Slimming World Support 9

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Thread 9! Can you believe it!

Yay 3lb off (over 2 weeks). I'm chuffed with that. Means I'm under the 13st mark and only 2lb off my stone!

2.5lb off for me this week. If I can lose 1.5lb next week I will have lost 2 stone in 8 weeks.
I've surprised myself. I thought I would have given up by now! Still got a few stone to go tho.

1.5lbs for me too!! Can I join the club?

I'm just about to go out for dps birthday. I was going to drive but the place I'm going to has a fancy arsed cocktail bar so he's persuaded me not to diet sabotager! anyway I'm really looking forward to it but so much the school run in the morning with a wooly head

Arghhh.. 1lb loss. I can't bloody get back into this. I don't know why either as I want it so much 😖 Desperate to get to my stone award

mummy nothing wrong with a lb
have you seen what a lb of butter looks like? That's a lot of body fat. Don't be hard on yourself, it's a loss!

Well done on the losses. 1lb is good though mummy, it's all in the right direction. What loss were you expecting/hoping for?

Quick question if you don't mind lovely people...
Do pickled onions and pickled beetroot (from jars) count as free or speed foods? (Praying for speed...)
Thanks.

mummy a pound a week is 3 stone 10 lbs a year.
groovester pickled onions and beetroot are definitely speed. (I am having a phase of sweet pickled onions now)

0.4kg (0.8lb) off today, which sees me break through the 90kg mark . I'm aiming for 1lb a week and have not been very strict this week so I'm happy with that.

Well done whoknows!

Well done whoknows!

em, you have made my day with that information. Yippee!

WI later on tonight. Still aiming for 2lb to hit my first stone...

Groovester - I too love pickled onions but haven't had any recently because they really only go with bread or crackers and cheese in my mind. I love making them (made a huge jar last week and have several jars of pickled cucamelons from the summer) but they are not getting used. I also have a huge box full of onions from the allotment that were intended for caramelised onion chutney but I dread to think how many syns that would have

We always have pickles with shepherds/cottage pie or corned beef hash, is that an option? Or with a ploughmans lunch or just wrapped in ham x

Hmm, we're having Shepherds Pie tonight, it's not a combination that would have occurred to me TBH, although a roast beef dinner is not complete without a dish of sliced onions and cucumber in malt vinegar so I don't see why not. Corned beef hash is on the "only if it was the last food on earth" list though! A ploughmans lunch is bread and cheese, so I've been avoiding, although it is a firm favourite.

You can use HExB for bread and HExA (and/or syns) for cheese, or have an SP day and have two HexBs...

We've always had pickles with shepherds pie though it's not common down here, wonder if it's a northern thing. They go well with the sort of creamy blandness of the mash and gravy. Useful for making up the third speed too.

Thanks, but a ploughmans with only HexA and b would be an almost impossible test of willpower for me, I love bread and cheese so much that I just can't stop at the portion sizes, or for that matter at 15 syns worth. Better to avoid completely. Also I need the HEXs for my breakfast and my coffee milk.

First weigh in last night for many, many months - gained 9lbs, which I am trying not to get too despondent about.

First day back on plan today. Had some of those Heck chicken sausages for lunch. A bit dry but only 0.5 syns each, so I was happy. Lean meat and veggies for tea.

WhoKnowsWhere, I am with you on the ploughman's thing. Am actually thinking of just cutting out cheese as I find it almost impossible to stop at 30/40g...

Well done every one who lost weight this week. It's so encouraging to hear.

You can freeze cheese in those portions? Defrost one a day..?

That's a brilliant idea, Oriana. I have to buy a pack of Stilton later, so will try it. Thanks.

It's just so temping otherwise to keep going back for a little nibble! I recently read somewhere that cheese contains a naturally occurring mild opiate. Explains a lot...

Oriana I'm a Manc and pickled red cabbage is compulsory with Shepards pie or any kind of beef stew or a hotpot!

The rest of the family would not tolerate me chopping up all the cheese and freezing it unfortunately! I'm ok at just having a tiny sprinkle of cheddar or parmesan on a meal such as pasta and am using some HexA in Laughing Cow Light triangles but I really do have to discipline myself otherwise. Going to put the pickled onions on the table with the Shepherds pie later.

One of the things I am most looking forwards to over Christmas is a big plate of cheese, crackers, pickles and a handful of grapes. Also pate on toast. And the picky party foods.

Have already started the Christmas ocado order lol.

Today has been busy. I actually haven't eaten anything yet. But having meat and potato pie later as we didn't have it last night. Will have a fuckton of veg and a tiny bit of pastry. B choice will be mint hi fis.

Shepherds Pie and pickled onions was a good match .

Same here Frouby, you can keep your selection boxes and trifle at Christmas, just give me the crackers and cheese!

Ooh I am so looking forward to cheese and crackers on Xmas day. I'm working boxing day so Xmas day I'm eating what I bloody like how much weight do people put on, on average over Xmas? ?

Mmmmmmm cheese. I love cheese and more or less have it every day. I also love pickles. I like to get Mrs Elswood gherkin spears and wrap them in the middle of ham with pease pudding. Gherkins, pickled onions and gherkins are a great way to add speed to a plate. I often have that with ham and carrot sticks.

Well done on the losses everyone. Welcome to the 1.5 club Butt, we will begin initiation shortly.

Quick question about Starbucks/Costa hot chocolates. Can you have the skimmed milk as a HEA, and if so, what size? That way, I could take 6 syns off the calorie laden thing.