About

I am a Brit living overseas in Canada with my husband and two children. I have tried many diets in the past (mainly Weight Watchers) and while I was successful at losing weight on Weight Watchers. I  found it was a hard diet to maintain in the long run and have gone from losing weight to gaining weight, to losing weight to gaining weight again.  Also, having a baby (my son) in between, which I might add is also not great for your waistline, well it wasn’t in my case anyway.

Of course Weight Watchers is a great diet and does work for a lot of people,  it just didn’t work for me,  as it is all to easy to use your allocated points on things you really shouldn’t .

Then after yet another gain of weight I had lost, I decided enough was enough and I was going to try and lose this extra baggage once and for all. But I knew I had to find a better diet plan that was suited to me.

That was the start of my discovery of the Slimming World diet. Not that I like to refer to it as such, and anyone following Slimming World will agree with me. It really does not feel like you are on a diet. However I did encounter a bit of a problem before I even got started on the plan. Which was the fact that they don’t hold any meetings in Canada (being a UK based company).  My only option was to join online and I knew I needed a bit more motivation than that.  That motivation I needed became the start of this blog . I thought it would be good to have somewhere I could record my thoughts, general ramblings and recipes and with that I  found I had a real passion for cooking (which is probably one of the reasons I became overweight in the first place). I have also found I  love the challenge of trying to convert my all time favorite meals into much more healthier versions, as well as creating brand new recipes and best of all I love sharing them with other people, so they get to enjoy them as much as I do.

Slimming Eats is exactly that. Yummy, delicious and filling meals that make you slim. I had lost 46lbs on Slimming World when I then fell pregnant with my daughter who was born April 2011. I was very pleased to keep weight gain to a minimum while pregnant and when she was born, my weight was pretty much back to my pre pregnancy weight, something I never managed to do when pregnant with my son, my weight rocketed with him. At present I am breastfeeding and while I am finding it hard to lose weight, the beauty of the Slimming World plan means I have not gained any weight either.

Below is a before and after pic of my journey so far:

If you are interested in trying Slimming World, then visit their site: Slimming World

Good Luck!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Awesome site, great recipes and for a bloke that cooks, very easy to follow. Now I’ve seen what sort of food SW say I can eat I suppose I ought to go and join a group. Bit embarrassing for a “fat bloke” but gotta do something. Many thanks for giving me the push I needed. Here’s looking at ya with 15st 4lbs to get sorted. I will let you know what happens.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Denise-Roper/100001641182716 Denise Roper

    Dont be embarrassed I promise you’ll be made very welcome most groups are crying out for men to join-you will never be shamed and they never announce your weight-just your weight loss (and not even that if you dont want them to) its def the easiest plan ive ever been on (and God knows ive done them all at this stage)  3 stone 3 and a half off since end of april-and i bet you can do even better-go for it and best of luck

  • Anonymous

    I have just joined SW and can see how the whole ethos works but cannot get my head round all the details of free, measure and syn. I am attempting the Extra Easy Choice. Can I use your recipes for the Food Optimising on the Extra Easy Choice??

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Denise-Roper/100001641182716 Denise Roper

    Hope im reading this right alan-yes you can use these recipies all the recipies are syned out-im on extra easy and if the food is free its free on extra easy(color coded yellow) normally all the recipes are syned out for the 3 plans -green, original and extra easy -hope this helps

  • Anonymous

    Fantastic site, I was struggling with motivation, through events in my life just felt like giving up, but now I’m inspired again, Thank you so much for creating this site, 

  • Anonymous

    Hi I’m a SW consultant thinking about moving to Canada – would love to have a group here (I’m in Canada at the moment!) – fingers crossed that SW might make the move soon :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gail-Garrity/558454861 Gail Garrity

    I love this website-many thanks for sharing your recipes with us. I find it easy toplan my weekly meals with your help!!

  • Shelly Anne Ryan

    I’m a Canadian and have just recently heard of Slimming World.  To someone like me who definitely likes quantity, it sounds too good to be true!  That being said, I am trying to come to terms with the three different meal plans.  I’d also like to know portion size for Healthy Extras as well as what determines a ‘syn’.  Is it calories?  size?  grams of fat?  grams of sugar?

  • Anonymous

    yes syns are calorie based and healthy extra’s are a certain allowance every day. All the information to follow the plan is received with a group or online membership. The SW plan is brilliant and definately works :)

  • Anonymous

    Hello,

    i really need to get started on this diet but every time i look at the books i just get confused what to do and what to buy.  i am really going to struggle with my food choices though, i think it would be easier to tell you what i do not like.. i dont eat chicken unless in a curry (coated as i dont like the taste), lamb, turkey liver and kidney. i like most veg but only eat banana or strawberries if nothing else. i dont like soft eggs or any fish (never eated in life!) i dont like yoghurts unless thick texture but i like cheese. i like bread but not keen on brown. i like spicy food not really sweet. dont like currents raisens or sultanas. love potatoes and mushrooms. cant think of anything else but am i a lost cause and do you think i wont be able to do this diet?

  • Shelly Anne Ryan

    I’ve been looking at some of the sample menus.  But can I take a breakfast from one day’s menu, a lunch from another day’s and a dinner from yet another day as long as they’re in the same category (ie:  all green or all original)?

  • Shelly Anne Ryan

    I have some fat-free salad dressing that is listed on the ingredients label as 20 cal. for 15 ml.  I thought ff salad dressing was free, but I’m wondering if it’s a syn instead.

  • Anonymous

    it will be 1 syn for 15ml (a tablespoon).

  • Anonymous

    Hi, I used to doing Slimming World classes in the Uk and lost a lot of weight , cant get to class now days and have been slipping into bad ways again but now I have been sent a link to this website , it has given me the spur I need to get back on track. It really is a great idea.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you for sharing with us i find your blog very interesting and helpful .
    congratulations on your weight lose .
    good luck with the rest of your journey .
    Isobel .

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513933592 Semira Kiss

    Hi ive just had a baby! and have managed to go from 19stone to 16stone 10, im  now doing slimming world to help me to eat healthy foods, i stumbled across this site and i hope you dont mind if i follow your food diarys to start off with as it be easy for me to plan ect whilst im getting to grips with s/w. it all looks so tastey! i cant wait to go shopping to get what i need. thank you so much for doing this blog.i hope by next week i would of lost something xxx

  • Anonymous

    You look really fab! I am a Slimming world member and love this site! I have just made chicken and cauliflower curry and its really good. Lost nearly 4 stone to date 

  • Anonymous

    Hi i just found your site when browsing. i have been following Slimming World EE for about 3 months and have lost 16 lbs. Not very fast , but steady and so worth it because it definitely does not eel like a diet. thank you so much for dharing your wonderfil recipes. i can’t wait to try them. You are an inspiration and so generous with your recipes.

    Maureen 

  • Anonymous

    Hi. i just found tour site while browsing. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes. I can’t wait to try them

  • Amii Adams

    Hi,

    I’ve recently started on Slimming World and have been struggling to find good recipes other than on their website. Your webpages are an inspiration. I’ve bookmarked loads of recipes to try – I hope I have as much success as you!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AC67P676PPOWQEYKZ2JSEVZQZY Margaret

    there has been nothing new on slimming eats for a couple of months, can you tell me why

  • Anonymous

    Hi….My name is Cheryl and I am currently living in England and have lost 19.5 pounds so far on the Slimming World plan.  I love it. It really does not feel like you are dieting.  There is just so much food you can eat. My major problem was my addiction to sugar!! Seriously….I couldn’t go a day without something ooey, gooey and very bad for you.  ;) Now (it has been about 4 months) my cravings have all but diminished.  Office “fuddles” are no longer a nightmare. I mainly totally abstain or eat tiny bits.  I still have a long way to go, but now know this is a life change not just a diet.  I am taking my “Prince Charming” back with me to the states (he is English) the end of April. We will be retiring then and have bought a house in North Carolina.   My goal is to lose another 20 to 25 pounds before then.  I am very glad I found your site.  I love the receipes and will keep you on my desktop! :)   Thanks for all the great receipes.  Take care

  • Anonymous

    Hi iam Shez a new slimming world member in the uk. Your site is wonderful & after trying on & off Weight watchers over the  years hoping to loss weight & keep it off for the last time. I heard about this site in class & iam so thankful for the recipes as i love to cook, i will be cooking my wkend dinner guests a few of your recipes. Yummy. Cheers Shez x

  • Elaine Kearns

    Hello, I live in London UK and have been doing WW for the last couple of years, have lost 3 stones and have 2 1/2 to go but am so bored of it. So have decided to give SW a try in the New Year (not going to worry in the run up to Xmas. Am so glad I found your blog, thank you so much for sharing your recipes, can’t wait to give them a try.
    Love and best wishes
    Elaine xx

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MMTYLV7BSA4HB2LQBFEC63OAG4 Eve

    Have you thought about contacting SW to do a feature in their magazine about inspirational slimmers? I used to do it online but I was expecting more support / forums etc so cancelled my membership when it was due for renewal; I think I’ll probably go to groups instead but I appreciate you don’t have that option, but I definitely agree it’s a fantastic eating plan (I refuse to call it a diet!). Congrats on your weight loss and good luck for the future! 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=728223893 Melanie Williams

    Wow well done.  I am so glad I have found your site you will give me the motivation I need and a variety of lovely recipes as well.  I cant wait to try them out.

  • Anonymous

    Good luck with your weight loss journey.

    Slimming World is great and actually doesnt feel like a diet. You will love it

    Admin,
    Slimming Eats

  • Anonymous

    hi not sure if you have tried these syn free pancakes , i,ve just done them tonight and there very good ,
    Mmmm Yummy syn free pancakesHi, guys
    I have just made the most delicious syn free pancakes  and they are sooo easy to make All you need is: 
    1 Egg per pancake
    2-3 Teaspoons sweetener (depending on own taste)
    3-4 Drops of vanilla essence

    First seperate the white from the yolk and put into separate bowls, Whisk the egg white until fluffy and add the sweetener, In the other bowl add the vanilla essence then fold the yolk into the egg white
    Heat a frying pan with frylight, add the mix and spread as you would a normal pancake after a few mins flip over (But do be careful they are much more delicate than a regular pancake) And then Hey presto scrummy syn free pancakes 

    All you need to do is add some strawberries or banana whatever takes ya fancy

    Believe me they are gorgeous ive just made one for my partner and he loved it xx

  • Anonymous

    Hi, I live in Australia and I too did weight watchers for sometime but found it hard to maintain and time consuming with two young children.  In Dec 2011 I started Slimming World Extra Easy online – it does not feel like a diet but a way to eat for life and so easy, even during the festive season. I went searching for a website to help with meal ideas for the whole family and found yours.  It is fantastic, thank you, I am a regular visitor – keep up the great work. 
    Jennifer

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=587361696 Donna Turner

    Hi! your story reads like mine…I am from Essex UK now living in Ontario. I also tried SW back in the UK many moons ago,Now after 2 years of eating and drinking anything I wanted  I am back on track, I totally love this blog and will be doing many of these recipes.Thank you soo much for this.
    Are Source yogurts free on a green day do you know ? I do have the fat free Activia ..they are free  but I was wondering about those.Thank again Donna

  • Anonymous

    good to see another Brit in Ontario :) , where abouts are you?

    I believe all the 0% source yoghurts are free (The Canadian ones anyway), the Yoplait fat free yoghurts in the US have syns.

  • Debbie Fosten

    Hi There! Also a Brit in Canada (Ontario) – my hubby did this diet when he was living back home, and lost 35lbs, I did it for 2 months and lost around 10 but now we’re embarking on it again a few years later – 100% committed. Thank god I found this blog! Already got my meal plans ready for next week when we officially start. Now i just need to find a canadian supplier of Scan Bran (I MAY have found somewhere in Mississauga) and maybe some Quark/Quorn alternatives. Thanks so much for all these great recipes and congrats on such a great weight loss of your own. I can only hope I lose as much before we start a family :)  

  • Debbie Fosten

    Hi There! Also a Brit in Canada (Ontario) – my hubby did this diet when he was living back home, and lost 35lbs, I did it for 2 months and lost around 10 but now we’re embarking on it again a few years later – 100% committed. Thank god I found this blog! Already got my meal plans ready for next week when we officially start. Now i just need to find a canadian supplier of Scan Bran (I MAY have found somewhere in Mississauga) and maybe some Quark/Quorn alternatives. Thanks so much for all these great recipes and congrats on such a great weight loss of your own. I can only hope I lose as much before we start a family :)  

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/US363R3A7ERNIRQDD7LMQCD6IE Svenja Beilicke

    God bless you for this site and all your hard work and time you put into it. I am new to SW and cannot wait to get started. I will bookmark your page.

  • Rebecca Cox

    Hello! Your site is fantastic, thank you for all your recipes. You MUST update this page though! How is your weight loss going? Congratulations on your second baby! I’d love an update, please!

  • Anonymous

    ya look really good having lost all that weight its good ya can have two kids and still look great i have two kids as well and doing really well on sliming world

  • Anonymous

    i too have lost weight with slimming world just had my gall bladder out so had to watch what i eat thats why i joined and its been great

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=630310025 Kat Underwood

    I just wanted to say hi!! I am a Canadian, living in Birmingham, UK!! LOL Where in Canada do you live….Thanks for this page, just started snooping, now for some serious looking!!

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