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Good luck Stuart! I started a week ago, and have lost 3lb so far. I also used to do SW and hated the clappy meetings as well - they may work for some people but not me. There's been no clapping so far in the meetings - they've been more informative. My tip would be use the online tracker, be...

I agree, I use myfitnesspal on my iPad. It's really good and free!

Eggs are great - the problem is with how you cook them. Cook eggs in loads of fat and the fat raises your cholesterol - not the eggs. Here's a great article from the British Heart Foundation; British Heart Foundation - Eggs and cholesterol

Thanks for sharing this information!

I like that - but it's probably my evil streak! :D

I've also given up chocolate for Lent. I did try the Pink and White marshmellow wafers and they are yummy but I ate the whole packet!!! :innocent0002: I've just tried the new HiFi Peanut bars and they are very sweet and yummy so I'm getting my fix from these now.

I love watching diet programs (Biggest Loser final tomorrow I think) but I watched this once and found it too voyeuristic with no message. I also got cross with the lift man. 10k is a lot of spend, and I thought the exercise of walking up and down the stairs once a day might do him more good...

Does the diamond pin badge contain a real diamond?!! After all the HiFi bars I've bought I would hope so! :D

I'm reallly surprised by your C's attitude. Our C is always encouraging us to write a diary. I'm a group member but I complete the diary on-line on the SW website. If you've not tried the on-line diary before it's really good. You can get it to remember your favourite foods to make entering...

Sounds very nice! Can you bring some over!

I've not heard anything...and nothing on the website...

I did a double take on this but then I remembered it's extra lean that's free...

Umm.."slimming world is designed for people who have big appetites."...I think not. I didn't have a big appetite - my problem was I ate c**p food! SW teaches you how to eat healthly, increase your fruit and veg, and to exercise. I like your diary - it's similar to the sort of things I eat...

No, nothing. I did get another letter from head office saying well done - be a consultant (again!). I got a brooch, a sticker and a certificate from the consultant. She said just allow myself 2 extra healthy extras a day. This wasn't enough for me as I still continued to lose weight. I've...

Well done on your progress so far! :clap: Targets are a very personal thing. You are taller than me (who isn't!), but I don't see a problem with losing the weight if that's what you want to do (and it's within a healthy range). I usually sit at the bottom end of my target weight very happily...

Well done on the weight loss! If you're happy as you are (and you look great to me) call target! If you carry on losing weight then, as you say, you can amend it. I've seen instances where people cannot maintain their target and get really really down about it so if you're at a weight you can...

My dentist lectured my sister and myself about the perils of drinking too much diet coke as it does damage to the teeth. We're limited to one can a day now. Our dentist also said to drink it through a straw to minimise damage (as X Keely X advises) so that the fizz doesn't hit the front of...

Yep, some of the more exotic ones do have syns but the basic ones are OK! I never knew there were so many different types of smash!!! It's a bit of a comfort food to me but I would never use it except with a main meal. Our consultant talked about making smash sausage rolls as a snack but...

I've just checked the website and smash doesn't appear to have syns unless you're on a red day. However as far as I'm concerned chickpea cake does sound like food abuse! It's along the same lines as the cous cous cake! Smash, Buttery, made up with water, 100g Free 3 Free Smash, Original, made...

Well done on everyone's weight loss! If it makes you feel any better I still get nervous even after seven months and being a target member!

No probs! I registered mine when weighing in one day - it's not written in my book. They just put your target in the system so when you get there you have a super shiney sticker and the system knows not to charge you. Good luck!

It's true your target can be anything as long as it's not too low. Once on target you must stay + or - 3 pounds. You have one weeks grace period if you fall out of target to get back in again before starting paying. You can also re-negotiate your target - although I seem to recall it must...

Good luck on your journey sham88!

I'm going for gold at the moment. I started on New Year's day - thought it was a good new year's resolution to make me get off of the sofa after all the food!

My Tescos has 8 cans of diet coke in a pack for under £2 - bargain!

Well done! I went just for a walk along the beach and it nearly killed me! It was very cold and windy. It's a shame that I don't get extra points for resistance training when walking against the wind!

***Slap*** Well you did ask! :D Mind you I'm always on the scales so I'm a fine one to talk!

I went to hospital for a routine appointment and they did the usual stats before I saw my consultant. I sat on the weigh in chair and the nurse said "Can you take your feet off the floor" - I replied "They're not on the floor"! Did that make me feel good or what!!!

I was going on a holiday to India and didn't want to be puffing and panting at the back of the tour group being totally tubby and unfit. I set myself a definite goal and timescale on the first week I joined SW. I lost the weight and was positively leaping around in high temperatures -...

That's a stunning result - thanks for posting the article Slimbysummer!

:553::happy036:Well done - fantastic achievement!!!!!

I think if you poorly and need medication then stuff the syns! It's ridiculous that medication is synned. This plan is all about lifestyle and health and to try and work out syns for medication seems to be a contradiction and a step too far. Sorry - I'm in a grumpy mood today!

Well done! I love KK and I seem to be surrounded by shops selling them. I've been good so far but I know what you mean by temptation!

Morrisons have weight watchers cookies for about 70p a box. My Mum got very excited and said this it was really cheap. She also explained that they are wrapped in packets of two inside so you cannot eat the whole box! I've just looked up the syn value and they are 2 1/2 syn a biscuit.

I agree! Be glad that you had a nice holiday and enjoyed yourself and now get back on the plan. The extra weight will fall off again. Holidays will happen and lots of us put on weight - there's no point stopping the plan as you've done so well so far.

This Monday!!!!! 1/2 a pound required!!! Already nervous... Arual - have you entered in a target?

Good luck to everyone this weekend - you're all winners already!!! You look fantastic in that dress Cara! Ellebear - leggings will work well with a slinky top, go for it! Don't forget to let us know how you get on.

Hi! May I recommend squiddie's thread for more information: http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/116347-slimming-world-faqs.html If you read through the posts you should get a good idea of the plan. I think you might be refering to 20 calories per syn as a rough guideline. It doesn't...

I'm still smiling after the sex post! :) I would suggest using your syns for comfort food. When I have a bad day at work I come home, put my feet up and have a cup of tea and a two fingered kit kat (about 5 syns). If it's been a really bad day I might have two! It feels really decadent but...

Pants! I bought myself a couple of new pairs of pants and picked up size 12 as normal. Pulled a pair on this morning and they're too big! The nice lacy bit is flopping around of my legs (they should be stretchy!). If only some my lost inches from my bottom would make their way up to my top I...

:553::happy036: Well done! Glad you shared it with us!

I saw the pyramid in this months magazine and thought yum yum - didn't know I could have three iced party ring biscuits! I went out and bought a packet and you can guess the rest...two days later I was out of biscuits!!! Gain I think this week!

I agree! Report them through paypal before they rip someone else off!

Mangetout and baby sweetcorn are superfree according to my book (2011). They are yummy and would go with your nice sounding curry!

** Hug ** Just a thought...have you much weight to lose in the first place? I know my weight losses have been slower than others (most weeks 1lb or 1.5lb). It's frustrating when others around you are losing more but it's something you just have to live with...

Congratulations on all your successess! You've lost over 50lb and won women of the year!!! Well done!!!

I've done Atkins a few times and the amount of carbs you can eat doing SW freaked me out at first but it seems to work. The only thing I do miss is cheese which you have to be careful with on all plans. I agree with a previous poster who said do red days if it does un-nerve you. My hubby...

Done some more diigging - major mis-quote by GMTV. The study says; "Obese patients referred to a year-long programme like Weight Watchers lost twice as much weight as those offered standard NHS care, a study in the Lancet reported." I think the trial used WW as the commercial example. It's...

I've just seen the same report now on GMTV. It said "WW worked better than all other diet plans". Interesting statement to make!!! I wonder what plans were in the study? WW must be clapping their hands at the mo and if I was SW I would be getting my hands on that study asap! I wonder if...

I know what you mean - I've been a pizza free zone for 3 months now!!! Pizza (real pizza) is just too high in syns and too irresistible to stick to one slice!

This was what I was thinking - my tummy wouldn't know whether the veg was on the side or cooked in the meal (I accept salad is different!). Even more veg on a green day seems a cruel punishment - I've not been told to do that...

Morrisons - Ainsley Harriott Cous Cous - 4 for £2 - all flavours. And just for a laugh Heinz baked beans 50p per can or you can buy a 4 pack for £2.50...I'm still cannot see the logic of that pricing!!!! (Same size etc...)

:553::happy096: Well done you! Shout as much as you like here!!! We'll party with you!

Our consultant mentions body magic once in a blue moon - I don't think it's her favourite topic. To get a body magic sticker out of her is like getting blood out of a stone. Another group leader who came in and covered for her really went for it and talked at lot about it and gave people mini...

Wow!!!! Well done you - go for it this afternoon. Being nervous is normal, just think of the high you'll get when you get to the bottom. Well done on the weight loss as well - two stone!!! Be careful or you might float back up!

Not a nice person. I had one of those in my family once - she came out with "the only reason your boyfriend goes out with you is because you sleep with him"!!!!!! We've now been married 19 years. Just minimise contact with the person because they'll do your head in every time. Don't expect...

Hi! Congratulations on your weight loss so far and it sounds like you've got a wonderful supportive boyfriend. Have more confidence in yourself and believe what he says about you. Losing weight will help your health so carry on with your progress. If you're not very active go out on a...

Congratulations!

As others have said it looks good - someone said to me 'make every meal a rainbow' and you've done this! Do you fancy meal planning for me!

Congratulations to you all! Most importantly you must let us know how you get on at the Regionals, then I assume the National final. I want to see your pics in the mag!!!

Oh my goodness!!! If my hubby said that to me I would go into kill mode!!! I don't want to ruin your relationship by getting you to point out all of his many imperfections but feel free to get angry about him saying that to you. You must never let a chap talk to you like that. Get him to...

Thanks Crystal!

I weigh myself every morning - I cannot help it and at least I get a trend on how things are going - it helps keep me on the straight and narrow. However I own the world’s worse set of scales so when I use the word 'trend' I'm not kidding. I've currently got them set reading two pounds higher to...

I've got some of those - thanks!

Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!Well done!!!!!!!

Like a lot of people I feel so sorry for the children. She may be happy with her five minutes of fame but when they lose their Mum it will be tragic.

:) I might confess to a few pairs of the pink glitter variety but I draw the line at Barbie!!

My C said this Monday coming...

Worrying news...my feet are a size 3!!! It's hard enough finding shoes as it is without being covered in pink glitter and barbie stickers!

The easiest recipe I do is for chilli although I do my own thing rather than follow any recipe. I don't know whether it's of interest but I'll type it anyway. I dry fry extra lean mince then, once cooked, put it in a saucepan along with 1 can of chilli beans, 1 can chopped tomatoes, a chopped...

Well done for cutting down! One of the problems with diet coke (and similar) is it's not good for the teeth. My dentist gave my sister a real telling off for drinking too much of it. We both try and limit ourselves to one can a day now - sob sob because we love it!

Hello and welcome! Well done on your first weeks loss - really good result!

Help! I'm not Gods gift to baking and I'm wondering which is the best low fat spread to use? I'm trying to make the Strawberry Cupcakes on the SW website for the Group SW Women of the Year party we are having next week. The recipe just says 'low fat spread' but from reading around I know...

Well done! From your stats it looks like you're doing great - 1 1/2 stone in two months - that's superb!!! Give yourself a big pat on the back!

Darcey Bussell's pilates video is great. I have a bad back and do this video, she starts from the beginning but also does some intermediate exercises. It's got quite relaxing music which helps.

I hide veg in my meals. Courgettes are brilliant - they pick up the taste of the tomatos so are great cut up small in chillis and bolognese.

*** Kick *** There - feel better now? However it does sound like you've got things under control. Focus on the positives and don't beat yourself up. You must have been good for some of last week to STS - result I would say!

My turn! My consultant is very overweight. I wouldn’t have a problem with this – I really wouldn’t – if my consultant ‘joined in’. I’ve read about consultants who weigh in with the Group, talk about their own weight loss journey, and admit their own successes and failures. I would love that...

We went to Kenya on our honeymoon, safari and beach - nice! Maldives is brillant - I thought I would get bored but lying in the water watching all the fish was amazing. A couple of other thoughts for you - Thailand is amazing and is still my number one place for a beach holiday - Khao Lak...

Might be interested if they go up chimneys!

Sorry to quote my own post but thought I would just say I'm wearing a pair of my old trousers and feeling better now. Smugness returns! :D

Hello ex-lurkers! Welcome to the site and good luck to all of you on your journeys! Hello all the other lurkers as well - come in and join us! I don't think many of us bite! I lurk on another site - never brave enough to join! Ship of fools - very funny!

Well done! I think I've got to lose another 1/2 stone before I fit into my wedding dress.

Pizza! There are soooo many syns in a proper pizza. I know there are SW versions but they're not the same.

I've got a good but sad NSV. The good bit - my size 12 work trousers were so big and baggy that I could take them off without undoing them, and at work they flapped around my hips. So on Monday I bought a new pair of work trousers - size 10! Fitted nicely! Only now when I'm walking around...

Well done everyone on their Club 10 letter. I got mine last week and was a bit chuffed! I'm a bit worried as mine becomes valid when I go on a three week holiday so I've only got about a week or two when I can use it. Hope I don't put on too much!

Well done!

Morrisons still has lots of 49p fruit offers; Punnet of yellow plums, nectarines, gala melon (as mentioned) Also lettice (but as I cannot stand the stuff I didn't pay that much attention to the type)

Unless this lad has a lot of weight to lose this really scares me. A friend's 16 year old child has just been committed into hospital with anorexia. I do hope that the C is keeping a watchful eye on this and it's not turning into an obsession...

Go to class (or hopefully you've already gone now). The C won't tell anyone how much you have gained and will welcome you back. Seeing everyone will be good for your motivation and get you back in the groove. If you leave it to next week there might be the temptation to leave it 'another...

A colleague brought in a lovely looking (and smelling) homemade cake as it was his last day in the office. I've had to sit and look at the sponge, jam and buttercream vision of loveliness all day - and I didn't have a slice!! *weep*

Champagne, strawberries and cream! Well...the strawberries were good for me!

I go to class because I need the discipline - the thought of being interrogated by my C if I gained weight keeps me on track! However most of the support I need comes off this site.

Victory!!! I'm short as well and I've got an age 13 Next sundress! I'm going to wear it to a very posh do. Think of the VAT you're not paying!

Yep! And they've got REAL chocolate on them!

That sounds the perfect thing to do - 100% the next day. You enjoyed the day which was the main thing - don't let it stress you out. Remember to live and have fun as well!

Well if you insist... * kick * However you've done amazing so far and perhaps you should find a little time to praise yourself! I would pretend that today is the first day of doing SW, get enthusiastic again, keep a food diary and make the most of the weather and go out walking (or whatever...

Go for it!!! I had a Monday morning like you two months ago and I'm now 13lbs lighter! Stay focused and take it one day at a time!

For your trolley may I suggest Kellogg's Fibre Plus Milk Chocolate Cereal Bar - a healthy chocolate bar!!! 1 of these counts as 1 HEXB. Others would suggest Alpin lights - you can have two of these as 1 HEXB. I would also add baked beans, cottage cheese (v. v. low fat) and baking potatos...

Hi & welcome to the forum! Don't despair about your weight going up and down - I would look at your overall weight loss which is 2.5lb. I don't know your stats but that sounds good to me! I know when I weigh myself on different days AM and PM my weight can vary by up to 3lb. I don't know...

Thanks! :)

Well done! Great pics!

I usually weigh in wearing a very light pair of jeans. As I thought I was going to have gained this week so I wore a pair of lighter trousers...backfired big time because I ended up with a 1 1/2lb weight loss (not all due to the trousers!). I'm having to be very good this week to ensure I...

I weigh myself a lot on my dodgy scales. They never match the consultants - I don't know why I bother! The only thing they are good for is tracking the overall trend.

Scan bran and peanut butter...mmmmmm...that's a very tempting thought!

There's been a lot of negative comments about the SW website on the minimins forum from on-line members. I go to a group and have access to the website and the only thing I use it for is to track my weight (which you can do free on-line) and the syn calculator. They do have recipes but there are...

I do go to group and sit in afterwards for the pep talk (it's the same old routine) but to be honest it's the support and advice here which I've come to rely on. I learn much more here about the latest updates and hints and tips than from the consultant and the slimming world website (which I...

What a nice Mum...I think I need to tell my Mum - I wonder if she'll take the hint! Must try hubby as well!!!!

I've made a kind of bread pudding with it, however I usually have it neat with philly light. I've also tried it with lemon curd which was surprising nice (if you have a sweet tooth). I think you can have 5 slices a day as a HEXB but I cannot eat that much of it anymore!

I found a lovely pair of fuchsia capri pants in M&S. They didn't have my size or the next size down so I got the next size (8!!!). I thought I would buy them and use them as motivation! Got them home, looked at them for a few days and then dared to try them on. I could do them up...

A free bagged lunch containing a tuna mayo baguette, crisps, snickers bar & orange juice. I did ask whether I could swop it all for a diet coke and some fruit and got the reply 'no'. I took the bag and distributed the contents around the office – there were some happy people today!

I just hope the SW magazine doesn't turn into a big advertisement for these products. Mum does WW and when looking through her magazine there's an awful lot of WW product promotion.

Just tell the Consultant that you have rather a hectic week ahead but you will do your best. Just give it 100% on the days you can, and try to do the best and plan ahead for the nights out. As already said SW understands that people want to live their life to the full and having an occasional...

I understand you can also buy scan bran from Holland & Barrett.

Don't forget you've got the support of everyone on this site! You're not alone...

I do like scan bran but they do look like brown carpet tiles! I made the scan bran bread pudding which was nice. My preferred 'neat' option is with laughing cow light blue cheese triangles. I did read someone else liked them with lemon curd...might try that now. I daren't have nutella in the...

Good luck on your journey! I'm also only five foot and I know every pound shows. I know what you mean about a top shop 10 - I aim for a M&S 10 - much easier!!! Baked potato's are a brilliant no-cook option. Just pop in the oven, leave for 1 hour and then serve with low fat cottage cheese...

Pizza from a proper pizza shop at a childrens party. Munched on the fruit kebabs I made - torture!!!

Wow - I've lost just over a human's head - now where did I leave it??! Great post!

My dentist has warned both myself and my sister about drinking too much fizzy drinks. Apparently even the diet ones can hurt your teeth (the enamel). I've cut back to one can of diet coke a day, and my sister drinks diet coke though a straw. We were both gutted as we love diet coke! Thought I...

I love my stickers - it's a bit childish but I love putting them on my book. My only moan is our C seems to ignore the body magic ones even though we hand in our forms. One member in our group took matters into her own hand and during the weekly talk asked for them as she had achieved from...

Well done you!!! What an inspiration!!!

Blueberries and low fat yoghurt - scrummy!

I belong to a group that weighs in on a Monday evening - it's not good!!! I have to really behave myself over the weekend otherwise the result would be bad! As it's in the evening as well I watch myself gain weight during the day. I still eat/drink during the day - some of the group go on a...

Ham, banana & blueberries - but not on the same plate! :)

I've already been told off by my mother for even attending SW - "You're slim enough already". My weight has been creeping up over a period of years and my BMI went over 25. I would rather tackle the issue now. I lost over 1/2 stone on my own but was having real problems with motiviation. I...

I think I must be weird but I love scan bran! I bought some from Group for the first time this week. I've topped it with Philly Light, however I've also read about someone using lemon curd as a topping. Just making a scan bran cake (like bread and butter pudding I'm led to believe). Hope I'm...

It was a colleague's birthday this week and he brought in lots of lovely large cream cakes. I've got the biggest desk in the office so they all got put on there. I was sending emails out to everyone saying 'come and have a cake' then 'please come and have a cake'! The smell of them was pure...

I do Tai Chi and Pilates. Although the movements looks small and slow they really work your muscles.

I've worn jeans for all my weigh-ins...my theory is when times get tough I can wear leggings!!!