Slimming world support #1 2017

[ALemonyPea]

Welcome old and new

Good luck!

All I can say Bitchin is one pound at a time.

One pound a week, every week, is 3 stone 10 lbs in a year.

Make sustainable changes that you'll be able to keep up when you get to target.

Can someone link me to the Butt Casserole recipe please?

They were a bit like the fruity layer on the miller fruitopolis ones. But a very creamy yoghurt

Thanks luloo realistically I need to lose 2 more stone but 3 stone off has made me feel so much better.

Incidentally, I usually always use up all my syns, generally on chocolate!!

Hi ladies, sorry for long absence on this thread. I sts last night, too, Lavender I have seen a pattern with me , though, that when I have a very stressful week I sts or gain, but if I stick at it, once the stress is reduced I lose again.

Stress this last week and reason for not being on thread so much:
Dad has finally been admitted into mainland hospital, but this now means a 4+ hour round trip to visit him, which is a total pain and costing me an arm and a leg (perhaps I shouldn't say that as he could well have his leg amputated, so a bit of an insensitive turn of phrase!! )
DD3 had a miscarriage. Unplanned pregnancy with a newish partner, but ex husband took the news very badly and caused massive problems.
DD2 is waiting to be housed by the council and has so far been shown 2 places that have been totally unsuitable to take a disabled baby home to. She just wants to be able to take her DS home (5 months old now) so that she can be mum to him for as long as she can be as his life expectancy is not that great.
Oh and an exam last week, too!!! It went ok until the last question when I ended up confusing myself, so not much hope that the examiner will be able to untangle my answer!. I just hope I did enough in the rest of it to get through.
DD4 is being a typical teen nightmare and no consideration of everything I am having to juggle at the moment!

I am determined to not lose a grip on the weight loss, but today I took DD3 and Dgrandson for lunch. I made a sensible choice, but then it comes with a dessert - so, of course, I didn't want to waste the money and ended up having a lovely chocolate cake and ice cream. It was lush, but I dread to think how many syns. I am thinking if I don't have any other syns today and stay under 10 tomorrow I should be ok.

Hi Bitchin. I started 12 weeks ago and honestly only set my target this week. I do 'bite size chunks' ha ha for Mini goals. I couldn't get my head around losing the 3 1/2 stone I needed to. So I set mini targets: 1/2 stone first, then 11lb (total - to get under 13st), then my stone award, then club 10....so far I've lost 22 1/2lb. Next mini target is to get under 12st. Long time since I've been 11st something.

Other practical tips:
-don't cheat after you weigh in. It sets a mindset for the upcoming week. I try to have something nice ready to come home to.

• I also plan (usually after WI) for the full week - all my meals. Obviously it varies but if I know what I've planned it's far easier.
• food shopping: I do online shopping, have paid for a 3 month saver. I buy less impulse purchases, it saves us money too.

-body magic: I read that apparently weight loss is 80/20 - 80% diet, 20% exercise. My weight loss has been boosted by doing body magic and also I'm more motivated to eat well when I've exercised as I don't want to 'undo' my good work.

Hope that helps!

WI for me tonight, feeling pretty optimistic.

Here you go em - butt casserole, from butt's original post

I'm back after my tantrum yesterday. I cried yesterday and felt very sorry for myself.

Well done to everyone's amazing losses.

PA, glad your dad is finally in hospital. Please do complain about the time it has taken. Is that your grandson who was premature? How is he doing?

Consultant suggested doing a week of SP days to see if that works. So I'm trying that, wish me well.

For those saying my body must be comfortable at the weight it's at, I am still in the high 12 stones, so not exactly skinny. BMI is 28.

I know its going to be a struggle getting the final lbs off for target, I was hoping for 1lb a week. I'd be happy with that.

Hi joining this thread because I have just swapped back from a group to Online as I seriously cannot stand the classes ( and I'm an ex consultant!!) Kept a 7 stone weight loss off for over 10 years, but wanting to lose another 3-4 - not too fussed, would like to be a size 12/14 whatever weight that is and I am a 16/18 now. Lost 2.5 pounds in my first week, but the class was like 1 and a half hours long after being at work all bloody day and an exercise class before hand - another reason I have switched back to Online - but I do need accountability so 'Hi'! (Rant about classes over! )

positiveattitude blimey I would be rocking In a corner if I was you!! I think you deserved that cake.

Glad to hear you're dad is finally in hospital, the mainland hospital is fab whenever my family has been in there. My dad has had cancer and open heart surgery in the last few years so we've had our money's worth!
Was your grandson in hospital on the mainland?

I hope things improve for your family soon

Wow, whirlwind couple of days for everyone it seems!

bitchin I have 6stone (and 2lbs!) to lose, but that's exactly what I'm going to do! I'm only on my second day but I KNOW I can do this. And every lb is one lb closer!- funny how 15stone looks so much better on the way down than the way up!

lavender I bought a pack of the salted caramel, imo they are bloody delicious! Quite sweet but I'm not a huge chocolate fan (I have a cheese belly) and they really hit the spot!

Will take my purse next week for the salted caramel! I've got a sweet tooth, which got me in this state in the first place!!

Hi can I join?
12st8lb
Week 1. 4lb loss
Week 2. Maintained
Week 3. 2lb loss
Week 4. 1.5lb loss

I started having scan bran this week because I heard you can get really good losses on it.
Today I had,
Options hot chocolate with coffee.
Go ahead yogurt slice.
Nandos butterfly chicken breast, with the gorgeous skin removed, and a side salad.
Gregg's cappuccino
Lamb with spicy veg rice.

Em don't try and find camellia beans!! It's cannellini!!

pa it's great to see you back and it sounds like life is being a bastard to you at the moment well done for staying in any kind of control through all that. I was only thinking about your grandson the other day and wondering how he was doing.

PA Oh god, I don't know how you are coping - well done and hope your family's situation improves.

I had a bad day today. I was at a staff conference (which was as boring as hell) - avoided the biscuits. Not difficult as they were only boring digestives. But then lunch was all brown! Fish sticks (which were mushy tasteless yuck but I still ate one), Chicken satay (OKish) chips, which I refused, thinking there would be salad instead. But no. Only mini pizzas and cheese sandwiches to go with this. So I had a few chips. And no fruit to follow (surely most corporate lunches have a bowl of fruit) So I succumbed to two profiteroles. Bah. Very bad tempered both by the day and the lunch! Went to the gym and did half an hour on the treadmill to try and atone.

Today started well but gone down hill.

B-overnight oats with mango
L-spicy tomato and lentil soup
D-Wagamamas takeaway!!

Husband said he wanted a takeaway and I just couldn't resist! Going to try and have an do day with minimal syns the next 2 days to compensate.
I am so bad at self sabotaging. I could have quite easily refused and stuck to what I had planned but no?!! What is wrong with me????

Weighed in this morning with a 4lb loss ,need 0.5lb for my 5stone award .Bloody chuffed on one hand and argh on the other ,should have done this year's ago !! Downwards I go

mrswolf that's fantastic!

Ha ha not sure how that changed to camellia beans! Not sure what they are!

Good day here, ending on 13 syns.
B: weetabix and milk (HEXA&B), Apple
L: leftover Risotto (3 syns), banana and muller bliss (4 syns)
D: chicken pad Thai (6 syns) delicious!

It's really hard laurie
I have a dp like that too... what makes it easier for me is to have the food ready to go until the willpower kicks in!
E.g. Freeze portions of curry/ chilli/soups, prebake potatoes ready to stick in oven, pre assemble lasagne/cottage pie or use the slow cooker so you have another layer of excuses to help your willpower!

laurie DH and I are as bad as each other for that. It doesn't take much for one of us to convince the other to get a takeaway. We were averaging 2 a week before SW but we're half way through week 3 and I'm not even tempted yet. But I know as soon as I crack it's gone be hard not to slip back to old habits.

But it's only 1 meal out of 21 over the week so draw a line and get back in it tomorrow.

Can I join please 😊 just signed up in class tonight. 3 years ago I lost 2/3 dress sizes (from 20-14/16) then plateaued at a 16. Lost 1 stone last year and put it back on. Wanting to lose 2.5 stones, and needed to go to class for extra motivation. Feeling positive so far 😁

Lavender - yes the hospital is very good - it's where I did my training 30 years ago!

Grandson is in St George's in London - yes that's the premature one. He is doing well enough to go home on oxygen, a shed load of medication and good support from medical community teams. He is absolutely gorgeous. Not smiling yet, but gorgeous.

College tonight has left me brain dead and I have a serious case of the munchies....... I must resist, I must resist, I must resist.

Welcome minime!

laurie my DH wants to lose weight but isn't in the right mindset. He has OO for breakfast, buys lunch and then usually has what I cook for dinner but often eats junk for tea. I just close my eyes to what he has. I do a lot of batch cooking and try to always have something healthy but tasty that I can do quickly (usually have frozen cottage pie, bolognese, stir fry veg) accessible. That has saved me several times. I'm also gluten Free which helps since most takeaways are out anyway! I recently looked up the syns in my potential downfall areas which has really helped me resist stuff!

2lb off tonight so that's 1st 10.5lb in total. Only 1lb til I'm under the 12st mark and 3.5lb to my 2 stone. I've done WW twice and never got my 2 stone award....definitely motivated now!

Hi all :-)

Tonight I discovered that marshmallows only have one syn each. So as I'd reached 7pm and had only 5 syns...

Looking for advice for the weekend though; going to a funeral on Friday where I know that we will be served sausage rolls and sandwiches at the wake then an event in a hotel all day on Saturday which is catered - so I won't be ordering from a menu iyswim. I've been really disciplined all week and really don't want to fall down now - all tips on how to manage this successfully welcomed!

Well done to those having losses