For the second time I have reached 15 stone 3.5 pounds and cannot lose any more. I am following the plan and ensuring I have the correct syns. I have had tests and have no physical problem. My partner insists I will only lose weight with exercise and the plan will not work on its own. I have hurt my leg so cannot exercise. I urgently need to lose four stone but nothing is shifting. Can anybody help me?
weight will not shift
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lickthelid
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That must be very disheartening 
Could you maybe post a food diary? Just so we could have a peek? It's always the best place to start.....
Could you maybe post a food diary? Just so we could have a peek? It's always the best place to start.....
PatchworkPuss
Gold Member
Its easy to get into a rut after a while, so try mixing things up a bit with different healthy extras, food and meals, or try a different plan completely. You need to keep challenging your body
How long have you been maintaining? The SAS log might be a helpful tool if you have sts for a while xx
How long have you been maintaining? The SAS log might be a helpful tool if you have sts for a while xx
lentil2
Gold Member
Right, I'm going to say this in laymans terms...
When we gain weight, our fat cells grow. When they reach a certain size, they multiply. Once you have these cells, they never go away....they shrink, ie. when we lose weight, but you can never actually get rid of them.
Now, these cells almost have memory of their own...how many of us reach a certain weight and get stuck there? I'm sure its happened to loads of us....not only when we are losing weight but I have experienced this when gaining weight too?
So sometimes you reach a certain weight and it just sticks...going up or down...and then, with perseverance, it starts moving again....downwards if dieting and upwards if not!! lol
Seriously, put this in a search engine a read (in more technical terms) for yourself about this. Its true!
When we gain weight, our fat cells grow. When they reach a certain size, they multiply. Once you have these cells, they never go away....they shrink, ie. when we lose weight, but you can never actually get rid of them.
Now, these cells almost have memory of their own...how many of us reach a certain weight and get stuck there? I'm sure its happened to loads of us....not only when we are losing weight but I have experienced this when gaining weight too?
So sometimes you reach a certain weight and it just sticks...going up or down...and then, with perseverance, it starts moving again....downwards if dieting and upwards if not!! lol
Seriously, put this in a search engine a read (in more technical terms) for yourself about this. Its true!
lickthelid
Lives here....
Just write down...in a post...what you eat at each meal. Like this:
Green day
breakfast
porridge (HEXB) made with water, stirred through with a free yoghurt and topped with banana and strawberries
lunch
home made coconut rice pudding, apple and a banana
dinner
home made chickpea burgers (other HEXB in breadcrumbs) in 2 warburtons thins (10 syns)mushrooms, onions, jacket potato topped with 4 dairylea light and baked beans. Some ketchup (.5 syn)
thats what I had today.
lickthelid
Lives here....
This is ONE theory and actually is more applicable if the excess weight is gained in adolescence. It's less true the later in life you gain the weight. As adults our bodies cease development and begin the process of deterioration. Cell regeneration is still active but slows hence the onset of things such as dementia being more common in later years and it's more the case that the fat cells you have enlarge rather than duplicate and can therefore be shrunk. If you gained an excessive amount of weight during puberty then this MAY explain your problem.
lickthelid
Lives here....
ok....
1- NO superfree
2- 2 That is a lot of syns and I know you say you use them weekly but that doesn't work for everyone
3- you have three HEXB there? Do you mean the cheese to be hexA?
This isn't really following the plan and to me explains the problem. You need to revisit the plan and remind yourself of the basic principles. Eating like that has got you this far and no further. Maybe its time for an overhaul. There is very little in terms of nutritional density here?
lickthelid
Lives here....
No that's all correct but you have 3 HEXB and no hexA so I'll assume that was a typo. You can use your syns how you please but there are a couple of things to consider. Firstly that saving them just doesn't work for everyone. Maybe having coffee shop lunches is causing you to stall. I know that when I use my syns on "naughties" rather than meal ingredients my losses are far less.
If this isn't a typical day maybe give us an idea of what a typical day would look like? Contrarily I also want to say there isn't enough food there. Maybe it's the lack of superfree but 4 Alpen bars for breakfast, a panini, a packet of crisps and anomelette just wouldn't sustain me for a whole day. It could be that your body is hanging on to what it's been given? Our hunter gatherer ancestors left us with some terrible legacies not least our bodies tendency to store fat for the lean months that no longer exist!!!
If this isn't a typical day maybe give us an idea of what a typical day would look like? Contrarily I also want to say there isn't enough food there. Maybe it's the lack of superfree but 4 Alpen bars for breakfast, a panini, a packet of crisps and anomelette just wouldn't sustain me for a whole day. It could be that your body is hanging on to what it's been given? Our hunter gatherer ancestors left us with some terrible legacies not least our bodies tendency to store fat for the lean months that no longer exist!!!
Jeanne Von Buttonpopper
Silver Member
Agree with the above honey, you need to try a week of following the plan correctly. Try having daily syns, up to 15 per day and your daily HEXA and HEXB (mix them up a bit) and 1/3 superfree with every meal or most meals at the very least. I think you will certainly see a difference. Also, write everything down. The weekly syns doesn't work for everyone and slimming world don't endorse it.
lentil2
Gold Member
Not necessarily so.....there is newer evidence of this not just being the case of weight gained in early life, it can happen in later life too.
You'll need to search more than the first article you come across to find more info....
lol
lickthelid
Lives here....
thats still 3 hex b?
and still no superfree with lunch or breakfast? With your dinner did the mushrooms make up 1/3 of the meal?
