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Hi! I don't do SW but like to read these threads for motivation etc. since whatever programme you're following, we all have the same goal at the end of the day! So I don't have any SW specific tips for you but I have one major suggestion that came to me when I read your last sentence there and which I think is super important:
Do not focus on the 5 stone you need to lose.
I've lost over 5 stone so far so I know where you're coming from and sometimes it seems insurmountable. If you constantly think about the "5 whole stone" you need to lose it can be very de-motivating. So what you should do is break it down into smaller goals. Start off by aiming for a half a stone loss. 7 lbs. You can do that in no time at all (especially when starting your journey!). Have a reward planned for when you hit that first goal (preferably something totally unrelated to food like buying yourself a new game/book/gadget/purse/whatever or planning a day trip somewhere or whatever floats your boat). Once you've achieved a 7lb loss (or whatever amount you decide), don't think "right, 4.5 stone still to go" just move straight on to the next 7lb goal and focus on your next reward.
This is of course a lot easier said than done but I think most people will agree that it's a lot easier to focus on smaller increments than the big picture!
The other thing you should do is take pictures and measurements straight away. I know that's hard cause I certainly did not want any reminders of how big I'd gotten when I started but the scale is not the only (or best!) indicator of progress. I often read people on here and other forums etc. who drop dress sizes (i.e. lose inches) without the scale budging much. It's good to have several measures of progress so you can see how far you've come
Best of luck and make sure you check in here plenty - for the good and the bad! Sometimes I feel stupid writing out my struggles and feel like no one wants to read that crap but it does give me the kick up the arse I need sometimes. Weight loss is not a straightforward journey and there will be many ups and downs - you just have to learn to accept that and make sure you keep moving upwards.
Best of luck! Hope to see you achieving your first goal very soon
thank you so much for such a lovely and inspirational message! it has made me feel much more hopeful of achieving my target!
i really really appreciate all your kind words!0 -
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I've been doing SW for over 1.5 years now and lost just over 1.5 stone at target but find it can be tougher to maintain than to lose at the beginning just wondering if there are any other target members out there. Whilst SW saved me and changed my way of eating sometimes after being on it for so long I get complacent with the plan. A few of my gripes with it are these
Seemingly healthy foods that are chocca with syns ie nuts, anything wholegrain, seeds, granola, olive oil, avocado, polenta, popcorn I used to eat lots of this but now feel guilty eating them.
Juices no more homemade juices or smoothies
Yogurts and other things that say fat free but aren't syn free
Pasta is free but not the homemade pasta in restaurants or stuffed pasta ie ravoli, gnocci
Have to be careful with tweaking snacking on free foods and diguising them as something else ie chickpeas as oven baked nuts, pasta pieces cooked and baked as tortilla chips
Sometimes I find it's all about meat and fish I dont do the vege plan as I do eat meat but not a lot I only eat chicken, beef and ham and hate fish so can be limited with meals but I substitute with vege stuff and using quorn now which isn't bad and good source of protein.
I wish you could build up your syns by exercise from what I rem in WW old plan you could earn points by exercise.
Rant over but have to say I am defo more wary of syns and the value of stuff, I eat more fruit and veg and try and cook more so that has to be a good thing 0 -
I've been doing SW for over 1.5 years now and lost just over 1.5 stone at target but find it can be tougher to maintain than to lose at the beginning just wondering if there are any other target members out there. Whilst SW saved me and changed my way of eating sometimes after being on it for so long I get complacent with the plan. A few of my gripes with it are these
Seemingly healthy foods that are chocca with syns ie nuts, anything wholegrain, seeds, granola, olive oil, avocado, polenta, popcorn I used to eat lots of this but now feel guilty eating them.
Juices no more homemade juices or smoothies
Yogurts and other things that say fat free but aren't syn free
Pasta is free but not the homemade pasta in restaurants or stuffed pasta ie ravoli, gnocci
Have to be careful with tweaking snacking on free foods and diguising them as something else ie chickpeas as oven baked nuts, pasta pieces cooked and baked as tortilla chips
Sometimes I find it's all about meat and fish I dont do the vege plan as I do eat meat but not a lot I only eat chicken, beef and ham and hate fish so can be limited with meals but I substitute with vege stuff and using quorn now which isn't bad and good source of protein.
I wish you could build up your syns by exercise from what I rem in WW old plan you could earn points by exercise.
Rant over but have to say I am defo more wary of syns and the value of stuff, I eat more fruit and veg and try and cook more so that has to be a good thing
i am at target since christmas, an i understand your gripes.
i think it is harder to maintain... the goal of weightloss is a great motivator.
it is a weightloss plan not a maintanance plan i think.
you need to introduce foods into your diet that are healthy, eg nuts and monitor your weight, weekly.
well donr by the way0 -
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Catxscotch wrote: »Actually once you juice the fruit is no longer free-I'm not sure if it's the same with veggies?
It's due to he fact you are tearing the cells of the fruit releasing fibre-as well as losing the energy requirement of breaking the fruit down in your body. Only whole fruits are free.
Did not know that thank you!! I will delete the above comment, don't want to be confusing things. Thank you
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I've been doing SW for over 1.5 years now and lost just over 1.5 stone at target but find it can be tougher to maintain than to lose at the beginning just wondering if there are any other target members out there. Whilst SW saved me and changed my way of eating sometimes after being on it for so long I get complacent with the plan. A few of my gripes with it are these
Seemingly healthy foods that are chocca with syns ie nuts, anything wholegrain, seeds, granola, olive oil, avocado, polenta, popcorn I used to eat lots of this but now feel guilty eating them.
Juices no more homemade juices or smoothies
Yogurts and other things that say fat free but aren't syn free
Pasta is free but not the homemade pasta in restaurants or stuffed pasta ie ravoli, gnocci
Have to be careful with tweaking snacking on free foods and diguising them as something else ie chickpeas as oven baked nuts, pasta pieces cooked and baked as tortilla chips
Sometimes I find it's all about meat and fish I dont do the vege plan as I do eat meat but not a lot I only eat chicken, beef and ham and hate fish so can be limited with meals but I substitute with vege stuff and using quorn now which isn't bad and good source of protein.
I wish you could build up your syns by exercise from what I rem in WW old plan you could earn points by exercise.
Rant over but have to say I am defo more wary of syns and the value of stuff, I eat more fruit and veg and try and cook more so that has to be a good thing
Hi can you tell me how you turn your pasta into tortilla chips and the chicpea as nuts thanks0 -
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auldgranny wrote: »I paid €18 to join and €9 per class. Worth it imo.
Thanks cheaper than ww!
going to start on thursday 0 -
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