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ST, it's mad how much weight you lose every week! Are you having limbs amputated? I think that's what I would need to do to lose that much so swiftly. I am going out of town for a few days for work (= eating whatever the hotel restaurant serves) and then my work Christmas party is on Saturday...

5 pounds??!! OMG Lo, did you have something amputated? :) Well done!! Hope you're getting on well xx

A STS for me this week....

Looks like the cocktails did a good job, maintained this week :(

A bit nervous going to group today, my week hasn't been too bad, have done a good amount to exercise. But 2-3 meals weren't great and I went out and had a couple of cocktails last night! I now have a little headache and big case of the guilts... watch this space for an update this afternoon!!

Lo, hope your appointment goes well! The woman I had was really good and seemed to know her stuff. Must say I’ve had a bit of pain and ‘irregularity’ in the last couple of days, but they do say it can take a few months to settle right down. It’s only been a couple of weeks, so I’m definitely...

Today’s food: Breakfast: same as usual (HEXB and part HEXA) Lunch: went out to lunch today to farewell a colleague who is leaving, I ordered a steak burger. Don’t know why expected it would have a chunk of steak, I got a beef patty, which was most likely full of fat. I ate the meat and...

Been starving and freezing all day today! Quite embarrassed about how much food I have managed to put away.... :( Breakfast: the usual (HEXB and part of HEXA) Lunch: leftover lasagne from last night. And I actually realised that there are loads of green beans and mushrooms in it, so it might...

Breakfast: the usual (I’m not writing it out anymore!!) (HEXB and part HEXA) Lunch: leftover rice risotto with bits of chicken and green beans, banana, apple Dinner: lasagne with Quorn mince and Quark, with a sprinkling of cheese on top (rest of HEXA; no 1/3 superfree :() Snacks...

Ooh, I’ve just checked my book and you’re right, where it says “Quorn” in big letters, it has “mince and pieces” in little letters underneath! Pays to read the fine print, clearly.

Hi Val, I’m glad that you’re still around too! Are you doing well? Totally forgot to drink water again today... I really do just think it tastes bad...!! I’m sure that’s evolutionarily bad for me. Lo, I’m the least romantic person ever, so doubt you’d be raspberrying (or was it gooseberrying?)...

Oh yes, I thought that was common knowledge....! :p I'm about 99% certain that, like a cheesy 80s radio station, Quorn products are 'All free, all the time'. Stop trying to Syn your Quorn! It'll leave more room for cake ;) What are slimpods? I guess they're some sort of CD? Do they help?

Right, am restarting a food diary. I am still doing Extra Easy since I’ve not managed to sit down and plan my meals for the week, and I feel like Red and Green day require forethought. But, since my other half is going to start working fulltime next week, plus driving me to work and then picking...

Yay, Lo, you’re still here! :) I am so very pleased :bighug: I’ve been in much better spirits over the last few days. Maybe we should do a ‘date’, I’ve been wanting to see the Manchester Christmas markets. We tried the Chester ones yesterday, and I suppose they’re not in full swing yet, but...

Hey Lo, shouldn't the lamb Quorn thingies you were having be free? Quorn's free, so unless you're adding something else to them...? How do you make the roasted cauliflower, just cut it up and throw in the oven, or are there other tricks of the trade? I am impressed that you didn't...

Ooh I like this thread too! I am a medical writer, it has been my only job as an adult and I've been at it for 7 years. I am loving the company I work for at the moment, I've got fabulous colleagues and the job is enjoyable. When I was younger I thought I was going to be a forensic...

Thanks ninnins. I had a few good weeks last month when I was losing at least 2 lbs every week, so I thought that it would just carry on like that, but no such luck. No matter though, so long as it keeps coming off! I'm not too disappointed about not achieving this challenge, I'm thinking of...

Hi all, Did ya miss me?? I've been MIA for the past few weeks, but I've not gone off plan - although I must admit that in the past few weeks I've only lost about 5.5 lbs. Anyway, I am back, mostly, still having a few head-space issues, but am hoping to get myself sorted out soon enough...

Hi all! (I was about to call you Queens, but thought it might not go down too well!) I've been MIA for a while. I've still been sticking to plan, although haven't lost very much weight, only 5.5 lbs since I last posted around the 3rd week of Oct. Anyway, I weighed in this morning with only...

Well. I'm not really sure how to start. I've not gone off the wagon, really. But my head's been somewhere strange. I think it might still be there. Or if it's not 'there', at least it's not completely back. I've been trying to bring myself to write something here most of the day, but...

I am back in the fold after being a bit distracted and demotivated for a while :wave_cry: I weighed in -1.5 lbs last Saturday and -0.5 lbs today. I've been quite disappointed with my losses for the last couple of weeks, and am not going to be able to achieve the goal I set for this...

I am back in the fold after being a bit distracted and demotivated for a while :wave_cry: I weighed in -1.5 lbs last Saturday and -0.5 lbs today. I've been quite disappointed with my losses for the last couple of weeks, and am not going to be able to achieve the goal I set as a Christmas...

Don't you two ladies apologise for going on, I like it! We are quite similar in our vital stats, LoChan, and location! Do you work? I've just moved here from New Zealand in April this year, it's been great (other than now needing to buy some winter clothes!). I definitely recommend that...

Onward and upward by 0.5 of a pound :sigh:

Well that's a 0.5 lb gain this week... these ovaries have a lot to be responsible for. Might put them on ebay. Hrmph.

Well I kind of suspected that this might happen, but still really gutting to see it happen... I've put on 0.5 lb this week... It'd be one thing to have had wild parties all week, but sticking to plan and then seeing that? Boo.

Went site-seeing in Liverpool today, it was really cold! Nice day out, but unfortunately the ferry didn’t sing as I was hoping for. Boo! Silly me, thinking my 6 months of roaming around were going to advise anyone about holiday destinations. Is Anglesea good to visit? I was thinking it might be...

Well that makes sense, thank you! We need to do some more supermarket shopping to replenish the vege supplies and I need to take more control over what meals are being prepared. I've been thinking of making some sort of scrapbook of SW/SW-friendly recipes. We always look through them in the...

Hmm, you’re right! The book does say for a 1/3 of the plate to be superfree! To be honest, I’ve been so hectic at work since starting SW that I’ve not read through the books really carefully and thought I was doing OK, until just now realising that I’ve not been doing it 100% :( This is what I...

Hiya, if you go to your UserCP at the top-ish left of your screen, and then go to the 'List subscriptions' link along the left-hand panel, you should be able to get to your diary :) Hope that helps!! Have a lovely night out, sounds like you deserve it xx

I'm a bit nervous about tomorrow too! Also * week, as had the week off work - first time since starting SW. My food hasn't been that different, but it's the first time I've eaten bread since starting SW - been having sandwiches for lunch a couple of the days while being out touristing. Have also...

Oh sweet pink and surreygal, I love to see you post with those weight loss stats, I am so full of admiration! I'm a bit nervous about weighing in tomorrow morning... this has been my first * week since starting SW properly, as well as being my first week off work. My eating has been fairly...

Alright, I'll give you a slap!! :slap: I don't think you should be disappointed at all, 2lbs is a good loss and, from the stuff I've read, it's not healthy to consistently lose more than that. They used to recommend no more than 1 kg (2.2 lbs) per week and now it's 0.9 kg (~2 lbs), so you're...

Food Breakfast: Fried eggs on wheatgerm bread (~50g, HEXB) Lunch: Noodles (1 Syn?) with baked gammon bits Dinner: Roasted chicken minus skin, oven fries (3 Syns), giant pile of string beans and broccoli Snacks: 3x apples, grapefruit, spiced apple cake (~28g, 4 Syns) Exercise Finally back at...

Yay, I do love visitors! I'm very pleased that people are coming to hang out - nice to meet you! :cool: That is very helpful, thank you! It's not very bossy and is needed! I am not actually sure what the point of the food diaries I did in my first weeks was, like I didn't get any guidance on...

Thank you!

Congrats on the 3.5 lbs, that's a great loss!! Well done! :clap: How gutting about your card being lost! That would really upset me. I got a 12-week countdown a couple of weeks back and it really brings me joy to not pay as I walk in. Hopefully it'll turn up somewhere....

Hi SugarPlum :) I've just stumbled across your diary, hope it's OK if I come for a visit? Congrats on your great loss so far, that's great work! :clap:

No site-seeing today, as hubby is poorly, so had a nice relaxing day at home. I restocked my painting supplies at the weekend, so finally had a chance to get them out and start doing something today. Man, I am really **** at it!!! Ah well, I do enjoy pushing the paint around. Food Breakfast...

Thank you :) And of course you're very welcome to drop in! I love visitors xx

I do EE all the time, haven't even looked at/figured out the red/green plan deal! I did think about taking a salad, but wondered if it might be a bit too much of a faff... I will think about doing it for a change later on this week. Today was a trip to Wales, saw some great castles, but...

I have been sitting around doing not very much at all this evening! I am on holidays from work this week, have a couple of day-trips in the area planned, but going to take it easy overall, nothing too strenuous. I was just making myself a ticker for this challenge and realised that if I...

That's a great loss in 1 week, congrats!! :)

After all the worrying a couple of days ago, I weighed in on Sat morning and was very pleasantly surprised to see that a whole 4 pounds had disappeared! I must be getting into the swing of things :) Got slimmer of the week again, and I felt like I deserved it a lot more than I did last week...

Thank you pixie, I've been feeling a lot better over the past couple of days, and have now even registered with a GP! I have one of those new patient appointments next week. They gave a little plastic container but didn't say what exactly I'm supposed to bring back in it!! It's nice to know...

Looking trimmer? (PS I heart Walter!)

The northwest is bursting with sunshine too, but yes, quite chilly!! I might go for a walk down to our local duck pond and absorb some vitamin D :) In other news, I weighed in today and surprise!surprise! 4 pounds have departed!!

Well done on your losses this week everyone! Wooo 4 pounds off me this week! That was quite a big surprise :)

Yesterday (Friday) was a bit of a crap day. * hasn’t started yet, but I am feeling quite crazy. Spent the morning at work on the brink of tears, feeling quite stressed with how much I had to do and realising that I shouldn’t have had a day off on Thursday. The lunch menu got circulated and so I...

Wooo congrats! You're doing amazingly well, great job! xx

A few reasons, I suppose, job being one of them, the other being able to see Europe and do lots of site-seeing. Anything older than about 30 years is pretty fascinating for someone who's spent their adult life in the 'youngest continent'. Settling in... so-so, I suppose, I have good days and...

Thoughts for today: Seems I must be getting my * very soon. The predictive website emailed earlier this week warning that it will start today and I was determined that it’s not going to affect my eating. Just in case, I got some of those Hi-Fi bars at the last meeting, so that if I was craving...

On no, KT, sounds like you’ve been having a horrible time :( I had a bad week a couple of weeks back when I had to go away for work and didn’t have time for lunch and ended up lunching on loads of mini-chocolate bars that had been laid out for meetings… I think the best thing to do is draw a...

That sounds like an amazing holiday, I hope you have a fantastic time!!! :) I moved to the UK from NZ a few months ago, just starting to miss it now that it's getting cold and dark! xx

Ahh thank you for your clarification re splitting the healthy extras, I must have gotten confused about what the person was talking about when they mentioned tweaking! Sweet pink - thanks for such a lovely post! I really enjoyed hearing about you NSVs :) I can understand what you mean...

Jellybean, are you going to New Zealand on your holiday??

That's incredible jelly bean, well done! :D

Could I please ask you ladies a question, since you seem so experienced - or at least have been successful with this eating plan! I posted it in my diary, but since I'm new, I don't get visitors *sniff* :) When I had my ‘induction’ with SW, the consultant said that you can do half-and-half on...

Food Breakfast: Tesco natural muesli 28 g (HEXB) with ¼ cup sweetened soya milk (HEXA); banana; half a can of canned peaches (drained and rinsed)* Lunch: Free spaghetti bolognaise (extra-lean mince, canned chopped tomatoes, red kidney beans, mushrooms, pasta) Dinner: Free spaghetti...

Food Breakfast: Tesco natural muesli 28 g (HEXB) with ¼ cup sweetened soya milk (HEXA); banana; half a can of canned peaches (drained and rinsed)* Lunch: Home-made chicken soup with pasta and chicken Dinner: Free spaghetti bolognaise (extra-lean mince, canned chopped tomatoes, red...

That's understandable, the thought of posting my current photos anywhere (they're the only full-body shots I have!) gives me a slight facial twitch! Maybe one day we can all take a look :) Anna xx

Thoughts from today: Don’t really have any... My friend from work whom I go to SW with said that my face looks slimmer, but I’m not sure. She might be ‘seeing’ it because she knows what I’m doing. At my next weigh-in on Saturday, I’d like the ½ stone sticker. It would only mean 1 pound, which...

First day of diary This is my first attempt at keeping a diary/blog. If anyone stumbles across and starts reading, please please let me know if you see me doing something wrong! :) I'm looking forward to getting into this a bit more and keeping momentum. I hope that the diary will keep me to...

Hi everybody, I’ve been doing SW for about 4 weeks now, and after lurking around this forum for a bit, I’ve decided to start my own diary. To start with, I’m going to paste in here what I wrote when I was asked in another thread about when I did I realise that I had to do something about...

Perfect! Given that I don't have any plans for Christmas day, I may well be in a niche "PJs, clog slippers and a bottle of wine" category xx

I agree, you've done very well Viixenx! If I had the option of having my uterus amputated right now, I'm fairly certain I'd take it! And, yes, I am stalking you. Why do you ask? LoonyMeow^..^ xx

I totally get that, gyms are incredibly intimidating. And no matter how much people say ‘Don’t worry, everyone there is only concerned with themselves and they don’t look at anyone else’, I just can’t believe them! I can get corporate membership rates at a couple of gyms near me through my work...

That sounds like a terrible sickness! Glad to hear you're recovering, but take it easy!

I think 'Christmas glamour shots' are a fab idea!! Although I'm personally more than happy for everyone to keep their clothes on. I say we all get tarted up on Christmas day, including you aesir22, of course, and post some lovely pictures :)

Viixenx, you sound a lot more positive today, that's nice to see! :) I find exercise hard (I don't mean just the doing of!). It seems to easy to think 'I'll do so-n-so on this day, and then I will do that other thing on the next day', but when push comes to shove, it just doesn't happen! I...

I'd like to go in as well, please! I've only recently started SW and my overall to-target goal is so large that I'd like to start doing some mini-goals and this seems like the perfect opportunity. I'd like to go for 2 lbs per week, so please put me down for a total challenge loss of 20 lbs...

What a great thread to stumble on! I'd never heard of Joe's meat products before, great to find out about them. I look forward to eating a sausage again! :D The scotch eggs look great, I'll post some pictures if my flurry of current excitement carries me through to actually making them one day xx

I can also very much recommend the Feliway plug-in diffuser and the spray. My cat has never peed in the house, but he has been very nervous in the past and has also displayed some inappropriate playing behaviour, and the Feliway definitely makes a difference. Good luck to you!! xx

Congrats everyone, really nice to see your great losses! :) I was 2 lbs down this week, which brought me into the 22s - I'm quite happy about that, it's nice to see such a definitive change. And I was co-slimmer of the week in my group! Best wishes to everyone for the next week!

Hi everyone! Sounds like there are some pretty good weeks being had! K.T. welcome! Glad you enjoyed your belly dance class, I've been doing it for about 4 years now and I absolutely adore it. surreygal, did you say 11.5 stone? That's incredible! Do you have any photos of the...

Hi!! Superturk, I am so amazed at how well you are doing! Those are incredible losses :) Are you seeing differences in your body, or in how you're feeling? Viixenx, sorry to hear that you're struggling, have the last couple of days been going any better for you? Like Superturk says, are...

Hi Princesses! (Do we have any Princes?) I've had a bit of a roller coaster fortnight. I lost 2.5 lbs in my first week (3 weeks ago) and then had what I think would have been a really good second week, but I was wasn't able to go weigh in, as I had to go away for work. I was away for 6 days...

Superturk! You're back! (Or maybe still here?) :) That's so great, you've lost almost 2 stone and you're almost at your 10%! I more than understand the temptation to jump on the scales every day, especially since I use Wii Fit, which automatically weighs you every time you get on. I did...

Didn't have as bad a week as I thought I would have! Ended up being 1.5 pounds down from 2 weeks ago (I couldn't weigh in last Sat since I was already away for work). I feel like it was because I probably had a really good week the week previously and it would have counteracted whatever...

Hmmm.... tomorrow isn't going to be a fun day... I've been off on a work trip for most of the last week, so didn't get to weigh in last week (which I think would have been a good result). Long days, plus on a couple of days I didn't have time to have lunch so ended up scoffing little...

Food is so hard, isn't it? There are so many psychological hurdles for lots of people and there is such a lot of stigma surrounding it. I don't like talking to other people about trying to control what I'm eating, for me having someone tell me I shouldn't be eating something feels really...

That's a great loss in your first week! Well done!! :) I'm not used to stones and pounds, I work in kgs, so when they first weighed me, I was like "Meh, what does that mean?" The shock really came when I got home and got the calculator out!! Have you started some medication for your...

I'm a bit scared of active sports 2, it looks like it would be really hard!

I'm another 'Song of Ice and Fire' addict! I absolutely adore the books, getting up to the end of the fourth one at the moment and got the fifth one lined up waiting to go on my reader. Such rich character development, I love getting my teeth stuck something meaty like this series. I thought...

I also LOVE my Wii Fit. I don't particularly enjoy exercise, and this seems to overcome the barrier for me. And I really like the way it tracks your history and gives you points depending on how well you do. Another thing about it is that you can just do 10 minutes at a time several times a...

You gave me a good laugh on a Sunday morning! I've been going to belly dance classes for around 4 years now - there is lots of shimmying, and lots and lots of shiny, glittering, blingy stuff! I absolutely adore it. Hope your weigh-in going well today :) xx

Hi all! Had my first weigh-in this morning after starting SW for the first time last Saturday - 2.5 lbs down! Seems a bit surreal really, I don't feel like I'm doing that much different from before, but I'm going to run with it! Haven't had a treat yet, but am going out in a bit, so maybe...

Hi all! Had my first weigh-in today after starting SW last Saturday - lost 2.5 lbs! Although I don't really feel like I'm doing a lot that's very different, and I definitely haven't felt like I've been on a 'diet'. So I'm convinced that it's 2.5 lbs of jeans that I wore to group last week...

Wow, there have been lots of posts over the last week! I'm still learning to navigate my way around this board. Went for my first weigh-in this morning and am 2.5 lbs down. Although I am convinced that it's the jeans that I was wearing last week - was wearing much lighter clothing today...

Thank you! And to everyone else who has said hi. I feel very welcome already! :-) I think that's basically one of my dreams! Having had so many of the 'other' comments from my family, blowing them away like would be amazing and incredibly fulfilling. I hope you're very proud!

Hi there! I've just started on SW (went to my first ever meeting yesterday - 10 Sep 2011), and glad to see you're accepting new people into the group, as I'd love to join up if that's OK?! Anna xx

Hello! I'm very new here and have been looking for a 23-stone thread - this seems to be closest I can find! I have just joined a SW group yesterday (10 Sep 2011), weighing in at 23 st 5 lbs. Is there anyone else here in the same 'boat'? Superturk, are you still around? :)