I will go have a nosey blondmumma. I did WW online but canceled it as I lost interest but now I need to do something......
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorHappilymarried Mrs G
Stormie you dont even need to save your syns, you can use flexi syns if you have a meal out. Its all about being in control and not depriving yourself. I dont save my syns for nights out, i will enjoy myself, stay in control and even if i go right over board (take new years eve with crisps, dips, sambucca etc..... got right back on plan the following day and still went in and got 1lb loss today. And i didnt deprive myself over xmas either, i just stayed in conrtol, had a little of everything and got back on plan boxing day :D Got a 2lb loss :D
CommentAuthorJanie
i am confuddled already lol
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CommentAuthorOct12bride86
Guys is like £20 a month online!! WW was only £9.99 so think I might buy the books off the bay and work it out for myself....
They do have a free 7 day menu that I am going to try this week, see how I feel and if I like it then I will buy the books!!!
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorJanie
oct, i have the magazine from last month with a 7 day plan on, i can always send you that as well if you would like... maybe i can scan it in or something and any other recipes too?
Remember : To the world you may be just one person,
BUT to one person you may just be THE WORLD x x x
Aww thanks janie... if you can scan them that would be fab!
Silly question but does ready break count as porriage?.. only its all I have until I go shop tomorrow but I dont wanna go hungry!
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorJanie
erm.....not sure for dietary purposes.... personally i see it as more of a ready meal style hot oat thing....not that that makes much sense lol....
i will get those things scanned in today...if i can figure it out, if not will ask my OH to help tomrrow when she is of work.
Remember : To the world you may be just one person,
BUT to one person you may just be THE WORLD x x x
CommentAuthornatalie2614
It took me a while to get my head around SW, now its like second nature, me and the H2B are always trying new recipies and he absolutely loves the curries in their curry heaven book. Doing a lot of it off the top of my head at the moment as all my recipie books are packed away from moving house. I have my weigh in tonight and hope to have lost the 4.5 lb i put in at christmas! evil mince pies......
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CommentAuthorcakey
I'm on SW too and have lost almost 3st so far (1 pesky lb away!) got another stone to go.
I absolutely love the SW plan, I think its so easy to follow and like natalie2614 said, after a couple of weeks it was like second nature and now I dont even think about it.
I know you can get quite a few slimming world recipe books in the library (or at least you can in mine!) so it might be worth having a look in there and copying down some recipe ideas.
CommentAuthorOct12bride86
I just had fruit for breakfast untill I can get some shopping in later.
I really like the sound of the home made colslaw (if thats how you spell it). Can anyone tell me where you can get fat free yougurt and fromage frais
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorbridalmiss
Don't forget the key to SW though is having 1/3 of your meal in Superfree foods, which is pretty much all fruit and veg except potato and parsnips. All lean meat, poultry without skin and potatoes, eggs, parsnips, pasta and rice are free, and you can snack on these during the day. Sweetener is free as well as well as all spices. Anything else (like fat, sweets, etc) have a syn value and you can have up to 15 of these a day but I tend to stick to 8-10 ish a day instead. Your A & B are basically your dairy and fibre allowance, which you can have according to the book - yesterday I had 2 weetabix and 200ml of semi skimmed milk (you can have 250ml a day, but I kept some back for 2 cups of tea!) with 2 clementines for breakfast - today I had 2 slices of wholemeal toast with mushrooms (superfree) and 45g reduced fat Cheddar - mid morning snack it's 2 clementines, lunch is ham salad with fat free dressing, boiled eggs and a jacket potato, then dinner tonight is spag bol with extra mushrooms and red pepper in the sauce with extra lean mince and galia melon to finish - you should never go hungry on a diet as your body will hold onto the fat as a reserve energy store :-)
You could go to a meeting, get the pack and then leave if you like, but I like the weekly support from the meetings - if you're really not sure, get the magazine from a normal shop and try the recipes and weekly meal plans (although you get it slightly cheaper from the class, you'll have paid a fiver on top to join etc)
Hope this helps!!
CommentAuthorbridalmiss
fat free yogs and fromage frais etc are available from all supermarkets I've been too, such as thos starting with S, T and A - they're in the dairy aisles :-)
CommentAuthorOct12bride86
Thanks bridalmiss. I did search in the A shop for it with MIL but we couldn't find it. All we could find was virtually fat free stuff.
Im really a fussy eater but the food on this weekly menue sounds lovely..
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthornatalie2614
Breakfast for me today was 2 Weetabix made with hot water with a banana and apple, mid morning snack is a WW yogurt and another apple, lunch is boiled ham,tuna, sweetcorn and beetroot (would normally have some savoury rice or a jacket spud with this but its weigh day lol) and havent decided whats for tea yet, wont be getting home till after half 7 so i dont want anything too heavy.
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CommentAuthornatalie2614
Oct..the student menu that they have is good too, weekly shop for £30 something and it gives you a list of foods to buy too, not sure if thats available once you join though or as a freebie on their website.
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CommentAuthorClareS
This thread is fab, come back after a few weird shifts at work and this thread is the motivation I need to loose a bit of weight.
We started a fat club at work where we get weighed once a month at the same time on the same shift - 9.30pm on a sunday every 4 weeks. I thought I was going to be heavier but I weighed in at 11st 7lb. My problem is nibbling at work. On a 12 hour shift being stuck most of the time at a desk I tend to trough through a fair bit of grub. I need to take some healthy snacks with me. Or eat stuff before I go that will fill me up.
I'd like to think if I had a b oo b reduction from my 34j I'd loose a fair bit instantly! ;) God luck ladies x
CommentAuthorHappilymarried Mrs G
I also found that it started coming second nature after a couple of weeks, and until then the food diary sheets really helped. Now i am always trying ew things and h2b will cook recipes out the book if i am stuck working late which really goes to show how simple it can be :D
CommentAuthorOfficially Mrs M
i've started using the My Fitness Plan App on my phone and it tells you what calories you can live off each day. Its great cos you can scan the barcode of whatever you are eating and i haven't found anything so far it can't find and also if you eat 5 mini eggs you can account for it on the app so you know exactly what you have eaten and you can also put on your excersise which then takes the calories you've burned off what you've eaten :-D very helpful, back to zumba and the gym next week and lets hope i can loose the dress size/two dress sizes that i really want to
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CommentAuthorElliekitty
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Back to slimming world tonight after having christmas and a week on holiday! Lots of booze and junk food! I hope the damage is'nt too bad! I was only 2lbs off getting my 10% body weight loss, ill let you know how it goes!
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CommentAuthorOct12bride86
Hi ladies... Iv been super hungry all day, didn't know what I could eat or not eeeeek... had 2 bananas all day and now just settled doen with some laughing cow and wafter thin ham rolled up like a sausage. It says on the menu to have 6 triangles of laughing cow! will it hurt if I just have 3 (6 is a bit much for me). I am making shepherds pie for dinner.
Can I just ask are grapes ok to eat is all fruit 'free'
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorOfficially Mrs M
as far as i know all fruit is free
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CommentAuthorElliekitty
All Fruit is a free food, however not eating much all day is just as bad as eating rubbish! your body will be storing the fat, make sure you have a good breakfast and lunch!
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CommentAuthorOct12bride86
I wont be doing it again kitty lol, I have felt horrible all day. Todays breakfast was a full english but I had nothing in so I needed to go shopping but my mum insisted she went to 4 different shops.
I might join online or something, I think I might need to know mre about this diet hehehehe Im clueless xx
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorbridalmiss
as a healthy extra a you get 6 slices of laughing cow or say 2 slices of dairylea - goes to show how little calcium is in the laughing cow! If you don't have all 6 you need to top up your calcium from the a list otherwise you're missing out on healthy extras which in the long run won't help you lose the weight!
CommentAuthorbridalmiss
Just join for one session and get the pack, then if you want to join more then you can - I buy a 12 week countdown which is the price of 10, you can also buy 6 for the price of 5 so at least you'll have given it a go and you can come away with the info pack etc :-)
CommentAuthorOct12bride86
Hmmmmm might have to stomach another 3.... They are not the most nicest things in the world. I will opt for 2 daiylea next time!
I might pop along to one bridalmiss, If id had know I could have dairlylea id have chosen that!
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorElliekitty
Just been to SW, half a pound up! Yippee well chuffed with that, i've had a week of nothing of eating rubbish and drinking all week as ive been away. Now back on the diet though :)
You can buy the slimming world pack off bay if you need a little help, i think its the same price to join up online as it is at group.
Oh gosh, I feel so full after my dinner, it was really really nice. Cant fit my yogurt and fruit in yet will have it later.
You must be very pleased Kitty.
I shown H2B the diet plan for this week and he was shocked, he thinks its too much food he said I will put on weight lol. I said loads of people have lost weight on it..
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorCarlaMac (Lee2B)
Thanks lala, I'll let you all know how rosemary Conley class goes next wednesday :-) My new years resolutions were to lose weight and quit smoking, :-( my two fave thing chocolate and ciggarettes lol. I'm feeling very Positive and determined this time. I weigh 9st 12 and want to get back down to 8 stone which is what i was 1 year ago. How on earth I managed to put on a stone and 12 pounds in 1 year I dont know. Oh well We have all got a goal and a reason to reach it :-)
CommentAuthorCarlaMac (Lee2B)
is the menu withthe dairylea from slimming world? x
CommentAuthorOct12bride86
I would give my right arm to be 9st lol. I cant seem to get past 11st 6. My goal at the min is 10 st 13, I will have lost over 3 stone when I get there...
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorOct12bride86
Yeah, they have a 7 day menu on their website that I am following lol..
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorNicsquared
Im struggling - still have two boxes of chocs and xmas bad things Need to just chuck it to avoid temptation
There are so many people out there who will tell you
what you can't do.
What you have to do is turn around and say, "watch me"!!
CommentAuthorHappilymarried Mrs G
Oct you should never have to feel hungry on sw. I usually slip a alpen light bar or a bag of ryvita minis into my bag if i get hungry out and about, 2 alpen lights or 1 bag ryvita minis count as healthy b choice. If i have bread with breakfast then i would snack on fruit through out the day. All fresh and frozen fruit is free, tinned and dried fruit varies. All veg is free also. I dont have any of my healthy As ever as i am not a milk or cheese person :( However there are veggies that contain calcium as well such as curly kale and i do make use of the yogurts and fromage frais. I cooked sw cottage pie for dinner tonight, very satisfying :)
CommentAuthorElliekitty
I've never been hungry on slimming world either! as you can have as much as free foods as you like, which is including meat! (i'm vege tho) but my other half loves it, as long as you cut the fat off and cook it in 1 cal spray or a health grill. Also not to try and push vege on anyone but switching some bits to quorn really helps dieting :) alot better for you and less fat, plus tbh you can't tell the difference between quorn mince or meat mince.
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CommentAuthorOct12bride86
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It was gorgeous Blondmumma. I have some left for tomorrow, Im not so keen on the spag bol (never been a fan) so will heat the cottage pie up tomorrow. H2B was also impressed with the cottage pie.
I couldnt find fat free framage frais to I got the vertually fat free, it doesn't exist in the A shop lol.
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthorHappilymarried Mrs G
Ah, i do my shopping in the t shop so dont know what the a shop sells. I like spag bol but must say i dont follow the sw recipe but i do still make it syn free.
CommentAuthorbridalmiss
Well I just got back from weigh in and after a week that included new years eve, lots of drinking more than I should have done and biscuits and the odd quality street, 1/2 a lb off!! Wahoo!!
Ooh and Oct if you do look on the bay, be careful as they've just launched a new starter pack in the new year with some slightly different measurements for the A and B so I'd rather get one of those than an over version - you can eat a bit more with the latest pack!
CommentAuthorbridalmiss
In several supermarkets I've seen fat free yoghurts, there's a brand called Total which is 0% but there are also usually own brand ones available too...
CommentAuthorHappilymarried Mrs G
If you get sw online you can use something on their website called syns calculator or syns online, where you can search any number of food for syn value and if you cant find it on their data base you can enter in the nutritional information off the packet and calculate the syns that way. A lot of fat free yogurts are free, but its sometimes worth checking as some have hidden syns.
CommentAuthorSijen
Wow just caught up on everyone's weigh in's lol... I managed to only gain 1/2 lb (have NO idea how!)
I honestly prefer WW as it controls my portions - which got out of control when I did SW and whenever I fell off the plan I ALWAYS gained and struggled to get it off. With WW I find it's more flexible and liveable...Oct12 - I'm shocked you fell poorly with it. Did you try the filling and healthy day? You're obviously not eating enough hun...keep something to snack on throughout the day. A bag of M&M's is just empty calories and leaves you craving more and not feeling satisfied.
Saying that I'm not teaching grandma to suck eggs and everyone can do whatever suits them. I just find WW easier than SW - mainly because I'm greedy and used to pile my plate ridicously full on SW simply "because I could!" ha.
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CommentAuthorClareS
I think I'm just going to start with cutting my portion sizes. I just can't seem to get my head around free food and sins and I'm not a great one for counting calories lol
CommentAuthorJEm1905
8lbs on over Christmas & New Year! Bugger.. glad i am starting my diet hard.
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CommentAuthornatalie2614
I lost 3lb last night! Only 1.5 to go and thats me back to my pre-xmas weight lol. Im chuffed with that. We went through the new books last night and it really helped get everybody back into the swing of things for the new year. Roll on next week!
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CommentAuthorOct12bride86
Well done to all those ladies ladies who lost.
My mother in law is giving me her books, they are the 2011 version but Im sure I can still loose weight using them.
Sijen Im not 100% sure it was the diet, Im slightly stressed at the moment and I am wondering why thats why I had a funny do.
Day 2 on SW I have had porriage and banana. It says I can have peppered grilled mackerel fillets or heaps of lean grilled bacon with poached eggs aswell but I dont like mackeral but might have eggs and bacon later
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthornatalie2614
Oct..just make sure you have the superfree with any meal, needs to be 1/3 of your plate x x
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CommentAuthorHappilymarried Mrs G
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Sijen they dont really use the filling and healthy days as such anymore, most people now are on extra easy so all the free food is free all of the time :D Makes meals for the whole family really easy and members not go hungry. I have never ever felt hungry since doing sw and have lost every week except 1, where i gained 1lb (that was the week of ryans work xmas do, which was a weekend in a hotel)
Thats what i like about sw and it put me off ww, the idea of portions :( I love the with sw i can pile my plate as high as i like with meat and potatos and pasta and rice etc.... and still loose weight! I guess everyone is different though and so long as we reach our goals in the end thats the main thing :D
CommentAuthorOct12bride86
Anyone know how to make a nice jacket potato...
Natalie, I will be able to follow it better when I get the books off MIL, im not sure what super free food are. I can pic it up later.
Kirsty xxx
Was 14 st now 11st 10lb
CommentAuthornatalie2614
Superfree is near enough all fruit and veg either fresh or frozen, so throw a bit of salad with it or mushrooms and grilled tomatoes. And nice jacket spuds...when you find out let me know! I do mine in the microwave for convenience but theyre never as nice as when you get them somewhere else xx
