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I must try that again as my first attempt last week at SW mash pizza was not quite right - need to work on getting the base thinner and crispy!

Looks good that:)

Feels weird not having been for weigh in since 24th Feb now! In a phase of losing inches but not pounds at the mo me thinks!

Lazy day today but will walk home 3 miles tomorrow and booked in for Body Tone tomorrow night - the trainer/owner will be on the phone if I don't go:))
 
Being a student, I can't afford to join SW and it's difficult to get to classes if I did...but I'm loving the recipes on here and may try and make some :)
I've struggled with my weight since I was very young, I'm now a size 16/18 and I'm only 19 years old :red I've decided that enough is enough and I'm really committed to losing some weight now :) It's hard doing so while being at uni, as cheap food isn't very good for you and it's hard fitting exercise around work and lectures, but I'm going to try my best :) I'm also giving up chocolate for lent so that should make a difference, hehe!
It's great seeing how much everybody has lost, it's really motivating :)
 
looking at that pizza is making me hungry drool :))

managed to lose the 3lbs needed to get my 1 stone award :(|) (don't ask me how!) but couldn't stay to group so will get my bling this week.

Went away for the weekend to see the in-laws and i was really good up until yesterday on the way home, i fancied some cake so stopped off in asda to do a bit of shopping before the long drive home and ended up buying some chocolate chip muffins i was only going to have one and give the other 3 to OH, but i ended up eating all 4 of them :red mallethead :o i'm just going to blame it on being that time of the month! mallethead
 
weigh in is tomorrow and zumba tonight but two days ago i hurt my wrist and back though not sure how so cant go zumba and really need to as on thursday (had daughters hammy PTS) i missed brekkie and lunch went shopping hungry and stressed (and upset) bought a load of crap and stuffed my face wasnt too good friday either but have been good since but was relying on zumba tonight an gym yesterday which i had to miss :( i hope i sts as only got club 10 last week and 6lb off 2stone
 
alisont said:
I must try that again as my first attempt last week at SW mash pizza was not quite right - need to work on getting the base thinner and crispy!

Looks good that:)

Feels weird not having been for weigh in since 24th Feb now! In a phase of losing inches but not pounds at the mo me thinks!

Lazy day today but will walk home 3 miles tomorrow and booked in for Body Tone tomorrow night - the trainer/owner will be on the phone if I don't go:))
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Well i think i have hit a brick wall, my weight seems to be hovering, i havent changed anthing or been naughty.

I really hope you dont mind me asking, how did you lose 2 and a half stone since September? That's fantastic, well done, is it exercise or your eating? Other than giving up eating all together or spedning every minute of everyday exercising i'm at a loss as to what i can do! i can hardly notice the stone i have lost, my body doesnt seem to look any different ( my OH agrees) and its not because i'm that big you wouldnt notice, i'm a size 14, well if there was a size 15 i would say i was a size 15 lol.

I'm hoping you can all help me, you've all done so well! i'm on the verge of giving up.
 
Oh don't give up ! try eating superfree fruits and veg like pears melon oranges apples over bannans and grape's and cauliflower brussels and cabbage also do a variety of different exercise i do gym,zumba various dvds and dance on kinect i do this and have lost 22 pounds in 9 week's if you want a boost try speed soup for lunch for a week drink lots of water and try green tea before meals and dont deny yourself a LITTLE treat i was a size 16 (and bursting:{ ) when i started and I'm only just noticing weigh loss now


http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/136819-12-speed-soup.html
 
4piggiepigs said:
Oh don't give up ! try eating superfree fruits and veg like pears melon oranges apples over bannans and grape's and cauliflower brussels and cabbage also do a variety of different exercise i do gym,zumba various dvds and dance on kinect i do this and have lost 22 pounds in 9 week's if you want a boost try speed soup for lunch for a week drink lots of water and try green tea before meals and dont deny yourself a LITTLE treat i was a size 16 (and bursting:{ ) when i started and I'm only just noticing weigh loss now


http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/136819-12-speed-soup.html
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Thanks for the tips! I do eat well, for breakfast i have a bowl of special k, at work i eat fruit, such as, plums, grapes, apples banana's satsumas etc i eat 4 bits of fruit a day, also i have a cereal bar, a low fat yogurt and sometimes a slim-a-soup, then in the evening i just have my evening meal.

As far as exercise is concerned i walk to and from work everyday which totals and hour, i go on the wii fit for half an hour everyday and i also go jogging which takes about 15 mins which i also do everyday!

I'm just getting so frustrated, i'm working so hard.

I have cut out all choc, cake, crisps etc so i dont have any treats atall.
 
Don't give up!

I have been an over eater most of my life - I was never happy with being large but for many years now have let my weight creep up - something must have 'clicked' in August I still don't know what but I realised I was way too fat for me and saw a Slimming World class was starting in my village so went along and never looked back!

Until recently it has been all due to me putting my stubborn head on and sorting out my bad food habits and dealing with the overeating side of things, excercise has only just come into it now.

I eat loads now but of the right/good foods - not the naughty/bad for me foods! I use to eat a large bag of crisps or tube of pringles a day, slice of cake, choc bar a day and a glass of wine or a beer daily - I can see now why I was putting on weight!

I still have treats - but difference is I'm in control now:) I have stuck to it for 6 months - I have cut out most bread (max of 1 slice a day now) I don't have cake unless it's my birthday or if I go to a vegan festival about 3 times a year - and I stick to 1 pud/cake slice not several! I only have 1 glass of wine now a week, and have banned crisps.

Looking at my weight loss most I lost was 1st week 3.5lb my average is between 1 and 2lb, since Sept I've stayed the same once and put on 1/2lb at Christmas.

I have now hit the brick wall - at 1/2lb off 2.5stone - I'm now doing Zumba once a week and Body Tone once, plus I try and walk home twice a week, my 16 jeans are now feeling loose but I can't get in a 14 yet, still wear all my older 18's in tops and in fact have some size 20 cardys I still wear but they do look big now.

So I need a kickstart again after my birthday weekend - I as the same after Christmas! I'd still like to lose another 2 stone maybe 2.5stone as I am still too big, I feel better now but still a fair way to go.

Might and not decided yet, stop going to weigh in as I can get weighed for free at my fitness class each week as she does weight managment. Seems pointless going to SW at £5 just for weigh in - could go to another class instead!

I find if I eat less I dont lose weight - the odd day of over eating seems to kick start things, as does having my 'syns' - bit of dark choc daily - 2 cubes not a bar!

Hope you lose some weight soon - sounds like you do a good excercise plan and eat well - do allow a few small treats - I find they keep me going - I tend to always save a few syns for the evening like chocolate!

Sorry, I'm waffling on:))rolleyes
 
Got my first weigh in tomorrow night, been doing my food diary online so just wrote it out tonight and noticed nearly everyday I eat more Super free then free so hoping thats good.
Had chinese tonight but used my syns for that and it tasted even nicer than usual.
I havnt really dont any exercise this week, but my new job starts properly this week and theres a good hours cleaning 3 days a week plus my own cleaning at home.
I also found out my local gym does a free bums and tums class on a Thursday morning so going to try that.
 
Thanks for all of your replies, your stories are helping with my motivation, maybe i'm just expecting too much, i have lost about a stone since Oct/Nov. I am slipping into some of my old size 14's.

I have never been one for eating bread, drinking alochol or eating crisps or even eating that much, i've always eaten healthily at work, my downfall was skipping breakfast then eating a packet of biscuits after tea or having a bowl of cereal, and obviously did no exercise so my body was just storing all of the fat.

I'm only 5ft 3 so i dont carry off all of the weight i am carrying, however i;m never going to be skinny as i have a bit of a big frame, but i am curvy and just want that figure back, my main bug bear is my tummy, i have a big bum and will always have, but i like my big bum just like J lo and Beyonce!

Anyway, sorry i'm waffling now, i like to hear your stories, its helping me get motivated and be patient with it all. Thanks xx
 
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JayceeStar said:
Being a student, I can't afford to join SW and it's difficult to get to classes if I did...but I'm loving the recipes on here and may try and make some :)
I've struggled with my weight since I was very young, I'm now a size 16/18 and I'm only 19 years old :red I've decided that enough is enough and I'm really committed to losing some weight now :) It's hard doing so while being at uni, as cheap food isn't very good for you and it's hard fitting exercise around work and lectures, but I'm going to try my best :) I'm also giving up chocolate for lent so that should make a difference, hehe!
It's great seeing how much everybody has lost, it's really motivating :)
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Cheap food can be good for you - I have porridge every morning for breakfast, the packet type, 10 packs for 99p, just add milk.
Homemade soup for lunch - leek and potato works out about £1.20 makes 1 1/2 litres/6 mugs (I have wholemeal bread with mine)
Add a sensible evening meal, cut down on snacks and you will lose weight. I've lost 15lb since November using this method rather than dieting.
 
Got to weigh in tonight, lost half pound..................meaning I've now lost 2 1/2 stone:)

Also got my sticker!

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Glad I've finally got to my next mini target, next one will be another 7lb to get to 3 stone!
 
Congrats, my first weigh in tonight.
Lose 3lb exactly what I wanted aswell.:))

I'm starting some exercise classes this week, I'm hoping for 4lb next week. I want a sparkly sticker lol :))

My pressie to myself for hitting half stone , I'm going to have one of those fish pedicure.
 
JayceeStar said:
Being a student, I can't afford to join SW and it's difficult to get to classes if I did...but I'm loving the recipes on here and may try and make some :)
I've struggled with my weight since I was very young, I'm now a size 16/18 and I'm only 19 years old :red I've decided that enough is enough and I'm really committed to losing some weight now :) It's hard doing so while being at uni, as cheap food isn't very good for you and it's hard fitting exercise around work and lectures, but I'm going to try my best :) I'm also giving up chocolate for lent so that should make a difference, hehe!
It's great seeing how much everybody has lost, it's really motivating :)
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I know how you feel. I'm not a student but I have a strict budget for food as I have a lot of outgoings and diets can be so expensive. I am following Slimming World from home at the moment, I've lost 1 1/2 stone since mid Jan. I plan all my meals and make a lot of my own meals like soups or casseroles and try and buy as much as possible from Aldi or Lidl. If you are committed to it you can do it :) Although I could never give up chocolate! I just bought a cross trainer so instead of giving up something for lent I'm going to make sure I use it everyday..!
 
beaverstar said:
I know how you feel. I'm not a student but I have a strict budget for food as I have a lot of outgoings and diets can be so expensive. I am following Slimming World from home at the moment, I've lost 1 1/2 stone since mid Jan. I plan all my meals and make a lot of my own meals like soups or casseroles and try and buy as much as possible from Aldi or Lidl. If you are committed to it you can do it :) Although I could never give up chocolate! I just bought a cross trainer so instead of giving up something for lent I'm going to make sure I use it everyday..!
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Well done you for losing 1.5 st in like a month and a half! How have you done that, do you do any exercise?
 
Toffeewoffee said:
Well done you for losing 1.5 st in like a month and a half! How have you done that, do you do any exercise?
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Thanks. The first stone literally fell off within a few weeks and now it's taking it's time. I didn't plan for it to come off quickly, and the amount I am eating I thought it would take a long time, I still have about another 2 1/2 stone I would like to lose but I'm in no rush. I put weight on far too easily but also once I'm in a routine I can lose it well too.

I haven't done much exercise, I have a 30 day fat shred dvd but gave up after about 8 days, I felt thinner and less bloated when doing it but I got bored of having to exercise every day... I hope I don't get bored of the cross trainer though, I seriously need to tone!
 
Oh, and it probably was the fact in the first few weeks of the diet it was a shock to my body that I wasn't scoffing biscuits at every possible moment :))
 
beaverstar said:
Thanks. The first stone literally fell off within a few weeks and now it's taking it's time. I didn't plan for it to come off quickly, and the amount I am eating I thought it would take a long time, I still have about another 2 1/2 stone I would like to lose but I'm in no rush. I put weight on far too easily but also once I'm in a routine I can lose it well too.

I haven't done much exercise, I have a 30 day fat shred dvd but gave up after about 8 days, I felt thinner and less bloated when doing it but I got bored of having to exercise every day... I hope I don't get bored of the cross trainer though, I seriously need to tone!
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Is that 30 day Shred good? I wanna buy a copy :D
 
I wish my weight would just fall off, i think its crammed in so tightly its struggling to get out lol, as i do not look like i weigh what i do, everyone has been shocked to hear how much i weigh.

I too put weight on so easily, Crosstrainers are brilliant i would have one but i just dont have the space. It really worked for me a few years ago when i went to the gym, it works your whole body.
 
The 30 day shred dvd was good. I liked the fact it was only 20 minutes a day! You're supposed to do stage 1 for 10 days then 2 for 10 days then 3, and there's an easy and a harder level for all 3 workouts. I enjoyed it but I got a bit bored of stage one then kept missing days as I'd get in from work and have housework to do :( so just gave up. I hope to start it again at some point as I bet it will work if you stick at it. It uses hand weights and the exercises for that were killers :))

I was suprised when I weighed myself at the start as I didn't think I should be as much as I was! As long as I get to a point where I feel happy and toned then for me that's fine - I still want some curves :)
 
Hi everyone,
Dont know if ayny of you have heard of this but I downloaded a podcast that over the space of 9 weeks is suppose to get you runnung 5k.
Its starts of slow with periods of jogging and walking.
I decided to do my first day today, boy was it hard but I managed.
I'm knackered and feel like jelly but if it help then so be it.
I must admit I actually enjoyed it, even though its hard work :) I went to my local park, its only 5 min from the house, and used the football field, just followed the white outline. Just as I finished it started raining lol.

I'm proud of myself if I'm honest lol Just got to keep at it
 
Is this couch to 5k? I saw someone talking about it on Minimins. Where do you get it from?
 
I found somewhere online to download it, I cant remember where.Googled it.
If you want it drop me pm with your email address and il send them over tonight when I get in from work.:)

I have mine on my phone as I dont have an ipod.
 
4piggiepigs, well done! i put 1lb on last week was happy with that rolleyes weigh in tonight hoping i've lost at least 2lb :)
 
Pigmad said:
4piggiepigs, well done! i put 1lb on last week was happy with that rolleyes weigh in tonight hoping i've lost at least 2lb :)
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Good luck! i had chow mein this week lots of lemon puffs (biscuits) and went out for lunch but had jacket pot and salad and the chow mein was only 7 syns for the whole pot:)) and did a little exercise (not as much as usual) so you can get away with quite alot tho i'm on a 10% week as i want 3.5lb off this week for my 2 stone award
 
I maintained this week, disapointed as its only my second week but I'm doing alot of exercise if I think about it.
Couch 2 5k was 3 times this week. I'm also working in a chip shop so 9-10 hours a week I'm on my feet walking back and forwards, serving,cleaning etc so in total thats about 11 1/2 hours a week I'm on my feet that I wasnt before I started.
I must be starting to build muscle.

Off out for another run later.
 
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