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I would love some super speed recipes to boost weight loss please :)

Hi, yup I am still struggling too. I have kept two stone off but want to lose 60lbs. Am starting the Two Day Diet on Tues .....

Well.... I had a sandwich. My head was in carb mode! I lost three pounds last week. Better than Nothing considering the chocolate . Found out having chocolate in any shape or form in the house is too dangerous ! Now back on track but craving chocolate again . Need to start phase 1 again I think !

I made the mayo last time I was on it and was really ill after having it , I am a bit cautious about it now . May have been a problem with the raw egg but it was bought fresh

Sorry clicked on send before I had finished ! The hardest thing I find is fitting it into the family . I managed to get my other half to have salad and beef burgers - with the added delight of fried onions tonight . He didn't notice he had no carbs ! How long have you been doing it ?

You are doing do well as you have made a lifestyle change

I have been ok with milk . Other half has just gone to the pub to watch footie . A danger time for me, so I have garlic prawns to nibble on and I had a trip to thorntons and have some dark chocolate. Are you allowed just a couple of squares ? Going to have porridge for breakfast and try not to...

Oooo! Good luck . Weekend is so challenging ! I have brought milk back into my diet and will try and stick as closely to it as possible . How do you go on with separating fat meals and carbs ? I think having fat meals seems so much easier . Think I will stick to mainly protein with very few...

And yes , the curry is lovely. Last time I made it everyone liked it that much they couldn't stop eating it !

I can second that . Just had peppered steak and roasted veg with stuffed mushroom . Call the mushroom a Friday night treat lol . A bit better than lots of chocolate ! Really feeling a bacon omelette in the morning ! Woo hoo I really know how to live it up! Good luck with all the weekend challenges !

I daren't go in Hotel Chocolate , it's like taking an alcoholic to the pub lol! Well tonight has gone better thankfully ! Made a bacon hotpot with cabbage and onion. The challenge will be weekend when we go off to our canal boat for the weekend . Normally Saturday night is m & s meal deal. Will...

You probably have the best attitude and more likely to succeed by not weighing . I can't keep off the scales but will try not to jump on them until Monday which will be a full week . I am definitely staying away from chocolate too unless I buy the dark choc . Which one do you buy ?

Chocolate is the devils food lol . Quite pleased though as I weighed myself this morning and I have lost three pounds since Monday . How much have you lost altogether ?

Succumbed again but not as bad . Mainly done well but just had three chocolates . I think it is chocolate rather than the sugar because I don't crave other sweet things . Tomorrow I am going to make sure I haven't got chocolate in the house so I can't fall into the trap. How are you doing ?

I know , I succumbed to chocolate last night after real bad cravings where I was almost hallucinating eating it before hand ! Seriously I could taste it before it got in my mouth lol. Evenings seem tonne the problem for me. I can get through all day at work and not even think about it but as...

Aghhh! Went to pilates last night then came back and ate chocolate and a diet coke . So annoyed with myself . Glad those birthday chocs are nearly gone ! Also, think butternut squash gives me wind lol . They could have attached me to the national grid last night ! Hmm not happy discovered bns...

I have always wondered whether to have one or not . Will see how you get on. As soon as I give up bread and rice my bloating subsides and just two days after doing low carb I feel slimmer

That's interesting . I read back and saw you did a York test . Was it accurate ?

That sounds good . When can you have porridge ? The trouble with me is I like sweetener with it ! It's aged since I read the books . Can you have almond milk ? How did you move onto phase 2? I am eating the same as yesterday apart from having the omelette too ! I always cook far more than what...

I know that self destruct button too much, I have pushed it all my adult life . I wish I knew the triggers but one second I can be perfect , the next split second I have thrown all my hard work away . Lets face it though , we wouldn't be here if we didn't have a problem! I wish I knew the...

What do you drink? Could it be the sugars used in the alcohol making process ? Alcohol isn't my problem - I turn to chocolate and high carb meals when I have slipped up. I go into carb overdrive!

Just made an onion and pepper omelette. I am not an egg lover but I used a full onion and one small pepper to three eggs . The onion aroma stands out more than the egg so I think it will be more pleasant for me to eat. I added lots of seasoning too and cooked it really slowly. I will be really...

I have been there ! Trying to get back on track is hard I keep telling myself . But I should be telling myself its easy !

Day one Breakfast: homemade pork sausages made with minced pork, egg and black pepper Spoonful of chopped tomatoes Lunch: Spicy roast Moroccan chicken ( recipe book) and mixed salad leaves Dinner: curry sauce ( recipe book butternut squash curry base without the butternut squash and veg!) with...

Hi Everyone ! I am here again . I always seem to veer back to high protein low carb . I do like the Harcombe Diet and it produces amazing weight losses . I start today at 17st 9. I have the added complication of a gastric band but have had some of the restriction taken out. The band hasn't...

I have never liked exercise but enjoy Pilates . We have a good laugh too, all you can hear is moaning and groaning! I have been going for almost a year . I was in bad condition when I joined with little or no muscle tone but now I am so much better . No weight loss but it has improved my posture...

Try pilates . I go once a week and although I have more weight to lose than you I am quite supple now and my core strength has improved no end !

That's brilliant Sue - well done ! You must feel so much better !

Haha....lost a pound- 10 1/2 lbs to date . Why is it that you do well the first half of the week then things go awry ? Should be a twice weekly class ! How have you done this week ?

Hmm sat outside the meeting waiting for it to open . Not quite as bad as waiting for the dentist ........

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So funny you have all the jobs lined up for OH . Some friends of ours do the same . He doesn't tell her he is off until the last minute so she doesn't have time to cultivate the list !! Baby shower sounds nice - we didn't have one for my daughter in law , I have a beautiful two month old...

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Ok ....so what did you do differently with the muffins ? I am intrigued . It's amazing how a little food turns the lightbulb on in our heads lol. Not sure if I started a diary lol, will have to look . I have posted all over the place ! I use my phone on here - I phone 4 . Weekend on our boat...

No it's ok , appreciate your reply ! Thankyou

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Grilled sirloin steak, carrot and swede mash and corn on the cob - minus butter...boo hoo !

How are you doing Sue ? I am having a better week so far

Is it still free if sugars are used in cooking ie honey roast and what about breaded ham ?

Phew ! Good job my colleague left me some . Yummy lunch tomorrow !!!

Wow it's costly ! Good job I gave it to a colleague instead !! Thankyou

Please can someone check this out Jamie oliver Perfectly spiced jerk ham It's 156 cals per 100gm Protein 23gm Carbs 3.8. - sugars 1.6 Fat 5.4- saturates 1.8 Fibre .5 Sodium .89 I need the syn value if any on extra easy before I munch it all for lunch lol

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Please can someone check this out Jamie oliver Perfectly spiced jerk ham It's 156 cals per 100gm Protein 23gm Carbs 3.8. - sugars 1.6 Fat 5.4- saturates 1.8 Fibre .5 Sodium .89 I need the syn value if any on extra easy before I munch it all for lunch lol

Please can someone check this out Jamie oliver Perfectly spiced jerk ham It's 156 cals per 100gm Protein 23gm Carbs 3.8. - sugars 1.6 Fat 5.4- saturates 1.8 Fibre .5 Sodium .89 I need the syn value if any on extra easy before I munch it all for lunch lol

Not got my password with me at work . Please can someone sun Jamie Oliver perfectly spiced ham ? Calories 34 sugar .4 fat 1.2 saturates .4 per slice thankyou x

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You are most welcome . I am going to make it again this week

I know what u mean lol . You could always say u had headache !

Hee hee never been proud of being a loser before now ! I am just about on plan tonight so if I go to bed when OH does it will stay that way . Hope he doesn't want to go at half eight lol

That sounds like a good idea - a positive affirmation . Put one on your pillow too and then it will be on your mind when you go to sleep . You will probably surprise yourself next week and have a really good weight loss . When you have been so good its so disappointing and easy to give up but i...

No , didn't stay , my tea was calling lol . How have you got on this week ?

Just been to class - lost one and a half pounds - that's nine and a half since i joined Slimming World and two stone nine pounds lighter than two years ago - slow progress I know but had a few hiccups on the way !

Nah too many sins . I am a saint now not a sinner !

I have a secret obsession with ducks - they are in every window of our boat and it has eight !

You are most certainly heading for Sainthood like me ! Let me know how you 'go' on with the aloe vera . I like the sound of the ham crisps . Do you just chop it up and bake in the oven ? I am lying in bed with the sound of squabbling ducks and splashing water - love it !

You are doing so well resisting the demon drink lol . I have been having probs going to the loo , in fact I hurt my back today during the process lol - I know - too much information ! I must up my fluids !!!!

Rather have a block of chocolate but that's what's got me in this mess lol !!!

Lol shorts are on the agenda for 2013 ! But yes you are right . I looked through it and thought how similar some of the recipes are to SW so will stick with SW as I am enjoying it . Sat here with bowl of lovely Spanish naval oranges and grapes ! Signing off for now - Saint Debbie ! X

Your hubby sounds a good laugh ! I just nearly broke my back carrying the 'couple' of things I needed back to the boat . At least it was exercise ! Turkey salad for lunch but first feet up with a Coffee and supermarket magazine . Hope I don't get tempted - I am easily influenced !

Ha ha Sue you are so right ! Bacon medallions, egg and tomatoes - well someone's gotta do it ! Well , off to satisfy another of my obsessions - supermarket shopping. Think I will get my fix from Morrisons today ! Reading my SW mag has out all sorts of ideas into my head - I am thinking glazed...

Hi Sue , did you make a curry ? I sat reading my slimming world magazine last night and there are some great recipes in it, so I am refocused and raring to go . Don't expect a loss this week but now the cruise has been booked I will knuckle down . What's a typical breakfast on the Dukan ?

Sounds like you are going to have a nice weekend too with a walk along the river . I just met a couple from Durham who have a food pub there . They have a canal boat and get away at weekends near where we moor. I love shopping in Asian food shops, so colourful, lots of lovely spices, vegetables...

My previous post didn't show up. We are going t to the canaries , Portugal , Spain, Madeira .... Can't wait !!

You are right I have got a great incentive ! I must get my head into a better gear . We are the boat now . Log fire, oven is on with healthy turkey breast in, sweet potatoes and courgettes gotta fill up on veg on extra easy . Could kill for gravy though lol . No pain no gain eh ? What are you...

I am not surprised you are worried . Dogs are stronger than you think ! How's the diet going ? I have had a few small nibbles off plan this week so have for to knuckle down . Cruise booked and just over a month to it so gotta be strict !

Chester is eighteen months old now and such a character . He loves being at the boat and likes to sit on the back watching the world go by . There are some woods closeby with a river and a lake . When we get to the boat he desperately wants to go to the woods for lots of sniffing running and...

It is out bolt hole . No phones , no demands, just us and our chocolate ......Labrador lol

I like it when it is cold , then I can keep the log fire going

No date Sue - wanted to set a small goal first which I may extend a couple of weeks . Want to lose a stone before 15th April - we may be booking a holiday for then. Will set another goal once I have lost the stone . We are off to the boat this weekend which will give me free space to focus more...

I contacted my weight loss surgery company on Thursday to see if they can help with the fact I am not working very well with my band - she said she would call me back on Monday - still waiting . They don't want to know if you struggle with it and I feel let down . WLS have a good reputation but...

Wow that is amazing ! Eight and a half stone !!!I want to lose another four and a half stone so I think I will be around for some time to come !

Lol Sue I totally agree . I was on annual leave last week and must have gone to a supermarket every day !

Little fluttery , hello to you ! Is that eight and a half stone you have lost ?? Welcome to the Lent room lol !

We still like stickers even as grown ups ! Think I will ask my boss to give me stickers as there is no chance in this day and age for a pay rise lol !

Are u in training Sue to become a leader ? Can just imagine 'give her a clap everyone ' ?

Oh aye lol ! Lost three and a half pounds - totalling eight . Won slimmer of the week ( fake modesty) and snaffled the raffle lol . I sort of scored a Hat Trick !

Are you managing to stick to it properly ? It sounds like it requires quite a lot of discipline . Off for my Pilates class tonight - love it ! It's made such a difference to my flexibility and strength !

I must admit it is embarrassing and hard at the same time not to look smug '

You have done amazingly well . What fantastic weight loss ! Is the Dukan strict or easy to follow ?

Yeah I am quite enjoying it , it's so flexible . Hey I got slimmer of the week and won the raffle too . There is a sting in the tale though . I won lots of spices, more jars to fall out of the cupboard because they are crammed with spices lol !!!

I am do pleased Sue . Lost three and a half pounds - 8lbs in two weeks ! Yeahhhh .

Well the challenge is doing ok . Get weighed tonight - fingers crossed . Spent a couple of hours cooking preparing meals and breakfasts but don't want to eat til I have been to class lol !

Hmm can I fit unused wheat and oat bran in my cupboards. ? Had a dream last night that I had a shop and nearly killed someone with a bag of our of date monster munch from 1989 ! Thanks for the recipe .... Better check my dates in the cupboards ....

That's absolutely brilliant ! Really well done ! Go Sueuu go Sueuu !!! I get weighed tomorrow , fingers and lips crossed !!!

Oh I can't resist - what's the recipe ? Just give me the normal recipe do I can double it ! Seriously , I wanna bake !

I think I made some egg and bacon muffins without flour . The first one I had was nice , then it went downhill from there on . I always think hmmm that sounds nice , so I make double . Then I end up going off them and throwing most away lol . Is there a overbakers anonymous ?

Procrastination is the root of all evil ! Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could just turn motivation on like a light switch ! Hope you managed to make the Dukan muffins - are they worth all the hassle ? I hope so ! I made slimming world onion bhajis yesterday . Turned my French manicure yellow in...

Thanks for the encouragement Sue , you are really motivated, I am envious you are in that place ! I am doing ok but could do lots better. I have been off this week but as from tues I am back at work and in a better routine I will buy the family battlenburg cake , it's awful lol. We are in...

At least we have them sussed eh ? Diet hadn't been going too well last couple of days. . I made cake for the family and have been nibbling at it . Must find a recipe I don't like and make it for them ! Where abouts are u , I am near Manchester . I am Debbie by the way !

Ha ha cruel hubby ! I havent got much support like u . The people I know don't really e courage me, they just go along with whatever I am doing. My partner says well done when I lose anything but he never really knows how to respond and encourage . I once went to have my hair cut and when I got...

Aww thanks , what support are you getting ? Does the dukan fit in with family life ?

Thanks , I sincerely hope do . Had a wobble today and ate cake and could easily have more - but I won't ! I wish I had been on biggest loser programme . Those guys have done amazing fly well !

Not really . Lost three stone then put a stone back on. It doesn't stop you from snacking and eating the wrong thing unfortunately

I think the dukan is one of the very few diets I haven't tried . I have tried diet clubs, slimming tablets, meal replacements and even had a gastric band and I am still trying to lose it !

I am On slimming world doing the extra easy plan . I have eaten loads and don't feel deprived. What about you ?

I lost four and a half pounds. Really pleased with that because I have eaten loads !

Hiya , I hope you are keeping it up . I am on sw too. Started last week . I think maybe you aren't eating enough . Are you doing the extra easy ? I found mug shots are a fantastic filling snack

You have done amazingly well . Fantastic !

Ten pounds in two weeks is fabulous ! Well done !

Well done ! Keep on doing what you are doing!

I am a happy bunny . Just been to class and loss four and a half pounds on my first week WoooHooo !!!!!

]It's now day six of forty and although I have done ok I don't feel any different . The scales will tell tomorrow . I really have restricted my fat intake and increased fruit and veg . I have had only my allowance of dairy and filled up on meat and pasta . I have snacked on mug shots and mint...

It's now day six of forty and although I have done ok I don't feel any different . The scales will tell tomorrow . I really have restricted my fat intake and increased fruit and veg . I have had only my allowance of dairy and filled up on meat and pasta . I have snacked on mug shots and mint...

Today I thought I would make the infamous Mush y Pea Curry . Hmm, not impressed, maybe it's the artificial taste of the sweetener ? I may experiment with this at a later date , perhaps use fruit to sweeten it ? Has anyone else found a variation to get around this ?

It's delicious . I am going to experiment later and stuff a pepper with it and roast !

Always felt chunky even from an early age . What started out as puppy fat ended up as obesity . I was always told 'eat your tea or you go to bed' so being a good girl I did - every morsel and that continued through my life . My mum and I used to have secret treats when my dad was out and that...

Will look out for them , sound good for my sat afternoon treat while my partner watches footie !

I was wondering if there is some sort of tracking device on my sw pack as I had just had my last mouthful when my leader called ! Not seen the Philly tubs , will look out for them . Made a lovely lentil and aubergine stew for lunch today , I put the recipe on the winter warmers section.

Really had a wobble last night . Had two pieces of cake and some chocolate . Had a real blood sugar dip . I had been eating far too many sweet things before I started the diet . Funnily enough my slimming world leader called me last night - so timely ! Back on track again now so thankyou to Angela !

I was peeling and chopping a couple of mangoes and wondered what to do with all the flesh stuck to the stone once I had taken off what flesh I could and then it came to me......i just made this and it tastes wonderful One packet of Ainsley Harriots Lentil Dahl Half medium aubergine diced One...

Thankyou for your reply . I do have some restriction still and do struggle with some foods . Just going through that low sugar stage on day three and had two rich tea biscuits but still feel jittery . Do I have another or would a mug shot be better ? Need to get over this spell !

Hi all, after battling with my weight all my life I decided to pay to have a gastric band fitted. Two years down the line almost and I lost three stone then put one back on. I have tried numerous things including weightwatchers, hypnosis, high protein etc but I find myself on the same treadmill...

Honk ! 3 syns day one . Aww bless ! I am new ?

Well here I go . I have committed to 40 days of healthy eating with slimming world . Let's see what a difference just 40 days can make !