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Lose weight in '26 with Slimming World & SWIP's.

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  • Coxy11
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    edited 8 March at 9:57AM

    Morning,

    Good to hear from you @Longwalker and to hear your Mum is at peace now. It’s going to take time to adjust so please be kind to yourself. Just go with the flow for now xx

    Well done on the losses @TakeItEazy and @Glad and the maintain @bubbs x
    Annoying about the gain @Jellybaby x

    I am off to yoga shortly then DH and I will potter in the garden later.

    Food today:

    B - banana, weetabix minis, blueberries, 0% Greek yoghurt - free, HEB, S

    L - picky plate - crab sticks, ham, hard boiled eggs, satsumas, apple - P, S

    D - paprika chicken, rice, brocolli, green beans - P, S, free, HEA

    HEA - milk

    SWIPs - skinny bar 3.5

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  • Jellybaby
    Jellybaby Posts: 1,619 Forumite
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    Morning all,

    Look after yourself @Longwalker as Coxy says it will take time to adjust x

    Well done to all the losers and maintainers 👏

    Surprise, surprise I have sunshine! Still really cold though, can’t have everything lol. DS helped me strip the beds and will hang it out, albeit under supervision, otherwise my OCD will kick in 🤣 (always looks like he’s thrown things at the line from a distance!).

    I’m planning to have bacon medallions, mushrooms, tomatoes and toast (fibre choice) for brunch and chilli salmon, new potatoes, roasted broccoli, cauliflower and tomatoes for dinner.

    Have a good Sunday everyone.

  • beanielou
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    Sorry to hear that TIE.

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  • beanielou
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    Take care @Longwalker

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  • maman
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    Good to hear from you @Longwalker .Take care of yourself. 🤗

    Well done on yesterday's losses. As ever, your result doesn't make much sense @bubbs and I'm sure you expected a bit of a gain after your social week @Jellybaby .

    I did a load of batch cooking yesterday.

    I'm not expecting much this week as I'm eating out a couple of times and having a few treats at home too as it's my birthday on Thursday.

    Stayed more or less on plan yesterday but did have a few Indian snacks with curry last night.

    Today's plan -

    B HEB toast, fry up (P, F), HEA milk

    L-JP with chilli and salad (P, S, F)

    D- pork casserole with rice (P, S, F)

    Swips - weekend wine, cornflour 1

  • bubbs
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    Afternoon all 😁

    LW look after yourself and take all the time you need 🥰

    Maman no it does not make sense! She said it's not like you upped your fluid you just switched it 🤷‍♀️

    Dry day here i have some bedding on the line, even if it comes in damp as it's a brushed cotton duvet set so takes ages to dry, but i will put on the airer, these so bloomin heavy!

    Surprised i didn't knock myself out putting the washing in! Because the machine is outside it's in a keter storage box thingy with td next door to it, the bloody lid wasn't clicked it place and it whacked me on the head, surprised the world didn't hear me swearing 🤣🤣 I have a nice lump on the back of my head!

    My BIL has his 2nd scan on his tumour tomorrow so fingers crossed, was speaking with him earlier and it's 4.5 cm big so quite big 😢

    I had breakfast in a roll today, LM sausages x 2, mushroom and egg , bloomin lovely it was as it was one of them big ones from Aldi, with watermelon on the side.

    Tea, Roast pork, carrots and parsnips, cauli cheese 3 sv, yorkies 15g flour part of fibre choice, mashed swede

    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • Glad
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    Be kind to yourself @Longwalker

    fingers croseed for your BIL @bubbs

    Another good walk for me today, the limp is so much better, then a visit to Dad and stepdaughters. Lateish home and wanted a bath and hairwash so lunch was just fruit. We are off to France 2 weeks today and I was hoping to have lost 1st before we went, 2.5lb to go so doable, I'll need to try hard not to put most of it back on when we're there though!!

    B - wholemeal toast, 3 eggs scrambled HE fibre

    L - fruit

    D - cod, pesto, peas, lots of roasted butternut squash and carrots with peppers and onions on HE fat and 2 swips

    inbetweens - milk HE calcium

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  • bubbs
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    Thanks Glad, how did you get on yesterday i must have missed it if you posted? You will do that 2.5 before you go , i have every faith in you 😁😁

    Lunch and tea, gap was for cauli cheese 3 sv

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    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • Glad
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    thanks @bubbs, another 1lb loss saturday 😊

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,631 Ambassador
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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
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