Slimming World Tattlers-Ideas & support

[mingbag]

Well done @mingbag ! Slow and steady wins the race
I'm doing ok, still sticking to plan and gently reigning myself in, getting weighed tomorrow morning so
I'm bloody hungry today though and could eat all the pork scratchings and twirls

I should have said, I’ve got 1 more stone to lose!!

 

[ReginaPhalangee]

Hello am doing SW online. I did the group thing a few years ago before my wedding and lost 4st. After baby/lockdown times/christmas I’ve gained some back so want to do SW again as I loved it.

 

[mingbag]

Great idea
I joined online and found a voucher code still in date so instead of €75 for 3 months I got it for €50 it worked for £ too.

Discount code was: WOMAN2020

 

[37BBL]

Is this still going? Can I join!!
I haven't weighed myself but i know I've put on loads in lockdown.
Need to get my ass into gear.

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

I follow a few but mainly for comedy value

I try not to snack either, and if I do I try and stick to cucumber/carrot sticks with homemade tzatziki or something. Find drinking loads of water helps me stay full. I also weigh pasta/rice out which my SW consultant used to discourage everyone from doing when I mentioned it in group I just have no portion control when it comes to carbs and a waste not want not attitude to making sure it all gets eaten!

Not sure whether 2 Healthy A’s is right for me it just seems a lot, I only have a couple of coffees in the morning and use 100ml of milk. If I just have 1 it will save about 700 calories a week

I don’t even measure my A choices. I get 4 x 1 pint bottles a week from the milk man, which is 2272ml. I use green milk and I don’t tend to use it all, so I figure I’m at about 1 choice per day. I only use it in coffee and tea really. My kids can’t have dairy So I rarely make any meals with cheese either.

 

[Glamourelle]

Hi! I did SW a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I felt good about myself as well as fitting into my jeans. Since then my life has changed massively.

I've just started a phased return back to work after 4 months off sick with severe anxiety and depression, something I'd tried to ignore for a really long time. I'm also battling insomnia and am 10 days into sleep restriction therapy. I feel pretty rubbish about myself and I'm now heavier than I was before I joined SW the first time. Obviously there is also Covid, not the best time to have a quarter-life crisis!

Sorry for the life story, but wanted to give a bit of background. For my, physical and mental health are so closely linked, I'm hoping getting back into SW will benefit my health overall, as well as get me back into those jeans!! I've only ever done it online as the thought of being in a group terrifies me, but I'd really like to be part of this support group, if you'll have me?

Ah of course- itll be good to revive this thread! So sorry for what you’re going through at the moment, sounds rubbish. Sending you big hugs

 

[captainhelix]

I joined three weeks ago, lost 5.8kgs so far (12.7lbs) but I have a feeling this week will be maintain or gain- I’ve got 40kgs (88lbs) to loose so feeling the pressure but know slow and steady wins the race-

It looks like something Lucy Jessica Carter would create
Weigh day for me today, I've lost 4lbs
Happy with that just need to keep going


I tried weight watchers and found I struggled with what to eat I seemed to be stuck on chicken veg and salad and got through points quickly. Good luck! X

Well done!

 

[Elizaaaaa]

Hi! I did SW a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I felt good about myself as well as fitting into my jeans. Since then my life has changed massively.

I've just started a phased return back to work after 4 months off sick with severe anxiety and depression, something I'd tried to ignore for a really long time. I'm also battling insomnia and am 10 days into sleep restriction therapy. I feel pretty rubbish about myself and I'm now heavier than I was before I joined SW the first time. Obviously there is also Covid, not the best time to have a quarter-life crisis!

Sorry for the life story, but wanted to give a bit of background. For my, physical and mental health are so closely linked, I'm hoping getting back into SW will benefit my health overall, as well as get me back into those jeans!! I've only ever done it online as the thought of being in a group terrifies me, but I'd really like to be part of this support group, if you'll have me?

 

[mingbag]

I’ve set up a new private Insta account to keep as a food diary to help too. Not following anyone yet and not looking for followers but it’s a good to keep track of my meals

 

[The mooster]

Anyone up for reviving this thread? I’m sure a few are starting today?

 

[SpiceWeasel]

I don’t think I follow any ‘SW accounts’ now as you’re right it’s about who can make the prettiest pancakes or the biggest treat plates using the least amount of syns.

I love to cook also and just find the weighing of every single thing tedious and then you need to portion whatever you make to the gram. Then trying to take the kids portions out as well. We all eat the same meal in this house.

The yogurt thing used to drive me insane, would you eat 3 yogurts on a normal day? For the majority of people, the answer is no, but back in the day they were free so people would eat them. Like when people would have a mugshot as a snack but they’re about 300 calories.

Ive been trying not to snack unless I’m actually hungry and I’ve found that eating balanced meals means I’m not actually hungry in between.

I follow a few but mainly for comedy value

I try not to snack either, and if I do I try and stick to cucumber/carrot sticks with homemade tzatziki or something. Find drinking loads of water helps me stay full. I also weigh pasta/rice out which my SW consultant used to discourage everyone from doing when I mentioned it in group I just have no portion control when it comes to carbs and a waste not want not attitude to making sure it all gets eaten!

Not sure whether 2 Healthy A’s is right for me it just seems a lot, I only have a couple of coffees in the morning and use 100ml of milk. If I just have 1 it will save about 700 calories a week

 

[mrsloulis]

I started last week too, the online version. Going well so far, I like not being restricted & I really need structure to lose weight. I’m a notorious yo-yo dieter, always 1.5 stone up & down. Got just over a stone to lose now & I find the motivation to lose that is difficult cos it doesn’t seem much. Still requires effort though!

The “famous” Instagram slimming worlders put me off so much though. I don’t want to turn into a treat-plate eating, muller light devouring tw*t some of the “tweaks” are gross!

 

[Bluetomato]

I took a few days off over Christmas, and boy did I know it! Felt so awful and sluggish. Good luck for anyone starting today, you CAN do it!

 

[SpiceWeasel]

Hi can I join as well please I only just found this thread

Joined online 3 weeks ago which was badly thought out timing as it’s been nothing but birthdays since then and the devil on my shoulder saying treat yo self so been sticking to plan 80% of the time then sabotaging myself on 1 or 2 days. Weighed myself this morning and I am still the weight I was when I started, really need to sort my shit out so determined to stick 100% to plan this week and actually start shifting some weight.

And same here since I started following a load of actually really good SW accounts the ‘famous’ ones have all been popping up. So much beige!! Harry Pickard has blocked me though so at least that’s one I won’t see

 

[SpiceWeasel]

I don’t even measure my A choices. I get 4 x 1 pint bottles a week from the milk man, which is 2272ml. I use green milk and I don’t tend to use it all, so I figure I’m at about 1 choice per day. I only use it in coffee and tea really. My kids can’t have dairy So I rarely make any meals with cheese either.

Ahh that’s good to know. I don’t think it makes any sense anyway having to measure milk but have as much natural yoghurt/cottage cheese/quark as you want! Hey hum

 

[Elizaaaaa]

Yes please!! Did my first weigh in today - I'm now 6 stone heavier than my previous "top" weight Are you attending group/virtual groups or online?

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

I know what you mean about feeling like a hypocrite following SW. Calorie counting is definitely the smarter route if you have the knowledge, it always amazed me in group when I went how some people have zero understanding about calories and would be eating shit tonnes of fruit for example not to mention muller lights etc CoS iT’s FrEe and be totally non plussed as to why they’d gained or maintained despite ‘following plan’.

I’m the same as you when I follow MFP I end up living off ready meals and anything with a barcode even though I love to cook because it’s so much of a headache weighing everything and counting spices etc. I like the routine of SW and think the principles are good and it does work if you follow it without tweaking everything and having double/triple carbs even though you know it’s wrong oh and not paying any attention to any of the SW accounts with 1000s of followers who never eat an ounce of speed and their grids are a sea of beige!!

I don’t think I follow any ‘SW accounts’ now as you’re right it’s about who can make the prettiest pancakes or the biggest treat plates using the least amount of syns.

I love to cook also and just find the weighing of every single thing tedious and then you need to portion whatever you make to the gram. Then trying to take the kids portions out as well. We all eat the same meal in this house.

The yogurt thing used to drive me insane, would you eat 3 yogurts on a normal day? For the majority of people, the answer is no, but back in the day they were free so people would eat them. Like when people would have a mugshot as a snack but they’re about 300 calories.

Ive been trying not to snack unless I’m actually hungry and I’ve found that eating balanced meals means I’m not actually hungry in between.

 

[Glamourelle]

Can I join too? I joined a virtual group this week and feel so overwhelmed with it, I’ve never done SW before!