Losing in Lockdown - Slimming World Support Thread

bubbs

beanielou said:

bubbs said:

beanielou said:

Toddles to Bubbs

Just too late, ate it 😂😂

Ice cream on now 😋😋😋

Too cold for ice cream!!

Too cold?!!! you are having a giraffe , was 34 in here when i out it on  about8!!

maman

bubbs said:

beanielou said:

bubbs said:

beanielou said:

Toddles to Bubbs

Just too late, ate it 😂😂

Ice cream on now 😋😋😋

Too cold for ice cream!!

Too cold?!!! you are having a giraffe , was 34 in here when i out it on  about8!!

It's still 23 degrees here and staying the same overnight. ☹️

beanielou

bubbs said:

beanielou said:

bubbs said:

beanielou said:

Toddles to Bubbs

Just too late, ate it 😂😂

Ice cream on now 😋😋😋

Too cold for ice cream!!

Too cold?!!! you are having a giraffe , was 34 in here when i out it on  about8!!

We have had the most spectacular thunder & lightening & the rain 🌧 is chucking it down. 

bubbs

beanielou said:

bubbs said:

beanielou said:

bubbs said:

beanielou said:

Toddles to Bubbs

Just too late, ate it 😂😂

Ice cream on now 😋😋😋

Too cold for ice cream!!

Too cold?!!! you are having a giraffe , was 34 in here when i out it on  about8!!

We have had the most spectacular thunder & lightening & the rain 🌧 is chucking it down. 

We need a good storm no sign of one sadly

klew356

after the failure of the overnight oats i tried weetabix this morning, well morrisons version with skimmed milk, strawbs and rasps. better!
 planning scrambled egg, toms mushrooms etc etc for lunchtime and tonight is SW bolog

sarymclary

Good morning,

what a warm night that was! I can feel the heat building up already to another hot day here. 

Welcome milann third time’s a charm I’m sure. Good luck. 

Well I’ve had 2 days of nausea so far this week so whilst not getting nearly enough speed, I’m not actually eating too much. I have to go with what I can force down.  Lunchtime
seems to be the time I feel less sick, so that’s when I get a better meal in.  Not eating dinner until nearly 10pm so I don’t feel hungry at night. 

Yesterday’s plan:
b - wm bagel HEB (5) & spread (2)
l - mixed salad: lettuce, carrot, cucumber, peppers, sweet corn, 50% less fat cheddar 1/2 HEA1 & chicken thigh. Dressing (1)
d - apricot wheats (6) & milk from HEA2
rest of hea1 was milk in tea. 

Today could be very similar, but if I don’t feel too sicky I will maybe have a chicken salad for dinner instead

happy to report a 1.5lb loss this week. Coming off oh so slowly, but at least it’s a loss. 

ruby_eskimo

Morning all. 

Bubbs I ended up on 4 litres yesterday and I think today is going to be the same! 
Welcome milaan, there's some very knowledgeable people on this thread when it comes to SW who know the plan inside out so you're bound to probably get better support here than you would in group.
klew, I can do overnight oats no problem but the thought of overnight weetabix makes me feel funny, I think it's because I don't like weetabix when it goes mushy anyway.  Glad you liked it though!
Well done on the loss sary, the slower it comes off the longer it stays off I find.  Sorry to hear you're still having nausea and issues from Covid.  I'm about 5 months on from when I had it and things are almost back to normal I think, just the odd day of fatigue and shortness of breath.

Not quite sure I'm going to stick with today's planned dinner or not as it's going to make the kitchen hot but maybe I can persuade DH to cook it for me as it's one of his favourites.  Also aware that I'm having a rather bland and speed-less breakfast but it's all I can really manage right about now!

B - bran flakes (HEB), skimmed milk (1/2 HEA)
L - Herby pork balls and cucumber salad
D - SW Homity Pie (HEA), Linda McCartney Red Onion and Rosemary sausages
S - Strawberries, blueberries and frozen melon, iced latte (1/2 HEA oat milk) plus about a million litres of water!

milann

Thanks for your warm welcome. The first time I’d put weight back on was after getting to target for my dds weddding - I’d lost incentive put it on and then I got back within range again but  I put the most weight back over the last 3 years because I had a health scare and lost the use of my leg, 2 weeks in hospital, crutches and months off work - no exercise and comfort eating. My leg is much improved 👍 I’ve also had some pretty serious health scares since - a stress fracture in my hip - they didn’t know what it was and I had various scans and tests they told me all sorts before they realised what it actually was - I still need more scans once hospitals get back to doing routine stuff😳.....oh and a couple of ops on my arm due to badly fractured elbow - the last one was a pretty complicated one which has taken a year to recover from.  So it’s been quite a 3 year period 😜 but I’m coming out of it fighting 😂😂 I’m  getting back to swimming and walking which I love although I can’t reach my previous levels. I went back to work full time in February and then lockdown happened in March. I’m now on school holibobs. My home made meals have generally been ok but the portion size is creeping up, comfort eating-out, take aways and treating myself to cakes and coffees and snacking coupled with less exercise have taken me back to my pre slimming world weight. I’m not a happy milann as I can’t fit into the nice dresses I’d bought when I was at target. The dress I bought for dds wedding in particular 😢 which I purposely chose as a timeless dress I could wear again - pretty silk and most expensive dress I have ever bought or will ever buy......I will wear it again 😀
 I know the plan pretty well but had lost my mojo big time and I’ve felt I’ve been throwing my cash away for a good while now. So not attending zoom gave me the shake up to make the break and go it alone. How hard can it be 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dh has also realised he’s put a lot of weight on so is with me this time.
Ive been doing great since Monday -  but we won’t take about Sunday 🤪 something has clicked again. I remembered there was a thread on here, the lovely Beanie pointed me in the right direction as I could only find old threads. Thanks Beanie

Monday 
Breakfast - ff yoghurt, melon, satsuma and banana 
dinner HEB wholemeal toast,  hea cheese, cucumber, tomato 
tea - home made chicken and veg kebab in tandoori powder and yoghurt marinade. Hm savoury rice with tandoori powder, peas, sweet corn, mushroom, peppers, onion, courgette and tomato ( the tandoori powder was very old so it was very mild - I don’t like hot spices👍)
snacks - satsumas, strawberries, cherries, apple, packet mini jammie dodgers from Aldi 4 syns? heroes chocolate 2 syns
Total 6 syns

Tuesday 
breakfast
Heb toast, lots of chopped tomato, 1 slice bacon - no fat
dinner - roast beef,  cottage cheese, apple
Tea - Home made tapas -
my version of potato bravas 1 syn for tiny bit of chopped chorizo,

 tortilla - made with new potato, garlic, milk, chives, eggs,
Spanish chicken - chicken, peppers, tomato, onion, chopped olives 1 syn in whole pan, paprika. 

Green bean in tomato, haricot beans, onion, paprika and cinnamon.
Courgette chips roast in 40g Parmesan cheese. ( never tried these before - delicious 😋)

Snacks
strawberries, satsuma melon
Total 2 syns

Today’s plan
breakfast 1 slice bacon, tortilla left overs, tomatoes 
dinner - cottage cheese, chicken, salad and apple slices
tea - left over tapas as yesterday
snacks - fruit, and a 5 syn treat of skinny chocolate or quavers - depends what I fancy

Should be 7 syns for the day 🤞👍

So that’s me in a nutshell....I’m usually pretty upbeat but have my moments of feeling sorry for myself - hence the comfort eating. I’m very spontaneous and although everyone says PLAN - if I plan life comes along and I often get a better offer - I like to take every opportunity as life has taught me you never know what’s around the corner so make the most of every day OR my rebellious side kicks in and somewhere my subconscious says plans are meant to be broken. I tend to roughly plan a day in advance. The thought of knowing what I’m going to be eating a week in advance fills me with dread..... I keep a colour coded journal of my food and feeling around it which I fill in every evening even on the worse of days and I’m concentrating on my portion sizes - no going back for 2nds. I write syns in red and speed in green - my aim is to see less red on a page and more green 👍 
I sound determined- if only it was that easy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

maman

Well done sary.😀 I think how you're feeling is probably a mixture of your covid symptoms and the draining heat. Keep plodding. 😉
Thanks for explaining all that milann. I'm sure when you have health issues like that, SW is your last priority. Good to know that you're improving though. 😊

I plan my breakfast  (well DH does😁) and lunches  day to day but dinners tend to be sorted in advance although I do shift them around if needed. I think what matters most is that you have plenty of SW friendly ingredients in and ideally don't buy things that aren't SW friendly. I could manage daily planning but not daily shopping. I don't worry about portion sizes provided I'm eating the right things including loads of Speed. Generally it's just one course though as I'm not fussed about puddings. 

I love courgettes. I've been cutting them in half lengthways, sprinkling them with Parmesan and then baking alongside SW chips or whatever's in the oven. How did you make your courgette chips?  Thanks for the heads up on patatas bravas. I've not made them for ages. The sauce works well for pasta and meatballs  too. 

Glad you enjoyed the Weetabix more klew. You could just have a load of berries and yogurt and keep your HEB for a sandwich or something on toast later in the day. I got the munchies last night late and had a small sandwich with a slice of that Neville's bread, ham, tomato and spread with soft cheese. It was OK like that. 

Today's EE plan-
B- NAS grapefruit (F), scrambled eggs (P), HEB toast, HEA milk
L- JP (F) with ??? (something SW friendly) and beetroot (S)
D- lamb chops (P), new potatoes (F), carrots, cauli, broccoli, kale and cabbage (S)
Syns- HP sauce1. gravy 4?

joedenise

Hi all back from my holiday.  Got back a few hours ago as we left early to try to avoid the heat of the day and it wasn't too bad about 8.30 this morning!  I've got a bit of an upset tum so not feeling too brilliant.  Had mussels yesterday so not sure if that's why but probably not as DH had them as well and he's fine.  Didn't eat any breakfast and still not feeling hungry but will try and eat something soon.

Welcome to newbies.  milann I would try to up your syns a bit if you can as if you don't have enough you won't have anywhere to cut back later if you plateau.  Like maman I don't worry about portion size as long as I stick to the one third Speed foods.

klew have to say I much prefer overnight oats to overnight weetabix but do find you need quite a lot of FF yoghurt so it's not too claggy!  

I did jump on the scales when I got back and pleased to say I haven't put on loads!!!! and still within target range.

Today's (sort of) plan:

B - nothing
L - burger & onions in bun with lettuce & tomato - S; 0.5
D - sausages; mash, veg - S; F; 2

HEA - milk (probably won't use it all
HEB - WM roll
Syns - burger 0.5; sausages 2; may have an Alpen Light later 3

Denise