How have you been getting on? Ive lost a total of 42 pounds but Im on the downward spiral. Ill lose a couple of pounds one week and pop them back on the next. Just wondered if anyone had got any short easy meals that are low in ww points???

Just finished off a packet of Rolos.  I haven't eaten sweets in ages but today I bought some for son and he didn't want them He's a 16 yr old eating machine but you could play a tune on his ribs.  I have fallen off my diet after losing 20 lbs and not going to the club for a month and have now gained some of that lost weight back :rolleyes: Good news is that lady to runs the club text me a couple of times and motivated me to go back tonight.  My intention is to treat tonight as my first night all over again. 

Good for you. I think dieting is more about a change of lifestyle rather than cutting things out. If you can teach yourself to eat well then it shouldnt be that difficult!:rolleyes: (she says...eyeing up a cream bun!!)

I have lost 35 lbs but doing slimming world. Maybe you need a change of tactics :-)

i have lost 1 1/2 stone in 9 weeks on slimming world, after years and years of being a yo yo dieter i have found something i can do easily and not ever FEEL HUNGRY OR FEEL THE NEED TO CHEAT!..THEY HAVE A BRILL WEBSITE MILLIONS OF RECIPIES [ THAT BIT ONLY OPEN TO CLASS MEMBERS]....Sorry just realised caps on .............
i would recomend it to everyone!
Pauline

Bummer....what diet!!!:rolleyes:

I NEED to diet!!!!

bishop
do you do your dieting on line or do you go to a group meeting with slimming world

wow tracy 42lb thats rearly good :)
welldone to every1 losing weight :)

>Ive lost a total of 42 pounds <

I think I've found it!! ;-)

found what??

The 42lbs that you lost!! :D

when I was weighed last, the doctor found I'd lost 2lbs in the last year, my reply?

"that's what we need, a nice slow, steady weight loss"   :D :D :D

Ive been doing the lighterlife programme and am now on week 9 and have lost just over 2 1/2 stone in 8 weeks, its easy in some ways as you eat the packs you are given so dont have to worry about points/sins or what you are going to eat, but some days I really want a good solid meal and not a shake, soup or bar, but there are a few recipes Ive discovered so that you can make a popadom or muffin out of some of the packs, .
It is expensive but I think worth it as Ive got a lot to lose and want to see some results quickly,if I was just loosing a 1 or 2lb a week I think I'd loose the will to live, !!!!!! Ive done SW, WW, and most other diets and this one has been the best for me so far.
Im not always 100% good but the least Ive lost in a week has been 2lb when Ive been a bit naughty and on good weeks it has been 7lb or my best ever was 10lb and that wasnt the first week either.
Ive just got to keep going until I get to the weight I want to be, it'll still be a long haul but worth it in the end now that Ive got all these dogs to run around the ring !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Jennyb59 is that the one where you pay something like £60 a week and they give you the food you eat for the week and you have to drink about 4 litres of water a day?

A work colleague did that and she lost loads! I mean like loads! She did it because she was going on a cruise and she dropped quite a few dress sizes. She didnt go back and has put most of it back on! Good luck to you though because it is a very fast way of doing it!!

£60 a week???!! You're joking, surely? If I ate £60-worth of food in a week I'd be enormous! (And homeless because it'd mean we only had £30 a week left for the mortgage and all other bills.)

No joke JG it is a very expensive diet . 

I know the diet gets quick results but £60 is an awful lot of money for 1 persons food.  Considering it is shakes and bars aswell it seem totally unjustified to me.

Yes it is expensive, but by the time you think of the cost of your food for the week, plus if you go out to lunch/coffee with friends at work that adds more to your weekly food bill,takeaways, diet cokes, etc,all the little extras that arnt normally part of your weekly shop, I could quite easily spend that a week, my weekly shopping bill has gone down a lot,not quite a third(theres 3 of us) but nearly. Its not just the packs you are paying for but the services of a counseller, its quite an involved 2 hour session, looking at your eating habits and why you overeat, it is very illuminating.
I look at it as an investment in me, I have been there done it with loads of other diets and feel that this is worth it, for me to get fitter, healthier, I am a type 2 diabetic and recently had to start using the slow release insulin, well after 2 weeks on this diet I was able to stop, I still take pills but they will hopefully end up stopped too when I have lost enough weight.I have seen some of the people who have lost weight and maintained it for over 2 years, I just hope that I can be motivated and disiplined enough to carry it on, even though it will cost an absolute fortune, I think Im worth it.

when I was weighed last, the doctor found I'd lost 2lbs in the last year, my reply?

"that's what we need, a nice slow, steady weight loss"     

He he like it!!!

Yes Shaynlola got it. I'm afraid you sent them to me. ;-) :-D

Well done to you for losing them but can you put them in a skip next time

:D

When I have decided to diet, I have lost pounds ......£ sterling!     Just look at how much money that Rosemary Connelly has made......Weightwatchers, Slimming World, etc etc etc....... if their diets actually worked, they would have become bankrupt

What they all do, is sell us a promise ....which, if we can keep to, we will become thin......like them.....:(    But just look at all the Slimming World winners who admit, 5 years later, that they weigh more than they did before they became winners :(

We have to accept one point - which is - that we ARE EATING TOO MUCH for the lifestyle that we have.    In order to lose weight, we have to .....simply accept that we are eating too much for the lifestyle that we have.

We all know what we have to do ....... not just for the "diet" but for ALL TIME !!! :( :(    And are we strong enough to accept this??????

I'm not sure that I am ... prepared to give up my glass of wine.........my occasional buttered scone.......my occasional slice of cream sponge.....but I have to accept the consequences..........

Margot

I think you are right about dieting, Margot.  When my friend joined Weightwatchers she came home laughing because the woman at the door collecting the dosh, yes, a nicely rounded woman ;) cheerfully told her she had been coming for 20 years and loved it :)
I don't think it is a question so much of eating too much though but simply rethinking what we eat.  I eat a, generally, low GI diet, devised originally for diabetics by the way jennyb59 :), and have no problems with feeling fully satisfied and enjoying my food while keeping well within the healthy BMI scale even having regular treats like a take away curry about 2 or 3 times a month.  When eating low GI foods I don't feel I am making any sacrifices I just don't crave the naughty stuff.

They do tell you at ww that it is a lifestyle change. You can have the occasional cream scone but everything has to be eaten in moderation. When you get to your goal weight it is free to keep going so in my opinion they are not doing anyone out of money. The reason why they will never go bankrupt is because people go to ww/sw etc and lost 7-12 pounds, think they can save £5 a week by doing it themselves and then dont have the same feeling they get when someone says "You've lost 2 pounds, well done", they dont get the class applauding them for losing weight and they dont get encouragement from other members. They put on the 7-12 pound they originally lost and low and behold they join back again! Its a vicious circle and one that Im determined not to get into. I go to ww religeously, even if Ive had a bad week because I dont want to put any of the 3 stone that Ive lost back on!

I looked at Lighterlife but wouldnt pay £60 a week, I dont spend that much a week on food for myself.  I think it sounds a bit odd that you have to be re-introduced to food.  Mind you eberyone if different so good luck if it works for you. 

SW and WW do work IF people stick to it religiously and dont cheat.  I ahve just started at SW and am on week 2 and for the first time ever I am sticking to it and not cheating.

Well done to those who are loosing weight, its not the easiest thing to do!!!

Well done!!!!

I try not to say Im "cheating" because I think you should allow yourself the occasional treat. If you dont have a treat you will go back to your old way of eating.

What really bugs me is if I eat a chocolate bar (such as a crunchie, 2 finger kit kat, milky way etc) and someone says to you "should you be eating that?" Grrrrr I have to stop myself from saying - Ive lost 3 stone without your help so dont bother trying to tell me what I can or cant eat now! - Really bugs me (my nan is the absolute worlds worst for this. I cant eat a single thing without her saying this!! lol)

Oh, let's see... lost 3, put one on.  Lost one, put it on.  Lost nothing!!  Eating too much I think, even though it's not bad stuff - bread's a killer for me :) lost absolutely nothing this week despite having worked out damn hard for an hour, and rode my new exercise bike for half hour, AND walking the dogs for however long it's been.  Arg!

You'll have probably put a little bit of muscle on this week. You'll find that next week you will have lost a couple of pounds if you stay good this week! I biked it to work a couple of times and stayed the same but the week after I lost 2 1/2 pounds!

When I went to my doctor and asked him if he could give me some dietary advice as I needed to shift a bit of weight, he gave me the best diet I have ever heard of. It was this - eat less...move more.

lol...well hes right! :rolleyes:

Like your doctor, a sensible reply, the best in fact.
It is common here for people to resort to surgery, gastric banding, I know several who have been so bad that they have had it done, it is remarkable to see the change that is lasting. But wow,that is not something I would consider, not that I have such a weight problem thankfully.

I always forget about the muscle thing :rolleyes: I do hope that's what it is, I'm making an extra effort with the food this week though.  Cutting out the bread & pasta at home (though I'll still eat it at work because it's difficult to cook veggies there!), and keeping up the workouts.

I must admit I had a terrible slip last night - damn co-op with their cheap cakes but I'm back to good today!! Had a great workout this morning - Opi killed a rabbit, I sprinted to her but she decided to let go of it a few seconds before I reached her - so of course Remy grabbed it, and I spent 10 minutes trying to catch him!  I swear, I'd weight a lot more if I didn't have those two! :D

I eat bread and pasta at just about every meal, it is what help to fill me and save me from any cravings for less suitable things.  I have no problems in this way keeping my BMI at around 23 and really enjoy my meals.  I always eat wholemeal bread of course but just can't manage brown pasta, yuk!  Of course portion control comes in to it but even then I find I can eat two slices of bread per meal, when that is the main carbohydrate ie toast for breakfast or a sandwich at lunch, or 3oz dry weight of pasta or brown rice with a meal.  I don't eat much potatoes as I find they are not as sustaining.

Just read a report in todays Daily Mail. Scientists at Queensland University of Technology have just discovered that, and I quote, "The human body is designed to strongly resist attempts to lose weight".
DOH!!!!  -  I could have told them that and saved them a fortune.

Anyone got a good plan for a wheat free diet as i am intolerant.  I lost weight years ago with ww, but it has come back so i am trying again.  It is hard as a lot of the diet food and treats have wheat in them.  At least i can still have my wine on occasion. Oh and peanuts, and cashew nuts........... 

Well, the Gi diet can be easily kept to even if you're wheat/gluten free :)  I mainly eat this way as I find that I don't feel so bloated and sluggish and I have to be wheat and gluten free too ;)   The food's great on it :)  Only thing is my OH won't eat the food, he lives on carbs and it shows :(  all he seems to do (IMHO) is eat, eat, eat :rolleyes: 

Edited to say, Wheat-free pasta is available and some are lovely, just have to experiment with different makes ;)  and use millet and quinoa instead of Bulgar wheat or cous cous ;)

I have finally lost it, I looked at a stupid chart which told me I was obese. I weigh about 9 and a half stone and am 5' 1'' so my ideal weight should be between 7 &1/2 st and 8st something. I wear a size 10 on bottom and a size 10 on top, if the top has sleeves I wear a 12 as I find my arms and shoulders are too big, I work out a lot for boxing so have some muscle, my legs are quite big but its muscle not fat.
Anyway I came home and threw my scales in the bin, I have decided that I wont be weighed again until I have to find out what weight class Im going to be in to fight.
How come we have to fit into a certain box and if we dont then we arent normal.
Sorry rant over
Mary

Personally I think there is too much emphasis on weight at the expense of muscle tone and fitness ;)

Even at my smallest (size 6/8, 25 years ago ;)  ie. 30-18-30 and just under 5ft) I weighed far more than anyone thought (6 1/2 stone) but I walked, ran, did yoga daily and rode regularly and was extremely fit.  How come advice to dog owners  (that if the ribs can be felt but not seen and there is a definate waist, then the dog is about right) is so different to advice to people?  surely the same applies?  After all there are so many variables even for people of the same height.

Re obesity charts, if one observes the natural indigenous peoples of the world (look quick before they disappear!!) then one thing is glaringly obvious, not one of them looks like a greyhound or supermodel ;) despite having to work at getting their food from the land/sea, often walking for many, many miles in a day, despite having no Mac Donalds, Big Macs, Chippies, takeaways, sweeties etc.  Makes me wonder what a normal human being should look like ;)

The thing with people is that fat can be deposited in other areas, whereas dogs tend to go waist and ribs first.  I can easily feel my ribs, but not see them; and from the front :D I have a definite waist.  From the side, I have an obvious belly and my thighs - let's not got there!!  I think that's why there has never been a basic guide like this for people, we're just too variably in that respect.

As for muscle tone/weight - I'm watching the scales until I'm down to around 10 1/2 stone, then I'll be going purely on how I look, so I focus on tone instead of weight.  Too many people do get worried purely with weight though - like me before, I'd forgotten about accounting for building muscle!  It's rarely mentioned, at least I rarely see it mentioned, in any of the countless diet guides you see in papers and so on.