Marmite buns, hear me out!

You either love it or hate it... I'm a HUGE fan but I was dragged up on Vegemite and won't leave home without a pot, even on my holidays! So these will divide the camp... I'm a fan, and normally I wouldn't have savoury and sweet mix things up but these work! If you get a chance to try them you should! 

Anyone else a fan? x

M&S 4 Cheese Hot Cross Bun & Marmite, per bun - 6SP

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Mini hot cross buns - M&S

If you're a hot cross bun fan... there's' some mini versions out there that will give you your 'fix' without going too mad on SmartPoints... These are in M&S, lovely toasted with a bit of butter... and not too high if you can close the pack after yourself and just have one! This appears to be my problem! 

Anyone tried them? x

M&S Mini Luxury Hot Cross Bun, per 36g bun - 4SP

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Bibbity boppity bunny!!!

Just gonna leave this fella right here... 

Oh and he's hollow! 

x 

Brace yourselves... 

M&S Swiss Bennet Bunny... 900g - 260SP 

(NOT A TYPO!) 

oh and I tripled checked!!! 

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Bubbly Bunny from M&S...

Another bunny in the hood this Easter... Sitting at the M&S check out this time!

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M&S Bubbly Bunny

per 23g bunny - 6SP

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one a penny, two a penny...

'Tis the season as the mince pie lovers would say... Hot Cross Buns time... 

Here's a selection from M&S to give you a guide at what kind of SmartPoints are in these little beauties! Remember you have to add the butter extra! I don't make the rules!

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M&S Luxury Hot Cross bun, per 65g bun - 8SP

M&S Mini Luxury Hot Cross bun, per 36g bun - 4SP

M&S Blueberry Hot Cross bun, per 65g bun - 7SP

M&S Kentish Bramley Apple Hot Cross bun, per 65g bun - 6SP

M&S Breakfast Hot Cross Loaves, per 63g loaf - 7SP

M&S Cranberry & Orange Hot Cross bun, per 65g bun - 7SP

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Happy Easter! x

And so the Easter challenge ends and what a success it was! Well done to everyone who took part and stuck with it!  I hope you're all enjoying your well earned Easter eggs... it was well worth the wait! It's great to see everyone motivating each other along the way! Weight Watchers Ireland and Choc Shot have given me some prizes to those who really stuck with it... so.... drum roll please...

1st place losing a fabulous total of -11lbs! 

Roisin C

Joint 2nd losing -10lbs each...

Caoimhe G & Jackie N

Joint 3rd place...

Kim F & Anne Marie McF

both losing -9.5lbs

If you could all send your postal address to ... theskinnydoll@gmail.com once I'm back from my holidays, I'll be sending you your goodies!

I hope you all have a lovely easter and that the chocolate isn't wrecking your heads too much! Just remember summer time is so close, so enjoy the day and onto the next challenge!

Here's my Easter egg... all the cute! 

Thanks again everyone, it's been the most successful challenge to date! 

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Easter Challenge - Weigh in 6

1 weigh in left! just one! So farthe loss has been... 

drum roll please... 

11st 2lbs! 

ELEVEN STONE AND TWO POUNDS!!!! 

Thank you so much to everyone who stuck with it... the motivation is just fantastic! 

Comment your losses below before Saturday and

I'll have the final chart up Sunday announcing the winners!

The goodies are all set to go too! 

There's the lowest chocolate treat you can get for Easter, 

Choc Shot and Choc Shot Orange from Sweet Freedom! 

Choc Shot ProPoints like so... 

1 tsp, 5g - 0PP

2 tsp 10g - 1PP 

3 tsp 15g - 1PP

4 tsp 20g - 2PP

5 tsp 25g - 2PP

6 tsp 30g - 2PP

7 tsp 35g - 3PP

8 tsp 40g - 3PP

9 tsp 45g - 3PP

10 tsp 50g - 4PP 

Whole bottle 320g - 24PP

The latest Weight Watchers Cookbook and all sorts of other treats! 

If I've missed a weigh in or message, just shout! 

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Weigh in 5! Easter Challenge!

2 weigh-ins to go... just two! Where did those weeks go?! So... 2 weigh-ins means 2 lbs... could be enough to put you into a new stone on the scales, might get you a silver 7, will definitely make a pair of jeans a little looser! So after a disastrous week in my camp... between a day out with mum for Mothers Day, Paddies Day and the rugby celebrations it's time to get the heads down and really focus...


The lovely people in Weight Watchers Ireland have donated their new cookbook and some other goodies as prizes, and it's a good one, so two more losses and there will be post for someone!!! If you're struggling, read some of the success stories on their website, you'll see just how everyone struggles and loses focus along the way but you can get back on track I promise! Plus the ProPoints calculator is a god send when you're stuck! >>> HERE <<<

Also the lovely people in Choc Shot have given me some of their Chocolatey goodness to curb the Easter egg cravings and reward the losses! I love the plain stuff... just enough in a drizzle to curb those cravings... >>> HERE <<< but the orange has that extra kick!!!! Low GI / GL; suitable for diabetics, vegetarians and vegans; GM, dairy and gluten Free, its a choc fix for pretty much everyone! Its also very versatile... check out some fabulous recipes online here >>> HERE <<< 

It ProPoints like so... 

1 tsp, 5g - 0PP

2 tsp 10g - 1PP 

3 tsp 15g - 1PP

4 tsp 20g - 2PP

5 tsp 25g - 2PP

6 tsp 30g - 2PP

7 tsp 35g - 3PP

8 tsp 40g - 3PP

9 tsp 45g - 3PP

10 tsp 50g - 4PP 

Whole bottle 320g - 24PP

Chart below... if I've missed you out just shout here or on the post on the FB page... >>> HERE <<< Only two weeks left!!! 

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Easter challenge - weigh-in 4!

Weigh-in 4... drum roll please... 

9 stone and half a pound!!! 

That is not a typo.... I repeat.. NOT A TYPO! 

NINE STONE! 

and a very important half pound!

How awesome are you lot!? Only 3 weigh-ins left so heads down and give it socks... just think, 2 weeks to your easter eggs and you'll have earned every single bite!

I'm currently putting the winning prizes together! Very exciting... more on those next week... 

Log your losses below... If I missed you just let me know either here or if you can't comment the post will be on the Facebook page >>> HERE <<< ... well done everyone... most successful challenge so far!  

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Skinny Bunny Weigh in 3!

Weigh-in 3! Losses all over the place! Just at the half way mark now, so stick with it... come Easter Sunday you can still be down a quarter of a stone! It would be nice to have that in the bag before all the summer stuff hits the shops and we're stripping off for a heatwave... what?!? I'm an optimist!

Willpower is in the mind... If you want it badly enough... you will do it... if you put a bit of faith in yourself... you will get there!

Check in below, if I've missed anyone or it slipped by just shout, I'll be removing those who haven't weighed in so far after this week ... and if you can't comment below, the post will be up on the Facebook Page, post your losses there and I'll catch them >>> https://www.facebook.com/TheSkinnyDoll

In four weeks you can be down 4lbs... 4lbs closer to goal, you're worth the effort... so stick with it.. on Easter Sunday you can have your choccie egg knowing you've earned it rather than eating it feeling guilty and facing the summer having to start again! 

Next week I'll be spilling the beans about the prizes for this challenge... EXCITED MUCH! x

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Easter Challenge - weigh in 2!

Get this... there are 70+ people doing this challenge! With a weigh loss in one week of over 6 stone... well 6 stone 3 and a half pounds to be precise! Dear gawd people that's awesome! 

There's only 5 weigh-ins left... so give yourself 5 weeks... promise yourself an Easter egg if that's your thing, there's a lint bunny the size of a Jack Russell in my local supermarket he weighs a kilogram! Treat yourself to some fancy Easter nails or a pedicure... I know its snowing outside today but our tooties will be out before you know it! Treat yourself to some new spring clothes... 

5 weeks is not that long... and I promise you won't die from not eating chocolate, bread, crisps, whatever your nemesis is, in fact you'll only feel better... so treat yourself to 5 weeks of a loss... No one wants to be looking in the mirror on Easter Sunday thinking... I wish I had just stuck with it! 

You're all amazing! Motivation or WHA?!!? So amazing that there's going to be prizes for the bestest losers in this challenge! More on that later... and FYI official Weight Watchers folk are keeping an eye on us so like my mum says 'don't show me up!'  

So... weigh in below, I know some people are having problems commenting, I'm working on that... so here's the link to my Facebook Page where you can comment under the post there... Again if I've missed you just let me know... 

https://www.facebook.com/TheSkinnyDoll

Here's to a great week! 

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Easter Challenge...

And we're off! I've caught some weigh-ins, please let me know if I've missed you! I've put your names in alphabetical order (roughly!).. 

I had two anon people wanting to join, if you could comment again with a name I'll add you today... 

Comment your loss below, I'll update this on Wednesday and paste it to my Facebook page... 6 weeks to go... 6 lbs lighter anyone? Think of it like this... It will be summer before we realise and if we put in the effort now.. we can all be nearly half a stone lighter by then! If you need to visualise that.. when you're in the supermarket this week... pick up 6 packs of butter... yup ... that! 

Annnnnnnnd there's a surprise prize for the top three losers! so c'mon... who's with me?! 

A blank chart below for anyone wanting to do it at home... 

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Cadbury Bunny Try-Outs...

This day 7 weeks it will be Easter Monday! SEVEN! In weight loss terms... that's half a stone if you lose a pound a week... and who doesn't want to lose that!?!? A silver 7 for Easter!?! Yes please! So... anyone fancy a quick challenge?!

Now... This one will work like the others, and please only sign up for it if you're committed to stick to it for seven weeks... For those not wanting to post their losses, I'll post up a blank chart you can print out and mark up yourself next Monday... I know everyone has a different weigh in day but this challenge will run on Mondays... so a post will go up on Monday with the words 'weigh in' in the title ... comment below on your weekly weight LOSS... cause NO BODY is going to be UP!!! The following Monday your weight will be on the weekly chart! I'll post it on my Facebook page and tweet it mid week too, to keep a bit of healthy competition going! It's only 7 weeks... and just think losing 2 lbs a week would be a stone! A STONE!!! C'mon people... who's in?! Just think you could be like this sassy young lady... 

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Happy Easter!

My messy ... and 2nd attempt ... at 'strawberry carrots' on meringues with from age frays (or use low fat yoghurt!)  4PP per mini pavlova! The cupcakes I'd be afraid to point them! Thankfully only one is for me! 

Have a very happy easter!

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