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I thought it would be fun to start a new thread on what everyones little weigh in day tricks are! We all have them, don't we?
My weigh in is tonight & since having a 7lb weight loss the last two weeks, I'm not so confident about this one! Anyway, here are my tricks:
1) I eat 'light' foods - Normally for breakfast, I have poached eggs on portobello mushrooms and half a tin of beans. Dinner a Stir Fry with King Prawns & I'll have tea when I get home. However, on WI day, I'll literally just have 2 x eggs (scrambled) in a bowl with a mug of tea & then snack on superspeed fruits all day (strawberries, cherries & watermelon). I'll have 1 x Alpen Light bar as well. Basically I try and stick to foods that 'feel' lighter to hold if that makes any sense! However, If I've been keeping an eye on my weight all week and KNOW I've lost more than 2lbs I will have those beans - but not go over the top!
2) Water, Water, Water! - Thursday for me is drink more than usual day. I ALWAYS start the day with a chilled bottle of Evian poured into a glass with fresh lemon squeezed in. I do this as always & then throughout the day until 3pm - I will try to drink as much water as I can (more than usual).
3) Toilet - Yep, I try to go as much as I can just before weight in! The water definitely helps with this! The ultimate bonus is if you err, have a (sorry this is too much info) number 2 on the day, haha. I always go for a wee literally JUST before the weigh in as well, as there are loos there!
4) Stop eating and drinking at 3 - 3.30pm. My weigh in is at 7pm. You might think how the hell I do that, but if I've eaten quite a few things beforehand (sometimes I'll have a small stir fry for dinner too - if I know I've lost enough weight to risk adding on a bit of weight)! If I haven't noticed mush of a weight loss before my WI, I won't have a lot in the day, just fruits/alpen bar/seafood sticks (nibbles). After weigh in I come home & I'll have tea then!
5) Tea after Weigh In - What I just said above. I save my tea for when I come home! I do take a yoghurt bar with me to class though to have after the WI!
6) Wear the SAME clothes - I see SO many people in the class come in wearing different clothes each week. One girl the other week wore jeans and her weight had increased a little. The week before she had shorts on. I felt like telling her it was probably the jeans! Me & my partner Colin who also does SW and comes with me wear the exact same thing each week. If you've got too small for your WI clothes, wear something similar. Try to avoid jeans/heavy clothes.
7) NO jewellery etc - bit of an obvious one, but I try to remove as much as I can before weigh in!
8) Treat myself after WI - Thursdays are always a treat day for me & Colin, & NO I don't mean we cave in and go overboard have a Chinese or a kebab (like some in the class do)! We will literally have a chocolate bar within or just over our syns (I usually only use up to 7 syns a day, I'm a goody two shoes, I know)! Now that we have both lost more weight & increased our exercise we do allow ourselves more of a treat on a Thursday, still no Chinese take aways or anything but we will have some more chocolate for example (seeing as our calorie intake on the day has been lower than usual anyway)! Then we will be back on plan the very next day on superspeed foods!
9) Never Get Down - I've only had one gain so far, of half a pound.. but when I did I felt rubbish! The first thing I did was grab my book and look at the weight going down - NOT just concentrate on the ONE measly gain! Even if I haven't lost as much as I want to.. I always look at my graph on the wii or here in my signature below & just look at that line going down and NOT up!
10) I always motivate others in class - I'm a very chatty person & in class I do try my best to talk to everyone and offer my own tips/recipes! Everyone else is always friendly with me, so I try and return the favor!
I know the last few weren't tricks but I thought I'd share!!
My weigh in is tonight & since having a 7lb weight loss the last two weeks, I'm not so confident about this one! Anyway, here are my tricks:
1) I eat 'light' foods - Normally for breakfast, I have poached eggs on portobello mushrooms and half a tin of beans. Dinner a Stir Fry with King Prawns & I'll have tea when I get home. However, on WI day, I'll literally just have 2 x eggs (scrambled) in a bowl with a mug of tea & then snack on superspeed fruits all day (strawberries, cherries & watermelon). I'll have 1 x Alpen Light bar as well. Basically I try and stick to foods that 'feel' lighter to hold if that makes any sense! However, If I've been keeping an eye on my weight all week and KNOW I've lost more than 2lbs I will have those beans - but not go over the top!
2) Water, Water, Water! - Thursday for me is drink more than usual day. I ALWAYS start the day with a chilled bottle of Evian poured into a glass with fresh lemon squeezed in. I do this as always & then throughout the day until 3pm - I will try to drink as much water as I can (more than usual).
3) Toilet - Yep, I try to go as much as I can just before weight in! The water definitely helps with this! The ultimate bonus is if you err, have a (sorry this is too much info) number 2 on the day, haha. I always go for a wee literally JUST before the weigh in as well, as there are loos there!
4) Stop eating and drinking at 3 - 3.30pm. My weigh in is at 7pm. You might think how the hell I do that, but if I've eaten quite a few things beforehand (sometimes I'll have a small stir fry for dinner too - if I know I've lost enough weight to risk adding on a bit of weight)! If I haven't noticed mush of a weight loss before my WI, I won't have a lot in the day, just fruits/alpen bar/seafood sticks (nibbles). After weigh in I come home & I'll have tea then!
5) Tea after Weigh In - What I just said above. I save my tea for when I come home! I do take a yoghurt bar with me to class though to have after the WI!
6) Wear the SAME clothes - I see SO many people in the class come in wearing different clothes each week. One girl the other week wore jeans and her weight had increased a little. The week before she had shorts on. I felt like telling her it was probably the jeans! Me & my partner Colin who also does SW and comes with me wear the exact same thing each week. If you've got too small for your WI clothes, wear something similar. Try to avoid jeans/heavy clothes.
7) NO jewellery etc - bit of an obvious one, but I try to remove as much as I can before weigh in!
8) Treat myself after WI - Thursdays are always a treat day for me & Colin, & NO I don't mean we cave in and go overboard have a Chinese or a kebab (like some in the class do)! We will literally have a chocolate bar within or just over our syns (I usually only use up to 7 syns a day, I'm a goody two shoes, I know)! Now that we have both lost more weight & increased our exercise we do allow ourselves more of a treat on a Thursday, still no Chinese take aways or anything but we will have some more chocolate for example (seeing as our calorie intake on the day has been lower than usual anyway)! Then we will be back on plan the very next day on superspeed foods!
9) Never Get Down - I've only had one gain so far, of half a pound.. but when I did I felt rubbish! The first thing I did was grab my book and look at the weight going down - NOT just concentrate on the ONE measly gain! Even if I haven't lost as much as I want to.. I always look at my graph on the wii or here in my signature below & just look at that line going down and NOT up!
10) I always motivate others in class - I'm a very chatty person & in class I do try my best to talk to everyone and offer my own tips/recipes! Everyone else is always friendly with me, so I try and return the favor!
I know the last few weren't tricks but I thought I'd share!!
