Slimming World with Jo in Dumfries, Annan & Lockerbie

09/08/2026

📖 Happy World Book day 📖

Would you love to lose weight without ever going hungry? With Slimming World, you can! 😍

Our generous, flexible eating plan is tailored to you and the way you like to eat. Enjoy a huge variety of healthy everyday foods like pasta, potatoes, fruit, veg and lean meats, with no need to weigh or measure and without counting a single calorie (with Slimming World is all already done for you 🙌).

Our plan is perfect for all appetites and dietary preferences – fabulously flexible and tailorable to what you LOVE to eat! 💌.

✨ Mondays
📅 Dumfries Baptist Church Centre at 8am & 9.30am
📅 Lockerbie Salvation Army beside the train station 🚉 🚂 at 5pm

✨ Wednesdays
📅 St Andrews Church Hall Annan at 3.30pm, 5pm & 6.30pm

✨️ No booking required
✨️ Message me to find out more Jo 07745 737199

05/07/2026

🌟 The NEW Slimming World Magazine is on sale from Monday 🌟

Take a look at the fabulous new cover and get ready to be inspired 💚

Packed full of delicious recipes, fresh meal ideas, weight loss tips, real member success stories, motivation, and inspiration to help you stay on track all summer long. ☀️🍓

For just £2.95, it's amazing value and the perfect companion to keep you motivated between groups.

Whether you're looking for new recipes to try, holiday-friendly ideas, or a little extra boost on your journey, this issue has something for everyone.

📖 Available in groups from Monday for just £2.95. Be sure to pick up your copy before they sell out 💚✨

☎️ Jo 07745737199
For more group information & all the latest joining offers 🫶

03/07/2026

We asked… YOU asked
And we’ve delivered 😍

250 No‑Fuss Meals is officially coming to group and it’s free with our next 6‑ or 12‑week Countdown, running 5th–25th July 🎉

You wanted more inspo… more flavour… more “I can do this!” meals and this brand‑new book brings it all.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner… sorted. No faff. No stress. Just Food Optimising magic that fits real life.

And the best bit …
Commit to a 6‑ or 12‑week Countdown between 5th–25th July, and this beauty is yours to take home 😍

If you’re ready for unbeatable support, unbeatable motivation and unbeatable results, July is YOUR month 😍

Mondays
Dumfries Baptist Church 8am & 9.30am

Lockerbie Salvation Army 5pm

Wednesdays
St Andrews Church Hall Annan 3.30pm & 5pm

☎️ Jo 07745 727199
For more group information & all the latest joining offers 🫶

23/06/2026

🤩Recipe of the Week 🤩

🥗Chicken and avocado pasta salad 🥗

This vibrant bowl is a real taste-and-texture treat! Creamy avo, crisp veg and tender chicken are lifted by peppery rocket, a fresh squeeze of lime and a sprinkling of chilli flakes.

🥑🍗Ingredients 🍗🥑

⭐️150g dried pasta (we used penne)
⭐️150g cooked skinless and boneless chicken breast, roughly chopped
⭐️½ small red onion, finely chopped
⭐️2 large peppers (1 green and 1 red), deseeded and roughly chopped
⭐️160g can sweetcorn, drained
⭐️Large handful rocket leaves
⭐️2 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley or coriander
⭐️4 level tbsp extra-light mayonnaise
⭐️Lime juice (to taste), plus wedges to serve
⭐️1 medium avocado, sliced
⭐️Pinch of dried chilli flakes, to serve

🤩Method 🤩

⭐️Cook the pasta according to the pack instructions.

⭐️At the same time, put the chicken, onion, peppers, sweetcorn, rocket, herbs and mayo in a mixing bowl and gently mix together.

⭐️Drain the pasta, cool under running water and drain again. Stir the pasta through the ingredients in the mixing bowl, add the lime juice and season to taste. Divide between 2 bowls, then divide the avocado between the bowls, sprinkle on the chilli flakes, grind over some black pepper and serve with the lime wedges.

9 Swips per serving
20 minutes
Serves 2
Deduct 7 Swips if using avocado, fresh (weighed without stone) as a Healthy Extra healthy fats choice.

09/06/2026

🤩Recipe of the Week 🤩

🍔🍟Burger loaded fries🍔🍟

In this marvellously messy meal, chips aren’t an afterthought... they’re the heart of a whole heap of loveliness!

🍔🍟 Ingredients 🍟🍔

⭐️600g large potatoes, cut into fries
⭐️1 cal cooking spray
⭐️200g passata
⭐️½ tsp ground cinnamon
⭐️2 tbsp white miso paste
⭐️250g lean beef mince (5% fat or less)
⭐️1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
⭐️120g fat-free natural Greek-style yogurt
⭐️2 tsp Dijon mustard
⭐️3 tbsp roughly chopped fresh dill
⭐️20g gherkins, roughly chopped
⭐️1 Little Gem lettuce, sliced

🤩Method 🤩

⭐️Heat your oven to 220°C/fan 200°C/gas 7. Put the fries in a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper, spritz with 1 cal cooking spray and season lightly. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until soft and golden, turning halfway.
⭐️At the same time, put the passata, cinnamon and half the miso in a small saucepan over a medium heat. Simmer for 12-15 minutes or until it’s a thick ketchup consistency, stirring regularly.
⭐️Once the ketchup is simmering, spritz a large non-stick frying pan with 1 cal cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Add the beef and onion to the pan and cook for 8-10 minutes, stirring every 3-4 minutes but trying not to break up the meat too much.
⭐️Mix the yogurt, mustard and remaining miso in a bowl. Mix the dill and gherkins in another small bowl.
⭐️Toss the beef and onion through the fries, then scatter over the lettuce. Dollop or drizzle the ketchup and yogurt sauce over the top and scatter with the dill and gherkins to serve.

FREE
35 minutes
Serves 2

09/06/2026

01/06/2026

🤩Recipe of the Week 🤩

I think is sounds delicious 😋 let me know if you try it.

🤩Chicken burrito lasagne🤩

With its layers of tender chicken, rich sauce and Mexican-inspired flavours, this lasagne’s nacho average dinner!

🤩Ingredients 🤩

⭐️1 cal cooking spray
⭐️1 large onion, thinly sliced
⭐️1 red pepper and 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced
⭐️2 tsp smoked paprika
⭐️1 tsp mild chilli powder
⭐️1 tsp garlic powder
⭐️½ tsp dried mixed herbs
⭐️400g carton passata
⭐️400g can black beans, drained and rinsed
⭐️4 cooked skinless and boneless chicken breasts, shredded
⭐️600g fat-free natural cottage cheese
⭐️80g reduced-fat mature Cheddar, grated
⭐️60g Red Leicester, grated
⭐️12 dried lasagne sheets
⭐️Mixed salad, to serve

🤩Method 🤩

⭐️Preheat your oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/gas 5.
⭐️Spray a large non-stick frying pan with 1 cal cooking spray and put it over a medium heat. Fry the onion and peppers for 4-5 minutes, until soft. Add the spices and herbs and cook for a further minute.

⭐️Tip in the passata, beans and chicken and simmer for 10 minutes.

⭐️Mix together half the cottage cheese, half the Cheddar and half the Red Leicester.

⭐️In a baking dish, layer up your lasagne: start with half the chicken mixture, then half the lasagne sheets, and half the cottage cheese mixture. Repeat, finishing with the remaining cottage cheese mixture. Sprinkle evenly with the remaining grated cheeses.

⭐️Bake for 20-25 minutes, until cooked through and the cheese is bubbling. Serve with the salad.

6 Swips per serving
50 minutes
Serves 4

Deduct 3 Swips if using cheddar reduced fat/light as half a Healthy Extra calcium choice.

Deduct 3 Swips if using red leicester as half a Healthy Extra calcium choice.

23/05/2026

We are in the Annandale this week for our ‘buy a brick’ 🧱 campaign :) details on the cluedo fundraiser to come soon..

23/05/2026

Great meat in Lockerbie and Dumfries 😋😋