Slimming for my wedding!

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Hey It's been slow I'm not going to lie. I had a good few weeks of just maintaining - I'm down to 10 st 11 now, I've started losing again which is good. Just needed to step it up a gear really. I'm happy that it's going in the right direction, just hope I can keep it up! Thanks x

 

[vixter]

Aah you're doing great! Ages until the wedding too so you are going to be at your absolute best for it!!
I lost almost 4 stone for my wedding and made the big mistake of gaining a bit back once the worry of buying the dress was out the way....I then piled it all back on and the same again after the wedding!! Just...don't be me! haha, I am back and that's the main thing

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Wow well done - I suppose that can easily happen, I think it's easy to slip into a mind frame of 'well I can fit in a size 10 now' or whatever size you were aiming for. I think that's what's happened with me - I'm definitely losing inches and can now fit into size 10 stuff which feels incredible after being in size 24s aged 15 and not so long ago squeezing into size 16-18. But I'm obviously not at my healthy BMI yet which is what I want to get down to at least (10 st 5lb) but ideally I'd like to get down to 9 1/2- 10 st which I think is achievable (even if it's taking a bit longer than I thought) x

 

[vixter]

You will definately do that if you keep on plugging away at SW

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

I really, really should be posting - I need to get back on it. I know that it definitely helps. I've been a bit poorly recently but I've managed to stay on plan quite a bit. I had missed 2 groups because of being too ill but I managed to drag myself to a Saturday group yesterday and I even forced myself to stay to help keep me motivated & hopefully pick up some good tips. I weighed in at 10 st 9lbs, so a loss of 2 for me (which I was happy with). I'm hoping if I try really hard I could potentially get my 4 1/2 stone award on Wednesday - but if not the Wednesday after is definitely do able. Yesterday's food diary:

Breakfast: 35g Porridge Oats (HEXA), Strawberries, Raspberries, Choc Orange Muller Light.
Dinner: Spicy Lentil Soup (Iceland SW range) with a slice of wholemeal crusts away (2 syns).
Tea: Beef Kheema Curry with Spiced Potatoes & Savoy Cabbage
Snacks: Banana, Apple, Quark
Syns: 1 tsp Choc shot (0.5), Options Mint Hot Choc (1.5), Salted Caramel SW Bar - ate around 3/4 of it, won't be having one again!! (4), 2 Mikado (1). Total: 9 syns. 600ml of Alpro Coconut Milk was my HEXA!

Aiming for a lower syn day today. Unfortunately, I can't have anything to eat this morning for medical reasons - so I hope that doesn't effect my metabolism too much. I'm definitely a breakfast person!! Hoping to eat less syns today as well!

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Food Diary:
Breakfast: None
Lunch: 2 Portabello Mushrooms, stuffed with leftover beef kheema mix and topped with HEXa Mozzarella
Dinner: Chicken Chausser (1.5 syns for red wine & cornflour) served with 2 new potatoes, Brocolli and Carrots.
Snacks: 2 Hifi Light Bars (HEXb), Small banana, 4 Strawberries, Choc Orange Muller Light.
Syns: 2 syn Options Belgium Choc
Total: 3.5 syns

Today has been an alright day food wise, on plan. I don't like not having breakfast but obviously that couldn't be helped in this situation. I've drank lots of fluid which is good. Breakfast, lunch & dinner are all prepped and planned for tomorrow.

 

[Missy conway]

Breakfast- vegetables smoothie
Lunch- 4 X scanbran with tomato purée 2 X light cheese slices and 2 X ham slices
Tea- jp with beans (fajita ones) and cheese
Snacks- melon slices strawberries and mango slices with 1 tbsp of choc shot
Options hot choc
175ml red wine

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Breakfast- vegetables smoothie
Lunch- 4 X scanbran with tomato purée 2 X light cheese slices and 2 X ham slices
Tea- jp with beans (fajita ones) and cheese
Snacks- melon slices strawberries and mango slices with 1 tbsp of choc shot
Options hot choc
175ml red wine

What do you put in your vegetable smoothie? I've been considering trying one but I'm not sure if I'd like them or not x

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

So so drained and exhausted today! Here's my food diary today:

Breakfast: 2 plums, 4 strawberries, small handful of raspberries with a chocolate orange muller yoghurt.
Lunch: Small tub of leftover kheema curry mix with Savoy cabbage & spiced potatoes.
Dinner: Chicken Chausser on a Jacket Potato with Brocolli (1.5 syn)
Snacks: Apple, 2 Hifi Light (HEXB), 2 Babybel (Healthy A), Danone Light & Free Yoghurt, Slice of Cajun Chicken, 3 Gherkins.
Syns: Options Mint (1.5 syns) Options Butterscotch (1.5), 2 packets of Go Ahead Biscuit Bites (10)
Total syns: 14.5

Ended up having a bit of an indulgent day syn wise but I felt like I needed it and still stayed within the plan. Hoping for a better day syn wise on Tuesday to make up for it!

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Today's Breakfast:

I decided to mix up my healthy B today and enjoy 40g of Urban Fruit Dried Pineapple on top of fruit (5 strawberries, small handful of raspberries, 1 plum, small handful of black grapes, 1/2 banana) & topped this with Blueberry Danone Light & Free yoghurt. It was delicious and made a nice change from Mueseli and Porridge Oats and the texture meant it took longer to eat. I had a Butterscotch Options Hot Chocolate with it (1.5 syns). I need to kick my hot chocolate habit but at the minute I love a hot drink in the morning & hate tea/coffee. Might switch back to hot juice for the next couple of days.

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Lunch: Beef Kheema & Spiced Potatoes/Savoy Cabbage, 2 x Babybel (HEXa)
Dinner: Beef in Red Onion Gravy with Swede, Carrot, Brocolli, Sweetcorn & roast new potatoes.
Snacks: Apple
Syn: Kettle Bites Mozarella and Pesto (5)
Total syns: 6.5 syns

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Food Diary:

Breakfast: 600ml Alpro Coconut Milk (HEXA), 2 Weetabix (HEXB), Strawberries.

Lunch: Beef Kheema & Spiced Potatoes/Cabbage (last of my leftovers haha!), Blueberry Danone Light & Free, Apple/Grape Snack Pack. I've finally figured out how to attach pictures and you can see why I'm not sick of my lunch - delicious despite having it three days in a row!

Dinner: Sirloin Steak, Cajun Spiced Potatoes, Button Mushrooms & Red Onion.

Syns: 1.5 Butterscotch Options, 5.5 syn party rings, 2 Mikado sticks (1). Total: 8 syns

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Today has been a difficult day - cakefest bake sale at my work for a charity. Donated money but managed to avoid the lure of shortbread, chocolate cake, lemon drizzle cake, butterfly cakes... the list goes on and so does my envy haha :') I'm proud of myself as I am definitely a cake fiend and could definitely rival the Cookie Monster!!

Breakfast: Plum, Strawberries, Banana, Pineapple, Grape topped with Danone Blueberry Light & Free and Urban Fruit Dried Pineapple (40g HEXB)
Lunch: Beef in Red Onion Gravy, Swede, Carrot and Brocolli. Apple Snack Pack.
Dinner: Bean and Cheese (HEXA) Omlette with Salad.
Snack: Slice of Cajun Chicken, Aldi Coconut and Vanilla Yoghurt
Syn: 1 Mikado stick (0.5), Butterscotch options (1.5)
Total: 2 syns

 

[Missy conway]

Ginger carrot celery lemon juice spinach. What ever you fancy quite yummy

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Breakfast: 35g Porridge Oats (HEXb) Danone Cherry Light & Free, Apple & Grape Snack Pack, 3 strawberries, raspberries. 400 ml Coconut Milk (2/3 HEXa)
Lunch: Aldi Chicken & Mango Salad (1 syn), plum, banana, 1 light Babybel (1/3 HEXa) Weightwatchers Yoghurt
Dinner: Pork, Brocolli, Cauliflower, Carrots, Potato
Syns: 2 Butterscotch hot Choc (3), 4.5 Go Abead Biscuit Bites, Mini Marshmallows (3)
Total: 11.5 syns

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Forgot to post yesterday and I definitely went over my syns by eating a slice of my amazing homemade lemon drizzle cake which I'd made for my dad and guiltily had some. I weighed in and put half a pound on this week - gutted.

Today's food:
Breakfast: Plum, Apple, Strawberries, Banana, Grapes, Aldi Coconut & Vanilla Yoghurt, 600ml Alpro Coconut Milk (HEXa)
Lunch: Chicken Salad, Danone Yoghurt
Tea: Jacket Potato, Mushy Peas, SW burger & sausage (leftover from last nights BBQ)
Snacks: 2 Hifi Light Bars (HEXb)
Syns: Butterscotch Options (1.5), Marshmallows (3) Total: 4.5

 

[realslimstacey]

Well done so far on your weighloss, its inspirational! Your meal plans sound yummy x

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Well done so far on your weighloss, its inspirational! Your meal plans sound yummy x

Thank you! How are you finding your weight loss journey so far? X

 

[Ratherbeamermaid]

Today, I was super good when I went to the cinema today to watch the new Alice in Wonderland (great film btw). I took my HEXb of Dried Pineapple and blackberries, strawberries and blueberries to pick at. Saved myself some high syn snack damage that was calling at the kiosk. I also went for a walk before and have managed to rack up 15000 steps today so far on my Fitbit as well.

Today's food:
Breakfast: Apple, Plum, Strawberries with Danone Blueberry Light and Free.
Lunch: Chicken Teriyaki Subway Salad with sweet onion dressing (1.5 syns)
Dinner: Tuna Nicoise Salad
Snacks: HEXa: 400ml of Alpro Coconut Milk, 1 Babybel light, HEXb: 40g dried pineapple, Weightwatchers Yoghurt
Syns: 0.5 syn Hartley's 10 cal raspberry jelly
Total Syns: 2 syns

 

[realslimstacey]

Thank you! How are you finding your weight loss journey so far? X

I have lotsa good days and some not so good. I'm losing it slowly, but i'm hoping slowly means it'll stay off.