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Leftpeg9

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Caffeine Fiend said:
I dont think anyone disputes that SW works. Long term it doesnt give you the tools to maintain your 'target' weight. Also Ive said this for a few years now, not in relation to PTs jumping on the hate SW bandwagon. I have no views here, no clout to gain by posting what happened to me.

You cant avoid meals out and celebrations forever. You dont want to have chicken in black bean sauce and boiled rice for every takeaway and having takeaways of your choice and 'unlimited' free food doesnt go hand in hand with maintaining weight.

I wouldnt go as far to say as SW gave me an eating disorder but I had disordered eating. The full binge/purge rollercoaster. Barely eating before weigh in but then eating 'on plan' but more carbs and bigger portions the 3 days following weigh in. Id stop drinking water at 1pm for a 5pm weigh in.

I was seen as the 'ideal SW-er' at my class. Constantly looked up to and told to ask as I was doing 'so well' so I felt more pressure to continually have a loss each week. I couldnt say outl oud what I was doing because I knew it wasnt normal.

Im more educated now and realise that weightloss isnt a downward line constantly and fluctuations are normal. Especially for females, we ovulate, we menstruate, we hold water more than males do. I dont need to analyse my whole weeks eating if I gain half a pound and wonder where I went wrong.

Also having been what I would say is skinny for my frame/height I realised that loving myself wasnt solved by being a weight/size. If you dont love yourself as you are you'l always see something wrong no matter what size you are. I could see my bones and still felt just another half stone would be better.
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Funny you say that, as a former target member I remember full well the ‘control’ SW gave me following on from a miscarriage where I got to my lowest adult weight ever. I look at pictures from back then and they actually just make me sad, because I know full well that I’m sad in them too at the time of taking them.
 
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bettybutler said:
Yesss and same !! It’s full of FM crap isn’t it all her reels about FM 🙄 she gets 10k a month and can afford her dream car a Range Rover, every influencer seems to have white rovers these days is that how we know you’ve made it ? Half of them will have it on finance (nothing wrong with finance heck I used finanace but not showing off like I’ve brought it brand new in full ffs! She had gained weight haven’t most of us but I’m not sharing my lower weight pics 🤦🏼‍♀️
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It is sad to see people falling prey to these horrible scams, I see it often now and these people take on huge finance payments for Range Rovers and when the bubble bursts they are no longer able to afford it. The best advice for these people is to live within their means and not get yourself in excessive debt. It is a big cause of people’s deteriorating mental health. People who are taken in by these scams end up way over their heads and in huge amounts of debt that they are unable to pay off. Of course this is the side that isn’t posted on Instagram as it’s all about show.
 
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eSsExBiRd

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Caffeine Fiend said:
Thats a great consultant! Unless youre gonna have fry light roasties forever then you need to learn whats a reasonable amount of oil to use.

Saw someone on the PON fb page say there gravy is say 120 cals per portion but Bisto for a portion is less. People arguing that its made of free foods so calories dont matter. 🤡
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I got blocked from that page after highlighting exactly the same thing 🤣 Pleased to see people are still speaking out. Other Facebook SW pages are pathetic too, I came off after Brenda kept banging on about how Lasagne Sheet crisps didn’t effect her weighloss and the reason she loses weight is because she has cheat meals.
 
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ChampagneBox

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Nellseyeview said:
Anyone followed ‘hollyproudtbh’ at any point of her ‘journey’? Not a very big account but she’s been up and down for years. Seems to have now sacked it off and opted for some very obvious photoshop instead.. public service announcement: pulling your waist in doesn’t work well when you’re stood in front of a pin-straight tinsel curtain
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Oh my god I’ve just gone on insta to see this 😂😳
 
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WalterMittyfan

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anniemouse said:
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.
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I think you are right. I am in a group and have just been told we are part of a pilot for a new 6 week programme based on psychology of slimming. I think it’s to keep up with the likes of Noom and I for one am really looking forward to trying it. I rate SlimmingWorld as a company and their ethos and admire them for constantly evolving and keeping up with the times. I do think they ignored low carb but this may turn out in their favour - time will tell.
 
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Sophie Jude the covergirl gained loads. That common woman Spanjee did the same. Dann Sully, well see his thread, 😏 not a liked bloke 😅.

To me Slimming world is boring, lacks, variety and people get bored. I did and i piled on stones
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swipe_up

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eSsExBiRd said:
Binge plates 🤢 I’m so lucky I had consultants who encouraged members to use their syns on meals with things like real gravy, sauces. I also remember one who reminded people 15 syns a day was maximum and not target 🎯 She was also great in educating members that you need to have speed on the plate, not as an after thought as that’s where the loss comes from.
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Sounds like the consultant I had! She was ace. She also used to veer people away from muller lights (before they were synned!) “donut and sweetener is not a natural flavour” that stuck with me 😂
She also used to use her syns for meals and encouraged her members to do the same, “best to have a little of something good” (eg white sauce instead of cottage cheese in a lasagne lol)
I really liked her, I reached target in 2016, got pregnant and kept it off x
I have heard absolute horror stories about other groups though 😱😱😱
 
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ScorpioMoon

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Those skinny sauces are bloody awful as well, I tried the syrups for my coffee and it was so bitter with sweeteners/chemicals.
 
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Onthehop

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Shamrockgirl said:
They look rank though. I hate baked and overnight oats. I like porridge just not this way. Some of those concoction are just 🤢🥴
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I don’t get the thing with overnight couscous for breakfast either. It looks rank. I think Tracey mouse has it often.
 
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Tatty44

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Hipbones said:
Imagine having an entire drawer of Skinny whips. It’s like when the huns started idolising Hinch and bought every Zoflora scent 😂

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Who has the bloody time to set it out like that either.
That Colin the crossiant makes me so cross, it's people and posts like that give sw a bad name in that respect. Would you have ate it before sw i.e not eating healthy..... No ..... Why the hell do it now your healthy eating. Get a grip eat normally!
 
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Underhiseye

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bettybutler said:
Does anyone follow swjourneyphilippa ?
Her meals seem
Absolutely tiny ! Amazing weight loss but tonight’s she’s had 2 wings and about 6/7 wedges 😱😱
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Just had a look, her portions looked normal until recently (didn’t scroll back that far though only so many plates I can look at 😂). It will be interesting to see if she carries on with the tiny portions
 
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Tamara

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bettybutler said:
Does anyone follow swjourneyphilippa ?
Her meals seem
Absolutely tiny ! Amazing weight loss but tonight’s she’s had 2 wings and about 6/7 wedges 😱😱
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looked at her Instagram she eats small amounts of food but a lot of processed/junk food. Two slices of pizza dirty fries and two breaded mushrooms if she ate chicken and veg she would have way more on her plate calorie wise. I seen the chicken wings 6 wedges and tiny portion of coleslaw/shot glass size portion. This isn’t enough food the poor lass is starving herself. That’s the problem with the BMI rate thing is can allow people to go way to thin and starve themselves as it says they are still at a healthy weight when they are heading to way underweight.
 
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Mardymermaid

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I’m doing slimming world as me and my husband need to lose a lot of lockdown weight. I find some areas of it problematic but want to support my husband. I’ve just adjusted it a bit to suit me. I love a smoothie breakfast in summer so if I want one I’ll have it but only use what Id have eaten in a meal so one banana handful of berries measured portion of oats if wanting to add oats .
Mashed banana too one mashed is fine as long as I don’t go stupid and have more than one.

eventually I will calorie count but Im
Just using this to get a good start as I need to for my health. Also I can’t stand whole meal bread so most of the time I won’t have bread but if I want a burger and my white option is the same calories as whole meal hex b I’ll have it
 
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