MinkyDinkys SW Success Diary!!

[missemma]

Fingers crossed my dear for WI, maybe your scales are different to the ones at your group you never know!

Hope your day gets better & you start to feel better! Chin up chick xx

 

[Rosielea]

Minkx good luck WI. I am sure you have lost as you have been eating well.

 

[emma_partington27]

Gud luck for wi minks

 

[MinkyDinky]

Oh Minks, sorry to hear you feeling so down - have a big hug smilie :bighug:

Please make sure you eat something today otherwise you will end up feeling even worse.

I hate it when our weekly weigh in makes us feel pants - I am fighting to keep happy in myself - another 1lb loss for me this week which wouldnt be so bad if I hadnt set myself a target to reach before I go on holiday and if I carry on losing 1lb a week I wont make that target - still happy to be losing but just impatient I guess.

Whatever happens tonight you know why it might have happened - SB and retention - so it is not that you have gone off the rails and off plan and Emsie is right - it will probably not show next week.

Stay positive and keep smiling.

Thanks for the big hug H2 Well done on another loss hun, even if its 'just' a pound. Its another in the right direction! But I am so with you on the impatience at the moment xx

Chin up!

Got the general gist of the week, but thanks for the bullet pointed synopsis!

Sometimes life just has to be bullet pointed xx

. Could you borrow a fiver from someone and nip out and grab something?? Hope the day gets better for you xxx

nah, don't want to borrow money from people and its only one day. I am not even feeling hungry, last nights dinner of 2 whole sausages and a handful of veg was a struggle xx

Fingers crossed my dear for WI, maybe your scales are different to the ones at your group you never know!

Hope your day gets better & you start to feel better! Chin up chick xx

Mine are at most 1lb out. but what will be will be. xx

Minkx good luck WI. I am sure you have lost as you have been eating well.

Gud luck for wi minks

Thanks for the luck... a gain will happen but whatevs... xx

 

[MinkyDinky]

been chatting to my friend this morning re how I am feeling with the bloat / frustration / wanting to get to target. And she said something that is actually very true...

"I can imagine there is an immense amount of pressure on you every week to at least not gain. I imagine the whole group look at you as inspiration and so you cant let them down... but they haven't come as far as you. So if Oreo gate is the reason then please stop punishing yourself. I can imagine you just wanna reach that target and almost relax a bit. Not then stuff your face but be like 'good, made it, tick, so what if I fluctuate by a few pounds because I made it'. Get me? Stay strong girlie

Re the challenge... I can see at this stage you need to change/shake things up a little to trick the body. Hey... you tried the challenge, may not of been suited to you and the reports you've read may be true and you'll suffer severe bloating first week maybe followed by epic loss the next?? Don't be disheartened yet... if there is a small gain then explain to group you've been on a challenge and talk them through it and tell them about the bloat thing etc. Maybe someone else has done it and will say 'yep, had exactly the same... bloat - gain then loss'. I wish you'd punish yourself less. It takes over your whole life at times and dictates your mood a lot. I know you have been on a massive journey but remember life is a journey too and don't go through yours obsessing about food all the time. You have a life too so enjoy it as well... only one shot hun. I completely get that healthy eating is a part of your life now and will be forever (like mine) but remember that word 'part' - its only a 'part' of your life. Cool down bubba, you are amazing and look fantastic and if the continuous compliments you get from everyone isn't enough then I have no idea what will be!!"

so maybe I just need to take some of EVERYONEs advise. And just chill the eff out?

 

[anju100]

good luck for WI. Hopefully the scales will be kind. so frustrating when you know you have stuck to plan and still the scales dont justify that.Stupid scan bran !!

 

[anju100]

brilliant advise, and so true. no one is harder on you, than you. everyone else understands, but its the pressure you put on yourself to be the star of the group. I am no way in your league for weight loss, but get comments such as " here is our SOTW" and "here is the star loser" and someone said "give someone else a chance to be SOTW" Its all so much pressure! You know you have stuck to it, you know you hav exercised, you know you have experimented with something different - and perhaps this is just something that didnt suit you. At least you tried . Give yourself a atback:

 

[MinkyDinky]

brilliant advise, and so true. no one is harder on you, than you. everyone else understands, but its the pressure you put on yourself to be the star of the group. I am no way in your league for weight loss, but get comments such as " here is our SOTW" and "here is the star loser" and someone said "give someone else a chance to be SOTW" Its all so much pressure! You know you have stuck to it, you know you hav exercised, you know you have experimented with something different - and perhaps this is just something that didnt suit you. At least you tried . Give yourself a atback:

Thanks Anju, I know everything you and everyone else has said is 100% on the nail. I have times where food / dieting consumes my everything and dominates my thoughts and how I feel. And the real crazy thing is? I feel fatter today than any time I was at my biggest!! I never had those 'fat' days before, but now, more than ever.

I think the other annoying thing is that I see people day in, day out that just eat whatever they want (typically sandwiches for lunch, normal dinners, etc) and never an ounce gained. I want to be normal! And when you get to target you obviously have your 3lb either way for 'normal' fluctuations but no one ever takes that in to consideration when you are trying to get to target!

thinking out loud there... probably not explained in the best way but I can't find the right words to articulate it properly xxx

 

[Nellylou]

Thanks Anju, I know everything you and everyone else has said is 100% on the nail. I have times where food / dieting consumes my everything and dominates my thoughts and how I feel. And the real crazy thing is? I feel fatter today than any time I was at my biggest!! I never had those 'fat' days before, but now, more than ever.

I think the other annoying thing is that I see people day in, day out that just eat whatever they want (typically sandwiches for lunch, normal dinners, etc) and never an ounce gained. I want to be normal! And when you get to target you obviously have your 3lb either way for 'normal' fluctuations but no one ever takes that in to consideration when you are trying to get to target!

thinking out loud there... probably not explained in the best way but I can't find the right words to articulate it properly xxx

I hear ya Minks, dieting really can take over your life but it isnt all that life is meant to be. You have achieved so much and already look so fantastic, youll get there you know you will xx

 

[ScarlettStar86]

Fab advice from your friend, I think whenever we are on plan we can all be guilty of the food we eat being all consuming and the only thing we care about. So the scan bran might not have worked this week but you will prob get a great loss next week and if you don't it doesn't matter, it's one week out of the rest of your life being slim and slinky minky xxx

 

[LauraLoo]

Aww sorry you are feeling so down, well all have those days! Your friends advice is great and very true.

i have had unexplainable gains a few weeks and it's just a little hurdle to get past again! I was really p*ssed off about them but knew I just had to keep going!

Just something else to think about....I know the WW petit pans are a HExB.....but it's still white bread and for me it's a huge no-no - I could easily gain a few lbs if I ate some, I am sure of it....have you had just one this week or more than one? I know it's good for the white bread craving though, as ever it's always a balance!

 

[MinkyDinky]

As I said earlier dinner was meant to be meat free kiev which I was going to do with new potatoes and veg/mushy peas.

But tbh, I don't feel in the slightest bit hungry. So I may substitute that in for a mug of my soup I made last night. I just don't feel like eating today.

Tomorrows plan will be melon for breakfast, soup for lunch (part of the 12 week challenge) maybe with a HexB roll? and dinner... don't actually know?! Maybe another lot of soup or just some salad with ham.

Feel like I need to not try and shake it up in a sense of trying x and y, but more like a basic 'this is EE, I have one measured HexA and one measured HexB, I have my third superfree with each meal and I have 5-15 syns per day'. At the moment I cannot have sweet things. I want them, I really do, but currently, its pushing me to want to eat biscuits all day everyday. So I will try and have a week of just normal-ish eating. I have batched up a soup for the 12 week challenge and you have to have a mug or bowl a day, this will hopefully help with portion control and is stacked with veg and beans. This will be a bit help I think.

I have a night out on Saturday - unsure who will remember me saying about my friend that has breast/ovarian cancer last year? Well treatment didn't work and she is booked in for a double mastectomy on 11th June so this is a pre op drink with all the girls. We are meeting at 8pm in a pub I don't particularly like and they will be going clubbing in a club I really don't like so I will be sticking to one alcoholic drink and the rest diet cokes, when they leave to go clubbing I will go home. Means I am totally in control and no chance of going over syns that night and I can get up sunday and go to yoga (which I will be doing, no ifs, buts or maybes about that - Emsie you can hold me to that )

I am off next week and will be going out for dinner on the Wednesday (scarlett... Miss corset... We agreed on Nandos right!?) so that won't be high syn and then on the Friday evening over my friends for dinner which I am cooking - control on syns there. Saturday will be the London meet and depending on weather we will either be grabbing stuff from M&S / Tesco / supermarket type place and going for a picnic, or if cold and wet n crappy then some nice restaurant that is SW friendly for us all (that's the silver lining of us all following the same eating plan!)

Right waffler today aren't I?! Jeez.

 

[*radleygirl*]

Next to jams and peanut butter etc xx

Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Thank you

 

[MinkyDinky]

I hear ya Minks, dieting really can take over your life but it isnt all that life is meant to be. You have achieved so much and already look so fantastic, youll get there you know you will xx

Fab advice from your friend, I think whenever we are on plan we can all be guilty of the food we eat being all consuming and the only thing we care about. So the scan bran might not have worked this week but you will prob get a great loss next week and if you don't it doesn't matter, it's one week out of the rest of your life being slim and slinky minky xxx

Glad I am not the only one that gets wrapped up in it all. Its one week. Just one week. I need to keep this as a mantra today I think xxx

Aww sorry you are feeling so down, well all have those days! Your friends advice is great and very true.

i have had unexplainable gains a few weeks and it's just a little hurdle to get past again! I was really p*ssed off about them but knew I just had to keep going!

Just something else to think about....I know the WW petit pans are a HExB.....but it's still white bread and for me it's a huge no-no - I could easily gain a few lbs if I ate some, I am sure of it....have you had just one this week or more than one? I know it's good for the white bread craving though, as ever it's always a balance!

I have had the WW petit pains, but I have had a lot of scan bran and SB cake - which obviously equals lots of eggs which bind you up if I am right? Maybe the SB challenge is to have them on their own rather than in a cake format or loaf or whatever.

Its one of those things. I just need to wake up tomorrow and remember that its a start of a new week. xx

thank you all - yes, I can be a dramatic douche every once in a while Xxx

 

[missemma]

I think the other annoying thing is that I see people day in, day out that just eat whatever they want (typically sandwiches for lunch, normal dinners, etc) and never an ounce gained. I want to be normal!

thinking out loud there... probably not explained in the best way but I can't find the right words to articulate it properly xxx

YES.

You hit the nail on the head there for most of us on here I think. It is frustrating sitting down and watching people eat, oh I dunno, a sandwich bought from the local shop everyday and not gain one small pound, I totally get you there. Sometimes though I think that this is the normal for us, unfortunately as annoying and frustrating as it is this is the normal for us, and just think our diet is so much more healthy than those stuffing in tsp's of salt in their shop bought sarnies hehe. Big hug for you xxx

 

[LauraLoo]

Glad I am not the only one that gets wrapped up in it all. Its one week. Just one week. I need to keep this as a mantra today I think xxx

I have had the WW petit pains, but I have had a lot of scan bran and SB cake - which obviously equals lots of eggs which bind you up if I am right? Maybe the SB challenge is to have them on their own rather than in a cake format or loaf or whatever.

Its one of those things. I just need to wake up tomorrow and remember that its a start of a new week. xx

thank you all - yes, I can be a dramatic douche every once in a while Xxx

Yes the egg thing with SB cakes can be an issue for some I think when the cakes are in addition to normal meals. They are so hard to eat in many other ways though lol. How many eggs would you say you had over the week too?

It is just one little week.....xx

 

[xJoanneJJx]

Aww minky! For about the third day in a row.. :bughug: As others have said, I totally get what you mean about people eating 'normally' and not even thinking about buying shop bought sandwiches etc. What it must be like eh!

I know you're annoyed at the scales but you must know its all the additional fibre as you've been good as gold xx

Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

 

[ScarlettStar86]

Yes I think we did say nandos, properly excited I love nandos! I'm a bit nervous about it for some silly reason! I know you are both lovely but I dunno, do you get what I mean?! Xx

 

[*radleygirl*]

been chatting to my friend this morning re how I am feeling with the bloat / frustration / wanting to get to target. And she said something that is actually very true...

"I can imagine there is an immense amount of pressure on you every week to at least not gain. I imagine the whole group look at you as inspiration and so you cant let them down... but they haven't come as far as you. So if Oreo gate is the reason then please stop punishing yourself. I can imagine you just wanna reach that target and almost relax a bit. Not then stuff your face but be like 'good, made it, tick, so what if I fluctuate by a few pounds because I made it'. Get me? Stay strong girlie

Re the challenge... I can see at this stage you need to change/shake things up a little to trick the body. Hey... you tried the challenge, may not of been suited to you and the reports you've read may be true and you'll suffer severe bloating first week maybe followed by epic loss the next?? Don't be disheartened yet... if there is a small gain then explain to group you've been on a challenge and talk them through it and tell them about the bloat thing etc. Maybe someone else has done it and will say 'yep, had exactly the same... bloat - gain then loss'. I wish you'd punish yourself less. It takes over your whole life at times and dictates your mood a lot. I know you have been on a massive journey but remember life is a journey too and don't go through yours obsessing about food all the time. You have a life too so enjoy it as well... only one shot hun. I completely get that healthy eating is a part of your life now and will be forever (like mine) but remember that word 'part' - its only a 'part' of your life. Cool down bubba, you are amazing and look fantastic and if the continuous compliments you get from everyone isn't enough then I have no idea what will be!!"

so maybe I just need to take some of EVERYONEs advise. And just chill the eff out?

Thanks Anju, I know everything you and everyone else has said is 100% on the nail. I have times where food / dieting consumes my everything and dominates my thoughts and how I feel. And the real crazy thing is? I feel fatter today than any time I was at my biggest!! I never had those 'fat' days before, but now, more than ever.

I think the other annoying thing is that I see people day in, day out that just eat whatever they want (typically sandwiches for lunch, normal dinners, etc) and never an ounce gained. I want to be normal! And when you get to target you obviously have your 3lb either way for 'normal' fluctuations but no one ever takes that in to consideration when you are trying to get to target!

thinking out loud there... probably not explained in the best way but I can't find the right words to articulate it properly xxx

As I said earlier dinner was meant to be meat free kiev which I was going to do with new potatoes and veg/mushy peas.

But tbh, I don't feel in the slightest bit hungry. So I may substitute that in for a mug of my soup I made last night. I just don't feel like eating today.

Tomorrows plan will be melon for breakfast, soup for lunch (part of the 12 week challenge) maybe with a HexB roll? and dinner... don't actually know?! Maybe another lot of soup or just some salad with ham.

Feel like I need to not try and shake it up in a sense of trying x and y, but more like a basic 'this is EE, I have one measured HexA and one measured HexB, I have my third superfree with each meal and I have 5-15 syns per day'. At the moment I cannot have sweet things. I want them, I really do, but currently, its pushing me to want to eat biscuits all day everyday. So I will try and have a week of just normal-ish eating. I have batched up a soup for the 12 week challenge and you have to have a mug or bowl a day, this will hopefully help with portion control and is stacked with veg and beans. This will be a bit help I think.

I have a night out on Saturday - unsure who will remember me saying about my friend that has breast/ovarian cancer last year? Well treatment didn't work and she is booked in for a double mastectomy on 11th June so this is a pre op drink with all the girls. We are meeting at 8pm in a pub I don't particularly like and they will be going clubbing in a club I really don't like so I will be sticking to one alcoholic drink and the rest diet cokes, when they leave to go clubbing I will go home. Means I am totally in control and no chance of going over syns that night and I can get up sunday and go to yoga (which I will be doing, no ifs, buts or maybes about that - Emsie you can hold me to that )

I am off next week and will be going out for dinner on the Wednesday (scarlett... Miss corset... We agreed on Nandos right!?) so that won't be high syn and then on the Friday evening over my friends for dinner which I am cooking - control on syns there. Saturday will be the London meet and depending on weather we will either be grabbing stuff from M&S / Tesco / supermarket type place and going for a picnic, or if cold and wet n crappy then some nice restaurant that is SW friendly for us all (that's the silver lining of us all following the same eating plan!)

Right waffler today aren't I?! Jeez.

Afternoon Minky, What great advice from your friend (and the other lovely ladies comments). It's really hard not to get obsessed with what we eat, what we plan to eat & syns etc but this SW journey is for life, its not a diet and we do have to live also. You have done amazing well and I can understand the pressure you feel not to let your group down, but you won't you are human like all of us and there are times when there is a gain due to falling off the wagon or an unexplained gain due to our bodies just being downright awkward.

I too have 'fat' days and I never had them before, although I have not lost anywhere near your amount, I am slimmer than I was but sometimes feel ever bigger than before. I think it's because we can become body obsessed because we are watching what we eat so are very aware of the smallest changes in how we feel and that impacts on our moods (well it does mine anyway). I get annoyed at the things other people can eat and I can't like sandwiches and crisps everyday, but everyone is made differently, it would be boring if we were all the same wouldn't it?!

I think you going back to basics is a great idea as we all can get a bit complacent about weighing stuff when we've been on plan for so long. Your plans for next week sound great and good for you for taking control and not planning on drinking on Sat. I hope you can shake off this mood before too long.

Anyway, sorry for this looonnnggg post. Chin up and I will be thinking light thoughts at your WI time x

 

[ginlin]

Good luck for WI Minky, and hopefully if they show a gain, it won't be a 'real fat' one, as it is those bloomin' rooftiles, weighing heavy x