Slimming world support thread #6 2017

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Hello!

Butternut squaffles were FINE but shrank a lot when cooking (one bag supposedly feeds two but you won't get much food) and took longer to cook than it said.

I'd rather have some normal potato or sweet potato - having them definitely feels like "being on a diet" or "avoiding carbs" or something.

Well done Maya.

Bought this in Tesco for £2. Love it already. Kids are delighted with Tuesday. They love taster as I always make that haha.

Thanks Groovee! That planner looks good.

Trills- i didn't even attempt weighing myself in the caravan, I took them over to the laundry room which has a nice flat floor. I know it might not be accurate but the kids will motivate me for week of our hol so I'll believe it for now .

I'm wearing skinny jeans. Have never worn them in my life before.

Are you enjoying it?

Sorry for my absence, I'm still plodding on, but have been sorting stuff out like kitchen and bathroom as they're getting started on when we are away on holiday.

Breville Halo air fryer is only £50 if you've got Amazon prime, well worth the money if you're a chip lover. Syn free chips!

Really struggling to stay in plan today it's mine and DPs anniversary and trying to avoid wine and chocolates is difficult

For an anniversary I'd have the wine and chocolates and just be back on it tomorrow.

Unless you'd use that as an excuse to celebrate your anniversary of your first date, your first kiss, the first time you had sex, the day you met, the first time you went on holiday, etc... and end up with a special day every week!

@Trills 😂😂

Hi,

Can i join?

I did SW last year and did really well. Then my grandad died and everything went to pot. I also changed jobs and piled the weight (and more) back on. So annoyed at myself.

But i joined again this week and have had a good week so far. I just cant do it alone. A work friend is coming to group, so work has been good as we are helping eachother. But weekends are hard and i am now on annual leave. So really worried.

Today was

B - non (i slept in)
L - wholemeal wrap (the ones that are heb) stuffes with cheese (hea), potato and onion (like a cheese an onion pasty) with a salad and melon
D spiced pork fillet and salad.

Dh has gone to get me some fruit for tonight.

Completely ridiculous day 😢😢
SP days needed, got a 1/2 syn salad dressing, I need these next days to be good🙄 7 SP days better be enough for a loss 😫

Not quite that extreme trills I just struggle to get back on plan when I go off it so worry

Trills

Welcome Gorgo, good luck.

Been out for a meal tonight and let's just say I'm hoping flexible syns work for me this weekend. Many as well as good food (which is never SW friendly.) Back on it tomorrow though so hopefully won't be too bad.

I inadvertently had a very off-plan day on Friday as we went to the theatre (yay!) and because of severe train delays we had to pick the first restaurant that was roughly do-able. I didn't realise the number of syns in Thai red curry though til later!!!! And then compounded it with Haagen Dazs in the interval .

At first I was going to restrict my syns to zero for the next week or so. But then I thought about it and realised that would probably trigger me to binge and/or give up.

I have had so many years of yo-yo dieting though and am done with it. (6 stone off, six stone on, been very underweight and eating weirdly - almost anorexia - then very overweight and using sugar in particular to lift my mood). I'm tired of feeling guilty or punishing myself and then bingeing to compensate, so I'm trying a new tack: drawn a line and back to 5-15 syns a day. As if it never happened.

The only thing that might happen is a no loss or slow loss. I can take that. The mental/emotional exhaustion from beating myself up over a less-than-optimal food choice would be much harder to handle I think. And this is a nutrition plan for life, really, isn't it? Not just a 'diet'.

Thanks lemony

I was starving last night so had sime cooked chicken pieces that were in the fridge.

Going to the coast today. Will be taking a picnic so i am not tempted by fish and chips.

If you have an off plan day, just get straight back on it the next day rather than writing off the whole week. No point beating yourself up about it.

Is anyone finding themselves a bit obsessed though? I'm coming to the end of week 3. Have 2 stone to loose and lost 3lb at both my weigh ins so far so total 6lb weight loss so far. I'm pleased but feel the pressure is on now. If I gained I think id be really upset. I was in m&s the other day trying to find a free ready made lunch and obsessively going through all the ingredients in the pack. I feel like im always thinking about foods and syn values at the moment. Hopefully it gets a bit more normal life after a while.

Good luck everyone. There are some inspirational people in my group and it shows we can do this!

It does get a bit more routine as you get into it monkey. Sounds like you are doing well so far. In my experience weight loss slows as you lose more so don't be disheartened if you don't keep losing 3lb every week! Any loss is a gain.

Unwise, sounds like you are being very sensible with your approach. Knowing your own triggers is very important. I'm at the point of trying to work out when to stop losing and call target, and one thing I'm determined not to do is start calorie counting and restricting. I'm sticking with the sw plan and seeing how my life fits with it. I've got the feeling I'm not really going to lose much more, and I'm trying to make my peace with that!

Made these pinch of nom pancakes for breakfast as the rest of the family were having pancakes. Was very skeptical, but they were pretty good! Had them with mixed berries and a Muller vanilla. Nom, nom, nom!

I'm going to the zoo on Wednesday and really need some on-plan packed lunch ideas please!

Ooh those pancakes look good, OwlinaTree.

crazycatgal I would love to help but have only just started doing SW. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me will be along soon with lots of suggestions!

MSMD I'm a teeny bit obsessed, yes, but am putting it down to it being my first week . Does it get worse?!

Does anyone know where you can get the food diary book instead of the little pages you're given in the first week? The boxes are very small. I've been having a lot of veg and fruit as salads and it's difficult to fit it all into the box!

Very nearly on an all out binge (again).
I've stopped myself after 9-10 syns of vegan chocolates (only 4!), 1/2 a pudology vegan dessert which is 6-7 syns. Only other syns 1/4 syn on some sauce.
Ended up drinking some of the v small diet coke cans which I found in the fridge.
Anyone got any binge busting tips? I'm technically doing an SP but not going to have an extra B because of said binge.
I've got 3/4 heB and 1/2 heA left, because I could barely eat this morns porridge.
Argh

Normally I'd have eaten 2 packs of pudology, a pack of oreos, pack of crisps, whole box of chocolates so I suppose I've progressed a bit :(

I think the key is if you're prone to binging or boredom eating is to stick to speed/free foods. I ate a whole punnet of strawberries everyday for the first few weeks of sw.

We have been at the caravan all week and all my family who were there are either non sw or off the wagon sw so unfortunately food choices were iffy. My scales are showing a 2lb gain, we'll see what the real ones say tomo.

Anyone got any ideas for taster that would survive my bag if I decide to run to weigh in tomorrow. I can't think of anything that won't end up mush.

Agreed Boatsnack - find things to eat when you are bored that are not synned, and make sure you have them in stock.

Lots and lots of melon. So far it still feels like a treat to have some melon. But I'm only on week 4.

Been out watching ds and his bowling team win the county play offs. Took fruit with me and made a ham salad. Was just as well as it took til 4pm!

We hit the carvery for dinner as I couldn't cook. Was too tired.

I've bought ingredients for key lime and blackcurrant cheese cake from the new recipe book. Dunno if I can face making it lol.