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I'm back home and back on the straight and narrow. I gained about 9lb on hols, I didn't diet and I was away for 35 days. I've been back a week and have eaten absolute rubbish. All the things I craved whilst away. Oddly enough my weight has gone down so that two days ago my total gain was...

A quick post from goa. I'm trying very very hard to diet but its proving very difficult. Our many friends here look after us so well with gifts of food. How can I refuse! Already put a kilo on! Scales working too well! Lol. Sod it I'm on Hols.

Busy day tomorrow. We fly to India about 9 am. I've eaten total crap the last few days although my calories overall have not been that bad. I don't think 600 cals worth of chocolate is really in the spirit of dieting. Lol. My weight is still 3lb over the stone and I had hoped to be lower. I...

20.5 lb loss. It's sooo slow. I'm obviously eating a maintenance amount (either that or I need to exercise more). My loss appears to be about 1lb every ten days. My Fitness pal says 7lb loss in 65 days. At least it's in the right direction I'm up and down like a yoyo but its working so...

Still more or less the same. Did have a big glitch though, I succumbed to a small box of thorntons and ate the lot! It was just one of those days. There is one good thing, when I get to a reasonable weight I will have no trouble maintaining it. I'm on 19.5 loss at the moment but it may be...

Still no weight change so I'm jigging it around a bit by doing fast 5 combines with 5:2. I do have good news though. My plasma fasting glucose test was fantastic! Over the last five years its gradually crept up. Last time (6 months ago) it was 6 with the reference ranges being 3 to 6...

I had steak the other day and it was lovely. Fasted yesterday and have eaten normally today, although feeling a little peckish right now. My weight stood at 19.5 loss this morning so fingers crossed for tomorrow. I seem to be averaging 1/2lb per week, so slowwwww it's untrue! Still i must be...

Clearly, I'm not going to get to my 2 stone loss by the 11th December but if I can just get below 15 I will be happy. Just to be able to say 14 something would be great. I shall carry on regardless. We are having lunch out today and even though I know I'm ungrateful, I really would rather...

Ended up eating 650 calories so a bit high for fast days! My sister in law brought some weightwatchers cakes and I ended up eating two at 78 each. What a waste of calories!! Weighing tomorrow.

My dad has now gone home, not that I mind him being here but it is nice to have the house to ourselves. According to loads of posters on the 5:2 facebook page you should not count calories on normal eating days but just don't eat rubbish. So, that's what I've done, with the end result I'm...

I've been busy for a day or two. I've eaten normally over the weekend and had my Monday fast today. I've had 554 calories. I'm feeling hungry though so I'm off to bed now before I eat something I shouldn't. At least I can eat tomorrow

25 days until I go. I wonder what I will weigh? This is the first time in years that I really feel I will get slim. Not too slim though, I don't want to get wrinkly

Something odd! I bought rock cakes and biscuits for my dad (he's staying with us) and i have no urge to eat them at all. Very unusual. Normally I wouldn't dream of having stuff like that in the house. I have had two satsumas and cups of fruit tea so far today. I think we are having fish in...

Another 1 lb down and I not too far from my slimming world lowest. I may just about make it for my Hols. I'm loving this diet and am pretty sure that I will continue with it unlike other diets. I think it's the fact there are no restrictions whatsoever and because I can have what I want I'm...

No change today and its an eating day. Those pombears I've just eaten were lovely. They are for the grandkids really

I've had 517 calories. I found it difficult today, I really wanted to pick. I had to keep thinking that I can eat it tomorrow. I might have a liquirice tea before bed.

Fasting today and I was definitely a quarter of a pound lighter. A very small amount but it all adds up. I ate about 1,900 calories yesterday, part of which was about half a bottle of red wine. I love this way of eating. I'm planning on having my blood sugar test next week, fingers crossed...

I'm addicted to weighing . Could do with a weighing anonymous. But the good news for me is that I'd gone down again! A quarter of a pound off 20lb but to be on the safe side I'm calling it 19.5 lb. I've been in the doldrums not losing then all of a sudden I'm losing again. Woohoo Eating...

I'm finished eating for the day. I've just had a weight watchers chocolate ice cream tub at 77 calories and my chocolate drink at 40. Total for the day 529. Might have a vanilla chai tea later but then again might just go to bed early Busy day tomorrow. Taking dad to have his stitches...

Just over 400 cals so far. Plenty of drinks with no milk. Haddock in breadcrumbs and mixed veg for tea. I've also had 10g of dark chocolate and am about to have a 40 calories drink.

Fasting today. So far I've had a Pukka Vanilla Chai tea. I love the flavour of the cinnamon. I'm planning to go and do housework at my Dads today, in readiness for him going home. That'll keep me on the straight and narrow. I think he will be with me for another 7 to 10 days. He's 82 and...

Thanks Emmaline. For those into grated cauliflower. I went into wilkinsons today and bought an electric whisk set. It's called a wilko hand blender set. It comes with: blender, plastic beaker, whisk and a chopping tool in a plastic bowl. All for 12 pound. I usually grate my cauliflower...

Well blow me down! I've lost 1 and 3/4 lb since yesterday and it didn't involve visiting the loo. I ate plenty too, about 1,550 calories. Total loss now since starting 3:4 stands at 18lb

Am I right in thinking you are also going on holiday Emmaline? Where are you off to?

Hip hip hooray! I've finally got back to my 16lb loss plus a quarter pound more I know it will go up slightly as weekends are normal eating but I'm happy it's going the right way. I really would like to lose 7lb before I go away in just over 4 weeks. Hubby keeps telling me to wear a bikini...

I've gone up a pound which is to be expected after my hotpot last night. I'm fasting today and have had two cups of black masala chai so far. I'm so cold today that I'm actually debating whether to get my ironing board out and iron to get me warm. I saved some hotpot for dad's tea and my...

Just had a lovely hotpot for tea. Today I've not counted calories at all. I've been pretty careful and not eaten loads of rubbish so should be ok. This morning I was a 1/4 of a pound off being back to my 16lb loss. I've been reading the 5:2 diet website and it says you should eat up to...

Just realised that its only four weeks and five days until my holiday. I was so hoping to wear a bikini but somehow I don't think that'll happen Today I've had 479 calories. I'm very pleased with that. Tomorrow I plan on cooking a hotpot. I'd love to do a suet crust on top but daren't...

Well I'd gone up a 1lb but that was to be expected. To be honest I'm amazed it wasn't more. Today I've been fasting and so far so good. I've had a couple of cinnamon teas which are very nice.....but not as nice as the liquorice. So far 30 calories for three extra strong mints.

Oh my goodness! What rubbish I've eaten today! Enough said. Back on the straight and narrow tomorrow.

Good morning. I've had my breakfast and feel much better today. Today is an eating day . Thank goodness for that!

Glad to see you are feeling better Emmaline. What really did me in was wrapping Christmas presents and I've bought five boxes of thorntons chocolates to add to gifts for friends. I looked at them and really just felt like ripping one open and eating them. It's hard to describe but my stomach is...

Evening meal was a curry from M&S at 340 cals plus 200g of cauliflower rice. I've got a few calories left in hand but really really really feel like some chocolate. Chocolate drink coming up!

I'm fasting today but really struggling!! I could eat a horse. I've had five 10 calorie extra strong mints to try and stave the hunger off. When I really think about it I'm not hungry I just have the munchies!

1,487 calories today and time for bed so no more to be eaten. I've decided to start taking magnesium citrate which is supposedly relaxing, helps with the loo!! and is good to take if you are hypothyroid. I will also be cutting back on the liquirice tea as my blood pressure has gone up a lot...

Btw when I went shopping yesterday I walked up and down the cake and bread aisle looking at what I could eat that wasnt too high in calories and nothing took my fancy, so I walked away! This is unheard of for me. Maybe it's the fact I can have it that I'm not bothered by it. Im sure you all...

I ended up having 1,705 yesterday and I'm amazed to say had gone down 1/2lb this morning. Not much but at least something. I'm eating today, although just not had chance to yet! My brother called to help chivvy dad into the shower. Dads 82 and likes a good wash down rather than the shower...

An eating day today. I've had 1,443 calories so far today and I might have a little more. I weighed this morning and hadn't altered which I find unbelievable given the calories I'm eating. I did drink two litres of liquid yesterday as I've decided I don't drink enough, so maybe it's that. My...

Yesterday I had 1,381 calories and today 598. I'm a bit miffed as when I got on the scales this morning I was just a stone down on my original weight. I seem to be in the doldrums which is a little annoying considering i had under 7,000 calories last week! Hey ho onwards with the diet I go.

A quick note: a friend and her husband called so I ended up having 120 calories more, a 40 cal chocolate drink plus a biscuit! Never-mind though as still good overall Night night

Well I ended up having a good fasting day after all.........so far I went to Boots this afternoon and did loads of Christmas shopping so that kept me occupied. I got back in at 7.00 and was ravenous! Fortunately, I'd prepared my veg earlier so a quick blast of that and an M&S ready meal and...

A fasting day, although I don't feel much like it! Two black coffees so far.

Another day done and almost time for bed. My dad is here now so i will have to have things like biscuits and currant loaf etc in the house. I never eat anything like that, so just dont buy it. It's not that i don't like biscuits but rather that I like them too much! Temptation!! Food today...

Fasting today and I've had 582. A little more than planned but I don't think it's too bad. Total for five days 4,882. Working out in my head I think that's an average of about 980 a day. Normal eating tomorrow. It's going to become slightly more difficult as my dad will be stopping with us...

Another good day and a loss this morning. I've had 1,249 calories today so my average over the last four days is 1,075 per day. Fasting tomorrow so it'll bring the average down. I think I'm addicted to liquorice tea, it's lovely and no calories

Just added up my calories for the last three sensible eating days and they total 3031, a smidgen over 1000 per day. I'm very pleased with that and hopefully it'll show good results on the scales.

I'm back on the straight and narrow! I tried to fast etc. for a few days but just kept giving in to temptation. My dad, who is 82, had a total knee replacement on Thursday so maybe I was more worried than I realised. When he comes home he's going to stop with me for two to three weeks so i...

Can't you tell I've had a bad/naughty couple of days! I always go quiet I've fasted today and am determined to get back on the straight and narrow. We had a residents meeting (only 8 neighbours) at our house last night, well I had to provide nibbles and wine just to be sociable you...

I ate far too much yesterday, so much I lost count! Why do you get days like that! Anyway, decided to fast today and have found it much easier now I'm at home. Total cals today 345. I might have a few more later. Bought some liquorice tea yesterday and its lovely. It tastes like the...

My meal tonight was couscous and ham plus a zero fat total Greek yogurt from sainsburys. Total calorie consumption including some plums earlier is 573. Average for the last five days 1,198. Very good considering my 2,500 blip on Tuesday! So long as I'm careful over the weekend all should be...

Black coffee so far. I noticed something interesting (to me anyway) this morning. My knickers and bra are both very loose. I used to really fill the cups and my bra was a neat fit around my body. I might actually have to go down a size. Also I put a top on last night and looked in the mirror...

I really feel as though I've gone up this week so it'll be interesting to get weighed. I think that will have to be Tuesday though, after my Monday fast. Black coffee and water all day tomorrow. I wonder if I could do a total fast? It'd be an extra early night if I did! Lol.

Can't do sums: average 1,350 and after tomorrow it'll be an average of 1,180 which is fine.

Calories today a little higher than I wanted at 1,784. That's almost 5,400 in 4 days, an average of 1,375 per day. Tomorrow will be a fasting day of 500 so that'll bring the average down a little. It's been very hard this week but back to normal on Saturday, thank goodness.

Thanks Emmaline. I'm not too bothered as a little of what you fancy does you good. It'll just restrict my evening meal! I'd be happy to nip into sainsburys again for my evening meal but hubby wants to eat in the hotel restaurant. I think I will be having fillet steak and either salad or veg...

I'm having a rubbish eating day.....literally! Two mini bars of chocolate and a packet of mints. What a waste of calories! 650 so far.

Breakfast: 2 poached eggs on toast, no butter. Black coffee. I'm trying to stick to a max of 1,500 today.

I managed to locate a really nice sainsburys so have had a prawn layered salad and a 10 cal jelly, two satsumas and some mints during the day. Total calories 562 so this averages out to 1,200 per day for the last three days. Normal eating tomorrow and fasting again on Friday. We go home Saturday...

Oh dear! I know I'm addicted to weighing but I've just bought some Tanita travel scales! There is sensible reasoning behind my purchase as I'm away for five weeks over Christmas and I find regular weighing keeps me on track. Well that's my excuse anyway

Thank goodness it's a fast day. I feel decidedly off colour and I know it's down to eating too much! Right now I will be happy with water and maybe a satsuma or two later. Having had a year or two of slimming world (and now a few weeks of fasting) I often feel ill if I eat too much so I...

I'm soooo full. For some reason (probably greed) I ate about 900 during the day and have just worked out my fish and chips, apple pie and custard and wine plus the biscuits off the tea tray in the room come to another 1,600! So I've had 2,500 today. My tde (or whatever the letters are and I'm...

Total today 535. Smoked salmon, beetroot, muller light yogurt and a mini chocolate bar. Added to my mints and milk that's not a bad total. It's hard sitting in a hotel eating that though. I'd love to go to the restaurant and have a couple of glasses of wine. The weight loss will be worth it...

Fasting today. Three extra strong mints and one coffee with a splash of semi skimmed milk plus a couple of black coffees. About 50 cals in total so far.

7283 calories plus 140 equals 7423. The extra 140 being a pack of two biscuits which I just couldn't resist

I've done me best to count calories. I had leek and potato soup followed by roast beef with Yorkshire pudding. I had a very small amount of cheese off hubby and ate five grapes and a little celery. I finished with black coffee. I thnk my total calories for the day are about 1,800. Even if...

This is business for hubby and pleasure for me:-). I've eaten a few mints and added them to my calorie total. It'll be hard judging the food, I'd much rather weigh everything and know all the ingredients! I'm looking forward to dinner though. Only 60 miles to go. Hope the hotel is nice...

All packed and ready to go. My weight was the same his morning as yesterday. Pleased with that as yesterday was an eating day. I've had a very late breakfast for a total of 383 calories. I will endeavour to have three fasting days but if I don't I won't be too concerned. I will just be glad...

Calories today 1,479. Total for the last six days 5,483. I really feel like picking today. I'm definitely not hungry but just feel like munching something like crisps, biscuits etc. it's ridiculous!! I've got some champagne truffles upstairs (christmas shopping) and would love to eat those...

I've decided to put data under my signature as you do Emmaline x

Hi Emmaline. The photo bucket link was a slimming world award. I could never get them to show! Maybe it's because I was using an ipad! I need to remove them. I've been keeping a record of weight and food on myfitnesspal. It's good but I have to be careful as some of the calorie counts other...

I'm going to start dating my first post each day so that when I look back to see my weight it doesn't just say 1 week ago, 2 weeks ago, etc. I like to know exactly So for my benefit the date is 12th October 2013 and I've lost 16lb in 6 weeks and 3 days. Ps I think I'd been overeating for...

Another 1lb off so that's 1 stone 2lb now. I'm expecting a small increase over the weekend as yesterday was a fast day. I'm away next week so no daily weighing! Today is an eating day.

I've just eaten two extra strong mints at ten each so calories for the day are 531. Total for the last five days 4,004, average 800 per day. Over the weekend I'm expecting to eat about 1,500 per day. This would bring my total to about 7,000 equal to 1,000 per day. That will be a 7,000 (2lb)...

I've had a really good fasting day. It really helps knowing I can have what I want tomorrow (within reason). I called at M&S to buy some ready meals for fasting days. I find that so much easier than cooking from scratch and they have loads of meals at about 300 to 320 calories. I add some veg...

Hip hip hooray! I've now lost 1 stone 1lb. I've now been on the fast diet (and sometimes intermittent fasting diet) for six weeks and two days. I've got 8.5 weeks until I go to India so it's looking good

Total calories for four days 3,473 (868 per day). I will have about 500 tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday will be about 1,500 per day and that will bring my average to about 1,000 per day. A seven thousand calorie saving per week or 2lb loss.

Thanks Emmaline. I'm away next week so it's going to be a little more difficult. Might try to buy ready made salad and Eat that in the hotel room. Bit boring for hubby but he can go and eat. It'll save money on expensive meals There is a swimming pool too so I should get my lengths in. I...

1,189 calories so far. I swam 20 lengths this morning and really wanted to do more but just didnt have the time. Walked a couple of miles with my neighbour. I can't believe I've not gone down with all this effort! I hope I start losing again soon. I measured myself this morning and my...

I've been busy again today. Just time to quickly post. Well I jumped on the scales, off the scales, on the scales, off the scales etc. and I was still 1/4 lb off the first stone loss! I'm sure my scales must be stuck!! Not been to the loo for a few days which doesn't help. I think I'm...

Well I am a skinny little thing! Anyway time for bed and everything crossed that I've broken the 1 stone barrier tomorrow! Oh yes, I nearly forgot, calories for the day 421.

I'm watching Fat for Cash at 9 pm on five. Might make me feel thin! Think I will have a chocolate drink at 40 calories.

I'm having a weight watchers toffee and honeycomb sundae at 119 calories. 371 calories so far.

A busy day. Two black coffees whilst out, another two at home. A satsuma and for my evening meal a prawn curry at 208 calories and a pack of slim rice at 15 calories. Total so far 252 so far. The slim rice was ok but a bit like eating softish plastic pellets. No taste really but it did bulk...

Bit obsessive but just got on again and 1/4lb off my stone. Should be below tomorrow.....fingers crossed. Getting dressed now so no more weighing

Just looked back at my posts and I think I've dropped 3/4lb in the last week. It feels so much slower though. It'd be useful if posts had the date rather than 1week ago, 2 weeks ago etc.

1/2lb off my first stone! Wouldn't you think with my efforts yesterday and 1,212 calories that I might have gone down! I know it'll happen eventually! Fasting today, although feeling a little peckish right now but that's probably because I'm miffed! Had a dreadful sleep last night. I...

What a fabulous diet this is. I've been doing alternate days for about five or six weeks now and have lost a stone. I'm very pleased as during that period I've spent 12 days on holiday with my husband staying in a hotel eating in restaurants. Another week away in a villa self catering with a...

Just added up my calories in the last six days and its 7,038. Tomorrow will be a fasting day so total in seven days will be just over 7,500, a saving of 6,500 so almost 2lb weight. It will be interesting to see what I weigh after my fast tomorrow. This is after my excesses including cava on...

Thanks Emmaline. It'll be interesting weighing in the morning. I'm out with friends tomorrow but should still be able to fast as we usually only stop for coffee. If I'm back early enough I will do more gardening. Planning on swimming again on Thursday morning and then a busy day ferrying my...

Calories today 1,137 but I will probably have a little more. I swam 40 lengths this morning, did about an hour of gardening and went for 1.5 mile walk with a neighbour. It's not very often I have a very energetic day so I made the most of it.

1/4lb off my first stone loss! I jumped on the scales and swore a bit then had a quick shower, brushed my teeth, made the bed, jumped on the scales again and........still a 1/4lb of my first stone! Think I will just try once more. I think the scales are stuck at that weight!!

Time for bed and calories for the day are 468. Think I will have porridge for breakfast, I'm looking forward to it already.

Well I did about three hours gardening and my calorie total is currently 438. I've had a chicken chow mein from the M&S count on us range. It was a bit small but very tasty. I think the feel fuller for longer meals are better for my fast days, especially with extra veg. I think I will have...

Fasting not going to badly. Two black coffees and a 40 cal chocolate drink so far (noon) and a two mile walk. I'm pondering whether to do some gardening but I still feel a bit rough!

Oh dear! I feel as rough as a bears a***. Must be a combination of too much food and half a bottle of cava! I'm now 2lb off my first stone lost. Hey ho that's life! Today is a fasting day so I will go down again tomorrow. Hubby away tonight so I'm off to get an M&S ready meal out of the...

Hope so Emmaline! I walked 2.2 miles today and yesterday plus swimming 20 lengths on Thursday and a shorter walk of 1.2 miles on Friday. Hope that helps. I feel so full tonight though. I will jump on the scales tomorrow but I feel as though there will be a big gain. We shall see.......

After divesting oneself of your nightie of course! Lol!

Do you weigh once a week Emmaline? I'm afraid I just have no control where the scales are concerned. I often jump on after I've got up for a wee in the middle of the night! Lol

4,858 calories over three days. So that's only 358 over. I can easily save that on Tuesday and Thursday by eating about 1,300 on those days. That will give me 7,500 for the week which is an overall saving of 6,500. Almost 2lb per week. I've bought some zero noodles and zero rice. I'm not...

Oh dear! I've done a rough calculation of my calories and its about 2,150. Which according to the fast diet is ok. I'm allowed about 2,100 per day but I really feel this is too much and two days fasting will only give me an incredibly low weight loss! Anyway the beauty of this diet is you can...

Noooo. I don't buy it! I'm prescribed 100mcg. It's just that I know I can buy it abroad if I feel I need a slightly higher dose. My dr is one of those that if your tsh is just below 6 he's happy. Well I know better! To feel really good it needs to be below 1. So it's difficult getting an...

Arghh!! 1/4 lb off one stone loss.......again!!! Mind you I have had a couple of eating days and today is probably going to be a big eating day!! Monday will be a lovely simple fast day so I'm hoping for great things on the weight loss front on tuesday I'm cooking Rich beef in red wine...

Almost ready to go to bed. I've had 1,453 calories. I used my fitness pal to record what I'd eaten and as that reckons I can eat 1,200 it's showing I'm over! Hopefully I won't go too much over 1,500 tomorrow but Monday will be a fasting day so it'll even out. I'm looking forward to fasting...

Btw I'm now taking 125 mcg thyroxine then 100 mcg alternate days. If I'm better on it I might just buy more next time I'm in Spain or maybe in India at Christmas.

Thanks Emmaline My doctor is loath to increase min as I've had a heart attack. I've tried the alternate day 25mcg and my hearts not been racing so I'm hopeful that'll perk me up a bit. When I calorie counted dieted years ago I struggled greatly to lose weight and started on the slimming...

I weighed very late today. By the time hubby and I had changed the bed, showered etc it was gone 10! What a lazy bones I am at times. Anyway jumped on the scales and now have 1/4 lb to lose to reach my stone. However, if I'd weighed at 8.30 ish I'm sure it'd be more like 3/4 lb. I...

1,315 calories today. I shall make a note in my diary so I keep to 7,000 in seven days. Our daughter and family are coming for a meal on Sunday so I need a few extra calories in hand to make up for Sunday's excesses. So I now have 185 more calories to add to Sunday

Again I have 1/2 lb to go to get to my one stone loss! Today is an eating day. I've been giving fasting some thought........ To maintain weight you can eat 14,000 calories a week. For each pound of fat lost you need to cut back by 3,500 cals per week. I would really like to average 2lb...

100 mcg. I've been on that dose for about a year now. I have a few spare 25 mcg ones so I'm going to take one of those every other day and see if that helps. I have odd days when I'm full of beans and others when I can hardly move. You probably understand what I mean. At least I never have...

Thanks Emmaline Yes, I will cut down on the marmite in my next drink. I will have a rounded teaspoon instead of heaped! I don't normally have it and thought it'd be too weak. I think my thyroxine dose is maybe a bit low and hence the tiredness. It's such a battle to get it increased...

Up a pound this morning but I know that's just down to eating yesterday so I'm unconcerned. I have fasted today as I've been swimming and not had chance to eat so I might as well carry on. Must admit to being tired today and 20 lengths of breaststroke was hard slog! Another thing I've noticed...

Just booked 8 days in Spain for the end of April. I wonder what weight I will be in seven months! I have five weeks in India before then but I usually lose weight there. I think the heat stops me eating and there is such a lot of fresh fruit to enjoy. It's about three months to India so I...

I've had my mince and carrots plus two caramel mousses. Total calories so far 1,787. I may have a 40 cal chocolate drink and maybe a satsuma or two later. I'm undecided whether to fast tomorrow or not. I'm going swimming and doing aqua aerobics so it might be a good day to fast. I'm...

It's such a joy to be able to look at food and not think I can't have it! I bought a few ready meals in Marks for fasting days. Something very odd though is that I have no desire to eat high fat, high calorie food and most of my shopping was extremely healthy. I did slip in a chocolate bar...

Only 1/2 lb to go to my first stone loss on his diet Today is an eating day and I'm off to Marks to look at all their lovely food.

Time for bed. Excited to see if I've gone down again tomorrow. Total calories 505. Had a couple of large plums and skimmed milk in instant coffee and a 40 cal chocolate drink earlier. Felt a bit like something sweet so also had a 10 calorie jelly pot.

Btw my fast has lasted from about 8 last night until when I eat at six. 22 hours.

3 black coffees = 15 cals 2 fishcakes at 140 each = 280 140g Brussels sprouts = 60 Total: 355. Boring tea but its all i could find and the fishcakes were almost out of date. Hubby in London so no meal required.

Hip hip hooray another 1/2 gone and after an eating day! That's 12 1/4 in 5 weeks (including holidays, cava etc). I'm very pleased, hope it keeps going in the right direction. Swam 20 lengths today and its a fasting day.

1,621 calories today. Not particularly healthy though, although I've eaten plenty of fruit. I can't seem to get my brain into gear following my holiday. Plus I've been feeling particularly tired which I think is down to my thyroid not the diet. I need to plan my shopping a bit more and get...

Ha! Just got on the scales after my shower etc and I'm another quarter down. Not much but every little helps . So that's 11 3/4 lb. Nit much to go to the stone. Hopefully I shall get that next week.

1/2 lb off so that's an 11 1/2 lb so far. Today is a normal eating day so crumpets for breakfast.

Total calories today 515. I'm looking forward to breakfast. One granddaughter wants crumpets and the other has asked for cheese on toast. Now which shall I have! I think it might be crumpets I'm pretty hungry today but I can wait until tomorrow. I think if I was dieting like this every...

Well granddaughters have had a three course dinner, hubby two courses and I've had an m&s count on us cottage pie at 340 cals, broccoli at 40, earlier today jelly at 10, two coffees one black 5 cals and one with skimmed milk at about 25. So that's 420. I think I will have a Chocolate drink...

I've made my decision. It's a fasting day. Ive still had nothing to eat so I might as well carry on. On a none dieting subject. I had an almost irresistible urge to tick someone off today. She overtook me like a mad thing then drove right up the arse of the person in front and almost in the...

I really feel I ate too much yesterday. It was just one of those days. I fully expected a substantial gain but miraculously I was only up half a pound! According to the calculator on the 5:2 diet site I can eat bout 2,100 on my non fast days. I actually ate about 2,150 which seemed loads...

Thanks Emmaline. You've done well calorie counting and low carving combined. I've been thinking for some time that good old fashioned calorie counting was the way to go. I think when I've done it before I've put my body into starvation mode and weight loss has almost ground to a halt...

I'm so full! I've actually eaten all of the 2,000 calories I'm allowed. In fact I'm 66 over! I feel as though I've eaten loads. It's so lovely to be able to eat without having to think I can't have it or I'm cheating. I came across a slimming world recipe for some low syn scones today and...

For those interested, below is a link to 50 calorie foods. These are ok to eat for snacks as below 50 cals will not break your fast. The 5:2 Diet: 50 foods with 50 calories or less to help you lose weight - Mirror Online

Another 1lb gone so that's 11lb lost so far. I measured myself on the 25th August so I'm assuming that's when I started. I can't remember if I measured a day or so later but it's near enough. That would therefore make it about 4 weeks now of this diet. When I was much younger I could lose...

Well I had my chocolate drink and jelly......then another jelly and 35 calories worth of milk in coffee plus a mint at 5 cals. Total for the day 508 calories.

My fasting day is not going too badly but I am pretty hungry today. I think it'll be an early night! I've had a slim a soup at 63 cals, I mint at 5, 100ml skimmed milk in coffee at 35 cals and a count on us sandwich I bought yesterday at 290 calories. So with 10 cals for my two mugs of...

Another loss Last night I ate an M&S feel full for longer meal at about 310 cals, one peach, three light digestive and drank coffee with milk plus a 40 cal chocolate drink. Added to what I'd already eaten I reckoned about 1,800 cals. After my shower, etc this morning I got on the scales...

Here's an interesting article about alternate day fasting: Feast or famine: The diet that won't just help you lose weight, you'll live longer and be brainier! | Mail Online

Woke up early and jumped on the scales and I've now lost 9.5 lb. Hooray. Considering all my holidays and meals out and that I started this diet three weeks ago its brilliant  Today is an eating day. I was very rushed this morning and ate an Alpen bar with coffee, so about 100 cals. Whilst I...

I'm having such a good fasting day . I've had: Four black coffees at 5 cals each = 20 cals, I chocolate options drink at 40 cals, a sainsburys My Goodness classic roast chicken dinner at 305 calories and a Hartleys low cal jelly at 10 cals. That's a total of 375 calories so far. Oh dear...

A speedy update. I've just had a shower, brushed teeth etc and jumped on the scales before getting dressed and I'm now 1/4 of a pound lighter so I should show a decent loss tomorrow morning. Hooray :-)))

Hmmm. I think I've gone up 1/2 a pound but as I usually weigh after a fasting day this is not a true weight. I've just had two days of eating so today is a fast and I will weigh in the morning. By today's weight I'm still 8lb lighter than I was three weeks ago. Considering I've had two...

Well I'm home:-) trouble is hubby is away until late Saturday so it's a bit lonely :-(. I have eaten too much today, all bitty things and I've no idea of calories! I'm not sure if I'm fasting tomorrow or not. I think I will decide in the morning. Not drinking half a bottle if cava each day...

Briefly have Internet so quick post. My fasting yesterday was not so good.....2 bottles of cava between 2 is far too many calories. Ended up having about 1,000. Today is a normal day but probably only having about 1,200. I'm eating tomorrow as I fly home and it'll be difficult. Not flying...

I think I probably ate too much yesterday. Probably just under 2,000, it was hard to calculate! Anyway today is a fast day so nice and easy. I'm not fasting on Monday and fly home Tuesday so probably won't fast that day. Another day of sunbathing ahead :-)

Had a brill fasting day. Half a bottle of cava and lettuce, cucumber, beetroot and ham plus black coffee. Looking forward to food tomorrow! Just remembered I had a peach at lunch time.

Had tarte tartan for dessert and it was delicious :-). I've definitely not had 3,500 today so my fast of yesterday means I should have gone down. I haven't found scales here so no weighing. Be interesting when I get home.

I often each odd things on holiday and today was no exception! We spent the day in alicante and decided to stop at a small fish restaurant for a snack. Everything on the menu looked like massive meals so I selected a small portion of mixed small fish. It came deep fried in a light batter with...

I think we are going into alicante tomorrow. I'm looking forward to my breakfast but I'm really going to watch what I eat. I have my little calorie counter book with me.

Smoked ham! Must be predictive text! It was smoked salmon.

Fasted today. Did drink cava this afternoon so just had a little smoked ham, lettuce and tomato for my evening meal. I also ate about six mints at five cals each and had four black coffees at five cals each. I've probably had a little over but hopefully not too much.

Well I've arrived in Spain. It's so warm :-) I weighed myself this morning but it was very difficult to tell what I was! It was four in the morning! I've eaten reasonably well today and probably had about 1,500 to 1,600 cals which included half a bottle of cava ..... Followed by a lovely...

I feel so hungry today. I've had a chocolate drink at 40 cals, cereal bar at 70 cals, ready meal at 301 cals, four mugs of coffee at 5 cals each and a packet of Pom-bears at 97 cals. A quick add up and that's about 520 odd calories. It's only 6 pm! I think it's just one of those days!!

Fasting today. Fortunately I'm just not hungry after my Sunday dinner and apple pie last night:-) Two mugs of black coffee so far at 5 cals each.

I've just had a delicious Sunday dinner and how nice it was to have three Yorkshire puddings and not give one iota about syns or points! I've been away so much over the last couple of weeks and eaten loads of meals out. Under normal diet conditions I'd be struggling to pick something...

Good morning. I've had a lovely long lie in I've just been on the scales and have now lost 8.5 lb, not bad considering how difficult its been trying to eat normally! I'm going to be careful today and am planning on cooking a Sunday dinner. Tomorrow I plan on fasting and then on tuesday it's a...

Back home safely. I fasted Thursday and ate on Friday. On Friday we travelled to London and I ate on the train, we then went out for a superb meal which was relatively healthy. We then attended the fashion show which was wonderful to see. My downfall food wise though was the aftershow party...

I've had an excellent fasting day. I had my salmon salad and melon from M&S for my evening meal. During the day I've had two mugs of options chocolate drink and an Alpen cereal bar plus mugs of black coffee. Total cals 540 so just a little over. I do think it'll be an early night though :-)

I'm back home safely:-). I've feasted for two days and today is a fast day. Last night I had a major blip. We got in at about 7 pm and then rushed around to our daughters house to see our granddaughter who was eight yesterday. There was loads of party food left, particularly cakes! Oh dear...

Btw if a stranger drops by and is confused by me eating, I'm having a bit of a change from Sw and am doing the 5:2 diet (although currently its almost alternate days). Before I left home for my Hols I'd lost 8lb in six days!!! However, that's how it always is with a new diet starting after a...

Had a bit of a carb overload at breakfast. Not massively so but more than I'm used to. Two small pieces of brown toast with flora and low sugar jam. A crusty roll with a little butter and two tiny cubes of blue cheese. One low fat yogurt at 48 cals, black coffee and glass of cava.i also ate...

Goodness me, my last post was 666 so I thought I'd do another :-)

I'm such a saint. I've just sat nursing a black coffee while my husband munched his way through a pizza. Had to crack on I wasn't hungry because I'd had a very large late lunch! Came back to the hotel and ate some fruit and oatcakes. 512 calories in total. I'm not particularly hungry but...

Having a good fasting day so far. Apart from diet coke, water and black coffee I've consumed my bit of melon at breakfast and three extra strong mints at 10 cals each. Shall I tell you what's has really spurred me on today. Hubby took a photo of me sunbathing and lying on my back. In my mind...

I think from a quick look that the fasting period has to be 12 to 14 hours long for health benefits. Therefore if you eat your last meal at 7 pm you can eat 12/14 hours afterwards, so that's between 7 and 9 in the morning. I think the longer the fast the better. I suppose its whatever suits...

One thing puzzles me.....if you have more than 50 cals you are considered to have broken your fast. Some people recommend eating two or three small meals a day on a fasting day. Well if you do that surely you will be negating any health benefits fasting gives you. I need to read a bit more on that.

Fast day today. I've just looked on line to try to gauge what 50 cals of melon look like and it's about a quarter of a cantaloupe. They have honeydew melon here so I will try for about that amount. Although black coffee is 5 cals a cup so must remember to add that in!

Well I've no idea what I've eaten calorie wise but it was lovely. I had a bread roll dipped in olive oil. foie gras with pear and berry compote. Cod and braised sprouts (actual shoots not sprouts as we know them) and butter bean mash followed by decaf black coffee and a couple of petit...

Just had the nicest breakfast ever :-) Two small thick slices of wholemeal bread toasted with a little butter and low sugar strawberry jam. They tasted absolutely gorgeous, especially as the bread was home made type bread and not mass produced stuff. Delicious. Bran flakes, skimmed milk...

4650 cals plus 700 is 5,350 and divide by 5 equals 1,070 per day on average. I feel bloated and certainly no thinner but that could be down to all the water I'm drinking. Overall and assuming I can have about 2,000 per day that's a saving of almost 5,000 cals. At 3,500 cals per 1lb that should...

Goodness me! Sometimes it's hard to diet. I've joined hubby for coffee after his meal and the waiter brought me over a mini Portuguese custard tart for a treat!!!! Then stayed near us, so I just had to eat it. I've also eaten six walnut halves off husbands cheese board. What with the chocolate...

It's odd but I actually really feel that with this diet I will get into a healthy weight range. My sister in law reckons she would faint due to low blood sugar and just couldn't do it. She exercises a lot (spinning arghh) and thinks she would be unable to exercise on a fasting day. None of...

Also, I've read that as long as food is below 50 cals it is generally accepted your body will still be in the fasted state! Hope so!

At the moment my willpower is strong but I doubt it will be in a couple of weeks!!!

Having another fast today. I don't really need to do as many but we've been invited to a show on Friday evening at London fashion week and I don't want to look massive in my outfit. We are also invited to the vip section of the aftershow party. (Not that we are vips, we've just known the...

I had two thirds of a bottle of wine this afternoon at about 400 cals I think. For my evening meal: water, a very small sirloin steak, mushroom risotto (which I maybe ate a quarter off and gave the rest to hubby) and a plain side salad which I put some balsamic on. I think, totting it all up...

Calories in three days: 2,700 plus 550, so that's 3,250 or just under 1,100.

Ok! I had the cava :-) I also had smoked salmon and a little ham with I tablespoon of scrambled egg plus a tiny tiny piece of blue cheese. I also had half a peach, two small bits of melon and two small bits of pineapple plus two black coffees. I reckon it was under 300 as all small portions. Not...

What an exciting evening meal I had! Two massive satsumas and a pack (7 biscuits) of fine milled oat cakes. During the day a pack of extra strong mints! Not very healthy but about 550 cals. Can't wait to get home and eat properly on my fast days. Anyway today is a feast day but I'm going...

Doing another fast as I didn't feel hungry at breakfast. Had one mint 10 cals and two black coffee at five each, 20 cals so far but am feeling pretty hungry!i just know I will go up if I don't make the effort. Dieting is so much easier at home where you don't have to guess calorie values.

I think I ate about 2,100 cals yesterday which is a little over. Taking my fast day into account my total is 2,700 or 1,350 per day. I've gone down half a pound since arriving on holiday which is a better speed of loss. Wish the scales were accurate, although it is lovely to be half a stone...

Normal day today so I've had scrambled egg, smoked salmon, two slices tom, melon, black coffee, low fat Yog, minuscule piece of blue cheese, black decaf and a glass of cava. Mostly small portions so I reckon about 600 cals or just under. Probably only have water during the day and I plan on...

I think I've done ok today fasting wise. I've eaten an apple (75) two black coffee, a little pack of walkers oat cakes with three biscuits in (117 calories), salmon fillet (300 - 350) and salad. Salad had oil on it so I just nibbled the bits that looked dry. I must admit I've been really...

Arrived at our hotel safely and it's gorgeous :-). There are scales in the bathroom but they appear to be weighing half a stone lighter than the ones at home. At least it gives me a baseline, but I will be miffed when I get home and weigh more!! Today is a fast day as I ate far too much...

Good morning. I've gone up 1lb but that still means 8lb in six days :-) it was the fudges fault, not mine ;-) I'm eating normally today, although I'm not particularly hungry at present and haven't had breakfast yet. Busy doing last minute packing so I will have my porridge when that's done...

Total cals today 2,130. Seems like i have eaten loads but according to the book I can eat about 2,000. I'm a bit over but have been under on other days so I'm not bothered. What pushed it up was 600 cals for some fudge aughter brought back from Cornwall. One thing I've noticed is that my...

Thanks Emmaline. This diet is great :-). It's odd but even on the days I can eat I don't really feel like it. Maybe it's because it a diet new to me and I'm feeling motivated. I've never experienced that before because most other diets are restrictive. Lets hope it last! Calories today...

9lb in five days!! Scary!!  Today is a feast day. As we are trying to empty the fridge I have no idea what I'm going to feast on though. My shopping is very healthy and low fat these days so I've plenty of veg to consume. I will be struggling to get up near the 2,000. Good job I like...

510 cals today and I've found it hard. Feast day tomorrow and Monday and then I will try a fast day on Tuesday. Might not be easy on hol though! Total cals in five days 4,709. So according to the book I'm allowed 2,000 per day to maintain, therefore a saving of 5,300 cals or 1.5 lb of fat...

I have a blood sugar test coming up in a few weeks. I've been creeping up and am only a smidgen under the lab reference ranges so the dr wants a recheck. It'll be very interesting to see if the fasting diet lowers my levels. According to the book it should.

How fabulous is this diet! 7.5 lb in four days!! I'm having another fast day I've decided. Tomorrow will be feast and then it's my Hols so I know it'll be a lot harder, although I will try to fast two or three times while I'm away. Funnily enough on my feast days I'm opting for healthy stuff...

Fourth day of diet. I've had 1,533 cals and that included a Turkish delight bar from M&S. it's so nice not to be thinking if syns all the time. Our evening meal was lovely. Mushroom soup, crumbed fish with peas and carrots and for supper a rhubarb fool type desert. Basically stewed rhubarb...

5.5 lb down in three days. I know it's not actual weight really. I gained 6 lb in four days so I'm just getting rid of that and would probably have gone down anyway. My friend who tempted me with a scone yesterday bought me one to bring home. All night I thought about eating it for breakfast...

Total calories so far in three days: 2666. So that's 889 on average each day.

Nearly time for bed. Had a sainsburys creamy laksa chicken noodle soup for tea at 322 cals. Just had an apple at 93 (I was surprised how much the apple was but I weighed it and it's correct). Calories in total today are 490. I'm having a caffeine free diet coke before bed. Fingers crossed I have...

Doing well with my fast today:-). My friend tried to tempt me with a fresh cream scone but I resisted. I had a decaf coffee with a splash of skimmed milk. Probably about 25 cals. I'm not sure if I have to count the skimmed milk as breaking my fast or not! If not, I will have gone 20 hours with...

I'm so hungry........I must think of the health benefits, plus I can eat normally tomorrow. I had a cereal bar about 9 last night so that's 15 hours fasting so far :-)

I've decided today will be another fast day as I'm going to be fairly busy. I didn't realise that black coffee has 5 cals per cup!! Anyway the book says I can have black drinks so that's ok. I've got a low cal ready meal for later, I know that's lazy but I've decided it's the easiest way to do...

I've been searching the site for info on The Fast Diet and am going to try it. My weight is horrendous right now. I'm still going to Sw but I'm not sure why I'm bothering! Yesterday I had my first fast day and ate 512 calories. Today is a feast day and I've eaten 1,672 calories. Oddly I'm...

Hi crystal. Lovely to hear from you. I'm back in the fold of Sw. In fact I never left but somehow have managed to put a stone on since Christmas!!! It's just so hard at times. I eat out far too often for my own good. Wish the weather would warm up, I'm sure that'd help. xx

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Well I'm well and truly full now. I stirred a low fat Yog into my porridge and sliced a banana on top. Delicious. The bacon was lean and there was no butter on the mushroom, so a perfect Sw breakfast and a big one too :) xx

1lb is better than nothing. I'm fully expecting a gain next week! I got my friend to pick up the new mag in group and I plan to follow that when I get back home. Hopefully starting on Sunday. I'm having a cheese and wine evening next weekend for hubby's 60th (he's such an old fart). I plan...

Well done. How did you manage that! I was 4lb heavier this morning so lost two overnight. Mind you I have been pigging out this week! It was goa. We love it there. If you ever go, head for south goa, it's much nicer than the north. It's quieter and. Bit more jungly. Is that a made up word...

Ps I weigh about 6lb more than I did in September!!!! How about you? Xx

Hi crystal I'm well thanks and still staying with the diet, although I've been sticking at the same weight for a couple of months now. I went to India for five weeks over Christmas and only put on 1lb! Since then though, I've eaten every bit of rubbish in sight. I don't know why!! I really...

Hi. Did you mean to post somewhere else! Anyway here is a link to a discussion on syn free lemon curd. http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/200313-syn-free-lemon-curd.html Hope that helps.

After a week in Malta and a 5 lb gain (weighed at home last Friday) I was dreading getting weighed today! I was overjoyed to find I was only half a pound heavier. Fingers crossed for a loss next week. I have a couple of days in London and a week in Cambridge between now and Christmas so...

Another 1/2 off. Not much but better than nothing! Got overall winner of woman of the year award for my group. I was so touched. I got such lovely comments too. I bet there are loads of members much more deserving than me :) Xx

Well blow me! I have a text from our group leader to say I've been voted into the top three for the woman of the year for our groups. I'll have to get my thinking cap on as to what to write. I'm very pleased and extremely surprised. It's a nice feeling :D Xx

I came back from London with a four pound game! Was then really really strict and ended up with a 1.5 lb loss. I've finally reached my 10% weight loss at last. I'm here now until the 4th sept and then it's Malta for a few days. I think the only other trip I have between now and Christmas...

Hi crystal Lovely to hear from you, hope you are ok. I returned from Spain at 1.30 last night and, after a short sleep, hotfooted around to Sw weigh in. I've stayed the same but I actually think I've gone down again this holiday. My last weigh in was in the evening and I ate nothing...

Went to weigh in tonight and I've lost 2 lb. I'm so pleased. I've weighed out some 35 g bags of oats to take to Spain, I'm determined to get to my 10% loss by next week and only 1/2 lb to go :D X

Well we are back at the hotel. We left the festival early. It rained so much the place was a sea of mud. Food: porridge with milk/water Banana Apple Two bags of velvet crunch 8 syns Coffee with skimmed milk Sainsburys couscous 2 syns Ham 15 peanuts approx 6 syns Chickpea and...

Another day outside. It's been so cold tonight. It was very uncomfortable. Hubby doesnt understand that I just cannot tolerate the cold these days! Food in no particular order: Porridge with milk/water Two activia yogs One banana Two apples Three decaf coffee with semi skim milk Tub of...

I seem to have done nothing but pick today! Breakfast at the hotel was not good for slimming world! There was no cereal I could eat, no weetabix, no bran flakes just muesli, cornflakes and other cereals of that ilk. I decided to opt for the porridge and asked how it was made. They make it...

At Cambridge folk festival. Food so far today: porridge made with water. Raspberry Yog and fresh raspberries stirred in. Two milk in coffee Three Alpen bars just because they were in my bag! Pasta gazpatcho. Apart from chicken tikka and rice this appears to be the only food I can...

Fantastic weigh in :) 2 lb loss. I'm very pleased. I was so worried about the food in America and if I hadn't been vigilant it could have been a gain. Mind you over the last couple of days and the flight home I didn't really try very hard, although I mostly picked the right things. I'm...

Ps. Time is now 1.44 (if anyone actually reads this and wants to know). Night.

My body clock is up the pole! Just look at the time and I'm wide awake! It's 8.30 in Lancaster PA, my mind still thinks I'm there. Evening meal was rather boring. Baked potato, couscous with roasted veg and rocket. I sprayed the potato with the I cal butter spray. It's not as nice as...

It's so lovely to back home and eating my Sw meals :) Breakfast: porridge made with water, raspberry Yog and raspberries. Banana. Two coffees with milk from my allowance. I ate late as I had a fasting blood test this morning so will just have some fruit for my lunch. Looking at he time...

Back home safely. Very tired though. I've had three days of overindulging. I've not gone wild but know it's been a little too much. Joy of joys though, I jumped on the scales this morning and have defo gone down :) another day or two to right the excesses of the flight, and ba lounge free...

Back in from our meal. I had tomato and Basel soup followed by spaghetti Bol with no cheese. The sauce had loads of tomato and not much meat. I also had one piece of hot bread (about a small french stick slice) and a small glass of red wine. I've just eaten a chocolate coin which was on my...

Hi Mandy. How's the diet going? I've not seen you at the meeting....mind you I've been away more than I'm there! It's so hot here at the moment but rain is forecast for Wednesday so I'm planning the trip then if poss. Hubby will be in a meeting so I'll be on my own. I hate doing things...

Today's food: banana, raisin bran, two zero fat 60 cal pots of yogurt, peach, four coffees with skimmed milk. Beef steak (it was so big I couldnt eat it all! All sauces were on the side so i had none. Broccoli, baked potato with no butter. Lettuce, toms, cucumber, chopped egg, few...

That's ok crystal. I'm glad all is ok. I missed you :) Xx

Hi bobtheblob. Take something with you just to be on the safe side. It's so hard if you are out with children and they want all the lovely fattening food! Have a good breakfast too, that'll hopefully stop some hunger pangs. Finally, think how good it will be to go on all the rides without...

Just typed in a lengthy message and then lost it. Here's the short version: Hot bread dipped in oil and balsamic ....two small pieces and it was divine. Lettuce, cucumber, cherry toms, grated carrot, declined any dressing. Bolognese with pasta ribbons which came ready covered in...

Hi to anyone who takes the time to read my ramblings. Today I had eggbeaters made into scrambled egg. Made With Real Eggs: A Healthier & Tasty Egg Substitute | Egg Beaters. It tasted ok. Americans have some weird stuff! It was served with two slices of brown toast so I've counted that as my...

We've had our meal. It's not easy in American restaurants to diet! They served lovely hot bread with a garlic, herb and olive oil dip. I'm afraid I couldn't resist and had four small pieces. They were probably about French stick sized thickish pieces. I then had pasta with a tomato, basil...

Breakfast was porridge, melon and pineapple. Lunch was two small bananas, two plums. A peach and an apple. Plus two coffees with skimmed milk. I think I need to cut back on the fruit, it has had a dramatic effect :D It's much easier at home. I could just do with a nice Sw meal! Out...

Well that was interesting! Salad plus corn chowder to start. Looked a bit creamy but I think it was ok. Only a small portion. Then I opted for salmon with a raspberry crust. I asked for no potatoes as they were sauted in garlic butter. Instead I got extra veg, again sauted with a few...

A good day so far food wise. Breakfast was raisin bran which to all intents and purposes was sultana bran with skimmed milk. I'm not sure if that's acceptable as a healthy extra because of the raisins. I didn't have much but I'll check on line just in case. Lunch was a fruit platter of...

Well we are here in America safe and sound. Cannot list what I've eaten ...... Suffice it to say it's bad! Just came into the hotel bar to get a diet tonic and all they had in diet drinks was coke or tap water. Don't know if I can drink the water so went out and hunted down some bottled...

Well I didn't go and I've just eaten some toast! I've ordered a low cal meal on the plane so that'll make up for it. I've no idea how my Internet access will be so if I don't get on I'll return a week on Sunday. Xx

Yesterday was so hectic. Daughter and my father share July 9th as their birthday. Dad was 81 and daughter 31. Time flies. Anyway we decided to do a family brunch at my house. Everything we cooked was fine for Sw until it came to the cake! Family had full cooked breakfast, toast, marmalade...

It's lovely to be back home:) Breakfast at the hotel: bran flakes with a little milk plus melon and pineapple. An Alpen light bar at 3 syns As soon as I got home at lunch time I went out shopping for breakfast food. All my family are coming round tomorrow for brunch. I was out for...

Yesterday's food: fruit and Yog for breakfast. 2 Alpen light bars. I counted the Yog instead of milk although it might have been free anyway. I couldn't find the make online. It was 91 cals zero fat. Velvet crisps 4 syns, plums, apple, banana. Dinner: veg soup, I piece brown bread off a...

Oh dear! Where to begin! Well I ate my pineapple which was lovely and sweet. I felt so full afterwards. For our evening meal we decided to venture out to a restaurant called The Lost Sock at Stow cum Quy near to Cambridge. We arrived into a dodgy looking carpark with odd socks in the...

Ive now eaten: 1 banana, 2 small plums and 1 apple. Will have my pineapple shortly. I just feel like a sleep, it's warm and comfy in the car. Unfortunately, I'm one of those people who cannot sleep when travelling. I need to be awake to tell husband every time I think he's eiher doing...

Driving around Cambridge today. Breakfast: egg, mushrooms, toms, bran flakes and drop of milk on those. In the car eating for no reason: two rocky road at 6 syns for both. Just bought from sainsburys some diced pineapple so that'll do for lunch. I feel like eating it now but at 10.33...

Hi to everyone. Well I went to wi and had sts. I'm very happy with that as I'm sure in reality that means a loss. We go home Saturday so I'll be straight on those scales Sunday morning :). We go to America next Wednesday so, again, I'll be getting weighed in the evening the day before...

Lost connection to the site. Fortunately I'd copied my message. Right, back at the hotel and almost in bed :) I reckon it's a loss too. Even though I stopped eating at 1 normally I wouldnt have eaten anything from about 7 the night before! I had about four drinks this morning...

Hi crystal. Hope you are well ... And hubby too :) Weigh in was good. Stayed the same which considering it was evening and I usually weigh mid morning was excellent. I stopped eating at 1 pm in readiness. Just had a meal out in a local pub. Got to dash as hubby is tapping his fingers...

I forgot that I also had a low fat strawberry Yog made by marybelle. The tub of 100g was 92 cals and I looked for syns on line but couldn't find it. I've decided to count it as my HEA as I'll now have very little milk for the rest of the day. I'm happy with black coffee. My HEB will be the...

Got to be very good today as weigh in at 7.30 tonight. It'll be interesting as I usually weigh in the morning. Obviously I eat nothing before I go but that's a bit of an impossibility today:) Breakfast in the hotel. A few thin slices of pineapple, plum and melon. Splash of milk in coffee...

Hi bobbi Lol. I think I'd have felt the same. My consultant sometimes, inadvently, rubs me up the wrong way:). I'm picky over bananas too, they have to be slightly under ripe. I can't stand soggy ones! I think we all know that everything in moderation. She was probably aiming it at all...

Evening meal: sea bass with wilted spinach and cockles. It had a few diced potatoes to decorate it, about enough to fill a teaspoon! Green salad with no dressing. Two breadsticks and a bite of bread. Milk in two cups of coffee. One chocolate truffle and a nibble of a coconut wheel thing? I...

what did she say? I sometimes have two a day! I love a banana with my porridge :)

As you know I'm one of the weighing daily camp, however, this week I'm away from home with no scales. I'm feeling withdrawal symptoms :o. Tomorrow I'm visiting a local Sw to get weighed but wi is in the evening and I usually get weighed at 10.30 in the morning! It'll be interesting to see what...

Well I've had my apple and very nice it was too. I could eat another :). I've also had my banana and a pack of velvet crunch crisps at 4 syns. I've drunk a bottle of water. Heyho it's the high life for me :p Xx

Good morning :) Breakfast: egg, Tom and mushrooms. Apricot, melon, apple, pineapple and grapes. In total the fruit just about covered a side plate thinly - so not much! I'm not sure how they manage to cut it so thin!! 2 Alpen bars and black coffee. Might treat myself to a banana and apple...

Boredom eating: banana, apple, Alpen bar and velvet cruncH crisps. I had no cereal/bread this morning so Alpen counts towards a healthy extra. Large americano with milk poured in. Might have been full fat milk but, again, had none this morning so I reckon I can count it in as my other HE...