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Oh poo haha! I never even glanced at red days because I'm vegan and to eat that much protein replacement stuff is way too expensive haha! Might just dig for an old book and try follow the plan i used to, it works because i lost narly 4 stone!!

So you only have one each of A and B? It used to be 2, and I planned most of my meals around the 2 HEXb's :( apart from that it sounds ok, will need to find a copy of the book at some point to scan through and write down the values of stuff i eat

Hi all, i used to follow the green plan but fell off the wagon due to multiple house moves and job changes...now I'm slightly more settled I'm looking to start SW again and really miss interacting with other peopel about it, so was o happy to see minimins back online! I can't afford or commit to...

Congrats afgain everyone, last week of the month now!!! Will get the spreadsheet with week 3's results uploaded tomorrow. I'll also start a March challenge if you all like? I have been just awful at focusing, but have bought a 12 week countdown so am hoping to snap back into the zone and get...

Wooosh! half pound off for me which isn't much but considering how bad I've been I'll take it and run. I've had 2 or 3 fluke weeks on the trot now though. Going to start proper afresh on Monday, its hard when I'm feeling pretty crappy though. I just need to force myself to make something...

It was my biryhday week too, I've not yet dragged myself to weigh in yet haha! mega indulgence...

Congrats everyone on a wicked week 2 - results are in, spreadsheet has been updated :) I was away a lot this week just gone as it was my birthday so went out 5 nights on the trot :O I don't drink alcohol though so the damage isn't that bad, had mainly diet cokes but there was some chocolate and...

Don't worry hun - it's not a race. Why don't we change your target for the month - how about even just try and maintain the weight you are at for the next 2 weeks? Anything else is a bonus. take it slow, there's lots of time to lose and it sure took it's time going on so it won't be quick...

@Nanny Doreen - i seem pretty busy, which is mad considering I don't have any kids, no job, and a very very limited social life due to lack of money. I like to keep busy :) @Rachelmid - well done on your loss! Have put your loss on the spreadsheet, will upload it again in a few days once we've...

Hey all, sorry I've been away a bit. Was helping a mate move house over the weekend and it took way, way longer than initially thought! Been awful for food myself and I'm at that point where I am having to try and convince myself to go and weigh in. I'm really skint and can do without the cost...

You're most welcome. It's a pleasure doing it :)

Congrats to everyone who lost or maintained this week! week 1 is looking good so far...sorry I haven't been on here much, I've been really ill this week and to top it off, my internet was down yesterday. I spent about 17 hours sleeping, mainly because I was ill but also because i just don't know...

Oh no :( I hate it when that happens. The answer usually presents itself at some point, for me its always dehydration or star week...or sometimes I just have a slow week. Don't let it bother you until you get on the scale next week, you might be pleasantly surprised!

Hey hun, that's rubbish but it sounds like you know where it came from. Draw a line under it and get it off next week ;) You've done fab so far!

Wow, go you! you might find it takes a week or two to start losing after you start a new exercise program but it will pay off soon, or at least negate your boozy weekend. I tell you what I really don't miss the gains after drinking alcohol, neither do I miss the hangovers and empty wallet haha...

Oh and just so everyone knows, I click 'like' on a results post, even if you've had a rough week, so I know what I've added to the spredsheet as I go along. Just in case any one thinks i'm weird for liking a gain!! Shezam - do you know where the gain came from hun? Don't let 1lb ruin your...

Am trying hun - started of well this morning but have come down with a horrible head cold so been in bed since about midday drinking honey lemon and ginger and sucking on throat sweets. Hoping this clears by tomorrow. Had to give weigh in a miss tonight too :( Will hopefully be better by...

2lbs on last week :(

Hey all, will get the spreadsheet up and running tomorrow. Have noticed a few of us gaining the last week or so - how comes we've all done this at the same time? Interesting to note patterns on the spreadsheet from this month and last. I'm deffo in for a gain tomorrow, I've been awful again :(...

final results for jan - well done everyone! None of us ended up heavier...and lost a combined 233.8lbs!!! Wooooooooo! Congrats to those who made their target, and to those that didn't (including myself!) it's a new month, new challenge, and another chance to rid yourself of excess weight. See...

WOOOO amazing. Will do the spreadsheet tomorrow. Weeks will run like this: Week 1- Sunday 1st - Sunday 8th (will do it like this for ease, plus I dont think anyone weighs on a sunday so won't have results from today?) Week 2 - Mon 9th - Sun 15th Week 3 - Mon 16th - Sun 22nd Week 4 - Mon 23rd -...

I gained 2lbs tonight :( But went to my bikram yoga class straight after and pushed hard. feeling motivated now, am going to write a meal plan tomorrow morn and also get back into the yoga studio providing my health allows me. Want to be comfortably into the 12's by my birthday on the 13th !

Here it is, the Feb challenge :) http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-teams-challenges/349572-fab-febuary-challenge-4-weeks-4-weigh-ins-4-chances.html

As requested, the 2nd monthly challenge of 2015...sign up here! After the roaring success of the January challenge we're back again, and let's make the shortest month count! Tell me what you want to lose in Feb - it can be a number, it can be a goal weight, whatever you're working towards...

Ok just did the spreadsheet before eastenders hahaha congrats to the 5 ladies who made target this month! Woohooooo still lots of results not in, so there might even be more of us. Lots of us got close, and even those who didn't, we all made some great losses this month a new month starts on...

OK sorry I've been away again - been recovering from a UTI which is a mean feat when you only have 1 kidney. bleughhhhhh. Then my allotment got flooded by a burst water main, so have been trying to get that sorted the last few days. I've been so awful this week it's been the first time in about...

Hey love, well done :) Any chance you can post your resuts for this month? I seem to have lost track of your week 2 and/or3 so not sure what your losses are...well done chick!

Week 3 results so far... OK just finished it now - have also deleted all the people who haven't posted any results so far, which has made a big difference to the total numbers. I have kept a save of the spreadsheet before I did this so if any of you rejoin or haven't been able to post results...

WOW! Congrats everyone :)) @Nanny Doreen - 1lb isn't too bad, don't worry about it hun. Draw a line under it :) Sorry I haven't been on here much, have not been feeling great and have been in bed eating chocolate and crisps *doh!* However I managed to maintain this week so no damage...

WEEK 2 UPDATES!! Any late entries please remind me what week you are checking in results for so I can update. But info so far is 100% losses, and a whopping 67.5lbs lost this last week!!

Day 3 of 30 day bikram yoga challenge complete. I really did not want to go today, have been put on antibiotics for suspected UTI, so am in pain, however i found myself driving to the studio, had osme gentle stretches and took the first half easy but really pushed towards the end and got a lot...

Wow, fab losses everyone!!

I can't WAIT to update the spreadsheet tomorrow!! FAB LOSSES EVERYONE!!!! WOOHOO!! I only just got home from Bikram, done my 3rd day now...27 to go lol Getting stronger with each day though so hopefully it will make a difference. Have looked into it and people tend to lose 10lbs or more during...

3lbs off tonight, am chuffed! not had a great week food wise, and I'm really not feeling to well so trying to get doctors appointment to start all that rubbish again. eughhhh. plus a funeral last week. Ready for a new week...started bikram yoga last night, going to try and do the 30 day...

Spreadsheet update 13/1/15 - nearly the end of week 2! Get your results in! Surprise loss of 3lbs for me tonight!!! I've been eating all sorts of naughty things, however Ive upped the exercise and have been doing bikram yoga every day. plus my food wasn't **that** bad on hindsight! although not...

Week 2 - a surprise 3lbs off!!! woohoo!

WOW good work everyone!! sorry ahven't been on here much, I've been on training for new agency...will update the spreadsheet tomorrow afternoon :) xx

You're most welcome! When others used to do these lists it really helped me :) No one has been knocked off the list! It's just the list so is damn big I can't screenshot all the names at once!!! If anyone can tell me how to export a whole spreadsheet in 2011 excel for Mac I can put the whole...

Fab will put you in Brien (thought I had! you might be at the bottom as the page is too big to screenshot! I'm trying to find a way to export the page as a jpeg or image file from excel but not sure how to) Great loss for week 1 Christie! When you let me know your result for the week, maybe...

Now updating the spreadsheet, and yes the list isn't correct as some people haven't added themselves on. You're better off posting what week you are posting a result for and what you've lost so I can update the spreadsheet... Couldn't upload week 1 results yesterday as I was at a funeral, but...

Amazing efforts on this first week, and it was a difficult week to boot. Looking forward to updating the chart tomorrow eve, week 2 begins today! Am off to a funeral in the day so won't be about but will catch up with you all in the evening. Don't forget to update on here :) Here's to a week...

0.5lbs off. not a lot but i was expecting a gain, so I'll take it and run!

Don't worry I'll update it :) Well done on your loss, thats amazing!!!

Yay for losses!! I had a shock loss of 1/2 lb this week. totally expected to put on 2 or 3 pounds, so I'll take that half and run!! That's given me mega motivation to kick butt this coming week and get 3lbs off so I can slip back into the 12's FOR THE LAST TIME THIS TIME!!! x

You're welcome :) This is just what I've picked up from the book and group. Am weighing in tonight so will add anything that comes up tonight! Maybe I picked up on 'more' stuff as I have always followed Green so when we went through the new EE and EESP, it was all new to me and was like starting...

Remember it will take a while for the syns directory online to be updated, so your 5-15 syns a day will be picked from the updated list. Not the old one, which lists green/red/ee. way i see the new plan is thus: Everyone follows extra easy. eat as much FREE food as you like, but try to eat 1/3...

Good day on plan! Good call on 15 mins kettleball - there's nothing worse than throwing yourself into exercise with the best intentions only to injure yourself and sit out for a while. Thats when the crap food/lazy attitude begins all over again. build it up slowly and you're more likely to...

Hey Hannah will add you tomorrow :)

Congrats!!

Hi all, I got LOADS of carrots, sweet potato and carrots reduced at the supermarket and am looking to cook them into something that can be frozen as its way, way too much for me to eat now and they will go off before I get round to it. not looking to use all of them in 1 dish, but any way to...

Yeah glastonbury is tiring enough! You could easily get a few stone off before and its amazing how much of a difference that will make. My main problem was finding wellies that could hold my thighs in :)

A loss is a loss - you've done well!

Blimey! I noticed that from middle of Dec, jobs weren't listing 'immediate start' and they've been very slow in getting back to me compared to before. Am going to hit it hard this week, fingers crossed something comes soon. It's frustrating as I'm trying to get away from care work but no one...

Will be booking flights in May/June hopefully, once I have had a good few months work and know I can feasably do it :)

Nope, not a lot of cash at all. But I have no choice really. I could sell some of my record collection/possessions, but it's not that bad yet. If I don't have work in 2 months time then I'll have to look at selling stuff, or possibly selling my van (worst case scenario!) but I'm sure it won't...

Online shopping for fresh food is a bad idea! Write a plan and stick to it, draw up a shopping list for it and stick to it. don't go into the supermarket hungry!!!

Hey welcome to all the new additions - its never too late to join! will add you to the list tomorrow, don't forget to post updates when you weigh in :)) GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! X

Oouuuuucch. I don't know enough about feet to give you any comforting advice apart from elevate, rest and don't put any pressure on it yet. I think these days they tend to use boots more as the boots have come a long way, fingers crossed for you! x

I too am heading to Glastonbury - was a bit lighter last year, but a lot heavier the year previous so do not want to make the hours of walking any more tiresome! Hoping to be around the 11st mark by June, but my weight loss is terrifically slow so I'd be happy to just be lighter than I was last...

Did always wonder - it seemed strange out of a room of 50 people all saying 'not me' but then again, everyone is different. I like to see my weight as mine goes up and down and i'm rubbish with remembering lbs/stones, whereas I know I started at 16st so I have an easy reference point :)

I find having 2 clubcards/nectar cards you can play the offers off on each other. I have 1 that is still registered at an old address, and if I don't use it for a while i get loads of really good vouchers, however I'm going to stop using this now as I have decent deals/vouchers on my new one for...

Also banks and such places will exchange coins in smaller amounts - £30 here or there, each time you go to the high street will be fine. Some banks are funny if you're not a customer so go to a bank you have a card with just in case. When i used to do carboots, I'd end up with £100+ of change...

DONT GO TO COINSTAR!! THEY CHARGE!!! Go down your local high street and ask any shops if they want change - most of them will want £1, 50p, 20p, 10p and possibly smaller as the banks now charge for services. the smaller change spend in the supermarket on self service tills, make sure you put...

I used to spend that much, but when I suddenly had no income (no job and not allowed to sign on) I soon learned how to do a weekly shop for £30. I used to spend £50-80 a week,on me and my ex, but that was only dinner for him when I was home, so it was maybe 1/8th his. Now I have a finite and...

Oh no! That sounds awful :( Someone I used to look after at work broke his ankle, was hell for 6 weeks until he could take his cast off. People wonder why I don't leave the house/walk/drive in winter/ice/snow, it's because I'm terrified of breaking a bone haha. Hope you feel better soon! Feet...

Swimming pools will be fine - they are all highly regulated and people do spot checks to ensure cleanliness. the same sort of dirt occurs in private pools, I wouldn't worry about it, unless the actual place looks really badly looked after/no maintenance etc. I'd love to get back into swimming...

Back on plan today, feeling ill and tired after 3 hours in the gym with 2 hours of yoga and pilates! Plus star week. eughhhhh Breakfast was some grapes before I went to the gym (not a big morning eater if I have to get up and go straight away) Lunch - pasta and salad (9 syns for pasta sauce)...

(ex) shift worker here - don't let that put you off! this is only a valid reason if you live in the middle of nowhere and have no transport. There are day/evening groups everywhere now, pop your postcode onto te group finder on the app and you'll see how many are local to you - I used to go to...

Thanks all for the replies. It makes enough sense for me to know that the new SP boost plan would not work for me - I can't afford tofu and most of the other stuff is either non-vegan or massively overpriced and not sold locally, so again out of price range. I will stick to sucess express if I...

What a pain the bum - I wonder why they let Quorn through the net! No SP for me, unless its for 1 day and 1 day only!!

if you don't manage to find one, I'll happily sell you mine for a reduced price. As I'm vegan, most of the recipes are irrelevant and i've tried all the ones I want to and put them in my recipe book for easy reference.

Oh and congrats to Honey39 for a fab 2.8lb loss!! Well on your way to meeting target :)

Added you to the list, Aimz. Good luck for Wednesday! @Queenie - good to hear it's possible to transition over. I might try doing a few EE days next week, then the week after maybe look into how possible it would be to do EE SP - however I don't know if a lot of the 'meat replacement' foods are...

lime and diet lemonade diet coke and lemon on ice good ole pint of water! booze free lager (not sure on syns) there's some fab low alcohol radlers/lager in eastern europe, hopefully it will make its way over to the UK soon. good for avoiding alcohol. although not sure on syns I gave up drinking...

Anyone know if linda macartney sausages (the free ones) are a P food? The only veggie stuff i can see is a P is quorn which I don't eat :/

Yeah it doesn't strike me as the sort of plan you can do on a whim. I might try and do a day of it but I think I'll eat my furniture, plus it's not affordable at all to me in the current climate. I can't even get my head around the new EE plan, but then again I've never followed EE so it's...

Been awful still the last few days. Am going to start afresh tomorrow, I have a free day pass to the local gym so will be there from 11.30 - 4pm (want to do some classes and there's a long break between them. Will probably have a long walk on the treadmill or a bike ride) I have lots of good...

new info added :) Congrats on the loss queenie!!! I could only dream of 3lbs off over new year...trying to reign it back in tomorro ;) @smiling suzy - I'm not following the new plan (yet) as I'm vegan and followed green days which have now been abolished. I'm not ready for a change, and don't...

That's a good effort considering the time of year!You can easily get that off plus some in a week :) Happy new year by the way :)

Hey all, I've added you to the main list on the main challenge page above - can you post any weight updates etc on that post rather than this one? As it might get a bit messy ;) Good luck for first weigh in!!

list updated...there's 26 of us already! Don't forget to put your weigh in results on this thread, don't worry about tagging it or putting it on a list as not everyone is on the same list...just make sure you record it on here somehow and i'll update the list every few days. I'll post the...

Hi all, have been away for NYE. will update the list tomorrow :))

Woot, got you on my spreadsheet...will post it up on New years day and keep adding to it as we all go along. x

7lbs and i didn't follow it to the book for half the week! Would never dream of a loss like that now haha

Ahhh I missed that bit. I must admit I wasn't too keen as soon as I heard only 1 HEXA/B, so my attention wasn't fully on the new plan :) Good luck everyone and post results! I am curious to know how different it is in the day to day, and what results you all get on SP!

Good target! I put on 5lbs so you just pipped me to the post ;)

There's so much variation and flexibility. I had never done a diet before, and thought i wouldn't last at all or make positive, permenant changes, but I have. that's the wonder of it, and I know that even if I can't afford to go any more, or when I move out of europe next year, I can still...

Thank you :) I didn't really properly read the new plan, but from what I gathered in group its not set out as obviously as it was previously - hopefully its embedded in new and current members over the current week to really try and stick to eating lots of fruit and veg! @pippa - I have, but I...

i am rubbish at long term challenges...however, it's getting to crunch time and I need to be at target next year ready for my move out of the UK...I'm going to go for 23lbs. That will get me my lowest SW weight back (8lbs away), then another stone under that plus a pound to get me under my next...

I'm sticking with Green :) You are still allowed tofu, quorn etc on the new plan - it's all under 'P' on the meat page of the new booklet ( probably why we all skipped it!). So the new plans are very do-able for veggies and vegans who are willing to drop the 2ns healthy extras, and cut out most...

I always wondered where all the activity was! Seems I missed this sub-forum hahaha I started a Jan challenge for those of us that can't see 3 months ahead. Feel free to come and join! put it in the 'teams and challenges' sub forum because I'm organised like that but can always start it here and...

Hi all! Time for a challenge to ring in the New Year...it's never too late to join. I need some excel practice so I will be *attempting* a spreadsheet too, but for now sign the usual way and I'll get it up on a spreadsheet soon. I'm going for 8lbs; it's a clear month, i have lots of exercise...

i have never been a fan of bean chilli with veg in. Not sure why but I think its the mixing textures. I can handle pepper and onion but nothing else, and even then it hampers my enjoyment of an otherwise tasty dish! Same reason why I don't have beans on toast (soggy bread), courgette or marrow...

Indeed it doesn't. I still follow old syns/amounts for green too - 20 cashews as a HEXB please! None of this 12 cashew business, 20 worked fine and it means getting more nutrients for my buck. Also, as there are no calcium enriched dairy vegan items that are free (like muller lights and such...

guess it all depends on your personal preferences. I hate courgette and cauliflower! And as a vegan am limited on free 'meat replacement' type things that aren't full of a list of crap as long as your arm. also, out of work and sans income so carbs at the minute are a cheap, filling deity...

I tried working out what I'd actually eat on a SP day if money was no limit, and I couldn't think of a nice sounding meal plan that would benefit me? The only really filling food I could think of would be a 5 bean chilli with HEXB roll or a load of roasted veg, with more veg and free linda...

5 1/2 on over the xmas period. Not too bad, and a record low :) Back on plan today, and hoping to keep it that way for the next week ahead! Sticking with Green as the new SW plan isn't really appealing to me! Hope you all had a lovely xmas!! x

As a vegan I'll be sticking to green with my 2 HEX's ;) I've never done a day of extra easy and it would be difficult to make the leap now considering I'm really skint so can't be fussy with food at the min. Will consider a few days a week of the new plans if I plateau closer to target, but...

Thank you everyone :))) Feeling much more confident that I can pull it back - day on plan today, had 6.5 syns. Am going to try and stick to 10 per day which is doable whilst giving me some room to enjoy something nice each day. Walked 7000 steps the last 2 days, am going to aim for 10,000...

I couldn't stand those Aldi bars! Far too many sweeteners in them...then again I really hate the taste of most commercial sweeteners so diet yogurt/drinks etc are usually a big no no! Sainsburys 6 pack wholemeal rolls are delicious and usually around the 60g mark so great for a grab and go HEXB

Tuesday is weigh in day, and the day my new week starts. I usually count my Syns weekly as it helps me stay in control of random things that happen where I might not be able to keep on plan. I'm super, super stressed at the minute, and ended up having 100 Syns today on chocolate, hot...

1lb off tonight...1lb closer to my lowest SW weight! Only 5lbs to go...

That's brilliant Rosie! hehehe I finished my xmas shopping today...thankfully its over! Just waiting on a few deliveries from Amazon...and have gingerbread and a few gifts to make still...it's all already wrapped and done. Phew!

1lb off for me tonight... Kittypuss85 - target 26lbs 4lbs lost 22lbs to go AmyElizabeth - target 26lbs 6lbs lost 20lbs to go Kuriosity - target 23lb. 3lbs lost 20lbs to go Mandlegrot - target 23lbs 10.5lbs lost, 12.5lbs to go FSO- target 23lbs, lost 7lb, 16lbs to go Dolly Rocker -...

1lb off :) nice surprise. However I have been AWFUL today. had an estimate of around 100 Syns!!! Am hoping I can scrape some back and maintain next week...all of my sweets/chocolate are going to get locked in the allotment shed tomorrow and stay there until xmas day. Am going to have a...

Weigh in tonight - been awful today and went over my syns last week too...hmmmmmm I'm stressed out because I don't feel well and I have to go back to the doctors to get prodded and poked again tomorrow. Getting fed up of it all now, just wait all the pain to go away and let me live how I want...

You have to time it right Zafira - we know after years of doing it what time they start going round checking stock and knocking the prices down. You want to go late in the afternoon but not so late it's all gone! Usually there's not much for me, sometimes some fruit and veg...my mum isn't...

8 stone!!!!! wow :))))

No worries, it was a slight disappointment but I'm glad I found out before i wasted a morning going to an interview!

Didn't go in the end as the job was only part time (with silly hours so difficult to fit other work in around it) and the pay was awful! Not what they advertised at all!! Ended up helping a mate move house from up north down to lOndon so spent 12 hours driving yesterday! I'm now exhausted and...

It's one of my favourite things about xmas - we go in right before the shops close, and follow the staff around reducing food before shutting for xmas ;) Usually there's lots of people doing this on a regular day but xmas eve is so busy and full of people who forgot something/doing main shopping...

Ooooh beanies are yummy - they sell a few in Sainsburys. The ameretto one is delicious and my fave so far...only tried 1 other which was nice. I now have 11 different flavors to work though!! Luckily i like my coffee, although this lot should see me through until I go on my travels next winter...

I'd quite like to be 12 stone by March - that gives me 11 weigh ins, so an average of 1.5lbs per week - bear in mind i have xmas and my birthday between now and then, but I think its doable! Let's go for a stone before March :))

3.5lbs off tonight!!! am on a roll :)) Kittypuss85 - target 26lbs 4lbs lost 22lbs to go AmyElizabeth - target 26lbs 6lbs lost 20lbs to go Kuriosity - target 23lb. 3lbs lost 20lbs to go Mandlegrot - target 23lbs 9.5lbs lost, 13.5lbs to go FSO- target 23lbs, lost 7lb, 16lbs to go Dolly Rocker -...

2.5lbs off tonight taking me to 12 stone 13lbs...its good to be back in here. I have another 6lbs to lose until I'm at my lowest SW weight, I'm hoping to get there by the end of Jan (this takes into account the inevitable Xmas gain!)

2 1/2lbs OFF!!!! So chuffed! Got my 3 stone award back...I'm under the weight I was when me and the ex split up which is a big relief...back into the 12's...so chuffed! And to top it off, my beanies coffee arrived today. Now about to try the Christmas pud one, it smells delicious!

2 1/2 lbs off tonight!!!! Weeeeeeee! Wasn't expecting that at all...that's put me in good stead for Xmas...going to try and get another 4lbs off b fore xmas which is 2 weigh ins :)

@happy holidays - I used to make vegan weddings cakes, truffles etc and have hordes of baking equipment...will be nice to make stuff again but its so damn hard not eating it all haha! Thanks for the good wishes too, I have an interview for care work (mon-fri though! woohoo!) on thursday...

I'm weighing in tonight...fingers crossed! I had a 40 syn splurge on Sunday night so not sure how it will swing...but been on plan the rest of the week...fingers crossed eh

If your weigh in is just after xmas, you might be alright - be 100% and even cut back on syns in anticipation for xmas day/boxing day. If you weigh on the 27th, you might even find you maintain as it takes a day or two for the weight to turn into fat etc. If this happens you'll also have to work...

nowhere near mine...but I'm back on the right track so that is progress...lost 7lbs from my gains, will hopefully be under 13 stone for xmas. Am going to have 2 days off for xmas and be on plan for the rest of it :)

Thanks hon I've been applying to loads...even if I can just get a crap job for the time being, i just need a few hundred quid to tide me over another month or so...am aware a lot of places won't be too concerned with hiring this close to xmas so its a bit of a long shot but worth a go!!

Argh I'm still stuck for ideas. Christmas is a pain in the bum haha. I am waiting to see if I get a job this week or next; if so, then it means i can spend more than a few pounds as I'll have some money coming in at some point next month. Am currently looking up recipes/things i can cook...

Hey all :) I ended up scoffing something a bit naughty for dinner last night :( Have been really tired and not feeling very well, snoozing on and off all weekend. so I woke up at 8 pm last night and needed something quick...however this isn't anywhere near as bad as i used to be! I had some...

Woooo, good milestones ahead! My lowest was 3 1/2 stone, I have 8.5lbs to get back there and I am so looking forward to smashing through that again!

vegetable stir fried noodles with chinese 5 spice, soy sauce, lime and coriander. Was yummy!

1.5lb until I get my 3 stone award back 2lbs until I get back into the 12's 8.5lbs until I'm back at my lowest slimming world weight :)

Bulk bought 1 of every beanies whilst they are on offer - that's my xmas present to myself lol. Over a years worth of coffee, should see me through until I go in my travels!

That's exactly what I think Zafira - it smells quite funny but it works well in recipes. I don't eat dairy butter so my taste buds aren't used to a dairy flavor anyway...If not its worth using some Syns for real butter to make the bread with, I'm going to have some on the weekend and I'm already...

I don't know how you do it!!! Hope you get a break soon x

chinese 5 spice fried noodles and veg with sweet chilli sauce (3 syns)

hard work - yes, but I quite like this sort of hard work. It's nice to be active but not in pain, I find now when i do too much walking my joints really ache but i can dig/build stuff relatively pain free. and yes, dark evenings are RUBBISH! Roll on winter solstice, I shall be at stonehenge...

Thanks ladies - I think 2lbs is do-able if i'm careful. plus i only get big losses when I do lots of exercise, so a few hours a day on the plot should help :) Nearly at the halfway mark now - by tomorrow afternoon I'll have dug around 1/2 of the allotment. Next on the list is to get about 2...

So true - just load up your fridge with pre made fruit salad, free yogurts, other stuff you can nibble on that is free and on plan. You might lose weight a bit slower but you shouldn't gain doing this :)

Thanks ladies :) Sun is shining today, I just got out of bed and discovered its lovely outside so I'm now off to the allotment. Going to have a bonfire and dig some more of the plot!

1.5lbs off for me tonight! Very happy with this :) Kittypuss85 - target 26lbs 4lbs lost 22lbs to go AmyElizabeth - target 26lbs 6lbs lost 20lbs to go Kuriosity - target 23lb. 3lbs lost 20lbs to go Mandlegrot - target 23lbs 7lbs lost, 16lbs to go FSO- target 23lbs, lost 7lb, 16lbs to go Dolly...

Woohoo, 1.5lbs off tonight! Aiming for 2lbs next week so I can get my 3 stone award back and get into the 12s again...I would also bbe back at the weight I was when I split up from my ex, which would be a great position to be in :)

Blimey I don't know if i could spend £50 in Aldi! haha

I'm not too fussed by Irish coffee! If I buy the beanies box, I'll have to arrange to give it away to someone as it would just gather dust in my cupboard. My faves are choc, hazlenut and ameretto...want to try the festive ones and toffee and gingerbread :)

Sounds like you are in good stead Dougal! organization always pays off, I'd done all of mine by this time last year, then again I had lots of money so it wasn't an issue. It's harder when you have a very strict budget, as I'm rubbish at finding good ideas (not just the same stuff every year)...

oh wow, I'd love to live in Spain! particularly this time of year ;) Slugs are awful things and the bane of my life; there doesn't seem to be too many on my new plot (not yet anyway). my old plot was full of them! thankfully a few up had some chickens that were always greatful for a bucket of...

Ahh sweet, will have to look for a morrisons on my travels this week then! I mis hazlenut and chocolate 50/50 mix ;)

Haha! Personally I don't feed my toms, but I do grow them in pots with super good compost and they get re-potted a lot so there would be nutrients in the compost for them. Plus I water them with rain water which helps...it can be done, but you have to put in a LOT of effort to start. Next year I...

hey Janet, welcome! congrats on reaching target - my weight is coming off slowly but surely, i had a few months off in summer due to life being very stressful and hectic and I'm trying to get those gains off, then I'll be back on path to target :) this month I'm having a treat every day...

Oooh lovely thank you - there's an asda 15 min drive away so could scoot up there at some point :)) i'm particularly after choc/toffee/gingerbread/hazelnut type flavors, yum yum

no idea yet - i only have my mum and brother to buy for thankfully. I'm out of work with no income, so I am writing off the idea of xmas presents until I get a job...but even then, I have no idea what to buy? Its my first xmas at home in about 5 years :/

I'm good cheers. Had a massive life change around the last 4 months, but now settling back into London life, next thing on the list is to get a job! Glad to see you got to target, congrats :) x

Depends when i wake up/what I'm doing...so today, i woke up at 11, had breakfast at 11.30, went to the allotment for 3 hours, had lunch at 3, then dinner at 7.30. i usually have some chocolate between lunch and dinner as my little treat, and a hot chocolate at night :)

i don't have them every week, as I like to keep them for special occasions where i will really enjoy the food/drink. usually when i go for a meal out or to a different city etc, but I'll try and stick to plan before and after to minimise gains. I always flexi syn these weeks and cut right back...

That's a bargain! There's no morrisons round here though. Keep finding myself on the beanies website, but i can't justify spending money on coffee whilst i'm out of work :(

my fave - scrambled tofu, beans and HEXB roll :))

aaaaaand that is why I'm single now LOL. Life is so much easier when you do everything your way :)

blimey! i can't imagine having to go out twice a week for food, it would do my head in. I have nothing on between now and xmas that involves food; going to a few nights in London but that's just for drinks, and I won't be drinking booze so can have diet drinks/water. hoping to get a good amount...

If its a long term plan, then you need to know that stuff like this happens, it takes ages to get your head round it though! i remember my first blow out, i felt awful and so guilty, and only pulled out of it as i was working with a lot of other SW members who helped me get back on plan. It put...

i'd just use the old booklet with green in as a guideline...and stick to 20 cals = 1 Syn for anything else.

Wow, 3.5lb is amazing! 1 night out of 7 isn't a disaster, if you stay on plan for the rest of the week you can hopefully lose a bit or minimise any gain :) Hope the work do was good!

Thanks ladies :) Been on plan all week, feeling very focused at the min. Been using my Syns on chocolate which is helping to keep cravings at bay, I don't feel deprived at all! Been slowly upping my exercise, doing an hour or two on the allotment each day and some walking. my hip and joints...

indeed - I'm going to try and stay on plan right until xmas day too - and also enjoy boxing day - but after that, my mum goes back to work so I'll be able to get back on plan. I'm vegan so an xmas dinner isn't that bad - only syns are gravy, mustard and stuffing...sometimes I have a nut cutlet...

Good luck for weigh in! You seem dedicated enough to quiz the chinese about their cooking process, i'd never do that! Then again, I'm not keen on takeaways so its a rarity i have to. I weigh in on tuesday and am hoping for a good loss, it will be the first week I have been under 105 syns in months!

Wow, great losses this week everyone! A few more weeks of this and we will be winning :)

I'd just keep doing green, it works for us now so there is no reason it would just stop working. I still have 20 cashews instead of the new amount of 12...no difference on the scales

You can do it! I'm not sure what my gains will be like this xmas as its my first xmas at home in years...i'm usually working, so in control a lot more. Will see, Worst case scenario i put a whole heap on, but as long as you get back on it straight away it will be off before you know it...

2.5lbs off this week, so 3.5lbs to go! Can't wait to get back into the 12's again. I'm hoping I can smash 2lb a week seeing as I have nothing social on at all until the 20th which will give me a good festive buffer ;)

Hey, I've had anti D's before that made me want to eat all day...i wasn't on SW so I gained weight, BUT You can eat all day on SW and still lose. It may be that the meds increase your appetite, which is fine, but they might play with your bodies ability to store fat or summat, which isn't so...

I'm green here too...never done a red/EE day, and wouldn't want to!

Thanks love :) I have 4 weigh ins still before xmas...so could even be 8lbs down if I try hard. I have no work xmas do's or anything coming up, have a few nights out but I'm driving so no drink, will eat before we go out too. I'm also unemployed and without an income which is a very good way to...

I flexi syn to allow for days when i just need more syns. you'll be fine if you cut back fro a few days :) Know what you mean about using all your syns and healthy extras for 1 meal...I do that for my vegan bean lasagne. It takes full concentration as i have to eat only Free and Superfree foods...

2.5lbs off tonight!! Feel like I'm actually starting to get back into the rhythm...Not going to reach my target at all but all being well I should be sitting very comfortably under 13 stone by xmas :) Kittypuss85 - target 26lbs 4lbs lost 22lbs to go AmyElizabeth - target 26lbs 6lbs lost 20lbs...

2.5lb off!!! woohooooo complete surprise there but I'll have it! I think it might be the post period bloat disappearing... Am feeling determined this week to be 100% on plan and get another few pounds off next week. Will easily be under 13 stone for xmas :)

thanks la :) Weighing in tonight, not sure how I've done, Possibly a gain. But going to focus really hard this week and get good number for next week!

Yummy food today! Had a fruit salad for breakfast... And a late lunch/early dinner which was heavenly. Dinner was salad, ras el hanout spiced cous cous, hummous, felafel and HEXB ryvitas. nom nom nom

Welcome Veggiebev :) I'm gonna try and post more on here now I'm home all the time...now just trying to psych myself up to go outside and go to the supermarket, but its so damn cold :( brrrrr

I'd quite like a stone off in 10 weeks too - get me back under 12.7 which is where i was at my lowest on SW earlier this year :))

hey fellow veggie and green day :) March is a good time away - you can easily shift that stone! It's shocking how easily the weight goes back on if you're not keeping an eye on it.

Hey I'm happy to join this! My interpretation of sticking to plan is: 1. Not going over my syns each week - only 105 per week! (I flexi syn so don't count them each day but each week instead) 2. Regular exercise when possible 3. Trying new recipes I am recently teetotal so I can feel your...

Would love my 3 stone award, and to be back in the 12's...so 6lb to go...seems doable, seeing as I have nothing on and as I am jobless at the min I can't afford to go out. Fingers crossed...

That's progress. I don't know how you do everything you do!!

Had a mad 5 days since my last post...been busy with work! Job has finished now, I'm knackered and my right hip is killing me (arthritis) BUT i weighed in tonight and have lost 5lbs this week haha. I don't fully deserve it however, as a lot of that will have been me not eating anything due to...

indeed it is. Phew! I'm not sure how long it will last for - from a few days up to a few months - but its work, and that is better than nothing. I'm beginning to go stir crazy indoors haha

hi everyone, I got a new job recently as a landscape gardener, and I'm super excited to start. However, I'm struggling for food ideas after doing a job for 5 years where I live in someones house so have access to a full kitchen all day and can eat what/when I want. I'm vegan also, just to...

Woohoo, got some work lined up. Its temporary gardening work, so no idea how long it will last, but at least its work in the field i want experience in. yayyyy Plus, think of the body magic! got 30 mins of walking to and from the train station each day, plus 8 hours or so of manual labor. win

Had a few weeks off plan, celebrating not being in work and living back in London...have put on 4.5lbs the last 2 weeks but that's OK really... Back on it from tonight, got clear weeks for ages now. Hopefully be back under 13 stone by xmas! Still looking for a job...there's a lot of potentials...

Ooooh flat and holidays sound ace :) Glad to hear you found a way to compromise. I'm planning a 2-3 year trip away, from next September. Been working like mad, saving, selling my stuff, combine that with splitting up with OH, losing my job and moving back to my mums as of yesterday haha. Life...

Totally off plan since my last post. Moved back to London yesterday - i ate about 70% of one of those big tubs of chocolate minis on the drive home, crying and laughing. It's mad, walking away from the last 6 years of my life, my city, my home, my ex, my friends, my job...onwards and upwards...

My weight has been up and down last few weeks, but its leveled out so my number still stands...2.5lbs lost in total. I deffo won't be making my target for xmas!!!

Gained last week, and lost 2lb tonight (somehow - I don't know how!) No where near my target...but I've had a lot to deal with this month! I moved back to London yesterday and am currently unemployed, at least I am settled in one place now so can get a routine and structure in place with a...

Thanks hon. I'm well excited about the future, even though it's so uncertain and alien. I can't wait to get away from a job where you still have to come in when you are ill/have stuff going on at home. Had a bit of a chocolate binge tonight!!!! Going to write a meal pan for tomorrow, my...

Had a stomach bug last few days so my eating has been really weird. Been over on syns every day but I haven't really had much calories wise (lots of tinned soup) so I think I might get away with a loss next week. Weighed on my mates scales this morning and it was saying a 2.5lb loss but that was...

Haha, I wish it was that easy :) My life is really stressful at the min I have a weekend of hell lined up at work (I'm here until Monday morning!!) then my job finishes and I move to London...no job lined up yet, money is tight and I can't sign on for a while as I'll be sanctioned for...

Hey :) I do t eat sweeteners or anything with them in - it's not easy! I have stevia in my coffee, and drink fruit teas. When it comes to cakes/biscuits/drinks, I go for full fat and sugar as its better for you than loads of fake nasty chemicals, and I find slimming world limits you on...

Haha, I put on 1.5lbs tonight, so I'm also back to where I started. All this stress at work is taking it out of me!!

eughhhhhhh 1.5lbs on tonight. been binging on chocolate, and mega stressed!!! trying to rein it in tonight

1/2lb on. Dissapointed in myself for doing it, although I am super stressed and craving chocolate. Have reined it in today and yesterday so am now looking back on track for a good loss next Monday - fingers crossed for 2 lbs :)

Thanks love. Only put 1/2lb on, so not too bad really! All set for a good week ahead, am going to do 3 days of sucess express to try and improve my loss for next Monday!

wow, 150lbs!!! I lost 49lbs but put a lot back on when me and my ex seperated earlier in the year, was a lot of life changes going on. I'm also trying to claw it back!!

Eughh have had an awful few days binging on chocolate. Am super stressed as my job finishes next week (which is great, because i hate it!) but because i'm voluntarily leaving, i can't sign on for any benefits. so I'm stressing about how I'm going to find a job before my paltry savings run out...

Just finished all the moving - I'm knackered!! Cleared my norwich allotment today which involved lots of 200m walks loaded with wood, fence posts, big pots of plants etc. Am so, so tired, but all that's left is to drop the wood and plants off at my new London allotment on weds eve after work...

Welcome, honey :) amazing loss so far - you done that all via slimming world??

2.5lbs off last night and SOTW, yayyyy Kittypuss85 - target 26lbs 1lbs lost 25lbs to goal* AmyElizabeth - target 26lbs 6lbs lost 20lbs to goal Kuriosity - target 23lb. 1lbs lost 22lbs to goal Mandlegrot - target 23lbs 2.5lbs lost, 20.5 lbs to goal FSO- target 23lbs, lost 7lb, 16lbs to go...

Oh wow! We are all smashing it!! I also got slimmer of the week last night, was lovely as it is my last time weighing in with my current group in Norwich. Got a MASSIVE bag of fruit, am going to have to give the banana's away (yuck!) but lots of yummy superfree in there and a nice finish for me...

woohoo, 2 1/2lbs off last night, and slimmer of the week! tres exciting :)got my 2 1/2 stone award back too, now 6lbs to go until i get my 3 stone award back. ate a bit too much chocolate last night though, so going to flexi syn for the rest of the week!

Lost 2.5lbs tonight - which is great! But I don't think I'll really be happy until I've lost what I put back on over summer and am loosing below my gains. So 13lbs to go until then :) Mandlegrot - Target 8.5lbs, 2.5 lost 6lbs to go AmyElizabeth - Target 14lbs, 0lbs lost 14lbs to go Perwinkle...

ooooh fab losses ladies!! I'm now off to weigh - had a rocky weekend but it wasn't overboard, so hopefully I have still lost a pound or two. wish me luck!!!

I am currently having 10 syns a day, so if a loss is good I'll have some extra chocolate/biscuits with the rest of the week's syns. but usually weigh in day is a normal day for me :)

Another good day on plan today - was tempted by crap food but willed myself to stay away lol. Lots more house moving today, so good body magic and about 40 flights of stairs with a load, I'm now feeling strong!! brunch - veggie sausages, beans, encona sauce and HEXB roll (0.5) Dinner - savory...

I used to but I can't afford anything now, and I don't do makeup/nail varnish/mags...I usually count my syns weekly and use thr remainder on weigh in night, not loads but an extra 1o for some chocolate or summat. I won't start thinking of proper rewards until I get back under 12.7 where I was...

Made it through work unscathed...food was on plan today too! Feeling very motivated and inspired, got a personal training session with a mate on sat morn, and tomorrow I have to do about 3/4 hours of lifting and carrying wood, soil and big plants (moving final bits from my ex's down to London...

Oh wow great losses tonight!!! any Friday weighers or are we all now waiting until next week? Im hoping for a big one next week - 3lbs would be lovely but I'm hoping for a bit more. Possibly bring optimistic but let's give it a go!

What a pain! Will keep hydrated. Was wondering why my boobs were so sore last week! Makes sense now!

Mine is about the same - SW rounds up/down to whole numbers like 22, 30 etc whereas NHS does it in decimals which is more accurate.

I haven't felt my appetite change, and I'm drinking the same. Mind you it started literally this morning, so maybe this is all to come? Eughhhh why do us women have to endure this? I wish there was an opt out form for those of us that don't want kids :(

7 syns on full fat coconut milk for my green curry (can't get on with the half fat stuff - lived in Asia too long haha!) 2 syns on soya yogurt 0.5 syns on vegan cheese powder for my pasta none else as I'm trying to have 10 syns every day, and every third day of so I'll have 15.

1lb to get back into the 180's 1.5lbs to get my 2 1/2 stone award back 8.5lbs to get my 3 stone award back and way in the future, but hopefully this year! 15.5lbs to get my 3 1/2 stone award back... another half pound past that and I'll be at my lowest...would love to hit this before the end...

2015bride - add yourself to the list! Welcome on board everyone, don't forget to update :) I'll put the list on the first post and update when I'm back from work tomorrow. Fab losses so far! I'm hoping for a big one next week as I weighed in on tues this week with a maintain, so have 10 days...

Does it affect your weight before, during after or all? I ask because it's been so long since I had one, I have forgotten how they work lol.

We don't to get breaks - I work in a care home, on 24 hour shifts :/ I don't feel too bloated, but then again I don't know what bloated feels like, do you always bloat on a period even if you don't feel like it? I drink way more water than most anyway, and lots of herbal/fruit tea, so maybe...

Maintained yesterday, but that was expected. 9 days to next weigh in so it should be a big one! Good luck everyone!

Hi ladies, this will seem like a really random post! But how does your monthly effect your weight? I came off the contraceptive injection 8 months ago and today is the beginnings of my first period in 9 years, boooo. I'm holed in at work until 7.40 tomorrow morn with nothing either, I can't...

Yesterday was a good day for food :) was so stressful at work however, got attacked by a client and now I'm in that weird paranoid headspace of waiting for it to happen again. I'm leaving here on the 21st November at the very latest so at least there is a countdown! B - fruit salad, soy yog...

Fig, strawbs, raspberries, plum and melon with some lemon soy yogurt (2)

Weighed in tonight, and had a maintain which I'm quite happy with as I had 2 difficult days since last Thursday...now got 9 days to my next weigh in, and all of them I'm at work or home in London, which means I'll be on plan. Possibly off to Newbury on sat eve for the night but I'll take my own...

1. 1lbs off to get into the 180's 2. Get 1.5lbs off to get my 2 and a half stone award back.

Bit of a difficult day today, not been *too* bad but over my syns again. Tomorrow will be tricky too as I'm in the van all day. Have done lots of body magic to make up to it though, and will do lots of exercise tomorrow too! Had about 25 syns, but was lower on syns yesterday so that can even it...

I'm also drawing a line after some time off. Weight was up and down for the last 4 months, but ultimately I put on an extra 18.5 lbs :( Got 3.5lbs off this week, hoping for 2 next week. Good luck lady, we can do this!!

What's a step class?? You are doing so well! :)

Argh I love turquoise and sequins!!! That dress is lush! Also subscribing to this diary, its amazing and your enthusiasm is infectious. Even when I was 'slim' I was still very curvy and I really hate it and actually prefer myself 'fat' as it hides it to some extent. Everyone says they wish...

I was in the same position earlier this year, most of the people I work with are lovely but a few just make my job really, really difficult to do. I've had to stop feeling that way as I really need to keep my job until I find another one, its horrible but you can get through it :)

Zero sympathy. I live on far, far less and am vegan (which is damn expensive). I buy some organic items, I don't scrimp when it comes to food. I got paid £860 last week, that's my monthly earnings. How do I do it? I don't drink alcohol, I don't go for meals out, I don't have TV/sky (mainly...

I think I went about 50 over yesterday - but I had no cooker so had to eat on the go. Sandwich and crisps for lunch, salad and hummus in pitta and small chips for dins, Bleughhhh. I've eaten over on one day before and still lost, I'm back on normal syns today if I want them but im trying to keep...

I weigh at 5.30 which is way, way before my dinner time. Have a normal breakfast and lunch, but limit drinks from 4 onwards really. I drink a whole load extra in the morning though.

Big numbers everyone!! Let's do it :) I think I'm going to weigh on Friday next week, and not Tuesday, so I'll have 5 weigh ins next month now. Gonna keep my target the same, I just want to get back to 13 stone. Then November, back to my lowest of 12.7. Then hopefully in December, I'll get lower...

Wow, what hellhole do you work in?? Sounds awful. Hope you get moved soon :)

Friday was a good day, stayed on plan even at a house party and had 13.5 syns. Then yesterday happened. I get insomnia from time to time and was wide awake even when everyone else went to sleep on Friday, had to do a carboot sat morn so no sleep. Then the sun came out so I was extra awake...

yeah my weight is on hips and bum. my bra bit is tiny and never changes...I've lost 2 1/2 stone and my hips/bum haven't gone down 1 size yet!!! once i get this next stone off which i regained after being silly this summer, it should start to go down...surely! full time work and part time...

strawberries, melon, apple, orange, raspberries and soya yogurt (2)

eugh, work stress is rubbish! I feel your pain there! Hope the day goes quick :)

I can only dream of ever fitting into 20 something jeans/trousers - even when i was slim i still had 34" hips. congrats on the loss, I would hate to have done SW at uni, there was no healthy food anywhere (unless you were rich) and, well, alcohol haha.

soya yogurt - 2 hot chocolate - 2 green & blacks chocolate - 4.5

Rice, fried with a whole load of veg (kale, green beans, carrot, onion, pumpkin, mange tout) and a few veggie sausages. nom nom nom

Pumpkin, cannelini bean and veggie sausage casserole with 'garlic bread' (HEX roll cut into slices and baked with garlic, herbs and butter frylight)

i used to love doing SE, however i don't have a fridge at the moment so its not possible. It really does work! I usually follow green so extra HEX's are normal to me, I'd find it hellish being on extra easy and only having 1!! I tend now to just do my 3 main meals as SE with 2/3rds superfree and...

Lots of long term challenges going on, which are wicked, but I also like to work in shorter lumps too. So here's a monthly challenge for October...I believe i have 4 weigh ins this month but some of you may have 5? Mandlegrot - Target 8.5lbs, 0lbs lost 8.5lbs to go

13 weigh ins and no holidays between me and the end of the year...15.5lbs would get me back to where i was before life happened 4 months ago and i started eating crap again...22.5lbs would get me my first and only shiny certificate in 2014 after faffing about going up and down so much this year...

Hi again everyone, and hello to the newbies. I used to be a regular on here at the start of the year, then a lot of life changes happened, and now I'm 18.5lbs heavier but a whole load happier. I used to have a diary on here but decided to start a new one, as my older one...

Woah, you are busy as ever :) Hows the numbers going? x

Hoe do you do it?? I did a 40 min outdoor class today then an hour of hooping, feeling ok nor but the ache will set in tomorrow I think!!

You can do it!!! You just need to keep in that zone. Channel your stress and worries I to a gym session :)

Vegan here :) SW is super easy once you get into a routine. It took me a few months to really start loosing and getting into a rhythm...I don't really use soy milk for anything so my 'A' choice is always chocolate oat milk, heated in the microwave each night for a hot choc. 'B' choice is...

Public transport not an option as I work very long hours and start at 7/7.30 am. And it's just as expensive and 3 times as long!! Supermarkets off the m11 are ages away, I will prob do a shop before I leave work tomorrow but I don't have a fridge anymore so I can't buy much that needs to stay...

I've had the month from hell (separated from partner, lost house, no money so had to move to my mums 100 miles away, part time job barely pays the diesel, arghhhh) and I've put on 6lb since all this happened. I'm an emotional water at the best of times- funnily enough when I feel crap I eat...