Slimming World - Anyone Go
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Hi,
Unfortunately for some of you, you have not stumbled upon an insecure middle aged woman to hit on. I am 24... and male.
I have always been a little bit round, from a baby until now. During university I got down to 13.5 stone, I looked decent and felt great. I was in the rowing club and so I was training twice a day 6 days a week.
After university I had a pretty rough time with unemployment and this time last year I was 15.5 stone. Not a good start.
Fast forward to now, I started my own business with my partner, not an easy thing to do and so we ate our stress. I now weigh a rather amazing 17.5 stone.
I started SW at 17 stone 11, I lost half a stone but recently I have put on a couple of pounds so I am almost back at square one.
I want to do SP for a week and see how it goes.
Does anyone on here go to SW? If so, maybe some success stories for motivation would be good. Also recipe ideas would be nice too.
It may help out anyone else who seems to be struggling at the moment.
I may start using this as some kind of blog too depending on how I feel.
Others, feel free to put down your progress too!
Cheers,
Bob
Unfortunately for some of you, you have not stumbled upon an insecure middle aged woman to hit on. I am 24... and male.
I have always been a little bit round, from a baby until now. During university I got down to 13.5 stone, I looked decent and felt great. I was in the rowing club and so I was training twice a day 6 days a week.
After university I had a pretty rough time with unemployment and this time last year I was 15.5 stone. Not a good start.
Fast forward to now, I started my own business with my partner, not an easy thing to do and so we ate our stress. I now weigh a rather amazing 17.5 stone.
I started SW at 17 stone 11, I lost half a stone but recently I have put on a couple of pounds so I am almost back at square one.
I want to do SP for a week and see how it goes.
Does anyone on here go to SW? If so, maybe some success stories for motivation would be good. Also recipe ideas would be nice too.
It may help out anyone else who seems to be struggling at the moment.
I may start using this as some kind of blog too depending on how I feel.
Others, feel free to put down your progress too!
Cheers,
Bob
My other half's best friend runs a group and we both go. Current Man of the year in our group and have lost just over 2 stone so far. I ran my first half marathon last month
I can't do SP as I am diabetic so just do Extra Easy. When your head is in it it's amazing how much you can eat and lose weight
Also worth looking at tweaking. Pinterest has some excellent recipes on it and some of the books are very good - I make the burgers and curries from the Fakeaways book and we have been pretty successful in getting the kids eating healthier by using some of these
A friend of mine has lost 6 stone in 30 weeks!
I can't do SP as I am diabetic so just do Extra Easy. When your head is in it it's amazing how much you can eat and lose weight
Also worth looking at tweaking. Pinterest has some excellent recipes on it and some of the books are very good - I make the burgers and curries from the Fakeaways book and we have been pretty successful in getting the kids eating healthier by using some of these
A friend of mine has lost 6 stone in 30 weeks!
Pieman68 said:
My other half's best friend runs a group and we both go. Current Man of the year in our group and have lost just over 2 stone so far. I ran my first half marathon last month
I can't do SP as I am diabetic so just do Extra Easy. When your head is in it it's amazing how much you can eat and lose weight
Also worth looking at tweaking. Pinterest has some excellent recipes on it and some of the books are very good - I make the burgers and curries from the Fakeaways book and we have been pretty successful in getting the kids eating healthier by using some of these
A friend of mine has lost 6 stone in 30 weeks!
Whaaaat?!I can't do SP as I am diabetic so just do Extra Easy. When your head is in it it's amazing how much you can eat and lose weight
Also worth looking at tweaking. Pinterest has some excellent recipes on it and some of the books are very good - I make the burgers and curries from the Fakeaways book and we have been pretty successful in getting the kids eating healthier by using some of these
A friend of mine has lost 6 stone in 30 weeks!
I have the fakeaways book and I think the taste of Asia one. I will get them out
my GF used to do SW and now just use it as a rough guide for cooking healthier meals. my only concern with sw is, you need to exercise portion control.
there whole thing is to get you to eat healthier meals, fill up on stuff thats better for you than crisps/ chocolate, decent proportions of fruit/veg/carbs/protein...... but if you eat too much, you'll still gain weight.
my main thing on this was when I was reading some of the stuff on it, it tells you pasta and potato is 'free' (eg you can eat as much as you want without counting). now some of my GF's friends see this as a way to make sure they are 'full' and dont want to snack. which is fine, until you work out that they are eating 1500-2000cals in an evening meals all on 'free' or 'healthy extras'. so no matter how 'healthy' your meal is, if you eat too much you'll still get fat!
there whole thing is to get you to eat healthier meals, fill up on stuff thats better for you than crisps/ chocolate, decent proportions of fruit/veg/carbs/protein...... but if you eat too much, you'll still gain weight.
my main thing on this was when I was reading some of the stuff on it, it tells you pasta and potato is 'free' (eg you can eat as much as you want without counting). now some of my GF's friends see this as a way to make sure they are 'full' and dont want to snack. which is fine, until you work out that they are eating 1500-2000cals in an evening meals all on 'free' or 'healthy extras'. so no matter how 'healthy' your meal is, if you eat too much you'll still get fat!
My mrs goes. She has always been a bigger girl and in the 13 years of being together she has tried several diets.
Most have been half hearted attempts but since joining Slimming World she has done really well. 28 pound in 12 weeks
She just said to me that her slimming world teacher is excellent and really helpful which spurs my mrs on to continue. She also says that staying on after the meetings and talking with others is very helpful to find out different peoples methods and approaches. 12 weeks ago when she started there were approx 20 people but it's now upto 70 odd.
1 guy has lost 4 stone in 18 weeks :0
My mrs says the book is like her bible. She has stuck to everything in it 100% as it does really work for her, although she says your mind has got to be in the right place as well.
She mainly sticks to salads, boiled rice, (no packets) fresh fruit. No juices.
Lots of chicken, fish, steak cooked the right way with lots of veg and salad.
She has some pasta, jacket spuds but avoids bread completely. She said go for it, get in a groove and stick with it to the letter.
She wants to lose 5 stone minimum, 2 has already gone and I truly believe for the first time in 13 years that this will def happen.
Hth, good luck.
Most have been half hearted attempts but since joining Slimming World she has done really well. 28 pound in 12 weeks
She just said to me that her slimming world teacher is excellent and really helpful which spurs my mrs on to continue. She also says that staying on after the meetings and talking with others is very helpful to find out different peoples methods and approaches. 12 weeks ago when she started there were approx 20 people but it's now upto 70 odd.
1 guy has lost 4 stone in 18 weeks :0
My mrs says the book is like her bible. She has stuck to everything in it 100% as it does really work for her, although she says your mind has got to be in the right place as well.
She mainly sticks to salads, boiled rice, (no packets) fresh fruit. No juices.
Lots of chicken, fish, steak cooked the right way with lots of veg and salad.
She has some pasta, jacket spuds but avoids bread completely. She said go for it, get in a groove and stick with it to the letter.
She wants to lose 5 stone minimum, 2 has already gone and I truly believe for the first time in 13 years that this will def happen.
Hth, good luck.
I'm struggling with it a bit at the moment, on a bit of a plateau - think I need to concentrate on portion control as even free food has calories!
But I highly recommend it - tried WW in the past and the hassle of pointing everything didn't work for me. But I was doing that online only so the combination of the SW plan & meetings holding you accountable - and giving great tips - has worked for me.
Down from 18st 9lb in January to 15st 13lb now - trying hard to get my 3st shiney by Christmas!!
But I highly recommend it - tried WW in the past and the hassle of pointing everything didn't work for me. But I was doing that online only so the combination of the SW plan & meetings holding you accountable - and giving great tips - has worked for me.
Down from 18st 9lb in January to 15st 13lb now - trying hard to get my 3st shiney by Christmas!!
portion control is my biggest issue with SW. I know its all about structuring meals and proportions etc... but to allow people to eat as much pasta or potato as they want is a recipe for disaster.
yes your meal may be very healthy, lots of veg, lean mince, fresh ingredients, all 'free' on SW, you could still be eating 1500-2000 calories in a main meal if you dont exercise portion control.
I would definitely weigh out pasta and potato. currently us 60g of dried pasta (sometimes 50g)and 250g of potato for a main meal. at first you think thats never gonna fill me! but its actually plenty
yes your meal may be very healthy, lots of veg, lean mince, fresh ingredients, all 'free' on SW, you could still be eating 1500-2000 calories in a main meal if you dont exercise portion control.
I would definitely weigh out pasta and potato. currently us 60g of dried pasta (sometimes 50g)and 250g of potato for a main meal. at first you think thats never gonna fill me! but its actually plenty
I did sw 15 years ago. lost 15 stone in 18months.But was constantly hungry. Only thing is over time I put 4 stone back on. But 5 months ago I started a very low carb eating plan. Lost 3 stone so far. I have always been big and couldn't understand really why. Never been a big eater. But after 46 years I have just found out I am glucose tolerant.
Cut as much carbs out as possible I feel better losing weight with out staving my self.
In my case I was brought up on a high carb meals. Thinking that was ok cause it was suppose to be low fat. But If you are prone to putting weight on carbs are not good, Cut the carbs.
Eat more leafy stuff and cook your own meat. (Not processed). More olive oil. Cut all marg based speads out . Have small amount of butter instead. Snack on nuts and olives. Cut out all diet foods . Most of them are high in carbs.
You really would believe how may calories you cut out not eating carbs.
I am not saying that it will work for every one but it seams to be working for me.
Cut as much carbs out as possible I feel better losing weight with out staving my self.
In my case I was brought up on a high carb meals. Thinking that was ok cause it was suppose to be low fat. But If you are prone to putting weight on carbs are not good, Cut the carbs.
Eat more leafy stuff and cook your own meat. (Not processed). More olive oil. Cut all marg based speads out . Have small amount of butter instead. Snack on nuts and olives. Cut out all diet foods . Most of them are high in carbs.
You really would believe how may calories you cut out not eating carbs.
I am not saying that it will work for every one but it seams to be working for me.
Edited by hollydog on Friday 27th November 11:03
hollydog said:
But after 46 years I have just found out I am glucose tolerant.
I'm going to have to assume there's a slight mistake in there and that you mean intolerant. But even then, I think you've misinterpreted what glucose intolerance means.Edited by hollydog on Friday 27th November 11:03
Glucose intolerance is nothing to do with being allergic to glucose or anything along those lines; your body depends on glucose and the brain can only utilise glucose as a source of energy (hence the dangers of hypoglycaemia, kills your brain rather quickly). Glucose intolerance means that you're on your way to becoming a type II diabetic. At that stage, dietary change and weight loss (because this almost always happens in overweight patients) can help arrest progression to full blown diabetes or even revert this back to almost normal. "Intolerance" in this instance doesn't mean that your body has an abnormal reaction when you ingest glucose, it means that the cells in your body do not respond appropriately to insulin being secreted by your pancreas in response to raised glucose levels in your blood (which does happens after a meal but that's not the only time your blood glucose is raised). It's also not something you're born with, it's something you develop, often in middle age, and almost always due to being overweight. In short, one doesn't become overweight because one's glucose intolerant; one becomes glucose intolerant because they're overweight. Sorry.
The rest of what you've said is mainly correct and does apply to most others. Carbs do not elicit the same satiety response as fats and protein therefore one can continue to eat much larger quantities, hence consume more calories, even though fats contain far more energy per gramme than carbohydrates. Carbs, particularly simple sugars, are also associated with addictive behaviour in susceptible people. A combination of these is the reason why you often find that many overweight people will happily demolish packets and packets of cookies, biscuits, cakes, bread and pasta yet relatively little fat and protein. Even if they eat squirty cream straight from the can, it will not be the same quantity as the carbs. As you say, staying off the carbs is definitely a good idea for everyone (except if you're an endurance athlete prior to an event but that's a specialist area).
hollydog said:
But after 46 years I have just found out I am glucose tolerant.
I'm going to have to assume there's a slight mistake in there somewhere and that you mean intolerant. But even then, I think you've misinterpreted what glucose intolerance means.Edited by hollydog on Friday 27th November 11:03
Glucose intolerance is nothing to do with being allergic to glucose or anything along those lines; your body depends on glucose and the brain can only utilise glucose as a source of energy (hence the dangers of hypoglycaemia, kills your brain rather quickly). Glucose intolerance means that you're on your way to becoming a type II diabetic. At that stage dietary change and weight loss (because this almost always happens in overweight patients) can help arrest that progression or even revert this back to almost normal. "Intolerance" in this instance doesn't mean that your body has an abnormal reaction when you ingest glucose, it means that the cells in your body do not respond appropriately to insulin being secreted by your pancreas in response to raised glucose levels in your blood which does happens after a meal but that's not the only time your blood glucose is raised. It's also not something you're born with, it's something you develop, often in middle age, and almost always due to being overweight. In short, one doesn't become overweight because one's glucose intolerant; one becomes glucose intolerant because they're overweight. Sorry.
The rest of what you've said is mainly correct and does apply to most others. Carbs do not elicit the same satiety response as fats and protein therefore one can continue to eat much larger quantities, hence consume more calories, even though fats contain far more energy per gramme than carbohydrates. Carbs, particularly simple sugars, are also associated with addictive behaviour in susceptible people. A combination of these is the reason why you often find that many overweight people will happily demolish packets and packets of cookies, biscuits, cakes, bread and pasta yet relatively little fat and protein. Even if they eat squirty cream straight from the can, it will not be the same quantity as the carbs. As you say, staying off the carbs is definitely a good idea for everyone (except if you're an endurance athlete prior to an event but that's a specialist area).
Sorry I really meant to say I've gone gluten free. A recommendation from a dietician friend of mine. Which seam to be sorting things out for me. As for being near diabetes. Yet again according to the tests i had that was not the case. Carbs in meals was defiantly my problem. And not fizzy drinks sweets cakes crips or biscuits either. Never really been a fan of sweet things.
I am now eating everything I use to eat but with out bread, potato's,rice or any root veg , Cauliflower, cereals, And cut out any diet foods.
When i did my homework on carbs. I was amazed how many calories are in carbs.
I try to stick to foods with 0.5g of sugars or carbs.
And a treat very rarely.
Works for me.
I am now eating everything I use to eat but with out bread, potato's,rice or any root veg , Cauliflower, cereals, And cut out any diet foods.
When i did my homework on carbs. I was amazed how many calories are in carbs.
I try to stick to foods with 0.5g of sugars or carbs.
And a treat very rarely.
Works for me.
Ah, that makes (slightly) more sense
Staying off carbs would be good for everyone and definitely is a very good way to diet sensibly whether one has gluten intolerance or not. As you've said, carbs do contain a lot of energy and are probably the cause of the vast majority of obesity. If everyone took that advice on board, there would certainly be a lot less obesity around but I guess that it would have a huge negative effect on the profits of some very large corporations (e.g. Coca Cola), so I suspect that we're unlikely to see much newsprint being devoted to this than the latest fashionable fad diets being promoted by the latest (wannabe-)celebrity... Anyway, I'll get off my
for now 
Having said that, potatoes, root veg, rice etc. do not contain gluten, only wheat does, so eating those in small quantities if you really like them should be fine. Additionally, gluten intolerance below the cut off level for full blown coeliac disease certainly exists. Your tests for coeliac disease (endomysial antibodies) may have been "negative" however that's because a complex test has to be translated to everyday use for general public, hence a cut off is chosen to give a black and white answer where the reality is a continuum. It also depends on which reagents have been used and the expertise of the lab doing the test. I'll now stop my
mode before everyone goes to 
Staying off carbs would be good for everyone and definitely is a very good way to diet sensibly whether one has gluten intolerance or not. As you've said, carbs do contain a lot of energy and are probably the cause of the vast majority of obesity. If everyone took that advice on board, there would certainly be a lot less obesity around but I guess that it would have a huge negative effect on the profits of some very large corporations (e.g. Coca Cola), so I suspect that we're unlikely to see much newsprint being devoted to this than the latest fashionable fad diets being promoted by the latest (wannabe-)celebrity... Anyway, I'll get off my
for now Having said that, potatoes, root veg, rice etc. do not contain gluten, only wheat does, so eating those in small quantities if you really like them should be fine. Additionally, gluten intolerance below the cut off level for full blown coeliac disease certainly exists. Your tests for coeliac disease (endomysial antibodies) may have been "negative" however that's because a complex test has to be translated to everyday use for general public, hence a cut off is chosen to give a black and white answer where the reality is a continuum. It also depends on which reagents have been used and the expertise of the lab doing the test. I'll now stop my
mode before everyone goes to My mum went, lost a load of weight, im not sure how much but it was significant, I did consider it but I don't think it was really for me. They do have some awesome recipes and the portion sizes for my mum where much larger than she would usually have. I buy into it working.
I lost 4 stone using myfitnesspal once id lost a good portion of that I took up running using couch25k. Im fitter than ive ever been. Lost nearly 10" from my waist.
I lost 4 stone using myfitnesspal once id lost a good portion of that I took up running using couch25k. Im fitter than ive ever been. Lost nearly 10" from my waist.
When like me I say im not eating carbs, it means for me, no sugars/rice/wheat products/potatoes. I make up for it in veg & do have the odd bit of pastry.
The problem as I see it and reiterating what quickquack says is that most people have huge portions of 'carbs' with a meal. for example last Friday I had fried fish and mushy peas, I dropped the chips, it was far healthier, far less calories, but didn't change my enjoyment of the meal.
Now for me to get insulting - All these 'diseases' etc are just excuses, feeling hungry should also be considered our natural state of being. The science of weight loss is truly very simple & easy to understand, calories in vs calories out, if your making excuses or trying to overcomplicate it your just fooling yourself. You have no control over your own body, its hard to gain that control and ive had my struggle but making excuses isn't the answer.
The problem as I see it and reiterating what quickquack says is that most people have huge portions of 'carbs' with a meal. for example last Friday I had fried fish and mushy peas, I dropped the chips, it was far healthier, far less calories, but didn't change my enjoyment of the meal.
Now for me to get insulting - All these 'diseases' etc are just excuses, feeling hungry should also be considered our natural state of being. The science of weight loss is truly very simple & easy to understand, calories in vs calories out, if your making excuses or trying to overcomplicate it your just fooling yourself. You have no control over your own body, its hard to gain that control and ive had my struggle but making excuses isn't the answer.
Edited by Foliage on Tuesday 1st December 13:44
i have changed what i eat and lost 4 stone easily over the last two months.
The change is for ever, so not a diet.
basic rules have been posted above but i will post my eating rules for you. it is not so easy in the first week but if you are committed you will feel better, sleep better and lose weight steadily when you can introduce some things you miss at your target weight. you will reduce chance of getting type diabetes very significantly.
this is low carb, high fat from the 'Real meal revolution 'http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Meal-Revolution-Sustainable-Approach-ebook/dp/B00X7UHRSS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449066130&sr=1-1&keywords=the+real+meal+revolution
no carbs - NO bread, rice, potato, sugar, root veg, pasta, curries, fruit, crisps, beer, wine (for now), cakes, biscuits, chocolate, semi skimmed or skimmed milk. you get the picture? Hard work ? not when you see what you can eat!
good to have - meat, eggs, cauli, brocolli, seafood, cream, cheese, full cream milk, butter, avocado, coconut oil, lard, most nuts, most other veg, greek yoghurt.
So what do i eat in a day?
10 to 10-30 fried breakfast (bacon, sausage, eggs cooked in lard) or omelettes or scrambled eggs or poached eggs on a slice of tomato
snack- nuts, pork scratchings etc
evening - fish, meat with cauli mash and vegetables
The book above has loads of recipes and gives all the theory behind the thinking and why it works.
i am never hungry between meals!!
down side- i like a drink, so i do have an odd Whisky and glass of wine. lots of water is good but boring so i have coconut milk now and then and lemon in water.You can get constibated at the start - take psyllium husks once a day.
The change is for ever, so not a diet.
basic rules have been posted above but i will post my eating rules for you. it is not so easy in the first week but if you are committed you will feel better, sleep better and lose weight steadily when you can introduce some things you miss at your target weight. you will reduce chance of getting type diabetes very significantly.
this is low carb, high fat from the 'Real meal revolution 'http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Meal-Revolution-Sustainable-Approach-ebook/dp/B00X7UHRSS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449066130&sr=1-1&keywords=the+real+meal+revolution
no carbs - NO bread, rice, potato, sugar, root veg, pasta, curries, fruit, crisps, beer, wine (for now), cakes, biscuits, chocolate, semi skimmed or skimmed milk. you get the picture? Hard work ? not when you see what you can eat!
good to have - meat, eggs, cauli, brocolli, seafood, cream, cheese, full cream milk, butter, avocado, coconut oil, lard, most nuts, most other veg, greek yoghurt.
So what do i eat in a day?
10 to 10-30 fried breakfast (bacon, sausage, eggs cooked in lard) or omelettes or scrambled eggs or poached eggs on a slice of tomato
snack- nuts, pork scratchings etc
evening - fish, meat with cauli mash and vegetables
The book above has loads of recipes and gives all the theory behind the thinking and why it works.
i am never hungry between meals!!
down side- i like a drink, so i do have an odd Whisky and glass of wine. lots of water is good but boring so i have coconut milk now and then and lemon in water.You can get constibated at the start - take psyllium husks once a day.
^^ that sounds just a little extreme to me. Prohibition / total abstinence from "carbs" seems unnecessary.
Personally, when eating "carbs" nowadays, I tend to stick to wholemeal versions and generally try to avoid food and drink with lots of sugar. Low fat has always appeared to mean high sugar.
Nuts are a good thing. I snack on them and eat peanut butter.
I have tried eating large salads (with egg, fish or meat) for lunch, but find myself hungry an hour later.
Personally, when eating "carbs" nowadays, I tend to stick to wholemeal versions and generally try to avoid food and drink with lots of sugar. Low fat has always appeared to mean high sugar.
Nuts are a good thing. I snack on them and eat peanut butter.
I have tried eating large salads (with egg, fish or meat) for lunch, but find myself hungry an hour later.
Not extreme at all, i am finding good meals that are different and enjoying food like never before.
Eating low carbs/high fat is precisely why your not hungry between meals. With this plan, including a salad with meat/fish at lunchtime you can go at least 5 hours without feeling hungry.
Read the book.
Eating low carbs/high fat is precisely why your not hungry between meals. With this plan, including a salad with meat/fish at lunchtime you can go at least 5 hours without feeling hungry.
Read the book.
That's pretty much how I started kenty. I lost the plot a bit though once I hit my target weight (75kg) and couldn't sustain it so ive tried to dial it back a bit and have the odd treat now and again, I gained weight, I lost self control it was just to extreme mentally.
You need to have a plan for once you hit your goal weight, instead of like me, going back to old habits because id hit my goal.
You need to have a plan for once you hit your goal weight, instead of like me, going back to old habits because id hit my goal.
Foliage said:
That's pretty much how I started kenty. I lost the plot a bit though once I hit my target weight (75kg) and couldn't sustain it so ive tried to dial it back a bit and have the odd treat now and again, I gained weight, I lost self control it was just to extreme mentally.
You need to have a plan for once you hit your goal weight, instead of like me, going back to old habits because id hit my goal.
Interesting, we have started to think about it and probably start with wine at the weekends!! We intend to stick with it because we enjoy the food and the book i mentioned has loads of recipes.You need to have a plan for once you hit your goal weight, instead of like me, going back to old habits because id hit my goal.
We were on holiday in US for 3 weeks recently and even there with the large portions and high carb menu managed to be completely happy with what we could have. We did have some wine most nights and our weight stayed exactly the same as the day we left home. It is really strange but we miss nothing that has gone from our choices such as chips, bread, sweets etc (except wine and beer
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