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Vicky Hi. i agree with you, there is something about the discipline of Dukan which is appealing, and the speed at which the weight comes off. Slimming world is my usual diet, and like you, I find it difficult to exercise portion control, and I cheat a lot! Keeping the weight off is another...

Hello, I'm here. This will be my second go with Dukan, I successfully lost about a stone a couple of years ago, but put it back on again over time. I know that the Dukan really works, and for that reason I will have another go at it rather than slimming world which is my "go to diet" usually...

I have not posted for ages, I thought that Minimins had disappeared for good. I was SO EXCITED to see that it is back! Made my day!

That's a good tip Devon Dolce, I will take my measurements tonight (I just hate the thought of taking a tape measure anywhere near my thighs, they're something like 2ft circumference!!!) Think I'll do it in metric, I don't understand cm's too well, and it will scare me less!! Lol

Here it is: Pete’s Peanut Butter Curry (2013) (Adopted from Tesco’s real food booklet) Not suitable for people with nut allergies Serves 2 Ingredients 150g Pre-cooked chicken (s) (ff) 1 Onion (s) (sff) 1 chilli, deseeded & finely chopped (s) (sff) 1 Pepper, finely chopped (s) (sff) 1...

I have just spent the whole weekend on and off flicking through your recipes. You really are an inspirational man, why haven't the slimming world magazine team done a double page spread on you? and you /they should surely be publishing a book of these recipes and photos! Carry on with what...

I find best results if you boil the veg for 4 mins or so, and shake them around a bit with lid on, then fri lite your baking sheet and cook nice and high for half an hour.

I have just made the thai green curry in this months SW magazine, and served it with sticky rice. The mag says 3 syns per serving for the curry and the rice is free. Fantastic and filling too. Sticky rice makes a nice change from my usual basmati.

Squiddie, what can we say that hasn't been said already? This is so brilliant, and you have made it easy to understand for someone like me who has never even used Excel! You deserve an OBE or something! Hope you're keeping well, and Thanks

great thread.

Great news, well done. Always best to avoid weighing on any scales other than those at your group...easier said than done though isn't it!

I am back following a break and plenty of relapsing! I just wanted to say what a totally fabulous thread! I love soup and make it often, I did buy the SW little book of soups once, but have misplaced it. I will borrow lots of your recipes instead, and I am starting now, off to make recipe...

Good tip Lovetohatecarbs. I was slightly concerned about the "eat what you like" part of non fast days. Knowing me, I am capable of really overdoing the food, so I will bear what you have said in mind. Today I am going to try and work my way through the comments on this section of the forum...

I have been posting on the forum for a while following some success with Slimming World. As often happens though, I have lost my way and can't seem to get back on board with SW at all.(I know a few pounds are creeping back on) A friend of mine is doing Brilliantly with 5:2 fasting so here I am...

The issue here is not just related to SF, any diet will work if you follow it and the weight will come back on unless you completely change your bad habits and make sensible healthy choices. The trouble with us serial dieters is that we would like to lose the weight, then go back to eating like...

Lol same question from me! I have in the region of one stone to shift, would love to do it by May but think that is a bit ambitious? Any answers out there Slim-faster's?

I lost one stone 5lbs with Slimming World, and TBH it came off easily and quickly too. I was totally focussed and in control, but then Christmas got in the way with my good intentions (it always does with me) and I struggled to get back into the swing of things. I managed to lose most of the...

Yes Me! Have been on Slimming World and had good success, but ground to a halt after xmas and lost the plot. Been hovering around the Slimfast forum and have decided to give it a go! Looking for some quick success in an ideal world! would like to lose 10 lbs or so (or ideally a stone) by My...

Can totally relate, have hit a serious stumbling block, acknowledging what I should be doing/eating, but chosing to ignore myself. I then binge and regret it the next day,I then try super hard, fail again and then just go around in circles. I need that motivation to come back......

Everything said on here I so logical and sensible, but, I am like you Flabtofit (Lol) I starve all day long, on weigh in day, barely drink and then BINGE BINGE BINGE all night, totally pathetic, and I must stop it!!!! You too, Flabtofit (and good luck, I see from your stats that you have done...

Good luck Mazzbury, and "snap" I too hit the big 50 this year, started my journey last Aug, so allowed plenty of time to shift my nearly two stone. Started well, shifted 1st stone quite easily, but Xmas got in the way ( you know that feeling don't you) and, truth be told, I am struggling to...

I have sucessfully lost a stone with SW, and found the plan easy to follow, filling, interesting etc, PLUS i enjoy going to the club. As is often the case, the next stone is proving much harder, and I know why; because my good intentions keep faltering. I have a fantastic 100% week, lose well...

Such a relevant quote for me, love the "jump into my mouth" bit too, really made me laugh. I totally agree with your comment about one day being bad ruining everything that we have achieved up to that point. Why do we think that?. Self sabbotage, if we could fix that then we would all be...

Moroccan chickpea soup (from SW little book of soups, I love that book!) :)

6 on .......:( what am I like!! bring on Wednesday so I can rejoin...can't wait, I NEED the SW structure in my life!

Hello all, I am so keen to get back on plan, the last two weeks of December up till tonight have been a write off, eating everthing I can lay my hands on, Dreadful. TBH I have really,genuinely,missed the structure of SW, up to the xmas blow out I had lost about 18 lbs quite easily too, and I...

good luck one and all

Wow, very very impressed! I did not add any additional cheese, but they really did taste very cheesy, that was probably the cheese and onion smash flavour coming through. Crispy on the outside and soft-ish inside. nice and moist moist. When I added the smash to the recipe I added half of it...

got a batch of these in the oven right now. Used a small ice cream scoop to shape them (made 13) and cooking them on parchment paper, not with frylight. Will keep you posted.....

Soooo cool, congratulations!!

Gonna try those for sure! thanks

This is hardly a recipe and is so obvious I can't believe that I haven't tried it before! Next time you peel a load of potatoes to make mash, or roasts or whatever, save the peelings and dry them on kitchen paper. Season with salt and pepper or similar and place in a single layer on a baking...

Butternut Squash Curry This is a really lovely recipe for butternut squash curry and you could add sweet potato to it aswell. It is not a slimming world recipe but it is easy to adapt it to be SW friendly, i.e frylight not oil etc and maybe leave out, or check syns for the creamed coconut. It...

snap, it was a nightmare for me too! settled down after about 3weeks

I am really impressed that you only put on 1.5lb after stopping Cambridge, it would probably have been 1.5 stone for me.

that's interesting, never heard that before.

Apparently if you buy the frozen quorn sausages they are only 0.5 syn each.

I am only one lb off my club 10 now, looking forward to my sticker!!

That sounds great, but wondered what bns chips are?, Lol @ the "huge full size hi-fi bar" too, I had my first one at SW this week, it was quite tasty though, and small cetainly, but bigger than a depressing fun size something!

2 lb off for me, slimmer of the week and into the 10's , so pleased. Keep it up everyone.

Hi folks! I am oficially now in the 10's having got my 1 stone award tonight, So "hello" everyone, nice to meet you!

So excited! Hit my 1 stone tonight, and am now officially into the 10's. Pat on the back for myself, and keep it up everyone.

At our club, you must not be a new member or have gained in the previous week. If you stay at the club and are slimmer of the week then you get a certificate and the bowl of free food (donations form members) but if you do not stay to class then she lets you have the certificate (next time you...

I really love EE, years (and years) ago, when it was just red and green, I seemed to be constantly making decisions about what to have and when, with EE it just seems to evolve more naturally, I am an EE convert I suppose.

That made me smile, that is EXACTLY what I do every single b***** xmas! I go mad with those tins of sweets and gain 10 lb over December. BUT NOT THIS YEAR!!!!

Just wanted to say "hi" Tooty Frooty, what a superb loss, well done! keep it up.

I really feel for you Kaynnate, it has been a DREADFUL weekend for me, and I don't know what triggered it off! I have been doing SW for about 7 weeks, and have lost every week, Who knows where this full- on- weekend- binge came from, totally caught me off guard. So cross with myself, I was...

Magic porridge is (I believe) muller light yogurt and porridge oats left overnight to go mushy, and normal porridge is, well, normal porridge! Search for ,magic porridge on the forum there is loads all about it.

2 x scanbran (mushed up with boiling water frist then drained) with strawberry Muller light, melon and fresh strawberries. The bonus is you get to pick the fibre bits from the scan bran out of your teeth all day long! LOl.

and it's delicious too!

1lb off for me, I was chuffed as it's * week too.

Yummy! keep us posted.

Good luck SW12, it is always difficult restarting something which you have done before (well it is for me) I am sure you will be 11 11 for xmas, and of course the challenge will be staying there (well it always is for me!!) good luck

I can't get very excited about Nando's either, even though I do like chicken. It certainly is very popular though, always busy!

Wow you've lost so much over all, well done!!

Lol @ your accidental drinking habit Miss Corset!

we had a taster session at SW this week and someone bought in a sample of this to try, it was a big hit! definitely worth having a go, just keep the heat low and don't forget to stir!

my three have all done Food technology at school they have cooked nothing involving any level of real skill (fairy cakes, muffins, pizza with ready made base) I learned so many skills back in the 70's! When you move onto GCSE food tech it involves mainly packaging and production, and taking...

to get into the 10's been over for soooooo long but thanks to SW only 4lb to go (infact my first thing in the morning/ naked/ after wee/ weight was 11.02 than was exciting!)

2 weetabix, skimed milk and NO sugar (usually have sweetner but the jar is empty!!)

Well looking at your stats and awards Gazter you should be proud and I think a little bit of obsession is not a bad thing! but Anna's comment above rings true and I for one am in danger of sharing the SW love a little bit too vocally sometimes! people just glaze over and I remind myself that...

Very useful thread, thanks for posting it.

Yay, two more off for me and slimmer of the week!!

Hi Maz8 and welcome!

Hey pete, you are an inspiration.. I Am fairly new to SW and next week will be the first "taster night" I have experienced. I would like to take something along, but am not sure what. It needs to be easy to transport (cos I walk there - 40 mins) and I was thinking that savoury would be good...

B***** H*** nearly 10 stone!! phenominal!! well done Dukesy

two more off, very pleased !!

Hey angelajane (twin) so jealous of Buck palace, I would love to do that one day. Am going to Windsor castle later in the year, cos I feel its time to look at all the lovely royal places before I hit 50! (next year....) Weigh in at 6.30, so will report back. Well done on your 1lb BTW

It's Wednesday again already (how did that happen!) Good luck to the Wednesday Weighers...................

I am an SW fan, BUT I do know that the fastest successes seem to come from doing the Dukan diet. Not that I would encourage anyone away from SW cos I am fired up and loyal! but the fat does melt away on Dukan, if you can sustain that way of eating, (protein protein and more protein!") Maybe a...

any ideas anyone? I was wondering asbout contacting SW and asking them....

It must be disappointing to STS, but, trust me, as a relative newbie, I look at you stats and think "Wow she has done brilliantly". I expect you will rev up next week, and be a happy pixie! hang on in there.

I agree, I was surprised at the difference between the Asda quark (thick and philly like) to the sainsburys one (fromage frais like and gloopy) strange.

WOW, you have done so well so far MrsM10 ! I am a relative newbie but I too find this forum so inspiring and you have inspired me too!! well done. Nice weather for a wedding by the way.

I am baffled as to why the yummy salmon in lemon and herb sauce is free on EE but the haddock in lemon and chive sauce is 3 syns: if anything you would expect it to be the other way around. Any suggestions? salmon haddock cals 230 cals 200 protein 26g protein 23g carbs 0.6...

don't worry angelajane, we will catch her up and join her in the 10's....we are nearly weight loss twins arent we...same height, same goal weight, same current weight too, we must make it our mission to get to the 10's at the same time as eachother !! LOL

Well done Aston, I can't wait until I weigh 10.13 I have been trying "on my own" to lose weight for ages, Hopefully SW will get me there soon..............

Love this thread! have been in the 11's for what seems like AGES before joining SW. Can't wait to be in the 10's. Never quite made it into the 12's (though I probably could have if I had tried a bit harder!! LOL) 11.13 was my all time max, and I don't want to go there again............... Good...

thanks laura and Jezzi, I think you have hit the nail on the head Jezzi, maybe some of the infomation I have been looking at is so old that it shows them as "free", but they are Now 1 syn each. Your help is appreciated!

I know that there is a fantastic thread all about quorn products, but I am still confused. Are the ordinary quorn sausages FREE or are they 1 syn each (on extra easy) ? I keep reading conflicting opinions. Many thanks.

Wow, new to Slimming world and these have blown me away! thanks Pete.

Tried scan bran for the first time today (I have lots of issues with my troublesome bowels, and hope the scan bran will help to get things moving! Lol) anyway, I had strawberry muller light, chopped strawberries, 1 tsp splenda and two scanbran soked with boiling water first then drained well...

really like the sound of that Cat (but minus the horseraddish, too spicy for me!)

Hi there ciansmummy! SW is great isn't it! I have done them all, and have totally lost the plot with WW. There is something about SW that just seems to click with me, probably the lack of counting points and loads of free food!

Good luck all you wednesday weighers................

is that quark mixed with smoked mackerel Cat?

Wholegrain crackerbread are definitely my fave HEXB too, six of them seems like loads and they are great spread with quark and marmite for a savoury fix! It does annoy me though that the wholegrain box is the same price as the ordinary box and you get half the amount!

I'm not losing weight, I'm getting rid of it. I dont plan on finding it again! I Had to comment on this sarahmcrae22, it's so brilliant! :D

really enjoyed looking at your food diary, it's so helpful to see what other people are eating, and i love your little comments too. I am about your height and also have a 10st goal. historically, on prev diets, i have always got to goal and never managed to maintain, maybe cos the goal was...

How did it go Smartie831? I am also booked in for an exciting afternoon tea somewhere posh soon, were you able to act sensibly or did you just go for it! ?

it never rains but it pours, LOL. Friday night BBQ at our church, managed to have quorn sausages and salad (they ANNOYINGLY poured french dressing over all the green stuff, so I had to dig around in the bottom for the unadorned bits!!) BBQ tonight at my skinny friend's house....always loads of...

You get these in bags of 4 in the section where you buy freshly baked cookies etc. I have no idea of the syn value, I look at the SW website on their calculator but had no joy, and there is not a calorie info panel on the packaging either. Any ideas? I have called it 10 sysn, but it's a...

first weigh in tonight, lost 4.5 and feeling very proud! well done to all of us losers.

Well done Grae! you're doing amazingly well.:D

Just want to say "hi"! to you all, I am a newbie, today will be my first weigh in, I have almost enjoyed this last week on SW! This forum is just great, the excel spreadsheet is marvellous and the recipe ideas are so inspiring. How can a girl fail!! (she says at week one.....) Good luck...

thanks tealight, 5.5 sysns for my fave kitkat sounds ok to me (shame thats not a four finger one cos I always feel the need to eat two of the two fingered ones! psycological I think. I have a friend who says " I could never eat four kit kat fingers at once!" shame on her.

just had my first taste of Syn free BBQ sauce, what a winner! lovely as a stir fry sauce with chicken and veggies! thanks for the recipe.

how many sysns for a freddo /2 bar kitkat Tealight? (I know I could look it up, but I am new here, and a bit lazy!) :p

most of mine seems to go on low fat spread, ketchup and salad cream, so no choc or sweetstuff yet. What is the best "value" for your syns- chocolate wise- do people think?

I just want to thank Squiddie for the wonderful and very useful spreadsheet. It is so great, I am in awe of your skills, never having managed to grasp excel myself, this is just the job. Thanks again!

What a BRILLIANT Thread, so very useful, thankyou, I can't wait to try all your ideas out!

thanks both of you. So far, so good, my first weigh in this wednesday, just eating my first pack of Batchelors super noodles (thai ones) very tasty!

I am feeling positive that I can shift 2 stones with Slimming World and think that this forum will be invaluable in my quest. Thank you for such a fab site!