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Its tough but try to remember you are not as bad as you once were! Every minute is another chance to turn it all around!

Try and keep to fresh if possible. But you could wash off the juice quite easily if you think it contains sugar???

I put a pound and a half on and I know exactly why...pigged out watching a film, went for a meal, leaving do...next week NOTHING exciting is going to happen so I hope I can shift this and more!

Just have two slices as a weekend treat! I do every week and thats why I dont crave it! Have syn free chips and low cal/syn garlic dip. Yum!

half a pound, one pound, and one and a half are what I manage at the moment but Ive had a lot on with hols, birthdays and nights out! I prefer to lose 2 pound a week if possible!

Yes I eat loads of hummous and it good for you!

my teenagers got one for xmas and love it...but been trying to get the wifit board but no luck... its ridiculous really, I bet they come out at xmas and cost a fortune!

You gotta have fun days somedays!

I just had 2 ASDA 'weetbix' and I am really feeling sick...I thought they tasted funny but when I looked in the bowl they had a lump of browny green off stuff!!! Cant get the taste away... they are in date and only bought them on friday... going back for a refund!

I took bachelors savory rice one week.

Same jeans and a similar strappy top each week worn with trainers. Light accessories. Thin hair bobble... never a scrunchy!!! Light breakfast of porridge and banana if early 10 WI or packed lunch at work then nothing except green tea til 6 if late WI. Make sure I go to toilet for a wee before...

That sounds amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I adore trifle and will give this a go as soon as I can get to shop tomorrow! Cheers!

Love soy sauce! Just discovered veggie Worcester sauce in Tesco!

A few people have GP referals at my class... just wish Id known I would have asked! But the £4.50 is worth it... Im honestly SAVING money by going!

I'm a Healthcare Assistant in a Hospice. Love everything about it and go to work with a smile on my face that lasts all shift and come home contented and appreciated and I love all my patients to bits!

Thanks folks! I have returned to the plan and been good as gold and even bought my first pair of size 18 trousers to get me back in the SW mode. Don't and won't fit for ages yet but I wanted them and am NOT going to buy 20's ever again! Has worked well cos I have enjoyed today and the 'memories'...

At least Hifi bars should rush through your system pretty quickly!!! ;) Its my birthday weekend and I spent £35 for 3 of us to pig out at our hearts content at Pizza Hut...Ate like a horse! But hey, its once a year and I am human and I ENJOYED MYSELF!!! And its diet again tomorrow ;) and I will...

I like making sauce myself but keep jars in for lazy days. Dont forget if a jar is 12 syns and there are 4 of you thats 3 syns a serving! Not bad!

Glad you enjoyed it! I just love festivals!

Going to go and buy some of both. I went to Tesco to find some but gave up lookin and the staff didn't know either! Asda might be better... Do you have it with curry?

Cheers will take a look! Watched Glasto but line up not good... did you see Amy Winehouse? Was the weather ok?

I don't see why you can't make the green tea up and chill and serve with ice??? Would be nice with a slice of lime.

I have pizza chips mushrooms and garlic sauce EVERY friday night!!! Difference is... I used to have a 9inch to myself, own box chips, shops garlic mushrooms dripping &lots cheese. Now have 3 slices pizza, handful of chips off the kids, frylight my own mushrooms and grill a grated babybel light...

Excellent! :party0011: That's my next goal so well done, you have inspired me to succeed!:read:

My kids swear by them and pester me til I make these...yet freezer full of smilies and wedges! ;)

But once you have aquired the taste for green...ordinary tastes boring!

Yes you need to feel full on your pasta to benefit! Pile your plate full and dig in. As long as you not piling the cheese high on top you will be amazed how much you will lose!

Summats up with the SW site for sure... Logged on as usual...but I have someone elses 'Shopping List' stored instead of my own :( and it took me ages to store the list and this one is all meaty, lol!

Whichever way you try they are delicious!!! I microwave like a baked potato but dont cook as long, then chop up and add seasoning and frylight ;)

Excellent idea! Lovely dress! I think I will go out and get myself something hippyish from Monsoon... in a 16!

2 glycerol suppositories... you would have been better with something that makes you 'go' eg oranges! Dont mess about with your bowells because you can cause harm. Excersise eg lying on bed and knees up, feet beside bum. Gently rock knees to each side, keeping knees together. Hope that helps ;)

interesting thread! i find it all ok free stuff but its the HEB choices get me...cos i love lots of them!!! porridge, weetabix, wholemeal bread, houmous etc

But you wont eat a pack as they are really filling!!! 1 syn :) Yum!

Keep with it! I kinda expect to put on next week *week so I am focusing ahead of 2 weeks to get my club 10.

My weekend spilled from Thursday into Monday this week and I DO feel the results so I am not going to be doing the same again :(

My work tunic is hanging off me :) and my tops way more comfy :cool: but the biggest shock was when I was typing my PIN in at Tesco Aycliffe checkout and while I was leaning over my trolley my size 22 jeans slipped to my ankles :eek: so I think I literaly have dropped a jean size :D

I feel the same...:break_diet: After 6 weeks of being good I have had 3 days of celebration and today is WI day and I feel really disappointed with myself and I fear the scales of destiny at 10 this morning... :scale: But I have jolted myself back on track with one of my marvelous lunchboxes to...

What better way to finish a great day than an bag of malteesers??? Life is great!

LOL thats exactly how i feel as well! Im good as gold all week then when I relax I get carried away with a few extra syns here or there...well I feel terrible right now so cant wait for monday normality to come back! Ive probably put on a few pounds this time cos my tummy feels huge :( Oh well...

I seem to only have one choice of alpen lights to 6 choices of the normal alpens... and boy do the ones with choccy running thru look divine!

Nice idea Lin! I just love packed lunches with lots of little things in so will do the cheese triangles thing!

Just got the 2 cheesy flavours to try...and I LOVE them!!! Cheers for posting list! How many syns if you just have them outside HE?

We looked into going but the doctors where I work put us off saying you are at great risk of a perforated bowel...it can be weak in parts and having fluid forced up can strain and burst it leading to complications. Be very careful!

Make sure you have lots of support around you! Lots of love xxx

COME ON CONSULTANTS get your slimmers motivated!!! ;) Im going to ask for mine on Tuesday, lol xxx

Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Welcome, Im Eleanor and going to be 13 stone again soon which is what I was before kids and looking back at photos I was fabulous...but wore baggy clothes to cover up...sheesh! My advice is FRUIT, FRUIT and more FRUIT!!! Just lovin any kind I can get my hands on and Im feeling great!

Hi Hun its going be make you feel great even just losing 1 stone! WELCOME!!!

I just use the Aldi/Lidl cereal bars.Have one a day in my lunch box. Not HE's as such but I have done this from day 1 so my body thinks they are :rolleyes: Take ages to eat from the fridge so I lose a couple of syns in the chew excersise!:giggle:

Its all magic!!! :D Really pleased for you! Im smiling too... 1 stone off!!! :cool:

I like the ones in Tesco that you put 50p in and it gives you your fat amount and BMI.

Can I share your joy??? I also got my 1 stone award and I am on cloud 9!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its fabulous! xxx

Yes I see snoring would be a big problem thats good to get rid of! And its unfortuate about the trumping... And now I come to think about it... my knees have been a lot better too!

I've just realised I dont have indigestion anymore!!! :D For last few years I have been hooked on extra strong mints and gaviscon and stopped when I started SW. Thing is I just emptied kitchen cupboards and found a bottle and just remembered after 5 weeks without! I am totally amazed:) I think...

Yes Stacey I would prefer one slice of bread and one alpen light... wouldnt need 2 of those bars a day cos they seem like a real treat!

What flavours can you get? Havent looked for these before..Nice way of using up babybels!

Oh hun thats rotten news for you (and Debbie) and I hope things feel better soon! Yes I also put loads of water on and it seems to last THREE weeks!!! Was going to try water pills at chemist but dunno if it all goes back on when you stop taking them...ITS WAY IN TOMORROW AND Im dreading it...

Yes Doughnut. I always keep forgetting to tell them which group I went to last so they can get my paperwork out of the right box!:cool:

Is it your time of the month??? Weight often goes up as well as down!:cry:

Get a notebook and write down all your fave foods you are going to use alot and also that you cant live without then write down the syns next to each one. See online, the magazine or class books.Save you searching everytime.

I work shifts and before I started SW I knew that I would only need one excuse that I was on the wrong shift so would not go that week. Well right from the start I wanted to elliminate this option so looked for a local group that had both a morning AND afternoon session. Now I appear at either...

I dont like weighing anything, cant now as one of the dogs ate the scales lol. LOL yeah I got one of those dogs myself...:rolleyes:

Yes I am a green tea addict!!! Take it to work and drink throughout tha day as a change from ordinary and Earl Grey or Lady Grey. Drink all my teas black with no milk or sugar so syn free!!!!!!! Green is great and good for water retention, so Ive been told. Love it to bits. Makes you feel clean...

Excersise definitely makes you feel better in the heart and lungs department!!! Its the whole package we are aiming to improve ;)

WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!! :talk017:How great do you feel??? Well keep up the good work and remember exactly how you feel right now! Won't be long til you get your stone award too!:cool:

I fry-ight them with a little garlic puree, and put in a pyrex bowl, sprinkle with grated babybel-lights and grill til golden crispy. Have this every friday night with my pizza slices (all 15 syns :whistle:) and SW chips and feel great afterwards :innocent0002: 2 months ago I would have ordered...

Hi there, I'm Eleanor and I am losing 7.5 stones!!! Can hardly believe it was possible but I am almost at 1 stone off and I have really enjoyed it!

THANKS I just love my houmous and tomato sarnie on wholemeal bread!!! I'm kind of addicted!

Angela, well done for being a slimmer of the week! I can only dream of achieving that... doubt i will be getting it this week, lol. I will just have to wait for all the ones at my group to slow up a little and then its my chance to swoop in with a half stone off!!!!!

Can you 'split' healthy extras??? I mean if I have 2 weetabix for breakfast thats HEB1. I then want 1 slice wholemeal bread (allowed 2) and large spreading of houmous (but not 28g) would that be allowed to count as HEB2???

Nice to meet you! Im Elz (Eleanor!) 40, single mum (husband ran off with someone) son and daughter, loads of pets. Work all the time as HCA. Will follow your progress along with mine!

My scales are cheep from tesco and they never used to go to my old weight!!! How embarrassing was that!!!!!!!!!!!!! They probably do now but they aren't great so am not going to bother until I get some new ones that say the fat and water weight.

Its £4.50 a week well spent joining the club(plus one off joining fee). You will save that in snacks (i used to spend more than that a DAY!) I think its exactly what you need seeing other people like yourself who have suceeded and can encourage you to suceed as well.Good luck!

LOL I started the reply before I saw yours but my son took over the computer looking up divvy xbox stuff... grrrr wish I had my own laptop...

Its a great time to make friends while the weigh ins are taking place :sign0144: Go early, go to the toilet for a wee :sign0131: get weighed :scale: have a drink :strikeout_button:and a Hifi bar and get mingling with the others to create that support framework! :gen126: Its amazing what you can...

Cant imagine anything worse than not having a pc... :rolleyes: mine is ancient and about to go so must look for another soon...but have no idea what Im looking for. Oh well... Hope its sorted soon Ruthy!:innocent0001:

Well done Taz! How much activity do you do a week? I am going to start swimming next.

Thanks Taz, thats not bad. Will have to hide it under the frozen peas cos kids keep nicking my mini-milks...

Well shall we all ask for the Bronze award (if we think we deserve it, lol:cool:) cos I am not going to be getting Slimmer of the Week with the good folks in my class loosing half a stone each time... :eek: and I do feel better for all the walking!

Thanks cos I thought I was the only one! :wave_cry:How much do I do to tell her I want the bronze award...which I think is by now rightfully mine!!! LOL :cool:

Every time I mention the bronze award or hand in my Body Magic FIT records I get told they are just for my use only...and I get really miffed... :rolleyes: I have really tried hard to do extra walking for it and have had some fun along the way. I thought you would get a sticker, (bless...:o) to...

Anything's worth a try so I will try that on thursday morning... cheers!

Just wondering if you kept the cycling up?

Are curly wurly's good on the syn front? I do like them ;) Never tried the freezer trick... guess thats to make them last longer?

Put a film on for them all and go and have a nice relaxing bath, if thats possible! I only have 2 teenagers and thats enough stress so no wonder you hit the biccy barrell.

If it was once in a blue moon thing then I don't see what the harm is. Its not like choc or sweets or summat addictive ;) Over the space of a week it will even out, surely?

GOOD FOR YOU!!! Great you have some home support too. I REFUSE to buy in chocs...if my teen kids want any they have to get off their butts and get some from the shop.

Cant understand WHY I would spend so much on pure rubbish...yet I would deprive myself of a new tshirt that cost one third of the price! Now I am buying a new tshirt...in a smaller size, evertyime I go shopping.

Oh what a shame cos I was thinking what an excellent idea that would be...especially for summer :(

Oh hun thats a very moving thing to share with us all and I can appreciate your feelings. You actually go running?!!! Well done, I can only dream of one day going running! I'd get black eyes off my boobs for a start... Just write down how you are feeling now. Every day you are a step AWAY from...

I fancy buying some. What are the best scales available for water and bodyfat as well as weight?

I used to like the Tesco shakes that you made up yourself with milk. Thicker and not as sweet as the slimfast...which just gave me a craving for sweet things...odd!

Well one inch off bust and waist but two off hips!!! Thank you for that its made me very very happy!!!

CRISPS!!! Once ate 48 bags in one day!!! Xmas eve one year... how did I survive!? Now having one or two bags of Quavers a day...sometimes none if I run out! But I need them in my life ;)

Good luck and I hope you are happy on the new plan xxx

Look at my record... great first week then gain second. Consultant asked if it was time of the month and told me not to worry, it was fluid that would come off next weeks! I was gutted but stayed for class and got lots of support and other peoples experiences. As you can see I did lose the week...

I was doing well limiting myself to 2 bags of quavers...inatead of a huge bag of doritos per night! Someone at class said to try asda cheese curls...so I did and I ate all 6 bags in one go!!! Some things are more moreish than others. Lesson learnt... quavers are the only ones I trust myself with!

Is there any other reason why we retain fluid because I am drinking plenty and eating loads fruit and veg and star week was 2 weeks ago yet my hands are still swollen...its worrying me!

:) Tried the frozen yougurt and put little bits of chopped strawberry in...yummy! Going to try takling it to work tomorrow as suggested so will let you know how it goes!

I just feel so happy I have discovered this SW diet and this support forum!!! I feel its an amazing way to keep motivated and this thread is fabulous too! I am under 18 stone and about to get my 1 Stone off award, enjoy food and cooking and if you had told me this 2 months ago I would have...

At work we are faced with this situation every day!!! I put 2 stone on in 2 years thru eating a couple of chocs each day, lol. Now I just say NO... unless its the little white capuccino one with the choc dust on... doh!!!

Two things... 1 was my last place of work (HCA) moving and handling training and I was the person used to show how to move a very fat person using a hoist and sling...very embarrassed throughout and I left that job cos I didnt like it...2nd was when last day summer holls last year, took kids to...

This target is an important one because it means you have made a huge improvement to your health! Go girl!!!

Thanks Irene, I will keep that in mind.

16 st 6.5=230.5 lbs 10% is 23.05 lbs so end is 207.45 lbs or 14 st 8.1 lbs Well thats my answer!!! Hope its right!

I have written down all my fave syns and their value and I keep it in my diary to plan what I am having for tea! Its magic that you can have the old favourite snacks in moderation! Loving this diet!

I know you are supposed to vary the syns... but I gotta have a bag or sometimes 2 of Quavers every day!!! Not bad considering I could trough a big bag of Doritos and not even feel full! How times have changed!

its hard to believe these are FREE on my green plan... How many FREE things like this are you to have per week? I tried the savoury rice things recomended for munchies and I could live of them!

Oh I see... can someone say why they aren't vegetarian? I will have to be more picky for my daughter who reads the back of everything...:eek:

I'm drinking more milk on this plan than I ever did. Have switched down to skimmed and dont really realise the difference! Pour out 350 mls into a jug and I know its spot on. Use most for porridge or weetabix and still have a drop left for a splash in low-syns hot choc!

LOL yes I was sooo embarrased first time I was clapped...but when I put on 1 pound on week 2 I was so relieved they werent all cross that I was sooo pleased they clapped and focused on the total weight loss and motivated me on for the next week! Now I am the greatest clapper in class ;-) lol if...

We all have down days... I have on week 2!!! ;-) I was talking to someone today who said excersising does NOT help you lose weight! Only eating less fatty stuff and more healthy! Are they bonkers??? Anyone heard that?

I eat and eat all day and have NEVER felt hungry not once! I keep the tummy topped up with fruit with Muller light yoghurt on when required. Fill yourself with the free stuff and add a few healthy extras (2 slice wholemeal bread...porridge etc) and have a few syns to keep you sane (quavers my...

Of an evening popping to local shop we would spend about £2 on pop £4 on wine £3 on Choc and £2 on crisps!!! £11 and that excludes "Can I have a magazine mam" " well if he's getting one I want one" which can bump the trip up £8!!! I am saving money buying fruit and veggies from a shop in town! :-)

I think the graph feature is an inspiration! Especially the advance estimate of when you might hit targets!

I have been welcomed and encouraged and therefore feel very supported! Cant thank folks enough!!!

It was 'Star week' week 2 of my weight loss and I was gutted I had put 1 pound on... She then asked if it was the time of the month and I was relieved when she said its normal and also cos I was eating more fruit containing water and taking in more watery drinks. I was pleased cos I thought she...

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You have to think of the long term benefits of the whole new way of eating healthily, not just losing and gaining. You have already made improvements that will last a lifetime. Losing weight is an added extra! That's my way thru it anyway :-) WELL DONE!

Just remember how it feels to acieve this award! It will keep you going especially on slow weeks! WELL DONE!

So sorry about the cat. I have one called Carta and I know what a worry they are. I agree about teenagers. I have two and I see all the positive things they and their mates do.

Cheers! Lost 4.5 LB today so total of 11 LB!!! Feeling great...thanks to looking up this message board for useful tips ;-)

Hi I'm Elz from Durham and been at Slimming World for 3 weeks. Looking forward to the group support! Cheers x