Slimpod

[Babana123]

Is there anyone else out there who does Slimpod? I have been doing it since 1st Sept and have lost 10lbs. I fully expext this to drastically slow down, but having done calorie counting, slimming world etc in the past I cannot quite believe how easy it is.
I would love to hear from anyone who is much further down the line from me. How is it going?

Someone recently felt that they had to delete their post because she'd been piled on by someone who was offended by it. 🙄

I find some of the posts a bit 'diet-y' at times, 'ooo I ate 3 biscuits yesterday; what do I do now?' Tiresome but I just scroll.

There are some good posts from people who have been successful - I think you can search 'thenandnow' or something like that to find them. They've posted before and after photos etc; some are quite interesting.

Is this like the hypnotist guy? He had weight loss videos too. I can make you thin I think it was.

Paul McKenna

I’ve paused the FB group, I don’t want to see what others are eating and any mention of avocados makes me 🤢.
I like success stories and encouragement is helpful. I will try and eat better but as there isn’t a wagon to fall off no food is out of bounds to me, strangely the last tub of ice cream I bought I didn’t fancy any. I could eat the whole thing in the past.
Listen to Trevor every day, usually while I’m having my first hot drink.
Found myself ordering broccoli and celeriac in my shopping, thought it would make decent soup. Gone back to overnight oats, but eat them for brunch/lunchtime.

Seeing these posts has made me think not joining the FB group is probably the right decision I came off FB nearly 3 years ago so really don't want to sign up just to join that.

Mason jar salads sound like a good idea, I'll have a Google to find some inspo. Lunches are the hardest for me although I've been thinking about buying a soup maker as we edge towards autumn so I can knock up some nice soups to have at home or bring to work in a flask.

I think my eating habits are definitely changing, I'm really tempted to weigh or measure myself as it's been nearly 5 weeks since I started but don't know whether it will set me back or not. I know Sandra isn't keen on weighing.

I can’t remember the last time I weighed myself. But it’s common sense that if your clothes are tight you’re gaining weight.
I’m In week 5 and some of my underwear now comes further up and the shorts I have on today are easier to pull up and down.
Non Scales Victories (NSV) for me, if I got on the scales and found I’d gained even a bit it would push me to the biscuits.

I quite like the Facebook group in the main, but only really for the positive stuff on how people are finding it easier to eat better or move more - I think basically I just look for confirmation that it works! I’m less interested in whether someone has bought a new plant pot or went to an art class - though I know that’s supposed to be all part of it!

I do find it really helpful if someone is struggling too, reading the good replies, although there can often be some pretty duff advice too;

‘it’s not a diet but maybe try skipping meals, cutting out carbs completely, burning anything that’s even looked at a UPF and only eating spinach, avocado and broccoli for the next six weeks, but it’s definitely not a diet!’

I did join the fb group but it wasn't for me. I'm trying to eat good food which I enjoy, just less of it and stop when full. I've always struggled with portion size and a huge appetite.

My evening snacking has disappeared (week 4 I think but this happened more or less straight away) I definitely feel like my clothes are fitting a little better and I have been more aware of movement as a whole. Walking more, dusted my kettlebell off.

Like @AliasGrape I do like the positive stores of success on the fb group as I was and maybe still am, sceptical. But so far so good.

I saw that post. Didnt really like the naked man
Image🙈

I like seeing people's success stories but
All the diet stuff is annoying

I think ill mute the group

I’ve just finished my fourth week and am finding I’m not having my evening treat if I’m not hungry, I’m also cutting my portion sizes slightly at lunch. I do struggle a bit with the FB group in that it’s not supposed to be a diet but you should be following all these rules.

2 weeks in and I've stopped thinking much about food. Am genuinely amazed.

Just started this week too, I thought I was doing ok until I had a snaccident involving a packet of hobnobs. But I refuse to feel guilty about it, it happens, and I carry on today. I do feel like I'm making better choices generally so will go with it and see how I get on.

rllrsk8 there’s no wagon or diet so just carry on like a normal person would and don’t think about those HobNobs. Sandra says 80% healthy is good and that’s what you’re doing, well done

Thanks @Erinsmumm, good point! It was a LOT of hobnobs but today has felt good so it's all forgotten! Onwards and upwards!

I've lost about 10ths in total - know it's not about the scales but I am historically slimming world and, although I've cut back I do still like to get weighed weekly ish.
How is everyone doing?
I feel like it's going to be more difficult over the darker nights...less salads and lower activity..

I’m doing ok, I’ve only lost a couple of pounds but I’m a lot more relaxed around food and generally not eating if I’m not hungry.

Yes @VimtoVimto agree with. Definitely slowing moving away from food that's a sin and relaxing a little more too.

Morning all, definitely lost weight, jeans that I couldn’t wear in the spring now fit, I’d had to get some in same size with elastic waist which are now staying folded in the drawer. Been wearing comfy shorts for the last 4 months but finally had to accept although the days aren’t bad the early mornings and evenings are getting chilly. Some days I’ll have a couple of biscuits but I don’t get derailed, trying to eat healthier, made sweet potato and chick pea soup the other day, also risotto with chicken and peas which I had with ‘leaves’ had some ice cream but it tasted really sickly sweet. Not getting so stressed and generally a lot happier in my moods, coping better with OH who needs a lot of assistance with day to day stuff. 💐

to those of you that have lost (some) weight, have you engaged in the FB group, watched all the videos of the Slimpod program (and any of the Slimpod Extras if you are a member), engaged in the live chats with Sandra on the FB page, done your 'wins' and a 'goal plan'?

All I do is listen to the pod most days (maybe I've missed one or two days a week, here and there). I don't do any of the above. I haven't lost weight. I have reduced portion size and 'think' before I eat anything but no weight loss sadly.

Just wondering if I really need to engage fully with the program for it to work for me?

I’ve not watched this weeks videos, I do read some of the FB posts but ffs there’s so many of them….
i listen to the weight loss pod at any point during the day, sugar & chill pods maybe once a week. I don’t always listen for my full signal, or leave food on my plate, I know how much to serve myself. There was a live chat last night but tbh we were watching Graeme Hall with the poorly dogs at the doggie hospital, I haven’t joined a zoom either 😱
I do try and IF 18 hours at least, that does help.

I’ve only lost a couple of pounds. I listen to the Slimpod daily, record daily wins if I remember, I’m working my way through the videos and found they got better after the first week. I’ve done a mindmap of sorts basically showing my goal and steps I am taking to acheive this. I dip in and out of the Facebook group - some of it is interesting, some of it is the same as any other Facebook diet group where people take it to extremes.

I do it all, apart from the lives although I did attend one of the calls but it was fairly hard to concentrate as it was on a day I had DD at home. I dip in and out of the fb group - sometimes it’s helpful other times it just winds me up!

I do think though, I really wanted it to work so I will do all that the programme asks of me as otherwise how can I say if it has or not.

I’ve lost a stone and half but currently on holiday and may have put a couple back on - not bothered either way really I feel quite confident it’ll come off again.

I have joined a couple of zooms and watched most of the videos. I found the zoom chat motivating, the videos help keep me focused.
The weight loss pod I listen to in bed on an evening. I feel like I've hit a plateau at the moment but that is covered in the support info and isn't unexpected. Maybe going over the videos will help kick start me and I've joined the local gym to walk in an evening as it's too dark now.
I do write wins in a notepad most days, but didn't do a goal plan. I also still use MFP which I maybe should stop, calorie counting is fairly ingrained in my psyche and may not be helping.

I'm trying to embrace the whole program as much as possible, have today hung a pair of trousers up in the bedroom which I are a size too small and I would love to be wearing them at Christmas. Hopefully they won't be still there, covered in cobwebs in January!

Don't use fb that much, haven't found the group that useful tbh.

I know this is an old thread, and I hope nobody minds, but I wanted to see how you’re getting on @AliasGrape as your eating habits prior to Slimpod were exactly the same as mine. I’ve just started a couple of days ago. I’m particularly interested in the sugar pod in coming weeks as that’s my nemesis.

Uncanny timing actually @ClaudiaWinklepanda - as I basically went back to my old ways for a couple of months and even when I was trying to listen to the pods it was like the magic had gone, but in the last week or so it’s all clicked into place again!

The holiday I was on when I last posted was an all inclusive and honestly I didn’t recognise myself, I think I had one ice cream in the whole 2 weeks and was mostly sticking to fruit; fish, salad etc. Sadly after the holiday I started to have some niggly health issues and the exercise went downhill, then slowly the bad habits food wise started to creep in until in the post-Christmas slump I started to go back to my old sugar obsessed bingey ways. I got to the point of ‘oh god I’ll never be able to stop this’. My meals stayed good and healthy as always but it was the snacks and the constant craving for biscuits etc.

But then like I say, without really thinking about it or trying too hard I seem to be back in the slimpod mindset. I had one day without biscuits/ chocolate/ anything of that kind and was like ‘oh right, I remember now I can do this!’ and just went from there.

One thing I never ever stopped, even when I really thought I was back to my very worst with no hope of ever stopping it was writing my 3 wins, even if they were just something like ‘saw a cool tree’.

I suppose I might have more ‘relapses’ as it were, but I feel ok with that: I’m never going back to conventional ‘dieting’ again either way so will just need to get on with it.