I think it’s puzzling why someone who lost an incredible amount of weight is asking strangers on the internet for help. Unless you lost weight by some unconventional method such as crash diets or other methods then surely you know what to do? If the slimming world plan that you and your Instagram friends promoted daily, worked so well and was the best thing ever, why not go back to it and start from scratch?
It's a combination of the fact a lot of SW'ers who have huge losses massively restrict (cut out carbs, don't bother with syns, eat small portions) to get to target and the fact SW as plan fundementally doesn't work long term.
It goes something like this:
1. Person with over 8 stone to lose joins SW
2. Due to high weight has big initial losses and gets attention and awards
3. Losses slow down eventually, this makes them unhappy as not getting awards and they thought the weight woule come off faster
4. Begin to eat less syns or less carbs. Losses get bigger again and they get awards coming again.
5. After around a year - 18 months or restricting they reach target
6. Keep eating SW but now they're at target feel they can loosen up and eat more syns, pasta, potatoes and rice, cos they're free right?
7. Body that has been deprived starts holding onto the extra calories coming in and they begin regaining weight
8. They try to cut down again but find it hard as always hungry due to previously depriving their body.
Ask consultant for advice they say focus on free foods
9. They focus on free foods piling plates high with potatoes and pasta but keep gaining weight back and can't lose. Become fustrated and start eating whatever they want and gain even more weight back.
10. After a year- 18 months most if not all of weight gained back. They rejoin SW and the cycle begins again. Except now they are depressed they don't get the same losses as before due to messing up their metabolism.
Snares isn't alone in regaining such a large amounts most of the SW big losers on the gram gained it all back.
- towers
- JSG
- big ben to slim ben
- mrs bavington (well on her way to)
- mr and mrs mummy wright
- charles the foodie slimmer (he is worst example he lost 15 stone then gained back 17 the year after)
- towers
- blueeyesandthickthighs
Probably more I can't think of
), I could be a size 6 gold medal gymnast by now 
imagine if I’d rejoined SW after Christmas and lost that. I’d be crying and my old consultant would probably banish me for ruining her figures! Just goes to show it’s not all about the scales but SW is totally focused on weight.
