Heading for winter with Slimming World

rachelww1

Thanks for all your messages guys , though I think I may have been celebrating a bit too much over the weekend . I'm going to try to mantain til the end of the month, then I've got an appointment with my consultant. Depending on what he says about my tummy, I may try for another half stone. But I don't want to end up too gaunt looking, as I haven't lost any weight from my tummy yet, just everywhere else. I'm 5ft 2.5 and now weigh 9st 5.5lbs and finally a healthy BMI (just).

Anyway, food for today (starting a bit odd as slightly hungover ) is EE.

B: ham, watercress brocolli & courgette soup, tea with milk (A)
L: roast chicken, sw roasties & parnips, swede, carrots, baby corn, mangetout, brocolli, yorkshire pudding (3), gravy (1), sc lolly (3.5)
more soup, bread (B)

Some good advice over the last few posts. Well done to all you loosers, and hugs to those struggling x

bettyB_2

Hello! Hope you're all having a lovely weekend.

Having my first SW day today, having been avoiding sitting down and 'doing it properly' for a while I have decided enough's enough and I need to kick myself into gear!! Got the scales, measuring jugs and measuring spoons out from the back of the cupboard!!

Having a Green day today

Brek/Lunch (got up late so I suppose it's 'brunch'!):
2 Egg omelette (f) with little bit of ham (1/2 HEB1)
onion, red peppers, sweetcorn, tomato (all free)
1 spray of olive oil (equiv. 1 tsp) - 2 syns
21g mozzarella (1/2 HEA1)
2 Cups of tea with 40ml semi skim milk (rest of HEA1)

Snack: Apple

Dinner: Asparagus risotto - risotto rice, chicken stock, onion, garlic, asparagus (all free)
17.5g extra light philly (half of a little 35g pot) - 1.25 syns
1/2 tsp olive oil - 1 syn
28g parmesan (HEA2)
175ml dry white wine - some in cooking, drinking the rest - 6 syns
(although cooked amount should be half as I'm cooking 2 portions, but the maths has started escaping me!!:rotfl:)

total syns = 10.25

I know I could cut my syns down by using a free oil spray, but I really believe olive oil has good health benefits and my spray means I can coat a pan or baking tray with 1 tsp or less!!

I am halving a lot of the measurements and syns for dinner as I cook 2 portions (me and OH) - does that make sense? Eg. I am using 2 syns worth of oil but for 2 dinners, so can I only count 1 syn???

I like having green days for the HEA allowance, but I really struggle having my HEB, especially as I'm trying to cut down on bread. I think I'll get some alpen lights/fibre plus bars so I can top up my HEBs - any thoughts / advice????

Weekdays will be EE I think as I like meat for dinner. For work, lunch will probably be pasta salad, couscous salad, or ryvta with cheese and salad. Luckily I'm already in the habit of having fruit for breakfast, and I like a couple of nuts for energy so can syn them or have a cereal bar instead for free!!

If anyone has any thoughts or advice for me it would be greatly appreciated - I'm not new to SW but it's hard to get back into the right mindset!! Thanks

bettyB_2

ok had a fibre plus for HEB2

TakeItEazy

bettyB wrote: »

Hello! Hope you're all having a lovely weekend.

Having my first SW day today, having been avoiding sitting down and 'doing it properly' for a while I have decided enough's enough and I need to kick myself into gear!! Got the scales, measuring jugs and measuring spoons out from the back of the cupboard!!

Having a Green day today

Brek/Lunch (got up late so I suppose it's 'brunch'!):
2 Egg omelette (f) with little bit of ham (1/2 HEB1)
onion, red peppers, sweetcorn, tomato (all free)
1 spray of olive oil (equiv. 1 tsp) - 2 syns
21g mozzarella (1/2 HEA1)
2 Cups of tea with 40ml semi skim milk (rest of HEA1)

Snack: Apple

Dinner: Asparagus risotto - risotto rice, chicken stock, onion, garlic, asparagus (all free)
17.5g extra light philly (half of a little 35g pot) - 1.25 syns
1/2 tsp olive oil - 1 syn
28g parmesan (HEA2)
175ml dry white wine - some in cooking, drinking the rest - 6 syns
(although cooked amount should be half as I'm cooking 2 portions, but the maths has started escaping me!!:rotfl:)

total syns = 10.25

I know I could cut my syns down by using a free oil spray, but I really believe olive oil has good health benefits and my spray means I can coat a pan or baking tray with 1 tsp or less!!

I am halving a lot of the measurements and syns for dinner as I cook 2 portions (me and OH) - does that make sense? Eg. I am using 2 syns worth of oil but for 2 dinners, so can I only count 1 syn???

I like having green days for the HEA allowance, but I really struggle having my HEB, especially as I'm trying to cut down on bread. I think I'll get some alpen lights/fibre plus bars so I can top up my HEBs - any thoughts / advice????

Weekdays will be EE I think as I like meat for dinner. For work, lunch will probably be pasta salad, couscous salad, or ryvta with cheese and salad. Luckily I'm already in the habit of having fruit for breakfast, and I like a couple of nuts for energy so can syn them or have a cereal bar instead for free!!

If anyone has any thoughts or advice for me it would be greatly appreciated - I'm not new to SW but it's hard to get back into the right mindset!! Thanks

I think nuts are HEB as well, would need to check how many as I don't know but they could be your HEB so you don't need to syn them.


Well done all you big losers [& littlew losers too ] :T:T:A

Magnolia

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Gather together tins of appropriate weight to what you have lost, stick in rucksack and carry round - remind yourself how well you have come so far and what weight you used to carry round.

I dont think I could lift 68lbs never mind find a rucksack big enough :rotfl:

dizzyk

Menu today is.......EE


B Pineapple (a whole tub) HEA milk for teas

L 2 poached eggs Part HEB 2 slices ww brown danish toasted, 2 poached eggs, toms, tangerines x 2, yellow plums x 2


T Left over Brisket casserole & onions, green beans, carrots, cauli, sw roasties, ww dessert recipe yog & rasbs. (more fruit as above to graze on during the evening if the food fairies start playing up again)

*Ive got a slice of bread saved from my brekki so I can maybe toast that tonight and have cottage cheese & toms as a suppertime snack too to make the faires sod off (honest its a right nightmare at the moment......I'm fixated on food!!!!:o)

Syns
.......for the 8pm curfew
penguin wafer 4.5 choc highlights x 2 =4 maybe a miniature twix 2.5 = 10.5 (:eek: oooooh thats a lot for me:rotfl:) told you the PMT fairies were here though :A

Magnolia

TakeItEazy wrote: »

I think nuts are HEB as well, would need to check how many as I don't know but they could be your HEB so you don't need to syn them.

Think it is something like 10 peanuts and even less cashews:cool:

cyclingyorkie

Magnolia wrote: »

I dont think I could lift 68lbs never mind find a rucksack big enough :rotfl:

me neither!

nice thought though!

Have been MIA since last week - mainly due to PMT and then * (a small improvement on the PMT if I'm honest!)

WI last week - well the PMT meant I'd put on 1.5lbs! Deffo not happy! Have stuck to plan, upped the exercise and fingers crossed - I want my 4.5 stone shiny sticker!

Well our consultant has left to go to another group - the new one is not quite trained yet so we're going to have a stand-in....luckily it's the consultant who was running the group when I started!:j:j She's brill! I'm rteally looking forward to group this week - provided I've lost the 1.5lbs!

bettyB_2

TakeItEazy wrote: »

I think nuts are HEB as well, would need to check how many as I don't know but they could be your HEB so you don't need to syn them.


Well done all you big losers [& littlew losers too ] :T:T:A

Magnolia wrote: »

Think it is something like 10 peanuts and even less cashews:cool:

ooh sounds good! I'll have to look it up. I usually have about 14g of mixed nuts (hardly any really!!) usually, or 6 brazils, or 12 small almonds.

Thanks!!!

Oohhh edit - just looked and 6 brazils is a HEB on a Green day! Brilliant and 20 whole cashews!! Perfect for my mid-morning munching

maman

Some lovely, kind and constructive posts on here today:T Well done Magnolia, what a loss!!!

Don't be disheartened confused, I'm sure posting regularly (like you do) on here means you're committed to moving forward. My weightloss was almost completely in 1 or 1.5lb steps and I had a number of gains which took weeks to get off (all my fault, mainly due to holidays). The advice is always to go back to basics, read your book, do a food diary etc etc Sometimes syns are creeping in where you hadn't realised or maybe you don't eat enough? I'm just parroting what's always said at my group. Why don't you post your food diary? I think just writing everything down helps me, it always shows up if I'm not having enough SFs!!

My EE menu for today:
B: HEB toast, baked beans, HEA milk for teas, NAS squash
L: Marmite, tomato and cucumber sandwich, pear and satsuma
duck, dauphinois potatoes, carrots, peas, onion and cauliflower

Syns: usual for weekend plus a few extra in my potatoes. I used quark but did add a little milk and grated some proper cheddar on top.