Be a Stunner for Summer with Slimming World

shala_moo

Shiny new thread, with all the info carried over as follows:-

Food Optimising is a plan for life, it is not a quick fix and you should look at weight losses over a period of time. There are no prizes for speed of weight loss.

You need to commit to making changes to the food that you buy and how you cook it, because what you have been doing in the past has not got you to where you want to be.

You cannot use parts of the plan that suit you and forget the rest.

If you are not prepared to make a commitment to change the behaviour that has got you into your current situation then nothing is going to change, and above all things, you need to be honest and accountable for every single mouthful of food that passes your lips.

You need to care enough to take time out to pre-plan your slimming campaign. Look again at the menu plans and see the variety and volume of food you can eat. All you have to lose is the weight.

Slimming World has been successfully helping people lose weight for over forty years, so trust them and read your Food Optimising and Choose Success books again and again.

Food Optimising is easy but life isn't. Losing weight is a battle but you have the battle plan in your food optimising book, your secret weapon is free food, and that, together with your healthy extras and syns add up to a healthy way of eating that can (and should) be a life plan. Success is there waiting for you………go for it!

If you fancy having a go at EE, here are the official 'rules' to ensure that you not only lose weight regularly but get all the nutrition your body needs to function well:-

Extra Easy:

1: Choose your Free Food

Anything that’s Free Food on Green OR Original – so that’s pasta, rice, potatoes, lean meat, poultry, fish, fruit and vegetables – is totally Free on Extra Easy!

And for super-fast, super healthy results, fill one third of your plate with Speed Foods!

2: Choose your Healthy Extras

Each day select one Healthy Extra ‘a’ choice and one Healthy Extra ‘b’ choice from our simplified list of calcium and fibre-filled foods, including milk, cheese, bread and cereal.

3: Enjoy 5-15 Syns each day

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If you find your weight loss has slowed down or stopped, check:-

1. Whether everything you're counting as Free, is Free

2. Whether you're under-estimating Syn values (over-estimate if guessing)

3. Whether you're counting everything that should be counted

4. Whether you're measuring everything that should be measured

5. Whether you're sabotaging your success in any other way (using SAS logs will help uncover individual long-term self-sabotage patterns) and, if none of these is the culprit, either...........

A: increase the proportion of Speed Foods to half of your plate
B: switch to more Speed Foods

or

C: try Extra Easy SP - details are on this link - https://www.minimins.com/threads/extra-easy-sp-plan.348340/

And above all, if you follow the plan, any plan, 100% you will lose weight!


Remember we are all here to support each other, and to have fun, and to share in any little disappointments.

Link to the List of Healthy Extras as at April 14

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...postcount=4853

List of Speed foods here - Fruits & Vegetables

We have a Facebook group open to anyone joining us on this thread; to join please mention it in your post or drop Lushlifesaver a PM and an existing member can send you an invite.

shala_moo

To help you on your way, here are some tried and tested recipes that we all enjoy and are Slimming World friendly.

Link to old recipe thread:-

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3032236

New Recipes

Loaded Potato Skins
Homity Pie
Minestrone Soup
Lentil & Bacon Soup
Pulled Pork
Red Pepper Houmous
Cheesy Chilli Fries
Lamb Tagine
Campfire Stew
Uses for Quark
Austrian Ham and Potato Hash
Chilli Bacon Pasta Bake
Patatas Bravas
Pulled Chipotle Chicken Buns
Lamb Kebab
Hairy Bikers Braised steak with gravy - BBC recipe low syn - a favourite here
Ratatouille - a great way to get extra speed food
Katsu Chicken Curry
Falafels

shala_moo

This a list of all our lovely SW-ers that have reached target!

They have a wealth of knowledge, having been there, done it, and bought the smaller t-shirt so please feel free to ask them (and us) questions!

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Maman - target member for 5 years
Take It Easy - target member for 10 years
Meg72 - target member since 2015
Tweets - target member since Aug 15
JoeDenise - target member for 5 years
Blue_Eyed_Girl - target member since May 2016
Arkers - target member since June 2016
MrsP1987 - target member since August 2016
Debjay - target member since August 2016

shala_moo

If you need to get back on track, or need some extra motivation then give this post a read, thanks to Tete for taking the time out to help ..

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Originally Posted by Pickle29 View Post

Hello everyone
How do you start again? I was going to sw, lost half a stone in a month - really into it! ....... then messed about, new kitchen, family christening, stress with work, comfort eating, dog died, weekend away, you name it I've got an excuse why I went off plan and put it all on again!
Last weekend went away and couldn't believe how awful I looked in my clothes and in the fotos!
Need to get Back on plan, hoping to rejoin on Saturday - but how do you get back on plan when you have been grazing all day every day and appear together constantly hungry. I'm so down and want to do it but know it's going to be soon hard!!! Help!

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

Hi Pickle, I'm sure we can all relate to your post and I've certainly had a few blips in recent months when life was throwing lemons thick and fast.

I'm not an 'official' paid up member of SW, nor am I really a veteran as I've only been doing it since September, but for me the trick is to really go gung-ho, at least at the start. Find a couple of weeks where you have no big social engagements, weekends away, or stressy work times (ones you can predict anyway), so you can really get in the groove. Spend a day clearing out your kitchen of all temptations, go through your recipe books, magazines and the website, and make a full meal plan for the week. Think also about the kinds of snacks you'll eat and factor in Syns (I love meringue nests for a sweet treat at 2-3 Syns dep. on brand) then make a list and go shopping, sticking religiously to it.

Make sure you measure and weigh your HEs and write down everything you eat - often we'll pick at something small and forget we've had it but it all adds up.

Cook in batches where possible and make use of your freezer - that way you'll always have something ready-made to hand in a pinch. Make use of the SW ready meals from Iceland too - I always have a couple in the freezer just in case.

Make sure that 1/3 of each meal is Speed as this is the real key to weight loss - the Speed stuff is what fills you whilst being low in calories and high in nutrients.

Make sure you eat enough to feel satisfied. The whole point of SW is that it doesn't deprive so you shouldn't feel hungry. I'm a grazer too, especially at my desk at work, so think about the kinds of things you can have in your situation. Muller lights are free and fill a hole, and another of my faves is to chop raw carrots into 'crisps' and munch on those from a bag.

Think about your Syns too. How many are already accounted for in the meals you've planned and hot drinks with sugar etc? For this reason I try to keep my meals free and drink fruit teas through the day instead of sugary coffee, which I'd much prefer!

Make sure you're eating stuff you enjoy!! I'm not a fan of most fruits for example, so I don't bother buying them anymore (took me a while to have that epiphany!) and only get the ones I know I will eat - apples and my beloved passion fruits basically If you're not enjoying what you're eating and looking forward to each meal, then it isn't going to work as you'll resent the plan.

Most important thing to remember is: If you DO have a blip, let it be just that. The best analogy someone told me was: If your car got a flat tyre, would you then get out and slash the other three in anger? No, because it would make the situation worse. So if you have a bad day, don't turn it into seven bad days.

And stay accountable. Write everything you eat in your book, report in here each evening, keep going to group. There are loads of facebook groups and you can post your meals on Instagram and Twitter... Everyone's watching!! :rotfl:

Sorry that came out a bit long and rambly, but I hope not preachy, and I hope I haven't missed anything fundamental Good luck!!

shala_moo

Ok so don't get too excited but it's time to set up the new challenge.. :j:j:j (I might even make my target on this one!!)

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If you are just joining us you may not be aware of the bi-monthly challenge that we run to motivate ourselves which you are welcome to join. It isn't a competition, just a way of setting ourselves mini targets if your total loss seems a bit overwhelming.

The new challenge will run from week commencing the 2nd May and finish on the 26th June - this gives us 8 weeks.

If you wish to join in with us then please post your target loss for the 8 weeks in red* or bold or massive or all of the above so that I can see it really easily!

I will post the results chart each week on a Monday evening showing the prior weeks losses and singling out the person who has lost the most so we can make a great big fuss over them :T

Any questions please let me know - it doesn't matter which day you get weighed just let me know your loss on the day you get weighed and i'll add it to the correct week (maybe, if I don't get confused!)

Thanking you...

Meant to also say, please continue to report your losses for the challenge that's still running. I'll be posting the final chart on Monday after work

New_Me

I'm on holiday during the next challenge so I'm setting a modest 6lb target for next challenge please

beanielou

8 lbs for me.

Thank you for the lovely shiny new thread Shala.

blue_eyed_girl

Woo Hoo shiney new thread - thanks so much shala :beer:


In a bit of a pickle over the new Challenge shala as I am planning on calling target after the next two weighs so it seems a bit daft to join in the Challenge especially as I have not set figure for target so I may just have to stand down this time . I will be spurring you all from the sidelines .


b_e_g

Morello

My first 8 weeks have been pretty good (19lbs loss) but I don't want to push my luck so could you put me down for 10lbs loss for this challenge please!

Thanks for the new thread Shala!

maman

Lovely new thread Shala
Thank you.
And thanks for the list of target members!
Sorry I missed the invitation to the party meg but I'm looking forward to the next one.
morello, I think the message about free food is misleading too. My Consultant loves saying 'fill your boots ' and it infuriates me. What I do is balance my food across a day to make sure I have at least a third of Speed. That works for me but I think most of us end up tailoring the plan to suit.

shala_moo

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

Woo Hoo shiney new thread - thanks so much shala :beer:


In a bit of a pickle over the new Challenge shala as I am planning on calling target after the next two weighs so it seems a bit daft to join in the Challenge especially as I have not set figure for target so I may just have to stand down this time . I will be spurring you all from the sidelines .


b_e_g

Up to you, if you want to join in then I can always change your target in a few weeks time..

Can't wait to add you on the roll of honour list!! :T