Sashaying into a svelte 2025 with Slimming World

[Wilma55]

New thread for 2025, wishing you all a happy, healthy new year.

1.5lbs off in this mornings weigh in. Hope to lose 2lbs next week then i’ll get my club 10 just before my sisters hen do 😊

Well done Linda - 10% soon! Did you weigh in Suki?
I've missed 2 WIs, first planned, 2nd because we booked a few day away in campervan to make the most of the weather. Eating has not been to plan!

Had to buy some new scales and now realise they don't do half pounds. Suppose it doesn't really matter but it was encouraging to see even a small movement in the right direction.

Will weigh in on Tuesday and it will then be 4 weeks till our week in Corfu. Can I get back in target range before we go? Yes I can!

Of course you can! 😊

Well done on the weight loss. I’m also aiming for 10%.

We had a disaster in the group this week, everyone was experiencing big losses at weigh in and it transpired the scales weren’t working properly! I was told 3lb out but knew that, sadly, couldn’t be right with the week I’d had. I’m hoping it was a half to a pound loss though.
We’ll see on Wednesday.

3lb off

Well done on the loss @ListenLinda.

Oh no @snowsjoke how did that happen?

Weighed in yesterday and another 2lbs off. The consultant was sick so just weigh in and left, that’s 2/3 I haven’t stayed to group. Need to make sure I stay next week for the accountability otherwise this is where my bad habits creep back in.

Does anyone on here use body magic to help weight loss?

Body magic won't make you lose weight any quicker. What it does do is make you fitter, healthier and happier and that keeps you focussed on what changes you are making

Right now my BMR - the calories I need to keep my weight stable is down to 1344 - a hell of a lot less then the "2000" told to us by the NHS. So that means I have to shift my arse , yet exercise dent burn half the calories we think it does . I have to put in 15000 steps a day at least for body magic to show on the scales

But what body magic does is make you feel so much better - mentally as well as physically. If I dont get out for a 3 mile walk at least 4 days a week, I feel yuck Not just sluggish, but really tired and not on the ball , really not on par. I now cycle as well to make sure I get some vigorous minutes - when heart rate is in aerobic mode ( fat burning ) because I have to admit sometimes when Im out walking Im just slouching. I still feel better for being out, but its not always "exercise"

I have had a week on plan - bar one day when I carbed out, and gained a 1lb :( Pretty peed off tbh because I was so very good for 6 days - usually Im kind of good for 4/5 days. Ive not been well and Im on a cocktail of meds which my body really isnt reacting well to so I hope its all down to that. The worst side effects are passed now ( I hope ) so Im having another week of speed and see how I go. Now developed an access in my jaw so need to add antibiotics to the mix - urgh

Oh well , things cant get worse - can they?

Onwards and upwards - or downwards :)

Discovered if I weigh in pounds rather than stone and pounds i can get .2, .4, .6 and .8 of a pound.

WI at group this morning, 1 lb on.

I have been messing about with the same 1-2 lbs up and down for the last few weeks after losing just over 2stone...driving myself nuts! Seem to have got a grip this week and hope to report in on this site as well to make myself more accountable....hope thats ok. I did the same sabotage when I was trying to get ot the 1.5stone mark so think its a habit that I need to get rid of. I'll report in on Monday! Nice to see you all ladies :)

The more the merrier @Backtoreality1 .

Welcome aboard @Backtoreality1 . That's something I really relate to. I got the 1 stone - slowly - the stone I wanted off, then saw that another half would be good - that took longer, then getting the two stone took forever. I wanted more off by then but after about 3 months I called it a day and accepted that 2 stone was where my body, mind and soul was happy

So since then I go up and down a pound or two but do my best to stay in range of target. Im never going to be slim again, but Im also never going to be 60 again :)

All I know now is I keep plugging away, sometimes cruising, sometimes working for it, sometimes smashing it. I just know I keep at it because I dont want to be fat anymore

Anyways just came on to say, that me who has been at this for over two years now, never found it easy, never had good loses, never been slimmer of the week - has had a text from my consultant telling me Ive been awarded Woman of the year for my group !!!! Im gobsmacked

She's asked me to bring a pre journey photo to group on Saturday - not a mission - I hid from the camera for years. She also said bring some old big clothes along - well I finally dumped my BIG clothes about 2 months ago, the biggest I have now are 2 sizes up from where I am now, what I used to call my happy size - I was happy to get them on lol.

Dont get me wrong, Im over the moon, but I dont feel like Ive done anything remarkable. Ive been the petulant child fighting the process every step of the way , making it harder then it should be - hardly the poster girl for SW ( I never buy any of their products and as for fry lite , I voice my contempt for that nearly every time I open my mouth in group )

OMG group is going to be excruciating on Saturday

Welcome @Backtoreality1 good to meet another one of the journey.

@suki1964 congratulations, that is quite the achievement 🙌🏼.

Well done @suki1964 it's greatvtocseexa "plodder" recognised. Have you worked out what you're going to say?

Weigh in this morning, lost another 2lbs. To be honest I don’t feel like I deserve it, had a hellish week. Overindulged in syns and didn’t have time for any body magic.

In the past I would start thinking as I’ve had a bad week and still lost then I would keep snacking or eating bad and believing I could get away with it again. This would lead to a weight gain and the cycle would start over again.

This time I’m drawing the line and moving on from last week. I’ve made a plan, done a food shop and ready to attack this week.

@Mash88 , that's the mind shift I had to get to as well. I have to look at each week as a separate week. I start every Sunday with a new plan. Like you Id have a loss that I know I never worked for and blow it again for another week. And what's so galling is I struggle to lose a pound, but can easily find two with out even trying lol

Group was good come the end, I wasnt the only one up - three of us . I found a photo, it was an official photo for the half marathon I did before I started SW. It really was a horrendous photo - soaked to the skin, clothes clinging showing every lump and bump - had to lift it from the net as I never had them sent

It really is the only photo taken of me when at my biggest, oh there's one other , but Im covered with a coat taken a month before the day I caught sight of myself in bra and knickers in the full length mirror and could no longer hide from myself

Because I knew I was carrying too much, but I avoided it by not having photos taken, by never buying new clothes other then leggings and joggers and big over sized baggy tops , refusing invites anywhere because I would be forced to go buy something to wear. My wardrobe became my cupboard of despair , soon as I outgrew clothes, in they went and there they stayed - the clothes I wore I wore time and time about out of the laundry basket cos I never opened the wardrobe , cos those clothes were the reminder, the truth, I was too fat

And that's what I said.

And I admitted that I keep plugging away because I never want to go back to those days.I was never happy as a fat person, I hated being fat. I find it all too easy to pile on so I go every week to keep focussed and supported. The older and smaller I get the less calories required so over indulging is wayyyyy too easy so I have to plan its as simple as that.

Well done @suki1964 sounds like you gave a very inspirational talk.

I always say I'm not going to go back to old habits but so far I always have. I think I'm about 10 years older than you and it definitely does get harder to get and keep the weight off.

Went to WI this morning - half a pound off so now 1 over top of target range and 3 weigh ins before holiday on 10th.

PS My new scales seem to weigh about the same as my old ones.

@Wilma55 , we have a lifetime of bad habits to break, its never going to be done in a year. But we are facing them, and fighting them and I know for me some changes come automatically now - others I still gurn about but make them :)

Im so grateful for my air fryer, if I want a chip ( hand cut and sprayed ) I can have a chip - and it's decent , I feel like Im having a chip. A lifetime of processed foods is hard to break, especially when processed foods are designed to keep you hooked

Slowly though, very slowly for me, my taste buds are changing

Well done on your loss, You can get there in 3 weeks if you keep focussed xx

Hi all xx Im Laura, 43 and long term SW member .

I first joined in March 2016 and by Oct 2017 I had lost over 8stone . As I lost weight , my confidence grew and I got myself a job . I also joined the gym. I kept trying to lose 2more stone to get to the target i first set but I just couldnt do it. 2yrs i tried. I finally called target Oct 2019. 2months later I discovered I was pregnant. I then went onto have my baby boy, my 4th child, in Aug of 2020, at the very height of the pandemic. I also found 6 of the 8st i had lost, but oh so worth it.

I rejoined SW Jan 2022 and got back to my target weight Oct 21st 2024. I am so close to my Diamond target status and thats something I never got to last time. Its transformed my life. I feel so much more happy and healthy etc . I am more energetic and espeically needed as my little man is very hyperactive and never stops. I am due to get my Diamond target award Oct 27th but as my eldest boys 21st is the day beforehand and I will most definitely not be on plan, group will be not visited that week. But the freedom of beig at target allows for this flexibility attending etc.

My weigh day is Mondays. 9am is my group time.

03/16 - 10/17 total lost 8st 5.5lb
01/22 - 10/24 total lost 5st 7lb

Had my first gain this week 1.5 pound on. Slightly annoyed but felt I deserved it last week when I lost and then more snacks have crept back this week.
I bought the 12 week planner to write down everything I eat (this week was the first week without doing so and I feel that’s where I haven’t been tracking or keeping myself accountable). Meal planning for the week currently, shopping soon and body magic planned throughout the week.
Happy bank holiday weekend everyone.

Welcome aboard @Muvva1981 , its such a great feeling being at target isnt it? Even if like me you need to keep working at it

@Mash88 , 1.5 isnt the end of the world, esp if you can immediately recognise where it came from, means you know how to get on top of it quicker

Weigh in day for me today, Im been slogging away at it because I go on holiday in a month and want to get as low as I can - Prague is all about dumplings and beer :) Ive lost a pound, two more is all I want so I have plenty of leeway

Excited new nanny here to 2nd grand child so the diet is outvof the window tonight!

Congratulations

Thanks Suku, actually I didn't go completely mad, food was ok ( tuna and salad) but I did have a lot of wine.

Sorry @Suki1964 !

@Wilma55 , wine I think should come under the five a day :)

My 61st today ( how I wish the numbers were reversed ) and plans for slap up meals, and wine , and more wine, were scuppered by mum having a fall

So it was a BBQ meal and you know what ? it was bloody lush

And dessert was raspberries and strawberries - cream and ice cream for them, I had a lemon light and free or similiar yoghurt ( syn free ) and it was also just yummy

I did think earlier that I wanted and NEEDED cake and cream, and stood ages in Tesco looking at them, and darting to the fresh cream cake selection, and I really couldn't get excited over anything . So I spent twice as much on fresh English fruit, and you know it was pure Ambrose

End of the day I had a beautiful meal that I really enjoyed. So what if I "cooked it "? I bloody scoffed it , it was syn free, full of veg and protein so on plan and I know Im not going to be awake the night with an upset tummy or dying of first ( as a Chinese take out leaves me )

I had plenty of my syns in liquid form though :)