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Suggs · 20 September 2007 at 10:52AM

So you wanna lose weight? You've come to the right place!

Pull up a chair and join in the chat, whatever plan you're following to lose weight, there'll be someone here that can help and advise, or offer moral support.

There are regulars here who follow Slimming World, WeightWatchers, calorie counting, combining healthy eating with exercise, or just cutting back.

You can join the 2 pound weight loss club (just ask Dellybelly) and see your results in a chart that's updated every Wednesday, and you can take part in the monthly challenge - we're currently aiming to lose 5lbs by the end of September. (We all like to think we're going to lose 2lbs every week, but in reality that doesn't always happen, so 5lbs a month is a more realistic target.) And you could be Slimmer of the Week, or Slimmer of the Month!

We have plenty of recipes to help you in the recipes thread (link below) and there are links to useful websites below.

Come and join us, we're a friendly bunch!

Suggs

The_Dragon · 20 September 2007 at 10:59AM

I'm over here Suggs!

Hopefully I will get the kick up the proverbial I need to start shifting this weight!

Lois_Lane · 20 September 2007 at 11:00AM

Thanks Suggs - you're a star!

LL

Eels100 · 20 September 2007 at 11:21AM

Sorry you've been unwell Lois, but glad you're on the mend. It must be a lot of work keeping the chart going so thank you for all your efforts. And cheers to delly and Suggs for taking over the business end of things!

Suggs · 20 September 2007 at 11:26AM

Lois_Lane wrote: »

Thanks Suggs - you're a star!

LL

Lois, just hope you fogive the obvious cutting and pasting

froggy_girl128 · 20 September 2007 at 11:53AM

I made some SW tortillas last night and I'm addicted - using wholemeal lasagna sheets which are 9% fibre mmmmm
Thanks for the recipe section - everyone has to try these!

petrichor · 20 September 2007 at 12:55PM

petrichor wrote: »

Good Morning All

Thanks Suggs for starting the new thread :T , the old one hasn't been closed and I've just posted there not realising, but as usual it wasn't worth reading, so hey ... EDIT Oh hang on I can copy and paste so bleh! here it is again ...

victory wrote: »

a very tough gammon steak, the waiter came over and asked about the meal and I told him it was tough and he said ' would you like me to send someone over and talk to you about the toughness of your gammon?':rotfl: I said ' what like a gammon counsellor?':rotfl: :rotfl: He seemed a bit confused by that:rotfl: In the end hubby ate it and I swapped it for some of his chicken, great fun evening:D

petrichor wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Thanks Victory that hit the right spot Glad you enjoyed your meal...

...Brightonbelle That was marvellous how you coped with the caramel squares :T well done. It proves what a bit of willpower can do, keep it up...

...delly Thanks for offering to continue the chart, but I was surprised when you said you were quite new I happened go back a few threads looking for something and your name goes waaay back, when did you join?...

...still not caught up (only on page 100) so I don't know if this will be posted

xxxx

:rotfl: :rotfl:

...Welcome to the lovely new folk spirit and poket128 (none of my smileys will load up so you've been spared ) I hope you have the same success that I've had here, the motivation and support is all free :money: and 24/7:j not just a 30min club meeting :j . Spirit I note that you asked for a way of keeping a record of your exercising, I know there is a site that offers this but I can't find it at the moment (:o typical!). I'll look for it later and paste a link...

...Lois Glad that your're feeling a tad better this morning, nothing worse than a bad dose of the trots but then it will break you into exercise mode Thanks for all your hard work on the charts I know it can't be easy ...

...I did those Lebanese chicken wraps for the family on Tuesday and like Victory's family mine liked them too :j (I had left over Quorn cottage pie), but the chicken smelled lovely, and the garlic sauce was really good, (I allowed myself a teaspoon of the stuff as I love garlic)...

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ftbworried · 20 September 2007 at 12:56PM

Spirit www.fitday.com records your daily exercise (as well as food intake if you so wish).

katiepoppycat · 20 September 2007 at 1:31PM

REMINDER FOR EVERYONE ABOUT THE SWAP BOXES!!

I stole this idea from Nigella.com because I like sending and recieving parcels and everyone is so nice on here that they all deserve to get presents. If you want to play, follow the instructions . . . .

Please pm me with your real name and postal address by 300907. I'll then turn this into a chain and send you the details of your swappee. I promise to only send your address to one person and nothing else! The person you send to isn't the person you are receiving from. Then, you have a budget of £7.50. Please try and stick to it. Then all you have to do is put your box together and post it so that it arrives to be opened on 311007. Remember to include a card so your swappee knows who it's from! If your box arrives before then you are not allowed to open it - the idea is that we all open them 'together' on October 31 and then you can post about what you got. You can put anything you like in your box, but NOT CHOCOLATE!!!! Also remember that your swappee may be a vegetarian so unless you're sure I wouldn't send them £7.50's worth of spam - the postage would be crippling anyway . . . . Use your swappees username to look at their posts and find out the kind of thing he/she might like, or they may want to give you hints about allergies and other such things like the colour of their kitchen or something.

Any questions, please pm me.

katiepoppycat · 20 September 2007 at 1:37PM

shiny new thread! Thanks Suggs.

Afternoon all, hope we are all well. Welcome to our new bods whose usernames I can't remember and they are on a different thread so I can't scroll back. Anyway, have fun with us!

Victory, glad to hear you seem to be over your moment and enjoying your weight loss. I have some brownies to make tomorrow - I have a 'reputation' as a purveyor of tasty baked goods and I've tried making diet versions but they just don't compare. I've been on the SW website and the thread here looking for good diet cake type things but I think I will have to accept that they just don't exist and just limit myself to small amounts of what I make. Trouble is I'm putting celebrations in the brownies and I can't use nut ones so I''ve chucked them all in the freezer. I think they workout about 2 syns each don't they?

I got Jamie Oliver's new book yesterday - absolutely awash with olive oil! But a few potentially SW friendly ones - I'm going to try roast carrots and beets with pork chops for a red day next week. I will keep you posted if it works.

petrichor · 20 September 2007 at 2:10PM

katiepoppycat wrote: »

I have a 'reputation' as a purveyor of tasty baked goods and I've tried making diet versions but they just don't compare.

I agree with you katie, I too love to bake and have found that the best cake for slimmers is the good old fatless whisked sponge with jam, or plain scones. They are both very basic proper recipes with a low fat content. I've tried doing a fatless banana cake that I got from another part of the forum, and while it wasn't too bad for me, it wasn't something that you could serve to most non slimmers and expect them to eat it. Meringues are also good, use low fat creme fraiche with them instead of cream, but we're still talking a lot of calories!! If you come across any please let me know as DD and MrP love cake but do tend to have a weight problem if they have too much (and they daren't leave any that I make, so I'm at fault there:o ) I've got some low fat cook books that have cake recipes but they're still too high in calories for my liking.

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