Be Fab not Fat in Fourteen! (welcome to the Slimming World Support thread)

pooler-leanne

Well I've had an okay day today.

Weetabix, milk & banana for breakfast (HEXA &
Salad for lunch with chicken, ham & mint & cucumber cottage cheese.
Sweet potato shepherd's pie (amazing!) & veg for tea.

Snacks were apple, banana, two scan bran cakes (3 syns for 2), a slice of garlic bread (couldn't resist, google tells me around 5.5 syns), a milky hot chocolate (again, couldn't resist and not sure on syns).

Hopefully I've stayed within 15 syns but if I have gone over a little I'm not too upset as I had hardly any syns yesterday.

I'm going to an event on Thursday which will no doubt include coffee & cake beforehand, canapes at the event and we're going to Yo Sushi afterwards. I'm really looking forward to it but a little annoyed that it is the day before weigh day and could ruin all this week's efforts!

please-let-me-be-lucky

mumoftwo wrote: »

Are the Knorr stockpots free? I've only used it once before SW and thought they were nice but greasy so if they're free that would be great

Yes, the beef, chicken, vegetable and rich beef stock pots are all free. It's the Rich Beef ones I use Xx

pooler-leanne

flutterby_lil wrote: »

Estimated time of arrival I though it was!! :rotfl:

So did I which is what really confused me!! :rotfl::rotfl:

mumoftwo

Thanks everyone, that's great news about the stock pots, will have to get some

sarymclary

Evening all,

Interesting to see that quite a few of us have experience of various other diet plans. I can definitely say that the SW way is the only one I could see me doing for life. Once you're in the 'groove' and know basic/regular syns or allowances, it does become second nature quite quickly. The fact it encourages you to cook so much from scratch is another thing in it's favour.

I'm in this for the long-haul, so have a long term plan this time around of allowing myself 1-2 years to reach the target I want to be at. I feel that once I've shifted the first stone or two, I will feel much more able to exercise, which should help me lose the next few. I do still have a slight problem still with one of my knees, that I know is being aggravated by my weight, in another stone or so it should be fine.

Well this evening I've had a bit of a heated conversation with my OH re. SW. He's got a new starter at his work, who told him that his wife had lost weight recently at a club. Mo OH asked if it was SW, and it turns out she's at my SW group, and he told him about me going there, we must know each other, etc., and they obviously described each of us. I'm not quite sure why, but this has really rattled my cage tonight. I don't make it public knowledge I'm at group. I don't know any of the other members, rarely go out locally so don't bump into any, and like to keep my business to myself. We live in a small town, where 'locals' really do like to know everyone else's business. I'm not local, despite living here a while now, but I have always been quite discerning about who I like to mix with. This may make me sound really odd, or stand-off-ish, but it's just how I like to be. I'm actually quite sociable, but I do like to choose who I mix with. I was never one of those mums who stood in a big gaggle gossiping in the playground, and whilst I could pass the time of day with anyone, I had my own friends already, so never felt the need to look for more... any friendships have come by chance, and most of my friends are of long-standing. I also have a good radar for people, and I just 'know' this other lady is not my kind of person, although I'm sure she is lovely... just not for me.

The other part to this is that my SW journey is mine alone, I have only told 1 other friend I am doing the plan, and my sister who goes along with me obviously. That's how I like to keep it, I don't like to broadcast the fact that I am trying to not be mobidly obese, and that I want to stop stuffing my face. OH really couldn't see this as a big problem, and didn't see why I was so upset, and why him telling other people should be a problem either.

Am I being a loon? It could be a bit of PMT making me a little bit sensitive, but I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck go up when he said it, and I was immediately irritated about him talking about it to strangers.

Does anyone else feel like me, or am I really just a bit of a freak? (who this woman is probably going to give a wide berth anyway, because I have 'nutter' written across my forehead!) :eek:

maman

pooler-leanne wrote: »

I'm going to an event on Thursday which will no doubt include coffee & cake beforehand, canapes at the event and we're going to Yo Sushi afterwards. I'm really looking forward to it but a little annoyed that it is the day before weigh day and could ruin all this week's efforts!

You might be lucky and that off-plan day won't have caught up by WI. What I'd do is try to be really good tomorrow (keep syns to a minimum) and then be 100% on plan next week and you could see a loss both times.

I was quite good tonight and went for JP with steak and salad. Very small pat of butter on JP and what tasted like a balsamic dressing on salad (not much and not greasy so I'm hopeful). However I have massive back pain tonight (recurring disk problem) so am dosing myself with medicinal alcohol (aka feeling sorry for myself;)).

mich_city

sary.. you sound exactly like me! hate anyone knowing 'my business' that's why I like this little thread.. you can be anonymous and post things you wouldn't normally share in group etc.. my sister calls me anti social, she's the total opposite.. I wouldn't even be her friend if we weren't sisters :rotfl:

pooler-leanne

maman wrote: »

You might be lucky and that off-plan day won't have caught up by WI. What I'd do is try to be really good tomorrow (keep syns to a minimum) and then be 100% on plan next week and you could see a loss both times.

I was quite good tonight and went for JP with steak and salad. Very small pat of butter on JP and what tasted like a balsamic dressing on salad (not much and not greasy so I'm hopeful). However I have massive back pain tonight (recurring disk problem) so am dosing myself with medicinal alcohol (aka feeling sorry for myself;)).

Thanks for the tips, hopefully it won't show! There are some quite low syn options at Yo Sushi too so I will try and be good, but I like a pudding when I eat out!

I hope that the medicinal alcohol is working and you're not in too much pain.

mich_city

cant remember who has the ryvita minis.. anyway, thanks.. bought some sweet chilli ones.. blimmin lovely!

2ba3c

Evening all!

Hope everyone is well - and lantanna thank you for asking after me, that was super sweet and put a smile on my face!

Congratulations on all the losses, and stay the dames and lots of completely calorie free chocolate for those who have put on *puts a piece on own gob*

Soooooooo - after my excessive Friday night, of Chinese and Prosecco (2 bottles, which I sort of shared with the OH!) - I've been chasing the same 1.5lb I put back on the day after (yes yes, I know about getting on the scale every day, terrible habit ) - and THEN AF appeared. So - I am NOT feeling hopeful about WI on Thursday, though I am trying to stick to plan. Haven't managed to claw back any syns though, am living and breathing for chocolate at the moment.

Oh, made the SW mousse tonight, YUCK!!!!!! Had a horrible after taste, to me.

Now - I would like to say, don't be a drama llama and leave please! *wags finger* I won't have it!

You get out, what you put it on forums, just keep posting!

2b xx