Hi,
I'm new to SW, have lost 4 stone through calorie counting, but hated how OCD it made me about food and having to know the calorie content of everything, so decided to join Slimming World Online. Bit disappointed there isn't a members forum on there though!
Anyway, its my first week, I still have 2 stone to lose, but I have already failed!!!! I have already overeaten on syns nearly every day
I'm not sure if Slimming world is going to work for me, but I don't want to give up. The reason I am overweight is because I am addicted to sugar. I love chocolate, sweets, anything that's junk. I get really depressed and upset if I haven't eaten any that day. So, my problem isn't eating 'normal food' I'm good at portion control and I eat healthy choices (don't cook with oil, eat lean meat and oily fish and lots of fruit and veg, don't like cheese or sauces or pastry and other fatty stodge). My problem is that syns don't allow me the amount of sugar I normally crave, so I am struggling. I get cravings and there's no amount of fruit that takes it away - I don't want fruit I want chocolate!!! There's no 'free food' that I can find that quenches my need for chocolate (sick of yogurts and options hot chocolate already - want something I can chew!), so I feel at a loss to know how to control my sugar cravings and make this diet work for me.
I can see how some people like eating lots of normal food, so this is great, because they can fill up on lots of food. But I'm happy to eat my bf, lunch and dinner and not crave any more of that food - I just crave sweet things!!!
I haven't weighed myself (weigh in on Tues) but I feel bad that I haven't even lasted one week and I don't know if I can control my cravings to not ruin all my other weeks too
Any advice from SW slimmers?
xx
I'm new to SW, have lost 4 stone through calorie counting, but hated how OCD it made me about food and having to know the calorie content of everything, so decided to join Slimming World Online. Bit disappointed there isn't a members forum on there though!
Anyway, its my first week, I still have 2 stone to lose, but I have already failed!!!! I have already overeaten on syns nearly every day
I'm not sure if Slimming world is going to work for me, but I don't want to give up. The reason I am overweight is because I am addicted to sugar. I love chocolate, sweets, anything that's junk. I get really depressed and upset if I haven't eaten any that day. So, my problem isn't eating 'normal food' I'm good at portion control and I eat healthy choices (don't cook with oil, eat lean meat and oily fish and lots of fruit and veg, don't like cheese or sauces or pastry and other fatty stodge). My problem is that syns don't allow me the amount of sugar I normally crave, so I am struggling. I get cravings and there's no amount of fruit that takes it away - I don't want fruit I want chocolate!!! There's no 'free food' that I can find that quenches my need for chocolate (sick of yogurts and options hot chocolate already - want something I can chew!), so I feel at a loss to know how to control my sugar cravings and make this diet work for me.
I can see how some people like eating lots of normal food, so this is great, because they can fill up on lots of food. But I'm happy to eat my bf, lunch and dinner and not crave any more of that food - I just crave sweet things!!!
I haven't weighed myself (weigh in on Tues) but I feel bad that I haven't even lasted one week and I don't know if I can control my cravings to not ruin all my other weeks too
Any advice from SW slimmers?
xx
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