Weight loss and healthy eating for a debt free life

jwil

D123456789 said:

Hope everyone enjoyed Christmas.

I have done very little exercise as the weather was mostly wet and windy as we travelled up north for the week. 

Thankfully stayed away from the sweet treats, but the cheese board was my downfall.

I ate a lot of fruit and veg, and drank a reasonable amount of water ( and tea!) 

I’m glad i started the healthy eating before Christmas as i would be much worse off now otherwise.

Thank you for the encouragement- it’s hard trying to stay on track!

can’t believe it’s almost 2025, wishing you all the best 😊

 

Well done on balancing everything out over Christmas.  Happy new year!

jwil

redofromstart said:

Like you @D123456789 I am glad I started this before Christmas! 

I didn't go to SW for a fortnight because I was struggling with the whole bereavement and Christmas thing. 3.5lbs on last night which is isn't bad considering I spent the weeks in between completely off plan and doing very little exercise.  I was also introduced to the phrase 'You can't out walk your fork' which amused me. 

Anyway back on plan now, although I am very tempted by a last glass of wine tonight before I try for 'no buy' January.

I have a major walk planned early March and I must be fitter (and ideally lighter for my poor joints) by then.  

That's not a bad result considering everything going on.  Good luck for getting back on track.

jwil

Happy new year everyone!  

I bought some new scales after realising that the feet were gone on mine, hence the varying readings, as they weren't level.  Not sure how that happened, but I've finally unpacked the new ones, and have tried them this morning.  I managed to get the same reading in several different places, so I'm happy!

It turns out I ended the year exactly the same weight as I started it.  Which is ok in itself, but I want to improve on that this year.

I bought a pile of SW cookbooks, so want to go through them for inspiration, and start a new plan for the new year.  I'm just going to aim for getting into the next stone which is 10lb away.  If I don't get on by myself, I think I'll join up with SW at some point.  I don't really fancy it during the new year rush so I'll have another go first.

Good luck everyone

D123456789

@jwil glad your scales are fixed. I am still a bit scared to stand on mine 😂

it was a special occasion today and we went out for dinner and I honestly ate about 4 times more than I’ve eaten for any meal in the past month. It was so delicious but now I can’t move.

Tomorrow is a new day so I have to start again ….

jwil

D123456789 said:

@jwil glad your scales are fixed. I am still a bit scared to stand on mine 😂

it was a special occasion today and we went out for dinner and I honestly ate about 4 times more than I’ve eaten for any meal in the past month. It was so delicious but now I can’t move.

Tomorrow is a new day so I have to start again ….

As long as you enjoyed the meal that's the main thing!

Good luck with getting back on track.

I bought some porridge pots in an attempt to have something easy to grab if need be.  I decided to have one today.  It was vile!  I'll send the other two to the food bank I think, so that people who actually like porridge can have them  

I do need to do something about my breakfasts though, hence trying that.  I am going to try and move to having savoury breakfasts rather than fruity based ones.

joedenise

@jwil - it might be worth having a look at the SW blog - https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/blog/?fbclid=IwAR3CqNJK92gwZwZOfRaPPo_O4bOrzeQpxOnXcF9ImunD-zzDTMMdUWdhu0M.  There are quite a lot of recipes on there.  You can also send for a free 7 day menu plan which may well give you some extra ideas for meals.

One of my favourite breakfasts is scrambled eggs with spinach stirred through it with a couple of slices of wholemeal toast (I used Morrisons own brand as can have 2 slices of 800g loaf as HEB rather than the silly little 400g loaf of most others like H*vis).

Another breakfast we have about once a month or so is kedgeree which is syn free and includes all the elements for a balanced meal - Protein (smoked haddock/eggs), vegetables (Speed foods), carbs (Free foods).  We don't usually bother with the hard boiled eggs as DH isn't keen!

jwil

joedenise said:

@jwil - it might be worth having a look at the SW blog - https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/blog/?fbclid=IwAR3CqNJK92gwZwZOfRaPPo_O4bOrzeQpxOnXcF9ImunD-zzDTMMdUWdhu0M.  There are quite a lot of recipes on there.  You can also send for a free 7 day menu plan which may well give you some extra ideas for meals.

One of my favourite breakfasts is scrambled eggs with spinach stirred through it with a couple of slices of wholemeal toast (I used Morrisons own brand as can have 2 slices of 800g loaf as HEB rather than the silly little 400g loaf of most others like H*vis).

Another breakfast we have about once a month or so is kedgeree which is syn free and includes all the elements for a balanced meal - Protein (smoked haddock/eggs), vegetables (Speed foods), carbs (Free foods).  We don't usually bother with the hard boiled eggs as DH isn't keen!

Thank you, there's some really good ideas there.  I should try the egg muffins as I do better when I've got something I can grab.  I was also going to try scrambled eggs in the microwave, but also probably boil up some eggs so I can just grab one.  That's useful about the bread, I agree 400g loaves are a waste of time.

redofromstart

3.5 off this week for me - the same 3.5 I put on in the previous fortnight admittedly but still a good result.

beanielou

redofromstart said:

3.5 off this week for me - the same 3.5 I put on in the previous fortnight admittedly but still a good result.

Well done. 

KajiKita

redofromstart said:

3.5 off this week for me - the same 3.5 I put on in the previous fortnight admittedly but still a good result.

That’s good going at this time of year. 

I weighed in yesterday. Back up to 12 stones 7 lbs. Not the heights of 12, 11 that I was at when I left my last job, but not good. 

Not doing well at curbing junk eating - there’s still too much of it in the house. 

Mainly focusing on getting decent amounts of steps in (11K today after finding a lunchtime walking route today 😊) and eating more fruit and veg in the daytime if not in the evening! This won’t loose any weight, but I hope will give me a fitness base and a healthier gut to work from as the days get longer and I feel less carb driven because I am so cold all the time. 

KK