Saving syns

[Becky :-)]

Hi,

Anyone else use most/all their syns at a weekend and then have none or very few throughout the week? I find it's generally working for me - and I don't really count the syns - I think my luck might run out soon so was interested to hear other people's experiences.

Thanks
Becky

 

[Staffiemum]

Hi Becky, I've just re joined SW and will be having most of my syns on the weekend. When I did SW last time I tended to have most of my syns on the weekend and it worked for me then. I averaged half a stone a month, which I was happy with x

 

[Becky :-)]

Thank you for your reply! Half a stone a month is brill - I've only lost half of that but I figured it went on slowly so can come off slowly. Will sorry on then for as long as I can get away with it!

 

[Determined_one]

Hey there. I only do this for special occasions as I prefer to have my syns during the week. At the end of last month it was my friends birthday and we went out for a curry and drink sesh. Knew I wasn't going to be able to stay on plan so just enjoyed and had what I wanted. I got straight back on plan the following day (despite the hangover haha) and just didn't have any syns till my next weigh in. I still lost 1.5lbs despite the mad night out which I was very pleased with. The weeks where I do use my syns daily I tend to average 2.5-3.5lbs weekly losses but i'm willing to take a hit on the odd week if it means I actually get to enjoy myself with friends

 

[Becky :-)]

Ah thanks for this - that would probably explain my slow weight loss then! I ought to try it properly really - I just get so tempted by wine and the free garlic tomato bread that that takeaway send with our kebabs!!! (Haven't ordered chips for 7 months though!)

 

[TRISTAR]

I pull the syns back during the week, as I weigh on Saturday. We have chinese takeaway and ice cream at the weekends.

 

[Wolf]

In my experience, saving syns for the weekend slows weight loss a LOT. Obviously, it won't be the same for everyone but I find I lose a lot more when I use daily syns, even if I use quite a few syns every day. I call them my "quality of life" syns as I use them for little things like honey on my porridge, gravy with dinner, a glass of fruit juice etc. Little things that make being on SW feel even less like being on a diet. If I know I'm going out on a weekend or have a special occasion them I do try to cut syns a little during the week but I'll mostly just flexi-syn that day.

 

[Becky :-)]

In my experience, saving syns for the weekend slows weight loss a LOT. Obviously, it won't be the same for everyone but I find I lose a lot more when I use daily syns, even if I use quite a few syns every day. I call them my "quality of life" syns as I use them for little things like honey on my porridge, gravy with dinner, a glass of fruit juice etc. Little things that make being on SW feel even less like being on a diet. If I know I'm going out on a weekend or have a special occasion them I do try to cut syns a little during the week but I'll mostly just flexi-syn that day.

Thanks for this - what does a flexi-syn day mean? Don't remember coming across that on the website?

 

[TRISTAR]

In my experience, saving syns for the weekend slows weight loss a LOT. Obviously, it won't be the same for everyone but I find I lose a lot more when I use daily syns, even if I use quite a few syns every day. I call them my "quality of life" syns as I use them for little things like honey on my porridge, gravy with dinner, a glass of fruit juice etc. Little things that make being on SW feel even less like being on a diet. If I know I'm going out on a weekend or have a special occasion them I do try to cut syns a little during the week but I'll mostly just flexi-syn that day.

It's weird how everyones body works differently. I have lots of syns at the weekend, and pulling it back during the week seems to jump start my body into a bigger loss.

 

[Babydragon]

I am currently doing this as I am an all or nothing person. There is no way I could have a fun sized chocolate bar and nothing else. I would want a big massive double sized bar! Equally I'm good at having none at all! I think my all or nothing approach has been at the root of a lot of my problems with me weight. I have spend most of my adult life really restricted time myself or binging. I am in week 2 and I am currently syn storing so that I can have bigger treats. I successfully lost 9lbs on my first week last week so it worked out quite well then. I do ideally want to stop with the storing as I don't think long term it will do a lot in addressing my food issues. However as I am new to the plan and easing myself in, this is how I've been doing it for the first couple of weeks. From next week I am going to try 15 a day and see how I manage that!