Slimming World Syn’s VS Weightwatchers smartpoints {Filling & Healthy No Count}

I’m now on the expert course of Wii fit cycling, 20 flag’s but more spread out. I really enjoy doing the Wii fit cycling, I’m looking forward to reaching the free cycling, where I can just cycle where I want to over the Wii fit island, it goes by distance, so the faster I get the further I will cycle…

The same as Wii jogging, though the observing stuff & answering questions, is slightly aggravating, I just want to jog & look at the scenery. I might only be jogging on the spot, but having something to look at makes it less boring, the scenery distracts you, especially on a 50″ tele. I need a 70″ tv next…& Wii U…

“Persistence!” Is key…

One thing I don’t like. Weighing myself every day I go on the Wii fit, if I want to do the fitness test. Apparently I have gained 2 lbs…WTF! Though I am trying to ignore it; think persistence; think long term, there is that slight disheartening feeling. I know it is only water weight, I know my body can be stubborn & cling to fat, just in case another famine is coming…Soooo! I am going to stop weighing myself daily…Or do I persist & stay focused on the fact I am doing the right thing…

I am going to look at the weight watchers ‘Healthy & filling’ diet. I’ll look at the smart points as well…

Hate weighing and measuring food and looking for an easy, fuss-free diet? Then our Filling & Healthy plan is what you need

I want to change my lifestyle, so I maintain my health, ideal weight, ideal size through healthy eating. I need a way of eating which suits me, suits my lifestyle, otherwise, lets face it, it won’t last…

Hello SmartPoints

With SmartPoints, foods that are higher in sugar and/or saturated fat are higher in SmartPoints values.  Foods that are higher in lean protein are lower in SmartPoints values. You’re steered towards healthier choices.

Hmmm! Which means potatoe, pasta, rice, bread will be higher in smartpoints? I want to eat a balanced diet, not a low carb diet. Low carb dieting is great, but it is restrictive & it is temporary. You lose lots of water, then as soon as you start eating carbs again ‘REGAIN!’…I want to avoid having to stick to a restrictive diet for life, because eating other food groups cause you to undo all your hard work…

I will look more at smartpoints…

Sugar and saturated fat increase the Smartpoints values.

Which is fine…but what about potatoes, pasta, rice, couscous, bread? I think fruit is zero smartpoints…

If you count SmartPoints, you eat anything you like – nothing is off the menu. Using a daily and weekly allowance gives you the freedom and flexibility to eat what you like and lose weight.

If I can eat anything I like. Plus I have freedom & flexibility. I can eat like that for life. It has to be a lifestyle change, not a temporary fix…

With No Count, you get freedom from counting and tracking everything. You focus your eating on a list of healthy foods, and as long as you stick to these foods you don’t have to count or track them. And you get a weekly allowance for anything that isn’t on the list.

I am looking towards that way of dieting…

For me to follow the smart points diet, I have 24 smartpoints daily allowance, 35 smartpoints weekly allowance. Then I can earn activity fit points…15 minutes brisk activity = 1 point…

Hmmmm! I think I might stick to the way I’m eating…but first I’ll look at the filling & healthy no count plan…

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Oo! Crumpets are free. Though I like lots of butter on crumpets, but maybe mashed banana might taste ok, I’ll give it a try…

Sandwich thins {brown} are on the list. So are bacon medallions…

The cheese is not so good. I like my 30g red leister cheese…

I suppose the test is the red wine…Slimming world 27 syn’s VS Weightwatchers 19 smartpoints…

Hmmm! 4 hours 45 minutes to earn 19 smartpoints…

Ohhh! 1 hour 48 minutes to earn 27 syn’s…

I need to do some serious tweaking…20-calories per 1 syn…15 minutes walking is about 105-calories. Which I would count as around 5 syn’s. So maybe I should count my {own version activity syn’s} in time rather then calories. When I do my 30 minutes Wii fit +…instead of counting 5-calories per minute = 150-calories = 7.5 syn’s……………………………..UGH! So confused…

I need to work something else out with the syn’s & the exercise…Forget smart points. Carry on as I am. I’m sure I will work out some way of doing it where it’s fairly syn accurate…

Dinner time…I will work it out later…I might stop following any diet & work out my own diet…

via Daily Prompt: Final

Oo! An interesting word prompt for me ‘Final’…Before I get started I need more coffee…

BRB!

I’m BACK. Here goes…

My final destination where I put down roots & build my dream virtual home…I am taking the scenic route, picking up weight loss knowledge as I go; creating new habits. It is actually quite exciting…

Just imagine what I will look like, how I will feel, when I reach my final target weight of 9st. When I weighed 9st before I had my first child, I measured {32aa-24-34-22} I had been working with horses full time, riding, cycling 90 minutes each day. Working with horses is a very active job…I won’t be as muscly & fat free, so I won’t be quite so slim, but I will feel ‘Amazingly, fantastically, fabulous!’ I can’t wait…

I feel inspired ‘Impowered!’ Like nothing can stop me & even if it tried, I won’t let it. I want to live. I want to live a healthy life. I want to be here for my loved ones. That is what ‘final’ on my weight loss journey means to me. I have got so much to live for & it most definitely is not to eat sugary junk food…Soooo! much ‘Mmmmm!’ pleasure from picking at snacks, out of habit & boredom, but I’m fat, but I’m unhealthy, but I’m decreasing my life expectancy…

I ‘Finally!’ got the message which stuck…The final ‘reality check’…my Mum dying of cancer & becoming painfully aware that I am heading in the same direction. After all we share the same genes…but it is not ‘Final!’ I can do something about it. I can improve my health. That is an exciting feeling. Being healthy again, being active, being flexible, being able to breath whilst doing my shoes up, because I won’t have a HUGE! belly in the way…

Final! weight loss destination is a great end. Final in some ways is not so good. giving up on weight loss journey & allowing this final weight loss journey to be my final attempt at reaching my final target weight…NEVER! GOING TO GIVE UP!!! I am so ‘Determined!’ to succeed on my weight loss journey. That is my final word!

This time next year. I will be a happy, confident, attractive, slim, healthy me!

Motivation – Inspirational Before & After Photo’s…

I’m waiting for 13pm when I can have my lunch. Or should I say…I am waiting for 13pm when I have my lunch, because of course I could eat now, but I choose to intermittent fast 14:10…

I am just listening to weight loss self hypnosis. I listen whilst blogging. It might not be the way to use self hypnosis, but I find listening & typing quite helpful…Even if I stop listening, I’m sure the suggestions are going into my mind…

It is a good way to focus as well…

I am keeping myself motivated looking at ‘Before & After” photo’s. If they can do it, it is possible, I can do it too. I have done it before, so I have already proved to myself that I can lose weight. Now I am changing my life style, so I maintain my ideal weight/size…

It is coming up to day three. In the past I have found day three quite challenging, for whatever reason. I have been on many diets where I have got past day three; past week three; month three even. I suppose some might say that is yo-yo dieting. Well NO MORE! yo-yo dieting. This diet is for life. This diet is a lifestyle change…

I am investing in my future. A healthy, active future, where I feel energetic, confident, motivated, attractive…

Apparently goal setting is the way to go. I already knew this, but I don’t always use what I know to be effective. I forget…If that even makes sense. Another negative towards my dieting attempts; that feeling of ‘why did I waste so much time’…Obviously that was not my time. This is my time. This time next year I will be my ideal weight/size…

Time flies by. When I look back, I will see amazing results instead of wasted time being fat. 6 weeks literally zooms by. In 6 weeks time I will be at least 1.5 stone slimmer…The power of my own mind. I will lose at least 1.5st in 6 weeks. If I tell myself ‘I probably won’t, I’ll probably fail, then I will have set myself up to fail’…Well I have no intention of giving up on achieving my goals…

This Wednesday 17th May 2017. I will reach my goal to be in the 14st’s…

Nuff said for now…Lunch time…

Motivational Aides To Keep Me Focused On My Goals…

So I’ve emptied my cupboard, which will be just for me. I am going to get a mirror, note/pin board, hanging note book to record what I eat. I have got a habit of checking the cupboard & fridge whenever I walk into the kitchen, so I’m making a weight loss reminder cupboard…

I am going to get 2 glass jars & some big beads. They will be labelled lb’s to lose, lb’s lost. I want to lose 6st4lbs. Which is 88 lbs. That seems like a lot, but for each lb I lose, I am getting slimmer. I am never going to weigh that much again…

When I was on my last successful weight loss journey, where I lost 3st in as many months, I had a long mirror, placed where I had to look at myself every time I walked to the kitchen, bathroom & my bedroom. It was a great incentive to keep me on track…

I noticed that I used to lose weight, but look the same, then I would notice I dropped the inches after a while, as if my body was letting go of the fat from my system. So I know to be patient. Sometimes I lost no lb’s, but I lost inches & other times I losts inches but no weight…

I don’t have as good a place to place my mirror, where I can see my whole body…Oh well. I will just have to spread my mirrors around where I can see bits of myself. There are times I avoid looking at myself, or allowing photo’s to be taken of me. Because I don’t like what I look like…

I am going to get into a routine of looking in the mirror & allow photo’s. On my 3st weight loss diet, I used to take regular, what I called ‘reality check’ photo’s. It definitely helped. Instead of the self loathing. I just felt motivated to keep on dieting…

Also today. I told my husband my weight loss plans. I told him that I knew, he probably thought ‘Here we go again, that won’t last’…He said he knows its not easy & will support me {Or words to that effect}…

Soooo! Diet plan ‘Check!’…Intermittent fasting 14:10 ‘Check!’…Exercise plan ‘Check!’…Blog to keep myself motivated ‘Check!’…Other motivational aides ‘Check!’…Cupboard to deal with habit food hunting ‘Check!’…

Next I am going to buy food containers, to make my meals in advanced. I will gather everything I need together; tape measure, scales, note book, notice board, mirrors, batteries for my Wii fit plus; cupboard organised with all slimming world friendly food & a section of the fridge for my Muller light yogurt, milk allowance, cheese allowance, salad; thawed out meals ready to heat…

My personal ‘slimming world’ plan of action. My weight loss journey starts on Wednesday May 10th…

OMFG! I was just looking at other self hypnosis for weight loss, I came across hypnosis to obey. Nope! Not into obeying some stranger on the internet, who could screw my mind, but then if that is what rocks your boat, so be it…Ummm!

Personally I am into the power of my own mind, not obeying some complete stranger, who knows feck all about me. I am going to listen to my own body, make healthy choices, be more active, feel more motivated…

I believe the words we use/write, have an impact on us. If I write ‘I will try to lose weight, but I’ll probably fail, like all the other times’ I will likely fail, just because I set myself up to fail from the start. I am not going to fail. Failing is not an option, my life depends on it. I have no other choice then to change my eating habits…

Its like the emotional eating. If I tell myself that I can’t lose weight, because I am an emotional eater, well I’m likely to use that as an excuse. Yes it is real, but so is my powerful mind. I’m bored ‘Not hungry’…Its a habit. I don’t desperately need to eat biscuits with my coffee or tea. I do it out of habit. I literally open the cupboard & the fridge every time I go into the kitchen…

Though I have now emptied the sweet junk cupboard. The sweet junk is upstairs in the kids bedrooms. They have their stash. Which they hardly eat. Because they was brought up allowed to eat sweet junk food, so its not a big thing to them. Deprivation seems to have the effect of making you want something more…No chocolate, I MUST! have chocolate. I crave chocolate. I’m obsessed ‘Ugh!’…Actually if I want chocolate, I can have chocolate, but in moderation {Syn counted, from my syn allowance}

Deep down I am holding on to being able to eat exactly what I want, when I want it…but…I make the wrong food choices. I can eat when I am hungry. I can eat what I want to eat, but consciously, no mindless eating. I want to feed my body healthy nutrious food, so I reap the benefits of being a healthy, attractive, happy in my own body, confident I look good, motivated, energetic, wife, mum, nana, me, myself…

I am holding onto this ‘can’t be arsed’ attitude. When in reality, I have got all the capabilities, to succeed. I already cook slimming world type meals. I just crave sugar…but…I can control the amount of sugar I allow in my body. It is easy…

I’m on a diet I WANT! something sweet…Ummmm! Why? Habit? Boredom? Addiction?…Its easy? I associate giving up sugar as deprivation? When in reality I can find healthy ways to satisfy my sweet tooth. My so called sweet tooth. Like smoothies. Like melted chocolate dipped fruit. More filling nutrious fruit, less chocolate, but still chocolate…

I need cocktail sticks, various fruits & melted chocolate. How much melted chocolate to cover a bowl of fruit? Surely not that much. I wonder if I melted a fredo bar…Its like my favourite drink is ginger beer. I love ginger beer. Sugar free, is ‘Ugh!’…It is 61-calories per 100mls. A 330ml can is around 200-calories. Which is roughly 10 syn’s, based on 1 syn per 20-calories…

Part of me is tempted to follow the weight watchers smart points, but that felt restrictive to me. I failed abysmally…Though there is the fitness/activity points, which you can earn, 1 fitness point {Whatever} per 15 minutes of brisk activity…So a 30 minute brisk walk, would earn 2 fitness points…

I like the idea of earning syn’s…As this is my version of the diet & my diet for ever. I am going to have activity syn’s. Though 20-calories per 1 syn. It seems low to burn 20 calories, then count it as one activity syn…Hmmm? Then again. If a ripple is around 180-calories & 9 syn’s. Burning 180-calories would burn enough calories for the ripple. 45 minutes of housework, would earn me 9 syn’s…

I could be extra good & earn all the syn’s I use…Or have 5 syn’s each day, then earn any extra through exercise. Mind you 27 syn’s for a bottle of red wine ‘Ugh!’ 540-calories to burn. I could earn all my syn’s. Or if I feel too tired, use my daily 15 syn’s {No flexible}

Or…Earn my syn’s through exercise & have the extra A & B healthy choice on my extra easy plan. That is what I will do…If I go shopping each day, to get my day’s food. I would earn 10 syn’s…I found it easier to diet when I shopped daily…

Having the extra A choice would be better, so I could have tea & porridge {A healthy B choice}…I found just eating meat & veg boring & just eating potatoes, pasta, rice even more boring. This way of eating is a lifestyle change, not just a diet…

I don’t want to full into the diet mentality trap. By following the slimming world extra easy plan, with a few personal tweaks, I am eating the same as I do already 70%-30%. 30% being the OTT! sweet junk. 70 % I eat meat, poultry, fish, veg, salad, eggs, pasta, rice, potatoes, fruit {Not as much as I should do} The sweet junk can now have a syn value…

Healthy food is nutrious food, healing my body, not boring diet food. I do actually like vegetables, salad, fruit, but I need some added taste, otherwise it can be too bland for me. I have got lots of herbs & spices to add extra taste. Garlic improves the taste a lot…

So My plan of action…Starting Wednesday 10th May. I will…

1] Follow the ‘Extra easy’ slimming world plan…

2] Earn my syn’s through exercise. 20-calories = 1 syn…

3] Have an extra A & B healthy choice, instead of syn’s. So 2x A & B healthy choices…

4] Use intermittent fasting 14:10 as a weight loss tool…

5] Listen to self hypnosis & follow the book ‘I can make you thin’ {My version}

6] Keep myself motivated everyday, through blogging, mirror’s everywhere, reality check photo’s, read the slimming world magazine & watch slimming world video’s on you tube…

7] Get my start weight & measurements, then weigh & measure myself weekly…

8] Shop daily…

9] Eat half veg- quarter protein- quarter carbs, portion control…Aim to fill up on super veg…

10] Eat 3 meals + 2 snacks per day, between 13pm & 23pm…

11] Stay focused on achieving small goals. Set myself lots of small goals…

12] Stay focused on being ‘persistent’ & patient, aiming for the long term, making changes to my lifestyle. Prepare myself to maintain my weight loss, improve my health & my fitness…

Wednesday is a red wine day. It is my friends birthday. So I will need to earn 27 syn’s {Burn 540-calories}…I am counting Walking as 7-calories per minute. Housework as 4-calories per minute. Gardening as 6-calories per minute {weeding digging} 4-calories per minute {sowing, watering, deadheading, planting} Jogging on my mini trampoline 7-calories per minute. Exercises with my resistance bands 6-calories per minute – with out resistance 5-calories per minute…

Nuff said for now. I need to get ready for my friend, more red wine, more catching up…

Self hypnosis for weight loss – Motivation – Inspiration – Planning – Preparing – Changing your mind, to change lifestyle, weight loss comes as a added bonus…

The planning stage is still in progress. I am just putting on some self hypnosis to listen to as I type. I am not laying down with my eyes closed, going into a relaxed state, but the suggestions are still going into my mind…

I am trying out all different self hypnosis video’s on you tube, to save all the ones I like. On my weight loss journey, I am going to listen to self hypnosis each day. Including Paul McKenna ‘I can make you thin’…

Right, this hypnosis is going off. His voice is beginning to aggravate…{Hypnosis for weight loss}

Ohh! This one is better ‘The 30 day challenge’…

Before I set out on my weight loss journey. I am going to be ready to succeed. I am following a diet, but I am more changing my lifestyle, so I can lose all my excess fat & keep it off. I am aiming to take each day as a new day, but all the successful days will add up…’Persistence!’…There will be no giving up, giving up is not an option…

My life depends on it…Though there will be no strict, restrictive dieting. I will follow the extra easy plan, with 1x each A & B choice & 15 daily syn’s, which I will use as flexible syn’s. I will use intermittent fasting 14:10 as an extra weight loss tool…& aim to be active for 3 hours each day. Which includes walking, housework, gardening, rebounding on my mini trampoline, using my resistance bands…3 hours activity out of 24 hours is not impossible. It is a realistic goal…

I am going to fast from 23pm to 13pm, then eat between 13pm & 23pm. I will eat lunch-Dinner-Supper-syn friendly snacks in between, but mainly sticking to 3 meals, planning my sweet fix. I’ll use smoothies as a sweet fix. Using Muller light yogurt {free} with fruit {free} blended together as a smoothie. I will use cheese as my 1x A choice & bread as my 1x B choice…

One of my preparations I want to do, before I set off on my weight loss journey. Is to buy lots of food containers, so I can batch cook & freeze healthy portions, to eat over the week. That way I can use portion control. Half veg – Quarter protein – Quarter carbs. I like Bolognese & chili, but I’ll only have lean mince in the Bolognese & turkey mince in the chili. I want to use some of the Mediterranean diet principles. Like more fish, some poultry, cheese {A choice} olive oil {syn value}…

As I am using the slimming world diet as a healthy eating plan. I am going to tweak it to suit me, for life. As in eating avocado as a free food…I can have 45g feta cheese. Which I could have on 2x small wholemeal toast, with mackerel & tomatoes…Yummy!

The Mediterranean diet, is one of the healthiest diets in the world…

The self hypnosis is just ending. I was not really listening to it…but I’m sure some suggestions went into my mind…

Nuff said for now. I will continue with my planning in a mo. I want to prepare myself to deal with emotional eating…

I can make myself thin…

I am going to do lots of planning before I set out on my weight loss journey…I used to be able to go for long walks with my dog, melody…but now I am in pain & out of breath in 10-15 minutes. I used to love walking. Now I am saving my energy for other things, like housework or gardening. I love gardening too, so I don’t mind saving my energy to commune with nature…Bliss! Well apart from the noisy bas— neighbours…

By following this diet properly, I am improving the quality of my life, getting a life, prolonging my life. It is not just vanity, it is saving my life. I need to keep giving myself reality checks. My breathing is bad, I am in pain, I can’t walk far. If I eat a healthy diet; my health has improved just by changing the food I eat slightly. Now I need to follow a diet, which will speed things up…

I am going to use intermittent fasting 14:10 as a weight loss tool. Which means I fast {No food/calories} for 14 hours & I only eat in a 10 hour eating time. As I seem to go into ‘I MUST EAT!’ mode in the evening & I can pretty much go with out food until late afternoon. I am going to eat 13pm – 23pm. Which means lunch-dinner-supper-snacks in between if I feel hungry…

I don’t agree with the ‘YOU MUST EAT BREAKFAST TO LOSE WEIGHT!’…Blah-Blah-Blah! I don’t always want to eat in the morning. I just want a drink. I usually only eat lunch, at lunch time, out of habit, or boredom, probably both…

Another weight loss tool, I will be using…’Self hypnosis’…Paul McKenna ‘I can make you thin’. I do try my hardest to follow the 4 golden rules. I eat when I am hungry, I eat what I want to eat, I try to eat slowly & chew my food {Though I do watch tele at the same time “Gasp!” Naughty!} I stop when I am full. A no brainer, but there was a time when I would have carried on eating until I was bloated…

Eating more healthy has improved my bloated, distended tummy issues. I started looking like I was 9 months pregnant with triplets. At least it lifted my sagging boobs, lol…

Anyway…Where was I…Ohh! Yeah! I am doing intermittent fasting 14:10 & following the ‘I can make you thin’ golden rules, also listening to self hypnosis. I am not going to force myself to follow a strict regime. I am never going to deprive myself of any food. I will be using my own mind to succeed on my weight loss journey. I will use my imagination, as opposed to my ‘WILL! power!’ It is my will, but noooo! deprivation of any kind…

One of main weight loss issues is so called ’emotional eating’ As in eating to change the way you feel…

Nuff said for now. I will continue in a mo…