Slimming world

[bacon_is_good_for_me]

Enjoyed reading all your posts and hearing your good and bad experiences. Personally I’ve lost weight years ago with slimming world but I put it back on again (and more) when I stopped. Back then I went to group every now and again but I found the group way to cliquey and I was always sat on my own (lol). The consultant never pressured me but tbh she hardly ever bothered with me. I lost 3 stone in total and put it allll back on again. I started following it again in august last year but at home and I really stuck to it, lost a stone and started following all these big SW insta accounts. They provided me with a lot of inspo and tbh it kept me on track because I was giddy that I could eat all that tasty food and humongous portions and still lose weight. I counted every syn and piled my plate with ‘free foods’ and started to get disheartened when I just wasn’t losing. I was maintaining and sometimes even gaining. I couldn’t understand, I was following the plan and was eating the same portion size as these insta accounts. I went to the doctors to have my thyroid checked, that turned out fine. So it’s took me to read this thread to realise that the reason I’m not losing is because I’m basing all of my foods on what the SW accounts eat and their portion size. I’m kicking myself over it and feel like a proper dafty. So today I’m going back to basics and I’m going to weigh my free foods to stop me from overeating. No more biscoff spread and all of these low syn puddings that these accounts claim to lose weight on.

Welcome to the thread and don’t feel like a dafty! Your story proves that the big SW threads have a lot to answer for. They fool people into believing that their warped version of SW will work. They know that a mountain of chips or a sugary bowl of baked oats with biscoff spread will get likes, not an honest healthy meal which actually follows the principles of the diet. It makes me laugh that they are now all calorie counting, like sheep all copying each other.
I’m glad you have realised the truth about the big accounts, although not every SW instagram is bad. There are some with smaller followings who are helpful! I’ll try and find a few for you x

 

[anniemouse]

I no longer do SW but I’ve heard a rumour it’s about to change and it could be going down the calorie counting route.

 

[SusieSue79]

I did well on SW, when on it! I lost 4 stone in 2011-12 and maintained for a year before 2 close pregnancies and have been up and down since. I'm not sure if SW insta has helped or hindered. Constantly hearing how dreadful and bad it is on there doesn't help though. Julesthelazycook_sw has always been supportive and tries her best, she sticks to from scratch cooking a lot.

I'm now stuck between SW which is just so much easier than tracking everything, and CC which is also good, but the tracking is tiresome and I can just eat whatever which actual doesn't always help me! Oh so hard!!

 

[Dragondog]

All diets are calories in vs calories out tho? You can call it super diet 5000 if you like, but that’s essentially what it is

 

[Littleoldlurker]

Does anyone follow emilycat_sw? I used to follow her and visited her page recently to see she’s just changed to an FM Hun and it’s flogging pyramid schemes on her page also noticed she’s gained a bit of weight but is still using before and afters from when she was at her skinniest

 

[SpiceWeasel]

One of the fairly large SW accounts I follow has posted an 8lb loss this week - surely that's got to be mostly water? The most I have ever lost in one week is 4lb. Unpopular opinion but I'm really not looking forward to group starting back up, my losses when I used to go were unpredictable at best with it being at 7pm, 4lb loss one week when I'd been very off plan then another I'd gain 1lb having lived off SP meals all week, all dependent on what I had or hadn't eaten or drank that day. Even though I know you're meant to eat/drink normally it's impossible to keep it exactly the same, I'd always eat really light in the morning then have nothing after 12pm and wouldn't drink anything after 3pm. Made the day absolute hell. Might ask if I can just continue to weigh first thing and text my consultant my weight, it would make life so much less stressful could never be arsed staying for group and listening to the X Factor worthy sob stories justifying putting on 3lb. SHUT UP JANET, WE'RE ALL FUCKING HANGRY AND THE CHIPPY SHUTS SOON

Also how big are some of the tablespoons some of these insta accounts have I always weigh out the 15g serving and it's way less than what they're trying to blag as 1 syn worth or whatever

 

[Maracas]

5 syns if you mash it with a fork. Free if you mash it with your teeth inside your mouth...

I feel like going back to group to see what shit they are doing nowerdays. When I used to go we used to have ‘taster nights’ Where Julie and Brenda would make some SW shite and bring it in for people to try.

One week I saw these little brown balls, I exclaimed ‘ha! Rabbit shit’ ... ‘that’s actually chocolate truffle, I made them out of crushed weetabix’

Curry made out of mushy peas, quiche made out of pasta in sauce sachets, Haribos made out of jelly and Muller Light - it’s fucking rank!

 

[Stuckinthe90s]

That Gemma.b.slimming is defo a secret eater, she is constantly counting calories and works out/walks so much but she hasn’t changed in months
I am a similar weight/height to her (well I was a while back I have actually lost weight doing CC) and my shape is changing by sticking to a defecit and moving more but I can’t see any difference in her since I started following her at the start of the year!

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

That's shocking just seen your edit about food diaries, mine used to make positive comments but then write 'wonder why you aren't having big losses???' similar to you I've never had loads to lose so a loss of 1lb a week is good for me so I was like err, thanks My consultant is actually really nice but I do find the rest of the group dreary. Have thought about going to a different one but the times are always when I'm at work.

I find the generic texts really annoying I remember one week I'd put on 1lb which was entirely my own doing because I'd been out on the lash all weekend and had about 50 takeaways which I was totally honest about and gave the group a good laugh, got a text in the week saying 'I know you felt disheartened at weigh in last week because you've been trying so hard'

Sounds EXACTLY like an old consultant I had.. who told my mum that my grandad dying the week before wasn’t an excuse for a gain and “this is a slimming club you know not just an excuse for you to go out”. Luckily a few people complained and she actually got sacked!!!

I do actually enjoy the SW plan but I hate the aggro you get for not getting massive losses. If I try hard I get 1-1.5 a week maximum which I’m happy with but I feel like I’m constantly told it’s not good enough by the consultants! Then the largest member there will say something like “well I had 2 takeaways this week and I still managed 3lbs!!” Yes babe but I’m about 10 stone lighter than you

Id honestly never seen anything like it. In my original group they used to talk about that consultant and I did used to think it cant be that bad. No it was.

As much as people say oh the SW ethos isnt like that. Im not so sure. I was on the social team with my original consultant who was absolutely lovely. When she got observed from her area manager she was always sort of told off for her approach and she wasnt strict enough.

So I reckon there must be some pressure for your class to have a certain level of weight loss and if they dont youre judged on it, which would certainly explain why some consultants are the way they are.

Edit 1-1.5lbs per week is a healthy loss and likely to be loss of fat too. SW / consultants dont want to advertise that as the average loss because that doesnt draw people in. People want to believe they can lose 3lbs a week on average every week. I just wish it was plastered everywhere what an average fat loss is. I saw so many people completely disheartened at losing 1lb per week every week but honestly the people I saw just ploughing on at that were the people who got to target and found it easier to stay there.

 

[NapQueenReturns]

Anyone come across Thefunnymummydoesslimmingworld ? Thoughts and observations?

Just had a peek.

Another ‘Go Fund Me for my tummy tuck’ account.

Save up or take a loan out you beggy cunt.

 

[SpiceWeasel]

The calorie content of the PON free gravy thing vs either normal homemade or Bisto is ridiculous, not to mention the salt content as it uses about 10 stock cubes. Sometimes you just have to use your common sense with 'free' food vs those with a syn value but you know the calorie/fat content is low but they're still applying 1 syn per 20 cal to it. We are moving house soon so I'm trying to run the cupboards/freezer down, came across some ready made polenta for example that's 75 cal per 100g and less than 1g of fat, it works out less than pasta but it's 3.5 syns per 100g on SW it's a 250g serving so I'm not counting like 9 syns for it, I'll just have it as I would my 'free' carb as it will work out similar energy intake.

 

[Robbie09]

Thanks.

I’ve followed SW on and off most of my adult life but since 2017 something clicked.
I’m no longer chasing numbers but hit a target I’m happily maintaining along with exercise, I’m no saint and do slip up but don’t let it guilt me.
I could still loose 2 stone in other peoples eyes but why, I’m happy and wearing size 14s I only dreamed off, plus no spring chicken lol.
I just don’t like group etc or how these big SW accounts exploit the plan.
I’m a meat and 2 veg girl lol.

 

[bettybutler]

This thread is actually killing me, who eats Swiss roll for breakfast this proves to me I could never follow SW as an Instagram user because before I learned so much on the Tattle Weightloss thread I know I would have been sucked in by this shit

Dunno how the fuck these SW Instagramers loose weight cos that’s stupid normal people eat weetabix with milk for breakfast not a Swiss roll that’s unhealthy to promote geez!!

 

[Moonflower]

Spaghetti hoops in a tankard think I've seen it all now!

I get what you mean, but the baked oats people don't annoy me as much A lot of people do lose weight and eat baked oats with chocolate because they are in a caloric deficit.

yeah I get that, I think for me it's the idea that breakfast has to be a treat somehow. I mean, have treats within your calories, but at breakfast? If I had massive chocolatey breakfasts I know I'd be on a slippery slope to binging chocolate all day.

It's also partly due to the fact that their "tsp" is usually about half a jar of Nutella

 

[Grumpyscotslady]

Ahhh Donna_tackles_slimmgworld another one desperate for you to save her posts and can’t label her jd code as an ad.

I can't deal with her posts. She addresses what she calls the "Karen's" that query her portions by saying that she's lost weight eating like this. What she fails to mention is that the 3st 10lb she's lost according to her bio is what she had lost by August last year. Sorry, but if I'd stayed the same weight for 8 months on a weight loss plan then i'd be changing something! She's obviously eating her maintainance calories now.

 

[SpiceWeasel]

This One Account, Gained 15lb in 3 Days.

How?

Wow they must be seriously putting the food away then. Even from a week on holiday the most I’ve gained was 3lb and that was eating/drinking whatever I liked! The big gains from holidays always seem to be from those big all inclusive buffet type resorts. When I’m on holiday I just have what I fancy when I’m hungry but we either self cater from a supermarket or go out to a cafe/restaurant. Man, I miss sitting in a spanish bar eating tapas and drinking wine so much

 

[NapQueenReturns]

There seems to be a big divide on IG lately, between SW’ers and ex SW’ers. Lots of snarking and talk of negativity

Think the SW lot are just grumpy seeing all the lovely junk food the CC lot are eating

 

[Anotherct]

Exactly, I'm quiet into sw (it has its flaws like most eating plans) and I just don't get the whole chocolate, sweet, rich breakfasts. I have fruit and yogurt/fruit/boiled egg/bacon butty for breakfast. I guess that's why if people looked at my Instagram they would say it's boring. But it works nearly 10st lighter.

It absolutely works if you do it properly and watch your calories. Just because it’s syn free doesn’t mean it’s calorie free!

 

[Northeast1988]

Where did this post come from? It’s not on their SM platforms and I can’t see any reference on their website. I’m getting fake vibes but may be wrong!

It’s on their official email today as part of their newsletter
And it’s all about cutting calories and not counting calories so they talked about how they used nutritional research from university’s to base their info on and that losing weight is about being in a calorie deficit but counting calories can be tedious which is where the free food list comes into account so they have done all the work for you so by following their suggestions you are cutting calories without having to count them

 

[Disneylover]

The SW bashing on Tik Tok is getting worse, loads of PT’s jumping on the bandwagon calling sw consultants cunts
Ok, we know people abuse sw and so their own take on it but are they actually aware that the plan works?! So many people doing videos saying it gave them an eating disorder and it’s a head fuck! I think most of them are doing it for the views!