seriously considering slim and save - opinions and experiences please!

[Ruby Shoes]

the bar was nice, but not as great as i hoped! perhaps i bigged it up too much in my mind!

had the lemon and white choc one, was very nice and lemony, couldnt really taste white choc, good crunchy bits in it though. i did the same as you're thinking - cutting it up into lots of bits, though i find the texture a tiny bit wierd if you chew for a while. i wouldnt say it was filling, but it was a nice evening munch.

i did have a little bit of hunger last night, but i couldnt work out if that was from no keto or if its cos i cut my protion of noodles in half and removed half my quorn too. today feeling fine, but very dry mouth - blugh

at work today (loove working part time after uni stress). ive got my hazlenut shake for lunch, a choc cripsy shake for 5pm and the dinner plan is prawns, asparagus, noodles and boullion again.

only 1/2 a pound off this morning. id love love love to see 12st 7 on the scales by tomorrow, but its looking more like 12st 8 id imagine. got to work on upping my water too, defo not been drinking 3 litres.

hope your day is going well and the bar makes a nice lunchtime treat!

 

[Ruby Shoes]

forgot to add - i have been naughty with my multi vitamin taking. ie, not taking any. Think im paying for it now because i have little cracks appearing in the corners of my lips and past experience has shown i always need antibiotic cream to make them go away.

have text my mum to ask her to buy me the multivits and will add them to my co-q 10 supplement and 3 HUGE collegen pills and my usual conttraceptive pill ontop. think my pills alone will make a meal by themselves!

 

[weasey]

Good to hear that you guys are doing well. Just thought I'd add my 2p worth on exercise. I was over 19 stone when I started the diet and had been obese or morbidly obese for my whole adult life. I hated exercise and anything associated with it. I didn't exercise whilst on the diet and lost 9 stone in 10 months (with stepped up calories of 800 for the last 4 months). After I reached goal I started to exercise with a personal trainer. I didn't want to but I wanted to gove myself the best chance of keeping the weight off. A few months on and much to my surprise I'm loving the exercise! I feel really toned and can see the difference it is making to me physically.

I guess what I'm saying is once you're in the right place give exercise a go - it will help you to maintain and you might even enjoy it!

 

[Ruby Shoes]

thanks weasey.

i know exercise is defo something i really have to make an effort with. once i have my fitness up, its not so much of a chore. its just getting there thats the hard part! come saturday, i'll start to add exercise into my programme too - every little helps. plus im only working 3 days a week, so those other 4 can provide ample opportunity to really get down to it.

 

[LastEverDiet]

Thanks Weasey - and well done on such a fantastic loss (and even better, keeping it off!) I think I'm going to join an aerobics class in a few weeks, once I've adjusted to the VLCD, although I'll feel a bit self-conscious to start with, what with all my wobbly bits!
Ruby, I'm the same with multivits, meant to buy some this week and havent got round to it yet. Cracked lips don't sound fun tho so will take that as a warning!
I had the choc, vanilla and almond bar at work today, it was lush! After thinking I wouldnt order any of the bars next time I think this has chnaged my mind. A better texture than the lemon one and not as sweet, just right with an afternoon cuppa!
Have you had the noodles often before? I had my first portion with dinner tonight and really enjoyed them, but funnily enough I'm feeling hungry now... do you think there's a correlation? They shouldn't take us out of K as they're basically carb-free, but I definitely have that rumble in my stomach that I haven't had for a few days! Actually haven't drunk enough today tho so maybe thats it. Would be disappointing if the noodles make me hungry cos other than that I thought they're were great!
Hope the rest of the day's gone well for you - 1/2lb loss not bad, but fingers crossed for your next weigh in anyway!

 

[Ruby Shoes]

the other bars defo sound interesting. im thinking i'll place another order v soon with more bars, more choc shakes (really like them, despite not being a chocolate flavoured thing fan). i really like the look of the dark choc, maple and fruit one.

i did have the noodles for a few months before starting s&s. ive never had any problems with them, but i did realise that the two times when i woke up wanting to be sick in the night were on evenings i had eaten them. but i think thats because my stomach just wasnt used to having very solid things having been on the diet for a few days.

i dont get hungry rumbles after eating them, but i think its more of an 'oooh, i have to work hard to digest this' type feeling instead. dont forget they are just all fibre, the japanese apparently nickname the noodles a 'sweeping broom for the stomach'!

it would indeed be disappointing if you cant have them, i find them so good for meal bulking!

today i had them with tuna and 200g of cucumber with garlic salt sprinkled ontop. i loved the cucumber/salt combo so much, im thinking tomorrow i'll have 4 packs of shakes and just nibble on the cucumber in the evening.

 

[LastEverDiet]

Ooooh, I have garlic salt, that sounds like a snack to eat in front of the telly!
Am thinking that the hunger is probably because I snacked on a few things I shouldn't have the day before, was making a big pot of chilli and one of bolognese sauce to freeze so I don't have to think about dinners for my other half, and maybe had a few too many 'tastes' as I was making them, whooops! Still la bit hungry this morning but have been reading my Beck Diet Book so have got my head in the right place... hungry - oh well! If you've never read it I'd definitely recommend it if you have emotional issues with food!
Lol at "sweeping broom for the stomach"... I'm at work today so hope it doesn't sweep too much!
Have a good day today, what have you got planned? Oooh, are you weighing in or waiting til Saturday? Good luck whatever!!

 

[Ruby Shoes]

haha, yes i can imagine swept stomachs are not the best when you have work!

woke up this morning feeling quite thirsty, dont think i drank enough water after the salty cucumbers. weighed in at 12st 9, so offical 1 week weightloss is 7lbs.
i was (sounds mad) a tiny bit dissapointed! but then i had to remind myself that 7lbs out of 4 stone is 1/8 of my journey done and 1/4 of the way to my xmas target.
i also realised i now weigh what i did when i dabbled with slimming world back in june, so ive turned the clock back nearly 5 months in a week.

will change my official weigh in to saturday and take all my measurments then though.

day at work today (but a lazy day because the new girl is training and has to do all the difficult tests on patients ) have my first 4 pack day today aswell because i dont have time to go home and get dinner. got a caramel, crispy choc and cripsy vanilla shake for later and then a bar with a cup of tea for bedtime.

thanks for the book suggestion, i'll have a nose about on amazon and see if i can get it. always need someone to talk sense into me when it comes to food.

when is your next weigh in?

 

[abcdebony]

Ruby shoes are you aiming for 2 stone off by Christmas then? I want to lose 4 stone too and the thought of getting near 2 stone off before Christmas is really motivating!
I hope you have a good day at work and the hunger ease's off.

 

[Ruby Shoes]

i am indeed, am was hoping for 2 stone off by the 18th (my graduation). then a week off for xmas - ie doing packs during the day and nibbling the naughty food.

then the last 2 stone from januray. i'll be happy-ish when i get down to 10st because thats the weight i was the first time my boyfriend saw me and he certainly liked what he saw! then the final stone will be to get back to 9st, maybe 8 1/2 if i realllllly want to. though the bf isnt keen because he hates women who are too thin.

morning is going well though. no hungry, just a grosssss mouth, a litre of water hasnt helped yet! now i need the loo, but thats in the main part of the hopsital and involves going outside so i will get cold

 

[Ruby Shoes]

having a very productive day at work (hahaha not).

been lurking on other forums and have been motivated by people talking about the 30 day shred. come saturday, i am dusting off my dvd and getting back on it!!!

in other news, all thoughts of food will be forgotten for the next few days because my sister is bringing home KITTENS tonight. she works in a vet and someone found them dumped in a cardboard box in the park, they need fostering until the RSPCA can take them on

 

[iwillbethinagain]

When a kitten starts to look like a chocolate bar, you need to start worrying!

 

[Ruby Shoes]

haha, thankfully i dont tend to crave chocolate, otherwise they would be in trouble!

had abit of a funny day today. havent felt any need to really go off plan and eat, but i have felt abit 'hmph'. i did put a splash of nandos peri peri on my noodles last night, and then read the ingredients which said it had lemon in it, so i may have knocked myself out of keto a tad. might explain my funk today, and the fact i was freezing cold (until i had my cup of tea).

looking forward to saturday so i can start my 30 day shred dvd, i think taking a more 'active' role will make me feel abit more positive.

 

[LastEverDiet]

Lol I know that "hmph"y feeling well! I think for me its more about emotional eating/ cravings - generally when I'm not in ketosis I'm genuinely hungry, whereas when I'm in K I just have the desire to eat, without really being hungry - spend a lot of time wandering into the kitchen and looking grumpily into the cupboards before leaving! It passes if I keep myself busy and don't igve into it - another reason I think its emotional hunger than real physical hunger.
Hope you had en enjoyable evening distracting yourself from food with the kittens! How old are they?

 

[Ruby Shoes]

so far i havent been too hungry or having major cravings, i think im humping at the fact ive got to this level and have to diet at all! im just grumbling at the wooorld.

agh, evening was full of tension. kittens didnt come home last night, they are now planned to come tonight and im not sure if it will happen. My sister isnt doing v well in her job (generally she is very slow picking things up and grasping concepts), so they keep calling her into meetings and now she has to meet with the area manager to discuss her progress (or lack of it). so i dont know if she will be doing the fostering tonight.

though i did think it would be nice to make some hot choc last night, so i thought id make a warm shake in my shaker. BIG mistake, exploded all over the kitchen!

only 1/4 of a pound lost yesterday morning and again this morning. did a measure too and not lost any inches. bah humbug.
tomorrow will be day 10 though, nice to get into double figures i suppose.

how are you doing?

 

[Ruby Shoes]

day 11 for me now, still havent had any major food cravings or temptations. waited all week to have my dinner last night of swede chips, poached egg and macaroni cheese and it was DELICIOUS. have ordered alot more packs. im thinking i may save it for a weekend treat meal and mix it with cauliflower for cheesy cauli mash and qourn sausages.

come monday i will have a delivery of more choc shakes, more bars and a few savoury meals and then i will try and curb my ordering for a while! scales stayed the same for a day or two, but now down another lb! hoping for another 2 to come off by thursday.

 

[LastEverDiet]

Hey Ruby, sounds like your weekend has gone well - good idea to have a "treat" meal for the weekend, its always the hardest time I find! I wasn't so great yesterday, ended up having a bit of a chicken binge (lol not the end of the world!) and woke up a lb heavier this morning cos of it. Hope I've lost it for weigh-in tomorrow!
Hope your weekend wasn't too stressful with your sister, well done for not letting it send you off track the other day!
I've put in a big order now of 140 pack, as it works out cheapest. Better not fall off the wagon anytime soon as that's pretty much my food budget for the month!
Anyway, enjoy the rest of your weekend!
LED x

 

[Ruby Shoes]

im sure the extra lb will be gone tomorrow, chicken is a very restrained binge!

i know what you mean about food budgets, all my money this month has gone on buying packs. i think its defo worth it though. before i was constantly popping to tesco for foods on my self devised diets, spending lots and losing nothing.

weekend has been eventful with the kittens. one was re-homed after a day, but the other is still here. hes like a little baby, you have to carry him everywhere and constantly love him otherwise he cries. the permanent cat sitting makes eating times a rare treat!

ive also developed a strange food porn habit. i cant eat it, so i constantly watch cooking shows! planning my sisters surprise party and our xmas eve party menus, so im indulging my eyes with food instead of my tummy.

 

[Louise24]

Hiya, just a quick note to say well done, I've just read your thread from start to finish and you e really inspired me! I ordered my packs last night, hurry up mr postman. X

 

[abcdebony]

He he about food porn, I keep thinking about what food I'll have on Xmas eve and Xmas day!
I am going to try and not get I the scales until next Monday!! I'm not sure if I'll manage it but that's my aim.
Have a good 100% day.