Susie's 2022 campaign

[ladyfelsham]

I have an update on Fancy Man at work. Turns out he has a partner!

Now either he's a fast worker, having announced to me a few months back that he was single - or he's like most other men on the planet and is a liar pants on fire!

 

[blossom18]

Hi hun, hope you dont mind me popping by here! Read a few of the last posts but not all the way back lol. Your food always sounds lush! Shame about the bloke at work - but maybe you are better off!

 

[Elanor]

Bloody men! Although, maybe when he mentioned he was single it was very early days with his partner and it was before it became official. Or he's just an arse.

Good luck for WI. If it is a gain, look at the bigger picture. You've lost nearly 4st!!! That's incredible!! And a little gain is not going to take away how well you have done! Just keep going and stick to plan and next week it will whooshie away xx

 

[ladyfelsham]

Just home and I am OVER THE MOON - lost 3lbs!!!

No idea how, but who cares . I am just 2lbs from 20 stone, and 4lbs away from my 4 stone award! Going to try really hard this week, and see if i can nail it .

 

[Elanor]

Yay!! Well done lovely!! That fantastic! Now onwards and downwards xx

 

[blossom18]

Woohoo! Amazing news! Can't wait to join you at 20st! And 4 stone is such an achievement, you can do this! X

 

[ladyfelsham]

Thank you m,y lovelies! Funny how three little pounds can make such a big difference to one's happiness .

Still feeling very buoyed up by it - and I avoided danger in the work fridge this morning because of my renewed determination - toasted sandwiches and chocolate eclairs, anyone?

B - h/m ham and cheese toastie
L - tikka chicken and steamed green veg
D - campfire stew and rice

Have a good one, gals x

 

[Elanor]

Those little pounds make all the difference Makes you feel like you can do this weight loss thing!

Well done on a great day! And avoiding eclairs is a major achievement!

 

[blossom18]

Another great day, and your food sounds lush! I am not enjoying doing a vlcd at all! I miss chewing! Think I may do SW instead, but im giving this week my all. Seeing your loss and eating is making me think why am I putting myself through this!! x

 

[ladyfelsham]

Hiya Blossom - forgot to say hello and welcome earlier .

I am full of admiration for people who do VLCDs, I tried once and couldn't hack it. if you decide at the end of the week that VLCD isn't for you, then I can really recommend SW. But it's important that you go to a class - it makes all the difference (and it's always a really good laugh anyway) .

Up early to job search because surprise surprise I've been mucked around by work AGAIN. I found out from a work friend yesterday that the promised job is going to me much less money than I was told. Typical, I really shouldn't have believed them, and this time I've had enough. Anyhoo, I've registered with some specialist agencies and am getting jobs emailed through already. I'm also meeting with the HR Manager at lunchtime to quietly ask her to go slow on my contract extension, so I'm not bound in to giving three months' notice!

B - banana on toast
L - chicken salad
D - campfire stew

Sx

 

[Tessa2000]

Well done on your 3 lbs loss

 

[blossom18]

That is for the welcome

Sorry you are being messed about at work. It's not easy when work is like that, but sounds like you have options so that's good. Make them sweat lol.

Thanks for the recommendation for SW, I'm definitely going to think about it. I've felt blurgh all week. X

 

[Tessa2000]

Sorry I missed your last post. Terrible how the treat you. Good luck with the job hunt. Xx

 

[ladyfelsham]

Thanks Team Fab!

Despite the fact that I ate a week's worth of syns last night in chocolate (went to Poundland, bought grapefruit Lindt and it was all downhill from there!), I feel fab today - I'm wearing a new (eBay) pretty bright pink linen shirt (2 sizes smaller), got my fav perfume (Agent Provocateur - Maitresse) on so I smell delicious, and I've seen a great job to apply for - so feeling very chipper .

B - S'burys sossies (4 = 2 syns) and spinach
L - campfire stew and spinach
D - broccoli and cold chicken with sweet potato fries

 

[blossom18]

Loving the positivity today! Exciting about the job, hope that goes well. Can I sk do you snack on food too, or do you simply eat the meals you write down here? What is Campfire stew - it sounds good lol!

 

[Elanor]

It's good to read you are feeling good today I can't believe how badly you are being treated by your employers! They really don't deserve you! Good luck with the job search xx

 

[ladyfelsham]

Loving the positivity today! Exciting about the job, hope that goes well. Can I sk do you snack on food too, or do you simply eat the meals you write down here? What is Campfire stew - it sounds good lol!

Thanks Blossom - I try not to snack although the evenings feature Hifi bars normally . However today has been a nightmare, a real deviation from what was planned - I ended up eating a Pret salad, two (!) cheese and onion sandwiches and two fruit and nut bars - 7 syns each...

Campfire stew is lovely - gammon in the slow cooker with tomatoes, veg and sometimes baked beans - http://pinchofnom.com/recipes/syn-free-campfire-stew/

 

[blossom18]

Thanks I will look at the recipe! You can't have had too many cals today though? some days are just hard and you and up having to grab stuff. Fresh start tomorrow

And I'm starting SW I have decided

 

[Tessa2000]

That Campfire stew recipe looks nice will try making that soon xx

 

[ladyfelsham]

Thanks I will look at the recipe! You can't have had too many cals today though? some days are just hard and you and up having to grab stuff. Fresh start tomorrow And I'm starting SW I have decided

I did have quite a few cals yesterday but it's nice of you to let me off the hook - although strangely at a sneaky weigh on this morning i was down a pound...but have learned not to trust my scales!

And yaye to SW, I honestly think you'll love it. There are some tricks but essentially they are all about making sure you have lots of veg with each meal, eg don't have a mountain of pasta and no veg, and then lots of Muller Lights - simply because they are "free" doesn't mean you can eat them endlessly, sadly. i really find I do better when i eat lots of spinach and/or broccoli - so i tend to steam a huge handful of spinach and have with my morning eggs, for example, or steam broccoli and have a big plate with some protein. i do tend to do more of a low carb approach - which are called SP days - which suits me better - but people lose just as easily with regular SW days.

That Campfire stew recipe looks nice will try making that soon xx

It is yummy - I put fajita spices in this time and it's even better .

Morning all - feeling very chipper again, maybe because it's the weekend - or maybe because i lost count of how many of these i ate last night but there's no damage so far on the scales LOL - https://goodnessknows.com/cranberryalmonddarkchocolate - 152 cals a bar, so not too bad on the syn front. We've got BOXES of them at work, so i took two home, thinking I could use them as backups for when i run out of Hifis - hahahahaha yeah right, i ate about 8 of them ! They are very moreish, so will probably have to give them to the neighbour.

B - cheese and onion toastie
L - ham, spinach and sugar snap pea salad, banana
D - ragu - maybe with pasta, but more likely with broccoli