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Amazing, well done! xx

Had my second weigh in last night, and am delighted to have lost 4.5 lbs!!! I only lost 1.5 lbs on my first week, which was pretty disappointing. So last night's WI makes up for it! Leader was asking me what I'd done differently, and at the time I couldn't think of anything. But when I...

Hello Hider :) Sorry I haven't replied - not been on minimins for ages. Despite my resolve the online Slimming World thing wasn't working so well for me so I rejoined a Slimming World class last week. Weighed in last night and am unhappy to report that I only lost 1.5lbs! At least it's a...

New electronic scales arrived on Friday and weighed myself at 15 stone 6.8 lbs. Weighed myself this morning at 15 stone 2. Friday weigh was mid-day so probs not very reliable. Think I'll weigh again on Wed AM and make Wed my regular weekly weigh in. That'll give me a couple of days to get...

Day 1 under my belt and stuck to plan pretty much. Also had a mugshot 1% fat in the afternoon as I felt really hungry and some oven roasted sweet potato. Just realised I didn't have any syns. How important are syns - are they optional? Will need to check my books. Today's plan...

Oh dear..Enter Fatty. 1 stone 7 lbs heavier. After a 5-month hiatus (pie-fest) that's pretty ridiculous and I'm by far the heaviest I've been. I'd kill to be 14 stone right now. I've really reached the limits of discomfort and unhappiness with my weight. I'm actively avoiding social...

Weighed myself this morning and I'm bang on 14stone, which is about 1-2 lbs lighter than last week, and under 200lbs, so I'm pretty happy. I'd have liked a few more lbs as I feel I've tried really hard this week - stayed on plan, zumba class and 2 jogs - but never mind. My mum always did...

Och thanks Hider - it's good to know there are kindred spirits out there! Good luck with your weight loss quest. We've got really similar starting points, and goals too. I really like slimming world, as you don't have to weight pasta/rice/potatos/lean meat, so it feels less like a diet and...

OK! So had my veggie chilli and a jog last night. Plus two Alpen light bars with a cup of tea. Today: B - mullerlight yoghurt, mango, coffee. L - Butternut squash soup + leftover veg chilli with salad (prob have that later ahead of sewing class tonight. D - poached eggs on wholemeal 400g...

Bleeugh. Wednesday PM full of meetings, and so not in the mood. Work's a nightmare at the mo.. Anyway: B - Mullerlight fat free greek style yogh and coffee with splash milk. Meant to have an apple too, but ran out of time. L - Potato, tuna, toms, red onion, iceburg lettuce salad with...

Been a fairly virtuous weekend! Friday might dinner was free veg chilli boiled rice, fat free natural yoghurt and free salsa. Then 2 Alpen light bars. No wine! Saturday was eggs, beans toms and mushrooms with 1 400g slice whole meal toast. Lurpak lightest (1syn). Then chicken with black bean...

Alas, I have my answer. Need to start counting my syns and behaving myself at weekends.. didn't lost this week. Put 1lb on! Serves me right, probably the kick up the archie I needed. Will take Rockchick72's advice and count down. Think I'll aim for 70 syns p/w, with the extra 35 as a...

Thanks rockchick, all extra easy so far. I think I'll try some green and red days as time goes on.. but like extra easy for now. Thanks for the tips. I like the idea of counting down the syns, might be easier that way. I'm not using many syns mid-week at the moment, more at weekends, but...

Zumba at lunchtime today - worked hard and it felt good. Why is it sometimes exercise feels good, sometimes it feels awful?? Breakfast - Mullerlight and an apple. Lunch - Lentil and veg soup and CoU yoghurt. Coffee and an apple. Dinner - going to make seafood pasta dish from free...

Ooh sorry just noticed that Penguin Hell already clarified!

They are lovely! Specially the coconut one. I'm not sure to be honest, they were in a big wire basket on a normal aisle, not on a reduced shelf - the use by date on them is July 2013 so I'm thinking special offer?

Had planned to go for a walk/jog this lunchtime, but forgot my socks.. well.. forgot one of my socks. Have tried to go without before, and resulted in horrid blisters. So no jog today :( Still not doing as well with the exercise as I'd like. Still, zumba tomorrow. Will jog on Thursday night...

Today I will mostly be eating: B - Mulllerlight greek yoghurt with apple. L - Homemade soup, yoghurt(?) S - Mugshot noodles + apple D - dressmaking tonight so dinner at 9:30. Took a container of veggie chilli out of the freezer last night, but regretting this. Want some sort of...

Hi all, in Morrisons last night I got the Mullerlight fat free greek style yoghurts - 4 pack BOGOF. Very excited to try them as I'm obsessed with yoghurt these days. Also got loads of packets of mug shots - reduced to 34p each! Bought enough to fill my drawer in work xx

Mmm good idea, I'll need to try that. So far have stayed away from sweet recipes, way more confident with creating savoury stuff..

Ooh these sound great. fab idea!

Hmm, this happened to me too, I agree I think it was because the heat was too high.

Ooh I'll try that too. Always struggle to find fat free fromage frais though..

Sounds lovely, will defo be trying this!

Wow, you look great! Well done.

Lovely, well done!

I can't wait for the clocks to change, and the lighter nights to come in. As much as jogging in the dark has it's (very obvious) benefits, it's also a little bit scary biscuits. Roll on light nights! I'm hopinh I can stick with the jogging. Hating it far less than I ever thought I would...

Your starting weight is similar to mine, so it's brilliant to see that it can be done. Go you! Well done.

Good luck, you already look gorgeous!

You look great!

Whoa, well done, you look amazing!!!

Well! I weighed myself on Friday and have lost a few lbs! Gone from 14 stone 6ish to 14 stone 1ish (as I said before, scale dial is very small, and I also had fewer clothes on for second weight-in). Not too worried about the exact amount - just glad it's gone in the right direction...

Oops sent too soon. Might be less as I had fewer clothes on than last time, and dial on scales is tiny. Chuffed though - as long as the numbers are going down then I'm happy. X

Hi ladies. Good first official week lost around 5 lbs.

Amazing, so good to see the changes in people. I'm glad you can see it for yourself!! Well done x

Today's diet plan: B - coffee, slice of ham L - chunky veg soup, mullerlight, apple, coffee D - Syn free paella type thing with a salad Snacks - HE toasted bread sandwich with HE laughing cow light and tomato - OR one or two Alpen light bars. Exercise - lunchtime zumba!

Hello, stumbled across your diary and just wanted to say I love your story and your outlook on life. And well done on your progress!! Sx

Started week 2 of my couchto5k last night. Nearly didn't bother but forced myself, and ended up quite enjoying it. Paid a bit more attention to stretching my calf muscles and think it paid off as my shins weren't nearly as sore as last time. Hats off to folk who can run long distances - even...

Weekend wasn't entirely diet-friendly.. chinese and wine on Saturday night, pizza on Sunday. Oh well. Back on the wagon again. B - Muller light yoghurt L - Tomato and lentil soup, apple D - Homemade veggie chilli with boiled rice Snacks - banana, free yoghurt, and either 2x slice 400g...

I completely sympathise. I reckon I could do this too. Nutella is GORGEOUS, I don't spread it on anything either, just eat it by the spoonfull (wel..not any more..) x

Hi Kim, and thanks :) Glad to be one of the Friday girls! In the past I've always weighed on a Wednesday or Thurday.. maybe Friday will be my lucky weigh-day :) Believe it or not I've just replaced my old electronic scales with these mechanical ones.. the electronic ones were WW and cost...

Room for a (not so..) little 'un? I've been on plan for about a week now, but just got my scales this morning so would like to join you Friday weigh in ladies - if that's OK? The only problem is that my scales are quite difficult to read, the dial is tiny! But I'll be as accurate as I can...

Dinner last night ended up being veggie chilli with basmati rice. Had a few seafood sticks before dinner too, as I was pretty hungry by the time I got home. Today's plan is a bit vague as I'm off out straight after work again. B - Cranberry and raspberry muller light, alpen light bar...

Foodness Today: B - CoU low fat yoghurt + apple L - Split pea and lentil soup D - to be decided.

Pizza confessions So I went to see Frankie Boyle doing a warm up gig last night, straight from work. Had a glass of wine during it ... then a pizza, some fries and a pint of beer afterwords. Not the most genius thing I've ever done.. but it's done nonetheless! At least I got back on plan...

Food for today Today was mental in work, so food has been low priority.. B - Low fat CoU yoghurt from marks - delicious but just realised they're not free as they're not fat free. Oops. Lunch - 1% fat mug shot and an apply. Snack - another yoghurt Out for a few hours after work so not sure...

Thanks Rockchick! I agree, it's comforting to know other folk have similar experiences. New to this site but finding it a great source of inspiration so far.. The success stories and before and after pics are amazing. People who've never had a weight problem just don't realise what a big...

That's fab, you can really see the difference!

Another thing that I'm doing is that I'm using MyFitnessPal iphone app to record what I'm eating, and exercise. Not because I'm calorie counting as such, but I'm kind of interested to see what calories I'm consuming, when following SW..

Quite happy, as I managed to stick to my food plan yesterday.. Have also ordered some new bathroom scales so that I can get my true stats down, for a proper starting point. Will also take my measurements - maybe on a monthly basis. Menu for today: Breakfast - CoU strawberry yoghurt - kiwi or...

Hello, I'm new to minimins and just stumbled across your diary. Wanted to say that I think you're great. Open and honest and still dealing with weightloss despite having so much going on. Erika

You look amazing! You were gorgeous before but even more so now.. well done. I'm so glad I found this forum because I can't get over how inspirational folk are. So many people changing their lives. I love it!!

Food, what else? So about food, I'm doing extra easy plan.. It looks a wee bit like it's too good to be true - but I'll give it a proper go. I love the fact that the free foods don't have to be measured and weighed etc. The 3rd of superfree food it a nice guage and a smart way of essentially...

Hmm, thanks Laura, I'll have a look at those. I better get some quickly, have started my new regime already, and don't even know for sure what I weigh.. I'd originally planned to go to Boots to use their machines once a week, but they're so damn noisy when you step on them, I found it quite...

So... need to get myself some bathroom scales. Have some horribly innacurate WW electronic scales that cost a bomb. Going to chuck those and opt for some cheapy old fashioned scales and make do with those. Can't be worse than the current ones. Think as well as scales I'll go by measuresments...

Thanks, I hope so. Happy to chip away at it slowly (unintentional pun!)

Hi everyone :) I was so happy to find this thread. I'm embarking on my zillionth attempt to lose weight, and thought this time it would be good to keep a record of how it's all going.. pictures, weigh-in updates, diaries etc. My story is pretty much the same as everybody elses. Chronic dieter...

Hello all, I'm new to minimins, but definitely not to diets. Same old story - tried every diet under the sun and they work - until I come off them and put even more weight back on. Hoping minimins will help me along on my weightloss venture! Really feel like I need to crack it this time, or...

I'm so glad to see your pics and read your post.. I'm at about the same starting weight as you were, and I'd like to get to 10.7 - 11 stone. You're a total inspiration, and you look lovely!! I've just started a couch to 5k programme so will try my best to stick to it. It's pretty tough...

Ooh you look so different. Well done, hope you're proud!

You've done so well, and you look gorgeous!!

Go you, you look gorgeous. Just started, hope I can do as well as you!

You look gorgeous, you must be so proud!

You look great! I'm starting from about the same weight as you were, and want to get to about 10.5 stone if possible.. so to see someone else manage it, and look so good, is inspiring. x

You look lovely, I'm so jealous of those fab legs!!

You're amazing! I'm in awe x

Hello, I'm new to this forum and new-ish to Slimming World. You're amazing! I know I need to stick with this.