Brand new thread for Slimming World support

lo_bush

dawnteabag: just had another thought, are you drinking enough? I know when I make a real conscious (sp?) effort to increase my fluid intake I usually get a good weightloss, it just seems to help things along, not really sure why, but you never know, it can't hurt to give it a whirl. Sugar free squash, diet coke, water etc. etc. Good luck :beer:

blackberry-rum

dawnteabag wrote: »

Hello everyone from a very disheartened SWer

WI this morning - gained 1 and a half pounds - just how can that be? - I've stuck to it religiously, weighing to make sure I was doing it right after only losing 1/4ib last week. I've been to the gym 3 times - all for less than nothing. It's not like I'm anywhere near target have over 2 stone to go.

As I mentioned yesterday, it was a friends birthday today so have been out to lunch and had a piece of cake but am back on track again - fruit salad and yoghurt for me for tea and am off to the gym again in a mo.

Have decided to give it 1 more week and then give up. Have been doing SW for 6 weeks and have lost a grand total of 5lb - which some people lose in their first week.

Sorry to be on a downer but I am literally sat here with tears pouring down my face.
Anyway - chin up, onwards and upwards as they say...........

Don't cry - 5 lb in six weeks is absolutely average as far as I know ... they reckon about a pound a week should come off. Obviously, people with a lot more to lose (and ANY men,grrrrr) lose more per week, but generally our consultant reckons a pound a week, taking into account the ups and downs we all have, is just fine because if it comes off "slowly" it won't go back on too fast. Your gain might be related to the previous week even, or did you eat some "heavier" fruit on weigh in day (I try to avoid apples and bananas on Tuesdays )? Also, going to the gym can create muscles and they tell us muscle weighs heavier than fat. Have you been measuring your progress in inches lost? If not, measure yourself NOW and write it down; i keep a piece of paper stapled in my SW book and add new measurements every couple of weeks. Really, you will have lost inches. See that picture by my name there <<<<<? that is half a pound of chicken fat on my kitchen scales. You have lost ten times that much is only six weeks! Amazing :T

dawnteabag

Back from the gym and feeling a bit positive - take note of that ladies, it's rare the gym has that effect on me and is unlikely to ever happen again!

Thanks for all the advice - I will give it another week and see how it goes. I don't go to classes because I just can't stand sitting there listening to all those going 'I can't believe I lost 3 and a half pounds this week because I had takeaway twice, etc, etc " when I know I've stuck to it and am going nowhere. That and I struggle to find time to get to a class as I'm a single-mum working full time. Finding time to go to the gym is tugh enough. I have taken my son with me once but I don't think it's a healthy environment for children - I don't want him getting obsessed with body image

I'll try and drink a bit more this week and see if it helps. Might also try and limit my banana intake - I've had 3 some days and I don't really believe that they can possibly be 'free' - 3 bananas would be a quarter of my daily food allowance on WW!
I did make a note of my measurements when I started and I have lost an inch or so according to the tape but my clothes don't feel any looser.

Whingeing over - keep up the good work the rest of you!

laura2481

dawnteabag wrote: »

Hello everyone from a very disheartened SWer

WI this morning - gained 1 and a half pounds - just how can that be? - I've stuck to it religiously, weighing to make sure I was doing it right after only losing 1/4ib last week. I've been to the gym 3 times - all for less than nothing. It's not like I'm anywhere near target have over 2 stone to go.

As I mentioned yesterday, it was a friends birthday today so have been out to lunch and had a piece of cake but am back on track again - fruit salad and yoghurt for me for tea and am off to the gym again in a mo.

Have decided to give it 1 more week and then give up. Have been doing SW for 6 weeks and have lost a grand total of 5lb - which some people lose in their first week.

Sorry to be on a downer but I am literally sat here with tears pouring down my face.
Anyway - chin up, onwards and upwards as they say...........

Awww, don't feel too bad. I joined in February and in the 15 between joining and the 3rd of June I lost 5Ib (I lost a bit more but when up and down and generally struggled) Since the 3rd of june (7 weeks)- I have lost 11Ib. That averages at 1.5Ib per week.
So don't feel too bad. It's not how fast you loose it... it's the general downwards direction of those numbers on the scales. Slow and steady wins the race
And so what if this week shows a blip on the scales? Stick with it. I bet you have a better loss next week.

My only advice- keep a food diary (if you aren't already), weigh everything which should be weighed don't guestimate. Don't eat anything unless you know the syn value first (this stops me snacking on things I think are low syn but then turn out to be :eek: :rotfl:) make sure you drink at least 1.5litres of fluid a day and always always always have at least 1/3 superfree at every meal.

Actually, that was quite a lot of advice :rotfl:

Good luck hon. It will start coming off. xx

laura2481

dawnteabag wrote: »

Might also try and limit my banana intake - I've had 3 some days and I don't really believe that they can possibly be 'free' - 3 bananas would be a quarter of my daily food allowance on WW!

Glad you are feeling a bit more Try swapping 2 of your bananas for one of the fruits which are speed foods, such as apples or strawberries. Although bananas are 'free' they're not speed foods.

laura2481

Fishy day no3 for me!

Breakfast: 1 slice wm toast from 400g loaf (3syns) Scrambled egg made with a dash of milk (0.5syn) and smoked salmon
Lunch: 2 x Ryvita (HEB) with Tuna mayonnaise (1/2tbsp extra light mayo/ 1/2tbsp reduced fat salad cream=1 syn) and cucumber
Snack: 2x satsumas
Dinner: Baked Trout stuffed with couscous made with chillies, lime and coriander (1 tsp reduced fat butter used in baking 1.5syns). On a bed of rocket, watercress and spinach with 2tbsp Hellmans fat free vinagrette (0.5syn)

Syns for today: 6.5syns

KITTY_2-2

Todays meal plan changed a little as the blue cheese dip was awful! I used a HEA of blue cheese in Quark and left it over night. It was far too strong and seriously stinky. Oh well you live and learn

So todays menu ended up like this:
Monday - Red
Drinks – Milk (HEA), Coffee, Diet Coke, Water
Breakfast – Bacon, Egg, Tomatoes
Snack –Blue cheese dip (HEA),celery, carrots, peppers 1 Alpen light (1/2 HEB),
Lunch – Chicken salad, HM coleslaw, Yoghurt, Crisps (6)
Snack - Pineapple, grapes, strawberries and raspberries
Dinner – Stewing steak, potatoes (HEB), mixed veg,

I'm about to have my supper of 1 Alpen light (1/2 HEB) and lemon curd in total 0% greek yoghurt (2). This will account for all my A’s and B’s plus 8 syns. I'm quite happy with today.

Best of luck, K

kellybigboobs

Hello All:)

I've been on holiday ( only from work! ) for the last 10 days and have gone a bit nuts...back on track today.Very hard as I work as a chef!Been craving carbs and not had much time to prepare food or eat ( well,not for myself anyway ) so not a great day fruit and veg way but still on plan.

So,today was green:

hea 1:milk (used in tea and coffee)
hea 2:cheese
heb 1:bread
heb 2:smoked salmon

B - cottage cheese on toast (heb1)
L - jp,mushrooms,cottage cheese
D - noodles and cheese (hea2)

Snacks - smoked salmon (heb2),yogurt,random bits of salad that jumped into my mouth!

Syns - juice (5),sugar (3),a few chips (3) = 11 in total

As I said,not great but on track!:T:D:p

dawnteabag

laura2481 wrote: »

Glad you are feeling a bit more Try swapping 2 of your bananas for one of the fruits which are speed foods, such as apples or strawberries. Although bananas are 'free' they're not speed foods.

Will give it a go I do lurve bananas tho ;-)

homeworker

I was wondering how u made your homemade jalepeno humous?

cheeseaddict wrote: »

Morning!

EE for me:

B- scrambled egg, toast (B), coffee, milk (A)
L- Homemade jalepeno humous, x3 crackerbread(3) salad
D- Chicken, veg & syn free curry sauce, rice
S- Fruit & yoghurt

Got an exercise dvd from library yesterday so might give that a go later.

Have a good day everyone!