Hi Rebecca. Just put 8 jacket potatoes in the oven to freeze later, made myself a coffee and sat down with UA-cam. I was thrilled to see you had uploaded. Your videos always leave me with something to think about and I inevitably nod throughout lol. You are right to take SW apart. I believe that when we come to a place where we can see how the plan works, we can then put our faith in it. There is no doubt that it does work, but we both know that we have to be willing to work with it. Calorie counting would really make me compulsive. I’m so grateful that I can’t use My Fitness Pal or I would drive myself crazy. My experience of calorie counting was that my insane brain didn’t want me to eat all day so I could conserve those calories for the evening. I would spend the evening calories on junk and go to bed full of guilt and usually hungry. I couldn’t sustain that for very long and it would lead to me binging on everything I thought I had been deprived of. When someone told me that calories are allowed to be up to 10% out, I had to reduce mine by 10% just in case the figures I was using were 10% over. I’m totally bonkers when it comes to dieting which is why SW has helped me so much. It just makes sense to me in 99% of the things it advises I do. Stay safe and thanks Rebecca, you always help me. Love Jane xx
Hi Jane. Good idea to do the bulk jacket potato cook. Thanks for your kind words. We do have to be willing to work with Slimming World, you are right. We have to let it in and make it work for us. The flexibility of the plan is what makes it fit with anybody in my opinion. Calorie counting I am sure works for many people very effectively, but for me it is nowhere near as flexible as food optimising. I always get caught out at some point, and on slimming world I know I can just grab a piece of fruit to tide me over until I can get a proper dinner. I can get emergency food ready in 5 mins with a microwave and some linda macartney red onion and rosemary sausages, baked beans and a bag of salad. No counting, no measuring, no worries. If all goes terribly wrong and I have no scales available I know that I can just stick to free and speed foods and I'll be fine. Freedom and confidence. Lots of love to you both, and as always, thank you for your unending support.
Brilliant video, thank you. Thats the best way of explaining flexible syns I have ever heard. I got so bogged down in thinking Ive failed and then I go on to throw the towel in. Seeing flexible syns as still being in control and making choices shows me that Ive not blown the whole day. People who eat normally have days when they eat more because of circumstances. Thats all Im doing and I should remind myself of that and cut the guilt Gx
Thanks Grace. :) I think it is that feeling of failure that flexible syns allows you to side step. And yes if we were to flexisyn everyday then we would come unstuck but we don't do that, so as you say people who eat normally do have the occasional day where they eat more than their usual diet and that is fine because they just naturally get back to their usual diet without a fuss. Having choice power lets us be in control of our own syn usage, and each and every day we practise to stay in the boundaries of the Slimming World plan. Some days it goes awry but we learn lessons and carry on practicing at the next meal. It is all a lot easy without the guilt that is for sure! Lots of love. Xxxx
Hi Bronwen. Yes we are doing well. We have closed down our shop and I have got a new job now. I will try and get back to doing videos now our lives are a bit more settled. Hope you and your family are well and healthy too. Xxxxx
Hi Rebecca. Just put 8 jacket potatoes in the oven to freeze later, made myself a coffee and sat down with UA-cam. I was thrilled to see you had uploaded. Your videos always leave me with something to think about and I inevitably nod throughout lol. You are right to take SW apart. I believe that when we come to a place where we can see how the plan works, we can then put our faith in it. There is no doubt that it does work, but we both know that we have to be willing to work with it. Calorie counting would really make me compulsive. I’m so grateful that I can’t use My Fitness Pal or I would drive myself crazy. My experience of calorie counting was that my insane brain didn’t want me to eat all day so I could conserve those calories for the evening. I would spend the evening calories on junk and go to bed full of guilt and usually hungry. I couldn’t sustain that for very long and it would lead to me binging on everything I thought I had been deprived of. When someone told me that calories are allowed to be up to 10% out, I had to reduce mine by 10% just in case the figures I was using were 10% over. I’m totally bonkers when it comes to dieting which is why SW has helped me so much. It just makes sense to me in 99% of the things it advises I do. Stay safe and thanks Rebecca, you always help me. Love Jane xx
Hi Jane. Good idea to do the bulk jacket potato cook. Thanks for your kind words. We do have to be willing to work with Slimming World, you are right. We have to let it in and make it work for us. The flexibility of the plan is what makes it fit with anybody in my opinion. Calorie counting I am sure works for many people very effectively, but for me it is nowhere near as flexible as food optimising. I always get caught out at some point, and on slimming world I know I can just grab a piece of fruit to tide me over until I can get a proper dinner. I can get emergency food ready in 5 mins with a microwave and some linda macartney red onion and rosemary sausages, baked beans and a bag of salad. No counting, no measuring, no worries. If all goes terribly wrong and I have no scales available I know that I can just stick to free and speed foods and I'll be fine. Freedom and confidence. Lots of love to you both, and as always, thank you for your unending support.
Yes,yes,nod,nod,I'm agreeing with you both
You're eloquence & belief in the plan echo me
Brilliant video, thank you. Thats the best way of explaining flexible syns I have ever heard. I got so bogged down in thinking Ive failed and then I go on to throw the towel in. Seeing flexible syns as still being in control and making choices shows me that Ive not blown the whole day. People who eat normally have days when they eat more because of circumstances. Thats all Im doing and I should remind myself of that and cut the guilt Gx
Thanks Grace. :) I think it is that feeling of failure that flexible syns allows you to side step. And yes if we were to flexisyn everyday then we would come unstuck but we don't do that, so as you say people who eat normally do have the occasional day where they eat more than their usual diet and that is fine because they just naturally get back to their usual diet without a fuss. Having choice power lets us be in control of our own syn usage, and each and every day we practise to stay in the boundaries of the Slimming World plan. Some days it goes awry but we learn lessons and carry on practicing at the next meal. It is all a lot easy without the guilt that is for sure! Lots of love. Xxxx
I so agree
Hello Rebecca, hope you and your family are ok, really missing your videos, sending love & positive thoughts. B
Hi Bronwen. Yes we are doing well. We have closed down our shop and I have got a new job now. I will try and get back to doing videos now our lives are a bit more settled. Hope you and your family are well and healthy too. Xxxxx
Thank you Rebecca