Slimming world

[SpiceWeasel]

Probably best I do not get involved talking about Team RH can’t stand him, he does have threads on here too!

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

i mean i eat a punet of grapes when i go to the cinema as i always have to eat something during a film and if i take that with me with the intention of having it , it stops me from getting popcorn and icecream

It obviously works for you so not knocking it but I dont think SW talks about coping mechanisms not to eat for the sake of eating. When I did SW I always had to have something when I was watching TV after dinner. Whereas now (after CBT I should say) I dont have those urges as much anymore. I wish SW did more on that side of things rather than replacing x with y, talk about our feelings around the food, why do we feel the need to snack, where do those feelings come from. I found CBT really good for this.

 

[lesleybanks]

FUCK. OFF.

hold on
basically a whole bar of smarties choc on porridge lol

 

[MamaD]

Apparently this person is still fat View attachment 570269

I’d like to be this ‘fat’! She looks amazing!!

 

[NapQueenReturns]

I went from a size 18 to a 10 on slimming world about 6 years ago, I love it helped me cook fresh meals but I gained weight and back upto a 14 as I’d go over my “syns” and write the whole day off and binge...where as if I was watching my calories I’d probs not be over for the day but because I was over 15 syns id sabotage the whole day messed with my mind set completely.

And this is why Slimming World is a dangerous crock of shit and I’d never ever go back to it. Completely within calories but afraid to eat anything else all night. Mad.

 

[MamaD]

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 fat, 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.

 

[Tatty44]

Disordered eating. Alcohol. Binge eating?

It may be that this person has issues around food OR I’m just assuming and that they’ve just randomly eaten double triple amount of calories than usual.

Considering you need to eat 3,500 extra calories to gain a lb that's a heck of a good time.

 

[SpiceWeasel]

I love the SW plan as I’ve lost weight with it and maintained and I eat healthy and exercise.
I dislike groups and consultants, most members as I do have to attend when not in current situation at least once in every 8 weeks but I do this to keep my access to the app which I love.
I make sure I eat a variety of colour, drink lots of water and move and it annoys me when I see people abusing the plan with all the beige etc.
I eat potatoes, pasta and rice but not in ridiculous amounts.
I’m no saint and will enjoy Easter Sunday but I enjoy being happier and healthier so I know come Easter Monday I’ll be back to my regular eating.

I’m the same looking forward to Easter Sunday, I’ve given up alcohol and chocolate for Lent which are the only things really that cause me to go massively off plan, so I’m looking forward to having a drink and some choc on Easter Sunday and enjoying myself but I will be right back on track Easter Monday. Probably won’t have a loss that week but I’m prepared for that, the important thing is not thinking of the whole week as a write off and just getting straight back into healthy eating.

All these big SW accounts always report huge gains after their #offplan weeks but most of it’s got to be water. It really annoyed me when they all weighed in on Boxing Day, you’re not going to get a true weight if you’ve been stuffing your face the day before, no one puts on half a stone in a day like some of them posted!

 

[Hodgies]

What is he talking about?

can we add this to the plethora of excuses he seems to have at the ready?

What does your child being a "covid baby" have to do with what you put in your mouth!

 

[SpiceWeasel]

It is so true about the actual true version of the SW plan vs the Insta version! The first time I did SW I did it properly the first few months and the weight absolutely flew off, then I discovered the Insta brigade and their giant portions of beige which really push the envelope of the SW ideals and got to thinking ‘oh well if they can eat that and weigh x then I can too’ weight loss quickly ground to a halt! This time round I’ve been focusing on cooking from scratch and weight loss has been steady, slower than it would be normally cos of lockdown and not being out and about as much but the plan does work if you do it properly!

 

[bacon_is_good_for_me]

Anyone seen these on Instagram...?! They post stuff like this and claim it’s slimming world. Really annoys me!! Also they deliberately do “sharer” meals or have food for 2 on the same board to give the illusion of even more food. Really pisses me off!

 

[bacon_is_good_for_me]

Beggy Mitchell is my new fave thing to call people

 

[Itsonlyme28]

I see it’s kicking off on erika_slimmingworld stories! She was mentioned on here. I don’t mind her but knew people would be fucked off about her Tinder stories.

Just went to see what was happening and just the sight of her face pissed me off. Tipped me over the edge when I saw she has a 10 year old son. Pure embarrassment for her

 

[SpiceWeasel]

So cutting out dairy only since Monday has been interesting, the sore throat and headaches I've been plagued with have disappeared. It could just be coincidental but tbh it has made me think I was going through a lot of dairy every day doing Slimming world with the 2 x healthy extra As plus having a lot of yoghurt/cottage cheese etc. It has left me wondering if I should carry on as a member or not, being pescatarian cuts out a lot of SW 'Free' food anyway but not having dairy just makes it more difficult as I keep finding recipes but then they'll all involve quark, yoghurt, fromage frais etc. I like the accountability but I just think I'll find it really hard to follow properly!

Yesterday I was really busy with work and didn't have time to think about SW at all - I added up the calories of what I had at the end of the day and it worked out about 1500 - was weird though it would have all been pretty high syn but I didn't think about food at all yesterday except when I was hungry. SW I think about food constantly, planning every single day's food and having stuff for the sake of it just to use up syns. Hmm

 

[Pumpkinpie0991]

Triple burgers! Just so gross. This is a total misrepresentation of SW. Most people will not lose weight eating like this. View attachment 507206

I almost believe it’s just for the likes shares and follows. Imagine if people just did three actual SW meals like many have stated here a bit protein veg or salad and a jacket... they wouldn’t get all the engagement. Free rubdiscount codes then not being able to abuse they’re large followers into buying their MLM scheme crap!!!!


To me It’s all fake. Well even if they do eat it it’s just for all the above. Because I know myself as a disordered eating fat gal who loves everything beige sweet or savoury posts like this would scream to me. And that’s who they are after the ones who are eating ‘bad’ ( it sickens me to refer to any food as bad but just so you get an idea of what I mean, apologies)

So the baked oats covered in half a family size bar of chocolate the Easter egg crap. The three tier burgers with slaw and chips etc etc

It really bugs me they are allowed to use SW hash tags because they take away from SW really going back to the basic plan of it all. As I’m sure some of them don’t eat what they show then you have other normal People attempting to copy all their shit and wondering why they’re not losing weight - eating beige crap in lashes quantity’s not realising how many calories are in it as in your not in a calorie deficit and eating 1000 cals per meal of rubbish.

But like someone else has stated which really hit me like a tonne of bricks, SW consultants and groups don’t learn you any coping mechanisms I.e if you wanted to eat something ‘syn’ Or for eating out etc. Cos that was totally me when I attempted it from 14 years old till about 26!!!

 

[letsmeltthatlard]

Just catching up...

boothy_sw_insta: those huge portions are actually grotesque. She has a mountain of chips with every meal with the obligatory longstem broccoli on the side. Bellend.

ClaireandAmanda: they seemed to disappear around about the time that teamRH on Facebook shared a photo of one of their massive fakeaways in a pizza box which went viral. They actually kept old takeaway packaging to do stuff like this which I found really odd. Again, their portion sizes were hideous so they put their weight back on then deactivated their Instagram.

sophiejude: constant ads, loves herself, shares the same old pic of herself in the khaki green playsuit which gets on my actual tits tbh

List of things which piss me off about about SW Instagram...

1) JD seasonings: absolute ripoff.
2) Harry pickard and his bullshit 8 stone loss
3) Everyone serving their meals on a fucking chopping board
4) people taking pics of their food in their garden
5) when it’s Easter and all the big accounts post pics of Easter eggs full of sugary shite. Not. Healthy.
6) How everyone just conveniently forgot about Jack Towers raising 40k for skin removal surgery, having the cheapest surgery possible (had a tummy tuck and nothing else), claiming he was suffering with his mental health then fucking off with the money and deleting his instagram
7) Overly edited photos
8) easy on easy off...draw a line...start again monday
9) big accounts never losing weight or never posting weigh ins
10) The fake belief that it is still possible to lose weight with mountains of beige.

Agree with every single word. Sophiejude irritates the absolute piss out of me. The way she eye fucks herself...

she only follows sw when they use her on promo material.

loads of them piss me off, gotta be careful what I say or mr sleek will get his army of sheep to send me abuse threatening to report me to social services and get my kids taken away again.

 

[MumtoKE]

It is so true about the actual true version of the SW plan vs the Insta version! The first time I did SW I did it properly the first few months and the weight absolutely flew off, then I discovered the Insta brigade and their giant portions of beige which really push the envelope of the SW ideals and got to thinking ‘oh well if they can eat that and weigh x then I can too’ weight loss quickly ground to a halt! This time round I’ve been focusing on cooking from scratch and weight loss has been steady, slower than it would be normally cos of lockdown and being out and about as much but the plan does work if you do it properly!

I could have written this! I didn't realise it at the time but finding all these accounts that had cheat days and big portions and tweeks stopped my weight loss. Finding tattle has made me realise that

 

[Justamother]

Noticed she shared some of these comments on her stories but not the comments calling her out on sharing men’s profiles to be ridiculed

 

[Eyerollbrainache]

Naaaaaaaaa mate, someone send a fucking ambulance.

Seriously! I mean, how the fuck is that possible without some sort of underlying condition? Fuck me. That's made me feel really ick. 2.5stone in 6 days. Wtaf.

 

[bettybutler]

Same! I was eating pasta and sw ‘chips’ at every meal! Was so bloated! Saying that I had friends that did it when it was Red and Green days and they lost over 5st each and have kept the weight off for over 10years. Both did green days.

I went from a size 18 to a 10 on slimming world about 6 years ago, I love it helped me cook fresh meals but I gained weight and back upto a 14 as I’d go over my “syns” and write the whole day off and binge...where as if I was watching my calories I’d probs not be over for the day but because I was over 15 syns id sabotage the whole day messed with my mind set completely.