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Hey everyone, I've just been looking through my new book, and there are some additions to the chocolate bars in the syns list! The ones which have jumped out at me at a dime bar (the old spelling, I think they are called Daim now, just to be awkward) are 7.5 syns each, and a Drifter is only 5...

Please don't take this as me saying you should pay the money and go to the groups each week, I know it's each to their own and everyone has their own specific circumstances. However, I sat down and thought that with the prepacked sandwich and cup of coffee I might buy more than once a week, I...

Good luck to all of you who are starting whichever plan you choose. Like others have said, I have tried ww and sw, with ww I was eating healthy meals and snacks then eating chocolate bars to use up my points, I followed it to the letter for 3 months and never really lost. I have found slimming...

Glad it's not just me, I told myself I'd have one chocolate, half an hour later it's like Dawn French on her sofa in Vicar of Dibley!! I so don't feel nice right now haha

That's great, the only time I have missed class was the week before last when I was really unwell, it took all my strength to go and get weighed! I was really disappointed this week, it was our current consultant's last week and she was only weighing in, there was no meeting, no books for...

Maybe I'm being way over-ambitious, but I would really love to get my Club 10 by Valentine's day. I have seen someone at group losing at this kind of pace, so I am hoping for a whopping -25lb! Arctic_blonde_n_g 10lbs (0lbs lost - 10lbs to go) BuzzyBee (0lb lost - 14lbs to go) Cai - 5 lbs...

Dreamslim 8lb (0lb lost ~ 8lb to go) Holiday-dieter 10lbs (0lbs lost ~ 10lbs to go) Jaq 10lb (0lb lost ~ 10lb to go) JimofTroy 10lb (0lb lost ~ 10lb to go) littleflutterby 9lb (0lb lost ~ 9lb to go) Rumbletummy 5lbs (0lb lost ~ 5lb to go) Sam:) 5lbs (0lb lost ~ 5lb to go) Shelleylovesjelly 10lb...

I've just posted a similar thread, I feel totally crappy too, hope you and I feel better soon! x

Hey everyone Seriously feeling like crap today, absolutely full of a cold yet again! Totally not stuck to plan so far this week as I've felt so rubbish, so weigh in is going to be horrid on Thursday. Maybe speedy foods will help me to catch up? It seems like one thing after another at the...

Sometimes when life goes a bit bonkers and it feels like everything is out of your control, I'd turn to the plan. It's the one thing where you get to take back the control and feel like you are making something positive out of bad situations. Hope things pick up for you soon x

I weighed myself on my own scales first thing this morning, 17 st 13.8lb. I highly doubt that will still be the same at official WI this evening, so looks like I will be here another week!

I think curry is a must for me, I'd use that all the time!

I'm going to buy a couple at the next meeting, but there are so many to choose from I don't know which to get! Which ones have people bought that they love and use quite a bit? To be honest, they are so cheap that I think I may well end up getting them all at some point, gotta say that...

I have got serious food envy now! Sweet potato and chilli! Curse my stupid boring normal potato in the oven! Damn you, baked beans!!

Get the coconut one, it is seriously the most beautiful thing I have ever drank. Well actually, the second most beautiful, but the first would be far too cruel to post on this thread, plus I'd have to go to Paris to get it haha

Good luck everyone! Just a quick note, where do you all stand on hot chocolate? I find if I have a piece of chocolate, I'd eat the whole bar and then another and another, but I could quite happily just have one cup of hot chocolate. Chocolate need is satisfied without the binge! It works for me.

That sounds yummy, I'd be tempted to put loads of chillies in, I love spicy chickpeas!

I'm going to have to try these, and to the flipophobics, maybe if you heat the grill up before yous tart making them, you could pop them under the grill to cook the top rather than flipping, I do that with omelettes.

I like the weetabix cake on the slimming world website, but others say they don't like it. I've seen a recipe on here for a big jaffa cake dessert that looks amazing but I'm yet to try it, it's orange jelly in a pre-made flan case with choc on top, think it was about 5 syns a slice but depends...

I love baked sweet potatoes, they are my fave! I just cook them the same way I'd do a normal baked potato but I find they don't take as long. I love the skin on baked sweet potatoes, it's so yummy, those who peel them are really missing a treat!

Good luck at your weigh in!

I take what my own scales say with a pinch of salt, I only go off what the ones at group tell me. However, I am guilty of overusing mine at home, I kinda go on them before and after the loo, and before and after a shower, I'm just too nosey haha

I have those thoughts too, I've also got "help my assignment deadline is looming" thoughts so I have massive temptation. All I can suggest is that you jump back on the wagon at the next meal and put the rest behind you.

I'm not going to get into an argument over this, if it was obvious then people would not do it, yet they do. The post in question has been reported via the proper channel, and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the members who have messaged me in support over this, it's nice to see so...

The point is to politely request that members don't call each other names.

Me too, plus turkey and stuffing sandwiches on boxing day, one of my fave things ever!

This thread isn't pointing a finger of accusation at anybody, and isn't a criticism of anyone who has posted comments which may have been taken in ways that they were not intended, as I know I am guilty of that myself. As I stated in my original post, it is the act of directly using...

Ooh it helps if I click the button, serves me right for mucking around on a forum whilst trying to write an essay!

I do appreciate why some people believe that this type of thread might not help matters, I was in two minds whether to post it. Naturally, I'm not going to say which threads it refers to, but there are some out there, this is something I have seen more than once. I do agree that sometimes...

Ooh it censored it, it was "female dog"...

Hello everyone, It has come to my attention on this forum that a number of people are being incredibly rude to one another. Please remember that we are all here to help and support one another, not to call people names like "*****" and "dick". We are all here because we want to lose weight...

Good luck ladies! x

OMG WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!! THAT'S BOXING DAY IN A BOWL THAT IS!! I am so gonna be making that! (I think I just got way more excited about soup than a normal person should haha)

Hey everyone, if you haven't seen my thread about paxo, I have mentioned on there that my boyfriend makes homemade stuffing. He uses two slices of bread per person (HEB), made into breadcrumbs, adds mixed spices and water. This makes enough to thickly cover a pork chop, which is a bigger...

Oooh that is a really good idea! Now what's this about xmas soup? Hehe!

His recipe is just breadcrumbs, spices and then water. He uses two slices per person, which makes enough "to cover a pork chop with a thick blob". He just uses mixed spice. I think I may well be using my healthy extra and having some free stuffing! Yay! PS I've not tried it yet so I dunno...

Me too, I was a vegetarian for 4 days and then I just had to have a bacon butty haha

Hmmm, not very good value for syns is it, I'd rather have another pig in blanket I think haha. My boyfriend makes good home made stuffing (it's about the only thing he can make!), just getting his recipe and seeing if I can work out the syns for that!

It came out as 15.5 syns per pack of 16 rashers, so lets call it 1 syn per rasher. I tend to cut each rasher in half to wrap around the sausage, so call that 0.5 syns + 1.5 for the sausage equals 2 syns per snuggly piggy!

*slaps forehead* I'd completely forgotten about the syns calculator on the website, silly me! I am going to investigate!

Please don't say "it's 25g!" hehe. What I mean is, how big a blob of stuffing would that be? Heaped spoonful? I see on the website that 25g is 1.5syns, I'm trying to plan my christmas dinner you see and work out how many syns it will be in advance!

Hey everyone, anyone know the syn value for streaky bacon? The stuff I have looks pretty damn lean, there isn't much I can remover from the outside and isn't much through it. I have the mini sausages at 1.5syns a pop, so be having a few less than normal!

I have serious food envy now! Haha

I find that I can eat too much chicken in the sense that I get bored of it, and I think when I'm bored I'd probably eat more of other things alongside my meals. I often make the same things I'd have with chicken but use prawns instead, just to have a bit of a change.

I think things do often get lost in translation lol. No arguments will be found with me, too busy for all that nonsense :D You have a nice evening too :D

Ktp, the only silly question is the one you don't ask! Enjoy your roast chicken, it's one of my faves :D

The tone was clearly jest. I was also offering my own advice, if that's ok?

I'm going to experiment in the next couple of days with my christmas party dips, I'm hoping to make a caramelised onion one for our group's christmas party on Thursday :D

To all those having a panic attack because I said "big plate of food", please, take a deep breathe, relax and calm down! Firstly, I didn't say "bigger", I was simply making a reference to the fact that people who are trying to lose weight don't have to have tiny portions, as is the general...

Superfree food have fewer calories than other foods, and may even by calorie negative (you burn more calories digesting them than are actually in the food), so bulking up a third of your meal with these means you can have a big plate full of food that isn't too high in calories.

Hey, every comment is helpful! I might give red and green a go this week, see how I get on!

So, it's weigh in tonight and I haven't followed the plan aaaaaall week (although I haven't eaten anything really bad), so I'm not expecting anything great tonight at all. When I first joined I was told to start off doing Extra Easy, but I was just wondering, have people stuck to extra easy...

It's so obvious she's lying to try and put you down. Consider this, if she doesn't think SW is effective in losing weight around your tummy where it "matters", why has she joined? I can't stand people like that, I'd be so tempted to be horrid back to her and trick her into thinking high-syn...

Oooh I hadn't seen these, gonna be all over them!

This sounds nice, what does the texture come out like? I'm a bit funny with things like quiches and custard tarts, it's the jiggly texture, if it comes out quite firm then I will give this a go!

I think I'm going to have smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for breakfast, and maybe make a nice big pot of soup, lots of superfree speedy veg (there is a recipe for one on here somewhere), so people can just warm up a bowl during the day when they get hungry. I also might chop up my HEA of...

Hi everyone, I don't know if there is a post like this yet, but I thought it might be good to post some free or low-syn nibbles that people are planning to have around christmas, so we can share ideas! As I usually spend the day nibble nuts, crisps and chocolate, I'm hoping to get by in my...

I used to think I was lacking support, but then I realised I wasn't asking for it and wasn't seeking it. Now I turn to people when I need them, and I find those things that make me feel better, like zumba, hacking up a load of fruit to make a fruit salad or sticking on my ipod and dancing likes...

I understand exactly how you feel, I think it can be so much easier for those who want to fit back into their wedding dress or be the same size they were before they went to uni, they aren't leaping into the unknown. I'm going to have to call in the cavalry next year, it's my boyfriend's...

Have you been going to either a weight watcher or slimming world group? I would have thought they would give you some more advice to help your weight loss rather than you resorting to starvation measures like this.

Wow, go you!

As I was walking with my friend to our zumba class on Monday, we were talking about weight. At that point I'd had my first official weigh in and I'd lost 5.5lb. She was saying how it was really great and that she could see the difference already. and then I asked what she weighed... She told...

If I made 32 they would be singing to me, and it would be beautiful hahahahaha Can I ask how you put your half stone award on your signature? I got mine yesterday and I WANT one! Also, I got a certificate at my group, but should I have got a shiny sticker too? I'm like a magpie ooooh it's...

I'm not giving an answer on this poll because I literally think it's all 4 answers! Yes it can be easy if you plan, make it fun, involve other people and challenge yourself. No, there are just some times when it is terribly difficult, it seems like the world is there to tempt us. It's 1.30pm...

We are all so gonna turn into super-vegans now and just lick windows instead? How many syns in a UPVC frame?

And for the record I've eaten like a pig today, damn mince pies! I'd make the 3.5 syn ones off the slimming world website but it makes 32, and that would sooooo not end well for me :D

I don't think anyone was actually having a moan, people were just offering support and their view on the topic, which, if I posted a topic about something similar, that would be the response I'd expect. Let's all play nicely now :)

Fungi don't bleed :p

Please don't see it as a waste, you wanted them, I hope you enjoyed them and as others have said, that's what the syns are for. In my first week I have a 4 course chinese banquet with wine for my anniversary, it came out at a whopping 80+ syns, and I lost 5.5lb. You had a yummy snack, and are...

Oh my gosh I laughed so hard that lemonade came out my nose! Bad times!! (real lemons though!)

Going back to the point in hand, well done Jael for getting in touch with them and making your view heard. Whether this is a good or a bad thing, we all get those staple things that we like so much we have them all the time, the things we buy week in and week out. We might be the only ones...

I generally think that if you look at quorn as a meat replacement then you are only ever going to be disappointed. I love the chicken pieces for what they are, but to be honest I don't even relate them to chicken, they are what they are, little nuggets of quickly cooked joy :D I really don't...

I'm hoping to get into a "normal" size shop by May/June next year. My boyfriend is best man at his brother's wedding, so he's gonna be in "the show" and a lot of the pics, and people will probably expect me to be there with him done up all nice, I think I might book his skinny sisters and take...

Hey ladies, I'm just wondering, I'm looking through my slimming world book as I am going out for a curry tonight, and do you know if you can exchange the meat? For example, as it says beef madras is 11 syns on EE, would the syns be the same if it was something else, like chicken or prawns? I...

First weigh in today, lost 5.5lb so now 18st 7.5lb. Hopefully be moving on down the weight ladder at a good pace :)

I have pilfered this from another thread: 1 pound = a Guinea Pig 1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts 2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs 3 pounds = an average human brain 4 pounds = an ostrich egg 5 pounds = a Chihuahua 6 pounds = a human’s skin 7.5 pounds = an...

Was it Etam? I used to bloody love that shop! The British high street needs to wake up, Paris aka fashion capital of the world still had Etam, what does that tell them?!

So I was feeling bad that I might not have a loss... At my first official Slimming World Weigh In I have lost... 5.5lb!!!

Thanks Gail, the personal shopping thing sounds like a great idea! Ladies I'd just like to say thankyou for the response to this question, I think sometimes you can feel alone in your own mental head and that nobody will understand how you are feeling. Thanks for the support!

Which jelly have you been using? I use Hartley's and I've been going off what the SW book says, it's 1.5 syns for the whole sachet, or 0.5 syns for 142ml (quarter of the sachet).

Maybe you could figure out what tempted you off the wagon, and find ways of working those things into your normal day. Like, if I ban chocolate, I'll be miserable then have a big low out choccie binge, but if I have a little bit every so often, it doesn't have the "forbidden fruit" effect.

Hey everyone, I wanted to ask about how people have felt when they have been shopping for smaller clothes sizes, and to share a little something. One the one hand, I really can't wait to lose more weight and fit into smaller clothes, it will be such an achievement and will really show how...

Sounds like a win for olive oil!

This sounds brilliant, I thought I wouldn't be able to have pastry but it didn't occur to me to use something else as pastry like the pitta bread! This is sooooo gonna get made!

Frittata!

There is a name which escapes me, it's a type of omelette that has noodles in, maybe you could invent something similar but with pasta? I'm just thinking out of the box a little haha

For a quickie, I often use fat free salad dressing. I had it today, just stirred some through with some tuna and chopped mixed peppers, was yummy!

I just made the weetabix cake, it is soooo yummy!

Oooh I just made the weetabix cake off the SW website, oh my days how lush is that?! Anyone else a lover of it? I saw a few posts of people not liking it so I was dubious at first.

So yesterday was a bit of a bad day. After the chinese, I planned on being really good, lots of superspeed food until WI for damage limitation, but all I could think about was chocolate. Having replenished fella's supply of club biscuits for his buttybox, they were staring at me all day...

Thanks everyone, I've heard the buttery one is really nice, anyone tried it? I might get a couple of them while they last so long, they don't seem as expensive when they last ages!

Hey, I'm new to Slimming World and Frylight seems like a stroke of genius. I'm just wondering, as it seems a bit expensive for a small bottle, which type is the most popular and how long a bottle would normally last? Thanks xx

That's what I'd planned to do but it just didn't work out that way haha x

Hi guys, I'm having lasagne for tea tonight, and my favourite bit used to be the cheesy topping with the creamy sauce...I'm guessing that's very synful. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions about how to recreate the topping but as free as possible, I haven't used any healthy...

This morning I have decided that I am really going to go on a fitness push. When I was younger (and lighter) I did a few abseiling things and I used to love it. Despite being within the acceptable weight limit already, I have decided that when I have lost a couple of stones and feel more fit...

Oh my days, I really enjoyed my meal out last night, it was delicious and we had a lovely time, plus fella was all suited and booted and looked good enough to eat himself! He got me a Willow Tree figurine which I love, I'd made an offhand comment ages ago about how I liked them and I'd like to...

Mine is Boom Boom Mama, seen so many different variations of it on youtube, prefer ours though, we do a bit in it that's like the macarena haha

Just found this thread and it is my home for now, I'm 18st 13lb, lots of inspiring people at my group so maybe I won't be here long if I can do as well as they have! x

Utterly random but...I have the same dishes as you haha

Gonna have to give this a try, it sounds delish!

I'm gonna have to give this a try, it seems to be a pretty iconic recipe and one that lots of you have tweaked to your own tastes, I'm getting in on that action!

This sounds just like my kinda food, gotta give it a try, but as I do prefer chunkier sauces I'd probably leave the veggies unblitzed and use chopped tomatoes rather than passata.

I'm definately going to have to give those scones a go, they sound proper yummy!

Today's munch HEA = 250ml semi skimmed milk HEB = 2 slices wholemeal bread Breakfast - "Grill-up"...bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes all grilled, with scrambled egg and baked beans. Fella was happy :) Snack - Went for a walk around a local reservoir, packed some of my fruit salad and a jelly...

Thanks Claire, the peas and sweetcorn were taken as free green stuff, I had loads of onions and mushrooms for my superfree, I've been trying hard to make sure I get my third superfree, I've noticed on a lot of food diaries that it seems to be a lot of people's downfall. My chinese tomorrow is...

And now on to today, very fruitful shopping trip (literally) and I have spent most of the afternoon chopping fruit to make a giant bowl of fruit salad for my fridge. I had meals planned but I haven't followed those as my shift got cancelled so I haven't been at work. HEA = 42g feta cheese HEB...

Busy day at work yesterday so I didn't get chance to put my diary on here, so here it is now: HEA = 250ml semi-skimmed milk HEB = 28g bran flakes + 1 ryvita Breakfast - Cereal followed by 1 egg + some milk scrambled on a ryvita. "Working lunch" (I can't eat a proper meal whilst at work, I get...

So I went and it was awesome! I'm currently sat here with the slimming world website up and the chinese restaurant menu deciding what I can have for my anniversary meal on Monday haha. Probably not the best week to start, with a big evening coming up, but I'm not going to let life get in my way!

So tonight's the night! I'm joining my Slimming World group tonight and I'm actually really excited. I've been to Weight Watchers and Rosemary Conley but I ended up getting totally obsessed with working out points and counting calories so I really think that Slimming World is going to work out...