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:

Click on the link if you reside outside of the US/Canada: Slimming World

Good Luck!!!

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  • Sarahlea

    Hi,

    I tried your chocolate squidgy cake, it was lovely. I adapted the recipe to make Squidgy Lemon cake, I substituted the cocoa for 2oz self raising flour added lemon rind and juice from one lemon. Lovely!

  • slimadmin

    that variation sounds lovely. Thanks for sharing :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/juliehomewood Julie Burgess

    Great site, I’m an Brit living in California, love your recipes.

  • http://twitter.com/girfunky Jennifer Hickey

    I’ve recently joined slimming world and have found your site so helpful! I will def share your link with other members of my group. Congrats on your weight loss success too x

  • http://www.facebook.com/donna.newman.773 Donna Newman

    I joined SW 3 weeks ago here in the Dallas, Texas area. Its the only place in the US where they have meetings. I’m glad they opened in my area. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/zdravie.nentchevadavies Zdravie Nentcheva-davies

    Great blog with even greater recipes, thank you x

  • Ferdie

    Above is very helpful and very inspirational, thank you very much.
    It’s great for sure, but what I find very helpful is to let the nature work a bit more. I drink puerh tea after every big meal, as I’ve found out it eliminates unwanted and leftover, hard-to-digest fats. My favourite is Pu-erh 1st Grade, or Pu-erh Mini Tuo Cha cakes. Give it go, it helped me and few other friends.

  • http://www.facebook.com/turandia Tracy Mummyvixen Morris

    hello i love this site thank you.Congratulations on your new little one i had a little boy august 2011 and i lost weight safely during pregnancy as i still attended slimming world.Unfortunately i am now unable to attend ind find now i dont have access to new recipes done in the sw style and im so please to have found your page.Hope your weight loss journey is going well and good luck for the future.xxx

  • Penny-Marie Hampson

    I came across your page while looking for SW Recipes, and I just wanted to comment and say thank you! I’ve used your blog every day for new recipes and to plan my SW Food Shop. Thank you so much!

  • BERTIE42

    Hi there, your site is so impressive and I’m so glad I’ve found it. I was wondering if you could possibly help me with something ! I’m a newbie slimming world person and tonight cooked ethe delicious vindaloo. I cooked boiled rice and then fried some onions in fry light to add to the rice. Would the fried rice be classed as free if used fry light? I’ve asked many friends and am getting mixed messages. Many thanks x

  • slimadmin

    Frylight is free, so yes it would still be free :)

  • Sarah Green

    I have just joined Slimming World and already I have used lots of your recipes, please keep them coming! It’s so helpful and inspiring to see people who have used the plan for a longer period of time as it proves it’s not just a fad. You’ll also be pleased to know that your blog is the third Google listing when you search ‘Slimming World recipes’, below only actual SW pages! Thanks for your dedication from overseas, your efforts are very much appreciated. :) Also, congratulations for your successful weight loss and on the births of your lovely children. x

  • slimadmin

    thank you and a big good luck on your weight loss journey.

  • Jody McDonald

    Just stumbled across your site and I will be back for sure! It’s brilliant. Ironically, I’m a Beaver living in England and have only started on SW after years of following WW and I’m a true convert :) You look great btw :) Jody xx

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