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Oh crikey, doesn't time fly! & no, I wasn't particularly enjoying myself for the last six months, but have got through it more or less in one piece, have finally sold the house, moved out - and that was a horror movie all on its own - and am in the process of signing up to rent for a bit while...

haven't joined in on here as much as I'd have liked to since signing on (oh the joys of house selling) but I'm now at 13st 10 so I hope to see you soon in the next group!

another 3 summer skirts and a top released from cupboard limbo! they've been there for 22 years .... (and they're LOOSE round the waist! if not the tum).

Er ... still here, still plugging away! Finding it v difficult to stick to the rules during the day at the moment, tending to sneak the odd KitKat in when I know I'm really NOT that starving. Probably because stressed out over house sale/purchase/solicitors/surveys/cash flow mullarkey going...

Still here ...just! Got a bit stuck over the last month in spite of greatly increased activity - really went for my Bronze BM and am almost there with the Silver. Making a conscious effort to break my sedentary habits - in particular of sitting down with a cup of tea and the evening news as...

Accosted at group last night by someone who it turns out works with an ex-colleague (he's known me for about 20 years, and most of that time I've been huge). She'd told him I was in her group and had lost quite a bit - he said Naaah, she hasn't, then happened to bump into me a couple of weeks...

Well, real life interrupted me for most of February - lost the buyer on my house 2 days before completion date, and therefore also lost the house I was hoping to move to. Long saga, will not bore anyone any further with it. Move on. Just about managed to stay within sight of the plan...

75 g, which is a decent handful. My consultant said to make sure they're the semi-dried 'ready to eat' ones, not the really thoroughly dried ones. I love them as a mid-morning munch, or sometimes do them chopped up with chicken in a tagine. (being by nature lazy and disliking too much washing...

& had some of the chicken bovril/egg mix left over, so mashed it up with left-over spuds and cooked kale, some trimmed & chopped bacon and did a sort of messy but v tasty hash brown the next day.

Ooh yes, that works! Stuck to the original recipe in the end, but used chicken drumsticks (skin off, of course) and didn't bother with poaching as they were on the bone. Slightly longer cooking time at about 18 minutes (distracted by phone call) but meat was succulent and it tasted really good...

I'm in the mood to play with my food this weekend so think I'll try something based on the first recipe (on this thread) this weekend, but have taken some notes from other postings so will tweak. I'm not too fussed about the KFC'ness of the results (half the fun of KFC was the oodles of fat...

Tried a Mars Caramel yesterday as had a very low point mid-afternoon and have been so lo-syn this week I could afford the 10 syns. To be honest, although I thought it sounded wonderful it's really just a Mars bar with the fondant-y bit taken out so wasn't as exciting or as filling as I'd...

I don't buy Hi Fi bars - I bought one box, and then realised they'd all magically disappeared in less than 1 hour. If you have as little self-discipline as I have, it's best not to have them, or anything similar, in the house. My HEB's are usually semi-dried apricots or prunes (which I happen...

isn't it GREAT when someone you haven't seen for a while walks past you, does a complete double take and says "B****y hell, you've lost a lot!". (especially when you know you're not looking at your best- all my slimming clothes were in the ironing pile that morning!)

Hi Nettie, I know exactly where you're coming from. But look at you - you've lost nearly A STONE this month! (maybe your body image hasn't caught up with reality yet?!) so you've got something to celebrate even if you keep it to yourself on the night. You possibly don't know how lucky you are...

STS this week. Bother. Thought I was being so good, too! Unfortunately can't have a dog much as I'd love to, I work long hours and it wouldn't be fair to the pooch to have to stay indoors all day. Have suggested it to the cats but it didn't go down well. So it'll have to be the Xmas...

Interested in all the comments about c25k - I've avoided running because of a dodgy ankle (and now the knee's going - old age!) but it looks very do-able so have earmarked the website and will try it out once we get to spring. In my rural area there's no pavements and no street lighting. What...

Just looked at your photoblog - what an inspiration you are! Hope the next WI goes well for you - I've also got 'stuck' in spite of being very good on the super-free and low syns. Just have to keep sticking to it, I've noticed there's not always a direct cause and effect between recent eating...

STS at weigh=in last night, which was a bit disappointing as I thought I'd been very good over the week and the bento box is definitely reducing the portions (to the point where I'm getting quite hungry at the end of the afternoon). Oh well, will keep carrying on carrying on - have some far...

September's target jeans need a belt to prevent wardrobe malfunction ... and I can now go out and get one as they ARE available in my size now!

Oh dear - bit preoccupied at the moment (I seem to be doing the House Sale Diet as well at the moment). Being as good as possible but because a bit disorganised at the moment with trying to do key paperwork before I leave for work I've had the occasional sandwich for lunch. Fortunately the...

Good luck with the weigh-in ! (I know we're not supposed to weigh in-between groups, but can't resist it, but it doesn't always forecast what happens on the official scales) I use the cooked vac-pack beetroot you can get pretty well everywhere, as it doesn't have to live in the fridge and is...

cowboy pie is yum - and I add cooked beetroot to the mince/veg mix to bulk it out a bit so it goes a lovely burgundy colour (tend not to use baked beans, replace with tinned haricots and tomatoes so that's an extra Super in there). Mind you, I add beetroot to a lot of stuff - it's good for...

Last year if I went into a high-care factory I had to strip off as many layers as possible and still could barely fit into an XXL overall (assuming they had one). This time I had a cardi on and could comfortably do up a Large - small, private milestone but very satisfying nonetheless.

I love this thread title - rings all too true for me. This time last year I saw a lot of a size 12/14 'friend', who was good company but did manage to drag me round clothes shopping quite a lot (I could rarely join in because there wasn't anything in my size - my role was to hold the bags and...

OK - thanks AbFab, I'll toddle off. Hope you all get on well - no doubt we'll meet up soon when you catch up!

Hi there - I got to 15st on Monday, now aiming for the 14 mark - and that's the first time I've been this (er,'light' doesn't seem quite appropriate!) in about 20 years! Thank God I'm a born hoarder - I've been dragging old kit out of suitcases and finding that a) it fits again, and b)...

Can I join in here? I got to 15st on Monday, now aiming for 14 - which I thought from the thread title would be right, but the most recent posters seem to be heading down to 15??

Hi Caatrin! I reached 15st on the nose on Monday this week, and I'm aiming for a further 4 - 5 st loss - bit vague because it will depend what I look like when I get to 11½st and about a size 10/12. I don't want to go too far and end up scrawny with wrinkles hanging off my face! (it's so long...

Signing out - hit 15st on the nose on Monday, now taking aim at 14 .... ! Good luck everyone, I'm sure you won't be far behind.

Hi Spanx - I'm dead impressed you turned down a naan bread, I simply cannot go into an Indian restaurant because I know I'd succumb! You seem to be a Joe's sausage fan - have you tried the Powter's low fat Newmarket sausages? also ½syn each, and I just love them - they're more at the...

Got it! (the 3.5lbs, I mean). Decided to go to a group close to work on Monday, rather than risk missing another week because of bad roads/weather on Wednesday, and got my (first) interim Target. Really made up for a depressing weekend and a bad day at work, was so chuffed (just remembered in...

Today I'm wearing an outfit that I last put away over 20 years ago- because I had got too fat for it.

Unfortunately the driving conditions were so foul on Wednesday night (fog AND ice - no thanks) that I wasn't able to get to group this week. Looking forward to moving to town so I don't have the extra journey out into the sticks to get home! My check-up at the surgery made up for it, though...

Hi Spanx, thanks for that. I was so b***y furious with myself when I put that 3st back on - I'd done so well (on a sort of FPlan-ish diet and a LOT of gym) to get my weight down by 6st for the op, but couldn't face doing an extreme low-fat diet again (my digestive system doesn't approve). then a...

Thanks, Cavegirl - that one's always puzzled me. Great thread with so much useful info & so glad I discovered it, have been on SW since June last year, but am in 'back on track' revision mode at the moment - I REALLY want to set my next target!

I probably use it as a HEB once or twice a week, but usually as a dressing as I think heating it might affect some of the healthiness. On the other hand, I still haven't quite got the hang of Fry Light for stir fries so I might use it for them.

I may suffer for this today, as had a terrible night's sleep, then had to rush around to get ready for work so I could get out early and defrost the car. The main roads are OK but I live 2 miles down an untreated side road, which of course was an ice rink this morning -can't say I'm going to...

To be honest, when I joined up with Slimming World at the back end of June 2012 I really didn't expect to be starting the next year 3 stone lighter - I have such an appalling history of not sticking to diets that my expectations were very low. I set my first interim target to lose the weight put...

Down from size 24 pushing 26 to size 20 skinny jeans, & they're comfortable! Oh, and able to wear a favourite necklace my Gran gave me again, for first time in over 12 years. I suppose that means I'll have to go shopping for a new target dress .....

just popping in - I'm hoping to move to the 15's at next weigh-in, as I'm just got half a pound to go. Going to get me some extra Body Magic this weekend (makes housework sound so much more appealing!) to help me out!

Hi there - I've just registered, having used these forums as a great source of info and inspiration for the last couple of months! A workmate talked me into joining SW at the end of June, although I've tried 'clubs' before and not really got on with them. Although I lost 6 stone a few years...

Can I join too, please? (I know it's late but I've only just registered with the forum - it's been a great source of info and settled quite a few discussions in the office, where several of us are doing SW now). My October target is 10lb - which would take me to within half a stone of my first...