Lose Weight 31

efrieze · 2 December 2010 at 11:06AM

puddings wrote: »

no commiserations needed this week Fred - there were NO GAINERS, and that must mean everyone is doing well!

A great statistic, well done everyone.

sarymclary · 2 December 2010 at 11:09AM

Morning all, we had another 2 inches of snow last night, but still not enough to stop me getting the children to school. Glad I don't still live in the village I moved from last year, because they're snowed in, and the schools there and beyond are all shut. As you can imagine the 4 Sary children are not impressed at all!

Well done to all who lost/STS, and today is a new DAY 1 for anyone who feels they need to do better.

I'm still finding doing the SW plan the easiest healthy eating plan ever. I'm still struggling to get my head around the concept, but I am beginning to trust it. Even my BF, who said 2 weeks ago that if I lost anything on this he'd be amazed, has to agree that 9lb in 3 weeks is swaying his view.:rotfl: I've got a mini-target I've set myself to get another 7lb off by Dec 20th (I'm 2lb into that, so only 5 to go). My jeans are already baggy around the hips & bum, so I'm feeling the benefits.

I have managed to get to the gym as well, and have already had my money's worth out of my monthly membership. I definitely need to improve my stamina and fitness, although am pleased to find my strength hadn't diminished as much as I had anticipated. Fellpony keep us up to date with your progress on the treadmill. It sounds like you've got it all sorted there in the spare room, but it's the headspace that is the most important, and I'm pleased to hear you feel that's in focus for you now. Good luck!

Victory - Sad to hear that things haven't improved for you. We're thinking of you, and here if you need us, remember that.

BB - I'm so pleased for your being close to the healthy BMI range. It's been a quiet weightloss for you I feel, but significant all the same. I've a way to go yet before I'll be in a healthy range... actually, with my short height, I'd have to be about a size 8 to be in that range, so that's about 5 dress sizes away, and a size I have never been close to, let alone been!

Alliwant - I hope the weather is kind to you this week, so that you can make that trip with your mum.

Vix - I'm sorry that your family has suffered yet another bereavement. When I was in my early 20's I had a year very similar to your's, and it was hard, but made me realise how precious life was. Not that I don't think you don't already feel that anyway, but I guess for me it was a reality check.

Margaretclare & Betty - I totally agree with your comments re. lazy cooking, and people not knowing how to cook from scratch anymore. It takes no longer to make your own pasta sauce than cooking the spaghetti it will accompany. I make my own chinese sauces, at a fraction of the cost of the readymade ones, and my family feel they can trust my home baking far more than the palm oil, hydrogenated fat filled shop ones. I've taken the trouble to educate my children at home in how to cook, but it's apparrent from their friends that they haven't got a clue, and neither do their parents. That's a pity, because the nation's future health doesn't look to be improving on that basis.

puddings wrote: »

i wonder if anybody will be brave enough to ask why its called that. lol

Puds, it looks like no one else was, but the benefits of it are both loud, and forceful!!:eek:

beanielou wrote: »

Tell me more about the dyno-rod soup please.

It's is a delicious soup, that you can make to your own taste. It's both filling and nutricious, but has the benefit of speeding it's way through, and those doing slimming world swear it speeds up their losses. Mine was so gorgeous that my 2 youngest boys insisted on having a bowl as 'starter' for one meal, and my eldest son and his girlfriend had sneaked a taste from the pot while I was out, and he then invited her for dinner the next day and begged for them to have some for their meal, with a crusty hot roll. I should point out that he hates all veg, and none of us like mushy peas! I think it tastes nicer than Heinz vegetable soup, which was always an old fave of mine. I made mine like this:

Dyno-Rod Soup Recipe:
1 Onion, finely chopped
4 large carrots, chopped
1/2 a swede, chopped
2 parsnips, chopped
1 350g packet of chopped tomatoes, or fresh would do
1 tin of haricot beans
1 tin of mushy peas
Handful of pearl barley or rice, or any other beans/pulses
2 pints of stock (I like using Marigold Swiss Bouillon)
1 tsp fresh ginger (I use the frozen herbs from Sainsburys)
1 tsp fresh parsley
1 tsp of Schwarz Season All
Salt & pepper to taste

Cook the onion in a small amount of stock until soft, add the other chopped vegetables and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Pour on the chopped tomatoes, and beans, and add the seasoning. Lastly top up with the rest of the stock. Simmer on a low heat until the veg are tender. I put mine in the slow cooker and left it to cook for the rest of the day on low, which I felt brought all the flavours out, and made the beans and veggies really soft. My soup thickened up considerably, but I prefer a thinner broth, so added another pint or so of stock. Eat it with chunky veg, or blend. If you're planning to blend it, then I suggest you need to add that extra pint of stock.

The idea is that you use whatever veggies you have to hand, especially if you've got some going a bit soft or bendy. I can see this is going to be a regular feature in our house this winter. I think next time I'll also add some celery into it, because I still have some in the veg. bed in the garden.

There's really nothing nicer on a cold snowy day than to come home to a house smelling of hot soup. It's been delightful to have this week.

margaretclare · 2 December 2010 at 11:30AM

Brighton_belle wrote: »

Thanks for the reminder re the prog Margaret just caught it on iplayer. I long since gave up on breakfast cereals: never filling and quesionable on the nutrician front.
Next week's prog on yoghurt will be interesting. I gave up buying the the fruit/flavoured ones because of the added sugar a few years ago: takes anyway any health benefits that I can see. Having given up dairy, I have switched from natural dairy yog to natural soya yoghurt. Very yummy and full of lacto bacto whatevers.

I missed the first programme in the series which was about bottled water. One point that was made very strongly was that all 3 food topics - cereals, bottled water and yoghurt - barely existed a generation ago and have arrived at the prominence they now have because of (a) imaginative and aggressive marketing especially on television and (b) supermarket shopping. The original 'corn flakes' were very unpalatable and only became acceptable at all by the addition of sugar, which was the cause of the original rift between the Kellogg brothers way way back in their home town, Battle Creek, Michigan.

I like Dorset Cereals' muesli and I do add some Yeo Valley or Rachel's organic yoghurt to it. This morning we've had porridge, which is ideal for the weather, is low GI and will keep us going for a long time.

victory · 2 December 2010 at 11:55AM

sarymclary wrote: »

Victory - Sad to hear that things haven't improved for you. We're thinking of you, and here if you need us, remember that.

THANK you very much but there is nothing anyone can do, OH was here with me and the kids on sunday and from the moment I got up to the moment I went to bed I cried, great gulping,howling, can't see for tears all day long, OH tried, the kids tried but it would not go away, since I have not cried so it is all heading in the right direction:rotfl::rotfl::D

neilersmc · 2 December 2010 at 11:59AM

Vix sorry about your loss.

Nice half day for me today - going to Belfast Christmas shopping and a wander round the continental market. - trying to stay clear of the bockwurst

bettyB_2 · 2 December 2010 at 12:20PM

margaretclare wrote: »

It will be a long time before I have the ability to make my own baked beans from scratch! As for pasta with sauce, I don't do it.

nice baked bean recipe : http://www.cookyourselfthin.co.uk/article/gizzi-erksine-recipes-baked-beans-on-toast.html

Vix sorry to hear your sad news, hopefully 2011 will bring happier times to your and your family.

sarymclary wrote: »

I'm still finding doing the SW plan the easiest healthy eating plan ever. I'm still struggling to get my head around the concept, but I am beginning to trust it. Even my BF, who said 2 weeks ago that if I lost anything on this he'd be amazed, has to agree that 9lb in 3 weeks is swaying his view.:rotfl: I've got a mini-target I've set myself to get another 7lb off by Dec 20th (I'm 2lb into that, so only 5 to go). My jeans are already baggy around the hips & bum, so I'm feeling the benefits.

Oh Sary i'm so glad to hear that you are enjoying SW and following your success is a real inspiration to me! I am just getting back into it and remembering why it works.

Victory, so sorry to hear that you are still struggling. Remember we are here for you with hugs :grouphug:whenever you need them.

Brighton_belle · 2 December 2010 at 1:19PM

bettyB wrote: »

Sary i'm so glad to hear that you are enjoying SW and following your success is a real inspiration to me! I am just getting back into it and remembering why it works.

:j sometimes it just takes something 'simple' like someone else getting on board to retrigger our enthusiam. Hope this proves to be your turning point Betty.

Victory hun - this sounds like depression on top of everything. Please see your GP. There's no shame in being depressed, whether you have reason to be or not, and you have plenty of reasons to be: no one can be super human for long :grouphug:. Endless crying and feeling numb inside and that everything is hopeless are sure signs. I've been there and know.

Sary - sounds like you are one of those for whom the bmi range isn't veyr accurate or helpful. And I can quite imagine your BF skepticism watching you troughing it:rotfl:Good old SW:D
I guess I have been fairly quiet about my weight loss, probably because it is a side effect rather than my driving factor (a side effect I am enjoying though). And it's not like the way I am doing it will be helpful info for anyone else: you've got to have strong reasons to give up dairy, wheat,gluten, potatoes etc to really do it and work at ensuring you are getting all the necesary vits and minerals.
I would recommend the green smoothies though. Delicious and such a good way to up your veg content.

de1amo · 2 December 2010 at 1:32PM

a sure sign of depression is early morning waking--it isnt an emotional state it is a chemical reaction--if your waking up between 3 and 4 for no good reason it is normally a sure sign you have depression!!