Anyone else on a diet and struggling?

paulineb_2

I know many people who make a pizza with a warburtons wrap or similar as a base and Im sure you can get alternative versions, aldi do them I think and you can get them in wholemeal.

You just toast the wrap and add toppings, Ive tried the warburtons ones a few times and they are quite nice.

Tink2

paulineb wrote: »

I know many people who make a pizza with a warburtons wrap or similar as a base and Im sure you can get alternative versions, aldi do them I think and you can get them in wholemeal.

You just toast the wrap and add toppings, Ive tried the warburtons ones a few times and they are quite nice.

I've heard of that, the 5:2 dieters call them "wizza"

paulineb_2

Tink2 wrote: »

I've heard of that, the 5:2 dieters call them "wizza"

Yeah thats right. I dont eat cheese but Ive made wraps with the warburtons wraps, I thought they were nice.

I also eat tortilla wraps now and then, Im aware some might not think they are the healthiest, but they were a lifesaver to me when I started losing weight. You can stuff them with the veg combinations you like. (I wont say how many I had at a time for fear of being compared to Jabba the Hut).:rotfl:

Izadora

paulineb wrote: »

However, unless someone has the willpower to be able to count syns at home, its £5 a class unless someone can get there by way of GP referral. Sometimes money is a barrier to people getting to a diet club.

I was never keen on syns, I seem to crave anything if it's classed as bad/forbidden, but did manage to do it without going to classes. I went to one to get the information and then just followed it at home. I've done the same with WW, just borrowed my mum's books and worked out points myself without ever setting foot in a class.

paulineb wrote: »

I have a friend who did very well on WW and I know hes not into processed foods, he cooks as much as he can from scratch, again I would expect a lot depends on whether someone cooks or depends on a lot of the WW meals, their own frozen range..

It probably helps that I enjoy cooking because it is definitely easier to eat well if you can adapt things to keep the points low without it ever feeling like diet food. If I do have to pick up meals while I'm out I try to go for things like M&S superfood salad as ready-made sandwiches are a killer for points and don't fill me up.

Tink2

paulineb wrote: »

Yeah thats right. I dont eat cheese but Ive made wraps with the warburtons wraps, I thought they were nice.

I also eat tortilla wraps now and then, Im aware some might not think they are the healthiest, but they were a lifesaver to me when I started losing weight. You can stuff them with the veg combinations you like. (I wont say how many I had at a time for fear of being compared to Jabba the Hut).:rotfl:

I used to eat tuna mixed with pesto with jalapeños, lettuce and cucumber wraps :drool:

Like you I won't be saying how many I had at a time :rotfl:

fluffybunny_2

I was looking for something else and found this thread.

I have to be honest, I've never dieted in my life but last October I found myself trying on a pair of trousers. size 14 were too tight for the first time in my life. that night, I dreamt that I was a size 10 again. then I woke up.

meanwhile...my father had been changing his daily eating habits and he'd lost 2 stone in 6-7 weeks without even trying. my ears pricked up.

He'd bought a book about low carbing but it wasnt Atkins. You can eat a lot more with it than Atkins. I bought the same book and I'm now back to a size 10 and I literally, havent been a size 10 in at least 15 years :T

with Atkins its very strict with only 20g of grams of carbs a day. The book I bought recommends 40-60g a day while you're in the "weight loss stage". I stuck to 40 and i really did find it easy.

The book recommends no more than one slice of bread per day as its very high in carbs (average of 18g per slice). when you think that 40g is your limit, 18g is nearly half of the daily allowance. but...If I make say, a chicken dinner with lots of veggies but no potatoes, that works out to be less than 18g? Give me a chicken dinner rather than a slice of bread any day!

It really is surprising what you can eat. meat, fish, poultry, eggs and cheese are all practically free ...you only count everything else. the other thing is, you're fuller for longer.
I used to have two slices of toast and a cuppa for breakfast but by mid morning I'd start to feel hungry again.
Now, I'll have a boiled egg or a kipper or something and its a lot later before I'm hungry.

The book cost me under £2 on Amazon, delivered. It really has changed my life

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0091917336/sr=8-1/qid=1397222050/ref=olp_tab_used?ie=UTF8&colid=&coliid=&condition=used&me=&qid=1397222050&seller=&sr=8-1

Also, there's a very interesting video here about low carbing. :- He's a top low carb doctor treating thousands of people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NImxgj2I4_M

System

paulineb wrote: »

I think the good thing about slimming world is that people are encouraged to eat fruit and veg. For meat eaters they can also eat things that possibly on other diets it would be harder to count in, such as bacon and eggs for breakfast. It just didnt work for me. At that time I didnt have a lot of weight to lose, but I lost 10 pounds on SW, it was a struggle.

If I had been on the red day plan, it would have been less of a struggle I think. I was heartily sick of jacket potatoes, that I know.

When I did it, batchelors packet pasta and also Im sure tinned ravioli and macaroni were considered free food.

I remember my friend ate a lot of birds eye boil in the bag beef with a small serving of mash. The plan has changed a lot in that time and you can combine meat with non meat eating days without it being tons of syns if you do.

It doesnt work for me, Im sure of that. Im positive if I had started doing slimming world a year ago Id have lost less weight than I have. But some people do very very well on it, my friend lost 3 stones (didnt maintain it, but she lost that and she didnt feel deprived while doing it).

I got disheartened very quickly as when I was going to class everyone else seemed to be losing so much and despite following the plan I was gaining. That said I was pretty inactive at the time so that probably had some impact. It is good that they encourage you to eat fruit and veg plus I think on sw you probably feel a lot less deprived than other diet plans. My housemates are doing it and it seems to be working for them (plus the food they cook smells delicious!)

fluffybunny_2

pinkteapot wrote: »

All diet plans do exactly the same thing. The only way to lose weight is to consume less calories than you use. All diet plans take a different approach to restricting your calories, but they all do it.
...

I have to be totally honest. I've been low carbing since just before Christmas. So far I've lost about 36 lbs and I haven't counted a single calorie. The low carb diet I've been doing (not Atkins, look at my previous post above) just doesn't count calories. I don't even look at the calories on labels any more.

paulineb_2

fluffybunny wrote: »

I was looking for something else and found this thread.

I have to be honest, I've never dieted in my life but last October I found myself trying on a pair of trousers. size 14 were too tight for the first time in my life. that night, I dreamt that I was a size 10 again. then I woke up.

meanwhile...my father had been changing his daily eating habits and he'd lost 2 stone in 6-7 weeks without even trying. my ears pricked up.

He'd bought a book about low carbing but it wasnt Atkins. You can eat a lot more with it than Atkins. I bought the same book and I'm now back to a size 10 and I literally, havent been a size 10 in at least 15 years :T

with Atkins its very strict with only 20g of grams of carbs a day. The book I bought recommends 40-60g a day while you're in the "weight loss stage". I stuck to 40 and i really did find it easy.

The book recommends no more than one slice of bread per day as its very high in carbs (average of 18g per slice). when you think that 40g is your limit, 18g is nearly half of the daily allowance. but...If I make say, a chicken dinner with lots of veggies but no potatoes, that works out to be less than 18g? Give me a chicken dinner rather than a slice of bread any day!

It really is surprising what you can eat. meat, fish, poultry, eggs and cheese are all practically free ...you only count everything else. the other thing is, you're fuller for longer.
I used to have two slices of toast and a cuppa for breakfast but by mid morning I'd start to feel hungry again.
Now, I'll have a boiled egg or a kipper or something and its a lot later before I'm hungry.

The book cost me under £2 on Amazon, delivered. It really has changed my life

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0091917336/sr=8-1/qid=1397222050/ref=olp_tab_used?ie=UTF8&colid=&coliid=&condition=used&me=&qid=1397222050&seller=&sr=8-1

Also, there's a very interesting video here about low carbing. :- He's a top low carb doctor treating thousands of people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NImxgj2I4_M

I think youd struggle on that if you arent a meat eater.

I do know people who have followed the south beach diet with good results and I know one personal trainer who eats very little carbohydrates, shes 64 and in very good shape, shes always said keep carbs low as you can.

fluffybunny_2

paulineb wrote: »

I think youd struggle on that if you arent a meat eater.

I do know people who have followed the south beach diet with good results and I know one personal trainer who eats very little carbohydrates, shes 64 and in very good shape, shes always said keep carbs low as you can.

I agree, it's more difficult if you dont eat meat but, saying that, there are vegetables which are quite high in carbs.
There's a list in the book of vegetables which are low/medium and a list of vegetables to avoid so i think that even vegetarians could change their carb intake and lose weight