Fabulous first week - now to keep the motivation going!

Theria said:
Yes - I've seen posters up in some workplace loos that show you what colour you should be looking for :eek:

Well, I've had three pints of weak NAS squash so far today and am going to squeeze another two in somehow this afternoon / evening. I've found a free app for my phone that sends me reminders to drink, so that might be useful. I am sloshing about the office!

Been thinking about it and I reckon I'd got into the habit of drinking a cup of tea when I felt a slight hunger pang - it gets rid of it for me and I don't feel the need to eat anything until I'm properly hungry. But I think they say you shouldn't count regular tea and coffee as part of your daily liquid intake because the caffine has diruetic qualities. So I *thought* I was drinking loads of liquids - and I was! - but I was weeing most of it out again. Oops.

Lunch was spectacular - JP with beans, hot peppers and some strong cheddar. I think I may have banished the cheese monster for a couple of days :)

I love SW :heartpump:
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Any liquid counts as your daily intake. The diruetic properties of caffeine don't cancel out the benefits of the amount of water you're getting - obviously keep up the water intake but don't stop drinking tea if you enjoy it.
 
PrincessSparklePants said:
Decaff counts :) If you can switch to decaff coffee/teabags it's all good :)
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Decaff tea? I think that's defeating the point of drinking the tea :roofles:

Actually - I've haven't had decaff tea for a very long time. I might get a couple of teabags and see whether I coudl stomach the change. Although I do have something of a habit - might not be easy to break!
 
Stackhead said:
Any liquid counts as your daily intake. The diruetic properties of caffeine don't cancel out the benefits of the amount of water you're getting - obviously keep up the water intake but don't stop drinking tea if you enjoy it.
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That's another myth busted then - ta!

There's no way I'm going to stop my tea drinking but I will try to drink more water or NAS squash too - can't hurt :)
 
Oooh :) I suppose that really even when you up the water intake your back and forth to the loo all the time so either way it's in one end and out the other. I read that it had to be decaff to count but I guess it all is liquid in :)
 
Decaff tea tasted EXACTLY the same to me. M&S's one is my favourite.

Bad news about the Alpen bars - I mean, it's not as if I love them and eat them everyday, but they are so handy to pop in your bag if you're going to be on the move. There are lots of other options I guess...
 
SallyVater said:
Bad news about the Alpen bars - I mean, it's not as if I love them and eat them everyday, but they are so handy to pop in your bag if you're going to be on the move. There are lots of other options I guess...
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I'm really not bothered by the Alpen thing, but as you say, they're handy for a portable snack that happens to be reasonably good for you. I've got a few of the old style ones left, so I can keep using those for a while. But I've seen some people who post food diaries on here that are going to struggle - they seem to use them every day. They're far too sweet for that, for me anyway. If they re formulated All Bran so it wasn't a HEX *then* I would be worried :)
 
Wednesday April 16th 2014

EE today - I'm having a really *hungry* day today - don't know why!

B : WM pitta (HEXB), turkey rashers, salad, dressing (1.5 syns)

L : HM chilli, SW chips, salad, dressing (1.5 syns)

D : Piri piri chicken (3.5 syns) with either veggies or more salad

HEXA : Milk in tea
Snacks : None yet, but fruit available
 
threia your doing great x
 
SallyVater said:
Decaff tea tasted EXACTLY the same to me. M&S's one is my favourite.

Bad news about the Alpen bars - I mean, it's not as if I love them and eat them everyday, but they are so handy to pop in your bag if you're going to be on the move. There are lots of other options I guess...
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Oooh I haven't tried the M&S, I usually drink the PG tips or Tetley one. Thank love, will have a look in tomorrow morning when I have to nip up town.

It tastes the same to me too :)

Hope you're doing well Theria xx
 
Grrrrr....STS this week. Disappointed, to say the least but I know the plan works so I'm sticking with it.
 
Right. New week, new focus.

Going back to basics - I weigh my HEXB every time, I don't measure my HEXA milk every day but I've done it a few times and I've never used the whole amount in a day. I'm looking syns up online and writing them down. Maybe I need to start thinking about portion size? I eat until I'm full, but I do have the "clean your plate" habit. I rarely feel "stuffed" after a meal though.

I'm going back to 15 syns a day. Doing them weekly was just gving me a licence to carry them forward and I don't think that works for me. Normally I don't think about them, but having that "bank" of syns was making think "what have I got left, what can I have?".

So - today wil be EE I think

B : All Bran (HEXB), Banana, ML yoghurt

L : HM hummus, toasted WM pitta bread (8.5 syns), mixed salad, dressing (1.5 syns), carrot sticks, cucumber sticks

D : Chicken chow mein with egg noodles (3 syns for sauce)

HEXA1 : Milk in tea
Snacks : Nothing as yet
 
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Good morning!

Listen, don't worry about the STS - the body needs adjusting time sometimes and I'm sure that's all this is - TOTM due or anything?

http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/219383-i-cant-moooooooooooove.html

Hummus recipe for you!

I've got a little tip for your HexA as well - I measure mine out every morning and put it into a sports bottle (mine's got the ml shown on it so it's less of a faff) and then I just use that all day.

Have a good one!
 
SallyVater said:
Good morning!

Listen, don't worry about the STS - the body needs adjusting time sometimes and I'm sure that's all this is - TOTM due or anything?
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It is due soon as it happens, but it's not had this effect before (that I'd noticed...). The only other STS I've had came after a weekend away, some beer, some Toulouse sausage and a cheese fondue. It seemed like a fair cop :eek:


SallyVater said:
http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world/219383-i-cant-moooooooooooove.html

Hummus recipe for you!
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Thanks :) I will be buying chickpeas later :eat:

SallyVater said:
I've got a little tip for your HexA as well - I measure mine out every morning and put it into a sports bottle (mine's got the ml shown on it so it's less of a faff) and then I just use that all day.

Have a good one!
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I could do that - but if I'm in the office I'd feel a bit weird having my own seperate milk. We have a tea fund that we all pitch into and we make "rounds" of tea - you can't just make one for yourself, you have to make them for everyone that wants one! I think what I may do is use the few days off over the BH to recheck that I'm not using more than I should. Until Tuesday I can actually measure my milk, so I will. Oh, apart from Sunday when I'm staying over at my Mum's. Bah.

Anyway - I'm disappointed, but not beaten. Oh no. I am on plan and I will stay that way. Thank you x
 
Friday April 18th 2014

An early start today - thanks to a bit of insomnia. I've been up since 3am :eek:. Luckily, there's no work today for me so an afternoon nap is a possibility!

Anyway - EE today

B1 (0400) : Banana, 2 clementines

B2 (0630) : Bacon, 2 LM red onion sausages, baked beans, tomatoes, 2 x 400g loaf slices of WM bread (HEXB), HP sauce (2 syns)

L : L/o chicken stir fry from last night with fried rice (2.5 syns)

D : Possibly HM chilli with salad (maybe a bit of cheese on the top - 20g = 4 syns plus 1 syn for dressing) - about to put a batch in the slow cooker.

HEXA : Milk in tea
Snacks : Fruit - another banana, apple then later on HM crisps with salsa dip (I should syn these, but I don't!)

Second breakfast wasn't quite 1/3rd superfree, but I think with the fruit I ate first thing it balances out.
 
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Saturday April 19th 2014

EE again today - it's just so convenient! Slept slightly longer this morning - up at 6am, so that was better.

B : WM pitta bread (8.5 syns) stuffed with lettuce, sliced cucumber and tomato. 3 rashers of bacon. 1 tblsp of BGTY casear dressing (0.5 syn)

L : HM hummus (nom!), 4 ryvita (HEXB), cucumber and carrot batons, mixed salad, salsa. 1 tblsp of BGTY casear dressing (0.5 syn). Followed by a bowl of strawberries with ML yoghurt

D : Beef stir fry with egg noodles (3 syns for sauce)

HEXA : Milk in tea
Snacks : 2 bananas, 2 clementines, 1 apple

All I've had for dinner this week so far is stir frys! But I love them - they are so quick to make and they vary so much because I use different veggies and sauces each time. It's not as boring as it sounds :eat: Besides, there's half a bag of beansprouts in the fridge that will go off if I don't use them soon! I may have failed my Lent "No Alcohol" challenge, but I'm still doing OK on the "Not Wasting Food" challenge.

I'm determined to do a 100% week this week. I want that STS from last week banished. I'd *love* 2.5lbs off to get my 3 stone sticker, but that might be asking a bit much. Going back to 15 syns a day is working just fine at the moment, so I am going to stick with it.
 
Tuesday April 22nd 2014

Oops, missed a couple of days while I was away. Happy belated Easter everyone. I'm lucky - I actually don't like chocolate so I have no egg-related disasters to report, but I did eat approximately a million syns-worth of gravy while I was at my Mum's :eek:

I have brought back most of the remains of a leg of lamb - so I'll be making a curry later :eat: I've got a meeting in town this morning but I should be home by about 1300.

Today will probably be EE

B : All Bran (HEXB), strawberries, ML yoghurt, banana

L : Pasta n sauce and salad

D : L/o lamb curry (will have 8 syns in total for whole thing - 4 tblsps of Patak's paste - but will split into 3 or 4 portions) with pilau rice (3.5 syns)

HEXA : Milk in tea
Snacks : Fruit, bag of crisps or Ryvita minis? (4/5 syns?)
 
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