Why do it

Every day I am always going on about Slimming World,
At work
With friends
With family
On face book
And of course this blog and why, well here is the reason
Between us we have a combined weight loss of over 9 stone in under 12 months
If I can you can
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Still chance to join up and drop a dress or trouser size by Xmas. Grab your copy and come and see us this Thursday at St Cuthberts Church @ 5:30 or 7:30. What you got to lose other then lbs? xx
Of course this a venue close to me, but if your looking to lose that extra couple of pound for Christmas or after Christmas or are just looking to change that lifestyle to a more healthy one then have a look at the Slimming world web site, http://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/ it worked for me and it can for you too.

Winter warmer stew

The cold snap is on its way and when the weather is like this you really want something that will warm the cockles, well there is nothing better than a good hearty stew.
To be fair stew is not really an unhealthy choice it's just those couple of extra things that tip the scales  between good or bad.
If you have dumplings, bad
If you have bisto gravy granuals, bad
Everything else, good
Potatoes, good
Swede, good
Carrots, good
Onion, good
Parsnip, good
We used oxo cubes instead of the Bisto and left out the dumplings, now there is a way of getting some dumplings, but you would have to use Atora vegetable suet (25g) and flour (50g)
Put the flour and suet in a bowl,add a pinch of salt and 2-3 tablespoons of cold water and mix well to make a soft dough. Season well and divide the dough into eight equal pieces. Shape each one into a ball and add them to the top of the stew and cook for the last 20-30 mins, It will cost you 4.5 Syns for all 8, but if you can't do without them!

This picture was taken at the preparation stage.
When your ready, bang it into a slow cooker and let it cook all day, by the time your in from work its done. 
Enjoy.
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Impossible.....NO

If you believe you can do it, you will.
If you want to do it, you will
If you try to do it, you will
I DID IT YOU CAN TOO!

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Happy Ham, Eggs and Chips

Practically every meal featured or eaten has been prepared by the hands of my loving wife Angela ,I have managed to throw together the odd meal' but If it wasn't for her I would live off of frozen Slimming World meals, now don't get me wrong they are really nice and the Tikka Masala is my absolute favourite, chuck in a load of spinach & Happy Days with or with out rice scrumptious.
However cooking fresh is always the best and tonight she put together an old favourite Ham, Eggs and Chips
A few slices of ham, a couple of eggs, home made Slimming World chips (cooked the usual way, put onto a tray covered in baking paper sprayed with fry light and seasoned with garlic) and throw, in some tomatoes and mushrooms. Enjoy
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Pasta on the go

Got some left over chicken from the Sunday roast, here something you can do for that meal on the run
Batchelors Pasta n Sauce, very tasty and most of them are Syn free.
If you like it with a little kick, have my choice for today the Arribbiata flavour.
Just follow the instruction in the microwave or the hob mix in the left over chicken and pop in some extra speed, tomatoes, mushrooms or onions etc.
If you want to you could do it in the morning before you go to work and stick it in a thermos or even eat it cold, lovely and totally Syn free. Enjoy
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