Jade's Getting Slim for Summer 2013

[jadeelizabeth]

The title says it all really... Every year it gets to the summer months and I sit on the internet dreaming of wearing all the lovely shorts, skirts and sleevless tops like my friends do, every year I wonder why yet again I still haven't lost the weight I've always wanted too.
I have been a member of Slimming World on and off since 2009 and I absolutely love it but always seem to fall of the wagon a month or so later and then the weight goes back on again.

But this is it, I've had enough and I'm getting slim for summer 2013!!! I will be writing in my food diary every day and hopefully reporting the losses at weigh in's on a Monday. Looking forward to receiving any comments or suggestions from you all...

 

[jadeelizabeth]

05/03/2013 - Extra Easy Day

Breakfast - 2 Weetabix (hexb) with 250ml semi-skimmed milk (hexa), 1/2 cup blueberries, green tea

Lunch - Salad box (carrot, celery, cucumber, tomatoes) with 3tbsp Tesco Light Choices Honey & Mustard Dressing (1 1/2 syns), 1 WW Toffee yogurt

Dinner - 1 small jacket potato with Tesco Light Choices Cottage Cheese with Onion & Chive, 2 grilled tomatoes and 1 egg

Snacks - 1 banana, 2 cans Diet Coke

No exercise today as I'm full of this flu viral thing that's going round at the moment and not really feeling up to much.

 

[jadeelizabeth]

06/03/2013 - Green Day

Breakfast - 1 WW Toffee yogurt, 1 banana, 1 Alpen Light Cereal Bar (1/2 hexb), green tea

Lunch - Salad box (carrot, celery, cucumber, tomatoes) with Tesco Light Choices Cottage Cheese with Onion & Chive

Dinner - Stuffed red pepper with 1/2 pack of Ainsley Harriott Roasted Vegetable Cous Cous (1 1/2 syns), onion, mushrooms and topped with 30g cheese (hexa)
Side salad (lettuce, tomoatoes, cucumber, celery, red onion & sweetcorn)
WW Vanilla yogurt and 1 Alpen Light Cereal Bar (1/2 hexb)

Snacks - 2 cans of diet coke, 1 Uncle Joe's Mint Ball (1 syn)

Exercise - 10 minutes on the cross trainer at medium resistance

Total Weekly Syns - 4/70
Total Weekly Exercise (working towards Bronze Body Magic) - 10/45

 

[jadeelizabeth]

07/03/2013 - Extra Easy Day

Breakfast - 2 Alpen Light Cereal Bar (hexb), 1 banana

Lunch - Salad box (carrot, celery, cucumber, tomatoes) with with 3tbsp Tesco Light Choices Honey & Mustard Dressing (1 1/2 syns), 3 Babybel Light (hexa)

Dinner - Spagetti Bolognaise (chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, extra lean mince, mushrooms, onion, spagetti) served with a side salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber)

Snacks - 1 WW Toffee yogurt, 1 can Diet Coke, 1 can Relentless Sugar Free Engergy Drink (1 syn)

Total Weekly Syns - 6 1/2/70
Total Weekly Exercise (working towards Bronze Body Magic) - 10/45

 

[jadeelizabeth]

08/03/2013 - Extra Easy Day

Breakfast - 2 Alpen Light Cereal Bar (hexb), 1 banana

Lunch - Tomato & Herb Mugshot, 1 WW Vanilla yogurt, strawberries

Dinner - Mini Tuna and Sweetcorn Quiches topped with 60g cheese (hexa & 6syns) (recipe from Slimming Eats website) served with plain jacket potato and side salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, red onion)

Snacks - 1 can Diet Coke, 1 can Relentless Sugar Free Engergy Drink (1 syn)

Total Weekly Syns - 13 1/2/70
Total Weekly Exercise (working towards Bronze Body Magic) - 10/45

 

[jadeelizabeth]

09/03/2013 - Extra Easy Day

Breakfast - 1 banana, strawberries, 1 WW Vanilla yogurt

Lunch - 4 Ryvita Original (hexb) topped with 60g Low Low Cheese Spread (hexa), 2 hard boiled eggs

Dinner - Sirloin steak (all visible fat removed) served with potato wedges, mushrooms and broccoli. 1 packet of Schwartz Creamy Peppercorn Sauce made up with 330ml semi skimmed milk (split between 2 people = 6syns)

Snacks - 2 cans diet coke, 1/2 piece of toast with butter from 400g loaf (1 1/2syns for bread & 2syns for butter to be on the safe side), 1 satsuma, dash of semi skimmed milk in tea (1syn)

Total Weekly Syns - 24/70
Total Weekly Exercise (working towards Bronze Body Magic) - 10/45

 

[Jadeine]

hiya! im also dying to loose weight by summer, it would be so nice to wear all the shorts and little dresses without worrying for once! good luck with your weight loss, your food diarys look really good

 

[jadeelizabeth]

hiya! im also dying to loose weight by summer, it would be so nice to wear all the shorts and little dresses without worrying for once! good luck with your weight loss, your food diarys look really good

Thanks hun, good luck on your weight loss journey! We'll be in those shorts in no time

 

[Jadeine]

Thanks hun, good luck on your weight loss journey! We'll be in those shorts in no time

thankyou! Yes, im sure we will be

 

[MrsMx]

I am also trying to get slim for the summer! Starting week 3 today and all going well so far! Keep up the good work your diary looks healthy and on track!

 

[jadeelizabeth]

I am also trying to get slim for the summer! Starting week 3 today and all going well so far! Keep up the good work your diary looks healthy and on track!

Thanks huni! Keep going, it will all be worth it!

 

[MrsMx]

I can't wait for that feeling of reaching goal and finally being a happy healthy weight! any major tips for a newbie like myself? This weekend is St Patricks weekend so it will be my first weekend since starting to drink. think it is going to be a mad weekend so not sure what the best thing to do to keep in control? Not use my syns during the week or do the flexi syns (but i dont really understand it!)

 

[jadeelizabeth]

I can't wait for that feeling of reaching goal and finally being a happy healthy weight! any major tips for a newbie like myself? This weekend is St Patricks weekend so it will be my first weekend since starting to drink. think it is going to be a mad weekend so not sure what the best thing to do to keep in control? Not use my syns during the week or do the flexi syns (but i dont really understand it!)

Always have your 1/3 super free with every meal and ensure you have your hexa and hexb. I find writing a food diary helps me keep track of what I'm eating. It is a lifestyle change and not a diet so nothing is restricted as long as you syn it.

Save some of your syns for the weekend and try to stick to low syn options when drinking such as my fave which is vodka, lime and soda. What do you usually drink?

 

[MrsMx]

yeah I have been tracking online religiously and i think that is why it has going so well the last 2 weeks. I love wine but also drink vodka and diet coke. I'm 24 and my friends go out nearly every weekend so I wont to find a good balance of not missing out but still losing weight! I think snacking is a big problem for me...looking up online all the low syn treats Have you been doing SW for long? And what has been your biggest challenge? (if u dont mind me asking! )

 

[jadeelizabeth]

yeah I have been tracking online religiously and i think that is why it has going so well the last 2 weeks. I love wine but also drink vodka and diet coke. I'm 24 and my friends go out nearly every weekend so I wont to find a good balance of not missing out but still losing weight! I think snacking is a big problem for me...looking up online all the low syn treats Have you been doing SW for long? And what has been your biggest challenge? (if u dont mind me asking! )

It sounds like your heading in the right direction! As long as you stick to low syn drinks and try to stay away from post hangover munchies you'll be fine.

I have been doing SW on and off since 2009 and although I have dropped in weight since then I always seem to fall off the wagon.
I'm not sure on my biggest challenge so far but I find staying on track at weekends a challenge as there is always the lure of takeaways, nights out with friends, snacking, etc. I really prefer the routine of being at work as at the weekends I don't have a set routine.

How are you getting on so far hun?

 

[jadeelizabeth]

10/03/2013 - Extra Easy Day

Breakfast - strawberries, 1 satsuma, WW Toffee yogurt

Lunch - 4 Ryvita Original (hexb) topped with 60g Low Low Cheese Spread (hexa) and tomato, 2 hard boiled eggs

Dinner - Roast beef, potatoes, carrots, asparagus, 1 small Aunt Bessies Yorkshire Pudding (2 1/2syns)

Snacks - 3 cans diet coke, 5 cherries, 2 Snack a Jacks Chocolate Chip Ricecakes (6syns)

Total Weekly Syns - 32 1/2/70
Total Weekly Exercise (working towards Bronze Body Magic) - 10/45

 

[MrsMx]

It sounds like your heading in the right direction! As long as you stick to low syn drinks and try to stay away from post hangover munchies you'll be fine.

I have been doing SW on and off since 2009 and although I have dropped in weight since then I always seem to fall off the wagon.
I'm not sure on my biggest challenge so far but I find staying on track at weekends a challenge as there is always the lure of takeaways, nights out with friends, snacking, etc. I really prefer the routine of being at work as at the weekends I don't have a set routine.

How are you getting on so far hun?

So far so good! 8.5lbs in two weeks which I am delighted about but as I said nervous already for next week as I know this week will be a little nuts but I am planning in advance to save syns and to make sure I am well stocked up so no excuse for bad hungover food ha!

I completely agree, I find it much easier to stay on track during the week as I am so busy but I really have to plan ahead with my dinners as usually dont get home until after 7 and sometimes too tired to cook so I am making big batches and freezing!

I have a wedding on the first weekend in August and then 2 wedding early next year so have motivation and little goals! Have you anything coming up that you are aiming for to help?

 

[jadeelizabeth]

So far so good! 8.5lbs in two weeks which I am delighted about but as I said nervous already for next week as I know this week will be a little nuts but I am planning in advance to save syns and to make sure I am well stocked up so no excuse for bad hungover food ha!

I completely agree, I find it much easier to stay on track during the week as I am so busy but I really have to plan ahead with my dinners as usually dont get home until after 7 and sometimes too tired to cook so I am making big batches and freezing!

I have a wedding on the first weekend in August and then 2 wedding early next year so have motivation and little goals! Have you anything coming up that you are aiming for to help?

That's fab, well done!!! I have a holiday to Tenerife booked for July and just really want to be able to wear all the lovely summer clothes like my friends!

 

[jadeelizabeth]

11/03/2013 - Extra Easy Day

Breakfast - 2 Alpen Light cereal bars (hexb), 1 WW Toffee yogurt

Lunch - Salad box (carrot, celery, cucumber, tomatoes) with 150g tub Asda Less Fat Cottage Cheese with Red Pepper & Chilli (1syn)

Dinner - Tuna pasta bake (pasta, tuna, onion, yellow pepper, cherry tomatoes, passata, vegetable stock, splash of worcestershire sauce) topped with 60g cheese (hexa & 6syns) and served with a side salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato).

Snacks - 1 can Relentless Sugar Free Engergy Drink (1 syn), 1 can Diet Coke, 1 satsuma, 1 Cadbury Curly Wurly (6syns)

Total Weekly Syns - 46 1/2/70
Total Weekly Exercise (working towards Bronze Body Magic) - 10/45

Tonight is my first weigh in so i have got everything crossed, wish me luck!!! I will report back later with the results.
I have also set myself three challenges for next week:

1) Drink 6-8 glasses of water a day
2) Work towards my Bronze Body Magic award
3) Try out a new recipe

 

[Jadeine]

11/03/2013 - Extra Easy Day

Breakfast - 2 Alpen Light cereal bars (hexb), 1 WW Toffee yogurt

Lunch - Salad box (carrot, celery, cucumber, tomatoes) with 150g tub Asda Less Fat Cottage Cheese with Red Pepper & Chilli (1syn)

Dinner - Tuna pasta bake (pasta, tuna, onion, yellow pepper, cherry tomatoes, passata, vegetable stock, splash of worcestershire sauce) topped with 60g cheese (hexa & 6syns) and served with a side salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato).

Snacks - 1 can Relentless Sugar Free Engergy Drink (1 syn), 1 can Diet Coke, 1 satsuma, 1 Cadbury Curly Wurly (6syns)

Total Weekly Syns - 46 1/2/70
Total Weekly Exercise (working towards Bronze Body Magic) - 10/45

Tonight is my first weigh in so i have got everything crossed, wish me luck!!! I will report back later with the results.
I have also set myself three challenges for next week:

1) Drink 6-8 glasses of water a day
2) Work towards my Bronze Body Magic award
3) Try out a new recipe

your doing really well, good luck at weigh in! looking forward to seeing your result, im sure your gonna do really well