Thread: Help!!! Can anyone tell me if i am doing it right????

Hi to all

i am pretty new to all this, have not joined a club as i have tried that before and it did not work.

OH cooks the majority of my main meals for me, he uses recipes from Red/Green and Easy days but my daughter keeps telling us we are doing it wrong, but I am losing weight as i will show below, and another weigh in tomorrow.

First my weight
Started Wed 2nd Jan 2013 Weight 15st 2lb 1/4oz
Wed 9th Jan 2013 Weight 14st 13lb 1/4oz loss of 3lb
Wed 16th Jan 2013 Weight 14st 11lb 1/4oz loss of 2lb

I try and do 20mins on the treadmill 5 days a week and between 50-60 sit-ups afterwards.

Next weigh in Tomorrow, so back to my food diary

on waking warm water and lemon slice

Breakfast Scott’s porridge made with water and 2 x Satsuma’s

Lunch 2 x weight watchers malted bran bread with 1 x laughing cow extra light cheese spread on each and sliced cooked beetroot

Afternoon snack fun size mars bar from freezer

Dinner GD recipe for Chunky sausage casserole, swapped oxo for knorr beef stock, with Brussel spouts, Green leaf cabbage and broccoli

evening snack will be Muller light Yeogurt and a large orange

i drink warm lemon water most of the day?

I am not sure what Syns this is for the day or if i am doing it wrong as my daughter says but your comments and help will be appreciated.

What day you doing fairy? Green/Extra Easy?

Originally Posted by Elle35

What day you doing fairy? Green/Extra Easy?

Hi Elle,

many thanks for your reply

I have been doing the Extra easy,but really a combination of all three,just weighted myself and lost another 2 1/2lbs

how do i set one of them tickers up you have please

Originally Posted by fairy_time

Hi Elle,

many thanks for your reply

I have been doing the Extra easy,but really a combination of all three,just weighted myself and lost another 2 1/2lbs

how do i set one of them tickers up you have please

Hi fairy, congratulations on your weight loss. I don't think you can do a combination of all plans, it's either Green/Extra Easy or Original. On the Green/Original plan you can have more healthy extra A's & B's than on an Extra Easy plan. Whatever your doing your losing weight, so your doing something right. Do you write in your diaries too, that will help also. Let me to write what a typical Extra Easy Day for me is:
FREEFOODS: Your free foods (meat, potatoes, pasta, cupboard staples etc)
Coffee, Sweetner, Eggs, Mullerlight , Salmon, CousCous, Veg Stock, Herbs & Spices, Potatoes, Extra Lean Minced Beef.

SUPERFREE: (Fruit & Veg)
Strawberries, Blueberries, Kiwi, Peas, Mixed Steamed Vegatables, Tomatoes (Fresh & tinned) Onions, Garlic.

HEA: (your dairy etc)
250mls semi skimmed milk

HEB: (your bread, crispbreads & cereals etc)
2 x 400g loaf warburtons wholemeal bread

SYNS:
Sugar x 3 (3syns), 10g lurpak lightest (2syns), 25g Cheddar (5 syns)

Hope this helps you out.

As for the ticker this link will give you instructions : http://www.minimins.com/video-tutori...up-ticker.html (Setting up a ticker) Hope this helps fairy

Hi my sw consultant saysyou can mix EE Green and Original days a day at a time or if you mix the plans you all in one day thats fine too just remember to only have 1 HX A and B as long as your snacks are super free or synd.

Ahh yes i understand, well EE after is a mix of green & original, that makes sense.

You will need to be more specific hun

How much porridge do you have and is it plain? Its only 35g for a HEB so any more or flavoured ones would need to be synned.
The bread needs to be synned - 2.5 syns per slice so 5 syns there plus 1 syn for each laughing cow cheese
Funsize mars bar = 4 syns
Which sausages did you use in the casserole - there will be syns there and potentially quite high if they are not a low fat one

So you are at 11 syns plus any more for porridge and sausages
You are getting your superfree in so well done on that but you still need to have a HEA.

Laughing cow extra light are a HEA option but you are supposed to have 6 of them

Do you have the books? It will be pretty impossible to do the plan properly without them.Or perhaps think about joining online if youreallydo not want to go to group xx

Originally Posted by PatchworkPuss

You will need to be more specific hun

How much porridge do you have and is it plain? xx

I have a 30g sashet of original porridge every morning made with water not malk and no sugar or sweetener

i have now planned to take my OH (as he is the chef lol) to a group tonight to hopefully sort out the best way for me to progress and maybe lose a little extra weight each week, although too much loss too fast could also be be the wrong way?

thank you for your comments and help

Originally Posted by fairy_time

I have a 30g sashet of original porridge every morning made with water not malk and no sugar or sweetener

i have now planned to take my OH (as he is the chef lol) to a group tonight to hopefully sort out the best way for me to progress and maybe lose a little extra weight each week, although too much loss too fast could also be be the wrong way?

thank you for your comments and help

The oats so simple sachets are not a healthy b - are you counting them as one?

Defo a good idea to take your OH with you imo

Originally Posted by kingleds

The oats so simple sachets are not a healthy b - are you counting them as one?

Defo a good idea to take your OH with you imo

The OP said it was Scott's porridge, so I imagine that'd be a bit different-granted it wouldn't be enough as a heB, but only by 5g

If you not already a member pick up Reveal mag for a voucher.If both you and OH are going to be joining pick up two.

Originally Posted by kingleds

The oats so simple sachets are not a healthy b - are you counting them as one?

Defo a good idea to take your OH with you imo

I have the Scott's Porridge not the oats so simple is that a better option?

i will send him round the shop to pick one up thank you

he does not need to join as he is losing weight with illness so do not want him to waste away, although healty eating can not be a bad thing

Originally Posted by fairy_time

I have the Scott's Porridge not the oats so simple is that a better option?

I can't see the Scott's oats sachet in my book, though it might be on the expanded list online. Will have a look for you. The book says 35g porridge oats unflavoured.

Looks like its on the expanded list hun so you are fine x