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Well today was recipe number 1 - Caribbean pepper pot stew and it is delicious

Thankyou, it's been a busy couple of days so I'm still working on the list of recipes, so far I have - Caribbean Peppperpot Stew - Chicken Supreme - BBQ Pulled Pork - Beef & Bean Hotpot Bake Four down...52 to go!!

There's no syns in grapes...pick as many as you like xxx

So...as the title says, I have 14 weeks to get to my target in time for my 30th birthday!! In order to succeed I need to lose an average of 1.5lbs a week so I believe this is do-able, but I'm relying on you all to keep me on the straight and narrow. To keep me motivated I have worked out roughly...

My £150 a month includes everything except any takeaways/eating out we do. Every evening meal we eat is meat based and OH takes a chilli (usually Turkey) to work for his lunch. It can be done, you just need to think ahead and shop in the right places

I feed 2 adults on £150 a month, frozen veg instead of fresh (cooked in a steamer rather than boiled) and buying my meat in bulk and portioning up to reduce waste are my saviours xxx

Yes baked beans are a 'p' Not sure about butternut squash

Syn Value? Baked Bean & Cottage Cheese cakes Would it work out free and still taste as good if you switched the flour for smash?

So glad to hear you're back to work :-) onwards and upwards for you now. I will climb back on the wagon, walking to town in a bit, but have a hen party this weekend so lots of eating and drinking xxx

Well weigh in this morning and iv stayed the same so better get my ass in gear xxx

I'm good, struggling to climb back on the wagon. Had planned to go to the gym after work tonight, until I realised I forgot my iPod. There was absolutely no way I'd get back in the zone after so long away without my playlist! Tomorrow though I'll be there for sure. Looking through everyones...

Well done Bec... I need to completely refocus, so I'm back on here browsing everyones diaries to get some ideas xxxx

Ok so I did my race for life event last night in 40 minutes. Very pleased given how unfit I am. And it's given me the bug for running again too :-) so hopefully the increased exercise will aid the wait loss as I have been awful with sticking to plan just lately. Trying to cut out snacking at the...

Well I am not happy, bad week and I've gained 1lb :-( really need to get this under control, I'm the biggest I've ever been in my life and its making me miserable :-( hope everyone else has had a better week xxx

I think I must have scared them all away...sorry xxx

How are you doing Beck? The wedding was lovely by the way, thanks for asking.cant believe its almost a week ago already!hope you are well xxx

This morning I have harvest morn chocolate crunch and its beautiful. It's 6 syns for 25g and I don't think I can use it as a healthy extra but I think it's a keeper anyway, I only use my syns on junk most of the time anyway. So lets see if I can avoid the graze boxes at work today and have a...

Ok so I just bought some harvest morn chocolate crunch cereal. I have found its 6syns for 25g but is it a healthy extra?xxx

Well I got a lovely little fruit salad for my snack. Had my pasta salad and now got my yoghurt for lunch. I have been munching on the contents of the free graze box from work though eeekkk! One of these days I'll manage a 100% day xxx

Well today is a new day, new start and all that.i still hate weetabix!!going to aldi after work, what other cereals can I have for healthy extra b again that I can get from there and don't taste like cardboard soaked in wallpaper paste? Lunch is pasta and salad and yoghurt with fruit. No snacks...

We all have our superstitions around weigh ins I think lizzyliz, mine is after my shower, hair dried, been to the loo and before iv eaten or drank anything. First thing in the morning no clothes on. And I have myself 100% convinced that nothing else is accurate! Good luck on your journey xxx

Can I join in please, I've just started over as have well and truly fell off the wagon. So I'm starting again with a Tuesday weigh in at home to match up with some of my friends who go to group. So I weighed in this morning at 10st 9 :( not happy with myself at all, hoping for at least 3lb off...

Ok so iv lost all focus!!so Tuesday is my new weigh in day and tomorrow is a new start.and I will be competing with 3 of my friends who all go to group, hoping it will keep me motivated. So new start weight is 10st 9 :-( Xxx

Disappointed with myself today as I succumbed to pressure off OH yesterday and had chippy tea and an ice cream from the van :-( I'd done so well all day too!! So today some definite damage control. I was only 4lb away from being lighter than I've been all year, and now I'm 6lb away from it :-(...

I do like to get my healthy extras in for breakfast so I know they're done. We have I have yoghurt and frozen berries with my lunch. Passed on the tuna with my salad, didn't fancy it. And instead of the low fat easiyo I usually have which is free this week we have the normal vanilla which I...

Weighed in this morning at 10st 9 eeeeekkkkk!!!so now munching on breakfast of two aldi wheat biscuits and 150ml full fat milk. So that's healthy extras taken care of. I do need to find a more appetising healthy extra cereal though as I'm not a huge fan of the weetabix, esp when they've soaked...

Back on track will recommence tomorrow.have been keeping up with the lemon water though which seems to have done some damage limitation.xxx

Welcome back, was wondering where you'd got to. I'm trying to get back on plan too, but got my friends wedding tomorrow with a hog roast in the evening so I feel it will not go well diet wise. I can try my best though and not overdo the alcohol. Hope you are well xxx

Awful awful awful weekend diet-wise. Piled on about 5lb and I look like Buddha! Lemon water and lots of fruit and veg today to hopefully counteract it. Hope everyone is well xxx

How did you get on at the hospital the other day? Hope you've managed to re-focus now. We all have blow outs! I've had more than my fair share just lately, but we can still pull it back xxx

I love Matlock, it's only about 45mins drive from us on a good day so we often go when the sun is out, it does always feel like we're on holiday :-)

Today's food : Breakfast 2x wheat biscuits and 150ml ffmilk followed by an apple, snacked on a bag of carrot sticks,lunch was pasta salad followed by low fat vanilla easiyo and a handful of frozen fruit, snack was 20 pistachios, tea was chicken breast with 15g Red Leicester cheese grated on top...

With the branded stuff can I substitute in the aldi version for the same or not?xxx

This place is amazing for information, so I was hoping you would be able to help me out. Other than weetabix, what cereals are HEB on EE? Xxx

Ok...exercise done, 40 mins on the wii fit. One of these days I'll make it to the gym before work. Until then wii fit will just have to do.xxx

Risotto looks yummy, I don't tend to make them as they do seem to take forever to make. It's good that you're happy going into work, I'm desperately trying to get away from my job, with no luck so far :-( but I'm sure it will come. Xxx

In the end neither, just finished off the few sweeties I had left from our trip to Matlock at the weekend. Better drag my aching body out of bed and get some exercise in before work I suppose xxx

Well tea was cheese and spring onion omelette and beans (5syns for the cheese) now im really craving choc but only have one remaining syn, I have two choices, both will take me over but will either be a fab ice lolly or a piece of the yummy Lindor bar OH bought me. What to do?? Xxx

Thanks for the support Beck. You've helped me realise I can pull it back. Hope you've had a good day xxx

Well as expected...2lb gain this week on the scales :-( it's entirely my own fault though so back on plan today. On the late shift this week which sometimes makes it easier to stick to. Done 40 mins on wii fit just eating breakfast of 2 wheat biscuits (HEB) and 150ml full fat milk (HEA) (I love...

That pudding looks amazing! I have had an awful week so fully expecting to have gained a couple by tomorrow.but then it's back on plan 110% xxx

Back on plan from tomorrow and hitting the gym before work. Bread has been evicted from our kitchen and our breadbin now looks like this

Had a poor few days to be honest, bread, chocolate, crisps you name it, I've eaten it. Today I'm volunteering at a charity golf day through work, so need to make sure I take my lunch and snacks with me and choose a healthy option for tea, will probably be omelettes and salad as its quick and...

I love aldi, I feed us quite healthily for 130 a month thanks to them and farm foods.if only I could teach OH to stay away from the special buys when it's tools we'd save a fortune xxx

Well yesterday was bad :-( was out doing a craft fair with my sister all day. Started with all good intentions but in reality there was no option but to stray from plan, froze to death all day, existed on a bag if cheese oddities and a bag of sunbites, then raided the bag of fruit pastilles...

From a butchers called Shepleys near to me. They we de-lish. Just got meatballs on as we're having friends round for tea who are also on SW. Free meatballs with chunky tomato sauce and spaghetti :-) xxx

Just a quick question, is a 400g loaf a standard size loaf or a small loaf?xxx

Well that Tea was very much worth the trip to the butchers 10 miles away!! :) was yummy :) xxx

Looks like you're doing well and keeping focussed, I'm really pleased with how this place is keeping us all motivated, its a great place to be xxx

Feel very much in control today, day off work usually means i spend the day munching my way through my bodyweight in rubbish, today i have resisted, and just had 1 drumstick lolly and 4 pieces of choc orange that was left in the kitchen so that puts me on 13 syns i think, breakfast was wheat...

I'm sure it will still be there, I'm terrible for sneaky peaking, I'm guilty of it almost daily!!Back on plan today for me after a very naughty weekend :) Loving the support here xxx

OK so today we are back on plan, I'm back up to just 1lb under my start weight thanks to this weekends blow out, so its time for some serious damage control. Todays menu looks like this: Breakfast - Apple (was not hungry after yesterdays massive pig-out) (FREE) Snack - bag of carrot sticks (two...

Hope you're feeling better beck, well done on the 2lb loss, a step in the right direction xxx

Well as anticipated today has been utterly shocking, I have quite possibly consumed my entire body weight in cocktail sausages!!back on it tomorrow, may even try for a sneaky workout after work depending on the weather xxx

We went to Bridlington, weather was lovely for most part but did go a bit chilly in the afternoon. First true weigh in gave a 3lb loss so I can't complain really. Not had the best day today and I know tomorrow will be a massive fail. So il be back on plan properly on Wednesday for some serious...

Well yesterday was good, apart from the Malibu consumed in large quantities last night. Today has been completely off plan as we have been out to the seaside with the in laws so no chance in hell of staying good. Back on it tomorrow and first true weigh in so we'll see what damage this weekend...

Sounds like you're doing we'll Beck.and we'll done to your oh too. Men always lose faster in my experience though. So very unfair xxx

Another brill day, and totally on plan, did have a can of diet coke today but that is all that isn't listed I think. Tea was jacket potato and beans followed by a piece of melon :-) skipped the afternoon biscuit so that I don't go over my syns for the week thanks to yesterday's cake. Pleased...

3lb is brill Beck, well done :-) shame about the hospital visit but surely all this healthy eating may help in making you feel a bit better whatever it is, hope you've had a good day xxx

That's the theory I went with, but then I thought is the same theory as smoothies fruit applied to whisked eggs. Can't you tell I don't go to group :-) thanks for putting my mind at rest :-) xxx

Can someone please tell me if I have messed up. Last night we had omelette, I made it by whisking two eggs, adding coarse black pepper and spring onion and grated cheese, I counted the syns in the cheese but should I have counted the eggs as syns aswel or are they stil free, there was no fat...

Sounds like we're both doing well, I find it easier to stay on track if I don't allow myself to feel like I've failed. If I carefully plan to be off plan then I can deal with it far better without just giving up over one bad decision. Will keep everything crossed for your op xxx

Apart from the cake I have been completely on plan, and skipped the afternoon biscuit to save on syns, will do the same tomorrow to average out the cake! Planning an off plan day for Tuesday too as we're having a buffet at work as one of the girls is leaving. I know for a fact I won't be able to...

Today I have used up what I expect to be the rest of my syn allowance for the week in a piece of chocolate cake. I only had a small piece and decided that by having it I was removing the possibility of it turning into a massive craving and ending up in a binge. Everything else is 100% on plan...

Well done you for avoiding the sausage rolls, given a day like that with cupcake making too I don't think I could have been so strong. I am hopeless when it comes to party nibbles so well done for staying focused, you are a stronger woman than me :-) xxx

Yesterday was a good day, totally on plan again :-) the first use of the omelette maker we bought months ago was a total success, and OH successfully went to the shop for tomatoes and came back without cheesecake which must have been a challenge for him. He still cant come out with only what he...

Hi Beck, we certainly did, and it was even waiting for me when i got home from work at 8.15pm :) breakfast has been the same as Sunday and will be all week, Thurs and Fri evening meal we are repeating Monday & Tuesday. I'm quite impressed with OH that he's sticking to it, but stranger things...

Thankyou :) trying to read back a few pages to catch up with you all xxx

Hi, I'm new here, going it alone (with my OH along for the ride) as we cant afford to go to the groups at the moment :( I've started a food diary on here and day 1 has been a complete success, so its onwards and upwards (or downwards) to target :) xxxx

I find Aldi is the only way for us to shop at the moment, and Farmfoods is a godsend too, stocked up on frozen veggies today that can be steamed from frozen :) Trying to plan even further ahead now for next week, its the only way I think we will stay on track and on budget is for me to be 100%...

Hi Danielle I'm new to slimming world too and just started a food diary, first day on plan was today and has gone well, we are going it alone so I hope you don't mind that I've subscribed to your diary, I love this forum for sharing ideas and supporting each other to stay on track for target...

Hello, I am new here too and trying to find my feet with slimming world. Like you I have been inspired by others diaries and decided to start one of my own :) Hopefully it will keep us on track and we can share ideas and experiences. Lizzie xxxx

OK so today has been a success and looks a little bit like this I skipped breakfast as I rarely have it on a Sunday and just wasn't hungry, OH had 2x Wheat Bisks (B) and Skimmed Milk (A) Lunch we had a Carvery which came in at 12 syns (Possibly slightly over estimated but better to be over than...

Thankyou...I am yet to hear a bad word about SW from my friends who have followed it so I am hoping it goes well Day one has been a success with the OH too :) xxx

Hello I'm new to all this and trying really hard to get it right, but not going to group due to financial constraints. The same financial constraints which are making this whole thing so much harder. So tomorrow 'should' be day one. I say should as Sundays very rarely go to plan for us and I...

Hello I'm new here, looking for some support to get my butt in shape for the summer. I've been far to lazy just lately and have gained an unacceptable amount of weight. However I've decided this just has to stop...so here I am. I'm thinking of following slimming world as I've heard alot of...

I'm new here and I'm looking through all the threads on this forum on syn values and recipes. I should be washing dishes, hanging up clean clothes and job hunting. ooops xxxx

Hello :wavey: I'm new here so please be nice :) Just started on Slimming World but we're going it alone as we cant afford the classes, so I'm hoping that by having a diary on here and joining in your lovely community that I can stay on the straight and narrow, which in turn will help OH stay...

I'm brand new here too :wavey: We've decided to give Slimming World a try, but we're going it alone as we cant afford the classes, and my kind friend has loaned me her book :) So weigh in this morning was 10st0.75 for me and OH was 15st3.25. Off to have a nosey at some syn values to see how...