Be Fab for Feb - Slimming World support thread 2017

beanielou

kathrynha wrote: »

What are you basing that on? BMI? weight you used to be? etc?

BMI isnt a great measurement, especially for active people.
Wanting to get back to an old weight is difficult too. Since having a kid my shape has changed. My chest never went back down. So the old weight might not be practical

Your target weight should be what is right for you!

You are right.
I am not active at all as I have cerebral palsy.
I am coming to the feeling that i really have enough to deal with on a daily basis dealing with my falling & my pain levels.

Anyway again sending you positive vibes for tomorrow.

kathrynha

beanielou wrote: »

You are right.
I am not active at all as I have cerebral palsy.
I am coming to the feeling that i really have enough to deal with on a daily basis dealing with my falling & my pain levels.

Anyway again sending you positive vibes for tomorrow.

Thanks, had a good supper so that I'm not too hungry in the morning.

It sounds like you are probably at about the right target for you. Coping with pain isn't good especially when you are trying to lose weight. Also you don't want to get too skinny if you are falling, cos it will increase your chance of injury.

It's not like a stone up is massively overweight in the scheme of things

wizkid1

Try not to worry Katharinha and I know it's easier said than done. I have been there and I know how you must be feeling, just have faith. X.

This is my Wednesday menu..

Breakfast..overnight oats B

Lunch.. veg. Soup Ryvita 3 Syns cottage cheese. Apple

Dinner.. chicken B potatoes carrots peas couple of sprigs cauliflower.

Extra,crumpet 6 Syns.A as for milk 2 crispbread 2 Syns
3 Syns for butter.
14 Syns.

Tete_en_l'Air

Morning all, lots of interesting chat about weight loss being more difficult the more you do it. I'm definitely finding it harder now than I did losing a stone and a half at the age of about 27. More life stress and an older body maybe? Also I run now and didn't then, which definitely makes me eat more. Why I don't look like Mo is beyond me.

I've not really heard a lot about the Asda meals, but am interested to know why SW could sue them? Surely lots of places do their own brand 'slimming/lower cal' meals? And other brands make food that's free/almost free (Pasta n Sauce, Mugshots, Alpen...) so what's the problem? Are their Iceland meals taking a hit? Are the Asda ones actually free when put through the calculator? I've heard a lot of people saying they're nicer than the Iceland ones.

Finished yesterday on 13.5 but a sneaky peek at the scales did not herald good news for Friday. I think TOTM may be on the way which won't help. Today is a day out so:

B - Satsumas and Muller light
D - Something delicious and off plan
T - Mustard chicken and bacon stew from freezer (1 Syn), depending on how hungry I am I have a pack of carrots and peas to use up and/or some Aunt Bessie carrot and swede mash.

And I'll be doing a lot of walking - fitbit at the ready!

Hugs to all who need them, sounds like a few xxx Have a good day all xx

WJN222

morning all,

managed to finish yesterday with a total of 6syns used so happy with that.
I tried the Moroccan chicken recipe from SW yesterday - very very nice and tasty, easy to make and leftovers for tea tonight!

appreciate the warning on banking syns - am trying to be good this week so as not to slow down/catch up with me. also upped the gym time this week!

Today
B:muller light and plum
L: quinoa and lots of veg (need to find a lettuce to get back to salads!
left over SW morrocan chicken
Snacks: strawberrys, celery and carrot sticks
Hea A milk, HEB scan bran
sysns, coconut oil, gin 6syns

lantanna

Its because of how the meals are being advertised Tete.


Syns belong to slimming world (copyright) so only they can talk about them. Anyone can make low calorie meals etc but no one can talk in terms of Slimming Word apart from Slimming World. Any Slimming World jargon such as syns, free foods, superfree etc are all under copyright.


There was a woman advertising a slimming world breakfast in a caf! somewhere in England and she was put a stop to too. Butchers cant call their sausages Slimming World Sausages eith and that's been put a stop too loads of time all over.


You can do whatever you want call it diet meal, slimming meal, low calorie etc but just not refer to slimming world or use any of the slimming world jargon. Also Slimming world have nothing to do with the meals and people may think that the meals are somewhat endorsed by them when they are not. So technically Asda are benefiting financially from Slimming World when Slimming World are not involved.


Hope that makes sense!

lantanna

Those free foods low syn like Pasta and Sauce / Muller lights etc aren't advertised directly by the producer as free foods / low syn. Its slimming world that calls them that. And no doubt there is some mutually beneficial financial arrangement between Slimming World and these companies to do so.

Top_Girl

maman wrote: »

Pleased that topboy's birthday meal went well, topgirl. Can we have a recipe for the leek and bacon soup please?

Certainly



1 pack Asda basics unsmoked back bacon (all fat removed, about 200g)


2 leeks, thinly sliced


1 large carrot and 1 large onion, peeled and thinly sliced


200g potato, peeled and diced


750 ml chicken stock


50g pearl barley





Pre-cook the bacon, then throw it all in the pan/soup maker and cook til all the veg is soft, then blend. Lovely and free J

lantanna

What about just trying to maintain for a while Beanie? Making no decision about target for now but just maintaining for a while and see how you feel ?

Mrs_Ryan

Regarding use of the SW name, I had an argument with a stand in consultant in my group once as I happened to mention that I had eaten in a restaurant that advertised itself as being SW friendly with syn values etc. She went off on the 'that isn't allowed' rant before saying 'nowhere round here does it although somewhere is but that's up north so where you ate was wrong' not allowing me to say that actually it was 'up north' and it was indeed the only restaurant (at that time)that had been accredited by Slimming World and was allowed to display syn values etc. In fact my mums SW consultant had worked with the restaurant. Unfortunately the place went bust and closed down- such a shame as the food was gorgeous.