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I've decided to do WW instead of SW this time round so I'll bow of this challenge and see if there's anything going on WW. Good luck everyone, hope you all achieve your goals!

Can I join too please? Weigh-in day will be Wednesday Target is 8lb this month No holidays planned I had a really difficult 2018 (breast cancer) and after chemo was finished I definitely turned to food for comfort & energy to get me through radiotherapy. I've now got 6 Herceptin injections...

I've never heard of this either!! Fantastic!! Just need to warm up my vocal chords & I'll be there :) Husband is already cringing on sofa!

Let's bring this thread back to life!! I'm a gamer- mostly WoW these days (my WoW blog is in my signature), but also Eve Online, Resident Evil series & all The Sims (I cried when my first two characters died in The Sims 2 - this was before I had discovered the elixir of life. I kept them as...

I'm thinking of doing it. Did it two years ago and enjoyed it (although I've never looked at the novel since - I know it needs severe rework!). But it's a good thing to do & I do have an idea for this year. If I do going to use Scrivener for it. Just discovered this absolutely brilliant word...

That's excellent. Well done :) I put on a 1lb. Surprisingly not downhearted. Have decided SW is not for me- definitely eating too many calories with the free food & broke it yesterday too! So going back to calorie counting. That's how I lost the weight to begin with so I have faith in that...

Going to put this diary on hold while I try a week calorie counting & keeping a diary in that forum. This is not quite working for me - put on a 1lb and a quarter this week. I'm convinced I'm eating too many free food calories. Plus I broke the diet as above & had 1 extra HEB on Thurs & calorie...

Green day ...though degenerated into something that has no name as you'll see....! Breakfast 30g Fruit & Fibre (HEB) & milk as part of HEA Mid Morning Apple & Light Alpen Bar & Chicken Mug Shot Lunch Rice, Salad & Cottage Cheese Afternoon Snack Banana & Muller Light Dinner Pizza Leggera...

Green day Breakfast 30g Ricicles (HEB) & milk as part of HEA Mid Morning Apple & Light Alpen Bar ...more importantly though turned down several sparklingly beautiful cupcakes & only felt depressed for three hours!! Lunch Rice, Salad & Cottage Cheese Banana Dinner Pasta, Veg, Fromage Frais...

I can't find the full recipe this morning- I thought it was the magazine but it might be the website- but basically it was a small bag of maltesers crushed, mixed with aToffee muller light & a largish pot of fromage frais. Mix, put in the freezer, and stir regularly (this is where I messed up-...

Green day Breakfast 30g Ricicles (I know not the best HEB cereal in the world but I love it!) & milk as part of HEA Mid Morning 2 eggs & some tuna (2nd HEB) Lunch Muller Light & Banana 2 Light Laughing Cow (part of 2nd HEA) Dinner SW Magazine Lasagne - Quorn Mince, Mushrooms, Onions, Toms...

Tonight I'm making the Beef & Butternut Squash Lasagne in this month's SW magazine but with quorn not beef (vegetarian) & skipping the squash as I don't fancy it. So really not that lasagne at all!! But it has served as inspiration!

Can I join in here too? 2nd week on SW. First weigh in I'd put on 2lb but it was TOTM. Posted on the forum & got lots of support & encouragement. Well this week (yesterday weigh in ) I'd lost 2lb :) So much happier & feel motivated to continue :)

Green day Breakfast 4 am - could not sleep - 1 oats sachet (HEB) & milk from HEA allowance Proper Breakfast Later- 2 X small wholemeal toast (2nd HEB)/light laughing cow triangle (quarter of 2nd HEA) Lunch Pasta N Sauce - Cheese & Broccoli Dinner Free Pub Style Chilli (Tomatoes, Red...

StepUp- that's fantastic. Size 8!! Well done. Honey- yes definitely TOTM so I'm sure it will drop when TOTM ends. Remember last week when I put on 2lb, & it was also TOTM. Well weighed today & lost 2lb :) Really pleased. It still means no proper reduction to my starting weight though- but...

On the one hand I agree. I lost a few stone a few years ago, have since put on a stone, but I'm still in the same clothes. There is weight gain but also toning - probably all down to the exercise I'm doing. I still really want to get into the 9s again - but I'm finding it much harder this time...

Green day Breakfast 2 X small wholemeal toast (1 HEB)/light laughing cow triangle (quarter of 1st HEA) - are you detecting a pattern here? Lunch Rice cottage cheese salad - again the same as every day :) Dinner Banana, Muller Light & another cheese triangle (quarter of 1st HEA) - quick...

I'm doing fine - feel lighter too & had a sneaky weigh & it was less than last Sat but still 1lb more than starting - which I'm putting down to the transition from one diet to another :) Have been really good though & stuck to it 100% & so far I've done 3/5 exercise workouts this week. Have felt...

Thank you :) I'm looking forward to it. Good luck to you with the running - I think running is much harder than rowing so hats off to you (& your mother). Strengthening your stomach will help your core which is really important for running - but don't overdo it. When I was running more I found...

Breakfast 2 X small wholemeal toast/light laughing cow triangle Lunch Rice salad Dinner Pasta/Quark/Fromage Frais/Veg - Festival of Bland I call it :) But very filling Snacks Banana Apple Muller Light 2 X Light Alpen Bar Syns Meringue - 3 syns 30g Snickers - 7.5 syns 20g Ricicles - 4...

Yes I was determined to have some snickers - my husband thinks I'm mad! :)

When I started training for the rowing marathon (I'm doing it in Oct for the Changing Faces charity) I definitely saw my weight increase but my eating habits didn't change. It's one of the reasons Ive joined SW - to start pushing it in the other direction! But when I first lost a lot of weight I...

Breakfast 2 X small wholemeal toast/light laughing cow triangle Lunch Pasta N Sauce - Cheese & Broccoli Dinner Beans Slimming World Chips Egg Quorn fillet Snacks Banana Grapes Muller Light 2 X Light Alpen Bar Rice & cottage cheese (very hungry and salad wouldn't suffice!) Syns 1 X funbar...

Green day 35g Fruit & Fibre (1 X HEB) - milk from HEA Apple 1 Alpen Light - 3 syns Rice, Tuna (1 X HEB), Salad 1 meringue -3 syns Noodles & Stir Fry Veg with Soy Sauce Muller Light Banana Kit Kat (2 fingers) 5.5 syns 17g Ricicles (3.5 syns) - desperate at this point :) Total Syns - 15

Yesterday's food - Green day 35g Fruit & Fibre (1 X HEB) - milk from HEA Apple 1 Alpen Light - 3 syns Rice, Tuna (1 X HEB), Salad 1 meringue & grapes (3 syns) Rice, Chopped toms, Red Kidney Beans, Mushrooms & 2 light Laughing Cow triangles (2nd HEA) Muller Light & Banana 1 slice wholemeal toast...

Well done KitKat - that's great news. Here's to another good week. :)

Ok Day 1 of Food Diary. Green day Breakfast 3am (don't ask) 2 X small wholemeal bread slices, 1tsp flora light & small glass of milk (1 X HEB & 1 X part of HEA 375ml skimmed milk allowance, 1 syn for Flora) Mid morning real breakfast 40g Fruit & Fibre (husband weighed & didn't do 35g so...

That is so encouraging. Thank you. Definitely feel better today :)

Thank you stepupfairy & honey :) Yes I'll see what happens post TOTM & I have been exercising too. I'll also start a food diary just in case. I do feel a bit better now. Was so disheartened first thing though. Good luck for Monday kitkat :)

Thanks everyone. You're all so kind & supportive. You've made me feel alot better already. Will step away from the calories (....puts down calculator!) & give it longer & see what happens when TOTM ends (maybe will weight again in a few days). Will also start keeping a food diary for some...

Hi kitkat. :) I'm sure you'll get that last stone off in no time. Good luck.

Congratulations Step Up- you're in the 9s!! - that's brilliant :) Hondey- 3lbs - wow! That's excellent. Well done. Ok I just weighed & I've put on 2lb. I'm so upset. I have been 100% on the SW plan. It is my TOTM so I don't know if that has impacted. And it was my first week and you hear of...

Completed first week. Got up today excited to weigh. Put on 2lb. How? I have stuck to the plan - 100%. I have been worried though that with only a stone to lose I should be counting calories along with the plan & perhaps this confirms it? But the reason I wanted to do SW was not to count...

The gold award is 5 days X 30 mins exercise, kept up for 8 weeks. I tend to do 1 or 2 long sessions of exercise a week, this is making me do it more regularly which I think is better. So far I've done 3 X 30 this week :) Good luck with the weigh in tomorrow StepUpFairy & Honey too when you are...

I really like this. With SW I thought the main point was not going hungry, eating lots of the good stuff (free & super free) & recognising your body's signals? I joined SW online last week & to be honest there is nothing really on there about portion control - it's all about free yourself from...

Will do :) So how is everyone's week going? Mine is going well so far- even managed to do 2 X 30 mins exercise (going for the gold award on SW online). Thinking about getting a bike to ride to & from from work- but worried about some of the nutters on the road! Would be great exercise though.

Yes your friends sound wonderful & what you ate sounds delicious! Happy Birthday :)

Hello :) I'm new here so I'll leave someone more experienced than me to advise properly, but I will say I've joined Slimming World online (on Sat) & find the website excellent- great food diary, syn look up, explanation of what each plan involves etc. I'm doing Extra Easy- lots of free food but...

Yes I'll have another look at the internet for a cream with good reviews. My husband says its all in my head - and sometimes it's true I don't see anything. It seems to be worse when I'm dehydrated - & I know the answer to that! I'm not good about drinking water :)

Reply to Lukey Hi Lukey - This probably should be in the syns sticky thread on the main page but it hasn't been moved & can't see any reply to you yet so .... Falafel varies. Dried basic falafel mix is 15.5 syns for 100g, basic falafel chilled 100g on EE is 7 syns. Cauldron Foods, Falafel, 8...

Hello:) I'm aiming for 9.6 - been there a few years ago but slowly the weight has crept back on (all round my stomach it seems). Enjoying SW so far- Day 4 today :)

Thank you! A 1lb a week or so would be great. I'm determined to do it :)

On the skin thing- anyone got any tips for under the chin? I used to have a doublechin which went with the weight loss, but I think I look saggy under there. Husband says he can't see anything & swears he's telling the truth but I can see it everytime I look in the mirror. I use moisturiser...

Hello all. Joined both Slimming World online & Mini Mins yesterday. Would like to lose a stone by Christmas. Had a good first day yesterday so hoping for another today. Following extra easy & filling up on all that superfree food is really working - didn't feel hungry at all. Was trying low carb...

Hi Danielle. I just joined today. I have a stone to lose. Previously lost 4 but 1 has crept back on (will not give up it seems!) Congrats on your weight loss already. That's fantastic. It can be difficult doing that last bit but perhaps it would help to think about what you're doing as a healthy...

Hello :) I just joined SW today. Also have followed the plan in the past. Good luck :) Hope Monday evening goes well.

Hiya both :) I lost 4 stone a few years ago just by calorie counting & taking up running. But over the last two years it's started creeping up - first into the late 9s (I tried to tell myself it was muscle because I had started rowing a lot but I was fooling myself), and then into the 10s & I...

Yes I want to get from 10.6 to 9.6 & just joined forum (& Slimming World) today. So I'll join you in this :)

now what will hubbie say when he wakes up? Yes just joined Slimming World online - gone for the bronze plan (so saving money when you think about it...yes I'm rehearsing my arguments already!). A few years ago I lost 4 stone, over the last 2 years I've put on a stone (slowly but surely). Now I...