Slimming World Support Thread

ikkle87

well done judd on throwing your chocolate out.

I have had a good weekend at saying no! went to mums last night and her and my dad and bro all had a huge pizza each and i said no thanks i dont want a slice, they then sat and ate a box of doughnuts and i said no thanks i dont want one and then tonight my gran and grandad have had shortbread and i didnt have any, cos i had a couple extra tatoes with me din dins and a load of fruit so was pogged.

Terri1985

Today was my first weigh-in after a week of being on the SW plan. I managed to amaze myself by losing 6lbs! _party_ I wanted to lose 1 stone by xmas and now feel that it's a very realistic goal.
Hope you are all doing well on your weight loss and good luck to all on your next weigh-in! :j

eveie189

Morning

I couldn't sleep for thinking about weighing myself. I have eaten really well and am even eating potatoes (which i don't like but can happily eat ing the form of SW wedges or chips). This is the first week for me and I have lost 9 pounds. I know alot of it is water weight but I am still pleased. I just wasn't really expecting it. I even looked through my food diary to make sure I haven't been depriving myself and I haven't. I might put a couple of my days menus on here later just to see what you guys think if thats ok.

Hope everyone has a good week and well done to everyone who has lost or sts.

Eveie

Flat_Eric

Does anyone have a recipe for lamb shank? I thought there was a recipe in the Nov/Dec 08 mag but Ive browsed through this morning and cant find it so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas?

I think I made the lamb rogan josh recipe but substituted the boneless lamb shoulder for lamb shanks but if anyone has any other recipes then I would be interested to hear especially if they are easy i.e. chuck everything in a pan and sit in front of the tv while it cooks! :rotfl:

savings4me

The lamb becomes so meltingly tender after cooking that it falls off the bone: it’s worth every minute of the preparation time.
Serves: 4
Syns per serving: Free on Original
Ready in about: 3 hours


1 onion
2 carrots
4 garlic cloves
2 celery sticks
4 lamb shanks
Fry Light
400g can chopped tomatoes
198ml/7fl oz chicken stock made with Bovril
1 tsp artificial sweetener
1 bay leaf
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Finely chopped parsley
Finely grated lemon zest

1. Prepare the ingredients: peel and finely chop the onion, carrots and garlic and trim and chop the celery. Remove all visible fat from the lamb.
2. Spray a heavy pan with Fry Light and place over a high heat. Add the lamb and brown on all sides. Remove from the pan and set aside. Turn the heat to medium and cook the onion, carrots, garlic and celery for 10 minutes before adding the tomatoes, stock, sweetener and bay leaf. Season well.
3. Return the shanks to the pan, cover tightly and reduce the heat to low. Cook for 2 ½ hours, stirring occasionally until the meat is meltingly tender. Remove from the heat and allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving garnished with parsley and finely grated lemon zest.

Terri1985

eveie189 wrote: »

Morning

I couldn't sleep for thinking about weighing myself. I have eaten really well and am even eating potatoes (which i don't like but can happily eat ing the form of SW wedges or chips). This is the first week for me and I have lost 9 pounds. I know alot of it is water weight but I am still pleased. I just wasn't really expecting it. I even looked through my food diary to make sure I haven't been depriving myself and I haven't. I might put a couple of my days menus on here later just to see what you guys think if thats ok.

Hope everyone has a good week and well done to everyone who has lost or sts.

Eveie

Way to go! 9lbs is great! Keep it up hun and you will be there in no time :T

Kandipandi

Terri1985 wrote: »

Today was my first weigh-in after a week of being on the SW plan. I managed to amaze myself by losing 6lbs! _party_ I wanted to lose 1 stone by xmas and now feel that it's a very realistic goal.
Hope you are all doing well on your weight loss and good luck to all on your next weigh-in! :j

:T :T Well Done! :T :T
That first weigh in does feel brilliant and it is a big chunk towards your Xmas target.:T

Kandipandi

eveie189 wrote: »

Morning

I couldn't sleep for thinking about weighing myself. I have eaten really well and am even eating potatoes (which i don't like but can happily eat ing the form of SW wedges or chips). This is the first week for me and I have lost 9 pounds. I know alot of it is water weight but I am still pleased. I just wasn't really expecting it. I even looked through my food diary to make sure I haven't been depriving myself and I haven't. I might put a couple of my days menus on here later just to see what you guys think if thats ok.

Hope everyone has a good week and well done to everyone who has lost or sts.

Eveie

:T :T Well done you! :T :T

That 9lb is a brilliant loss and it will give you a great head start.
:T

kellybigboobs

Afternoon all,

Hi all newbies:beer: ,and well done whoever it was that lost 9 pounds in their first week - fabulous!

Congrats to Judderman for taken affirmative action on the chocolate front,you should be proud of yourself:D :T

Quick questions:

1 - anyone ever tried cooking rice in a slow cooker?Advice/experience appreciated!

2 - interesting ways with quinoa?!Anyone?!:rotfl:

PS - managed to get my scales to work this morning and seem to have lost a pound:j ,very happy with that,and got the gym later too....;) :j :rotfl:

savings4me

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Does anyone have a recipe for lamb shank? I thought there was a recipe in the Nov/Dec 08 mag but Ive browsed through this morning and cant find it :rotfl:

Know why you thought it was in that issue but couldn't find it...it is in the calender that came with it xx