Anyone fancy a six-week challenge?

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I’ve been doing Slimming World for a couple of months now and am currently 12lbs down. I’m sticking to the plan most of the time and rarely want to waver however the weight seems to be coming off quite slowly which is a little frustrating thought I recognise my regular wine drinking may play a role

I have a big, BIG event in May which is a five-day work event where I play quite a prominent role. The past couple of years I’ve felt pretty awful because of my weight. I want to feel as confident as I have to pretend to be, and it’s far from easy and I hate feeling the way I do when I'm there. Every year I’m determined to look and feel different but this year I’ve actually started to do something about it and I'm actually now feeling more positive that this year, I WILL feel better about myself.

So, I have six and a half weeks until I go, so any thoughts on what i can do to really drive this weight loss? In my head, I’d love to lose between a stone and a stone and a half in that time - what do you reckon my chances are? What works for you to really shift the pounds?

Anyone fancy a six-week challenge to really make a difference?

Well done Swsister that's a great loss !!

I need serious help!! I have tried every diet under the sun to shift this 2 stone but nothing is working for the long term. So am looking for a lifestyle change.

I have lost all motivation since my mum died at xmas she was only 63 but had struggled with her weight all her adult life which I refuse to do. I use to be really fit and healthy prior to my three kiddies...and had lots of drive to complete exercise and eat right but that has gone! I think I stuck in a vicious cycle.

I work shifts and am really struggling with nights - so any advice would be welcome and received with open arms! I never have any problems with drinking water - so thats not my issue.

Do you think slimming world would work for me? I have a real sweet tooth - its my complete downfall and I do love my cups of tea.

Thanks for listening!

Well done on your weigh in SWSister :)

Phew finally back to report in.

Wow, you're all going great guns - well done SW, 3lbs is fab!

I weighed in this morning and having put on 3 last week courtesy of our Easter break, this morning I stepped on the scales and lost 4, so I'm delighted. I really stuck to the plan this week and no booze has definitely helped as i'm pretty sure that's where I sabotage myself. So, more of the same this coming week and let's see how much I can shift in the next 6 weeks!

Twinkle, yes, I think SW would work for you - it's so flexible, and the most important thing is that you feel like you can eat, as odd as that sounds. With some diets, they're so prohibitive, you constantly crave what you can't have, but with SW, as long as you plan (planning meals is critical), you can have plenty to eat so you'e not hungry, and you can indulge your sweet tooth every day if you want to. I think it's fab! And, since I've been doing SW and being super good, I've not craved sweet things - and I used to be a complete chocoholic. I can't remember the last time I had some chocolate, and that's saying something given that my house is overflowing with it after Easter.

I'm just off now to meal plan for the week and then do an online shop to be delivered tomorrow so we're all set for another great week.

How's everyone else doing?

Just reporting in. Dinner out with friends last night and stuck to plan 100%. No booze, no pudding and managed to identify syn-free choices and so happily had those.

Non-scale victory though - tried on a pair of smaller sized jeans that I bought about year ago as an incentive and they did up so I wore them out. I also wore a dressy coat thing (not really explaining it well, am I?) and before, it was super tight on my arms, but it fit like a dream yesterday. So, happy me. I can really feel I'm making progress which is spurring me on even further.

Righto, the plan is to try and shift another 4 this week - I would love that! I've done my food delivery to come tomorrow, plenty of fresh veg, salads, chicken, fish and a steak. Lovely menus planned and looking forward to staying on track, fingers crossed!

Hope everyone has a brilliant week!

Can I join you? I joined SW at the start on Jan and am only 7lb down, another 13 to go, I've been yoyoing around the last month or so due to social life/holiday. We're away on the 29th may for a week and would like to at least be another 7lb down by then or even target .

The children go back to school tomorrow so I can resume my twice weekly gym classes and hopefully get back on track.

Weigh in Wednesday...

Weekends are so hard

I had chicken shish kebab last night ( but no pitta or sauces - so yes basically chicken & salad), muller light and raspberries for breakfast, apple and then eggs mushrooms and tomatoes for lunch. Spent the afternoon making packed lunches for tomorrow egg & ham salad, and melon & kiwi, for me & husband, just need to last till dinner tonight.!

Positive def losing weight, and weigh in tomorrow

Negative, I'm now lighter than I've been in prob 8 years and even my 'never thought I'd wear that again' clothes are starting to be loose,! Bought a nice new pair of jeggings last week and think it was a mistake as already looser on me, ( I think I had pmt bloating last week) so that's a wasted £45 !

Well done dreaming for fitting into old clothes, and making good food choices

Had a tough day yesterday as I was out all day and ended up having McDonalds for lunch and chips for a snack later in the day. I'm hoping that being good all week will still mean I've lost this week. I weigh in tomorrow morning, so we shall see!

Just checking in on Sunday night..

I'm bang on plan, food-wise, but have had lots of syns (saved up throughout the week - this is not an official or approved approach) in the form of wine over the weekend.

A new week starts tomorrow and I am planning on being saintly all week.

Hope everyone's doing well xxx

I'm in too. I'm going on a cruise in July and I've got 3 stone to lose. I started 5 days ago and I'm 6lb down already. I've got a close family funeral on Thursday, so I'm having a day off as I won't feel like preparing food. I know I probably won't lose the whole 3 stone by mid July, but I want to get as close to it as possible (though I know if I really push myself I can lose a stone in a month easily). And now it's only 2st 8lb.

Wow, Red, that's an amazing loss in just a few days! Well done you. Are you going to group, or just following the plan? Sounds like a good idea about Thursday - the last thing you want to be doing is fretting about foods you're allowed or not allowed on such a tough day. A stone a month would be brilliant. Can i ask a favour? Can you share some of the things you've had in these first few days for the 6lb loss? It's always good to see if anyone's doing anything different as inspiration.

Hacked, with Slimming World I think it's all too easy to lose slowly and then bob around the same point. I've done the same. Now the kids are going back, grab it by the neck and get back on it with a vengeance, you'll be so chuffed that you have when you weigh in and see the results. You can do it.

00, you're doing so well, keep on trucking! While you might have wasted the £45, it's a lovely predicament you're in - sell the old ones on Ebay and buy new stuff! Happy shopping!

Emma, oh I've had a day much the same. Draw a line under it, salvage what you can and don't give yourself a hard time. I'm sure one dodgy meal won't wreck the results from 20 other meals in a week. Let us know how you get on.

As for me today, well, it was a weird one and I was bad, but tried to pull things back where I could. Started so well - went to work at the local gym (in the cafe, while the kids did the organised sports activities), and realised I'd not eaten, so went for a banana and a tea (so wanted poached eggs, toast and hot chocolate). Hubby and older son came and joined us so we had lunch there, and I had a baked potato and salad, no butter or toppings. Then we took the kids out for ice cream and I didn't have one, but then ended up finishing one of my daughters' tubs off for her. BAD. Then came home, bloody starving, and ate half a slice of cheese on toast, a few slithers of cheese and a bag of pom bears. So all my syns, virtually no speed and feel crappy! So I'm off to bed shortly!

This week is manic with work and deadlines, but I'm determined to build some time in for a couple of bursts on the treadmill, and to drink more water, and to blitz a few pounds this week.

Good luck everyone!

Every morning I start my day with B choice of porridge, mixed with a mullerlight yogurt (put in fridge the night before so the porridge softens) and a pile of fresh fruit.

I'm snacking on watermelon.

Lunch is usually a salad with eggs, chicken or ham.

Tea has been:
Chicken mushy pea curry with cauliflower rice.
Chicken stir fry.
Stuffed peppers and salad.
Butternut squash chips with baked beans and fried egg (frylight).

I drink plenty of water throughout the day and I keep my syns low, using them on a teaspoon of honey with breakfast, bisto gravy on dinner etc.

I'm no good with having a bit of chocolate. If it's in the house I'll eat it, so I have to cut it out completely.

I actually used to be a SW consultant years ago, it's changed a lot since then but the principle is still very much the same. At the moment I'm doing it on my own and I have the motivation for it. I had a nervous breakdown just after Christmas and I can't deal with big groups of people right now, but I may rejoin again at some point, who knows.

The one thing I know is, SW works. But like everyone else, I'm human. I lose it, I gain it, I feel like crap, I lose it and gain it again. My main problem is getting to the root of why I comfort eat and dealing with that. But I just don't have the emotional energy at the moment.

Looking forward to losing weight with you all.

I do slimming world on line so weigh in was this morning and I lost 3lbs, feeling pleased, as my target is 2lbs a week and this week is my birthday, so I'm hoping I can have a treat ( chocolate cake) later in the week, but also have a christening to go so need to stay on plan and on track

So, I only lost 0.1 kg this week but it's still a loss! Things are a bit more back to normal this week, so hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things. My tap class is back on tonight, so looking forward to that.

I think a key thing for me is to make sure I have enough good snacks in the house towards the end of the week. I'm babysitting on Thursday and Friday night, so I need to make sure I take good snacks with me. I ended up raiding the cupboards when babysitting on Friday night and ate a packet of pom bears that I really shouldn't have eaten! They were good though :)

Morning all.

Having said I was planning on being saintly this week, I had two beers last night.

I know why - I was feeling frazzled, tired, sorry for myself, and a bit overwhelmed. I've got too much on this week and have somehow (stupidly) taken on having friends for supper on Wednesday night too. I'm a bit cross with myself for taking this on, to be honest. I'm busy enough this week already - what was I thinking of?

It's dead easy for me to be on plan food-wise - I've got a fridge full of healthy, prepped SW-friendly stuff and I'm completely unfazed by chocolate and sweet stuff all the other usual pitfalls that trip lots of people up. I'm just weak around booze, early evening, if I'm feeling strung out.

Oh well. I'm human and I guess we've all got our demons, otherwise we wouldn't be here.. I'm not going to make a disaster out of it - that perfectionist, all or nothing thinking hasn't served me well in the past. I'm just going to accept if, release it and move on. Just focus on today and the journey ahead.

The challenge is to know my limits and take better care of myself so I don't feel stressed, knackered, agitated and overwrought at wine o''clock.

It's a beautiful day here, hope everyone's week two has started more swimmingly than mine!

Xxx

Hi everyone,

How's everyone doing? Hacked, good luck for the weigh in tomorrow morning.

And SW, don't beat yourself up about a couple of beers - you've been saintly with food choices and a couple of beers won't completely derail you, far from it. You're absolutely right though - find ways to manage the trickiest time, and you'll be laughing all the way to weigh in. What are your triggers? Can you avoid them, or can you cope with them in a different way? And yes, we all understand the demons thing - hence why we're all here, all struggling in various ways.

Red, thank you so much for sharing your Slimming World insight and your meals - that's so helpful. So sorry to hear you've had such a rotten time and I totally get what you mean around getting to the root of comfort eating. And the all or nothing thing with chocolate. I can't have it, i worry it'll open the floodgates. For me, food is never about fuel, it's about reward, comfort, solace, joy, celebration... I need to tackle it, but like you, I'm not wanting to explore it too deeply at the moment. In time, maybe. So hope you're still going great guns this week - when will you weigh in next? We're all here to support you if and when you need it.

00, wow, you're doing so well. Another 3lbs off - amazing! Could you share some of your meal ideas? It's always good to hear what other people are having.

Emma, hey, a loss is a loss, and even if it wasn't as much as you wanted, you're still moving in the right direction - well done! And well done for choosing Pom Bears (bloody love 'em) rather than something far worse. Yes, plan ahead for babysitting and take nice SW-friendly treats with you. You can do this!

As for me, I've been super good after my dodgy Sunday. I stepped on my scales at home (I know, I know...) and I'm finally a stone down and into the next scale bracket, which feels huge. I did the same this morning as I was terrified it might have been a blip, but it was the same. I'd like to lose a fair amount more this week so working hard for it. I have 5.5 weeks until this big work event, and I'm determined that I'll feel different.

Good luck everyone!

I weighed in this morning after my first full week and I've lost 8.2lb. I'm extremely pleased with myself!

Went for a long walk yesterday, I pushed my grandad in the wheelchair from the hospital, along the canal and to the pub for half a shandy each and then back.

Today I decided to paint the hall and stairs. Up and down the ladder... I'm bloody knackered now. My hair is soaked in sweat with tints of Valspar light grey paint, and I can't wait to have a soak in the bath!

Hope you're all doing well this week.

Hi everyone. I'm back to full health again now so I'm back on it. Weighed in yesterday and I've lost 3lb which meant I got my half a stone certificate! I was ill for a few days so I'm sure that contributed but I'm not complaining. Got home and rewarded myself with some Heinz tomato soup (11 syns!!!!!) . Anyway, it's spurred me on so salad for tea tonight. Good luck everyone

Evening all

So I managed 2 lb off on Wednesday which slightly balanced out the 3 on the week before.

I really need to try hard, but am typing with a glass of wine in my hand. I'm hoping if I try and stick to it the majority of the time more weight will go.

Congrats to the losers, how is everyone?

Just checking in to see how we're all doing. Some great losses, well done losers!

Well, on my scales I'm now 15lbs down, which I'm feeling pleased with but desperate to shift more before this work event which is now just over 4 weeks away. So, being super good, hitting the gym today, drinking water and eating more salad than I know what to do with. On SW scales I'm 11lbs down, so want to get my stone this week, so hoping desperately for a 3lb loss this week.

How are you all doing?

Evening all.

So good news today for me, I lost 1.5lb, which I'm really pleased abut after a blow out night on Saturday.

He did you get on Dreaming?

Other good thing was I did up my belt yesterday on a tighter whole. 10.5lb down in total, just over half way.

I bought a 6 week countdown today and would love to be nearly at target at the end of it, although week 6 is actually my holiday week, but I'm going for it over the next 5 weeks.

Hi all, woah, it's gone super quiet on here.

Well, to update, I've been quietly plugging away and although I've had the odd weekend where I've bobbed up and down by a couple of pounds, I'm now 18lbs down from my starting weight, which i'm thrilled with.

My big work event is now 2 weeks away and I'm still plugging away and am determined to make a big difference. For the first time today I could see and feel a difference - my new smaller size jeans are feeling roomy and an outfit I've not worn in a looooong, long time now fits perfectly rather than straining at the seams.

I still haven't set a target that I'm aiming at, but it's still at least 2-3 stones away. Sigh.

How is everyone else doing?

Hello! I haven't posted again because I thought I'd killed the thread.

Well done, I think when clothes start to feel looser it's a real buzz.

I was 2.5lb down at last weeks weigh in but 1lb on today... 12lb down in total, and it's a very slow journey for me, social life keeps getting in the way. I'm going to try to stick to it totally this week, would be good to get to 1stone off.

Hey hacked, looks like it's just you and me.

Well done for the weight loss so far, and yes, I hear you about your social life getting in the way. Mine does just the same - who knew Prosecco was so full of calories? Grrrrr. Hope your week is going well and you can see some more progress on the scales.

I weighed in last week and had lost another 3lbs, and I really want another 3 this week so I'm hard at it. My work event is now in 10 days time so the most I can lose between now and then the better. I'm now on 21lbs down, and I can feel a difference which is spurring me on!

How's everyone else getting on?