Lisa's SW Diary

[LisaRose1974]

I am new to Minimins and SW, I am doing the plan at home at the moment as my friend has given me her books to borrow until I can join a group next Monday so by keeping this diary I hope I can get some feedback as to if I am doing it right or not as I have never done SW before and it is a little confusing at the moment and will probably take me a while to get used to. I have always lost weight before my calorie counting, I have yo-yo'd over the years and have never managed to keep the weight off for good but I am just so sick of counting every calorie to the point of obsession. I have managed to lose 15lb since September last year but it has been a slow process with many slip-ups along the way especially over christmas. I am hoping the SW way of eating will help me to get to my goal weight without feeling deprived and I'm hoping the support on here will help keep me on the straight and narrow!! So here goes

Saturday 6th February GREEN DAY

Breakfast: 2 slices wholmeal bread (HEB)
baked beans (free), 2 poached eggs (free) sliced mushrooms poached in water(free)
250ml semi-skimmed milk for use in Tea (HEA)
Lunch: Pack of Ainsley Harriot Spice sensation couscous (free) 113g canned tuna in brine (HEB) half a diced red pepper, diced cucumber,diced onion, celery, tomato, few pineapple chunks(free) I mixed all this together and it was gorgeous and so filling that I only ate half of it and put the rest in the fridge)
Dinner: Jacket potato, baked beans(free) salad(free) 42g grated mozzarella(HEA)

Didn't have any sins as I was so full!!

Sunday 7th February GREEN DAY
Breakfast: 2 weetabix (HEB)
250ml semi-skimmed milk (HEA) used half for weetabix and half in Tea
small banana(free)
2 poached eggs (free), 2 slices wholmeal toast (HEB) grilled tomatoes(free)
Lunch: Leftover lunch from yesterday
Dinnerack of batchelors pasta & sauce made with skimmed milk and water (1.5 syns)
Quorn chicken style fillets (free)
Jacket potato(free)
Salad(free)
42g mozzarella (HEA)
SYNS: milk 1.5
very low fat fruit yog 1
sugar free jelly 0.5
low fat mayo on salad 2.5
It looks so much written down, how can I possibly lose weight eating like this lol!!
Ooh forgot to mention my drinks: water and diet orange squash,tea, can of pepsi max

 

[Baronessvongogo]

Hi, im new too, its amazing how much you can eat isn't it. Tho i have to admit it seems to be working according to my wii fit, fantastic

 

[LisaRose1974]

Hi there fellow newbie I haven't felt hungry once in the last 2 days and I am loving SW so far, I have always thought it would be too hard to get to grips with before so have never tried it until now, my friend has tried it and she lost quite a bit of weight and she couldn't recommend SW enough, I am sick of starving myself to try and lose weight, I love my food and hopefully this will be the plan that helps me stay on track and reach my goal, good luck with your weight loss journey and hope to see you around

 

[suepat10]

Welcome to SW and the forum xx

Thank you so much for your message. The people on the forum are really lovely and a great help to everyone. The recipe section is a great source and once you get to class and have access to the SW website you will find a whole mine of information on there xx

 

[Laddiesboy]

Hi Lisa, looks like you're already well into the swing of things

I would say you need to make every effort to have at least 5 syns per day.

If (or when) you hit a plateau, lowering the syns you have can be a very effective way of combatting it and kickstarting the losses again. But it only works if you are having them in the first place. Hope that makes sense lol.

You don't need to have all 15 by any means, but they do recommend a minimum of 5. I normally aim for around 10 per day, although admitedly I did just pick that figure at random one day and stick to it haha.

Best of luck with everything