Wow! Thanks for all the responses, I've tried to respond individually but sorry if I've missed anyone out! It's great to know you guys are rooting for me!
Bev - How did you get on tonight at WI? I'm rooting for you!
Emma - Same for you Em, I know you get weighed tonight, let me know how you do! And yep, the hi-fi bars taste like heaven after my weigh in. I always look forward to my WI breakfast so much as I usually run out of hi-fi bars by the end of day 3! I know I could buy more, but I like to mix things up a bit and if I bought more I could see me getting lazy and sticking with the easy option all week.
Like you say I may as well aim for 7.5lbs so I'm into the 21's for holiday, oh wait, I''d actually need to lose 8lbs to technically be in the 21s wouldn't I? D'oh! I'm keeping my official target as 4.5lbs which should be achievable, but I'll keep rooting for more. I still have no ideas (except possibly water retention from exercise) why I only lost 0.5lbs last week, so for all I know it could happen again. I really hope it doesn't though!!
Soph - Thanks hunny! Wow if I ever lost 5lbs in a week it'd be insane! Got to say I'm really loving the 4lbs loss this week, so much so that I'm going to take you up on the idea to do a couple of red days to give me a boost so I get the same this week. Might not happen but I've nothing to lose, except some blubber!
I'm also going back to swimming this week so it should give me a decent boost too! What I've noticed so far though is the 2 weeks where I lost 4lbs were the ones where I hardly did any exercise - very odd!
In future I'm going to try and have some fruit or something before weigh in if I need it, I'm not feeling like that again, it was horrible! I put it down to having a light salad last night, I even felt hungry before I went to bed but thought I'd just wait 'till the morning after WI - a whole 12 hours later! Silly me, but I've learnt for when it comes round to next week. I'll just see how my body feels, some days I've been completely fine waiting till after WI for breakfast.
I'm so glad I weigh in the morning, I feel so sorry for the evening weigh people who are worrying about what they eat and drink all day long. Of course if they do the same week after week it shouldn't have any impact, but still it can't be a very fun day with the prospect of the scales hanging over you like a guillotine! That reminds me, when I start my job at the end of October I might have to change group depending on the times of the training. Thankfully though there is a Saturday morning one fairly near me, I'd hate to swap to an evening class, a gain would be almost inevitable for that first week!
Btw, I just read your second post to Ann about tips (some great ones btw). I didn't realise you did weekly syns. I might try giving that a go next week. It's a lot more flexible, so much better for when you need those extra syns for a meal our or some drinks.
Ann - Thanks hun! I'm the same when it comes to people weighing in, I'm looking forward to seeing how Bev and Emma have got on tonight and rooting for JMA tomorrow!
As for advice I think what Sophie said was absolutely spot on. I have hungry days too, but not all the time, so when I'm hungry I don't feel guilty about eating more. Sometimes superfree fruit can fill me up if I'm not that hungry, but cooked chicken is great if youre ravenous as the protein really does fill you up. The great thing about SW is that there is always something you can eat - yoghurt, fruit etc - Even boiled eggs or SW chips make a filling free food snack!
Kath - Thanks hun! I was so chuffed! I dunno about 4.5lbs being easy peasy, but I'm pretty confident I can manage it in 3 weeks now and hopefully with a couple more on top if the scale gods are benevolent!
Flix - Thanks hunny! How are you getting on this week? You are another one who I always think of on the day of your weigh in and wonder how you've got on!
JMA - Thanks I was delighted!! Its great to see the results of a great on plan week. Hope it all goes well for you tomorrow, fingers crossed for a 5 pound loss so you reach your 5 stone! If you don't get it this week though I'm sure you will the next!
Missk - Thanks hun, off to catch up your diary in a minute and see how you've been getting on!
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Well my certificates are freshly pinned on my kitchen cupboards, I'm actually not sure if I'll have enough cupboard space left for the next 10-12 stone but it'll be a nice problem to have when I get there! Feel a bit bad for Chris having to come home to a kitchen that's been hijacked by slimming world, he was incredibly proud of me though, I'm so lucky to have such a supportive family.
This afternoon I continued to feel crappy (tired, a bit dizzy etc) so ended up having a nap and not getting a whole lot else done. I perked up for the evening though and managed to complete some articles. I'm also dead set on going swimming tomorrow. So much so that after this I'm going to aim to get at least one more article done so I've less of a work load tomorrow.
As well as swimming there's potential danger in the form of a trip to the pub! I'm meeting my friend after work for a girly catch up and some tea. I think I'm going to suggest somewhere that I know does jacket potatoes, they are HUUUGEE too and very yummy if I remember rightly! Even though jacket spuds are on plan I always feel a bit guilty for eating them, I think its from my calorie counting days, but in slimming world I trust! Plus a tasty jacket has got to be loads better than the alternatives on the menu.
Ooh I meant to tell you this earlier but in the excitement I forgot. I was sat next to a woman today in group who was incredibly negative! She'd gained 2lbs this week so I can understand being a bit pissed off, but she seemed to have a genuine dislike of the slimmer members of the group. She took a look at one lady sat opposite (who is only 3lbs from target) and turned to me and said " I don't know why these skinny people even bother" and "it should just be for bigger people"! I replied that "hopefully the reason they're skinny is because they've been doing so well on plan"! That shut her up, but it honestly annoyed me. Slimming world should be about being healthy at any size. I'd hate to think when I get close to target that some of the bigger members might feel that way about me! I guess a lot of it is jealousy, but the lady in question had lost over 2 stones and looked great, its odd how to me she's an inspiration yet to someone else she's a threat!
Anyway food wise I actually went over my syns total - only by one though so don't go getting Margaret Miles-Bramwell over to beat me with a stick just yet! On a complete tangent from that I seriously want to give that woman a make-over, after all she's done for me through slimming world I want to return the favour - someone really needs to tell her that the excessive lip liner is not a good look! Anyway, I'll stop being *****y, but girls, you know what I mean, right?
So todays food... feels weird writing week 7, I've never got to week 7 of a diet before!!
Week 7, Day 1 - EE
2 x Hi-Fi bars
a handful or two of cherry tomatoes
Chicken flat bread thing (mentioned earlier) - 8 syns
Muller and blackberries
City Kitchen skinny coconut chicken - 8 syns
melon
Total - 16 syns
A really yummy food day and completely worth that extra syn!! Tomorrow will aim for under 10 but it all depends on how tea goes, think I'll stick with EE tomorrow and go for my first red day on Thursday! I'm actually quite looking forward to redding it up for the first time!