Bounce Bounce Bounce (like tigger) to a healthier and happier you with Slimming World

beanielou

Keep plodding Rainbow.
You will have a loss next week

Flat_Eric

Hi - some of you may recognize my username and will know that I have posted over the years on the various MSE Slimming World threads.

I rejoined SW earlier this year after struggling to get back into target range. I thought a new start would be the kick up the proverbial that I would need.

Despite this, I still can't recapture the enthusiasm for SW I once had and I currently weigh several pounds above my starting weight. :eek: If there was an award for gaining weight with Slimming World, I would win it!

I am at my heaviest since I joined SW(I know it will be another gain this week) yet this sobering thought doesn't seem to register with me.

I'm not keen to join a competitor (i.e WW) and although I buy the Rosemary C diet and fitness mags - attending a class doens't appeal - in fact I don't think there is one near me.

So this brings me to my question.

Do I give up with SW and have a complete break or do I rejoin this week, accept whatever I weigh as my new starting weight and begin again. I know i don't want to continue with my existing membership because being above my start weight is just so disheartening.

So its either chuck in the towel or start afresh.

I'm going to post this now as it has taken me all morning and many re-drafts to write and I just want to get it posted. So any questions or comments please ask!

Thanks all :T

rainbowfairydust

beanielou wrote: »

Keep plodding Rainbow.
You will have a loss next week

Thanks beanie. Its also *week(well upcoming )as i am hormonal today (and the fact i have just shed tears about gaining) . I dont want to make excuses because i know that kebab & alcohol hasnt helped..

Fortunatley i still feel motivated , and dont plan on giving up !

beanielou

Flat Eric
My thought~for what it is worth~ is that you should bite the bullet now & accept today weight as your new starting weight.
Take it an hour at a time, half a day at a time, a day at a time.
You can do this Eric.
Im rooting for you
Keep plodding and keep posting.
You will get lots of support here.

rainbowfairydust

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Hi - some of you may recognize my username and will know that I have posted over the years on the various MSE Slimming World threads.

I rejoined SW earlier this year after struggling to get back into target range. I thought a new start would be the kick up the proverbial that I would need.

Despite this, I still can't recapture the enthusiasm for SW I once had and I currently weigh several pounds above my starting weight. :eek: If there was an award for gaining weight with Slimming World, I would win it!

I am at my heaviest since I joined SW(I know it will be another gain this week) yet this sobering thought doesn't seem to register with me.

I'm not keen to join a competitor (i.e WW) and although I buy the Rosemary C diet and fitness mags - attending a class doens't appeal - in fact I don't think there is one near me.

So this brings me to my question.

Do I give up with SW and have a complete break or do I rejoin this week, accept whatever I weigh as my new starting weight and begin again. I know i don't want to continue with my existing membership because being above my start weight is just so disheartening.

So its either chuck in the towel or start afresh.

I'm going to post this now as it has taken me all morning and many re-drafts to write and I just want to get it posted. So any questions or comments please ask!

Thanks all :T

Hello FE

I remember you *waves* .When you say you are unenthusiastic, is this because of the syn allowance as i know that when i went though an unmotivated stage it was the syns that put me off, or is it the planning that has to go into all meals? This is another thing that irritates me as i find i am always thinking about food or syns..It takes away the pleasure (sometimes ) of just eating and enjoying it..

Personally if this was me i would just bite the bullet, and go back to get weighed using the same membership. I would be embarrassed BUT i think thats what be the motivator for me to keep going to class.
I know what you mean about going to class..i find them a hassle just sitting their clapping for everyone which is why i like the class i attend now.. i can go in & get weighed & then leave..

Do you think having a break may help? If so then do it because no point in being half hearted about trying to lose weight. What do you think will happen if you do have a break? Do you think that you will gain a HUGE amount of weight? Or will it be an even keel & maybe stay the same?

Losing weight is like a light switch..if its not "on" then no point in trying...You cant force yourself no matter how good your intentions are..

If you do have a break then continue to post on this thread once in a while.. it doesnt need to be your menu or anything. Just a "hello". It might help you to get back on track if you see what i mean?

Skintslimmer

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Hi - some of you may recognize my username and will know that I have posted over the years on the various MSE Slimming World threads.

I rejoined SW earlier this year after struggling to get back into target range. I thought a new start would be the kick up the proverbial that I would need.

Despite this, I still can't recapture the enthusiasm for SW I once had and I currently weigh several pounds above my starting weight. :eek: If there was an award for gaining weight with Slimming World, I would win it!

I am at my heaviest since I joined SW(I know it will be another gain this week) yet this sobering thought doesn't seem to register with me.

I'm not keen to join a competitor (i.e WW) and although I buy the Rosemary C diet and fitness mags - attending a class doens't appeal - in fact I don't think there is one near me.

So this brings me to my question.

Do I give up with SW and have a complete break or do I rejoin this week, accept whatever I weigh as my new starting weight and begin again. I know i don't want to continue with my existing membership because being above my start weight is just so disheartening.

So its either chuck in the towel or start afresh.

I'm going to post this now as it has taken me all morning and many re-drafts to write and I just want to get it posted. So any questions or comments please ask!

Thanks all :T

Hi Flat Eric I've been there and done that a few times, and have yet to find the answer I'm afraid. I have gone to WW instead, I tried calorie counting, paleo with some (the most) success, I have rejoined SW countless times, and I think the thing is, I have never really found my motivation properly. I feel a bit of a fraud because I want to eat in a way that encompasses paleo AND SW, and so I won't be doing things like using fry light or artificial sweeteners or eating grains and will potentially be using more fat than SW really would like me to (but attempting to stay within syns to boot ) I think this time I need to keep on going to class come what may.

My eating today WILL be staying within 10 syns, it will it will it will!

Breakfast: banana
White coffee
Lunch: ham, salad veg, homemade frittata (0.5 syns for fat) grapes, nut roast (made with all free ingredients except the mixed nuts, which there honestly weren't that many of. Any thoughts on if I can loosely count this as a healthy extra B?)
Dinner: possibly thai chicken curry, which I will have to watch the syns on.
White tea.

*Note to self: I will have to have some more milk as the rest of my healthy A*

fluff1987

awww FE *huggles*

I say, get back on the horse and keep your head held high. Only going on people that I know, i've heard mixed reviews about WW.. the main negative being that you are hungry a fair bit of the time. having said that, i know of people who say they would pick WW over every other plan (inc. SW) everytime....


grrrr my phone has packed in (the replacement one)... i have to work late tonight too, so it means its going to be bust until at least tomorrow pm... (i have to take it to the branch i got it from which is in belfast and like an hour away from where i am currently)

also, i got stalked for a short time on my way to work, by some eejit that nearly crashed into me.:mad: I tooted at them because i was in the right hand lane (and had been for a good while)... and someone to the left of me decided they wanted in ahead of me RIGHT NOW... and didnt look before moving. they indicated and i gave them room to move, but they didnt bother until i was level with them. after i tooted i was like 5 minutes drive from work and they followed me to where i park my car (its behind my building and a dead end roundabout, which 3 buildings share), and sat and watched me. like ACTUALLY watched me. then they apparently drove off, to only reverse and stare again.... when i started walking towards the car to see what on earth they were up to, they sped off! honestly! the cheek!:rotfl: though, admittedly i'd be the type of person, had they not have sped off, to go and give them a piece of my mind!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


well today has been a good day

bfast was non existent, but i made up for it in lunch

L: h/m vegetable broth with a piece of lightly buttered brown bread (HEB +1 syn).. i also had 2 snack bags of apple/grapes (az duh) and a little piece of cheese with it (HEA)

im working til 7 this evening, so dinner may be a cooked chicken breast with mash and some frozen veg, orrrrrr fish and potatoes... *need to visit mr T on the way home*


any banter with you lovely ladies and gents?

BTW: congratulations to all the losers and maintainers... and helloooooo to the newbies, and to the gainers - tomorrow is another day!! dont feel guilty about yesterdays mistakes, when you can think about todays achievements!:T

gien

hugs to you Rainbow, hope your tears have dried.

Flat Eric, I remember you posting back along. I don't know what I would do. Sometimes I think that if you lack motivation for something is probably goes deeper than just the particular plan you're following or method you're using. I tried so many times to give up smoking but it wasn't until something in my head finally said that I deserved better than smoking was going to give me that I gave up for myself.

Is it worth doing a bit of psychology on yourself and setting out some of the really positive things that losing weight would bring to you (and also what not losing weight would bring)?
I've been using myfitnesspal all summer and found it really useful to completely focus on what I was doing. Now I'm giving SW another go, so I can just relax on the calorie counting for a while, but I'll see how it goes.

Today I've been quite good I think:
B: grapefruit(one fruit), 1/2 HEA Milk for coffes and teas.
L: HM vegetable soup, 1/2 HEA 15g Feta cheese.
HM chilli, HM coleslaw, salad - 0.5tbsp mayonnaise, 3 syns.
S: cereal bar (90 clas, so 4.5 syns), 2 plums.

I probably need a HEB, so perhaps I'll take some bread with chili. can't think of what else could be a HEB at the moment.

Pennylane

Hello Flat Eric & I remember you too.:) I think you should get back into SW and would you be annoyed if I suggested something?

I have lost 1 st 6 lbs but it's taken since last May. I know some people say they can have their treats/syns and still lose weight but I am one of those who can't and wonder whether you are too. I just refuse cakes, biscuits etc and never ever touch them. I have a dessert on a Sunday (maybe a small slice of cheesecake or similar) and that's my lot for the week. I don't eat crisps, bread or sweets either - ever!

I am doing EE and so is hubby and we've both lost simialr amounts, we eat really healthily and are never hungry. I tried EE maybe 18 months ago and couldn't get on with it but this time around I really get it and am far more determined.
Let us know how you get on.:)

wuvvies

hi everyone
ive only just starting slimming world after a few years of ww. what we need to remember is how well were doing...if we put on...so what!!!! draw a line under it and start again. dont go down the slippery slope of letting a bad day go into more but dont beat yourself up about it.
i think i will have lost 4 pounds on my first week of sw. i hope for a loss of 1lb a week after that and i will be back to normal weight by christmas. i lost 2.5 stone with ww but over the course of a year ( yes a little more than a bad day) i put back on a stone and i decided then to get back to it. i went with sw as i needed something totally new to give me big motivation. im no expert but with what i want to eat sw is better for me and the family. i do ee and its all family meals.
keep at it everyone