Slimming world advice please :)

[mumface26]

Thankyou AngelUK and good luck for your next weigh in.
My dh was getting all worried we'd spend more but to me it would be worth it if it meant we were healthier and could conceive quicker. PCOS, I'm hoping weight loss will help me.

I've tried all year to lose weight but instead gained 8lbs. I'm to blame, no one force fed me mcdonalds lol!

26 weeks to my 30th and for us to start TTC so I'm hoping to have lost my 42 pounds by then

 

[topsy]

^^ Good luck hun xxx
Been off track but back on it today xxx

 

[mummylove]

Just thought i would show you my transformation so far.

To the left is just before slimming world and right is now 27.5lbs lighter (today 22/10/15

 

[kirstybumx3]

Well done you've done great!

I maintained this week. Fully expected it thought, or even a gain. X

 

[mummylove]

Thank you

 

[AngelUK]

Oh yes so well done! What a difference already

 

[mummylove]

Oh yes so well done! What a difference already

Thank you. Feeling so much happier. Long way to go yet but i will get there

 

[AngelUK]

I thought Id post a succession too! Like the idea very much as I find it encouraging. Sorry for the slivers, I cut out my boys in the first one and my mum in the second lol I only have this pic of myself before I lost weight. Was too embarrassed to get pics taken of myself!

 

[mummylove]

Wow amazing hun You look really good

 

[kirstybumx3]

Oh wow your figure is stunning. You've done amazing too, well done!

 

[kirstybumx3]

Deleted in case the lady uses the forum!!


Eta: it wasn't anything bad! I have a SW Instagram and have been paired with a lovely lady to do a Christmas swap box SW themed. I posted my list on here then realised I might ruin the surprise for her if she happens to use the forum lol. X

 

[mumface26]

Wow the before and after pictures are very inspiring and thankyou for sharing them ladies!

I joined my local group on the 22/10 and my consultant is really nice. She is confident if i stick to the plan 100% I will get a stone off by new year.

I can't get my head around unlimited meats, pasta and potatoes - the kind of foods most diets want you to limit! I will still weigh my rice and pasta to 75g each and use only wholemeal.
DH loves the syn free big breakfast of baked beans, mushrooms, tomatoes and bacon and says the mushrooms are meaty so it makes up for not having sausages
1 syn chicken dinner tomorrow just 1syn for the gravy. What's not to like?
I just hope it works for me xx

 

[AngelUK]

I know it is amazing! But I am watching my calories and portions a little bit as my losses are so slow these days.

As for no sausages, there are the SW Iceland ones that are free. I am not bowled over by them but they are acceptable. Also, the Linda McCartney Onion and Rosemary ones are free too. They taste a bit more like stuffing than sausages but I really do like them. I love an all day breakkie!

 

[mumface26]

I know it is amazing! But I am watching my calories and portions a little bit as my losses are so slow these days.

As for no sausages, there are the SW Iceland ones that are free. I am not bowled over by them but they are acceptable. Also, the Linda McCartney Onion and Rosemary ones are free too. They taste a bit more like stuffing than sausages but I really do like them. I love an all day breakkie!

Yes im weighing my rice and pastas just to be safe.

The tesco butchers choice half fat pork sausages are 2 syns each, well worth saving four syns for if you wanted two of them. Could have them in between a HE-B 60g wholemeal roll or with the breakfast.

 

[lucylu79]

Good morning all!

Hope its ok to ask in here instead of started a new thread...

My lo is 9 days old today, things are going so much better than with with my ds and up until 38 weeks pregnant I was attending my local class.

Pre Pregnancy weight was 8st7 (on my scales to keep a good track if I stopped early) and I recall weighing myself a few days before I gave birth at 10st 13 so a gain of 2st 6 which although a few lbs higher than my 2st goal is so much better than with ds1!

I weighed the other morning and i'm down to 9st 13 and although I may continue to lose a few more lbs slowly whilst my uterus contracts and the fact that i'm bf'd I do want to get the weight off as soon as possible but comfortably.

I asked the cons and I can go back before the 6 week check but here's the thing's that are bothering me about going back tomorrow:

We have no real cons at the mo, just temp's but we've been told within a month it should be sorted, not that it matters but i'd feel more settled and happy to stay to class if I knew the cons was actually staying!
Should I even be thinking about re-joining and paying the fee's when I've been doing SW on and off for years and I could have a bloody good go by myself first! I was at target before and stayed there for over a year.
I haven't been following the SW plan at all and not sure how i'd fit in starting to plan my meals all over again (I found it important but time consuming!)

If I re-joined tomorrow i'd have 8 weigh in's before Xmas also.

Anyway it's on my mind and I thought i'd ask what you would do?

Many thanks for reading x

 

[AngelUK]

Hello congrats on your baby and for not putting on the vast amounts I did!

Not sure if you know but Slimming World have changed the plan to Extra Easy last January and it really is a lot easier now once you get your head around it.
For me the group meetings and my fellow slimmers have always been an incredible source of support. Now coming up to Halloween and Christmas, notorious for treat filled days and even weeks, I feel I need them more than ever. I would absolutely hate to start the new year with an extra stone. Add to that the tiredness you get with a new baby, Id probably be reaching for sweets to compensate for lack of sleep.
However, if you have the discipline to do it on your own then of course you should give it a try.
Let us know what you decide and how you get on

ETA I lost 2lbs this week and am back to my 3stone 7 1/2 lbs loss, which is the lowest weight Ive been so far. Better stick to it now cause I want to lose another 9 by Christmas to get to target!

 

[mummylove]

Wow the before and after pictures are very inspiring and thankyou for sharing them ladies!

I joined my local group on the 22/10 and my consultant is really nice. She is confident if i stick to the plan 100% I will get a stone off by new year.

I can't get my head around unlimited meats, pasta and potatoes - the kind of foods most diets want you to limit! I will still weigh my rice and pasta to 75g each and use only wholemeal.
DH loves the syn free big breakfast of baked beans, mushrooms, tomatoes and bacon and says the mushrooms are meaty so it makes up for not having sausages
1 syn chicken dinner tomorrow just 1syn for the gravy. What's not to like?
I just hope it works for me xx

You can get some syn free sausages or even 1/2 syn ones

 

[mumface26]

Weigh in tomorrow for my first week on SW. Im nervous.
I have stuck to this 100% even when i realised the bread i was having as my HXB was from an 800g i just syn'd it instead and chose another HXB for that day. Hope i've not fluffed it up doing that least now i know its 400g loaves only. I didnt read the books correctly i just dived right in

Today im on weetabix and milk HXA&B and a banana
Lunch is syn free pasta of chopped toms, garlic, onion, mixed peppers and mushrooms (using up old vegs) followed by an apple
Snacking on another banana and another apple and 2 kiwis
Tea is the sw syn free chicken tikka massala sooo looking forward to that
Syns....french fries 4, 2 finger kitkat 5.5, tesco low fat yogurt toffee 4.5 = 14. My remaining syn is for 2 splashes of milk in two teas. Im sad im saving my syns for the apprentice tonight lol!

 

[AngelUK]

sounds good! Careful with bananas though. Don't have too many as they are not an S food and I for one find them quite fattening as I kinda used to reach for them as an easy snack too often. Good luck with the weigh in!

 

[mumface26]

sounds good! Careful with bananas though. Don't have too many as they are not an S food and I for one find them quite fattening as I kinda used to reach for them as an easy snack too often. Good luck with the weigh in!

oh dear bananas....hhhmmmm worried now as i usually have one with breakfast and then on my last break to tied me over til hometime. *crosses off shopping list*
Its listed as a freefood so i guess i'll be fine. Besides, better eating a banana than a twix