Gail's diary and thoughts on her SW journey
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It's very good Jules, I got mine from Amazon, about £10, but friends got theirs cheaper from Play.com - about £6 I think. The only thing I don't like about it is it's bright pink cover - talk about shouting aloud that you have a weight problem!
blue*smartie
Blue Rulz
gl12282
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Oooh dear. Hope I haven't offended 
All I can say is thank god for spell checker on the iPhone..............
Will post my gain on Monday (eek !) and you have no idea how long it's taken to write this message and what a great evening I've had. However I have worked VERY hard to get here so back on plan tomorrow
Good luck Sunday weighers and thanks for your support
Gail x
P.S. It's great to feel 'normal' once in a while - that's all I need (the once in a while feeling !). Good luck to all (esp Ozzie who may be weighing in first)
All I can say is thank god for spell checker on the iPhone..............
Will post my gain on Monday (eek !) and you have no idea how long it's taken to write this message and what a great evening I've had
. However I have worked VERY hard to get here so back on plan tomorrow Good luck Sunday weighers and thanks for your support
Gail x
P.S. It's great to feel 'normal' once in a while - that's all I need (the once in a while feeling !). Good luck to all (esp Ozzie who may be weighing in first)
gl12282
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Hmmm, thankfully I didn't say anything incriminating on my last post. I may have been suffering from acute alcohol excess at the time........
Have had a FANTASTIC weekend. Really outstanding food and wine and an amazing hotel. Wow.
Obviously Saturday night was a flexi synned night but apart from that, on the whole I have done ok. Maybe not quite as good as optimistically hoped (!) but not bad. Stayed on track for most of the rest of the weekend. And now feel fairly confident that I'm back on track.
Tomorrow night I'm out for dinner (again !!!!) but am going to try very hard to have something SW friendly (probably going Italian so either meat and veg or pasta with a vegetarian sauce) and no garlic bread and definitely no pudding (please let me be strong......). Out for dinner again on Thursday but at a friends this time (who always tries her best to feed me SW friendly food - this week I'm going to try and be a bit paranoid and go through absolutely everything that she puts in so that hopefully no hidden syns - last time she did really well but then added a glug of oil to fry the onions and soya mince !). Out for dinner again on Saturday (eeeeeeeek !) which may be difficult because it's probably going to be a 3 course set meal. However I'm not drinking (because I'm driving) and I'm going to try and ring the venue during the week (if I can find any time !) to see what the meal is and whether there are any simple modifications that I can make to help (eg fruit for pudding ! I love my puddings but I think I've had enough to last me for a long time) me stay on track.
So, even though I'll almost certainly have a gain tomorrow at WI I'm hoping that despite the fact that I've got 2.5 meals out (the 0.5 being at my friends which isn't quite as bad as the other ones) in 6 days and it will be a challenge I will be able to lose next week. I feel positive and I REALLY do not want to lose any more ground. I want to get into my size 14 trousers
Thanks to all for your support here. It really has been much appreciated.
Gail x
Have had a FANTASTIC weekend. Really outstanding food and wine and an amazing hotel. Wow.
Obviously Saturday night was a flexi synned night but apart from that, on the whole I have done ok. Maybe not quite as good as optimistically hoped (!) but not bad. Stayed on track for most of the rest of the weekend. And now feel fairly confident that I'm back on track.
Tomorrow night I'm out for dinner (again !!!!) but am going to try very hard to have something SW friendly (probably going Italian so either meat and veg or pasta with a vegetarian sauce) and no garlic bread and definitely no pudding (please let me be strong......). Out for dinner again on Thursday but at a friends this time (who always tries her best to feed me SW friendly food - this week I'm going to try and be a bit paranoid and go through absolutely everything that she puts in so that hopefully no hidden syns - last time she did really well but then added a glug of oil to fry the onions and soya mince !). Out for dinner again on Saturday (eeeeeeeek !) which may be difficult because it's probably going to be a 3 course set meal. However I'm not drinking (because I'm driving) and I'm going to try and ring the venue during the week (if I can find any time !) to see what the meal is and whether there are any simple modifications that I can make to help (eg fruit for pudding ! I love my puddings but I think I've had enough to last me for a long time
) me stay on track. So, even though I'll almost certainly have a gain tomorrow at WI I'm hoping that despite the fact that I've got 2.5 meals out (the 0.5 being at my friends which isn't quite as bad as the other ones) in 6 days and it will be a challenge I will be able to lose next week. I feel positive and I REALLY do not want to lose any more ground. I want to get into my size 14 trousers
Thanks to all for your support here. It really has been much appreciated.
Gail x
Spanx
Pea on legs!
Hi Gail - glad your weekend was worth the syns!
I had a flexi day today too, as it was my Grandad's 90th birthday party. Wasn't doing too badly until the sweet menu came round - Sticky toffee, apple and autumn berry crumble with ice cream - well, it would have been rude not too wouldn't it?!
Have a great week and hope your WI isn't too bad! x
I had a flexi day today too, as it was my Grandad's 90th birthday party. Wasn't doing too badly until the sweet menu came round - Sticky toffee, apple and autumn berry crumble with ice cream - well, it would have been rude not too wouldn't it?!
Have a great week and hope your WI isn't too bad! x
gl12282
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Thanks Spanx - fingers crossed.
As I said on one of my previous posts (I think) there are times that you regret what you ate and others when you don't (for me this weekend was one of those and hopefully yours too). This is not a diet to me, it's a way of life. So sometimes, it's good to have a little bit extra of what you enjoy and enjoy it rather than feeling guilty. HOWEVER in my opinion that only works if overall you are still losing (or at the least, maintaining) and you ARE.
Glad you had a good weekend. Fingers crossed for me tomorrow !
Gail x
As I said on one of my previous posts (I think) there are times that you regret what you ate and others when you don't (for me this weekend was one of those and hopefully yours too). This is not a diet to me, it's a way of life. So sometimes, it's good to have a little bit extra of what you enjoy and enjoy it rather than feeling guilty. HOWEVER in my opinion that only works if overall you are still losing (or at the least, maintaining) and you ARE.
Glad you had a good weekend. Fingers crossed for me tomorrow !
Gail x
blue*smartie
Blue Rulz
Your weekend sounds fabby I am so jealous, the nearest I get to haute cuisine is the Toby Carvery :sigh:
You'll be in those size 14 trousers in no time at all, and I bet you didnt think people would be saying that to you 8 months ago. I know I didnt when I first joined.
I think you have got the balance between SW and 'real-life' eating perfectly balanced. You know that there are times when you cant follow SW rules 100% and you know that any gains can disappear as quickly as they come with forward planning. More importantly, you know that it's not the end of the world when you do gain, because you are in control You done good!
I am so jealous, the nearest I get to haute cuisine is the Toby Carvery :sigh: You'll be in those size 14 trousers in no time at all, and I bet you didnt think people would be saying that to you 8 months ago. I know I didnt when I first joined.
I think you have got the balance between SW and 'real-life' eating perfectly balanced. You know that there are times when you cant follow SW rules 100% and you know that any gains can disappear as quickly as they come with forward planning. More importantly, you know that it's not the end of the world when you do gain, because you are in control
You done good! 
gl12282
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Hi everyone,
Well, I weighed in this morning and gained 1lb. I am so pleased ! I have finished this month's 'gourmet-tastic' month with a net loss of 3lbs. When I realised what this month entailed, I thought I would be happy to have a net STS so 3lbs is fantastic. I feel positive (but nervous) but am determined to have a loss this week (even though I've got 2 meals out - 1 on Saturday night - eeek) no matter how small.
Today's meal out (the first of two this week) was fairly good I think. I was having a green day (I think !), no syns and no Hex's during the day.
Olives - quite a few to start and 3 very thin breadsticks (I didn't mean to have those !)
Starter - mozzarella (2 x Hex's) and tomato. Not too much oil on the plate either. There was quite a lot of mozzarella and I had intended to leave some of it but it sat on my plate while everyone else finished their starters, so I eventually did too. I find it very difficult to leave food on my plate.
Main - I had wanted to have a napolitana sauce but they didn't have one. So I had pasta with chicken, tomato, chilli, peppers, courgettes and garlic. I think I would syn the chicken plus a bit of parmesan plus whatever oil would be in there (I assume that my Hex B's would be taken up by olive oil but of course don't know what kind of olive oil) plus quite a bit of salad (no dressing).
Pudding - I really wanted the tiramisu (as usual !) but I had fruit salad. I was a bit shocked to see that they had sprinkled sugar on the top (eeek !). I left the juice/syrup.
So all in all, maybe slightly over my syns but hopefully not too much. I will be as careful as I can this week and hopefully keep my syns as low as I can feasibly manage (but still stay on plan which will mean using some syns). I would love a little piece of chocolate now but I'm not going to have because I am determined to do my best to have a loss this week if possible (my 3 gains in 6 months have all been in February :-0 )
Thanks so much Smartie, Val and Jules in particular. I think I have tried to rep all of you so many times recently (and it still won't let me !) that the message I get now when I try is 'you're joking - not again' !!!
Anyway, keep your fingers crossed for me this week that I can stay strong.
Thanks everyone.
Gail x
Well, I weighed in this morning and gained 1lb. I am so pleased ! I have finished this month's 'gourmet-tastic' month with a net loss of 3lbs. When I realised what this month entailed, I thought I would be happy to have a net STS so 3lbs is fantastic. I feel positive (but nervous) but am determined to have a loss this week (even though I've got 2 meals out - 1 on Saturday night - eeek) no matter how small.
Today's meal out (the first of two this week) was fairly good I think. I was having a green day (I think !), no syns and no Hex's during the day.
Olives - quite a few to start and 3 very thin breadsticks (I didn't mean to have those !)
Starter - mozzarella (2 x Hex's) and tomato. Not too much oil on the plate either. There was quite a lot of mozzarella and I had intended to leave some of it but it sat on my plate while everyone else finished their starters, so I eventually did too. I find it very difficult to leave food on my plate.
Main - I had wanted to have a napolitana sauce but they didn't have one. So I had pasta with chicken, tomato, chilli, peppers, courgettes and garlic. I think I would syn the chicken plus a bit of parmesan plus whatever oil would be in there (I assume that my Hex B's would be taken up by olive oil but of course don't know what kind of olive oil) plus quite a bit of salad (no dressing).
Pudding - I really wanted the tiramisu (as usual !) but I had fruit salad. I was a bit shocked to see that they had sprinkled sugar on the top (eeek !). I left the juice/syrup.
So all in all, maybe slightly over my syns but hopefully not too much. I will be as careful as I can this week and hopefully keep my syns as low as I can feasibly manage (but still stay on plan which will mean using some syns). I would love a little piece of chocolate now but I'm not going to have because I am determined to do my best to have a loss this week if possible (my 3 gains in 6 months have all been in February :-0 )
Thanks so much Smartie, Val and Jules in particular. I think I have tried to rep all of you so many times recently (and it still won't let me !) that the message I get now when I try is 'you're joking - not again' !!!
Anyway, keep your fingers crossed for me this week that I can stay strong.
Thanks everyone.
Gail x
Jane R
One step at a time
You did well Gail to only gain a pound
Good luck with this week. I think that we all need odd times when we can forget about the diet as long as we get back on plan afterwards. Like you I feel that this is not a diet but a way of life. Hope that you have a good week. x
Good luck with this week. I think that we all need odd times when we can forget about the diet as long as we get back on plan afterwards. Like you I feel that this is not a diet but a way of life. Hope that you have a good week. x
gl12282
Plodding on.......
Sadly, I wasn't eating homemade ones
Just c*** ones from a packet !! Still having a good week. Had a (rare) green day again today so have had my fill (I wish !) of cereal bars and used both my HexA's (which I often don't do). My appetite has definitely reduced since being on SW (and I weigh my rice/pasta so that I don't make so much and then want to eat it) but I usually feel that I need more so fill my plate high. I need to learn to make my portion sizes smaller (even if it is mostly superfree) and then go back for more if I need to. Sometimes I'm struggling to fit it all in and find it impossible to leave food on my plate.
Watched the biggest loser on TV this morning (recorded) and cried when I saw some of the results (oh, I am so sad !!!). I was just so happy for (particularly) Will, Claire, Paddy and Mark.
Anyway, I need to go to bed. I'm up early in the morning.
Gail x
gl12282
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Still having a good week. Today I was a bit frustrated (and Jules will definitely understand this one...).
Went round to a (supportive) friends house. She had cooked 'ready prepared' chicken in tomato and basil (with a bit of oil in the bottom), butter on the new potatoes (ready prepared) and ready prepared mash. So I had the chicken without any extra oil, a few potatoes (not from the bottom of the dish so at least they had drained as much as possible) and 2 tablespoons (or thereabouts) of mash. Not too bad. Then we had fruit and Rachels organic blackberry yoghurt. It was lovely and I thought it was free but then afterwards realised it had sugar in. Eeek. So a few extra syns there (80 cals per 100g, I had about 200g so possibly about 3-4 extra syns ???). How frustrating. However I think I would still be within my syns for the day (I only had 4 before that) but I would have preferred to have a treat size crunchie this evening.... Hey ho, I will learn to read packets of anything that is not entirely familiar or labelled 'Muller light' !!!
Had a lovely comment yesterday from a colleague who saw me for the first time in a few weeks. She commented that I'd lost further and then when we were chatting about how much more I wanted to lose, she said that I didn't look overweight now, I just looked 'normal'. Now I don't really believe that (maybe in the right light from one direction !!!) but it was nice of her to say that.
I'm very close to getting into my size 14 trousers (only 2 months from when I first started wearing the 16's !) but I'm just not quite comfortable to wear them yet. Hopefully next week. I'm also desperate to get to 4.5 stone off. I was very close this morning but of course my WI is not until Sunday and I have a 3 course meal between now and then...... maybe next week then but I'll keep trying until then !
The weekend is coming though. YAY. I just need to SLEEP................zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Gail x
Went round to a (supportive) friends house. She had cooked 'ready prepared' chicken in tomato and basil (with a bit of oil in the bottom), butter on the new potatoes (ready prepared) and ready prepared mash. So I had the chicken without any extra oil, a few potatoes (not from the bottom of the dish so at least they had drained as much as possible) and 2 tablespoons (or thereabouts) of mash. Not too bad. Then we had fruit and Rachels organic blackberry yoghurt. It was lovely and I thought it was free but then afterwards realised it had sugar in. Eeek. So a few extra syns there (80 cals per 100g, I had about 200g so possibly about 3-4 extra syns ???). How frustrating. However I think I would still be within my syns for the day (I only had 4 before that) but I would have preferred to have a treat size crunchie this evening.... Hey ho, I will learn to read packets of anything that is not entirely familiar or labelled 'Muller light' !!!
Had a lovely comment yesterday from a colleague who saw me for the first time in a few weeks. She commented that I'd lost further and then when we were chatting about how much more I wanted to lose, she said that I didn't look overweight now, I just looked 'normal'. Now I don't really believe that (maybe in the right light from one direction !!!) but it was nice of her to say that.
I'm very close to getting into my size 14 trousers (only 2 months from when I first started wearing the 16's !) but I'm just not quite comfortable to wear them yet. Hopefully next week. I'm also desperate to get to 4.5 stone off. I was very close this morning but of course my WI is not until Sunday and I have a 3 course meal between now and then...... maybe next week then but I'll keep trying until then !
The weekend is coming though. YAY. I just need to SLEEP................zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Gail x
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