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Good luck!! Had to come and find you over here. You'll lose those last few pounds no problem.

Well done!! I'm so glad you have started to feel warm too! One of the things I have realised with this way of eating is listening to my body. I use to eat breakfast cos it's the most important meal of the day ... I don't actually want to eat till about lunch time. So I eat at lunchtime...

The Hairy Bikers did a cook book called The hairy dieters : )

You'll be fine when you weigh in. Trust me! I've been away for a long weekend and lived off take out. Weighed in today and I was 2lb up. Today is a fast day and I know when I weigh in tomorrow it will be gone. I normally weigh once a month so today was just to see how my weight fluctuated.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4115289 Hopefully that should work.

One tip, buy the hairy dieters cook book. Loads of low calorie meal ideas Number two tip, use julienned courgette instead of noodles when having a stir fry. Number three tip, weight loss may be slower when exercising. So do not be disheartened when stepping on the scales. Inch loss will be...

You're doing really well!! Honestly, the first few weeks of having up days you will go overboard. But it does lose its appeal. This was one of my up days, about 3 weeks in, right, get this .... Sticky toffee pudding and custard, breakfast Fruit cake, dinner Spag Bol, tea That day I had...

Yeah, oil is quite calorific. You could sub for very low cal mayonnaise which is around 11 cals for a tablespoon. Ill keep popping in to read. You will lose that last bit of weight. Don't spend to much time worrying about what you eat on a feed day, just enjoy them.

I lost weight just by using MFP so calorie counting and exercise, I run about 3 miles every night, not much, but it's something better than nothing. Plus, I walk everywhere and quite often will walk the long way home after I've taken the boys to school, which is about 2 miles. However, my...

Hi I've was doing 5:2 for about 7 weeks as I only needed to lose half a stone. I'd lost 3.5 stone through diet and exercise but I couldn't shift the last half stone. Plus, I was getting so fed up of not being able to eat the foods I wanted, like a slice of cake! I was starting to develop an...

This is the only soft cheese we have in the house now. I have tried lots of different versions, like adding chilli etc. All of the cheeses have turned out fantastic. Garlic and herb is my all time fave. I cook with it too! I make a bacon, onion, courgette and pasta dish. I add this cheese to...

The jalfrezi curry is amazing! I don't use the oil to fry the veg and spices, I don't use fry light either; just dry fry. But if you don't like a hot curry, don't put the directed amount of chilli. We love hit curry so add more chilli. But the texture and taste is like a takeout/restaurant meal.

Thank you for the warm welcome. You can really tell you've lost weight!! Keep up the good work. I think your hair is lovely as it is too. Maybe have a couple of inches taken off and some fine layers. As for colour, caramel highlights. But it looks lovely as it is. Hope the photoshoot is...

Hello!! I have been reading your diary for a few weeks now, yip, I'm one of those 'lurkers' but I just wanted to let you know that last week I also had a donner kebab as a treat. Next day I had a 3lb gain!!! I'm also a serial weigher (I'm now at target but still losing) the day after the 3lb...

It's £4.99 at the thebookpeople.com and if you google I'm sure you'll find a free delivery code kicking about too.

Yes!!!!! I don't have a microwave either.

Two poached eggs and two toast. That will do me till tea time. Eggs fill me up.

Haha Legomom! I had the same convo with my hubby last night. We stopped drinking a couple of years ago and packed in smoking a year ago. I'm not giving chocolate up..... But .... After watching The Brits last night, I have decided to give up Blur. They where rubbish!!

Thank you everyone. I drank 3 litres yesterday and I was much better in regards to the loo hehe. I don't think I realised how much I drank until I measured it out.

Thanks squeezy. That's the problem, it's the amount of times I need the loo. Especially at night! There are times I think I am going to turn into the Little Britain charachter and just pee ; )

How much in total are we (humans ; ) ) suppose to drink a day. At the moment I drink about 8 brews (large mugs) and then about 2 pints of water (I drink lots when I exercise). But.... I am never off the loo! Ive read on here people saying 2 litres a day. Is it just 2 litres per day, or 2 litres...

Lemon and garlic chicken with salad and wedges. All homemade.

Homemade chicken jalfrezi and plain rice.

Thanks for this!!

Loved reading this diary, please come back!!

Thank you ..... works out at 13.5 syns per person. Hmm, might have to save syns for a day or so :rolleyes:

Thanks for posting!! Any idea of the syn value for strong white bread flour??

Hiya Can you use Strong white bread flour as a HEB?? If so, how many grams can you use ..... or the syn value?? I will be making pizza using 300g of strong white bread flour for 4 people. Thanks.

You'll soon get into the habit of posting your food onto MFP. Before you know it, you'll be sat at the dinner table with your phone at hand, like one of the kids ; ) x

Are you feeling any better today?

Brilliant start! Big pat on the back to you xx Funnily enough we are on chicken fajitas for tea.

Good luck! I thought to maintain a healthy body you had to eat 1200 cals a day. But I could be wrong. You've done this before and seem to know what you're doing.

Yep, MFP is fantastic for counting calories. To answer your question, I eat what I want but stay within calories. I allow myself 1500 cals a day. I don't drink so I don't have to take alcohol into consideration. I exercise and try to aim for about 200 - 400 cals per day. Giving me 1700 - 1900...

My gym shuts at 10pm lol. We (me, OH and kids) only use it for swimming as its something we can all do. The idea is to use the gym when we have lost a bit more, and use it to tone up. Quite time at our gym is after 7pm, hardly anyone in and more often than not we have the pool to ourselves...

I'm waiting for another week or so when some of the newbies at the guy will have given up and then I will be back at the gym more than ever.

Managed to get 2 walks in today, one of my own and the other with my hubby and youngest son. In total the walking has burnt 443 cals :) Meals for today Breakfast Tea and toast - 300 cals Dinner/Lunch Full on roast Chicken dinner = 750 cals I would imagine I will be having something else...

I'd suggest an early lunch too and something to snack on, like fruit or a cereal bar.

Well done!!

Love jacket spuds, never thought to have tuna as a topping.

Welcome and well done for not giving in at the chippy ... never an easy place to be when dieting xx

Oooh hope you're not coming down with something nasty Bostik. Plenty of rest .... I would also like to say plenty of alcohol and chocklit ;) but I won't :p Make sure you relax tonight, get plenty of rest lieing on the sofa.

Today has been a good day. Zumba DVD - 390 cals 2.5 mile walk - 220 cals Food for today Breakfast Bacon sarnies - 400 cals Dinner Nowt Tea 3 quorn sausages 210 cals SW chips 255 cals 1/3 tin of beans 150 cals 2 dry fried eggs 170 cals Made sure I drank about 3 pints of water...

Good luck on all fronts, education and dieting :D

Hiya!! Lovely to see you xx I'm a mum and finding to the time for exercising isn't always easy but my advice, not that you've asked for it mind, would be to put baba in his/her pram and walk! Then you can have a small treat in the evening and the dieting won't seem to bad Well done and good...

Yowzer!! Impressive. Well done!

Yip, good idea! Everytime your in the kitchen remember to grab a drink of water.

Well I bet all the slim girls are saying they wished they had your good looks! I don't think any of us are truly happy, but we strive to get there.

Well done you!! Bet you feel smashing now! You made huge great strides today, you clearly don't need small steps ; ). I'm really pleased to hear a change in your voice, or writing style xx

That's the ones!! I couldn't remember the name haha

Zumba for me too! I have the wii game and the dvd's. I prefer the dvd's as I can make out what it is I am suppose to be doing better.

Hello :D You look beautiful, you don't have to be jealous of anyone. Everytime I go to make a cup of tea, I always pour myself a glass of water and will drink that first, quickly.

Today has been a bit of a palavar :rolleyes: Breakfast - nowt! :eek: Dinner - Bacon x2, Beans 1/4 of a tin and toast x2 = 500 cals. Tea - As always on a Friday it's homemade pizza (another reason I couldn't do SW :p) with homemade wedges - no oil, just plain pots, scrubed, salted and...

Good luck tinkerbell! We shall have to motivate and encourage each other. Thanks for posting.

Cocktails are good ;) You have to have a treat every now and again and you've done amazingly well! :)

Shin splints is bloomin' painful :cry: Plenty of rest seems to be the best thing for it. When my fitness had improved I started to run but got the dreaded shin splints. I just walk very fast now ;)

I love chocolate. When I have the snacking urge I have one of the low cal hot chocolate drinks, works for me.

Thanks Bostik!! Just reading some of the threads, I'm finding them very interesting.

Loved reading your diary! For a student you're doing really well on the food front! Good luck with Uni for this term x

Hi Squeezy and thanks for the welcome :D I prefer to CC, it makes sense to not restrict any food groups really. My main weakness is bread, that's a reason I couldn't do SW. If I want a cheese sarnie then I want to eat a cheese sarnie without having to work about syns HEA's or B's ... :o

My meals today have been : Breakfast - Bacon and Beans - out with friends shopping and I was still in SW mode this morning. Dinner - Small (left over) portion of Spag Bol. Tea - maggi so juicy chicken, SW chips and huge mixed salad. I've had 5 cups of tea and will probably drink lots...

Hello :wave_cry: After months of reading (lurking) on minimins eventually I joined yesterday :D. However, I had huge ideas of doing SW, but I don't think SW is for me .... I don't like the idea of being restricted to what I want to eat :cry: I need to stick with Calorie Counting...

You're not a loser!! Please don't ever say that about yourself :cry: Small baby steps are they way forward. If you list all the things you would like to change and you feel it's a big list then it's natural to panic ....... fresh start tomorrow hun :gen126:

Oooh I will be checking in too! I've just joined today so still getting use to it all. I am doing the EE too, so I will be using you as a guide/thinspiration. Good luck :D

Spag Bol is good in a slow cooker, just cook your pasta when you get home.

Thanks Oddjob! I do have some SW stuff/books that I bought off eBay. Plus I've got a couple of mates who do it too ...... I kinda have a rough idea, but doesn't mean I'm scared of going wrong :(

Good Luck and well done on your loss :D I'm new around here and I love reading the diaries.

Hello :wavey: My first post, so I'm kinda :lost: This is my first time trying SW. I haven't joined a group, I am doing it through this wonderful website :D:grouphugg: I think I will try EE to start with and see how I get on. I started to diet and exercise about 6 months ago. I have...