Slimming world explain please

Never heard of it, but I googled it....it looks like Weight Watchers?

It looks like the British version of Weight Watchers.

Here's what the British Dietetic Association had to say:

Slimming World diet

Slimming World’s weight loss plan encourages you to swap high-fat foods for low-fat foods that are naturally filling. You choose your food from a list of low-fat foods they call 'Free Foods', such as fruit, vegetables, pasta, potatoes, rice, lean meat, fish and eggs, which you can eat in unlimited amounts. There’s no calorie counting, no foods are banned and you’re still allowed the occasional treat. You can get support from fellow slimmers at weekly group meetings and follow an exercise plan to become gradually more active. The plan is designed to help you lose about 1lb to 2lb a week.

Pros:
No foods are banned so meals offer balance and variety and are family-friendly. The portion size from each food group will vary depending which plan you follow. The 'Body Magic' booklet they provide gives ideas to help you raise your activity levels. Meeting as a group can provide valuable support.

Cons:
Slimming World doesn’t educate you about calories. Without having learned about calories and portion sizes, you may struggle to keep the weight off in the long term when you come off the programme.

BDA verdict:
The group meetings encourage members to share successes, ideas and recipes with each other but they may not appeal to everyone. While the meal plans may lack some flexibility, they are generally balanced. However, without learning about calories and portion sizes, you may struggle to make healthy choices once you’ve left the programme.

(Taken from here: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/loseweight/Pages/top-10-most-popular-diets-review.aspx )

It doesn't sound terrible at all, but why not give MFP a try first? It's free and will allow you to figure out calories and portion sizes so that you can sustain losses long term.

Unlimited pasta? No wonder it doesn't work... I love pasta, and can easily eat a whole pound of pasta at a sitting, which is 1600 calories, without even counting any sauce or cheese or anything else eaten with it... Meh, if it costs money, I'd say save it and just count calories.

I did Slimming World years ago and did get down to my target weight.

You turn up at the meeting and queue to get weighed. On your first time they will also give you leaflets etc. Once weighed people either leave straight away or you take a seat and wait.....and wait.....and wait until everybody has been weighed. The leader of your group will then give the weigh in results for the people who have stayed. People ask questions, share experiences etc. There is usually a slimmer of the week award for the highest loser of the week (in ours it used to be an 'apple'!!!! ) Then you go home and wait until next week to turn up again. The leader does usually give you a phone number to call if you are stuck. Oh and they will try to sell you their own brand of crackers, cereal bars, shakes etc and you also have to pay extra if you want a directory of food values.

Unfortunately I was not able to continue going to the meetings and immediately started to put the weight back on and here is the reason why..........

They use a point system like Weight Watchers. Its like a diet with monopoly money. You do not learn the true calorie values and always have to use their directory which is difficult when in the supermarket and making decisions.

MFP is absolutely brilliant. It offers all that SW and WW do and MORE. Make some friends and you have 24/7 contact for advice and just chat about weight loss/exercise, you learn real calorific value of foods and best of all its absolutely free and you are not bombarded by sales patter.

Whilst it did initially work, now I have discovered MFP I could not see the point of doing both and MFP would be my first choice.
Hope this helps.