Week One with Slimming World
Last Tuesday I joined Slimming World on-line, it's now been a week and yesterday I did my first weigh-in.
I lost 5lbs and I also measured my waist and lost 2 inches. I always like to measure as well as weigh as sometimes there may not be any weight loss, or even a gain, but the inches still come off somewhere so it boosts morale. I was really pleased with my first week and it puts me on target to lose the rest over a year.My Subscription
I will mention what I ate later but first what I got for my subscription. I have access to the website which is full of information with recipes, free foods, syns....enough to make my head spin. I couldn't find my way around as that evening my broadband played up, then it went. I didn't have reliable broadband for three or four days and trying to navigate the website via my phone was difficult. I couldn't wait for the books to arrive.
Now this is my first whinge with doing it online. I had to wait days for my books and my second whinge? They were tiny little books, one about exercising and one about the plan. Not a recipe in sight. Not at all what I was expecting for £15. I already had a book that I had bought a few years ago from a bargain book club that we had at work. It cost me about £4.99 (RRP £16.99) and it has all the information I need albeit is a bit old and lots of recipes. It doesn't have anything about activities but there is lots of information on the website. I am also expecting a magazine but not sure when that will come.
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Two small books and a welcome letter |
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My book lots of information and recipes. We had the stuffed tomato salad for lunch on Sunday |
What I have Learnt So Far
Slimming World is easy once you get the basics sorted. There is nothing out of bounds. It is a low fat, low sugar diet. I can eat any meat I like, any fruit and any veg. I do not have to weigh anything, as long as the meat is lean, all fat cut off and the skin removed from the chicken.
Then there are Syns. Anything not in the above I must weigh, measure and check how many Syns are in them before I eat them. I could have cake, biscuits anything, I just have to save my Syns and count them. I can also choose how many Syns I have each day, between 5 and 15 but I haven't read any guidance on how to choose. I'm going to have 10 to start and see how I go.
It took until Sunday for me to learn about Healthy Extras (HEX). These are foods that are rich in calcium, Healthy Extra A (HEXA), or fibre, Healthy Extra B (HEXB).
I must have one measured portion of each every day. Oops, didn't have any for 5 days. These are foods like a slice of wholemeal bread or two weetabix. The calcium foods are a small portion of cheese or a measured glass of milk. I discovered I could have five Brazil Nuts as a Healthy Extra so that is great as a snack in the evening.
What I Ate Last Week
Tuesday
Breakfast
Porridge with Semi-skimmed milk (I found out later that these are HEXA & B)
Lunch
Salmon, Pasta, Broccoli
Dinner
Chicken slow cooked in Campbells Mushroom Soup, Potatoes, Cabbage
In Between
Yoghurt, Raspberries, Blueberries
Coffee x 2
Total Syns 10
Wednesday
Breakfast
Boiled egg and Two Tangerines
Lunch
Fresh Pasta and Cheese Sauce (It was heavy on the Syns but I had nothing else in)
Dinner
Chicken, Potatoes, Salad
In Between
Blueberries
Total Syns 15.5
Thursday
Breakfast
Two Boiled Eggs
Lunch
Quarter Fish Cake (Bear ate the rest luckily) and Chips
Dinner
Chilli Con Carne and Rice
In Between
Yoghurt, Raspberries, Blueberries
Total Syns 8
Friday
Breakfast
Two Boiled Eggs
Lunch
Rice with Chicken, Ham and peas
Dinner
Trout, Salad and Cous Cous
In Between
Gin and Diet Lemonade measured x 2 (40ml Gin)
Total Syns 6
Saturday
Breakfast
Banana and an Apple
Lunch
Steak, Chips, Salad
Dinner
Jamies Chicken and Potatoes adapted to SW
In Between
Gin and Diet Lemonade measured x 2 (40ml Gin)
Total Syns 6
Sunday
Breakfast
Yoghurt, Grapes, Banana
Lunch
Stuffed Tomato Salad with Rice
Dinner
Glamorgan Sausages (from my book), Broccoli, Green Beans, Home Cooked Ham
In Between
5 Brazil Nuts (HEXB)
Cheddar Cheese 30g (HEXA)
Total Syns 0
Monday
Breakfast
Two Boiled Eggs
Lunch
Roast Chicken, Potatoes, Brocoli, Green Beans
Dinner
Glamorgan Sausages, Chicken Drumsticks
In Between
Yoghurt, Banana, Grapes, Jelly
A wee tot of Three Monkeys Whiskey (30ml)
Total Syns 6
Total Syns for the week 51.5
Yoghurt is 100% Fat Free Greek Yoghurt and unless listed all I drank was Fruit Tea or Water
Next week it won't be so waffly and listing everything I've eaten! It will be a quick round up of how I am doing and hopefully a meal plan for the following week.
I am so pleased with myself, it hasn't been easy as I have had so much to learn and I missed a few days until I had filled the larder with Slimming World friendly foods.
Goal
56lb - 5lb = 51lb
Are you doing Slimming World? Do you have any tips for me or any suggestions?
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I've always been interested in how Slimming World works, people seem to do so well on it. I wish you the best of luck x
ReplyDeleteThank you I am determined this time I will reach my goal!
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