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Hiya all, Update on my weigh in, i managed to scramble a 1lb loss after a tough week and although i know i should have done better i am please to not have had a gain. Gotta buckle down for this week now and make sure i have a good one. Hope everyone else was pleased with their week. Regards...

Well i have struggled a bit this week to be honest, didn't seem to have any loss up to the weekend and over the weekend i was a bit naughty so am expecting a gain tomorrow tbh Really frustrated with myself as i have been so good up to now and this could be my first gain since the beginning of...

Hi all, Had my weigh in last night and had an awesome 4.5lb off which i was well chuffed with, took me up to 2st 2.5lb off I think that gym session the other night must have really helped Pleased to see many of you did well and sorry for those who weren't so pleased :/ Regards Paul

Hiya, Well i went to the Gym after work yesterday for the first time in ages, did 15 mins on a the cross trainer and then 3 different resistance machines, worked up a bit of a sweat which was good, feeling positive about tonights weigh in so fingers crossed good luck to everyone else! Will...

Hiya guys, I have been away from the site for a very long time as i have reviously lost 4 stone on slimming world but over the course of the last 2 1/2 years it has gone back on, i started back up with slimming world at the beginning of September and so i am now back on it, have lost 1 stone 12...

I can totally relate to what you are saying hon, i recently found out i was being made redundant and that sent me into a bit of a tailspin for 2 weeks during which i gained about 8lbs but what i did was got it out of my system and decided on a day (not on the spur of the moment, in fact i...

Congrats hon thats a great effort :) Im now firmly back on plan and after losing 10lb last week (was my first week back so most of that was water tbh) i am 2lb down again this week so far so hoping for a good loss by saturday morning. Fingers crossed for all of us :)

No disrespect but we ll feel like eating, thats how we got fat in the first place but if you want to lose weight you fight your urges to pig out and eat sensibly as its only a matter of time till you stop losing weight doing it the way you are and you will have learned nothing in the process

You dont seem to understand its not just walking and gym work that burns calories EVERYTHING you do burns calories so everything you do each day is creating a defecit.

Well done hon keep up the good work :)

You look amazing hon, absolutely stunning

Well firstly without knowing if you are a man or woman, what your weight is and also what your activity levels are like during the day its impossible to predict what your results would be like. As i said before 2000 calories is a females resting metabolic rate. So any activity you do will earn...

Your resting metabolic rate is usually about 2000 calories burned per day, then you need to consider any additional activity you do which would include everything from walking, cleaning, running after the kids to simply bending down to pick something up, every time you use your body to move you...

The first weeks loss is always inflated due to the fact that you are eating more healthy foods and less foods packed with salt, bread etc which all encourage water retention. You will find that the majority of the weight you lose in your first week is water retention leaving your body. So the...

Well i have a long way to go before i will be looking good but its an improvement lol Thanks for the kind words guys and gals, Hopefull in a couple of months i can update my pics

Hi all, I was saying yesterday i was upset at how little difference i could see in my before and so far photo but since then my daughter has pointed out my before photo was in fact a during photo and so i had already lost some weight in it. So i decided to address this by uploading the proper...

I just took this on my camera phone which i think does me a little more justice even though i am covered in stubble lol And thanks guys i think its the facial part of the photo that was throwing me as it seems to be a funny angle making me look bigger than i imagined if you get my drift

Hi all, Many of you will know me on here already but i have lost about 4 stone on sw in the last few months but yesterday i saw myself in a photo and was a little shocked that i dont seem to look any different. Heres my pics i am curious what you think, and please be honest. PS the recent one...

Well what concerns me about your last post is that you say you are still losing but he isnt, and generally speaking men lose weight more quickly than women anyway so it seems to me that these protein shakes may be causing a problem if he is eating the same as you apart from those. Is it really...

also one more thing is it seems you arent tracking your syns properly to me so do food diaries and account for every single syn so you can see how many you are actually having. As a FEW beers can be a lot of syns if you dont keep track of them not to mention hes having 18-24 syns worth of...

Well my honest opinion is that maybe its time you stopped saving your synd for the weekend as if what you are doing now isnt working something needs to change and my suggestion would be to go back to using your syns daily and cut out the alchohol at the weekend as that will also cause an awful...

You know what i think? good on you! and i will tell you why... if you hadnt had that naughty meal it would have eaten away at you all week and eventually you would have had a massive blowout that could have lead to several days off plan. Sometimes if you fancy something you are better off just...

just realised it was a joke, post removed

Hello mate i repsonded to your post on my thread so i wont retype it all here but one thing i would say is if you follow the plan and eat enough, ie dont try to eat small amounts as that defeats the object of slimming world, as long as you eat the right types of foods ie the free and superfree...

Hello mate, Well the things to focus on from my point of view are as follows Make sure you have breakfast, really important! could be bran flakes (thats what i have 35g every day) or eggs with wholemeal toast whatever you fancy really as long as its either free or hex. Make sure you eat...

Ahh ok well i actually live in Godalming nowadays but yeah we should keep in touch if you like. Holidays dont have to be the end of the world hon, take the oppurtunity to do lots of extra exercise and then also make wise choices like having jacket spud with meals instead of chips, things like...

wow i must have really upset everyone at some point, not even a single good luck or welcome back lol

Hi all, Had so much going on in my life for the last month or so with redundancy looming and birthdays, anniversarys and got knows what else going on so had dropped off plan for a while. I am now as of this morning back on it again and will be doing it from home until i get another job. I had...

Have decided that after recieving my redundancy letter yesterday i am dropping out of group until i find another job, so will be continueing to follow the plan but will be publishing my losses / gains on here. So week 18 loss of 1.5lb taking me to a total loss now of 4st 1lb!

Ok so had my weigh in on Saturday and lost 2.5lb but over a 2 week period which i was really dissapointed about to be honest, i am now 1/2 a pound off of my 4 stone award which is typical lol. I then went on to have a blowout over the weekend, i normally have a treat on weigh in day but with my...

As long as she is happy with her losses up till now why should she worry about it?

so what was the outcome did you gain or was it ok?

Hi all, I started out at 26st 7lbs and had an amazing start to my diet with SW, i am now on the verge (hopefully saturday) of getting my 4st award however i have to say i have lost focus somewhat over the last few weeks because of things going on in my life. I am pleased this thread has come...

Well i have been a bit shaky lately and didnt make it to weigh in last weekend, but am hoping to get my 4st award on Saturday fingers crossed although am finding it very hard at the moment as im in the middle of being made redundant so additional stress i could do without :(

I went out last night for the first time in 3 weeks and did a lowly 3 miles but at least i got out again, wanna try to get back into it but had a bad few weeks recently as am being made redundant currently :(

Well im really hoping for a 3lb loss this week to give me my 4 stone award which would be great Fingers crossed! Well done on your 2lb loss Mrs T

Thanks everyone, so hows it going for everyone this week? i tbh am struggling to stay on track this week with everything thats going on but so far have only reached for some hot and spicy pork ribs from morrisons so hopefully they shouldnt do too much damage lol

Well unfortunately i havent been out riding for about 2 weeks as i twisted my ankle but with regards to bike i bought my bike which is a Giant Boulder off of ebay used for about £100 and its a good bike, could use a service on gears which halfords will do including cables for £17 ish so not a...

Quick update, i managed to lose 4lb last week so my gain plus and additional 1 lb loss which was good although feeling very down at the moment as just found out i am likely to be made redundant in the next few weeks :(

No hon of course its not too late its just a support thread for those who have had a bad week / weeks and want to put it right. I for one have been super good all week and after a sneaky check of the scales this morning it looks like my 3lb gain from last week is gone and so hopefully by...

Come on ladies and gents keep your positive heads on, i for one have been sticking to plan the last few days so am looking forward to making it to saturday to undo the gain i had last week, if i can lose my 3lb i will be happy as larry :) keep your chins up!

Quite the opposite in fact in my opinion, if you allow yourself 1 day per week where you have a little extra in the way of synage it gives you something to look forward to if you get my drift. I have been allowing myself an extra treat on Saturdays and it hasnt harmed my losses, its just the 4...

I know what you mean hon, i had my first gain at the weekend in 14 weeks and it does feel like a kick in the crown jewels, but hey this week is another week and we dont have a long bank holiday weekend to mess with our heads so it should be a better week all round!

Hi all, So i had my reality check last week after a really good run on the plan i totally lost the plot last week and had a 3lb gain, my first gain in 14 weeks on SW. So i am now firmly back in the saddle and want to make sure i have a great week this week. So weigh in is saturday so i have a...

Ok well i have done my best since wednesday to reduce the gain i had but in the end it was too little too late and i ended the week with a 3lb gain. So at least its done now and next week is a whole new week, so staying on plan to get some more losses going over the coming weeks! best of luck...

I have no intention of doing that hon, i have had my splurge and am now back on track, weigh in tomorrow and so far am 3 of my 6lbs down so hoping for maybe a 2lb gain or something. Fingers crossed for tomorrow!

I am glad it has helped hon and yeah my weigh in this morning was 6lb up so im certain i will end up with a gain on Saturday morning but am hoping to limit it to maybe 2lbs if i can shift some of this water :) And next week will be a record breaker - *ANGELIC POSE*

Hi all, I am doing this as a line in the sand for myself, i have had the weekend from hell during which i have had both mine and my wifes cars break down with a repair bill in excess of £1000 whilst also being away for the weekend visiting my brother in Liverpool. So on top of the social...

Another 2lb off for me this week! Acc - 30lbs (1.5lbs lost 28.5bs to go) Aesir22 - 47lbs (2lbs lost - 45lbs to go) CharleyBar - 57lbs (9lbs lost - 48lbs to go) Emmou - 30lbs (2lb lost, 27lbs to go) Kaz40 - 59.5lbs (0lbs lost - 59.5lbs to go) littleflutterby - 43.5lb (38lbs lost - 5.5lb to go)...

Well after a really tough week after being naughty last weekend i managed to get rid of my gain from monday and have ended the week with a -2lb weigh in :) Pretty pleased with that all in all.

Ok managed to get out on the bike again last night and this time did a shade over 4 miles, i also downloaded a really good app called Garmin Fit for my android phone, you enter all your details and ity tracks you distance, speed etc and even works out your calories burned based on your weight...

Wow thats a great loss tigger well done indeed!

Well to give you an idea at the weekend i had a bbq and decideed to use my HEX on a wholemeal roll for burger and then synned for another so had 2, come monday i had gained 5lb, and have been fighting to get rid of all the water retention and bloating all week and its only today that i seem to...

So having read that page which Shirleen just linked the best thing to do is chew gum and allow your saliva to neutralise the citric acid.

Ok well there you go you learn something new every day! thanks for the correction Shirl

I get weighed at 9.30am so i dont eat anything, just get up and have a cup of tea thats it! lol

But toothpaste is alkaline isnt it? and therefore wouldnt it neutralise the acid?

If you are on green days are you making sure you are taking your extra Hexs? as you should have 2 of each on green and red days and looking at your diary i only saw 1 of each? Your body will need the extra vitimins, minerals and protein from these hexs to work properly and therefore if you dont...

I have been having rough week this week too dusty, i started cycling this weekend just gone and was also naughty on Saturday as i tend to allow myself a treat day then but come monday i had a gain of 5lb since my weigh in on Saturday and to say the least was shocked so have been fighting with...

Its a lot better for your teeth than Diet coke or any other form of coke btw as they contain Phosphoric Acid which is a lot lot stronger than Citric acid and besides if you are concerned about it brush your teeth after every class of lemon water / lemonade. simples! *squeak*

Btw mate you do realise you can still have a fry up free on SW right? well apart from 1/2 a syn for each sausage if you buy the right ones. We have a fry up once per week with sausage, bacon, fried egg, mushrooms and beans - YUM! Sausages that are easily available for low syns include...

Ok thanks

Walk around an 18 hole golf course carrying a big bag of clubs up and down hills hon, it uses plenty of energy i can assure you

Congrats hon, i cant wait till i can see that much of a difference on me. Seems to me i dont look any different really but its great to see someone who has made such a big impact on their lives :) Keep up the good work hon!

Hi all, I have started getting more active as well as my my following the SW eating plan so thought i would like to keep a diary of my activities and maybe add in some photos as time goes by. So to get the ball rolling i have bought myself (and the rest of the family) a bike with the intention...

Yeah well theres lots of choices out there, i spent about £35 in halfords for mine as im quite big so needed someone substantial but my wife and daughter got one each from sports direct for £10 and they were happy with them :) Which decathlon store do you go to? we went to look at one in...

Went and bought my gel saddle last night plus one for wife and daughter and by the time they were all fitted and setup it was 8pm so short ride around the block before getting the kids to bed :) Probably only about 1-1.5 miles but better than nothing eh

To be fair you seem to be doing everything right but one thing to bare in mind is that you are doing a lot of exercise and i dont know how much you were doing before but the chances are when you are doing as much as you are that your muscle mass is increasing so you will find that you will lose...

Ok little update from me, i got my 3.5 stone award last weekend so getting there, hows everyone else getting on?

Well sportsdirect shops have various ranging from about £15 upto £25 depending on make etc so not terribly expensive tbh

Am gonna get a nice big gel saddle and also some padded shorts too i think

Good luck hon, theres a search tool on the sw website for groups btw, just put in your postcode and it will tell you the nearest groups. Thats how i found my group :) And best of luck with your weight loss x

Welcome to the forum Jessica :) its always great to have more experienced slimming worlders around to help out the new people. Mind if i ask how you have found maintaining? i am still early on in my journey and will have a similar amount to lose to the weight you have already lost but often...

As i said in my initial post my long term target is not going to be 18 1/2 stone but thats my aim for this year, i infact as i said earlier want to get down to 15-16 stone which means i will have in total more like 7 1/2 stone to lose still. As for the stats comment i was talking about BMI wise...

Just wanted to adjust to show my total weight loss and target loss Acc - 30lbs (1.5lbs lost 28.5bs to go) Aesir22 - 47lbs (2lbs lost - 45lbs to go) CharleyBar - 57lbs (9lbs lost - 48lbs to go) Emmou - 30lbs (2lb lost, 27lbs to go) Kaz40 - 59.5lbs (0lbs lost - 59.5lbs to go) littleflutterby -...

Thanks hon, Checking out our stats its suprising how similar our path is really dont you think? similar bmi start point and similar currently :)

Hiya guys and gals, I hadnt noticed this section before and would love to join a group for some support. I am hoping to get to my initial target of 18 1/2 stone by the end of the year, which is still about 4 1/2 stone away yet but mind if i join you? I started at 26 1/2 stone btw so 18 1/2...

Ok well i finally got all of our bikes sorted and ready to ride over the weekend and we went out for our first ride yesterday afternoon, we did 2 miles to our sainsburys kinda up and down some small hills and then did a small shop and then headed back home but the last hill upto our estate is a...

Aww am really pleased for you hon thats great news, what sort of losses do you normally have?

Nothing else different, just drinking diet lemonade instead of water

Not a sensibe comparison btw hon as when you are dieting you cant physically remove weight from your system when eating but when its a potential gain the additional weight of what you ate will already have added to your owjn weight so it absolutely is possible to see a gain immeadiately plus...

Was just the diet lemonade

Ok guys and gals, i had my weigh in this morning and i am pleased to say that i ended the week with a 7lb loss! so this is either an amazing coincidence or the lemonade is working. Am gonna continue over the next week and will see how that pans out but suffice it to say im over the moon with...

Well i have now got the bike and have spent today getting it all setup and ready to ride so i might pop out for a short ride tonight to see how it goes. The journey begins - literally lol

Hiya mate, trust me when i say as a man if you follow the plan you will be amazed how much you can eat and still lose a good amount of weight every week, however dont think of 2.5lb as being dissapointing as thats an excellent loss and you would be doing well to lose that every week, but i...

So it is pretty much immeadiate then, or in the first 8-10 hours at least?

Well done mate, keep up the good work :)

I appreciate that Shirl and i wasnt being nasty, i hope it didnt come accross as such, but as i said above i would certainly be interested in learning more about this as i am always keen to learn more about how the body processes calories, hence how i have learned what i already know.

Well i would never claim to know everything, so would certainly be interested in knowing if thats true, is there any website you know of that discusses it? i am always open to new information that will help me manage my weight better. I know the 3500 calorie rule is a scientific fact and as far...

Thats incorrect by the way as the weight gain is essentially based on excess calories and you gain 1lb of weight for every 3500 excess calories, and seeing as the meal i had came to less than 1500 calories the absolute maximum weight gain i would have would be 1/2 lb. Besides the actually...

Well the first few weeks of slimming world i was consisitently losing 4.5lb+ and so i wonder if this is possibly some water retention thats been lurking in my body that maybe the lemonade is helping release but either way i started at 26.5sst and im verging on 23 now so even if it is water...

Well i am totally baffled today, i had to go visit my parent yesterday evening as they are off on holiday for a while and got caught short and hungry afterwards so my wife and i agreed to allow ourselves a flexible syn evening and went to KFC. I had a BBQ Rancher burger (flame grilled breast...

Hiya, I hate to say it but it seems your not in the right "PLACE" for losing weight at the moment as really anyone who was really ready to commit to it would not be having these issues and all you are doing by trying to force the issue is making yourself unhappy. Why dont you try a different...

Well originally when i first started i would go through a 2 litre bottle every couple of days at work and also drink some in the evening. But since restarting the lemonade i didnt have a lot in the house so been having maybe 2 large glasses a day, and been carrying on with water at week but if...

Yes i believe it is

Well the other thing to do is just cook SW food for him anyway, he wont know any different tbh. there are some great recipe books and these forums have thousands of really nice recipes too

Hi all, When i first saw this post i will be honest i thought what a load of codswallop, but since seeing some of you coming in with good losses it got me thinking about my own losses and i made a realisation last night. When i first started SW about 11 weeks ago i was drinking a lot of diet...

Well all i can say is that for me the turning point was constantly straining my back just turning over in the night and waking up in agony the next morning, not to mention the pain in my knees and the constant fear that i might have a heart attack or get diabetes. If a gentle reminder to him...

Ok i am now aware of where this has come from and i have to say i fully agree with the op some of the comments being made in a "certain" place on this forum where they clearly dont realise everyone else can see them has shown some people for what they are. Shame really as i thought we were all...

just c;arify the types of posts you are referring to could you give an example or 2 as it may be that people who you refer to as being nasty and bullying dont realise they are doing so, for example if i have upset anyone its certainly not intentional and its something i would prefer was pointed...

Hi all, I have been on Slimming world for about 3 months now and have now lost enough to feel that its time to start exercising more. So has anyone used cycling as a means to burn fat and get fitter? If so would you have any reccomendations as to how to start off. I would appreciate any...

Well heres what we do when we have a bbq Chicken kebabs with peppers, onions and mushrooms - Marinade the Chicken in Worcester Sauce, Maggi seasoning or soy sauce with chinese 5 spice depending on your preference, also if you are organised you can make chikken tikka kebabs too with fat free...

I wish you the best of luck but i have to say i dont understand how you found the food repetetive as there are so many different recipes you can have on slimming world, you should have checked out the recipe page here and also bought some of the books from your consultant. But anyway hope it...

Congrats bill, Its looking like i will get man of the year in our group at the moment which i feel kinda awkward about as i have only been going 11 weeks and lost only 3 stone but there is only 1 other man in my group and hes been struggling a bit lately. To be honest i think i am gonna feel a...

In my honest opinion the fact you had a bad day and endulged your cravings (which is exactly the right thing to do btw) and then got straight back to plan the day after is absolutely fine. I guarantee if you had sat there and refused to eat the chocolate that day that sooner or later you would...

Im going to say one thing which noone else has and its regarding a statement you made saying and i quote "Have no idea why it happened but i couldnt stop it" The simple truth whether you care to admit it or not is that anything that passes your lips (unless its for a medical reason) is a...

Massive or should i say medium congratulations mate :)

It also makes a difference in that we are here to support healthy weight loss, not weight loss where it APPEARS (due to not updating your statistics) that you were already bordering on anorexic and besides you say you weigh more now which is fine but your target weight is still unhealthily low...

Can i ask what you have beejn drinking too as if you are having tea or coffee you will have to syn any milk you have for example so you need to take these things into account too. As for using bertoli and using syns why not buy fry light and not use syns on it? Its also very hard for us to...

your bmi is already at the very low end of healthy so you will not lose more than 1lb per week unless you starve yourself, and i dont mean to be harsh but many people with 5 stone to lose would still appreciate 1lb per week loss so im sorry but i personally find it hard to feel sorry for you.

I am also a massive stargate fan and am gutted they have axed all the shows :( I watched all of the Atlantis episodes not long ago (as i wasnt too keen when it launched) and really got to love that show too, then they had to do and ruin it all with SGU :( Oh well maybe someone will pick up the...

I have broad shoulders and the knowledge that im right will carry me through lol

Hi all, Anyone easily offended should probably turn back now as i am gonna say some stuff in this post that people may not like. So here goes.. I often log into the forums and read posts from people who have been away from sw for a number of months / weeks and are devastated that they have...

very sexy :)

Well this is where your lifestyle needs altering and i for one plan to follow the slimming world plan for the rest of my life and i would say if you are prone to going off the rails so to speak then maybe this would be something you should consider too as i was like that too but after doing this...

Welcome to the club mandy, im in the same boat although started a while ago now so have made a dent in my 10st already :) Stick with it hon, it really works and it isnt really even hard on this diet either so best of luck and just try to concentrate on how great you will feel when you are 10...

hello mate, To be honest you dont need to lose much by comparison to a lot of us so you shouldnt take long to shift that weight. Slimming world is a really good eating plan and im certain you will see the weight come off fairly quickly. Best of luck and just remember that cutting corners...

Well done to all of you who have been hitting targets, I got my 3st award this weekend so am now setting sail toward 4stville, so wish me luck and lets hope i dont buckle on route! Also just beyong the 4St mark is me dropping from the 40s BMI into the 30s so that will be a really happy day for...

WOW! thats an incredible change, i must admit i hadnt even considered trying to get below 16 stone as i just thought it was too much to aim for, i am currently aiming to get down to 18.5st and see how i get on from there but with an ultimate target of 16st. Do you think that sounds ok? Many i...

When do we get to see a before and after then hon? your loss to date deserves some recognition :)

I have to say i go to 26.5 st and was suffering with back and joint pain and so went on Sw to lose weight however.. Because of my size i was concerned about the chances of Heart disease, diabetes and other obesity related illness so i went to my GP and requested some blood tests. Guess what...

Well done Gaz, keep up the good work mate

Well another 2lb off this week and another SOTW and more importantly my 3st award :) How are you guys and gals getting on?

Congrats to you hon, nice to end up with a loss after all that :)

Well i seem to have shaken the weight off that i gained from the weekend but other than that it has stopped dead, have stayed the same weight exactly for the last 3 days which if unlike me. So looks like its gonna be a stay the same this week :(

Without knowing your starting weight and bmi its almost impossible to guess and as so many people already said if everyone loses weight at a different rate. But if you based it on the Slimming worlds guideline of 1-2lb per week you would be looking between 42-84 weeks. Hope this helps For the...

Thanks a lot for that hon i was gonna place an order with them last night so am glad i didnt now as i will do it with this offer too :)

Massive congratulations then hon thats a real achievement, so you gonna do us a before and after photo?

Good luck to you too sarah

it gets burned for energy and you pass what remains through as waste, its similar to what happens on the atkins diet where you burn fat for energy as when you are eating a healthy diet with lots of fruit and veg these things are burned very quickly by your body meaning additional energy is...

Hi all, Did anyone else decide to have a weekend off this weekend? my wife and i decided we would enjoy the weekend just gone and treat ourselves to 2 days off the plan (sat and sun) so as of yesterday (monday) i am now back on plamn and wondering after being naughty for most of the weekend if...

ok Had my weigh in yesterday and lost another 2.5lb which if im honest i was a little dissapointed with but hey its a loss :)

Congrats on your loss mate :)

Wow Dukesy your weight loss is going great and i am really curious as to how much difference you feel the kettelbells is making as i have been considering getting the Kettlercise for men kit. Your feedback would be really appreciated!

Welcoem back then Mike, nice to have a veteran to turn to for advise :)

Well if you are still acheing from your work outs mate you may well find that you have water retention in your muscles which would explain the lack of weight loss but you have probably lost inches around your body

Hi all, I am considering buying the Kettlercise Just for Men dvd, does anyone know anything about it? Is it good for very overweight people or do you need to be slimmer before trying it? are the results good, ie does the muscle tone improve quickly and does it help with weight loss? Thanks...

Hi all, I have been thinking about introducing some workouts into my diet and was on Slimmingworld checking syns today and noticed they have a big link on the homepage to Kettlercise and i had a look at it and it looks ok. I was just wondering if anyone has this or has tried it? Does it work...

Best of luck with your weigh in today then mate, i have mine on Saturday and hoping for a good loss this week after being ill last week. Fingers crossed for everyone :)

Big congrats mate thats a better loss than i had on my first week even so good going :)

Not being funny or anything but at 5ft9 tall and a bmi of 21.9 do you not think maybe your body is telling you it doesnt want to lose more weight? It may well have just settled at a weight it feels is right for you. Just my 2 pennies worth

Hiya guys, Grats to all of you on your weight loss so far, just wish i weighed in at the weights you guys are down to :) I have been doing this since Beginning of March for those of you who dont know me and i still have a long way to go yet but seeing threads like this help to keep focused...

I think i am going to have to personally as i agree with what others have said in that the plan is maintainable in day to day life but not only that i know from experience that if i dont carry on with it i will fall into bad habits again and the next thing i will know i will be back up to my...

Make sure you drink lots of water today to get rid of any water retention as thats what most of any weight gain you have will be as you actually have to consume an additional 3500 calories to gain 1 lb of fat so bare that in mind, even if you do have a large gain this week it will be 99% water...

I personally have only done SW but i have to say if you really have only lost 2 st in 2 years and please dont be offended when i say this, but you must be either eating way too much or not sticking to the plan properly, the only exception to this might be some medical condition like uneractive...

wow you look gorgeous, score out of 10... i would definately give you one lol

Hiya, I need to get back on track 100% this week after being ill last week so count me in :) Paul

You will do fine mate dont worry, let us know how your weigh in went :) I only lost 1 lb this week buti was really unwell the last week but as a consolation prize i did get my club 10 and also club slimmer of the month lol

Thats some amazing weight loss right there mate although and please dont take this as a negative but i would have thought after losing that much and being down to 18st your waist would be smaller than 40-42" (maybe i was secretly hoping so as i was expecting to be about 38" when i get to...

Hi George, I have been doing SW for 8 weeks now and have lost 10% of my bodyweight which is 37.5lbs so far, bad week this week due to illness, good luck for your weigh in monday :)

Hi all, Just a 1lb loss for me this week but tbh i was ill all week and expected a gain so pretty happy with that overall! Paul

Thanks hon, think i might be heading for my first sts or gain this week though as not been too well this week :( fingers crossed i can squeeze some sort of loss in lol

Big congrats and keep up the good work :)

My advice would be to dig out an old photo of you before you lost all of the weight and focus on that image, im pretty sure you dont want to end up that way again and hopefully that would A: make you feel better about your current weight, and B: help you get back to winning ways :) And also...

Hello George, I am now in the 23s so am of a similar weight to you now and i am sure you will find the weight loss suprising as long as you stick reasonably close to plan :) Keep in touch mate and we can compare notes if you like :) regards Paul

You really should try to eat some sort of lunch mate eg i have a food flask i take to work which i have a Mugshot in (there are a number of these which are free on EE) as your body needs more than just fruit between morning and evening. It will help you with your sports and training too as...

Ironically this diet actually works better when you eat more to a certain degree as it really fires up your metabolism with foods which are easily burned and gives great nutrition which means the kidneys and liver are processing your fat a lot more effectively, under eating can put you in...

Lol true that :)

Yeah i know what you mean to be honest however i do have another big guy at my group who in fact is even bigger than me so we kinda fight over the SOTWs between us so i dont get them every week. I also have to agree about the weight loss not showing yet as i am also in the same boat, i can feel...

Hiya all, I am writing this as a tongue in cheek post as an amusing observation. I find it amusing that we are a forum dedicated to weight loss and yet every profile pic you see if of someone who looks like they should be on the cover of Vogue. I am curious are they all profesionally taken...

Hiya, I weighed 371 lb when i started slimming world 7 weigh ins ago and as you say i have not been starving myself and generally (most of the time at least) dont feel hungry, i have had some massive losses as you will see in my sig and then i have had some more sensible losses recently but i...

Yeah i have to say its the first diet i have ever felt i could live on indefinately, i have tried various over the years but this one works and its not torture lol Although i do still start to sweat a little as i walk past the cream cake counter at the supermarket lol

Hiya, I just want to ask, do you still feel you need to lose more as your bmi is in the healthy range now and maybe if you are struggling its your subconscious tell you you dont need to lose more? Just thought i would ask the question, but if you still do think you need to lose that 10lbs...

I personally have the last 2 saturdays treated myself to some of Sainsburys hot chicken thighs and both saturday evenings i found i had the squits too and the only thing i can think of is that they were quite oily. Very odd but as a number of peopel have said i think because 99% of the time...

hi Emma, I do agree that its rude of people to say this for you to hear BUT.. In defense of these people you need to understand that us overweight people are on the recieving end very often of abuse and ridicule from slim people who have no sympathy for our condition and therefore its almost...

Hiya I am up for this and put me down for a stone, so i will try to lose 14lb in may! Thanks Paul

WI this morning, 4.5lb off and SOTW so thats 7lb so far on the Slimmer Summerthon :)

Mind if i ask if you are a man or woman? Congrats on your loss btw very well done

The best way to get rid of water retention is to drink water as what happens is when you have excessive amounts of salt or other things that dehydrate you your body holds onto water so it doesnt dehydrate completely, to counter this you need to drink loads of water and your body very quickly...

Hiya, I have to say that if you use all of the tools you have available on EE eg free meat, potatoes, rice, pasta, veg, fruit etc plus there are mountains of other free foods for example Shape Delights (lovely thick creamy yoghurts) not to mention the fact you have 15 syns a day to use! There...

5lb to go to club 10 for me now :) Then onto my interim target which is 24 lb away now

Thanks also for your response hon

Thanks very much for your response Malc its nice to know roughly what size i will be at 18 stone as thats kinda the weight i am aiming for, so based on me being slightly taller i am guessing a 36/38 waist which would be awesome and gives me something to look forward to :) I cant even remeber...

i have mugshots for lunch every day as many of them are free :) The Sweet & Sour noodles and the Tomato & herb pasta are my faves

Best of luck hon and just remember even if it is a small gain its probably just your body adjusting to the food optimizing again after its shock of losing 6.5lb last week

Hi all, When i started SW i weighed 26st 7lb and i have now dropped to 24st 3lb but although i am in less pain etc with joints and back i have to say im dissapointed with how much change i have fealt in my clothes. Btw i am 6ft 2in tall. I am wondering if anyone else who started out at a...

To be honest Katie i am guilty of weighing in every morning, but i personally find it helps keep me focused on the plan so i dont see the problem and if anyone thinks my losses are poor as a result i would beg to differ :) Best of luck with your weigh in and do things that make you comfortable...

To be honest if Ellie is following either green days or Extra easy then potatoes are a staple peice of her free food which she can eat as much as she wants to, the only proviso on this being if its extrea easy shes following that 1/3 of the plate be superfree foods eg fruit and veg. Please dont...

Well i hate to say it but a loss is a loss.. could have been worse eh

Sorry mate, but i do have a lot more to lose if thats any consolation?

Just had my WI and am chuffed to bits with a 2 1/2 lb loss this week :)

Well done to everyone who has lost and best of luck to everyone who is still to weigh in this week, i have till tomorrow morning so been on my best behaviour since Wednesday so am hoping for some sort of loss fingers crossed!

And well done to you too hon you have more self control than me lol

Congrats to you then hon thats great going :)

Hi all, Im curious whether anyone has managed to stay on plan this week being easter week and all. I personally have eaten a fair bit of chocolate from sunday through to tuesday but got back on plan 100% yesterday and will be for the rest of the week so i am hoping for a small loss if not a...

Hon my advice to you is this, drink loads of water until weigh in as the alchohol will have dehydrated you and the majority of any gain you will see from this will be water retention so drink drink and drink and you can stioll end the week on a good loss. best of luck

Hiya, Here is my 2 pennies worth lol I would say that i have been able to lose weight in other ways successfully in the past however i have never found these other methods to be something you could carry through into your day to day non dieting life. With Slimming Worlds plan i can honestly...

Hiya, First thing i would say is, losing 3 stone in 6 months is not going to be a problem at all in my opinion, the average person if they stick to the plan will lose between 1-3lb per week and being that you currently weigh 17st i would say 2lb per week would be entirely reasonable for you...

seems an awful lot to take on all at once hon, but noone will know if you can do it more than you so i guess its something you need to give some serious thought. Best of luck Paul

Well im not too worried about comparisons with diet coke as its a very different drink eg no caffiene, hydrochloric acid etc in Lemonade but thanks for the respponse just seems to be nothing about diet lemonade on google, only thing they refer to is the lemonade diet lol

Thank you very much kim thats exactly the sort of information i was looking for, On a sideways note do you know if there is a list anywhere of what are the best fluids for rehydrating, as i cant stand water and instead drink diet lemonade, is this almost as good as water or am i not helping myself?

Which is why i thanked you for your answer :)

Indeed and thank you for those :)

Thank you for this answer

No disrespect guys but the question i asked is whether alchohol can cause water retention not when or how often i should weigh in, so i would prefer to keep on topic if thats ok.. thanks So to reiterate the question, Does drinking a couple of beers cause water retention?

Anyone with a more in depth answer?

Hi all, My brother came down for a visit this weekend and i hadnt seen him in ages so i had saved up some sins from friday and saturday and when out for a drink with him. I had 2 pints of lager which is roughly 17 syns and a bit of food. Now i was expecting this to be ok but i checked my...

Congrats hon, how much did you lose for the month out of curiosity?

Hiya, I dont mean to be funny but 12lb loss in 11 weeks when you have a relatively small amount of weight to lose is great, why would you not be happy about that? Also i bet any money you like that the 3 people who lost 3 stone had a damn site more to lose than you do, trust me the bigger you...

Just make sure you are eating your 1/3 sf with every meal and make sure you measure your HEXs and Syns and also try to make sure you are drinking enough too as your body needs to be properly hydrated to process the toxins produced by burning fat, try to drink a minimum of 2 litres of liquid...

Welcome to both of you and best of luck with the food optimizing :)

Congrats hon thats awesome :)

Hiya, Well tbh it would be a big ask of anyone to lose that much weight in 4 months although the bigger you are the quicker you tend to lose (due to expending more calories just moving around etc) however even a large man (as men tend to lose weight quicker) like myself (started out at 26st...

Congrats hon on club 10 and 1 1/2 stone :) and good luck with your next target!

I want to lose 4st in total by the middle of june which will be the 16th June. I am currently on 23lb lost so thats another 33lb to go by then. Fingers crossed!

weighed in this morning and lost another 6.5 lbs :) thats 23lb in 3 weeks woot!

Hi all, Just wanted to share that one of the main reasons i decided to join SW was because of the back pain i was suffering every night/morning and the last 3 days i have noticed a dramatic lessening of this so its working!!!! Woohoo!

Hello mate, sorry for the slow response, congrats on your 6lb loss thats a great start in anyones books :) As for exercise i am currently not doing much other than general walking about at wokr and at weekends as my weight has put a lot of pressure on my joints but as soon as i have lost...

Have you been to the doctor to make sure you dont have any medical conditions such as underactive thyroid? as these if untreated can either massively slow weight loss or cause weight gain. I only say this because you seem adament you are sticking to the diet 100% so maybe you have another...

Well done you!! i am a little jealous lol i cant wait for a club 10 award will be a real sign that i am well on my way :)

Hiya, man here :) and yeah got my 3rd wi on Saturday and going well so far :) If theres anything you want to know i would be happy to help. Cheers Paul

Saturday mornings, but i dont think this week will be a great one tbh as its my sons birthday tomorrow

Fair enough hon just dont lose those lovely curves eh :)

Hi Annie :) I just had a sneaky peak at your comparison photos and omg you have made an amazing transformation and how yummy do you look now he he But seriously do you need to lose more weight as you look great now to be honest?

Wow love the new photo Suzie, you look lovely :) And yeah looking forward to getting stuck in, gonna go for it and try to make the RSPCC some money :)

Well no disrespect but if you want to take a negative slant on it i suggest you just dont look at the thread then you cant be annoyed by it can you

Unfortunately as i can testify the right time is unfortunately normally when your body finally screams at you to lose weight which as a result means you have a mountain of weight to lose :( BUT.. as the ladies have said i am now 100% focused on losing the weight and plan to stay on the extra...

Hiya, Yes you can eat as much food as you NEED, basically the way it works is you eat until you are full, if you continue to eat after you are full it wont end well :) But the trick is eating the right foods and limiting the wrong ones which is where i find this eating plan is amazing...

Thanks for that Ermintrude

Absolutely, i am aiming for 3lb per week loss in general anyway but to be fair i need to lose a lot more weight than you hon :)

Theres also the minimins built in one which many people use. You just update your details in your user control panel and it automatically tracks your start weight to current, weight lost and also bmi changes and you can set a target and it tells you how much to go to <<<<<<<<<

Cool im not sure when it starts tbh so lets keep this going and get people interested then when they launch it we will be all over it :)

I must say this is something thats been playing on my mind as i am fully committed to losing my wieght now and happy with the SW plan. BUT, i have about 10 stone to lose in total and that worries me that i will be left with a horrible saggy belly and other bits, and im seriously considering...

So guys and gals i thought i would start a new thread to celebrate those big losses when they happen. So the simple rules of the game are this, if you have a loss of 3lb or more in a week you can shout and scream (well type really) your pleasure here :) So get stuck in people and hopefully...

Hi all, Was at my wi on saturday and my consulatant mentioned that SW are going to be sponsoring people for a 6 week thingamy where they will donate a £1 for ever pound lost to the RSPCC so am wondering who is up for it and if you have a plan as to how much you intend to lose for it. I am...

Yep me too, i went on to check a syn value for someone but unfortunately it wasnt working. I am sure they will sort it out though!

Btw hate to be a stick in the mud but i believe Quorn sausages have a syn value now unless its as a healthy extra?

By the way there are certan minces which are free you just need to check out which ones and then you dont even have to worry about quorn! i would check which ones but unfortunately the website seems to have a problem right now

Hiya, Lets see if i can help motivate him a little :) Ok i started 2 weeks ago and i am eating branflakes in the morning, i have a just add hot water 'Mugshot' meal for lunch, plus 2-3 peices of fruit in the daytime, then when i get home we have a good size meal consisting of more or less as...

Thanks everyone i appreciate it :)

Hi all, just thought i would in to let you all know the results of my 2nd weigh in. Basically i had a good week and ended up with a 6.5lb loss and SOTW :) No need to say really that i am really pleased with this and i just hope i can keep it coming off Thanks Paul

2lb per week loss is a great loss tbh if you were to do that for a year thats 104lb which is 8st 6lb in a year, why is that something to be dissapointed about?

Well you know i have better things to do than argue about this so i wont be looking at this thread again now. Hope you are all pleased that i wont be posting anymore. Good luck with your weight loss

My exact comment was that you can not be 100% sure of Syns values without referring to the website that was my comment. As for the money thing if you noticed i made light of it at the end of my post by saying im sure it cost more than £3 per week to get overweight... but i guess that was lost...

Actually no im not out for an argument at all, i started out trying to offer some helpful advice to help new people not be mislead by poorly worded posts on here. But if people want to then get antsy and start attacking me and my opinions when i have clearly stated they are my opinions in a...

If you are trying to say im a troll for believing that the way SW says it should be done is the right way then sure i am a troll! go you!

Thats the danger of trying to follow a diet outside of a group in my honest opinion and this is from bitter experience as i joined SW about 3-4 years about lost 2 1/2 stone but didnt like my consultant at the time so decided to continue alone, 3 years later and 5 stone heavier it IN MY OPINION...

Well i wouldnt try to teach my children from home would you? because i dont know the full curriculum of school these days..... And you can all try to shoot my point down as much as you like but SW is constantly evolving too so my point still stands. The only place for 100% up to date and...

ok for the sake of argument i will say i may have miscontrued what ermintrude said however i stand by my point that the ONLY place to get a 100% accurate reference of syn values if on the SW website. If people choose not to attend a group or do the online SW they technically arent following SW...

it was aimed at the comment that only fat free natural yoghurts are free, as per the quote i linked in my message

Thats incorrect btw if you check out mullerlight on the website syns reference tool you will see that many mullerlights are still free so please be sure you are giving out the correct information as it can really mess people up who are new. My advice is not to listen to anyone on forums...

I lost 10lb in my first week but i started out weighing 26st 7lb so my first week loss based on the assumption that all parties stick to the diet to the same extent would always be higher than someone with a lower starting weight. Basically the loss is entirely dependent on who the person is...

Well im here anyway but sad to hear that people have been leaving the forums, i must admit it seems a lot quieter than it was when i originally started using it about 3 years ago. Cant anyone make contact with the people who left to see whats wrong?

Hi, In fact no i am not in Farnham any more but i was then i first registered for the forums. I in fact live and go to SW in Godalming now, as for the sw consulatant in Farnham if you do know here poor you as if its still the same one shes a cow and noone liked her lol Thanks for all the...

And does doing this not affect your losses? I will tell you why i ask, i did this on saturday and had a treat because i hadnt used my friday syns and i weighed in this morning expecting to either have had a small gain or a sts but in fact my weight had dropped significatly and im a bit...

hiya guys, I have my weigh in on Saturday mornings so this last week being my first, i decided to have an entirely syn free day on Friday. My question is this, does anyone do this but then use some of the excess syns the following day? Eg 0 syns friday but maybe 25 on saturday as a treat?

hi all, just to let you know had my first weigh in and a loss of 10lbs so pretty happy about that :)

Hi all, I went through my day yesterday with having no Syns all day and in the evening was sat down after dinner and my wife asked if we were allowed a snickers if we had spent no syns which technically i had to say we were as they cost 14 syns. So we had one but now i am feeling guilty and...

Well if i can average 3lb per week i will be happy tbh as that will see me at target around christmas time. Fingers crossed and i have been 100% every day since i started so am hoping for a good start. And by 100% i mean either max 15 syns but most often less than that, eg yesterday only 9...

I caved in this morning after my wife jumped on the scales and just had to know if any weight had moved. And well according to my scales 4lb down but im not sure how accurate they are against my group scales so am still unsure if i actually have lost anything lol