I started Slimming World about 3 months ago and have lost a stone so far (only had a stone and half to lose so I've slowed down in the last month plus I run a small business that is very time consuming at this time of year so I'm more sedentary than I usually am).
A typical day for me looks like this:
Bowl of porridge made with water and sweetener with a splash of milk to make it creamier (I save my milk for my coffee and tea - can't stand it black). Cup of tea or coffee.
Mid morning (if I'm hungry which is unusual) - a banana, apple or some grapes or a slice or two of ham/chicken.
Lunch - either a large jacket potato with tuna, baked beans or chilli, a bowl of free soup, a big salad with a couple of chicken thighs (skin off) or oven baked fish, if I've done a Bolognese the night before I make enough for four (there are three in our family) so I'll have that extra portion with pasta - same for chilli. If I make some I make extra and have it with a jacket potato or with rice. If it's cold or I don't have salad in the fridge I'll do some veg with chicken thighs or fish or I'll make egg and dry oven cooked chips. I steer clear of bread. I discovered, when I tried low carb, that bread makes me feel hungry. If I eat too much I gorge - odd, but my sister is exactly the same and she's a size 8. Must be a family thing.
Dinner - fish with dry oven cooked chips with veg, Linda McCartney sausages (some are syn free and I have to fight my son to keep them!) with mash and veg (I don't put butter in my mash now - even my son can't tell the difference), LMcC burgers, home made Bolognese or chilli with loads of pasta or rice or a stir fry.
My treats - options hot chocolate with swirly cream on top (I use my syns on that) or a two finger kit kat - gotta have the chocolate!
Over the past three months we've been to three parties (two of them involving a weekend away in a hotel with very little chance of eating the slimming world way), had a weekend away for DH birthday and I've succumbed to two take aways (my mum has Alzheimer's and had early evening problems which meant we weren't home until late). I just jumped back on the plan as soon as I could and, as I've said, I'm now down by a stone.
Christmas is coming - I shall enjoy my pud, trifle and chocolates because that's my Christmas but I know I can get back on plan very quickly.
My little tip is to do a menu - I stuck it up in the kitchen! I work out what we're eating roughly each day and it helps me shop so I've always got something in that works.
The thing I've realised is that, on a lot of diets, you really have to cut down. So you're not used to eating well - it seems counter productive. But SW, like low carb, is about eating until you feel full - the difference is that SW does low fat/higher carb and low carb concentrates on higher protein. Low carb works for my sister who has stayed on it for years but I just can't get to grips with it. SW works for me and I'm learning that a good diet means eating well, satisfying your appetite but choosing better options at each meal - so baked fish rather than fried or battered/breadcrumbed, lower fat meats, not using oil to cook with etc.