can somebody tell me how to make egg white omlettes and free merangue (sp?) please. also what do you do with the egg yolks? i mean i know its checks but it seems a waste!!

would also like to know if vege stock is a good enough substitute for fish stock as for the seafood paella it says use fish stock but i dont have any. please could you let me know?

Katlyn that bake sounds yummy might give it a try tomorrow, i have garlic and herb cream cheese, that will do instead of philli wont it? and unfortunatly dont have anywine, havent stocked up after new year lol. sounds delish might give it ago for lunch tomorrow.

ok filling in charts then off to bed


night night guys
xxx

Morning all.

Didn't get to the gym this morning - was far too sleepy as I stayed up to watch Glee last night. Will drag myself there after work instead though.

Booked our evening band for the wedding yesterday so that's another thing done. This isn't as difficult as I thought it would be, mind you I'm sure the problems will appear soon enough!

Did our shopping last night and have planned my meals for the week, thankfully my trousers don't feel too tight today, yesterday was a bit of a fright!

Hope everyone has a lovely day xx

Morning all

I love Glee, wasnt sure if it would be any good but i actually quite like it, its my new favourite thing lol!!

anyway not had food yet, contemplating going to the gym this evening, or at least taking a walk over there to find out about memberships and stuff, wondering if they may have student prices as 43 pounds a months seems a bit steep. however i dont know if i want to do that straight away but i would like to go to 3 classes and 3 swims a week wich i think is really expensive if i pay sepratly. was thinking of just getting the student leisure card and then paying sepratly per swim untill im in the habbit of going regularly. but then there is body combat and body pump that i want to go to, not sure if i should do it now or just start with the swimm for a while to get up fitness levels as havent exercised in what seems like forever!!

fitness plan i would like to do (funds permitting)

Monday morning - swim
Tuesday 5:30 - body combat
Wednesday morning - body combat and swim
Thursday - 5: 30 ab attack then body combat
Friday morning - Swim
then if i fancy anything on a sat or sund then i can but its not essential.

obviously cant do all this in one go. but would like to eventually. but im worried about becoming bored with just doing one thing, or after a week or two lose all motivation and stop going (which what i normally do)Jaci your queen of the gym any advise and how to get into the exercise bug?

anyway put the plan on the chart for today.
will be back im sure
xxx

Good Morning all a flying visit from me at the moment as i am snowed under with work Had a good pep day yesterday , although i still haven't got any exercise down . i am so so tired just now so i had an early night last night instead. Its a vicious circle because i know once you exercise you are full of energy, i just dont have the energy to get started

Audrey - sorry to hear your news, thinking about you Take Care

Well done everyone on keeping the thread busy and positive, keep up the good work

Better go for now and do some work, will come back later when i have more time
Have a great day everyone

Quick hello from me....busy busy at work!

Great to see the thread so busy and everyone is doing well

My pep head is back on today after a couple of days which went a bitty haywire...I took some homeopathic treatment on Friday/Saturday and it seems to have given me an upset tum!

We are off to look at a car tonight...cheap runaround really but fingers cross it will do and then a carvery for tea, and I can fill my plate up with free veggies!

Carly...who have you booked as your band?? Sounds like all your plans are coming together!

Audrey

Have a good Tuesday everybody xx

Hello everyone

Well the big news is that my dad got out of hospital today

Will be back later.

Ainey
xx

Brilliant news Ainey, you must be made up!!! x

Afternoon fellow Musketeers

That's great news Ainey

Hope everyone is doing okay

Don't feel much like "chatting" today, normal service will be resumed shortly

Awww Ainey...that is great news, you must all be so relieved!

Audrey...take care of yourself

Ainey that's brilliant news. You must be so chuffed.

Nicky - we booked Referendum, they were really good when we saw them at New Year xx

Hello,

I'm still peping away but our DIY is taking longer than planned so until the room is finished I don't have internet access (again!! ) as we can't put everything back in until the floor is done and we haven't even started that as the fireplace has taken much longer than expected since we found pipes in behind it...

I'll try and get on when I can and I'm keeping a note of all my checks on post its stuck to the kitchen cupboards lol!

At least the DIY is giving me lots of exercise running up and down the stairs with stuff!

Really beginning to wish I'd never started - just want my living room back to normal and a house without black dust...

Take care girls - speak soon I hope!!

xx

Didn't even ready any of the other posts until I'd posted... doh!

Ainey that is fab!! You must be so relieved! xx

Evening all,
sorry I didn't get on last night had an attack of the munchies so went to my bed .

Audrey sorry to hear about your loss , take care

Elaine- that's great news about your dad getting home and hope your feeling better yourself x

Jen where are you? hope your feeling ok

It's great to see the thread so busy and looking forward to get to know all the new musketters

Catch up with you all later
Julie x

ainey that great news!!

Pepping well today, also went swimming today and joined the gym!! go me!!

anyway off to make dinner
chat later

Audrey

Am away to work out my checks for the day! about 2.5 checks over for the day (never used all my fruit allowance)

Thanks for being there for me

mmmm that seafood pealla from the ss site is soooo nice, i just used prawns instead of seafood mix and vege stock instead of fish but it just lovely

Evening All

Wow you lot are fab.....so chatty and supportive today - I'm loving it!!!

I had a heck of a day at work, hopefully not to be repeated anytime soon....off tomorrow so not going to dwell

Been to toning and just settled the wee man, Russ not home until 9.00ish so a mega late dinner tonight -I'm starving!!!! Just had my yoghurt to tide me over, planning to make egg foo yung - so worth the wait.

Ainey - super pleased for you hun, hope you managed to visit him tonight?

Jenni - the key to exercise for me is ONLY to do things you genuinely enjoy - trying to force yourself because its good for you just wont work....so keep and open mind and try lots of things until you find what suits you. Dont stretch yourself too thin either, dont commit to 5 sessions if really you can only manage 2 or 3 - cut yourself some slack, anything is better than nothing. Have fun and enjoy.

Back in a bit xx

Jaci - Am going to phone him later on.

xxx

Evening all.

Went to the gym straight from work. It was so busy - I haven't seen people queueing for machines before. It was enough to convince I'll be going back to going first thing in the morning instead!

Had some lovely chicken for tea - I put some low fat mozzarella on a chicken breast then wrapped some parma ham with the fat removed round it. It tasted sooo good!

Anyways, trying to do software updates for my ipod which are taking ages so will update the food charts, I really didn't feel as hungry today as yesterday, probably because my stomach has realised we're not messing about anymore and we're back to normal!

Hope everyone has had a fab day! xx

Hi guys, just watching my big fat diet show then on to BL which i have started to record now. gonna have a slice of jam on toast later to settle my sweet tooth.

Jaci i joined the jim today and went swimming, really really enjoyed it so am going to aim to do this 3 times a week then maybe add in a class. i remember liking body combat from my old gym but will try a few and see what one i like best. and just build them up. i certainly have the time to do 5 but dont want to do them all at once or else i wont continue with it.



gonna fill in charts and chat to you all later
xxx

Aww fab Ainey, bet he will be pleased to be home.

I'm having a nightmare with my Sky might miss BL at this rate - its doing some system download thing but it never worked first time ......aaaaargh!

So guys - Free Meringues

You need - 1 egg and 2 level tbsp heat stable granualted sweetner (eg splenda)

*Pre heat oven to 110 degreed c/gas mark 0.5
* Using electric whisk on high, whisk egg white until fairly stiff. Add sweetner and continue to whisk at slow speed until standing in peaks.
* Spoon out 8 heaped teaspoons of the mixture onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment. Bake approximately 1 hour or until crisp and dry.
* Use as a snack or to garnish desert.

Enjoy x

Well how happy am I went along to class not expecting much of a loss as although i'd been good felt pmt bloaty and had my jeans on as I had been at a study day at work and had to go to class straight from there I'd also had both breakfast and lunch so wasn't expecting much and guess what 6lbs off i'm so pleased
Ainey great news about your dad getting home
Audrey sorry to hear about your uncle
Jaqi I tried to make the free meringues but they turned out soggy in the middle any tips.................... on how to get them light and crispy
Happy days
Shona x

Morning All

Well happy days.....the god of a good nights sleep has finally blessed us! Mack is only just up at 7.30 after 3 days of 5am starts and its my day off.....woohoo!

So we are just having a cuppa, Russ is also off but having a wee lie in - then the plan is to go swimming and out for some lunch. We are thinking the Beefeater since its now in the new check book - yay!

This afternoon I'm making home made fishcakes from the slim mums, healthy kids book. I have never had them before, Russ and I are not great fish fans (I wish I was its sooo low in cals) but I dont want us to influence Mack negatively so going to try a few different fishy things to try and get us going.

Then its Pump tonight ....and thats all our excitement lol..

Shona - MASSIVE well done on your loss, amazing through xmas etc, hope that gave you a boost. Maybe see you tonight. As for the meringues my only tip is bake them long and low, the oven kind of drys them out I suppose.

So what about BL then - who do we all want to win?? I like most people actually which is quite unusual lol I'm least liking the yellows and the browns I think and prefering the blues, blacks and greens - the blues are soooo funny.

x

Morning all,

I've decided to try weighing at home for a few weeks instead of going to class. This morning I've put on a pound - which I'm not in the least surprised by! But I'm expecting good things from myself next week!

Now, I should go and do some work and check if that polar bear in Rotterdam has given birth yet!!

Have a good day everyone!xx

Just a flying visit from me this morning.

Still not feeling great so no gym for me today but I am heading out for a brisk walk in the rain with the dogs round the inch.
Got loads of tidying to do today- want the house all spik and span before I go back to work on Sunday.
Unfrotunatly my hoover is knackered so I am going to have to go buy a new one today. And to make it worse I will have to put it on my Visa Card.

Anyways off now to change the beds and them mop the floors.

Will catch up later.
Laura xxxx

I'm slinking back girls
I've had enough of the mooping around and letting other lesser 'beings' have an impact on MY life and MY welfare - in my mind I'm slowly pushing them along the pier and off the end - no doubt there will still be ripples but if I have my way that's all they will be
I've started a blog here to hopefully help me keep track and get me back in the ZONE
I'm still not prepared, either shopping or mentally but made a decision to start reposting with you all before lunch today so that is one positive step
I've also decided to go back to class on Monday
I'll dust off what's lying around the house, do some shopping and try to plan some sort of exercise
The target date is still the same - my brothers wedding in later October this year - but I need as much off as possible to get an outfit organised by early autumn
So Jaci please add me to the chart and give me a good prod to get PEPping

hello everyone

Welcome back littlefire

I am taking baby steps at the moment due to circumstances. However, yesterday was the first day that i counted checks - i was 4 over which is not too bad at all. Hubby couldn't sleep and said shall we have a drink downstairs and i said no!

I am feeling really drained today - think i will do some wii fit tonight to bounce my energy levels back up again.

Will be back in the evening to post.

Ainey
xx

hey everyone!!

My names Elaine.. im 22 years old.. mum to Dylan whos four and i have around 32lbs to loose. been trying to loose weight since a doctor called me grousely obese.. and i left the room in tears, i was trying to be refered to have a breast reduction coz ive wanted one since i was 13... and i want to look good for my holiday to majorca after going last year with friends and seeing the photos!! i was in cover ups while they were in bikinis, even tho id lost three stone last year i still have more to loose after losing my way and gaining a lot.. wish me luck : )

id like to join this challenge when it startes again please also tghe links to the food diary , excercise and weeight one please! joined yesterday and im realy excited!!

OMG I am knackered.

How is everyone doing? Sorry I am not going to read through all the posts tonight. Don't know what is wrong with me. Have had a cold hanging around for the past few weeks but thought I was feeling better.
But tonight I feel shattered and I am freezing- got my underarmour top and leggings on under my clothes and the heating up full.
Think I will head up to bed shortly and keep cosey.

Will pop back later and catch up.
Laura xxx

Well done Stephie 6lb that is brilliant at this time.

Flick hope you managed a brisk walk I decided to do that this morning and get back to normal after all this not feeling well business, anyway off I set with my two golden retrievers and nearly went on my backside much to their glee they thought it was great fun It took me over an hour for a walk that normally takes about 40mins. it was so slippy on the cleared ground and hard going in the snowy ground

Ainey all that energy will now be draining after your recent trials. They will return.

Jaci that is great you are all feeling better and getting back to normal too

I done the BL wii before tea feel great now.

Talking of which I now think I would like the blue or green to win. How much longer has it to run?

Well must go and do my charts not been on today.

Speak later

Katlyn

Thanks for the welcome back Ainey
I've just realised I won't be able to go to class on Monday - helping DH with an airport run
So I'm going to report in instead - I'll nip out tomorrow and get weighed then I'll report back on Monday with an update - good or bad - I'm proposing good
It feels good that I've taken a positive step - I feel that I'm buzzing at present - long may this feeling last
I'm proposing to work in 7lb chunks and hope at the very least to be down to a size 16 when it comes to sorting out a wedding outfit

Hey guys

Well i have just had a very lovely dinner for only 11 checks. 30g pasta, 15g garlic and herb cheese spread, have a can of tomatoes some mixed herbs, onion and garlic, and peppers and mushrooms. with a george forman grilled chicken breast. was sooooo yummy!!!

Hi Elain and welcom!! im sure youll get all the support you need here, if you give jaci a message then she can get you sorted. Good luck with your target!

Laura hope your feeling better soon

Ainey its understandable to be tired after what youve been through, youve probably just relaxed now that you know that your dad will be ok, chill out for a bit and im sure youll feel much better after a good nights sleep

welcome back little fire

Jaci hope you had a good day?

Stephie great loss thats fab

Carly good luck with weighing at home, sure that 1lb will be off in no time!!

Right im off to fill in charts
be back later
xxx

Evening All

We have had a lovely day thanks - swimming was great, Mack loved it, super confident, jumping in and splashing. Then we went our for lunch

Came home tidied round a bit, been to pump and now just cooking our salmon fishcakes. I made Macks earlier and he scoffed the lot so looks like they were a hit there....he has a salmon fish cake, green beans, asparagus, sugar snap peas, brocolli and corn on the cob - DEMOLISHED! Its was so cute watching him hammer into a corn on the cob - he's just wee.

Welcome Lainybee, i have sent you the links for the charts.

Ethne - welcome back, you will need to PM me your e-mail address for new charts, please.

Jenni - dinner sounds lovely - well done.

Laura - big hugs hun, you look after yourself

Right off to feed...Mmmmm xx

I checked back to the beginning of the thread and see that there were some introductions - as I've been missing from the thread (though probably one of the founding members) I'll give a brief history
I had great success with SS back in about '94 - lost 3st in 1 year
I'm 47 years old - my online name is Littlefire - the meaning of my christian name
Got married in '96 and slowly but surely the weight crept on - my GSD broke my leg back in 2000 - ended up with surgery and pins etc and the weight kept creeping on as I did less and less as I was favouring my leg
Started back with SS in Nov 07 - had a good year and a half and lost about 2 stone then the next year and a half - well I was rubbish - in-law family problems really got to me last year and I just let it all get me down big style
That's basically when I drifted away and wallowed
There has been a small crack in that casing today and I came back onto the site and decided to start posting and actually get going again
I haven't weighed in yet, but will tomorrow - then I'll know how much I've got to loose to get to 11 to 11.5 stone target - and if I get there I'll be dead chuffed
but here's hoping I can make a good dent in the first 7lbs before the end of this month
Jaci - PM'd you

Evening hope everyone has had a good day
Meg

Welcome back Ethne
Didn't get to class tonight as car still in garage
Hopefully get it back tomorrow and get back on track with exercise
Had another good pep day long may it cintinue
hope you are all well
will pop back Fri as working tomorrow
Shona x

Hi! I've been trying to catch up on all the posts!!

Littlefire - nice to see you!

Stephie - well done, what a loss

Hello Meg and welcome Lainybee!!

Miss Broxi and Jennib - your dinners sound Miss Broxi, I'm not too keen on fish myself but have been trying to eat it more - so far though it's only cod and prawns I can tolerate

Ainey and Flick, hope you feel better!!!

Carly - any news on that polar bear yet??

Katlyn careful it is still so slippy out there I can't wait until all the ice/snow is gone now!

I've got weigh in tomorrow, will let you know how it goes Have a lovely evening!! x

Hey guys,

watched the biggest loser tonight was really good, the green team are annoying me, well one of them are the one who doesnt seem to be trying as hard (not cought up on names yet) or is it just me? ive missed a fair chunk of whats been going on with the teams so if anyone is willing to fill me in on them all then id be much obliged. im liking the brown team for the moment....this may change.

Ethene well done for breaking through and coming back, were all full of motivation at the min so there definatly the support to spure you on!! stick with us!!

Jaci i love salmon!! where did you get the recipe for them from? how many checks are they? have tried the prawn fish cakes form the ss sight there really nice too. i dont mind fish i just dont like the bones thats what really puts me off

Jen Hope your heads feeling better, but come out of hiding, we wont bite...much!! were are you????

ok so i had a really yummy treat tonight, 5 cadburys fingures and a big cuppa mmmmm nothing special but it was just wat i needed!! and only 5 checks. so used them all today however i am rather peckish but am in bed with hot water bottle resisiting all temptation to raid the fridge. Had a bit of a tidy today and through out any christmas chocs left in my room so im not tempted. Didnt manage a swim today, but will definatly make myself go tomorrow!!

right i seem to have blabbed on enough.
will chat back later
Sweet dreams
xxx

Morning all - I'm back again today - that's a good sign I hope
Day 2 of baby steps but tonight when DH is out before I loose myself in some crafting I need to hunt out my books and get a plan formulated

Morning all,

I was just so exhausted last night and this morning. I don't know where that's come from! Must be the strain of having to work a full week for this first time in almost a month!

There was no gym yesterday but I went for a fast walk for an hour over lunch and I'll do the same today. Will maybe go on the wii later too when I get home.

Still no news on the polar bear. Technically birth season runs until the end of January so it might be a bit longer BUT the zoo aren't even sure she's definitely pregnant so I could be watching this webcam for nothing! (well not really for nothing I love a good polar bear and when she's not asleep it's quite entertaining!) There's been more movement the last couple days so I'm hoping it's due to labour pains! I also quite enjoy San Diego Zoos pandacam (my name is carly and I'm an animal geek!) as they have a baby panda just now.

Still being a good pep-per so at least that's something to carry forward into next week. Think I'm back in the zone! xx

Morning fellow Musketeers

Bit of an emotional day yesterday, took Mum through to see my Aunty, most of the afternoon was spent crying, laughing, crying, laughing, still, I think it helped everybody concerned. I think Barry dying has hit me a bit harder than I expected, as, whilst we were on our cruise, I had another Uncle die un-expectedly, my Dad's half-brother. Oh well, life goes on

Slightly better news, lost 5.5lbs this week now down to a weight I haven't been since 23rd April 2002 I checked back an old class card Whatever I am doing this time, it's working

Was it a "normal" size corn cob you gave the babe to eat Jaci? You should've got a photo
Welcome back Ethne

Hope you all have a good Thursday

Morning all

Still not feeling 100% got this pain of a cough now too However, I got up and moving this morning and went to Body Attack. It was fab, really hard work but I made it through.

Booked in for Body Step tomorrow.

Bannyntynes in Perth have a fab offer on this weekend. £3 for a day pass so I am taking Julie with me on Saturday to try it and see what she thinks. She can use the gym, swimming and attend classes- she is fancing joining so this will give her an idea of what its like.

Off now for a quick shower and have some lunch.

Carla- my kids love that Zoo babies with Michaela Strachan on Channel 5 at 6pm. It's good (I enjoy it too).

Right best get on as I have a meeting at school at 2.30pm and I am still gutting my house. Can you beleive I threw out 12 black bags from the kids rooms this week- some went to charity though.

Will be back later.
Laura xxx

Thanks for the welcome back
Sorry to read that you've been having an emotional time but great news on the loss
Tucking into lunch at present - last night's left over veg - carrots, swede and sweet heart cabbage with a small bit of smoked cheese
I've also bought a bottle of dil juice for work so I hopefully will keep the fluids intake up
I'll check back later

Hello everyone

Well i actually stayed within my checks yesterday.

Felt a bit drained this morning but have now got a bit of burst of energy.

Back tonight when i am home.

Good luck Shoe with your weigh in.

Well done Littlefire - baby steps honey

Audrey

Ainey
xx

Hey guys

Well i feel really good with pep today, have planned meals for today and tomorrow and stuck to it. really pleased. going to the gym today for a big gym session and a swim. hoping i can maybe get a training program for both quite looking forward to it. also going to attempt getting up in the morning to go for a swim before uni....hmmmm i wonder if it will happen??

anyway loving the discovery that cadburys choc fingurs are only 1 each WOOO!!

totally in a good mood, looking forward to gym will be heading out soon i think so better go get ready.

chat to all later
Have a good rest of thrusday
Jen
xxx

Thanks for the tip on zoo babies will try that tonight.

Will really need to get my self motivated just no energy or interest, other half been on holiday this week so yet again have not stuck to checks.

Been at Dr this week as yet again feeling really down, he looked back my notes and wonders if I am suffering from SAD (other half seems to agree) Im not sure looked it up on line I have most of the signs but Its over £100 for the light box they recommend.

Anyway more disappointment as I failed this Uni module and will have to resubmit

Better new though daughter was in hospital for op yesterday and although her nose was more closed over than had been expected we had managed over a year between operations.

Mum has offered to go out with me for walks so that should help, will need to get motivated during rest of the week might still manage to loose!!

Back on night shift next week so will have to work out how to sort out my eating pattern anyone got any tips normally I either eat all night or starve depend on how busy the ward is or who I am working with.

Anyway sorry for long post

Hi everyone, hope you have all had a good day. I have been very industrious today with my pep. even weighed all the cheese into 30g blocks! Dont think I have ever been this organised about the whole thing... maybe that has been the problem lol.

Making the leek, bacon and macaroni bake for tea it looks lovely will let you know later.

Carly where are you watching the polar bear about? that sounds great.

cmcinroy - dont give up I failed a module for my BSc last year and you feel devastated but give it time and you will go again and I resubmitted and graduated in July! after 30 yrs of nursing finally got me a degree!

Well must go and check the tea
bye for now

Ooooh, i made this on sat. It was soooo yummy!! x

OK, still haven't found my books so please keep me right girls
weighed in tonight at 17st 8.5 lbs - I make that a check allowance of 55
so today I've had
1 weetabix, s/s milk from allowance and 1 tsp sugar - 5 checks
carrot, swede, cabbage (all boiled) with <30g of smoked cheese (130 cals per 25g) and one mini pot of lf fom frais - 10 checks
homemade lentil soup with 2 crusty rolls (they are 300 cals total) - 20 checks
5 classes of no sugar dil juice - nil
fruit for supper - nil
Am I right? So that makes it about 35 checks today leaving me with 20 in hand - what do you think

Evening All

Welcome back Ethne

Audrey WOW well done mrs you are doing sooooo well


Apologies for not filling in my food charts this week I started bad last Saturday I have been writing it down in my book tho !!

Am out tomorrow night so might report weigh a day early this week would that be okay or will I just go with Saturdays weigh in??