Horrified by slimming world

[Wackelle]

I'm surrounded by people on slimming world at the moment who are essentially stuffing their faces constantly but telling me its OK cause "its free" how can anyone lose weight without counting calories, and eating cooked breakfasts?

Surely this is not healthy, I was also told you can save your sins and have a takeaway at the weekend. Wow.

Not for me.

[gaspingwaythroughlife]

I went and it wasn't for me.

Definitely too much food!

[Drquin]

I think Sherlock because it works on the assumption that most us, whilst clearly not blessed with perfect nutritional knowledge otherwise we wouldn't be trying to lose weight in the first place, most of us actually get that low fat food tends to have a half-decent amount of sugar in it. Tends to be one or other that gets the taste buds interested ....... So we get that whilst SW advertise them as "free" we also have to use a little bit of grown-up adult common sense and not eat millions of them every day.

[MetallicBeige]

The classes make me laugh, I must burn calories from cringing at the clapping.
But... my group are lovely, everybody is supportive, the facilitator/consultant is really on the ball and promotes health above all. We're all of us in the same boat, just at different stages of the process.

I don't eat yoghurt, never liked it. So by a lot of peoples reckoning I'm screwed.
The plan works for me because it reminds me to prioritise decent foods, over what is quick easy and usually crap. (I love me a slice wedge of cake)

There is a woman in my group similar age to me, she has three small children, she was so worried at the start - didn't know how to cook, and said that she used packets for everything. With the help of the group SW has really helped her to gain those basic cooking skills that we take for granted. She's eating better, and so are her children.

I don't see what's to be horrified about. These people living on mullerlights and mugshots won't last the distance. You have to make real changes overall and long term, and it's hard, but doable.

[gaspingwaythroughlife]

Drquin that's the part I would struggle with,

[ChanandlerBongsNeighbour]

I'm in my second week of SW and am loving it. The difference to how we as a family were eating before is immense. I'm cooking almost every meal from scratch and most of my shopping is now fresh veg and raw meat. I've stocked up on herbs and spices and store cupboard essentials and am actually enjoying cooking again! I've found that I get full more quickly so I make sure I eat all the speed foods on my plate first so that any food I leave would be the least healthy parts anyway (or the carbs etc!). I have lost almost half a stone already and I really feel that it's a change for life. My DH and kids are all enjoying the home cooked food so I feel it's a positive change for us as a family! Often I won't use all my syns as I just don't see the value, for me that is the single greatest strength of the programme. It has made me think about what I eat, and put a stop to the mindless snacking where I would open the cupboard and eat a two finger kit Kat without batting an eyelid, purely out of boredom or habit! Knowing that I 'could' still have the kit Kat if I wanted keeps me from feeling restricted! (& and I do have the occasional muller light too if I have a sweet craving!)

[Emmageddon]

I do get a bit pissed off with the hard sell at the meetings - the Iceland ready meals, the Hifi bars (which are TINY!), the magazine and all the various cook books - but I try not to let it affect me too much. People that ask why I pay someone a fiver to weigh me once a week, just don't understand the way group support works - for me, anyway. I love the positive affirmations I get from the others, when I've lost weight, and if that makes me needy, then so what.

[NorksAkimbo72]

If you don't want to eat 'free food that contain sweetener or sugar on SW, you don't have to!
I don't like the taste of artificial sweetener and I don't eat ready meals. I didn't actually have to change much about how I was cooking, I just add loads more veg and eat more fruit. I haven't felt like I'm on a diet at all...if I feel like crisps, or a bit of chocolate, I eat it.
If you don't get it, or don't like it, you don't have to do it!