A Loss - but slower than I'd like.

[carlalouise]

Hi, I started SW just over 3 weeks ago. Although I'm pleased that I'm losing weight it's a little slower than I'd like. Can anyone take a look at my food diary and let me know if I'm making mistakes, please? I'm worried I'm eating too much fruit. Also the yogurts I'm buying are fat free, but I'm living in Thailand and the nutritional information is in Thai, so I can't be 100% sure they are syn free. Sometimes I don't use my syns, as in the past when I've done SW I've saved them for the weekend going out drinking, but here I've not really used them.
Start weight: 136.4lb Current Weight 132lb

Day 15 28/11/2014 RED Friday
B: fruit salad
L: salad and lots of fruit papaya
D: laab chicken and chicken soup
D: fruit salad
Syns: 2 Exercise: none

Day 16 29/11/2014 Saturday
B: pancakes (Hexb) and yogurt
L: fruit salad x alpen light
D: pancakesand yogurt
D: fruit salad and yogurt x 2
Syns: 7
Exercise: none

Day 17 30/11/2014 RED Sunday
B: pancakes and yogurt and banana
L: fruit salad and yogurt
D: pancakes and yogurt
D: fruit salad
Syns: 0
Exercise: none

Day 18 01/12/2014 RED – Monday
B: weetabix and banana
L: tuna salad and fruit salad
D: laab chicken and chicken soup. Apple and tangerines
D: Cadbury cookie bar
Syns: 10
Exercise: weights. 20 min run. 10 min cycle.

Day 19 02/12/2014 RED – Tuesday
B: weetabix
L: ham salad and x 2 apple
D: pancakes and yogurt.
D: fruit salad and apple
Syns: 0
Exercise: 10 mis cardio and weights


Day 20 03/12/2014 RED
B: weetabix, banana and grapes
L: ham salad and egg. Melon.
D: pancakes an yogurt
D: fruit salad and apple
Syns: 0
Exercise: weights. 20 min run. 5 min cycle.

Day 21 04/12/2014 RED Thursday
B: weetabix
L: ham salad and tangerines banana
D: pancakes and yogurt. Ham salad
D: fruit salad and yogurt
Syns: cheese (5)
Exercise: weights. 25 minute cycle. 5 minute run.

Day 22 05/12/2014 RED Friday
B: pancakes, yogurt and banana and grapes
L: fruit salad and yogurt
D: ham salad
D: tangerines
Syns: 0
Exercise: weights and 15 min run and 5 min cross trainer

 

[Happy Holidays]

I've just had a quick look and you don't seem to be eating proper meals.

are you able to post the nutritional info for the yogurts?

 

[Possumpaws]

What are the pancakes made from as I doubt they are free or heb?

 

[Happy Holidays]

What are the pancakes made from as I doubt they are free or heb?

i assumed they they were made from oats, egg & yogurt mixture.

 

[carlalouise]

Pancakes are SW pancakes - oats (hexB), eggs and yogurt. Maybe I've had too many of them this week. I might also have 1/2 green days just to mix it up and use more syns.

 

[Emmab178]

Hi, I've been slowing down on the weight loss myself, when I started I had a huge loss (1 stone in three weeks). Since then I've been going down at a gradual rate of about 2lbs a week.
I'm on EE but trying to bump up more superfree and more superspeedy foods to help try to keep momentum. Maybe thats what you could try?

 

[carlalouise]

I very rarely do EE, but I might do more of these days. Last week I ate a lot of frozen grapes and each time I make pancakes that is two eggs - could this be a reason why? I might try to limit the amount of fruit I eat this week, as I have been eating quite a lot.

 

[Happy Holidays]

So now I've just taken another look at your food diary & noticed

Day 15 28/11/2014 RED Friday
B: fruit salad
L: salad and lots of fruit papaya
D: laab chicken and chicken soup
D: fruit salad
Syns: 2 Exercise: none
No hexa or b

Day 16 29/11/2014 Saturday
B: pancakes (Hexb) and yogurt
L: fruit salad x alpen light
D: pancakesand yogurt
D: fruit salad and yogurt x 2
Syns: 7
Exercise: none
Only 1 hexb no hexa

Day 17 30/11/2014 RED Sunday
B: pancakes and yogurt and banana
L: fruit salad and yogurt
D: pancakes and yogurt
D: fruit salad
Syns: 0
Exercise: none
Only 1 hexb no hexa

Day 18 01/12/2014 RED – Monday
B: weetabix and banana
L: tuna salad and fruit salad
D: laab chicken and chicken soup. Apple and tangerines
D: Cadbury cookie bar
Syns: 10
Exercise: weights. 20 min run. 10 min cycle.
Only 1 hexb no hexa

Day 19 02/12/2014 RED – Tuesday
B: weetabix
L: ham salad and x 2 apple
D: pancakes and yogurt.
D: fruit salad and apple
Syns: 0
Exercise: 10 mis cardio and weights
no hexa

Day 20 03/12/2014 RED
B: weetabix, banana and grapes
L: ham salad and egg. Melon.
D: pancakes an yogurt
D: fruit salad and apple
Syns: 0
Exercise: weights. 20 min run. 5 min cycle.

Day 21 04/12/2014 RED Thursday
B: weetabix
L: ham salad and tangerines banana
D: pancakes and yogurt. Ham salad
D: fruit salad and yogurt
Syns: cheese (5)
Exercise: weights. 25 minute cycle. 5 minute run.
no hexa

Day 22 05/12/2014 RED Friday
B: pancakes, yogurt and banana and grapes
L: fruit salad and yogurt
D: ham salad
D: tangerines
Syns: 0
Exercise: weights and 15 min run and 5 min cross trainer
Only 1 hexb no hexa

Unless you're having milk in tea, and if you are do you measure it, do you have the books if not could somebody get you some & post them to you?

 

[carlalouise]

Hi, I have milk in my coffee and the pancakes are always made out of oats which is a HexB. I sometimes only have 1 HexB - do I need to have 2?

 

[carlalouise]

I've realised today I've been doing EE wrong. I've only tried it a few times, but I've noticed I don't always have super free food at breakfast. Today I had oats and a banana and have since discovered a banana isn't superfree. Lunch was thai green curry sauce, noodles, ham salad and fruit. Dinner will be stewed pork, rice and more fruit. Lots of syns today, but back on track tomorrow. I'm trying to make more of an effort to use my syns and introduce more carbs into my diet to see what difference that makes. If I gain it will have to be back to mainly red days

 

[Happy Holidays]

When I read your diary I assumed you'd been doing Red days & not EE.

1 hexa & b are right for EE days, yes you should have superfree with each meal on EE days. I think bananas are now classed as superfree, a search on here should confirm.

do you measure your milk for hexa?

 

[carlalouise]

I was doing red days now and again I do EE when I fancy some carbs. I haven't been, but as you get two HexA on red (I hope that's right!) and I don't drink too much I don't think I have been going over. On red days do you need to have 2 HexA and B?

Ordered a Thai steak salad for dinner...and it came covered in a dressing. A complete waste of syns! It's never appeared like that before.

 

[Happy Holidays]

No you don't need to have 2 hexa & b's but you can do. It's a good habit to get into measuring your milk just to make sure you're not going over & having unnecessary syns

 

[Browsie]

Hi Just thought I'd say that I don't see how some of your days can be classed as red days when you are not eating any meat, just salad and fruit. I think your body thinks your starving it and thats why your not losing.
SW is a healthy eating plan which includes all the food groups not just salad and fruit. Try having proper meals with some carbs and some protein and see how you get on. I honestly couldn't survive on what you are eating. But then I don't live in sunny Thailand! Seriously though you need to mix it up an bit and not eat the same things every day.

 

[Emmab178]

Carlalouise how are you getting on now?