Sophie's Slimming World and Cinema critiques!

Bloody hell, get you with your 2.5lb, what a fab result when you weren't expecting much! It's great your losses haven't slowed down too, 7lbs a month is great when you're so close to goal, hope I'm just as lucky in the long term!

Hows the novel going? What's it about?
 
Wow! All the replies- bloomin' 'eck! :D ahhh I feel so loved *HUGS ALL AROUND*

Thanks Summer, am so chuffed!

Cheesy- had no idea that I was still averaging the same :) just shows the importance of putting in the effort to keep ourselves motivated! A silly little graph had me feeling really good :)
I am obvs working way harder now that I can't have carbs, but still! So cool that if this keeps up I'll be at goal in just over a month! TOUCH WOOD. I think the 'fast'ish days are really helping to keep things going, I sense it would have slowed more without that. Keeping on the ball and acting on it when I notice things are slow, toooo impatient to get to target now, ha... (Have felt like this since day 1...)
P.S. swear it was just yesterday I was commenting on your diary about how weird our bodies work... totally didn't see a loss coming today- but totally did on Monday only to get a .5 gain!? lol!
Oh yeah- my story! It's inspired by my disney trip... It's about the rivalry of the actors who act as the Disney Princesses in Disney world :p and how they are all egotistical b*tches who get a power trip out of being admired on this float by thousands of people :p
It's about a crazy dreamer girl who runs away from her broken relationship to work in disney world as a dancer for one of the stage shows; on the side she gets 'promoted' to being one of the less desirable characters (to do signings and whatnot) and soon learns about this social status/rank among the cast at disney fighting to get to be Belle or Ariel :p a bit silly but I really enjoy writing fun/silly things, it's theraputic! There is quite a strong love story line in it too. SOUNDS SO SILLY. IS SO SILLY. I feel like I need to get some silly novels out of the way before I can focus on something good, basically :D

Cheeky- Sorry for making you jealous/*happy dance* at the same time LOL :D man, I ate soooo much sushi today. I basically had an apple for breakfast, a feast for lunch... and it's 12hrs later and I'm still not hungry, which never happens lol!
Typing stories for me (and this diary, you may have noticed it's insane word count...) just flows so easily! But yeah, something that needs thought suddenly becomes sloooow :p I actually am a serial re-reader/typer, even on here... I re-read it all and check it sounds OK and edit it- lol! Not for long posts like this is gonna be though *dies*

ElleBear - Thanks so much for subbing, nice to have you here ^^ how goes your SW journey?

You too BettyBoop- fab to have you hear you cheeky lurker ;) thanks for the encouraging message :D would love to help you get back on plan... Feel like I always ome across as bossy on here when trying to help people, but I really do enjoy helping people (for general stuff too!)
I have all sorts of tips for eating out and hotels! When I first started SW I was flying to the middle east a few times a month for shoots; the season ended but is coming back now that it's cooler again out there so I'll be probably going out again soon (had one date booked for next week that got cancelled)
When I go, I basically allow myself as many HexB's as I like and try to eat that instead of junk. Hotel life- usually you have a kettle (a couple of times the room didn't but I just asked for one!) so can make instant porridge pots for breakfast (the plain ones are a HexB), bring (or buy) bananas to chop in and sachets or a dispenser of splenda to sweeten it a bit. The bananas give it the sweetness really, but the splenda will take the edge off too. Really filling, quick and warming too :D for lunch/dinners I bring mugshots and the packs of instant couscous... They are usually only around 2-3 syns a pack on Green/EE (you are supposed to add your own buter) but do check beforehand! But they are also really quick and I tend to bring a tupperware with me and then store the couscous in the fridge for later as it's quite a lot and I find I don't want masses of it. I bring Beef Jerky packets (I personally like them but not sure they'd be for everyone!) a standard 25g packet is 1.5 syns on Red/EE, they take a looong time to chew so helps satisfy a desire to chew/snack, but also a nice salty taste and can keep it in handbag too as they are small and light.
When I go away I try to hunt down a corner shop to buy some fruit and occasionally get some red peppers or something too as I like them raw.

Ordering food at restaurants- well, my sushi day treats have all sorts of naughties included like fried dumplings and TEMPURA NOM (but probably the worst thing for diets in the existence of dieting) but at the moment I kinda go for extremes- I'll have that off plan meal (but stick to plan the rest of the day) and then I'll have a cleansing soup/salad/red day where I have low calories and lots of super free... And basically my will power to get through it is that I'll have a guilt free nice meal later in the week or whatever. But that's beside the point! Ordering good: Always ask for low oil! I tend to opt for a meat dish (chicken usually, though steaks are good if you remove the fat) and if it comes with chips I'll ask for salad instead. I always ask for no or low oil! There's usually some grilled meat option on the menu, if you ask for no added oil it will be pretty low syn (unless it's full fat red meat). I basically make the meal as low syn in terms of no oil/bread etc then indulge in the sauces :D
Recently my whole family ordered fish and chips and I thought I'd opt for a kebab (kebabs are about 4.5 syns for the chicken and 7 syns for a pitta) but they didn't have kebabs... My dad was ordering and ordered for me! But he had seen how I ordered while on hol and did so good! So I ended up with a grilled chicken dish which had been marinated and it was LOVELY! He asked for no extra oil and salad instead of chips. I watched everyone eat fish and chips and didn't feel deprived at all :S I had my marinated chicken with ketchup and a big shredded sort of salad... It was really nice!
If you do well with carbs then definitely go for a side of rice or something instead! Risotto isn't great, high in syns as they use cream and oil and wine, but most rice dishes (even fried rice) aren't usually much. Have a look at the syns on takeaway lists and things like egg fried rice really aren't too high... I love mexican ish rice!
Potatoes are a good option too, always ask for no butter on veg or you could end up having 8 or so hidden syns in butter :'(
Plenty of pasta dishes aren't bad either... Carbonara etc is a no go, but pesto or tomato based ones are good.. Just be picky with the waiter, get them to find out what else is in it, ask for a sauce with no oil or reduced cream. If you are with someone who know's your dieting and you're cool with it, just mention to the waiter that you want a 'diet friendly' version. If not, just whisper "less cream plz" hehe
Also! I order salads and ask for extra chicken or whatever to make it more filling... Actually, have really gotten into buying cheap/boring salads from shops (as long as they have a nice/safe syns sauce- particularly like salad cream) and then I buy a thing of sweet chilli chicken separately and eat them together- really nice! And you get lots of chicken that way too :p in M&S they have an egg and ham salad I go for (for the salad cream) then get a pre-cooked sweet chilli chicken box and it usually comes to about £4, but a really good combo, satisfying. M&S are quite good actually as they very often have reduced to clear boring salads so can get a nice cheap combo.

*BREATHES*
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OK! So I managed about 2,000 words in the cafe today- I got sidetracked though as this woman asked what I was writing and it just so happened she was a book editor! How cool is that!? We chatted for about half an hour and exchanged business cards... ha! Will have to give her a call when I've finished this silly story and start a decent one ;)
Wrote a bit more when I got home too, then we watched The Beach. I love the start of that film, but the dark/intense second half always makes me really tense for a while after. Like Requiem For a Dream...
So my word count is up to 9050, not far below the 'par' for today, so have done a bit of catching up!

Friend was going to come over but we rearranged for tomorrow- totally forgot about our southbank plans/date! Doh! But she's coming around midday instead, then we'll head off around 4pm for filming this quick clip at the Tate Modern then southbank fun, food market (definitely having that Raclette again if it's there- MELTED CHEEESE! I am 1/4 Swiss and Raclette is a hugely popular dish out there- it's in my bones to love it :D) then off to see Nosferatu (1922) at the BFI, I love that film! Can't wait.

Here is me and OMG PUPPY on guy fawks in my new £8 primarni dress- love it!
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Cockapooooo!

I can't express to you guys enough how WEIRD it is that I can post a shot that shows my body on facebook etc and not feel ashamed :S arm needs some work- but I look at this and otherwise see normal... that's cray-cray! (excuse my ghetto slang)

Wish I could wear that dress more but it's so thin and too chilly out :rolleyes: the other dress I bought is horizontally stripy and makes my boobs look bigger, but with a waist belt makes my waist look small too- BONUS. My boobs never ever look big lol! But at least I am shrinking into them... They don't seem to have shrunk (nothing realy to shrink) thank goodness :p
LONG post, sorry everyone :p got carried away in excitement.
 
Tetris said:
Wow! All the replies- bloomin' 'eck! :D ahhh I feel so loved *HUGS ALL AROUND*

Thanks Summer, am so chuffed!

Cheesy- had no idea that I was still averaging the same :) just shows the importance of putting in the effort to keep ourselves motivated! A silly little graph had me feeling really good :)
I am obvs working way harder now that I can't have carbs, but still! So cool that if this keeps up I'll be at goal in just over a month! TOUCH WOOD. I think the 'fast'ish days are really helping to keep things going, I sense it would have slowed more without that. Keeping on the ball and acting on it when I notice things are slow, toooo impatient to get to target now, ha... (Have felt like this since day 1...)
P.S. swear it was just yesterday I was commenting on your diary about how weird our bodies work... totally didn't see a loss coming today- but totally did on Monday only to get a .5 gain!? lol!
Oh yeah- my story! It's inspired by my disney trip... It's about the rivalry of the actors who act as the Disney Princesses in Disney world :p and how they are all egotistical b*tches who get a power trip out of being admired on this float by thousands of people :p
It's about a crazy dreamer girl who runs away from her broken relationship to work in disney world as a dancer for one of the stage shows; on the side she gets 'promoted' to being one of the less desirable characters (to do signings and whatnot) and soon learns about this social status/rank among the cast at disney fighting to get to be Belle or Ariel :p a bit silly but I really enjoy writing fun/silly things, it's theraputic! There is quite a strong love story line in it too. SOUNDS SO SILLY. IS SO SILLY. I feel like I need to get some silly novels out of the way before I can focus on something good, basically :D

Cheeky- Sorry for making you jealous/*happy dance* at the same time LOL :D man, I ate soooo much sushi today. I basically had an apple for breakfast, a feast for lunch... and it's 12hrs later and I'm still not hungry, which never happens lol!
Typing stories for me (and this diary, you may have noticed it's insane word count...) just flows so easily! But yeah, something that needs thought suddenly becomes sloooow :p I actually am a serial re-reader/typer, even on here... I re-read it all and check it sounds OK and edit it- lol! Not for long posts like this is gonna be though *dies*

ElleBear - Thanks so much for subbing, nice to have you here ^^ how goes your SW journey?

You too BettyBoop- fab to have you hear you cheeky lurker ;) thanks for the encouraging message :D would love to help you get back on plan... Feel like I always ome across as bossy on here when trying to help people, but I really do enjoy helping people (for general stuff too!)
I have all sorts of tips for eating out and hotels! When I first started SW I was flying to the middle east a few times a month for shoots; the season ended but is coming back now that it's cooler again out there so I'll be probably going out again soon (had one date booked for next week that got cancelled)
When I go, I basically allow myself as many HexB's as I like and try to eat that instead of junk. Hotel life- usually you have a kettle (a couple of times the room didn't but I just asked for one!) so can make instant porridge pots for breakfast (the plain ones are a HexB), bring (or buy) bananas to chop in and sachets or a dispenser of splenda to sweeten it a bit. The bananas give it the sweetness really, but the splenda will take the edge off too. Really filling, quick and warming too :D for lunch/dinners I bring mugshots and the packs of instant couscous... They are usually only around 2-3 syns a pack on Green/EE (you are supposed to add your own buter) but do check beforehand! But they are also really quick and I tend to bring a tupperware with me and then store the couscous in the fridge for later as it's quite a lot and I find I don't want masses of it. I bring Beef Jerky packets (I personally like them but not sure they'd be for everyone!) a standard 25g packet is 1.5 syns on Red/EE, they take a looong time to chew so helps satisfy a desire to chew/snack, but also a nice salty taste and can keep it in handbag too as they are small and light.
When I go away I try to hunt down a corner shop to buy some fruit and occasionally get some red peppers or something too as I like them raw.

Ordering food at restaurants- well, my sushi day treats have all sorts of naughties included like fried dumplings and TEMPURA NOM (but probably the worst thing for diets in the existence of dieting) but at the moment I kinda go for extremes- I'll have that off plan meal (but stick to plan the rest of the day) and then I'll have a cleansing soup/salad/red day where I have low calories and lots of super free... And basically my will power to get through it is that I'll have a guilt free nice meal later in the week or whatever. But that's beside the point! Ordering good: Always ask for low oil! I tend to opt for a meat dish (chicken usually, though steaks are good if you remove the fat) and if it comes with chips I'll ask for salad instead. I always ask for no or low oil! There's usually some grilled meat option on the menu, if you ask for no added oil it will be pretty low syn (unless it's full fat red meat). I basically make the meal as low syn in terms of no oil/bread etc then indulge in the sauces :D
Recently my whole family ordered fish and chips and I thought I'd opt for a kebab (kebabs are about 4.5 syns for the chicken and 7 syns for a pitta) but they didn't have kebabs... My dad was ordering and ordered for me! But he had seen how I ordered while on hol and did so good! So I ended up with a grilled chicken dish which had been marinated and it was LOVELY! He asked for no extra oil and salad instead of chips. I watched everyone eat fish and chips and didn't feel deprived at all :S I had my marinated chicken with ketchup and a big shredded sort of salad... It was really nice!
If you do well with carbs then definitely go for a side of rice or something instead! Risotto isn't great, high in syns as they use cream and oil and wine, but most rice dishes (even fried rice) aren't usually much. Have a look at the syns on takeaway lists and things like egg fried rice really aren't too high... I love mexican ish rice!
Potatoes are a good option too, always ask for no butter on veg or you could end up having 8 or so hidden syns in butter :'(
Plenty of pasta dishes aren't bad either... Carbonara etc is a no go, but pesto or tomato based ones are good.. Just be picky with the waiter, get them to find out what else is in it, ask for a sauce with no oil or reduced cream. If you are with someone who know's your dieting and you're cool with it, just mention to the waiter that you want a 'diet friendly' version. If not, just whisper "less cream plz" hehe
Also! I order salads and ask for extra chicken or whatever to make it more filling... Actually, have really gotten into buying cheap/boring salads from shops (as long as they have a nice/safe syns sauce- particularly like salad cream) and then I buy a thing of sweet chilli chicken separately and eat them together- really nice! And you get lots of chicken that way too :p in M&S they have an egg and ham salad I go for (for the salad cream) then get a pre-cooked sweet chilli chicken box and it usually comes to about £4, but a really good combo, satisfying. M&S are quite good actually as they very often have reduced to clear boring salads so can get a nice cheap combo.

*BREATHES*
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OK! So I managed about 2,000 words in the cafe today- I got sidetracked though as this woman asked what I was writing and it just so happened she was a book editor! How cool is that!? We chatted for about half an hour and exchanged business cards... ha! Will have to give her a call when I've finished this silly story and start a decent one ;)
Wrote a bit more when I got home too, then we watched The Beach. I love the start of that film, but the dark/intense second half always makes me really tense for a while after. Like Requiem For a Dream...
So my word count is up to 9050, not far below the 'par' for today, so have done a bit of catching up!

Friend was going to come over but we rearranged for tomorrow- totally forgot about our southbank plans/date! Doh! But she's coming around midday instead, then we'll head off around 4pm for filming this quick clip at the Tate Modern then southbank fun, food market (definitely having that Raclette again if it's there- MELTED CHEEESE! I am 1/4 Swiss and Raclette is a hugely popular dish out there- it's in my bones to love it :D) then off to see Nosferatu (1922) at the BFI, I love that film! Can't wait.

Here is me and OMG PUPPY on guy fawks in my new £8 primarni dress- love it!
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Cockapooooo!

I can't express to you guys enough how WEIRD it is that I can post a shot that shows my body on facebook etc and not feel ashamed :S arm needs some work- but I look at this and otherwise see normal... that's cray-cray! (excuse my ghetto slang)

Wish I could wear that dress more but it's so thin and too chilly out :rolleyes: the other dress I bought is horizontally stripy and makes my boobs look bigger, but with a waist belt makes my waist look small too- BONUS. My boobs never ever look big lol! But at least I am shrinking into them... They don't seem to have shrunk (nothing realy to shrink) thank goodness :p
LONG post, sorry everyone :p got carried away in excitement.
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LOONNNGGG POST haha, do your hands not get sore from all the typing?! :)

Thanks so much for the support and advice, one problem I face is that I do not like any of the quick and free/low syn snacks like savoury rices, cous cous or mugshots? I think its the processed-ness? (made up word I know haha) so I get stuck on that aspect big time! For eating out I am a bit shy to be picky in restaurants I always feel like I am being really awkward by asking them to change things although I have started to get better I do not ask for everything to be changed that i should! I have resigned myself to the fact that i am never ever going to be able to stick to 15 syns when I am away and eating out 3 meals as there is a lot of guesstimation involved in what is in something but I am trying my best this week, porridge for the room is a good idea actually! I am in hotels monday to friday mostly but there is occasional weekends too - this week I was in hotel saturday night and away all day sunday, back in hotels then monday - today, home tonight and back away tomorrow for 7 days straight :( its just so difficult! I have started bringing a lot of fruit with me to snack on and i think that is helping but I will definitely use some of your ideas going forward and i just need to be more outspoken in restaurants (i dont wanna look like a pain in front of my colleagues though :/)

Anyway, thanks so much for the help i have just started a diary to help me celebrate the things that i do manage to get right each day rather than focus on being away and over syns and not being able to make group, i want to do my best and exercise where possible and hopefully some losses might follow :) its better than gains which i have done since i started!!

Have a nice day :):) xxx
 
I know! That was bloody long, haha! I also wrote a 1200 word email to a friend last night. MY NOVEL IS SUFFERING PEOPLE! Lol!!

I know what you meam about processed foods, my mum is like that too! Are you staying in these hotels without flying? You could bring pasta salads etc to put in the fridge? They can go soggy if you have been out all day first but things like yoghurts you could put in the mini fridge? I have had yoghurts out all day and then in a fridge and they are fine, just need a stir. You could bring wholemeal rolls for the room and buy mini jam/honey packs (I've seen lots of these in morrisons in the jam section) or if you are near a supermarket could get some cooked chicken for the mini fridge?
I always ask them to send someone up to empty the mini fridge to avoid that temptation and give more space for my stuff hehe.

As for ordering weirdly- dont see it as fussy but as assertive ;) I think it shows that you know what you want!
The best thing I can say when ordering is avoid bread... White bread in all forms is the enemy. Ask for veg/salad instead of chips, easy enough and they never say thay cant be done.

Will check out your diary when not on my phone! x
 
I love all the ideas about the fridge but not one hotel that i have had to stay in has had one?! think its cos we go for the cheap corporate hotels! most do have a kettle but thats about it! I think i am just gonna have to get organised and pick up healthy SW friendly snacks as i go along and when i can! Missing weigh in for a month at the minute after a total gain of 1stone 4 over the last few months, I have lost 2.5 a few weeks ago but probably gained it back that week, hoping to have a loss of around 5 when I get to go back, but honestly will be happy with anything that isnt a gain or maintain cos I really am trying!! few pounds would be nice though haha, love the pic above btw the dress is really nice :) off for lunch soon is canteen of the place i am based this week, very little choice for SW bar a brown sandwich so i have been tryin to keep my hexb and syn the rest, gets boring though!! especially when there is so much choice for non healthy foods!!

Have a nice day :) xxx
 
EPIC POST!! ;)

Omg that puppy! I love Poodle crosses, I think they're fantastic. And they're so dopey and daft and generally just really nice dogs. Need a bit of work on the training front because they are a bit, erm, stupid.... But they're wonderful creatures! I grew up with a cocker spaniel - Bob! Was actually my first word too ;) And the idea of a Cocker cross poodle is just perfect. I have considered them a number of times, but I'm kinda against buying a dog. And you're not going to find them in a rescue. Something to think about tho. My Mum adores Cocker's and I've often thought of getting one next :)
Anyway, doggy aside, that is a lovely picture :D You look really happy and relaxed and, you know, really pretty ;)

Very glad you enjoyed your sushi and it kept you full for the rest of the day. Your date with G sounds epic! Hope you have a fantastic time.xx
 
Bettyboop- man, that does sound hard! No mini fridge, jeeze!
Sadly brown bread can't be HexB'd unless it is wholemeal, which it usually isn't for brown sandwiches :( wholemeal is the only thing with enough fibre to count as HexB... noooo!
I think you have the right attitude though- it is a difficult lifestyle to diet in when you are away from home so much, but instead of eating lunch and dinner at the hotels maybe there is somewhere else you could eat like Subway (salad) or a small supermarket where you can grab a cold pasta thing or some chicken etc?
I do tend to find that apart from like chicken take away places there tends to be something adaptable on most menus... A rice dish or fish or salad if nothing else (I tend not to go for salads as I get hungry quickly after) but I always seem to gravitate towards the chicken option as it's very easy to take the skin off and call it syn free, or ask for less oil and know it's low syn.

Cheeky- the cockapoo is absolutely mental! I love cockers and poodles but actually I prefer them uncrossed lol! G and I were seriously thinking about getting a poodle (but not shaving it's face to look all prissy- the unshaved ones are SO. FRIGGIN. CUTE) but will be sticking to cats for now, less work :p

Food was naughty again today actually!

Had a blow up at G again today and ended up having a proper chat about things as it's always me ranting at him which isn't fair. I told him how I'd seriously thought about leaving him, how I love him but don't feel very in love with him anymore, how it is awful as he isn't doing anything WRONG, there's just a lot he isn't doing RIGHT to keep me interested. I'm really not an easy girlfriend to have, and I get that! But I'm so used to moving on from a relationship after it has gotten to that dull stage, and I'm struggling to stick this out at this point so he really needs to up the game if I'm not going to give up all together on it :( gah, always sound like such a b*tch/AM such a b*tch lol! I am very PMSy at the mo and no * week yet, PMS has been SO bad ALL week though :S !!

Georgina (bestie from childhood who I used to only see like bi yearly despite living close to, but have gotten closer with her recently) came over just as my thing with G had cooled down. We made lunch- spicy extra lean beef chilli thing with beans and salad and quark for sour cream - was so nice!! Spicy things + quark are AWESOME.

We chatted and had a nice time but she left around 4 so we could go for our date.
Sadly, have been SUPER tired all day due to being disturbed early after a really late night, slept awfully. We walked about southbank but rain + tiredness meant I wasn't really feeling it. Got the shots I needed (views of London) from the top of the OXO tower rather than Tate, then went to the food market (despite a late lunch and not being very hungry :rolleyes: bit silly I know!) but the raclette store was gone... nooo! We walked around and had loads of tasters which was fun :D I tried a tiny bit of a churro for the first time... Did not live up to expectations lol! I also ate ostrich! It was like a peperami stick but ostrich :D was really nice! Hopefully not too synful as it's bird, right? :p
Ended up having a Korito (korean burrito!) but without the wrap, so had a spicy chicken thing (wasn't very oily) with tomato rice (was steamed rice that had then been fried a bit, but again... not oily. probably like 7 syns for both on EE or something)
As I hadn't gone all mega syns with raclette, sausage and buttery caramelised onions as planned, decided to have a desert :rolleyes: had seen a brownie earlier that looked soooo good... Went to check it out and because it was near the closing time for the market (8pm- wtf? On a Friday in central London? The market could be raking in customers until midnight... really odd, must be to do with permission!) anyway, as it was near closing time it was 2 for 1!! So we got one thick brownie and a big chocolate cookie with white chocolate chunks in... O.M.G.
The cookie was amazing! So moist and the white chocolate chunks were SO good! OMGOMG. The brownie couldn't live up to that :p I had about half the cookie (if I include my couple of brownie nibbles) but they were really thick and big so probably a dozen syns at least!

Anyway- had a fantastic revelation today...
Basically I realised that for the first time in my life, I'm not ashamed of my size...! That feels so incredible...! I felt really confident (nice to wear makeup sometimes, just don't really leave the house much lol! But it makes me feel much prettier too!) and I had this thought of: actually, if I were this size forever I'd be pretty damn cool with it. I do still want to lose more, at least 2 more stone (ideally I'd like to be bang in the middle of the 'ideal' BMI, so maybe a bit more even) but the basic realisation was that I've been pushing myself so hard this year, SO focused with SW, I've not been off the wagon once- wtf?! And I'm so mega proud of that- but basically... the rush is kinda over now. I had this huge sudden rush of "I need to not be obese anymore" and actually, I don't mind taking my time now for this last couple of stone. I'm a total foodie! So I am going to loosen the reigns when I'm out and about, enjoy some off plan meals but stay on track and have the other end of the extreme where I have a couple of cleansing veg only days (since I've proved to myself I can actually do them quite well!) so that was a really cool feeling!
I stay at home so much and eat 100% on plan (better than on plan, undersynning, red days with about 75% veg most of the time!) so I don't mind eating a huge sushi meal or a mega synful desert or whatever once a week or so!
I'm actually kinda looking forward to xmas as last year I was trying so hard to be careful! But I am dying for a mince pie :p and I know I can just have one and be pretty good after that.

So yeah, feels like a huge step for me. I feel pretty for the first time in my life! And I have been on this super strict (with myself) diet, but I can loosen the reigns now and let the rest of it come off a bit slower (if so) but enjoy some deserved treats along the way. I kinda like the idea of the 'fast diet' where you deprive yourself twice a week but that whole day you're just thinking about all the treats you'll have tomorrow.

I've been so damn controlling this whole time so this is a nice thought- that I can go easier on myself :D but balance it out by being even more controlling a couple of days a week lol!
 
Hey matey!
I'm sorry things have blown up again with G. Do you think he took it seriously this time? Did you have time to talk things thru properly before your friend came round?
Rubbish that your date wasn't as cool as you'd hoped, but the food sounded really nice! From what I've heard, Ostrich is really lean and low fat :) I seriously want one of those cookies!!!

I think you're right about loosening the reigns a little bit. Even before I got ill I started to think I can't be 100% on plan for the rest of my life. And I think a meal or a dessert or something once or twice a week isn't going to destroy all your heard work. And I find it's something to look forward to and you know it's ok. It would be really boring if we were 100% on plan alllll the time and I think that's where people go wrong. Or they get to goal and think "I'm done! What can I eat now?!" Whereas if we incorporate some off plan stuff in and stick to plan most of the time I think we'll be much happier, healthy people :)
Good luck with it and don't be too hard on yourself ;)
Have a good day dude.xx
 
Thanks for the pep talk :D
I have no regrets for beig stern on myself but recently, a couple of.off plan weekends followed by being super good as had me with a decent loss so am happy to keep doing that! I really do love food and trying new things so when in Rome, I'm going to let myself! I have no qualms with being 100% on plan at home and continuing so when at target, but when I hit whater weight I am most happy with I will be mixing treat days with low cal days and trying to find a balance somewhere.
I dont recon I'll hit the target I want to settle with until the summer. Feels kinda weird that I am coming up to target and still buying size 16 dresses in some stores lol. I want to be a 10-12 :D

That cookie was so good, the memory of it continues to make me happy LOL
 
Yeah I'm the same. Happy to be on plan at home and at work. But we gotta have some treat days and live a little haven't we? It'd be so boring if we wouldn't let ourselves eat cake or pizza or whatever every so often. I've had a controlled treat day today and still have syns left for tomorrow :)
But yeah, low cal/fat and "save up" for an easier, less stressy food day is good I reckon. And will keep us interested and in it for the long run. I'm committed to SW being a way of life and find it really comfortable and enjoyable the majority of the time. But it can be restrictive in some ways and we have to live our lives and not worry about food all the time :D

Don't start me on clothes sizes, seriously! They're an absolute joke in this country. Every shop and even collections and styles within a shop are different. But you're seriously heading in to the "danger zone" of being able to shop ANYWHERE! It's bloody expensive being an ex-fatty - what my Sister said to me the other day :8855:
I have one size 10 top and it did fit when I bought it. But have put on about 10lbs, so not so much anymore. BUT it is flowy and loose fitting ;) I would really like to be a 10/12 too. Currently more like a generalised 14, but know I can lose again - hopefully with treatment I will lose at least a decent amount and not just 1lb every few months lol!
Your 10/12 is totally achievable by the summer. I'd put money on it ;) xx
 
I'm already experiencing this "Shopping for normal sizes is expensive" lark! I had this notion one day of "I CAN SQUEEZE INTO STUFF ANYWHERE NOW! WEEEE!" and then went into a shop where it was £35 for a t-shirt and was like "F*ck this sh*t, back to hennies I go" lol!

I can't really imagine ever being a size 10 :S I have a friend who is size 10 and TINY... I WANT lol!

I agree that your slow losses are probably to do with the illness that must have been brewing for some time! Though maybe you are sensitive to a food type too?
Since my treats yesterday I've been CRAVING CHOCOLATE OMG :( maybe that backfired a bit LOL. Though I am still really, really PMSy (total no show so far) and I think it might be that. I had 11 syns of chocolate today- so unlike me! But food wise not toooo much.

EE:
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B- fruit + yog

L- Salmon, carrots and peppers, kidney beans in chilli sauce

D- spicy chicken with peppers and onions (didn't have much, sort of picked it out of the pan...)

Snacks- 2x activia, bowl of rice puffs (gluten free cereal in which the ONLY ingredient is brown rice, no sugar/salt, so am going to call this syn free on EE) with milk (half HexA) and golden syrup (1.5), mini milkyway (3.5), two squares of oreo cadburys (3), 2x options hot chocolate (4 + part HexA)

Syns: 12
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So kinda a Red day but with rice puffs as a HexB, but since they probably aren't enough fibre I called it an EE day and had less Hexs (beans would have been one on Red too though)

Not quite the detox/fast ish day I wanted! Will finish off my pumpkin soup tomorrow for a meal.

Have been feeling lousy today... Bored and restless yet no energy to do anything. Tried to do some writing, reading, etc and couldn't get into it so other than cooking and writing emails I've done pretty much nothing!
Decided not to go out with friends tonight because I'm feeling quite run down and the tickets to the club are nearly £20! Screw that, I'm broke!
PMS is sucking big time so hope the period hurries up and comes and goes asap!
 
Hey hun, just been reading through and having a catch up. I think loosening the reigns a bit with the plan now is a good thing. It'll still allow you to shift the last bit of weight before target, but hopefully it'll also allow you get into more of a maintenance mentality so it won't come as a complete shock to the system when you reach target.

Shopping in all those stores must feel amazing, so OK it's not great for the bank balance but I'd still be over the moon! Hopefully you'll get lots of shopping vouchers for Christmas so you can treat yourself and have a bit of a splurge!

Sorry things aren't going great with G. Do you think losing weight has contributed in any way to how feel about things with him? I know that sounds daft, but losing weight must have given you much more confidence, which will probably be making you want to do more stuff, go out more etc. I know with me even after almost 3 stone I feel SO much more alive and when Chris just wants to laze around the house I sometimes want to be out having fun. It's not really a problem for us yet, but I can anticipate it being more so when I'm at target and want to do more active things if he isn't bothered. Whatever it is, hope things get better soon xx
 
Hey Bev :)

Interesting thought but I don't think it's that. I've had these feelings for about 18 months now!
I'm still lazy and de-energized because of my lifestyle really. I had a few weeks where my depression really lifted but being bogged down with work has really dragged me down again, I think that's causing a lot of the strain between us.
He's off out now to the cinema so I'll have some me time and hopefully get some writing done, lagging quite far behind now!
Hopefully Chris will feed off your energy later on and get inspired to do stuff too! Is he a bit older than you also? I do think G wears down much quicker than me because of his age (35)

I've decided I'm not going to buy clothes for a bit now- at least a month! I'm going to avoid primarni and all of these tempting places. I have two nice new primarni outfits I can feel good in, so unless I need something warm to wear I'm going to hold out until I want to get a xmas party outfit for the boxing day bash ;) and other than that- I don't plan on buying anything until I've dropped another size!
When I first started SW I didn't let myself go clothes shopping until I lost size(s) and so didn't go shopping once between xmas and June- great for my bank balance! But (said this on Cheeky's diary earlier) I think in the summer one is less coat covered and so it's more important to have nice things to wear, where in winter I feel like I'm wasting my outfit because I'm wrapped up and cold, so no more buying stuff! Haha.

I was having some second thoughts about loosening the reigns yest because my sugar/chocolate cravings were out of the window and I wondered if that was from my chocolatey treat on Fri night! Though it might just be the PMS which... just seems never ending at the mo! Maybe I'm just depressed and have a slight tiredness bug. Wonder if the options hot chocs is probably one of those aspartame sugar craving triggers too- as I had one early afternoon (unusual for me, usually have them in the eve!) and later was desperate for choc!

Have struggled to have the detox days I wanted so am going to try and have soup for dinner and probably a bow of cereal also, but I'm not going to force it too much. I had a syn free lunch of spicy chicken and veg, quark and ice burg lettuce.

Right, G has left- me time!
 
Low cal day today but not exactly a detox- wasn't in the mood for soup :rolleyes:

EE (but kinda Red with Rice cereal instead of HexB, thus EE)
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B- Apple, Banana

L- Spicy chicken with onions, peppers, carrot, chopped lettuce on the side and some quark

D- tin of lychees (5.5 syns but it's fruit so WHATEVER ;)) and a bowl of puffed rice (no salt/sugar, just rice!) with golden syrup (1.5) and earlier a hard boiled egg with some salad cream light (1) and a load of grapes

Syns: 8
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So I guesttimate the calories to be around... 850, which isn't too bad but no-where near a 'fast' day. Still having all sorts of sugar cravings, hmph.
WI tomorrow, not expecting much really after couple of off plan meals recently and looming * week (didn't I make that excuse lost Mon? LOL) but we'll see, eh?
x
 
-1lb today for mid week WI wooopdidooo! Didn't expect that... Also am now thoroughly confused about if * week is even gonna show... :S

Pretty impressed that since Thurs I've lost a pound despite Thurs' sushi binge, Friday's chocolate goodies and food out AND Saturday's chocolate cravings... I didn't have the soup day but I guess the lowish cal worked :D yay! Also, having rice seems to be working OK- I'm so relieved!
I've been having this gluten free rice puff cereal (nothing added, just rice) every day pretty much and to have still lost 1lb in half a week on top of my sushi day and rice on Fri is pretty damn cool :) ahhh I love rice! I'm going to make some ricey goodness today as a reward, woohoo!

Of course... this just makes me want to have more treats though! LOL :p
I do realise that I tend to have 2 good losses followed by two bad losses so am back to the good weeks now I guess.

Today G and I were admiring how my belly is really disappearing- so cool! The 'overhang' (lol!) just pokes out about an inch and a half or so now.
 
LOL! I love that you and G are admiring your belly :p

Excellent on the loss and so glad that reintroducing rice is working out for you.

Did you have nice "me time" while G was at the cinema? Hope things chill out a bit for you both and he does take on board what you've said. It's great he wants to be supportive, but he has to realise how you want him to be supporting, you know?

Good luck with the shopping ban. I agree that you'll prob spend a lot of time wrapped up in a coat - I'm wearing layers upon layers at the moment! And being at home a lot you don't need new clothes ;) Can't wait to see what you get for the Boxing Day bash tho!! xx
 
I had some great me time- wrote 5000 words for my novel :D yay!

Man, I am literally wearing 4 layers right now- all long sleeved and two hoodies! Refusing to put the heating on yet, it's so expensive because of our crappy double glazing and loft bedroom that doesnt even get warmed up :S

Green gluten free day today. Woke up at noon and had an apple and banana- usually I need lunch a couple of hours after breakfast but I lasted until 5! Made a spicy rice dish with lots of hidden superfree (3 onions, 2 peppers, a grated carrot and a grated courgette) and there is a portion left for tomorrow. Also had some kidney beans in and had some quark with it as it was spicy but that didnt really work this time LOL. Used 2 hexB's for olive oil and one hexA for cheese. Will probBly have some rice puffs with milk later.

Had a sweet craving fit in sainsburys and went mad trying to find something :/ ended up having about 4 syns if white choc buttons plus one mint choc stick (1) and a couple of mariacho cherries or whatever they're called (1ish) plus half an activia... Was so bizaree, was ravenous for something sweet and ate all those bits in about 2 minutes and then luckily it went!
 
I know what you mean about the heating. We have old double glazing and no heating. We all have little electric heaters in our bedroom's, but they're on for less than an hour usually. And I'm trying to not put the fire on in the living room till the evening. Have sat here with thermal socks, fluffy pj bottoms, a t-shirt, jumper, and gloves on. The fire had to go on at about 5:30 lol! Had had enough. Tis bad with my raynaud's though coz even a tiny change in temp sets everything off!
Layers are good though and I don't mind doing that at all. I even wore a thermal long sleeve tee under my jumper over the weekend while I was out! Thermal's are fantastic ;)

Your tea sounds really nice :D I like making big dishes like that and having leftovers! Our freezer's a bit full of my batch cooking at the moment. Drives everyone nuts :p

Your sweet cravings sound like mine when my symptoms are playing up! I really sympathise! Maybe it is hormones if * week is due any time now. Unless your body is craving something it's missing out on. Maybe the natural sugars from carbs? Sometimes it's just us, but when we crave things so badly it's usually coz our body wants something - for whatever reason. Hope they calm down for you soon.xx
 
Our freezer fied completely recently (doh!) but when we get it replaced I'm going to make more batch meals- neve do that enough, must be SO great to just defrost somethig and have a SW meal ready!
I guess because I'm feeding two and most packs of meat when padded with veg have 3 servings, kinda is easier just to leave it in he fridge...

Yeah- the cravings thing in Sains was nuts! It was like panic and I was getting speckly vision lol?! Assumed I would want to stuff myself but actually a few nibbly bits did the trick, phew!

Feel so crap this evening, so bloody depressed and full of hatred for everything. Arrggghhh. How much can I blame on this non existent * week? :(
 
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