Slimming World - II

never_mind

Areas wrote: »

Well done for making the decision to join before Christmas!
This group is fantastic for support and motivation!

Thanks! Last night we ended up 'trying' a no-chocolate night and froze grapes with that jelly powder. Jesus Christ... I think this is going to suit me!! I had like 10 of them and was loving life. I also found recipes for syn free carrot cake and scones... How am I only doing this now!?

I just need to cop on with the aul pints. I am probably 14.5-15 stone (man) and am 5 10 so I would love to lose 3 stone or so. Nothing huge but you know how long it takes for us who love our grup!

Areas

The longer you do this and the more tips you pick up, the easier it will be to make different choices. I know a few of the en in my group go for the rockshore pints. I think it's lower in syns.

jaykhunter

Hope you guys and gals are doing alright this week! Been carrying around this piece of advice ever since Penn said it in another thread (i'm paraphrasing) re: the buckets of chocolates floating about in work:

If those treats aren't SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU, don't have any. They're not for you!
If they are, have one, thank whomever got them for ya, and 'save more for later' (and re-gift to some other hapless fecker) :pac:

This happened to me yesterday, with Xmas platters of fried finger foods plonked in front of me, and mountains of candy wrappers building up on each table. They weren't for me, so I waited until I got home and smashed SW chilli chips out of it!
Stay strong!


??? syns vs 0 syns (1/2 HeA)!

ally_pally

Fair play to you jay. That’s some iron willpower there. Great advice though and I’ll be remembering it over the next few weeks.

silverharp

^^

objectively speaking the platter on the left looks gross, all that brown food. At work there is always someone that goes out of their way to make sure you get a slice of whatever is going, i just wrap them up, leave it on the desk for a while and dump it in the bin later. today i was at a work lunch, unfortunately the menu item i wanted was called a "sin free salad" it was a nice salad with grilled chicken and roasted peppers and of course that generated some comments because i wasnt eating something heavier.

jaykhunter

Ya it was a big platter of greasy regret :pac bread isn't supposed to be shiny! I love how there's like 6 leaves plonked in the middle to say "hey we're being healthy"

Silverharp that must be so annoying! What business is your plate of everyone else's!! Do you have any go-to phrases for declining/deflecting empty-syn food/treats?

"Nah I just ate" or "I might take some home later if that's ok?" are my go-to's

Areas

What's the recipe you used for the chicken?! It looks amazing!!!
I didn't make my weigh in yesterday. It's the first one I've missed in close to 2 years.
I was at a wedding at the weekend and after a 3 and a half hour drive home I couldn't keep my eyes open.
I'm back on plan today and would love to see a loss on the scales next Monday.
Yummy homemade hummus and carrot sticks in my lunchbox for my tea break!

Shelli2

Oh lads.....i've lost the run of myself....AGAIN

I just can't keep the motivation going, i feel like i'm on a constant loop - 1 week amazing...1 week of sh*t.

silverharp

jaykhunter wrote: »

Ya it was a big platter of greasy regret :pac bread isn't supposed to be shiny! I love how there's like 6 leaves plonked in the middle to say "hey we're being healthy"

Silverharp that must be so annoying! What business is your plate of everyone else's!! Do you have any go-to phrases for declining/deflecting empty-syn food/treats?

"Nah I just ate" or "I might take some home later if that's ok?" are my go-to's

just politely decline, If I get the mrs doyle treatment, accept and bin later. I just had a thought that out of divilment for the last week, I'd leave some open bowls of sweets on my table as cover

Areas

A man in his 40s went full 5 year old the last day in the tea room.
I was happy out eating my yummy hummus and he went "ewwwwww that looks so gross. These chocolates are so yummy mmmmmmmmm".
I was stunned because he knows well that I've been doing slimming world.
I didn't know wether to laugh or not.

ally_pally

Areas wrote: »

A man in his 40s went full 5 year old the last day in the tea room.
I was happy out eating my yummy hummus and he went "ewwwwww that looks so gross. These chocolates are so yummy mmmmmmmmm".
I was stunned because he knows well that I've been doing slimming world.
I didn't know wether to laugh or not.

I'm so annoyed on your behalf Areas. Was he trying to sabotage you, or make you feel bad for the good choices you make? Sure let him, he sounds like a feckin' eejit. :rolleyes:

Areas

He really is. I wasn't impressed. And our tea room is always full of goodies (chocolates and cakes and biscuits) and 99% of the time I resist so I'm not sure what reaction he was looking for.

never_mind

Went for my first meeting!! Was absolutely grand! Looking forward to next week.

jaykhunter

Areas wrote: »

A man in his 40s went full 5 year old the last day in the tea room.

LOL wow! Never mind that adult toddler, he'll be a bloody *stone* heavier in a month! Change scares people, bettering yourself scares others. Makes them self-reflect, and if they don't like what they see, they lash out. Your weight loss affects people around you -- even if you're just minding your own business! But guess what, everyone here is proud of you you're doing great!

jaykhunter

Shelli2 wrote: »

Oh lads.....i've lost the run of myself....AGAIN I just can't keep the motivation going, i feel like i'm on a constant loop - 1 week amazing...1 week of sh*t.

Sorry to hear it maybe you're going too hard on your weeks 'on'? If you could do two weeks of "good" might be a starting point!

Shelli2

I got engaged yesterday! Something major to aim for now, ha!
I'm going to enjoy the celebrations though and just be as good as I can inbetween until the New Year. Then I really have to get my act together.

tea_and_cake

Jaykhunter you're doing great, well done. Your posts really motivate me.

Areas wrote: »

A man in his 40s went full 5 year old the last day in the tea room.
I was happy out eating my yummy hummus and he went "ewwwwww that looks so gross. These chocolates are so yummy mmmmmmmmm".
I was stunned because he knows well that I've been doing slimming world.
I didn't know wether to laugh or not.

I'd expect that from a 10 year old. That's actually shocking. People are so odd. Jaykhunter is right, change does scare people. I follow the DalyDish on istagram and she's lost 3 stone since mid July. She said anyone can do it. Totally right. That concept scares some people. They see others losing weight and wonder why they can't. It's also possiblly jealousy.

Shelli2 wrote: »

I got engaged yesterday! Something major to aim for now, ha!
I'm going to enjoy the celebrations though and just be as good as I can inbetween until the New Year. Then I really have to get my act together.

Congratulations that is a great goal. Enjoy the bubbly. Its an amazing time. Just expect a lot of 'have you set a date' questions straight away :pac:

I lost 1lb this week. I've finished breastfeeding so expect my weight loss to slow. If I lose another 2lb before the end of the year I'll be happy. I do sw online and wasn't going to sign up for another 3 months, said I'd do it myself but I'm back to work in January and said I'll be tired and what not so I'm going to sign up for another 3months to keep me going. The support here is better but I like the app and the online diaries. I've lost 22lb, goal is 42lb so just over half way.

Areas

Shelli2 wrote: »

I got engaged yesterday! Something major to aim for now, ha!
I'm going to enjoy the celebrations though and just be as good as I can inbetween until the New Year. Then I really have to get my act together.

Congrats!!!!! Enjoy this magical time!!!

Penn

Shelli2 wrote: »

I got engaged yesterday! Something major to aim for now, ha!
I'm going to enjoy the celebrations though and just be as good as I can inbetween until the New Year. Then I really have to get my act together.

Huge congrats, Shelli! That's fantastic news. Absolutely enjoy the celebrations, some things are far more important than diet and you've more than earned it with the work you've put in so far anyway. Celebrate the hell out of it!

never_mind

Aw, congrats Shelli! What great news!!!!

Just wondering does anyone else do daily weigh ins at home?

tea_and_cake

never_mind wrote: »

Aw, congrats Shelli! What great news!!!!

Just wondering does anyone else do daily weigh ins at home?

I weigh in at home because I do sw online. My day to weigh in is Thursday. Some weeks I weigh before to see how I'm doing. I have stoped because it was detrimental to my week if by Tuesday I haven't lost anything. So personally I have stopped but it's what works for you.

nuac

Shelli2 wrote: »

I got engaged yesterday! Something major to aim for now, ha!
I'm going to enjoy the celebrations though and just be as good as I can inbetween until the New Year. Then I really have to get my act together.

Congrats to yourself and your luck partner

Areas

Dreading my weigh in tonight, I've been off the rails since last Friday.

eviltwin

Posting here for some support. Been an on/off SW member for years. Back since Oct and at my healthiest weight in years so really want to keep that momentum going as I have more to lose.

I'm really worried about staying on track over Christmas, I'm doing fine so far but finding it hard to resist the temptation. Christmas is always a trigger for me.

tea_and_cake

eviltwin wrote: »

Posting here for some support. Been an on/off SW member for years. Back since Oct and at my healthiest weight in years so really want to keep that momentum going as I have more to lose.

I'm really worried about staying on track over Christmas, I'm doing fine so far but finding it hard to resist the temptation. Christmas is always a trigger for me.

I'm similar. I've lost 1.5st, half way to target but the last week has been tough (I've a 10month old daughter who screeches VERY LOUDLY. Which I find quite stressful when I'm out. I've gone to food and chocolates for help.) I was pregnant this time last year and didn't have mulled wine and I love it so had some Saturday and feel I've been slipping since.

I also feel Christmas food and Christmas eating is starting way earlier this year. It's just everywhere.

Areas

Bit the bullet and went to my weigh in. 2.5lbs gain but my group were so supportive. We laughed a lot about what I had ate over the past few days and how sick I was of sugar and that I just wanted to eat carrots for the week!
So back on plan again today. I even don't want to drink at my Christmas party on Friday. I had so much drink at a wedding 2 weeks ago that it put me in an awful mood for a week.
Went back to the gym last night as well after a few days off and I loved my workout, I always do though. My trainer is fantastic.
So anyways, here's hoping for a good loss next Monday night!

Scribbler100

Hadn't checked in on the thread for a few days so I had missed your wonderful news, Shelli! Many congratulations! Having such a big day to look forward to can really help with keeping the long term SW goal in mind. I'd been hoping to have lost a stone by Christmas and planned to lose another before my mother's 80th birthday in February. I was spurred on by the thought of all those family photographs featuring short spherical me surrounded by tall slim siblings!

However, like many others here I am already struggling with the Christmas festivities! I am still half a pound away from losing my first stone. The initial half stone dropped off in two weeks, but six weeks later I haven't managed to lose the other half! Haven't gone up at all (yet), but losing tiny amounts per week or just maintaining weight is a pain when you feel you're trying.

I went back through my food diary and the evidence is there. In general I have been sticking to the plan but there have been a couple of Christmas outings where I went WAY over my allowance. It doesn't matter how well I have managed for 6 days if on the 7th I eat and/or drink enough to bring my average daily syns up to 18+ for the week. No wonder I'm not making great progress. On the other hand, if I wasn't following the plan on the in-between days, I would be doing serious damage.

Seeing that others are also finding Christmas temptations a challenge gives me a sense of solidarity. Your example in getting back on track is admirable Areas. I have been re-reading your post #998 to get my mindset right again for the next couple of weeks. Have tried really hard this week, lots of syn-free and speed foods and have got a bit of walking in. Am fervently hoping to get my stone cert later today.

never_mind

1st week done and down 5lbs. I was a bit shocked at it tbh because I went out and drank three nights in that week- didn't go mad mad but def wasn't counting! Not expecting the same next week but going to stick to the plan and hopefully I see some loss. But dumbfounded because I've had nights where I ate my syns in chocolate and crisps!!!

Areas

On plan yesterday and ended the day on 4 syns! Had a yummy steak for dinner with potatoes, carrots, onions and mayflower southern gravy. Delish!!!!
At tea break today I had a bassests chewy sweet (1 syn) and a cadbury chocolate finger (1.5 syn). All written down in to my food diary so I'm not kidding myself!

Scribbler100

Well done never_mind! That initial weight loss provides a good boost to the resolve. It's easier to stay within your syn allowance when you've seen the results. I have had to adjust my drinking - a glass of wine is too easy to refill and two pints puts me well over my max 15 syns. Plus I found myself partaking of garlic prawns and chips once the pints had melted my resistance . Have been following Jaykhunter's advice and drinking spirits with a zero calorie mixer, it's a great strategy.

Went to group earlier, am 3lbs down and got my stone award at last!

Great self discipline yesterday, Areas, delicious food, a couple of treats and only 4 syns! If I didn't track everything in the diary I reckon I'd be guessing wildly and underestimating my syns like mad.