My current plan....

[Sylantar]

As you may or may not know i r pretty overweight

So i have joined slimming world. i've been nattering with amber about it here and there so figured bunging it on here will give me a little extra encouragement.. plus you can all have a go at me if i don't keep to it nothing like peer pressure

sooo

while i have no intention of telling you all my wieght, my target is to loose 5 stone. it's alot but i have a year plan so it's going to be spread out. if i loose 2lbs per week then i can lose around 7 stone in a year, however anyone whose ever tried anything like this knows that there will be some weeks where i won't loose or even gain So i figure a year while it is a large target it will be achievable.

I've done 2 weeks so far and ....
Week 1 -3.5 lbs
Week 2 -2lbs

So i'm feeling pretty good so far

If you have any reciepes / ideas then let me know please

[Uf-the-NightElf]

Good luck.
I am also trying to lose weight (2 stone for me)

I bought this


Its good fun, easy to do and has cheezy choons too (win, win, win!!!)

[Sylantar]

for my exercise part i got a wii fit.
am trying to do a min of 15 mins a night am averaging around 20 not including the yoga warm up i do with it lol.
i think it's awesome fun

[Splishy]

Amber just got some kind of crazy Dance Dance Revolution type thing for the Wii. I'm personally terrified.

I've seriosly cut down on the old sauce, combined with a reasonable amount of exercise I've lost a little weight but I'm comfortable with how things are going.

[Amberley]

I know how you feel.  I have approx 5-6 stone to lose (kev will hate it, boobs go first apparently) Indeed I got the dance mat for the wii, reasons are our living room aint big enough for the wii fit.

I do go swiming but its hit and miss at the moment, now to cure my addiction to food!  Been in a really bad mood for 3 days so eaten nothing whilst at work but still eaten at home, think I need to find something I like that is suitable to eat for breakfast whilst walking to work.  Any ideas would be welcome (not ceriel bars or nut products)

I've stayed static over the last 3 weeks so really need to do it properly now.

Mish I know it sounds odd but on your diet qorne products are classed as free food so stuff with quorne mince are actually really nice, and stir frys of course.  The slimming world web site has loads of recipes that are quite good apparently.  I weight every sunday so happy to mark down on here losses and gains like mish has:)

[Splishy]

...and if you want somewhere that you can restrict access to just you girls who are trying to lose weight (actually screw it, I might be tempted to join in) I can setup stuff at our Google domain with restricted access.

[Petitmiel]

I found my perfect breakfast. Since starting work at school and having to get up at 5.15 am (when I'm not hungry at all) I've never had a proper breakfast. But since 2 weeks I found it: 250ml buttermilk, 1 banana (or mango etc.) sliced into pieces, 1 tablespoon agave syrup (sugar sub), 1 tablespoon wheat bran, 1 tablespoon soft oat flakes. Everything into a food processor and you have a very delicious and balanced breakfast drink.

[Kyon]

[...] Everything into a food processor and you have a very delicious and balanced breakfast drink.

Add whiskey to it and you have mine!

[Sylantar]

I know how you feel.  I have approx 5-6 stone to lose (kev will hate it, boobs go first apparently) Indeed I got the dance mat for the wii, reasons are our living room aint big enough for the wii fit.

I do go swiming but its hit and miss at the moment, now to cure my addiction to food!  Been in a really bad mood for 3 days so eaten nothing whilst at work but still eaten at home, think I need to find something I like that is suitable to eat for breakfast whilst walking to work.  Any ideas would be welcome (not ceriel bars or nut products)

I've stayed static over the last 3 weeks so really need to do it properly now.

Mish I know it sounds odd but on your diet qorne products are classed as free food so stuff with quorne mince are actually really nice, and stir frys of course.  The slimming world web site has loads of recipes that are quite good apparently.  I weight every sunday so happy to mark down on here losses and gains like mish has:)

Tell kev not to worry, boobs don;t always go first. Last time i lost a serious about of wieght, my back size went down but not my bra size

i do love the quorn stuff

have you tried the extra easy plan yet? it's kinda good and it's alot easier to stick to than green and red days.

oo my current fav is home made chicken kievs - took 10 mins to make and chicken or quorn cooked - cover in tin of chopped tomatoes, with herbs, garlic or onion, add veg, cook for about 20 - 30 mins. serve with rice or potatoes. it;s really nice and you can bung pretty much anything into it

will let ya know how i do on tuesday

[Amberley]

well I put a pound on so poo me!  Kev has beer in the fridge so I bet he does to:)

[Amberley]

What plan do you speak of, I only know the res/green?

[zoxan]

Ok well I know this could be expensive but it really helps!
I know people too in real life who are a little overwheight and they go to fitness.
I really recommend it, try to find a really nice place in your town and if your a lil lucky you will get a nice fitness center with all these gadgets and sometimes they have tv built in them and you just stare at them without really thinking what you are really doing. Sometimes they have even a sauna so after a hour of fitnessing you go in there and just relax. I strongly recommend it.
First you just go there two times per week and then well if you really like it then you just go 4 times a week. Of course you will have to eat healthy but its a lot more fun in jogging on your own or something.

[Sylantar]

What plan do you speak of, I only know the res/green?

Extra Easy.

It's the new big thing, basically anything that's free on a red or a green day you can have. But you are only allowed 1 healthy A and 1 healthy B.

Your supposed to try and make up at least 1/3 of your plate with free stuff. so the fruit / veg but you can have meat and potatoes if you so want... i'd ask your group leader about it, as the name suggests it's alot easier to stick to as you don't have to worry about mixing carbs and proteins and it makes meal planning easier.

i've also found it makes it feel like less of a diet as i'm still eating all the stuff i would just a bit differently.

my next plan is to go through the comfort food book (the books are only £3 so figured i'd get one ) and find something nice from in there

Zozan - i'd  never go to a gym, i would feel way to self consious, which is why i love my wii fit, it's got a load of different exercises and i can hide in my front room where no-one can see. Hell, Jack isn't even allowed into the front room when i'm on the wii fit. Though if i hadn't got that i'd have got a dvd to keep to instead

[zoxan]

Well Syl its also were you feel the most at eas
Its just a suggestion of course of mine

Good luck!

[Arekh]

Zozan - i'd  never go to a gym, i would feel way to self consious, which is why i love my wii fit, it's got a load of different exercises and i can hide in my front room where no-one can see. Hell, Jack isn't even allowed into the front room when i'm on the wii fit. Though if i hadn't got that i'd have got a dvd to keep to instead

We have a women's gym just around the corner where Aline loves to work out, and she's stunned by the friendly and absolutely non-pressurising atmosphere. Even a very inhibited, very overweight friend of ours goes there with Aline and feels well. Maybe it's all about finding a place that suits you and grabbing a special someone to be by your side.

And I'm not talking down to you here, I hate hate hate hate hate gyms which is the reason I don't work out. But I think a women only gym might make you feel much more comfortable.

[Sylantar]

i don't think i'd be quite as bad in that sort of enviroment but when i was living at home i went with my mum to some exercise classes and i was very aware that i was the biggest girl there and my distinct lack of co-ordination made me feel very urgh about going (i hated step classes especially as i always put the wrong foot first and ended up facing the wrong way lol)

i think gyms are great, and jack has a membership to one within walking distance but i know myself to well to ever join up as i wouldn't go. if i had a female friend to go with maybe but i don't really know anyone else that would.

Zox - i wasn't disagreeing with you hun, i think if you know you would go gym membership can be really rewarding and helpful, i just know myself too well, i wouldn't go.

this is why i got my wii fit, i can do it at home with the curtains closed and because it's a range of different exercises so i can pick and choose, i like the yoga bits to stretch before hand and the balance ones to work on my ability to trip up over my own feet lol. and i still find it fun, i like the unlocking of new exercises as i make time up and i just find it a bit more fun than anything else i've done

bit nervous about tomorrow's wiegh in, i wasn't that good this weekend chicken chowmein from the chinese and 4 prawn crackers

i also haven't been on my wii fit this week that much. i need to get into the habit again. tonight i shall restart..

[zoxan]

Arekh I bet you wouldnt mind a womans gym that close by haha

But Syl I know you werent disagreeing
And I really understand why you prefer wii fit and I wish you the best of luck as I repeat

[Sylantar]

bah, well all i can say is at least i didn't put on.
i only lost 1lb this week. bit gutted as i wanted to lose 1.5 to get my half stone.
i'm not going next week as i'm at a metallica concert \m/ so i got 2 weeks before the next weigh in, i'm hoping to lose 4 lbs by then
must get on the wii fit more than often

[zoxan]

Wow a metallica concert!
I wanna go toooo ((

[Amberley]

So somehow managed to lose 4 lbs this week.  I'm moving to monthly weight checks from now so will see how it goes in a month:) 8bls to reach my sister once there I can piss her off:)