Slimming World #2

[Lords_Alive]

Consultants should explain better that speed with every meal means to REPLACE some of the food on your plate. Not that just adding speed to your meal without taking anything away will equal weight loss. Obviously thats just adding calories?

Nice timing. In our last zoom yesterday this was one of the key messages emphasised in a ‘back to basics’ chat that’s supposed to be mirrored in every group.

The consultant said that they had heard from people having a chicken balls and chips Chinese takeaway ‘but then had 2 apples for speed’ as if it was going to cancel it out! Some people are just thick though.

 

[Damocles]

I didn't even notice that that's really bizarre!! I've seen some absolutely shocking posts and comments on instagram, regarding their Xmas weight gains and how they feel about themselves. It's quite worrying tbh! And I have to say, a lot of it is coming from the sw set. It's like they're all stuck in a timewarp from 20yrs ago

yet here's me, just got my 11st award 2 days ago, lost weight over christmas (without restricting myself) and I've been totally ignored by sw... and yes they are aware of it..

 

[Damocles]

Yeah lol. They're just cherry picking the bits that they want and not really following the plan as intended. Think that's why they had to Syn muller lights because these insta twats were having like 5 at a time


Yes Calorie counting is more flexible, but honestly I can't be arsed with that. To me Slimming World is an ingenious version of calorie counting. Making you choose healthier low calorie foods allowing you to come under your TDEE and lose weight in the process. It also teaches you about the relative "badness" of certain foods and that can still enjoy these foods you like via Syns or one he rare occasion if you need flexi syns. Is it perfect? Heck no , but it does work you just have to want it enough and be in the right mindset.

Harry Prickard version of SW

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A normal SW meal, quite the contrastView attachment 873909

I find it shocking that the ones who twist the plan the most are currently consultants...

snaresylad - cooks his bacon with the fat on and claims to cut it off as he eats it. he posted that he does so on his instagram, now, if one of his members also uses instagram, and they see that, and say well, you do it, I did it, but I've gained weight... how can he explain that?

erika_slimmingworld - uses protein shakes, and thats fine, but whats not fine is how they are 7.5 syns each but she has openly said on her insta stories that she "counts them as 5 syns, it's just what I do"... if again, one of her members does the same... that 2.5 syns could be the difference between a loss and a gain that week.

shaun_fat_to_fit_2018 - gained 15lbs in a week. how can you stand in a room and talk to people about their losses and gains when you can put in 15lbs in 7 days.

sw need to cull these absolute clowns asap.

 

[eSsExBiRd]

These cnuts are not interested in following the SW plan as it’s actually set out, all they want is likes, spice kits deals and instafame.

I had a fairly large account (8k) and never posted shit like this. I even had no ads/sponsorship in my bio. I got sick of it in the end, the constant arse licking, Princess Planning water bottles, “rubs” and constant Follow Friday’s I deleted the account.

 

[Laura VanderBooben]

Ok that’s quite a lot of past members, take the hint lol Imagine she’s quite uninspiring /dull as a consultant. Sorry hun, but you can’t guilt trip people with a letter saying how much you miss seeing them in group and how you wish they’d come back. People will come back if and when they’re ready to continue their weight loss journey again. Not by a few letters pretending to care

 

[NapQueenReturns]

SW wont help, CC wont help. None of it will help until you fix it mentally in your own head. Honestly. Ive did them all, numerous times over.

Its not easy at all and yes before I went to SW I had food issues, but those were magnified massively after I attended SW.

I had CBT for other issues but over time we got chatting about food and the issues I had. It helped me so much. Im in my 30s and have been dieting on and off since I was a teenager.

If you focus on the scales it will never work, it needs to be a change in your mindset for more than the scales.

For me its why SW didnt work for me, a full week focused on 2 minutes on the scales, what those scales told me was the be all and end all, I was judged by a room full of strangers on what the scales said. Also too many restrictions on certain types of food i.e wholemeal only. If youre eating a proper balanced diet you dont need to restrict yourself to wholemeal. I get 30g of fibre or more every day now and no longer eat those all important B choices for "fibre" when half of them arent even that high in fibre anyway!

I can keep all foods in my house now and not binge. Weve still got Easter Eggs. I can buy multi packs of crisps etc and not binge.

I have whatever I fancy and theres no drawing a line or starting tomorrow. For the first time in my adult life I had food freedom. Theres no such thing as cheat meals, off plan and on plan, flexi syns. Theyre all made up concepts.

You can self refer to CBT at my GPs surgery and I didnt wait too long at all. Due to Covid its all done through telephone / zoom so its easy to do. Most employers will give you time to do it also. Some employers may even offer it through occ health.

This is probably the most sensible and thought provoking post I’ve ever come across on this site

 

[Blair-Waldorf]

I haven’t followed slimming world for years but the ‘rules’ have stayed with me I have an internal battle i’ve had toast for brekkie, can I have a sandwich for lunch?!?! Or god forbid the odd can of Coke or fruit juice. Arghhh

 

[ChubClubThug]

I was nosing through people I follow earlier and practically all of the people who have lost large amounts of weight (and mostly kept it off) have done so with SW, then changed to calorie counting and seemingly wiped SW from their memories. I am not a fan of SW as a company, but it seems odd to just pretend it never happened. Maybe it's like an ugly ex you pass in the street that you don't want to admit to shagging

 

[bacon_is_good_for_me]

The fucking state of this portion size though.

 

[rubyred66]

Fucking hell. Take two weeks off the diet, guilt free around Christmas! Lord knows this year has been hard enough. It might set your progress back a fortnight, hardly the end of the world. This ^ is why people fall off the wagon and feel like a failure.

I think it is a shameful post, it is patronising and damaging to members. I am really not happy with slimming world, their poor choice of consultants, their brand ambassadors are hugely egotistic and as much as the plan works, it needs an overhaul I think

 

[Wowwwwwwwww]

It was like mullers were free then became synned. I think it's for the few who suddenly decide to eat 7 mullers a day cos its free but doesn't account for all the sugars etc

Remember porkylightgate? That was a wild time.

 

[DrStriker]

If they don't serve quark quiche and sweet potato chocolates at the ball I'm going to be raging.

 

[Cherrycup]

Having done almost every diet out there (and ultimately realising calorie counting was the only thing that worked long term) I feel almost embarrassed by the fact I used to serve Swiss roll made out of egg whites and sweetener filled with muller light to my family

 

[Damocles]

it's bullshit like this that gets my blood boiling...

"nearly 2 years locked away with no socialising"

oh, and what about the time he went on a 740+ mile round trip to eat fucking cakes with mangoslim when we were in local lockdown and not allowed to travel outside the area we lived during lockdown

but you haven't socialised in 2 years...

 

[Damocles]

I don't why, but snaresylad really has the ability to get on my fucking nerves.. its his flippant attitude towards slimming world as a whole... I mean this is a man who has (or should i say HAD) lost 16 stone.

He is now a consultant, and has posted this on the facebook page for the group he runs...

"see you for the reckoning"

how fucking dare he. how dare he be so rude. there are people probably shitting themselves after eating a bit to much over christmas and he's here making fucking jokes. I mean it wouldnt be so bad, but this is a man who hasn't "faced his own reckoning" in almost 5 weeks now...

I wouldn't trust him to run me a tap, let alone a weightloss group in the name of my company.

an absolute disgrace.

 

[Damocles]

Jesus wept...

I took one for the team

the eyefucking from him was off the scale, we had outfit changes, the lot! talking about his favourite subject, HIMSELF.

kills me how he wears a hat to mask the fact he's going bald

 

[Ng!917658150]

Do SW Instagramers actually think they're celebrities?
That Ross and Kirsty doing a Q&A is ridiculous.

How did you lose weight? I followed the plan
How did you maintain your weight? I followed the plan
How can I lose weight? Follow the plan.
Q&A session over.

Why do people when they lose weight feel the need to become self indulgent bellends.

 

[Damocles]

It makes me cringe so hard that these people and others around them think they are celebrities.

God he really thinks he’s something doesn’t he

As for the tit shelf … hilariously hideous

I'd be getting a refund...

 

[NapQueenReturns]

Does anyone here follow gemmab_slimming? I’m just totally confused. She says she’s been calorie counting and exercising for over a year now, but she looks bigger than when she started? Her body has not changed one bit or face? - totally confused.

If you have to point out which is the ‘before’ picture on a Transformation Tuesday picture, then you know you’re doing shite.

 

[Damocles]

When are people going to realise that having to continually 'draw the line' shows how Slimming Work doesn't work in the long term?

I beg to differ...

I've lost almost 11 stone in under 3 years, I've not had one restart, not one binge, nothing!

It's the people that think they can fool the plan, not the plan itself