Fresh start for 2022 with Slimming World.

joedenise

Let us know what the PON Comfort Food book is like and if there are lots of recipes that look good please.

Mrs_Ryan

Hiya everyone 
Getting a bit frustrated. I seem to have plateaued but I’m not surprised as I lost a lot of weight very quickly. I’ve been really strict on Syns these last few days as well and I’ve tried mixing stuff up. No joy though grrrr. 

I’m so close to my 2.5 stone award- I had wanted my 3 stone before my blood test next month but at the rate I’m going I’ll be lucky to have my 2.5 stone
Tuesday’s menu:
B: HEXB porridge with HEXA milk and low sugar jam (1.5)
L: SW lunch pot and veg, Skinny bar (3)
D- SW lamb kebab, couscous, salad (0.5 for couscous) Grenade ice cream bar (6)
S: Crisps (6.5) Decaf coffee with Skinny syrup (0.5) 
Syns: 18

Night all xx

BadCat18

Morning all

WI last night and I just lost 1/2lb, feeling disappointed with myself but moving on and have planned my week, snacks are just about gone and no more will be bought!

Thanks for your support, I appreciate it. X

Abbafan1972

Morning all.

Haven't really had a chance to catch up on the thread.  Haven't had my first WI yet, it's tomorrow night. 

Does anyone know a good cob to have or "roll" to have a burger on (reduced fat obviously).  I had a brioche one over the weekend, but they are 7.5 syns I believe. I have bought some Warburtons sliced white ones for the rest of the family, but I daren't check the syns on those!

Thank you. 

ruby_eskimo

Morning all.  

@Abbafan1972 any wholemeal roll that's about 60g works as a HEB for a burger.  I use the hovis pack of 6 and I think @joedenise uses the floury topped ones from Asda.  Of course it's not the same as a brioche one, but the hovis ones are quite squishy which I like.

It's all systems go at the moment here with work so not a lot of time but still sticking to my healthy habits.  Breakfast this morning was raspberries and yogurt, lunch is going to be a poached egg on toast with some mushrooms and dinner is a beef stir fry with noodles.  Simple and quick food for a Wednesday!  

Hope everyone has a good day.

Gettingtherequickly

BadCat18 said:

Morning all

WI last night and I just lost 1/2lb, feeling disappointed with myself but moving on and have planned my week, snacks are just about gone and no more will be bought!

Thanks for your support, I appreciate it. X

You may be disappointed, but a:) it is a loss and b:) your body shape may be changing. I weigh tomorrow, not expecting a loss, (slow loser) but my clothes feel less snug this week, so will be happy with that.

joedenise

@BadCat18 - don't feel disappointed with 1/2lb off, as GTQ said it's a loss!  I got to target losing just 1/2lb most weeks, with the odd lb now and again.  Did you take your measurements before you started?  If not I'd do that now and then when you don't have a loss, or even once a month, measure again and as GTQ says you may find you have lost inches.

@Abbafan1972 - @ruby_eskimo is right I use the ready split wholemeal rolls from Asda which work well as burger buns.  I actually have to make a special journey to buy them as it's not one of my regular SMs - it's about the only thing I buy in there, although DH usually has a look to see what beer they've got in case they have something he fancies!

I'm not looking forward to WI this morning as I know it's going to be a gain especially as I've definitely gone over syns this week with going to DD2s and my sister's at the weekend, neither of which really understand SW or why I do it - they both think I'm already skinny!  I wish I felt that way but I know I'm not comfortable at this weight.

Today's plan:

B - cheese omelette - HEA2; P
L - Jacket potato, beans, salad - S; F
D - Cassoulet, cabbage - P; S; F

HEA1 - milk
HEA2 - cheese
HEB - none planned
Syns - sausage in cassoulet - need to check syns but can't until I've been to WI as lost access to website!

Have a good day.

Jellybaby

Morning all, it's funny how food chat can inspire you as I'm now fancying a burger and onions

Breakfast is going to be a sweet omelette with banana, mango and yoghurt, lunch will be the last of the red pepper and tomato soup and a little left over portion of last night's chilli and dinner might be a prawn salad - to use up the prawns and seafood sauce and just cos I fancy it!    Sauce is low fat so shouldn't be too high in syns.

Have a good day everyone.

FrankieM

I woke up at 5.30am today so I was starving by breakfast and it was freezing so I sacked my usual fruit and yog for somethinh hot...I love that about slimming world.

Food today:
B: veggie omelette, baked beans, cheese (HEA)
L: Soup
T: Dahl, extra veg and maybe rice - depends how hungry I am.

The other HEA is for milk and not sure what I'll use my HEB for...how exciting!....

maman

Don't be disheartened @BadCat18. It's a start.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 If you can lose when you've been snacking, just think how you could do if you stick to plan. 

Obviously, you can use syns for your burger bun if you must @Abbafan1972 but if it's a HEB then all the better. If it's bigger than 60g, you could just add extra syns as long as it's wholemeal. Personally, I'd prefer wholemeal as I think many burger buns can be tasteless or too sweet. If your family still want brioche, it's not much extra work to keep a pack of HEB rolls in the freezer just for you. 

I had my half Crunchie last night at football. DH tried to persuade me to have a celebratory glass of wine when we got back but I refused as I knew I wouldn't want to stop at one little glass. I suppose it's a psychological thing but I'm really not suited to a small daily treat. I like the freedom of the syn bank but each to his own. 😊

Sorry to hear you've hit a bit of a plateau @MrsRyan. You've done ever so well to get this close to 2.5 stone. I was wondering whether because  you've lost so much you may need to go to 15 syns a day? Not sure if there's a cut off weight. 🤔I suppose t's best to ask your consultant.

Good luck for WIs today and tomorrow. In some ways, I'll be glad to get mine out of the way and see what I have to deal with. I'll be 100% on plan today so there's nothing else I can do. 

Today's EE plan-
B- Fried eggs (P), mushrooms, tomatoes (S), HEB toast, HEA1 milk
L- JP (F), cottage cheese (P), spring onions and pickles (S)
D- SW Bolognese (S,P), spaghetti (F), HEA2 Parmesan
Syns- 0