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Slimming World - II
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Drink is a gateway drug to food!
This made me laugh out loud! It is so true for me. The slimline mixers and every second drink being a mixer on it's own has really made a difference. Am going to try some of the SW recipes for Christmas goodies. If anyone has any recommendations, please post them. 0 -
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Just catching up, well done everyone for sticking to plan and getting such good results......i'm doing my best to be good where I can and just limit the damage!
I'm not buying loads of Xmas goodies into the house, but there are so many nights out and celebrations planned that I'm not missing them at all really.
My fiance (wooooo!!) is joining me in SW after Xmas and it will be nice to have that support. He's very good and supportive at home anyway, but it will definately help that he will come to group too. 0 -
First weigh-in tomorrow.
Have learned a lot in the last week, on day one straight after putting my porridge in the microwave I reached for the sweet press, then closed it and kind of laughed to myself That hasn't happened since, little to no temptation. Most of my syns have come in the form of sauces and the odd dash of milk.
Two things I was hugely guilty of were toast and butter at night and getting a coffee and sometimes a chocolate bar for the way home from work. That has stopped and as a result my pocket is way heavier, can't remember when I bought something at all last.
Would be happy losing a pound tomorrow although people have told me not to be surprised if I drop 2 or more.0 -
Cayson Sweet Cheesecake wrote: »First weigh-in tomorrow.
Have learned a lot in the last week, on day one straight after putting my porridge in the microwave I reached for the sweet press, then closed it and kind of laughed to myself That hasn't happened since, little to no temptation. Most of my syns have come in the form of sauces and the odd dash of milk.
Two things I was hugely guilty of were toast and butter at night and getting a coffee and sometimes a chocolate bar for the way home from work. That has stopped and as a result my pocket is way heavier, can't remember when I bought something at all last.
Would be happy losing a pound tomorrow although people have told me not to be surprised if I drop 2 or more.
You might have dropped a lot more than you think! Be proud of yourself for going
I’m just after doing weigh in 3 and lost 1.5lbs - that’s 6.5 in total but a bit upset with it and don’t know why. I’ve lost half a stone in 2 weeks or so but I was so strict all week I thought I’d have a little more off than that
even if t was 2 even I’d have been happier 0 -
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Thanks for the Strawberry Cheesecake suggestion, Areas. Am heading out now to get the ingredients and give it a trial run so I don't make a hames of it on Christmas Day, (that's my excuse anyway
). You are really flying it at the moment. After losing 3lbs your teacakes were well deserved. You have the rest of the week to even out the syns and stay within your allowance.
Congrats Advanced Ghost, 2 slices of toast and butter used to be my regular breakfast. I was shocked when I started counting up the syns, particularly as 1 level teaspoon of butter would barely cover a quarter of a slice! Your new habits are paying off.
Don't be disheartened, Never-mind, we have all been there, you think you've been on-track and then are disappointed by the scales, but you DID lose a pound and a half so you're still closer to your goal. Just one pound lost per week will amount to more than 3.5 stone over the year.
Two other things I have found, if I drop 2-3 lbs in a week, the loss seems to slow down for the next week or two, as if the body readjusts before the next decent drop. Also, you get away with NOTHING. Some weeks I have overindulged and yet it doesn't show up on the scales. The following week however, it will come back to haunt me even though I have stuck to the plan. Just because the extra syns didn't register straight away, they didn't melt away into nothing. I find it incredibly useful to track everything I eat/drink and try to keep my weekly average below 15 syns daily. You have done brilliantly to lose as much as you have in so few weeks!
Down 1.5lbs myself this week, pleased with that but am going to push the walking over the next few days. One more weigh-in before Christmas, I'dlike to be even a smidgeon down for that.0 -
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My fiance (wooooo!!) is joining me in SW after Xmas and it will be nice to have that support. He's very good and supportive at home anyway, but it will definately help that he will come to group too.
Congrats Shelli on the engagement! And having him do SW as well will guarantee both of your success!Cayson Sweet Cheesecake wrote: »Would be happy losing a pound tomorrow although people have told me not to be surprised if I drop 2 or more.
2.5 lbs is great dude! And congrats on breaking some pre-programmed habits already (like reaching for the sweets press!). Re: coffee and choc after work, just to throw it out there, a large skinny cappuccino is free (using your HEA) and HiFi bars/Alpen light bars are 3 syns each and a great use of syns (1 bar counts as speed, and 2 bars are your HEB!)0 -
Scribbler100 wrote: »Two other things I have found, if I drop 2-3 lbs in a week, the loss seems to slow down for the next week or two, as if the body readjusts before the next decent drop. Also, you get away with NOTHING. Some weeks I have overindulged and yet it doesn't show up on the scales. The following week however, it will come back to haunt me even though I have stuck to the plan. Just because the extra syns didn't register straight away, they didn't melt away into nothing.
Congrats on the 1.5 loss! Walking is brilliant for clearing the head and general well being it's so demoralising how little calories it burns though, I was checking the cals and like, 2 biscuits is worth 2 km! C'mon! Ha ha. I just won't have the biscuits!
That's great advice at looking at weight loss as a long term picture; staying on plan or over-indulging won't always register until the following week.For 2019 you can have these losses:
0.5llb per week = 1st 12lbs
1lb per week = 3st 10lbs
1.5lbs per week = 5st 8lbs
2lbs per week = 7st 6lbs
2.5lbs per week = 9st 4lbs
Makes me look very differently at being sad about 1lb a week!!! If I did that every week for the year I'd be at my target before next Christmas!!!
Great stuff Areas! 3 lbs is a huge loss, that's almost a quarter stone! Well deserved cakes To follow on from your great post about how to look at small losses adding up; as a generality:
1lb = 3500 calories
So 3lb = 10,500 calories!
That is the equivalent of 8 DAYS OF FOOD!
(weight loss intake of calories is about 1,200 for a woman)
Think about that, you took in OVER 10,000 CALORIES less than what you needed to maintain. Wow!0 -
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Thanks Areas and Jaykhunter for those stats. Some of those figures are very encouraging, some of them would break your heart! 2 km of walking for 2 biscuits :eek:! To be honest, I don't allow myself extra syns when I have been doing the walks, I just tend to use it to support the plan.
I think I'm going to follow Areas' example and allow myself a bit of flexibility over the next couple of days, but keep a general tally so I don't undo all my progress. Well done Jay on being so close to your 6 stone award. It seems like no time since you achieved 5 and a half. Eviltwin, I am stunned at that loss! Congratulations, that gives you a great safety net for keeping any Christmas gains to a minimum. Everyone seems to be doing well. I was down another pound and a half yesterday, but my weight loss is now in clear and present danger...
My husband has just arrived home with bags of swag, including fabulous cheese, Bailey's whipped cream for Irish coffees and 4 x 125g bags of crisps. Each bag contains 30 syns so even a share in them will be excessive. I think it was Spurious who posted after Halloween saying to keep the goodies out of the house if you don't want to eat them! I will have to cultivate a will of iron! (Can't see that happening!)
Good luck to everyone here and have a Happy Christmas!0 -
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I saw somewhere...'It's not the few pounds on between Christmas and New Year you should be thinking about, but all the pounds off between New Year and Christmas'.
I like this thought.
I went home to my family that I haven't seen in ages and just went full on with what I wanted. Absolutely no regrets. Last thing I wanted was to be like oh no can't have that. Sure it'll be a few pounds of a gain at weigh in but who really cares, I've a whole year now to lose weight again
I enjoyed myself, had fun with family and Ive set up an Instgram page to keep me motivated for the next year. I'm a few days early but here's to an awesome 2019 for us all!0 -
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