Starting slimming world today, anyone else starting to lose weight today want to join me for some moral support?

[ElizabethWakefield]

So today is D day! Diet starts today, I have my first slimming world class tonight and i am feeling quite motivated. I think I probably have around 3 stones to lose, but i would be happy to even lose 2. I just feel fat and unhealthy and have never been this big before!

So today is day 1 of sorting myself out! Just wondered if anyone else was starting today too, not just slimming world, but any thing, and wanted to have somewhere to chat, swap ideas, or get some moral support?

I'd be interested in the roulade lizzylou. Good luck for tomorrow

OK, SW Roulade (my DH said it tasted like Arctic roll!):

4 eggs
few drops vanilla essence/extract
4 tbsp sweetener
Strawberries or Raspberries (I had blueberries as well)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tub Quark

Seperate egg whites & whisk until stiff.
In another bowl mix egg yolks, 1/2 tub Quark, 2tbsp of sweetener, tsp baking powder and few drops essence.
Fold in yolk mixture to whisked egg whites.
Place mixture onto a lined frylite baking sheet and bake for 10/15mins Gas 5 (I set it at 170c, mines a fan oven)
Mix rest of quark, 2 tbsp of sweetener, few drops essence and the fruit in a bowl.
When cake is cooked and cooled spread quark mix over and roll into a roulade.
Chill in fridge for 1 hour.

A lady at group had made it with a tsp of cocoa powder in the filling (think that means it is another syn for whole thing).
It was nice, the cake is sort of pancakey, yet it is still substantial because of the quark.

Thanks Lizzylou, sounds lovely. I'll try it Friday for the weekend

After my really bad week of apple crumble thay i thought wasnt really syned i lost..........4lb!!!couldnt believe it! And got my lovely shiney half stone award!! I feel brill and more determined than ever. Have to start some excercise this week even though fittin it around baby work and cooking is so hard.

wow great loss, well done. I am now going out for a meal tonight and I don't know where so hard to plan, will try to make wise choices. need to do more excercise, can't wait for my shred dvd to get here so I can get started.

Hello everyone.

Had first weigh in today, and I've lost 2lbs! Long way to go, but it's a start

Just a couple of questions - has anyone had trouble registering with the online support thing? When I enter my details it tells me that I've already registered, but then doesn't recognise my email address

Also, does anyone know how many sins Sainsbury's Be Good To Yourself 3% fat sausages are?

Well done to all losers, and by the way, some fab recipes on here, that pasta sounds lovely.

Oops, I meant syns

Also, did I read on here that Mikado biscuit thingies are 1/2 syn each?

Have my weigh-in this evening so fingers crossed some unwanted lard has left this wobbly body
Was very good for 3 days, bad for 2 days and trying to get back on track for other 2 days so will be absolutely amazed if there is anything off.
Need to read through this thread properly and pick up on all the tips because at this stage help is most definitely required [hgrin]

hi ladies not been on lately but wanted to check in with you all as i feel like giving up its so hard and im hungry most of the time
last week i lost 3 pounds so 9 in 5 weeks (crap) and then today despite following the plan and doing aqua areobics i put on a pound so only 8 pounds in 6 weeks -where am i going wrong
have tried baking lots of low fat desserts and to be honest they were all horrible

Tawdry, the chilled Cumberland BGTY sausages are 1/2 syn, the frozen ones 1 1/2 - don't know why so different!

Weigh-in tonight - see what damage all the eating out and being ill has done.

i had a rubbish week where i gained 1/2 a pound, looking back over my food diary, i had alcohol and loads and loads and loads of potatoes, i know they are free.. but maybe they just don't work in bulk for me..

i stuck to rice , meat, veg, no alcohol, EE plan but fewer syns and more protein and lost 5 lbs. so i think you sometimes have to tweak and don't forget all your superfree foods

candy, you shouod absolutely not be hungry, not when you can eat jacket potatoes, pasta, beans, meat etc

what you eating in a typical day and are you keeping a food diary?

good luck for weigh ins everoyne xxx

KKfairy, well done!.
Tawdry, we have to start somewhere! " lbs a week is a good thing.

Candy, you must not be eating enough if you are hungry all the time.
I am never hungry except when its time to eat again! And if I do get peckish first of all I have a drink of water, beacause sometimes we think we are hungry but we are actually thirsty and then I have an apple or another piece of fruit.
Dont give in.
Just have a good look at what you are eating.
Write everything down before it goes into your mouth, because as soon as it goes in, we forget about it.
Are you eating enough superfree veg? Its got to be a third of the plate.
Are you counting your syns and your Healthy Extras properly?

The low syn dessert recipes are a bit pants to be honest. I have made that Roulade, and my friend thought she had gone to heaven as she had denied herself sweet stuff, but I wasn't that desperate for sweet stuff so could take it or leave it. It does taste a bit pancakey and not too bad though. I'm more of a savoury person.

If you need a sweet kick, use quark with splenda over fruit. It feels really naughty.
Or a merringue with fruit and a muller light, but actually I'd still go for the splenda with quark or fat free fromage frais!

It does work, but you have to be really honest with yourself. When you want to go for the chocolate fingers ask yourself do you really need it?
If you do, then go ahead, but dont pig out completely and get straight back on track afterwards.

It will be ok.[hug]

I've lost 2lb ... not actually brilliant over a fortnight, but actually rather amazing given that I've recently been mugged by a baked Alaska (and several glasses of wine, a pannacotta, and a selection of tapas).

Melty, you are obviously cut out for this stuff - there is not one iota of my person that would regard fruit with quark and Splenda as really naughty. I would feel immensely virtuous eating that, and would probably reward myself with Mikados.

I'm hoping to make my swimming lesson tomorrow, although I still don't feel 100%, and then I'll get back onto the Wii Fit.

I've just realised I forgot to syn all the honey in my hot honey and lemons ... at least the lemon is superfree. :o

Heh! I dont really think its naughty. Its just so creamy it feels naughty.

Forgot to say, well done on the loss.

Well done on the loss Don'tcallme, hope you are feeling better.

I know what you mean, Melty, I remember loving 1/2 tub of Quark with an Options sachet of hot choc in, almost like a choc cheesecake if you try hard enough

I am terrible for sweet stuff and cheese, so anyway to get those two things into my life is a winner for me.

that's great , dontcallme!!

i\ve just had a flake ( 8 syns!! ) as desperate for sweet/chocolatey stuff. i'd rather have that than an entire tub of quark and splenda

altough quark is not so bad, once you're used to it

I have quark in the fridge - it may be destined to be. Baileys and caramel cheesecake, from the SW website ... though buying Baileys may be dangerous.

Well done Lulu. Now can I borrow your drumroll, I have my club10 shiney pink sticker! Lost another 3lb this week, so 24lb since the end of August! Had lovely tea courtesy of my OH last night. Beef strips, peppers, red onion wedges, new potatos, mushrooms and tomatos roasted in oven with corriander,lime, ginger and chilli1 Delicous and free on EE if you use evil frylight

Wooo Daisy! 10% is a big deal.
And another 3 lbs.

Morning, weighed in last night and lost 2lb:) Going to try red week this week so if any one has any suggestions as to what an average red day consists of for them then all suggestions greatly received . .

bloody well done upsadaisy !! fantastic

can't believe someone mentioned Baileys >

and well done desiretochange, a great loss!

i wonder how much we've lost on this thread all together. i bet it's a really fantastic amount!

well done everyone

i don't do red days, i am sticking to EE at the moment as it is working great x

Thanks Lulumaam, my problem is that I don't attend slimming world but have a copy of the Food Optimising book courtesy of a friend but it's really like information overload and I am finding it tough going trying to work it all out.
What is your typical EE day Lulumaam?

Well done on the losses everyone

I normally weigh in on a wednesday night but I'm going to try a new group tomorrow and see if its more established/informative. Off on a hunt for quark this morning, I've never noticed it in my local sainsburys