A slimmer Christmas is a-coming with Slimming World

TakeItEazy

whoopidoo wrote: »

Hi everyone I'm shamefacedly rejoining you all if that's OK. Not been doing to well, have been maintaining for the most part for ages and this week have put on 2lb. Thank you to Takeiteazy for prodding me back here and for all the support. Starting afresh today, clean slate.

Welcome back Whoopidoo, no need to feel shamefaced. There are a lot of us on here [me included] who are sw returners. I know how you feel though, I decided to go it alone as was too embarrassed to go back to club. We are all here to help motivate you just keep posting ok? Just glad to have you back :T.

P.S. I have resigned as sargent major, my heart wasn't really in it :rotfl:

TakeItEazy

Oh and MrsM what is a LUMPADING? Enquiring minds need to know :rotfl:

consultant31

icklefaqua wrote: »

Hi there,
A few years back I managed to lose just under 2 stone with slimming world but have since put most of that weight back on. Truely depressing!
At the present time I am a full time nursing student. so after being on the wards for 37 and a half hour weeks at a hospital which is an hours drive away each way, I also have to keep up to date with my essays and when not on placements, attend lectures.

So being able to attend the group sessions is un likely and the cost of joining the online thing is outside of the relms of student funds.

Would people be able to help me with say....weekly passwords or the answer to any syn questions I may have? Also, how does this extra easy thing work as I have never been able to get my head around that one lol.

Thank you B:A

Hi and welcome to the thread. It's always been against the rules to give out the password but now it's not possible as the system has changed.

You will always find someone willing to help with syn values and to dish out help and support when you need it - and a swift kick if you need one too

PS: If you go back to post number 1 you will find the rules for EE

flutterbyuk25

Well you lot certainly thought me not fancy my date 'enough' was hilarious didn't you?! :rotfl: I just meant that there was no spark!

(((hugs))) to those in need.

I did my WI this morning and apparently have lost 0.5lbs this week! I'm a bit dubious cos I was off plan a fair few times last week but hey, the scales don't lie :rotfl:.

Good day food wise, didn't have much time to eat in work! And I went to gym after work too.

Green day:

B - shreddies (HEB) and skimmed milk (HEA)
L - pasta with salady bits
D - 2 x small jacket spuds - one with HM SF veggie chilli, cheese (HEA) and sour cream (3syns), other with cheese (HEB) and LF coleslaw (5syns)
Snacks - banana
Drinks - coffee, water, NAS squash
Exercise - 45 mins at gym

Total syns = 8

Still have few syns left so may have something sweet later, or just a ff yogurt.

x

alisont

Hi managed to get to Waitrose so have some pudding rice now:j had to ask for it and the assistant said it was short grained rice - silly me had been looking for a pack of pudding rice!

Also got a pack of that slenda sweetner - pleased to find it is not aspartame/saccharin in it.

So rice pud is in the oven.

Food today - Green day as ever!

B - porridge/rice milk and berries

Mid morning - beans/toms on 1 wholemeal bread

Lunch - small portion of leftover curry/rice

Mid pm - grapes and berries

Tea - pasta with homemade tomato pasta sauce and a side salad with fat free dressing.

Made the rice pud with the weekends milk allowance as I had a cooked breakfast both days. Might have a bowl of that later with berries on, when cooked, was thinking it would be a good breakfast too!

Did a health and safety pack at Costas today before a student placement and they told me their hot choc is vegan when made with soya milk - temptation or what!!! They said it was 120 cals but no idea how to work out syns so did not have one.

Think rice pudding will be very useful as Im planning on making some to beat choc cravings I know Il get later this week!

consultant31

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

I get the impression from looking at that recipe that it should be possible to make it with any vegetables and pulses. I can't imagine it will matter if you used fresh tomatoes not tinned or 2 green peppers and no yellow one. I think I may try to make a smaller volume with the veg I have at home!

You can use pretty much what you want - the idea was for it to be lots of free foods (green/EE day) and fibrous things to get you moving

It makes A LOT so be sure to use a mahoosive pan!

consultant31

alisont wrote: »

Made the rice pud with the weekends milk allowance as I had a cooked breakfast both days. Might have a bowl of that later with berries on, when cooked, was thinking it would be a good breakfast too!

Think rice pudding will be very useful as Im planning on making some to beat choc cravings I know Il get later this week!

I hope you enjoyed the rice pud, but it's not a good idea to save HEs from one day to the next. It's a case of using them on the day to make sure you get the right amount of calcium etc needed for a healthy diet

consultant31

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

Very true. I just feel like I am paying my £5 a week and not really seeing anything happening. I know it is my fault, there is nothing wrong with the plan but I do not feel I can go to my brother's wedding and refuse to eat the pudding

Anyone else had a similar experience and managed to break the cycle?

OK I'm going to play devil's advocate here and ask how many weddings your brother had........just the one was it? Well what stopped you following the plan on the other weeks?

Sorry, but as you have already worked out for yourself (above in red) but we all need to decide which we want to do - lose weight or have lots of off-diet meals.

It is perfectly possible to have a social life and still lose weight, honestly it is. I have had more than one member who has returned to group after the Christmas holidays and lost weight. Not surprisingly, it's usually the ones who attended the group between Christmas and New Year who do best (see, there's a pattern).

If it's not the right time for you, you don't feel committed enough, there's no shame in saying "right I'm going to pack in until I feel I can give it my all".

I hope this hasn't come across as too harsh, but sometimes I think 'tough love' is called for if you are self-sabotaging like this.

consultant31

h007 wrote: »

oh i see they have updated the sw website with a xmas article on the homepage.
apparently they will be doing mince pie hi fi bars and we will be having xmas parties in group next week!?!??!

also i was thinking of buying a countdown this week but will wait for the week after as then you get a xmas recipie book for free.

talking of countdowns how much are they and how do you pay for them? can they take card payments or do i need to get load of cash out?

having a good day so far but am really cold and want my lunch already!

ee-

b - mullerlight, fibre plus(heb), grapes
snacks - apple

l - jacket - prob with tuna and a small blob of salad cream(?)
d -beef stirfry

Countdowns are paid for in cash (don't know of any groups with a card-reading machine) and will cost so many times the group fee. If you're going for a 6 week one, there's one week free so you pay 5 times the weekly fee. With the 12 week one there are 2 free weeks so you pay 10 times the group fee.

I do think they are very good for your commitment - once you've paid your money, the chances are you will make sure you don't miss group. They are not suitable for a shift worker though as there's no provision for missed weeks (if you miss, you lose that week).

consultant31

dizzyk wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: LMAO at consultants filthy mind x

:cool: I'm very hurt you think I've got a dirty mind :rotfl::rotfl: