Lose Weight 15

Maintain for me this week, there seems to be many of us so far this week with a maintain:D well done to all of you, loosers, maintainers, we are all brill:rotfl: :rotfl:

Off to Jimmy's farm on saturday the one from the BBC 2 show near Ipswich, the sausages and bacon were fab, expensive def but fab, hoping to order my turkey crown for xmas from there also, hoping my mother will come along also save going further than Ipswich to visit her on the day trip but if she doesn't come then we will see her at my brothers...

hi was looking for advice if i consume 1000kals a day do i have to burn the 1000kals a day to lose weight. sorry if it sounds silly

Brighton_belle wrote: »

Welcome LGN: this is a great thread. Stick with us for friendly support. I started SW in May and love it, never going hungry it certainly works for me.
Basically you have green days and original days, you chose each day which of these you will stick to for the day. Nearly all veg are free food on both days, ditto fruit (don't get confused with WW here - have as much as you need, really, you will lose weight) On green days all pasta and rice is free on green days all meat is free. You really can have as much of either as you need depepnding on the 'colour 'of your day. Then each day you MUST choose 2 healthy extra B's and at least one of the healthy extra A's: this is to ensure nutritional balance. You may not lose weight if you don't have these. You really can have a lot of food: go for it for a week and see and check in here to ask questions as as when. Oh yes - syns. A the back of the book they are laid out. YOu can have between 5-15 a day. I find I can't have more than 5/6 to lose weight, as I am not very active.
At the back of the book, ignore the 'mix to match' days for a bit - it's too confusing to start with. Stick to an all green or all original day for now.
Hope this helps
bb

thanks for the help Brighton belle. i have one question regarding green days. in vegetables potatoes are free foods, i know this is gonna sound stupid but does that include a jacket potato?? or does it mean boiled potatoes?? coz on a red day potatos are only mentioned in the B list in the healthy extras and it stipulates how to eat them.
can i be nosey and ask you what you would eat on an average green day and an average red day?
i must come across as being clueless. i am sooooo used to WW that i am frightened that i am gonna pile on more weight!!!! :rotfl:

LGDNUFC wrote: »

thanks for the help Brighton belle. i have one question regarding green days. in vegetables potatoes are free foods, i know this is gonna sound stupid but does that include a jacket potato?? or does it mean boiled potatoes?? coz on a red day potatos are only mentioned in the B list in the healthy extras and it stipulates how to eat them.
can i be nosey and ask you what you would eat on an average green day and an average red day?
i must come across as being clueless. i am sooooo used to WW that i am frightened that i am gonna pile on more weight!!!! :rotfl:

... that's because they are a healthy extra due to their fibre content, and most of the fibre is in the skins. Hence, you need the skins.

As A1969 (who is still not forgiven for not giving me her MCR ticket) said, you can do whatever you like with potatoes on a green day, and have as many as you like.

Sorry to burst in on BB's baby, but variety is the spice of life, right? On a typical green day I would have two Weetabix (HEb) with milk from HEa allowance for breakfast, maybe with a banana or strawberries. For a mid morning snack I'd have a banana and an orange. Lunch would be a huge bowl of couscous accompanying a tin of tomatoes, 2 quorn fillets, a large chopped onion, peppers and chilis. Mid afternoon snack would be two more pieces of fruit. Evening meal might be 3 quorn sausages, two fried eggs, syn-free chips and a tin of beans or spaghetti. Then just before bed 2 slices of wholemeal toast (HEb) with Laughing Cow light cheese (HEa) spread over them. The rest of the milk allowance would go to 6 or 7 mugs of coffee during the day. All of that lot is completely syn-free, so there's space for a glass or two of wine as well, if the mood dictates (and it often does ).

bails wrote: »

It's far better to lose the weight slowly and safely, frustrating though you may find that.

....completely right!! 123money, unless you have virtually nothing to lose, 1000 kcals a day could easily restrict weight loss both physically and psychologically.