Make 2013 a year to remember with Slimming World (Part 2!)

sweetcheekz

Hi all,
busy weekend and still feeling lousy with a terrible cough which is keeping me awake at night :mad: and I am a girl who needs her sleep lol.

I haven't been posting my menu/food diary for a while because its all gone to pot, its not that I am eating off plan, its more that I am not really eating meals, just bits from the fridge. I need to get back to making myself a decent lunch and planning evening meals.

So I have at least got dinner planned this evening, I am going to try one of those Tesco simply heat dishes. We liked the lamb shanks, which are free/very low syns, so tonight its BBQ pulled pork, which is apparently free :T, with some butternut squash and winter veg.

I have told my consultant that I will be good until Christmas and then I will deal with the scales after the new year, life is too short .

Congrats to all the losers :T.

Smilersgran

hi shala sts last week but - 3lb this week, movement at last

Skint_Catt

I'm not really quitting, more just treading water for the next 4 weeks. I can't bear to go to WI tomorrow - I think I'll cry if I do, just like I am now. I wanted to be slimmer than I am by where we are now & I'm not - I've wasted so many months trying, then thinking I can eat & get away with it, then trying, then putting on again etc etc.

I'm just physically & mentally exhausted but don't see a way to solve that at the moment I'm sure I'll feel better after an early night x

Thanks for all the support - really means a lot to me.

Arkers

Hey SK - Are you up in that loft again....??? All that temptation can be too much sometime. I think I may have this right, have you got a toddler in tow? If things are not running smoothly with our kids/family/finances etc (you get the picture) then it is very easy to feel the way you are now. I also think that the dark days can play havoc with our lives.


I don't want to sound like your mum, but "chin up," I would love to be in your clothes with the weight loss you've achieved to date. If you have had a few bad months then look back at the beginning of your journey and ask yourself the reasons why you began SW. Then ask the question would I be happy back in that place, if the answer is yes then stop now, if no, then then re-focus and begin again.


Sending positivity x

maman

Don't worry about treading water catt, one of the hardest things about losing weight is the longing to back to eating normally. We have to remember that it was that eating normally that got us overweight in the first place. I find that cultivating a rather smug attitude to eating healthily and cooking from scratch has helped me. It's not rocket science to know that things like crisps and sweets should be just treats.

I'd suggest you eat as well as you can as often as you can. Don't write off the rest of the month just because you want to indulge over Christmas.

This week was looking good but I've been invited to yet another of those pesky 'nibbles' parties on Thursday. I think I've decided to just weigh at a different class on Wednesday )can't leave it another week) and then maybe I'll take my own goodies on Thursday like I did to last week's party.

Today's food has been quite good. EE plan:

B: NAS Ribena, baked beans, HEB toast, HEA milk
L: Satsuma:o
baked haddock, new potatoes, cauli and broccoli cheese with sliced tomato
Syns: cheese sauce

beanielou

Mildredd~Im sure the people at your group don't hate you.
You are doing so well.

Skint Catt~~Keep plodding indeed

mich_city

beanielou wrote: »

Mildredd~Im sure the people at your group don't hate you.
You are doing so well.

Skint Catt~~Keep plodding indeed

I agree.. my comment above was a little tongue in cheek.. we've a woman in our group who loses 3/4/5 lbs a week regularly she said last week that she felt a little guilty as most of us seemed to be struggling but felt better after seeing / hearing our reactions to how she felt.. am sure everyone was genuine.. but if not, my comment of stuff 'em would apply as would hate to think someone wouldn't be supportive as we all know how hard the weight loss journey is

have WI on boxing day for my group.. will take what comes as don't plan to over indulge Christmas day... but, the best laid plans and all that

shala_moo

Mildredd wrote: »

Morning lovelys
Bit quiet today x


-3lb this week please shala

So 15lb off in 7 weeks - 2lb to 3 stone which is what I wanted by Xmas
Feel a bit weird really - people at group hate me

:j:j amazing loss again! The people at group don't hate you, they will be in awe... And if they do hate you, well then that shows off their spitefulness of a girl done good and is more than likely jealousy.. That's not your problem, it's theirs x

Skint_Catt wrote: »

I'm not really quitting, more just treading water for the next 4 weeks. I can't bear to go to WI tomorrow - I think I'll cry if I do, just like I am now. I wanted to be slimmer than I am by where we are now & I'm not - I've wasted so many months trying, then thinking I can eat & get away with it, then trying, then putting on again etc etc.

I'm just physically & mentally exhausted but don't see a way to solve that at the moment I'm sure I'll feel better after an early night x

Thanks for all the support - really means a lot to me.

Catt, I'm with you 100% except I'm only 3lbs less than I was last Xmas! It's disheartening losing the same few lbs over and over again but at least we're not putting it on above what we were!

I think the "sod it" attitude has started in this house too and it's depressed me a little today as I just feel like a blob but I can't stop eating. I've been out buying food for Xmas buffet, but I don't really want to eat any of it because I'll just feel worse.. Mehh who invented Xmas, bah humbug :rotfl::rotfl:

shala_moo

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2520746/Why-diet-cola-making-FATTER-WRINKLIER-Low-calorie-drink-blame-spare-tyre-withered-skin.html

Just to bring more joy (I'm a ray of sunshine today, aren't i:rotfl:) I read this article earlier and realised I probably have "diet coke belly" :eek: so I shall be cutting down to one drink each day, if needed, until the new year and then cutting it out completely after.

I'm going for an on track day tomorrow, no excuses for breaking the rules so here's my menu.. Green day.

B - banana, yogurt
L - jacket potato, cheese (hea)
T - mash, meatballs (heb x2) and lots of veg
S - crisps (6) gravy (1) satsumas,

Good night all x

Flat_Eric

Skint_Catt wrote: »

I'm not really quitting, more just treading water for the next 4 weeks. I can't bear to go to WI tomorrow - I think I'll cry if I do, just like I am now. I wanted to be slimmer than I am by where we are now & I'm not - I've wasted so many months trying, then thinking I can eat & get away with it, then trying, then putting on again etc etc.

I'm just physically & mentally exhausted but don't see a way to solve that at the moment I'm sure I'll feel better after an early night x

Thanks for all the support - really means a lot to me.

Don't miss weigh in, especially if you have already paid for it. The consultants know its a difficult time of year. Make sure you stay for image therapy too - I think all groups follow suit and I think tonight is all about xmas day and how best to approach it.

It sounds to me like you have come to resent slimming world. I mean you can't even go in a coffee shop without struggling to stay within your syns. To some extent, it would be easy to say sod it and just give up for now but that would be daft and what I would suggest is that you just take each day as it comes and give yourself a bit of a break at the moment. That doesn't mean go all out but if you want something, have it, just don't have half a dozen !

I'll be weighing in later and whilst I don't expect I'll see the loss I wanted, I'm hoping it will still be a loss then it will be home for my tea and a bit of cake/chocolate before starting all over again tomorrow!

Slimming isn't easy but then this isn't a diet, its a healthy approach to eating and sometimes life and the time of year get in the way. The hardest challenge is accepting that things are not always going to go to plan and not giving up/giving in. *Hugs*