Wedding Forum - Official Weight Loss Thread - hints and...

Did you go to class the other day Nicole?

Had my first weigh in this morning - 3 1/2 lbs off

I'm finding it ok to be honest. You can have as much meats (fat cut off), veg, pasta, rice, potatoes as you like so u can't really go hungry as such. You don't have to weigh any of it you can have as much on your plate as you like! You then get what they call syns for all your treats or anything processed. It just seems to practice common knowledge.

Today is totally off plan though - the office is full of biscuits, cakes and tins of chocolates and last night was the first time since joining I had craved chocolate or something sugary. I am also going to my nieces birthday tea later and there is going to be buffet food. I won't have time to eat between work and going straight to there so today is just one of them days when life gets in the way but hoping I will wake up fresher tomorrow so can get back on plan before Saturday's weigh in x

Would really recommend SW too I have lost over 2 stone since joining in July. I kept putting off joining but seeing friends on FB who were getting real results so eventually got up the courage and haven't looked back! I was voted the group's Miss Slinky last month :)

Have made so many friends and have found the plan very easy to stick to. It has really educated me about my eating habits. When I think about the calories I used to inhale every day it's no doubt I was 'big boned'! Now when I go out I make good choices and don't stress about it too much as it's only one meal of about 20 a week.

Have been bouncing around between 2st and 2.5st loss for past few weeks so really on it this week, want a couple of pounds off during normal weigh in on Thursday :)

I also do daily cardio (squats, push ups, sit ups) and I like f1tne55 b13nd3r on TubeYou, am trying to do their 'tank top arms workout' every day too.

Yes I joined with about a year to go so that I'd have enough time to make a real difference. Now I've been putting off getting my dress because I'd love to be a good 4 or 5 stone lighter than I thought I'd be! Will be looking to get an off the peg dress in around Feb/March and have it fitted to me nearer the wedding x

seems to work for everyone!!

ive been going for 3 weeks and got my half stone off award already! Really enjoying it too :) x

thanks nicole
yea its nice to see everyones progress! i just keep thinking about how much food im going to eat straight after the wedding, and i wont care haha!!

There should be someone obviously in charge, someone with a name badge, or go up to one of the ladies (generally) behind one of the tables and say you are new where do I need to go/ who to see. My old group the lady sat in the corridor to welcome new members but when she left the new lady didn't do that (partly why I left was due to my lady leaving) so it wasn't so obvious.

Good luck xx

Ah she will be looking for you :) she will also know who is new to her class so hopefully she will introduce herself to you.

Good luck again, walking through the doors is the hard bit, enjoy it x

thanks Lesley, and yes Kathleen, I thought it might be tricky joining this side of christmas but they are actually doing a deal where you get the first week free if you sign up before 17th December so maybe that's why.

I'm looking forward to it actually, I think this will be the push I need to keep going. I lost a stone and a dress size last year and have kind of stuck since then.

I really want to be at least two stone lighter by the time the wedding roles around - fingers crossed x

I have Kathleen and i am absolutely in love with it so hopefully if i do lose weight I will be able to have it taken in as I would be devastated not to wear it ahaha.

Luckily for me i feel good in the dress even without any weight loss so i won't feel too bad on my day if i don't lose but will feel better if i do of course. Have you got yours yet?

I'm getting more nervous about going tonight the closer it gets ahaha - i'm such a shy person!

Well done Tiffany, that is fab you must be on such a high.

How did you find it last night Nicole? I haven't got my dress yet I get married May 2018 so will probably start looking April next year I would like to lose a good stone possibly more before I start trying them on. It's great that you love it now though. My friend brought a wedding dress 2 sizes down and had to be really strict to slim into it but she's put the weight on again now. I think SW will be a lifestyle change rather than a diet so I should be able to maintain the loss after

Well done Tiffany that is amazing!

I found it went well Kathleen - the worst part was actually walking through the doors like said above.

Hopefully this will be the start of it for me. I think overall I would be over the moon with a two stone loss. I'm at a complete loss as to what to have for lunch at work today though as it will be a lunch on the go and there is only a s@in5burys near by

It's my second weigh in tomorrow. Lost 3 and a half lbs the first week but I've had a few off plan days this week. Meals have been ok but my office has been full of chocolate and had my nieces birthday so I'm hoping for a maintain this week I think. Would love to get my half a stone award for Christmas though so I've been on plan from yesterday and going food shopping tonight for the next week ahead x

I think everyone probably dreads it, all I can say is try and put together a meal plan for the week so you know you not going to go over your syns and getting your speed in. Good luck for week 1 x

Thanks Kathleen!

Tiffany as long as you are doing it the right way and not starving yourself I wouldn't be too worried. Just make sure you are eating enough to keep you going throughout the day and make sure the foods have enough nutrition :) x

thanks Lesley :) i've been on p1nt3r3st over the weekend saving recipes ahaha.

I've had a good first few days i think - went to the manchester xmas markets on saturday and managed to resist the urge for the food and bail3ys hot chocolate and had some black peas instead which are syn free!!

Well done for staying strong at the market. I lost half a pound which I was pleased with as I had 3 days when I completely went over my syns with wine and chocolate. And had a meal out the night before so the other days on plan clearly helped.

Usually I wouldn't care about being good the rest of the week if I had a couple of rubbish days but so glad I did last week. This week is looking a lot quieter so I'm hopeful of another good loss on Saturday x

I'm excited to hear how you get on for your first weight in, how have you been finding the plan so far? x

Ha I'm the other way around love my B but struggle for my healthy A's. Yeah I'm still finding the plan pretty easy. Meal wise is pretty easy as there's lots of syn free options and after a few days of getting back to eating fruit you kind of miss it if you don't have any lol. Will be interesting to see how the next few weeks with Christmas goes but so far so good x

love that SW is working out for us all!!! some people say i only lost a pound etc but a loss is a loss!! I weigh in on thursdays so i eat my won meals over the weekend then do sw meals mon-wed, as i enjoy my food too much lol! xxx

yes that's what i love - i can have a glass of wine or a chocolate bar every single day if i wanted to! it's just nice to have the breathing space x

FMW I weigh in on thursday too, gives me more time to rectify my weekend naughtiness lol

Youll be needing your dress taken in then! Thats true at least well all be abit more sensible over xmas

Good luck Nicole, looking forward to hearing how you get on.

I was having a really good week until all the trains home from work were cancelled last night so ended up going the German Christmas Market for beer and then got hungry and ended up in McD's. Hoping the other 6 on day plans counteract it x

so true Glitterfairy, it can be easy to get hung up on the scales but you can tell yourself sometimes with just how your clothes feel

how did everyone get on with their weigh ins? I lost 3lbs so only 3 to go until ive lost a stone, today was my 5th week with SW so its deffo working :)

Glitterfairy i think thats true too!! everyones opinion must be right :D

Kathleen the exact thing happened to me last week too haha!! at least the maccy ds was less syns than all the food on offer at the german market! xx