Get in the swing for Spring - Slimming World support thread 2017

Abbafan - sorry to hear about your gain. Keep going - you'll get there. You are an inspiration... I have about the same amount to lose as you have lost in order to reach a healthy BMI, and I can't honestly imagine getting there at this stage - it seems such a gigantic mountain to climb! Seeing that you have been there and done it encourages me that its do-able!!

Happy Easter Poppy-dog - I love the way you smile for the camera!

Well done Saver-upper and PerthLady91 - fab losses!! :T

Well done to all who have stuck to plan over the Easter weekend. Sadly, I can't say that I was one of them. Easter day didn't go according to plan (long story, but I ended up in A&E for hours with a friend - who thankfully, is OK - but it completely threw my plans off course, and I went AWOL big style, and didn't climb back on track today either...!).

Well, tomorrow is a new day, so we are back to "Draw a line, Piglet" and starting again tomorrow... :rotfl: Plans are:

B: Cheese omelette (HExA) with mushrooms & tomatoes
L: Leek & potato soup
Pasta n sauce with roasted vegetables (courgette, red onion, mushroom & tomato)
HExB: Salted caramel hi-fi bar

P x

Belated Happy Easter everyone,

Some fab-u-lous losses here, sad to say that my +3lbs is not one of them :eek:

Well deserved gain though - lots of picking, snacking and very little speed. What is it about bread? That and sugar are like crack to me, once I start on them I can't stop. It really doesn't take long to pack on the poundage does it???

Interesting hearing all the reasons to start SW. For me it was the realisation in August 2015 that it was only 6 months to a big family occasion where I would be judged hard by rarely - I wonder why?!- seen relatives because of my size. In fairness, at 17.5 stone I was grossly obese and while I had never been a skinny minnie, the weight had crept on over the years. It was also causing joint problems and the lack of fitness was bad but in honesty the real motivation was a chance to stick 2 fingers up to unpleasant people What kept me going along with that was how much better I felt and looked as the weight came off, really boosted my confidence in everything where before, I was just the fat bird...

Funny thing is that those same people and those like them are the ones who tell me that I look gaunt now and have lost too much - believe me I haven't, still just under 25 BMI:rotfl:

Well done Beanie on SOTW :T. I bet you're :j!

The plodding has certainly paid off for you.

Denise

shala_moo wrote: »

Hi all.. hope everyone's had a lovely Easter! :icotbaske



So sorry i missed the first time i read through - you're more than welcome to join the challenge, there are only 2 weeks left (new one should start 1st May) so up to you if you want to give me a target for two weeks or wait for the new one to start. i can add your 4lb loss on for last week

Thanks shala-moo.I would love to join for the rest of this challenge.Yes,please start with this weeks' 4lb.So my target for this challenge I will put as 7lb,thank you x

I have had a good day today,SW-wise,though not sure how worthwhile it is trying to make myself eat mushrooms in an effort to get in more speed.Nearly gagged trying to make myself swallow them with breakfast :eek::eek:.Definitely not a food that sparks joy in me!

Brunch (though closer to lunch,really): bacon,eggs,3 tomatoes,mushrooms,1 slice wholemeal toast(HEB),no marg

Snack: a lovely fruit salad-raspberries,strwberries,banana,passionfruit,with 0 percent fat greek yoghurt

Tea: jacket potato with cheese (HEA),bacon,sweet chilli sauce (1 syn),egg mayonnaise (5 syns :eek:-Saver-upper hurriedly adds low-fat mayo to the shopping list!!).
Now normally,that would be my whole meal,but I also wanted to have something speedy on the side.This is my third time doing SW,and unlike the last 2 times,I really am working as hard as I can to get as much speed in as I can.
SO for this meal,I made a ratatouilli: orange pepper,red onion,garlic,corgette,tin of tomatoes.It was nice ,and I will make it again (maybe to have with rice as a meal on its own).I just felt it was missing something-dash of tomato paste,maybe?

Now I have had cheese in my meal,I will syn the milk for cups of tea(? 350ml skimmed milk is 7syns-sheesh!)

EDIT:Well,I have looked in old SW books,SW facebook pages,google.....and I can't find an answer.

Can someone tell me how many syns are in skimmed milk?Online I have found guesses of all sorts.At the moment I am going by 100 ml being 2 syns (one of the guestimates I have found,as well as 1/2 syn per tablespoon(!).Can someone else confirm?Thank you.

Some amazing losses. So inspiring. Well done losers


Hugs for the gainers. School holidays can be so hard.


Thanks for the chart Sahal, and well done on SOTW Beanie.


Weigh in for me tonight, and not looking forward to it. Still suffering from the lack of certain food groups in my diet, and also hormones are making me feel rubbish. Need chocolate but not allowed it


Today's plan:
Breakfast - overnight oats
Lunch - lamb salad (leftover lamb from Sunday)
Dinner - miso noodles
Snacks - grapes, strawberries, Skips, sugar free polos


HA - milk
HB - oats
Syns - salad dressing (1/2), miso (1/2), Skips (4.5), polos (4 if I eat the whole packet)


Before anyone warns me about the side effects of too many sugar free seat, I know, but with the amount of fibre I'm allowed it's not necessarily a bad thing!