Slimming World #4

[mee43]

I have a strange obsession with diets and slimming groups
Which is probably why I’m overweight
I’m interested to read these posts as I was on the verge of signing up, yet again, with Slimming World.
A friend of mine has lost a lot of weight with them by following it to the letter and being incredibly disciplined.
But she’s the only one I know personally who has done this, and kept it off.
For me, when I think about it, the plan takes all the enjoyment out of food. And a plan where good food like avocado and olive oil is treated as sinful.
I don’t know what the answer is for me, but you’ve convinced me that it isn’t Slimming World!

 

[leoparddolly]

First post on this thread. I did Slimming World very successfully about 12 years ago. Stuck to the plan 100%, cut out most junk, switched from wine to gin & slim, etc etc. Then damaging behaviours crept in. The classic "don't eat on weigh day and don't drink anything after lunchtime (My weigh in was 7pm). I even started taking laxatives because I NEEDED to lose each week or I'd feel like a total failure. I lost 5.5 stone in 11 months. Won all the awards at my group. LIVED for the thrill of the praise. Then Christmas arrived. I'd been so restricted all year (I didn't have crisps for SIX MONTHS ffs) that I went nuts. Gained 10 pounds in 2 weeks. And never lost it. Kept gaining. Eventually regained all the weight, plus an extra 2 stone, over a period of about 4 years.

I've rejoined Slimming World groups numerous times over the years (most recently joined online a few months ago) but no matter what I did I was never able to replicate how well I'd done the first time. Probably because I'd destroyed my metabolism and mental health with how restricted I'd been tbh. And I couldn't bring myself to starve on weigh in days anymore. I've lost and then regained the same 3 stone about 5 or 6 times now.

I'm now in my mid 40s. I'm probably 5 stone overweight. But I've discovered exercise that I love. I work out 5 or 6 times a week. I feel physically fitter than I ever have. And I'm now trying to address my issues with food. I had a problem with binge eating long before I joined Slimming World. I can't blame Slimming World for that, but it did make it worse as I restricted myself so much in order to "succeed." That's my own issue though and not one I'd blame Slimming World for.

This is a long post and I'm not sure what the point of it is really. But yeah. My life has now been ruled by my weight for over 12 years and I have such a terrible relationship with food. I've started calorie counting and I am finding the binging has reduced as I'm building foods I love into my meals and snacks, rather than eating stuff I didn't love simply because it was "free" food or low in syns. Desperately trying to stop myself from mentally calculating how many syns something is every time I eat but hopefully that will come in time. And I will NEVER eat scan bran "cake" again

TLDR: Lost 5.5 stone too quickly. Regained it all. Only now realise how awful Slimming World was for me personally due to my own issues and how much damage it did.

 

[rubyred66]

I liked slimming world because my community is very small and before covid it was very social, I was very open about going for coffee and cake after a good week with my daughter, we like to lose weight before an event but we don’t take it too seriously. Sometimes you become the focus of the consultants attention and she pointed out that out coffee and cake after slimming world could be between 30-40 syns. A younger member said why not instead try the filled Easter eggs, you can have a treat but fill the egg with a lot more food and free fruit rather than going to a coffee shop. I just wanted a cake not a lecture, why would I stop doing something socially, go home and eat a gluttonous amount of food for the same syn value and feel no better for it and socially deprived? That is sometimes where I feel that slimming world can be mentally damaging in some respects. As I would imagine some people taking on that advice

 

[iamme3]

First post on this thread. I did Slimming World very successfully about 12 years ago. Stuck to the plan 100%, cut out most junk, switched from wine to gin & slim, etc etc. Then damaging behaviours crept in. The classic "don't eat on weigh day and don't drink anything after lunchtime (My weigh in was 7pm). I even started taking laxatives because I NEEDED to lose each week or I'd feel like a total failure. I lost 5.5 stone in 11 months. Won all the awards at my group. LIVED for the thrill of the praise. Then Christmas arrived. I'd been so restricted all year (I didn't have crisps for SIX MONTHS ffs) that I went nuts. Gained 10 pounds in 2 weeks. And never lost it. Kept gaining. Eventually regained all the weight, plus an extra 2 stone, over a period of about 4 years.

I've rejoined Slimming World groups numerous times over the years (most recently joined online a few months ago) but no matter what I did I was never able to replicate how well I'd done the first time. Probably because I'd destroyed my metabolism and mental health with how restricted I'd been tbh. And I couldn't bring myself to starve on weigh in days anymore. I've lost and then regained the same 3 stone about 5 or 6 times now.

I'm now in my mid 40s. I'm probably 5 stone overweight. But I've discovered exercise that I love. I work out 5 or 6 times a week. I feel physically fitter than I ever have. And I'm now trying to address my issues with food. I had a problem with binge eating long before I joined Slimming World. I can't blame Slimming World for that, but it did make it worse as I restricted myself so much in order to "succeed." That's my own issue though and not one I'd blame Slimming World for.

This is a long post and I'm not sure what the point of it is really. But yeah. My life has now been ruled by my weight for over 12 years and I have such a terrible relationship with food. I've started calorie counting and I am finding the binging has reduced as I'm building foods I love into my meals and snacks, rather than eating stuff I didn't love simply because it was "free" food or low in syns. Desperately trying to stop myself from mentally calculating how many syns something is every time I eat but hopefully that will come in time. And I will NEVER eat scan bran "cake" again

TLDR: Lost 5.5 stone too quickly. Regained it all. Only now realise how awful Slimming World was for me personally due to my own issues and how much damage it did.

Could not agree with you more
You sound like me talking lol

 

[uokhun92]

Could not agree with you more
You sound like me talking lol

As an ex consultant have you ever known anyone to keep to their target weight long term i.e. 5 years or more whilst still sticking religiously to the actual plan, not switching to calorie counting etc? I just can't imagine anyone reaching target at say age 25 and still be there 20 years down the line still having their life governed by SW!

 

[iamme3]

As an ex consultant have you ever known anyone to keep to their target weight long term i.e. 5 years or more whilst still sticking religiously to the actual plan, not switching to calorie counting etc? I just can't imagine anyone reaching target at say age 25 and still be there 20 years down the line still having their life governed by SW!

I had a couple of members be long term target members but they never followed the plan long term they stuck to plan (which takes over your life)
And then once at target just made better choices didn't count syns or healthy extras or any thing

 

[Thank(space)you]

Anyone remember Weight Loss witch?

Omg yes!! Wonder what happened to her?!

 

[Alfie1234]

Omg yes!! Wonder what happened to her?!

She used to post every evening religiously and lost about 20 stone I think initially? Then she moved to Scotland and how posts sporadically, they would have made such a celebrity of her if she’d stuck to it and lost all the weight, but she had a serious binge eating disorder that SW did nothing whatsoever to help. I think she’s still on Facebook, but I don’t really use it any more, not sure if she ever did insta or YT though.

 

[princesspoppy96]

How are my fellow curvaceous ladies coping in the heat wave?

 

[JustWonderingIf]

She used to post every evening religiously and lost about 20 stone I think initially? Then she moved to Scotland and how posts sporadically, they would have made such a celebrity of her if she’d stuck to it and lost all the weight, but she had a serious binge eating disorder that SW did nothing whatsoever to help. I think she’s still on Facebook, but I don’t really use it any more, not sure if she ever did insta or YT though.

She lost a chunk but then started gaining. She started diagnosing herself with all sorts of reasons why she couldn't lose weight.

She's yet another supersize whale who claims PCOS made her obese.
Does it make you gain more pounds than usual and make it harder to lose weight YES.
Does it uncontrollably propell you to 35+ stone? NO.
Its rit you're eating that did that. If you're 2-3 stone overweight you can blame the PCOS if you're over 20 stone overweight get a bleeping grip its your diet.
(I say this as a woman with pcos who has been over 20 stone...late night pizzas, slabs of dairy milk and kebabs got me there, not dodgy hormones)

She also kept flitting between different diets like keto etc
The keto I think was mostly so she could indulge in a shitload of cheese.
Don't have much to time for her myself she's a serial moaner and was the absolute queen of following then unfollowing when you follow back.
And if you didn't follow back she'd follow and unfollow over and over again to try make you notice her.

 

[ChubClubThug]

I had a couple of members be long term target members but they never followed the plan long term they stuck to plan (which takes over your life)
And then once at target just made better choices didn't count syns or healthy extras or any thing

Did you ever go to their crappy slimming world ball or hear any gossip from it? The amount of favouritism it used to generate made me sick

 

[JustWonderingIf]

Did you ever go to their crappy slimming world ball or hear any gossip from it? The amount of favouritism it used to generate made me sick

I can't think of SW ball without thinking of towers drunkenly shouting obscenties and embarassing the wrights and everyone he was with.

 

[ChubClubThug]

I can't think of SW ball without thinking of towers drunkenly shouting obscenties and embarassing the wrights and everyone he was with.

Probably totally off his botched saggy bits. He really was utter rum. I can't believe he was so popular for so long there's not been anything like it since the days of him and Harold prickard et al. It was certainly entertaining

 

[Alfie1234]

She lost a chunk but then started gaining. She started diagnosing herself with all sorts of reasons why she couldn't lose weight.

She's yet another supersize whale who claims PCOS made her obese.
Does it make you gain more pounds than usual and make it harder to lose weight YES.
Does it uncontrollably propell you to 35+ stone? NO.
Its rit you're eating that did that. If you're 2-3 stone overweight you can blame the PCOS if you're over 20 stone overweight get a bleeping grip its your diet.
(I say this as a woman with pcos who has been over 20 stone...late night pizzas, slabs of dairy milk and kebabs got me there, not dodgy hormones)

She also kept flitting between different diets like keto etc
The keto I think was mostly so she could indulge in a shitload of cheese.
Don't have much to time for her myself she's a serial moaner and was the absolute queen of following then unfollowing when you follow back.
And if you didn't follow back she'd follow and unfollow over and over again to try make you notice her.

She was 43stone to start with, did you ever watch her TedTalk? She was another that used to get really pissy and arrogant, especially when weigh day didn’t go her way, then she would talk about her BED as though it were a person and that she couldn’t possibly lose weight. Used to feel sorry for her husband as I think she treated him rather badly, very domineering and everything had to be her way.

 

[JustWonderingIf]

She was 43stone to start with, did you ever watch her TedTalk? She was another that used to get really pissy and arrogant, especially when weigh day didn’t go her way, then she would talk about her BED as though it were a person and that she couldn’t possibly lose weight. Used to feel sorry for her husband as I think she treated him rather badly, very domineering and everything had to be her way.

I always thought her husband was a feeder.
Then again I think that of every man who starts a relationship with a 30+ stone woman.
It was rumoured at one point he was running her ig not her because alot of the posts talked about what 'mr wlb' had for breakfast and what he was up to for the day.

 

[WhatABore]

Did anyone follow Izzy that was buddy buddy with towers? I know she became a consultant. She's quite young.
I think her name was Izzy. I liked her until she became pals with Towers and defended his go fund me

 

[iamme3]

Did you ever go to their crappy slimming world ball or hear any gossip from it? The amount of favouritism it used to generate made me sick

No I never went to a ball, no way was I paying £75 for a ticket to go to a works do where you where told to behave lol

 

[ChubClubThug]

No I never went to a ball, no way was I paying £75 for a ticket to go to a works do where you where told to behave lol

I can't say I blame you

 

[princesspoppy96]

No I never went to a ball, no way was I paying £75 for a ticket to go to a works do where you where told to behave lol

Wow that’s ridiculous I thought it was a paid for event now I hate the idea even more.

 

[fedupfatty]

Did anyone follow Izzy that was buddy buddy with towers? I know she became a consultant. She's quite young.
I think her name was Izzy. I liked her until she became pals with Towers and defended his go fund me

Yes I really liked Izzy. She was just so young to have such a big platform and I feel like her age was her vulnerability as she didn’t have the maturity some her age would and SW preyed on that