help disappointing first week :-(

[moominmama]

please could someone give me advice i have included a few week days and weekend diaries i had a total of 95 sins all week 4 green days two red and on ee. istatred last sun weighed at night in at 12 5.......this am after what i would say was a week of no cheating i am 12 3 and a half i think i would weigh this anyway as i amalways lighter in the am. My questions are:
is it because i have already lost over 8 stones counting cals?
i have my period will this make a difference?
am i eating too much??
is it because i saved my sins till the weekend so i am weighing myself after two days of high sins?
please help i dont want to have to change back to counting cals again? thanks everyone in advance feeling sorry for mesell
MONDAY
Free Foods
apples
pineapple
bananas
raspberries
blueberries
rice
mushrooms
Sausages, 4 pack, frozen
pears
Savoury Rice, Beef, dried
pears
very low fat natural yogurt

Healthy Extras
a 250ml semi-skimmed milk
a 250ml semi-skimmed milk
b 1 Kellogg's Fibre Plus Milk Chocolate Cereal Bar, 28g bar
b 6 brazil nuts, shelled & whole

Syns
Bisto, Gravy Granules, Chicken, dried 1 Syn
Veg Pot, Moroccan Roasted Vegetable Tagine with Couscous, chilled 6½ Syns
Mullerlight Inspired By Yogurt, New York Style Cheesecake 1 Syn



Total: 8½ Syns

wednesday


apples




potatoes
baked beans in tomato sauce
Quorn pieces
bananas
Savoury Rice, Beef, dried
eggs
very low fat natural yogurt
eggs
very low fat natural yogurt

Healthy Extras
a 250ml semi-skimmed milk
a 250ml semi-skimmed milk
b 2 Alpen Light Cereal Bars, 21g bar, all varieties
b 20 cashew nuts, shelled & whole

Syns
Flake, Dipped 10½ Syns
Sugar, brown 1 Syn
Sugar, brown 1 Syn



Total: 12½ Syns
FRIDAY
apples
eggs
baked beans in tomato sauce
potatoes
bananas
Quorn pieces
broccoli
Savoury Rice, Beef, dried
broccoli
very low fat natural yogurt
carrots

Healthy Extras
a 250ml semi-skimmed milk
b 1 Kellogg's Fibre Plus Milk Chocolate Cereal Bar, 28g bar
b 2 Alpen Light Cereal Bars, 21g bar, all varieties

Syns
Barratt, Flumps, Fluffy Mallow Twists 1½ Syn
Sugar, brown 1 Syn
Christmas, Magical Elves 3½ Syns
Sugar, brown 1 Syn
Green & Black's, Chocolate Squares 1 Syn
Tate & Lyle, Sugar Sachets 1 Syn



SATURDAY
Free Foods
apples
ham
bacon
lettuce
bananas
Stewed Steak with Gravy, canned
carrots
strawberries
eggs
very low fat natural yogurt

Healthy Extras
a 250ml semi-skimmed milk
a 250ml semi-skimmed milk
b 1 slice Roberts Bakery Wholemeal bread (800g sliced loaf)
b 1 slice Roberts Bakery Wholemeal bread (800g sliced loaf)

Syns
Alpen, Light Apple & Sultana Cereal Bars 3 Syns
Non-branded, Eggs, fried in fat ½ Syn
Butter, full fat 3½ Syns
Non-branded, Eggs, fried in fat ½ Syn
Cadbury, Christmas, Magical Elves 3½ Syns
Sainsbury's, Coleslaw 4 Syns
Cadbury, Christmas, Magical Elves 3½ Syns
Sugar, brown 1 Syn
Finest, Dark Mint Chocolate Bar, 100g bar 6½ Syns
Sugar, brown 1 Syn



Total: 27 Syns

SUNDAY
Free Foods
apples
eggs
baked beans in tomato sauce
lentils, all varieties
bananas
Quorn pieces
dried pasta, all types including low carb
very low fat natural yogurt

Healthy Extras
a 175ml whole milk
a 250ml semi-skimmed milk
b 1 Kellogg's Fibre Plus Milk Chocolate Cereal Bar, 28g bar
b 2 Alpen Light Cereal Bars, 21g bar, all varieties

Syns
Buttons 8½ Syns
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
hp 1 Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn
Kraft, Mikado, Dark/Milk/White Chocolate ½ Syn



Total: 23 Syns

 

[silly sausage]

Hi Moomin. Well done on your loss!

I think your food diary looks great. I think you may get a lower than hoped for first week loss if you are used to eating well anyway. Immediately before I started SW I had a big blowout. I had alcohol, salty snacks, processed rubbish. All crappy stuff so was retaining a lot of water and had a big loss in my first week. But it was water weight, seems to me that you are losing fat and that is much better!

Your 1.5 loss is excellent, especially as you were already eating sensibly. And well done on your 8 stone loss. That is amazing

i have my period will this make a difference? Yes, it can make you gain several pounds, but you see a bigger loss the next week so it all averages out.
am i eating too much?? No, your diary looks great to me.
is it because i saved my sins till the weekend so i am weighing myself after two days of high sins? Some people can use their syns in the way, some cannot. Just see what works for you.

Well done and good luck for next week

 

[ermintrude]

I agree, 1.5 lb is still great and on an 8 stone loss already is absolutely amazing! Some weeks will always be bigger or smaller than others and have no obvious relevance to what you've been eating. My first week I only lost half a pound despite being angelic, then the next week EIGHT pounds came off, another week I put 1/2 a pound on despite being really good which got me really down but then I lost 6 the next week.

You're often going to find it easier to lose more when you're heavier, so eight stone down it wont be the same as at the beginning but wow, youve achieved so much already! All sorts of things could affect it, yes including your period, the fact you eat more over the weekend (I do this, I weight in on Tuesdays so always feel hopeful at the end of the week then a bit depressed when some of what I 'lost' comes back after pigging out at the w/e). But the day to day, week to week losses are irrelevant, its what you manage over time thats important and you've done amazingly well, you should be really proud of yourself!

I think once a week can be too often to get weighed as it can get you down if you feel you've been super good and it doesn't show on the scales. Just bear in mind how its gone over the last month, two months, since the beginning. A pound here or there is so insignificant on the grand scale of things.

Also a lot of people find SW can seem slower at first if they've been on a strict calorie controlled diet as you've simply got so much more VOLUME of food in you, even though it's got hardly any calories in it, but this evens out because the volume is always the same every week. Stick to it and it'll be fine! You've done so well already.

 

[moominmama]

thanks silly sausage and ermintrude for you lovely messages it has helped me loads. i was really down this am cos felt i had been an angel this week and thought i may drop 8lbs !!! but i have really enjoyed cooking and eating the food (sw quiche lentil loaf lentil soup sw rice pudding !!) sorry got side tracked ha ha. i am not a veggie but i love green days !!!!! i am going to stick to all green this week and plough on perhaps try to eat to my appetite more but i never feel hungry either. i hve noticed i am soo much more satisified on sw which means i dont crave chocky as much i think i used to just count the mins till next chocky bar lol :0). i do forget how far i have come so thanks both of you for the lovely points you made. i just really want to be able to eat more and healthier and i rrr think if slimming world works for me then i may get to the end of this looooonnnnngggg weightloss journey. good luck to you both and congratulations on your losses to date. i am going to keep an exact meal diary just in case i need it lol x kind regards xx