Slimming World - a Christmas countdown!

sarymclary

Hello gang, blimey aren't you a chatty bunch?

Fingers crossed for your safe journey to the airport this w/end Dizzy.

MrsM those frocks are gorgeous.... I think I'd need to be about a foot taller to wear that style though. I often feel that putting on normal clothes for women is like putting on 'grown ups' clothes... the problem is they don't make petite lengths for the short & dumpy. Just as well really, or I'd never have pulled my finger and started to lose weight.

I've felt a bit grotty today, it's * week, and it's come a few days early, so feeling a bit sorry for myself. Decided a trip to the gym was out of the question, so have been kind to myself and tried to keep in the warm (hard when we have no heating)!

I decided this evening, before I did dinner, to make today a Green day. It's my 1st one I think, as I've been doing EE for 3 weeks. So, if I've made any mistakes, do let me know.
Food:
B - Muller ch/cake (1 syn), banana, Alpen light (half HEB)
L - Bacon (HEB), Eggs, mushrooms, tomato, beans
D - Baked potato, So Good cottage cheese with onion & chives, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, pepper, onion, salad cream (1.5 syns)
Snacks - banana, alpen light (2nd half of HEB)
Milk - HEA
So that's 1 x HEA, 2 x HEB, and 2.5 syns

I am aware I'm not eating very many syns, but I just don't really feel that hungry throughout the day. I guess that's where the food optimising is working. I do get peckish late morning, but I don't like to use up my syns early in the day if I can help it, just in case I 'need' something sweet or chocolate later on.

I'm another bread addict, and find that the easiest way for me to cope is to just abstain. I have found that after the 1st week or so, I just don't even think that bread is part of my daily food. From someone who would eat toast for breakfast, and then again for lunch, and even have bread with my dinner, that's a revelation to me. It's also proved that I can be incredibly lazy, because I'm an able cook, but some days I just couldn't be bothered to put in the effort.

I am looking forward to having my Christmas treats, but I won't start having any until Christmas Eve. My weigh in is on the bank holiday Monday (27th), so only a couple of days to indulge. Our consultant has said it's not unheard of for members to gain a stone over the Christmas/New Year weigh-in period!! I don't want to do that.

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Anyone else finding the weather is messing up their eating patterns? Fruit isn't exactly high on my wishlist at the moment, plus I'm still down with a stinking cold, doing MORE work wise than normal (walking to work in knee deep snow at times, and covering for my entire office!), I just haven't the energy to cook. I wouldn't say i'm binging, just eating SW-unfriendly meals like toast or a fry up made with oil!

TakeItEazy

consultant31 wrote: »

I believe - no, I know - that SW know best about their own plans but that doesn't mean that you have to follow them.

We live in a free country (or so they say) and you're free to eat whatever you want, but you can't say you're following food optimising if you're making up your own rules.

End of subject for me before the arguments spoil a happy and supportive thread

The majority of people on this thread are completely with you on this Consultant and we won't let the few distract us from what we know works so I wouldn't worry about those few at all. Don't let whats said spoil a great thread, we love your support and expertise. You are :A and a BIG thank you for all you do for us i.e. all the sparkly new threads :T. I for one really appreciate you [do you feel the love :rotfl:].

Whitehall

Had my Joes sausages and peppered steaks stuff delivered this a.m. so had sausage and mash for dinner, I know they 're expensive but they are lovely, real sausages but free !!! I have tried all the other alternatives and found them fairly revolting!!

Even HI agreed they acttually taste nice.

TakeItEazy

Good luck for your flight Dizzy, have a safe trip and don't forget our syn free sticks of rock . We will miss you but hope you have a great time :beer:
I am so cold [ wish I was going with Dizzy, any room in your case? :rotfl:] am starting a cold too :mad:.

Food today:
B - weetabix milk [a] coffee
L - 2x wm rolls [2xb] lemon curd [2], quiche [a], toms, melon, activia
T - leftover veg stew, mash, b/sauce [1], hovis thick slice [6?]
Snacks - carrot, pineapple+melon+onken+meringue [2.5]
Syns - 11.5

So 2 HEa's & 3 HEb's still on track.

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redmel1621 wrote: »

HELP!! I am really struggling at the moment....

My problem is stress, I am unfortunately, an eater when stressed, and so lately I am sort of binging on junk 'a lot' simply because I am stressed a lot:(

Not sure if anyone has any words of wisdom as I am getting desperate now xx

hi hunny i am just the same so if nothing else you aren't alone !
if i feel a binge coming on i try to do it with free foods or within syns.
sw chips and mushy peas
jacket spud and beans
cous cous with veg

anything like that really
but if all else fails i will go back to WI day for that week and use up any unused syns probably completely wrong according to sw but it gets me over the blip without too much guilt (ie still within syns for the week)

i am at target now and the difficulty i now face is not to think oh well i am at target i can get away with cheese on toast / peanut butter sarnie/ huge bowls muesli / al of it :rotfl::rotfl:

hugs hun you'll get there in the end try to sort the source of the stress and maybe the food side will come along after ????

maman

consultant31 wrote: »

End of subject for me before the arguments spoil a happy and supportive thread

Agreed.

sarymclary wrote: »

Our consultant has said it's not unheard of for members to gain a stone over the Christmas/New Year weigh-in period!! I don't want to do that.

:eek::eek::eek: Thank you so much for that sarymclary. The idea that Christmas could undo all my good work is motivation enough.

Dontknowanymore

redmel1621 wrote: »

HELP!! I am really struggling at the moment....

My problem is stress, I am unfortunately, an eater when stressed, and so lately I am sort of binging on junk 'a lot' simply because I am stressed a lot:(

Not sure if anyone has any words of wisdom as I am getting desperate now xx

I find I have to have a battle with my conscience when I am vergin on a binge, I have to tell myself off in my head and go through all the reasons why going to mcdonalds drive thru is a bad idea.
I think I'm strange as I often have conversations with myself in my head

Dontknowanymore

Morning all
Well the snow is gone, it peed down with rain last night, thank bloody god!
I cam over all funny last night and had to lie down, I missed, corrie, eastenders and the first half hour of i'm a celeb, woke up and just went to bed, I felt awful, so didn't end up having my Hea which was jus going to be a glass of milk.

I'm havin a cooked breakfast this morning, but am really stuck on what to do for tea, i'm thinking, meatballs, burgers, or maybe pitta pizzas.....

susan6780

lynzpower wrote: »

GAH at the syns in thePeanut butter. There was someone who stirred P-butter into quark, and used it as a low syn spread. Cant remember how much she used tho? Was it you susan??

wasn't me hun,i can only put Quark in mash potato,i don't like the texture or the taste of it and when its watery around the edge of the pot? <<shudder>> nasty stuff