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Hi Rod I have also started a new job and have also maintained for a few weeks. Think I have gained this week so I've come over here for a kick up the arse and I'm at group tomorrow to face the music! To be honest getting into the new routine is a bit stressful- I feel so much more busy than ever...

Thanks! I think I will do it. Apart from anything it will make me go to class tomorrow when I really don't feel like it I do feel close to giving up atm- think I'm a bit under the weather and I just want to eat scones. lol

I'm having trouble finding out what the cons are to the Christmas countdown. I know you have to book holidays in advance. It sounds like a good deal but are there any other disadvantages to doing it?

Woo it's the Summer! In the 4 weeks previous to today I had put on a 1lb but lost 4 today which means I got my 2 stone award- finally!! Very pleased. I am giving myself a bit of leeway over the summer- lots of holiday things happening and my basic goal is to lose anything at all so that scales...

Half a pound off. Only followed plan properly for 3 days out of the 7 so I'm very pleased (and feeling lucky). Am away this week on boozy trip to city so next week won't be so lucky I think!!

Right. Don't think I have gone over syns today BUT I need to do better tomorrow and the next day etc. And need to write stuff down so that tomorrow I can be SURE and not just *think* I've done alright.

Help me out, Rod! I'm sick and finding it hard not to give in to the desire to eat junk while I'm sitting around feeling sorry for myself.

I lot 6lb the first week and after that about 1-2lb every week. It's very normal for people to lose more in their first week. And I had weeks where I stayed same even though i didn't do anything particularly different. Bodies are weird, especially female ones! But if you stick to plan it will...

we're in quiet similar positions- i am 1.5lb off the 2 stone mark. xx

1lb off. Good as I haven't been well (so not paying attention) and thought I might have gained.

Lost 2.5lb this week. Quite surprised. Bit worried that I'll relax this coming because I'm not sure how I did it this week!

This thread helped me out last week. Tough Love!! http://www.minimins.com/general-weight-loss-discussion/274655-tough-love-apply-within.html

I had a week where I stayed the same after a big effort. V frustrating! A lot of people seem to find that increasing the exercise doesn't pay off immediately but they have a better loss the following week. I think our bodies do their own sometimes as well- some weeks I lose more than others even...

Appreciate the motivation this week Rod. I lost 2lb despite pigging out last Thursday night. I really do think this thread helped a lot to get back on track the next day. I also got my Club 10 and Slimmer of the Month which I was v surprised about!

2lb off. Got my Club 10 this morning and Slimmer of the Month which I was very surprised about.

Yes, I'm a girl! :-D

Thanks Rod! You are dead right. Fingers schmingers!

wow your weightloss is pretty amazing indeed :-) I also joined SW after doing loads of other diets and giving up on them. SW seems sustainable to me. Weight is coming off slowly but I've decided that as long as it's going down I'll be happy with that.

Welcome Poppycat!

I'll join you. You've lost the same amount of weight as me and I've also just had a binge- lots of wine, bread and an Easter egg! had a great evening but I don't want to have a gain. Got to reign it in and get back on plan for the next weigh in. Fingers crossed I can make it a loss rather than a...

Found this thread when looking for someone else who had had a blip! Couple of nights ago I also had a friend over and we also had a spontaneous bbq! Even with the spontaneity I had decided I'd use syns for a couple of drinks, not have any bread etc. And then the wine was opened.... lol. I had...

1lb off. Had hoped for 2 but can't complain too much as got my one and a half stone sticker. Off out for a curry and drinks tonight... lol

3lb off but this is for last 2 weeks as I missed last week. Happy enough as have had an Indian takeaway and a meal out in the pub in last fortnight. Well done everyone else!

Oh so annoyed. Our car is broken so I can't get to my meeting! Bah!! I will text the group leader and see if I can have it as a holiday although might be a bit late now. Congrats to everyone else! xx

Well done everyone xx

I lost 3lbs this week. V happy as I almost gave up on Slimming World completely after staying the same last week. Must say, if I'd been doing it 'at home' and not going to the classes I probably would have given up and this thread really helped too. Thanks for the encouragement!

Thanks :-) I feel a bit more hopeful after a couple of days of having lots of speed foods. you are right tho, even if I don't lose weight my diet is so much better than it was beforehand. x

After not losing anything last week and sticking to plan this week I still haven't lost anything. Going to do 2 days of having lots of speed and super speed foods to see if it makes a difference by Thursday but I'm really fed up.

Thanks :-) It is Sunday and my weight is the same although I have been being v strict since Thursday. I hope I will have lost something by next Thursday. If not I might kick it in the head because I can't afford £5 a week as it is never mind if it's not working. But anyway, I'll carry on for now! x

OK I will trust it for another week at least ;-) It is good to know that sometimes there's no big reason... but I do hope I lose a bit next week!

yes I write everything down. Oh well, you're right, I'm glad it wasn't a gain. I did expect to lose tho. Tomorrow's another day I suppose!! Thanks :-)

I stayed same today and not really sure why :-( It's the first time I haven't lost (been going for 7 weeks now). Will follow plan again this week and see what happens but feel a bit meh!

In future I will count any ready meals as syns. I just wanted to know if you could count part of it as 'free' because it was more than 50% butternut squash. But in future I'll just assume you can't :-) Thanks for checking for me. x

no I didn't check because it thought it was mostly free (and therefore wasn't counting it as syns). if it wasn't that then I don't know why I didn't lose weight this week because apart from that I totally followed the plan.

Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere (I can't find it). If your ready meal has a high percentage of vegetables can you count those as free and only syn up the reast fo the ready meal? Last week i had one from M&S. It was a stuffed half of butternut squash so it was mostly butternut squash...

I lost 2lb this week, even with the syntastic veggie roast. Thanks for your help!

Hi Vander! Are you doing the one third 'superfree' thing? That is the reason I didn't lose weight the last time I did SW. I didn't bother with it because I thought 'sure I'm gonna eat the plate of food anyway, surely eating an apple as well just adds more calories?' At least the weight is...

OK thanks Whoopidoo! :-)

Wooo just got home from a lovely lunch at Wetherspoons (veggie roast) to find that it was 34 syns not counting half a yorkshire pudding and a couple of roasties. Eek! I kind of feel it was worth it though because I haven't been out with my partner for so long and it was yummy. So I've gone way...

Hi everyone. It has been 5 weeks since I joined Slimming World and I have lost 12lbs. I am delighted with this. I have lost every week although some weeks it was only half a lb or 1lb but I'm just happy it's going down. I know that in the past it would have been the half lb week that would have...

I love these pancakes but to make them work I had to add a bit of flour. I made a double batch to share with family and added 25g flour for 4 syns (for whole batch but I didn't eat all the pancakes!). For me it was worth it because I just couldn't make them before. I also chopped up some...

thanks for the info about how to find your posts! I'm new too, to this forum and to Slimming World. I tried it before online but didn't stick to it.

Hi Hanamo, hi everyone! I tried doing SW online for a while and didn't stick to it so last week I joined a class and tomorrow will be my first weigh in. This thread is v interesting! I have totally been sticking to the plan and I hope I will have lost some weight although I have been eating A...

Brill, thanks!

I am guilty of thinking like a Weight-watcher rather than a Slimming-worlder here, but can you carry syns across to the next day? How many? Only there's a bottle of sparkling wine in the fridge and I intend to drink quite a lot of it next weekend, or possibly before! Thanks! :-)

Thanks! I am waiting for dinner guests to arrive but I'm starving! Normally I'd be opening the crisps right about now.

Hi Latte! I am new here (and to Slimming World) too so we can be confused together :-) I am doing the online thing. My question today is this: On Extra Easy quorn sausages and beans are free. Does this mean I can have them as a snack (as I'm doing now because I'm starving)? It's hard to...

Oooh thanks for that link, looks useful! I have been looking over all my new Slimming World stuff. Looks too easy to be true! We'll see.... ;-)

Thanks Trango!

Thanks so much for your reply. I think I will really need the support. Overeating is the one thing in my life that I have never been able to get to grips with and I'm now in my mid-30s and starting to worry about my health, so I do need to do something! x

Hello all, this is my first post on Minimins so please forgive me if I'm posting in the totally wrong place! I have a question. I am on the verge of joining Slimming World online. I've done Weightwatchers for some time now and it works fine but I'm just bored of it and gaining weight and I'd...