Slimming World support #2 2017

[ALemonyPea]

Halfway through February already!

Welcome old and new, lots of support here, feel free to join in.

I am a little cross about the avocado actually - now I have to eat the blimmin thing (husband and son won't) and it's 14 syns!

Half a pound off this week ... In one way im ok wirh it (a loss is a loss) but im kind of gutted cos ive been sticking to plan and i really wanted 2 pounds off. Im going to stay om plan 100percent, and ive used all my sybs this week - maybe try keeping them under 10. Also push mealtimes to later on so im not so keen to snack in the evenings. Really hoping i do better next week.

Morning all!
Second weigh-in this morning and I've lost another 1lb. Feeling a bit underwhelmed by it though, especially after my much greater loss in week 1.

Have been on plan completely, no take-aways, meals out, alcohol, crisps, biscuits or cakes at all in 2 weeks. My only treat is a Cadbury fudge or curly-wurly, 6 syns, at 7pm every night with a cup of tea. Snacks during the day are fruit and water.

I'm pre-menstrual and feeling pretty bloated so I'm wondering if water retention has played a part in there not being a bigger loss this week?

Still, a loss is a loss, and I'm feeling more energised and healthy than I was 2 weeks ago. So onwards and downwards, as I hope the scales will go!

Morning all,

A lovely colleague had baked an enormous Victoria sponge yesterday for my birthday. Fresh cream and home made jam. It was amazing although I didn't really want any after my over indulgence on Thu night. However, it would've been beyond rude to decline a bit. Lord knows how many syns. It was a big bit!
So today I'm officially back on plan strictly. Been at the gym this morning and I've just had fruit and yogurt for breakfast.
Husband and son away out for the day so it's just the little one and I today. Easy enough for me to be on plan. Fridge full of fruit and veg. Will probably make tuna pasta salad or similar for my evening meal. No idea about lunch yet. We shall see.
Happy weekend Losers!

Morning all!! I'm working the next 3 nights so staying on plan won't be difficult as long as I plan ahead and pack my lunchbox with SW friendly food. Tonight it will be couscous, crab sticks, cherry tomatoes, button mushrooms, boiled egg, ff yoghurt some apples.

I've given up Hifi bars, too expensive for a mouthful of chocolate flavoured biscuit and I'm skint. I'd rather syn chocolate and have the real thing

@BasinHaircut well done on the dinner party!! My son came over for the weekend and we had spaghetti bolognese, chilli with rice and salad, and a roast chicken dinner, all SW recipes - he had no idea he was eating "diet" food.

Onwards and downwards losers

Safely on the train down to London ensconced with my diet coke, M&S nibbles and hi fi bars. I was going to pick up some fruit but I wanted everything to fit in my handbag so something had to go! Was going to stay off the alcohol last night but my husband suggested going to see a band play at a local pub so that went out the window. Lucky I had saved syns from earlier in the week. Will have to watch I don't go over when I meet my kids and sister in London! Have a good weekend all!

Morning all:)
3rd WI this morning and lost another lb! Only 4lb in 3 weeks but a loss is a loss & mind you I had s big meal out last weekend, big slab of cake and full fat cream and ate our yesterday when visiting friends. Sooo extra strict this week! If I could loose 2lb I'll be happy however more would be great 😁

Meals today are:

B - veggie breakfast - plum tomatoes, beans, mushrooms, eggs, toast (HXB)
L - (not sure yet...)
T - chicken, slimming world chips, coleslaw, corn on the cobs & more mushrooms! I lovvvee mushrooms

Snacks - fruit, ff yoghurt and maybe a sneaky packet of crisps :)

Having moaned earlier, just had half a mashed avocado (7) with smoked salmon on my HExB toast - lush!

@alibongo5 enjoy yourself in that there London!!!

@gooseygander88 congrats on the weightloss - 4lbs in 3 weeks is fine, just picture 4lbs of lard!

Just bought an airfryer in Aldi. Was reduced to £20. Cut up a spud and threw it in to test it. Makes pretty good SW chips. Came with a refillable spray bottle for oil too. Bargain!

Not sure what else it will be good for though? Anyone else got one?

Fizzy, your first week is usually a big loss. 1lb is good, it's better than on.

Well done everyone else on your losses.

Have a lovely time in London Ali.

Basin, I love my air fryer. I do sausages in mine as well, but I have a little metal insert for mine so they're not resting on the bottom. Does yours have that?

fizzy it could be water retention healthy weight loss is 1-2lbs a week so 1lb is great! Think of what a pound of butter looks like
bongo have a lovely time!
goosey and fizzy well done on the losses!

I’ve realised perhaps what I’ve been doing wrong, been counting the micro rice packets as free! Back to basics now, limiting self to one treaty thing per day (other than butter, sauces etc) and pushing meals back a bit. Just had lunch (bacon sandwich with mushrooms, and an éclair) so won’t be having tea til at least 7 which ought to push my snacking back. It’s harder than what it was last time! I think this is cos I lived alone last time, so simply didn’t buy chocolate/cakes/crisps etc so it wasn’t easily accessible. Tea is going to be chicken (fried in pan with fry light, bbq spice and other herbs), salad and rice (not uncle ben’s!) and peppers.

Well done all the losers! I find a big loss is often followed by a smaller one I find it helps to look at how much is gone in a month.
Made I buy the packs of frozen rice two mins the microwave and done and they are free.
I caved and had a small slice of the cake father in law bought. But in fairness I've not really had any syns since my disastrous weigh in on Monday.
It tasted really really sweet! but so so good

Trying the chicken tikka recipe from this months magazine. Marinating over night x

Cheers folks, I am pleased with my loss, honest, just didn't get the buzz I felt after week 1. But you're absolutely right Lemony, I'd have been gutted if it had gone the other way.
The pound of butter image is actually very helpful in staying motivated!

Afternoon all

Didn't post yesterday and it's taken ages to catch up.

Welcome newbies and well done losers.

Have been eating bread as my b choice this week as dcs been off and I have been here, there and everywhere. Suspect it will impact on my loss but we will see.

Yesterday was treat night so over syns with a curry, boiled rice, corner of dps nan bread and 3 g and ts. But I couldn't do sw if I couldn't have that little treat to look forwards to.

Really loving the skyr yoghurt from aldi atm. It's 1.5syns for the fruit layer but well worth it I think. Seems very luxurious compared to other ff yogs.

I have speed on the side of stuff if I think it will reduce the amount of free food. So if I was having poached eggs on toast (heb) I am always going to have 2 x eggs, 2 slices of toast. If I was having a sw breakfast I would add tomatoes and mushrooms to reduce the amount of beans I would eat.

Or if I was having cereal I would always have 40g. Adding fruit wouldn't reduce the amount but rather add to it. Same with a yog. If I want a yog I will eat a yog. Adding some rasperries just increases the amount.of food.

But having pasta or something like a Shepherds pie I will add veg as it reduces the amount of pasta I will eat.

I don't snack though. So eating more at mealtimes doesn't prevent me reaching for something at 3pm because I only eat at mealtimes. And my portion control is pretty good.

Todays plan.

B. Poached eggs, beans on toast. Heb.
T. Steak, mushrooms, onions, load of veg (asparagus, baby sweetcorn, sprouting broccoli), parmineter potatoes, pepper sauce. Yum.

Hea in coffee. Syns in sauce and some in potatoes. Probably a small bar of dark chocolate later or a yog.

@BasinHaircut In my airfryer, I do chicken portions, sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes, in fact any veg that I want crisping up a bit - I've even done shredded spinach sprayed with the 1 cal spray infused with chillis, it was lovely, so unlike anything you'd think was diet food.

Mine is a Breville Halo, with a tilt function and it's the best thing I have in my kitchen.

lemony yes it came with 2 shelves and 2 baskets that go on the shelves so not thing rests on the bottom.

emma mine is some weird make I've never heard of but it seems to work pretty well. I'd been looking at an actifry but didn't want to spend the £ on it.

Ohh yes we were thinking sausages and even bacon might work in there.

Might do some home made KFC type stuff in there too as that was a bit meh done in the oven.

Loads of people at my group have the Aldi version and sing it's praises, I'd already bought my Halo otherwise I'd have got the Aldi one as well. Homemade KFC would definitely work in it, give it a go.

Unfortunately the meal plan is already set for next week otherwise I'd be planning loads of stuff to do in there. Will have to wait until the following week but am going to deffo do the KFC

Overnight - alpen light (HExB1), squash
B - wholemeal toast (HExB2), avocado (7), smoked salmon, coffee with milk (HExA1)
L - speed soup, speed fruit salad, muller light, tea, half a caramel Fibre one (2), babybels (HExA2)
D - lemon and pork Meatballs with orzo from the new book, Caramel hifi light (other half HExB1)
S - light Philly (HExA3), carrots, popcorn (7.5)

Oops 16.5 syns - need to cut back the rest of the week. A shame because that Fibre one thing wasn't worth it.

Failed another weekend- gonna have to massively up my game if I'm going to even think about losing this weight!!

TheImprobable weekends are my downfall too. I'm still losing but not as quickly as I could be.

I'm having an extra-good weekend this weekend as an experiment. I've kind of decided that I'm not going to go off plan for the sake of it - so dh and I had nothing on this weekend so I've not bothered with having a drink yesterday or today, or had the obligatory takeaway.

I like my pissups and takeaways. However, I think if I've got any chance of getting weight off pissups and takeaways need to be limited to social occasions rather than 'just because'. Having said that, we've been out or had friends round every weekend since the start of January bar this weekend.....hmm, may have to have a rethink.

At the moment it's working because I'm not a snacked and don't have a sweet tooths so find it easy during the week to be well under Syns and not feel deprived.

Sorry I'm rambling now. I'm just trying to make sure what I'm doing is sustainable.

Well done losers! I'm another one who finds a big loss is always followed by a smaller one. First week I lost 6.5lb, second week just 0.5lb.

oriana I feel the same about fibre one bars - 4 bloody Syns for that! They get giddy about them at group. Mind you, as I say, I'm not a sweet lover. If they could find a decent wine that was two Syns a glass I'd get giddy about that!

Clash I am partial to a piss up and a takeaway too.

I have swapped wine to gin and slim and am careful about takeaways. I have tomato based indian curries, with boiled rice and a popadom for dipping usually. Chinese food I have chicken and mushrooms or beef and blackbean sauce.

I am slowly losing the weight. Probably a bit too slowly but it is coming off instead of steadily going on.

I also don't snack and don't really have a sweet tooth. So the gin probably 4 times a week and the takeaway once a week is very much my treat.

Will have a look for one of those airfryers. DP misses real chips. I refused to have a chip pan when we moved 2 years ago mainly because I hated how sticky and minging a proper chip pan can get.

Does an airfryer make the kitchen greasy at all? Or does the smell linger? That was another reason for dumping it!

Hi all. Had a night shift last night so have been in bed. Had some toast and tea when I got up.
Had a couple of satsumas and tea is chicken, sw chips, mushrooms and tomatoes (pic enclosed) Rest of family are having pizza and nachos 🙈
Got some strawberries and bluberries for pudding and probably a curly wurly and cuppa before bed