Heading for winter with Slimming World

Magnolia

Good morning folks - gosh lots of newbies this week :wave:

TIE - you have really been through the mill in the last few weeks - I am not surprised that you are feeling down at the moment - give yourself some time to heal first (((hugs)))

WI day for me - wasn't expecting much but ................

-3lbs!

Not only a brilliant chuff making loss but also.............

Not only that but ...................

I have now reviewed my target and have lowered it making 15lbs to all time adult low!

I couldn't have done it without all the support and inspiration of you all. Back in early January the mountain seemed insurmountable but I have made it abate with a couple of slips along the way - 3 holidays and several weekends away saw to that

What I am saying is the plan works even if you have a life along side of it. Have your life but don't forget to get back on plan as soon as you can and keep to it like glue.

Reading back posts I have realised something about my eating. I have been doing red and green days and avoiding EE 'cos I didn't understand it.

I have been having 2/3rds of my plate as veggies and more SF or SS afterwards with the fruit. In the last few weeks I have only been loosing 1lb per week - I put this down to adding more red days as we were emptying the freezer - this week I added more green days in (freezer now empty )and lo and behold - a better loss week.

Might have to keep up with more green than red for a few more weeks to make sure I have some wriggle room for Christmas.

I am allowing myself 3 days for Christmas when anything that doesn't move fast enough is fare game :cool: then it will be back to the plan until New Years Day when it will be a roast dinner with all the trimmings.

Keep the faith folks and tweek the plan to suit yourself. We are all different and something that works for some might not be right for you.

TakeItEazy

Inazuma wrote: »

Those really do sound a lot like thyroid symptoms - I was cold all the time and had aching legs, and my brain just felt thick; I thought I was getting old, although I was only 35. Only got diagnosed as couldn't conceive and had blood tests for that.

I am a lurker here, so have been following your posts and the terrible time you have been having. Hope you are beginning to heal a little. The good thing about underactive thyroid is that it is fairly simple to remedy once it is confirmed and if GP starts you on thyroxine you should feel better gradually but quite definitely. It affects your metabolism, and weight loss can be hard so it's not as off topic as you thought!

Thanks so much for your reply, gives me more ammunition for the Dr knowing that. I'm know wondering if I might have had it for more years than I care to remember as I had trouble conceiving [son is IVF] and have always struggled with my weight and always felt the cold AND always had leg pain [since a child]. Makes you wonder why I never had it checked before.

BIG WELL DONE MAGS :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

Senora_Pie

Well done Magnolia, that's amazing! Total inspiration for me, I want to be you this time next year

Started the day with 30 day shred! I frustrate myself sometimes, whenever I start something I go for it totally gung ho. Then I get bored and drop it. I know the answer is variety for me, I just need to keep reminding myself of that!

B 2x satsuma, handful of grapes
L bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes :drool:
D I think will be a roast, most likely garlic chicken

Fibre plus + babybel hexs,
I stirred half an options into some total 0% last night, that'll be 1 syn with more fruit
Will probably have choc fingers for my syns again. It's a skill how long I can make each finger last

4 weeks to go! I love Christmas REALLY want to make my 2 stone by then. My last weigh in is 14th Dec as I'm away on the 21st. If I don't make the 2 stone by then I may try and find another group to weigh in at on the following week. Only 7lbs to go!

Drunken-Fool

Hope you don't mind me jumping in ... but if any of you can help, I'd be really happy.:T

I am dead keen to start SW but I have a weakness for bread. Did anyone else struggle when it came to cutting bread out? I have slowly introduced the SW idea into our food (lurve the chips;);)) but I know I will miss bread. I have tried the SW bread and it's not for me:o

So how did every one else cope? Or is it just me addicted to bread:o

nic2075

Evening all. Welldone Magnolia thats great going :j

I was busy working yesteday and didn't stop, so
Hopefully I'll have lost. WI tomorrow.

Today is EE

B- 3 x hm hash bowns ( ones from Asda mag) 3 turkey rashers, 2 poached eggs and mushrooms
L- homemade spicy butternut squash soup and cheese sandwich
D- hm chicken curry using leftover soup as a base. I added lentils to thicken, so loads of veg hidden in it
I plan to have a shape delight apple crumble yogurt and 2 mini meringue shells for pudding. Not sure how many syns the metangues are, they are tiny and much smaller than a meringue nest. Will call it 3/4 all in

Senora_Pie

nic2075 wrote: »

Evening all. Welldone Magnolia thats great going :j

I was busy working yesteday and didn't stop, so
Hopefully I'll have lost. WI tomorrow.

Today is EE

B- 3 x hm hash bowns ( ones from Asda mag) 3 turkey rashers, 2 poached eggs and mushrooms
L- homemade spicy butternut squash soup and cheese sandwich
D- hm chicken curry using leftover soup as a base. I added lentils to thicken, so loads of veg hidden in it
I plan to have a shape delight apple crumble yogurt and 2 mini meringue shells for pudding. Not sure how many syns the metangues are, they are tiny and much smaller than a meringue nest. Will call it 3/4 all in

The mini meringues I have are 19 calories and 1 syn each x

saidan

mags - well done :T fantastic loss...

TIE - i have all of the symptoms you describe and my bloods are normal. The symptoms can be due to many things, including just being washed out (and you have had a rough ride of late) so don't pin all your hopes on thyroid. You may need different investigations. A basic blood test will either dx or rule it out for you. Underactive thyroid is actually not that common.

drunken-fool - there is a lady at my class who struggles with bread. She just has to not have it as one slice just leads to another. I also like bread but have not missed it too much - there are several you can choose from and have 2-3 slices a day if you want. I still often have a toast fix

EE again today - think i ate enough sf?
B: 2 nimble, 2 laughing cow light (heb, 1/2 hea)
l: apple & banana
d: lean steak strips, noodles, mushroom stir fry (mushroom, beansprouts, carrots, onion, cabbage)
sn: walkers french fries (4) milk in tea (1/2 hea) wil have frozen muller later if req.

WI tomorrow so i will know if upping my food has helped.....

saidan

poohbear59

I am another who struggles with EE but find great weight loss with Green days.

So I am going to give a miss to EE for now and go back to mainly green

Today

B: apple 3 x veggie sausage (3syns), tea with HEA milk
L: Dyno rod soup
D:jacket potato, sweet potato, brocolli sweetcorn and onion. and a tiny bit of gravy (5syns)
S: wholemeal spelt toast and HEA cheese

snacks apple and orange

Well done mags!!

one small glass white wine (6 syns)

zippychick

Not caught up yet.

Yesterdays food

B Bacon egg, hash browns, grapes, pineapple and banana and yog
L Veg soup - all veg , yog
D Roast chicken (2), gravy (1), roast pepper onion and steamed carrots.

Syns total for the week is now 55/70 after a few vodkas and jack daniels last night :j:D Had to drink one with fat coke as it was poured for me :mad::p

Cycled 35 mins. Off to catch up

im back to work tomorrow after 3weeks sick so have cooked up some bacon, am boiling up some chickpeas to freeze, have a pot of soup on the go as well to make sure i stay on plan. Also going to make some lentil dahl today or tomorrow. See how the energy levels are.

Saidan - looks like you could have to alpen lights a day. I think they are rather lovely. Nutritional info

I know what you mean about quorn, i used to think bleuck but now i'm quite partial to it

jealous reading about people losing weight on green- i just don't seem to !!!!! Annoying as i really love the two HEBs.

zippychick

dimbo79 wrote: »

Good Morning

It's a beautiful day here in Lincolnshire, hope it stays.

Anyway another Green day for me again:
B - 2 x WG toast (HEB), baked beans, 3 x mini babybel light (HEA)
S - Fruit (more cherries and grapes as have loads)
L - HM Butternut Squash soup
S - 2 x Ryvita Fruit Crunch (HEB), Banana
D - Veg soup with Pearl Barley
S - Lemon Cheesecake Muller light (1 syn), more fruit

Lots of water, green tea, swimming, the 30 Day shred and perhaps a walk.

Dimbo, just being nosy - what's your WG bread? I can't work it out

Magnolia, that's absolutely shockingly fantastic. Very well done indeed! !!!!!!:j:D:beer:

Senora pie - did you ever bite the two ends off and drink your tea through a chocolate finger? Then you have a very short window to get it in your mouth before it falls apart. Oops, perhaps not the best thread for this talk:o