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Slimming World - is it a good diet?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I've been doing pretty well losing weight on my own, but was thinking of joining Slimming World. Never tried their diet before. Just wondered if anyone has tried it and got on well? Before I fork out to join. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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'Diets' will never work.. you loose then you put back on
you need to find something thats right for you
With SW you can eat carbs which some people dont like.
I personally couldnt survive without them so it works for me.. There's a few of us on here who stick to the SW plan. |
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Yes it's a pretty good weight loss diet. (But then they all are if you actually do rhem).
SW is good because it is easy and can fit into your life. Doesn't exxlude anything and you lose at a steady rate.
However I love "freedom from the diet trap" by Jason vale as it opens your eyes to the food industry and can really change how you view food.
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I've only ever lost weight on SW. It was 1st suggested by my GP in 2000 prior to starting IVF. I lost 3stone. Sadly it all went back on when I became depressed & on medication. Will be getting back to it this week as only 9 weeks until my holiday |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
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I have slight problems with it, insomuch as it's a "one size fits all" programme for weightloss and when I was last familar with it, it didn't teach you to maintain your weightloss (for increased business, obvs).
I find it is diliberately complex in the way that it works and does encourage you to think of "good" and "bad" foods, which is one of my little bugbears (although not as much as some "diets" see: low carbing).
If you are losing weight on your own, eating foods that you presumably like, you could try logging your calories. You would then know how many calories it takes to lose weight at the rate you are currently going. You can then tweak that number for when you want to stop dieting and maintain, or slow your weight loss or even gain weight as you see fit and it would cost you t he grand total of £0. |
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Any change of dietary habit to lose weight will work, the key is the mindset to know for absolute certainty that in order to maintain whatever results you want, you will have to do it for life.
9 years ago I gave up carbs and it will always be that way. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I have slight problems with it, insomuch as it's a "one size fits all" programme for weightloss and when I was last familar with it, it didn't teach you to maintain your weightloss (for increased business, obvs).
I find it is diliberately complex in the way that it works and does encourage you to think of "good" and "bad" foods, which is one of my little bugbears (although not as much as some "diets" see: low carbing).
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you must have had a bad consultant because i found it piss easy to understand.. nothing is off limits |
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For me it's a bit up and down. It is a lifestyle change and not a diet, and you do get plenty to eat. It has allowed me to try things I haven't before and given me new things to enjoy.
I also need the discipline of going to a class, I think |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
Hereford |
"I have slight problems with it, insomuch as it's a "one size fits all" programme for weightloss and when I was last familar with it, it didn't teach you to maintain your weightloss (for increased business, obvs).
I find it is diliberately complex in the way that it works and does encourage you to think of "good" and "bad" foods, which is one of my little bugbears (although not as much as some "diets" see: low carbing).
you must have had a bad consultant because i found it piss easy to understand.. nothing is off limits "
Not complex in that regard - more in that you don't know why you can have x ammount of this or y ammount of that. It doesn't give you the full picture, as it were.
I didn't go - my ex went, I read all the literature. She did very well on it, but re gained all her weight when she came off it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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As with all diets will only work if you have willpower...it's easy to lose sight of the day as nothing is restricted but at same time I know plenty who struggle as they are so used to other methods of dieting that they don't eat enough on it...get online on the site and check it out before you decide...also ring a consultant locally who can explain it to you before paying out...I think they still do vouchers for free registration in woman own..most importantly write a diary of everything you eat in the week before you join so when you do the good diary for the first week you are honest about what you eat....hope that helps and good luck xx |
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By *rsIdiotWoman
over a year ago
Bedworth |
"I have slight problems with it, insomuch as it's a "one size fits all" programme for weightloss and when I was last familar with it, it didn't teach you to maintain your weightloss (for increased business, obvs).
I find it is diliberately complex in the way that it works and does encourage you to think of "good" and "bad" foods, which is one of my little bugbears (although not as much as some "diets" see: low carbing).
you must have had a bad consultant because i found it piss easy to understand.. nothing is off limits
Not complex in that regard - more in that you don't know why you can have x ammount of this or y ammount of that. It doesn't give you the full picture, as it were.
I didn't go - my ex went, I read all the literature. She did very well on it, but re gained all her weight when she came off it. "
Whatever diet she had done she would have regained the weight if she stopped doing it and went back to her old habits.
The key to all diet plans is to see it a lifestyle change and stick to it so that you maintain the weightloss long term. |
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Ita not really a diet you ever "come off"- by which people usually mean they start stuffing their faces with the same crap which got them fat in the first place.
It's more about changing your diet and not ever going back to loada of take aways and cream cakes.
It's sad to realise that you can never again eat all the crap you want and maintain a good weight, but that's the reality for most people.
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"I have slight problems with it, insomuch as it's a "one size fits all" programme for weightloss and when I was last familar with it, it didn't teach you to maintain your weightloss (for increased business, obvs).
I find it is diliberately complex in the way that it works and does encourage you to think of "good" and "bad" foods, which is one of my little bugbears (although not as much as some "diets" see: low carbing).
If you are losing weight on your own, eating foods that you presumably like, you could try logging your calories. You would then know how many calories it takes to lose weight at the rate you are currently going. You can then tweak that number for when you want to stop dieting and maintain, or slow your weight loss or even gain weight as you see fit and it would cost you t he grand total of £0."
 I've done far better going on my own I eat well but know my limits  |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
Hereford |
"I have slight problems with it, insomuch as it's a "one size fits all" programme for weightloss and when I was last familar with it, it didn't teach you to maintain your weightloss (for increased business, obvs).
I find it is diliberately complex in the way that it works and does encourage you to think of "good" and "bad" foods, which is one of my little bugbears (although not as much as some "diets" see: low carbing).
you must have had a bad consultant because i found it piss easy to understand.. nothing is off limits
Not complex in that regard - more in that you don't know why you can have x ammount of this or y ammount of that. It doesn't give you the full picture, as it were.
I didn't go - my ex went, I read all the literature. She did very well on it, but re gained all her weight when she came off it.
Whatever diet she had done she would have regained the weight if she stopped doing it and went back to her old habits.
The key to all diet plans is to see it a lifestyle change and stick to it so that you maintain the weightloss long term."
Yes, I know - hence my point about the programme not actually teaching you to maintain (or at least it didn't back then...would have been 2013ish). I lost weight just by guessing in the early days and it worked well, and at some point I discovered logging on myfitnesspal. This aproach by its nature puts you in control (for some people this can be a bad thing, I aknowledge this) and when I wanted to maintain, I just brought my calories up to maintenance. I had very few adherence issues, mostly I feel, because I was eating stuff I would have eaten normally. |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
Hereford |
"Ita not really a diet you ever "come off"- by which people usually mean they start stuffing their faces with the same crap which got them fat in the first place.
It's more about changing your diet and not ever going back to loada of take aways and cream cakes.
It's sad to realise that you can never again eat all the crap you want and maintain a good weight, but that's the reality for most people.
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But equally there will come a point at which you want to stop weight loss and maintain (or bulk in some cases). My ex didn't start eating a fuckton of crap when she quit, she just ate "normally" and the weight went back on, it wasn't rapid, but it did. |
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"Ita not really a diet you ever "come off"- by which people usually mean they start stuffing their faces with the same crap which got them fat in the first place.
It's more about changing your diet and not ever going back to loada of take aways and cream cakes.
It's sad to realise that you can never again eat all the crap you want and maintain a good weight, but that's the reality for most people.
But equally there will come a point at which you want to stop weight loss and maintain (or bulk in some cases). My ex didn't start eating a fuckton of crap when she quit, she just ate "normally" and the weight went back on, it wasn't rapid, but it did. "
Mine went back on because I was headfucked by my cheating ex, ended up on anti-depressants & basically didn't care about anything least of all myself or what I shoving in my mouth. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There was a study I read where they got three groups of people.
One dieted.
One exercised.
Last group dieted and exercised.
The ones who just dieted lost loads of weight (sorry I can't remember the figures).
The ones who just exercised only lost a tiny bit of weight.
The ones who exercised AND dieted lost the most, but only a bit more than the just dieting group.
But...
They revisited the groups a couple of months later and it was only the ones who dieted and exercised who maintained their weight loss.
Apparently exercise is key when dieting to maintain your healthy diet.
I've lived by this for a while. When I exercise, I am committed to eating healthily. When I don't exercise I start to crave junk food.
It's weird but it works. And exercise is strangely addictive.
Do something fairly active every day or every other day (never have more than a 2 day break from it) and you really do start to crave exercise.
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
Hereford |
"There was a study I read where they got three groups of people.
One dieted.
One exercised.
Last group dieted and exercised.
The ones who just dieted lost loads of weight (sorry I can't remember the figures).
The ones who just exercised only lost a tiny bit of weight.
The ones who exercised AND dieted lost the most, but only a bit more than the just dieting group.
But...
They revisited the groups a couple of months later and it was only the ones who dieted and exercised who maintained their weight loss.
Apparently exercise is key when dieting to maintain your healthy diet.
I've lived by this for a while. When I exercise, I am committed to eating healthily. When I don't exercise I start to crave junk food.
It's weird but it works. And exercise is strangely addictive.
Do something fairly active every day or every other day (never have more than a 2 day break from it) and you really do start to crave exercise.
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I haven't foregone excercise in years... but....
Generally it is accepted that: Diet is for weight loss/gain, Resistance training is for body composition and cardio is for cardiovascular fitness/health.
All are important, IMO. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've been doing pretty well losing weight on my own, but was thinking of joining Slimming World. Never tried their diet before. Just wondered if anyone has tried it and got on well? Before I fork out to join. "
im on my 5th week. Lost 17.5lb in my first 4 weeks x i love the food x
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By *rsIdiotWoman
over a year ago
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"I have slight problems with it, insomuch as it's a "one size fits all" programme for weightloss and when I was last familar with it, it didn't teach you to maintain your weightloss (for increased business, obvs).
I find it is diliberately complex in the way that it works and does encourage you to think of "good" and "bad" foods, which is one of my little bugbears (although not as much as some "diets" see: low carbing).
you must have had a bad consultant because i found it piss easy to understand.. nothing is off limits
Not complex in that regard - more in that you don't know why you can have x ammount of this or y ammount of that. It doesn't give you the full picture, as it were.
I didn't go - my ex went, I read all the literature. She did very well on it, but re gained all her weight when she came off it.
Whatever diet she had done she would have regained the weight if she stopped doing it and went back to her old habits.
The key to all diet plans is to see it a lifestyle change and stick to it so that you maintain the weightloss long term.
Yes, I know - hence my point about the programme not actually teaching you to maintain (or at least it didn't back then...would have been 2013ish). I lost weight just by guessing in the early days and it worked well, and at some point I discovered logging on myfitnesspal. This aproach by its nature puts you in control (for some people this can be a bad thing, I aknowledge this) and when I wanted to maintain, I just brought my calories up to maintenance. I had very few adherence issues, mostly I feel, because I was eating stuff I would have eaten normally."
It most certainly does teach you to maintain. A friend of who goes to the same group as I do has lost just over 8 stone, took her 18 months to do it. She's now been at her target for longer than it took to lose the weight, all by sticking to plan. The plan does change slightly to maintain rather than lose weight but it is essentially the same, the allowance for healthy extras goes up but the rest stays the same. The key is to be sensible and stick to it. Incidentally, while my friend stays within 3 pounds above or below her target she can attend group every week free of charge. She is there almost every single week and she's and inspiration to us all |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've been doing pretty well losing weight on my own, but was thinking of joining Slimming World. Never tried their diet before. Just wondered if anyone has tried it and got on well? Before I fork out to join. "
It is a healthy way of life not a diet just a complete change
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By (user no longer on site)
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the slimming world people tend to advise sugar free yoghurts etc. which means a lot of artificial sweeteners which are very bad for you. they also encourage you to eat as much fruit and pasta as you like. fruit and pasta is very high in sugars/carbs and calories. however, it seems to work for people more than any other diet i know so good on them |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Weightwatchers but only if you stick to it"
i lost my first 4 stone with ww... but didnt like the new plan...
I dont go with the eat as much as you like of rice and pasta or anything.. i learnt portion control with ww so i incorporate that in to my life now |
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Slimming World i honestly probably the best diet iv came across, i know 2 personally, and have heard of and seen many more, who have lost lots of weight through this diet. You also get a group meeting once a week where you get tips and motivation, and cook books etc to help. The variety of the diet aswell is such that you can still eat pretty much all foods. Of course for the best results you should combine this with as much excercise as possible |
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