Slimming World Uk
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Tracie Green
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Slimming World - Jane
Hi Jane,
Ive just joined today, im doing slimming world, i have lost 1 and a half stone so far and plan to lose another stone and a half! hopefully by July! as im going to the maldives and im also getting married next year so i have lots of work to do. How are you getting on? I do get really stuck for recpies, what kind of thing do u eat???
Luv Tracie
Hi Jane,
Ive just joined today, im doing slimming world, i have lost 1 and a half stone so far and plan to lose another stone and a half! hopefully by July! as im going to the maldives and im also getting married next year so i have lots of work to do. How are you getting on? I do get really stuck for recpies, what kind of thing do u eat???
Luv Tracie
slimming world
hi i used to go to slimming world last year, but gave up after a few months, lately i have lost about ten pound through exercise, however i know my diet is still an issue, so i have started back on the slimming world programme today. i still have all the books and things, however as i have not been to any class's lately i was wondering if any 1 knew the syns online password for this week. sorry to be a pain
hi i used to go to slimming world last year, but gave up after a few months, lately i have lost about ten pound through exercise, however i know my diet is still an issue, so i have started back on the slimming world programme today. i still have all the books and things, however as i have not been to any class's lately i was wondering if any 1 knew the syns online password for this week. sorry to be a pain
Sweetie-pie
New member
I haven't been for a while, so can anyone tell me if you are on a green day, can you still eat as many carbs as you like and still lose weight? It really confuses me that you can eat as much rice and pasta as you like, when everyone else believes portion control is the key, and still lose weight....
there were a few people here that used Slimming World but honestly I'm not sure if they are still around...
Slimming World
Slimming World is a British company which runs over 5,000 weight loss classes a week across the UK. Adults who are seven or more pounds overweight may join a local Slimming World class and pay a weekly fee to attend classes. In 2005 the cost on joining was £10 and the weekly charge £4.25. Slimming World calls its diet plan "Food Optimising."
Classes are led by self-employed consultants. At each class members are weighed and the loss or gain is shared with the group. At no time is a member's actual weight mentioned. During classes members also share tips, experiences, and ask for advice. Prizes are given for the "slimmer of the week" and "slimmer of the month."
Consultants do not have quotas to meet for total weight loss among their membership, but do with class attendance, and there are financial incentives for achieving targets.
Slimming World was founded in 1969 by Margaret Miles-Bramwell, who serves as chairman. Caryl Richards has been managing director of the company since 2001. Slimming World has 215 employees in its head office.
Food Optimising
Food Optimising leads to weight-loss through a calorie-restricted diet. On the plan many foods, known as "free foods," which are judged to have a low calorie content for how filling they are or how nutritious they are, may be eaten in unrestricted amounts. Members are encouraged to eat four small portions per day of foods which are higher in calories, but which provide ample supplies of vitamins, minerals or dietary fibre.
The Food Optimising plan classifies each day as an original (or red) day or a green day. Many foods are classified differently depending on whether it is a red or green day.
The red day "free foods" include most fruits and vegetables, white fish, lean meats and eggs. The restricted "healthy extras" include milk, cheese, bread, grains, beans, potatoes and dried fruits.
The green day "free foods" include fruit and vegetables, grains, beans, pasta, tofu, and eggs. The "healthy extras" include milk, cheese, bread, dried fruit, nuts and seeds, meat, and fish.
All other foods are assigned a syn value by Slimming World based on their nutritional profile.
[edit] Exercise
Exercise is not a formal part of the Slimming World plan. They do encourage their members to be active, but the focus of the groups is placed on diet.
When people exercise while trying to lose weight they may make progress which is not reflected by weighing themselves. Muscle is denser than fat, so members may find that their weight loss slows or stops altogether when they exercise at the same time as following a diet plan, as fat stores are used up and muscles are strengthened.
The Slimming World literature acknowledges this and tells members not to be discouraged if they find that this is the case. Each member has a Food Optimising book in which to record their progress which also contains space to record changes in their body measurements (bust and waist). This enables and encourages them to see any change in their body shape even when there is a slow down in the weight loss.
[edit] Health and pregnancy
The Slimming World plan follows the UK government's healthy eating guidelines. Following a pilot program in 2001–2 with Derby Primary Care Trust, Slimming on Referral was launched to encourage doctors to refer patients to Slimming World classes. Under the program the first few class fees are subsidized.
With permission from her midwife a pregnant woman may continue to follow the Slimming World plan. New mothers may attend classes starting six weeks after giving birth, even while breast-feeding.
[edit] Company history and products
The weekly classes are at the heart of the Slimming World business. However they do offer other products and services.
The company sells recipe books and other books to accompany their diet plan. For people unable or unwilling to attend classes, they offer postal membership and an online program called BodyOptimise. BodyOptimise costs more than the classes, but offers more support than postal membership and is more flexible than attending classes.
In January 1998, Slimming World Magazine was launched, sold exclusively to members. It went on general sale to the public in January 1999 with a circulation in excess of 255,000 copies.
Prior to 2004, Slimming World assigned its naughty-but-nice foods "sin values." Some found the idea of foods being sinful as negative and offputting. Weight Watchers in the UK, Slimming World's main competitor, even advertises under the slogan "Where no food is a sin." Slimming World always said that "sins" were intended to be seen as tongue in cheek, but members and non-members alike were divided over whether they found it the idea of "sinning" fun or discouraging.
As of January 2004, sin values were renamed "syn values," short for synergy, according to Slimming World. In addition to countering the criticism from Weight Watchers, the change to syn values gave Slimming World the opportunity to revise and recalculate the values. Publications that predate 2004, such as recipe books and lists of sin values, are now out of date.
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In your intro post, you said you had trouble with weight watchers because you thought it was too restrictive - while it might have been your mindset at the time (and the mindset is the biggest factor in weight loss, in my non expert overly opinionated opinion) I think you'd have the same trouble with SW...
why not just go with something you can live with the rest of your life - a sensible diet with exercise. Use a program such as FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal to record your daily calories - weigh and meaasure and be accurate in your accounting... and you can still eat what you love in proper portions... and you will get the results you want.
Slimming World
Slimming World is a British company which runs over 5,000 weight loss classes a week across the UK. Adults who are seven or more pounds overweight may join a local Slimming World class and pay a weekly fee to attend classes. In 2005 the cost on joining was £10 and the weekly charge £4.25. Slimming World calls its diet plan "Food Optimising."
Classes are led by self-employed consultants. At each class members are weighed and the loss or gain is shared with the group. At no time is a member's actual weight mentioned. During classes members also share tips, experiences, and ask for advice. Prizes are given for the "slimmer of the week" and "slimmer of the month."
Consultants do not have quotas to meet for total weight loss among their membership, but do with class attendance, and there are financial incentives for achieving targets.
Slimming World was founded in 1969 by Margaret Miles-Bramwell, who serves as chairman. Caryl Richards has been managing director of the company since 2001. Slimming World has 215 employees in its head office.
Food Optimising
Food Optimising leads to weight-loss through a calorie-restricted diet. On the plan many foods, known as "free foods," which are judged to have a low calorie content for how filling they are or how nutritious they are, may be eaten in unrestricted amounts. Members are encouraged to eat four small portions per day of foods which are higher in calories, but which provide ample supplies of vitamins, minerals or dietary fibre.
The Food Optimising plan classifies each day as an original (or red) day or a green day. Many foods are classified differently depending on whether it is a red or green day.
The red day "free foods" include most fruits and vegetables, white fish, lean meats and eggs. The restricted "healthy extras" include milk, cheese, bread, grains, beans, potatoes and dried fruits.
The green day "free foods" include fruit and vegetables, grains, beans, pasta, tofu, and eggs. The "healthy extras" include milk, cheese, bread, dried fruit, nuts and seeds, meat, and fish.
All other foods are assigned a syn value by Slimming World based on their nutritional profile.
[edit] Exercise
Exercise is not a formal part of the Slimming World plan. They do encourage their members to be active, but the focus of the groups is placed on diet.
When people exercise while trying to lose weight they may make progress which is not reflected by weighing themselves. Muscle is denser than fat, so members may find that their weight loss slows or stops altogether when they exercise at the same time as following a diet plan, as fat stores are used up and muscles are strengthened.
The Slimming World literature acknowledges this and tells members not to be discouraged if they find that this is the case. Each member has a Food Optimising book in which to record their progress which also contains space to record changes in their body measurements (bust and waist). This enables and encourages them to see any change in their body shape even when there is a slow down in the weight loss.
[edit] Health and pregnancy
The Slimming World plan follows the UK government's healthy eating guidelines. Following a pilot program in 2001–2 with Derby Primary Care Trust, Slimming on Referral was launched to encourage doctors to refer patients to Slimming World classes. Under the program the first few class fees are subsidized.
With permission from her midwife a pregnant woman may continue to follow the Slimming World plan. New mothers may attend classes starting six weeks after giving birth, even while breast-feeding.
[edit] Company history and products
The weekly classes are at the heart of the Slimming World business. However they do offer other products and services.
The company sells recipe books and other books to accompany their diet plan. For people unable or unwilling to attend classes, they offer postal membership and an online program called BodyOptimise. BodyOptimise costs more than the classes, but offers more support than postal membership and is more flexible than attending classes.
In January 1998, Slimming World Magazine was launched, sold exclusively to members. It went on general sale to the public in January 1999 with a circulation in excess of 255,000 copies.
Prior to 2004, Slimming World assigned its naughty-but-nice foods "sin values." Some found the idea of foods being sinful as negative and offputting. Weight Watchers in the UK, Slimming World's main competitor, even advertises under the slogan "Where no food is a sin." Slimming World always said that "sins" were intended to be seen as tongue in cheek, but members and non-members alike were divided over whether they found it the idea of "sinning" fun or discouraging.
As of January 2004, sin values were renamed "syn values," short for synergy, according to Slimming World. In addition to countering the criticism from Weight Watchers, the change to syn values gave Slimming World the opportunity to revise and recalculate the values. Publications that predate 2004, such as recipe books and lists of sin values, are now out of date.
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In your intro post, you said you had trouble with weight watchers because you thought it was too restrictive - while it might have been your mindset at the time (and the mindset is the biggest factor in weight loss, in my non expert overly opinionated opinion) I think you'd have the same trouble with SW...
why not just go with something you can live with the rest of your life - a sensible diet with exercise. Use a program such as FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal to record your daily calories - weigh and meaasure and be accurate in your accounting... and you can still eat what you love in proper portions... and you will get the results you want.
Mandie
New member
slimming world
Hiya Lisa, pleased to meet you! Well done with your weight loss so far...hope your weigh in goes well on Monday (you'll have to let me know how you get on). Ive just started doing slimming world again...and...Ive lost 5lb this week (its my first week). Maybe we can encourage each other and share tips?? It would be nice to have a Slimming World friend. Hopefully speak to you soon, love mandie xx
Hiya Lisa, pleased to meet you! Well done with your weight loss so far...hope your weigh in goes well on Monday (you'll have to let me know how you get on). Ive just started doing slimming world again...and...Ive lost 5lb this week (its my first week). Maybe we can encourage each other and share tips?? It would be nice to have a Slimming World friend. Hopefully speak to you soon, love mandie xx
fighting flab
New member
Hi, I've just joined this forum. I've had 2 SW weigh ins so far and lost 7.5 lbs I hope you are both doing well with your weight loss and that anyone else trying to lose weight is succeeding. I'm aiming to lose another 10 lbs before my wedding on May 20th (2 lbs per week seems a reasonable aim).
Bye for now, ff x
I hope you are both doing well with your weight loss and that anyone else trying to lose weight is succeeding. I'm aiming to lose another 10 lbs before my wedding on May 20th (2 lbs per week seems a reasonable aim). Bye for now, ff x
Mandie
New member
Calling all Weight Watchers people!!
Hiya..Im trying to follow weight watchers again..but Im finding it very hard to stick to my points. Im allowed 21 points at the moment..but..I get so hungry and dont actually seem to be eating very much. Any ideas?? Im doing it from home..so my only support is you guys..lol. Any advice or motivation would be great, would love to hear from anyone xx
Hiya..Im trying to follow weight watchers again..but Im finding it very hard to stick to my points. Im allowed 21 points at the moment..but..I get so hungry and dont actually seem to be eating very much. Any ideas?? Im doing it from home..so my only support is you guys..lol. Any advice or motivation would be great, would love to hear from anyone xx
Mandie
New member
Slimming World
Hi Rah, I used to go to the SW classes and lost about 3 stone. Unfortunately I had to stop going because I went to university. At the moment I do it from home. I tend to flit from Weight watchers and slimming World..lol. I do find slimming world the easiest thing to follow and the most effective plan I have tried. I still buy the SW magazine every month..its great for motivation. I tend to like the green days more..but have found if I alternate the days (one day green, next day red) I seem to lose more. Its great to met you and hopefully you'll stay in touch..maybe we can share recipes and stuff. Anyway, Good luck, speak to you soon xx
Hi Rah, I used to go to the SW classes and lost about 3 stone. Unfortunately I had to stop going because I went to university. At the moment I do it from home. I tend to flit from Weight watchers and slimming World..lol. I do find slimming world the easiest thing to follow and the most effective plan I have tried. I still buy the SW magazine every month..its great for motivation. I tend to like the green days more..but have found if I alternate the days (one day green, next day red) I seem to lose more. Its great to met you and hopefully you'll stay in touch..maybe we can share recipes and stuff. Anyway, Good luck, speak to you soon xx
rah
New member
HI Thanks for the reply
I used to go SW and same as you had to stop due to going to uni and also the cost, now i am almost at the end of my course i want to get back to my pre-uni weight (and a bit less) so knowing SW works i think i am going to follow this again.
I have the WW calculator and work out the points as well as the syns just to check its all ok!!!
I struggle on green days as i have only just started to eat pasta and rice so and recipies you have for that would be great as for the red days good old meat and veg is easiest so i can just add a few potatoes of hubby and hes happy as well (although he has said he will eat exactly the same as me)
Sarah
I used to go SW and same as you had to stop due to going to uni and also the cost, now i am almost at the end of my course i want to get back to my pre-uni weight (and a bit less) so knowing SW works i think i am going to follow this again.
I have the WW calculator and work out the points as well as the syns just to check its all ok!!!
I struggle on green days as i have only just started to eat pasta and rice so and recipies you have for that would be great as for the red days good old meat and veg is easiest so i can just add a few potatoes of hubby and hes happy as well (although he has said he will eat exactly the same as me)
Sarah
bmst
New member
me too!!!
I'm also a member of the SW club. I've been going for a few weeks now and have lost a total of 5lbs. It would be fair to say that I have been on a rollercoaster of weight losses and gains...
and joined this site for support.
Tonight i had the first binging session in ages... regret it, but cant change it so I'm gonna move on! But it's these little misaps that you learn from and make you a stronger person in the long term.
We can do this!!!!
Loz
I'm also a member of the SW club. I've been going for a few weeks now and have lost a total of 5lbs. It would be fair to say that I have been on a rollercoaster of weight losses and gains...
and joined this site for support.Tonight i had the first binging session in ages... regret it, but cant change it so I'm gonna move on! But it's these little misaps that you learn from and make you a stronger person in the long term.
We can do this!!!!
Loz
