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Group Weight Loss Challenge 2018

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Hi everyone, sorry for the newbie post, but aargh. I need to lose weight and get my head around diabetes eating.
I’ve currently lost 5lbs in about a month which is shocking I know, but I’m struggling with what to eat. I can’t give up chocolate and have a good understanding of the SW principles n mainly stick to that, but now with the diabetes I don’t know what to eat.
Please help
Ps. Also have coeliac disease so diet already restricted.
 
Hi, I was 8.7 stones when I then had to go on insulin 10 years ago. I put weight on very quickly and eventually put on five stone, most of that was down to fear of hypos and comfort eating due to having a special needs child and a hellish school system which broke him at a mere 10 years old.

Anyway I had a free trial on the Libre and found it helped with my fear eating again due to my hypo anxiety! I now self fund my Libre as I loved it so much.

I have completely stopped the comfort eating and the fear eating significantly reduced. Since the 30th January I have lost ten pounds!

Would love be at about 9 stone, so a bit of a long haul to get there!
 
Beck Mercer said:
Hi everyone, sorry for the newbie post, but aargh. I need to lose weight and get my head around diabetes eating.
I’ve currently lost 5lbs in about a month which is shocking I know, but I’m struggling with what to eat. I can’t give up chocolate and have a good understanding of the SW principles n mainly stick to that, but now with the diabetes I don’t know what to eat.
Please help
Ps. Also have coeliac disease so diet already restricted.
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Beck, have a look at the ‘what did you eat yesterday?’ Thread on here. You may get some ideas. I am steering clear of carbs, but the success stories on here show fat is ok, so am trying that route now. Is dairy an issue for you (pardon my ignorance)?! Katie
 
Flo15 said:
Hi, I was 8.7 stones when I then had to go on insulin 10 years ago. I put weight on very quickly and eventually put on five stone, most of that was down to fear of hypos and comfort eating due to having a special needs child and a hellish school system which broke him at a mere 10 years old.

Anyway I had a free trial on the Libre and found it helped with my fear eating again due to my hypo anxiety! I now self fund my Libre as I loved it so much.

I have completely stopped the comfort eating and the fear eating significantly reduced. Since the 30th January I have lost ten pounds!

Would love be at about 9 stone, so a bit of a long haul to get there!
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Well done Flo and welcome to our weight loss gang!
 
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Katieb said:
Beck, have a look at the ‘what did you eat yesterday?’ Thread on here. You may get some ideas. I am steering clear of carbs, but the success stories on here show fat is ok, so am trying that route now. Is dairy an issue for you (pardon my ignorance)?! Katie
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Hi Katie, yeah dairy is fine with me. It’s wheat rye and barley I can’t have, which is in almost all processed foods lol.
 
Beck Mercer said:
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Hi Katie, yeah dairy is fine with me. It’s wheat rye and barley I can’t have, which is in almost all processed foods lol.
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Take at look at at Tom Kerridge’s recipes - Lose Weight For Good. Some good carb substitutes. We’ve had the lasagne (no pasta), chicken curry dishes and Southern Fried Chicken (no frying!). His book is good too! X
 
Fab. Athanks x
 
Afternoon all :D sorry have been missing again, i am sooooo close to target but it seems elusive 😳 was good all week and put 1/2lb on when i got weighed last night😡
Welcome to the newbies, Beck do you use alot of processed food? better cooking from scratch, i do SW but have hardly any carbs
 
Well done Stitch,Flo and Beck🙂🙂🙂
After 3 weeks gaining 1/2 lb a week I lost 1 lb today.
My granddaughter was safely delivered on Wednesdayof a baby boy after they induced labour since he didnt seem to be growing much. So weighing 5 1/2 lbs in the end was very good,and we are all so relieved after a very anxious few weeks.
One more pound for me to get to 4 stone,lets hope I have a good stress free week this week and achieve that!:D:D
 
Dusty48 said:
Well done Stitch,Flo and Beck🙂🙂🙂
After 3 weeks gaining 1/2 lb a week I lost 1 lb today.
My granddaughter was safely delivered on Wednesdayof a baby boy after they induced labour since he didnt seem to be growing much. So weighing 5 1/2 lbs in the end was very good,and we are all so relieved after a very anxious few weeks.
One more pound for me to get to 4 stone,lets hope I have a good stress free week this week and achieve that!:D:D
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Aw lovely news Dusty! Many congrats! Well done too on the 1lb weight loss! Enjoy your new great granddaughter! X
 
Yay, congratulations. X
 
Well weighed myself this afternoon recorded 80.9 down from 82.8 and I am literally eating like a horse lol :D
 
So much for a stress free week to reach the 4 stone mark. I have a horrible attack of sinusitis,with headache,blocked ears,and pain running along my upper teeth on the right side.😱😱 Eating is a nightmare really . I am living mostly on porridge and soup. Lots of syns!
I maintained this week,at 3st 13lbs lost. I know from experience that I will suffer for at least a week or more,and I cant cope with the sinusitis and doing the SW regime.so I've taken 2 weeks off. I am on the strong painkillers for a few days,and they really affect me,so I am going to lol around and try to relax,and read if the headache lets me,and do some hibernating
.No way am I going out in that freezing weather. 4 inches of snow so far and lots more to come. Minus 2 C tomorrow,but to feel like minus 11 C.Charming. Pitied our postman this morning,he really looked frozen and miserable.
 
Dusty48 said:
So much for a stress free week to reach the 4 stone mark. I have a horrible attack of sinusitis,with headache,blocked ears,and pain running along my upper teeth on the right side.😱😱 Eating is a nightmare really . I am living mostly on porridge and soup. Lots of syns!
I maintained this week,at 3st 13lbs lost. I know from experience that I will suffer for at least a week or more,and I cant cope with the sinusitis and doing the SW regime.so I've taken 2 weeks off. I am on the strong painkillers for a few days,and they really affect me,so I am going to lol around and try to relax,and read if the headache lets me,and do some hibernating
.No way am I going out in that freezing weather. 4 inches of snow so far and lots more to come. Minus 2 C tomorrow,but to feel like minus 11 C.Charming. Pitied our postman this morning,he really looked frozen and miserable.
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Dusty, do whatever you can to make yourself comfortable to help you get over this. No need to add to the misery by berating yourself {{{HUGS}}} Get well soon 🙂
 
My WW meeting was cancelled last night due to the weather. I don't weigh myself at home as I would be doing it too much! So hopefully I can add to the loss next week.
 
Stitch147 said:
My WW meeting was cancelled last night due to the weather. I don't weigh myself at home as I would be doing it too much! So hopefully I can add to the loss next week.
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I am not going to ask why it was cancelled 😉 Good luck :D
 
Well, today my weight is down to 80kgs which was a target for end of 2017 but which has been delayed due purely to the Xmas binge.
That is down from 98 in Sept 2017
Everyone here, and I mean everyone is saying "You look thinner". Even the factory security guards have commented. "Thank you" very much I usually say but it is getting irritating.
Here if you are fat they consider you wealthy and if thin you are just plain poor and of little interest to most lol
Perhaps it will now stop people asking for money lol Is that and additional benefit?
 
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