2022 Fresh Start Thread

[Pandora984]

Hi! I'm going to be starting Slimming World again in January, I am signing up for a 12 week Countdown. I start a new job in January and know I will be working 12 hour shifts. Just wondered if anyone else is planning on starting then and if you fancied supporting each other here with meal ideas and moral support :) I have around 4.5-5st to lose and this time I am determined to do it! I've treated myself to a 1950's photoshoot as a Christmas present and want to use that along with feeling happier and healthier as motivation.

Yes me !!! I am also joining in January too and am so determined this time tound. I have about 6 stone to loose so count me in slimming buddy

www.slimmingworld.co.uk/special-offers

@Couldntthinkofausername24 Great!! My other half is on board this time too (we'll see )😂 I'm hoping in my new job role I'm going to be too busy to even think about snacking, these last 2 years I've piled on the pounds.

Thank you @Wilma55 I'll be heading along to the first group meeting after Christmas!

I'm hoping to start next week so will join! Would like to lose 2 stone but would be happy with 1.5. Was thinking I'll just do online.

I'll be rejoining online

As I permanently WFH, I'm not getting the same exercise and I have more access to snacks and the fridge so I need to get my ass in gear.

I really don't like how I look since lockdown started. The weight has just piled on.

I’m in too. For those of you who do online, does it offer enough encouragement? I can’t decide whether to do online or attend in person. I’ve stacked on 3 stone this year so really need to get back on it.

I'm going to group. Only because the thought of standing on those scales and gaining weight in front of a stranger scares the crap out of me. It really helps me keep focus. Yesterday my husband recorded me helping our 1 year old on his skateboard and my god I look so fat. Csnt stop thinking about it.

I've been thinking of joining in the new year. Thank you for this thread because I could do with some support. Have around 5st to lose

@JackyJax

I’m in too. For those of you who do online, does it offer enough encouragement? I can’t decide whether to do online or attend in person. I’ve stacked on 3 stone this year so really need to get back on it.

I don't know if online will be much encouragement but it doesn't really suit to go in person. I'm hoping that because I feel very motivated, combined with this thread it will help me keep focussed, we'll see!

I'm at 16 and a half stone after being 15 and a half stone not so long ago, so I hope the scales will be a bit nicer to me in 2022.

@JackyJax

I’m in too. For those of you who do online, does it offer enough encouragement? I can’t decide whether to do online or attend in person. I’ve stacked on 3 stone this year so really need to get back on it.

I’ve been doing it online for a year and much prefer it to a group. I find the zoom events really helpful and the community forums. I lost a stone last year. Very slow but I’ve kept it off. I’d have been thrilled if I had started 2021 a stone lighter than 2020.

Having a break over xmas. Starting in earnest January 1st.

I'm in . I lost 3 stone on SW 3years ago and kept it off for 2 years (give or take a few lbs) but went back to work ft a year ago, stopped regularly exercising and went off the wagon and now 2 stone heavier . I'm just making a list of my favourite / tried and tested breakfast, lunch & dinners and made myself a load of weekly trackers and going to try doing it myself. Food shop coming on 30th and doing some meal prep so I'm all ready to go on 1st. I've got a whole bloody wardrobe I can't wear (& not shopped in the last year so very limited in what I can wear right now), feeling sluggish and moods definitely affected so I'm ready to make the change. Also doing RED January as this is what kick-started my regular exercise regime 3 years ago.

Looking forward to meal sharing and inspiring each other to keep going.

[quote Wilma55]www.slimmingworld.co.uk/special-offers[/quote]
You can also get £15 off Bronze or Silver with the code TOGETHER2021 until January 3rd. I may have to have another look but I'm sure it said somewhere on the SW website that if you sign up online you also get the new 2022 books which you would normally only get as part of the gold package. I may join up online with the bronze package and see how I get on.

Does anyone know if you log your weight when you sign up digitally? Also returning to SW in January after 3 years getting to club used to be a struggle so looking to do it from home this time, but the idea of being weighed and it being recorded and witnessed by others used to give me an extra push!

@HollyDollyDooDaa

Does anyone know if you log your weight when you sign up digitally? Also returning to SW in January after 3 years getting to club used to be a struggle so looking to do it from home this time, but the idea of being weighed and it being recorded and witnessed by others used to give me an extra push!

Yes you do log it. I joined today and had to input weight.

I'm signing up too. I'm the heaviest I have been. My face and stomach are very round. I've hit the point where I have to sort it out or I'll become very unhappy.

I joined last night- only 3 of us at group but I’m relieved to have started back. Thanks to everyone who answered my query re online/ in person. Imagine how we will all look in June!

@JackyJax

I joined last night- only 3 of us at group but I’m relieved to have started back. Thanks to everyone who answered my query re online/ in person. Imagine how we will all look in June!

Well done, that's brilliant! I aim to go next week when the kids are back at school. Sadly that will mean I'll be part of the new year rush.

I'm also really dithering over group or online. I lost week on week without fail last time & went to group but I've since moved and the only local one is a really inconvenient time. But, that weekly commitment and sharing of ideas etc definitely helped me last time and I could make it if I really wanted to.

Shall we weigh-in here too? Any additional accountability helps! Dreading that first post NY weigh in

Hi everyone. Can I join too please? Also debating online vs group and going to be starting on 4th. Would be fab to have a thread as extra support and accountability too

I took part in a SW zoom call last night so it did kind of feel like an online group although it was mostly just chatting rather than advice and tips, but they didn't have the zoom classes before for online membership so that's a positive.

Yes that’s a great idea to post our results on here- if we want to of course- and to cheer lead one another on. We should all meet up somewhere too when we reach July…I may be getting a bit carried away here but I’m fed up as a fattie!

I'm going back next week too, was a target member until things all went a bit pear shaped in the summer and I have a stone to lose.
Going to group though I don't feel the same shame if I gain weight doing it online

Happy New Year all! Here's to a healthier 2022!

Hi all, I’m joining on Wednesday and going in person as online just doesn’t work for me.

I feel so down and miserable about my weight and don’t want another Xmas feeling like this, also my 40th this year and want to feel good for that!