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Olive oil or sunflower are both fine surely? The key is moderation. You can buy spray bottles and decant your oil into them so you don't use too much :) then you know what the ingredients are too instead of the low cal sprays.

I haven't got my dress yet but from what I have heard from other brides, depending on the style of the dress they can be altered plus or minus four dress sizes. Any more than that the dress can lose it's original shape and design.

I'm getting married 3rd September 2016 in Manchester. We have been together nearly 7 years. I don't really have a clear target but it would be nice to lose a stone!

I don't go to meetings, I weight at home in the nuddypants!

2lb lost this week, only 2.5lb away from my stone! Yayy :) Now fitting back into size 12's yippee

I do pretty much the same thing, not a spreadsheet but I have a rolling tally of my syns from 105 on WI day, resetting for the next WI. I find it really helpful!

I write everything down, keeping a food diary is a useful tool even if you aren't doing SW. I'm a natural grazer - I can't just have 3 square meals, I need little nibbles here and there and if I write things down I'm totally honest and count every little bite. Otherwise it's easy to forget...

I've never been to a group, I got my booklet online as a PDF and have followed that as well as using Minimins for extra syn values etc. I don't think I'd get much out of a group as I'm quite private, I don't want to discuss losing weight with lots of strangers. And I think it's very expensive...

4 OZ? Or 4lb? If 4oz I really wouldn't fret, that's just over 100g, could be the weight of a cup of tea! xx

Bran flakes for my HEXB, banana and 2 cups of tea with my HEXA. Need to raid Tesco for some more strawberries!

Lost 1.25lb this week, wish I could lose more than 2lb a week!! Some people seem to be having huge losses (6-7lb) a week, its taken me 7 weeks to lose 9lb! I did an hours swimming this week and a very vigorous Zumba workout, bit annoying that my losses are always so paltry. I'm going to make...

Please?

Simple maths, if its 1.5 syns for 11g, you divide 1.5 by 11 to get the number of syns in 1g, then times it by the weight of your bag.

Are the jelly pots the tall skinny ones? The ones that say ten cals per pot? As they are free.

I count mine weekly but still have 15 a day as a limit, that I only go over if its a few and can be easily made up from another day. So I start the count at 105 on weigh-in day, then reduce it as I eat my syns, but it means some days I could have 20 syns as long as I only have ten another...

I totally agree with you about the 'fake pizza' etc - I haven't eaten Smash since primary school and I just refuse to accept that that could ever be healthy, the stuff is rank. I'd rather save my syns and have a slice of pizza and really savour it than make a substitute that wouldn't hit the...

To be fair Next is the ONLY place I can find jeans that fit me properly, I have a combination of short legs, big thighs and wide hips so most places a 12 is just a no go! Another 8 lbs and maybe I'll find shopping enjoyable again!! :P

Eek so pleased today, have lost just over 8lb so far and I'm now back in my old size 12 Next jeans that have been far to snug (basically didnt fit) for so long!! Also in a gorgeous beaded top I haven't worn for years...happy happy! Love SW! Got to keep chugging so get comfortably into 12s!

-2.25 lb this week, yippee! Passed the half stone mark :D

Hi everyone, I'd really appreciate it if someone could syn this frozen yogurt recipe please, it's from a local chain and it sounds too good to be true!! Natural flavour, per 100ml 60 kcal Protein 2.7g Carb 12.21g (of which sugars 12.20g) Fat 0g Chocolate, per 100ml 72 kcal Protein 2.68g Carb...

Jelly pot, 0.5 Bran flakes, 4.5 Meringue nest x2, 5 syns. Total - 10

Woooah hold up, why is a skinny latte 6.5 syns? I had one today and thought it was free with my HEXA of milk? Eek someone reassure me please! x

I'm off to Nandos so chips (11, i know its a lot but its going to be worth it!!), sauce (2-3) and a glass of wine (4) - I've saved up so I have 19 syns for today :)

I don't have any recipes off the top of my head but from experience Greek food is pretty indulgent stuff, lots of lovely olive oil and filo pastry and honey!! There's things like Lamb kleftiko but I think frylight just wouldn't cut it. Lamb burgers could work with tzatziki and salad?

Surely 1 syn = 20 cals rule applies?

These are all great ideas! Is there any advice from people's consultants about how to balance your fruit and veg intake? I don't go to groups and was just thinking that if you eat too much fruit surely thats a lot of sugar going in? Or does it not matter as long as you're sensible?

Jack and Molly Lollies from Tesco, £2.50 for 20 and all are between 0.5 and 2 syns each!

Oooh I'd never think of adding stuff like that to an omelette, just getting hooked on omelette's too so will defs try that!

Not bad syn value really for sweets, I can never find them in the shops though :(

Yep, I've had a one or two less than I would have this week, so tomorrow I can go to Nando's and have (skinless) chicken and chips with a glass of wine, bliss!

I've never made the lasagne crisps so no idea if they are a good replica of real crisps, but you're probs just better off using your syns!! Will probs satisfy your craving better than some dry lasagne sheets will spices! French fries are only 4.5 syns, if you search round the forum you could...

I thought I'd share the recipe for a soup I made last night; I wanted a soup but didn't have a great deal of stuff in to make anything in particular, so I cobbled together this soup instead. Turned out to be delicious, filling and really quick to make!! 2 carrots, peeled and chopped 1 stick...

Do you have a recipe BritMum?

I hear your pain, my local grocers is really cheap so I get a lot of my stuff from there - its nice to support local businesses. But it seems their fruit especially goes bad so fast!! Some of the strawbs are already going soft on the day I buy them. I bought some bananas the other day and the...

Get to 11 and a half stone is my current goal, baby steps!

I've been so tempted to weigh on a Tues or a Wed to see how I'm going (I WI on a Thursday) but I've resisted so far, it's nice saving the surprise (if you lose)

I made salmon with a baked potato and salad the other night, and my boyfriend decided he wanted chinese salt and pepper chips with his fish instead.....TEMPTATION!! I snaffled 3 or 4 chips then drew a line. How do they make them taste so amazing?!

I've always thought it would be great to own a second hand book shop, not a modern big one but a nice small poky one that you can get lost in, think Ollivanders Wand shop from Harry Potter and you're on the right track!

Amazon wishlist is my downfall, a whole list of things there to remind what I want but shouldnt be buying!!

Frylight some bacon with the fat cut off, add a couple of tomatoes/mushrooms, serve up with eggs? Lots of protein and feels naughty

So far I've had a lemonade ice lolly (1), meringue nest (2.5) and cheese on my omelette (3.5), planning a Freddo for later (5.5) - that's 12.5, not sure about the other 2.5! Maybe some ketchup with my dinner!

Its disappointing that SW doesn't go with having home-baked bread as its sooo much better! But thanks for the suggestion, I didn't realise I could have any wholemeal bread, the bread section in the book is so puzzling I've just stuck to one brand so I know I'm picking something thats 'allowed'...

Hi everyone, I'm interested to know how everyone is getting in ther 1/3 superfree onto their plates at meal times? I don't find breakfast to difficult as I just make sure I have fruit with my cereal or porridge, but struggling to find more imaginative ideas than salad for lunch or tea? I know...

An obvious one, but my digital scales, measure out my cereal, cheese, etc, they even can switch to milliletres for wine or milk! I'd have serious portion control issues without them.

If you think about it though you probably have lost fat, and if you hadn't exercised this would have shown up. BUT you HAVE exercised and thus have probably gained muscle, which has minimised or reversed your losses. In the long run this is a good thing as muscle burns more calories just...

Grapes, strawberries and blueberries with my HEXB bran flakes and some dollops of fat free yogurt, with an apple on the side. Tasty!

Eek it seems a lot of people are doing stuff every day but I don't think I can commit the time to that...I suppose I can just accept slower losses as a consequence of that!

Ahh I love cocktails but always the ones with sugar syrup in, mojito, caipirinha, gin sling..... I'd just have the one, go for what you want (within reason, no creamy baileys type cocktails) and savour it as a well earned treat! Then stop, or if still out drinking revert so something thats...

I have an urge to start baking my own bread, but only if I can make it SW-friendly as a HEXB or a low syn treat. Thinking of doing bread buns/barms. Does anyone know any recipes for this sort of thing? I don't have a bread maker or anything. Is it possible to have home-baked bread on SW...

Who'da thunk it! I love parsnips too! Thanks for setting me right! :) I just presumed all veg except potatoes were SF so not been religiously checking my book, definitely should do that now!

Oh noo, why aren't peas or sweetcorn superfree, does anyone know? They're veg!! Crazy SW.

Lost 2lb this week, now I'm into the 11's (by half a pound but still!) :) x

Dinner has peas in too? Going to add sweetcorn to the recipe then have a salad or boiled carrots on the side so I have the 1/3, you're definitely right about the jacket potato. I've been having homemade tomato soup some lunchtimes so thats pretty much totally superfree.

Hi everybody, I've been doing SW for a couple of weeks now, so far its going alright but I'd appreciate someone taking a look over a typical day of my diet. I'm not sure if I'm snacking too much and not on the right things? I tend to use my syns for treats and try to eat free the rest of time...

I'm reading Mockingjay, which is the final book in the Hunger Games trilogy, bit of a teens book so easy to read!! :P

These all sound great!! Definitely will be going back to Shardlake as that was a fabulous book, and I've heard a lot of good things said about Pillars of the Earth too. The list of books 'to-read' is getting so long!

I photocopied it from a friend, the first page inside the book is some purple grapes? lol My book has all the cereals at 28g except kelloggs all bran and weetabix crunchy bran. Have they all changed? This is great, 28g is just not enough! x

Haven't been on my computer since Friday but have been (shakily) keeping on plan, save for two meals out...tricky tricky! Bran flakes HEXB Banana 2 rashers back bacon Cup of tea w millk 0.5 syns 2 tuc crackers 3 syns 2 rich tea biscuits 3 syns WW yogurt Piece of ham Apple Curry and rice -...

First weigh in, 2.5lb loss :)

Aye I've seen Muse twice already, at Leeds fest and on their Blackholes and Revelations tour, so I know they'll be awesome! Hoping so anyway as the tickets were not cheap!

So weighed myself today, and after one week I've lost 2.5lb!! Quite pleased with that considering the wine I had which I thought would cut back my losses substantially. Onwards and upwards! Breakfast 28g bran flakes HEXB Banana Cup of tea w ss milk 0.5 syns Strawberries 2 tbsp low fat nat...

Breakfast 28g bran flakes HEXB Banana Cup of tea with ss milk HEXA Lunch Bowl of lentil and veg soup Ryvita, quark and tomato Mini milk - 1.5 syns Dinner Chilli Salad Rice

Breakfast Porridge HEXB Banana Sweetener Milk HEXA Cup of tea with milk HEXA Strawberries Natural yoghurt 0.5 syns Lunch Bowl of sweet potato soup Muller light Dinner Pasta shells with onion, tomato sauce and tuna Going out tonight with some friends so anticipating alcohol, this time I'm...

Aye I was tempted by the sexy fat and water analyser thingy for an extra tenner, but I can measure my own BMI, I don't see how knowing my body's water content will help me at all (we're all 70% water as it is, doubt that changes much with a few glasses....) and if I knew my % body fat I think...

Haha I quite liked Drag Me To Hell, I don't think it was meant to be super scary, it seemed to be taking the mic out of itself a lot of the time (the scary gypsy woman was just ridiculous)! I've seen quite a few bad films, Cruel Intentions 2 was absolutely dreadful. Although now I'm no longer...

Muse 1st November at the MEN, and The Smiths Indeed (a tribute band but they're fab!!) 4th October at the Ritz in Manchester. Exciting! Just been to see Coldplay the other week, fantastic!

What does everyone think of this quote? I've seen it in a few signatures and it's got my mind whirring - I've never liked this quote as I think Miz Moss is encouraging a really unhealthy attitude towards weight loss, but I can still see how people would find this 'manta' motivational (hell...

I just bought a set the other day from Asda, they were £10, Salter Compact Glass Electronic Scale, really good price as Salter are a good reliable scales manufacturer. No complaints so far!

Hey everyone, I'm interested to know what everyones exercise plan or regime is? Do you have a strict diary you keep to, or do you find it easier to just make sure you do a set amount of stuff in the week? Or is it ad hoc? At the moment I'm just kinda of doing exercise as I feel like it, 1-3...

Another day, think now I'm over the weekend things are going to get a bit easier! Breakfast 28g bran flakes HEXB Banana Grapes Apple Mini milk 1.5 syns Lunch Chilli and couscous Cup of coffee w sweetener and ss milk HEXA Cup of tea w ss milk HEXA 50g teacake 8 syns Mini fairy cake 5.5 syns...

5 syns is probably still worth it! 5.5 for a kitkat with nowhere near as much chocolate, I love freddos! Will defs keep these in mind now for a cheeky chocolate syn.

Isn't the mashing rule to stop you say mashing 3 bananas and eating the lot rather than just eating 1 solid one? Don't know how this applies to watermelon as it isn't portioned out by nature like that! Couldn't you just cut it into cubes or oblong slices and freeze like that?

Hi everyone Hoping that someone can help me with this! When counting syns, if the syn is lower than 0.5 do you just count it as nothing? Or do you have to keep a tally of the silly decimal points here and there? The reason why I ask is because I've just made a big veg and lentil soup (free on...

So far not so good. AND, today I woke up starving and had double the recommended 28g serving of porridge. Blah! Breakfast 56g porridge - HEXB + 5.0 syns Milk HEXA Apple Cup of tea w ss milk HEXA Lunch Bowl of chilli Banana Ryvita HEXB Quark Cup of coffee with splash milk HEXA Dinner Big...

So yesterday was a bit better! Today - Breakfast 28g porridge oats HEXB Semi-skimmed milk HEXA Cup of tea with milk HEXA Lunch Ryvita HEXB Extra light laughing cow triangle 1.0 syns 2 x Ryvita crackerbreads, 2.0 syns 1/2 tin baked beans Cup of tea with milk, HEXA 2 x rich tea biscuits 4.0...

Soo yesterday wasn't an easy day syns wise, had some friends round for dinner and so overspent my syns when it came to wine and dessert!! Luckily we don't have people round all that often so I'll just get back on the horse and carry on.... Breakfast Bran flakes HEXB Banana Cup of tea w ss milk...

Feel The Love by Rudimental, and my boyfriend watching tv in the other room.

First weigh in with my new digital scales, 12st5.5lbs....ugh! This is my start weigh as only been seriously following the plan that last day or two. So depressing, I've put on around a stone since I moved in with my boyfriend! Determined to get it shifted and get back in my healthy BMI range...

So I'm just getting into the swing of things with SW, haven't done it before, haven't really dieted before apart from keeping the odd food diary here and there. Going to record my food diary here more for my own benefit, but if anyone finds it helpful that's a bonus! Any comments are greatly...

It doesn't sound too much but it all depends on your general fitness to start with. Do you do much exercise normally or is this a completely new venture? As if you're completely new to exercise you may injure yourself. I've always heard that losing weight is mostly about diet supplemented by...

Hi everyone, I'm currently working my way through Philippa Gregory's books set in the reign of Henry VIII - I've read the Other Boleyn Girl and am about halfway through the Boleyn Inheritance, and I've found I've got a bit of a taste for that sort of historical fiction - fictional-semi-fictional...

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I want to feel confident in my own skin - I constantly compare myself to other girls, scrutinising their stomachs and their thighs to see if mine are bigger or smaller. It's such an unhealthy habit, and if I can increase my own physical fitness and general health, feel comfortable in the...

If you're a fan of the book you won't like the film, they've butchered it!

This is a brilliant book, loved it. I have several books on the go at the minute but currently concentrating on The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory, it's a bit of trashy fluff but I love my bodice-ripping historical fiction!

I love Jodi Picoult, she tackles really interesting ethical dilemmas in her books and she does it so well!! Aside from My Sisters Keeper, I really liked Perfect Match. Will have to read a few others of hers soon!