Gail's diary and thoughts on her SW journey

[Spanx]

Well done Gail - sounds like an excellent day - apart from Brussel sprouts with Korma...rather you than me!!!

 

[julesm]

Awwwww. You're all soooooo lovely. Thanks.

I think I'm more disappointed in myself than the loss itself (because the loss itself was fair based on the rest of the week + the hot cross buns !). Because I am usually so good and can say no to those kind of things that I just feel a bit let down by me. However, I don't feel down. I have had a good day and I am not worried that I'm going to fall off the rails (actually that is a huge NSV because if I look back to my diary when I first started writing, I felt as though anything could knock me off track. I don't feel that any more). I haven't had any more syns today (apart from finishing the hot cross buns this morning - oops) but will get back to my usual syns tomorrow.

I have a big gourmet food weekend coming up at Easter (3 x michelin starred restaurants (combination of ratings !) in the same weekend eeeeeeeek !) so I really need to get my act together this week. I think that my goal is to try and get to my 5 stone shiny and a bit beyond by then so that when I gain after the Easter weekend (which is inevitable based on what I'm going to be eating and drinking) that it doesn't set me back too far and ideally if I could have achieved AND hang on to the 5 stone shiny, I'd be delighted . So, it's a challenge.

I will post my food diary this week (in brief) with syns etc and am going to aim for 5-10 syns per day if possible, but will go up to the 15 if needed.

So fingers crossed, thanks yet again for all your support.

Gail x

Thanks Nicki for your kind words and for popping by.

So, I have had a good day. Have resisted a few things but had a little of what I wanted. I have eaten a truckload of fruit today.

Will try to keep my food diary brief:

Breakfast - mullerlight vanilla, 150g raspberries, 1 passion fruit
Snack - white chocolate M&S biscuit - 6.5 syns
Lunch - Homemade SW chicken korma (nothing like a korma), 45g (dried) rice, brussel sprouts, broccoli, 2 clementines
Snack - 5 clementines, 2 alpen lights
Evening meal - lentil shepherds pie with 2/3 HexA cheese on top, huge salad of lettuce, tomato, orange pepper, cucumber, 1 ferrero rocher (3.5 syns), 400g strawberries (eeeek !)
Total syns- 10
I have drunk loads of water and am completely shattered and stuffed now. Was on call over the weekend and called overnight so need to go to bed very shortly.

Day 1 - 100% - completed

Gail x

Hi Gail, I'm really sorry you were disappointed with yourself but I think you have dealt with it really well. Good idea to start writing your food on here to help you keep on track. I just think you have done so amazingly well and you're so inspiring, you've stuck to plan through thick and thin, also you're very good at looking back and seeing where you went wrong - you know now not to go shopping when hungry and to stick to your deliveries! I ALWAYS buy loads of stuff I didn't intend to buy when I go browsing at the supermarket and that for me is a problem as I spend far too much money. Good luck for this week, hope you're feeling a bit better now. Lots of love xxxxx

Ps jealous about your Michelin meals!!!

 

[LittleSausage]

Great that you're putting your food diary up! I love looking at what other people have, as it gives me some ideas, too
Have a lovely day! Xx

 

[valerie11]

hi gail ur foods looking good u have a lot of variety ( i am rubbish at trying new foods eg lentil shepherds pie tell myself i don't like it b4 i've even tried it lol) think i need to be a bit more adventurous variety is the spice of life (well thats what they say ) hope u have a great week
val xx

 

[gl12282]

Thanks Jules, Val, Spanx and Lil Sausage,

I have had another good day (so far !). I am very focused so am optimistic that this will be another 100% day (which I think is my normal but even so, I am writing everything down !)

The lentil shepherds pie is yummy (has tabasco in for a kick but it doesn't need that). Because I tend to eat the same things all the time (for ease !) I have made a shortlist of the next 5 things that I want to try. So that when I do my shopping I know what ingredients I need next ! Lentil shepherds pie was first on the list and was delicious. The other things on my shortlist are: diet coke chicken, pasta pie (baked pasta and eggs), chicken curry (from the curry book) and a lasagne (I haven't made one for absolutely ages - but still haven't decided on what I'll use for the white sauce). I'll let you know when I do them.

Food for today (so far - I will update later if I eat anything else)

Vanilla with chocolate sprinkles mullerlight, 2 x 125g raspberries, 2 x passion fruit (1 was quite small)
Lentil Shepherds pie with 30g reduced fat cheddar (2/3 HexA) plus large salad of lettuce, tomato, pepper and cucumber
1/2 grasmere gingerbread biscuit (?? syns but will count 6 just in case - if anyone knows better, let me know) - yum yum
SW friendly bolognaise sauce with 60g pasta (which looked a tiny amount but was fine !), 5g parmesan (rest of HexA), lettuce, tomato and pepper
1 pear plus meringue (2.5 syns)

Total syns - ? 8.5
Will add my HexB later - probably more cereal bar(s) !
Lots of water and a glass of sugar free squash

Number of consecutive 100% days - 2

Gail x

 

[LittleSausage]

I love lentil shepherds pie! My mum used o make it all the time. I'll have to dig her recipe out and see if it needs adapting.

 

[gl12282]

Yummy. When you do, please post the recipe. I love having a fiddle with recipes !!!

Gail x

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[LittleSausage]

Will do! Xx

 

[gl12282]

Well I came home feeling a bit 'munchy' and would love to get stuck into a packet of Chocolate Hobnobs (amongst other things) that I have at home but I'm not going to. I'm not even worried that I will, even though I want to because I know I won't. That is a good feeling . I have had a pear, some grapes and 2 Alpen lights (HexB) and am thinking about going to bed now.

I have loads and loads of 'syn stuff' in the house. For some reason although I think about it when I see it and would like to eat it, I just don't. I have had a few moments since starting SW when I have but very few (less than the fingers on one hand in nearly 8 months) so I don't mind having things in - for me it's nice to know that I can have it if I want it.

However the only thing that I'm finding frustrating (in a weird way) is that I'm not getting through food (other than fresh fruit and veg) anywhere near as quickly as I used to. I used to be able to get through a box of cereal in a week. Now I look at the boxes that I have in the house and think that it would take me months and months to get through even one box. The same goes for rice - I love rice and used to get through a bag in a couple of weeks. Now, my portion size is 45g so one bag lasts me 22 portions - OMG I had never calculated the numbers !!

Gail x

 

[julesm]

Well done on all your 100% days Gail, you're doing brilliantly! Also you have a great attitude to syns- it's great that you can have loads of yummy stuff around and not eat it! Great self-control!

As for not eating things up as quick that's sooo true! I'm always alarmed at how quickly things like fruit, veg and yogs go but then sometimes it can be annoying having to use things up for the sake of it or having them sitting around for ages- like for example if you buy filo pastry to make something and only use a few sheets then the rest is sat in the fridge doing nothing. Ooh I still have those cherry bakewells though! I'm going to have one tonight!!!

 

[Bess]

Well I came home feeling a bit 'munchy' and would love to get stuck into a packet of Chocolate Hobnobs (amongst other things) that I have at home but I'm not going to. I'm not even worried that I will, even though I want to because I know I won't. That is a good feeling . I have had a pear, some grapes and 2 Alpen lights (HexB) and am thinking about going to bed now.

I have loads and loads of 'syn stuff' in the house. For some reason although I think about it when I see it and would like to eat it, I just don't. I have had a few moments since starting SW when I have but very few (less than the fingers on one hand in nearly 8 months) so I don't mind having things in - for me it's nice to know that I can have it if I want it.

However the only thing that I'm finding frustrating (in a weird way) is that I'm not getting through food (other than fresh fruit and veg) anywhere near as quickly as I used to. I used to be able to get through a box of cereal in a week. Now I look at the boxes that I have in the house and think that it would take me months and months to get through even one box. The same goes for rice - I love rice and used to get through a bag in a couple of weeks. Now, my portion size is 45g so one bag lasts me 22 portions - OMG I had never calculated the numbers !!

Gail x

So interesting Gail, I'm beginning to feel the same about unsuitable food as well.
I find I'm really thinking about what I eat, more than ever before. x

 

[gl12282]

Thanks for your message Jules. Hope the cherry bakewell was good:drool:

Bess - good to see that you are changing your thinking. You have come so far that you don't want to spoil what you've achieved. The way I feel doesn't mean that I don't want that stuff, it just means that I'm prepared to wait for it when I have the syns. Which is a great feeling.

I had a few more lovely comments at work - a couple of people looking at me and saying 'you've lost a bit more weight haven't you'

So, my food today:

Breakfast - muller light cheescake yoghurt (1 syn), 1 pear, 2 passion fruit, 2 small bunch grapes
Lunch - Turkey stir fry (1 tbsp chilli sauce - 1.5 syns) with 45g rice and broccoli
Snack - 1 Alpen light
Tea - Lentil Shepherds pie (you may see a theme here !!! - was freshly made today though ), 2/3 Hex A with 26g reduced fat cheddar, lettuce, courgettes
100g - cinnamon and waffle carte D'Or (10.5 syns) - I had to make space for the rest of the lentil shepherds pie in the freezer !!!

Total: 13 syns

Didn't drink as much today as I should have done. Only about 1 litre so will have to try harder tomorrow.

Still feeling positive and feeling good about the weekend WI

Gail x

 

[julesm]

Oooh Gail that ice cream sounds yummy! I agree with what you say- as usual you have a very good way of putting things- I love that feeling when you are faced with something really yummy and you just think very calmly "it's ok I'll have one with my syns tomorrow" or "that will have to wait til next weekend but I look forward to it then!"

Glad your lentil shepherds pie is nice, did you make it with red lentils? X

 

[gl12282]

Yes, made with red lentils but someone recommended green lentils (which I've never ever used). Do you just cook them a bit longer then but the same way and the same amount of water ??

Another good day. Had a lovely SW meal out tonight at a friends house - she and her husband were actually my inspiration for starting SW so that was really lovely to see them. She has lost about 2.5 stone and he has lost 8.5 stone

Breakfast- Mullerlight vanilla with choc, 1 pear, 2 passion fruit, small bunch grapes
Snack - 2 x new HiFi butterscotch bar (HexB) - yum (but quite small)
Lunch - more lentil shepherds pie with courgettes and pepper, 21g reduced fat cheddar (half HexA)
Tea - Quorn steak with SW roast potatoes, roast sweet potato, roast parsnips, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, courgettes. Small portion of gravy (from powder) - est 2 syns
Raspberries, strawberries and a medium size piece of chocolate cake est 13 syns (how convenient !!!! but it probably wasn't quite as much as that ???). Resisted the cream which wasn't that easy.

So probably 15 syns or thereabouts. I was careful though and did my best so that's what is important. I really want to get my 5 stone shiny soon and to be as far as possible over that before I go out for my gourmet weekend at Easter so that I can try to avoid losing it again then (although there's a fair chance that will happen)

Gail x

 

[julesm]

Ooh how great that you have friends on slimming world who are so inspirational! I love having other slimmers around! And your dinner sounds yummy!

Hope you have a great Friday and a lovely weekend xxxxx

 

[gl12282]

I am at a course today so I chose to go on the train - at least in part because I knew I'd get a bit of body magic in that way. Actually, I will probably walk about 4 miles today which is good

However I had considered taking lunch with me (even though it's provided) because I'm concerned that there will be nothing suitable. Unfortunately I had nothing that I could take with me because there will be no microwave (it's at a hotel) and I have no salad left in the fridge and the shopping delivery only comes tonight - eeeek. I don't know whether I should have taken a tuna pasta salad anyway without the salad or done what I've done and taken a chance ?? I have a bag full of clementines just in case (extra body magic carrying the weight )

So my plan is that if I get to the hotel in plenty of time (which I probably will) I will try and find out what is for lunch. If it's ok then I'll do it - if not, I will either order lunch and pay for it away from the group or go out and find something.

Fingers crossed.

Gail x

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[Bess]

What brilliant planning Gail, I hope you can find something suitable there though! x

 

[gl12282]

I had a mini NSV today. When I got on the train there was only one seat left in between 2 others (in a 3). In the past I would have just stayed stood up for fear of feeling ridiculous for squeezing myself into a too small space. But I didn't. And whilst I was VERY conscious sat there and kept my elbows tight to my side, I don't think the people either side of me will have been cursing me (or ? even noticed my awkwardness).

Gail x

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[valerie11]

:wavey: hi gail hope ur having a good day and have a lovely weekend x

 

[julesm]

Wow Gail well done for your planning. I hope that there's a good option for you. Those courses are my most hated thing, the teachery ones I've been on ALWAYS have buffets with nothing but gross sandwiches and pastries. On one I went on I had to end up eating salad garnish! Everyone must have thought I was mental.

Also well done for your NSV. You are growing in confidence!!!