Slimming World - II

Cubee wrote: »

Hi all Long time lurker, first time poster! Decided to start back today, lost two and a half stone last year but when my leader quit so did I basically and a stone has crept back already! SW actually randomly sent me a free magazine, did anyone else get one? It's kicked started the motivation again!

Being at home I should have a bit more time to try a few new recipes, the garlic honey chicken @kitten_k mentioned and the sticky chicken @Sinister Kid posted a while back are on the list!

Does anyone have any handy go to hexb-less lunches other than soups and salads?

I used to make a thin omlette with one or two eggs, then use it as a wrap for lettuce, ham/chicken, cheese, beetroot etc, whatever you would put in a normal wrap.
Or use big lettuce leaves as the wrap.
The egg wrap was great and really filling, but so was the lettuce one as I would use a lot of meat and veg to fill it.

We made mini doughnuts today (free using HEB or 6 syns for all the doughnuts)

Just then need to syn your toppings. We had melted Biscoff sauce and crushed biscoff on top.

A gain of nearly half a pound this week, I really cannot say how! I've stuck to plan, not used my all my syns most days and still not losing. My husband is doing it along side with me and he seems to be losing lbs everytime he stands on the bloody scales!

amor3 wrote: »

A gain of nearly half a pound this week, I really cannot say how! I've stuck to plan, not used my all my syns most days and still not losing. My husband is doing it along side with me and he seems to be losing lbs everytime he stands on the bloody scales!

It can be very disheartening at times, especially when doing it with someone else and they are having different results.

1.5lb down so hit my two stone

Only to be weighed I think

Loughc wrote: »

In Dublin, they system has been walk in weigh in during the morning and day and then a zoom meeting that night.

TBH, I am enjoying this new thing. There is no pressure to go onto the zoom and the weigh in and quick chat is more than enough! That and buy loads of hifi bars lol.

So I started back in May. I was in SW before in 2018 and was around 15 stone at the time. Got down to around 13 8 with SW and then thought I could do it alone after that to get to target of 12. Imagine that suddenly I started gaining after that! Lol. Lost the run of myself completely. Went up to around 14 stone (not too bad) but during lockdown I ate every takeaway imaginable and I drank too much.

In May I said enough is enough. I was back to 15 and now with some setbacks I am now13 5. My new target is 13 on the nose (which is still a bit overweight for my height) but I decided that 12 is just going to make me look gaunt.

I am hoping to get it gone by the end of the year. I know, that's a bit of a stretch, but the closer to target I get the slower it comes off. Any tips for getting the rest off? SP weeks? Lowering my syns? I already exercise a lot (I run around 25km a week) and drink huge amounts of water!

2 fast wrote: »

Have you started go measure yourself? It could be that you're losing inches... also are you having rest days/doing weights or just running?

Are you eating more when you exercise or are you keeping cals low plus exercise?
Slimming world is great to be accountable but I find all those free foods just wrong. I do slimming world plus my fitness pal to track calories..

Sorry, haven't been on boards!

I don't measure myself but should. I can be a bit OCD (in the true sense not the fashionable label that is going around) so I want to limit the amount of checking I do.

I am eating the same when exercising and I run around 4 days a week with rest days. I don't do weights and not that interested in them but might look at them again once gyms open.

I hear you about the free food thing. I try to limit free food for speed. If you ate enough apples you'd still gain weight but I am trying to limit everything and eat frequently rather than one big meal.

I tryed MFP before but again with the OCD thing I find SW is better. I weighed myself this morning and 13 6 so I am going to try SP for a bit and see what happens!

Thanks for the reply x

scilover wrote: »

Doing workout for the whole body or focusing on a place.(*abs *etc)
Which one is better??

Probably better forums on here for exercise advice but you're better off doing whole or upper/lower body splits.

Gavin "shels" wrote: »

Was searching for a nice Chicken Korma for ages to make me and herself which was SQ friendly and finally found one! Receipt is below, personally when we make it next time we're going to probably just use 1 or 1.5 TBSP of curry powder & two pots of muller for it to be more coconutty.

2 chicken breasts & 1 red onion - fry with frylight for 10 mins
1 Chicken stock cube, 200 mls boiling water, 2 TBSP medium curry powder (Tesco - free), 250ml passata, TBSP tomato puree & salt.

Once the sauce is boiling, turn the heat down and let sauce thicken, takes about 20 mins - at the end add in a pot of muller light fat free Greek style coconut yoghurt (0.5 syn)

Credit:
https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17891253844665878/

The hairy bikers have a lovely korma in either their first or second hairy dieters book. I don’t have it to hand, Otherwise I’d send you a pic, but I’ve Made it a few times and it’s lovely!

Came across this, an online discount code for slimming world, thought it might come in handy for any re-joiners

Save £20 (think it might be €25)

on the total price of any of our online packages (Gold, Silver or Bronze).**

Your exclusive discount code is

PHE2021

From next week you can buy a 6 weeks countdown - pay for 5 weeks and get the 6th week free plus you get a free cookbook, think it's called A Passion for Pasta or something like that.

I'm enjoying the zoom classes as it doesn't take up a full evening and saves having to go out in the dark cold nights. My consultant has been giving fantastic support during the pandemic and has been running a buddy zoom meeting on a different night for members who want to chat about anything other than SW especially for the members who are living on their own and not getting out. From next week she's doing a games night.

I've been thinking of going back to slimming world but the nearest meeting has moved. I could have walked to one, now it's moved somewhere annoying to get to.

Is it worth doing it online?