"Fall into Autumn with SW"

maman

Well done on your 1lb off @beanielou .👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Hope the dentist appointment didn't work out too expensive @joedenise

It's a glorious day here. I went out for a walk this morning, autumn colours are beautiful and so good to get out in the fresh air after so much rain. Dance class tonight, so plenty of Body Magic today. 👍🏼

I know you can have extra syns at target @maddiemay but I find it suits me better to just stick to plan whenever I can and that leaves me leeway for eating out which we tend to do a few times each month.

It doesn't always work out @Longwalker but timing the WIs around holidays and special occasions is what I aim for. That's why, although I've had a good week I don't want to go to WI yet. My next date (after 8 weeks) is 30th November. If I'm in target range then I won't have to go again until the end of January so plenty of time to get over any Christmas treats. If I weighed this week then I'd have to go immediately after NYE which isn't a good idea IMO. Of course, it's great not having to pay when you're in target range but I'm philosophical about it. I took just under a year to get to target so SW made about £250 out of me. If someone had asked at the start if £250 was worth it to feel good about myself, slim and healthy then I'd have bitten their hand off! 🤣 They haven't had much out of me since, just the odd £5+ here and there but I think it's worth it. 

I had one of my rare cravings for a sweet treat yesterday. I had a bar of salted caramel dark chocolate for 6.5 syns and I'm OK with that. Still got 20+ syns left this week so had the syns to spare. I may have overdone the HEAs today as we had porridge with milk for breakfast, cheese tonight plus drinks but still OK. 

You're doing brilliantly with the Speed @Longwalker and not too much cooking of separate meals either. I do hope the family don't complain too much as it's healthy for them too. 

Today's EE plan-
B- HEB porridge, HEA1 milk, berries (S), banana (F)
L- Spanish omelette (P,S,F), ham (P), pickles (S)
D- Spaghetti Bolognese (P,S,F), HEA2 Parmesan
Syns-0

NornIronRose

Well, WI this evening. I lost 4.5 lbs! So that is 12.5 lbs in 3 weeks so I'm very happy. 

Still didn't exchange on the house and it's getting beyond a joke now!!!!

Longwalker

Excellent result on the WI @NornIronRose, took me months to get that much off so thats a really fantastic result xxxx

Did you find a new group or are you getting used to this consultants ways?

Not such good news on the exchange though Have you been given a reason as to why?

I know on our exchange day, it had to happen that day as we were heading here, I ended up paying for a flipping courier to get everything to the right solicitors before 5pm so the exchange happened. I had a !!!!!! of a buyer , he was back in the UK from South Africa , him being South African didnt make him a !!!!!!, what made his a !!!!!! was he just gave instruction but did nothing to chivvy his solicitor along. What really made my blood boil was I was giving him the keys before completion so he could get moved out and his rental cleaned so he didnt get caught for more rent!!!!  Christ it was so stressful that move, they can take me out in a box from here

A kind of mixed day for me. I wasnt working, had a lot to do here, so I didnt  time to eat before 2pm, think it was about 2:30, and I was starved ad I was heading for the sod it food, but pulled it together at the last minute. Found a small tin of reduced sugar/salt beans, so two slices of wholemeal ( unbuttered,) the beans and about 5gr of cheddar grated. I have to say it did hit the spot, but few hours later - Starved again lol.Bread is just not rocking my world anymore, I should have done a plate of sw chips but I was so hungry I was headachy and 20 mins longer wait would have been very dangerous 

Dinner was better, but I still wolfed it in me, HM egg fried rice - squirt of oil, my wok is so well seasoned, nowt sticks, with peas ( speed) and the chicken I made into red pepper and Black bean sauce , lots of peppers, onions, chilli and garlic, black beans. I think its only the 1/4 pint of stock that needed to be counted, but it was shared between 4 so minimal ( 3 today and Mr Ls pack up tomorrow). I ate a lot of rice, a lot 

Feeling sluggish and blobby, bread and rice the same day. Not done that in a while and im not feeling too good 

Friends mum passed Monday, heard about it this afternoon. He lives in London, I knew him before Mr L, he was a great friend of Mr L, hes flying in tomorrow night for the funeral on Thursday. Ive got to ask for the day off, I dont know works views or policies on funerals and Ive only been there two months - eek. Ive got to take the day as its an 80mile drive. Mr L might have to go alone 

NornIronRose

Sad news about your friend's mum. Hopefully you will get the time off,  but I know other places where I have worked they wouldn't give you the time off unless it was a close relative's funeral. 

I was pleased with my loss. Especially considering all the stress right now! And usually I really comfort eat badly.  

For the exchange, it's the ftb at the bottom who had been pushing everyone for completion this Friday cos their mortgage offer will run out.  
The solicitor has had verbal confirmation from the bank about availability of funds but there is one thing she is demanding in writing and won't exchange without it. Fair enough but grrrrrrrr! 
Oh and just found out a few days ago about a dispute between my vendor and neighbour over parking. I did wonder why every time I went up around there, there was one car slap bang in the middle of the side access meaning that no one else could park when there clearly should have been room for even 3 cars.  Turns out they have been in dispute for a while so the neighbour deliberately blocks access. There is plenty of parking on the street so not a huge issue but I think it is my vendor who is an a*se by all accounts so I'm hoping that the neighbours will be glad to get rid of him.  

I'm going to go and put a wee polite note through their door to ask that on moving day they will let us pull the van up. I will smile a lot anyway when I move in because that's my nature. 

SW wise, after weigh in last night I went for a lovely 5k walk with my friends then had a big portion of the biryani for dinner.  Treated myself to a bag of lentil crisps. Can't remember the syns but it is about 4 or 5 and I'd only had 1 in the biryani then my 1.5 for my Options in bed. 
SW consultant was busy with newbies last night so I got weighed in then had a nice,  very encouraging chat with a couple of the ladies then left to go for my walk. 

joedenise

Morning all, it's been absolutely p'ing down most of the night and the wind must have been blowing towards our bedroom window so not as much sleep as I'd have liked!

That's a brilliant loss @NornIronRose - 12.5lb in 3 weeks is amazing.  At this rate you'll be over a stone next week!  Annoying about the exchange not happening again but worrying about the neighbour parking their car in the middle of a shared driveway.  A dispute with the neighbour should have been picked up by the solicitors, you shouldn't have found out at this late stage.  Hope things are OK with them once you move in and it is just that your buyer is an a*se!  Glad you had a nice, encouraging chat with a couple of ladies at group while the consultant was engaged with the newbies.  My consultant doesn't even do the new member talk she just gives them details of getting onto the website and to listen to it on there!  I think that would have put me off if the consultant I had originally had done that.

Today's plan:

B - Mushroom omelette - P; S
L - Either a toasted cheese sandwich or a toasted bacon sandwich - will decide later! - HEA2 or P; HEB
D - carbonara - P; S; F

HEA1 - milk
HEA2 - cheese?
Syns - none planned

Still not decided whether I'm going to WI today - will make a decision in a couple of hours time and see how I feel!

Have a good day everyone.

Jellybaby

Morning all, 

Fantastic loss @NornIronRose 🥳
Sad news about your friend's mum @Longwalker

 A project I'm leading on at work is launched on Friday and another finishes the following week so another couple of manic weeks to go.  Boss did drop a bombshell yesterday and asked if I'd consider delaying my leaving date by six months.  You can guess my reply!  I know this won't be dropped so will have to carefully plan and get my negotiating head on.  Having read the stresses some of you are facing at the moment and still stick to plan has motivated me to keep going - thank you 🥰

Today's food:
B - sweet omelette, f/f Greek yoghurt, banana, apple and 1 tbsp Skinny syrup (0.5 syns)
L - speedy tomato soup
D - chilli bowl, toasted soft pitta (HEB), huge salad

Have a good day everyone.

beanielou

Great loss Rose. 

beanielou

No Jellybaby. Just no. 

NornIronRose

Jellybean I agree with Beanielou. Plan your answers for any persuasions they may have. 
Do what is best for you. 

And yes, I am proof these last few weeks that it is possible to deal with stress without taking a picnic to bed! Mind you, could be because I am having as little communication with my ex as possible so that really really helps. 
Once the house sale goes through on Friday and the divorce goes through in a couple of months, hopefully that will be it! No more communication! 
At least he only has my work phone so it is on silent in my bag unless I'm on call. 

maman

That's a brilliant loss @NornIronRose. So thrilled for you! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Getting results like that three weeks in is amazing, generally it's the first week and then settles down. You must be so proud of yourself coping with all the stresses and SW . Personally I think it helps to have something you can control. 

I'm with the others @Jellybaby. Have your reasons ready and stick with your plans. It's what you want that matters. 🤗

You need to prioritise yourself a bit more too IMO @Longwalker. It's really not good getting to the stage where you're almost faint with hunger. I'm not advocating it as motoring advice but I've grabbed a banana and eaten it while driving rather than have nothing. I'd also be putting on mascara at traffic lights when I was really pushed for time but not recommending that either! 🤣

Unfortunately, peas aren't Speed veg. Like baked beans they're just free as SW don't consider they have enough protein to be classed like other pulses. 

I'll probably use some granules and some stock for gravy tonight as I've run out of free LO gravy in the freezer. I generally save gravy from the HB steaks or beef in red wine. I need to put one of those on the menu this week. 

It's wetter and windier here than it was during Storm Ciaran @joedenise. What a difference in two days! 

Today's EE plan-
B- HEB toast, HEA milk for drinks, bacon, egg (P), baked beans (F)
L- JP (F), cottage cheese and ham (P), leaves, tomatoes, pickles (S)
D- liver and onions (P,S), mash (F), cauli, broccoli, carrots, cabbages (S)
Syns- gravy 4?