I was feeling in the mood for a bit of inspiration and I spied this book at class. Asian food is probably my favourite. When I first had Thai food it rocked my world. That heavenly mix of sweet, sour and salty. Real Thai food is so fresh and vibrant and alive. Its also in the most part really healthy, if you avoid the deep fried goodies.

This book is great. There's nothing over 5 1/2 syns and plenty of totally free recipes. I'm spoilt for choice an don't know which one to do first! There's a great sushi recipe in there and a green curry for only 2 1/2 syns!! Heaven.

Will post how I do! Hxx

I love slimming world quiche. It's so versatile and you can make a big tray of it and pick away at it when you need it. I was particularly pleased with this one. I used budget smoked salmon pieces as I'm also watching the pennies a bit. I also added some mint to the mix which I think added a really nice fresh element to the flavour.

6 eggs

1 pot cottage cheese

Half a packet smoked salmon pieces

1 teaspoon Dried mint

2 teaspoon Dried dill

salt and pepper

I blitzed the eggs and cottage cheese together. Then added the mint, dill and seasoning and gave it another quick mix.

I then added the salmon to the mixture and poured it into a greased medium baking tray.

I baked it for about 35min at gas mark 5 till set as cooked through. Allow to cool somewhat (if you can!) and then cut as serve. Delicious warm or cold and a great staple for parties or picnics or in fact any time at all!

Well this week I will be having my 6th weigh in at Sw (although must be week 7 as I missed a week while away) and so far I have lost 10lbs. While I know this isn't bad and I definitely feel LOADS better for it already, it is always around this point when failure comes a knocking.

Although I've been to slimming world several times before I have never achieved my stone award. I've lost 13lbs I think but never got that stone. Previously though that was always enough to get me to a place I felt happy and so I lost my motivation. This time however I have to loose nearly 3 stone to get to that same place and 10lbs is not going to cut the mustard.

I guess it's just a case now of adjusting my mind set for the long haul. Accepting that actually the kind of weight loss I'm looking for won't happen in 4 weeks or even 8.

I have to say the new extra easy plan really is just that, and once Id got my head round it I've found it a doddle. I do miss my second A choice though as I love my cheese but love my tea and coffee more and I've yet to go full European. Maybe I should try it one day.

Also the group is great, although they always have been, this one has so many inspirational weight losses. Nearly everyone there has lost at least a stone and some have lost 5!! It's great when you sit there thinking 'why's she here? She doesn't need to come' and then you hear she's lost 4 stone! It really is possible and it's not just the stories you read in the magazines.

So far apart from a few 'flexible syn' days I have managed to keep pretty much on track and I haven't gained yet (hope I've not just jinxed the weigh in!!). This is when you start to get really demoralised. There is a girl at group who has only ever seen the numbers go down and she is my role model. That would make me feel really good.

It's hard work though and after quite a rough week with very little sleep I've found it particularly hard not to reach for the bad stuff. I hope I've managed it well enough for those scales to be friendly on thurs. Please let them be friendly!!

So as you can tell by the quiet I've been a bit busy recently which has also meant I've been a bit off plan. It's so easy to do if you're on top of things but as soon as things slip a bit, like being away or at people's houses and suddenly your knee deep in syns!

So after a few dodgy days I'm trying to pull things back with 4 days of success express. It's a bit more involved than I thought but I'm really trying to stick to it.

My secret weapon is a big bowl of syn free coleslaw. I make a big bowl and then it lasts me 2/3 days and I know I always have something tasty and super free at hand. It's mega healthy too as its all raw veg.

Apart from the basics, cabbage, carrots, onion, I like to throw in whatever I have that's crunchy in my veg draw, celery, radishes, gurkins, pepper, jalepeneos, apples, anything really. I also like to use fresh herbs as they really bring it to life.

I mix the dressing up too, sometimes I use fat free yogurt with a bit of white wine or cider vinegar with dill and caraway seeds. Lots of simple fresh lemon juice and parsley or lime juice and coriander.

Basically keeping it varied and interesting really helps. I can easily do 2/3 of a plate and then I can have whatever I fancy with it and its soooo filling.

As I said its my life saver!!

We have sunshine! Hooray. As a mother of 2 toddlers coffee is a very important part of my day. If I don't have my afternoon coffee I'm asleep by bedtime, theirs not mine! But a hot cuppas not want you want when you get in all hot and bothered so I love a nice ice coffee.

Most ice coffees however aren't very slimming friendly chock full of full fat milk and so sugary sweet. So I decided to try and make my own Sw friendly version.

I used my espresso pot an made it nice and strong then poored it in a jug over some ice and added milk and a touch of sweetener (nb. I'm not a big fan of artificial sweetener, I hate the chemical bitter taste so try to use as little as possible or even a bit of sugar and syn it instead).

It was really nice totally hit my caffeine fix and kept me cool and refreshed hxx