Anyone doing Slimming World?

Hi. I'd like to find out more about slimming world.
I've added u. I'm from uk too x

Slimming World is fantastic. Ideal if you enjoy home cooked healthy nice filling foods.
Even recommended whilst pregnant and breast feeding,
I rejoined on 1st a jan.
Looking forward to a fresh start now.

I'm shocked no one else has replied but I guess this site is more aimed towards calorie counting x

Yep. It's because lifestyle change (that can be sustained for the rest of your life) is how people who succeed do it.

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I know many people who have used slimming world successfully and it is a pretty easy system to use, I have even used it in the past myself. However I am personally not a fan because of 3 things

1. It does not seem to teach much about portion control

2. I do not believe in free foods because they all have calories in them

3 It costs money and I am tight lol

This was a while ago and things may have changed a bit.

I do use their recipe books though, I just calculate the calories in them because its not done for you

I have done slimming world, it's confusing at first but very simple when you get the hang of it. What are you confused about?

hi there... see slimming world syns on facebook... great support. add me as a friend too :-)

Slimming World is fantastic. Ideal if you enjoy home cooked healthy nice filling foods.
Even recommended whilst pregnant and breast feeding,
I rejoined on 1st a jan.
Looking forward to a fresh start now.

I'm shocked no one else has replied but I guess this site is more aimed towards calorie counting x

Yep. It's because lifestyle change (that can be sustained for the rest of your life) is how people who succeed do it.

A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

This! Another fad diet.

hi I am thinking of joining slimming world, what do you think of it? add me too I'm Laura I live in Bradford UK xx

The minimis forum has a large section on slimming world which can be very helpful. It's a dot com.
I think it's one of the best 'diets' possible, with the emphasis on eating lots of fruit and vegetable, some complex carbs and lean meat/fish, very little fat or sugar.

In no way could you describe it as being a fad diet or not helping to change one's eating habits for long term health.

I had a go of slimming world this time last year after seeing a girl in my work use it to successfully drop ten stone (she is still maintaining which is fantastic!)

I signed up initially for their 12 week thing and followed the extra easy plan to start with but did also try the red/green option.

I didn't find it hard to follow once you get in the swing of it and I really liked their magazine and their recipes - still use these to this day as they encourage cooking from scratch, lots of lean protein, fruit and veg and herbs and spices, rather than packets or mixes or shakes.

I didn't continue as it didn't seem to be a good plan for me - in my first week I managed to put on 0.5lb which was a bit mortifying especially as I'd stuck to the plan religiously and everyone else was getting loses of several pounds each. I did lose weight but found that several times I seemed to lose and then just put back on the same 2-3lbs. I also found I would really really struggle to lose 1lb, but then manage to put on 3lb in a week which would then be painfully slow to lose again.

After the 12 weeks I was 5lb lighter than when I started, I'd been hoping for closer to a 10lb loss over this time, it was at this point I tried switching plans as I'd been keeping a food diary and giving it to my group leader each week and she couldn't see where I could make changes to speed up weight loss as I seemed to be doing everything correctly. Sadly the results for the red/green plans were no better and I finally stopped going after 6 months - admittedly 7lb lighter but many more pounds out of pocket!!

I have had much greater success with MFP and while I'll continue to use slimming world recipes, MFP is what I will continue to use to track my food and exercise along with my trusty fitbit.

Best of luck to you, if you've used slimming world before and found it successful then hopefully it will work for you again now - it just wasn't for me.

In no way could you describe it as being a fad diet or not helping to change one's eating habits for long term health.

Uum, isn't a fad diet anything that most people only stick to for a small amount of time before moving on to the next 'diet'?

Not trying to be harsh, just genuinely curious

You can follow the programme for the rest of your life very easily, no food groups are eliminated, no special foods are required, you eat normal everday foods.
The difference is that by following the programme you learn how to prepare foods more healthily - for example, grilling instead of frying, removing visible fat from meat, having to limit the amount sugar or fat you add post preparation to food. Portion control is addressed by having to weigh certain types of food that are either calorie dense (fats, higher fat foods) or those that are too often consumed in a binge pattern (sugary foods, bread).
Foods that are calorie poor can be eaten in large quantities (these foods are mainly fruit and vegetables) and there are options for vegetarians.

I have no slimming world (or any other diet programme) axe to grind. I used it to lose the baby weight after having children.
I am a biochemist by training and interested in health and nutrition and it seems to me that SW is a really sensible healthy eating plan, which can re- educate your eating habits.
Having group support can also be very helpful in the addressing some of the psychological aspects of weigh control.

I used the Slimming World diet last year and successfully lost weight with it - although like a previous poster, I found a lot of fluctuation in my success, some weeks I'd lose 3 lbs, others none.

I would not describe it as a 'fad diet' because it doesn't exclude food groups (like Atkins), or ask you to only to eat special milkshakes/bars, or starve once or twice per week. It simply encourages people to eat a healthy diet heavy in fruit/veg and exercise a bit more. Basically what we all should be doing! My problem with the diet is that I love fruit too much and can easily 'overeat' on grapes, mango, cherries etc. I think someone else mentioned it doesn't really 'teach' portion control, and that is the one downside I'd echo - although most people at the groups I've attended don't seem to have a problem with that and lose weight easily. Also, the group leader is there to give extra advice if needed.

I haven't rejoined yet this year because it does cost money, and I don't need the incentive of being weighed each week to keep to my diet. I may switch to Slimming World later in the year if having to weigh everything I eat becomes too annoying.

Good luck to all the Slimming World dieters - interested in why you're following MFP as well though, and do you log your food on here as well as keeping to the Slimming World diet? I tend to see them as alternatives rather than doing both.

I'm in Derbyshire too, by the way! Small world.

Sounds too simlar to Weight Watchers. I even ended up working for them for a almost zero pay so I got a free meeting. I totally believed it was so healthy for a very long time. Now I know it's way too low calorie and MFP is free so why pay when you can get much better knowledge and health on here?

Actually, for a while I did log on MFP whilst following the SW so I can tell you that when you follow it as described it certainly is not 'way too low calorie'.
I can't comment on the pay structure as I've never worked for them but presumably it must pay enough for the consultants who are still running groups?

I love MFP but to be honest, it's an anonymous internet forum so how can we know who is giving out the free knowledge and health care - I've read some stuff here that is complete bollox and some stuff that (biologically at least) is very sound. I take stuff put on these type of forums with caution and back it up with my own research if necessary (that said, I just do everything in moderation and have good health so it's quite easy for me to get the information I require)

Hi, I Joined slimming World on May 31st 2013 and up to 8th January 2014 I have so far lost 8 stone. That is 112lb lost in 32 weigh in's. You can see in my profile picture. I haven't read all the comments in this post so I don't know if they are negative or positive, I have found that food optimising really suits me and with body magic I train a lot more and have got all of the awards. Like most diets you have to work hard at it but my results show for themself what a little hard can do.

Looking for a few friends on here, fellow SWer's would be great. :-)

hello my name is helen i started slimmimg world late september lost over a stone