Can my friend lose weight like this

[Curvygirl87]

Bit of advice for a friend.. She has no laptop or anythin so told her I would ask my lovely buddies on her for help she is so fed up with diets and gettin nowhere so she has cut back and upped her fruit and veg and water but just isn't sure if itl work, for breakfast could be either cereal or egg on toast lunch could be pasta with veg and bacon of else a pitta with salad ham and hommous and dinner is generally breaded chicken fish or fresh meat with veg or salad and sw style chips or a handful of frozen ones, also she may have pie with salad etc but whatever the dinner she ensures plenty of veg for snacks it's fruit, cereal bars or maybe low fat choc or crisps but in moderation of course.. What u think?

 

[Ally89]

If she eats healthy, which she is doing, is should help to some extent.

 

[Curvygirl87]

So u think what she is eating is ok?shes also going to up her exercise, I think she struggles as with what is good or bad to eat as shes so used to “diets” and one sayin this is bad for you and the other saying it isn’t, I think shes done them on and off for so long shes just totally boggled!xx

 

[Ally89]

yeah looks ok, very slimming world ish looking at it but not quite as controlled. Cutting the junk and taking to healthy eating never hurts.

 

[Curvygirl87]

Yeah u see she does like sw but doesn’t like the shortage on bread and cereals, i.e if she has cereal for breakfast she’ll usually have bread for lunch etc etc.. and she doesn’t really have the time to prepare every evening meal from scratch so she ops for easyish things but with lots of salad or veg to accompany it, which I think is fine.. also if she does fancy something naughty she will try make sure it is low fat range

 

[*EB*]

If i was your friend, i would recommend she visit her GP - I think (could be wrong) they have diet plans or information on healthy foods that they can issue to people who want to choose healthy options, but are not sure about where to start.

I personally dont think eating a pie is going to help her lose weight, but it depends what she USED to eat.

Other factors that affect weight loss are age, gender, starting weight - these can all impact how fast or slow a person loses weight.

I wish her all the luck in the world, but want her to do well - so would suggest she follows some guidelines - even if its a 7 day food plan off the internet thats been printed out - or one of the ones out of a slimming magazine.

x

 

[Curvygirl87]

Yeah well to be honest I kind of thought the same but when I say this to her she kinda jumps down my throat, so I told her id ask on her, so maybe seein ur post will make her rethink, I think she should just rejoin sw with me this week (although iv had the worst week as I was away for a girly weekend and drank and ate sooo much so im hardly a good example lol but I do no that sw works) x

 

[*EB*]

has she tried SW before?

 

[Curvygirl87]

yeah she said she doesnt bein restricted on her bread n cereal :s

 

[Keldelacoe]

yeah she said she doesnt bein restricted on her bread n cereal :s

I'd say she is going to eat loads then??! Maybe it would be healthier if she was maintaining but like other says if she was eating shed loads it may help but it's sounds like she may need a bit of education! I'm sure hi fi bars are Not too bad for you but if you ate loads you would put on weight! Wholemeal bread is better doesn't mean u can eat a loaf?! If she jumps down your throat then leave her to it! If she doesn't want your advice what is the point of you giving it! If it doesn't work hence she gains then surely she has to see that for herself!! X

 

[Curvygirl87]

yeah i no wot u mean, i think she just means that she likes cereal for breakfast and the likes of a wrap pitta or bread for lunch and says she cannot do this on sw but i have said to her that she can if she syns it!x

 

[Keldelacoe]

yeah i no wot u mean, i think she just means that she likes cereal for breakfast and the likes of a wrap pitta or bread for lunch and says she cannot do this on sw but i have said to her that she can if she syns it!x

Yeah of course! On EE she would only have one HXB so she could syn the other and WW wraps are only 5syns then of course on the green or original you have two HEB ... It really is enough for anybody, you do have to restrict yourself to a certain extent on any plan but SW is less restrictive than most I think

 

[*EB*]

She can have certain cereals as a HEB choice, and a certain amount of bread as a HEB choice. I think she personally wants to tweak the rules.....and she is kidding herself if she thinks tweaking it to suit her needs will result in a great weight loss.

As the other poster said, if she jumps down your throat, then she doesnt want your help very much.

x

 

[ermintrude]

either cereal or egg on toast lunch could be pasta with veg and bacon of else a pitta with salad ham and hommous and dinner is generally breaded chicken fish or fresh meat with veg or salad and sw style chips or a handful of frozen ones, also she may have pie with salad etc but whatever the dinner she ensures plenty of veg for snacks it's fruit, cereal bars or maybe low fat choc or crisps but in moderation of course.. What u think?

It does sound OK at first reading BUT it's the little things that will make the difference:

- Cereal - this is one of the things you've GOT to weigh (ie limit!!!) whether you like it or not. Also - count the milk you have with it (or replace it with yoghurt). Toast - butter/jam on it?
- Bacon - did she remove the fat from this? Again it whacks up the calories massively
- Hummus - again, healthy as it sounds, this is very high in fat/calories unless you make your own
- Breaded fish/chicken - these are usually pretty high in calories/fat too. You really do have to stick to the lean, unbreaded, unfloured, unfatted stuff.
- Pie - I dont need to say anything on the pie
- Salad - again, although its not explicitly listed you gotta be careful with dressings, sauces, coleslaws/potato salad etc etc etc...
- Choc/sweets etc - these are fine in moderation exactly as you say - but when you look at all the other little things above that are the same (fine in moderation) when you add it all up together they stop being weight-loss friendly

I know as a whole all these meals sound generally healthy and fine, and she's probably not putting ON any weight because of it, but all these little things add up to the point where you're not actually losing either

I ate stuff like this for years, telling myself it was all healthy as it was 'low fat' and I was eating plenty of fruit & veg and stuff - but slowly my weight went up, tiny but at a time. Only when I got really strict with myself and said if I *really* want to lose weight I CANT have unlimited bread/cereal etc did it come off.

 

[Curvygirl87]

Yeah of course! On EE she would only have one HXB so she could syn the other and WW wraps are only 5syns then of course on the green or original you have two HEB ... It really is enough for anybody, you do have to restrict yourself to a certain extent on any plan but SW is less restrictive than most I think

Yeah I definitely agree! And that’s what I now do I have the ww bread products if I want to syn them as they seem to be less in syns! Have to say she is annoyin me slightly as anything I say she has an answer for!x

 

[Curvygirl87]

She can have certain cereals as a HEB choice, and a certain amount of bread as a HEB choice. I think she personally wants to tweak the rules.....and she is kidding herself if she thinks tweaking it to suit her needs will result in a great weight loss.

As the other poster said, if she jumps down your throat, then she doesnt want your help very much.

x

yeah i do agree there chic, well iv done all i can do for her, she just needs to follow sw and it will work and as said if she wants other bread products she can syn them xx

 

[Curvygirl87]

It does sound OK at first reading BUT it's the little things that will make the difference:

- Cereal - this is one of the things you've GOT to weigh (ie limit!!!) whether you like it or not. Also - count the milk you have with it (or replace it with yoghurt). Toast - butter/jam on it?
- Bacon - did she remove the fat from this? Again it whacks up the calories massively
- Hummus - again, healthy as it sounds, this is very high in fat/calories unless you make your own
- Breaded fish/chicken - these are usually pretty high in calories/fat too. You really do have to stick to the lean, unbreaded, unfloured, unfatted stuff.
- Pie - I dont need to say anything on the pie
- Salad - again, although its not explicitly listed you gotta be careful with dressings, sauces, coleslaws/potato salad etc etc etc...
- Choc/sweets etc - these are fine in moderation exactly as you say - but when you look at all the other little things above that are the same (fine in moderation) when you add it all up together they stop being weight-loss friendly

I know as a whole all these meals sound generally healthy and fine, and she's probably not putting ON any weight because of it, but all these little things add up to the point where you're not actually losing either

I ate stuff like this for years, telling myself it was all healthy as it was 'low fat' and I was eating plenty of fruit & veg and stuff - but slowly my weight went up, tiny but at a time. Only when I got really strict with myself and said if I *really* want to lose weight I CANT have unlimited bread/cereal etc did it come off.

ur totally right misses! i think im goin to show her ur post so that she can see what i do try and tell her except uv put it better xx