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Take the C off Chips..

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Hi everyone,

I discovered this site about a year ago but been too shy to post until now. Bit of backstory - I have been on and off a diet since I was 11. I'm tall (5ft 10) so always kidded myself I could get away with it. I lost weight befire I went to uni on ww and got down to 11.7 st and was a perfect size 14 which was fine for me. I piled it on at uni and left 3 stone heavier - I then discovered SW and lost 2 stone and since then over the last 6 years I think I've been to SW 7 times and lost and gained the same two stone over and over again.

For the last year I've been the heaviest I've ever been - I've tried SW again, WW again and a stupid VLCD thing which made me pass out at work. My problem is I binge and derail myself very easily. Anyway I saw some horrendous photos of me over Christmas so decided to do something about it. So I am back on SW and have been since Tuesday, moving out of a shared house and into a flat on my own which I think will help with temptation, and I am determined to do this this time. I'm a bridesmaid for my brother's wedding at the end of August and I want to be 2 1/2 stone down my then.

Sorry for the long post, my convoluted way of saying hello! Never really managed to get my head round extra easy but going to give it a go. Thanks for reading xxx
 
Hiya, Take the C off Chips, I think I am going to call you Chips lol :D

It must be the days for bridesmaids, I'm going to be one next summer too and there's nothing like a bit of incentive to keep the old motivation levels high

Now you have made the first step, keep posting, dont disappear back into lurkdom :p Good luck in your weightloss
 
Ooh, welcome! I'll jump on the bandwagon and call you 'Chips' too if you don't mind. :D

Good luck with your weightloss and don't go back to being a lurker! :)
 
Thank you - I'll try not too. First proper EE day today, so far have had a Alpen Light bar for breakfast with a plum, snack another Alpen Light with an apple, lunch is rice and tuna with cherry toms and peppers to make up my 1/3 Superfree, with 3 LC mixed in, and then another plum. Low fat jelly for snack mid-afternoon, not sure about dinner yet. Does that sound OK so far for EE?
 
i love the name hahaha take c of the chips ill think of that everytime im tempted for non sw chips ;)
 
Take the C off Chips.. said:
Thank you - I'll try not too. First proper EE day today, so far have had a Alpen Light bar for breakfast with a plum, snack another Alpen Light with an apple, lunch is rice and tuna with cherry toms and peppers to make up my 1/3 Superfree, with 3 LC mixed in, and then another plum. Low fat jelly for snack mid-afternoon, not sure about dinner yet. Does that sound OK so far for EE?
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Looks good to me but where's the syns?! They're the fun bit, don't forget to have them and enjoy them, they're there for a reason.

Welcome and good luck with your journey xxxxx
 
Thank you! I think I'll have something with gravy tonight to get some syns in and some snack a jacks if i get peckish- off alcohol this month as that is where my syns would normally go!

Oh, and forgot to add I'm going it alone, w/i Tuesday mornings.
 
:welcome: Good to see you've taken the plunge! Yes the food looks ok, but remember you can have up to 15 syns a day, and if you try and cut back on them you won't lose as fast.
 
Hi chips welcome. I've done sw several times over the years (red and green).
This time I am doing EE with average 8 syns a day. Seems to have done the trick in this weeks weight loss.
 
Thanks all - I have always done better on SW when I've had more syns - just about reeducating myself that it's OK after weeks of starving myself and then bingeing and ending up bigger than I started! :)
 
Just wanted to say Hi and Welcome to Sw again!! and minimins!!

Good luck on your weight loss journey x
 
Hi - your story sounds so very very similar to mine!

I just counted up and this is actually the 13th time i've joined Slimming world since I first started back in 2002! This time though i'm staying till I reach, and maintain target. I feel like i've wasted my 20's being overweight and putting things off 'till i've lost some weight'. Well not anymore!!

Good luck!
 
Well done for posting, I think that keeping a diary on the site will help, as you can talk about your relationship to food, and get support and tips. Just not having to go it alone can really help.

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Thanks everyone for all your lovely messages - feeling better already! :)
 
Take the C off Chips.. said:
Thank you! I think I'll have something with gravy tonight to get some syns in and some snack a jacks if i get peckish- off alcohol this month as that is where my syns would normally go!

Oh, and forgot to add I'm going it alone, w/i Tuesday mornings.
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Hi! I'm going it alone too with a weigh in on Tuesday!
Good luck with with the plan!
:D
 
SW is a great lifestyle to adopt, just got to remember that any mistakes that can be made are allowed because we're only human. I hope you get to where you want to be for august! Good luck! X
 
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