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Weigh in on Sunday and only a pound lost, which I was actually pretty disappointed about as I had expected at least 2 or 3. So I had an eating day. But I didn't really enjoy it much. Also felt pretty ill most of Monday and didn't eat til about 4pm. Carb hangovers are the worst! Straight Back on...

Yes, so my triceps tell me 😭🤣

God, feeling really bleurgh yesterday and today. Moody and irritable and such like. Interestingly I'm not reaching for food to try and change this as I know it would make it worse, so that's good I guess. Did a 15 min kettlebell workout with a heavier weight today as I promised myself when I...

Feeling a bit eurgh today. Totm showed up yesterday, which also accounts for the week's lower weight loss I guess. If I only had online clients today I would totally put a pair of jogging bottoms and comfy slippers under a slightly smart but still comfortable top - but as some are face to face...

Thanks for the encouragement :)

Really pushed myself fitness wise yesterday, a 5km walk with the dog, 45 minutes step aerobics, 20 minutes kettle bells and another 6km walk in the evening. Finished the day on 21,000 steps which is a lot for me! Was feeling it though and my knee was playing up by the end so think I'll have more...

Day 50 and another pound down this week. Which would be disappointing but I've had two days where I ate really quite a lot (there may have been a bit of a binge involving pizza, fudge cake and wine on one night!!). This was not a binge borne out of sadness or deprivation, I just had a couple of...

Day 41 today, with only one day fully off plan in that time. I'm feeling good. Another 3lb loss this week. I've got this earworm in my head. When I started this plan I watched loads of inspirational tiktok/Facebook shorts videos. They were time lapses of people getting thinner and fitter with...

Feeling like I'm in a bit of a groove now, in a good way. No cravings, just having the packs and eggs. In ketosis fine. This weather makes exercising so much easier, in the winter I'm like "you take the dog out" to my husband in the evening (and in the morning too if I can get away with it) but...

Still trucking on. Lots of.walking (over 20,000 steps today!) And I pushed myself to do 40 mins step aerobics instead of thirty. I've also bought and ordered lots more exante products. Really want to keep this going for the whole 12 weeks, but it's difficult when I don't like a lot of the...

Hope you're feeling better soon. It's so hard to stay on a diet when feeling unwell, at least it is for me! Fingers crossed for an encouraging Tuesday.

Had a great night out with friend at the theatre. Had 2 products today then had Caesar salad (no croutons) and a small glass of white wine. Didn't have any cravings even though massive pizzas were being served all round. Got a headache now though, prob a bit dehydrated as there was quite a lot...

Hi Sarah, how's it going? X

Thanks Comet. I wasn't going to weigh myself as I haven't been to the loo for a few days and I thought it wouldn't be a "true" weight. Then I had a word with myself. I'm going out tonight and it's likely I'll have a salad or something and maybe a glass of wine and I won't want to weigh tomorrow...

Also just noticed I've lost over 10% now which they recommend for health. I never understood that figure until recently, I thought they just meant it's easier to move around when you're a bit lighter, but I recently learned that your body will drop fat from organs first and that's the bit which...

Sad step reports a 3lb loss today, which I'm quite pleased with. I'm 3lb over my goal weight for this date, which doesn't really bother me as they were weights chosen randomly. It's nice to be in the 12s again :) 5 weeks in and I'm just over halfway there so well on track :)

So my.parcel from eBay has just arrived, and been distinctly underwhelming. A couple of bars. 2 meal pots. Lots of sachets of porridge (which I have yet to make successfully and therefore have given up on) some of the juices (which I think are disgusting) and then just some shakes, no nice...

Still keeping on. The drier and sunnier weather is definitely helping! Things I've done different this time include making a photo collage for my phone home/lock screen. I've put some motivational photos together. The main one is a picture of me 5 years ago when I got to goal weight and went...

I think I'd really struggle with 600, even though all the successful vlcds were always 600 (and I think at one point Cambridge diet was 500?!). Placed an order today and there was so little! It's better value ordering a box, but I didn't want to order another one and get stuck with a billion...

Update on yesterday, someone complimented the trousers and said they were 'very slimming', which I took to mean that I looked slimmer than usual and as they haven't seen me for about 3 weeks I'm going to take that as a win for me rather than the trousers 😁 This plan would be so much easier if...

And 6.4lb is a great loss whichever plan you're on!

When I get disappointed with the weigh in, I compare it to the humiliation of being clapped by a whole group of people in slimming world for a half pound loss and I suddenly feel better, does that make me a bad person? 😁

I've had several protein meals along the way so far and they don't seem to have made much difference,sounds like you're doing great!

A good weekend here. Not much to report but sticking to 800 plan and exercising daily. Starting to really see some nsvs too. In a pair of trousers today that I haven't been for quite a while! Still a.little tight on the waist but comfortable enough for me to sit and work in. The tightness...

Thanks for the encouragement

Weighed in this morning. 13stone 2lb. Would have liked more off but then in the 28 days since I've started I've lost 1stone 5lb so that's actually an amazing loss. I've also really noticed an increase in my fitness. Only need to lose 9lbs this coming month to keep me in track, so I'll keep...

Well, woke up feeling fat flabby and tired today..so only one thing to be done. A 30 min step workout! Really enjoyed it and now indulging in a bubble bath before I start work at 11. Noticing an improvement in my fitness so might think about moving up from intermediate to advanced step or...

Thank you!

Still trucking away here. Have more energy this week and yesterday smashed it with a step.workout and 20,000 steps over the day. Tried the whole "mix a shake packet with egg and baking soda and bake it" thing too and it went quite well, which is good as they put about 8 million toffee caramel...

I think I agree. I know I'll always be triggered by my family. You grow up with a taller, effortlessly skinny sister then you'll always be the fat one and the fact they know I struggle and always say "what diet are you on now?" Is so irritating. My sister thinks low carb is really hard to cater...

Last three days have been fine and uneventful.3 products and 3 boiled eggs. I've tried again with the porridge sachets but even following the instructions to the letter it turns into super sweet water with Lumps in so I'm giving up. I miss the porridge pots they were lush! Exercise wise I'm...

Hi Scottie, I'm doing ok thanks. Lost 1lb this week, which wasn't a huge surprise to me (for one thing I hadn't been to the loo for about a week). I'd taken some senna the day before but it hasn't worked. I decided to eat on Saturday and had loads of yum party food and some wine, but it was...

Thanks, still plugging away here on day 20. Yesterday wasn't a great day though. Felt so tired in the evening - I had a couple of extra products. I think I may have been pushing myself a bit too hard. I'm going to weigh tomorrow rather than Sunday, so on day 21 but I don't feel like I've lost...

And the box is here. The white chocolate and raspberry cookie is bloody lovely!.

Day 17 and keeping on. Had a morning off so have given the dog a 5k walk and done 30 mins step aerobics, it's midday and I'm about to have my first product now. Have ordered a mix box as was running low on shakes so hoping that will give me something more interesting to eat over the next few...

Have had chicken wrapped in bacon and green vegetables for lunch. May also have had a tiny portion of rhubarb crumble. Will check tomorrow to see if I'm still in Ketosis. Thought I'd set some completely arbitrary goals to keep myself on track: May 6th - coronation party - 13stone 3lb May 20th...

I've done a couple of Exante diaries in the past, and to be fair it works well for me when I stick to it. This year I'm back to see if I can reach my goal! I want to lose 3 stone which will take me down to 11stone 7lbs - top end of healthy BMI for me. First time I did Exante I lost 2 and a...

Nearly recovered. Does anyone else get really sore glands round their neck when they drink alcohol or eat too much sugar? Mine are still sore today. Will try and do some exercise this evening. Would do some this morning but the builders are here really early today! God I can't wait for when...

Epic fail. Drunk as a lord last night. Poor night's sleep, poor food this morning. Regret regretregret. Back home now, need a sleep before work later. Don't want any more crap food. Will have one product and some eggs later today and back on it. Didn't feel in control and I hate that feeling...

Thanks. It helps that I have work tomorrow afternoon so drinking today isn't an option for me. I can't work with a hangover 😁 I'm mulling an idea over in my mind. I have a poor relationship with my scales. An avoidant relationship, demonstrated by the fact that for the first couple of weeks I...

Back from dinner, sober as a judge, drank flavoured skinny tonics which were nice. Dinner was delicious, curried meat, monkfish and prawns, salads. Only carby things were a puff pastry lamb parcel and a tiny rich chocolate mousse for dessert. I enjoyed it, but most of all I've enjoyed not...

Yes I think we're on the same path 😁 thanks Good news time, my snag chub rub shorts have arrived. Just in time (they're not super speedy on delivery). I've got spanx type shorts, but I didn't want 'suck u in' ones which are incredibly uncomfortable, but more 'smooth you out' ones, and these are...

Ok, so I was brave and asked Mr Fat Chick my start weight. Wow. I'm actually glad I didn't know, I think I would have been freaked out as I've never been that high before. Weird to think I was 5 stone heavier than I was at uni, and I spent most of my time thinking I was fat at uni. Anyway...

Also, my dress for tomorrow fits perfectly now, just need to make sure I don't get any bloating. So may stay away from the bars as they can cause that for me.

2.5 lbs this week, taking me to 13lbs in a fortnight. I'm pleased with that. It exactly matched what I lost in the first fortnight of doing this diet for the first time. I'm still not ready to find out my total weight. I know that if it's still over what I was when I first started I'll feel...

Day 13 done. Apple crumble/bar/eggs/carbonara. I'm going to weigh tomorrow as I have to eat tomorrow night. Hope I've lost some but don't feel any different to last week really, you know how some weeks you just KNOW you've lost weight. I'm not feeling that, but to be fair, I've not had any...

Day 12: around 11k steps (had to take Fitbit off for tan). Soup/porridge/eggs/bar. First taste of the birthday cake bar. That would ruin anyone's birthday 🤣 More eBay stuff arrived, including 2 tops which fit nicely and one which seems to have been tailored with Tinkerbell in mind....

Well,horrific at the moment, but I'm hopeful after a shower in the morning it will look ok 😁

Also finished that audio book thank God. She was really annoying me by the end!

I'm sorry to hear that. Fingers crossed indeed! I'm already feeling a bit better, had my walk this morning and have had a shower and shaved and exfoliated because I'm getting a fake tan later. I don't often get them (haven't for a few years now), but when the outfit is black in summer I think...

So day is finished. 10.5k steps, shake/bar/3 eggs/bar. Not really feeling it tonight, feeling a bit flat, tired and depressed. Hope I feel better tomorrow

These are they...

Some of my eBay parcels have arrived! The cullottes, well. I'm not sure. I think they're beautiful but they're not something I would normally wear, but then I think, why not wear something just because you think it's beautiful, never mind if it's "you" or not? I did this last autumn with a...

Walk done, beautiful this morning. As I walk I've been listening to an audio book which is a collection of blogs from an American woman who lost a large amount of weight with a gastric bypass. For the most part it's a good listen, and when you hear about how her parents treat her etc you can...

So day has finished on 12,800 steps. Food: soup/red bean chilli (which smelt amazing and tasted of precisely nothing)/ 3 boiled eggs with asparagus/ bar. All good, think I'll try and get out for a walk early again tomorrow.

Miracles will never cease - I bought a top in a charity shop and got it home and it fits and I like it! this rarely happens. I do however need to stop shopping compulsively, it's what I replace eating with and it's not good!!

Ok,got out early(ish). 5k walk done. Outfit today is a clingy navy maxi dress with white stripes. Wore a short navy cardigan over it to begin with but got too hot so cardi went round my waist. Downside, upper arms in show, upside, bum covered. But it's all good because (and here is a secret I've...

Have you tried any of the other vlcds? I haven't but some people really rate the Cambridge products over Exante. I couldn't afford to do Cambridge. The longer/more I do Exante the more I'm tolerating their stuff. Things that at first I nearly spat out I'm quite enjoying. I guess you get to a...

Exactly. Also, I'm not sure how many of the million clothes I'm keeping in my wardrobe because I really like them, or because I feel I haven't worn them enough yet. So I'm going to get back in to wearing them! Yesterday finished on 11,300 steps and food was bar/bar/ 3 eggs (soft boiled) with...

Back from the cinema and at 16:00 I'm 2 bars down. Want to go out for a walk but it's really hot out so I think I'll wait for this evening. Went to Asda for the kids' sweets (I'm not paying cinema prices!) And picked up some of the flavoured Yorkshire teas, currently trying the tea and biscuit...

Finished a very lazy, chilled out day on around 11000 steps. Food was porridge/soup/shake/eggs. Not much to say except that I'm pleased with my progress and onwards.... Going to cinema tomorrow with family. Pick and mix are my nemesis!!! I will be strong and have a bar instead.

I was the same when we went to Cornwall in April. Diet or no diet, I wasn't leaving without having sat on the quay in Mevagissey and eaten some fish and chips. They were glorious!

Hmmm..spent today thinking that because I have lost ten pounds I am now a skinny legend and bidding for lots of things on eBay that I can't really afford and probably won't fit 🤣🤣 I'm so predictable..... I have a pair of floral cullottes coming. Cullottes!! I haven't worn cullottes since I was 10!

Pressed post too soon.... I don't have to be perfectly on plan, as I have special events and holidays between now and then, and I intend to enjoy them, but if I can just stay accountable to my goal of 11st 7 by end of December then I should stay on track. I'm able to keep a track of KPIs etc for...

Thank you very much. I think the key really is for me not eating before midday, so I'm going to keep that up. I also think I'm going to commit to weighing myself (or getting husband to weigh me) once a week. I'm a great one for avoiding the scales when I think they're going to say something I...

Another day on plan yesterday. Porridge/bar/eggs/porridge. Only about 9k steps but it felt like more as I drove my friend into the city centre and we tried on dresses (well she did). It's weird being out in busy places, but lovely to see it so busy. She found a dress she liked, so it was time...

Yay! I stuck to plan yesterday. Porridge/carbonara/bar/eggs. Traffic was a nightmare going south on M5 (who could have predicted that on a bank holiday weekend) so I was late to see my friends but it was still good to catch up, and just get out of the house really. I wasn't even tempted by...

Re the knees thing - I get so frustrated. There's a big running/jogging community around here, and my husband has got massively into it. I can't run, because quite quickly my knees start to hurt. If one more person says "you just need proper trainers" I think I might throttle them. Good...

Kapow wedding is Sunday 6th June, so 9ish days away. We're going to a dinner party the evening before which I'm not happy about. I mean, it's lovely to be invited (friends of my husband's, I haven't met them yet) but I want to be in full on control freak mode and I won't be able to. For me, the...

Thanks, it's good that there are people who feel the same a bit :) Yesterday was a good day. I mean, it was a bloody busy and quite stressful day from a work/rush round with family etc, but I managed to do over 11000 steps and a 30 minute step workout, as well as sticking to...

OK, dress is here. Shorter and tighter than I'd like, but potentially workable.....

Waiting for a parcel from eBay to turn up. Have a posh wedding to go to (actually,.most weddings are posh aren't they?) And my plan in the new year was to slim effortlessly into a beautiful dress I had. Well, like a lot of plans this year and last, it has not gone swimmingly so I have bought a...

Yesterday wasn't bad at all. Had a walk in the middle of the day, and then went out for another with my husband in the evening. What was meant to be a short stroll turned into 5km hiking over ploughed fields (with my husband insisting 'its a public right of way!) and wading through flooded...

You see, I think I've made peace with the fact that I'll probably always be in a 'weight on' 'weight off' cycle. I always have been, but gradually the arcs have got bigger as I've got older. I'd like to bring it down to smaller parameters. I'd also like this to be the last time I feel I have to...

Hi Kapow, I don't see why not. Order a variety of the foods etc. I get used to the hunger, but it's the boredom that does me in every time. Drink stock/bovril etc to help make sure you have enough salt. I don't have a physical job at all, so make sure you're actually eating enough, you might...

Yes, it's all psychological isn't it. I made it til 12:15 and have now had a porridge, think I need to order some more. The best success I ever had with Exante was the first time when I just used shakes. And only 3 flavours of shakes to begin with as I got a deal. However I think to stick with...

OK, feeling marginally more energetic and less grumpy today - just need to make it past the danger zone. For a lot of people it's the evenings which are dangerous because of snacking, but for me if I can make it til noon without eating I'll probably be ok for the rest of the day, because it...

Thanks, I love the diet doctor website, and it's a good reminder to have some stock or something to keep me going. Another tiring, quite grumpy day today. Got out for a walk this morning then down to work, not only our builders making a noise but next door were having some work on their roof so...

Thanks AliGal :) Yesterday seemed to go on for ever and I was shattered at the end. Got out for a walk in the morning and went to charity shop. Did my usual thing of buying what I thought would be a smart, stylish top and when I got it home realised it makes me look like Mrs Brown, so into the...

So end of day one, and it's been not unsuccessful. Three products (porridge, soup, bar) and snack of 3 boiled eggs and I'm done. Did a half hour body combat workout and went for a short walk, but still only managed 9000 steps today. Not hungry. I know the way for me to have a successful day is...

I have reached a stage in my life where there are no more excuses. Previously I have always been able to make them: my job's too stressful, my kids are too young, I haven't got time to exercise, I haven't got enough money etc etc. I'll be 40 at the end of this year. My children are getting more...

Down another couple of pounds this morning. Just 1stone 2lbs until I'm under the top end of my BMI. I've been reflecting on weight through my life etc. The first time I joined slimming World I was in my early 20s and 10stone 13! Yet I felt fat enough to join a slimming club. Another time I...

Thank you for your support. We have conducted a very scientific experiment. Apparently I was using the old scales, and our newer scales are in line with the scales my husband was using at his football weight loss group. So I'm using them too and they give me a result I'm happier with 😂 if we...

Feeling frustrated this morning. Weighed myself in the first time in forever, have been doing the shakes (manplan) for over 4 weeks now (since lock down down started) estimated my starting weight at around 14stone and have been feeling a lot more thinner and confident. Therefore was. Really...

Good luck with weigh in! Will you be starting your own diary?

Well, so much for being in the zone. I ate tonight. A lot. And now I'm awake in the middle of the night with the food hangover horrors! Sore glands around neck, dehydrated, sore stomach, wounded soul (OK, too far with that one). Let's try and figure out why I ate..... Stayed in all day, and...

I bloody love the gingerbread shakes! I only ordered a few as I wasn't sure I would like them but now I wish I'd ordered loads more, they're definitely up there with almond and vanilla as a treat!

I know. I'm a bit in the zone now but I spent from October to Christmas just messing around really. I just want to get this done! In march/April time I swap over my winter and warm weather clothes (I have a lot of clothes! Mainly from the charity shop and ebay) and I don't want to be pulling...

Have been awake since half four this morning which means I'm on my millionth cup of tea. Being a bit lazy today as eldest is off school with a tummy bug so someone else took youngest in and I am on the sofa with a duvet. So actually, not a bit lazy, a LOT lazy. However, I know when my job and...

Have done 30 mins body combat tonight and have just had final shake. Think I'll be OK til bedtime, but if I'm struggling I have a pouch of protein shake which is just 91 calories (oddly precise no?) per scoop, so one of them with loads of ice and water will see me through. Feeling a bit...

OK, actually that's calories I need to maintain, and to be fair, if I do 30 mins of activity 5 or more times a week do you think I could count as active? I guess I get quite a deficit on an 800 calorie diet then :)

BTW, what does everyone think of BMR as a guide for maintenance calories. Just heard a professional on radio trotting out the usual 2000 calories for a woman and 2500 for a man. But my BMR is (apparently) 1800 and I'm quite tall at 5'8. Which do we think is best advice? To be fair, I think...

Been in to meet more new Co workers today, so had an early shake and then one at half 1. So normally I'm only one down now, but I'll have eggs at four (might treat myself to some soft boiled with asparagus spears!) and then a shake at 7 or 8 and see if that's enough. I woke about 1am really...

I know, I got down to 11.10 last summer and it was the first time I'd been under 25 bmi for about a decade! It didn't last long but actually didn't go back on as quickly as I thought it might 😂

Yes Rolo, I think I'll put an order in. It'll be easier than having to navigate shakes when away from home, and draws less attention. Don't really want to tell anyone from my new work I'm doing this, it makes them notice more when you suddenly start mainlining Wispa bars. You've lost a lot in...

Not to slate slimming world though, I know it's great for a lot of people - I have some friends doing really well on it - just not me at the moment.

Thanks guys, will be useful to have some other people on a similar journey along for the ride. I've never understood people's attitudes to this diet "you'll put it all back on" Yes maybe, but I'll have enjoyed doing that and I can take it off again. This diet has really taught me not to be...

So it's just gone one and I'm having my first shake of the day. Find it so much easier the rest of the day if I start as late as possible. Have done a food shop this morning - so much fun spending a fortune on food for OTHERS to eat, although to be fair it was Lidl so not too expensive. We're...

Another motivator to lose weight is I'm going to be filmed a lot for my course and the recordings watched and critiqued by the group. If that's not an incentive I don't know what is?!?

Thanks Jenni. Yesterday was great, but long! I did eat in the evening but stuck to low carb food. Had a good old think about rewarding myself for a stressful day with a bar of chocolate but what helped me was thinking about first thing the next morning. I HATE waking up and knowing I've fallen...

Yay! Got my hair highlighted today. Like it SO much better. Means I have been a bit lazy and not done any exercise as it is all nice and shiny from hairdresser and don't want to mess it up. Big day tomorrow (for me) induction at a University for a course I'm doing as part of my new job. Will be...

OK, having a wtf moment. Saturday scales 13.4. Yesterday 13.2. Thus morning? 12.9!!!! Mived them all round the bathroom and stood on them 4 times and same answer. Made husband stand on them and he says they are correct. I mean, I know I've been on the loo a lot but still?! I'll take it for...

Another good day. Took the kids to see new Mary Poppins film. They enjoyed it, can't say I did all that much. Seemed a bit long! Pick and Mix are my downfall so I feel proud that I stayed away from them. Did 30 minutes bodystep today and have had 2 shakes and 3 eggs. Just going to sit down...

Good day today. 3 eggs at 12, shakes at 4 7 & 9 Went for a walk around our local deer park with my youngest and a friend and her daughter for a bit of fresh air, and then did 30 minutes body combat this evening.

Yes, it's quite useful to know that I was successful before and how well I felt. It's also not even as though I put the weight back on once I returned to normal eating, it's once I returned to bingeing on sweets etc. And perhaps I'll be the same this coming autumn who knows? But for now I want...

Did Exante really successfully last spring, and had a summer of feeling slim fit and fab for the first time in years. Enjoyed new clothes, energy and compliments. The Autumn was not kind to me (I spent several months alternating between exante and haribo). I have weighed this morning and am...

I can do really well (I have done really well) and can control my food to exactly what suits me - until I spend time with my family (mainly mum and sister). I don't know why, they're not 'feeders' or anything, but I think it's just that family dynamic where I'm the fat one with no self control...

Well I went camping....and ate everything in sight:eek::D Didn't even enjoy it that much (I ate bread - I hate bread!) and it was easy to come back and have a couple of days straight on shakes. Weigh in shows 2lbs up this week which I'll take. However, I think having lost 2 stone that I want...

Going away today - have achieved next mini goal - weigh 11.10 and, more importantly have a BMI in the NORMAL range (only by 0.1 point but I'll take it! Lots of people are noticing I've lost weight and I feel really good - so thank you Exante :) Weight is coming off slowly at 2lbs a week, and...

So 8 weeks completed on exante manplan (occasional glass of prosecco and one kick ass 7 course tasting menu on Saturday night aside) and I weigh in this morning at 11.12. Haven't seen the 11s on the scale for 5 years, so feels pretty good :) Want to lose another 2 lbs by next Thursday before...

Thanks! Going for our night away tonight and I weigh 12 stone bang on - so mini goal achieved! Numbers kept flickering to 11.13 but settled on 12 no matter where I moved the set of scales to on the bathroom floor :) Next goal, to be under 11.11 by the time I go away camping (22nd June). this...

Day 45 of Exante manplan and I'm down to 12.1 Feeling really good - ALL of my clothes fit me (for the last few years I've been getting the same ones out of my storage drawer each summer, not wearing them and packing them away each autumn). Only 4lbs to go to get to a BMI of 25 which is my next...

Hit my mini goal of 12.6 today - exactly one month and one day after starting. Feeling pleased (and relieved) as when I weighed yesterday it said I had gained 2 ?!? However is totm so clearly was holding a lot of water. Next mini goal will be 12 exactly which I'd like to reach before going...

Hi Les, I have 3 shakes and two boiled eggs daily. I try not to eat anything until midday and then space it out every 3 hours or so. I really live for my eggs! Can't wait until I am at goal weight and I can switch to low carbing, which is a way of eating I feel really well on and can...

Well I mix them with about 4 - 500 ml of water and some ice to make a really big drink - usually they're fine! Had a white chocolate and raspberry one this morning which was nice. Think it's just the lemon one which is grim for me (also cookies and cream are a bit bleurghh). 5 more weeks of...

Day 22 on manplan and I've lost another 3lbs. Currently at 12.9. Pleased with that - another 12 or so pounds to get to a healthy bmi. originally planned to give this a go for a month, but I think I will stretch to two months as I'm really pleased with how I'm feeling. Am being more...

It starts at nearly 2 inches!!! actual waist measurement today? more like 32 inches - which is why I'm starting to fit into 14s again! Happy days! (what a div!)

so slight nsv today - I realised I've been pretty dense for the last couple of years. Have always measured my waist using a tape measure I received yonks ago from slim and save. Never really gave it much thought - other than to think my waist was LOADS bigger than it used to be. Noticed...

week 2, drum roll..... 4lbs. Really pleased with that. Lovely to see a 12 on the scales for the first time in years :)

thanks - still going strong here, mainly doing manplan so I can add a couple of boiled eggs to my day. Definitely noticing a change in shape as I can fit back into some clothes - so even if the scales aren't kind tomorrow I'll be ok with it! Our swanky night away has changed to 9th June and I am...

hmmm. 100% ts yesterday and I gained 3 pounds overnight - seems a bit unfair! I know it must just be water so I'll keep on but regretting getting on the scales now..... hoped to see a 12!

Just got overexcited and bought a jumpsuit online in a size 14 as a motivational piece. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=new+look+rose+jumpsuit&rlz=1C1CHZL_enGB767GB767&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvtOyT-NnaAhVHJcAKHWOOAL4Q_AUICygC&biw=1242&bih=602#imgrc=iQ4n_uCQj5HA8M: I really...

Another pound down today so 13.1 currently. My first mini goal is 12.6 as I last remember weighing that on the day of my daughter's christening 5 years ago. So another 9 pounds for first mini goal. Day 9 - plodding on.

Week one - 9lbs! yay! 13.2lbs now. Can't wait to see 12 something on the scales :)

Just to say I'm still hanging in there, day 7 today and first weigh in tomorrow morning. I did Monday and Tuesday on manplan as they are my busiest most stressful days of the week (and include a tae kwon do workout) but today have been ts. I've actually felt a bit headachey this afternoon so...

So day 4, and I'm peckish but not starving. Trying to wait til noon to have my first shake. Having not received the exante e book they promised I actually don't know much about the different plans, but heard about the 'man plan' on this forum, which the website says women with a BMI of over 25...

I use a nutribullet and ice too. Just been stuck in traffic so having my first shake at 14.15! Went to B & M to get some bits for kids and treated myself to some new drinks bottles etc. Only accessory you can really buy for this diet! Wanted one like the exante one but without exante written...

bluerughh, nope, never gonna like black coffee...... back to peppermint tea!

I wish I could help but I have only ordered shakes for the first month! banana and strawberry nice - chocolate less nice. I did try slim and save and was actually surprised at how tasty the meals were, particularly the pasta type ones. However, to be fair, when you're starving hungry...

obvs when I say stock I mean bouillon powder thing, not delicious fatty water!

Hi Tower, yes thank you it arrived. 3 shakes yesterday, had my first at 12, 2nd at 6 and final one at 9pm. I also drank lots of water and had a couple of cups of chicken stock, which I don't think is allowed but it helped! Weighed this morning (only been two days but felt I deserved a boost) 5...

So the delivery didn't come - so I had some scrambled eggs at 7pm. All I've had to eat today and it seemed fair enough as I had to go to a tae kwon do class tonight. I called exante and they have refunded me 5 pounds and said they don't know what hermes are up to and hopefully it will arrive...

amazing.... or a fool! two hours later and no sign....... I may actually eat one of my children in a minute......

ok so it's 14.40 and my delivery isn't here yet..... I'm not going to lie I'm a wee bit peckish!!!

Hi there, I'm new to this also, expecting my delivery today. I also have a goal of August so maybe we could spur each other along? So impressed you've lost so much before, it must be really helpful to know that this works for you - good luck!

Thanks TM! Waiting for the delivery today so just drinking til it arrives (not alcohol sadly) I have a goal - family wedding in August, 1 day before my 10 yr wedding anniversary. Would like to be back to my wedding weight by then - but think I need to lose 3 stone! I don't actually know my...

I'm so fed up. Another spring/summer is here and I have lost NO weight. Considering buying some new clothes, but would find it heart breaking to spend money on more clothes I hope to slim out of. So have ordered 100 low sugar exante shakes for £60. If I can just do this for 4 weeks, then I...

Thanks, it feels more important than a weight loss goal in a way, because it's something I have control over. I have to say, I'm disappointed at the lack of change no alcohol has wrought. I thought by now (nearly two months dry) I'd be all sleek and with glowing skin. The magazines PROMISED...

Still here! We missed weigh in last week because life, but braved the scales this week. I've lost another 3.5 which takes me to 8 off in total. Really pleased with that. Feels like I'm making progress, and I hit my mini goal of attending 5 weigh ins. Still doing low carb, which really does suit...

OK, mission secret diet seems to be working. 2.5 off and I haven't been hungry all week. Hardly the stonking 8 pound loss we all pray for but a respectable one all the same. And on with the meat - munching!

What a great post. Can I ask how you handled sugar? That's my biggest downfall on Atkins, I don't mind knocking the savoury carbs on the head but it's sweetness that I miss

Just remember to syn it. I think it's half a syn for every 4 million microbes........

To be fair, what with the bacteria and all it probably has more nutrients now

So as some of you may have seen, I'm switching to low carb for a week or two, just to check if it's going to help with any losses. Was really bummed out by that Sts so early on. However, I'm STILL going to attend Sw weigh ins to check on my progress - this is a SECRET diet. As far as anyone...

Hi Bubble, yes I did consider doing that, but it's still essentially low fat - and it's the fat that has the satiety factor. But if I go back on SW I will do it via SP so as to avoid a big gain when I start to chow the pasta again!

Thanks guys. Yes, a part of me quite likes the idea of doing a 'secret diet'. The subversive anti-establishment part. A part of me knows it's absolutely bonkers! We shall see how I get on on Monday. A good loss will boost my mood whatever plan I'm following.....

He's doing awesome. 11 and a half pounds in 2 weeks. He's very motivated by competition, that's why regardless of what plan I'm doing I'll still attend weigh in with him :)

Thank you, I will. Having had soup and cheese for brunch I think I know which way I'm going! Mad as it sounds I'm still going to pay my weekly fiver and weigh in. Not only to support Mr goldi chocs, but as an incentive to do the plan properly. I don't have reliable scales at home, and a...

I'm also just eating so much chemical ****, ff yoghurts pasta n sauce etc. Grrr. I always do this!! It would be weird wouldn't it? If I'm honest, I'd like to do it for a week to get a good loss and so the weigh in people didn't look at me so pityingly and ask me if I'd brought my food log so...

I have a thread in slimming world, and I vowed to stick with Sw. Am feeling disheartened by my loss - 2lbs in first 2 weeks. I always repeat this pattern so vowed not to but..... Would it be weird to low carb but still attend Sw weigh in?! Here's the thing. When I low carb I can go for...

Thank you for that, needed it I think! Going to be extra careful this week. Write everything down and weigh and measure properly. Drink water. Cut down on milk. Cut off a limb........

Chicken was good..... Weigh in today was not. Sts. Always happens on week 2 for me. Talk me down people..........

In happier news my husband is cooking diet coke chicken followed by Sw apple flan thing (basically eggs, sweeteners and fruit as so much is on SW). And I'm ignoring my kids and hiding in my room on my phone like a teenager :)

This is so me. I've been trying all week (well, most of this decade actually) but still feeling like a flume.

Just bought 2 cadburys selection packs for a pound each from Tesco. Mini challenge..... Make these packs last til Xmas day and not have to replace them 4 or 5 times like usual!

Have had to order a dress for my works Xmas party, it's twenties themed, so have gone with this http://www.very.co.uk/1920s-charleston-flapper-dress-adults-costume/1458915881.prd?_requestid=60109&Ntt=flapper&Ntt=flapper I'm going to look like a right dick. Have ordered it from Very as it's...

Thanks green-eyed! I worry that I'm not doing it right as I don't post menus or anything, but I'm really not a foody - don't enjoy reading about or looking at pictures of people's dinners, and they certainly wouldn't enjoy looking at mine (pasta with random tomato based sauce anyone? And again...

Did a half hour Zumba dvd last night. Not the most challenging thing athletically speaking, but I really enjoyed it and it has woken my body up a bit, so looking forward to Tkd tonight. Currently Sat with some eyebrow dye on looking more than a little scary! Had some passport photos done the...

Humph, just had a pack of batchelors rice thinking it was free and it's now 1.5 syns. Wtf? I don't even like it as I can never get it soft enough and it tastes rank. In future I will splash out 2 or 3 syns on the microwave precooked packs and actually have a meal i enjoy.

Yes you're right. And I've been thinking about that, people putting the weight back on. Most of us do, but that's OK isn't it? I mean it's better that we lose the weight even if it's only for a certain amount of time than we just keep getting bigger. I don't think of it as a failure if you...

I've got a question about the SW magazine. All the people featured in it, when they're telling their story seem to come to slimming world for the first time (as in, I'd tried everything else, then I found Sw and I couldn't believe I could each so much!) But everyone I know on Sw has done it...

Thanks all, Second week is seeming a little easier as there isn't so much obsessing over what I can and can't eat, we're just getting on with it. It helps that we've actually got little food in the house so just have to eat what's there, last night I was tired and hunting around for a tasty...

2lbs off tonight. I'm pleased with that, it means I'm under my heaviest ever weight (important psychologically) and that I've been doing it OK, despite stopping writing things down from Wednesday onwards as I lost my little bit of paper :) Tried hard at the weekend, my guests bought me some...

Bit of a victory last night, both OH and I were feeling rubbish and tired and under the weather - He'd had to have an emergency tooth out during the day and I'd done a late shift feeling like rubbish. Normally we'd order in pizza to treat ourselves, without thinking about it really. We didn't...

Blurrrrr. Feeling a bit rubbish this morning, headache and like I have a cold coming. Actually I feel like I have a hangover which as I'm teetotal at the moment just isn't FAIR!! thought my youngest was going to be off school today as she was up most of the night coughing but she seems to have...

I went to Sainsbury's today to try and find a low fat sandwich /wrap. They didn't seem to have any so I trekked to boots and then Iceland. No joy (not a big town!). By this point I'm fed up and going off food entirely, so I bought some sliced roast chicken which I ate with an apple and a banana...

Re the 14/16 thing, I kidded myself I was still a 14 for so long, but then I realised it wasn't the size of clothes that were hanging in my wardrobe that determined my size, but the ones that actually fit me!

Wow sounds like we're really similar (although at 35 I am one or two months older than you ) How exciting to have a wedding to plan for. Our ten year anniversary is next year, and that's my goal date. Just to be able to have a lovely picture with the OH and say 'haven't we aged well?' rather...

It's so hard to resist isn't it, particularly when you feel like you're making some sort of moral or health statement by refusing it! Funnily enough, with regard to weight, I don't actually mind my body being heavier, I'm lucky that I have a sort of hour glass shape and I tend to put weight on...

Diet coke chicken last night was a success. I'm reflecting on how my perceptions of myself have changed over the years. In late teens early twenties I was around 10 stone, and I still was constantly trying to lose weight or felt big. Ive put on 4 stone since then, but I don't feel 4 stone...

Tried magic pancakes this morning (well instructed husband to). Not too bad. Good to be able to use healthy extra b without needing milk as I need all of my milk allowance (and then some!) for my endless cups of tea. Going to do diet coke chicken and rice tonight as I remember loving that...

Thanks Mini, all done. Now, if anyone's got any recommendations for inspirational minimin diaries to read I'd love to hear them.

First weigh in done. Bit brutal. 14 stone. The highest I've ever been. And the sad thing? I've been dieting for most of this year, clearly going NOWHERE with it! I'd edit my profile but I can't remember how to. I've set my first target at 11 stone 7 lbs. So, 2 and a half stone, ideally by...

Thanks Craftermary. Instead of setting weight loss goals I'm going to set commitment goals. First one, attend 5 SW sessions. I normally drop out by session 3 or 4. My pattern usually goes Week 1: Good loss Week 2: Disappointing STS week 3 Skip weigh in and swear to get back on it Week 4...

Thanks for the info, however as the saying goes, 'we make plans and God laughs'. Just about to set out on the two hour journey to London when water started coming through our kitchen ceiling. Cue cancelled theatre trip whilst we tried to find someone to get it sorted. On the bright side the...

My OH asked me why I was bothering seeing as we don't have our first weigh in til Monday - he's talking about weighing his pockets down with keys to get a good first week loss but I explained as far as I was concerned my journey has started now, and each day on plan is a day closer to my goal...

Path is taking me to London today to watch one of the shows. Will be eating out, grabbing a quick lunch before the show starts. I'm thinking maybe just a salad somewhere. Are the Mcdonald ones high in syns? Then stopping off on way home to do a night shift! Will pack some free food and some...

Dear Weight I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for recipe ideas, I can tell you I don't have many. But what I do have are a very particular set of scales, scales I have acquired over a very long career of slimming. Scales that make me a nightmare for...

That's what I guessed and recorded - yay! Thank you for taking the time to help :)

Hi, I'm looking for the syn value of the above salad ( which, btw is yum!). Various Google have suggested anything between 1.5 and 9.5! If someone with syns online could check for me I'd be very grateful. Thanks :)

Been watching a few of those 'my 600 lb life' documentaries, and the one thing they all seem to have in common, at least at the beginning of their journey, is the lack of responsibility they take for their situation. I find myself (mentally) screaming at the television "stop making excuses and...

Thanks for your reply, actually Intermittent Fasting is something I get on with quite well (again, when I'm in The Zone). I try not to eat until about 11 or midday, having just some buoillon or a coconut coffee if I fancy something. On a bad day though I'm head first into The Frosties by 8am...

To be honest, I only ever use the manual pressure thing. I have made porridge, rice, all types of vegetables, chicken, bolognese, chilli, soup, boiled eggs, curry and a sausage casserole. Cooking a whole chicken from frozen in about 35 mins is v useful! also eat cauliflower more as I never...

Just jumping on to say I am in love with my instant pot! husband thought it was another one of my wasteful kitchen gadgets (bread maker anyone? I don't even eat bread!) but I have used it at least once a day since, and more like two or three times. BUY BUY BUY! (I promise I'm not on...

I didn’t know whether to post this in the low-carb forum or here, but as I guess it’s a psychological issue, anyone on any plan can probably advise me. My problem is the eternal one of self-sabotage. I am stuck in a cycle and have been for years now, endlessly treading water (and actually...

Thanks, I will stick with it. I probably do need to up my veg, think I'm relying a bit too much on fruit for my speed food. Just want it now!!!! (cue small child stamping feet)

Will try them thanks! I always wondered about jeans sizing, a 14 is a 32 inch waist, so jeans size 32" 31" etc, but few jeans actually do up round the waist!

First week a good loss of 4 pounds, but 2nd week have stayed the same! Just feeling a bit disheartened as I stuck to the plan, even measuring the syns in a piece of my daughter's birthday cake rather than going 'sod it' and eating all before me as I'm prone to doing at kid's parties. I know...

Tried the microwave 1 minute 1 syn cake today- not too bad! I mean, Mr Kipling is never going to feel threatened but.....

Half on. I'll take that and run as it's thoroughly deserved. Breakfast of chopped fruit and yoghurt and curried vegetable soup for lunch. Jacket potatoes in the slow cooker to have with tuna later. Keeping it simple today. Am going on holiday in Thursday down to Cornwall for a week and have been...

So it's weigh in this morning, and after a weekend of crap food I'm expecting a gain. Which is fine as long as I react in the right way- last time I did SW and had a gain I quit thinking 'this will never work'. I am dedicating 12 weeks to give this a fair go before trying something else and...

Feeling rubbish today- all angry and like binging. Have managed just to have two 'dreamy' bars (Aldi version of milky way type things) so just 10 syns so far. I have made muffins for the kids and I was so close to just grabbing one, but it would have been angry chomping rather than enjoying a...

It occurred to me today that we always think it goes on quicker than it comes off (weight that is!) but I don't think that's actually true and it might affect my feelings about rate of weight loss. If I lose 1-2 pounds a week I feel it's very slow, but if I were to put that much on a week...

Hmmmm, the cold that was threatening has now reached the the drippy, tickly, coughy stage. Am glad I cancelled my work shift tonight, I just need some rest! Been eating sw convenience foods today- too tired and achy to operate anything other than the microwave. have to say deli box pasta...

What is it about kids, they KNOW when we would just for once like them to be a little quiet and they go mental! My kids' preferred places to have a melt down are usually libraries, churches or cinemas. Anyway, good luck for this week :)

Thanks RED. Another weigh in this morning and another 2.5 off. happy with that. My OH has lost 8.5lbs in his first week - I think we have a convert :) So will just do the same this week as last week. Only hurdles will be a meal out with family, a night in a hotel and the funeral the next day...

Best of luck with your group- remember, she is there to support YOU, you are not just there to make her numbers look good. We don't take poor service in restaurants etc and it's exactly the same thing. I too have to do a morning group and take a toddler along, so I don't stay for the group...

Am just going to indulge in a poor me moment.... Feel bloated, back aches (am guessing totm is not far away) have got a cold, had quite a disturbed night on call and have a hyperactive toddler who doesn't seem to understand my need for a duvet day. Also have two more night shifts before having...

Am trying to get into the habit of making batches of soup then portioning them into mugs and putting in the fridge- then before each meal I'm heating one up and having it as a starter. Am hoping this will increase my intake of superfree (is this called speed food now) and reduce amount of stuff...

5ft 8. Weight 13.4 and a half. Size 14/16. I need to get below 12 to be comfortably in the 14s top and bottom and below 11 to start seeing some 12s action!

A bit of a glum moment today. Needed a new pair of black trousers as the ones I have have been too tight for, well about a year really but as I only wear them for work and my tunic covers them it hasn't mattered. But I need a pair to wear to a funeral so have reluctantly had to buy a size...

New soup-maker has arrived and I love it! Only thing I'm a bit worried about - does potato in soup have to be synned? I'm pretty sure it doesn't but soup does make it easy to consume potato and I know cooked fruit has to be. Anyway, leek and potato was a success so have a curried parsnip...

OK so it's here and..... I love it! Chucked in a few things with no attention to quantity or proportions etc and to be honest expected a watery tasteless mess because I gave it so little attention. Am on my fourth cup of soup, it's delicious! Time to get experimenting methinks!

Thanks- yes I've got mine 15 quid cheaper than normal - it arrives today! My husband is of the opinion that a saucepan will do just as well but anything that reduces the need for me to stand at a stove is ok in my book - I love my slow cooker for the same reason! Now just need to track down the...

Have just ordered a morphy soup maker- has anyone had any success with these? Think Mr Goldi-chocs thinks it's just a gimmick and I'd be better off with a saucepan :(

3.5 off today at weigh in. I'm really pleased with that. It's the most I've ever lost on a first week, but then I'm the heaviest I've ever started so it makes sense. I'm really pleased, my husband has joined with me this morning. He has ten stone to lose so we're both in this for the long haul!

Been doing well all week. Only blip was Saturday evening. I had been baking with the kids in the morning, then travelled to visit relatives. Didn't eat a single cake and stuck to sw principles for tea then travelled home later on halo still intact. Then on getting home my five year old had the...

Got some in the slow cooker for tonight's tea- can't wait I love it!

Lol *syn. Although with that particular food stuff synthetic is probably the right word!

Just had a bachelors pasta and sauce cheese and broccoli, went to fill it in on online tracker and apparently is now free again? Thought they went up to 1/2 a synthetic. Oh well..... The ongoing mystery that is SW!

Weetabix muffins are awesome!

Joined SW this morning. Had been doing it from home for a couple of days and thought I should sign up and play the game properly. The scales were extremely rude to me But perhaps not unexpectedly so. I had to laugh. The first time I joined SW I was exactly 3 stone lighter than I am now...

Sorry Hi *Cindy

Hi Celine, I'm the same- bread just gives me tummy pains. Low carbing really makes me feel better in myself, and I've tried lots of other ways of eating. I agree that we're all unique and there can be no 'one size fits all' best model. I'm being quite relaxed this time around- not obsessively...

Feel like posting as I want to pat myself on the back a bit. For the last nine months of 2014 I was basically interspersing low carb eating with stuff-your-face binging. A ratio of about 5 days to 3 weeks. As you can imagine this did my body and my self-esteem no good at all. Kept setting...

I noticed yesterday evening I was slipping into a familiar pattern to me: SELF-SABOTAGE!! So have decided to notice this and change it. So this morning- have only eaten fruit til midday and have just done a hardcore body combat class- which was great! Going to stick to plan today (EE or...

So yesterday went downhill a bit- started to feel a bit poorly so hubby came home from work to look after me and dinner ended up being co co pops and prosecco in front of Bake Off. Now I've scoured the SW plan and I can't find the bit where this is in any way free or super free so I guess I'm a...

Oh I hate that. Not only are birthday teas some of the most tempting foods around (double layer chocolate cake anyone?!) but family get togethers can be so fraught around eating. If you're not eating it can become a real issue and people go out of their way to either try and tempt you with...

Feeling a bit meh about yesterday. Day was really busy and productive so pleased on the one hand- but last night I was just lazy and over-ate. All stuff on plan, but the plan is to eat until you are full and not stuff yourself- so not good in that respect. Also didn't do any exercise as was...

I've now reached the stage of the slimming world diet where I'm not feeling so hungry. The first week or so I'm always constantly obsessing about food- worried about eating too much free food, or frantically counting up healthy extras and syns etc- but now my hunger has seemed to go which makes...

Think that's how is managed to keep my weight down in uni, (not just because I was 10 years younger!) because I wore jeans all the time, and you notice a lot quicker in jeans if you're weight is increasing- particularly when they're just washed!!!

I have realised that I haven't really done myself many favours by adopting a dress style of leggings, dress/jumper/tunic and knee high boots. Although I like the style and it's actually quite flattering, wearing leggings has meant I really didn't clock the weight gain

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