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Vahevala wrote: »

I am really at the end of my tether with SW and I have really thought about throwing in the towel. Last week out of nowhere I gained 1lb and this week I maintained and yet I am following the plan to the letter. I am fed up, upset and frustrated. :mad::(

I am going on holiday next Wednesday so won't be weighing in next week (as I usually weigh in on Thursdays), it has actually got to the point that even if I could weigh in, I can't bear to sit through image therapy and go through the motions... to make it worse last night, my Consultant kept saying that I have lost 6 stone, no I haven't (not on SW anyway), I am 1.5 lbs away from it. :mad::mad:

Sorry for the negative post but it really is something that is frustrating me now. maybe the drinking of the squash doesn't agree with me so will have to give it up.

What exercise are you doing now Vahevala? I know you were running at one stage - have you kept that up? What about strengthening exercises to build muscle? How far in total are you from your goal weight? I know I've read people who lose 100lbs + may struggle to reach their 'goal' weight due to the weight of excess skin. I've read blogs of people who have had 14 or 15pounds of skin removed :eek: Your weight loss will also slow dramatically as you reach your target. Don't give up as you have been a great inspiration to a lot of people.

Thanks everyone, I am feeling a bit better about it now. I am not running anymore, with my working day & commuting time, exercise is virtually out of the question, I mainly do walking now and fit it in where I can.

I am going to plod on till Wednesday and then relax on holiday and whatever will be... I think because I have 7 lbs to go, I have lost 108 lbs in total and I know I will have excess skin and not much will change that lol. I just want to lose the lbs now and get frustrated when I follow the plan and nothing happens!

As long as I get there by Christmas, I will be happy... I can but hope anyway

dee_mc wrote: »

Here's something i was pondering while freezing my bum off in work today: if you had unlimited funds, maybe after a lottery win or on receipt of a ridiculous inheritance from a long lost relative (my only viable prospects of acquiring significant funds!) and were in my position of having a bit of excess skin following weight loss, would you get nipped and tucked?
I can't decide - not sure if I could justify the risk of surgery for my vanity!
Any thoughts?

It depends. Have a massive scar or excess skin, if the skin wasn't too bad/dangly, I think I'd leave it, rather than go through the pain and recovery of major surgery. That being said, if I had millions so I could pay someone to wait on me while recovering and could pay the best plastic surgeon and still have loads of money left, I probably would. But if it wasn't a massive amount of money, like less than a few hundred grand, I could think of way better things to spend it on.

Hi thisistough, welcome!
I know where you're coming from with the taste of fruit and veg - when I started SW I wasn't in the habit of eating fruit and only ate tiny portions of a very limited number of vegetables. The good news is that once I started eating more veg and less rubbish food, I found that the taste of the veg seemed much more pleasant! I started to enjoy salads and now they are part of my routine. If you find salads boring, experiment with dressings and sauces - today i had a big salad of rocket, lambs lettuce, carrits, peppers, celery, leftover rare beef, Worcestershire sauce, cajun seasoning and lemon juice - it was bloody gorgeous! But without the sauce and seasining it would've been grim. I also gradually introduced more fruit and now I absolutely love it! I never really liked apples but haven't looked back since I discovered Pink Lady apples, I love them.
Re getting on plan, first thing you could do would be to grab a couple of highlighters and tackle that list of speed foods - for example, mark anything you like with a yellow highlighter, anything you could take or leave with pink, stuff you actively dislike with blue and ones you've never tried with orange. Base your shopping list/menu plan around the fruit and veg that you like and don't mind the taste of, that should get you through the first few days. Then start introducing the things you've never tried before - lidl is great for unusual fruit etc that will keep things interesting for you. After a few weeks you could try some of the stuff you don't like, see if your taste buds have changed like mine have!
One of the great things about SW is the range of recipes that lend themselves to batch cooking - you could make up big quantities of soups, stews, pasta sauces etc on your day off and freeze them in portions to use for your lunch and dinner. If you don't have access to a hob or microwave during the day, many of these would be suitable for bringing with you in a flask if you heated them through in the morning. Lots of people in my group love Mug Shots, have a little box of carrot sticks or fruit and a pack of cooked meat nearby and you've got a filling, fairly well balanced meal that's ready in a couple of minutes.
Well done for joining, well done on your first week loss, and well done you for wanting to stick with the plan - once you get organised you'll be flying it.

I'm going to try sp for a few days from tomorrow. I read about it online on the SW website but want to be sure I understand it. No carbs, two healthy extra b, every meal is s an p with at least half of the meal as speed. Any tips or advice please?

Another one here who didn't eat fruit or veg much before SW

My tip is that if you're cooking a curry or bolognese or similar; pack it with veg. In our curry we have tons of mushrooms, 1/2 carrots, 1/2 onions, peppers, tomatoes, carton of passata (as well as all the spices). That makes four meals (dinner and leftover lunch for 2).

Get something like melon and pineapple and cut them into cubes and freeze them. In the evening watching telly it tastes like a little treat

On apples, try all sorts. I like Granny Smiths. My wife hates them. She's a pink lady type

Oh and for salad eating the key is the dressing. I have no bother using syns on Caesar dressing as I can't eat a salad without a nice dressing. The only deviation from that is now and again I use feta when I don't want to carry a bottle of dressing around with me

Had my weigh in yesterday and after dreading it as I felt I wasn't great during the week/weekend I lost 1.5lbs, making me 3lbs under my target! I also got slimmer of the week, my other half find it hilarious how I do a little dance while I put my magnet on the fridge lol

I'm going to change my target next week which will mean I've 4lbs to lose and bring me to an over all loss of 3 stone!

Hope everyone get on well this week

tickingclock wrote: »

Wow well done. That's brilliant. I'm on day three of sp. It's easier to organise than I thought so hopefully I have a result not this week but next week

Thank you tickingclock! I'm so happy, I never, ever thought I'd get this far, I've struggled with my weight for years, and joined ww and sw too many times that I care to remember and never stuck at it!

I've been doing SP for a couple of days each week and I find it's definitely helping me. I find dinners a bit awkward, as I'm a non meat and fish eater.. What do you have for dinner on these days?
I'm sure you will get a result next week

Welcome barefoot. If you need any help or advice on the plan just shout. Hope your first week is going well so far.

First day back on plan today, had a great weekend but I am so glad to be getting back to normal, craving fruit and veg yesterday

Vahevala wrote: »

No weigh in for me this week, I did weigh in today at home and according to my scales, I had a loss this week but shall take it with a pinch of salt just in case lol.

I am off on my holidays tonight so I shall be somewhat off plan for a few days, I may have breakfast on plan, if I gain when I get back, I do... no point stressing Everyone needs a break now & then!

On the non scale victory front, I bought a pair of black trousers yesterday, size 10... I used to wear size 26 :eek:

Welcome along Barefoot123

That's a mega non scales victory. Enjoy the well deserved break. Congrats on all your success at slimming world

Stayed the same.........I can't believe it. I'm in complete and total shock

m'lady wrote: »

Wow that's fantastic, well done! Get back on track now in case it does try and catch up with you!

100% on track now for Christmas! Starting boxercise tomorrow night aswell. I feel like I'd be much smaller if I toned up more so hopefully that'll help!

Stayed the same, hoping for 1 pound loss next week to get my shiny shiny 5 stone award... oh crap just realised I meant to book a holiday for next week, eek maybe I will make it to a group at some stage next week!

First week back and was down 1.5. Thought I would be down more as was totally on plan and felt like I'd lost bit more than that. But I'm still happy. If I was down that every week id be delighted.

okiss wrote: »

Hello to every one here.

I had not been in sw for 2 weeks. I am an emotional eater and have been dealing with 2 weeks from hell.
In the past 2 weeks I have eaten 3 takeaways from the local chipper including a 12 inch pizza, 2 indian takeaways inclucding one with onion bajis and both with nana bread.
Along with this I have kept King crisps and Cadburys in business.

I decided today that I needed to go back to Slimming World and see just how much damage I had done. I was delighted to hear I was just up 2.5 lbs. The saving grace for me was that I had done some walking and been in the gym.

I have cooked a dinner to bring with me to work tomorrow. I got fresh fruit and yougerts to bring with me also. I want that 2.5 lbs gone next week along with 1 or 2 of it's friends.
Hope everyone here has a good week.

Good on you for going back, not easy. Hope you have a great week with wonderful results

Our group were told to nominate someone in the group that "inspired them" and that was as specific as it got

I got nominated for Mr Slinky. I presume because I'm the only bloke that stays in group any more.

The Miss Slinky and Mr Sleek thing is just a little honour within the group, the lady who won it in our group has lost over 5.5 stone in about 8 months and truly is inspirational! The man who won Mr Sleek is one of our only regular attending men and an important part of the group, always good craic during image therapy too!
I think it's lovely to be nominated for these things, everything is a boost that might help you along the way

tk123 wrote: »

Nooooooooo I hate it - my friend nominates me to annoy me lol! :P

Yeah I kind of meant it's lovely for other people, I would see it as an honour for them and blah blah blah but when it's me I'm morto! Morto with just a sprinkling of pleasedand proud, but yeah mostly morto. :P

dee_mc wrote: »

Yeah I kind of meant it's lovely for other people, I would see it as an honour for them and blah blah blah but when it's me I'm morto! Morto with just a sprinkling of pleasedand proud, but yeah mostly morto. :P

Speaking is cringe worthy enough but so glad I didn't win and have to get my photo taken wearing a sash lol :pac:

I'm morto too but chuffed at the same time! There was 3 other girls nominated and I'm wondering will the 4 of us have to talk next week or something? How is the winner decided?