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I'm not doing Slimming World, and never have so I can't give you pros and cons. I would ask do you know anyone who has had success with it long term? I know many people who have tried it, I know one who reached target and has been able to maintain it. How? She still, years after losing the weight, follows SW. I am using…

This has been my experience too.

I have to ask, an actual duck or is this a typo? ETA: if someone wanted to PM pictures of ducks I probably wouldn't mind, otherwise I'm not a fan of PMs!

I think it is more about advising people to focus on their foods to create a deficit rather than thinking you can eat what you want and the exercise will cancel it out. For people as described above who enjoy vegetables and find they leave them satisfied then out running their diet might be possible, but if your diet is…

It's very popular in the UK too, with salt.

I don't know WW so I might be missing something, but couldn't you just continue to follow the old system and still attend the meetings for the group support you like? You have found a way of eating that suits you and is working so why would you change it? If they somehow monitor what you're eating so that you can't attend…

If you'd have asked me if I meal plan I would have said no, but thinking about it I do eat set things for breakfasts and lunches each day. I have a few options for each meal based on what I have in the house, but they're all variations of the same thing and come within a pretty small margin calorie wise. My evening meal I…

I was on it for a few years, I did put on weight during that time, because my lifestyle changed and I was eating more than I needed, not because of the pill. The pill itself was fine for me, I experienced some breakthrough bleeding, was put on a different pill, but didn't get on with it and went back to Yasmin. I only came…

I have just started ballet lessons which are fun, I work in an office on my own and don't see friends much so I wanted something to get me out of the house and integrating with people! In addition I do a variety of YouTube workouts, rebounder workouts, Pilates and yesterday I did walk at home which was a lot more intense…

Hi all, thanks for starting this group, there are so many groups aimed at mum's it's frustrating. Can't we understand their struggles just because we don't have children? Unless children are force feeding their parents nowadays I'm not sure how it's a relevant factor... Anyway, I'm Louise, I live in England (Leeds) and…

Can't confirm it's exclusively British, or even that it hails from here (though it's certainly looking that way), but it's definitely a popular term here!

Thanks, we have powdered milk here, and 'coffee mate' which might be like your creamer, I have never been tempted to try it!

Also a Brit, so 'creamer' is just cream? And half and half is half cream, half milk? To clarify, it is a thing to have cream in coffee here, though less common than milk, but we just call it cream.

I don't think the issue is one of extra hunger, in all likelihood the same deficit on a tall vs short person will yield comparable levels of hunger. Someone up thread hit the nail on the head I think when they mentioned the issue was a social one. We all like meals out, to eat a piece of cake at a party or eat a takeaway…

I think it really depends on how much cleaning you're talking about. I wear a fitness tracker now, but when I first started out I would log cleaning as exercise, not the everyday doing the dishes or doing laundry, but sometimes I will spend the entire day moving furniture to vacuum, mop, scrubbing etc. I would not consider…

I second the vote for Libra or similar trending app, I was struggling like you with any increase on the scale but the trending app really let's you see that the daily number is largely insignificant. We know that weight is going to fluctuate but it can still be difficult to see it, the trending app reminds you that overall…

I have never come across anyone who shares my opinion on this, I quite enjoy raw mushroom, but cannot stand it cooked, everyone I know thinks I'm weird for even eating it raw, but that's the only way I will eat it! Another food I eat raw that others don't is potato, I always have a little nibble whenever I'm cooking them,…

I went out in a skirt yesterday and there was no thigh chafing by the end of the day!

I thought the 'most delicious foods' was funny, and pretty much spot on for me!

You're on the right track making healthier choices and reducing sodium, losing the weight in itself will probably do a lot to improve your numbers, but you should probably also think about getting some exercise. You don't need to spend hours in the gym, it doesn't need to be too strenuous or anything, start simple by…

I have 2 goals, the first is 156lbs which would match my previous lowest adult weight, however according to my BMI that would still be overweight, so my ultimate goal is 140, it's a few lbs into the normal range and is basically my goal as it's the first round number within the normal range!

This morning I moved from obese to overweight, never been so please to be overweight before!

That was a painful read, woman avoids mirrors and pretends she doesn't know she is fat, woman is forced to face reality and then compares her denial to people with a mental health issue. I'm sure there are many of us who have not noticed just how much weight we have allowed ourselves to put on. I know even now the person…

It's pretty much average, I'm a quick walker with presumably a shorter stride (5'4") and I do it in about 18 minutes.

For the 'made as directed' stuff they usually tell you how much dry should make the 100g cooked, so I weigh dry and then log as cooked ie if 70g dry made 100g cooked according to the packet I would weigh 70g and log 100g cooked that way if I cook mine more or less than expected it doesn't matter because I know how much…

That doesn't sound right, my 0.9 mile walk to work is approximately 2000 steps, I'm short, but I'm not that short...

I guess it depends on your personality, I have some great friends on here who post lots of motivational statuses etc, but I have trouble making friends face to face, reaching out to strangers over the internet when I'm having a bad day and wanting to throw in the towel completely is not something I'm inclined to do. I know…

I know a few people who have done slimming world, but only one who has lost weight and kept it off, she does that by continuing to use slimming world throughout maintenance. I like counting calories, there's literally one rule, consume fewer calories than you burn, lose weight. That said, with mfp you are doing it on your…

If your knees are already cracking then do not do the 30 Day Shred! My knees have never been the same since trying it.

Find a new group? Is there something else nearby you can attend?