feistyblue
Member
I apologise in advance for how long this is!
Back in 2008 I lost almost 3 stone with SW, doing mainly Green days with a very few red days as I really struggled with not being able to have what I consider 'ordinary' food such as a proper spag bol, cottage pie etc.
Over the next two years I put back on about 1 1/2 stone of that loss. I was delighted to read about extra easy last year as that seems a far more normal way of eating to me. So I rejoined SW in March 2010 and despite sticking to plan 100% for four weeks I only ever gained or STS. I gave up in despair as my consultant had no explanation or help for me.
My weight crept up again since last August as I was back on steroids and then went to Australia for 6 weeks over Christmas and I am now back up to 12stone 4lbs which I am not at all happy about as it is only 1 stone away from my start weight when I first went to SW in 2008.
I am determined to get this weight off and get to 10 stone. There is nothing I want more in the world, so I decided to re-start SW, but not going to group as I just can't make the weigh in times that are available here and I did most of my original loss by myself after attending group for only about 6 weeks. I'm not someone that needs that support and clapping etc.
Anyway, I have always drunk around 3-5 litres of water a day so I know I have that covered. I decided to start again a few weeks ago. In my first week I didn't have all the right foods in as I had only just decided to restart SW the day after I had done my weeks food shopping but I was able to do breakfast, lunch and most dinners 100% on EE, it was just the snacks I fell down on. I basically ate whatever chocolate and full fat yogurts I wanted to get rid of them with the aim to start the next week 100% on plan. That first week gave me a 2lb loss which really surprised me as I was even eating crisps everyday which I never normally have in the house. The next week I put that 2lb back on which really upset me as I know I had been on plan 100%. I kept a food diary, was only having around 8 syns a day and had even bought the evil fry light rather than use my usual spray oil. My son had requested we eat only vegetarian food for a week so I did a week of green days only with just Sunday having a roast chicken. I really hate using artificial ingredients but realise it's important for me in the case of fry light as trying to guess syns on spray olive oil would be inaccurate.
My diet isn't that unhealthy even when not doing SW in terms of main meals, I eat a lot of fresh veg and fruit and never use any jar sauces or anything. Everything I cook is from scratch and we don't have junk food. The only thing that I can be really bad about is chocolate/cake (all home baked) and even then nowhere near the extent of a lot of people. I am also naughty with bread and toast with marmite or marmalade was a snack. I cut this problem straight out with SW by not buying bread anymore and I have pasta salads for lunches instead.
A typical day for me on SW would be 2 weetabix with measured milk (HEX A & HEX B) for breakfast with raspberries or other fruit on top, pasta, salad leaves, tomatoes, cucumber and parmesan (2 syns worth) for lunch and mushroom risotto with salad for dinner. 2 finger kitkat for a snack in the evening (5.5 syns) 1 x shape zero yogurt and banana, clementines, grapes, yellow plums, pears, apples to snack during the day if hungry.
I am very careful with portion sizes so have only been having 50g of pasta at lunch and always weight it and weigh pasta and rice etc if having those for dinner.
I know that I am eating more than 1/3 super free at lunch and dinner so why is this diet not working for me again? Is it possible for SW to just not work for some people? What makes it worse is that my close friend started at the same time as me and often goes way over her syns and yet she lost 4lbs the same week I put on!
Back in 2008 I lost almost 3 stone with SW, doing mainly Green days with a very few red days as I really struggled with not being able to have what I consider 'ordinary' food such as a proper spag bol, cottage pie etc.
Over the next two years I put back on about 1 1/2 stone of that loss. I was delighted to read about extra easy last year as that seems a far more normal way of eating to me. So I rejoined SW in March 2010 and despite sticking to plan 100% for four weeks I only ever gained or STS. I gave up in despair as my consultant had no explanation or help for me.
My weight crept up again since last August as I was back on steroids and then went to Australia for 6 weeks over Christmas and I am now back up to 12stone 4lbs which I am not at all happy about as it is only 1 stone away from my start weight when I first went to SW in 2008.
I am determined to get this weight off and get to 10 stone. There is nothing I want more in the world, so I decided to re-start SW, but not going to group as I just can't make the weigh in times that are available here and I did most of my original loss by myself after attending group for only about 6 weeks. I'm not someone that needs that support and clapping etc.
Anyway, I have always drunk around 3-5 litres of water a day so I know I have that covered. I decided to start again a few weeks ago. In my first week I didn't have all the right foods in as I had only just decided to restart SW the day after I had done my weeks food shopping but I was able to do breakfast, lunch and most dinners 100% on EE, it was just the snacks I fell down on. I basically ate whatever chocolate and full fat yogurts I wanted to get rid of them with the aim to start the next week 100% on plan. That first week gave me a 2lb loss which really surprised me as I was even eating crisps everyday which I never normally have in the house. The next week I put that 2lb back on which really upset me as I know I had been on plan 100%. I kept a food diary, was only having around 8 syns a day and had even bought the evil fry light rather than use my usual spray oil. My son had requested we eat only vegetarian food for a week so I did a week of green days only with just Sunday having a roast chicken. I really hate using artificial ingredients but realise it's important for me in the case of fry light as trying to guess syns on spray olive oil would be inaccurate.
My diet isn't that unhealthy even when not doing SW in terms of main meals, I eat a lot of fresh veg and fruit and never use any jar sauces or anything. Everything I cook is from scratch and we don't have junk food. The only thing that I can be really bad about is chocolate/cake (all home baked) and even then nowhere near the extent of a lot of people. I am also naughty with bread and toast with marmite or marmalade was a snack. I cut this problem straight out with SW by not buying bread anymore and I have pasta salads for lunches instead.
A typical day for me on SW would be 2 weetabix with measured milk (HEX A & HEX B) for breakfast with raspberries or other fruit on top, pasta, salad leaves, tomatoes, cucumber and parmesan (2 syns worth) for lunch and mushroom risotto with salad for dinner. 2 finger kitkat for a snack in the evening (5.5 syns) 1 x shape zero yogurt and banana, clementines, grapes, yellow plums, pears, apples to snack during the day if hungry.
I am very careful with portion sizes so have only been having 50g of pasta at lunch and always weight it and weigh pasta and rice etc if having those for dinner.
I know that I am eating more than 1/3 super free at lunch and dinner so why is this diet not working for me again? Is it possible for SW to just not work for some people? What makes it worse is that my close friend started at the same time as me and often goes way over her syns and yet she lost 4lbs the same week I put on!