'Lose pounds more in 24 with Slimming World'

Coxy11

Sorry to hear you have the dreaded Covid @NornIronRose. So much of it about and folks' symptoms seem quite bad with it The 6wk an 12wk Countdown offer with free Food for the Soul recipe book ends next Saturday if that might sway you. Hope you stick with us!!

Great loss @Jellybaby! Not sure if I said, but the ostrich steaks are in a black box with gold writing (long and flat like a ribs box) in the chiller. Hope you manage to get some.

I didn't weigh in today - 8 weeks will be up on 10 Feb so I have a couple more weeks. We had 71 through the door over the 2 sessions today which was fab. DH and I went for cheese and wine tasting at lunchtime. DD was meant to drive us but is poorly in bed, offered to get us an Uber, but I decided to drive. We sampled 4 wines - sparkling rose, white, rose and red but I only had 2 sips of each and DH finished mine off (along with a pint of IPA chaser!). The cheese was 10 crackers with 3 small slices of cheese. I also drank a litre of water. Dinner is chilli con carne which is just perfect for this cold weather.

NornIronRose

Just looked back til I found you Longwalker. Amazing that you are still drink-free. So proud of you. 

maman

Well done @Jellybaby.👏👏👏 You deserved that after 2 weeks on plan! To me, it proves that being 'good' catches up eventually just as going over syns does. 😁

I'd recommend Edinburgh for a city break too. So much to see and do. We went for 5 days and thought we might be able to get to Glasgow too but were too busy in Edinburgh so Glasgow is next on the plan. 

I've got a huge pot of chilli in the SC at the moment @Coxy11, on the menu for later in the week. 😋

That sounded more like a wine and crackers tasting with a tiny bit of cheese on the side. 🤣

Good to see you posting again @NornironRose. I'm not surprised you gained after being away, having your sister visit and then the dreaded Covid. ☹️ I always gain on holiday (usually about 7lbs in 3 weeks so you haven't done so badly).

I think what you do going forward  depends on whether you want a quick fix diet or healthy eating for the long term. Obviously 800 calories a day isn't sustainable or advisable long term but you will see results. The problem will be when/if you go back to eating whatever made you put on weight in the first place. 🤔

SW isn't meant to be a diet. It's just a formula for getting a balance of healthy protein, veg/fruit and carbs with a set amount of treats. Personally, I don't find it restrictive. I did at first because I couldn't eat (or in my case mainly drink) what I had before but I knew that wasn't healthy so it was worth persevering and now it's second nature. I just plan a week's food and then I can forget about it until my next shop. I only plan dinners and make sure I have enough ingredients in for other meals which I decide on the day. I hope you stay. 🤗

Unless you think you might want to drop your target then you only need to maintain @Longwalker so small losses are great. Unfortunately, maintaining is harder than it sounds. I try to lose when I can to balance when I know I'll go off plan eating out. One of the things I love about this thread is because it's not official SW we can share tips on how to tailor the plan to fit our lifestyles rather than following like sheep. 😉 I was telling a friend yesterday about the 105 syns a week 'bank' rather than up to 15 a day. I don't need a treat every day but I love something to look forward to at weekends. Horses for courses. 😁

Today's EE plan - 
B- HEB muffin, HEA milk, eggs (P), mushrooms and tomatoes (S) 
L JP (F), prawns (P), salad (S) 
D- sausage casserole (P, S), penne (F) 
Syns - Aldi sausages 1, LTL mayo 1, weekend wine 😁

beanielou

Well done @Jellybaby. 

bubbs

Evening all

Well done Jelly 👏👏👏

Rose sorry you have had covid   yes please stay with us 😁 but of course it's your choice.

It would take about 7 hrs driving to Edinburgh.

Well i lost 1/2 lb today

Food today

Ham, boiled egg, 2pk crisps 8 syns, banana, see i couldn't just have 1 bag as there wasn't many in there 🤣🤣

Pizza, hexb, hexa and bns chips and salad

maman

Where are you now compared with target weight @bubbs? 🤔 Not sure whether to commiserate or congratulate on your loss? 🤣

I agree that single bags of crisps are barely a couple of handfuls. ☹️ When we go away I always take a big (150 g) bag on the plane. I do share it but no wonder I always gain on holiday. 😁

bubbs

I am still below target Maman 😏by 3lb i think it is without looking 

Forgot i went company shop, it was ransacked, but did pick some big pots yoghurt up marked 60p, but went through the till at 20p 😁

maman

Plenty of bargain ice cream coming up then @bubbs! 😋

I dream of being at the bottom of the target range. Well done on your loss. 👏👏👏

Longwalker

@NornIronRose, thank you xxx

Can I just quote you here from a few weeks back

 "My battle has always been with food. I'm all or nothing. Always have been. Not kidding, I want to get to my target weight so that I can just eat without guilt. I'm eating without guilt now, but am still really not liking it. Proper obsession with everything that goes into my mouth. I would dearly love not to be like this. "

My battle has ALWAYS been about the drink. I dont think I can convey how much drink means to me. Id be feared to tell people outside of a therapy group what I have done through drink, where Ive been through drink, the most shameful of things and yet I still want to drink. I know exactly where that first drink is going to take me, and yet I take that first drink

Now though, my health is suffering and Im selfish and I dont want the short time left ahead to be painful and more shameful then my life has been so far, so Ive stopped Finally at the age of near 60, I want to have a dignified life. I want to be there for the grandkids, I want my life to go on as long as possible , I want to be active and fit for as long as I possibly can

And theres no magic wand, I know what Ive got to do, lose the weight to get and maintain a healthy BMI, loose as much body fat as possible, get the exercise in, eat healthily and cut the drink. Ive managed so far 19 days cos the want of the rest, right now, is bigger then the want of a scotch. Right now this very minute I do not want a drink nor am I craving one. Hell Im not long back from a night down the pub and I never even wavered. Tomorrow might be different, it might all be different in an hour, but right now I can focus on what I need to do to get to my goal

I could not do this without wanting something more then I want a drink

I couldn't keep with the healthy eating if I didnt want something more then the family bag of crisps, loaf of white bread and the 1lb of butter 

Ive always been honest and said my whole life was a huge disaster until the day I saw myself in bra and knickers. My weight loss has just been one piece of a huge self improvement which is ongoing  As the weight dropped, as the exercise increased so my mood lifted and I came slowly out of the dark depression Ive been living with for the past 10 years, the 10 years when I was on prescribed meds and also self medicating, dont think taking BP and anti d's  pills with a glass of scotch really is the done thing  Coming out of that Ive looked at every aspect of my life ( well nearly, theres still places I really dont want to go right now ) and Ive cleared out so much junk from my life  - physically and metaphorically - that I can see the wood through the trees. Im putting me first and foremost, my health and mental well being is finally important to me

Now tomorrow as I say those thoughts may be away and the packet of crisps will be bought or the whisky will be opened. I cant say it wont happen. All I can do is have my support at hand to help me keep focussed on where I want to be. . Support from friends, real life and virtual - as in the group here. Support with accountability - SW weigh ins and Im not ruling out AA again - even though I hate AA with a vengeance . Support from Park Run, support from a great team that I work with, not that those last two groups of people know where Im at, they are support in that they cheer me on, compliment, support me, laugh with me, work with me, make me feel worthwhile 

Ok all that sound kind of heavy and kookie, but what Im trying to get across is my obsession no longer dominates my life because as Ive gone along Ive put other things in place of the drink

And the same approach with food. I have to meal plan, I have to know whats being eaten for the main meal of the day so I can eat around it. If we get junk food whilst out shopping for example then I know Ive gone well over syns so  then I choose to eat speed or free food for the rest of the day. If I know its grilled chicken and salad for dinner, then its ok if a scone jumps down my throat mid afternoon when theres a lull in work I never count syns as food. its always HEA X2 HEB x1 and free and speed. I never feel guilty about what I eat, I carry enough crap still, dont need to kill myself with guilt I eat it, acknowledge that it wasnt the healthiest choice and move on, try to make the next meal better 

So far you have lost a stone, more I think, thats a massive achievement esp with what you have also had to deal with this past year, and we have only seen glimpses 

Not one of us here follow the plan to the letter - unless we are obviously gaining, but I think that with most of us being target members you possibly dont think we are the best role models in that you read our posts and think yeah its ok for them, they have done it. I know I did. Only now Im finding out that losing was actually the easy part and maintaining is the hard part. Sue isnt target and my god that woman has physical disability to contend with and yet shes adapted the plan to suit her and shes lost a tremendous amount of weight and is still plodding along because for her losing the weight is also so important for her physical health and to her her physical health is more important than the crisps or whatever her go to was

Theres a good podcast on SW at the moment , this weeks one where they are in a craft shop. I dont usually listen to these things but it came on whilst I was flicking through and I listened to it. It makes a lot of sense and it really resonated with me

I also thought SW was restrictive around the 12 - 16 week mark. Until I sat down , re read the books and really took it in. The only restrictions I have given myself are avoiding my triggers - bread - esp toast ( omg the smell of toast and a loaf is down my neck before Ive registered it) crisps - a rare once a month treat now - and butter - I have to avoid as I dont do smear, I do slice. Of course living in the country I dont get take away, doesn't mean to say I go without, I have been cooking Chinese and Indian meals for years, now the only adjustments are I dont use the ghee and oil, I have always breaded my own chicken, now its airfried rather then pan fried, lidl skinny burgers are absolutely amazing. And as I said if we are up in town and a McD's calls then I count that as my meal for the day and have something lighter for tea - scrambled eggs, jacket spud. My super duper deep fat fryer is now sat in the corner, it used to be used twice a week, now its once a month when I do proper fish and chips for them, Ill take the chips ( cant resist ) but take poached eggs 

Things will change for you,

Longwalker

@coxy11, do have to ask, what does ostrich taste like? And are they easy cooked?

@jellybaby - congratulations on the big loss there and double congratulations on the no alcohol, brilliant . Do you think thats contributed to the loss at all?

@bubbs, well done on your loss as well. Regarding Edinburgh, we fly in, flights are really cheap, if you are near an airport it might be worth a look? Obviously not Festival or tattoo weeks as the demand will be high, but off peak is perfectly doable on a tiny budget. We have flights and 3 nights accommodation ( room only, we never pay for breakfast unless its a hotel night before a flight )  for under £300 for the both of us. We get breakfast in a Wetherspoons, drink in a Wetherspoons and then blow the budget on the evening meal - and the calories Thats the first week in March ( cant wait ) so obviously we expect it to be cold and most probably wet but we dress for it, walking shoes, waterproof and warm coats, hats and gloves. Everyone wears the same, everyone looks like they are going out mountain climbing and its perfectly acceptable to wear those bulky heavy clothes at night when eating out 

@Maman , I lost 1/2lb this week which takes me to 3lb under. I had a chat with my consultant, she knows about the drinking, and shes said that to leave it a week. Think about where I want to be and she will go with it. I asked if it had to be 7lb and she said no, my target can be whatever I want it to be. Now I started at 11.4 and Im 9.5 now and the further I go along this journey the more an 8 start number appeals   But Im also worried about me looking so saggy. So Im vain - shoot me Just when I started this it was just to get down into a 14 dress and get the BMI down to healthy - thats all happened and Im now a size 12 in dresses which is perfectly normal, I have a collar bone , can feel my ribs and if I push a bit I can even find my hip bones  But Ive also still got a lot of fat from boobs to belly button and on my back - still grab a handful,  and body fat calculators all have me in the obese range  So Im kind of all over the place with it all at the moment . Tbh Im more content whilst losing, this maintaining is tough lol. I do like the idea of a syn bank , Im so going to have to get syns into my head . Actually writing this down I think Im going to go for a six week countdown and aim for the 7lb which will give me the 8 start number and drop another 2 points on the BMI and hopefully will bring my body fat down to normal 

Im going to need some help with going back to basics and keeping there to get it in the 6 weeks ( I dont aim to pay more then I need too )

Just remembered I cant weigh in next week. Found a guided hike along the Giants Causeway starting at 7;30 next Saturday and booked me and Carol onto it. Its part of the Marathon route so it wont kill us ( the marathon we plan to do later in the year ) Will be educational, interesting and exercise all in one, and then when it ends we get breakfast at a hotel  - continental but thats good enough for me