Spring into Summer 2012 with Slimming World

Annie6

Hi everyone. Lots and lots of new ‘faces’ since I was last here ( and some old ones too) . Have been way off plan for a good few months. I lost two sisters to cancer one in April and the other in June (both fast and unexpected). I only the past few days felt the need to get my life back a bit and am hoping this helps me. I got to page 200 and decided I needed to get back on track. So I am going back to class tomorrow but made an effort to start today. I lost 2 stone with red and green days but all and more has gone back on. I have 3 to 4 stone to lose and hopefully with all your good selves I will get there. Your support for each other is great!:T At the moment my big downfall is my wine and a very low attitude to life.:( Sorry for the ramble but if I didn’t do it now I might never start.

beanielou

Annie.
Good to see you.
So sorry to read that things have been so tough for you recently.
As you know you are in the right place for lots of help and support.
Keep posting.

Annie6

If I write all my food down please feel very free to correct/shout/bark at me. All will be helpful. A bit about me I am retired and not active mainly due to meds for atrial fibrillation . These meds are being changed this week so not looking forward to that!
My food today--- green

b—2eggs/tomato and 3 ryvita (heb)

l---- HM lentil/veg &bean soup

d--- potatoes/beans cheese (hea)

sn – tomato/wholemeal roll (heb) / grapes and yogurt (0.5)

syns – mayo-1/wine-15 (2 and a half glasses)

How many syns do you allow a bottle of wine? I and OH share a bottle at dinner some nights with me getting the lions share!!!:rotfl:

Annie6

Thanks beanielou

HP_Sauce

Welcome Annie!

kandfs_mam

4lb on today from my hols which I am really pleased with - the diet salvage operation over the weekend must have had some effect!

i am away with work now until Thursday at the Royal Welsh Show but we are staying in a holiday cottage so I have bought ryvita & laughing cow light for breakfasts along with fruit and also a load of chicken & salady things and mullerlights so I will make up a packed lunch and take it every day (tomorrow's already made and in the fridge). We eat out at night but will chose a steak or gammon with baked tattie & veg and hopefully manage to stay on plan!

HP_Sauce

CH27 wrote: »

5lb off. 2 stone award & SOTW :j:j:j:j

Awesome loss, well done!

kandfs_mam

well done losers, and welcome back Annie. x

maman

Pennylane wrote: »

Have been out for a hastily arranged meal. Had steak, new potatoes, peas and half a tomato. Diet coke to drink and no pudding. That can't be too bad can it?

Looks ok in that there's hardly any syns, maybe a bit of oil depending on how they cooked the steak/tomato but needs more SF so go for it tomorrow.

HP_Sauce wrote: »

Welcome Annie!

And so say all of us Annie. So sorry to hear you've had a bad time lately but good to hear you sounding positive to do something about your weight. I'm sure it'll be good for you healthwise too. I allow 25.5 syns for a bottle of wine (8.5 in each large glass). That was in my old book but I haven't checked the new one. Wine is my downfall too. I worked really hard on cutting down before I started SW, limiting myself to weekends and special occasions. It's not for everyone but I choose to eat fairly syn free during the week and save my syns for weekend wine. I lost just under 3.5 stone to get to target in 10 months and I've kept it off for almost a year, so it does work. Posting your menu plan is a good idea but I'm not a Green expert so I'll leave others to comment on that. Good luck.

A bit late in the day but this has been my EE menu:

B: scrambled egg, HEB toast, HEA milk for teas, squirt of HP sauce
L: half a monster melon, few crumbs of Stilton, roast pork
SW chicken curry (with tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, onion and courgette), few chips, boiled rice, tsp of mango chutney
Syns: chips (about 6 McCain rustic so not too many syns there), chutney, sauce.... BUT I keep going to the fridge eating bits of crackiling off the pork:o It's going in the bin tomorrow!!

Mediterranean_Mum

Annie6 wrote: »

Hi everyone. Lots and lots of new ‘faces’ since I was last here ( and some old ones too) . Have been way off plan for a good few months. I lost two sisters to cancer one in April and the other in June (both fast and unexpected). I only the past few days felt the need to get my life back a bit and am hoping this helps me. I got to page 200 and decided I needed to get back on track. So I am going back to class tomorrow but made an effort to start today. I lost 2 stone with red and green days but all and more has gone back on. I have 3 to 4 stone to lose and hopefully with all your good selves I will get there. Your support for each other is great!:T At the moment my big downfall is my wine and a very low attitude to life.:( Sorry for the ramble but if I didn’t do it now I might never start.

Hi Annie - so sorry for your losses but welcome back and good luck. You've done it before so you know you can do it again.

I've been struggling the last few days but I think I'm pretty hormonal this week. So hard to really tell as I haven't had a period for nearly a year now (definite menopause) but I still have all the symptoms every month, including the munchies!!

Got a week till the monthly WI so hoping to try and salvage a bit!