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maman

MrsE wrote: »

Can anyone tell me the lowest syn sausages so I can make jamie olivers jools pasta please?
Not joes as I can only get them online, apart from joes sausages.

My favourites are Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Cumberland Pork. They're half a syn each. Delicious:drool: 6 in a packet and currently on offer at 2 packs for £5. Not the cheapest but yummy!

MrsE_2

maman wrote: »

My favourites are Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Cumberland Pork. They're half a syn each. Delicious:drool: 6 in a packet and currently on offer at 2 packs for £5. Not the cheapest but yummy!

Really :-) so they're not even "diet" sausages - SOLD :-)
Diet sausages are always a bit tasteless, TTD are nice :-)

beanielou

Sausages sound yummy.

Mediterranean_Mum

TakeItEazy wrote: »

Big thank you for all your concern re hubby. Now waiting on referral to hospital.

Feeling very rough myself today, headache and general lousiness, knock on from all the stress I expect.

WI and honestly thought would be a gain due to bread eaten [dont normally touch it] and stressy stuff. Also went bowling last night which included a meal [scampi & chips] although I did eat all my salad garnish plus my Mums as she cant eat it then had slice of pizza when I got home :eek:. So when alls said and done, lost .8lb so nearly a whole lb :rotfl:. Must do better next week to stop the gain catching me up.

Hope everyones having a good weekend and the rains not dampening everyones spirits [suns just come out here].

Keep the Faith all :A:A:A:A

P.S missing our Dizzy & Banjo anyone seen them?

TIE don't beat yourself up about "only" losing .8 - the fact that you lost anything with all that stress is a real achievement and you should be really proud of yourself.

Well done to all the others who lost this week.

It's been a busy couple of days for me. Friday was a bit crazy running around everywhere and Saturday we were out all day as a big family celebration. I had no control over food unfortunately and it wasn't an event that I could take anything with me. I gave myself a totally flexible syn day and then went out for a 45 min very fast walk last night to try and make up for some of the very non-SW food I'd eaten during the day.

Came back and got online to plan my day with MFP and I'm hoping to get back to zumba tonight which will be the first time since in about a month with all the sickness I had and then the fact that the air conditioning in the hall was broken. It's now been repaired so I'm hoping o get back into class once or twice a week.

Have a good day everyone.

frogga

Morning People,

I am stunned and shocked this morning with regards to what the scales have just said.

I decided a few months ago, back on Feb 1st actually, that I wouldn't weigh myself anymore. I get too upset with what they say. If it's good, then I stuff to reward myself, if it's bad, then I stuff to console myself

I've been on plan since 1st Feb. I had a week of bingeing at Easter, and 3 days on my birthday weekend. Apart from that I've been on plan since 1st Feb.

I feel much thinner, I feel better in my head, I've defo sticking to plan, and as I said I've been good for wekks and weeks. But I tried on a pair of trousers last night and they were still too tight?

The scales have told me I'm a stone heavier than I had guessed in my head I would be. I know roughly how much I weigh depending on how I feel, and I thought I was 13st, was thinking I'd be ok if it said 13st 4lb but upset if it said 13st 7lb. But I'm 14st.

I got off, and on again, several times. It's not wrong. I made the others weigh themselves, and the scales are right. I'm 14st.

Today will be a dangerous day. This has really upset me. It's the reason I don't weigh myself, but I felt I had to keep an eye on what was going on especially as I couldn't get those trousers on.

I've been happy doing SW and I'm sticking to the plan but I must be going wrong? I've got into the habit of having a big cooked breakfast. Almost every day. I'm having watercress with a wholemeal roll (HEB) and a tin of beans, and 2 poached eggs and 30g cheese (HEA) mushrooms and toms. I've also been eating LOTS of fruit as I've said several times before. this must be where I'm going wrong. Maybe the SW principles just don't work for me anymore?

I'm frightened, because this has knocked me sideways. I've been enjoying eating at that rate. But I'm 4 stone overweight

Mediterranean_Mum

frogga wrote: »

Morning People,

I am stunned and shocked this morning with regards to what the scales have just said.

I decided a few months ago, back on Feb 1st actually, that I wouldn't weigh myself anymore. I get too upset with what they say. If it's good, then I stuff to reward myself, if it's bad, then I stuff to console myself

I've been on plan since 1st Feb. I had a week of bingeing at Easter, and 3 days on my birthday weekend. Apart from that I've been on plan since 1st Feb.

I feel much thinner, I feel better in my head, I've defo sticking to plan, and as I said I've been good for wekks and weeks. But I tried on a pair of trousers last night and they were still too tight?

The scales have told me I'm a stone heavier than I had guessed in my head I would be. I know roughly how much I weigh depending on how I feel, and I thought I was 13st, was thinking I'd be ok if it said 13st 4lb but upset if it said 13st 7lb. But I'm 14st.

I got off, and on again, several times. It's not wrong. I made the others weigh themselves, and the scales are right. I'm 14st.

Today will be a dangerous day. This has really upset me. It's the reason I don't weigh myself, but I felt I had to keep an eye on what was going on especially as I couldn't get those trousers on.

I've been happy doing SW and I'm sticking to the plan but I must be going wrong? I've got into the habit of having a big cooked breakfast. Almost every day. I'm having watercress with a wholemeal roll (HEB) and a tin of beans, and 2 poached eggs and 30g cheese (HEA) mushrooms and toms. I've also been eating LOTS of fruit as I've said several times before. this must be where I'm going wrong. Maybe the SW principles just don't work for me anymore?

I'm frightened, because this has knocked me sideways. I've been enjoying eating at that rate. But I'm 4 stone overweight

Frogga I feel your pain, I really do and I know exactly what you're going through as I've been there so many times. I've stopped and started SW several times now because I eat all this "free" food and don't lose. I initially lose and then after a couple of months it just kind of stops. I'm still following plan and still eating tons of "free" food but no weight is coming off so I go on this self-loathing cycle until I eventually bring myself out of it and start again.

I know consultants will all say that you don't have to limit fruit and you can eat as much of the "free" stuff as you want. But - and it's a big "but" - we all know that not all of us are made the same. If we were then there would have been this one-program-suits-all that everyone followed and lost weight on. And then the diet-industry across the world wouldn't be the multi-billion pound industry that it is. Remember that these companies are getting rich off people like us and for those that it works for it's great and they go on and tell others - it's one big pyramid marketing.

I'm sorry if that sounds so negative but it is what it is.

Listen I don't think there's a program out there that I haven't done over the cycle of 30 years of dieting that I've done. I know that many of them have their successes but SW is the only one that really helps you re-educate yourself and how you eat and maintain a healthy lifestyle. However not everyone can tolerate the quantities of all this "free" food and we also have to do a bit of damage-limitation here. For me personally that means counting calories too and in order to do that I have to write everything down. I really hope I won't always have to do that but everyone on here knows that the way this works is by planning, planning and planning. Write it down, drink the water, exercise, eat 1/3 SF food and if you're hungry eat more SF food.

But you have to find what works for you in amongst all that food. It's totally wrong for any consultant to say that fruit is not the cause of not losing - none of these consultants are doctors or nutritionists. They are in this for the money and yes some of them want to help people too (sorry for sounding so cynical) but they are not professional nutritionists and it's not a one-solution solves all despite what the management of SW try to tell them.

My advice to you is to go back to basics, write down a plan and then relook at it and see where you could cut back a bit. Also make sure you're drinking between 1.5-2 litres of water a day and try and do some exercise. If you do that for a week and really and truly are honest with yourself and what you are eating then hopefully it will go in the right direction. It's so easy to become complacent and think we know what we're doing but from what I've seen you can never let your guard down and that's why people like Maman here can get to goal and stay at goal - they never let up.

Frogga, I'm totally with you because it could be me writing what you did so I really know what you're talking about but I believe that by being here on this forum we can support each other and together with the support of our other cyber friends we can really conquer this.

{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}} to you my friend.

MrsE_2

Mediterranean mum - I totally agree with you, I can't eat loads of free food & loose weight.
So do you do sw or not?
Or do you use their principles & calorie count?
Haven't ww changed to be like sw or do they run two plans?

Mediterranean_Mum

MrsE wrote: »

Mediterranean mum - I totally agree with you, I can't eat loads of free food & loose weight.
So do you do sw or not?
Or do you use their principles & calorie count?
Haven't ww changed to be like sw or do they run two plans?

I follow the basics of SW - eating three meals plus snacks; each meal always has 1/3 SF veg; drink plenty of water; exercise.

I now also calorie count so my HEA and HEB are counted in and so are syns but what I've learnt from SW is totally invaluable and I'll always follow this way of eating now.

I had four months of standing completely still and I was just so fed up with it - it was either find something that worked or give up and I'm determined to be FIT at 50 and not FAT at 50 when I hit it next February.

frogga

Thanks MedMum, I'm so glad you're awake and on here :beer: It helps to know I'm not on my own as well. I've got to stay possitive today. I think I may have to just bite the bullet and weigh myself every week. Maybe that would have helped as I would have realised earlier that things weren't working.

Half of me is in panic mode, thinking the amazing exciting SW model might not actually be what I thought it was. I don't want to hear that I have to limit free foods. I was happy knowing there were things I could eat as much of as I liked with no consequences.

Now it feels as thought the rug has been pulled out from under me, and actually I do have to watch what I eat, I do have to restrict myself. All the talk from SW about eating as much as you want doesn't work for me. Why me? Why us MedMum?

I'll start again again. I guess I know what I weigh now. So, as of tomorrow it's back to writing it all down, defo walking the dogs everyday, cutting right down on the fruit. I'll weigh myself next Sunday and see how I've done. Hopefully I'll be as successful as you MedMum.

Do you know I'm SO SHOCKED at what the scales have said this morning that I seriously sat here thinking of what else couls possibly be making me weigh so much? Could I be pregnant? Could I have a huge heavy tumor growing inside me that weighs alot? I'm not sure if I'd rather it was either of those two rather than the reality of SW not working for me?

Mediterranean_Mum

frogga wrote: »

Thanks MedMum, I'm so glad you're awake and on here :beer: It helps to know I'm not on my own as well. I've got to stay possitive today. I think I may have to just bite the bullet and weigh myself every week. Maybe that would have helped as I would have realised earlier that things weren't working.

Half of me is in panic mode, thinking the amazing exciting SW model might not actually be what I thought it was. I don't want to hear that I have to limit free foods. I was happy knowing there were things I could eat as much of as I liked with no consequences.

Now it feels as thought the rug has been pulled out from under me, and actually I do have to watch what I eat, I do have to restrict myself. All the talk from SW about eating as much as you want doesn't work for me. Why me? Why us MedMum?

I'll start again again. I guess I know what I weigh now. So, as of tomorrow it's back to writing it all down, defo walking the dogs everyday, cutting right down on the fruit. I'll weigh myself next Sunday and see how I've done. Hopefully I'll be as successful as you MedMum.

Do you know I'm SO SHOCKED at what the scales have said this morning that I seriously sat here thinking of what else couls possibly be making me weigh so much? Could I be pregnant? Could I have a huge heavy tumor growing inside me that weighs alot? I'm not sure if I'd rather it was either of those two rather than the reality of SW not working for me?

The advantage of having a "friend" who lives in a time-zone two hours ahead of the UK


Yes I ask myself all of those questions Frogga but have come to the realisation that I'm to blame - it's years and years of yoyo dieting on my part that has made me what I am today and why I can't lose weight easily. It's years and years of this sick behaviour that has given me high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar. It's years and years of over-eating that means that I now take 7 pills every single day (used to be 8 but have managed to drop one :T).

I want to beat this - NEED to beat it - if I'm to live for the next however many years. I've wasted 30 years of my life and wasn't totally there for my kids when they were little but I'm determined to be there for my grandkids.

Frogga, I don't necessarily have all the answers or can say unconditionally that this is the answer but it worked last week (:rotfl:) so I'm doing it again this week and let's hope the scales proves that it's worked again this week.