I maintained as expected. Would have liked a lose but maintain is ok. I'm off to the gym tonight so I'll be much more motivated to stick OP then, for some reason exercise motivates me to eat better. I so wanna get below 15 stone and I'm one pounds above argh!!!! I really wanna push myself now.

Heyy! 2lb lost this week. I'm soo proud of myself. The original days are going ok but I'm running out of ideas. I have some salmon in the fridge that I keep grilling and having vegetables with that. But thats getting boring. I will have to have a think of what else I can do with it. I eat my dinner at work so everything I make has to be transportable! I'm going to have a look through the recipe archives on the site to see if i can see anything suitable there.

Hey good for you Helen, maintaining is better than gaining....well done. I'm sure you will have a better week this week.

Bryden, well done on the 2lb!!!!! Thats great! I know what you mean about the red days, its hard for me as well to come up with good ideas. Since I been on backshift this week I had to be creative as well, dinner at work. What I did one day is stirfry some chicken in a bit of sauce and had it for lunch in a pita with cheese on it. and then made a bake potato at night in the microwave with the rest of the chicken, was very nice actually. And on monday I made curried mice, which was absolutely delicious. Again during lunch with pita and dinner with a potato.....I'll post the recipe for the curried mince soon, it is divine!!!

Got my WI in 3 hours, gotta dash down from work during my lunchbreak. So keep ur fingers crossed....

Moonchild - I was worried about your curried mice for a second there! Pheww its mince!

Ooopsi...lol sorry bout that!!! Anyway ladies, check it out....went to my WI stepped on the scale, looked down and thought...this cant be right! The scale read 16st 13lb..woooohoooo, I lost 4 lb and hit the 17st mark...I am sooooooo pleased!

Oh well done girls that's great! I'm really pleased for you

Yeh, finally broke that 17st barrier, I know its weird, but it feels different....16st barrier here I come lol. Had a pretty good day at work foodwise. Had porridge for breakfast, soup for lunch and chicken with rice for dinner....If I get through the weekend without sinning to much I should be in for another loss next week....plus I can go back to boxercise....

Well done everyone!
This weekend is going to be a bad one for me, My friend is American and is holding a Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. I am very excited for it as I haven't celebrated this holiday before! I'm bringing a few dishes myself and there is going to be a quorn roast so hopefully I won't syn too much!

Hi guys,

Thought I'd make a quick post before bed, I've been really good this weekend, I've counted everything and I went to the gym on Saturday for Bums and Tums and then I went on the exercise bike at home and did some stretches with weights, I'm desparate to get below 15stone, its been a big sticking point for me for a while.

I have a really busy month with working coming up to Christmas, it's the same every year and it involves a lot of extra hours and manual labour. I always get tempted with the mince pies and the chocolate that we have in the office though, we already have a lagre tin of heroes to distract me, this year I'm hoping to stay strong and to have the time to keep up the exercise.

Hope you have all had a good weekend!!!

Good Morning Ladies,

Bryden how did your Thanksgiving dinner go? Hope you enjoyed yourself.

Helen, isn't it strange that we all come to a stepping stone now? I've luckily passed mine after 2!!! months and I am so relieved...it was like a brick wall. I'm sure you will get there, just have faith. I know if you put your detemination behind it you will get there. My next stepping stone is 16st and oh would it be great to reach that by xmas....however, I'm not getting my hopes up. Temptation is everywhere during this period, and I got a couple of xmas dinners coming up. But I'll definetely try and be good.

Weekend was actually quiet good. Mr. B was on call, so we couldn't really go out for dinner anywhere. So we ordered chinese on Saturday night (had a sweet chilli chicken subway for lunch). And yesterday we had a roll with cheese for lunch and a stirfry for dinner....er and a piece of chocolate sponge cake in the afternoon ;o). But I think it should be ok this week. Going to boxing tonight and on wednesday and have planned my meals well. And without eating out twice during the weekend I should be allright synwise as well....so 16st 10 here I come lol....

Awesome, you're doing really well, I'm so desparate to lose. My Mum says I have to be happy because I've been losing inches but I want the weight to go!! I know that if I don't lose before Christmas I'll be really fed up.

My Dad is coming over tomorrow and is taking me out for dinner, I can chose where we go, I'm really struggling because I want to eat something nice but also I want to stick on plan.

I'm hoping to get to bums and tums tonight as I won't be able to go tomorrow.

Does anyone know how many syns Frubes are?

Why don't you just have a steak with new potatoes or a baked potatoe....just syn for the sauce you;ll have. and have some breaded garlic mushrooms for a starter, they are 1 syn each....voila!

Frubes are 2syns per tub (40g) on both days.

Thanks Moonchild, you are our walking syn directory! That's a good idea about the meal, I'll look at that, maybe gammon steak, I love the stuff.

It's funny like you were saying earlier that we both plateaued at the same time, you getting over it has given me hope, I was feeling really fed up. Any news about a new job for you?

Lol, no im not, just had a look at the SW website lol......we might be going to one of our local restaurants next weekend, and I'm already looking forward to my pepper steak lol.....mmhhhhh, just have to have the willpower to choose a potatoe instead of chips.....cause their chips are lovely lol.

It's horrible to hit a plateau, and when I read it about other people I always though, och I get through that no problem, logical thinking....and what was I doing? Exactly the same as everyone, get frustrated and panic.....It is soooo weird to be passed that now. And I really hope it continues this week now that I'm back on my normal eating pattern.

No news about the job, didnt even have the courtesy to tell me that I didn't get the job. Might send them an email today and tell them where to stick it lol.....

My thanksgiving dinner went great but I think it has mucked up my weightloss this week. Alot of wine was drank and I definitely went back for seconds! I think I have put on at least 2lbs but we shall see tomorrow!

I think I'm going to stick to red days for a while. They seem to work well. I have set myself a goal to lose 7lbs by the 7th. I don't think this is do-able though. I'm still settling into SW since I quit the last time.