Caffeine Fiend
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Id say 400 calories for breakfast is fine too. I usually have 300-400 for breakfast and lunch and then a larger evening meal.
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This is where SW does need to invest further I feel. You sit there at a group asking about how to navigate a social event or what to have when you really fancy a takeaway but don't want to blow your weight loss and there aren't really any answers. No-one wants wants to have fish and chips then take the batter off the fish or order chicken in bloody black bean sauce with boiled rice and is there anything more depressing than worrying about what you're being fed if you're at someone's house when really you should be enjoying getting together with people....especially when we've been denied these kind of events for the last year.
The on/off plan is a bit of a head fuck for so many people. It's all very well for consultants to say nothing is banned but it doesn't seem to work like that in reality. So many of us struggle with having food we can't easily fit into the plan so we end up veering off then having to reset.
Justamother
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Oh I didn’t see them! She obviously knows she’s wrong then if she deleted them, I’m sure she would be gutted coming across similar that included her son in years to comeShe did on her now deleted stories, complete with a link to the girls own story criticizing her.
Thanks for the new members Erika! This is exactly how I found Tattle
I’ve been here a while on and off some threads are better than others 
SpiceWeasel
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When I was at my lowest adult weight as a 17 year old I’d get comments all the time saying how slim I was, oh to be young etc but they had no idea I was surviving off black coffee, Diet Coke and an apple all day then either nothing if I could help it or 1/2 a portion of whatever my mum had made for tea. I look back on photos and think I look ill and know that girl was constantly starving. Still trying to find a happy medium but I never want to get back there, I was about 9 stone which at 5’6” is technically healthy but I definitely didn’t look it.
SpiceWeasel
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This is from 2019 and they don’t post anymore but their page is still there... I got blocked for commenting on this post saying it was an absurd portion and just pure gluttony or something along those lines a couple of days later they did a post/story about keyboard warriors 
I’m pretty sure what I get from the Chinese as a treat has less cals than that. And they were trying to say it was 3 syns
it’s eat until you feel satisfied hun, not eat enough to feed a small village. And that was leftovers too imagine what the original portion was if they had finished it in one go, #slimmingworld all the way 
a couple of days later they did a post/story about keyboard warriors I’m pretty sure what I get from the Chinese as a treat has less cals than that. And they were trying to say it was 3 syns
it’s eat until you feel satisfied hun, not eat enough to feed a small village. And that was leftovers too imagine what the original portion was if they had finished it in one go, #slimmingworld all the way iloveharibo
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I just watched them and she's bob on as always.tryingtodoitall_sw did some really good stories on the full mail shot thing. Very sensible
I think SW have really messed up with their marketing here. I'll happily admit I was wrong about it being fake but wtf are they thinking?!
rubyred66
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A big thank you for the suggestions. I’ve added them to my shopping list.
The first slimming world group we attended the consultant was always complaining about money and how much pressure slimming world out on her. For the family holidays in 2017 onwards we joined a different group and there was a huge difference. The consultant was friendly and very knowledgeable she like ones mentioned on here warned people away from the sweetener based treats and try and include syns on more flavoursome food. When the kids were at home, as soon as a pack of biscuits were open they would be gone so I understand what the consultants mean.
The good consultants make slimming world either a great experience or a bad one. The members set the atmosphere. I remember a young lady called Sally who said she was always really on plan, everything made in batches and meals set for the week. My old counselling offices for a contract were above a Subway sandwich shop and I saw her there almost every lunchtime. Every slimming world member has a member that stretches the truth but some of the Instagram slimmers are really dishonest and I don’t know why the feel the need to be dishonest and have these large ego’s.
ciaoadiosimdone
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I couldn’t be doing with it. All her meals use about 65 pots.
Moonflower
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Tbsp of chocolate spread my arseMore mini eggs
that's a bucket full!Northeast1988
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wonder if its slightly changing at the moment as i attended zoom this week and lost count of how many times she mentioned calories. been with her since march 2020 and shes never been like thatI find it really conflicting, was going through a load of old SW books the other day and one actually mentions calories, it was comparing a SW fry up to a normal one and said just as much food but fewer calories, yet in group like you say it’s almost as if mentioning the existence of calories is forbidden and you can only refer to things as Free or having syns! Mentioning weighing anything other than Healthy Extras gets you looked at like you’ve got two heads. I really think they could do with a bit of an overhaul on the free carbs side of things like saying for example one serving of pasta/rice/potatoes per meal is free.
Edit: just to add the picking batter off fish thing is mad simply because fish and chips isn’t exactly cheap anymore, I’m not picking the batter off
said all consultants are having 6 weeks worth of traninig and taking everyone back to basics
JoeBloggs
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What a waste of drawer space. All for the gramImagine 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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Mardymermaid
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I have a love hate relationship with slimming world I’m still undecided but sw social media is weird in general.
how do they manage on the Facebook groups to get the food looking so unappealing? honestly some of the concoctions
Also treat plates used to love the idea but I find it quite problematic now it happens on calorie counting too. Plates full of popcorn ,chocolate , jelly ,crisps meat and all sorts of things. I think it just encourages reliance on junk food and it’s really not a good idea to eat that much rubbish even if it does fit slimming world /calories.
There was a post the other day someone had Birdseye crispy chicken asking for syns , someone suggested taking the breadcrumbs off , what’s the point buying crispy then ? Also not sure it works like that.
how do they manage on the Facebook groups to get the food looking so unappealing? honestly some of the concoctions
Also treat plates used to love the idea but I find it quite problematic now it happens on calorie counting too. Plates full of popcorn ,chocolate , jelly ,crisps meat and all sorts of things. I think it just encourages reliance on junk food and it’s really not a good idea to eat that much rubbish even if it does fit slimming world /calories.
There was a post the other day someone had Birdseye crispy chicken asking for syns , someone suggested taking the breadcrumbs off , what’s the point buying crispy then ? Also not sure it works like that.
Fat is a feminist issue is a really good book.
I find people who are effortlessly thin just eat to hunger cues, if one day they have a big appetite they roll with it. Next day hardly any food. It all balances out. When they eat they enjoy it sans guilt. They might have a big meal three times a week, not everyday every meal.
I find people who are effortlessly thin just eat to hunger cues, if one day they have a big appetite they roll with it. Next day hardly any food. It all balances out. When they eat they enjoy it sans guilt. They might have a big meal three times a week, not everyday every meal.
bacon_is_good_for_me
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howay how can you not find that funny.
Jesus Christ!! That is click bait, had she used #slimmingworld ???
SpiceWeasel
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Aye I mentioned them up thread! Beige beige beige and they try and make it look posh by slapping it on a plank of wood
Need carbs tonight so having wholemeal pasta with mushrooms and a creamy sauce made with garlic, thyme, stock and a bit of Philly lightest. Gonna work out 2 syns per portion. Will have half my bowl full with broccoli on the side sprinkled with a tbsp of parmesan
ETA I hate seeing huge double burgers in the name of SW. There is just no need, one will fill you up!
Shielder2021
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I have to admit i did it once
even the slate my mum used to say you dont eat your meals off of roof tiles I got sucked in by it all but after finding tattle well......
SpiceWeasel
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I haven't been on any of the zooms of my group, I've seen screenshots of it and I think I'd rather lie under my bed in the dark than participate in oneThey are definitely crapping them self over loads of people switching to calorie counting. My consultant on zoom last week must of mentioned ‘food density’ about 100x & how you don’t need to calorie count because it ‘done for you’. It’s completely boring me however so I think I’ll give this weeks zoom and polite miss
Consultant makes a massive difference. Despite there being several closer classes I chose to go to one in a nearby town as I can't abide the consultants in my own. One runs about 100 classes in a plush hotel, clearly is all about the numbers but doesn't have a clue who you are and more importantly, really doesn't care so long as you're giving her your money. The other one is OK but when I went to her class for a weigh in (as I couldn't make my own that week) I got quizzed as to why I went to this other town when I lived in this one....none of your business love
Mine might be at target but she's probably a comfortable 14/16 so not skinny but her size has been stable pretty much the whole time I've known her which is more telling of a happier relationship with food. She's warm, helpful and doesn't buy into any of the fads that come around. She'll always be honest about tweaking the plan and how it doesn't help and the importance of speed foods. Equally she doesn't demonise any food and is a great advocate of using syns on "proper" food rather than a pile of shite of an evening. So many members are determined not to eat syns and have free meals but can guarantee they're the ones who will end up binging as they're depriving themselves.
Mine might be at target but she's probably a comfortable 14/16 so not skinny but her size has been stable pretty much the whole time I've known her which is more telling of a happier relationship with food. She's warm, helpful and doesn't buy into any of the fads that come around. She'll always be honest about tweaking the plan and how it doesn't help and the importance of speed foods. Equally she doesn't demonise any food and is a great advocate of using syns on "proper" food rather than a pile of shite of an evening. So many members are determined not to eat syns and have free meals but can guarantee they're the ones who will end up binging as they're depriving themselves.
Not sure she's doing anything different from the likes of PON/TCC. All hail the fakeaway and beige food made SW style