Following plan but not losing. Any advice appreciated.

[cinnamongirl]

Week 7 on extra easy and I weighed in this morning and STAYED THE SAME!!!!. I am gutted to be honest and feeling quite upset.

I really wanted a loss. I was hoping for a 3lb loss cos I have worked really hard at keeping to plan after gaining 1lb last week still sticking to it. I dranks loads more water, some with freshly squeezed lemon juice in which is meant to aid weight loss and SW say its superslimming and superfree. I cycle to work every day (approx 3 miles total), walk about a mile every lunch and I went for a 5 mile walk (all flat ground) yesterday. My boyfriend lost 3lbs doing the same more or less. I also ran up 4 flights of stairs in work every day and its not TOTM.

I enjoyed last week having a BBQ on friday and buying an ice cream maker (which is certainly no regret!). Weather was fab and I was feeling really energised and positive.

Week 1 - 4 lb loss, Week 2 -STS, Week 3 - 2 lb loss, Week 4*- 2 lb loss, Week 5*- 2 lb loss, Week 6 - 1lb gain, Week 7 - STS.
I know its a total loss of 9lbs in 7 weeks but I had lost 10lbs in 5 weeks. I really dont know where I have gone wrong.

Here is last weeks diary

Monday
Breakfast - 2 egg omlette (f) & orange (sf)
Mid morning snack - 2 x Aldi less than 70 calories cereal bars (HEB) & banana (sf)
Lunch - Tomato & herb Mug Shot (f), Shape 0% fat blackberry yoghurt (f), apple (sf) & 2 satsumas (sf)
Afternoon Snack - 2 plums (sf)
Dinner - Steak (all fat trimmed off) (f), sweet potato wedges (f), green beans (sf), cauliflower (sf), carrots (sf) & american mustard *(1 syn)
Evening snack - 375ml skimmed milk (HEA), *low fat cherry horlicks (5.5 syns) & 3 x rich tea fingers (3 syns)
Total syns - 9.5
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Tuesday*
Breakfast - 2 egg omlette (f) & orange (sf)
Mid morning snack - 2 x Aldi less than 70 calories cereal bars (HEB) & banana (sf)
Lunch - Sweet & Sour noodle Mug Shot (f), Shape 0% fat blackberry yoghurt (f), apple (sf) & 2 satsumas (sf)
Afternoon Snack - Mullerlight mint yoghurt (f)*
Dinner - *Aldi yellowfin sole (4.5 syns), mashed potato (f) with 40g low fat cheese (HEA), skimmed milk (1.5 syns) green beans (sf), cauliflower (sf), carrots (sf) & mushy peas (f)
Evening snack - fruit salad (sf), fat free natural yoghurt (f), sweetner (f) & chocolate brownie options drink (3 syns)
Total syns - 9
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Wednesday
Breakfast - 2 egg omlette (f) & orange (sf),*Aldi less than 70 calories cereal bar (HEB)
Mid morning snack - banana (sf)
Lunch - pasta (f), ham (f), beetroot (sf), morrisons extra light mayo (2 syns), apple (sf), orange (sf), mullerlight peach & passionfruit yoghurt (f)
Afternoon snack -*Aldi less than 70 calories cereal bars (HEB), 2 satsumas (sf),*375ml Skimmed milk (HEA) & 3 rich tea fingers (3 syns)
Dinner - Goulash - lean stewing beef (f), onion (sf), garlic (sf), peppers (sf), stock (f), passata (sf), paprika (f), tomato puree (sf)
Evening snack - fruit salad (sf), fat free natural yoghurt (f) & sweetner (f)
Total syns - 5
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Thursday
Breakfast - 2 egg omlette (f) & 2 satsumas (sf)
Mid morning snack - 2 x Aldi less than 70 calories cereal bars (HEB) & banana (sf)
Lunch - baked potato (f) & beans (f), shape 0% fat strawberry yoghurt (f), apple (sf) & 2 oranges (sf)
Dinner - *Gammon (no rind) (f) potato wedges (f), carrots (sf), green beans (sf) broccoli (sf), american mustard (1 syn), mayo (1 syn)
Evening snack - 375ml skimmed milk (HEA), fruit salad (sf), fat free natural yoghurt (f), sweetner (f) & chocolate brownie options drink (3 syns)
Total syns - 5
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Friday
Breakfast - 2 egg omlette (f), beans (f), 2 oranges (sf)
Mid Morning Snack - 1 x Aldi cereal bar (3 syns), banana (sf)
Lunch - Super noodles (f), shape yoghurt (f), apple (sf), 2 satsumas (sf) & plum (sf)
Afternoon snack - mullerlight yoghurt (f), 2 satsumas (sf)
Dinner - Brown roll (HEB), venison burger (2.5 syns), mayonnaise (1 syn), lettuce (sf), beetroot (sf), chicken fillet (f), 2 potatoes (f), 1 tesco HL sausage (1 syn), 2 eggs (f), 2 x dairylea light cheese slices (HEA), mustard (1 syn), 2 oranges (sf)
Total syns - 8.5
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Saturday
Breakfast - Banana (sf), 2 x oranges (sf)
Lunch - 1 Tesco HL sausage (1 syn), scrambled egg (f) & skimmed milk (HEA), 2 x wholemeal bread (400g loaf) (HEB), Apple(sf), lemon drink (sf)
Dinner - Special fried rice (9.5 syns), summer fruits (sf), Shape strawberry yoghurt (f)
Total syns - 10.5
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Sunday
Breakfast - banana (sf)
Lunch - 2 Tesco HL sausages (2 syns), beans (f), 2 duck eggs (f), bacon (fat trimmed off) (f). 2 x wholemeal bread (400g loaf) (HEB), summer fruits (sf)
Snack - home made ice cream (cherry mullerlight (f), fat free fromage frais (f), sweetner (f) & summer fruits (sf)
Dinner - quorn meatballs (f), spaghetti (f), passata with garlic & herbs added (sf),*
Snack - 375ml skimmmed milk (HEA) & kitkat (5.5 syns)
Total syns - 7.5
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I am gonna stick at it and make a batch of superspeed soup.

Just feel I have been making a lot of effort and not getting out what I want.

If anyone has any advice on where I can improve that would be great.

:cry:

 

[blonde8]

Only thing I can think of is your not having much sf with you lunch. Try having some with your food instead of after. I may of read that totally wrong so apologies if you do already do that but I thought from what I read sometimes you have the sf after a meal as in fruit esp lunch. Other than that it looks fine and I know its disheartening when your good and don't lose but stick with it and it will come off I'm sure. Good luck hun xx

 

[MadameLaMinx]

One thing to check is that your chinese food weighs the same as a SW portion of chinese food as stated in the book for the syn value. What they say may not be what the chip shop actually give you - in some cases a chip shop portion size can actually be double the SW "portion" size. Another is that you could do with bulking out some of your meals with a bit more superfree.

The other thing to note is that, well, to put it simply, these things just happen. Your brain wants this to happen - but with the best will in the world, your body will process at the rate it wants to process, regardless of what your thoughts say. It is frustrating, but your efforts WILL show themselves eventually. Keep at it - you'll get there!

 

[cinnamongirl]

Thanks a lot. The thing that is I dont really like salad. My limit is leaves and beetroot. i like my veg cooked but its very limiting being in work. Maybe have a beetroot on the side.
Think I will also try and reduce the carbs a bit.
:sad0071:

 

[cinnamongirl]

Thanks, i hadnt thought of that with the chinese. Even if I had doubled it I would have still been ok syn wise.
I really dont know what i can change.
I will keep at it for a couple more weeks and see how it goes.
I am new to SW having always done weightwatchers.
I hope i get some pleasing results soon cos its so perfect not having to count points. .

 

[dreamwatch]

This was me last week, so I really sympathise with how you're feeling at the moment. I showed all my diaries to my consultant, who was happy with everything, and out of the blue I had a loss this week. The only change I made was less carbs and less Quorn, but as frustrating as it is I think my body was just having a blip. At my last group my consultant always used to say make sure you're eating enough if you're doing a lot of exercise.

Have you thought about changing to red and green days just to mix things up a bit? Your body gets used to things, it might be worth shaking things up.

Good luck for the next week. Don't give up yet, bodies are weird, awkward ******* that like to drive us bonkers!

 

[Alexie]

This has been me this week too. I looked back at my diary and realised I hadn't had as much sf food as I should have had so that's probably why. Good luck for a loss next time xx

 

[ScarlettStar86]

One thing to bear in mind is that *week doesn't always affect you on the actual week! Myself and others find we get an unexplained gain or sts a couple of weeks after. Looking at yours so far week 2 and week 7 have been sts which is around halfway through cycle. Not a definite cause but after beating myself up about unexplained gains/sts and thinking my *week didn't affect me, I sat down with my book and counted and sure enough every 4 weeks was the same. For you it may be 5 weeks.
As frustrating as it is I've accepted it as there's nothing I can do! Stick with it and your hard work will be worth it x

 

[Paul_Farnham_uk]

To be fair you seem to be doing everything right but one thing to bare in mind is that you are doing a lot of exercise and i dont know how much you were doing before but the chances are when you are doing as much as you are that your muscle mass is increasing so you will find that you will lose say 2 lb of fat but maybe you are gaining 2 lb of muscle back but if you were to take some measurements its likely you have reduced in size because 1lb of muscle is smaller in mass than 1lb of fat.

are you not feeling your clothes feeling looser?

 

[stivesliz]

One thing to bear in mind is that *week doesn't always affect you on the actual week! Myself and others find we get an unexplained gain or sts a couple of weeks after. Looking at yours so far week 2 and week 7 have been sts which is around halfway through cycle. Not a definite cause but after beating myself up about unexplained gains/sts and thinking my *week didn't affect me, I sat down with my book and counted and sure enough every 4 weeks was the same. For you it may be 5 weeks.
As frustrating as it is I've accepted it as there's nothing I can do! Stick with it and your hard work will be worth it x

hey I am EXACTLY the same but it took a few months for me to click and notice the pattern. And lo and behold, every 4 weeks ( mid cycle ) no matter how good I am, I always gain a pound, or if am really lucky stay the same x

 

[Shirleen]

I'm not keen on raw veg, however loving veg chips, faces are celeriac and carrots as a snack. My consultant says to mix up you meals too and avoid having the same thing, so perhaps some hm soup for lunch or some Cous Cous made with a stock cube and some snap peas.
Cooked veggies roast th night before, add to a bowl of pasta, squeeze in some lemon juice and some light mayo. I use the sauce from pizza topped chicken added to pasta

 

[missmalibu]

hoping it is just a blip for you, i found that extra easy doesnt work for me, not sure why, doesnt matter how much superfree i have i cannot lose more than half a pound a week with it, i have to be red or green.

 

[cinnamongirl]

This has been me this week too. I looked back at my diary and realised I hadn't had as much sf food as I should have had so that's probably why. Good luck for a loss next time xx

Thanks

One thing to bear in mind is that *week doesn't always affect you on the actual week! Myself and others find we get an unexplained gain or sts a couple of weeks after. Looking at yours so far week 2 and week 7 have been sts which is around halfway through cycle. Not a definite cause but after beating myself up about unexplained gains/sts and thinking my *week didn't affect me, I sat down with my book and counted and sure enough every 4 weeks was the same. For you it may be 5 weeks.
As frustrating as it is I've accepted it as there's nothing I can do! Stick with it and your hard work will be worth it x

I aint giving up. At the moment its a challenge to prove it should work. I am determined at the moment to prove it works for me.

To be fair you seem to be doing everything right but one thing to bare in mind is that you are doing a lot of exercise and i dont know how much you were doing before but the chances are when you are doing as much as you are that your muscle mass is increasing so you will find that you will lose say 2 lb of fat but maybe you are gaining 2 lb of muscle back but if you were to take some measurements its likely you have reduced in size because 1lb of muscle is smaller in mass than 1lb of fat.

are you not feeling your clothes feeling looser?

I havent really increased my exercise as cycling to work is normal routine. But I havent taken any measuremens. Will do now tho. Thanks.

I'm not keen on raw veg, however loving veg chips, faces are celeriac and carrots as a snack. My consultant says to mix up you meals too and avoid having the same thing, so perhaps some hm soup for lunch or some Cous Cous made with a stock cube and some snap peas.
Cooked veggies roast th night before, add to a bowl of pasta, squeeze in some lemon juice and some light mayo. I use the sauce from pizza topped chicken added to pasta

Mmm sounds nice. I hadnt thought of cooked veggies and pasta. I tend to just think of adding beetroot.

hoping it is just a blip for you, i found that extra easy doesnt work for me, not sure why, doesnt matter how much superfree i have i cannot lose more than half a pound a week with it, i have to be red or green.

I am gonna try EE for a couple more weeks and failing that defo look to change to green and red.

This was me last week, so I really sympathise with how you're feeling at the moment. I showed all my diaries to my consultant, who was happy with everything, and out of the blue I had a loss this week. The only change I made was less carbs and less Quorn, but as frustrating as it is I think my body was just having a blip. At my last group my consultant always used to say make sure you're eating enough if you're doing a lot of exercise.

Have you thought about changing to red and green days just to mix things up a bit? Your body gets used to things, it might be worth shaking things up.

Good luck for the next week. Don't give up yet, bodies are weird, awkward ******* that like to drive us bonkers!

Still sticking to plan. Yeah gonna cut down on the eggs. Think I got too excited at them being free and bought large ones. Will go back to medium and try to vary breakfasts up where I can.
Will also try and make effortnot reduce carbs.

Its all trial and error til I find something thats right for me.
Thanks for all your advice and kind words
:cross::cross::cross:

 

[cinnamongirl]

Big pan of superspeed soup bubbling away as I write.

 

[mushymouth]

try and have your morning omletter eith mushrooms and spring onions in or something and tomatos, and try and have your suprefree WITH/IN the meal not after ad i got told by a group leader you could do this and when i switched groups i was told you cant,
and also i was exercising rveryday and my weight loss was definatly slower that it is now and ive done less exercise
so make sure u eat enough
i give up my exercise at the minute as kids r off school and i only get chance to do my running when shes at school and ive noticed that since no exercsing im starthing to shed
lol

 

[judimac]

Looking at your diaryI would say that there isn,t half enough free/superfree veg/fruit.

 

[BritMumInCanada]

Definately try to add more superfree. I would also mix up your meals a bit more, you had the same for breakfast nearly every day. Also although the mug shots are free I would limit them a bit as I don't think they are that high a satiety food really.

You're Definately on the right track though.

I did a blog post about superfree foods, it might help http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/the-benefits-of-superfree-foods

 

[Ophelia105]

Definately try to add more superfree. I would also mix up your meals a bit more, you had the same for breakfast nearly every day. Also although the mug shots are free I would limit them a bit as I don't think they are that high a satiety food really.

You're Definately on the right track though.

I did a blog post about superfree foods, it might help http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/the-benefits-of-superfree-foods

This is such a helpful article - thx v much. Clearly explains super free

 

[cinnamongirl]

Well I am very pleased to report a 5lb loss at the weigh in this morning.
Very very pleased.
I mixed up the breakfasts, did a big pan of superspeed soup which was lovely, did more exercise, dranks lemons in water every day, tried to cut down the carbs and eat more superfree.

Heres my food diary for last week:

Monday
Breakfast - 35g branflakes (HEB), 60 ml skimmed milk (0.5 syns), banana (sf) & plum (sf)
Snack - apple (sf)
Lunch - 150g Tesco HL cottage cheese with pineapple (3 syns), 100g potato (f), salad leaves (sf), beetroot (sf), orange (sf), 2 satsumas (sf), Alpen light (3 syns)
Snack - grapes (sf)
Dinner - tuna steak (f), mash potato (f) made with 45g 50% less fat cheese (HEA), 50ml skimmed milk (0.5 syns), broccoli (sf), courgette (sf), carrots (sf) & asparagus (sf)
Snack - fruit salad (sf) made with kiwi, pineapple, strawbs, melon, grapes & blueberries & options choc brownie drink (3 syns)
Total syns - 10
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Tuesday
Breakfast - 35g branflakes (HEB), 100ml skimmed milk (1/2 HEA) banana (sf) & 2 satsumas (sf)
Lunch - frittata (eggs (f), bacon (f), onion (sf), courgette (sf), broccoli (sf), mushrooms (sf), orange and red pepper (sf) & 20g 50% less fat cheese (1/2 HEA)), salad leaves (sf), beetroot (sf), 2 oranges (sf) & apple (sf)
Snack - alpen light (3 syns) & weightwatchers jelly (0.5 syns) with frozen summer fruits (sf)
Dinner - SW Beef and bean hotpot bake (lean beef (f), baked beans (f), carrots (sf), onion (sf), plain flour (2 syns), beef stock (f), worcester sauce (f), 200g potatoes (f)) and side of green beans (sf)
Snack - home made rum & raisin ice cream (rum & vanilla essence (f), fat free natural yoghurt (f), 100g weightwatchers creme fraiche (3.75 syns), 14g raisins (1.75 syns) & sweetener (f))
Total syns - 11
50 mins ea sports wii, 9.5 miles total cycling
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Wednesday
Breakfast -*fruit salad (sf) made with kiwi, pineapple, strawbs, melon, grapes & blueberries
Early lunch - 2 wholemeal breag 400g loaf (HEB), 1/2 tin baked beans (f), 2 dairylea light cheese slices (HEA), *2 oranges (sf), plum (sf) & apple (sf)
Snack - velvet crunch crisps (4 syns) & tomato pasta mugshot (f).
Dinner - chicken fillet (f), slimming world chips (f), carrots (sf), green beans (sf), broccoli (sf)
Snack - kitkat (5.5 syns) & options choc brownie drink (3 syns)
Totsl syns - 12.5*
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Thursday
Breakfast - fruit salad (sf) made with kiwi, pineapple, strawbs, melon, grapes & blueberries, ff natural yoghurt (f)
Lunch - frittata (eggs (f), bacon (f), onion (sf), courgette (sf), broccoli (sf), mushrooms (sf), orange and red pepper (sf) & 20g 50% less fat cheese (1/2 HEA)), salad leaves (sf), beetroot (sf),
Alpen light (1/2 HEB) & satsuma (sf)
Snack -*Alpen light (1/2 HEB)
Dinner - superspeed soup (sf & f), homemade ice cream (weight watchers strawb yog (f), 100g onken ff vanilla yog (1syn), sweetner (f), summer fruits (sf) & ff nat yog (f))
Snack - kitkat (5.5 syns)
Total syns - 6.5
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Friday
Breakfast - 2 alpen lights (HEB) & banana (sf)
Snack - weightwatchers orange & nectarine yoghurt (f)
Lunch - 150g Tesco HL cottage cheese with pineapple (1.5 syns), cauliflower 3/4 plateful (sf) & 45g 1/2 fat cheese (HEA)
Dinner - superspeed soup (sf & f)
Snack - homemade ice cream (1syn) (mint mullerlight, natural yoghurt, skimmed milk, sweetner, options mint madness serving) & twix finger (5.5 syns)
Total syns - 8
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Saturday
Breakfast - fruit salad (sf) made with pineapple, strawbs & blueberries, ff natural yoghurt (f)
Lunch - superspeed soup (sf & f), 2 x slices wholemeal bread (400g loaf) (HEB), apple (sf) & satsuma (sf)
Dinner - 4 tesco HL cumberland sausages (2 syns), SW chips (f), 1 egg (f), 2 dairylea light cheese slices (HEA), carrots (sf), green beans (sf), broccoli (sf)
Snack -*options choc brownie drink (3 syns)
Total syns - 5
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Sunday
Breakfast - fruit salad (sf) made with pineapple, strawbs & blueberries, ff natural yoghurt (f)
Lunch - scrambled egg (f), bacon (f),*2 x slices wholemeal bread (400g loaf) (HEB), apple (sf) & orange (sf)
Dinner - takeaway curry chicken dansak (6.5 syns), plain rice (f), mini onion bhaji (est 4 syns) & homemade SW lemon souffle (f & sf)
Forgot to have my HEA
Total syns - 10.5
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Thanks so much to everyone for their help and advice.
Hopefully I can keep it up.

 

[MadameLaMinx]

Excellent!!!!

You are an amazing example of why you should never give up even if the result on the scales is disappointing at times.

Would you like us to move this to the food diary section so you can continue to track your meals?