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I've recently discovered pureed beans. I recently made refried beans using a tin of kidney beans and a can of black eye beans, boiled in veg stock then pureed, delicious. Last night I pureed a can of baked beans to see what would happen, and got a lovely thick tomato sauce base, to which I added...

Hey everyone, Been keeping track of my steps with my food diary so I am making a note, even though I'm not checking in everyday. Wed, day 10: 3651 Thu, day 11: 3575 Fri, day 12: 6774 Sat, day 13: 7943 Sun, day 14: 343 :o Mon, day 15: 7051 Total so far: 77,730 I got off the bus two...

Hey everyone! Quick catch up on my steps: Day 6, Sat: 4289 Day 7, Sun: 3020 Day 8, Mon: 3474 Day 9, Tues: 8274 Total so far: 48,393 Hmmm, not sure what happened yesterday to make it so much bigger than all the others! On day 9 and not even halfway... sigh... need to improve!!

Thanks Ermintrude. Am I right in thinking a Healthy Extra is 6 syns?

I've got some pistachios in shells but no idea how many I can have an a healthy extra! Anyone know?

Great steps everyone :) Fri, Day 5: 8316 Total so far: 29,336 Over target yesterday, walked into the city centre last night. Planned to walk back but it started raining :( I wish this weather would make up it's mind! Should have a good day as I'm going shopping then walking to a friends house :)

Hi everyone! Told you I'd be back! Great to see so many people taking up this challenge for the new year! Anyone made any resolutions? I've been tracking my steps but not doing great so far: Mon, Day 1: 4022 Tue, Day 2: 6051 Wed, Day 3: 6112 Thu, Day 4: 4835 Total so far: 21,020 I managed...

...look who's coming back with their tail between their legs...!! Hi everyone!! Glad to see this thread is still going and everyone is still doing really well :) Good to see more new faces too! The thread has even evolved into your own challenges, mostly far too ambitious for me!! I've been...

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Hi everyone, sorry I've been AWOL! I've been hit with a bad cold and been off for three days this week :( Only been out of bed once since Tuesday! Back on my feet today, had a fair walk but needless to say the steps and diet have been off while I've been ill! I think I'll skip the last few days...

Don't worry Nemesis, if you're aiming for 14 days to do 100k then you're above target :) Tuesday, Day 8 - 12,120 Total so far: 63,466 I'm putting how many days in now because I'm getting confused! Another big-ish day yesterday for me, walked in and out of town from my boyfriends...

Well, everything went to pot this weekend, as predicted. I had lots of cider (didn't even bother counting), a takeaway, some crisps and a piece of birthday cake. And it was all delicious! Not much else that I had was particularly bad, easily less that 15 syns per day, it's just the takeaway and...

Just another quick update: Friday - 10,607 Saturday - 7,886 Sunday - 3,606 Total so far: 51,346 Surprised to get over 50k in 6 days! Hopefully I'll get to 100k in 14 or less this time :)

Hi holpops, no I didn't have any in the first place!! I just fancied a big bag of Kettle chips or something lol. I did have some Quavers last week, but just wasn't the same! I know what you mean about when you get something in your head. I watched a program that had sushi making on it, and now...

Just realised I beat you yesterday, woo! This wasn't supposed to be a competition but I am very pleased about that!! :P

Well I thought I'd done really well yesterday until I came on here!! Thursday - 17,000 Total so far: 29,247 I had actually done 16,997 when I looked when I was in bed, so I got up and did three more to round it up :P Did so much as I walked to and from the city centre, which I have worked out...

Thank you very much for these :)

Just another quick post: Tuesday - 5,613 Total so far: 12,247

I really want a bag of crisps :(

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Just a note, my values that I've given above are for Green Days as that's all I do (being vegetarian and all!)

Hello, I'm trying to gather as much information as I can about how many syns there are in vegetarian food. I've looked around the forums and found the following for Linda McCartney: Chunky Vegetable Pies, Kitchen Garden, Organic, twin pack, frozen 177g each 25.5 Country Pies, 4 pack...

Soo... this thread confuses me!! How many syns did you guys work them out to be? 3.5 per kiev and free sausages? I thought there wasn't any free sausages anymore?

Ah, I wondered because I didn't use mine while going for a 'jog' on the Wii Fit lol. Thought it would be cheating! Thank you, I'm sure it will be fine soon :) Thought you said you were taking it easy this week!! Over 14k again, well done :)

Well I did 30 mins of Wii Fit last night, and I've hurt my ankle. Typical!! I did a mix of aerobics, yoga and muscle workouts. Think I must've hurt my foot while doing step aerobics or jogging. Did quite well at the yoga though, impressed myself :) Never really bothered with them before, but...

I think I did something to my foot when I was playing Wii last night, it was aching when I woke up and it hurts when I put weight on it :( Still I hobbled to work from the town centre this morning, could've got off the bus closer but had to get my steps in! Yesterday - 6,634 Total so far...

Yeah I know what you mean. For some reason I reset all my scores last time so I need to re-unlock everything, which is annoying because I just want to play the freestep while watching telly lol. I like dancing too, really like playing on the playstation and I'm gutted my mat is broken. I think...

Oh wow! I think I might have to invest in that. I've had Wii Fit for ages but done some tonight for the first time in about a year! (It told me I've put on 10lb, whoops...) I've also got a dance mat and game for the playstation but the mat is broken, so I've just been doing the moves but it's...

Humph, when I started this thread I wasn't expecting people to be getting over 20k in a day! Curlz you're making us all look bad :P Congrats on the loss Rosie Lee! What is the 'sweat thing' you mean?

Thank you debs, how did your weigh in go? I lost 1lb yesterday, bringing a total of 3lb in two weeks. I am a bit disappointed but at least I've lost. I'm thinking about it in term of what I've gained recently. I put on about half a stone in about three months, so I guess losing half of what I...

Congratulations Rosie Lee! Our first 100k.. I'm so proud! :D I'm there now, but I wasn't when I left the house this morning! Sunday - 3,913 Monday - 6,636 Total so far: 99,824 Was just short of my target yesterday :( but I have already done the extra steps today, so it has taken me 16 days...

Hey guys, Sorry to be antisocial but only got time for a quick post! Saturday - 3,846 Total so far: 89,257 Quite a lazy day yesterday, but lots to do today. Not sure I will make my 100k but I'm sure if I don't do it today I will tomorrow, meaning I will have done 100k in 15 days :) Well done...

Went out last night and ended up having a lot of whisky and rum, about 4 singles and 7 doubles. I've already cut myself down to drinking one day a week, and switching from cider and black to spirits. I used to drink at least twice a week, drinking around 5 pints on a Tuesday and around 8 on a...

Welcome Sammy and Mel! Nice to see new faces :) My pedometer is a cheap credit card sized one from ebay that I just keep in my back pocket. I was unsure about how accurate it was, but I did a couple of tests and it came out pretty much spot on so I think it's good :) It's supposed to be a body...

Jacket potato with melted Babybel is very tasty! Babybels come with a free melting pot at the minute too, only takes 20 secs in the microwave for lovely stringy, chewy and spreadable cheese

Yeah i only do green days as I'm vegetarian :) I know it's 85g for low fat cheese, which is what I had. I think I'd prefer to have the higher fat stuff so I don't have to eat as much! Plus it's nicer :P

Thank you debs :) Well done on your loss so far, hope you keep it up! Hopefully I will hit the half stone mark soon too.

Just nice and busy then :) I'm stuck behind a desk for 8 hours five days a week, wish I had the time to get out and about. Just buy clothes from Primark, cheap and cheerful! I'm still not doing great.. Thursday - 5476 Total so far: 73,746 Again just my usual routine yesterday. Hopefully...

It wasn't so much looking for an alternative to milk, more that one serving of soft cheese for HexB is 85g, so it meant I could eat the full portion without feeling like I've overdosed on cheese! The bread was to 'use up' in both sense, it needs eating and I like to get my HexB's out of the way...

Had all five of my five-a-day in a fruit salad for breakfast this morning - An apple, a banana, a plum, a pear and a bunch of grapes, chopped up and covered in Alpro yoghurt. Took me about half an hour to eat it and kept me full til lunch. I don't quite feel like I'm on a diet, I just feel like...

I just had a bit of a brainwave while having my lunch... I just had the Mediterranean Tomato and Vegetable Wholegrain Pasta in Sauce, made up with just water (no butter or milk). I also had 85g of low fat soft cheese to use up, and two slices of bread. 85g is far too much for a sandwich or...

Wow, you've almost overtaken me and you started 4 days after! Feel like I need to step up my game! I hope you've not been doing too much for the sake of this! Nearly 19,000 is a lot for one day, almost double what you should be doing. Sounds like you deserve a rest :) Hope you're feeling...

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Thankyou, brilliant news! I love veggie sushi. I'm guessing the half syn will be for the soft cheese?

Oops, I only do green days so I didn't realise! Sorry, thanks for correcting :)

Oh right, thanks alot! I'm using oldish literature so need to keep on top of these things! Is there anything else significant that has changed in the past few years?

You can use 85g of Low fat soft cheese as a HexB

Stock cubes are free now?

How about vegetarian sushi? Like the ones you can get in Sainsburys?

Now if only they were vegetarian!

Does anyone know why free foods in pre-made soups don't count towards your free food allowance?

Thanks for the info Shrimpy - gutted my free sausage casserole is now 8 syns a pot :(

Wow, as if you nearly doubled your count in a day! Well done on having two days well over 10k! Not been quite as successful for me: Tuesday - 6,247 Total so far: 63,321 Didn't really do much outside my usual routine yesterday, so pretty average turnout.

Okay, thank you :)

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Morning :) Every Tuesday, there is a fruit and veg stall in the town I work in that I go to stock up for the week. Today I bought the most I've ever bought from there! 2kg potatoes - 69p 3 figs - £1 Punnet of grapes - £1.50 The rest is by weight so not sure how much individually: 1 red pepper...

Monday - 7,646 Total so far: 57,074 Our internet went down twice at work yesterday, which resulted in me pacing around the office until it was fixed! Also walked round to the shop after work last night, so that's added a few more on. Only 76 steps below overall target :)

Today is the first day of my second week. I weighed in this morning, and counted my first loss of 2lb. Well, ish - my scales aren't the best and kept flicking from 13st 7 to 13st 8 but was mostly 7 so I'm considering a 2lb loss. I'm not completely happy, 2lb is a good loss but I was hoping for 3...

Hi everyone, I've been meaning to start a diary thread all this week, so here goes! I just wanted somewhere I could post when I felt like I'd made and achievement, even if it's just a little one (like saying no to a Worthers Original on my driving lesson last week on my first day!). Or even...

So, once you achieve an award, do you start your week count again from the beginning? Bronze = 4 weeks Silver = 4 weeks Gold = 8 weeks Platinum = 8 weeks So a total of 24 weeks to get them all?

Nice one Rosie Lee, good luck for today! Yesterday I didn't do much except wander up to the shops to return something, but still managed to count 4,248 steps. I've done more already so far today! I did more than that while I was wandering around the house in my PJs but I don't know how many so...

Thank you so much dirtydancing! Much lower than I thought! :)

Thanks, there's only about 10 mins of my walk that isn't compulsory so I think that's the only part I would count, as I don't do it all the time (for example if my bus is late). I think it's best for me to not count it though, I don't get enough as it is!

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I hope so! Over 4,000 is still great for an off day, and you're over 10% of the way there already :) For me: Saturday - 6269 Total so far: 45,200 I went shopping again yesterday and walked from my boyfriends to mine, but that's pretty much all I did, so I'm impressed I got over 6,000. Just...

I hope so! Over 4,000 is still great for an off day, and you're over 10% of the way there already :) For me: Saturday - 6269 Total so far: 45,200 I went shopping again yesterday and walked from my boyfriends to mine, but that's pretty much all I did, so I'm impressed I got over 6,000...

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That's great Rosie_Lee! I know, it's amazing how much you actually walk without realising. At that rate you will get to 100k in no time :) I had a brilliant day yesterday. On top of my usual daily routine, I walk into the city center at night, had a night out then walked home again, resulting...

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I have created a new thread with a new challenge for anyone that is interested :) http://www.minimins.com/challenges-weight-loss-otherwise/241561-100k-step-challenge.html

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No, but hopefully booking a weekend to see my sister soon :) TPBM wears trainers all the time

What activities qualify for the award? Any additional exercise outside your usual routine? (eg I walk for at least 30 mins just getting to and from work, surely it's cheating to count that?)

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Thanks honteg :) Yeah I do! and much more full than if I'd got my usual sandwich, bonus :)

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Jacket potato with leftover free chili on it - only on free food today so I can have a bit of rum tonight!

Nope, I have a lovely spreadsheet that I write everything in! TPBM likes bananas

I'm at work at the minute, and at 10 o'clock every Friday we get a huge batch of breakfast sandwiches delivered. I usually get a mozzerella toastie with tomato ketchup, but this week I have said no for the first time :) I've brought in a tin of beans to have while everyone else has a hot breakfast!

Thanks for this info, I'm doing Slimming World from home so I wasn't sure what to do for the awards. Are there any others that we should know about?

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Thursday - 5130 Total so far: 24,489 Yesterday I got a lift home from work, so I lost the 1000 or so steps I usually get there. Still, 4 days and nearly 25,000 steps, I'm almost a quarter of the way there already :)

:O I used to love that flavour!! Didn't even realise it was discontinued, just thought my Tesco had stopped selling it :(

Oh I heard they were really good! Just shows how good they must be!

Personally, I have been using a pedometer since I started my diet on Monday. I have literally just kept it in my pocket and forgotten about it, and not made a point of taking any extra steps. Here are my results for this week so far: Monday - 5775 Tuesday - 5911 Wednesday - 7673 Total so far...

Hi everyone! I've seen a couple of old threads with people talking about pedometers and walking a certain amount of steps each day, so I thought I'd start a new thread with a new challenge! All you need to take part is a pedometer! It's common knowledge that you are supposed to walk...

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I don't have a brand one, if you search eBay you will see the one I have, its black with white swirls on. Its also apparently a body fat analyser, but I can't get that bit to work! Only bought it for the pedometer so I don't mind though. I live too far away from where I work to walk, but I do...

I love festivals! I go to gigs all the time too. My favourite band is Alexisonfire (RIP :( ) but I love all sorts. My last gig was Miss May I if anyone's into them?

I've been eating Quorn for nine years, and this is the first I've heard of anyone having trouble with it!

I just bought a brilliant pedometer off eBay for just £3.50, it's credit card sized and slim, fits perfectly in your back pocket! Started using it yesterday and racked up 5775 steps, not quite 10,000 but good to say I wasn't trying to increase my step count! I may start up another thread :)

I love that I'm short. It's something that other people take the mick out of me for but I don't mind - I'd rather people thought of me as little and not large! I even get jealous of other girls that are smaller than me! I also love that I'm vegetarian. For me it's a no brainer now, but at first...

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My clothing goals are to get into a size 14 then a 12. at the moment I'm just spilling out of a 16. I think having a goal to be a size 10 is too much for me - I don't ever remember being a size 10 and I don't think I even want to be! If I get down to 12 and feel like I'm still not quite happy...

Ah I see. I'm a web developer so I can imagine things like that really grating on me! I don't fancy the meetings either, so I'm doing all mine on the resources I can find. I've got a couple of books and PDFs too that I'm working from, anything I can't find the answer to I'm just excluding from...

I agree. Three and a half stone already sounds like a very hard challenge to me, but getting under ten stone just sounds ridiculous! I've set myself mini goals all the way - half stone, one stone, one and half, club 10, halfway point etc. I also set goals every time I got my BMI down a point...

Thanks PopUp. I think it's something many people fall victim to. I think the first step is not just knowing you need to lose weight, but being in the right frame of mind to do it. It's too easy to give up otherwise. I usually put off my "start date" for one reason or another, but this time I...

Thanks Pavster. I imagined it would be, I think it would annoy me and I'd end up not using it. I think I'll stick to my own food diary I've created. Is the syn tool any good? An app would be good, but I bet it's only for iPhone!

Okay I've just done a recalculation, and I'd need to be 9st 6lb to be under 25 BMI. I think I'll stick to my original goal for now as it seems much more reachable to me :)

Thankyou Irene :)

Ah thanks RayeRaye, I've just worked it out to be 36.070 - Guess I will need to rethink my goals!

Hi Pavster, Is Slimming World online any good? Been thinking about signing up to it but not sure if it's worth the money...

Oh haha the site has calculated my BMI differently to me :( Does anyone know the correct formula to use?

Hi everyone, I've been overweight all my life and I've decided to finally do something about it! I'm sick of noticing I've put on weight then expecting it to just disappear by itself. I often complaining about my weight and appearance but what's the point if you're not going to try and...