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I read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak over Christmas. I think it was one of those times where expectations were too high. People raved about this book, I liked it but it didn't totally blow my socks off.

1.5lbs to go till my 1 stone award.

My group was on today because of the holidays. I lost 1.5lb!! Indicative of how unchristmassy I've been feeling! Sorry! Will slink of too bah humbug corner.

Yay, I lost 4lb! Which is great as last week I put on 1lb and 1/2 an lb the week before!!

I put on 1/2lb, which at my group they call "an honorary maintain" lol! I know why, basically, didn't stick to the diet, but it was a difficult week and I was out of routine.

For the third week I've made salads for 4 weekdays on Sunday. I've tried to figure out what will last so I can do this to help me save time/stay on track when I'm sometimes rushing out of the house in a chaotic rush in the morning. I make 4 because I usually work at home 1 day so I don't need...

Simple tonight, fried some mince and added some hot sauce and passata, had that with tons of shredded lettuce, rice and some low fat cheese.

1lb off again this week, really happy!

I'm more thinking I might stop sooner. I've fitted in to some trousers today that I've not worn for about a year. Once I can get into my skinny jeans...maybe that should be the test rather than a weight! It does make me wonder also when to go out and do some clothes shopping. I can actually...

*sidles in to the room and lurks nervously* :hide: I'm not totally sure what weight I will stop at, I have put 8st10lb as my target but how do yo really know, you know?

I lost 1/2 lb this week, which I am happy with the week I've had. Still in the 9s!

I got under the 10 mark today, 9st12! Not really ready to leave the 10s and commit to the 9s though, feels like there's no way I'll keep up this momentum but I guess one day at a time is the way to think.

Good luck everyone!! Hey, a loss is a loss!!! :winner:

Wow, that's a fantastic result, good for you!!

Woo, I lost 2lb, getting my me first sticker, a half stone award!

Someone left complaining this week, that was awkward! I think she'd missed some and had to pay a rejoining fee as she hadn't notified the consultant.

I try to always keep free food to hand because somehow it is the fear of being hungry that keeps my mind on food...at work I take lots of fruit with me. The other night I really felt like buying loads of chocolate and wine at the supermarket. Instead I bought myself a magazine as a calorie-free...

We never seem to do any specific topics! She goes around the room asking people how they did and if they had a big loss then what they did to get that this week...it always overruns...the best bit actually is talking to the other members just chatting not really the bit where the consultant...

I hit 10st0lb this week *gulp* I'm having a generally crap time at the moment though so if I maintain or loose another lb this week I'll be happy. Cross everything for me!

I lost 1lb, actually am happy with that because I was sure I'd gained, I hadn't been counting my syns properly at all.

I lost 3.5lbs! Hurray! OK, I didn't go last week so that's over 2 weeks but I'll happily take that! Finally feels like I'm getting somewhere!

Massive bacon sandwich :eek: no superfree involved!! but then lunch was all fruit.

Hopefully making piri-piri chicken, found some nando's sauce at Lidl :D

*Wonders what velvet crunch is!*

First time using flexisynning tomorrow...it feels weird! Going out for fish and chips, which the books tells me will be about 27syns if I have small chips and small fish (which is plenty...do they know about Scottish chippy portions being absolutely huge?!). I don't plan on having any other syns...

The sausages were just 1 syn each (M&S and I think they were called Butchers Reduced Fat Pork, will definitely stck up next time, they were quite nice) and the McCain rustic chips are 1 syn per 100g!

Or maybe you could make spicy spaghetti and call them worms - halloween themed n everything!

Trufree fibre crackers and some 'LowLow' cheese - but I think it just tastes the same as primula (which I also like!) does anyone else agree?!

Fruit (banana, orange, blueberries, strawberries, apple) and a mullerlight. Yum!

I just finished "A Street Cat Named Bob" by James Bowen, it is really uplifting, true story of a homeless recovering drug addict who takes in a stray cat who turns his life around!

You look flippin' gorgeous! And congratulations on your weight loss AND renewing your wedding vows! What a great story! Very inspiring :)

I did indeed make it and it was good :) I did find though that it was a bit dry, so I would add more tomato passata stuff next time.

M&S reduced fat pork sausages, McCain rustic chips and micro veg, low syn for something so lazy!

Cool, I'd never even heard of airfryers so I will take a look, interesting idea!

Lol, its ok, his comment didn't make me waiver, if anything it made me even more determined!! But people can be pretty strange :silly:

Got a big meeting at lunchtime today, nervous. Think I'll just take loads of fruit and a yoghurt, easy on a nervous stomach.

bacon medallions, sorta fried egg and slice of toast with a teaspoon of ketchup (must look up the syns!) So this was my first SW fried egg, I used frylight, then at the end added a bit of water and put a lid over the pan so the top kind of steamed (normally I'd spoon a bit of hot oil over the...

Someone at my work said he thinks diets are a form of self-harm. I was just like: :eek: erm, actually I'm trying to be healthy and look after myself!! :banghead: Definitely people need to be sensitive in the comments they make about anyone's weight! Whatever point you are on the scale!

I do the same but with cadbury treat size ones :) I'm really enjoying being able to have my chocolate treat in the evening - i think the consultant at my group said something along these lines too, that you should enjoy your syns guilt free because you're having them within a healthy diet...

I was on a course today and they fed us...because I'm gluten free they have to make me something different to everyone else, so they made me a huuuuge amount of gluten free sandwiches, lol, I don't know if they just thought best use it all up or something?! It was too much, but I had anticipated...

Celery sticks and cottage cheese? I actually like celery, I know lots of people don't!! Fruit. Loads of fruit!! Also I keep a pack of wafer thin ham in the fridge for something really savoury. I mostly avoid stuff like crackers because it just wastes syns on something boring! Rice noddles with...

Oh goodness me, I didn't know about tasters yet! Now I'm both a)not really wanting to win slimmer of the week as most of the prizes have gluten in so I can't eat them b)anxious about tasters! Thing is with coeliac people often say something is fine but they don't understand how serious it is and...

I really really love the chocolate orange muller light's, they give me a bit of a chocolate fix. The vanilla and coconut ones are OK too! 1/2 syn i think. If I get hungry and it really is not meal time or near meal time, I eat a few pieces of fruit and drink some water or juice, and taking away...

I just eat normally...last week I was so thirsty between work and WI that I drank 1/2 a pint of squash, I was a bit worried that would effect my weight but my work is way too warm and I've got really dehydrated before, I wouldn't go so far as to make myself feel ill by not drinking water to save...

I didn't go tonight, as I was on a course and wanted to stay and catch up with a friend I haven't seen in ages afterwards. I phoned the consultant yesterday to let her know though. I've lost if I go by my home scales but I'm going to hold off and wait till next week to update my profile etc, and...

Chocolate torte was nice! 6 syns a slice is not bad. I wondered about panacotta but thought was a bit to risky to try 1st time on guests! The chocolate torte was a gamble but i did have a backup cake, just in case!!!

Honk! So proud cos balanced out with superfree & free foods all day so could enjoy lasagne & chocolate pud & fizz tonight! Diet, what diet?!

Chocolate torte was a success!!

It was on the SW website, fingers crossed it tastes ok, it smelled amazing when it was baking!

I don't know about syn free gravy but you *could* use free stock and mash some veg/potato into it. Cornflour is low syn though for a spoonful or two?

SW beef lasagne, salad, SW chocolate torte, and prosecco!!! Excited! It is all made. Maybe I should whip up a syn-free starter too?!!!

That's good to know!! Lemon juice over salad is quite nice (in a diety kind of way)

A slice of lemon in water helps give it a bit of taste, squeeze a little bit of lemon juice into the water too. I know juice counts as syns but a few drops of lemon juice isn't going to even be 1!

How about meatballs? It means the same ingredients as spaghetti bolognese but somehow always feels fancier to me!!

I've got a big meal later with a pudding too so I did just have fruit and yoghurt this morning, but it was really yummy. Having this all cut up in a bowl definitely made it more appealling than sitting eating an apple, then an orange, then a banana, etc!

Just lots of fruit with a muller light this morning, actually was delicious!

I've just made a chocolate torte using a SW recipe, I really hope it isn't horrible! I'll let you know, eating it tomorrow evening!

Honk - 14 syns though so I didn't really make up for the 19 I had on Friday!! oops.

Good question and sorry I don't know the answer. Searched on syns online and it gives a syn rating of 7.5 for a 30g serving of milled flaxseed - i don't know how we find out if it can count as a healthy extra or not. I always thought it was a healthy thing to eat!

I've had depression off and on for years, and my mum has had episodes her whole adult life too, and her brother...I think when there's a strong family history it is worth being watchful. I think for it to be depression and not a regular down spell, it has to go on for at least 2 weeks...but I'm...

Most days yes! Today I had some smoked salmon pate that was 4 syns at lunch, and a beer tonight, which looks like about 10 syns. But yeah most days it goes on chocolate.

Carbonara and salad. Nom.

I'm investigating McCain microwave baked potatoes, looks like they are 1 syn each.

It is actually making me address something, that I do need a standby lunch ready to go in the mornings for the odd occasion where I forget or don't have time to make a packed lunch, and to make it something low-syn. I'd love suggestions from anyone but I can't eat gluten so all the instand...

Thanks Jaylou, I will try to keep it in perspective!! I've had my healthy extras. The soup thing says it has 3 portions of veg in it so I was hoping it wouldn't be that bad! No pizza or beer for me tonight now *sadface* and I'm catering for guests on Sunday so tomorrow will have to be very...

I was really disorganised and unthinking today (its the last day of term, I'm not a teacher but I do work in a school, think I had started the end of term fever too soon!) and I've gone over and had something like 19-20 syns already, and have only so far had breakfast and lunch!! This was...

Good to know, I'm going to give this a go at the weekend and it is for guests so...fingers crossed! I'm thinking of adding a bit of low fat mozzarella on top just because it is for guests, what does anyone reckon? PS it is 12 syns on original/red days :o

*dreams of having D cup*...imagine being able to shop at normal bra shops not *special* ones?!

I lost 0.5lb AGAIN, I know a loss is a loss and all that but at this rate this is going to take aaaaages!!! I think maybe it is eating all the fruit and veg means loads more fibre?? That is not bad at all really for a holiday blowout! Congratulations :)

I lost 0.5lbs in my first week too, I sympathize with your disappointment, I felt down too. But then there are success stories like the one above which has really boosted me this evening, I hope it has you too! Plus it seems like a good diet, you can have so much variety and really tasty food...

Honk!

Baked potato and salad, beans and tuna.

I really hope it works for you :) My mum lost 3 stone on WW and kept it off for years and years, she's put some back on lately, she likes the sound of SW too, I wonder if she'll make the swap!

Doh!!! I guess I only had them twice, maybe it'll be ok...double checked the list now to make sure I wasn't eating anything else wrong!!

That looks amazing! OMG seriously?!?!?! Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I gain this week IT WAS THE PEAS!!!! Gutted.

Good luck Jwacqui :) how are you finding the swap to SW so far?

Oh really?! I didn't know there was a recipe for that. Is it really tasty? Where did you get the recipe from? (I can't see it on the SW website and I'm logged in. There's one for BBQ sauce that's 1 syn, will investigate!!)

I had fibre flakes and skimmed milk with fruit for breakfast.

I dont exercise as much as i used to because of feet problems but when i do, i use lots of positive self talk. This is something you are doing just for you! You can do it! You are looking after your body! No matter how slow you go, you're lapping everyone on the couch! Every step is burning...

I made stew with extra lean casserole beef, veg, potatoes and stock. I added some tomato puree at the end to thicked & used a masher to squish some of the potatoes to help thicken it also.

Honk! And only about 5 syns. I thought about having an extra chocolate but dont really fancy it!!

That is annoying, is so expensive to replace a whole bra collection...

First time posting a food picture on here and it is nothing spectacular!! My lunch today: Pasta (gluten free) with peas and mackerel. Boiled the pasta, added the peas about halfway through that cooking, once done, drain and add 1 tin mackerel in tomato sauce and 2 teaspoons fat free creme...

I'd love smaller boobs! something like a 34GG at the moment. I feel like so many clothes are off-limits to me, not enough boob room!! or too gapey. Thank goodness for Bravissimo! Fingers crossed for some results Lisa!! I'm hoping shifting some weight might help me exercise a bit more, maybe...

I think I'll get excited when I go under the 10 stone barrier...trying to have some faith that this will happen, it just seems so far away at the moment!!

I thought the consultant said at my first meeting that you can go to any group now everything's linked up online?? I hope you wouldn't have to pay a 2nd joining fee for swapping groups! I'm going to stick with my first group even though it isn't perfect, the consultant goes on a bit and it runs...

I'm guilty of not measuring my HEAs and Bs!!! Did anyone find it worth buying scales and measuring cups? I have some scales which are pretty but a bit vague, hard to measure small amounts like 30g cereal! and my measuring jug goes up by 100mls a marker so again a bit hard to measure 315mls or...

We've been to Mallorca in October and been lucky with the weather, but it is a bit hit and miss!

Thanks for the tips! I was debating leaving the skins on, is that what you do with wedges? How long do you micro them for?

Thanks Texty_F!!! I'm just hoping I'm not making any daft mistakes in my diet, keeping a paper record this week so I can check with my consultant!

Haha, I don't half feel daft though! I guess this is why Extra Easy is the SW diet for me!!!!! :greenapple:

I like EE except I miss having more dairy in my diet. crackers. Crackers and cheese - as a mid afternoon snack, an apple and banana stop the hunger but they don't appeal quite as much!

Hello! I've not posted a hello yet!! OOops. I joined SW a couple of weeks ago. Lost 0.5lbs on my first week, which I was disappointed with. I've got about 1.5st to lose. Finding it quite hard! Especially with coeliac too so I can't eat gluten, no instant noodles for me!! My fruit bowl is more...

...seriously, I only just noticed there was a general SW area here, I've only been going into the subforums till now!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o:o:o:o

Did anyone's *ahem* chest size go down with weight loss? :o I have this suspicion that every time I put on weight it goes to my boobs, and when I lose weight it stays on my boobs...grrr!

I've done both and both worked well :) Last time we booked through Azure Holidays.

I'd love a low syn lasagne recipe too! someone at my group last week said they'd done one topped with partly cottage cheese and partly low fat normal cheese, and that they'd served this to guests and no one guessed it was a SW recipe. I don't know though, I'm skeptical, that cottage cheesey...

At the moment I'm having either bran flakes and strawberries/blueberries (not sure how much longer they'll be in season?!) with tea or coffee, or if I'm running late some fibre crackers, babybel lights, an apple and a diet coke in the car!!! Apple and cheese go so well together.

I made SW chips last night for the first time, following the recipe on the SW website. They were alright but I don't think I quite got them right. I got the water boiling before adding the chips in to boil, but then the water went off the boil and took quite a long time to get back to boiling...

I'm sad this thread died! I have a sweet tooth...definitely need to explore low syn gluten free puds!

I've been feeling a bit lacking in willpower today, this thread is giving me back my motivation!!

The pizzas are over 15 syns just for half one!

I'll have to go find this bargains thread! I love getting a good deal, I find sunday mornings are a good time for checking the 'reduced' section in the supermarket, idk if that's just when they do a sort out at my local or if that's all supermarkets! A lot of the time they have organic fruit and...

What do you do with the foods you still have in the house that don't fit with your diet plan? I'm doing slimming world, I've got a cupboard full of gluten free baking supplies, various flours and things, as well as some frozen foods and some long-life rolls (all gluten free cos I'm coeliac and...

I let through an agency but the owners live just up the street. I think they went through an agency so that if they're on holiday or something (they're retired/semi-retired and do go away quite a bit) we can get anything urgent fixed. But to save us all time and money if they're around we just...

Mmm, I just tried Quark for the first time and I liked it!! I boiled pasta, added frozen peas and chopped up ham, once cooked stirred in some quark and it tastes fab!! Definitely want to try out some more quark recipes!

Uddingston, you?

I lost half a pound! I was definitely a bit disappointed. But I was getting the hang of the diet this week, had a few iffy "that's pretty much free isn't it?" type choices so...it is a learning curve!

I have one of those mini mixer cans most afternoons at work at about 3/4pm to get me through the last part of the afternoon, just for a little lift and focus! it works a treat. That and listening to some tunes on my headphones! :party0023:

I just want to feel happy in my own body...for me.

I just tell everyone, I'm a chronic over-sharer :o

I'm reading Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson. I know, I know, so highbrow...! :sigh: but my brain is too frazzled to read anything that doesn't break down into 3 minute chunks!

I'm near Glasgow too :)

Thanks :)

I was running late so I grabbed some Trufree Fibre Crackers, three Babybel Lights and an apple, and had breakfast on the way to work.

My first week and I lost 0.5lb, I was a bit disappointed to be honest! Err, kinda the opposite problem?! too much fibre?!!

Hello *waves* I'm new here & new to diets but not new to depression, I'm pretty well at the moment in mental health, but have had recurrent severe depression over the last 10 years or more. Oddly enough when I'm depressed I get thin, but am too depressed to enjoy or appreciate it. My appetite...

I'm glad it isn't just me who kinda half reads stuff! It is a lot to take in what's free, superfree, healthy extras etc, I'm sort of getting there (its only been a week!) but I haven't even looked at how the red or green diet options work I'm just doing Extra Easy because...its easier!!

I tried Babybel Lights today, I didn't like them very much! Think I'll go back to having smaller amount of the full fat ones.

Eeeep, I think I didn't read the article properly, I just looked at the ones on the list for truly healthy!!!!! Silly me.

I just had some on toast, I skipped breakfast so hadn't had my Healthy Extra B yet, oops! Also I've used it as a dip with celery sticks. I've got an onion and chive one. Doesn't taste of that much but keeps the hands and mouth busy?!!

Thanks peacelily! Good luck for yours too. I'm waiting for a supermarket delivery and then I'll make stir fry for tea and have a treat size chocolate thing, quite low-syn today, so feeling motivated!!

I've just started, I'm 10 stone 5.5lb, I don't have a specific weight in mind, but more about feeling OK in my body and stopping the creeping weight gain!

I'm going back for my first weigh in tomorrow and I'm nervous but cautiously hopeful!!

Me too, I'm really nervous and skeptical because I haven't felt hungry at all. I messed up my first day because I hadn't read through all the booklet yet but since then I've stuck to it. But surely all that fat free cottage cheese is going somewhere?! Eeep! Good look for tomorrow, come back and...

Edited to say: Oops, ignore me, am on slimming world not weightwatchers. Good luck though!

Hello Sparkles, it is great to find someone else on here avoiding gluten and dieting too. I think I'll ask at my group on Tuesday but I doubt the lady who runs it will know, it is kind of unusual I guess. Although she says loads of people with coeliac and intolerances do SW but I was the only...

It is actually nice in salads if you slice it really thinly or use the fine slice thingy on a grater. Or in chunks and roasted with meditarranean vegetables. Or dice it finely and treat it a bit like onion or celery as part of a pasta sauce recipe.

Anyone else have Plantar Faciitis and manage to combine it with some exercise? I've tried and tried but cannot get back onto things like the cross trainer or bike, without increasing the pain. Swimming is working out so far, but I find the whole process a bit faffy, all the getting wet and...

Can you swim? I have a foot injury that is a lot less severe than your leg injury by the sounds of it! but it has really cramped my style in the exercise department! I've started swimming...so far it has not made any pain worse which is the main thing!!

I'm going to a Beefeater tonight for a meal. I've been checking through the menu already and narrowed down my choices to a few options. I'm yet to have my HE option A today so thinking tomato and mozzarella salad starter, and either salmon or steak with veggies and potatoes or rice. Is it safe...

I have coeliac disease and have to stick to a gluten free diet. I'm finding a lot of my regular gluten free things are not counted as Healthy Extras! Boo! I just wondered if anyone knows how they figure out if something can count as a healthy extra? I'm going by the list on the Slimming World...

Hello, I just joined Slimming World less than a week ago and every time I searched google for low-syn recipe ideas or general tips or what to eat at restaurants etc, this website kept coming up! So now I'm going to take the plunge and join :) I'm a little overweight and having tried to shift it...