Frugaleers talk food/fitness & weigh t loss - 2020 part 1

[Not2bObvious]

New thread for 2020 since we didn’t finish the old one by year end

Excellent curvy I'm trying to run down freezer this week so not much cooking happening. going from 8 drawers to 3, dc on midterm should help with that too

Freezer tea here. Gone over calories but half term is harder for me to stick to. DC didn't want me going out again to gym.

Over by precisely the junk I ate

Sts today. Going to maintain this week

sts today. I overate yesterday, going to be strict today.

life half term is always hard!
Yesterdays steps 10052, so just got it!
Yesterday's food
B- crumpets and coffee
L- (Costa) vegan ham and cheese toastie, coconut latte and half a bag of sea salt crisps
S- pear
D- vegan korma and rice. It was bloody delicious! I had left over veg from dinner the night before, added some onion, garlic and a couple of handfuls of mixed frozen veg. Made loads so put two portions in the freezer.
Also got a 1kg bag of casserole veg reduced to 50p, so cooked that up and blended it down, so have two massive portions of soup.

Weight kind of the same was bouncing between 12s and 12s1.

Guys, I know we are all different plans, but if you could attend slimming world for free for 12 weeks would you do it?

I'm in the very fortunate position that my work is linked with an organisation that offers this, with obvious stipulations, like if I don't attend I will have to pay the money back.
So would any of you do it?

Also @Not2bObvious haven't seen you for a bit, hope you are ok?

Personally curvy I wouldn't as I don't like the ethos and the group's I supported a friend at were not my thing. I also can't do unlimited food as I'm rubbish at portion control.

However, if I was significantly over weight and found it worked to get into the zone kind of thing I world. Some people do have success with it. I think they are the minority. If you eat badly it can for some start the shift to health eating as all the free foods are less processed.

Calorie counted life is the only sustainable thing I think.

On balance I wouldn't but it's not my choice. Does SW work for you or does it give you the cycle of losing while doing it but then putting more on when off plan?

I think I might have been a bit on the fence there. So now I have the splinters out of my ass. No I personally wouldn't as I don't like SW either plan or groups.

Thanks life, I've never joined sw or ww, just done my own thing. So don't know if it would help me, or just make me feel worse, you know?
Unlimited food scares me a bit too.
I'm on the fence!

The group's I went to did the hard sell on the extras and seemed obsessed with how to make syn free cake. Mixed Coco powder fatless sponge was a particular low point.
Some people really couldn't cook either which is not sw fault or the person but some of the advice I heard was
Obv it's only as good as the rep so maybe it was a bad set of reps.

I'm a binge eater though which is never good in any world though.
HM do you want to lose if that's not too impertinent?
You seem to be doing well by yourself

life I'm just a little over 5 foot, and weigh 12s, which obviously you know, sorry!
I would like to lose 3 stone overall. This would just put me in a healthy BMI, I don't pay much attention to it, but I do have fat round my middle that I want to get rid off.

That cake sounds awful! Luckily I'm an ok cook!

I think I would go just because it's free and I'd have the discipline of weighing each week, take any good that you can get from it, and ignore anything you don't agree with. 12 visits though is a big commitment if you can't stand it

I'm on the fence too actually

Still alive thanks curvy, working on undoing a bad week and finding it tough.
Jeez SW for free, I did it years ago & wasn’t my cup of tea. I’d agree calorie counting is probably the only I’ve lost weight with proper knowledge and it solved the mystery why I gained it again. I don’t think I could commit to 12 weeks of it - though that being said I’d love an activity where I saw real people, my work is so isolated I miss human beings. About to get even worse as my contract is coming to an end, only found out.
Just ate comfort chocolate, this turnaround isn’t going to be easy

I did know that curvy but I'd forgotten as my memory is craft.
That's not huge amounts to lose.

Sorry to hear that not. Have you got another to go to?
I've baked and now need to step away as scoffed loads

Yeah, it’s only part of my work and I won’t lose anything really apart from having different work. Just puts me back to working in one location, mostly on my own or with someone I dislike intensely. I need a new job....

Happier, that is my thinking too, it's free and 12 weeks isn't really that long.
I know what I should be eating, but maybe it will make me more disciplined?

life, I know that feeling! I can never remember what everyone weighs, I need to scroll back lots! Hope I didn't make you feel bad though?

not, you will get there, you are very determined I think.
With regard to the work, I'm sorry, it's hard to work with people who are horrible.
Yy, if I do go to sw I will talk to actual adults!

It's fine curvy. Takes more than that to make me feel bad. I am very forgetful so do shout at me if it's stuff I should know.
Maybe a mix up of the weight loss routine by doing something different may be the boost you need/want.
Adult company is underrated. Good adult company at that.

That sucks not.

life, good
I have a brain like a sieve most of the time, it always amazes me the stuff I do actually remember! Yy maybe it will give me a boost.
I have nothing to lose so may just try it.

Thanks guys, not even horrible just fake/dishonest/poor morals/lazy workshy/stupid. All this in one person, quite the fete if I spelled that right. I’ve been so incredibly bored for so long it’s a shock how upset I feel, I suppose it’s the fact I have to go back to working there pretty much full time. Have had comfort in some white wine & dinner. Not sure what to do next. It may involve chocolate but not too much, I’m not sabotaging what I already sabotaged.

All that in one person is quite amazing not sorry to hear about what's going on.

Not have some . Sounds incredibly tough.

Food today
B- shredded wheat and coffee
L- last crumpet with butter, orange, an apple and water.
Went to my friends, so that our dcs could see each other, had 2 black coffees there.
D- sausages, oven chips, peas and a small mixed salad and vimto. Then had alpro blueberry yoghurt with chopped strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.
Still feel hungry though.
Will see how I go!

Oh steps 5,884