Starting slimming world today, anyone else starting to lose weight today want to join me for some moral support?

[ElizabethWakefield]

So today is D day! Diet starts today, I have my first slimming world class tonight and i am feeling quite motivated. I think I probably have around 3 stones to lose, but i would be happy to even lose 2. I just feel fat and unhealthy and have never been this big before!

So today is day 1 of sorting myself out! Just wondered if anyone else was starting today too, not just slimming world, but any thing, and wanted to have somewhere to chat, swap ideas, or get some moral support?

Wynken, your mexican night sounds lovely!

And having looked at the book, chicken in black bean sauce is only 5 syns,and sweet and sour chicken is only 8 syns. Boiled rice is free, plain noodles are free...BarBq ribs are 8.5 so you could easily work it out.

But just at the moment, I prefer to home cook, as I have a bit more control.

that mexican food sounds yummy. I could maybe fancy a chinese, the fish and chips shop smell was good today too. I have had a tiny bowl of porridge, some homemade leek and potato soup and an alpen bar today. and a small piece of Thorntons coffee cake for my mums birthday, wasn't nice. Am still not feeling on top form. Was meant to be making 2 SW lasagnes (one to eat and one to freeze) but duh, not enough pasta! Was also meant to be making cottage pie and veg for tea, but the boys have been so hard work today i had a nap when DH was home on his break. I did drag them out for an hour or so slow walk round the village this morning.

It would be nice if DH would bringme something delicious home from work to tempt me to eat (not that it would be SW friendly), I just can't face anything.

Catching up ... Candy, sorry to hear of your loss. Definitely a time to take it easy on yourself.

Glad the Mexican night went well Wynken, I feel kind of responsible. :o I so miss a proper classic chili con carne with kidney beans in - I developed an allergy to them (along with baked beans and some others) when DD was 2. I can eat black-eyed beans, but it's not the same.

I've been really slack with my food diary the last couple of days - can't believe I really had no syns on Friday. Had some good dinners this week. Sweet and sour chicken from one of the SW cookbooks, turkey noodle soup (my own reinvention of Nigella's chicken noodle soup), roast chicken recycled into a mash-topped pie the following day, lamb dhansak from the SW magazine yesterday, and good old cottage pie today.

According to my Wii Fit, I'm now down 8lb on where I started, and that was two days after my first weigh-in. So hopeful for next weigh-in ... so hopeful I have treated myself to cider and Pringles. These are the Pringles I opened two weeks ago, and there are still about six in the tube! Unprecedented!

Sorry to hear your sad news candy

I have well and truly fallen off the diet wagon today!! It was DD's birthday party. I have had all kind of bad things and cake and crisps and sausage rolls and just generally stuffed my face!

Honestly, I am ashamed! I think it was partly due to me feeling so ill for the last few days!

Everyone has left, but i have 3 girls for a sleepover. So about to tidy up (hoping it might burn a few calories!!) Will get back on it tomorrow!! Promise!

candy so sorry to hear your news, look after yourself.
ew that is what did me last weekend , I had stilll lost 2lb so as long as you reign it back in should be ok.
rial can't believe your still not feeling 100%
mexican night sounds totally yummy,
I haven't been too greatb this weekend, I had a tiny plate of the fish and chips that dh and the kids were having, only a tiny plate though.
then yesterday I had a hot pork sandwich and a bun at lunch time, was good the rest of the time though so hoping not set me back too much. dh says I am too grumpy becauwe I am not drinking enough, used to have a glass of wine or a beer every night, now have one or two on friday or saturday and thats it.
going to pint up the rioast dinner that dh cooking tonight to see if I can eat anything else today

that sounds GOOD EW

been to mums for roast beef and yorkshire puddings today. yum. still feeling rough though I have a killer headache again, though I could just fancy fish and chips tonight! Won't be getting any though as DH hasn't mentioned going to the shop, and I can't go cos he borrowed all my cash this morning

I have to confess that I am going onto WW for this week at least, above all else I have my final essay due next week, and 2 weeks of study time to catch up on before I can even start this week, also I think my reeovery will be aidedif I can just eat what i fancy and not have to cook and obsess about food every minute of the day. Can't face another plate of pasta salad TBH

here's to a good week!

Good Morning!
Just weighed in, am down 3 lbs!!!

So in 2 weeks, 9.5lbs

And on mostly easy extra days, despite my misgivings.
It makes the next year seem bearable, because theres no other way to get rid of 6 stone,(or now, 5.5 stone!!!) and its actually going down.
And to be honest I have eaten loads.
My busy week ahead of me doesnt seem so bad now.

Well done Melty that is brilliant! EE is quite a revelation after red and green. I feel like you, that I can do this as it fits into my life.

We had a visit from the police last night after I reported a guy who thinks my friend cut him up at a roundabout, then followed her for a mile. She gave up trying to shake him off and he followed her down my drive which is really narrow. He parked ouside my neighbours house then stormed onto the drive shouting at her. Luckily I saw and went out at which point he started going so I went over and had a go at him about following lone women with a child in the car and harrassing them.

I whipped out my phone and took a photo of the car at which point he drove at me, slowly though and I was pretty confidenthe would stop which he did. his wife and girls were in the car looking pretty scared. Reported him straight away to the police and the community officer came round to get more details. He has assured us the car isn't vey local, spoke to my friend and a local unit were going out to have s word. He has said that they will let me know if it is the wrong address and they can't find him. I decided it was a 15 syn day after that.

that sounds like some scary stuff there. bet your adrenalin burnt off a good few calories after that.
impressive loss melty.
have weighed myself on wii this morning and I don't sactually think I have lost anything this week which is annoying, also trying to work out if I can actually afford to go anyway so not helping the motivation. I could take dd2 swimming with the money, will go this week so I get the last of the booklets and see, I have been enjoying the meetings. wondering if joining the local gym might not be a better use of money, costs the same but I can take dd's swimming anytime as well then for free. hmmm

Wynken, yikes, that was a bit scary.
I feel sorry for his wife and kids too. Imagine having to go home to that.

Dita, Im not going to class, but I have 2 friends doing it with me.
So it is possible, but I think hard if you dont have support.
I have a really good electronic scales too (which always weighed 3 lbs lighter than the SW ones on last attempt, so I know its consistent!)
Mine also do fat and hydration, and I know those are a bit inaccurate but FGS 45% FAT! I am like a bit bowl of jelly.

morning all.

I once had a guy jump a red light out of Tesco to follow me because I pulled out in front of him in Tesco car park, he got out of his car and had a go at me in the queue of traffic at the next lights. It was quite a wobbly-making experience, so I feel for you and your friend very much. 15 syns or more perfectly acceptable.

I aren't doing classes either as I have to choose between paying for exercise classes or meetings, though I don't think I would ever choose meetings again as I can't cope with the people aspect

Am not at all hungry today. Woke up v early awaitint the pre-nursery hassle, but DS3 got out of bed, immediately lay on the floor, and is burning up, so chances are he has what I had

Sounds scary Wynken!

Poor DS3 Rial, hope he feels better soon.

I am so worried about weigh in tonight, after a bad day on Saturday, yesterday was just terrible! I ate 2 huge slabs of tiger bread with cheese melted under the grill for breakfast, bacon roll for lunch, with birthday cake and crisps in between, then a chinese for dinner! When there is nice food in the house i can't help myself, luckily that is the cake and crisps gone, so i will get back on track today,

I was actually really ill last night, not sure if it was my body getting back at me for all the rubbish or a dodgy takeaway, but I feel it will have helped my weight loss

Will report back later, but I fear I may be

just trying to catch up as been in london for the weekend..

candy, i am sorry to hear about your nan. that's awful. be kind to yourself.

well done melty on a fantastic weight loss

like EW, i fear i shall be at weigh in tonight

i have not really been following SW for the last 3 days, but i have still been trying to make better choices about food

firstly, it was my niece's birthday party, i did have a scone ( well, 2!) with jam and cream, but enjoyed them a lot, i had one sandwich, with marmite, one with smoked salmon, a handful of tortilla chips, a sip of bucks fizz, avoided the birthday cake , the pizza, cheese and crackers and hummous.

i was really restrained and instead of grazing all afternoon, i ate my lunch, ate my party tea and that was that

until my parents ordered an Indian take out!

but i had one poppadum, no naan bread, some plain boiled rice, i had skinless tandoori chicken, and literally a taste of something else in sauce, no samosas or bhajis

we also ate out twice on sunday ! i tried to choose as sensible as possible meals, and no alcohol, and no eating between meals, although there were muffins, fdge cake, birthday cake ,s cones and stuff left over from teh party

on the journey home, i got the kids some chips from burger king, i had half a tuna sandwich and shared a small bag of pretzels with them

so although it's been a weekend of food, it's been nowehre near the quantities i would have had and i still felt hungry at times..

so we'll see what happnes tonigh

Lulu, sounds like you enjoyed yourself!
As for the rest, well its all about making healthy choices, so you didnt do too badly really. That indian was free really except for the poadum which is about 4 sins I think.
Bet you wont have gained.

Oh and in case anyone is wondering, that deleted post from me was because I did it from work and for some reason I thought I was doing an email, so I signed off with my name. [daft emoticon]

LOL Melty, I always wonder why

am starving jus now, but have loads of points left, it's just getting the opportunity to eat. My mum fed the boys at hers while I took DS3 to the docs, and she was going to give me the last of the beans on toast, but the boys ate them before I got chance...

Just back from my class. I lost 1lb but that was over the 2 weeks as my class was off last week. I thought I had lost 3 last week (depending on how accurate my scales were at home) so i have potentially put on 2 this week. I have been awful, so i couldn't really expect anything better.

Have been fairly good today, so will start again tomorrow and be very strict and try to have a really good week.

Can I join?
I've lost 1 1/2 stone on SW so far but having a wibble and need to get back on the horse.
Thought some extra support might help.

Elizabeth, thats half a pound loss each week, so no you havent gained.
Average it out.
You had a few days that didnt go so well, just pick up and start again.
Whats your total loss?

Melty - that is a fantastic start... hope it continues well for you.
Elizabeth, yes it is half a pound each week - and if you see the 2lb lumps of pretend fat that we have at our group, then you have lost half of one of those! That is what someone told me when I got despondant as after first 4weeks my loss slowed down to maintain, 1/2lb or 1lb a week.

Hi Ninjacat - great loss so far, hope you get back on plan ok. I have had 5 weeks until last week without a loss and am back to losing, all being well

Ninjacat, 1 and a half stone is a brilliant loss. Join the gang.

Keziah, 5 weeks without a loss? am impressed you kept going.
I am feeling very motivated, and just concentraing on trying for 2 lbs a week.

Thank you

Thanks Melty - need to keep going as had to get my bmi below 30 for my one nhs cycle. Did it - got to 27.5... now want to get below 27 before start treatment! But it has slowed... but I know I can't be losing when ttc with icsi so have adapted diet.

That's excellent Ninjacat, well done!

I have lost 8lbs in 5 weeks, I had hoped for more, but to be fair last week was a really bad week, so if I just try to keep motivated this week hopefully I will start losing a little bit more. Fingers crossed anyway!!

Well done for sticking with it Keziah, a woman at my class tonight got her 2 and a half stone award, she was saying it has taken her almost 9 months to get the last half stone off!!

My friend conceived by icsi, just over 2 years ago now, and I know she was encouraged to drink a lot of full fat milk and take protein shakes etc. Good luck, do you know when your treatment will start?

Hi ladies,

Can I join you? I am starting this tomorrow as have just received the books. I worked out a 2 day menu which I am going to repeat for this week to see how I get on then will start to vary it. I can't believe I can eat the amount of food I have put here and still lose weight - it seems a lot (If I make a salad it covers a full size dinner plate - do I need to watch portion sizes?).

Red Day

B - Eggs, bacon, 2 x small toast with 2 tsp butter and beans - 2 x Healthy Choice B plus 3 syns
L - Salmon Salad with 3 tbsp light mayo - 1.5 syns
D - Lamb with lots of veg, gravy and cheese - 1 x Healthy Choice A plus 1 syn

Green Day

B - 2 slices small toast with butter and eggs - 1 x Healthy B plus 1.5 syns
L - Jacket potato with tuna, 1 tbsp mayo, 1 tsp butter and cheese - 1 x Healthy A, 1 x Healthy B plus 2 syns
D - One pack Uncle Bens Mushroom Rice plus noodles and stirfried veg - 2.5 Syns

I am a bit sceptical but I have 3 stone to lose and like my food so if it works I will be a happy bunny! No idea what syns I should be having but was going for about 5-10 a day? I would join but can't afford to do online and there are no groups near me that I can get to because of work and a husband that works long hours! I am pretty good at motivating myself so I am not worried there.

I do exercise already but will up it to 3 sessions a week now.

Wish me luck! :)