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Does anyone follow Yasminlauren_lifestyle? She used to do slimming world. She irritates the hell out of me posing and grinning. She loves herself bad!
Just catching up so there might be more on this but just wanted to agree that she irritates the hell out of me too. Every single minute of her life is shared - she did 6-7 stories the other day of her taking out the bins in her pyjamas. I honestly find her so cringey

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 duck 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.
When I used to attend a SW group I had a consultant who was actually very good at this. She said try decide what you want to have before you go and use ‘flexi syns’ so eg if you figure out your starter main and pudding of choice plus a few drinks is around 70 syns, give yourself 70 syns for the day. It’s all purely psychological but she said if you just ‘go over’ 15 then you’ll stop counting and more likely to binge whereas if you mentally give yourself a higher number then you are still in control of what you’re having. She also said you may not lose that week but that’s okay because it won’t do as much damage as you think if you remain in control that one night. I don’t personally do slimming world anymore but for a time, this mentality worked for me if it was once a week/fortnight
 
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I was once a WW leader and used to tell my members that they can either track as best they could and go over their points and pull it back over the week or decide to enjoy the meal and accept they might not have a loss that week. I would always empathise that one meal wouldn’t make you large, just as one meal wouldn’t make you skinny. So just get back on the plan at the next meal and don’t beat yourself up.
 
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I am thinking of changing to just being an online member or trying to find a different group. I text my consultant my weight on Thursday and said that my 12 week countdown must be up soon, and that I’ll pay same again if she lets me know when it’s up. Haven’t heard anything back and I’m just thinking, what exactly am I paying you for 😂
That’s just rude and annoying.
I hope it doesn’t stop you getting to where you want and if you changed to online or lost app benefits then loads of useful, helpful accounts on Instagram can help you
 
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That’s just rude and annoying.
I hope it doesn’t stop you getting to where you want and if you changed to online or lost app benefits then loads of useful, helpful accounts on Instagram can help you
Thank you, she did actually text me back randomly at 10pm last night 🤷‍♀️ I will do one more countdown and hopefully I’ll be where I want to be after that. You’re right though it is annoying when you’re offering to transfer them £50 just so you can text your weight every week and access the app. I just need the accountability, I know what I’m doing but I’ve tried being an online only member before and if I know I’ve had a bad week I just won’t weigh myself and then it just spirals! I’m expecting a good 2lb gain this week cos I’ve had a takeaway, cooked two of my favourite non SW friendly meals and making a roast today. Plus a few drinks and chocolate. Won’t be going on holiday this year again though so 🤷‍♀️ I will be back on plan tomorrow and I’m not going to feel guilty about it. At least I’m not on Insta putting #slimmingworld on pics of it all 🤣
 
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It's the portion sizes that irk me with a lot of slimming world accounts!

They like to create the illusion that you can eat as much "free food" as you like and lose weight. Massive plates stuffed with tons of meat and chips that's probably not short of 1000 calories🤢 Along with their bio that will have how much they've lost. What they don't tell you is that they've lost some weight at their biggest, but haven't lost anything for the past 6 months😏

Its like these people actually think "speed food" is magic and eating some broccolli alongside your gigantic portion will make you lose weight. I feel like the rule of having 1/3rd of your plate as "speed" doesn't work for everyone, they just buy a bigger plate!
 
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Thank you, she did actually text me back randomly at 10pm last night 🤷‍♀️ I will do one more countdown and hopefully I’ll be where I want to be after that. You’re right though it is annoying when you’re offering to transfer them £50 just so you can text your weight every week and access the app. I just need the accountability, I know what I’m doing but I’ve tried being an online only member before and if I know I’ve had a bad week I just won’t weigh myself and then it just spirals! I’m expecting a good 2lb gain this week cos I’ve had a takeaway, cooked two of my favourite non SW friendly meals and making a roast today. Plus a few drinks and chocolate. Won’t be going on holiday this year again though so 🤷‍♀️ I will be back on plan tomorrow and I’m not going to feel guilty about it. At least I’m not on Insta putting #slimmingworld on pics of it all 🤣
That is weird getting back to you so late last night.
I get were you are coming from though with paying money out, makes you feel more accountable etc.
I’m enjoying myself today and no guilt either, I’ll end feeling probably that stuffed later after roast at the mother in laws as well as chocolate and hot x buns I’ll be bloody glad to eat healthy tomorrow.
I prefer eating from scratch as much as possible and fresh produce as makes me feel better along with exercise
 
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That is weird getting back to you so late last night.
I get were you are coming from though with paying money out, makes you feel more accountable etc.
I’m enjoying myself today and no guilt either, I’ll end feeling probably that stuffed later after roast at the mother in laws as well as chocolate and hot x buns I’ll be bloody glad to eat healthy tomorrow.
I prefer eating from scratch as much as possible and fresh produce as makes me feel better along with exercise
Aww enjoy 😊 I’m just having what I fancy today. Even when I’m ‘off plan’ I’m not one for stuffing my face, but I am going to enjoy some things that would be off the scale syns wise 🤣 hello tub of taramasalata in the fridge (not everyone’s cup of tea I know, my boyfriend thinks it’s gross!) I’m the same I like cooking from scratch. Can’t wait to do the proper roasties later, there will be no fry light in sight! To me if you’re having a roast it’s got to be done properly! Looking forward to getting back on track tomorrow though I am feeling rather bloated
 
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Aww enjoy 😊 I’m just having what I fancy today. Even when I’m ‘off plan’ I’m not one for stuffing my face, but I am going to enjoy some things that would be off the scale syns wise 🤣 hello tub of taramasalata in the fridge (not everyone’s cup of tea I know, my boyfriend thinks it’s gross!) I’m the same I like cooking from scratch. Can’t wait to do the proper roasties later, there will be no fry light in sight! To me if you’re having a roast it’s got to be done properly! Looking forward to getting back on track tomorrow though I am feeling rather bloated
You to and yes to proper roasties. My mother in law doesn’t know what frylight is so bring on the roasties 🤣😋
I’ve pretty much got my meals planned for next few days come tomorrow so that’ll help me plus with exercise, indoor bike and walking my dog.
Did do the bike earlier, not through guilt but because weirdly genuinely like the feeling I’m going to die but don’t lol 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣
 
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I do a roast most weekends. Probably 3 out of 4. I start prepping early so normally work through breakfast, we eat about 1ish then have some really light later on like soup.

I go all out, yorkies, beef dripping roasties, honey glazed roast carrots. Home made gravy. I reckon Id honestly have something else than a roast if I couldnt do all those things.

Having it early means we can get it all tidied up, dishes done etc. Take the dog out for a long walk then back and not much to do before Sunday evening.

Just had ours now and Im going for a lie down with my book 😆
 
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Can anyone remember the girl who lost an incredible amount of weight but unfortunately she ended up with an eating disorder?

I think she was called laura? And had ginger auburn hair. Wonder what happened to her.

she changed her profile name from sw to something else then last I seen her she was going in I think to a anorexia hospital centre.

hope she’s doing okay



there’s clearly something wrong there, if I knew someone doing that I’d suggest trying to speak to Doctor for some therapy or something?! Thats really shocked me 😮
Is this the girl that used to eat a raw onion with literally every meal? She always worried me how tiny she became and wanted surgery for skin removal but seemed so obsessive with food x
 
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Love how the big accounts are sharing this today HOWEVER Vicky Pattison did not create this 😂 In fact, I’ve seen it credited to several people over the weekend 😂
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Love how the big accounts are sharing this today HOWEVER Vicky Pattison did not create this 😂 In fact, I’ve seen it credited to several people over the weekend 😂View attachment 514104
Lucy Mountains graphic. 😡 Did Vicky give her credit? I bet not.

I saw the Fitness Chef pulling Courtney Black for the same and her followers all jumped on him.
 
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Lucy Mountains graphic. 😡 Did Vicky give her credit? I bet not.

I saw the Fitness Chef pulling Courtney Black for the same and her followers all jumped on him.
She did in her posts comment however she left the pic uncredited so someone has added her 😡
 
Anybody remember ‘happyhealthyjess’? Think she became ‘allthingsjess’ at some point and may have had another sw related name way before. Used to follow her but she started driving me up the wall with her incredibly strong opinions (her page, her space so fair enough) so unfollowed, can’t seem to find her at all now. She had a little girl and was finally trying to get back into a healthy plan I think?
 
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Isn't it about time Sophie Jude dropped the SW from her name if she's no longer following it and has jumped on the calorie counting bandwagon
 
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People having a melt down over eating an Easter egg this weekend when they’re smashing 1000cal breakfasts all week 😂🤯
 
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Just started sw it’s good so far and wanted to start eating normally after decades of ww-the plan has been changed for the worst and got annoyed that they cut the in person meetings for when we go back to normal to the bone while paying celebrities to pretend they are doing it. I like that you can’t ‘save’ syns so the next day is a new start rather than the next week. Fascinated with Boothy and her dinners with both chips and rice, and this weekend she added a nann in as well. I find the influencers who have sw in their name but calorie count instead really annoying, I don’t get why sw does not clamp down on this as it can’t be good publicity as it really says that sw is good, until it isn’t!
 
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