Slimming World Support 9

[emwithme]

Thread 9! Can you believe it!

[Xmasfairy86]

Any tips for pimping up roasted veg? Having courgette, red onion and peppers

[dannyglick]

I just sprinkle dried Italian herbs on roasted veg, or you could stir through some pesto and count the syns.

[bimandbam]

Hello all

I am still froubylou as can only log in as this username. Mn isn't brilliant if you have to sign out for any reason.

Today's plan

B. Coffee
L. A pear and a fruit kebab Dd made at school.
T. We are having a hm Thai night. Got chicken pad Thai and doing a green Thai curry with rice. Will be syns in the coconut milk and a bit for oil but shouldn't be too bad.

Hifi for b choice. Are all the muselis up to 40g too?

[Hulababy]

Not been on the threads for a while, but still kind of going. Did it all properly and strictly original til I met my first target - lose the first stone. And soon after a second target of dropping a dress size.

Then it was six week's holiday and away/out and about a lot. So didn't diet at all really, though more sensible food choices than previously. Since back at school I've not really followed SW as much in that we are not counting and recording. But lots of the good choices are sticking - fruit for breakfast, small lunch, very little processed food, high fat food such as cheese and butter very rarely, far more fruit and veg on my plate, etc. Not been bad over last few weeks - slow small loses, and a couple of times maintaining. No gains. Trying to go for slow and steady and more likely to keep it off.

And today I hit my BMI target - BMI is now within healthy BMI, albeit just at the moment. Will keep going to try to be a bit more towards the centre of it, but felt nice to see this morning :) Yeah.

[Xmasfairy86]

Well done hulababy!! I'm a recent today!!! re-starter so my first mini goal is a stone....

[ALemonyPea]

Well done losers, and well done Hula!

I'm almost in the overweight category, cannot wait until I'm in the normal BMI.

[biscuitkumquat]

Hi folks,

I knew there would be a thread on here

I started SW yesterday, and want to lose 2.5 stones, and SW has been recommended IRL by so many people, so I thought I'd give it a go.

Can I ask a few questions?

I can't stomach breakfast at all, is it ok to just start with lunch?

And, do I have to use all of my syns, or can I save them, or simply not use them at all?

I've just joined online (we're far too far out in the stick for a local meeting unfortunately)

[ALemonyPea]

You don't have to have breakfast, but it's recommended you have three meals a day. As long as you stick to the plan, you should be ok.

You get 15 syns a day and you should be using at least 5 a day. You get 105 for the week, so you could use a larger amount for something else, but make sure you don't go over the 105 weekly.

Remember to replace a third of your meal with a speed food (indicated with an S), have your A and B choice and enjoy!

[ninnypoo]

Hello everyone!

Weighing in a day early tomorrow because of parents evening. Have been pretty good all week but just started my period and I'm all crappy and bloated and starving so dunno what the scales will say.

Can anyone else not sleep at all when they're hungry? I had a late lunch at about 4 yesterday and then grapes for tea and spent about 3 hours lying wide awake while my stomach rumbled last night! Not taking my chances today- just had a banana and a yoghurt but still feel hungry.

[Doilooklikeatourist]

Weigh in tomorrow and I'm a bit nervous 😩
Have been sticking to plan as much as I can , I did weight watchers years ago , and found that much easier to track
Any tips on keeping the meal diary ?

[ALemonyPea]

Wi for me tomorrow as well. I can never sleep the night before WI. Good luck!

Get a journal from group Tourist. They help. Or just a notepad and write meals down, your a/b choice and syns

[Doilooklikeatourist]

Thanks Lemony
I've been writing a good diary , then transferring it and it's like a code with my S and F and HEA ... 😀

[Doilooklikeatourist]

Good = Food

[bimandbam]

Ninny if you are hungry eat something! The best thing about sw is being able to eat if you are hungry.

Use your free food, make sure you have your speed and go for it!

[ninnypoo]

bim I'm always hungry, that's the problem!
(I wasn't hungry when I went to bed, just once I got in- and then I couldn't be bothered to get up again cos I got sniffly. I am definitely not depriving myself)

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeG0es]

I'm struggling a bit with hunger too, my meal planning has slipped a bit (I have a fussy family and we're all in and out a lot in the evenings, so cooking isn't easy). I'm bored stiff of potatoes, pasta and rice, and free foods just don't hit the spot for snacks. However I don't want to give up.

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeG0es]

I'm missing cheese and butter very badly too. It does show how ingrained our eating habits become, I had hoped I would have lost the taste for crisps after a few weeks of not having them, but when I caved and had some last week they tasted like the best food ever. Willpower needed!

[emwithme]

Ninny Definitely second the "if you're hungry - eat" but eat protein. Boiled eggs, ham/prawns from the packet, cottage cheese, if you have an Iceland near you the SW meatballs are really nice cold (just cook according to the instructions and chill). Throw in a handful of cherry tomatoes for your 1/3 speed and you're all set.

WhoKnows are you able to have a little cheese each day (or are you a "no cheese is better than a little bit of cheese")? When I was having cheese cravings earlier in the year I made sure I used six of my syns each day for cheese (effectively having two HEAs because I need milk in my coffee but only using 9 syns) for cheese - you can have two of the Cathedral City Mini Lights for a HEA and that was enough for me to get me over the "I must have cheese" craving. I also have proper butter, and syn it (although I don't have much, because I'm not eating much actual bread these days).

For me SW (this time around) is about making long-term changes that I can stick to when I get to target, so I still have a proper roast dinner with proper roast potatoes and yorkshire puddings and real gravy on a Sunday, but I have far more vegetables than anyone would think possible and limit the yorkies (2 syns each for the Waitrose small frozen ones). I have two or three SP days a week and even on days when I'm just doing EE, I try to reach for speed foods or protein for snacks. I've also been tracking what I eat using My Fitness Pal and it's helped me get a much better idea on portion sizes.

Today's food (SP day)

B: Eggy muffins
L: Carrot & Coriander soup, apple, pear, satsumas
D: Salmon with roasted mediterranean vegetables
HEA: Milk
HEB1: Finn crisp x 5
HEB2: Apricots

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeG0es]

I am using the Laughing Cow extra light triangles or Dairylea light sliced as HEA. I'm using a smidge of low fat salad cream instead of butter. Having rye bread or ryvita as HEB. But when the family are all still eating proper butter, crusty bread and proper cheese it's hard to resist. And if I eat even a tiny bit of those it's hard to stop.

I just need to boot myself up the bum a bit I think.

[ALemonyPea]

5lb off for me this week 😮No idea how I managed that. Not long now until I'm in the 12 stones. Haven't seen that since early 2000s.

How close are you to target now Em?

[Xmasfairy86]

WOW! Well done lemony!

[bimandbam]

Well done Lemony! That's a fantastic loss.

Finally got my sisters test results back. She has cancer of the thyroid which has spread to her lymph nodes but nowhere else which is good. She is booked in next Wednesday for a removal of her thyroid and nodes. Quite a big operation but the prognosis is good.

Today has been a day of driving around the worst city in the world to drive around for now hour and a half following twat navigation sending me the most bizarre way to get to where I wanted to be. Took an hour to get there then 20 minutes to get back by ignoring the fucking thing and going the way I thought I should.

B. Coffee
L. Lots more coffee
T. Pork chops, roast potatoes and veg. Will have onion gravy too so a few syns in that. HifI for b choice and syns in the very large g and t I definitely need today.

[emwithme]

Lemony that's an excellent loss! I am now 6 lbs from target and still hope to be there before the end of this countdown.

Bim (or do we still call you Frouby?) that sounds quite positive. Hopefully the doctors will be able to get everything they need to next week and was it Oxford you were driving round?

[Buttwing]

Frouby that's fabulous news!!! Everything crossed for a speedy recovery for her.
Lemony wow that is some loss in a week well done you!!
Well done to all the losers.

Well day two of sp for me, I find it hard it really feels like I'm on a "diet"

B- watermelon and a hifi
L-omelette with tomatoes, mushrooms,asparagus and a few baked beans
D-steak and salad

Snacks-an orange,half a packet of ham.
Heb 4 hifis

I've been making a great dessert chopped double chic hifi, chopped strawberries, chocolate frozen yogurt and a bit of squirty cream. It feels like a proper pud and is around 5 syns.
Weigh in for me tomorrow morning fingers crossed for a decent weightless I've been good apart from the tgi's trip!

[Buttwing]

Em my first thought was was it Oxford, my dad died at the John Radcliffe and I can remember cursing Oxford to the pit of hell trying to navigate my way around!