Slimming World Support 7

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Welcome one and all to our shiny new thread!!!!!

This morning I saw a colleague whom I've not seen for a few months.
She is known for being tactless, and said to me, "Ooh, chough, you've put a lot of weight on! I can see it in your face!" (puffing her cheeks out for effect).
I said, "Yes, I've put weight on, but I'm back at Slimming World, so it'll be off again soon."
Good job I can laugh at myself.

Sounds like a real charmer, chough!

What an arse Chough

Had such a busy day today, but stayed on plan. Went to an open air museum and managed to plan ahead.

B: nectarine, feta cheese
D: ham salad, cottage cheese, yoghurt, hifi bar
T: Chinese chicken curry (3 syns from Asda), wedges and salad

14 syns as had some M&Ms and salad cream on salad.

Chough , that colleague is an arsehole.

Back on plan properly today with an SP day. Lovely lazy day (didn't get up until midday) with DH at home too.

Brunch: Bacon, eggs, beans, mushrooms, tomato
Dinner: Steak, salad, corn, mushrooms
HEA: Milk
HEB1: Cashew nuts
HEB2: Hifi bars

Thanks for sticking by me!
Lemony and em's food for today all sounds really tasty.
When I go to Asda tomorrow morning, I'll be buying stuff to make em's mini quiches/ muffins for the SW taster at group on Monday.

This is the Asda thing. Really tasty, and only 1.5 syns per breast.

Thanks, Lemony, I've added that to my shopping list.

Wrote a long post last night but it's not here!
Busy day, family staying for weekend. Fed them SW style!
B overnight scan heB, my last 5 as none at group this week, so might join in with trying wheatbran Wishing! Choc shot 0.5 syn and fruit. HeA milk in coffee
L jacket potato, tuna and sweetcorn, lightest Mayo 0.5 syn, salad
D SW lamb jalfrezi, rice, cucumber, yogurt mint dip, popadom 2 syns
Wine 12 syns
Well done waiting, you must be so pleased!

Well done losers, some really good weigh in results here!

I've missed a couple of days on this thread so just catching up - thanks frouby for some great salad ideas. Tomato and feta sounds really lovely. I've had a couple of goes at making coleslaw using fat free yoghurt but they were pretty terrible. I'm also going to try some pasta salads and some roast vegetable salads as a bit of a change.

Chough I read about your colleague and my jaw dropped. The comment was bad enough but puffing her cheeks out? Unbelievable. Well done you for such a great reply. I'm hoping to become brave enough to start saying to people "did you mean to be so unbelievably rude" when they say awful things. Not sure I'll manage it, I'm a lot braver in my head than in real life

Just about to go and cook the 2chubbycubs mongolian beef for dinner. Sounds yummy, hope mine comes out well.

I'm in a very bad mood this morning. May have a little PMT. DH really pissed me off last night too.

I'm about 8 weeks in, have lost 1st 7lbs so far. Have about another 1st to go. Been really motivated, have taken charge of all cooking and food shopping so we can eat together, with my diet barely affecting anyone else in the house.

Wanted a little break last night, to share some of DHs takeaway pizza and what do I get, "no, you've had your syns for today" like he's policing my eating. Totally serious.

So angry. I've done this myself, with my own motivation and determination. And now he thinks he can police me like that. And it doesn't help, makes me want to go and eat a dozen donuts. And he can't unsay it so now it doesn't feel like something I'm doing for myself, but something someone else is doing to me.

Is it just a bit of PMT...or can people understand how I'm feeling?

I'm actually more like 11 weeks in, just realised

Completely understand you Aspergallus!! Mine is the other way round and sometimes tries to persuade me to have a bite of this or a taste of that - stuff that's really high in syns! Ultimately, it should be our decision as to what we want to do...it's us doing this, not them - we're old enough to make up our own minds!!

Thank you Emily.

Need to turn this around in my head or I'm going to spend a week spitefully eating whatever the hell I want, fuelled by hormones!

Aspergallus, completely understand what you mean. Try not to turn to food in the mood you're in, you're doing so well.

My sister is coming for tea tonight. She's just started to do SW so doing some yummy seafood egg fried rice.

B: baked oats with blueberries (1 syn), fruit
D: chicken salad,m3 syns for salad cream
T: seafood egg fried rice

Have a lovely Saturday everyone

Hi everyone! Not posted before but been doing slimming world since 4th January 2016. I have fibromyalgia and, after many years of just coping and relying on medication (tramadol) I found my pain and fatigue getting worse and I began experiencing gastro problems. It became a vicious cycle; eating rubbish because I felt rubbish and didn't have the energy to cook nutritious food. My weight peaked at nearly 17 stone at the beginning of January this year.

I joined Slimming World so that I had support from others making a big change in their lives and do the SP plan all the time. Following this, without eating pasta/bread/potato/too much fruit/caffeine/alcohol/sugar, has made a huge difference to my life. I have energy for what feels like the first time in 10 years and my gastro problems has nearly completely disappeared. I don't take tramadol any more. I really hope nobody interprets this post as saying that changing your diet to treat fibro means that you'll be well and if you don't change it, it's your own fault - I still have days where I am exhausted and feel terrible and am in pain, it's just that in comparison with before I started slimming world, I am in a much better place.

So far I've lost 4 stone 5lbs and have about 3 stone 6lb to lose. I've found this thread really useful and just wanted to say thank you to everyone who posts - it gives me some great ideas and inspiration!

Aspergallus don't let him get you down. My dp is the opposite and constantly wants takeaways or meals out. I just say I will have something else if he wants crap food. Half the time he won't bother if I refuse. Or.if we eat out I have a steak and salad which usually costs a lot more than a burger or pie and mash so he has stopped doing that as much too.

Waffleo welcome and you are doing so well! I had started having a dodgy tummy from the amount of crap I was eating too. I feel much better and really notice how crap I feel after an off plan day.

Today's plan

Brunch. Poached eggs on wholemeal toast with mushrooms and tomato.
Tea. Steak, salad and jacket potato

Syns will be some coleslaw with tea and possibly a g and t later if I fancy it.

Thank you all. Trying hard to keep my head in the game. He knows he has done wrong and is making reparation by randomly doing nice things around the house for me...without actually acknowledging the row that ensued last night. He has even spontaneously agreed to move some furniture in the "nice" room to allow me to do exercise DVDs in there. So I might forgive and forget shortly!

It was just so irritating to be sort of told off at this stage. I have coped with his once a week takeaways for nearly 3 months without a slip up, just having a SW ready meal those nights.

Hello, WAFFLEO, you're an inspiration for the SP plan!
Aspergallus, hope you can rise above your DH's comments and carry on doing so well.
Well, the Chinese Chicken Curry shelf in Asda was empty this morning.
You've heard of the Delia effect? This could be the Lemony effect ( could be a SW MNetter contingent in chough country).
I'll look again next week.

1.5lb off for me, and no idea how I managed it. That puts me back to where I was, so I'm pleased.

Waffleo, that's really inspiring (and I hate that word, so I mean it). I've lost over a stone and that was enough to get rid of my pre-diabetes. I'm hoping that this period of fatigue is down to my coming off hormone therapy, but if it isn't, I think I need to broach the possibility of fibro or ME with my GP. It's good to hear your weight loss has helped with your symptoms - it gives me hope that mine might improve when I lose more.

Aspergallus, my DH has said things like that in the past. He didn't get the difference between supporting me and controlling me. He does now, after I gave him a taste of his own medicine and took a dessert right out of his hands while I told him he'd had enough. He is sensible enough now to let me go off plan when I need to. He'll go 'Sure?', then accept it if I say yes.

Hi, just wondering if I can join?!
This is my first post on Mumsnet but long time lurker.
I joined SW two weeks ago, have a lot(!!) to lose!
Have lost 3.5lb so far, despite having an absolutely terrible week this week. OH has joined with me, at least I'll have some support there.

Mollyredshoes I'm going to do exactly that, if the point needs driving home. Great idea.

Managing a pretty sensible day today so far.

Sorry, I mean mollyredskirts !

Wow Waffle, that's amazing!!

Molly - well done on the loss!

Dp's parents are here this weekend, which means no planning. I hate not planning. So far, today's looked like this...

B - bacon, poached egg, spinach and tomato - plus yoghurt and strawberries
L - spaghetti pomodoro at Zizzi. Ordered it without mozzarella and with added spinach - according to the website I should count 3.5 syns.
D - no idea

Skinny latte as my HexA. No doubt Alpen Lights as my HexB later. Wish I knew what we were doing about food tonight. Goddammit...

Hello,user147, you've done well in two weeks.
Like you, my OH is a SW member too, so it's much easier for planning meals.
He's in the kitchen at the moment, cooking a nice steak meal, with strawberries and chocolate scan bran cake for afters.

Thanks! I've finally figured out how to change my username 😁
It's really good for planning meals, I'm at work so I hope he's got something nice sorted for dinner when I get home!
Oh the strawberry and chocolate scan bran cake sounds amazing...
Eating out has been the hardest thing for me so far. Has anyone any tips?