Slimming World Support #8 2017

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New thread 😘

Welcome @ALemonyPea how was the colonoscopy? I tried a last minute Christmas cake from SW and it was gorgeous. Making it for Friday x

aww thanks @thisgirlrides that has actually made me feel much better. I have struggled in the past with anorexia (subtype bulimia) so i'm always wary of slipping back into old ways and panic that i'm going to stop eating. Which is ridiculous, I really need to find some balance!

This is why slimming world works for me so well, I just need to not sabotage myself.

for the kind words though :)

It was ok, nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be.

There is an amazing Christmas cake recipe in the SW Christmas recipe book. It has sweet potato in it.

@ALemonyPea the one I have had butternut squash in it x

That's interesting. Apparently I volunteered to make the Christmas cake this year, then forgot! Is the recipe on the website?

3lbs off today bring me to my first half stone clearly the 5:2 and lots of running approach does work. So pleased I needed this to motivate me to keep going

Well done thisgirlrides!

I've actually been considering 5:2 or similar in the run up to Christmas as I have four meals/parties, plus Christmas Day itself (which I fully intend to enjoy, no syns counted and then straight back on plan on Boxing Day). I really want to be at target when we go to New York in March and I don't want to totally set myself back in December.

5:2 might give me a bit of wiggle room over the next few weeks.

Tbh @amusedbush I’ve not intentionally done 5:2 but with meals out, dh cooking —incapable of not adding great vats of oil & butter — and general weekend hiccups it’s definitely been that way for me & as you say might be helpful come Christmas party time.
I would say on my off days, it’s normally just a meal/drinks that I don’t count - I start off with good intentions & have a syn free breakfast & usually lunch then by kids tea time it starts to go a bit wrong and of course not continuing the next day is key

My normal SW days seem to clock in around 1400-1500kcal, plus three high intensity gym classes per week. I probably wouldn't do anything differently than I'm doing now on the five 'normal' days but the low calorie days should offset all the three course lunches I have coming up! 🙈😂

I've just had a run-in with a colleague and it has left me feeling a bit more bothered than I'd like. It's a weird one because she was my boss for three years, then I got a promotion elsewhere in the organisation, then she got a promotion to the same department. So now we work in the same office and though she's nothing to do with my role, she is still as overbearing and nosy as she was when she was my line manager.

I'm wearing a new top and she commented on my weight loss, saying I look great, how much have I lost now, blah blah. I told her I've lost four stones and thanked her for the compliment but said I still have a bit to go. Basically, I just didn't want to get into it with her - or any colleague for that matter.

She pulled a face and gave me a dire warning about not getting "too thin". I politely said I know what I'm doing and I'll be well within NHS health guidelines. She then said, "but you're never going to be a stick insect because of those hips and boobs. You'll look ill if you lose any more".

How is that in any way appropriate?? I didn't ask for an opinion, especially not one phrased so fucking rudely! I haven't really broadcast my weight loss efforts at work but I suppose there is no hiding a four stone loss. People are starting to ask a lot of questions but from now on I'm going to answer with "yes" or "no"

@amusedbush omg the "don't lose any more/get too thin" comments used to drive me nuts when I first lost all my weight (3.5st). Even at my lowest I was far from thin - a size 12 (with the odd size 10 sending on shop) and BMI slap bang in the middle of healthy range. My mum was the worst for this and I swear thought I was starving myself she used to go on about it so much but the irony is we are the same height and she is tiny well over 2 stone lighter than me . It's just because you look so different and obviously much much slimmer now and it does take people a while to adjust but yes some are just cheeky fuckers &/or jealous.

Can someone explain exactly how SW works? I have been to a meeting and came out totally confused. I don't understand the whole red/green thing, or how to tell how much of what i am eating if I cook a meal. I must be really stupid, but I just don't get it.

thisgirlrides

The thing is, my BMI is currently 29! At my initial target weight I will have a BMI of 24.5, so hardly a sickly waif

I think I'm mostly annoyed that she got so personal in her comments, like "YOU'RE never going to be a stick insect". When we worked together there was another woman the same age as me who lost 3.5 stones on SW and Ex Boss couldn't have praised her highly enough. But for some unknown reason, I could never be slim so why bother trying??

thisgirlrides & amusedbush

That is so frustrating for you. I have a friend who is the exact same. Every time, ANYONE we know loses weight, I hear how she is worried for them and they can't lose anymore weight or they would look ill/gaunt.

It's like she is 15 years old again and can't just be a grown up and compliment someone that they look great (which they do!) instead of trying to put a damper on it!

I personally think it's down to age old jealousy - she's jealous you are looking fab! And unfortunately some people still haven't learned how to handle being jealous (my method is to outright say, I'm very jealous of you right now ).

Caveat - if I did think any of these people did have an issue, that would be different, but they clearly didn't! They were just eating healthy and cutting the pizza and wine out!

@Acrosstheuniverse123 there is no longer red/green days. It’s extra easy. You have 1/3 speed food on your plate. This is supposed to replace some of the rest of your portions. Then the rest your protein and free foods like pasta, rice, noodles, potatoes etc.

The only things you measure are your healthy extras and syns.

Lots of people talk about unlimited foods but realistically you should be comfortably full and not stuffed.

@amusedbush she sounds like someone who needs to comment on things to feel like the upper hand. Just ignore her. My BMI is 31 and I possibly feel very comfortable right now but I have bits I do not like.

I have only once had the too thin comment. But it was a sarcy comment than concerned. I just ignore because hell, I’ve worked hard!

amused that was incredibly rude! Yes probably jealousy. I'm wondering whether people know what a healthy bum looks like? I must admit my bmi is 29 and because of my ethnic origin it should be 22. I think that would make me look horrendously underweight but it's clearly not, I just haven't seen it for 20 years!
're the 5:2 I did that ages ago and didn't lose any weight! I think I took it literally and stuffed my face on the '5' days! I think you need to get into healthy eating habits on the other days. Im hoping SW will get me into general healthy eating, then I might do 5:2.

3lb off tonight and got my 2st award. Very chuffed .

Well done @UnwiseOldElf

Oh my goodness, I am fed up of the "Don't lose too much more" comments too. I am still a size 18 for goodness sake (Started at a size 28) 5 stone gone and want another 2 to go, but that would still leave me officially overweight.
Amused be proud of what you have done and practice perfecting the stare for your rude colleague.
I hate it when people ask me how much I have lost - I find that almost as personal as asking me how much I weigh!!

Really not very hopeful for weigh in tonight. unless I manage a big poo before 5pm I had wanted to lose 1lb to get me to my lowest weight for ages. I hit it in July, but have pratted around, had holiday and just faffed around it ever since. I felt I was back on track and in the zone - I do hope this wont fling me off the wagon again!!

Does anyone know if I can use Stevia instead of sugar in ANY recipe? Does it taste ok, i mean. I have a family favourite Cambodian recipe and it uses 3 tablespoons of sugar, which would send the sym value through the roof, but without that It could be quite do-able.

Weigh in for me too. The way my body is, I have another AF cycle so feeling that I may not do well despite being 99.9% on plan. I really wanted my 4st award by next week but there is just no way I can see it happening.

Think I just need to accept it and go in to my birthday Month and enjoy then focus come January.

Right I'm back!! I've name changed and was LavenderRainbows when I used to post on here.
I lost 5 stone in 10 months. Then in September my dear dad died and I lost the Plot
I had not been to group since July as I was caring for dad and I've put on 2 stone mostly from grabbing a shop sandwich and cake(s) at the hospital to comfort eating at home & rushed takeaways.
I'm now in a better frame of mind and getting back on it so I need lots of positive words please
I can't believe how easily the weight went back on!!
A big hello to anyone who remembers me, nice to see a lot of familiar names still doing so well

Morning everyone! My op went ahead on Thurs and all went well. I was allowed home on Sunday. I'm very sore and feel so tired but it's lovely to be home again. When I got on the scales this morning I don't appear to have lost any weight which is disappointing but DH reckons it'll show eventually.

Glad your colonoscopy went ok, Lemony.
Welcome back, Myguidejools. I remember you from earlier this Summer.
Take no notice of your work colleague, Amusedbush. Comments like that say more about her than they do about you.

Well done to all losers. I'm going to be sensible with food this week but not stress too much.

I thought I'd try 16:8 fasting rather than 5:2 as a way to naturally keep my calories down but my word, not eating is harder than it sounds!

I managed to go until 1pm on just water and one coffee and I feel okay now. Had a snacky lunch of ham, cheese, an apple and three little plums. I have some soup in the fridge but I'm actually okay.

I'm never that hungry in the morning, mid-afternoon is totally my danger zone so it actually makes sense not to take in calories for the sake of it in the morning when I'm not that fussed.