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There were some people doing that in my class this week. So annoying! It's not school - we're here because we WANT to be here after all!

Hi there, I'm not new to the site but I am new to Slimming World. I was on Atkins before but, although I lost weight, I lacked the willpower to keep to the restrictions! I noticed that there were loads of SW people on here, and then fortuitously met a bloke in a pub who had lost 8st in a year on...

I've sort-of decided to slack a little bit. What I mean is for most days of the week, I'm going to stick with the plan. Other days...grapes! If I get too frustrated with what I'm eating I'll end up giving up, so, this is my lesser of two evils plan. I also need to start looking at using herbs...

Really craving carbs last night and today. Had another lapse. *sigh* I'm getting bored of induction, I have to say. More specifically, I'm getting thoroughly sick of meat. Today I had (ignoring lapse-stuff): Chicken with ham & cheese sauce with a little bit of asparagus.

Feeling a lot better today, thanks! Had a bit of a slip-up involving a piece of apple pie & custard last night (couldn't sleep). However it doesn't seem to have affected anything too badly. I've lost one pound this week. Which is a bit irritating, but hopefully it'll be a bit better next week...

Still feeling a bit bleurgh, unfortunately. I had steak with carrot & parsnip mash (which came to about 8g, according to the packet) and mange tout. Couldn't be bothered with any other meals. I'm still hoping some weight will magically drop off before tomorrow :( Otherwise I'll need to figure...

Well today I've been feeling rather depressed. Possibly because I sneaked a peep at my weight and I haven't lost anything so far (weigh-in wednesday). Also just generally feeling meh. I've been sleeping on and off throughout the day. I had some olives around lunchtime. For dinner I made fried...

Thanks, caroline, I was thinking how on earth could your feet shrink! I have a friend who says she went down three shoe sizes when she lost weight, actually. I always thought she'd gone a bit weird! I doubt mine will change though, I've been an 8 since being a teenager (when I was a normal weight)

My mum always said a stone = a dress size. I've not had the opportunity to try that out yet, but I'd imagine it would be a bit more than a stone for the larger dress sizes.

I'm doing Atkins, but no one has noticed a bad smell around! My mouth generally tastes like something has died in there - a combination of smoking and a medication-induced bad taste. I've had worse. You get used to anything in time!

When I was at my worst, eating-wise, I would have 2x Whoppers with large fries followed up by a sponge cake. For dinner! More recently I've been a tiny bit better, in that I would eat more or less normally during the day, and then have two packets of biscuits at night. That is quite disgusting...

Sounds lovely Katie! I'll have to try that sometime! Today I had "sandwiches" of milano salami & lettuce, then dinner of prawns and those white ring things with thousand island dressing (which wasn't too bad in terms of carbs & lettuce. I'm off shopping tomorrow, trying to decide what to have...

Flying visit today, as a computer game is calling me! Brunch: Ham and cheese "sandwiches" (using lettuce) Dinner: Mustard pork chop with turnip Actually dinner was a disaster! The chop was overdone and too mustardy (never baked a chop before, let alone in mustard) and I didn't cook the turnip...

Might be an idea to get checked out - my doctor reckons I've had PCOS long before my periods stopped.

Well, the two tablets I took yesterday did nothing, but the dose I took today did! *Very relieved here* Today I had scrambled eggs & bacon (the last two days I have managed to burn the bacon, and it doesn't taste like it used to. Either my tastebuds have changed or the butcher got this from a...

Chicken and courgette curry bake thingy sounds nice!

Back to the diet today...I had scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast/lunch and then cheese-stuffed chicken and spring greens for dinner. All very nice! I also had two of those senna tablets...to combat the *cough* unfortunate side effect of this diet! I must find out of Holland & Barrett do a...

Well, the coke thing doesn't seem to be affecting me so far - so I'll have a rethink if the weight-loss stalls, but so far so good!

Well I weighed myself today and...I've lost 7lbs! :happy036: So I've lost a total of 12lbs since I started, which is fantastic! Must be doing something right! I didn't keep strictly to the diet today - didn't eat until 5pm when I went to a tapas bar with my parents. Though I was quite good -...

I made cauliflower soup recently - fried some bacon & spring onion in a pan, added cauliflower and water. Stuck a few chicken stock jelly things from Knorr in there, to taste, boiled it for a bit, then blended. Not sure how good that is carb wise - I don't know how good Knorr's stock stuff is...

I've never really gone in for breakfast - I'm a late riser so I usually just have lunch. Plus I've not been feeling very hungry lately - presumably all the meat I'm eating! I managed to get my flaxseed in today though...not that it er, worked. Brunch: Chicken mayonnaise (with flaxseed) and...

I suppose so, Jim, I've noticed that cauliflower is quite high in carbs, as are tomatoes :( But on the plus side broccoli is quite good! I love broccoli! Today I had: Breakfast: none Lunch: Slices of salami, mozzarella & tomato (worked out as 5.0g carb) Dinner: Chicken breast stuffed with...

I don't understand what MIM is? Is it a burger?

If you get white wine you could try having spritzers with sparkly water to pad out the wine? (I think tonic has sugars in it)

I successfully resisted the temptation to have a hot chocolate & a cake today! Meals: breakfast: none lunch: none dinner: 2 peppered lamb chops with mashed cauliflower The cauliflower mash was a good idea, very nice indeed! Although I am somewhat disheartened to find that, actually, it was a...

I have a cat called Fluffy - just a plain moggy, white with black and reddish spots. She is lovely and I absolutely adore her! She loves to be cuddled, and is very affectionate! The rescue centre we got her from described her as a "bed cat" because of her love of being held and stroked. At the...

This is a bit embarrassing but I've noticed I've developed white spots all over my breasts and inner thighs. I can see them in the mirror! They're just white, and if I squeeze them a non-liquid thing comes out. Sometimes they go red and get pus in them, too. They don't hurt but they look awful...

Today: Brunch: Chicken & Egg mayonnaise salad (liked it yesterday) Dinner: Beef stir fried with a green pepper, beansprouts and spring greens. It was lovely, but I was a bit surprised at the carb content. I just got a book - The Calorie, Carb & Fat Bible 2011 - and I thought I'd actually use...

I've been doing a beef stir-fry which I've been enjoying. I never knew about toasted sesame oil before! Turns out it is a bit higher in carbs than I thought - 11.2g but that is because of my tendency to have three veg and eat nearly 200g of each!

I've set losing a stone to be my first mini-goal, and I'll work from there I think! Got to be careful though - it's my birthday on Wednesday and my good friend is coming to visit me in a couple of weeks - we normally drink a lot! I think I'll be ok though - chosen tapas for the birthday dinner...

I think everyone wishes they were different in the boob department, Gina! I've always longed for tiny ones, personally! The thought of not having to wear a bra...haha.

Sounds great 4isnotenough! Thanks to everyone who commented! Today I had: Brunch: Egg and chicken mayonnaise with round lettuce leaves (and flax seeds) Dinner: Chicken stuffed with cheese and chorizo with sugar snap peas. Both were delicious. I got the flax seeds from Holland and Barrett to...

I think I need to do some better measuring of how many carbs I'm getting - I've just realised I'm probably getting more than 10 but less than 20, but as I'm not measuring things like veg I don't know. Also, do you know which is better - Collins Gem Carb Counter or The Brilliant Carbs Counter? I...

I love bacon. The butcher in my town does the BEST dry-cured bacon. No water in it like you sometimes get with supermarket bacon!

Well done, Elementhia! Puddingbowl - at least I'm not alone in the baring of the boobs to distract attention from elsewhere! The wife of one of my friends does that - she says everyone can tell when she's having a bad hair day, the cleavage comes out!

Hiya Alpaca, thanks for saying hello! Everything seems to be going well, so far. I seem to have discovered I can cook, too, which is an added bonus! I've decided on beef stir-fry one day and chicken stuffed with cheese and mustard the next. Already have my veggies, just got to go to town...

Checking in again....apparently I have managed to lose 3lbs overnight, hmmm. Still feeling knackered and falling asleep all over the place. I tried the soya milk in my tea...bleurgh! Nasty stuff. It's ok in strong coffee though. I think I'll have to stick to normal milk - I don't drink an awful...

I'm in Induction. I know that I can have 20g of carbs per day, but I'm averaging about 10. Is that too low? Or am I worrying about nothing? Also is it normal to be falling asleep all the time?

Hope you're feeling better soon! Reading your diary with interest, as I've just started the diet too.

I'm new to all this, but I know that cream cheese (full fat) is allowed Hope someone else can help with the others! :)

That's really helpful, Bex, just the sort of thing I think I'll find helpful!

Ugh, just realised I inputted the wrong stats in when I joined! I was actually 264pounds not 252! Don't know whether that's depressing or not lol

Forgot to update for a wee while. Anyway, its the end of my first week, and I've lost 5lbs in total! Which is cool. Bought myself an Atkins cookbook today too, hopefully it'll give me some ideas. I've decided to try to be a bit more strict on the induction thing, so I've started by cutting out...

Tomorrow I will finish my first week on Atkins - I cheated and weighed myself halfway through and I had lost 5lbs. Although I will probably find tomorrow that either I've put some back on or not changed, just to punish me for sneaking a peek!

Thanks for the info about coke, JCH_WK72! I used to drink diet coke, but switched to supermarket own brands a few months ago (actually not for dieting reasons, for price reasons since I realised they actually taste as good as coke) Now I can feel slightly more virtuous about my cola addiction!

Hiya Bubba! (strange username for a girl!) You sound really determined - good on ya! I've got a lot to lose too - and I think this site might help me a lot, just being able to talk to other people who understand! I used to be a healthcare assistant - it was a pain being overweight, particularly...

Sounds strange, but I've always hated periods. Back before they went down to one a year and I was diagnosed with PCOS, they were incredibly heavy. I had to throw out mattresses! They never hurt, but they were a constant pain. I suppose I'm lucky - I don't have a partner (never had one actually)...

I've got a few bits and pieces. I have a scaffold piercing in my right ear, three piercings on the lobe, on the left ear I have one in the cartilage at the top, and I'm stretching one on the bit where the lobe goes into cartilage. Only just started so I'm at 2.5mm at the moment! I've got 5...

Hi there! I'm Squee (or Emma, as I'm normally called!) I thought I'd start a diary, to keep track of what I'm eating, and what effect it is having. I'm currently 18st 12 and hoping to slim down to 10st and a few pounds. I've decided to take on a low-carb diet - Atkins, but I am not strictly...

Well I suppose the proof of the pudding is in the tasting - so I will have an idea on Wednesday whether this is working! Thanks! :)

Whoops! I am actually 5' 8"! Thanks, guys :)

Hiya, I've just noticed this bit of the site! I'm currently 18st 12 and I aim to go down to 10st and a few pounds. Completely arbitrary figure, by the way, based on what I read was my ideal weight range (8st-11st), based on my height (5' 10") This is my first week on the low-carb stuff and...

I certainly hope so! I'm aiming to lose 9st - more or less! I think sometimes you've got to think...I WILL get there! Breaking it down into chunks seems good too, mini-goals like I've seen on other people's sigs. Stay focussed, and we'll all get there, whether it takes us a long time or a short...

Hi there. I decided to try to lose weight, and started on a diet on the 16th (last Wednesday) after reading Atkins Diabetes Revolution. It all sounds great, but I have modified it a bit, and I was wondering whether I can still lose weight? First off, I haven't cut out caffeine. I drink a lot...

I might try that...I think I've got over my nervousness about being measured now. (I went for a bra fitting when I was 13, did not like having a strange woman touching me there!) Bras have always been a mystery to me - thanks for the advice spangles, looks like I am wearing the wrong size!

Gritting your teeth and going to the doctor is the only way to go, sadly! When my periods first stopped, the doctor thought it was stress (turns out periods are temperamental things!). Later it turned out to be PCOS, but it was only through the test that I knew that.

This is a really interesting thread. I like the phrase "disordered eating" - it's pretty much what I have been doing for years. Following a bout of depression I took to binge eating. Never the purging, but I've regularly sat in my room stuffing packets of biscuits and chocolate down my face...

Hiya, I've just joined. I bought a copy of "Atkins Diabetes Revolution", which I'm sort-of following. As in, I try to keep under 20g net carbs per day (usually less, only today I ate an apple which sent me over whoops!), only having the low-carb veg, eating meat and eggs and whatnot. What...

I'm a size 26 as well - I get my hoodies from sports shops, mens ones. Some of them are a bit manly, obviously, but not all of them! You can get quite a lot of stuff - if you're into that sort of style - from there, and not all of them are expensive.

I've been wearing a 38F for a while. Not sure that that actually is my size though! I can't figure out bras. My boobs seem to overspill the sides and the tops whatever cup size I wear, though the F is a bit better with that. I wish I didn't have those red marks in the shape of a bra over me...

I was looking for recipe ideas and I found this forum, thought it looked interesting so decided to join! I'm Emma, and I've just decided to seriously try to get my weight down, after many years of just avoiding the issue. I decided to go on the Atkins diet, and started a couple of days ago...