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Just for fun I fancied recording calories today too (just to see the results!) breakfast apple = 0 = 53cal 2 x alpen light bar = HEXB = 70cal lunch Mcdonalds grilled chicken wrap = 16.5 Eeeekkk.... thought it would be less than that! = 330cal Mcdonalds side salad = 0 = 10cal

http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/131464-night-shift-need-food-ideas.html is just one of many threads if you do a search, I always ended up taking the same sort of thing in every night. Pasta n Sauce, supernoodles, mugshots etc...! good luck x

he goes my best butt kicking speech! The only person that can get you back on that wagon is you. Focus on why you want to lose weight, you mention your holiday... is there other things too? One of the main reasons I started was the fact that the weight I was carrying was impacting on my life...

Well done and congratulations to you both for doing so well. I agree with the comment above, maybe next time ask him if he wants a little treat first? If he says no - then that's his choice, it's great you are doing it together and supporting each other. I have changed and can only describe...

Hi Rozie!! :) Will try to cut a very long story short! Got married on April Friday the 13th - wedding absolutly fabulous in Jamica, got into a size 16 wedding dress which was FAB for me as I was a size 24-26 when I started minimins. Things have slipped a little since then!! Put on a little but...

Looking gooooooooooooooood in the second picture - well done!

I'm not a great fish fan - but I do like tuna as it's kinda 'meaty'. I have grilled tuna steaks and serve it like I would a normal steak - Mushrooms, tomatoes, SW chips, salad or roasted veg as above!

May I suggest that at 5'10" you are already at a healthy weight? If you still want to lose weigh - great - but you are close to target and the weight will come off more slowly. You are not likely to lose 2+ lbs a week if your BMI on your stats is correct. A gentle weight loss to get you to your...

Minky/Corky.... I am a big hard cow and the last time I cried was when my grandfather passed away when I was 15... until tonight! Having read your messages above I sobbed like a big girls blouse in my hotel room now in Crewe (yep - still on the move) Cutting a very long story short yes - I got...

Peek-a-boo! :o

oh piddle iplayer has just stopped working and I cant watch the rest of biggest loser ..... arrrggghhhh!! I'm feeling better now roziee and feeling perticularly perky now after watching all the biggest loser episodes (yes i am that bored in my hotel). I'm impressed at thier achievement and...

Hi all, thanks for the message roziee, Sorry been awol for a while, I've not been well - so missed WI last week. Still not feeling great so sat in hotel watching the entire bigggest loser on iplayer. I've not watched any of ot before. I'm just starting the final now. I've not cried so much -...

hahahahahaaaaaaaaa!!

good plan - tiger pjs are on now and hot cup of choocy - feel better already! x

lol!!!!! you remember correctly - the frodge is at work! I have a highlight choccy drink, maybe that will help... I'll put kettle on!

I just googled 695gram to see what came up and the cymbal was the first thing! Stuck in hotel room - just finished watching star trek and now for some reason have major munchies - there's a vending machine 3 floors below but if I listen carefully I can hear it singing to me!!! :sigh:

a bit late in the day (sorry just catching up)! I have to lose an average of 695g a week which is a Istanbul Agop 14" 30th Anniversary Hi Hat Cymbal. So chuffed with that as I'm a drummer!

Well done Minky - when I finish in Reading in 2 weeks, 2 days and 23 hours I'm going to go back to a group in Somerset x

Well done you! x That makes me giggle - I read the mags and books in the bath planning the week aheads meals!

It's my bluuurrchhhhh day today. Mondays are dishwater day for me - up ealry long travel, work all day, first night in the hotel again. I'll be fine tomorrow!! Yey back to my carverys again today - yum turkey dinner this eve

cool - did you put a good 'aaarrrrrrrrrr' in ars*d!? Best of luck Paula, hope the weight starts dropping away again soon I've found my taste buds have changed with time. (not that I wouldn't sell my soul for a huge slab of choclate cake) - but I am finding genuinally now that I crave fruit...

One of the reasons SW works for me so well is because I'm lazy!! Most of the time I cant be bothered to look up the syns of processed foods or a cant be ars*d (pronouced in my west Somerset accent) to look for low syn stuff. So stuff up on free foods loads of veg and snack on fruit (I do...

LOL!! :D just catching up - been home for the weekend and finally turned laptop off as I just seem to constantly be on it. It deserves a break occassionally. Back to my normal hotel and carverys now.... still catching up on the posts x

-2lb off for me. Weight loss slowing a bit now, but I expected that and I'm really happy to still be going at 2lbs!! Now right in the middle of the group at 15 and half. I can see the 14's in sight.... if I look really carfeully and put my glasses on! x additional... ohhh poooo - I'm not...

-2lb for me. Very pleased - on my way!! x

Lucia - hope this helps: Go back to post and click 'edit' Click on 'go advanced' Scroll down slightly and click on 'manage attachments' then click on the 'remove' then 'save' hope this helps x

night all - love roziees round up of today - just about summed it up perfecty. I will defintly sleep well tonight - just a few vodka and diet cokes!! Night night shorties x x x x

lol broadbean!! x x

lol! 6' 1" or 185cm. Although My OH says I'm taller than that - but i refuse to measure myself incase he's right!!

Absolutley cracking up here - I think other suits in the bar think I have gone a bit woop-woop! Here's a few piccys of me again they wont be here for long so please don't quote x First is of the wedding dress I have bought. Second is me with a few mates on new year eve (yep - I'm the tall...

Bargin!! Its super x

I prefer the word TALL softie!!! Just kidding!! I have been so up and down today which genuianlly isn't like me. I normally a 'get u]yer life together and just sort it out' person. But I guess being so far from home is finally getting to me. Vodkas n diet coke going down great now!! :D

the tears are for - If I only look half as good as you on my day I'll be the happiest person in jamaica. I'm going for the traditional white - but this is where I think the english have got it a bit wrong!! My friend is from Africa and she wore the most fab bright colours. 13th of April I...

OMG Roziee... I'm nearly intears in the bar. What a georgeous outfit and fab colours. Ohh crap... my make-up is running...!

Like your avatar Ellen - the dress is very similar to the wedding dress I have bought - except that mine is very slighty wider!! **It's ok girls - Ive clamed down a bit now. I'm sat in the hotel bar with a vodka and coke and ready to talk about weddings without losing my marbles again!!**

Nice one Lucia x x x

lol - I'm hoping the gym keeps me out of the bar! I'm going back to my normal hotel next week - no gym, but I have only just realised there is a swimming pool about 50metres down the road - I didn't even notice it there before (well.... it was dark when I got back each night!). Going to swim...

LOL!! :8855:

Corky is the main gasbag!! :8855: If you get really bored oneday Ellen - we introduce ourselves a few hundred pages ago - but we're a nice support lot!!

looks like your gonna fit right in here Ellen! We are aiming to lose 6 stone this year - that the rules really!! Roziee... our lord and master updates our states on the first post of this thread as we gas soooooo much our lists were getting lost! x

:welcome: Ellen! We're a chatty lot here!! *notice the sensible welcome message - I'm worried that I might have scared Leah off with my jovial welcome message!*

I'll think about photos....! Maybe just a few taken by my mate x But I've just perked up a bit now (awful I know) I've just seen this on the news - a romanian model proud of her 20" waist. It's just awful and although i am desperate to lose weight i dont think anyone of us would trade with...

Aww thanks all - I'm sorry for my small melt down earlier, I'm just working away from home, which means I can't really get organised for it at the moment and missing my OH. I get a bit emotional sometimes about what my mum said (which is SOOOOOooooo unlike me) Back to happy Vicki now!! :bighug:

Thanks hun - I have declined a photographer. No-one is goig to persuade me! Mwhahahah - mum is never even going to see the pictures :D

Bubbly Vicki back now!!! :D I never stay down for too long - stuff my mum and stuff her comments. I am purposfully getting married abroad so she can't come. She also pointed out how rediculous I would look next to my OH as I am 3 inches taller than him. I can't help my height - thats HER fault!!

It was until about 5 mins ago!! I'm going to put my fingers back in my ears now and continue with the lalalalalalal!! x

Lol! I need to calm down! I'm getting married in Jamaica, in front of only 2 guests, my school mate and my college mate (husband and wife). I just couldn't face anyone else being there as my mum said I was too fat to get married in April last year. I know OH loves me the way I am - but those...

Thanks for reminding me Corky - I still have my fingers in my ears going 'lalalalalalala!!'. I'm trying to ignore it as I'm scared!! I bought the dress in December and it ONLY just fitted - it has a lace up back - so there's plenty of room to go down a few sizes, just not up at all. I've lost a...

Yeah - me too. I wanna wear pretty bras not strapping great bolder holders! I'd be most happy with a 36C still 'a handful' as my OH would put it, but not more than necessary! :o

I'm a 40E (from a 44FF) and I must admit they do take some hefty bolder holders - but you can get them (at a price!!). It is really worth spending out a fair bit as the cheap ones just are PANTs!!

Gosh that looks like fun - I'm definitly going to enter, but I'm a bit concerned that if it starts at midnight I will be asleep before then end! It's too far away for me to train with you - but hopefully we can catch up on the night. We can exchange training notes!!

I'm reading this at work too in my lunch break and nearly spat my diet coke on my keyboard!! Well done all on uping the exercise - it can only do us good! x:jelous:

I'm gonna print that off and stick in my office at work - so true!

Well done you - phew a half marathon is not easy. I was going to sign up for a half marathon - but the one local to me in Somerset is the day after my hen do, so I will be in NO fit state for that one. Do you want a running buddy? (not that I'm a wierd stalker or anything - and I wont be...

Every minute - but now Lucia has made me think... I really have got to start cooking for myself again. Blluuurrrchhhh!

well done you!!! You must be very proud x

lol - I do have to cook occassionally for myself you know!! Well Saturdays and Sundays. But I can't get too used to it - I finish here in 3 weeks, 1 day and 20 hours!

yeah - thats the pain! I have to get up earlier now just to scoff!

doesn't sound too bad to me either (depending on syn value of noodles). Somethimes I just get hungry, I try to grab syn free stuff (or very close to it). I have a massive breakfast and people cant believe how much I have, but it's syn free and I'm losing weight.... so I don't worry!! My...

Hi Minky!! Hows you? x I have just got back from the gym now - I don't like going, but it's great when your stuck in a hotel - it passes the time! I'm beginning to see the results now - I'm getting fitter. I aim to run the work fun run the year of 6.7miles.

Ohhhhhh... thanks. just found it on google maps - yep not far from where I normall stay. I can then stop in after and have my carvery!! I'm off - see you all later!!:D

I'm normally by carversham bridge - but it was full this week so I'm at the best western hotel near Winnersh Triangle. Missed my carverys this week - looking forward to going back to the premier inn next week!

Moonstruck- congrats on your loss - nice going! Can you recommend a swimming pool in the Reading area? I think after last night in the gym I need to calm down a bit tonight and a swim would be ideal! Lucia - Peacedove has mentioned everything you need (you may want to take a bottle of water -...

Ta Sarah - I'm in a surprisingly upbeat mood! I ran 6km (4 miles) on the hotel gym last night, it took me an hour and I'm pleasantly surprised I don't ache this morning! We have a work fun run in June (6.7 miles) and I don't just want to enter it - I want to win it. I've been training for a...

Cool..... ;)!!

Hellooooooooo - I'm the unofficial welcome party - Roziee is the official one! The joining process is a fairly complicated one - first we vet you to make sure that you have the following attributes: a sense of humour a chatterbox a genuine want and will to lose weight are supportive in nature...

Mandy - just read your comment in the small arguement going on in the lemon coucous cake v big mac debate. love the fact you just pop in and go mmmmmmmmmm..... bigmac!! I laughed!! But I wimped out of posting in that thread *wimp!* About 10 years ago a barfed after having just eaten a bigmac...

What a nice surprise Roziee - what a nice chap - I want one like that! Don't feel bad - I'm sure one day will not wreck the week. This may sound silly but on the very rare occasion I have been a little naughty I do some extra exercise - like a 2 mile power walk. I'm not entirely sure that...

I notice you don't still live there though...!!! Just kidding - Reading is not a bad place, I would like it here if it wasn't so far from home :o I've finally stopped getting lost round the one-way system now. So I'm getting used to it here :D

Hmmm.. I'm reading this in reading... It's just dawned on me what a silly name Reading is!! Yep - think I'm losing my marbles living here now

still laughing!! Thanks - that really cheered me up reading this. I'm still bored of living out of a hotel in reading with just my wifi for comany. having said that - i'm in a different hotel this week that has a gym. Already given it an hour in there tonight. I want a mahooooosive loss this week!

That sounds nice. I have filled in the breakfast request slip and asked for fruit salad, mullerlight yogurt AND a cooked breakfast of poached eggs, beans and a slice of wholemeal toast. Might even have it delivered to my room tomorrow.... hhmmmmm! I gotta love SW with that kind of breakfast!!

I find since I been going to SW my life revolves around food and I think of nothing else. My last thought before I go to bed is have I got an alpen light for breakfast - what am I gonna have for snacks tomorrow and how mny syns can I allow for evening meal Before I never used to think about...

I think whoever ismstaying in the room next to me in my hotel must have wondered what on earth was going on....... I roared when I read that!!

she does - she means well and I know it!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr...... I'll pop to the hotel gym to vent my anger - if I look at it that way she's doing me the world of good!

I guess i could just shut facebook down and pretend it was the hotel wifi playing up! Mwhahahaha!

AARrrgghhh.........! I'm 130 mile from somerset and mums getting at me on facebook now telling me what to eat in the hotel. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: Love her to bits really... I wonder if I drive her as me as she does me!!??

And she really makes such a big thing of handing the pack of bicuits to my other half - then explaing to the whole room that I can't have any - so hands me a yogurt (not a fat free one....ggrrrrrrrrrrr!)

Loving the stories here. I have to laugh at my mum (I say have to because if I didn't I would cry!) She constantly tells me that I'm overweight and she tells me what I 'should be' eating. Normally this consists of bucket fulls of fruit juice and I've tried explaing that fruit juice is actually...

Lucia - just realised we have lost very similar amounts! Shall we hold hands and skip towards that 100lb mark!!?? :happy036: Gonna see if I can dig some pictures out now to see if I look any different (I don't feel much different) but I have a shed load of clothes that fall off me now! :D

Taken me a while to catch up - sorry I went missing over the weekend, but it's the only chance I get to see OH! Wow - what great losses and Lucia........ YOU ARE LOOKING FAB!!! Roziee.... Great loss!! Hoping that I can get a goodie this week after last weeks sts. Chat later, missed you...

lmao!

whoop whoop!! Home now!! x

lol - by the time I finish there, I might have just learnt my way to work!! :ashamed0005:

Thanks Corky - I was so chuffed. New job asked if they could offer me money, but I explained that I didn't think he could. I didn't want to start married life living 130 miles away from my husband. Soooooooo pleased and don't mind going to Reading now as I know it's only 4 weeks now :bliss:

Ohhhh....... in 4 weeks I can change my location from Somerset/Reading to just Somerset!!

I did - I felt honestly terrible. I liked the job, but it was just too far away. Boss seemed to understand. New job is 15 miles away - bit of an improvement!!

really weird - other half like black pudding and just this afternoon he asked me to cook some - I said NO CHANCE!!

blluccchhhhh.... black pudding. Just scab and fat!! Hi all - not been on here for 1 whole day and took me ages to catch up!! good news - I have a new job, so handed in my notice today - so only 4 weeks to go in Reading :D:D:D:D bum news - sts the same at WI. Looking forward to a new hotel...

mmm..... 30day shred sounds a good idea - could do that in the privicy of my hotel room - other rooms around night wonder what the %^&* is going on!!

I use 1 tablespoon of oil in mine (6 syns) and that does a heap of chips for me and OH, so I assume that is a pile of chips for 3 syns. But contrary to everyone else - I'm still quite narked at my actifry. %^&*&%^%%% expensive for what it is and no better than done in an oven. Had I known then...

Vent away hun!! x

I guess so - Premier Inn caversham bridge? I'm not at that one next week as it was full - but when I'm back do you fancy a carvery!?? it's £8.04 for a carvery and re-fillable pepsi max before 7pm. I thought that was a bargin! ;)

I don't like Reading right at this moment in time - but thats only because I got a parking ticket today! :mad:

Wokingham is about 10miles away from Reading (just the other side of the M4) Not been there myself yet - I've only just got used to Reading! But I'm pleased my normal hotel is full - can't wait to use the gym next week!!

Plus side - new hotel has got a gym - so I might not be quite so chatty next week, I plan to spend the entire evening in the gym!

I mostly do red and green days as I can't cope with the 1/3rd super free thingy (and I like the additional HEXB!!!). Had another carvery tonight - roast gammon this evening! My Manky hotel is full next week - so I've been booked into one in Wokingham instead and I down loaded the menu to get...

When I reach target, I look forward to.... getting up out of chairs normally at friends BBQs and garden parties. Not the way I do now - push gently and firmly on the sides of the chair whilst standing up slowly as to push the garden furniture away as waaaaaayyyyyy to many times I've stood up...

loving that there's over 600 visits to this thread. How many people have gone .....OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH syn free cupcake!!!! Your so mean for calling this thread that!!

Good luck with your fishy week. Keep us posted of the results - I'm interested in the results. I'm not a huge fan of fish really - but if you get good results I'll give it a go!! Whens WI day?

hoping you get the Maaaaaaaaaaassssive loss you deserve next week Mandy - you've had a tough week with OH and your back. Keep going girl!! x x

Lol! I'm finally beginning to feel the benefits of my weight loss so far. I had to nearly a mile through London city center yesterday to catch a train yesterday. 6 months ago I wouldn't have made it and I would be somewhere near Victoria station on a heap on the floor wheezing! I was out of...

owwwww bum moonstruck! But 10lb in 4 weeks is the same as me and I'm really chuffed with that. I almost made a stone in the first month - how great is that!!?? 6 stone in one year is only 7lb a month. If I can achieve just that I will be happy. 9.5 pounds in 2 weeks is increadible - but to...

True - no cook and no washing up!! Minky - you don't have steaks??? Eeeeakkkk!!! it seems likle so long ago - but only two weeks - when I was living at home during the week other half and I where eating a steak once a week, Either Gammon or Beef steak. We Luuurrrrve them served with a...

Yeah - I was really impressed, I thought it was quite cheap -especially being so close to London and because it's a refillable pepsi max - I normally try to cram 2 pints in, just to get my moneys worth!!!

yey - like button is suddenly back!! I may well get lost!! But I'm trying to convince myself that I need to keep getting around Reading so I can learn it better. Gonna be here for a while I think as I just can't seem to get a job locally

Why can't I like your comments Corky - my 'like' button has gone - maybe I have over used it!!??

Cheaper too - where I'm staying now a get a LUSH carvery and a re-fillable pepsi max for £8.04. I think I'll just drive back there for my evening meals, even counting the fuel in my car it's still cheaper!

just another thought - there is nothing on there particularly SW friendly unless I start mincing about with it. I can still use my normal hotel resturant although I can't stay there - I just need to drive 5 miles. I might do that!! :D

Grills: Rib-eye Steak 10oz (280g) £19.95 Sirloin Steak 8oz (225g) £19.95 Rump Steak 8oz (225g) £16.95 Mixed grill – rump steak, gammon, two lamb chops and traditional sausage with sautéed mushrooms, fried egg and skinny fries £18.45 Add two skewers of grilled tiger prawns to your steak £4.95...

Lol - The place where I have been staying is anything but posh!! The 'frodge' is at work and keeps me away from the panini's! Just been told that my normal hotel is not available next week - so I'm being moved into a Best Western Hotel. It's got a gym - so super pleased with that!! :D But not...

Not only supportive and chatty - but excellant advice on how to beat people away with free and superspeed foods! Pickled onions - free on both days and can be used in catapults to defend against potential threats Lamb on the bone - free on red/EE (remove all visable fat) and suprise any...

Wow - jealous!! Why couldn't it snow like down here!!?

YUM!! :eek:

ssshhhhhh don't mention the panini's!!! I have just learn't to stay away from the resturant at work now as they were just toooooo lush! I have packed the frodge out with mullerlights and laughing cow triangles and stocked my drawer with Pogen krisprolls

Works OK thanks Roziee - I'm adjusting to living in a hotel and adjusting the SW diet quite well too. I pre-order breakfast and I normally have: Bacon (all fat removed - bless them here, they do that for me) red day Baked beans if green day grilled tomatoes Scrambled eggs 1 slice wholemeal...

I was so pleased to be home I kinda forgot the diary!! I've got a bit slack this week as I'm living off a carvery every day during the week and I pre-order my breakfast everyday - it's always the same. bacon (all fat removed and yep they really do that for me in the hotel - how nice!) scrambled...

:roofles: On my jog route this eve I passed (and I promise this list is genuine!!): Dominoes pizza TGI Fridays (that was the worst for me) Indian takeaway Chinese takeaway Fish n chip shop Kebab takeaway I think I'll change the route next time!!

Evenin' all! I've finally found a good thing about living in my hotel in Reading!! I've been out for a jog this evening (yes it was *%^&%^*^ cold!) and I don't care how stupid I look in my flourescent yellow running top and jogging bottoms that are about 4" to short because no-one knows me...

bless Mandy - genuinally gutted for you. I know how narked I was when I put on over christmas. It will come off - hopefully soon for you mate x

thanks hun x Not keen on living away at all as we are getting married soon and so much to sort out and this is not how I wanted to start mr and mrs! But as I said - i shouldn't complain, it's a job and to be fair it's a good job, it's just a long way from home :o

poop - sorry Roziee!! Will have to go back and check now!! x x x x

my first week and already work shy - me no likey living away!!

Hi Roziee - as my eyes and ears of the Reading area - could you keep me posted (late on Sunday) of the weather?? I'm REALLY hoping it snows there sooooo much I won't be able to drive there on Monday Morning!!!

whoop!! Maybr living out of hotels is doing me good -3lb for me this week x x

nawwwwwwwwwwww thanks Corky! x x

hi ya!! I've been a little quiet today as I was travelling home. Yey back in my own home now with reliable wifi - hotel wifi kept cutting out last night and I got sooo frustrated. Back home now and not looking forward to travelling back to Reading on Monday. Hope you feel better soon...

Yep - got home and back on home laptop now reliable wifi!! Nice to see other half, missed him. We have the beef stroganoff quite often, I use skimmed milk from HEXA allowance to make it up (packet says semi-skimmed), but I actually prefer it with skimmed as it's a bit runnier so covers the...

I just love some of the colmans mixes! Colmans Chedder cheese sauce = 8 for whole packet - grat with a roast dinner or cauiflower cheese Colmans cheese and bacon pasta = 9 for whole packet Colmans beef n mushrrom stroganoff = 7.5 per packet Shwartz spag bol = 6 per packet All of which are...

Hi Dory, I'm asthmatic and live off ventolin and symbicourt. I occassionally have to go into hospital where they give me a high dose, short course of steroids. But I somehow (yeah - i maybe mad!!) turn this into a positive. I know that steroids can affect my losses so I combat it by being extra...

Good morning all - so frustrated at internet access in hotel last night. I couldn't get back on here and chat or fill in my diary. :mad: I should take me about 3 hours to get home tonight - woohooooo I'll be home by 8:30 x x :D

Arrrggghhh... hotel wifi keeps packing up - trying to type before it goes plop again! Work is going well, I ended up late agaion this morning as I still can't get my head around the one-way system in Reading!! Looking forward tog oing back home to Somerset tomorrow after work. Back here again...

I've more or less given up on trying SW deserts. I did that chocolate cheescake - you know the onle that's in EVERY slimming world publication and it appears in almost every magazine. Not only did it nearly make me spew, but it cost a fortune and was 'yes' low in syns - but for the tiniest bit...

OMG!! I'm living in a hotel at the moment due to work and I'm just living off the carvery next door. But I am sooooooooooo gonna bring my actifry up next week! x

Check out this poo thread!! I had a similar problem a few weeks ago and got plenty of advice here x x http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/251210-poo.html

Breakfast 2 x slice nimble = HEXB bacon - all fat removed = 0 small fruit salad = 0 light smidge of spread = 2 lunch ham = 0 cheese = HEXA panini = 10.5 :mad: yeah I know ...same mistake as yesterday but I'm freeeeeeeeezing cold and just needed something toasted to warm me up and the canteen...

Sending bucket fulls of sympathy your way x ;)

the naughty step..? Dare I ask what you have been up to?!

lol - sssshhhh don't mention the grapefruit (I had some in the hotel this morning!!). I was under the 'impression' that if I strained off all the juice it would be very close to free...?? Maybe I should buy a fresh one tomorrow and eat that

thanks all for keeping me entertained tonight. I've been down stairs and had my ciggy - I'm a lot calmer now after my small Evans rant! I have to impress the new boss and get to work on time tomorrow (I still get lost here) Good night all and keep going with those fab losses x x

What corkscrew says ! x x x

I intend to burn Evans... not just the clothes :mad::mad::mad: Why do Evans think that if you are a plus size that you want sleeveless tops!!? Maybe I'm the only chunky lady that doesn't enjoy showing her bat wings off !!?? Why do Evans think that if you are a plus size you must have NO...

Thanks for sharing Lucia and Rozie- great stories x

my story is posted on page 2: http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/227166-ready-throw-towel-need-moan-2.html I don't mention the bit about the plastic chair getting wedged on my arse though (it was at a mates BBQ) or the time it took 6 paramedics to pick up the stretcher I was on to shove me...

congrats on your loss miss clumsy - I forget occasionally that this thread is about weight loss! My apologies for being a chatterbox, I'm stuck in a telephonebox - sized hotel room with just a laptop for company. I'll try and shut up now (for a tiny while!!!)

Thats what I meant to say!! You put it so much better than me

True - it's a business and they are selling a good product and it works - I guess thats why it's very successful. I didn't accept the job as I couldn't designate the time to it - 'training' is very limited - you get a basic course in nutrition. I also wondered whether I am the right sort of...

STOP EATING CRAP!! :whoopass: Maybe that was a bit strong - sorry!! Here's the sensible bit...The only person that can stop you eating crap honey is you, we are all here to support each other - but we have to make the right choices. Do you mind me asking why you are aiming to lose weight...

lmao here!! Thanks for cheering me up all!!! x

the other reason I don't go to group is because I was offered the job as a consultant. The first time round I found it worked for me and the simple truth is slimming world is a great plan that fits well into my life and most importantly it works... but... Just like any other health/beauty/diet...

Thanks Minky! living off carverys now - going to plum for the roast beef tomorrow. I will plan ahead this time so the yorkshire pud doesn't put me over my syns!

Carvery was good again - I'm trying to change the meats around so I don't get bored. Gammon tonight - very nice - but I did have to have a yorkshire pud again which put me over on the syns!!

Cool!! Still feeling my way round here and VERY confused by the one way system :confused: if your local - maybe we could meet for a carvery!? Thats the only place I know so far!

6!!?? Gosh - that's gonna 'flush everything through'!! Yep syn free carvery tonight - but narked as I was going to have a yorkshire pud. Never mind - will have one tomorrow evening instead!

feel like I'm owning up here and very shy about admitting this... but errhumm... cough... *stands up proudly* My name is Vicki and I don't go to group.. there... I feel better now and not ashamed anymore!! I lost 7 stone with SW and going to group, then spent 9 years putting it back on...

yeah - I only found out the amount after I'd eaten it - very cross with myself as I know better!! :mad: Think it's going to have to be a very syn free meal tonight now! :sigh:

Hope you dont mind me saying Paul that speed in my opinion is the very last thing you should be looking at (saying that I'm slimming for my wedding - so I'm keen to lose it as well!). SW is based on balanced food for a good and healthy life style. No diet can offer quick fixes Sorry... lecture...

Breakfast tinned tomatoes = 0 mushrooms = 0 poached egg = 0 1 x alpen light + 1 x slice nimble = HEXB marmalade = 2 small fruit salad = 0 Phew..... that was quite a breakfast!! lunch ham = 0 cheese = HEXA panini = 10.5 :eek: dinner Roast gammon = 0 Carrots = 0 Swede = 0 cauliflower = 0...

I can't move here, my OH has job in Somerset and his kids (previous relationship) live in Somerset. So I think I will stay here Monday to Friday. I had to google to oracle shopping center (still very lost and new here!!) looks good shopping place, if I finish early enough tomorrow I could have a...

sorry Roziee - been so busy catching up this eve (as I can't really surf minimins at work now!) I didn't have chance to announce it - I only got told to come up here yesterday! As for where do I work... errrm I don't know the area yet!! I arrived in the dark, then got lost and drove through...

good-ish!! That's why I've had to dash up here. I started today in Reading (a long way from where I live in Somerset!!) I used to travel a lot for work 10 years ago, but though I wouldn't have to resort to living out of hotels again - but it's a job and it will pay the mortgage!! Good...

I had to pay the bill very quickly and run out though before they came around with the desert menu!!

manky hotel has a yum carvery right next to it. So I had roast turkey tonight, a massive heap of veg and a yorkshire pud - YUM!! I think I will be living off roast dinners now on weekdays (I leave the roast spuds off as I'm not over keen on them anyway)

hotel has a carvery place next door - so looks like I will be living off roast dinners during the week for the forseeable future! :D

hey red!!Kind good news-ish I'm in a manky hotel in Reading (125 miles from home), got here this morning and relying on pants hotel wifi as I've found a job. It's a bit of a rush to get here and I've not had to live out of hotels for years now - but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it again. It's...

If I can hold it together this week (so far so good despite being in manky hotel 125 miles from home) I'm fairly sure I can get 3lbs!! Bring it on!! So many doing so well this week I don't want to let the team down! just wondering how red faced I will be on Saturday morning now if I don't get it!!

nice one!! It's taking me so long to catch up this eve!! I have got a job, but it's in Reading (bit of a blow as that's 125miles from where I live) so I can only catch up when I get back to the dodgy Premier Inn I'm stuck in and when the wifi here finally works!! Guess I can't moan though -...

You are flying!!! Well - I'm just gonna have to pull finger out and catch you up!! :D

And congrats to the losers this week - well done. Hoping after the last two weeks of slipping slightly and only just scraping in with a loss that I can sort it out this week. WI is Saturday morning x

Hi Roziee, I'm so sorry to hear of your problems losing weight is hard enough, but when you have to fight other battles along side it's really tough. :grouphugg:

Tuesday 31/01 breakfast 2 x bananas = 0 Alpen light bar = 1/2 HEXB lunch egg salad = 0 sachet salad cream = 3 Alpen light bar = 1/2 HEXB banana = 0 dinner roast turkey = 0 carrots = 0 swede = 0 cauliflower = 0 yorkshire pud = 3 stuffing = 6 total = 12

nice one natant - see you there soon x Ouch Mandy on the butter syns!! I just tend to have runny stuff too on bread/toast (like WW jam or light marmalade) so I do without the spread completely

I popped in morrisons a few weeks ago when I was in town and struggling to find something to snack on and I found these (red day values given): Barbecue Chicken Slices, Ready to Eat, 200g pack, chilled, 100g Free Garlic & Herb Chicken Mini Fillets, Ready to Eat, chilled, 300g pack Free Honey...

Hi ya! Another bride here with a war on the fat! I mostly do red days because my OH and I enjoy roast dinners. I do a mixture of red and green and it seems to be working great for me. best wishes x

VERY well done for X'ing it! ;)

Sounds like you really are on a roll - nice to hear (or rather read) such determination. I can't wait for you weigh in results now!! I went for my 3 mile run today... although it was more of a power walkas I was hungover - but very proud of making myself go out despite the hangover and also...

I dont normally do weekly syns, I stick to under 15 a day. But I do like your suggestion and I'll try it this week. i'll keep you posted on the weight loss this week!! Thanks x

definetly gonna try some of these recipes - they sound good. I've just got back from my run (well more power walk today due to hangover), but pleased I managed to drag myself out! Intend to spend the rest of the evening curled up in front of the fire now. Have a good week all x

Sunday 29/01 breakfast 2 x alpen light bars = HEXB lunch 3 x pogen krisprolls = HEXB laughing cow extra light triangles = HEXA melon = 0 dinner chicken wrapped in bacon = 0 green beans = 0 carrots = 0 colmans chedder cheese sauce = 4

Great going latebloomer - keep us posted of tomorrows WI. I went slightly over my syns last night on a few barcardi and diet cokes, so I'm sat here with my running gear on working up to going for a run with a hangover - not sure if I'll be able to get that far, but I'll give it a try in an...

Happy birthday mate x x :bday::bestwishes:

Wooooooo I as a little upset that it was 'only' -0.5 this week, but i've just checked the first list (thankyou Roziee for updating) and I'm -10lb this year so far. Cool - Bring it on......I can do 84lb this year - piece of cake!!

Ta Roziee, you can never really tell with interviews really - hopefully they went ok, I felt a lot more confident now as I'm considerable smaller than I was 6 months ago. Hoping to hear from them soon x

sorry diary - AWOL again after a strange week of working my notice and interviews for new jobs. But here goes my new and exciting week and possibly a new and excting job! Saturday 28/1 breakfast 28g alpen = HEXB 28g alpen = HEXB dinner baked beans = 0 potatoes = 0 9 x quorn chicken nuggets =...

Hi all forgot to post yesterday! -0,5 for me which I'm very pleased at. I've had a strange week of working out my notice after being made redundant and loads of job interviews which most included some lunch. here's to having a 100% week this week and getting back on track x

just -0.5lb for me this week. very pleased with that as i've has the strangest week of working out my notice and going to interviews - most of which seemed to include lunch! Must do better next week - I've got a wedding soon!

Gosh the facebook relationship debate... a tricky one and removal of friends can also cause dilemmas. think well Mandy and go with your instincts x I split with my OH of 13years and you go through a stange period of ups and downs and was not an easy time. But I had friends and family around me...

:party0023: Yey--- Minky has arrived!!! x

You can always remove your comment from FB if you are a little concerned. I always think doctors I like any other profession. Where I work there are good electricians and no-so-good ones. I guess it must be the same with doctors! I have a depo and mine is every 12 weeks too. When I have the...

Cool.... loads joining us next week. Gotta warn you we are complete gas bags in the 15s-14s. It takes me ages to catch up on the news when I get home. See you all soon x

Hi ya!! if you wanna keep your sticker you carry on hun!! It's your goal and it's not going to be long. I don't want to post mine till I'm there, because I'm a complete freak and I haven't entirely admitted to myself yet that I have that much to lose!! x

Party on!!! Nice one! :party0023: Hope I can get that sticker this year :D

just found this thread by doing a search that may help http://www.minimins.com/syn-values/18883-low-syn-treats.html

original poster mentioned grapenuts - are they a HEXB?? I haven't had them for years and I used to love them :D

what days do you do? I love kelloggs fibre plus bars, so chocolaty to go with a nice cuppa and they are 1 bar = HEXB on all plans

I can understand that you were hoping for more after your wtf gain, but congrats on your loss this week. We just need to keep plugging away and we'll get there soon x x Ironing my suit now as I have job interview tomorrow - woop!

Had a lovely roast beef dinner with a yorkshire pud - yum! Now ironing my suit ready for a job interview tomorrow - woohooooo!!

Tuesday 24/01 Breakfast: 2 x Alpen light bar = HEXB 1 x apple = 0 1 x banana = 0 lunch 2 x nimble wholemeal bread = HEXB 2 x teaspoon WW jam = 2 dinner roast beef = 0 carrots = 0 cauliflower = 0 yorkshire pudding = 3 stuffing ball = 3 Colmans cheddar cheese sauce = 4 snacks 1/4 pack...

It's so easy to think 'knickers to it' when your not well - Biggest congrats ever to you for staying so strong. So hope you feel better soon x You sound a lot stronger character than me - I came out of my meeting last week when manager told me I was being made redundant a literally stuffed 2...

Hell fire!! :eek:

Meeee tooooooooooo!! I'm getting married in April this year - a beach wedding in Jamiaca, I've been so determined as I don't want greenpeace trying to shove me back in the sea!! I'm a size 18 now, a lot better than my original size 24/26, I have almost three months left so hoping I can hit a...

Soooooooooo with you on that one!! But I have to warn you everyone replied to me saying how great they were!! x

yey - thanks!! x

I bought the escalopes too thinking they would be low in syns - then when I found out I served them to my other half how didn't like them!! I hate the sausages and mince quite passionately!! Anyone that tells you the mince tastes like the real thing has not eaten minced beef for a VERY long...

Nice one! I've had a similar weekend of sorting through my bedroom and digging out my interview suits and they were all far to big (yey...but booo as I had to buy a new suit!!). It inspired me to go through all my clothes and throw away or charity shop all the larger sizes that I no longer...

Slimming world weigh to the nearest 1/2 a lb. So the website only lets you put in the nearest half a pound so you need to round up or round down. Technically 14stone 12.8lbs is closer to 14stone 13lbs than it is to 14stone 12.5lbs. So (being a maths tutor!!) I would advise that you round up in...

ohhhh.... I would be soooooo cross!

Monday 23/01 Breakfast: 1 x Alpen light bar + 1 x slice nimble = HEXB 1 x apple = 0 1 x banana = 0 lunch jacket potato = 0 baked beans = 0 dinner chips = 0 baked beans = 0 9 x quorn chicken nuggets = 4.5 1/2 tablespoon oil = 3 snacks 1 x banana = 0 3 x pagen krisprolls = HEXB 6 x...

Me too! (although I've just been made redundant - so that may not be feasable!!) :(

thanks! this diary is called mainly red as when I first started I seemed to do only red days - but as time has moved on I seem to be doing more green (HEXB has to be meat though!!) I've surprised myself that I now enjoy the occasional EE day too :eek:

Kind of weight related - but I want to be lighter than my husband to be on our wedding day!! I have less than 3 months to go and another stone to be lighter than him!! Best of luck with your goal x

Ta all - looking strangely forward to it really - I'm a great believer in every cloud has a silver lining and I'm sure this one has too. I wonder what job and where I will go to next!! More confident on interviews now I'm not quite as large as I used to be! x

My last week this week as got made redundant - working out my notice this week so real monday blues for me! :( But have preked myself up by just completing my sainsburys order of loads of healthy stuff to stop myself comfort eating!! this weeks evening meal plans: Beef stroganoff Chicken...

Is he single.....!!?? x

Sunday 22/01 Breakfast: 2 x alpen light bar = HEXB lunch Cauliflower = 0 Beef = 0 Pork = 0 Cabbage = 0 Carrots = 0 Yorkshire pud = 3 100g roast potato = 3 dinner chicken chow mein takeaway = 7 snacks 1/4 pack sugar free polos = 1 Drinks Pepsi Max = 0 Coffee (milk from HEXA) = 0...

WTF are you on?? No-one said that!! no-one mentioned anything about pregnancy??!!

Owww Mandy - it's so hard when you get an undeserved gain :(. It is so easy to think b*ll*cks to it and go off plan. But I had a few undeserved sts and gains before christmas. But now the weight seems to be shifting quicker than ever!! (Jan loss were -4.5, -4 and -1). The losses will start...

Missslinky... please don't leave. I don't think we are giving wrong advice, we are just explaing what we do. I agree that the best person anyone should speak to is thier consultant (but even thier advice varies wildly). I respect you have done very well and being missslinky of 2011 is...

I'm afraid i have to agree with Roziee - I have milk (HEXA) with my coffee each day. Unless I have a bucket full of coffee I wouldn't have the full 350ml I'm allowed. But I see little point in making myself drink the rest of it in the evening. I have had good losses and feeling so much better...

I would have loved to join in with you - but I don't think I could be any further away!! I'm in somerset x where is the race your doing missclumsy?

saturday 21/01 Breakfast: 1 x kelloggs fibre plus bar = HEXB 1 x apple = 0 1 x banana = 0 dinner tagliatelle = 0 mushrooms = 0 1/2 pack colmans bacon cheese pasta sauce = 4.5 85g gammon = HEXB snacks 1 x alpen light bar = 3 1/4 pack sugar free polos = 1 Drinks Pepsi Max = 0 Coffee...

woo... another too - it's very exciting!! I think you may be surprised at how much you can lose before the summer. I have lost 4 and half stone in 6 months, I have not deprived myself of syns - just simply stuck to the plan and enjoying the food. The weight loss has slowed down a little now...

Mandy and I are still saving that seat for you!

Your a nurse?! - I always have so much respect for anyone in that kind of profession. I have been in and out of hospital with kidney problems since I was 11. I am such a bad patient - I have no idea how you guys do it!! It's a job I couldn't do

thanks - it's my 35th birthday. Had a look at the some of the reciepes and as you say I was surprised at some of them. I thought you had to syn smash when used as pastry :confused:

cool!! We go the great dorset steam fair every year (we own a steam engine), must be awful for the locals though with all that traffic. Kinda difficult to describe what I do... I'm a high voltage electrical engineer. Specialise in electrical distribution system design/installation. So...

I have quorn chicken nuggets at 0.5syns each. I'm a huge meat eater and was very dubious about them. But I love quorn nuggets and I have a big pile of baked beans with them

thanks x I'm really looking forward to striding into interviews knowing that I'm 4 and half stone lighter than I was last year! Only problem is my suits are all to big now - gonna go and buy myself a new one today :D

Cant remember if I've posted it on here - but if the above 'hummppphhhh' doesn't make sense, it's because I've just been made redundant!

Thanks! I'm in Bridgwater, not a place I intended to move to (originally from Devon) - but I moved here to be closer to work.... hhuummmppphhhhh!!

I have got the dress and I only *just * fit in it. But it's ideal really as it laces up at the back, so it has plenty of going-in room!

Friday 20/01 Breakfast: 1 x kelloggs fibre plus bar = HEXB 1 x apple = 0 1 x banana = 0 dinner very low fat minced beef = 0 boiled potatoes = 0 carrots = 0 peas = 0 onion = 0 1 1/2 x tablespoons gravy granules = 4.5 Tomato sauce = 2 Low fat chedder = HEXA Drinks Pepsi Max = 0 Coffee...

pooping myself, but very excited!! Thanfully we put the final payment down on Monday as Tuesday I lost my job. We are going to Jamiaca - so I want to lose another 2 stone before we go (don't want to be the largest on the beach!!)

-1lb for me, amazingly happy with that as I had a bit of a blow-out on Tuesday when I was told I lost my job, but got straight back on plan the following day. One step closer to those 14s!! ;)

-1lb for me 3stonetosexy 10lbs (2.5lbs lost - 7.5lbs to go) Aesir22 5lbs (0lbs lost - 5lbs to go) Amandab 10lbs (1.5lbs lost - 8.5lbs to go) benji55 10lbs (0lbs lost ~ 10lbs to go) Bev1963 7lbs (3lbs lost ~ 4lbs to go) Blue*Smartie 8.5 lbs (0lbs lost ~ 8.5lbs to go) Brother Slim NEW TARGET...

-1lb for me!! Please update me Roziee!!! Hope you feel more comfortable soon x Very pleased with that, been good all week except tuesday when I got told i've lost my job. Had a complete meltdown and ate donughts all day, but managed to sort it out the following day! On the bright side I am...

Well done all so far - excpetional well done to Kim!! :D -1lb for me, pleased with that - onwards and downwards!! x

I'm not exactly sure this was the right answer to my problem, but I got given notice onTuesday of my redundancy and (not that I'm a comfort eater or anything) I ate 2 doughnuts, chocolate and a huge chinese meal. I don't know if it's the food or the stress of losing my job, but I can't stay off...

I did a search and this was the first thread that came up, it explains the principles http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/200528-success-express.html

wanted to read that - sounds interesting, but I can't find it! x

I'd love to work out kickboxing at jillian!!

I've had a quick peep - it's only 1 day you have recorded so far and it looks good to me! There's loads of threads on here on success express if you do a search - it might re-assure you that you are doing ok! x

I tend to use the Pataks sauces to make currys - they vary around 20 - 25 syns for a large jar, but that make enough for 4 people (so around 5 - 7 syns per person) you can always add a full can of tinned tomatoes to make it go even further. I can't cope with runny tastless currys - so I spend...

Ahhh...... I get it - the list is on the very first post, and Roziee updates it - cool (was a bit slow there for a moment!!)

Yep - Cola zero is also syn free. I am competely addicted to pepsi max now! Hoping that you soon get the weight loss you deserve and feel better soon x

Thursday 19/01 Breakfast: 1 x fibre plus bar = HEXB 1 x apple = 0 1 x banana = 0 lunch jacket potato = 0 baked beans = 0 dinner 115g chicken = 0 onions = 0 1/3 jar pataks tikka sauce = 8 Uncle Bens pilau rice = 3.5 Drinks Pepsi Max = 0 Coffee (milk from HEXA) = 0 water = 0 total = 11.5 :D

There's also a thread on here somewhere on how to do it. I struggled at first! I'll post a link to the thread if I can find it x Found it..... http://www.minimins.com/lipotrim-off-topic/32356-how-set-up-weight-loss-ticker-tickerfactory-com.html it explains a trying to concieve ticker - but...

Well done - some good choices there. I swear that UWE and the yumyums are mostly to blame for my 7 stone weight gain!

Hi ya!! Don't worry - it's a lot to take in at first, in no time at you you'll be in the swing of things. Everyone works it thier own way and thats the great thing about SW - doing what suits you!! If you are a member at SW, then you have access to SW on line, which has a great little search...

I've been on site here for 17 years, but changed company nearly 4 years ago - so any redundancy will be peanuts! But on the bright side - I may have already found a job ;)