Slimming World to Harcombe?

[FourArms]

I've been doing SW since 29/8. Initially on EE and now mainly on red days.

However although I've lost 1lb short of 2
stone I haven't lost any weight this week and I've stuck to the plan with the exception of maybe not enough syns / HEB.

Have seen the Harcombe diet and this seems to be more like what I'm doing at the moment although I'll have to swap coffee and skimmed milk for herbal tea and stop my 10 a day satsuma habit ;)

Just wondered what people's losses had been in phase 1 switching from SW? My BMI is still in the low 30s so I've got plenty to lose!

I have also been quite good today until I got to this evening.

B - Porridge (water) + 50g Blueberries
L - Stir fry veg + lamb mince
D - piece cheese + 3 squares of 90% Chocolate.

I have been really craving chocolate all day and know I should have eaten a proper meal instead of giving into my cravings. Now I am just feeling frustrated by my weakness !!

A few pieces of dark chocolate - to be applauded if it was instead of 200g of dairy milk! :)

But yes to bigger meals - or at least eating first so the choc is a treat and you don't feel hungry for more.

Downloaded the Briffa book - bargain £2.99 for Kindle. Was too tired to read much but I'm loving what I've read!

Stayed the same today - yesterday's cheats won't have helped. Few slow days now - only down 0.6lb since the 4th, but hopefully I'll have a big loss soon. I feel slimmer - my smallest pair of trousers now fit (bought a long time ago and never before worn! They've been my target trousers - need some more now!) Thu is my home weigh in day (I record each Thursday's weight) and I'm down 4.2lb. Only because of my 0.8lb gain the Thu before (2/1), but it makes me feel good anyway!

Have a good day everyone :)

Wow FA, down a band in BMI terms, 4.2lb off in a week and into your target trousers, that is some week !!!

I am down 2.6lb this week so happy, although I do realse that is just taking off the Christmas pounds.

Am still not sure why I reached for the chocolate although a flat tyre definitely triggered the stress that preceeded me reaching for the bar. An interesting habit, that I need to focus on stopping.

If you've got a kindle, Zoe's books are free or cheap today.

Why do you overeat when all you want is to be slim?
20 diet myths busted
Olive oil can tsp dance

HTH

Wow, impressed by all the losses! Well done. You are all doing well.

Thanks :)

New books downloaded!

Thanks Kazz

I have also downloaded the Olive Oil one (I have the others).

It's gone quiet here

Hope you're all doing ok?

I've struggled this week due to horrendous period. Quite proud of myself though that I are mainly healthily, although more paleo than Harcombe. I had some dark chocolate and some gluten free oat crackers, otherwise mainly meat, veg, soup.

Apparently the John Briffa book, Escape the diet trap is in the pound shop for just £1 (seen on another thread).

I was thinking it was something I had said !!

It has gone very quiet.

I am trying to be good and my trolley today was a paragon of Hartcombe virtue. So perhaps this coming week I will manage it.

What is the difference between Paleo & Harcombe Kazz ?

Well, my own interpretation of paleo, which is that I don't worry as much about not combining fats and carbs, but still eat unprocessed food.

I believe it is also called the caveman diet, so eating food cavemen used to eat, ie nothing processed, just meat, veg, fruit, nuts, seeds. No sugar, no grains (except I have been taking some gluten free oatcakes to work for when I'm hungry between meals ).

My diet is becoming more Harcombe again though. Unfortunately I get bored of meat quite quickly. I also try to avoid dairy most of the time, because I think it makes some of my issues worse, but am then very restricted in what I can eat. I can't for example have yoghurt for breakfast, it stops me losing weight and I have real sinus and allergy issues that could be linked to dairy. I am very fed up of eggs at the moment and don't really like porridge made with water . That doesn't leave me much, except cold meat with a little cheese - also not ideal.

Thanks for the info Kazz

Try persevering with the Porridge. I couldn't stand it at first but went through a number of stages to get there. I used to eat dry Porridge Oats mixed into Rachels thick creamy yoghurt (masses of sugar) so knew that any change would be tough.

I started out making 1/2 and 1/2 Milk and Water porridge in the Microwave and topping it with Strawberries. Then I moved to all water.

Now it tastes really sweet to me and I either eat it on its own or with a small number of Blueberries on top.

Where is everyone. We miss you !!

Sorry - marking got in the way of life!!

Had a funny couple of days weight wise -

5th down 0.2lb
6th stayed the same
7th down 0.6lb
8th down 0.2lb
9th STS
10th down 0.6lb
11th UP! 1lb
12th down 1.6lb

I had a really good day yesterday after the shock of gaining!

B - pork scratchings (really wanted them!)
L - belly pork salad with NLY dressing
D - (out) steak, prawns & chicken with salad and a grilled mushroom

I'm actually getting relatively close to my goal - I'd like to be 10s 13.5lb so I'm less than 1.5 stone away. I suppose that means things will slow down a little.

I'm going to follow the bootcamp rules for a fortnight to see if dropping my carbs lower makes much difference. I'm also going to print out the rules of the plan and stick to them up in the kitchen. I'm going to try & follow them even when my mum is cooking - have some cook from frozen lamb steaks I can have as a fall back on chicken Kiev nights :)

Today's meals

B - 3 x scrambled eggs
L - roast of some description
D - who knows?!? :)

Have a good day everyone!

I also didn't drink enough on Fri - but had loads of water yesterday which might have helped?

I don't think I'm drinking enough either. I drink a lot of black decaff coffee and tea, but not much water.

Hi FA

Your weight losses pretty much mirror my own. I am also 22lb away from target (9st). However I have only just started, so really should be losing more.

I notice quite a few people reporting the same issue on the unofficial fb page.

Not sure what to do. I have signed up for bootcamp but just dont know what to do for breakfast when Porridge isn't on the menu.

Should add that I did a 6 mile walk today and struggled all the way. Not only has my weight loss stopped but my mojo has also given up and gone!!

NotSure, do you like eggs? If so, you could have egg mayo with HM mayo? Or frittata? Or omelette, scrambled egg, poached egg? Or have you tried full fat natural yoghurt with a sprinkling of cinnamon?

I'm struggling, because I'm fed up of eggs And on a work day I don't have time to fry bacon and eggs.

I might get some rice milk and try making porridge with that.

Am beginning to feel eggbound Kazz and really dont like plain yoghurt!!

Hence my breakfast issues.

Perhaps I need to forget the Bootcamp idea and just persevere with Harcombe.

I suspect everyone else from this thread has signed up for Bootcamp, which is why it is now so quiet here.

I wouldn't be surprised. I don't think they're that different though - at least not incompatibly different?

Had a lovely dinner (not really hungry after massive lunch) of creamy garlic mushrooms and sautéed cabbage with cream.

NSHTH - how tall are you? That seems quite a low weight to me, but I've always weighed heavy for my size if that makes sense?

I've convinced my DSis to start. I hope she gets on well with it. We've always been SW aficionados before now. I don't think this WOE is forgiving of cheating. We were about the same size 4 months ago and I think seeing me losing weight has encouraged her to have a go. :)

I quite enjoyed cold lamb chops for breakfast the other day. Would that suit? Or some sliced ham spread with Philly?

Right, quick pint of water before bed as I haven't drunk enough today. Night :)

I wouldn't be surprised. I don't think they're that different though - at least not incompatibly different?

Had a lovely dinner (not really hungry after massive lunch) of creamy garlic mushrooms and sautéed cabbage with cream.

NSHTH - how tall are you? That seems quite a low weight to me, but I've always weighed heavy for my size if that makes sense?

I've convinced my DSis to start. I hope she gets on well with it. We've always been SW aficionados before now. I don't think this WOE is forgiving of cheating. We were about the same size 4 months ago and I think seeing me losing weight has encouraged her to have a go. :)

I quite enjoyed cold lamb chops for breakfast the other day. Would that suit? Or some sliced ham spread with Philly?

Right, quick pint of water before bed as I haven't drunk enough today. Night :)

Ooops!

Down another 0.4lb today :)

0.8lb to go for my 3 stone award :) :)

6.8lb for my Valentine's Day target of being in the 11 stone range - 4 weeks and 4 days to go so I need a 1.5lb/wk average loss. Still achievable :)

B - 2 x scramb eggs

Have a good day everyone :)