Slimming world advice please :)

[baileybubs]

Well done angel that's great!!

Nicki don't worry the cooking gets easier the more you do it, and personally I think food made from scratch tastes nicer lol

I've been a bit crap this week. I've convinced myself my ex already has a new gf and it's really upset me. And I can't go to group tomorrow coz I have to go to my hometown to view a house with my parents. So I'll just have to get back on it tomorrow! It's not helping that I'm staying at my parents 1-2 nights a week so have to eat what they are eating.

 

[nicki01]

Weigh in time in a few hours :-/ time of the month so I'm not expecting anything but I will be disappointed if its a gain or maintain lol.

Made my from scratch sheppards pie last night and it was yummy! Even my other half liked it!
Omelette tonight once I get home from sw and then lamb hotpot tomorrow!

 

[Katerz]

Good luck nicki.

I lost 1.5lb this week bringing me 0.5lb under target weight which sets me up for a naughty day tomorrow as it's my birthday.

Tonight I'm off to our consultants other group for miss slinky award giving as she had a Simon Cowell lookalike giving out the awards so it should be a giggle 😆

 

[nicki01]

Well done kate, must be nice to have a bit of freedom with it knowing you can get it back in a week or 2!

I lost 1.5lb again! Yay! Happy with that

 

[AngelUK]

Oh well done Kate! Hope you had fun at the Miss Slinky awards Do And hope you have a great day tomorrow too

Nicki well done on your loss, glad it was a good amount. How is your little girl? Hope all better?

 

[Katerz]

Yes it is nice thinking I can have a treat or too without messing up too bad. But I think I will be on plan this week to cover for an off plan day tomorrow. My intention is not worry about what the scale says Wednesday

 

[Katerz]

The Simon Cowell lookalike was good apparently he was on This Morning a couple of weeks ago?

 

[cbeauchene84]

Hi everyone. Very new here but thought i'd share my Slimming World experience. I joined 12 years ago now and 9-10 years about (about 9yrs 8 months if we are being exact!) I got to my target with a weight loss of 8st 4lbs. It took me a long time- but I ate healthily, didn't take anything to the extreme and if i'm honest I only really started exercising when I had to to tone the flabby bits up a bit!

I'm personally not a fan of having "the big binge on weigh in night"- every week at least. But each to their own. Pre pregnancy I allowed myself a selection box, a bag of chocolate coins and a packet of crisps on Christmas day, an Easter egg at Easter and a bar of chocolate and packet of crisps on my birthday- so December time, March/April time and June time. I also gave myself one treat a month on weigh in night whether that be a low syn takeaway, a chocolate bar, a packet of crisps or what not. Now i'm pregnant I wish I could say I was managing to do the same but unfortunately that isn't the case and i'm actually munching a bag of crisps now...oops.

It does work and it does work long term. I won't say i've stayed perfectly in target since I got there but slips ups have been minor apart from putting on nearly 6lbs due to my wedding and honeymoon- aside from my pregnancy of course and at 32+5 i've gained 35lbs. Oooooops.

 

[cbeauchene84]

Oh and I should probably add- don't think i'm a saint who didn't use her syns all the time. Wine/vodka/gin took care of that no problem. LOL

 

[AngelUK]

Hi cbeauchen84, well done for losing all that weight! And congrats on your pregnancy
I am sure you will lose the weight again once the baby is here. For me, it took over 2 years pp to get the motivation to start SW but I am glad I did now. I too am losing much slower than I had hoped but I already feel so much better and lighter.
I have a way to go yet, so when your LO is here and you feel ready to get back on track, come and join us, I will most likely still be here

 

[nicki01]

Well done cbeauchen you have done amazing!
Really good to read positive stories.

I won the veg raffle last night, in it is a butternut squash. I've never cooked or eaten one! Any ideas will be great?
In my lovely sw bag is: butternut squash, red onion, peppers, carrots and swede.
I can use the rest to do bits but I'm lost with this butternut squash! Is it nice?

 

[AngelUK]

Sorry I have been quiet lately. Have my mum here visiting and been busy cleaning before hand
Had my weigh in today and was amazed I lost 1/2 lbs as I thought I would at very best have maintained. Must try harder again this week when mum is gone.
Don't know if it is seasonal cause it is cold went and grim out but I feel soooo tired, wish I could climb into bed and sleep and doze and read and not be mummy. How horrid of me.

How are you ladies? Hope all is going ok?

 

[baileybubs]

It's not horrid Hun I feel like that too at times. I so look forward to 7pm when they are both asleep (although my daughter is still awake right now playing up!!) and I can just sit and read a book or watch tv. I'll be in bed by 9pm too I bet lol!

Well done on losing 1/2 lb though it's still a loss! I've been rubbish this last week. I didn't get weighed last week coz my ex was being a pain and wouldn't have the kids. I've done a mix of not eaten at all to eaten crap food. If I have maintained I'll be happy to be honest then I'm back on it, I'm determined to get my stone award in 2 weeks which means losing 4lb if I've maintained.

 

[AngelUK]

FX and that is a good determination to have. Only 6 weeks to xmas and I am not sure I can get my wish of my second stone off by then but who knows, I am determined too and will try really hard.

How are you feeling otherwise Bailey? And have you managed to get some arrangement for some money from your ex for the LOs at least?

 

[baileybubs]

He's been giving me £50 a week now so at least that's something. But apparently he has to leave his rent free place above work and is looking at a flat share so let's see if he still coughs up when he actually has some bills to pay now!!

I'm feeling better. He's already got an 18 year old girlfriend (he's 27 and I'm 31). I can tell you it's giving me even more motivation to lose the weight!!! Is just shown me what a moron he is really. Even if we weren't working we were together 4 years and have 2 children, he could have shown a bit more respect for me and waited longer. But I think she's the reason he left to be honest.
But I'm much more positive now and excited about the future. We are moving back to my hometown (living with my parents lol!!) but bonus is live in babysitters lol!

 

[baileybubs]

And I'm sure you can get that second stone by Christmas Hun, how much do you have to lose to achieve that?

 

[AngelUK]

18 wow, that is young :S and for that he leaves his kids... moron indeed!
I think moving in with your parents could work out really well, cause as you say they will be able to babysit and you can think of having a bit of a social life again now and again. I know you will manage your weightloss really well and pick yourself up too and you are an incredible strong role model for your LOs.

ETA: I need an extra 8 or 9lbs off. So it would be doable but not if I have any more 1/2lbs losses :S

 

[baileybubs]

Thanks Hun. It's not my first rodeo (previous ex-husband too) and I've rebuilt my life once before I know I can do it again. It's hard not to take it as a personal insult that he's left me for a skinny blonde 18 year old though. I know deep down it's coz he's an idiot and only an 18 year old would date a man who just left his fiancée and 2 babies, but it makes me look at myself and think wow isn't that great, my body's a mess from giving him children and now he's shacked up with an 18 year old! Proper slap in the face!!
But it's ok coz I'm gonna focus on SW and living with my parents will mean I can go swimming and to the gym again too, and then a nice REAL man will come along and appreciate me for who I am and take care of me lol!!!

 

[AngelUK]

I can totally understand the pain, I would feel it too. But just remind yourself of how shallow he truly is (and therefore no great loss to you) to prefer pert boobs and a tight belly to his kids and the woman who gave them to him. I doubt he will ever find happiness with those sets of values!

 

[baileybubs]

Everyone I know seems to be of the same opinion that it won't even last 6 months and then he'll be begging me to take him back. And then I'll get the great pleasure of telling him to jog on lol!