but I have been weighing myself at home every Friday.....can I...

You have done amazingly well so far...good luck for the last part of the journey!

Just totaled up 47 syns for today! AHHHH!!!! Will aim to stick with 5 syns a day until i weigh in on Fri xx

It just struck me as I was putting my daughters to bed that chocolate is actually making me miserable. I use it in the afternoons as I think I deserve a treat and eat it because it is nice but actually it is a horrible, horrible thing...without those evil bars tempting me every afternoon I...

Just realised weigh in is on Friday morning in just 3 days! gulp!

Feeling very disheartened today...started off great then this afternoon started on the chocolate, had a small bit of my daughter's milky bar and bam!! I was eating anything I could get my hands on. I must give up the chocolate and have been thinking about going cold turkey on all sugar as it...

.....or is it just me? My husband despairs as I find myself buying clothes that I like but in a size or 2 smaller to save for when I am slimmer! Terrible....I must stop!

Wow....well done on losing so much weight! I am very imppressed and enjoying your diaries!

Well done to sticking with it despite a few indulgences.....I tend to give up and go on an all out binge if I overindulge....trying to stick with it this time. I too am a huge carb addict! Good luck with weigh in, let us know how you do!

It is a great plan....just wish I could remember that in my moments of weakness when I feel deprived as i am on a 'diet'! I have friends who have done the Dukan diet etc and I have done loads of crazy diets yet SW is the one I keep coming back to and I can live with. I love the fact that...

Extra Easy....used to do only green years ago when I did SW but now I think I need to eat more protein. I want to try doing red days but they scare me a little!! My Mum swears by them.

'......dont want to be a fat pippa! lol' That is funny! You can do it........you did it before and you can again!

My sister had similar problems, doctors told her it was IBS and not much they could do....went on for a couple of years. She used to be in agony and then last year she went to see a nutritional therapist who wrote her a detox, did some tests and turned out she had a parasite from when she went...

Good luck to you too Mrsorangecat! 1lb a week is great....anymore is an added bonus. Over the last 10 years I have lost and gained the same weight plus an extra 3 stone......it has to be a lifelong change. We can do this! Good luck for your first day...let me know how you get on xx

Oh dear.....just totaled up my syns online for the day....41!! I forgot about the can of coke and chocolate bar I ate whilst out with my daughter earlier.....whoops!

I have just looked up online (I follow SW online and weigh in on a Thursday) and it says that as my 4 month old is exclusively breastfed then I can have 6 HE in total (3 a and 3 b) What struck me when I wrote my food diary earlier is how few HE's I have eaten and instead I eat a lot of syns. I...

Hi Been having some trouble sticking to plan and eating too many syns mid afternoon so I thought I'd start a food diary as motivation and staying on track. I have 5 stone to lose after having two children. I have trouble sticking to slimming world as I feel as though 5 stone is too much...

Can I join you? As this is my first month back on the plan officially I would like to lose 10 lbs. Have added myself in, is that right? Aaliyah27 7lbs (0lbs lost, 7lbs to go) Baby-belle 5lbs (0lbs lost, 5lbs to go) bannishwobble 8lb (olb lost 8lb to go) Beautifulmess 14lb (0lb loss 14lb to...

Can I join you? I would like to lose 40 Ibs by christmas.........that would only leave me with just over 2 stone to go! Think this challenge will really help me to focus.

I really think it is a plan that can become a way of life if you want it to be! It is great to be able to eat so much free food that makes you feel good as it is healthy. I have just returned to the SW plan after 3 weeks trying WW. I stopped WW as I felt so unhealthy due to the fact that I...

Well done on re-joining, that is the hardest part! Keep going no matter what is the best advice that I have been given and at times tha feels impossible but I guess it is true....you only fail if you give up! Good luck!

Thanks for the replies...I love this forum! It is lovely that there is so much support out there. It is nice to know that I am not the only one with this problem. I do the online version of SW as we live abroad.......living abroad should be my main motivation as so much of what we do is...

Think I will go cold turkey as well. I have a real problem with sugar. Did a sugar/ yeast free diet about 6 years ago and have never felt better until I started eating chocolate and sugar again! I was at my slimmest then and really think that not eating sugar helped. I can't just have 1 and...

Hi all, Just wanted to say what an inspiration you all are. I love reading all of the highs and lows on here. I have decided to stop lurking and join in in a bid to finally losing my horrible 5 stone of excess weight. Here is my problem....each day I aim to start a fresh, the fridge is filled...