There isn't any need for fancy recipes really. Wifey made Irish Stew this evening which going by the rules we can eat until it's coming out of our ears - same for the made from scratch chilli we had last night. Have to dodge the garlic bread though. Not a massive loss - we can take a piece but we have to ration it on a points system called syns.

We have a daily ration of milk/cheese and bread. You can go over the ration but you count that as syns too. I haven't bothered and stuck to the ration which is fine. You can take a small amount of more or less anything which is great because then you don't feel you are missing out on anything.

There's a few mad things like croissants that are loaded with calories which really should be avoided but most things can be taken in moderation.

Alcohol is a problem but again can be converted to syns. If I forgo treats I can have 4 measures of whiskey a day if I wanted for example. Beer is a bit of a nightmare though and best avoided if you want to lose weight at any appreciable rate.

I'm in a similar position by the sounds of it, Davy. After an initial burst and reasonable weight loss over a few months in 2014 I've been up and down as my willpower fluctuates.

I also used SW with the lady and I do think it's good providing you can be strict with how you cook - using certain oils can undo other good work for example. Once you have a good understanding of what counts as syns, I found I can be less regimented about it on a daily basis and essentially balance out the syns over the course of a week and that works well.

Not 'official' of course but I think using SW as a base to find what works best for you might be an option.

Anyway, I've been at a relatively constant weight the last few months but making another push to hit the gym more regularly now to make a real effort to shift the timber long term. Also for general health reasons too as I've no doubt it will get harder for me the longer I leave it.

Nice work!

C I C O B O Y E S

Calories in, cocks out, boys.

Close enough.

Fat has more calories, so yeah, get rid of that man fat.

Amazing stuff Davy, well done. Keep at it and don’t get disheartened if you have a blip in the other direction (especially with festive period coming up).

Cheers lads.

I have every intention of eating what I want for a couple of days over Christmas and taking the hit for it. I have a couple of events in December as well that may rock the boat and affect progress. Will have to hang tough before and after those times to minimise damage.

I'm also not taking any drink at the minute. Not missing it but that will become difficult in December.

Water weight?

1lb a week is a good progression. Weight loss is about changing your own relationship with food and establishing a long term habit.

Booze will fuck you, no doubt about it. Keep up the good work though Davy.

Good advice.

I tend to get this:



It's tasty enough and has no added sugar or salt, and it's fairly cheap.

hylian_elf wrote:

What breakfast cereal are you having? Most are full of salt and (worse for weight) sugar. Have a decent muesli or porridge or something. Oats are your friend.  Very gradual energy release and low insulin spike.

Weetabix or Shredded Wheat. I take semi-skimmed milk. With the regime I am following I have to take fruit with it. So I've been having raspberries or strawberries with that. They are known as "fast" foods and the requirement is that every meal is at least one third fast. Apples, pears, oranges are fast too. Blueberries aren't - you can take those but the claim is you won't get the same result. I suspect fast foods are low calorie high nutrition.

Fast food is more or less any vegetable and most fruit. And you can have unlimited amounts with unlimited lean meat of any kind.

Anyhow 3.5lbs off this week. Total of 20lbs off in 6 weeks. And on Friday night past I was in the pub for at least 6 hours - so probably 10-12 pints and I had 3 or 4 whiskeys on top of that. So I'm delighted with that result.

With the regime you have a daily ration of sin foods (sweets, biscuits, booze etc.) I usually don't use my whole ration but this week I didn't take any of my ration for the other 6 days and that strategy seems to have counteracted against the one night of booze. Still need to be careful though. This Friday coming is a half day job and will be a car crash. I suspect the Christmas Market Beer tent will get a rattle at some point......

Weetabix then Shredded Wheat are the least sinful of all the boxed cereals. I used to be all about the weetabix but I’ve switched to muesli, far better. 

Weird about blueberries. I’ve read that berries are the best fruits to have, so raspberries and strawberries are great, but thought blue were part of same sub-category.

Anyway. Keep up the great work, love reading about it.