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Group weight loss challenge 2017!

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I gained three pounds over night. Who does that!? 😱
 
Hello everyone - 1.5lbs off.

A little disappointed - must do better next week
 
It's the flipping carbs. 😡 Gave up with the SlimFast after breakfast today, so lunch dinner and a snack were low carb and my bg went up! Not by much, but still up! :(
 
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It's the flipping carbs. 😡 Gave up with the SlimFast after breakfast today, so lunch dinner and a snack were low carb and my bg went up! Not by much, but still up! :(
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Do you at alot of veg/salad? i eat tonnes of it, i keep reading a portion control but freely admit i eat loads, some of the food plans people write to me dont feed a sparrowo_O
I am lucky i can eat fruit apart from grapes.
Typically i have crustless homemade quiche packed with veg and bacon pieces for breakfast, as easy for me to eat in the car
Lunch i have salad with ham/eggs/chicken and possibly melon after, sometimes i just take a whole melon chopped up and munch
Tea steak/gammon/chicken/fry up(but grilled)/fish either with a plate full of salad or veg
About 7pm i have chopped up fruit with a muller light yog on top.
Weight has gone down 3 stone and bg and all associated have all gone down in 3 months since diagnosis , i dont snack as a rule as dont need to as have enough in meals , i drink tea /pepsi max/sugar free squash and water
 
I've come to the conclusion that if I'm not ravenous while trying to lose weight then I gain. End of. Cheesed off isn't in it. :( I see some carbs that people on here eat, ie 100g, if I ate that I'd gain half a stone overnight.
 
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I've come to the conclusion that if I'm not ravenous while trying to lose weight then I gain. End of. Cheesed off isn't in it. :( I see some carbs that people on here eat, ie 100g, if I ate that I'd gain half a stone overnight.
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I dont eat many carbs, sometimes make SW chips in the actifry but i only have a hand full if i have bread i dont have more than 2 small slices of wholemeal a day, cant eat rice sugar rockets, dont eat pasta, very rarely have potatoes with tea
 
I think it's the bulk that I miss. Rice, potatoes, pasta are all bulky things that other things go with! Salad just doesn't cut it somehow. 🙂 Bread is something that other stuff goes on. What do you put stuff on if you don't have bread? Crispbreads aren't bulky enough. We have to rethink a whole eating style. Very hard imho.
 
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I think it's the bulk that I miss. Rice, potatoes, pasta are all bulky things that other things go with! Salad just doesn't cut it somehow. 🙂 Bread is something that other stuff goes on. What do you put stuff on if you don't have bread? Crispbreads aren't bulky enough. We have to rethink a whole eating style. Very hard imho.
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What do you mean what do i put stuff on if no bread? I dont miss potatoes at all my plate is full and i mean full of veg apart from what ever meat/fish im having
 
If I'm not supposed to have bread ie toast what can I put my peanut butter on? :D

I miss potatoes big time, I'm half Irish. It's traditional; meat and two veg....meat and one veg doesn't have the same ring to it.
 
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If I'm not supposed to have bread ie toast what can I put my peanut butter on? :D

I miss potatoes big time, I'm half Irish. It's traditional; meat and two veg....meat and one veg doesn't have the same ring to it.
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Celery for your peanut butter?
I have say chicken, then veg i have cauli, peas, carrotts, broc i have at least 4 different veg, you need to plan the day before what you are going to eat and get ready, i do , as being on SW and work nothing would ever happeno_O
You have to be inventive 😛
Tomorrow we are having curry, hubby will have 1/2 rice and 1/2 chips, i will have few chips with mine, done in the acti fry , cant tolerate rice:(
 
Oh yes, celery! I did do that in the past. Will try that again tootsweet. Yum. On Atkins can't have peas or carrots just yet, you have to get nearer goal to have those as they're quite sweet and carby. Do you weigh your veg? I'm supposed to but can't be bothered. I'm the worst Atkins follower ever.
 
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Oh yes, celery! I did do that in the past. Will try that again tootsweet. Yum. On Atkins can't have peas or carrots just yet, you have to get nearer goal to have those as they're quite sweet and carby. Do you weigh your veg? I'm supposed to but can't be bothered. I'm the worst Atkins follower ever.
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No i dont, i have loads as i say:D why dont you try SW?
 
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No i dont, i have loads as i say:D why dont you try SW?
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Me and sisters were intending to go; we'll get there yet! 🙂
 
I find it reasonably easy, i know i cant have c**p any way so thats half the battle won, my hubby started as well and he has lost 1st 3 in about 6 weeks :D and you can eat loadsssssssss
I am sure there is a coupon in a magazine for free membership 😛
 
Reporting stay the same 😱 dunno why
 
Lost only half a pound this week,but the scale flickered between half and one pound several times before settling on the half. BOO. lol. Was a pretty bad week in every way.Once again my hands are curled up like talons with an arthritis flare up,I have precisely one finger available for typing this! :(
I banged my little toe against the corner of the bathroom door in the dark,and it is so swollen and sore I cant bear shoes on,so no walking. On top of that I have a horrendous cold which has gone on my lungs,very hard to breathe through the clogged lungs,and my throat is really sore from the constant coughing. Never rains but it pours.So I should be happy with at least some loss,considering how c**p the whole week was! 🙂
MY STATS
Pre Slimming World:starting BMI - 40.Weight loss for March/April - 1 stone.
1st goal - Get out of the morbidly obese level,i.e.below 35 BMI
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SW weeks 1-12 weight loss - 1st 2lb
(week 13 weigh-in: 25th Jul) loss 1/2 lb - total loss 1st 2 1/2 lbs

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total loss for our challenge - 2 st 2 1/2 lb
BMI - 35.3
 
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