Monday 1st October weigh in.

nanad No started back on 1st week at Slimming World.
[grannyK] maintaining well done

How can anyone lose 5lbs in a week? Did you run a marathon?

Well doneeggs and glass. Don't know what's up but your posts weren't there before.

Yes, we'll done grannyk. My target is to be 9 stone something/anything. I've just weighed out 40g of muesli, what a shock. It barely covered the bottom of the dish. Just goes to show what a portion actually is.

GrannyK Congratulations, I would love to be so close to my target but when I reach one I start another!

How do we all decide our targets? My latest is to get my BMI into 'normal'

Yippeeeee! Stayed the same and am only 0.1k above my target weight.
I am really sorry this doesn't help your cumulative pot at all , but it makes me very very happy !!!!

grannyeggs well done 2lb, you have done amazing to loose that since January

move yes 5lb and my first week back with Slimming World.

11lb total so far.

Well done eggs.

Glass have you lost 5 lb in one week? How? Well done you.

Are those of us going to meet ups this week given any leeway? If not I'd better warn the venue to get in extra salad!

Have just weighed myself, I have lost 2 pounds, at last! This takes me back to having lost a stone and 2 pounds since January, now to lose the other 5 lbs Ihave put on in the last three months! It is hard work.

jeni you are excused this week you need turkish delight after the week you have had.

Whoooooooooooooooooooo

5lbs Yessssssssssssssssssssssss,

Thats 9lb total so far.........................

I'm finding Turkish delight good for feeling miserable and cba with dieting this week!

Bother... Just got to 199 lines when the post vanished! You did mean on this thread did you not move? ?????? Thanks glass

notso I find wine does that too! Don't think there is a cure for it

Nanadog You are a very, very naughty girl, write out 200 times "I must not pig out (apart from family celebrations)"

nandog well that what you wanted

notso you have been working hard getting the Christmas cakes out of the way and the brandy! But dont put the mince pies on next weeks shopping

Notso I am so impressed with the cake making! But don't you just hate that flying brandy, so difficult to spit out.

Some of the brandy I used in the cakes may have splashed near my mouth though

Well, we're all on the Countdown to Christmas which is very encouraging!! Sadly, I took it all a bit too literally and had a Waitrose mince pies (plural!!!) moment at the weekend. So I haven't lost anything this week. The good news is I've made 3 Christmas Cakes on 3 consecutive days and didn't lick the bowl once!
Good luck everyone

Just fallen off the weight wagon big time.....family celebration, just consumed 1,000,000 calories ...Will have to pull out all stops for next week. Please NO kind words or sympathy, I need your condemnation. SERIOUSLY!!!

Oatcakes are a good substitute and don't seem to make you bloat.

I have discovered salt and vinegar flavoured jumbo Snackajacks which are only 41 calories each which I use instead of bread if I can. They are passable and being big you feel that there is more than there is
The trouble is we have a lovely breadmaking machine which emits exceeding yummy smell! Lead me not into temptation!

Yes I do find the wraps or tortillas a bit better - rice cakes not bad but still a cereal - rice with a meal activates the bloating too so am a bit wary.such a pain and we don't realise how lucky we are when we are younger and can eat anything!

I use rice cakes as a substitute. Have managed to stay off bread for ages this time. I've got some tortillas at the moment which I'm filling with tuna and salad [sometimes sweetcorn]. I know they're wheat but at least they don't have yeast in them. Tummy still isn't going down though .

Has anyone found a really good substitute for bread - bloats me dreadfully almost straight away and takes days to really go down - even Jacket potatoes tend to do it a bit but if I just leave them out totally I just remain so hungry and want to nibble - not quite so bad in the summer but I think it is not having bulk - do you think it is in the mind cos I know I have missed it!! Have tried all sorts of grains etc and gluten free but not really any good - still give me heart burn.

Not worrying about it glass - just wanted to do my share of putting a pound in the pot!!!
To be honest I was happy staying the same and not to have put on - one day for instance I had my belvita breakfast (proper meals calories) but after that no time to grab anything before teatime so we had a beautiful chinese. I only had prawn chow mein and just a spoonful of DH's egg fried rice but I was concerned as it is notoriously calorie filled! I was just inside the MFP allowance but probably made up of the wrong goodness!
I did enjoy it though and I had worked hard to earn it!
Note to self: Must do better and make time for sensible food!

sba you have not let anyone down, these things happen, you have lots of time left till Christmas.
Bread always does it for me too. Chin up you will be back on track, and dont worry about it.