On a mission to be a slim bridesmaid..open to pointers! :)

Hiya i'm also just starting out and mine is down to being a bridesmaid next year the thought of loads of photos when i feel like this makes me feel ill :( but i'm sure with a great forum like this we will all be looking great :)

Carrie x
 
carrieann78 said:
Hiya i'm also just starting out and mine is down to being a bridesmaid next year the thought of loads of photos when i feel like this makes me feel ill :( but i'm sure with a great forum like this we will all be looking great :)

Carrie x
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Hi Carrie. I totally have that feeling too when I think about the wedding. Really want to get to target (or close to it) by then! When is the wedding you have? Mine's in March.
 
Haven't been on in a few days as I've been away and didn't have Internet access for a couple of days. I'm away until tomorrow so I've been doing my best to make healthy choices.

Saturday:
Breakfast: 2 oatibix (HEB) and rice milk (HEA) with a banana
Lunch: Bowl of potato and carrot soup; 1 mini meringue (1 syn)
Dinner: Chicken strips in marinade (2 syns), 3 rashers, lettuce
Tea: Mugshot (tomato pasta one)
Snacks: 3 mini meringues (3 syns) and Pepsi max
Total: 6 syns

Sunday:
Breakfast: 2 oatibix (HEB), rice milk (HEA) and banana
Lunch: slice ham; WW ready meal (3 syns) - accidentally bought shepherds pie instead of cottage pie and don't like lamb, so scraped out the meat; 5 mini meringues (5syns) - Brought a tub of them away with me and was totally unable to resist them so I think I'm going to have to stop buying them!
Dinner: Pasta mugshots (I only had access to a kettle on Sunday eve)
Snacks: diet flavoured sparkling water; grapes; 1/2 WW drinking choc (it was horrible - 1 syn!)
Total: 9 syns

As I had 6 syns left over, I was going to get choc/crisps for watching xfactor results show but when I was passing the shop I decided I didn't want chocolate - I used to never pass up an opportunity for treats!! I snacked on grapes instead! :)

Monday:
Breakfast: Banana (was all I had access to this morn)
Snack: 1 Alpen light bar (1/2 HEB)
Not feeling hungry at all today, so might just have a small salad for lunch. Having rice, mince and veg for dinner. Will edit later/tomorrow.
 
Well done on choosing grapes over chocolate :) Little things like that always make me feel extra motivated! X
 
I know, I was very proud of myself. I also only drank half of my WW drinking chocolate as it was horrible and didn't want to waste syns on it, whereas normally I'd have just drank it for the sake of it! Had bought an oat so simple pot for breakfast this morn too as I only had access to a kettle, but when I discovered they have something like 9 syns, I threw it in the bin and had a banana instead. Like you say, it's the little things! :)
 
sparkles37 said:
I know, I was very proud of myself. I also only drank half of my WW drinking chocolate as it was horrible and didn't want to waste syns on it, whereas normally I'd have just drank it for the sake of it! Had bought an oat so simple pot for breakfast this morn too as I only had access to a kettle, but when I discovered they have something like 9 syns, I threw it in the bin and had a banana instead. Like you say, it's the little things! :)
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Sometimes I think it's the times like this that are just as good as seeing the number on the scales go down.. After all a change in attitude is going to be the biggest thing in terms of maintaining the weight loss :)
 
graciebabes said:
Sometimes I think it's the times like this that are just as good as seeing the number on the scales go down.. After all a change in attitude is going to be the biggest thing in terms of maintaining the weight loss :)
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So true! My only problem is that I'm an emotional eater and weight loss has always about my mindframe... just as quickly as I've clicked into the weight loss zone, I could just as quickly click back out of it and into full on binge mode. It all depends on what's going on in my life in general and how stressed/happy I am at the time! Although I'm hoping that having the extra focus of the wedding this time and having minimins to turn to might help me stick with it this time! :)
 
sparkles37 said:
So true! My only problem is that I'm an emotional eater and weight loss has always about my mindframe... just as quickly as I've clicked into the weight loss zone, I could just as quickly click back out of it and into full on binge mode. It all depends on what's going on in my life in general and how stressed/happy I am at the time! Although I'm hoping that having the extra focus of the wedding this time and having minimins to turn to might help me stick with it this time! :)
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Omg I am exactly the same! Serial binge eater! Mainly through boredom too.. I can go 4 or 5 days sticking to plan then completely out of no where I just eat whatever is in sight, then feel totally guilty afterwards.. Wish there was something I could do to get out of the habit!
 
graciebabes said:
Omg I am exactly the same! Serial binge eater! Mainly through boredom too.. I can go 4 or 5 days sticking to plan then completely out of no where I just eat whatever is in sight, then feel totally guilty afterwards.. Wish there was something I could do to get out of the habit!
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Yep, boredom's a big one for me too. Bored, stressed, upset, you name it, my go-to reaction is usually wolfing down comfort food. It has to be the unhealthiest food too when I get into binge mode, it's horrible really. I'm hoping to try to come up with some techniques for preventing those binges in future. But for now, I'll just be happy that my life is temporarily unstressful! :)
 
Forgot to update my food diary for Monday. Ended up as follows:

Monday 8th:
Breakfast: Banana
Snack: Alpen light (1/2 HEB)
Lunch: Small salad (rice, ham, lettuce) & 1 mini meringue (1 syn)
Dinner: Mince cooked with Old El Paso burrito spice mix (1 syn), rice & veg from an Aldi steampot. I cooked burritos for my brother but got rice & veg for myself to go with the mince instead of going for the tortillas, cheese, etc... I almost don't recognise myself at the moment! :)
Snacks: 2 mini meringue nests (2 syns); 1 alpen light (1/2 HEB); packet of skips (4 1/2 syns). I had to drive home late last night so I allowed myself a few (within plan) snacks on the drive home.
Total: 10 1/2 syns

Today (Tuesday 9th):
Breakfast: 2 oatibix (HEB), ricemilk (HEA) & a banana
Lunch: Home-made potato & leek soup; cup of tea. I used to take 3 spoons of sugar (sometimes 4) with every cup of tea and have managed to give up sugar in my tea completely over the past few weeks, so I'm delighted that I can drink tea now without feeling guilty about my calorie intake!)
Snack: Grapes
Dinner: Vegetable stew (carrots, mushrooms & leeks) & cornflour to thicken (1 syn) with 1 1/2 potatoes; 1/2 slice of banana cake (4 syns)
Tea: Gherkins; slice of ham; 1 mini meringue (1 syn)

Total: 6 syns

Weigh in tomorrow morn. I was at 11st 1/2lb last week so REALLY hoping to get into the 10s this week!!! :fingerscrossed:
 
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sparkles37 said:
Yep, boredom's a big one for me too. Bored, stressed, upset, you name it, my go-to reaction is usually wolfing down comfort food. It has to be the unhealthiest food too when I get into binge mode, it's horrible really. I'm hoping to try to come up with some techniques for preventing those binges in future. But for now, I'll just be happy that my life is temporarily unstressful! :)
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I hear cognitive behavioural therapy is good for treating it, but I suppose that means going and seeing a doctor and I'm always worried they'll just look at me as 'greedy' rather than actually having a problem.. So in the meantime I'm doing the same as you, just trying to stick to plan and getting straight back on it if I do happen to fall off and have a binge!
 
graciebabes said:
I hear cognitive behavioural therapy is good for treating it, but I suppose that means going and seeing a doctor and I'm always worried they'll just look at me as 'greedy' rather than actually having a problem.. So in the meantime I'm doing the same as you, just trying to stick to plan and getting straight back on it if I do happen to fall off and have a binge!
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Ya, I'd say CBT would be really good, but definitely not affordable for me at the moment and I don't even think it would be available anywhere near where I live. At the moment, I'm finding that keeping a note of my food intake, on this & in my own little diary at home, is a huge help because it makes me feel accountable. I do other little things too like putting up my weigh loss checklist in my kitchen so that everyone can see & will know if I have gained, and my mum is very supportive of my weight loss mission too! Even though I'm doing it for me, I do think it helps to feel kind of accountable to other people too, as it guilts me into staying on the straight & narrow! :) Having said that, I haven't been really challenged yet as I haven't had one of those real needing-to-binge feelings since I started SW, and I generally find it very difficult to control what I eat when I get like that.

On a totally unrelated note, I've just come across the extra smiley icons. How hilarious & random is this one: :banana dancer: He he! :)
 
sparkles37 said:
On a totally unrelated note, I've just come across the extra smiley icons. How hilarious & random is this one: :banana dancer: He he! :)
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Bummer, it was much funnier when I selected it because she was shaking her banana boobs! :D
 
graciebabes said:
Hahaha! Banana boobs!! :D
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I'm easily entertained! :)

Lost 1 1/2lbs this week so I'm back in the 10s. Yippee!!!! :D :D Hoping when I get down to my next half stone loss it will start being obvious with my clothes as so far there's no obvious change.
 
sparkles37 said:
I'm easily entertained! :)

Lost 1 1/2lbs this week so I'm back in the 10s. Yippee!!!! :D :D Hoping when I get down to my next half stone loss it will start being obvious with my clothes as so far there's no obvious change.
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Woohoo go girl!! *does banana dance* lol bet you're well chuffed :D x
 
graciebabes said:
Woohoo go girl!! *does banana dance* lol bet you're well chuffed :D x
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Hehe, I should have put the banana dancer beside the weight loss on my signature, I'll save that for my first stone off! :D Thanks hun x
 
Wednesday 10th:

Breakfast: 2 oatibix (HEB), ricemilk (HEA) & a banana
Lunch: Home-made leek & potato soup; slice of ham; some gherkins; mini meringue nest (1 syn) - not all at the same time (that would have been a weird combination!).
Dinner: Home-made burger with a rasher on top & a slice of cheese melted over it (3 syns); ketchup (1 syn); lettuce; baked SW chips flavoured with paprika; baked flat mushrooms & tomatoes. Yum! :)
Snack: Chocolate animal bar (5 syns); 1 mini meringue (1 syn)
Tea: Will probably snack on fruit as I've used a good few syns already.

Total: 11 syns
 
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