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Plodding on.......
Hi Zoe,
I don't think that a pattern of 3 weeks can give you an idea of what your losses will be like in the long term. I had a couple of slow weeks at the beginning and then it sped up again (obviously I had much more to lose then). And now I still have the occasional week of great losses and others where I don't. Who knows why ! You're doing great though.
I have plenty of meals out so I understand the challenges. If they are good meals out (or nights out) I tend to flexi syn them. I am not good at having a whole week of low syns, so it's better for me to just accept what happens those nights and then continue on the plan otherwise I will stray wildly off plan. I have had a few really lovely weekends of food in the past (all in Feb !) where I ate lots of michelin stars (eeek !) and as expected had a few gains, but actually considering I had 3 huge foodie weekends (2 of those with wine) in Feb, I still lost 3lbs overall. But that was only because I did my best the rest of Feb and enjoyed those weekends. I have another one coming up at Easter (several more michelin stars yum/eeeek !) so I will do my best up until then, accept that I will gain that weekend and then get straight back on plan. SW has got to fit in with life and life involves eating out and having fun so that's what I do.
I hope that you manage to find a good balance for you. It's fun
Gail x
I don't think that a pattern of 3 weeks can give you an idea of what your losses will be like in the long term. I had a couple of slow weeks at the beginning and then it sped up again (obviously I had much more to lose then). And now I still have the occasional week of great losses and others where I don't. Who knows why ! You're doing great though.
I have plenty of meals out so I understand the challenges. If they are good meals out (or nights out) I tend to flexi syn them. I am not good at having a whole week of low syns, so it's better for me to just accept what happens those nights and then continue on the plan otherwise I will stray wildly off plan. I have had a few really lovely weekends of food in the past (all in Feb !) where I ate lots of michelin stars (eeek !) and as expected had a few gains, but actually considering I had 3 huge foodie weekends (2 of those with wine) in Feb, I still lost 3lbs overall. But that was only because I did my best the rest of Feb and enjoyed those weekends. I have another one coming up at Easter (several more michelin stars yum/eeeek !) so I will do my best up until then, accept that I will gain that weekend and then get straight back on plan. SW has got to fit in with life and life involves eating out and having fun so that's what I do.
I hope that you manage to find a good balance for you. It's fun
Gail x