The really slow loss team!
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conlou1
Gold Member
hey everyone!! right an update on the light wine.....it actually had the nutritional values on the back and i put it all in and its 17syns per bottle. i thought it was 57cals per 175ml glass but i remembered it worng it was 56cals per 125ml glass. but still my c was wrong and it is about 10 syns less than a normal bottle of wine so well pleased now, i can knock 10 syns off my weekly total that i had added back on lol. weigh in tonight and im expecting a loss i have been really good this week and only had about 65 syns all week, ive followed it properly and eaten loads of super free and speed foods. just counting down to weigh in now!!!
conlou1
Gold Member
well i worked really hard this week, only had 65 syns including the alcohol that i worked out to the letter and i lost 1 and a half. i feel a bit disappointed as i was the strictest ive ever been before and i felt my loss didnt reflect the effort i put in but thats what happens when your a slow loser i suppose. im away at weekend so saturday and probably sunday will be a write off, so going to have to be extra good around it. i wont give up even though i feel like it, im going to keep working hard
HannahLondon
Member
Don't give up Lou, at least it was a loss! Remember that slow and steady wins the race, and it will all be worth it in the end. x
I am dreading my WI this week. Cookies in the office Friday, quick sandwich as I was busy Saturday lunchtime, glass of bucks fizz at a wedding on Saturday afternoon, curry (no naan, but still) plus white wine Saturday evening, picnic in the park Sunday lunchtime, dinner at parents' house Sunday evening, curly wurly in the office today....
I reckon I'll be lucky if I don't have a gain, why on earth do I do this?! Does anyone else have real problems staying off the syns?? It's just that eating for me is so sociable, and so enjoyable, and also I eat rubbish if I'm stressed or tired, and before I know it, there we go, entire weekend written off and I get on those scales and know the result will be crap.
It's not even like I've been away on holiday (although there was the wedding and a friend's birthday was the curry). Sometimes it just feels like I go 1 step forward 2 steps back. Anyone else feel this?! It's like, SW is supposed to be sorting out my eating habits for life, but here I am, months into the plan, eating like a pig again with no regard for how miserable it makes me when I'm fat and put on weight.
God I need encouragement, I don't know anyone else (apart from at group) following the plan, I'm single, live with flatmates who have little problems with their diets, and my friends and colleagues seem to eat perfectly normally and most of them aren't remotely big. I've never been massive but I'm even just fed up of being chubbier than I should be, I look rubbish, why the heck can't this weight just come off??! I need a hug! Argh.
WI on Thursday lunchtime so we'll just have to see what happens. Sigh.
Good luck everyone else, sorry to bring things down. It's just because 2 weeks ago I had a gain as well, and only lost 1/2lb last week. It's so hard being a slow loser, cos it means that if you have a bad week, you're back to a weight that you know is going to take FOR-EV-ER to get off. Arghhhh. Need positive thoughts.....it's so hard to take your own advice, isn't it?!
Good luck and hugs to everyone xxx
I am dreading my WI this week. Cookies in the office Friday, quick sandwich as I was busy Saturday lunchtime, glass of bucks fizz at a wedding on Saturday afternoon, curry (no naan, but still) plus white wine Saturday evening, picnic in the park Sunday lunchtime, dinner at parents' house Sunday evening, curly wurly in the office today....
I reckon I'll be lucky if I don't have a gain, why on earth do I do this?! Does anyone else have real problems staying off the syns?? It's just that eating for me is so sociable, and so enjoyable, and also I eat rubbish if I'm stressed or tired, and before I know it, there we go, entire weekend written off and I get on those scales and know the result will be crap.
It's not even like I've been away on holiday (although there was the wedding and a friend's birthday was the curry). Sometimes it just feels like I go 1 step forward 2 steps back. Anyone else feel this?! It's like, SW is supposed to be sorting out my eating habits for life, but here I am, months into the plan, eating like a pig again with no regard for how miserable it makes me when I'm fat and put on weight.
God I need encouragement, I don't know anyone else (apart from at group) following the plan, I'm single, live with flatmates who have little problems with their diets, and my friends and colleagues seem to eat perfectly normally and most of them aren't remotely big. I've never been massive but I'm even just fed up of being chubbier than I should be, I look rubbish, why the heck can't this weight just come off??! I need a hug! Argh.
WI on Thursday lunchtime so we'll just have to see what happens. Sigh.
Good luck everyone else, sorry to bring things down. It's just because 2 weeks ago I had a gain as well, and only lost 1/2lb last week. It's so hard being a slow loser, cos it means that if you have a bad week, you're back to a weight that you know is going to take FOR-EV-ER to get off. Arghhhh. Need positive thoughts.....it's so hard to take your own advice, isn't it?!
Good luck and hugs to everyone xxx
GrannieAnnie
Silver Member
We`re all with you Hannah :bighug:
I know I`ve felt that way and had a really bad week last week. Bit better this week and hopeful for a loss, even a small one would be nice.
It will get better Hannah regardless of the setbacks. We all have off plan days. But you have to draw a line in the sand and start again. I`m a second time sw`er and I know that when I rejoined I was a lot heavier than when I joined first time.
This time last year I was in a bad place and my weight was making me very depressed. I know I`ll never be a size 6 I`m just not built that way. But I am happier than I was. SW is a life plan and I`m determined to make it work regardless of saboteurs around me trying to undermine me.
I know I`ve felt that way and had a really bad week last week. Bit better this week and hopeful for a loss, even a small one would be nice.
It will get better Hannah regardless of the setbacks. We all have off plan days. But you have to draw a line in the sand and start again. I`m a second time sw`er and I know that when I rejoined I was a lot heavier than when I joined first time.
This time last year I was in a bad place and my weight was making me very depressed. I know I`ll never be a size 6 I`m just not built that way. But I am happier than I was. SW is a life plan and I`m determined to make it work regardless of saboteurs around me trying to undermine me.
conlou1
Gold Member
big massive humungo huggles to ya hunni
i actually could have written that myself, i know if i ate like i have this last week i would have losses every week, im a slow loser because i sabotage myself, and that is being brutally honest, i dont seem to be able to get away with stuff that others do and i have never had the big losses that others get seemingly effortless (except when i lost 7 pound, after i had surgery and had actually put 4 and a half on anyway) it really upsets me that i feel like i have to try harder than everyone else but thats why i love this group cos for one reason or another were all in the same boat we are all struggling more than most to get that weight off, whether its self sabotage or for no known reason we are all struggling on together and encouraging each other, if it werent for you guys i would have given up. hang on in there hannah and be 100% around the bad days, take it one meal at a time, not a day at a time, you have 21 meals out of a week, if you eat 3 bad meals in one day that still leaves you with 18 meals to make good. you can and will do this, we all will, and when we get there we will stay there as we appreciate how hard it is to get off again so are less likely to slip up and we will have taken so long to get there that the habits will be there for life.
hugs all round
Pommette
Trying - very!
Lou - it is tough being a slow loser but as Hannah said IT IS LOSS. Actually it puts you on the naughty step. Anything over a pound sends you there! :8855:
Keep at it chica - it will go eventually. Take heart - I've been at it 5 years on and off. I did a gentle stroll to lose 2 stone (took 16 months), had a 3+ year break but maintained, and this time I've sprinted my way to a 38 lb loss in 40 weeks !!! :8855:That's less than a pound a week.
But I'm happy because the tortoise always wins the race.
conlou1
Gold Member
Lou - it is tough being a slow loser but as Hannah said IT IS LOSS. Actually it puts you on the naughty step. Anything over a pound sends you there! :8855:
Keep at it chica - it will go eventually. Take heart - I've been at it 5 years on and off. I did a gentle stroll to lose 2 stone (took 16 months), had a 3+ year break but maintained, and this time I've sprinted my way to a 38 lb loss in 40 weeks !!! :8855:That's less than a pound a week.
But I'm happy because the tortoise always wins the race.
thanks hun, i know i should be happy but i feel like i actually gave it my all this week and if thats the best i can ever do then i cant afford a slip up cos ill end up with a gain, ive managed to lose previous weeks by being a bit naughty then really depriving myself to make sure i lose just something or sts and thats find as i deserve it when ive not followed plan properly but i was determined to really follow it and i thought i would lose at least 2 and get my damn club 10 sticker thats taunting me aaargh lol. i kept a diary feel free to look at it and tell me where im possibly going wrong as ive been doing the plan on and off for 3 years now and im still learning new things all the time so im happy to take it on the chin if ive slipped up tbh id be pleased if ive slipped up somewhere lol. the only possible other thing it could be is my * week, but i dont know as i havent had one for 18 months i have irregular periods and have been pregnant and had a baby during that time so im long over due one and tbh i feel like it could be that...all the symptoms but nothing appeared yet but soooooo bloated and in pain. the other thing is i did do less walking this week so that could have had an impact? oh i dont know ill just have to pick myself up dust myself off and try again. cant believe the target member in my group who had a massive loss of 3 and a half after being naughty all week
i think he pinched my loss hahahap.s. i have been eating around 3 bananas a day one in porridge and a couple as snacks so wondering if its this?? someone else said they cant eat loads of bananas as it slows their loss? what do you think?
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felicity62
Silver Member
Lou my wino buddy (LOL) i also share your pain! those good weeks that dont show tend to show the week after for me, but they are never significant losses i might add. I know exactly what your saying and couldnt agree more!
my star week is vile, its more the ovulation phase (sorry about the finer details everyone) where it wouldnt matter if i didnt eat at all i would gain. nothing affects it. i do believe mine is affected to some degree by hormones and pasta! i also hear a few say bananas affect their losses in positive and negative ways.
its such a minefield isnt it ? with all the factors potentially affecting it you have done well. it feels like it should be more when you reall y put the effort in.
chin up girls lets fight on thru.....crikey i am dreading xmas festivity food !?
my star week is vile, its more the ovulation phase (sorry about the finer details everyone) where it wouldnt matter if i didnt eat at all i would gain. nothing affects it. i do believe mine is affected to some degree by hormones and pasta! i also hear a few say bananas affect their losses in positive and negative ways.
its such a minefield isnt it ? with all the factors potentially affecting it you have done well. it feels like it should be more when you reall y put the effort in.
chin up girls lets fight on thru.....crikey i am dreading xmas festivity food !?
felicity62
Silver Member
Everyone else has said what i feel, but here is a (((((hug)))))
do you think because you dont have a great deal to lose and that is affecting your losses?
Latte
Silver Member
I am sorry so mnay of us slow losers are feeling down this week.
You all really helped me last week and wise words are a loss is a loss no matter how small and it is still going in the right direction x
Also Lou Pomette and Felicty you all helped me a lot by looking at my diary and saying about the fact I was going over my syns and I was in denial about what I was eating and you were right
as this week I lost a whopping 4lbs now I am not on the naughty step yet as it was the 2.5lbs I put on plus an extra 1.5 lbs but that is still 9.5lbs in 13 weeks so not yet 1lb a week.
My weight loss isnt a straight line at all it curves up and down like a really big wavy line.
I am going away to Florida in a few weeks time and last time we went 11 years ago I put on 10lbs I havent even lost that yet !
You all really helped me last week and wise words are a loss is a loss no matter how small and it is still going in the right direction x
Also Lou Pomette and Felicty you all helped me a lot by looking at my diary and saying about the fact I was going over my syns and I was in denial about what I was eating and you were right
as this week I lost a whopping 4lbs now I am not on the naughty step yet as it was the 2.5lbs I put on plus an extra 1.5 lbs but that is still 9.5lbs in 13 weeks so not yet 1lb a week.
My weight loss isnt a straight line at all it curves up and down like a really big wavy line.
I am going away to Florida in a few weeks time and last time we went 11 years ago I put on 10lbs I havent even lost that yet !
conlou1
Gold Member
lol wino buddy i like it
i know im being ungrateful but it was more to do with the fact on my scales which are normally the same as sw ones i weighed bang on 12 which would have seen a loss of 3 so i thought if i lose 2 ill be pleased and just wasnt prepared for losing 1 and a half
i could be ovulating im not sure tbh its been that long ive forgotten what it all feels like hahaha. i had more ee days last week too so maybe i got my portions slightly off again and didnt eat enough super free but i doubt it tbh but its a possibility? im just baffled as to how i can have a great week and not lose loads yet someone else can not even stick to it and lose a ridiculous amount, i know were all different but the human body confuses the hell outta me!! im also now worried as i have a camping hen weekend and were planning on having junk food and loads of beer etc but i feel like i shouldnt go now as ill have a surefire gain if i do and im not sure i can deal with it right now, but thats just silly i cant keep myself from going out can i? im just going to have to be more sensible than i was planing on being :cry:
GrannieAnnie
Silver Member
Another Wednesday, another WI tonight at 5.30. Did a food diary this week and I can see that I had gone off track in the previous few weeks.
Here`s hoping for some sort of loss!!
Here`s hoping for some sort of loss!!
Latte
Silver Member
Aw Lou dont be upset it will catch up on the SW I am not sure if you saw my post above yours but mine has finally caught up so I am sure yours will to.
We are now roughly the same weight and I am only an inch smaller then you so between the two of us we can crack this
I have posted on your diary and I do think that bananas have a lot to do with it x
Of course go on your trip dont be silly and enjoy yourself this is a marathon not a race and we will get there with a few laughs and crys along the way.
As I said I am going to Florida in a few weeks time and I will enjoy myself as this is a lifetime plan and not a two week wonder x
We are now roughly the same weight and I am only an inch smaller then you so between the two of us we can crack this
I have posted on your diary and I do think that bananas have a lot to do with it x
Of course go on your trip dont be silly and enjoy yourself this is a marathon not a race and we will get there with a few laughs and crys along the way.
As I said I am going to Florida in a few weeks time and I will enjoy myself as this is a lifetime plan and not a two week wonder x
felicity62
Silver Member
lol wino buddy i like it
i know im being ungrateful but it was more to do with the fact on my scales which are normally the same as sw ones i weighed bang on 12 which would have seen a loss of 3 so i thought if i lose 2 ill be pleased and just wasnt prepared for losing 1 and a half
Lou, if this were me posting or someone else what would be your advice to them? If you feel like you are giving up everything and dont go out on the hen weekend you will be truly miserable! please go and enjoy it, I do know what you are saying tho ! I too get irked by those who slip off plan BIG TIME and still lose, but I am convinced it does catch up or even out somewhere (please tell me it does).
did you eat lots of carbs on your EE week?? maybe do meg red weeks before your hen do to limit the damage??
felicity62
Silver Member
conlou1
Gold Member
sorry latte i didnt see your post hunni, well done you!!! im so pleased for you!!!
your both right and im just feeling sorry for myself and if i were reading what i put i would say 'there are 21 meals in a week so even if you have from sturday tes to sunday tea off thats only 2-3 meals out of 21 and its the majority that counts' so i will give myself a slap and tell myself to get a grip. also i think definitely * week as im in agony, so maybe ill have a good loss next week if it is, its hard to differentiate between that pain and ibs :/ lol
your both right and im just feeling sorry for myself and if i were reading what i put i would say 'there are 21 meals in a week so even if you have from sturday tes to sunday tea off thats only 2-3 meals out of 21 and its the majority that counts' so i will give myself a slap and tell myself to get a grip. also i think definitely * week as im in agony, so maybe ill have a good loss next week if it is, its hard to differentiate between that pain and ibs :/ lol
Pommette
Trying - very!
Made me smile too! Glad to have been of service!
You are definitely on the naughty step! The 1.5 counts!!! Anything more than a pound sticks you there! So go and join Lou!
Well done Chica - now all you've got to do is carry on. You can do this!
Pommette
Trying - very!
Hannah - I wrote a big long post last night to you but it's disappeared! Minis keeps doing this to me.
Anyway the gist of it was - we ALL have bad days. The trick is to just class them as a flexi-day, move on to the next day and get back to it.
OK, you had a few flexi days but get your head back into gear, do not beat yourself up and do not look back. Just forward.
Remember - you have a life to lead. You are not locked up in nunnery!
No one can be perfect 100% SW all the time. For heavens sake, even an angel couldn't manage that. (And if anyone says they are 100% all the time they are deceiving themselves).
So please get back on the wagon.
Big bear :grouphugg: from me though!
PS Less of the nice stuff now - I just can't be nice all the time.
He's a smack on the bott :whoopass: to push you in the right direction.
Anyway the gist of it was - we ALL have bad days. The trick is to just class them as a flexi-day, move on to the next day and get back to it.
OK, you had a few flexi days but get your head back into gear, do not beat yourself up and do not look back. Just forward.
Remember - you have a life to lead. You are not locked up in nunnery!
No one can be perfect 100% SW all the time. For heavens sake, even an angel couldn't manage that. (And if anyone says they are 100% all the time they are deceiving themselves).
So please get back on the wagon.
Big bear :grouphugg: from me though!
PS Less of the nice stuff now - I just can't be nice all the time.
He's a smack on the bott :whoopass: to push you in the right direction.
