Slimming World support thread 2

Top_Girl

Top_Girl wrote: »

Morning :j

I'll catch up in a second.

Back finally not hurting when I'm in several positions, just when I move or bend, so, a weekend of rest should hopefully sort me out.

Totally on plan yesterday :A

Today:

B - Mushroom omelette and plum tomatoes

D - SW quiche, salad, pineapple and strawberries

T - Steak, rice and vegetables

HEXA - Quiche, milk in omelette, splash left over for a chocolate
HEXB - Maybe a couple of benefit bars later or toast with a ELLC triangle for one syn

Syns - Options, a packet of some 5 syn-ish crisps, ELLC triangle if I have toast.

Have a wonderful day all

Add to L

1 x Wotsits - 5
1 x deli box - 1.5
2 x cocoa belvita - 5
1 x muller light - free
2 x small bananas - free

Is that an SW binge? :eek:

Can you tell it was a rough day?

My dad is abroad on holiday at the moment and has been taken into hospital with heart lesions, whatever they might be. One of those years in the Top household, I think

All things considered, I think not getting an IV drip of chardonnay is a result today.

shala_moo

Macpep - have a great time on hols... :j:j

Topgirl sorry to hear your news, hope your dad is ok.

Sally22 wrote: »

My partner lost 5.5lb taking his total to 13.5lb in two weeks. He also won slimmer of the week and slimmer of the month. Im pleased for him but want to see big losses myself! I guess men just lose easier than women.

I used to go to SW with OH... couldn't bear it As much as I was happy for him losing, it just seemed to upset me that I was losing less.

I think we naturally compare ourselves with others but unfortunately men just lose quicker than women, it's something to do with them being more % of muscle or something. It's not fair but it just is the way it is

Keep plodding and you'll get there on your own merry way x


Right, KFC has well and truly been eaten 900 calories and I dread to think of how many syns! It was ok, not worth the calories I think...

Might not bother having any tea, i'll see how hungry I feel later..

Thought I'd post the chart for you today, last day for the challenge is Monday. I've took out the people who haven't updated for a while, let me know if you think I've took you out and I shouldn't have!

hostie

Just had a bournville biscuit and wish I hadn't. Would have preferred to use the syns for wine later couldn't resist. Have run out of fruit and muller lights!

I notice that most people are switching to gin and slimline tonic.
Sparkling wine is only 4 1/2 syns and g&t 4 syns but I'm wondering if there are fewer calories even though there aren't really fewer syns?

meg72

shala_moo wrote: »

Macpep - have a great time on hols... :j:j

Topgirl sorry to hear your news, hope your dad is ok.



I used to go to SW with OH... couldn't bear it As much as I was happy for him losing, it just seemed to upset me that I was losing less.

I think we naturally compare ourselves with others but unfortunately men just lose quicker than women, it's something to do with them being more % of muscle or something. It's not fair but it just is the way it is

Keep plodding and you'll get there on your own merry way x


Right, KFC has well and truly been eaten 900 calories and I dread to think of how many syns! It was ok, not worth the calories I think...

Might not bother having any tea, i'll see how hungry I feel later..

Thought I'd post the chart for you today, last day for the challenge is Monday. I've took out the people who haven't updated for a while, let me know if you think I've took you out and I shouldn't have!

Wow Shala that's a whopping 17 stone loss between us, I do love this chart, thank you. Will there be another challenge please.

tazzyb

I am adopting the name yoggide to!

welcome mab2009 and crabapple

Hope your dad is okay topgirl.

Got killer toothache. I am terrified of the dentist. Not been since I was 16. Cannot take any more tablets for another 2 hours. Going to have to go to the doctors again. He has in the past given me valium to try and calm me enough to go to the dentist but it did not work.

hostie

Oh really sorry to hear about your fear of dentists TazzyB. Maybe you could get someone to go with you so you are not so frightened? Also you could phone the dentist and let them know how frightened you are. Remember, the first time you go, you don't have to have any work done. Just let them have a wee look. Good luck x

hostie

Welcome Buffy the Vampire Bat and thank you for sharing your story. It really helps me to read about people losing weight, just to remind myself that it can happen.
I am also a size 16 and 14 in generous shops and also aspire to fit into size 14 everywhere

consultant31

Crabapple wrote: »

Can any of you help me?! Is there any squash/cordial that is sugar free but doesn't have artificial sweetener instead?

I can't stand the taste of the stuff and it makes me feel like the drink isn't refreshing me at all, so I really want to avoid!

I normally drink vimto, a lot weaker than the directions but I tried the sugar free one and all I can taste is the sweeteners and it's just yuk to me. Even tried half and half with the real stuff and it tasted wrong.

Just wondered if there was anything with natural sweeteners I could try instead? Otherwise I think I'll have to be good and drink more plain water, and syn a bit of vimto a day just to keep myself happy!

Why not have water with ice and a slice of lemon or lime, or even buy some of that Jif lemon juice to squirt in. It is called Jif isn't it, or is that something you clean the sink with - gosh, don't want to recommend something that will poison you

consultant31

Buffy_the_Vampire_Bat wrote: »

Hello everyone :wave:

lantanna and Mildredd's last couple of posts have prompted me to delurk. I have always had issues with my weight, I have been skinny, I have been massive and all stages in between (and up and down and up and down, I'm sure that is a familiar tale to some of you!) The skinny years were a result of obsessive weight loss in my teens and not by being sensible (binge eating, bringing it all back up again, not eating, liberal use of laxatives and so on) I was absolutely obsessed with every single lb and trying to lose weight became my sole focus. I would set myself what I now know are totally unrealistic weekly goals then would torment myself when I did not achieve them.

By my mid 20's I was at my biggest, a size 26 (Oof, that actually hurts to type that!) I managed to get down to a size 22 by following various plans but found myself acting obsessively again so curtailed the active weight loss and just tried to be sensible. When I turned 30 I had a lightbulb moment - I was fed up of not being able to walk into a "normal" high street shop and buy what I liked. I was fed up of feeling deeply unattractive and worthless (and no matter how much the lovely Mr Buffy Bat tried to convince me otherwise I could not be swayed in my perception) I realised that although following a specific weight loss plan clearly works for a lot of people, for me the way forward was to rewire my thinking, slowly but surely. A couple of friends lost a lot of weight with Slimming World and looked great but I felt that although Slimming World was helping them to lose weight, the issue of why they put on the weight in the first place was not really addressed. I was worried that if I signed up with Slimming World (or Weight Watchers, Rosemary Conley etc) I would lose the weight but not address my issues if that makes sense?

So I set about making small changes. I originally cut really right down on the carbs and dropped a dress size in a couple of months. I cut out the fruit juice in the week (just having a small glass at the weekend). Although already a big vegetable lover I upped my veg intake, and cut out the majority of high fat food stuffs. I cut down on the wine, steering more towards gin and slimline tonic. After about a year I decided to up the carbs a little bit - small servings of wholemeal pasta, a small amount of homemade bread once a week, small servings of potatoes, couscous, and rice once in a blue moon. Slowly but surely the lbs have come and continue to come off.

When I was at my obsessive worse in my teens I was on and off the scales like a yoyo and feared that if I started weighing myself again I would return to my obsessive ways. So I measured my weight by my clothes. And shoes. And rings. No one told me that I would also drop a shoe size and as a result all my favourite pairs of shoes would no longer fit *sobs*. Mr Buffy bought me a new wedding ring because the original just falls straight off my finger now (I could not bare to have the original cut and resized - my engagement ring is in a box now because it is too big, again not happy about having it resized)

I totally get the basic principles of SW - how it works and have lurked here for some time for inspiration, not just for food ideas but for your lovely success stories too I guess I could argue that I kind of follow SW but have never contributed here because I thought it would be rude of me to when not actually a committed SW member and that you would all pelt me with Muller Lights as a result for being an interloper!

My journey is not finished yet. I am currently a size 16 in most shops (sometimes a 14 in generous shops ) and am working my way down to a 14 everywhere. I am just a smidge under 6ft tall so I will see how I look and feel when I get down to a "proper" 14 and see what to do next. I know for some a size 14 probably sounds big but from a 26 to a 14 I don't think is a bad journey. One of the things that has worked for me is I guess what I might call my version of syns/banking syns. I tend to be pretty strict in the week, but at the weekend I may share half a bottle of nice wine with Mr Buffy, or have a piece of Cornish chocolate (just a piece though, not the whole block as I once would have done), or a nice piece of squidgey brie, or a couple of slices of homemade olive and sundried tomato bread. I find if I have these treats I look forward to them and enjoy them, and am then less likely to go off the rails.

On the whole I do feel a lot happier, although despite doing lots of walking and steps and being pretty active at work I still have a belly which I HATE. It is obviously a lot smaller than it was otherwise I would not be slipping into jeans that are 5 sizes smaller than I was when I started, but to me it still looks the same. I know it isn't but I find it hard to understand/see that I am a lot slimmer. So no, losing weight is not an automatic magic wand that suddenly makes things all rosy, clearly my self-perception is something I need to address.

Wishing you all well on your journeys, perhaps if you won't throw Muller Lights at me for not being an official SW member I could pop in more often?

P.S. Oops, sorry for the essay

lantanna wrote: »

Couldn't agree with you more. I think when you get all this weight off your like omg now I want perfection coz you never thought you would get even this far with it - so now you want to be super woman coz your astonished that you've done it - so now you think you may as well go the whole hog.
I hate my belly- actually hate it - its needs to go - until its gone I won't be happy!

Totally agree again!! SW should tackle the mental health aspects of losing a lot of weight instead of just expecting people to dance round naked shouting yes I've lost all the weight everything in my life is perfect - all my problems are solved. Which is what they would project from the stories in the Magazine!!


You see if you had of made and eaten that Hot dog in the Magazine you might have lost weight this week :rotfl: What a recipe!!


I'm going to be thrown out of Slimming World if I continue ..............Sorry folks :rotfl:


Just does my head in the lack of emotional support from SW and the fact that it is never embraced in anyway, shape or form how losing a vast amount of weight can affect you other than your meant to be over the moon and loving life ..................

Welcome to the thread Buffy, and please do keep coming back

Your post (and Lantanna's) are interesting as there are so many people, women in particular it seems, who suffer with a lack of self esteem and it's something that an organisation such as SW could never tackle. In the USA I think you'd probably toddle off and have therapy, whereas here, we're expected to 'get a grip' and get on with it.

It's funny that only today, my DD mentioned that, although she has lost 7 stone over the last couple of years, she doesn't see 'slim' in the mirror, only the same 'podgy' person she has been for many years. Hopefully, it's just time that's needed in order for her to see how far she has come but whether she sees it or not, her health is better than it was, her fitness levels are higher and her little boy is constantly thrilled that he can get his little arms almost all the way around her now

You've both come a long way and I'm sure you're proud of your achievement. SW aims to get your body healthy, the emotional aspect is for someone else to deal with.

beanielou

Thanks for sharing your journey Buffy.
Keep posting.

Topgirl~hope your dad is ok.