Starting slimming world today *Part 2*

[Melty]

Wynken broke the other thread!

Have been so busy at work, only in the door a few minutes. Haven't eaten yet, but weirdly not hungry.
Must have something otherwise will suddenly get ravenous.
Looks like everyone is doing ok though.
Am actually looking at Shred DVD (Still in its cellophane wrapping!)but too wrecked to start doing it today.

I know what you mean Izzy, have been finding the lessons I learned reading this book usefulhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Lighten-Up-Feel-good-Pete-Cohen/dp/0712670343/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289820513&sr=1-1. Cannot find my copy as all our books are higgeldy piggley in a cupboard scince we moved.

Thanks upsy I have heard of that book, will have a look at the library.

I've found "101 things to do before you diet" by Mimi Spencer funny and helpful, also "Only fat people skip breakfast" by Lee Janogly is quite good.

My downfall is the couple of hours between my son getting home from school and me starting to cook dinner. I seem to have a real energy dip then and try to manage with fruit and yoghurt but it never quite hits the spot.

I get weighed tonight and am trying to break out of the "starve myself all day till after class" mentality because it makes me almost faint - AND - it doesn't seem to affect my weight loss.

Oh well, just off for Marmite and toast for lunch

xxxx

had a really long walk today, got WI tonight, was feeling really good like i'd had a decent loss this week, but woke up this morning feeling enoooormous !

going to have left over melanzane parmigiana for lunch, then soup before wi.

I think mentally I'm in quite a good place to diet, and have found SW really heps with energy dips, maybe ham and raw veggies in afternoon or more protien for lunch.

I've just had some chicken pieces i roasted yesterday as the temptation to dive into the biscuit tin with the kids is very high

what i have noticed, as a side effect of SW, is that , even though the DCs had v healthy diet anyway and not remotely overweight, they are eating fruit etc a lot more, rather than going straight for biccies etc and asking 'is this healthy?' before diving in.. we are eating less fat as a family as I do the cooking and buying less junk, as i'm not eating it.

so it's a good thing, although going through 2 kg of satsumas in 24 hours is probably going to cause some stomach gripes in the DCS!

Am struggling today. Tried to buy stir fry veg but none in the shop. Had to go out for meeting in the pub. Went for jacket spud and beans no butter but there was dressing on the salad.

Then stupidly bought bag of choc donuts and has 3, they weren't very big but not great. Am tucking into Ryvita crackerbread now. It's hard to do this week following my two bad days plus the fact that this is my week I don't lose. But there is always next week I guess.

I was like that last week.. i ate the whole box of mikado, remember ?

I try to tell myself, I am still eating so much better than before, really limited alcohol intake, far less saturated fats , no eating half a pack of biccies with every cup of tea, no crisps just because the children were having some, so even if i gain/maintain or don't losemuch., i am still in a far better healthier place, as you are ! so take the long term view

you can't think you'll never eat another donut! you had some, lovely.. have a flexi syn day and start again in the morning x

God Me too Wynken.

I started off the day running a bit late, so had only 3 spoons of my bowl of poridge. I made soup last night so that was ready to take to work and packed fruit and yogurt so was feeling virtuous. And I packed 2 slices of M&S high bran bread (small 400g loaf) with 2 laughing cow light instead of butter.
Then someone at work brought in this delicious chocolat slice, had to have one, and someone else brought in a big tin of Foxes biscuits so I had two. So well into the syns.

Have just eaten 2 fried egges with 2 quorn sausages and mushrooms, followed by a small bowl of the soup again. (The was nearly superfree, 1 small potato in whole pot)

None of that sounds awful, but I am currently fighting the urge to nip out to the little Tescos and get a thick white loaf to have with inch thick butter.
I feel quite deflated, especially since the jeans hunt didnt go so well, and even though I am down another 1 and a half pounds, I have to do this for another year to get to "normal" again.

Combine that with SB not contacting me since the last "lets be friends" text and I feel really low. Not that I actually want to contact him or have anything to do with him, you understand, I just want him to be pining for me.
The flat feels very empty on my own, and the urge to stuff my face is strong.
Bear in mind that I have lived on my own for a long time, and was single for 3 years before SB, so am normally fond of my own company.

I know Lulu is right about overall eating plan being much healthier than before, but its hard to deal with emotional eating.

sorry melty.. it is so hard!
can you make a treat something other than food? a bubble bath? book? magazine? something yummy & low syn.. i thikn at the moment though, eat what you want/need and worry about it later. don't let yourself feel deprived !

well, I have done it !! I reached club10 tonight, got my sticker and a 1.5 stone award. so total weight loss of 25.5 lbs. getting through that 20lb barrier has totally re-energised me !
after a difficutl couple of week and a couple of blow outs, i am so pleased !

Oh well done [clap]
That really deserves a round of applause!
25lbs, and Club 10!

Thanks Lulu, trying not to undo the good work already done. I would really cry if I started to go backwards weight wise on top of the other little things.
Keep calm and carry on....
A bubbley bubbley bath might be just the thing..

Have to agree, emotional eating is not dealt with by SW, my friend on the other plan, said she could still binge on pasta and tomato sauce. Melty, I worked out I've lost exactly a third of what I need to be " normal", so here for a long time, but my BMI is 7 less than it was and I can buy cheap long sleeved t shirts in Primark.

My chocolate fix at mo is Valrhona, Guanaja which is 70% coco and at 20g only 5syns. My local Booths sell them at the checkout and it feels like a proper treat. Does anyone else find themselves working out if the syns in something are worth it, ie chocolate usually yes, but not milky ways as too little chocolate and definately not DP only telling me halfway through cooking that the lovely smell is the half bottle of red in the casserole

Hi again!

Just back from my class, delighted at having lost 2.5 lbs and got my half stone award.

Wanted to share the good news with you, as I tend to come on here for a moan usually.

Feel proud of myself as this week I had three lunches out, which I couldn't avoid, for various reasons. Counted all my syns which included 32.5 on Saturday, including half a bottle of pino grigio.

Total syns for 7 days was 91, so average of 13 per day. Bit on the high side I know.

The coming week will be just as hard as it's my DH's birthday and we have a day out together, including lunch AND an evening meal with friends.

Just reading all your latest posts and so pleased you're doing so well too.

LuluMaam is spot on about the non-food related treats. I go for a magazine every time - and then swap them with a friend later on to save cash. Bubbly baths too! And home pedicures keep your hands out of the biscuit tin.

OK, wish me luck for another tough week with lots of temptations.....

Izquierda xx

Melty I just reread your post mentioning emotional eating and am really sympathetic.

I have had some emotional issues this past year and I always turn to food at times of stress. Lots of people do - including many of this board, I would guess. So please don't be too hard on yourself.

I think the secret is to build in a few non-food treats as mentioned above and to be very kind to yourself because to some extent, doing SW and having to be accountable every week at a class brings a stress all of its own.

I don't know if this would help at all but some time ago I bought a book called (I think) The Weigh Less Mind by a therapist called Georgia Foster. It comes with a CD - I guess it's hypnotherapy really - which I found relaxing and helpful. If you google Georgia's name I think there are some resources on her website which might be useful. She also does a similar thing to help people cut down on alcohol, called the Drink Less Mind - which 've tried too - deeply flawed creature that I am.

Thanks for all the good stuff you post anyway Melty - I'm sure it helps lots of us!

well donr lulu that is amazing, and izi, I am hoping for my first half stone at class tonight (which feels like a bit af a cheat since I am coun ting my weight from when we started this not when I started class.

Melty as the others have said (I am always late for a conversation here) try to associate something else with being your absolute favourite treat, mine is a manicure, feeling down I spend hours doing my nails (which is a bit pointless since I have chickens to clean out) and for a real treat I buy myself soem new nail varnish (cheap and works everytime) plus no matter how fat or thin I am I always like o look at my hands and thinnk I have elegant girly nails.
Got wi tonight according to wii am on track for 1.5 or 2 loss. If I could lose 2lbs a week I would be on track o reach my target in 21 weeks, at the 1lbv a week I have been doing though it is 42 weeks which feels like a olittle bit too long. wedding is 29 weeks from this weekend so that would be ideal. I guess I will really up the excercise in january once dd2 in school, planning to join the gymn to deal with the boredom.
sil has been nehaving and not having the treats and doing loads of excercise (she only had about a stone to go) and she looks fantastic. her goal is the same as mine of 9 and a half stone.

sorry last sentence diodn't really make any sense at all, meant to say sil is only 3lbs off her target. really should proof read, I can type it is just that I have very big hands and a teeny tiny netbook.

Wow, well done Lulu and izquierda

I have had a so so week, it is so cold, I just want stodge!

Have made a batch of SS soup (my own version) and am having that for lunches. Gym and Zumba last night and will try and shred today and tomorrow.

Am loving Alpen lights for my Healthy extras, feels naughty somehow.

Yes, well done on the losses

Lizzy I feel a bit guilty as haven't shredded for a week, but I'm doing a bit of decorating so I've mostly been up a ladder which I count as exercise Good luck for later Dita.

Very good for bingo wings is painting as well, Whatkung

I've not exercised as much as last week, been feeling lazy and like I don't want to venture out into the cold to the gym/get changed to shred

2 days before weigh in, so I can fit some in.

Thank you Lulu and congratulations on the 10% ! Izq, our consultant always says that first half stone one is the most important award you get, well done.

Melty, sorry you're struggling as well. I guess non edible treats are definitely the way forward. Like you, I'm going to be here until next Christmas and sometimes it seems such a long way to go. Have been thinking of saving some pennies to book a spa day in Jan/Feb to have something to look forward to. Maybe we need a treat box containing a few magazines, face packs and Mikados etc and when ever we struggle go straight to treat box to start pampering. It's really encouraging to see Lulu breaking through her barrier and moving on, we can do it too. I'm going to post what I eat today to get me back on track, need to be good as yesterday's food resulted in me being awake in the middle of the night with another gall stone attack that felt even worse as self inflicted. So food so far today, 1 slice of melon, 1 plain Oatso Simple and 350ml skim milk allowance.

Lizzy, I love Alpen lights, the chocolate and fudge ones are just delicious.

Good luck tonight Dita, fingers crossed for you.

Kungfu, ladders are definitely exercise !

thanks girls for all the rounds of applause ! I was a teeny bit last night as I got slimmer of the week for the 3rd time, 1.5 stone award and club 10 in one night.. but hey !

I still write down what I eat, it is so easy to forget about the odd few syns here and there, and easy to go over 10 -15.

for breakfast i had fruit & carrot sticks and yoghurt and black coffee

for lunch I had 3 turkey rashers, grilled, two poached eggs, 2 slices of nimble toast (HEx B ) and 1 laughing cow light on the toast (HEx A) and half a tin of baked beans. Full to bursting !

And just fruit and black coffee this afternoon.

dinner is beef stroganoff ( recipe from group last week) and boiled rice.

That's highly impressive all in one night! I had a bacon and mushroom omlette with tomato for lunch and a skinny latte at garden centre this afternoon, 3 syns I think. Tea is going to be chicken, new pots and green beans then some hot choc later for some more syns.

Melty, are you OK today?

a big well done on all the losses, clubs 10 awards and half stones etc

hang in there melty

I had started using nicely scented baths, and a trashy novel and face pack as my treats, but they're always the first to go when I'm behind with the ironing, or my studying or whatever.

if decorating is exercise then I am ahead of the game, it's that time of year where I spend much of my time up a ladder cleaning things that can't be seen by the naked eye, except if that eye belongs to my mother, sadly I was too busy to go to dance class today (though I did get DS3 to go to nursery), and DH has to go to fracture clinic in the morning so I can't go to zumba.

Argh, I wrote something on the PC (now on laptop) and obviously forgot to post it! Can't be bothered with it now ... in short, I lost 2.5lb over a fortnight, despite the Bourbon biscuits.

I've just been to my first ever weigh in after starting last week and have put on 1.5lbs. Oh dear.

Hi ... erm, may we call you Beaver?! :o

While I did okay on my first week, I found it hard as it was Tuesday and I'd done my normal supermarket shop on the Sunday, so didn't have particularly appropriate food in.

Did you get to hand in your food diary and get feedback from your consultant?