TeresaTT
Full Member
Hello, I started Slimming World two weeks ago and I'm a bit disappointed with my results so far and I'm wondering if there is something I can do to get things going a bit better. I started the first week with a good loss of 3.5lb but maintained for the second week. I've worked very hard to keep to the rules and was hoping for a loss in the second week. So many others in my group have quite big losses and some don't. I'm thinking that perhaps there is a knack to getting this right.
I am hoping that if I tell you what I'm doing, someone might be able to tell me if I can do anything better.
I'm doing mostly Green days during the week and Extra Easy at the weekends. A typical Green day is as follows:
Breakfast: Glass of Tropican orange (3 syns worth) 28g bitesize shredded wheat, skimmed milk from HEA, fruit salad with very low fat natural yoghurt or Muller Light. Tea with milk from HEA.
Lunch: Prawns or tinned tuna as HEB with lots of salad including home made coleslaw with extra low fat fromage frais, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, pasta, rice or cous cous. Fruit with a Muller Light yoghurt. Glass of diet lemonade, cup of tea.
Dinner: Sweet potato and spinnach curry and wholegrain rice or jacket potato, baked beans and coleslaw.
Fresh fruit with either a Muller Light yoghurt or extra low fat natural yoghurt. Glass of diet coke and cup of tea.
Snacks: Banana, apple or pear, maybe some grapes or other fruit. A few glasses of water throughout the day.
I try to use free foods as much as possible and I'm keeping my syns low each day, only about 5. However, on a Saturday night I have to have a drink and blow about 30 syns worth. But I only drink alcohol once a week. When we do Extra Easy we have something like a chicken curry with rice and perhaps bacon and eggs during the day (cooked with Fry Light). I also do the yummy syn free chips once or twice a week.
I am quite conscious that I am eating very, very little fat as I'm only having one HEA (the milk) and a few syns. My guts are also quite sluggish and I tend to feel a bit constipated although I'm still going a bit each day.
My husband is also following this diet and eating the same as me. He also had a good weght loss the first week and maintained the second. Therefore I'm thinking that it's not just me but might be what we're eating.
I'd be very grateful if anyone could give me some tips as I have about three stone to lose and a high BMI of 31. This is the first diet I've done that I've actually really enjoyed and I so want to do well on it.
Thanks,
Teresa
I am hoping that if I tell you what I'm doing, someone might be able to tell me if I can do anything better.
I'm doing mostly Green days during the week and Extra Easy at the weekends. A typical Green day is as follows:
Breakfast: Glass of Tropican orange (3 syns worth) 28g bitesize shredded wheat, skimmed milk from HEA, fruit salad with very low fat natural yoghurt or Muller Light. Tea with milk from HEA.
Lunch: Prawns or tinned tuna as HEB with lots of salad including home made coleslaw with extra low fat fromage frais, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, pasta, rice or cous cous. Fruit with a Muller Light yoghurt. Glass of diet lemonade, cup of tea.
Dinner: Sweet potato and spinnach curry and wholegrain rice or jacket potato, baked beans and coleslaw.
Fresh fruit with either a Muller Light yoghurt or extra low fat natural yoghurt. Glass of diet coke and cup of tea.
Snacks: Banana, apple or pear, maybe some grapes or other fruit. A few glasses of water throughout the day.
I try to use free foods as much as possible and I'm keeping my syns low each day, only about 5. However, on a Saturday night I have to have a drink and blow about 30 syns worth. But I only drink alcohol once a week. When we do Extra Easy we have something like a chicken curry with rice and perhaps bacon and eggs during the day (cooked with Fry Light). I also do the yummy syn free chips once or twice a week.
I am quite conscious that I am eating very, very little fat as I'm only having one HEA (the milk) and a few syns. My guts are also quite sluggish and I tend to feel a bit constipated although I'm still going a bit each day.
My husband is also following this diet and eating the same as me. He also had a good weght loss the first week and maintained the second. Therefore I'm thinking that it's not just me but might be what we're eating.
I'd be very grateful if anyone could give me some tips as I have about three stone to lose and a high BMI of 31. This is the first diet I've done that I've actually really enjoyed and I so want to do well on it.
Thanks,
Teresa