Sophie's Slimming World and Cinema critiques!

[Tetris]

Try and catch it soon as it is leaving cinemas now- tonight is the last showing at my local big chain!

Yeah, you're right. I mean, I have this size 14 from Dorothy Perkins that fit months ago, the fabric was generous though. When I used to squeeze into 18's they would have to be massively elasticated, and yesterday I was squeezing into non elasticated items. Realistically before I was a 20-22 dress so it is an improvement. I tried some 18's recently in New Look that were baggy as hell and that's where I used to squeeze into 18's so I could wear the normal range.
My mum said that she found as she got nearer target the sizes dropped faster with the weight, I'm hoping that's the case... really want to be a size 12 by xmas but not sure that'll happen.

 

[Cheese Thief]

Ooh I think I'm going to see We Are The Millers with my friend, the big cineworld near us is showing it all next week. I wasn't massively bothered but now I'm hoping it might be a lot better than I thought.

Clothes sizes can be bizarre! Just to give you perspective even when I was at my biggest (24 st 10!) I had 2 size 18 dresses. Admittedly they were super stretchy material, but I'm not the kind of person to go out in clothes that are too small for me. It just goes to show you the huge disparity in sizes, at the time I was wearing a size 28 trousers!! Nearly 2 stone later and I've just started wearing a size 24 fitted dress that wouldn't fit over my hips before. Don't get my wrong I'll be absolutely over the moon if/when I can fit into a size 12 or 14 , but I'm going to let the scales and my BMI be my guide, not clothes size. You've done so well this week so try not to let a stupid size 16 dress take anything away from your achievements. If its from a charity shop its also worth remembering that vintage stuff is always loads smaller than it says on the label as in the past clothes sizes used to be way smaller.

Hope you enjoyed your movie marathon anyway. Me and Chris always intend to do a mega cinema stint but the most we've ever managed is 2 in a row, my friends went once and saw 4 in a row though which was quite impressive!

 

[Tetris]

I didnt realise that old clothes would be smaller... Thanks for that! Yeah, I know it's silly! This time last year the idea of be size 16 was awesome but I guess I feel conflicted tonhave lost so much but not be near a 'normal' size yet, just hoping what my mum said about sizes dropping faster when smaller being right as 5st per dress size is a bit much LOL.

Def go see We're the Millers! Had such low expectations but it is full of great lines- hilarious script! The first time G and I think a Jen Anderson comedy film hasn't been 'meh' - I mean, I loved 'Friends' but her films have just never been THAT funny IMO. This was brilliant- there was a fair bit of improvisation (could tell from the outtakes after) which if the actors are good can be hilarious, and was the case this time! It had no filler scenes either, everything was necessary to the story and it flowed really well- the plot wasnt massively predictable (had a few unexpected twists!) and each of the core characters was really funny! The main guy had the best lines though, he was great!

If anyone has read the description they'll know it's not a film for people easily offended (synopsis: a drug dealer puts together a fake family to look less suspicious when blackmailed into smuggling drugs) and it is full of crude jokes but we love that sort of thing so were laughing our tits off actually- most of the cinema was! I give it 8/10, will rewatch when it's out on TV

 

[Cheese Thief]

Yeah the clothing thing is bizarre, I originally thought it was just really old 1950s vintage stuff that was smaller, but after reading this article (Why your size ten dress may actually be a size 12 | Mail Online) it looks like even clothes 10 years old are about 1.5 inches smaller per size than they are today because vanity sizing. Not all stores do it though but shops like M&S, French connection and John Lewis do.

Yeah I'm the same with Jennifer Aniston comedies, I adored friends but since then I've not been overly fussed about anything she's done. Don't worry if kick ass doesn't offend me I'm sure I can handle it Will let you know what I think about 'Millers' next week. Have you got anything nice planned for the weekend? xx

 

[Tetris]

Huh, that's realy weird that stuff just ten years old is sized differently! Thanks for sharing the article
Just reaised that since before Florida I've lost a stone- my goal pre Florida was to get into the 'overweight' BMI which was a stone ago, so despite the two weeks on hol (where I miraculously LOST a pound but still slacked a bit ) I have basically lost a stone in 6 weeks which is pretty fab (especially seeing as 3 previous to the last WI were right offs) so makes me feel much better about things.

Today I had very light Red day:

B- Banana followed by cheesy scrambled eggs and a fried diced red pepper.

L- Chicken, asparagus and sugar snap peas on a salad for lunch (not muh chicken even- at least 1/4 veg!)

D - wheatabix with milk, a banana and apple beforehand

1 syn for each of the meals for sauce (ketchup / balsamic glaze / golden syrup) but an otherwise syn free day- pretty cool! Especially since they were all pretty light meals. A nice detox day! Proud of that.

Now tomorrow might have a nice rice filled Green day of carbs to bloat me up again mmm

 

[Cheese Thief]

1 stone in 6 weeks is fab! That's what I'll hopefully be managing at my next weigh in if I get that 1.5 lbs, considering you're nowhere near the start of your journey you should be dead chuffed

 

[Tetris]

Thanks Cheese

Yesterday I joined up with My Fitness Pal as I'd like to get a bit more clued up on my calorie intake; when I eventually get to goal (will definitely be making a second goal once I get to 13.4st) I want to be able to loosen the reigns on slimmig world while understanding my calorie intake. I entered my stuff up until lunch and MFP said I had already gone over my sugar allowance by a third! I eat a lotof sugary fruit... Worked out that I had spent 70cal on 3L of squash- I drink SO MUCH squash! I make up several litre bottles of dilute and put them in the fridge to grab throughout the day, sometimes have as many as 6 whixh woild be 140cal- if I did that daily (often do!) that would be 3200 extra calories in month- that's a pound per month pretty much...! I am going to cut right back on that, stop being a baby and drink water.

Anyway- I am not going to follow thigs by MFP but just interesting to learn what is what calories wise so that when I get to goal it sjould be as second nature as SW syns and structure and then I can juggle things about a bit while staying in control. Have been reading about how hard maintaining is as body goes into starvation mode so we basically can never just eat like a regular person without gaining once we've hit the obese range :/ sucks. But anyway, my main fear.is that I will slack on SW after and then get really depressed if I've put on a few pounds- I never want to go back to my old body.

Was feeling pretty low yest so wasted 8 syns on a strongbow that didnt really help. Friend invited me out for drinks but I just didnt have the energy because I felt all depressed. Grr.
Filming some pick ups for a feature film I shot the spring before last, will be nice to see the guys again but will be probably shooting in the rain all night
Have worked myself into a hatred hole with my current video editing project ALREADY! This usually doesnt happen for a while but have barely done any of it and already feel like it is my worst enemy lol. Need to just suck it up and do it!

 

[Tetris]

Wearing my winter coat for the first time since spring- last time I wore it I was using the 3rd of 5 belt notches, now I've had to make a new notch so am basically 3 notches smaller :O they are about 1.3" each notch too, have never made a new notch before!
It is so big for me, feels awesome! also feels a bit silly, have been.lookimg out for a new coat but am going to aim for a slightly snug one I can shrink into as it gets colder

 

[asmallertasha]

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[Tetris]

Hi Tasha glad to have you here.
How are you finding SW? Seem to be doing great! Hope I get as great losses as you are getting when I'm as small as you!

The shoot this evening was really fun- walked SO MUCH though! We started at Oxford circus and walked (shooting things as we went) to Piccadilly circus then Trafalgar Square then Westminister then walked around there doing loads of long tracking shots (good work out for my arms, they're knackered!) then walked about some more, walked to Embankment for a couple of shots then got the tube and walked about the longest tube route ever! Must have walked at least a few miles today- achey! Good exercise for my lazy ass haven't been moving much recently :/ didn't get tired but my feet really hurt because of the shoes I was wearing- the only shoes I had that could withstand the amount of rain we walked through, so was thankful I made that choice... It was p*ssing down at one point! The guys I was with are mental and they were running around through my shots as 'extras' and then just turned into idiot mode and were just running around screaming- it was so funny was really nice hanging out with them, I miss having guy friends and these 3 make me laugh so much! Shame they're kinda 'filming friends' which in the world of film means 'see you on the next production'. NO-ONE meets up unless it's to film

G and I were up until 3am last night so slept until half 12! Crikey food today was so satisfying! Am going to diary it just 'cause:


YUMMY Red day! -
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B - Yoghurt, grated apple, banana, cinnamon & splenda with a green tea

L - Big fry up! Wanted something to keep me going through shoot as shooting started at 6.30 until midnight. Had lunch around 4.30pm - Bacon and Sainsbury's cumberland 'be good to yourself' sausages (1/2 a syn each) grilled (had 3.5 = 2 syns), scrambled eggs, fried onions and some asparagus. 2 syns for ketchup, half a HexA and HexB for half a wholemeal roll with cheese grilled on it (gave other half to G as couldn't manage it all)

D - Had an M&S egg and ham salad at about 10pm which comes with salad cream (2) and added to it some sweet chilli chicken (1) SO YUM. Had this last weekend while shooting too- the most boring salad option as it was reduced to clear plus chicken- yummy! Loved the hard boiled egg with the salad cream... should make that at home more often!

Snacks- nil! Didn't need snacks, such satisfying meals...
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Weirdly ONLY had half a hexA and half a hexB today :| what!? I feel like I've put them to waste might have to have a sneaky midnight feast wheatabix in a minute (it's 2am!) shouldn't do though... But might do...
Am going to have a mid-week/start week WI tomorrow; I'm going to start making Monday's my official WI day as it is stupid calling a Monday a 'mid week WI' lol. As I did one last week too I can calculate my loss as a full week too.
Still chuffed about my coat being so loose- I can wrap it around myself like a dressing gown- the button side wraps all the way around to my side while the hole side goes to my other side

 

[Summer86]

Well done on the awesome loss over the last month-you should definitely treat yourself to a nice new coat as a well done!
The shoot sounds incredible, I'm so jealous of you living in London!!
Egg salad is so yummy, I often have a boiled egg or 2 with some tuna and salad for lunch before going to the gym. Not that I do hardcore training but I seem to feel better for the protein boost!

 

[Tetris]

Hey Summer! Tuna and egg sounds great for a Red day salad... Will try that some time! Definitely more likely to enjoy salads if they are interesting... I struggle to figure out how to dress them most of the time though as most low fat/sugar dressings I find pretty meh. I like balsamic glaze (the thicky syrupy stuff, but have to syn it as there is added sugar) and sometimes light salad cream but they get a bit repetative.

Had a bloody 2lb gain this morning for mid week WI! Screw that, am not counting it until Thurs LOL.
Might be because I havent been for a few days or maybe as Cheese theif said on her diary that the body stores water to heal muscle the day after exercise- I'm very achey today after hoursq of walking and shooting yesterday! Ah, always excuses... But I kinda feel I deserve to give excuses as I've eaten really well! Could be Saturday's rice filled green day coming back to haunt me... I really dont seem to handle carbs well at the mo.

Feeling good today so far; just got up but feel energised from shooig with the guys last night and all the giggles. Couldnt sleep for ages last night as I was drinking Pepsi Max until nearly midnight to keep awake on set- doh! I really can't handle caffiene after about 7pm lesson re-learnt!

Am going to try and brave some editing while in a good mood (will undoubtably cause it to slump), then we are going to see the live recording of Twelfth Night from the Globe (with Stephen Fry!) at our cineworld- I love Twelfth Night! It's my favourite Shakespeare comedy but I've never seen it acted out, even in a film! I am re-reading it before I see it, love it
My Ex saw it up north a few months back and I was really jealous but not the Stephen Fry one!

 

[Cheese Thief]

Ohh nooo, curse of the exercise! I really think there might be something in that water retention after exercise thing though. So many people on here seem to gain or barely lose the day after exercise, it'd be interesting to see what the scales say for you tomorrow if you're having a rest today. After sticking to plan and doing all that walking and lifting I'm sure you'll have had a calorie deficit. As it's my weigh in tomorrow I'm using it as a complete excuse to have a day off from exercise, so fingers crossed this will work wonders tomorrow!

The shoot sounds amazing, must be so much fun filming around central London too. It really does sound like an amazing job! I have the exact same problem with Pepsi Max too, if I drink any after 6 it really impacts on my sleep. I was a plonker and had some about 9 last night so it took me till 4 to get to sleep

It sucks that once you've been obese you can never eat like a 'normal' person.. In a way I find the prospect of maintaining really scary, the thing that really motivates me to stay on track is the downward number on the scales and feeling like I can see progress. I don't know how I'd handle doing 'well' all week and not seeing a loss.. anyway I've got 11 stone to go at least before that becomes anything like an issue for me! It'll be a nice problem to have!

Hope your editing goes well today. I'm in the middle of writing a really dull article about wedding cravats and keep getting distracted! At least you've got 12th Night to look forward to though to break your day up, enjoy! Xx

 

[Tetris]

It sucks that once you've been obese you can never eat like a 'normal' person.. In a way I find the prospect of maintaining really scary, the thing that really motivates me to stay on track is the downward number on the scales and feeling like I can see progress. I don't know how I'd handle doing 'well' all week and not seeing a loss.. anyway I've got 11 stone to go at least before that becomes anything like an issue for me! It'll be a nice problem to have!

I feel exactly the same! I'm scared I'll lose focus once I haven't got anything else to gain/win from being focused :/ like the scales going down...
I think I'll probably aim for a weight around 12 stone (jeeze, I'd be pretty skinny at 12 stone G is 1/2 an inch taller and he was skinny at that weight!) and I'm sure that extra 1.5 stone at the end will take me long enough, so not a problem for a while
The good news is that we can increase Hex's once we hit target- I read somewhere that they often recommend allowing up to 6 of each Hex a day OMG! Can you imagine all the CHEESE and BREAD!? hahaha... Wholemeal (bread mix) pizza every day... I'm going to try making it soon

Filming in central London- sounds awesome, but really it was p*ssing down, we were drenched, achey... I have lost most of my love for filming because it has become work a chore... It's not fun filming, it's 'do this, do that...' under someone else's order, so often the creativity is so limited that I am just a tool to operate the camera, an extension of the equipment. Yesterday was fun because the guys always let me be really experimental and they are so funny that we just spent all evening giggling and being silly wish I had more of that in my life, but sadly that stuff doesn't pay and I have bills to manage!

I'm not going to re-WI tomorrow as I already feel naughty for weighing in twice a week; I'm actually not bothered about the gain surprisingly I guess because I know it'll be gone by Thurs (well it flipping better be, or THEN I'll be p*ssed!!) and the coat NSV was enough to make me feel awesome and forget about it also, my tummy feels so much smaller recently. Yesterday one of the guys posted this pic of me on instagrm:

I think I look pretty normal sized, which is so odd! Stupid posture because I didn't know the picture was being taken and was all achey and resting between shots. That ripple in the dip of my back is from the baggy elbow of my coat sleeve... Surprised to see a profile dip between my boobs and my waist though- used to just be a flat line (and I really don't have boobs at all!)
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Just spent ages trying to find a body revealing pic of me at my fattest- I did so well untagging them all and hiding behind people in pictures for all the years lol. As I was always the one with the camera I had immediate access to delete the pictures of my body!
Here's one to compare though, fatty in stripes is me around '08 (age 18 )




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One from Sweden this June (about 1.5 stone heavier than now)


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And one from a month (half a stone heavier) ago at the beach which I posted already:


Feels insane when I look back at how I was... I was that size from a teenager and have never known any different, SO EXCITING to feel the changes, why the hell didn't anyone tell me it would be this simple and rewarding!? haha

Twelfth Night tonight was great! I was taken aback to realise that the Globe stuck to Shakespearian tradition and had men playing the women's roles though- wasn't expecting that! It was hilarious though and we laughed lots, Stephen Fry was great

Gerard has booked us something tomorrow eve and isn't telling me what :O a surprise!? He never ever surprises me, he's scared of spontaneity usually! Anyway, he told me not to get my hopes up as it's nothing big but he didn't tell me what it was so I wouldn't refuse (LOL, hope it's not like "Woohoo, I'm taking you to a pub to watch the Grand Prix!" or something mental)

Another Red day today; had bacon and eggs again for lunch, some skewered chicken kebabs (flame grilled) with salad for dinner (and some wheatabix in the cinema LOL I actually brought wheatabix to the cinema... with milk and honey... yep!)

I really can't work out how to calm down my intense food cravings at the cinema- it's always mental for the first hour or so of a film, I just need to stuff my face! Eventually I get satisfied or something as the second half isn't usually as bad. This time I had grapes, wheatabix, an Alpen Light, an apple, two satsumas and two litres of squash- luckily it's all syn free but still, had JUST had my dinner, felt like such a pig! It is like furious, fast eating too...!

Anywho, ACTUALLY got some editing done today and am feeling less hating of it- got through the hard part, the puzzle is coming together now rather than a blank canvas of stress and disorder. Hopefully the rest will fly by now if I knuckle down I could possibly finish it up this week!

x

 

[Summer86]

Awesome photos! The difference between your pic at the beach in 08 and beach recently is so inspiring and I love the Sweden photo too!

Ooh surprise sounds intriguing!!

 

[Charleybarley]

Hi Hun

Long time no speak! I have just been catching up, Sophie, you have worked so hard, look at you! You are beautiful...I happen to think you are beautiful in all stages of your weight loss, but you have done so so well. WELL DONE TO YOU!!!!!!

I have the same problems with eating at the cinema, I just HAVE to - I don't know why, in fact I wrote about it in my diary just this morning. Last night I went to see White House Down (if you like the film 2012 and the "all that could NEVER happen to you, you would be so dead by now" aspect of those type of action/escapism movies, then you will like it - I liked it even though it was far fetched, but then I am a simple gal really, nothing too thought provoking like 12th Night!) - anyhow, I had my dinner before we went so I wouldn't need to eat much, with the intention of popping to M&S to get something light and snacky. NO, I went into monster mode and went for the pick n mix THEN picked up a huge bag of Walkers Salt and Vinegar Extra Crunchy Crisps! I don't even particularly like salt and vinegar, but I devoured everything - like you say, fast paced eating style.

The truth is, I shouldn't even need a healthy snack, I should just go there and watch a film. I wasn't hungry, I had just eaten. But films are synonymous with munching!

At least you do it the right way, by having good snacks! That's why you have lost 5 stone and I haven't budged in weight!

 

[Tetris]

Thanks Summer I'll need to dig out some more fatty pics asnit really boosts my confidence to look at the difference (thougj embarasses me to think I was ignoring my size all that time and everyone was seeing me lile that :/

Hey Charley! Gosh I really can't figure out how to avoid he snacking in the cinema!! Grapes are a good healthy option as they are indicidual kinda like popcorn or whatever
I think for me I cant watch films and just do nothing- at home I fidget, minimins, write, edit, etc while watching tv/films, at the cinema I have nothing so I just munch!
Definitely get loads of superfree to take next time as it helps! Apples and bananas too, cherries, etc are great (ao expensive though!) or satsumas and lychees that take some fidgetting with. And definitely bring a bottle of made up squash- having something sweet to swig really helps!

 

[traveljody]

Hiya! Thought I would pop over and say hello....

Do I recognise that crazy golf on previous page, is it Hastings?!

I definitely associate Cinema and sweets, have been craving fizzy cola bottles recently, I do love pic n mix!

 

[lexximon]

Heyyyy subscribing I'm also a filmmaker (student one)

 

[Tetris]

Hey Jody!
That mini golf is at Southend on Sea actually! I came a gracious 3rd place (out of 4 LOL only managed to beat my boyfriend who was d*ckig about puting as if it were snooker :S weirdo haha)

Mystery date today was... Dumdumdum! A performance in Leicster Squre called Siro-A; a Japanese group who mix projections and creative ligting with dance in a really clever way it is hard to describe but it was really cool! Quite trippy and abstract, the sort of thigs where if you watched it on TV it would be basic (as a CGI thing) but really cool that they were creating the illusions they were in front of us- must have taken impeccable choreography and intense practising as they'd have to know exactly where the projected.object would land (one skit it was a small ball and he always had perfect timing 'catching' the projection in the perfect spot etc!)
It was really cool and after we went to a korean restaurant and I had grilled chicken teriyaki with rice, salad and beansprouts. Will call it 5 syns for sauce and oil as there wasnt much of either, the sticky rice was sooo yum. Sacrificed my wheatabix for it and all was a Red day until dinner; lunch was chicken drumsticks with a homemmade bbq marinade and sauce 2 syns for half the batch) plus grilled veg with some honey (1)
After dinner we walked around china town then shared an oreo mcburgerkingflurry which was yum! 266 cal / 13 syns for a whole one so will call it 6 syns for half as G had a bit more than me.

Yummy food! Especialy liked he drumsticks though, they turned out sooo well. I put the marinade (soy sauce, worcheste sauce, lemon juice and balsmic) on the hob and added a tablespoon of ketchup and brown sauce and heated fast until it thickened, then slathered it over the chicken for the last five mins of grilling and it was awesome!
Also- 5 big skinless drumsticks were just £2 in morrisons :O in the halal section! Can never seem to find skinless, chuffed at that as 4 fed us both with the veg so have one to enjoy tomorrow too