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!

Are you mooching at home or away on hols?

Maybe have a dairy breakfast, like greek yoghurt with berries and have that as your dairy for the day.

My problem is the booze - I drink most nights, not to excess and I drink Gin with slimline tonic (one sometimes two) and try to leave off the wine apart from weekends. It is my main vice - I don't eat chocolate, or any sugar really....

Will post the day's consumption this evening.

I'm mooching at home Having a lovely family outing in the sunshine today.

I don't drink a lot, none at the moment due to the medication I'm on. Chocolate is my down fall

Evening kazza.

Today's menu:

2 hard boiled eggs
Decaf tea
Pint of berrocca

Decaf coffee

2 celery sticks, 4 slices of cheddar, tin of tuna

Decaf tea

Pkt pork scratchings, big handful of salted almonds

2 gin and slims

Big bowl of mashed swede and carrot, cabbage and peas, with butter

Small bowl of low fat Greek yoghurt with blueberries

Decaf coffee

2 x litres of water over the day

Must lay off the nuts but they are like crack to me.....

I started off well, but we had an afternoon out with an unplanned picnic, so I lost the plot

Bacon, eggs, fried mushrooms and tomatoes.

Cereal bar
Chocolate icecream

Chicken fried with onions and red peppers in fajita spices with sour cream, grated cheese and salad.

Lots of decaf black coffee.

Beginning and end of the day were ok then!!!

Yes Usually I start well, then lose the plot later.

Out again tomorrow, so not sure what I'll have for lunch, but will try to stay on track otherwise.

About the same today, I had

Bacon, eggs, fried mushrooms
gluten free brownie for lunch whilst out
HM burger with melted stilton braised leeks, and salad.
Lots of decaf coffee, black

Hi kazza.

B - porridge with water (gave me severe diarrhea, still not used to carbs )
L - huge salad - lettuce, celery, olives, cherry toms, mushrooms, tinned mackerel, bowl of full fat Greek yoghurt with strawbs and blueberries
T - 2 pork chops with steamed broccoli, courgettes and mushrooms

Snack - 1 sausage

2 x gun and slims

3 decaf coffees, 1 decaf tea, pint of berrocca, 2 litres of water.

Managed to lay off the nuts today. Was absolutely stuffed after lunch.

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When you are out maybe you could take a boxed up salad, or some pork scratchings, pepperami, cheese?

Thanks

Tbh normally I'd find somewhere where they serve salads, but we're very skint at the moment, so not eating out really, but dd wanted a drink and a snack so we opted for something quick.

I don't like pork scratchings. I used to have them, but I kept getting hairy ones! Yuck!

My snack of choice to take to work is corned beef.

Yes love a bit of corned beef - and there isn't even a war on!

Do you have a day that you normally weigh on? Mine is Saturday....

I don't tend to weigh myself often because I become very discouraged by natural fluctuations. I measure myself instead, so I still know I'm heading in the right direction. I do usually measure myself on a Friday though.

Yes ikwym, that's why I stick to only once a week....

These are yum and no hairs!!!

I'm on my phone so can't see pics What are they called?

My parents came over today, bringing quiche and sausage rolls. I managed to resist and instead had two slices of my homemade crustless quiche. Very nice r

Well done on resistance!!!

They are hog bites, very delicious.

B - big bowl of porridge with water
L - leftover curry and vefgues( small bowl), pkt of hog bites, bowl of yoghurt, cream and strawbs
T - bowl of bolognese meat sauce with grated cheese in the top

3 decaf black coffees, lots of water, decaf tea with milk, pint of berocca, 1 gin and slim.

Veggies

I think I've looked at Hog bites before and they list wheat flour in the ingredients.I'm cutting out all gluten as I think it aggravates my ibs.

I had very little time this morning due to my parents arriving, so had muesli for breakfast, crustless quiche for lunch with salad and pork belly for dinner.

Today I had bacon eggs and mushrooms for late breakfast, for lunch salad with feta cheese, snack of homemade flapjack mid afternoon and roast pork with carrots and leeks and parsnips for dinner. Had a very small glass of cloudy lemonade as dh was having glass of wine.

Do you know if I can make porridge with half water, half skimmed milk? Also how much oats do you use?

Evening kazza!

I have 100g of oats when dry, it expands to more when I add water. Zoe harcombe has it with skimmed milk, so I don't see why you shouldn't.

Today I have had:

Porridge with water, decaf tea with milk, pint of berrocca
Pkt pork scratchings, two hard boiled eggs, carrot, celery and cucumber crudités, strawbs (picnic at a country park)
Peanuts/Brazil nuts and most of a bottle of white...

3 decaf black coffees, about a litre and a half of water...

Thanks 100g of oats sounds like a lot. Do you just add water to the oats until it's the right consistency?

Hope you enjoyed your picnic.