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I'm still alive, honestly :-) I have been so bad at updating on here but I still read my subscribed threads every day as they really motivate me. I have abandoned the slimming world ship for now as unfortunately I was using free food as an excuse to scoff what I like. I'm that kind of person...

Always read your diary and although I am more of a lurker I had to de-lurk to say congratulations!!!! Sending lots of positive luck x x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Glad to see you back and what a fab time you had! We went to sharm el sheikh a couple of years ago and absolutely loved it. My only regret is that I was still 13 and a half stone! Would like to go again now I'm smaller. Lovely weather but a resort you're happy to spend most of your time in is...

Been subscribed for a while now & have come out of lurkdom to say definitely watch Sons of anarchy. It takes a few episodes but once you get into it you'll be hooked. I was (hence the username!) Plus you get to see Charlie hunnam in the shower a lot lol! Hope you feel better soon x Sent from...

Rather you than me with the flat pack! Apparently when asked about this photo you now look "happy". Asked him how I look today and got told "tired"! With 3 boys under 10 & visits from both my parents and my in laws today, I'd say that was spot on. Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com...

Just have to jump in and say I was browsing your diary with my 4 year old son sitting next to me when I came across your photos. He suddenly piped up "mummy go back. Look that lady has flames on her top, why does that lady have flames on her top? She's lovely" bless his heart. I wish we could...

Only on page 2 but your food looks yummy so subscribing. Off to catch up now :) Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

That sounds like a lovely dinner and I can imagine you'd get loads of courgettes for your calories. Mushrooms are another vegetable that you can eat masses of for very little cals. Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Morning Monday :D Had a great weekend but food wise it was not so great. Lovely warm weather, country pubs and long summer evenings tend to equal flavoured cider which in turn equals poor food choices! Never mind, life is for living and I've 5 whole days to pull it back. Was going to do a...

I think sometimes the heat makes you feel not hungry, I know I can't be doing with cooking when it's so hot. I had a bad weekend food wise. Why do I keep being good all week then ruining it at the weekend? Don't worry about failing last week, at least you're still here and still trying. It's...

No, I won't be sitting on my bum, well not with 3 boys under 9 anyway! I just have less "me" time for working out when they're off school and with days out meals become more tricky but I am not going to let myself make excuses. I am loving my lifting and really progressing but it would only...

Hi, here to subscribe :) fast days are looking good, am tempted to jump on the fasting wagon soon! Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Aww stevie, I'm not going to tell you not to beat yourself up because believe me, I know you will no matter what anyone says. I think one of my problems is like you at my heaviest I was nearly 15 stone and now I'm down to 11.7 I've become complacent. I'm not where I want to be but I've come so...

Morning diary, yay for Friday at last! Well after a few off plan days this week culminating in a gorgeous scampi & chips overlooking the beach, I am firmly back on the wagon and buckled in! A low syn red day yesterday saw the scales this morning saying 11.7 :) Happy to take that as my start...

Have to add sons of anarchy,really addictive and there now on season 7 (plus anything with Charlie hunnam in is worth watching!) Criminal minds is brilliant and there's 7 seasons of that too. I like something you can really get into and has lots of episodes x Sent from my GT-I9300 using...

Snap! Did great with food until the evening then got on the wine and crisps :banghead: I agree red days aren't for everyone and to be honest any of the plans will work if stuck to 100% Like you say though, today's a new day. Going to weigh on Saturday and hope to see 11.7 still there or even...

Butternut squash, chicken and spinach curry Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

I roasted the butternut squash with the intention of mixing it with the tuna as you said but when I smelt it cooking I fancied curry so added chicken, onions, mushrooms and spinach along with spices and passata and it smells good. I do like the idea of mixing it with turkey mince as it's so low...

Just realised that there is only one heb in there so going to have a weetabix oaty bar for a snack x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Okay so have completed my workout this morning and also added in some pull up/chin up training. Crazy lady over here just loves to feel the burn in her muscles for days after a workout lol! Seriously want to be able to do pull ups though and having a goal motivates me to keep going. Food...

Been updating on insta gram rather than here and I also keep a paper journal, have done for about six years! It's all weight loss related so reading it back is a real eye opener. Scales showed 11.7 Sunday so I'm hoping to hang on to that at least by next week. Had a few bad days so we'll see...

I love pink and whites too, especially popped in the microwave for ten seconds! Not been updating my diary but using insta gram for food pics. 4 weeks to holiday so need to up my game and start writing in it again. Here's to a new week! Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Good to see you back again! I'm still plodding (very slowly! ) on slimming world. I am now 11.8 from 12.1 but I am also doing a weight lifting programme so not dropping pounds so fast. How did you find ww? I am terrible, I keep wanting to switch diets as I think I'm not losing but really it's...

Here to subscribe :) good luck with your new group, I'm sure it will be the fresh start that you need x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Took the boys to McDonalds for happy meals & sundaes and got a diet coke! Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

You can swap plans as many times a week as you like as long as you do a full day of each. So a red day has to be red start to finish but the next day you can do green then extra easy the next if you like. On red and green you get 2 hea's & 2 heb's although they vary depending on which day you...

Thanks guys I had 2 heb's & stuck to one hea in the end. I seem to often accidentally have a red day and don't want the lack of correct healthy extras to stall me! Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Just realised I've had no carbs today so could turn out to be a red day but I don't want to eat the second healthy extras for the sake of it. Does anyone have carb free days and only use one of each healthy extra? Or is it not following the plan? Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Here to subscribe :) Well done on the 30 day shred, I've done it and you can drop some amazing inches! Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Seasoned pollock, cheesy potato skins, asparagus, mange tout, courgette and mushrooms topped with a cheese sauce mmm mm mm :D Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Having such a hungry day today. Does anyone else ever feel like they're over eating even if it's all on plan? Can't stop today and it's only 11am! Going to run iut of food at this rate lol. Red day B - 2 poached eggs on wholemeal toast(b), ham and rocket. Coffee (splash of milk from a) S -...

Home made pork burgers with butternut squash chips and cooked mushrooms:D Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Red day B - 2 laughing cow light (part a)on 2 wholemeal toast (1st b)with ham and salad leaves Coffee (other part a - splash left for hot chocolate tonight) Snack - banana L - ham,tuna, cottage cheese salad with light salad cream (2) 2 alpen lights (2nd b) Apple Swizzle lolly (2) D -...

Been an absent logger but still around. Fed up with keep changing my mind whether to count calories or slimming world. Slimming world works, counting calories is extremely accurate but very time consuming. Huff. I know if I trust the plan and stick to it then I will lose. It's just getting that...

Your meals sound yum and pictures is a good idea. I've started posting mine on insta gram and get some good ideas from there x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Feeling pants to be honest. Mother nature has come calling and this month's a rough one :( had pizza hut last night and just want to eat and eat. My stomach is cramping so bad, I just can't be bothered with anything. Hoping to get the weekend over with and crack on with it Monday. Sent from...

Ok so Monday didn't happen it being a bank holiday and all and yesterday I was good until my 6 year old cut his head open at the park. He's ok but after seeing all that blood I needed a couple of glasses of wine to calmy nerves! Was too shattered to cook dinner so we ended up with cheese on...

Here to subscribe too. Well done on your fantastic loss so far. Looking forward to following your journey x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Yes I've heard about Stilton being a heb on green, not sure what the difference is though? Breakfast tomorrow sounds great, I love brie and bacon. Have fun tomorrow x

Yesterday went well and I ended the day on 7 syns after a curly wurly so all good. We are just about to book our August holiday - due to wanting a pool table and other stuff for the conservatory we are taking our folding camper to Devon for 10 days. The site is on a river and has rope swings...

Stilton burgers sound yum, wondering if you could tweak the Stilton as a hea? Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Yes, this would be a better idea or not buy any at all! Problem is I live opposite Lidl so it's easy to just nip out for a bottle. I am off it completely (she says) for a while now anyway. I find I'm happier that way x x So yesterdays Syns looked something like Splash milk for coffee 0.5...

Hi, here to subscribe x We have the same current weight and almost the same goal (I set 10 stone but actually want to go just under so I can say I weigh 9 stone something :D) I have been doing SW from home for about 6 weeks now and lost 7lbs. Slow but it's going down. I too love red days...

Feeling pants today! caved in and had a bottle of red last night which, in turn, led to 4 milk bottles and a mini twix. Then I got snappy with my DH, fell asleep on the sofa and woke up at about 1am with the worst migraine ever! I don't know why I do it. I am such a happier person when I don't...

Poor you, hope you feel better soon x Don't worry about diet too much just concentrate on getting your fluids and eat what you fancy. I know what you mean about weighing and measuring, I had a bad night last night and I'm just fed up with diet ruling my life.

Happy hump day! I finally have all 3 boys at school/nursery today so I actually have a whole 2 hours to myself (youngest does mornings at nursery) I have just sat and browsed on here with no TV in the background, just pure silence.....BLISS :party0049: Positive news today that my conservatory...

Syns for yesterday totalled 10 after 1 syn on dinner, 2.5 on a hot choc and 6 for a curly wurly evening treat omm nom nom. The bns lasagne was the best lasagne I have ever made so we are having the leftovers for dinner tonight, turning today into another green day. It was so easy to make I...

Well done on the loss and for being so positive about treating yourself. Sometimes we are so quick to beat ourselves up over eating nice normal food that we forget to enjoy it x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

The finished dish and my portion with roasted leeks and mushrooms. Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Yes sorry, it's a big dish and will serve 4 (probably more) so you can divide the healthy extras and syns per person x x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Butternut squash and spinach lasagne. So excited to finally try this and it's only 3 syns and 4 HEA for the whole darn dish :D Before (60 grams of grated cheddar to be added towards the end of cooking)

Ok dipping cherry bakewell alpen light into my hot chocolate was such a bad idea! I really don't recommend it and am now contemplating fishing out the remains of my HEB with a spoon :D

Good morning diary! Well I am one tired lady today. My 6 year old has conjunctivitis along with a fever so he was in and out of our room all night, which in turn kept disturbing my 3 year old, causing him to keep yelling for me. Aaargh! When I'm this tired I tend to want to eat and eat. After...

Last night's yummy dinner (changed the jacket to wedges and added jalapeños and quark )

Hello :D Another sw'er from home here. Been following the plan for 6 weeks and just lost my first half stone! Am now 11.8 aiming for 10 stone. Was nearly 15 stone at my heaviest and 13.6 when I decided enough was enough. That was 2 years ago and after following ww and cc I hit a plateau and...

Mondays food - Extra Easy Breakfast - 2 egg omelette with chicken ham, mushrooms & tomatoes (superfree) (0.5 Syns for spray of oil) Coffee with splash skimmed milk (0.5 Syns) Snack - Spicy mugshot, Apple Lunch - Home made Vegetable soup, strawberries, banana, toffee greek muller (0.5...

We can do this! heres to a 100% on plan week and a good loss for both of us x x

So by some amazing stroke of luck, I lost another pound this week taking my slimming world total to 7 lbs :D Imagine what I could achieve if I stop half arsing it! This weekend I had 2 days completely off plan. Saturday I had tinned tomato soup, a cheese topped roll with butter and hula hoops...

Lol at the friendly competition! You have to stay on track now! This slimming world lark does get expensive doesn't it? Just nipped to sainsburys to get the few things that you can't find in lidl (alpen lights, greek mullers, quark, frozen broccoli and spinach,) and spent another £30 :eek: I...

Had a baaad weekend off plan but weighed in this morning at 11.8! Got to be super good this week so my weekend doesn't catch up with me x x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

I'm having exactly the same struggle with trying to count calories all the time. If I had come to slimming world first when I wanted to lose weight I would have been fine, but having counted calories in the past, I cant seem to trust the plan. I have even skipped my healthy extras this week...

Only ended up having one alpen light last night followed by a few vodkas (again :rolleyes:) Weigh day tomorrow and really hoping for another 1lb off. The problem is I'm going out for Steve's Granddads 90th birthday meal on Saturday night and I have bought a tight fitting jersey dress. I have...

So today's nosh :D Extra easy B - tomato, mushroom and cheese (hea) omlette. Coffee with semi skimmed milk (1) L - home made vegetable soup with some penne pasta thrown in. Grapefruit, apple, kiwi & greek coconut muller (my favourite) D - chicken noodle stir fry Still got my b to use up so...

Mmm your lunch sounds good, might have to pinch that one. Well done on avoiding the bakewells, we live opposite a Lidl and they've just opened a bakery instore. It's torture! Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Thanks hun x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Feeling poorly today, tummy is upset and really painful :( still been on plan food wise but surprise surprise it's the alcohol monster that keeps rearing it's ugly head! I really want to sink my teeth into the plan once and for all, as much as I enjoy them, I wish all the holidays and social...

Oooh me, me! I love cornflake cakes. Will be eagerly awaiting the outcome of your experiment :D

Hello Thursday, so glad it's nearly the weekend and a long one at that! So yesterday was another good red day - food wise. The stress of sick kids and Easter holidays meant the alcohol came a calling again. Honestly I can be 100% on plan with my food but I like a drink and once I've had one I...

I really want to see Divergent, the books were great. Have to try and persuade hubby to take me. I find red days easier as you don't have to enforce the 1/3 super free rule, but your food ends up being mainly super free anyway. With EE by the time I have my protein AND carbs, I don't tend to...

Well no sleep for me last night either! My eldest has come down with whatever nasty bug me & Oz have had which was inevitable really. No puking yet (sorry!) but high temperature and aches and pains. Had plumbers in to fit radiators in the conservatory and builders replacing the fence at the...

Found you! Food sounds good hun. I love hungry horse :D Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Go you! Congratulations on your four stone :D Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Btw my diary is in weight loss diaries not food diaries x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

I have a diary, I'm sort of combining nattering and eats in the same place else I'd never get round to updating 2! It's bite sized ramblings of biker chick (or is it biker chicks bite size ramblings? :p) I should probably add that I don't actually own a bike, I'm just obsessed with sons of...

Pizza chicken, butternut squash chips & veg Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi princess :D I have been reading your diary (& following on IG, not a stalker honest!) and I have to say I am so inspired by your weight loss and your attitude to it all. You always come across as so focused even after a bad day. I am currently following sw from home, so just finding my...

Well my no alcohol week got off to a bad start! Had whiskey AND wine last night. Food has been good though. As expected my 3 year old seems to have picked up my sickness bug although he hasn't actually been sick, he has a high temperature and has been awake for 2 nights in a row. Needless...

Well done! 3 lbs is a great loss. That was the same as my week 1. I'm also cutting out the alcohol this week, it's just wasting syns :D Here's to a good week x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Omg just made the pasta and sauce quiche that everyone seems to rave about on here and it's delish!! I made up the pasta (broccoli and cheese flavour) with just water, added 3 eggs and seasoning, then bunged it in the oven for 25 minutes. Best of all its syn free! Sent from my GT-I9300 using...

Happy Saturday! Welcome Ingeh :) and thank you for your comments. With 3 young boys myself I know how busy you must be with your 2! We will get to our targets, we can all support each other! Well weigh in today is showing 11.10.4 so a STS for me. Glad about that as I have had a great time...

Oh no, I would be so angry too! I hate reversing with an audience at the best of times. You sound like you're really enjoying sw and with the added motivation of a photo shoot, the pounds will fly off x Sent from my GT-I9300 using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi diary, Thanks for the reply Jan, I'm Vicki btw :) yes, I would love to keep track of your progress and vice versa. Well I've just got back from a mini break with the kids. Had a great time but way overdid syns (mainly alcohol :rolleyes:) then woke up in the night with some kind of...

To be honest I would probably just enjoy tonight and jump right in tomorrow! I know how you feel though, my husband is supposed to be home by 7 tonight but he hasn't even phoned to say he is leaving yet and he works an hour away. With 3 young children, there is not much chance of an impromptu...

Just started SW from home so also do a lot of looking around for answers. This is a great site though. Ooh are you a in a band? cool :cool: (edited because I just noticed your username and can probably work it our for myself :o) Good luck on your Journey x x

Dear Diary :D I started a food diary but as I also write a food diary in a notebook, I can't be bothered to keep track of everything twice BUT (and it's a big 'un) I do like to waffle about my thoughts and feelings during this lifestyle change/healthy eating plan/way of life/etc. etc. So here...

Hello just popping in to subscribe. We are the same height and our goal weights are similar too! Just want to say thanks for posting about the oreo cookie ice creams being only 5.5 syns, had one yesterday and it was yumm! Going back to have a catch up read now :D

Another stay the same this Monday, actually got quite tearful but my jeans are hanging off and my husband says I look skinnier so maybe the pounds will catch up. Stayed on plan all week then had day off yesterday for a family party. Didn't go mad but drank a bottle of cava to myself (well it WAS...

Tuesday Breakfast - 4 Ryvita (HEB) topped with 2 boiled eggs mashed with extra light mayo (1 syn) &cucumber Lunch - A mish-mash of left over rice, free soup and chicken & vegetables all mixed together and topped with loads of salt and pepper. Followed by fruit salad (kiwi, melon, banana)...

Was really nice, I just followed the SW Keema mince curry recipe from on here but used diced beef instead of mince, and added potatoes to it then chucked it all in the slow cooker x

Hi was wondering if anyone can help me. Browsing the "what are using your healthy extras on today" thread I saw someone who used light cheese slices for their hexa. I have lidl linessa slices which are 40 calories each, can I use them as my hexa? I'm following ee. Thanks x

Your bacon and cheese toasty dinner sounds lush! Deffo stealing that one :D Thank you!

Week 2 Weigh in 11 stone 12lbs this morning so a STS. Not unusual for week 2 from what I've read although I was a bit disheartened :(. Onwards and downwards for me though. Not giving up, just going to look at the whole month's loss instead of focusing on 1 week. Breakfast today was 4 Ryvita...

Sunday B= Fruit salad topped with muller light. 4 Ryvita (b) 2 extra light laughing cow (part a) L= 1/2 pasta n sauce, tuna, sweetcorn, Apple D= Jerk chicken, sw wedges (1 oil), mushrooms, tomatoes, S= bottle white wine oh convinced me to have (didn't take much!) Total syns for the week...

Saturday's eats B= 4 Ryvita (b) 2 boiled eggs, Mayo (1) cucumber L= Pasta n sauce, cheese (a), apple D= Pork meatballs in ragu with spaghetti & mushrooms S= Frozen grapes, Hazelnut syrup in coffee (3) Mentoes (7) curly wurly (6)

Friday B= Apple, Banana, Kiwi, Muller light L= Slimming World quiche, salad, jacket potato, Apple D= Chicken coated in couscous (1) Wedges, beans, mushrooms S= Curly wurly (6)

That pizza looks delicious!

So it was recommended that I start a food diary as I'm following SW from home, to give me some pointers and somewhere to keep myself accountable, so here goes! The first thing I have to say is after years of point and calorie counting, I am loving how full I am feeling. The liberation that...

Thanks for the responses :) I am keeping a food diary in a notebook but am off to start one on here today. That way I can hopefully get some pointers and it will also help keep me accountable. (dashes off to food diary section)

Hello, I am new to slimming world (not losing weight - I've been trying to do that for ever!) I have decided I am bored of weighing EVERY. SINGLE. BITE. and then logging it, then adding it up, then working out how I can cheat and go hungry to save for treats. With 3 boys aged 8 and under, 'aint...