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Hi Julie. It really works, it's just getting the will power up to get through long enough to get into ketosis. Xx

Thank you pinkponytail! Xx

Thanks so much Mini, and a huge thank you for bringing Minimins back! Xx

Hi I_Dream, I've managed to get to the end of day 2!How are you getting on? We know it works! Xx

Thanks for posting Eldorai. I've been successful in the past with Exante, but have regained and can't get past the first day at the moment. It's posts like yours that are going to make me get on that Exante TS wagon! Xx

Hi fellow Exante dieters! I have only just discovered Minis is back and I am so happy! I have been a member of the forum for a few years, starting out as a Slimming Worlder, then tried Slimpods, and then Exante. Exante has proved to be the most successful plan for me; I lost 7 stones from...

Hey Curveappeal. I love this thread. I don't have time to do a proper diary at the moment so it's great to have a little spot to come to and see how people are doing. Well done on your journey - you're an inspiration xx

Yay! 2 and 3/4 lbs off and into the 22s! :D

Hey Fullmulticolour, Join the Exante party lol. Keep us up to date with your progress. It gets easier after Day 3! I'm a bit fed up as I'd hoped to lose 2 stones by day 28. It's day 26 and I've still got a pesky 2 and a quarter pounds to go! Xx

Thanks Scanbran; that makes a lot of sense. I'm finding that my cravings are worse when I'm on my hour journey home, and I'm really ready for my next Exante meal. As soon as I have it, the cravings go. I just wondered about the high as I got it in the first week and a half; I felt on top of the...

Hey Becca, that's great - well done! I'm slightly worried about going continuously without a break but I know if I start eating normal food again I'll go mad and binge. Well done for eating sensibly in between challenges x

Lol Scanbran! Day 54 is pretty impressive! Does the ketosis "high" come back, or do you only get it at the beginning? X

Hi Biz - subscribing. Don't come on here much in term time as so busy but like to check in. Sounds like you've got an awful lot on your plate at the moment. You're doing so well. 5 weeks is brill. We can do this! Xx

Still hanging in there but it's getting harder. Day 24 today and the ketosis high has worn off. I'm also struggling with food cravings and am coming to the end of my bumper pack so am left with the flavours I'm not so keen on and can't afford to re-stock until Saturday (payday!). Bah. On the...

Thanks Scanbran. Hope you are ok x

How is everyone doing? Day 13 for me and a stone and a half off. People at work are noticing and I'm still feeling great: very happy and positive and full of energy. All aches and pains and hot flushes gone! Amazing! Hang in there everyone. X

Great, thanks Biz and Boof! The doughballs sound amazing and I'll definitely be trying the burger in a bun! Yum! Thanks ladies xx

You're very welcome Biz! Some great reasons to stick to this. I went to Uni in London too, and although I only went up to about a size 20 at my heaviest back then, I missed out on lots of aspects of uni life because I felt so fat and unhappy with myself. If you can get this sorted now, you...

This is brill Boofaloo. Keep focusing on how quickly all this will happen for you. Yes, it's hard, no doubt about it but hopefully we can all keep focusing on the positives. You're going to look fab at the wedding and you'll notice an improvement in your knees very soon. Xx

Hey everyone, Sorry to hear some of you are having a tough time at the moment but stay strong; we can do this! I am feeling really good currently, and have done since day 4 but I know tough times lie ahead. I've told my OH to remind me about how I feel now when I start saying how hard this is...

Hi everyone, I currently have tried the shepherd's pie, curry, chilli and pizza. I loved them all and actually look forward to meal times, which is a novelty for a vlcd! I ordered the bumper pack which is great value, but not so great if you don't like some of the flavours. I really didn't...

Hey Vicky, Oh how well I know that little voice of sabotage! You've lost an amazing amount of weight with LL before, and you can do it again. I've only ever managed to stick to a vlcd for 22 days before and I remember the cravings are the hardest thing to deal with. Right now I have that...

Have bitten the bullet. How is everyone doing? x

Thanks Honeyz. Need to do something with my signature but can't quite face putting my actual starting weight on there lol x

Hello everyone, I am on Day 2. Well done to all of you. Looking forward to the journey with you x

:bighug: :bighug: :bighug: Dearest Lily please take comfort in the fact that you are everything your mother was not. Your loveability and general amazingness shines out in every post (sorry to gush but 'tis true!). I feel so angry with your sister - and to do this at this time beggars belief. I...

Hello lovely. Dare I ask how the not you-know-whatting is going? It has been a stressful time for you lately :bighug: xxxxxx

Hello lovely - just been catching up and gutted I missed you doing the half marathon. You were amazing, as ever and look at you in the pics! I have to say, you look slim as anything - not remotely 'overweight' although I know that's a medical technicality! Reading your diary always gets me fired...

Rest up lovely lady and feel lots better. We'll all be here when you're up to it :bighug: :bighug: xxxxxx

Well done on the loss Pats and glad your express delivery of mojo appears to have arrived safely! Yay! Thank you for getting my little joke about the JUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD diet :8855: :bighug: xxxxxx

Just thought I'd add my little idea - haven't been JUDDDing very long but have just rediscovered Bouillon powder - makes a lovely savoury drink perfect for later in the evening and only 12 cals xxx

So good to see you back. I really hope everything goes well for your friend and the great positive plans you have for her recovery sound fab :bighug: :bighug: :bighug: - and after everything you've had to deal with in the last few weeks you have still had a loss! You're amazing our Minks :hug99...

Missing you Minks and hoping you're o.k. :hug99: xxxxxx

Waving my very large and flappy bingo wings at PP too! :bighug: xxxxxx

Thank you ladies. That's very helpful xxx

Is anyone still doing this? I have been thinking about trying Exante (done Lighter life and Cambridge before) but wonder if this will suit me better. Was thinking about doing Slimfast up to 500kals on D days and Green Slimming World on up days. Do people think this might work? xx

:bighug: :bighug: :bighug: So sorry Minks. Must be an awful time for you - but as Kals says they can work miracles these days. Thoughts and prayers for you and your lovely brave friend xxxxxx

So well done on the 4lbs LL!! :woohoo:. Love the super free challenge! Your diary is like coming to a warm place on a cold night and makes me excited about sw again. Just written down recipe for pasta quiche - will be trying this this week. You are inspiring me to try some 100% days :giggle: not...

Good to hear you sounding more like yourself PP. When I hear mojo I think of Austin Powers :giggle: !! It's not easy but you can do this. I'm like Lily - I just keep losing and putting back on the same half stone since Christmas and I don't have your or Lily's prior achievement. Don't forget how...

Nearly 7 stones???!!! You. Are. AMAZING!!! Love the weekend purchases :bighug: xxxxxx

Ooh loving the new hair! Totes gorge!! Profile piccy update methinks?? I know you'll be saying the same to me :giggle:. I am just the same with my hair - spend years growing it then get bored (bleaching and ruining it never helps!). Just decided I was going to stay with my natural (boring, light...

:woohoo: 2 dress sizes down - must be a great feeling. Well done Mandy. :bighug: xxxxxx

Well done LL. We know it's a lot less than you wanted but you can zoom down those scales again when you're ready. Bet the challenge will shake things up :bighug: xxxxxx

Some more huggles for you PP :bighug: :bighug: :bighug: xxxxxx

Honey I know how hard it must be. OH is still on 1 a day even with the Champix. You are a star, especially for not giving in to the evil weed (tobacco lol!) when your head must have been very muzzy :bighug: xxxxxx

Hope wi goes well :bighug: xxxxxx

Fab Minks!! Into the 13s!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :bighug: xxxxxx

Just popping in knowing it's weigh in night. :wow: at all the exercise and boo at the nasty blisters. Ooh and a big on the day 8 non-smoking! OH has been taking champix for 2 weeks, meant to have his quit day as Saturday but had one yesterday. He says it's the evening one that's the hardest for...

Huggles for PP :bighug: :bighug: :bighug: xxxxxxx

Lol at all the retaliation sign suggestions! Poor you - can totally understand you choosing the dermovate over the psoriasis. Nasty stuff. Sounds like you've done loads of body magic today with all the moving stuff about. Am exhausted just reading about it! Am sure you have worked off that...

Hi Mandy - well done on the 2lb loss - you can do this!! Have a lovely weekend :bighug: xxxxxx

Happy Weekend lovely Lily!:wow: at the exercise, food and water! You are going to smash it at wi, no problem! Am chuckling away at Mal and the cup of tea mat - cheeky s*d!! Sorry to read about your hand :(. I think mine did that once - I used to get really bad eczma. Dermavate, is that the...

Well done, Minks, on the continued non-smoking and boo to nasty period :(. Hope your foot is better too! Yes I did do my Lesley mile the other night! Didn't do one yesterday so off to do one now - you're great motivation :). Have a great Saturday and hope you're feeling bit better :bighug: xxxxxx

Thank you for your lovely words - you can crack the whip at me anytime lovely - I already have Jackie kicking my butt on a regular basis :giggle:. Sorry to hear you had a pesky gain but as LFB said it's a positive that it's helped you spot a pattern. Nasty psoriasis and horrible streroids - but...

Well done you on the loss this week!! You are such an inspiration. Reading about all the exercise you're doing is guilting me into doing a 'Lesley mile' lol! I am feeling really lethargic and bleurgh today, so need a kick up the bum! Well done on quitting the coffin nails - you are brill and can...

Ooh exciting new in Minky's world...giving up smoking -that's great hon! OH is joining you at the mo. He quit after Christmas but had a really bad skin allergy to the patches; tried several and had same effect. He couldn't manage without them so smoked again after 8 weeks. Bless him, he's gone...

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Just saying hi - Happy Birthday for last week, sorry I missed it! You're a brill motivator Lily - well done on the fab 3lb loss. I've been going up and down the same stone for too long and reading what you wrote in Mandy's diary has got me motivated again. I have no excuse to sit and feel sorry...

Hi Mandy -just been trying to catch up a bit. Well, you've certainly inspired me along with Lily and PP. It's about not giving up no matter what set backs there have been and you sound right on track again. Well done hon :bighug: xxxxxx

ooh you're brave cycling in the wind. I remember that's the one thing that used to make it less enjoyable. It's not hit us in Lincoln yet but I believe it's on its way :(. Soon be home time Minksy - don't despair! :bighug: xxxxxx PS:I'm a visualisin'! xxx

Hi Lizzie - sounds like an excellent weekend coming up. You're doing brilliantly so don't let a wee gain stop you. I've managed to put back on all but half a stone of the weight I'd lost so I am going to try and be on minimins more regularly - I think it really helps keep the mojo going! Hope...

Hiya PP. Sorry today was bleurrghy. Stupid boss and colleagues. Hope you have a good night's sleep and a better day tomorrow hon. Oh, btw hope you don't mind but I'm adding you to my collection of ladies who have been in the 20s and got down. It's very motivating for me to think that others have...

Here it is Walking - Part 1: Start Quick & Easy - YouTube . Think you'll find it too easy but it's perfect for my stage of (un)fitness!! Jackie has the harder DVDs. Feel really great now and the cravings for croissants I was just having have disappeared! Hey - don't knock the distance hon. 4.5...

Mmmm Minky burgers. Had forgotten how good they are. They pulled me out of a rut last time so might be having them tomorrow. 'Only' 4.5 miles lol!! Yours and Jackie's enthusiasm for exercise is catching as have just done a Lesley mile! :bighug: xxxxxx

Congrats, Minks, on your amazing 6lb weight loss and get you with all the exercise! :bighug: xxxxxx

Aww. Thanks Minks. Have a great night petal! :bighug: xxxxxx

Hey Lizzy - hope you're o.k. hon :bighug: xxx

Hi Jez, Popping in to say hi! Hope you've had a good week :bighug: xxx

Popping in to say hi. Well done on getting to group hon xxx

Hey PP! Am with you on the mile a day and 100% June challenge! We can do this!! :bighug: xxx

Happy Friday Minks! Hope your bum's better! Sounds like you're doing great and back on track! I am back on the sw wagon! Oh yes! And loving it! :bighug: xxx

It's all relative - I'm 21 stones and battling, there are people on minis who weigh more than that and are battling, and people who weigh less and can't imagine, as I couldn't when I was in my teens/early 20s, how anyone could ever get to 20 stones or over but who are still battling a weight...

Hello everyone - back in here after a bad few weeks but hey, it's quality company in here! xxx

Hiya Mandy, Just seen this - I've been exactly the same hon and put 7lbs back on with the binges. You're NOT pathetic and NOT a failure. We all have these dark times and I've done the wrong thing by hiding away and not coming on here so well done for still posting. Today is a new day and YOU...

Just popping in Lovely L. Hugs for you and Lauren :bighug: :bighug: xxxxxx

Morning PP. Hope you have a lovely day :bighug: xxxxxx

Hope it's not too stressful at work today Minks. Your dress sounds lovely - bet you look fab in it. How lovely to be able to enjoy the weather. It just makes me miserable - but I bet if I can get down to what you are now I'd enjoy it a lot more so you're spurring me on again! Being poorly and...

Hope you're o.k. lovely. Just got my mojo back and popped in to see my Mrs Motivator!! :bighug: xxxxxx

Subscribing to Minky's Meals as feel this is the way forward for me!! xxxxxx

Hope you're feeling better petal - you have been in the wars what with wisdom tooth and nasty migraine, bless you :bighug: xxxxxx

Hi lovely Minks. I need some Minky magic to get me back on track so I'm pm ing you. Can I just say :wow: :wow: wowee at your pics. It's funny how weight hides the real essence of us, as in the before pic ( I know you were at your biggest and hated how you looked) you still looked an attractive...

Hiya Minks - here's a hug to warm you up hon :bighug:. It's the end of my nose for me lol xxxxxx

Just dropping in quick as remembered tonight was wi. Hey - 1lb gain with TOTM is brill! Bet that means you've lost a couple at least for next week. Well done hon and hope you're feeling better :bighug: xxxxxx

Hey Lizzy - Sorry don't get to go on here as much as I'd like! Your food looks fab - and walking 2 miles fab body magic! You will get your 2 stones this week, I'm sure! I'm borderline anaemic and GP told me to take a ferrous sulphate tab (iron) every day. I am naughty tho' as I often forget...

Hi Lily - Felt so sad reading about Kelsi's bullying - and the fact that she has actually been assaulted. This is really serious. Did you contact the police? My guess is they would probably say it was a school issue but I hope not - a visit from the police and the threat of an assault charge...

Hi Lovely - you don't sound too clever today :(. Choccie phillie and strawberries :drool: Glad you had a good night over the w.end but sounds like your system's still paying for it. Drink loads of water 'cos you might still be bit dehydrated :bighug: :bighug: xxxxxx

:bighug:. bet you've aced wi. Busy Lily - lots of body magic with all that tree root pulling :8855: xxxxxx

Well done hon - you're bound to get a good loss next week; and well done for reacting positively to it. I know just what you mean about the night before going back to work syndrome. I always get nervous and never sleep properly; then have anxiety dreams about not hearing the alarm, or forgetting...

:woohoo: into the 14s!!!! Well done Mrs! :bighug: :bighug: :bighug: - re the carp situ - my tip would be fruit n fibre for brekkie. Oh and btw, it is only you that poos. The rest of us just excrete our wastes as rose smelling air from the tips of our earlobes :8855: xxxxxxx

Really? B*mmer. Have just bought some to make a gorgeous recipe from my vege book. Seems little point me posting it now. Bah.

:drool: going to have to try these ideas. You are an encyclopedia of yummy tips and tricks!! Sadly, much as I liked it it didn't quite give me the 'party in my mouth' that it gives you - but then, if garlic and I started a passionate affair too you would be wel jel :8855: xxx

Evening lovely. Tried the garlic - it was yummy but feel I need to put it on something to get the full effect lol! :bighug: xxx

Lol just realised I missed out 'phase 3' so think have only actually been through 4 'phases' as I'm calling them!! xxx

You don't sound dumb at all sweetie - it is a new thing. You listen while awake and relaxed but I find that sometimes now I fall asleep during them and wake up again when the ipod starts recycling. It's been a rocky road for me, and after I'd suggested that to you I went and read some of the...

Hope your hand is better and you have a lovely hol. Looking forward to catching up with more of your famous recipes :drool: :bighug: xxx

Hey everyone - still in the 21 room but only by 4 and a half pounds now. Reading about you getting down through the 20s is spurring me on to get back in here!! Brads - that is great news about the gym. Hope you enjoyed your holiday; there is plenty of time to lose any wee gain you've had...

Hi Lovelies - Brads that is a really big step forward in the gym quest! Well done you! Well done Kaz - 4lbs :woohoo: and Kirstles. You're doing really well. :8855: at the theatre seat; I have had the same problem!! Been back on plan for 3 or 4 days and was 21. 3 and 3/4 at yesterday's home wi...

:d'oh: :rotflmao: !! Good job you told me!! Soup sounds yummy too. Defo going to try this and see if I fall too :8855: xxxxxx

Lol; they're taking over minimins!! They're recordings that you listen to that reprogramme your unconscious to get rid of emotional eating and over eating choccie and sweet stuff. It's cognitive hypnotherapy, really easy and pleasant to listen to. They are about £30 each. Check out the slimpod...

Ooh sounds absolutely heavenly. It's tips like this that will keep me on the straight and narrow Minks, thank you :thankyou:. Quick if rather silly question - do you eat the skin as well when they're done, or peel off? Hope you have a super Sunday :bighug: :bighug: xxxxxx

Hi hunnie - can totally recommend the choccie pod. Have lost my interest in chocolate and I was a total chochead :8855:. Hope you've had a good day :bighug: xxx

Sad about hedgie. When I was younger I used to do what I called Hedgehog rescue which meant if I saw one on the road I would stop and lift it onto the verge in the direction it was heading. gorgeous little things. To add to the killer dog stories :eek:, my rescue dog was like lightning and...

Lol at you and Jax. Apparently you're all in the 'grown up' club!:p Thanks for asking re school PP, got 3 days booked for next week which is really good for start of term - usually very quiet for the first couple of weeks so happy :). You're tucked up in bed by now, I'm sure, but hope you've had...

A very late one for me today Minks!:rotflmao: - Confession!! Seeing as you gave me fave sw meal of ALL TIME, I would like to share this with you - it's a Jackie special and very simple... Do your sw chips with a stock cube crumbled over them before you spray with fry light and pop in oven. I...

This is why you have lost nearly 5 and a half stones - you have a will of iron :happy096:. Well done hon! Hope you have a nice evening :bighug: xxxxxx

Afternoon LL (Lovely Lily). Very exciting re Kelsi's comp. Hope she aces it! So did you listen to the cold cure then, and has it worked as you said you're feeling better??? (I have yet to try it!). Even tho' I though I'd kept up with your diary I missed the biot about Aquafit :d'oh:. I would...

I think you summed up the pods in a nutshell there, D! Thank you for the excellent ideas on coping with the pb/mint aero cravings. Am defo going to try these. You are fab - you've made me get excited about sw again. A lot of 'podders' say lose the 'diet head' but sw lost me more weight than...

Afternoon PP - hope you're having a good one! xxx

Hope you're feeling a bit better today hon. Thanks for sending the wagon over - climbed back on but hadn't done my seatbelt up properly so fell off again! Back on today! :bighug: xxx

Have voted! That's some very promising work there Lily - how old is she? Hope the maths coaching goes well. Food and positives looking great! Have a good day lovely :bighug: xxx PS I read the cat/ladycare thing too and knew what you meant straight away. Keep reading bits of yours and Jackie's...

Just looking at your stats, think I might change my goal weight to an interim one. 11 stones seems sooooo far away xxx

:woohoo: Kirstles that is fab! Well done hunnie! I was 21:8 yesterday after having got down to 20:13. Think I'm back on the wagon now (touch wood)! We can do this together :bighug: xxx

PS: The cold cure is at the bottom of the page xxx

Aww - I just think it looks gorgeous - very striking. Oh crikey - I know just what you mean about the upheaval. Really scary thought. Wow - 9 bedroomed house!! Is that in London?! You need your own space, even in a big house it's still someone elses. Don't know if you'd be interested, but... The...

Hiya Pats - great positives hon. The postman brought your positivity for me this morning with some from Jax and Lily too and I am back on track too. Helps reading you've just been through a similar thing and am back on track. Now when I feel the urge to go and buy mint aero I will come on here...

Afternoon Lovely. :wow: re the house - sounds reallye xciting, even tho' it will be a hassle, it will be so worth it. Lyla is gorgeous - now looks like she's got highlighted hair bless her. What a little cutie. Hope you're getting over your cold sweetie. Have a lovely day :bighug: xxxxxx

Afternoon hon - you're doing so well and reading about your loss and reminding myself of your stats has given me a much needed kick up the backside - so much so I have managed to stay off the mint aeros and bread so far today! Weird - the pods have stopped me craving all the other naughty food I...

Well done Lily - that is fab! Sounds like Kirsty takes after her mum for spotting a bargain! Nice one! :bighug: xxx

Aww thanks Brads, I appreciate that! I have a really old Nokia 'phone that doesn't even take pictures, it's so old! OH has old blackberry tho'. I think with the gym thing it's a confidence thing. See how you feel, but remember you're doing it for you and so* everyone else. I'm sure no-one would...

Hi lovelies - I am sorry to say I am back; not sorry to be joining you ladies but sorry I'm out of the 20 stones room :cry:. Been a bad few weeks. Hopefully we'll inspire each other to get down into the 20s room ASAP :bighug: to you all xxx

Aww thanks Brads - well I put 12 miles down on the curvalicious challenge to have achieved by the end of April. I need to get back to that pool pronto!! Can you go later on at night to avoid the kids? That's what I am intending to do tomorrow (ahem I intended to do it tonight as well but I don't...

Hey Mandy :bighug: :bighug: :bighug:. Food sounds yummy. Please give me a hand to get back on that ole' wagon - I keeo missing it! xxx

Evening Patsy - I need some of this positivity and approach to exercise to rub off on me! Sounds like you're doing really well :bighug: xxx

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Wow!! Well done on the great loss at this difficult time of year Lizzy my lovely! I've put on rather a lot :(. I need to up the exercise big time. Bet you do a lot more than your realise with all the walking you must do. Congrats on being SOTW and getting your Club 10 too!! :bighug: xxx

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Hi lovely - blimey, you're right an absolute drop in the ocean :eek: :wow: at £20 for a baby changing unit! How exciting, starting to buy things now - baby'll be here in no time. Hope wi is o.k I've managed to put 9 and a half pounds on and my slimpod bubble has burst slightly. Think I need to...

I join everyone else who is truly off the wagon, and it just rode straight by me today and the horses kicked dust in my face... :giggle:. I've read a lot of the books on your list Lily, and the Child Called It ones. I'm just reading the latest Harry Keebles one, in which he says that paedophiles...

Sweetie, I am happy that I don't understand what makes abusers do what they do, as I really believe to understand them, would be to think like them and I don't ever want to think that way...NEVER ...not even to protect children, it would scare me..if you see what I mean. I do agree that the more...

Have a lovely, lovely day Minks. Let us know what the buffet was like. :giggle: so glad you like BGT too - it is fab! Sad, but fab! :bighug: xxxxxxx

Happy Easter Pats :bighug: xxxxxx

Happy Easter darlin'. I think we all know what your father's friend was/is. Like attracts like and all that. I am just the same socially btw - been pooed on that many times by people I've trusted I am very wary these days. Have my 2 best friends from uni I have known for 20 years and that's it...

Productive day for Minky then! It's cold here in Lincs too - but has been about 10 degrees - brrr. No fair after that lovely sun and glad you've warmed up. Hope mum does sw friendly stuff for you tomorrow - bet she does. Hope you have a nice pampering sesh - you deserve it. Off to watch BGT now...

Thank you Lily (and Emma) for being so courageous and being prepared to speak about what has happened to you. I believe secrecy is the abusers' biggest weapon. There's also a myth that child abuse, especially sexual, is only a recent social phenomenon. A Child Called It and many of the so...

Thanks so much GinMummy for your lovely post and kind words. You are so right about the porn star mentality, and it can't be a coincidence that much of the bullying I've encountered was from men. I'm so sorry to hear you've had similar incidents - it really does seem to be bullying people for...

I did do a PI claim hun, through my union at work, but like everything in my life even that couldn't run smoothly, in the 5 years it took to get to court, I had my solicitor tell me that I didn't have a case on 3 occasions and each time refused to take it further and then back tracked after I...

Afternoon Positive PatsY! Extreme ironing and extreme knitting :eek:!! Hope you're having a lovely day xxx

Need to reply properly but was just about to when ceiling started pouring out water from the shower above, so will just say very quickly hope you have a lovely day today and until I can do a proper post I'll quote Patsy and Dawne 'cos couldn't sya ti any better than them anyway :bughug: xxxxxxx

Well done Jules - that is great. Defo go for a swim. Makes you feel so good - I'd forgotten just how good :) xxx

Oh I've only done one mile so far (yesterday!) Brads! But I loved it, apart from all the splashing, screaming kids (chose a silly time to go - 2pm in the school hols not a sensible choice really!). Wow - you'll be out of here very soon :cry:. Will miss you and know I'm going to be in here for a...

Afternoon lovely. Hope you have a great day today :bighug: xxx

Afternoon lovely! Well done on the loss - that's brill. You're doing so well. You make a great Nigella. Let us know any yummy discoveries you make in the kitchen! What exercise are you doing hon? xxx

Sorry Mandy - forgot to congratulate you on the amazing 4lb loss - :wow: ! You little star - and sotw week too! Well done hun. Hope you have a lovely Thursday xxx

Awww. You are amazing - and you must finish that book and publish it. In fact, I am going to make it my mission to get you to do it! Something (one of the many things!) that I love about Kals is that she has this knack of distilling what she wants to say in a few words and gets the point across...

Is all I have to say really ! xxxxxxxxxx

Afternoon Mandy. Hope you're having a better day now. Blimey - boys sound such hard work, selfish and they expect mum to do everything! Hope you won that battle :bighug: xxx

:wow: :wow: :wow: on your quarter of a stone loss!!! Well done Lily. You are a true inspiration :bighug:. Wonderful news about Kirsty and the baby - just think - you are going to be a slim fit Nanna who can play with her grandchildren. I just wanted to say I had no idea how serious your accident...

Hiya Lizzy - have been away for a while and catching up! Sounds like you're doing great hon. The NSPCC sw thing sounds great. Hope all is well at work - 2 weeks off now tho' eh? Yay! :bighug: xxx

All hail to the exercise queen - :wow: cycling, running - there's no stopping you! Sorry work is so mani - hope you're having a happy Tuesday sweetie and :fingerscrossed: for wi later :bighug: xxx

Hiya Mandy - food looked great for yesterday. Hope you're having a great day xxx

Aww Lily you are so lovely and understanding and thank you for all those wonderful Lily hugs! You and Jackie are definitely twins and I'm going to adopt you both as my sensible older sisters!! Holiday sounds fab - you definitely deserve one - 16 years is way too long. I'm on 14 lol so 2 years...

Hiya Jez - I've been away for a while too. Sorry to hear you've had a rubbish time of it recently. Hope it's getting sorted now. Your bridesmaids sound a total nightmare. Can you sack them too???? :bighug: xxx

Hi everyone - been away for a bit slimpodding and re-evaluating lots of things. Am just in this room by the skin of my teeth lol which for me, after 5 weeks of not following any eating plan is a huge improvement. The exercise bit is starting to kick in and I'm hoping this will help me get down...

Hi Mandy; been away from minis for a bit and just catching up. Hope you are good :bighug: xxx

Sounds yummy - will defo be giving this a try. So nice to be back and have one of your lovely warm hugs!! Had issues with internet access as not able to pay the bill for a while :-( xxx

Hi Lovely Lily. Got a lot of catching up to do - but glad to see you're doing so well (not that I expected anything else!). Hope wi goes really well later on :bighug: xxx

Hello lovely Minks - been away for awhile...have missed you. Need to catch up with your diary; I notice you're doing a half marathon!!! WOW!!! I'm sure the last time I was on here you were toying with the idea of doing a charity walk and didn't fancy the thought of running! That's amazing...

A bad week for me last week and a gain puts me back in the 21 stone room. Grrrr. Am starting swimming this week too brads. Hope everyone has a good week xxx

Just realised you're halfway to target already and you've lost loads. You're a real inspiration brads. You'll get that 5lbs off no probs. xxx

Oh god - sorry. Am going to say nothing about this week!!! Sounds like a total nightmare hon and you must have very little spare time. :drool: at Uptight clothing!! Got very over excited then saw the prices lol but yes, if money was no object and I was slim enough this is how I would dress all...

Wow brads - go you!! You're doing so well. You won't be here for long at this rate! I really want to do the C25k but need to pluck up the confidence to do it. Reading about the exercise you're doing is helping to inspire me :bighug: xxx

:woohoo: Everyone is doing SO well! Well done y'all! Loving the posts about all the size 14s and how much cheaper clothes are at other shops than the dreaded EVANS - will probably take me over a year to get to that size but you all spur me on so thank you :bighug:xxx

Welcome nayomee. Hope you have a good first week xxx Bet you'll have a good loss next week Zoe xxx :woohoo: well done Rach xxx

Well done sofartogo that's fab! xxx

Hi Everyone - well done L'il Miss for making it over! Can now officially be in this room as was 20:11 and three quarters on my official wi day of Saturday! xxx

Am really chuffed as have lost 2 and 3 quarter lbs this week :woohoo: !! Nearly double my average weekly loss of 1-1 and a half lbs. 'Break a leg' to everyone who has still to wi today! :bighug: xxx

Well done Seacrest! See - it's a comin' off xxx Well done luna - 2lb is great especially when you've had a difficult week! xxx Well done jen - I hear they say say maintaining is much harder than the losing so you're doing great xxx That's brill mrstore. I know 1 lb a week is probably...

Thanks Sinead - that is good to hear. I so want to get to the stage where I love running! I've come across so many people in my life who've been bitten by the running bug and had amazing results. It was a beautiful evening last night for a run. How far did you run? I am planning to start the...

Thank you sweetie. Did you repeat weeks of the programme or sail straight through? xxx

Hiya Mandy! Thought I'd already subscribed to your diary but couldn't find you in my CP so here I am! xxx

Thank you Sinead! Just got to get out there and do it now!! xxx

Just found this thread. Really, really want to have a go at C25k - but am still very big, despite having lost nearly 2 stones. Downloaded the MP3 for my ipod - now just got to get out there and give it a go (have located industrial estate near me that seems like it might be nice and quiet in the...

Thank you hunnie. I have recently got into NCIS - love it!! (Seems bit random but re what you posted on Lily's diary!!) xxx

:sigh:Oh hon. Am so sorry re work. Was just going to pm you to ask how it's going - think I got my answer:(. Well done for losing 1 lb despite splurge hun. The retail therapy will have done you good. Whatcha get???!!! :drool: :bighug: xxx

Wow - looking at your food.....exercise...water intake *makes me want to wee just thinking about it* :giggle: Lily is BACK IN THE GAME - not that you ever went away, lovely but :wow: with a vengeance!! Lyla May is edible!!! Gorgeous wee thing! So who is this Jesse guy? Lucky you having him help...

Hope you've had a good day Minksy xxx

:wow: a little star tint he making methinks! Work sounds hectic and I'm not surprised you're veering off plan a little bit with travelling and whatnot. Just do what you can do hun - you will get there. You will make a stunning bride whatever you weigh on the day but obvs understand you have a...

Just subscribing to remind me how to do SE!xxx

Hi Pats - been meaning to subscribe to your diary for a while, then did a general search for success express and found you! Just going to look back over your posts to see if I can figure out SE rules!! Have a lovely day :bighug: xxx

YOu should patent that :8855: xxx :wow: :wow: :wow: Erm you are incredible! xxx Very true words - in your cooking, your weight loss and your approach to life in general! :bighug: xxx

Hi Kel and thanks! Enjoy your birthday celebrations hun - drink loads of water, up the exercise and get straight back on plan and you'll be fine sweetie :bighug: xxx

Just popping a tentative paw in here! Weighed self yesterday and was 20:12 :woohoo: but body might do strange things and May be back in the 21 room on Saturday :( xxx

Aww GORGEOUS!! I'm not sure what they are either but they look so cute and snuggly! xxx

Lol I can relate to this mrstore! WTG!! xxx

Did you resist the hairy dog poo truffles Erm? :8855: Ooh pickled eggs - hadn't even thought of those :drool: Have a great day xxx

Ha ha - missed that one but watched 'The Spy Who Shagged Me' yesterday so remembered where it's from! Totes legend! xxx

Thanks brads! Hey, don't want to jinx myself (touch wood!!!) but... had a sneaky peek at the scales yesterday and they were saying 20:12!!!!!! OMG I was so excited!! Just hope they stay that way for Saturday - won't feel right until the scales have shown that on the official wi day. Please could...

Used to love my pressure cooker - don't know where it is, think OH chucked it out :(. I got a bag of dried 'soup and broth mix' stuff from Tesco - it had pearl barley and split peas and lentils and stuff in it. Speed soup was yummy with it xxx

Glad Davina put Jessie on the right track - however, on the vt later Jessie looked a lot more positive which showed she had sucked it up - good for her. Sarah or Amy Mc to win! xxx

P.S: How gorgeous are you in the pics!! xxx

Morning Jez. Hope you have a less frenetic day at work today hun. Maybe we shouldn't talk about work so much. My fault - was so overwhelmed by all the make up talk. I teach music and I can't believe the cheek of FB friends you mentioned. Blimey - I wouldn't give people singing lessons or piano...

3lbs - NOTHING! Gone next week - you see. It's 'jelly' weight - can't remember who coined this on minis but I think they got it spot on - you know the little extra poundage that comes after a splurge or too that hasn't 'set'. All that water will flush it out of your system in no time! Brill that...

Aww thank you Rosielea. I did a sneaky scales preview and you're right, unless body does weird things between now and Saturday I will have lost a stone and a half but don't want to put awards on until it's my official weigh in day!! Also - try as I might I couldn't get the blue stone award to...

Great NSV I would say! xxx Size 34 - 12 in 13 months!!! :wow: :superwoman: xxx Go ejgemma! Who was your fave performer? xxx Aww this is a lovely NSV xxx How cool is this? Well done! xxx :D of course it will. Brilliant! xxx :8855: A great NSV tho'! xxx This is what I...

Well done Minks! You will still wow them at next week's wi, I know this!! Stupid flippin' totm. It is so annoying. Can we please hav pics for curry loaf and weetabix cakes? :bighug: xxx

That takes him an hour and a half tilly??????!!!!!!! Now that's what I call banking :rotflmao: xxx

Wow - just caught up! Lily you are so wonderful. Everything you've been through in your life, and here you are so warm and supportive to everyone else, a great mum and just generally a great and balanced person. I think you are incredibly brave talking about the abuse and this is a great thing...

Thanks Jez - it sounds very high powered and great to be your own boss but people under you causing hassle - I can relate to that; that is pretty much why I'm on supply and in a bad place financially! Also it must be tiring having to constantly have a 'public' face on and all the travelling...

Thank you hun will check this out! xxx

Thanks icklerockchick. Think Tesco need to update their fruit and veg range! BNS - :d'oh: pretty obvious when you think about it! Thank you xxx Hope you're having a great afternoon hun :bighug: xxx

Well you know what I'd suggest - your famous chilli and cheeseburgers!!! :drool: I think you did fab on Saturday night hun. I know what you mean about being non-hungover but feeling weird and unmotivated and generally lazy after a few voddies. Hope you're back to full Minky power today! :bighug: xxx

Ooh thanks Jez!! Loads of 'food for thought' there lol!! LOVE make up talk! Much more exciting than, ahem, food talk! Just one more quickie - forgot to say, I have really dry skin and always have to have the lightest shade 'cos otherwise I look like an orange :D I am very pale, although now I'm...

Went to Tesco earlier this afternoon and parked in a spot I've parked in many times before that is quite close to the wall. Usually have to let OH get out then climb over the passenger seat to get out - so ladylike!! Today we parked there as it was really busy, and I thought I would have to do...

:woohoo:!! Really want to do this Sinead. Just live in a grotty, rough part of town and need somewhere a bit more private and safe to start! xxx

Ooh would you mind pm ing me the no. hun - or is it just a Manchester one? xxx

Eat a rainbow - I like that xxx:rainbow::rainbow::rainbow:

:wow: !! Amazing. WTG faeire. Love your hair in your profile pic. I've always wanted pink or blue hair!! xxx :wow: 5lbs!! Go luna xxx That's good for a star week. Is it your first run? Really want to start couch25k but need a more weight off methinks xxx Hey - come on, don't knock it...

Don't blame you hun. If you're going to class, prob better to just rely on their scales xxx

I've had those before ellierose. Not nice. Wishing you lovely dreams for tonight :bighug: xxx

Thank you sweetie. Just can't wait to see 20 as the beginning number! Will feel really think then :8855: Have a great week xxx Aw lil miss - don't get down. You have done fabulously. We're adapting to the rhythm of our bodies now and know we're going to have weeks where we have weird gains...

Ooh brilliant evil p - must feel great! xxx Great that others are noticing it! Well done xxx Well done Laura, that's a great achievement! xxx Nice NSV! xxx Hey - that's brilliant achievement Sinead well done! Did you find it very hard at first? I am dying to try it xxx :wow: that is...

I love your approach Lily - the sitting down and talking it through, and being firm. I really hope there's a big change now. It must be the stress of all this that's contributed to the skin problems and the awful headaches. It's not fair. It's lovely of you to let them both live at your house...

Ooh think I missed this??!! Well done Erm xxx

Ooh thanks v much Erm. That is the one I looked at actually so need to get a few of the ingredients in but have a tin of chestnuts that we randomly got at Christmas and won't use unless I give this a go! Shame about the sarnies. Think will try anyway just for variety but will prob come to...

Lol - that tends to be the norm so extra well done!!!! :D Ooh sounds gorge especially the heels. Love heels (I'm 5'8 too) but haven't worn them since I got really big as I get really tired and can't walk around in them. Can't wait to be able to wear them. OH is 6' 3'' which is nice. In the...

:DOMG :drool: I am ecstatic at all this make-up talk!!! Feel slightly left behind tho' as being on a crap income for the last 6 years has left me unable to experiment with different brands. O.k. Jez - what is your recommendation for the ultimate foundation, budget and expensive? Bearing in mind...

Aww thanks jemmsie! Hope it is next week!xxx

Hiya Jez! Returning the favour my lovely! Just been skimming through your diary (will have a proper read through tomorrow) and see you're in the make up business! You look very striking in your pic. I can't tell you how much I love make up! I've got practically all the Barry M dazzle dusts and...

Ooh am going to have to try those curried egg and lentil sandwiches! Just done a search and found recipe. Thought I'd google before asking you to post as I seem to always be doing that but then... if you have time please could you post a recipe for your chestnunt and potato pie? Googled that too...

That is a great idea - hadn't thought of that! What you wearing hon? xxx

Great idea planning ahead Minks. Hard after a few vodkas tho' :8855:. Hope you have a great night out sweetie xxx

Am pleased to report a 2.5lb loss this morning takes me to 21 stones and half a pound!! :woohoo: Now I just need to lose 1 pesky 1lb and I can officially be in the 20s room! :woohoo: xxx

2 and a half lbs down for me this week. Am so pleased - quite a big loss for me! Good luck everyone xxx

Jen well done that is FABULOUS!! xxx

Catch you over the weekend sweetie. Hope all is o.k. :bighug: xxx

Hiya luna! Good luck with the morning wi! xxx

I've done exactly the same mrstore!! Still wi tomorrow 'cos it might have changed again xxx

ooh are they still doing that? Is it only certain parts of the country maybe? My GP used to do that, then I asked quite recently and they said the NHS doesn't do it anymore, it's all run by Pheonix now and no more sw vouchers :cry:xxx

Was it near TOTM hun? Blimey, we girlies can't win can we?!! xxx

Just a thought ladies...get the tape measures out. Measured myself the other day and found I had lost a total of 11 inches from bust, waist, hips (2 inches each) and tummy (5 inches) but...had actually on lost 5lbs since I had last measured myself. Makes you think xxx

Well done Sinead - that's brill!! And thanks for your kind words xxx

Well done Lisa. Not an easy thing to do! :drool: xxx

That's fab! Well done piX xxx

:wow: Brilliant! xxx