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Slimming World
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Snacking on fruit and veg where you can is a good holiday tip too. I wouldn't limit myself too much on holiday, it's good to have a bit of a break sometimes but maybe make a plan of how far off course you plan to go.
My typical meals: breakfast is almost always 40g All Bran (Healthy
and 250ml low fat milk (Healthy A) with a punnet of raspberries, a punnet of blueberries, a Pink Lady apple or two and sometimes an egg and fruit muffin (homemade, very low syn). Lunch tends to be lean sliced ham or hot smoked salmon, carrot sticks and celery sticks, another apple or two, sometimes fat free Greek yogurt, and sometimes a Ryvita or two with a scrape of almond butter (very filling - great for hungry days). Dinner is usually lean steak, turkey breast, salmon, trout etc with SW chips (sometimes spicy, sometimes earthy, usually just with salt and pepper!), roasted or boiled carrots, celery, tenderstem broccoli, baby sweetcorn, mangetout, peppers etc or with pasta and homemade tomato sauce, peppers and extra veg. I don't snack during the day but have a snack of fat free Greek yogurt late in the evening with a bit of dark chocolate. Sometimes I have a bit of Sweet Freedom Choc Shot with the yogurt. 0 -
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Just back from my very first meeting and was utterly bricking it with anxiety over getting weighed.
Turns out, I'm actually nearly 2 stone lighter than I thought I was! Starting weight came in as 22 stone 3 pounds which, whilst not great, is smaller than my estimation of 24 stone. It's put me in a good mood. That being said, there was a lot to take in at the meeting, what with all the talk of Speedy Foods, Good As and Bs and Syns but I'm sure I'll figure it out as the weeks progress.
I've set myself the goal to lose a stone in a month and already, small changes are taking place.
On the advice of my counceller, I went out and bought those Pat The Baker Slimbo yokes as apparently, my two slices of McCambridge bread for breakfast are actually quite high in syns.
Still, baby steps.
I got to my meeting half an hour early so I sat reading through the many magazines on display and dribbling over some of the more succulent recipes. Very surprised to see just how liberal the plan is with regards to burgers, curries and whatnot.
I even plan to try out a simple grilled sweet potato recipe tomorrow. Still a bit jittery but doing well!
As Stan Lee would say: EXELSIOR! (Upward and onward to greater glory!)
EDIT: Meant to ask: How many Syns are in a standard small back of Manhatten popcorn, btw?0 -
Just back from my very first meeting and was utterly bricking it with anxiety over getting weighed.
Turns out, I'm actually nearly 2 stone lighter than I thought I was! Starting weight came in as 22 stone 3 pounds which, whilst not great, is smaller than my estimation of 24 stone. It's put me in a good mood. That being said, there was a lot to take in at the meeting, what with all the talk of Speedy Foods, Good As and Bs and Syns but I'm sure I'll figure it out as the weeks progress.
I've set myself the goal to lose a stone in a month and already, small changes are taking place.
On the advice of my counceller, I went out and bought those Pat The Baker Slimbo yokes as apparently, my two slices of McCambridge bread for breakfast are actually quite high in syns.
Still, baby steps.
I got to my meeting half an hour early so I sat reading through the many magazines on display and dribbling over some of the more succulent recipes. Very surprised to see just how liberal the plan is with regards to burgers, curries and whatnot.
I even plan to try out a simple grilled sweet potato recipe tomorrow. Still a bit jittery but doing well!
As Stan Lee would say: EXELSIOR! (Upward and onward to greater glory!)
EDIT: Meant to ask: How many Syns are in a standard small back of Manhatten popcorn, btw?
Good Luck McChubbin! Remember baby steps and you'll get there. I think there are 6 Syns in a 30g bag of Manhattan popcorn but I could be corrected! Cinema popcorn is ridiculously high in Syns. If you're on Facebook you could like the Syns Allowed page they have 1000s of branded foods and snacks on their archives.0 -
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How do you keep your motivation going? I'm lying here after a blow out (but great) weekend and thinking right tomorrow it's back on track but then tomorrow comes and the motivation is gone.. i do want to do this, I just don't believe that I can
You can. We all have weeks or even months like this!
You feel like you've been so bad on the weekend that you're gonna have a gain, so may as well eat what you want. However, that's not true. Eating whatever the rest of the week could be the difference between a half pound gain and a 4lb gain.
In some cases, you can even un-do the damage. A few times, I've had mad weekends, did SP the rest of the week and ended up with a good loss!
Remember why you started, how you felt about yourself before starting, and why you want to keep going.0 -
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Last year I went on hols staying semi on plan and gained 4lbs... This year I had free breakfast and SW was thrown out the window for the rest of the day and 'only' gained 3.5lbs lol...I'm glad I wasn't too strict with myself this year and relaxed instead. I'm still in my target zone anyways so all good!
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