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redmel1621

maman wrote: »

Our consultant was talking about flexisyns last week. There's obviously nothing 'magic' about the plan where you effectively have extra syns but don't need to 'pay' them back. I think the whole point is that if you deviate from the plan whether deliberately or accidentally (:grouphug: to those who have been comfort eating) then it's important to get right back on to it without delay. Regain control!!

I think I have it fairly easy as it's just the two of us at home so I don't have to buy some of the tempting stuff. It must be particularly hard for those with children in the house. My fruit bowl (or rather bowls) looks like the harvest festival since starting SW.:)

We're having roast beef today. It'll be a free (EE) meal but I am allowing myself gravy and wine syns!

It is harder with kiddies in the house, and I am a mean mum (according to my mum!) because I am very stingy on the amount of junk I buy and have in the house, simply because I would rather my kids have a butty, toast or some fruit if they are peckish. Weekends I usually go to the local shop and get some biscuits, choc bars etc and they have quite a few then, but through the week I try to limit it.....plus they have to ask for the nice stuff, whereas the fruit bowl is freely available.

I was brought up with an appalling attitude to food, I want to try to educate my kids a bit about what is FOOD and what is TREATS.....

Anyway, enough of my waffling....

Can't wait for Mrs M to post the Meehado(?) recipe...

I am going to try and look about for advice to help stop eating when upset, or eating out of stress/habit/boredom...

If anyone has any tips/advice they would be greatly appreciated:)

Bob_Cat_2

Hi everyone,
I am going out for lunch today :j . I've had a really good week and stuck to plan, and although I wanna enjoy lunch, I don't want to blow it! Luckily, I know where I am going so have looked at the menu online. Would anyone be able to advise me on the best choices I could make?
I normally do red and green days, and so far it has been neutral.
Here is the link to the Menu -

I am thinking perhaps
Parma ham & melon for RED or
Red or green - Grilled asparagus, poached egg, herb breadcrumbs, (because I have had that before and it is lovely!), to start.

Then for mains, if I go red, either
Lemon & rosemary chicken, aubergine & tomato from the grill,
A steak,
with stem broccoli or a salad on the side.

Or green,
Spaghetti Napoletana (bit boring perhaps!!)

Risotto with Mushrooms, garlic & parsley.

Those seem to be the obvious dishes without lots of oil, a creamy sauce or bread based. They are ones that I would certainly pick anyway. Think I'll stay strong and not have a dessert.

Thank you for your help ,
Bob Cat xx

dizzyk

maman wrote: »

So glad you had a good time dizzyk.

Our consultant was talking about flexisyns last week. There's obviously nothing 'magic' about the plan where you effectively have extra syns but don't need to 'pay' them back. I think the whole point is that if you deviate from the plan whether deliberately or accidentally (:grouphug: to those who have been comfort eating) then it's important to get right back on to it without delay. Regain control!!

I think I have it fairly easy as it's just the two of us at home so I don't have to buy some of the tempting stuff. It must be particularly hard for those with children in the house. My fruit bowl (or rather bowls) looks like the harvest festival since starting SW.:)

We're having roast beef today. It'll be a free (EE) meal but I am allowing myself gravy and wine syns!

I couldnt agree more......it stops the urge to beat yourself up thinking 'oh well ive blown it so I may as well carry on eating rubbish for the rest of the week!' I planned to go and have my meal....and enjoy it - but I also planned that this morning I would be straight back to SW other diets in the past have not allowed me to have this frame of mind at all

I do feel for everyone who has kids in the house ....there are only me & OH to consider (tho he is pretty hard work on the choccy sweety & fresh white bread front at times :mad: :rotfl:)

I also think Ive got it a bit easier being at home as I dont have to worry about gtting lunches at work etc.....but its hard keeping my head out of the fridge when Ive got PMT and Im on my own :rotfl::rotfl:......cant win eh!

dizzyk

the_cat wrote: »

OOOh, flexi days I like the sound of that!

There was me thinking that I had been greedy and undisciplined yesterday night...... nope I was just flexible:rotfl::rotfl:

Might have to be a bit flexible today too, as off to family do and will have no control over the food.

Have started well though
b. porridge/strawberries
s. banana
l. chicken and couscous salad

d. who knows!

flexible days are basically .......
eat normally free sw stuff up when you go for your meal. In your head decide before you go what you're going to allow yourself (be realistic here! if you want to have some wine or a pud then thats fine) but whatever you set yourself before you go....stop when you reach your mental limit. Ie if you say I want 2 glasses of wine......dont end up having 2 bottles stop at 2 glasses, but enjoy them....eat your meal....eat your pud....enjoy it....dont stress about it.....then wake up the next day and jump back on to SW, you'll find you wont feel guily at all about the night before this way you may or may not lose weight at next WI but you may get a stay the same instead of a gain x

TakeItEazy

Just to say WELL DONE ENGLAND for trouncing the Aussies yesterday at Rugby :j:j:j

Dizzy - green tea/lemon - does it taste very tea like? I have been given 2 teabags of said green tea to try but can't get up the courage to try it as don't like tea. Want hubby to try it 1st .

Speaking of hubby, he made a comment yesterday which made me think have I gone too far. We were in bed [now now girls ] I was half on my side and he had a hand on my side, I stretched and he went ewwwwwwwwwwww that feels horrible. He didn't like my 'ribs feeling like a skeleton' as he said. Made me feel unattractive I can tell you .

WI this morning hasn't helped as lost another 1.5lb so had 4 bits of toast with spread AND jam/lemon curd to make up for it :rotfl:. Roast pork today so WILL have crackling, yorkshires and thick gravy oh and buttery mash as Sundays don't count .

Well done Mrs M still a good loss as usual :T :A

Thanks for the ideas on HEb's never thought of dried fruit, could of had that in my rice pud.

WE WILL REMEMBER

AnnieG

Hello!
I've been so good this weekend and am very pleased with myself. Yesterday was EE: fruit for breakfast, sw quiche for lunch, fruit fruit and more fruit, pasta with passata and half a pack of mixed seafood in, tea with milk and 2 alpen light bars. Oh, and a Kitkat for syns!
Today is green: porridge with banana and cinnamon, apple, sw quiche or maybe pasta for lunch, quorn chilli for dinner. Possibly another kitkat for syns. I seem to have given up drinking without intentionally deciding to, which is a bonus!

MRSMCAWBER

Takeiteazy -
Not a grown up response I know- but I would have whipped up the duvet, peeped under and declared *eeewwww* right back at him -:mad:
It must be awful -when you have worked so hard to still feel it isn't right. My hubby has commented before on some people on TV that they are "far to skinny" - although he only usually says anything if I happen to comment that they look good .. Im not sure I will ever be "thin/skinny" but it does make me wonder what will his view be then ??
Has he actually asked you gain a little back or anything or is it just throw away comments?

lightisfading

Morning all!

Back on the wagon today!

B: Kelloggs choccie fibre plus bar (HEB) [wow, these things are good!]
L: Pasta with mushrooms cooked in stock + herbs (til the stock has evaporated), then stirred through pasta with quark. = very nice indeed. Persimmon fruit.
probably moussaka (made with sliced potatoes instead of aubergine) (HEB A x2) + veggies
S: 10 almonds (B)

Had a go at making chocolate coated pretzels today (anyone remember pretzel flipz?? yeaaaah ), as I think I might make some for a friend for christmas (who has similar fond memories!). They're rather good , but difficult to syn properly (as 50% of any chocolate you melt seems to end up stuck to the bowl!), so I'm just going to count them as my syns for the day - better to overestimate than underestimate.

redmel1621

Takeiteazy

I know it is strange isn't it, the magazines all show super skinny woman and men 'apparantly' drool over them, but when it comes to real life, it isn't always the same is it.
I know my dh doesn't like skinny women, and I am aiming just to get back to a size 10 really, I am only short so i am still curvy at that size. He has many times before said he doesn't like skinny bods!

I think you need to bring it up again and just say that the comment hurt you as you have worked so hard to get to where you are now...it may have just been a jokey comment, implying that you are thin now and he may have thought you 'wanted' to hear that kind of comment iygwim?

Hugs, hope you get it sorted, but don't forget YOU matter too and if you are happy then hopefully he will be too;)

joedenise

I used to be really skinny as a teenager when I first met my husband (I weighed all of 6st 7lb!). He loved me then and he lcontinued to love me when I was putting on weight. I started slimming world end July and have been steadily losing half lb or lb a week and am now at 8 st 6lb and am feeling really good, hopefully over the next few weeks I'll lose the last 1.5lb to get to target of 8st 4.5lb.

My OH always says he'll always love me no matter what size I am. I think you have to consider how you feel about your weight, shape etc and if you're happy with it your OH should be too.

Denise