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My thread is older and in the correct bit of the website for challenges, so that's disappointing :( Oh well, never mind

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So Wednesday 13th February is Ash Wednesday and so Lent begins. I'm not going to be giving up anything per se this year as that's not what slimming world is about, it's about being able to have a little of what you fancy in a controlled manner, curb cravings and still lose weight. So this year...

Awesome, thankyou! x

What I mean is If I go to a Wednesday group instead of my Thursday group can I still book hols or does it need to be at the time and group I started with

hi folks, quick question. Just wondering about booking holidays from group. Can I still book them if I attend group (same location, same consultant) if it is on a different time/day from my usual class?

I have never known anything other than the extra easy plan and have lost 3st 6 since July so it has worked for me! Other than a tiny bit of willpower in saying no to high syn treats it really has been easy as I eat as much meat and carbs as I want as long as I get my third superfree in. People...

Pepsi Max... yes I know I know it's full of chemicals and s*** but I don't care, I'm an addict lol. If I have a particularly dry or rabbit foody meal, a can of this stuff along with it helps me feel like I'm being naughty when I know it won't hurt my weight loss at all :) Drink it through a...

The top down theory seems to be pretty accurate in my case. I had begun to get so big that I was getting a double chin round my face... this is part of what made me decide to lose weight as whilst I've always been hefty I've always been lucky enough to have a "thin persons" face... next I...

It's batterless I'm afraid, but it's simply sweetner in around the banana wrapped up in tin foil then placed in the actifry, I'm not a lover but my brother can't get enough of them done this way

Yes 1 tbsp for a big load of chips, but if you are only making chips for 1 what I personally do is use just a teaspoon and count it as 2 syns... then I just spray frylight over the rest of the chips to make sure they're not too dry. You can just use frylight rather than oil actually and have...

An actifry costs nothing when you have a daddy like mine ;) and it can be used to make tonnes of things, not just chips... syn free banana fritter anyone? or how about fried chicken! But by far my favourite actifried breakfast is cubed potatoes, onions, button mushrooms and bacon with a hexA...

I do mine in the actifry... that way I can use my 1 tbsp of oil HexB and they taste every bit as good as chip shop chips. I had gotten used to SW chips but the little bit of oil in the actifry makes all the bit of difference to me, lush and it feels much more naughty that it really is! What I...

3lbs off for me this week...my challenge is complete! 8lbs and all christmas gain plus some off! will bow out rather than reset goal as i'm comfy plodding at my own pace now. **punk*~*star** - 11lbs (4lb ) Abbysmom - 7lbs (1.5lbs ) Ally89 - 4lbs - (4lbs) Angwass - 5lbs - (1.5lbs) calirose...

1.5 off for me last thursday :) This is the most up to date list please do not copy and paste anything prior to this - Thanks **punk*~*star** - 11 (4lb lost 7lb to go) Abbysmom - 7lb (-1.5lbs lost 5.5lb to go) Ally89 - 4lb (3lbs lost 1lbs to go) Angwass - 5lb (1.5lbs lost 3.5lb to go)...

3.5lbs off for me at weigh in today :) *punk*~*star** - 11 (0lbs lost 11lb to go) Abbysmom - 7lb (0lbs lost 7lb to go) Angwass - 5lb (0lbs lost 5lb to go) Babytreetrunk - 7lbs (0lbs lost 7lbs to go) bc201 - 6lbs (0lbs lost 6lbs to go) calirose -7lbs (0lbs lost 7lbs to go) ceebeee - 5lbs (0lbs...

3.5lbs off at weigh in for me today taking my gain down to 4 lbs. Going to be especially good this week in an effort to lose it all quickly :)

Would like to lose at least 2 stone over the next 12 months...maybe more depending on how quickly I achieve this goal :) Go to more fitness classes and run more regularly (5k parkrun every weekend would be good!) Once I hit a healthy BMI, go blonde :) Chat up more guys/attempt to go on...

8lbs for me to eradicate the holiday gain **punk*~*star** - 11 (0lbs lost 11lb to go) Babytreetrunk - 7lbs (0lbs lost 7lbs to go) bc201 - 6lbs (0lbs lost 6lbs to go) CharleyBar - 14lbs (0lbs lost 14lbs to go) cre - 7lbs (0lbs lost 7lbs to go) Donna88 - 8lbs (0lbs lost 8lbs to go) ILoveCake -...

Officially a 7.5lbs gain! :O :O :O having said that I knew it was coming and am weirdly not as bothered as I would be by a little gain during the rest of the year. I'm back on track today and the great thing about SW is I know that I will be able to lose it without starving myself like on...

I won't know for sure until morning weigh in tomorrow... but I stepped on the scales at home tonight to try to take the shock off the inevitable gain... 7-8lbs over 2 days :O Then again it was in the evening after I had spend two days solidly (and I mean solidly) eating and drinking lol...

not a serial weigher today as I can't bear to go near them haha. I had a day off plan yesterday and I literally never stopped eating or drinking... 3/4 of a bottle of baileys, 3/4 of a bottle of southern comfort (litre bottles), 3 bottles of magners and 2 bottles of koppraberg... sweets, snowman...

Have just realised that I've hit "Club 20" if it existed! :) Gaz chin up, as you say probably water retention due to body repairing itself... your body processes act in your best interest to stay in good health so just go with it for the moment and just try as far as possible to stick to plan...

Thanks :) I think I found it on here or on pinterest but when I saw it I just had to snap a photo on my phone as I knew it would be something to motivate me in the tough times!

I know the feeling of being disheartened by slow progress and all I can advise is stick with it your weight will drop if you follow the plan. My dad is around your weight and started slimming world from home about 6 weeks ago... After supervising him for 2 weeks making sure he was doing it...

I'm in but will wait to see what the scales say on my weigh-in between christmas and new year to decide on a goal :)

1.5 off... meaning I need 3 off to reach my goal by next week. Gonna give it 100% this week! not that I don't do that anyway lol but might give success express a bash

Very nervous for weigh in tomorrow too... think it's because there's only tomorrow and one other weigh-in left before christmas and I'm anxious to hit my mini target before the big day! fingers thumbs and toes crossed I do ok tomorrow lol good luck folks x

When I first started I never understood that either... I started off at SW being very sceptical about it and part of that was to do with all the people saying things like "oh the last time I did slimming world..." or "this is my 4th go at it..." I always thought, well if it was really such a...

I'm a pizza chef so have this temptation around me all day everyday and when you're really hungry and all you can smell is garlic bread or pepperoni pizzas sometimes it is really tough. As a connoisseur of fine pizza lol I find that the SW alternatives don't really cut it for me... tortilla...

I don't stay much tbh. My weigh-in falls on one of my rare days off and I like to get it over and done with as quickly as possible so I can spend my day in other ways. I.T. is a hit or miss thing for me when I do stay, but the majority of the time I learn nothing new and it's the same people...

In the week before christmas I'll be keeping my syns to 5 per day, and from boxing day onwards the same tactic til new year. Lots of long walks with the dog. Christmas Day and Boxing day I will officially be off plan... I have cheese, baileys, ice cream and some chocolate cake that I would like...

I'm like this with chocolate but I find if I have a glass of PLJ and water the lemon clears my palate and I'm not quite as bad at eating a whole packet of biscuits or something lol

I go alone as well as none of my friends were interested/willing to pay money to lose weight. I'm naturally very shy... group situations like this, especially at my top weight scared the sh*t out of me but I knew the hardest part was walking through the door :) Now it's easy and I'm very happy...

Personally, I've always hated the "you're not fat" comments tbh. I've had the "you're not fat" comments from people even when I was at my top weight... Admittedly I carried my weight quite well and didn't look as big as I was but I definitely WAS big so when people said that to me it really...

I got my first ever advent calendar this year at 25 lol, the nutritional values say 530kcal per 100g and it weighs 187.5g in total... it's the cadbury's "magical advent" one and the chocolates get bigger when you get closer to christmas. At the minute they are about the size of a 10p piece - I'd...

half off! not bad considering the week I've had lol

Ooooft fully expecting a substantial gain this week. Have been on a long weekend break and eaten in pubs for the past 4 days, eek. Managed to drink very little alcohol though, a pint and a half of cider over the course of the whole 4 days so not bad at all given my previous standards lol. I've...

Well I'm about to leave to catch a plane, so will have 4 days of enforced non-weighing! aaaargh! lol

I know how you feel! But as others have already said as long as you weigh at the same time of day you will be grand. I'm going away this weekend so have had to weigh in 2 days early and at 5pm rather than my usual 9.30am.... I put 1.5lbs on lol, my first ever "gain" ... but I'm not really...

DYJHIW You didn't get to sleep til 4 even though you tried your best and are now up having to thaw the car out before going back to work after a glorious 2 weeks off! *sigh*

Ha! I thought I was the only person that did this lol I started SW with long long looooong hair... when I got to 1 stone off I got it cut, then waited til 2st to get it redone and hopefully all being well at weigh in on wednesday I'll be getting it redone again this week at official 3st. So...

I don't feel bigger but as another poster said 'just as big'...I don't feel any different now than I did when I was 3 stone up... I actually came back from group after a blip on thursday and compared two photos of me to see and there is a big difference! But I can't see it myself when I look in...

Usually I can eat out and find something fairly slimming world friendly but it was a large (not even small) Pizza and Garlic bread or nothing apparently (some kind of group order which is why I couldn't have anything else)... not even a side salad to get superfree in! Sometimes I think my...

DYJHIW you end up cancelling a meal out that you weren't really wanting to go to anyway with friends because the menu is set rigid and is the least SW friendly food imaginable and then you end up feeling guilty at blowing your pals out, but just want to do your best to protect all your hard work!

At the minute I'm hating sw with exercise lol, only just started going back to spinning last night and pretty sure that's why I've STS this week for only the second time ever. I know the exercise is good for me and my body shape will change but it doesn't make sts any less disheartening lol

STS bah!

my target date on there gets further and further away somehow despite the fact that my losses have speeded up? I do look at the graph to see in perspective how far I've come and how far I've left to go but I don't pay any attention to the predicted progress line at all as it's rubbish!

I just tend to use passata instead of proper sauce, extra lean mince and my allowance of parmesan cheese mixed with a tiny bit of mozzarella through it rather than any cheese sauce. I also put tonnes of onions and mushrooms in to ensure my third superfree (as I don't tend to have side dishes...

Personally it varies but the common theme to all my days is planning. I don't mean I sit and plan out my days with military precision but I take time to think about the next days food the night before and then again in the morning - then I take a decision about how the day will go and stick to...

I have 15 a day... when I started I didn't even realise that most slimming world literature says "enjoy 5-10 syns per day" as my consultant had said anywhere between 5 and 15 was fine. I've just carried on with eating 15 though as I feel I need that amount and 4 months on I'm 3 stone down!

Like many others on here my initial goal is to achieve the top end of my healthy BMI - to be able to go to the doctors or family planning clinic and not get lectured on my weight (9/10 by someone who is also overweight if not even bigger than me! hypocritical old bags) would be pretty fantastic...

3lbs off! :) My prayers have been answered haha! Sadly this means I will be leaving this group but thanks for all the support and I'm sure you'll all be following me down shortly! You're all inspirational, keep going! :) xxx

I'm only 1.5lbs away from the 13s... to lose 2 tomorrow would be immense! But sadly I'm bracing myself for my first gain... The scales have not been my friend during my peek this morning. Just have to remind myself how far I've come and that I've stuck to plan totally so I've just got to accept...

Thanks :) Official weigh-in shows me as 14st1.5 which means I've lost 3.5lbs (most ever since week1) and am now no longer classed as obese! Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! Now I'm overweight, sounds odd to be happy about that lol hehe Well done on the 2 and a half, 5 half pound blocks of butter gone from your...

scales at home are showing me as in the 13s! :) so chuffed. SW scales always show me as about 4lbs heavier though so fingers crossed I get down to 14st 3 ish at least this week to stay on target for my christmas goal x

Want to be a stone down and gain my 3.5 award. Remember slimmers, "He knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake!" ;)

Don't panic... I've been the same this week and was really dreading weigh in tomorrow. Was offered some overtime at work which I accepted which means I can't go to weigh in at my usual time and was so sure I'd gained I was going to skip it but I thought sod it I'll go and accept a gain and be...

I've done it! 2.5 stone off before halloween :) Amazing since I've eaten like a horse this past weekend and fallen a bit off plan over the past few days. Think the thing that saved me was that although I fell off the plan I didn't use it as an excuse for an "I've blown it so might as well eat"...

1lb off this week and 2.5 to go with only one weigh in left for me. Eeeeeep. It's doable but it's going to be down to the wire as 2.5 is my top rate of weight loss so far. Need a perfect week this week I reckon x

Yes! My Auntie lost loads of weight when she was younger and told me that rumours started to spread around her workplace that she was Anorexic and people told her to stop losing weight. As far as I can gather things got quite nasty towards her! She was dieting but wasn't below a healthy weight...

2 more weigh-ins left for me before halloween and just need 3.5lbs to reach 2 and a half stone off so 1.75lbs a week. Very 'doable' but I've had a bit of an off weekend and had double my syns yesterday! So a bit nervous about thursdays results being slowed down. Off out a long trek with the...

Well 2lbs off :) not my usual 2.5 but then I didn't go to my usual class because of all the disruption at home atm (usual class was inconvenient this week) and weighed this evening rather than early morning so I'm blaming that lol. Still a healthy loss so pleased Wasn't going to go at all but I...

My scales at home are showing me at 14stone 2lbs! :) They weigh less than groups anyway but still nice to see hopefully I can keep it up to weigh day and then some. I really want to win this illusive SOTW prize sometime lol

Ice-Cream, Pizza and Cake. Although having said that, I haven't had any of these since I began SW but if I did decide to have any of these three i would have the real thing and syn it. I'd also probably cut the pizza into slices and only have one slice in any one day. The amount of people...

14st 10.5lbs at the moment, 2.5 down on when I first joined this group :) So happy! It's been so long since I've been in this weight bracket

I have 3 more weigh-ins before halloween although halloween is a wednesday and I'm a thursday weigher so I might sneakily count All saints day as my end date for this task haha. I lost 2.5lbs today and am hoping for at least another 7.5 off by the end of the month. How are we all doing? Good...

When you buy Jeans in the last day of the sale, with your staff discount on top of the other discount and trundle home to try on your bargain. then you realise that although the rail you lifted from was advertised as bootcut jeans, you didn't bother to check the label for anything other than...

My appetite returned today just before dinner, which was good. Hoping it's nothing out of the ordinary but do find a complete lack of hunger over 2-3days a bit disconcerting! It's just not something I'm used to at all, especially when I haven't eaten very much to begin with lol.

This past few days I've been experiencing an unusual problem. I know I'm never really meant to feel hungry on Slimming World and never have felt truly hungry on the plan - it's great in that respect and easy to stick to. I try to only eat when I feel that hunger feeling approaching and only...

I have been thinking about Christmas since starting SW in July, the original goal that I had in my head on joining was to lose as much as possible before it as I could. As for the actual festive period I've always been very lucky in that despite eating like a horse for christmas and new year I...

I have a serious addiction to pepsi max and have people saying this stuff to me all the time... I understand where they're coming from and why it's "bad" for me/my diet as the aspartame is meant to increase appetite and make us eat more but I hate people spouting this at me as if I'm not...

My mums a bit like this... despite never having done the diet or anything remotely similar herself she works with a few ladies who do. Anything they tell her is treated as gospel, and if it differs to what I tell her I'm "lying". She sometimes tries to tell me the "rules" of the plan which she...

Hello folks, another newbie to the thread have just about made it into the 14s at 14stone13lbs :) looking forward to progressing down through this bracket with you all x

Well the moment of truth has been and I am now 14stone 13! :) so so happy to have made it down into that next bracket and just need another pound to achieve my 2stone award :cool: 3 months ago if someone had told me I'd be back in the 14s by the end of september I'd have laughed in their face...

2.5 off! :) I think that's my new favourite number lol

I did Joanne when I first started the programme, had a wheezy chest too as if I had a cold but as time has gone on it has gotten much better and I hardly have it at all (although I still get it now mildly). Keep going you're doing really well, I found the 1 minute runs a serious struggle when I...

Have just given this recipe a whirl, substituting sliced mushroom for the peas and adding little bits of bacon... absolutely gorgeous! Defo going to be one of my staple meals this winter! x

I'm nervous tonight - been good all week, have been very active just from being super busy at work and am currently sitting at 15stone 1.5lbs.... fingers crossed for 2lbs off tomorrow to get me to the 14s! Haven't peeked at my scales for a few days so it will be a surprise at weigh in whether...

2 boxes for £3 quid in sainsburys at the moment... I always stock up when they are on offer!

Are the synned ones you are on about 46g per sachet rather than 54g per sachet? I always wondered why the smaller sachet on syns online was 1 point and the 54g was free! Confused me massively but the 46g must be those discount shop ones!

I felt exactly the same when I started and was very sceptical I'd lose anything... 12 weeks on I've lost 1stone 10.5lbs :) my family always laugh at me sitting down with my fry or my sw burger and chips and joke about my "diet" but especially recently they've been forced to admit it really does...

2.5lbs off :) yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Yay my weightloss restarted this week! Was worried I was about to have a dreaded plateau. Down to 15st 1.5lb and fingers crossed that I get down to at least 14st 13.5lb by next week lol it's been so long since I've seen the 14s I can't wait to get there!!!!

2.5 today :)

Thankyou! I can't believe how far along I've come in just a few weeks... I'm even running outdoors, in the middle of the day in front of other people which was a massive no-no before! :)

Took your advice and very glad I did too! Week 5 day 1 complete, with ease, so much so that once I'd finished the session I put my ipod back to the start and did it all over again! whoop! :)

I'm hoping mine are lying too! Since thursday weigh in when I stayed the same I've been so good - I've been running, walking, swimming, working (physical job) and been extra good with my food choices making sure that I start by picking my third superfree. My scales don't seem to have budged at...

week 4 day 3 complete! Time to move onto week 5, but struggled with week 4 tbh. having looked ahead week 5 day 1 is just the same as week 4 but I'm not sure whether or not to repeat week 4 totally or just go for week 5. Decisions Decisions!

Welcome supervixen :) I've not done so well this week I'm afraid, stayed the same! Hopefully I'll have a better week next week, more superspeed foods, more water and more running training!

oooft, a non mover this week, my very first STS! Trying not to feel too upset about it as I know I've been good. Just have to hope it comes off next week :) My tape measure says I've lost 5 1/2 inches from about my person so that's a bit reassuring. I also went for a run and took on about a...

Fingers crossed for 2 off tomorrow - really want my club 10 this week!

Having building work carried out in my dining room and bathrooms this week so the scales have been kidnapped and imprisoned in a box somewhere (and I don't know where!) so I haven't had the pleasure of my morning peek, but having said that I'm not missing them at all. Hopefully official weigh in...

Haha you're in NI? You must be very close to me then as that's the run I've registered for! (the only one on a beach, that's how I know ;) ) Small world. Must confess I've not made it along to that one yet as I've been working (and the thought of going on airshow weekend scared the crap out of...

I gave myself a kick up the bottom this morning to get out and continue with my c25k plan - skipped from week 1 to 4 as I forgot to download podcast 2 and 3. Expected to be unable to do it since doing week 1 left me really shattered but actually found it ok. Amazing how much fitter you get and...

People have begun to really notice in the last fortnight or so (1st 7)... Dad noticed at 1stone ... . It's really come off my face and I can see it myself now too. Was a confidence boost to see a colleague I haven't seen in 6 weeks due to holidays who exclaimed the moment she saw me, "Holy...

So after starting out with good intentions of running 3 times a week I just did the first run then stopped for about 3 or 4 weeks lol. I got up super early this morning with the intention of getting back on track so powered up my ipod with Laura on and off I went. Then I realised I didn't have...

Even at my biggest I didn't add salt to my food at all (since watching an eye opening documentary when I was around 11) but when I was eating junk I was always amazed that anyone accompanying me to a mcdonalds or a chippy seemed to drench their food in additional salt... mcdonalds chips always...

Wow, amazing difference! Well done you really deserve it :) All the best with your last two stone and when you get there treat yourself to a pre-christmas clothes shopping spree! Party dress shopping will be a breeze for you this year :) Congratulations again x

Aye, "could" being the operative word and only IF you start eating crap like that again. It works both ways but I choose not to think so negatively. Negativity is the grease that lubricates the slide all the way back to obesity.

I'm not kidding myself either my tastebuds have genuinely changed. I felt sick after my "real" chips.

One down this week for me girls, how are we all getting on? :)

I've gone off crisps as well - used to love my cheese and onion. Now the very sight of them in the vending machine at work makes me feel sick wondering how I ever managed to pack so much of it into my gob!

phenomenal! well done x

Eating dinner tonight, Lasagne with SW Chips and salad I realised that I actually now prefer SW chips to "proper" ones, they somehow taste better now even though when I started I found them bland and wondered how I would ever stick to plan - I was at a restaurant last saturday and just didn't...

Yep I never have bread now unless it's a hexB option and well I find the portion I'm allowed quite measly compared to the amount I'd really want to eat so as above I find it easier to cut it out totally. 8 and a half weeks into following the plan and I don't miss it at all, which is amazing as...

After digging out some chemist scales print outs from my last serious attempt at losing weight (summer 2010) I've worked out that I am now lighter (albeit only 1lb lighter) than I was this time two years ago! whoop! Two years of damage to myself reversed! Now to start on the 4 years previous...

Miracles do happen! haha I've lost a pound this week, so needn't have worried! Not my usual loss but as I was expecting a gain or sts I am very happy indeed! :)

I'm dying to hop on my scales this morning to see what lies in store at weigh in... trouble is my scales are downstairs and everyone's eating breakfast. Don't know about anyone else but I have a real phobia of weighing in front of anyone and don't like them to know I'm doing it even if they...

Well done that's awesome :) Must also be one hell of an early class haha (suppose it makes sense though with most people heading to work at 9) I struggle to even get up for my 9am one!

Looks like I'm heading for my first gain... probably due to a restaurant meal on saturday so at least I know why but I still find it incredible that one "full-fat" meal can do so much damage lol

Love my alpen light bars... two of any variety count as a healthy extra B on EE and sometimes I'll have those plus 5 more to use up my syns (tends to be on a day where I'm having a telly marathon). Great for popping in your bag and taking to the cinema too. Choc Orange and Double Choc FTW!!

I just squirt it enough to coat the chips lightly - agree you can barely taste it but I like the subtlety. As for chicken I find that the frylight works best with thighs and drums.... take the skin off and completely cover them in the spray - place drummers and thighs into a bowl and place in...

Thought I better update this with my total August loss since we are now into September (eek that went fast!). 9.5lbs down this month :) Overall weight loss since I started SW in July - 21lbs (1 1/2 stone :) ) yay! 14lbs left to go for me.

So after 8 weeks and 2 days of never deviating from plan I am about to break it by choice as my parents are taking me out on a very short notice meal to celebrate their wedding anniversary. The meal is at a hotel and the menu doesn't have a lot on it that is SW friendly. I've already used 2...

You're right I noticed that too! I cut the recipes out and keep them in a file after I've read the articles - lots of cutting this time round lol

Today my scales are loving me, 3lbs down since yesterday! Hope it stays that way til next weigh in lol

I asked this a while back too and as above you have to start anew unfortunately. Really sucks and is probably the only reason I'm still bothering with going to proper class as I want my awards to be progressive from start to target.

Well done that's awesome :)

Got my new one at group today, loving the little takeaway book at the front :) I might just have to have a slimming world takeaway every day for the next week! hehe

I love my certificates because during past attempts at weight loss if I told certain family members I had lost 'x' amount of pounds all I got in response was a sarcastic "where'd you lose them, out of your wallet?" and similar comments like "Doesn't look like it". Not very nice I know but I know...

2lbs off, stone and a half award and just 3 lbs to go to club 10 - going to give things a good push this week to try to lose 3 for next week! It seemed such a far away thing when I first started but now I'm so close I can almost touch it :)

I think my scales love to tease me - after a week of apparently not moving, and not moving even 5 mins before leaving for group I am somehow 2lbs down at group lol

Been good as gold (as usual lol) but my scales don't seem to be willing to budge downwards at all this week! Boo! But as long as I stay the same at least, no real dramas. Fingers crossed I drop 2lbs overnight though as I really want my next certificate( I'm such a child whem it comes to...

I get mine in Tesco or Sainsbury's :)

So did I! Oops lol Oh well, gives me something to read between weigh-in and class starting I suppose! :) x

Totally free - I use loads! Especially the bbq one as I tend to marinade my food in it and love the strong flavour hehe. Use as much as you need!

I tried the quark and fromage frais when I first started SW, adding them into various recipes... personally find them vile tasting - would rather spend my syns on the proper ingredient than use them instead. I largely get by without using them at all though. I tend to just eat free meals all...

To be a healthy weight, get fit and be able to buy clothes in any shop I choose to walk into! But there is always ever present in my mind the knowledge of all the hereditary health problems within my family that I know could be complicated by weight and/or an unhealthy lifestyle. Heart...

Honk week 7 day 4 :)

I love bread too and was really worried about it when I first started the plan - especially as my lunch everyday before had been sandwiches and I couldn't think of life without it or imagine an alternative. It took a few days admittedly, but after a week or so I found I kicked my bread habit...

I've just had to go to Tesco to buy a cheap top for a job interview as all my current ones are either way too big, or far too small (very old clothes). I do try to only buy necessities since I intend to get smaller and smaller, but having said that I do enjoy being able to buy the next size...

We have a set of scales that weigh around 3stone under your actual weight, sometimes when I want to pretend I'm thin I hop on those lol

In my own head I tend to set myself a goal of 2lbs a week, but if I don't achieve it then it's no biggie - I never say this target out loud to the group though. As far as I'm concerned my targets are personal and don't need to be broadcast to everyone - all they need to know is that I'm getting...

Same thing happened in my group and caught me unawares to be honest as I had no idea - So it's been set at the upper end of my healthy BMI range. Once I get there I'm going to ask for it to be moved down to the middle of my BMI range and then I'll call target :)

now firmly in the middle of the 15s at 15.7 and looking forward to the lower half of the 15s :) yay!

2.5 today :)

I've been having a good week this week, weigh in tomorrow - it's next week I have to watch out for! I have a wedding to attend and a job interview (stress and nerves = mega munchies) Not to sure whether to drink at the wedding or not! It will probably be my only night out between now and...

Morning weigh in today is showing a good loss on track for official weigh in! :) I'm a serial weigher and I'm an unrepentant one at that! hehe

Hi thanks for the reply, definitely nothing to do with the period problems as this has been resolved now. I know no one should be diagnosing me over the web, and I'm not asking anyone to, just wondering if anyone had experienced anything similar. No doctors available where I live at the...

A couple of weeks ago I had a terrifying episode of dizzyness while I was driving - I pulled over til I was feeling alright again and put it down to the warmer weather and maybe a spot of dehyrdration. Ever since then I've been making sure that I'm drinking lots of water and I've been eating...

I'm not an exercise fanatic but I do try to do a bit - I've started c25k the other night and didn't find it too bad so far but haven't managed to get any further with it as work has been getting in the way a bit as well as that I'm feeling a bit under the weather at the moment. Should be going...

Hello! Sorry I'm late, should have joined you a week and a half ago when I first broke into the 15s but never mind I'm here now :) and very much looking forward to getting into the 14s hopefully in the next 5 weeks or so :)

I used to wear jeans and a t-shirt but then my jeans got too big so I'm wearing tracksuit bottoms. Was worried about the difference in weight between my clothes so I actually weighed them on my kitchen scales just to make sure I wasn't getting a false weight loss at class from ditching my jeans lol

Well done tayberry, amazing loss this week! :)

Thanks for the reply, I eventually started yesterday (on weigh-in day of all days) and it came with a vengeance lol, I had a good loss 2.5lbs so no dramas there but I'm not sure if it's because I've gone so long without it or because it's come on so bad but I'm completely floored by it now. I...

Have no problem with the horseshoe shape for IT but in our group it really does mess up the queues... two queues coming back off either end of the same table results in them both following the curve towards each other and mixing up the queues - especially confusing if you come in and there are...

2.5lbs off :) very pleased as I wasn't expecting so much and in fact, was terrified I'd dip back below the stone I got last week! Well done to those already weighed and god luck to those still in a state of suspense lol (could never do an evening weigh in!)

6 week superhonk! :)

I'll just post a typical day here instead I guess! Breakfast: 2biscuits of weetabix (Healthy extra b option) with 250ml semi skimmed milk (Healthy extra A option) with Splenda Sweetener (0syns) Lunch : Beans, Poached Eggs, Mushrooms, Onions, 2 Sainsburys BGTY sausages (1/2 syn each), bacon...

Thanks. The major thing that I have done is changed how I cook - I still eat a lot of the same foods, just cooked in a more healthy way. Frylight spray is amazing :) (saves a lot of money on buying oil every week too, my bottle of frylight has lasted 6 weeks). I'm still eating chips, burgers...

Hi all, newbie to c25k here. Did Week 1 Day 1 earlier tonight and have to say it wasn't too bad. Although when I got to the 6th run I thought it was my last and inwardly groaned when the lady on my podcast said there were two more! Got a stitch just before the end which nearly made me stop but...

I started SW at a similar weight to your current weight kosherdieter... I thought slimming world was too good to be true, could i really eat loads and lose weight? no don't be silly I thought! Long story short I trundled off to class half expecting it not to work, my first weigh in I lost...

Don't be disheartened sleepymum, a lb is still a fair amount of weight it just sounds little - I work in a job where people often order goods in lbs (even though all our stuff is in kg so I'm forever doing maths) and I'm always amazed at how many people order a pound of say, sliced ham or turkey...

Have just realised while planning tomorrows meals that I also pretty much eat as lightly as possible the day before weigh-in too from breakfast onwards! As well as going to to loo for number twos as much as possible for 24hours beforehand too. Argh, just a tad obsessive but at the same time if I...

Various things keep me going - I've told all my work colleagues I'm doing SW but none of my actual everyday mates and so in one respect my workmates are keeping me going by constantly asking how I'm doing/motivation by fear of failure or embarassing myself in front of them if I give up and I'm...

Had a BBQ at the weekend too but was a good girl and spent my syns on sausages, de skinned the chicken, didn't touch any bread and enjoyed my little homemade magners ice pop in the sun using some more syns. It did leave me really really craving chocolate later at night as that's how I usually...

Harry is commonly used in place of Henry just as a lot of people called Jack are officially really called John. I know it's very confusing especially since these other names aren't even shortened versions of the original name but Harry is officially Henry. In the unlikely event Harry ever came...

Quartered Mushrooms and chopped red onion fried in fry light is what I would do!

I walk 3.8miles a day with the dog anyway - but that's something I did even at my largest, so I've been trying to add to this. Have just signed up for parkrun - a free 5k event in my local park every saturday morning. I'm expecting to have to walk at least some of it but my plan is that if I...

We are having a bbq today :) Can't wait! We will have chicken which we will cook with the skin on, purely as it results in much more moist and nice meat - I'll peel the skin off before eating. Prawn kebabs are really good as have been mentioned - my family are eating sweet chilli ones from...

I've probably been this girl before. I've lost count of the number of times I said I wanted to change and made an attempt to genuinely change my eating habits falling off the wagon in the first few days or weeks. It's not that I didn't want or try to change or help myself, it's that I didn't...

This is a tad embarassing but well, I don't know where else or who else to ask lol :o My time of the month has never been 'regular' - I've never been able to predict the exact day it will start, there has always been a few days either side of the date it 'should' arrive. But since starting SW...

Honk:)

I have my lunch anything between 12-2pm and my dinner can range from anywhere from 5pm-10pm depending on if I am working. I was brought up in a house where we had dinner strictly at 6pm - but tbh I find this too late sometimes so try to have it at 5/5.30pm if I can - munchies later on are not a...

Welcome Tayberry :) Sure thing, just aim for what you're comfortable with and if you or anyone else wants to adjust their targets between now and halloween you're more than welcome to do so :) Just popped along to report a 2.5lb loss :)

Very pleased to report a 2.5lb loss bringing me to my first stone award :) Absolutely thrilled. Had a naughty little weigh of my own this morning before class and was amazed the scales seemed to have moved after pretty much not shifting for a whole week (I checked last night too). Just goes to...

I'm feeling exactly the same - stuck to it 100% but as I have been working solidly I haven't had a chance to do much body magic so feeling 'heavy' and I'll be very glad to even lose 1lb or STS! Good luck tomorrow lovely people :)

Honkity Honky Honk Honk :)

Yay! Thanks :) x

Anyone have any idea if this item is 'free'? got some fish pie mix from sainsbury's today so going to try to make something tasty for dinner tomorrow. Any help on this would be much appreciated, can't seem to find it on syns online x

Have to admit the yappers really put me off class when I first started and I almost didn't go back but I'm glad I've stuck with it. My C is pretty good at dealing with the really disruptive yappers - she will finish speaking to the member she was dealing with and then deliberately interrupt the...

I don't specifically 'treat' myself after I've weighed in with food as some kind of reward for weightloss but I do treat myself every single night with weightwatchers choc wafers/alpen light choc orange/alpen light double chocolate bars. (Total chocoholic here!) - it's just my way of using my...

I bought two cans of these yesterday as they caught my eye whilst pottering about in sainsburys :) Not tried them yet but very definitely on the menu tomorrow!

Honk! :)

Ah I see, thanks for answering that question! Was just wondering what to do if I ever for any reason was unable to get hold of the stuff! :)

When I first started SW the biggest piece of advice was to go straight to the shop to invest in a bottle of Frylight since it's used so much. And I really don't know what I'd do without it! But I was just wondering, as I don't think frylights been around for very long(?), how did SW work before...

Course you can chill11, welcome to Team Halloween :) I had my group weigh in today so I'm taking that figure as my start weight. Have lost 11.5lbs so far with SW so hoping to keep the momentum going by setting myself this goal! Will update with my loss every thursday from now on :) Going to...

4 week solid honk! :)

4lbs off today! certainly wasn't expecting that lol my prayers were answered last night :)

Same here my * week is due any time in the next week (Mine is annoyingly unpredictable so I only ever have a vague notion of when it will visit me) so not too sure what to expect tomorrow. My home scales are rubbish but I think I have (I hope) at the very least stayed the same. ANY loss will...

I'm considering making this switch at some point as it's looking more and more like my work shifts will change and stop me from attending any nearby groups. Just wondering has anyone done this and is there anyway to do it whilst carrying over your weightloss and awards gained at group or would...

"Plan ahead, Plan ahead, Plan ahead, otherwise you will end up eating terribly random/dry/odd combinations of food in order to stay within the eating plan"

Just out of interest, do any of you have pre-weigh in rituals or superstitions and if so, how did these come about? It's just I have noticed myself kind of naturally doing things in a certain order for about 12 hours before WI - showering at a certain time, eating at a certain time, wearing...

This is my first time attending SW so I guess I have nothing to compare it to except stories on here. So far my group seems to be average - I can relate to some of the good experiences people are having at group, but also some of the bad experiences. My leader is generally ok, I wouldn't say...

Does this DVD require a lot of room to do? I really want to try it out however I live in a small ex-council house at the moment and I can't move furniture or anything to make room since it's not my house lol so a bit worried about about space - I've already managed to smash a very expensive...

Everyone seems to have different ideas on this but personally I'm the same as your friend, I try to eat all 15 so that I don't feel deprived of anything and am less likely to binge. If I plateau I will reduce it to 10, if that doesn't work I'll take it down to 5 but never below 5. But it's...

Welcome and good luck! Yes getting your head around it takes a little while doesn't it! But once you get into the swing of things you'll be food optimising without even really trying. The thing that struck me the first few weeks was that i wasn't really "dieting" so much as eating healthily...

So here's my diary. I mostly follow extra easy as I have not been doing SW long but I'm considering trying red and green soon. Breakfast - 3 bananas and a small orange Lunch - Toastie made with two slices of wholemeal weightwatchers bread (from a 400g loaf) HexB and filled with Cathedral City...

I struggle with my shift work particularly when I'm working through lunch AND dinner - I really dislike eating in the canteen too and have a bit of a phobia of eating in front of my colleagues. I do try to eat a cereal bar at some stage of my shift though, sometimes I take sugar free jelly with...

I weigh most mornings before eating, just to give me a general idea. My scales are cheapo tesco value ones so I don't pay that much heed to the needles accuracy as for example I stepped on them today and they were putting me at 6lbs down, stepped on again only 4lbs down, stepped on a third time...

Honk for today and the past 23 days! :) Came so close to going over my syns today and bingeing, just felt so 'hungry' (I wasn't actually but was just in one of those eat everything moods) but pulled it back by snacking on strawberries instead, yay!

Sure thing! There seem to be lots of groups aiming for Christmas but it seems sooooo far away lol. Since Halloween is closer and I have a short attention span I figure it's a better target to aim for hehe.

A proper tablespoon then is it? I have one of those too dates back to my grannies day - there are an awful lot of people out there who seem to use dessert spoons to measure out the amount stipulated on recipes as a tablespoon. I make sure I use the proper big spoon so I'm not getting less than...

Lidl I think were doing them a few months ago... parents bought a couple and gave one to me, was them who told me they were the best way to make mashed potato. Have just had a little look on ebay and they are selling fairly cheap on there!

I just divide my plate into thirds and bung some grilled veg onto the third... I always eat it first before I touch the other two thirds of my plate so that it fills me up before I get to the good stuff. If I have leftovers and have eaten all my superfree then I will have the rest for lunch...

What Kitchen gadget could you not live without, relative to SW? For me it's my potato ricer - having to mash my potatoes without milk or butter/marg has been a bit of a pain for me and without the potato ricer I'd never be able to mash them into a nice smooth consistency (I don't like mixing...

I'm setting myself the goal of losing 2 and a half stone by Halloween starting from August 1st. Anyone fancy joining me for this? Your target doesn't have to be 2 1/2stone, it can be different to mine if you wish! Fed up of going out on Halloween wearing tents while everyone else is wearing...

It's an adapted recipe to be honest since I don't have any bovril and don't want to waste money on it. Chefs on the telly always just seem to use egg and make it look so easy lol

chicken fried rice from slimmingeats.com - I leave out the sesame oil meaning that it's syn free! I think I love it more than an actual takeaway chicken fried rice :)

Hi, long time lurker first time poster. Just wondering if anyone else had tips for getting the breadcrumbs to actually stick to the chicken... I dip mine in the eggs and then roll it around in a bowl of breadcrumbs but the pieces are never totally covered - still come out nice and tasty but...