Anyone here doing Bodyslims?

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As per the title! I just signed up. It starts 17th January. Anyone else?

I feel the same! 😹

I started ramping down my calories before the start of the course and I’m taken aback at how much I’ve lost. A long way still to go, so I need to not get ahead of myself.

Cracked today and had a fruit scone for 11ses, so a carrot, lettuce, egg and a little ham for lunch.

Im not doing the plan this time but i did the September to December one. I took some "before" photos of myself. My 5 year old daughter was looking back through old photos on my phone the other day and of course she found those pics. She asked which baby did I have in my belly then😂Thankfully my stomach isn't quite so bloated these days. Wait till you get to the seminar where you're told that "bread is a b@stard"😊

Are you guys weighing yourselves regularly, or sticking to once a week?

I’m checking daily, but wondering if it would be better to wait for the weekly weigh-in?

@dandeloin oh what?! My 2 slices of bread are life at the moment!

@LittleGlowingOblong I'm starting to cave too! One saving thing is DH and I have been getting frozen meals from 'Cook'. It's working for us so far because they take the decision out of dinner and have prevented either of us saying - can't be bothered to cook let's get a take-away and we don't have to weigh anything etc. Lunches I have sorted too - a feta salad from M&S thats only 350 cals. But 3pm and 9pm I just want something that hits that spot in a way an apple just doesn't cut it!😅

@Astonetogo circa 12hrs till the big weigh in! Arghhh!

I've weighed myself a few times. Hard not too! But I was wondering the same!

@Gettingittogether The Cook meals are brilliant and what I’ve been eating too! Currently eating Teriyaki chicken noodles this very second! 333 calories and delicious!!

Weighed myself this morning and I’ve lost 1.8 measly pounds 😭 This is usually the point where I go fuck it and eat all the chocolate. I lose weight so so slowly

That’s really good though @desperatehousewife2! Hang in there this evening and you could be down by 2lb by weigh in tomorrow morning! 2lb a week is generally thought to be sustainable weight loss so I’d say you’re bang on target 😊

Ha, I’m weighing myself every time I pass the bathroom, I need to calm down! And I never knew wee weighed so much😹

I’ll weigh myself first thing, that’s when I’m lightest.

But I’ve lost a load of weight so far. On the one hand that’s made me greedy to lose more (out of control id, maybe Ger would say) but from another angle if I lose a pound a week for the next 9 weeks I’d be happy. I’ve never been able to lose any weight at all before now.

And here I’ve been wondering since Monday why the app didn’t update with a new week… doh, forgot that it was Wednesday we started, feels like an eternity😂😂

Morning all. Hope weigh in goes well. I was down 4.4lbs. Absolutely delighted:)

Can I ask where you get the cook meals from please?

Best of luck to everyone

Hi, there's a website cookfood.net. They have physical stores but just looked and they also do online delivery. It's basically a very very posh Iceland 😂

I'm 5lbs down - I know I won't be getting a result like that again, it'll be majority water - if I ate a pizza tonight I'd be 3-4lbs up by the morning, it's the same on every diet I do.
But I'm really pleased because it's been nowhere near as diabolically difficult as some other super restrictive diets I've tried but with the same initial results.

Plus even being water it's enough of a debloat to help the trousers feel a tad less suffocating!

Now the waters gone - the slow slog of the body fat begins 😂

Congrats @Gettingittogether and @periwinkle1234 , that’s brilliant!

I lost 3.2lb, which is not too bad considering the diabolical day I had on Saturday (birthday - copious cake and other goodies were consumed).

It’s been a sobering lesson actually, because even though I have been good as gold since Saturday, eating under my calorie allowance and walking at a brisk pace, I still weigh 0.2lb more now than I did on Friday. If I hadn’t had the Saturday blow-out, imagine what I could have lost! So it’s true what Ger says about the good girl / bad girl diet not working, and about 3/4 the effort yielding half the result.

Well done everyone 🥳
2lbs here, slow loser it seems but I’m losing instead of gaining so I’m happy enough to keep on going. Up since 6:30 and only in the door now so no walk for me today. Did manage 20 mins at lunch but still I feel like I’m missing out… before I would have felt like I was getting away with it so I’m guessing all this head stuff is working😂
Food was ok today though

I’m about 5lbs down, I think because I’ve been walking loads on top of my one hour walk.

Well done everyone!

We've all lost! That's a huge success and collectively we've shed a massive 19.6lbs!!!!

I lost 2.6 pounds! Better than I thought it was going to be yesterday but still a small bit disappointing as I did everything right (I think!)
Well done on all the losses everyone!

Amazing @desperatehousewife2 I was thinking about you and hoping you'd come back to update! So pleased you have.

So to update we lost 22lbs collectively!

Aw, thanks for thinking of me, @Gettingittogether ! That loss sounds really impressive as a collective! Hope this week goes as well for us all!

Brilliant results!!. Well done everyone.
I'm doing ok with the calorie allowance at the moment but once I lose another half a pound I think I'll be down to 1200 calories which I am not looking forward to.

How is everyone getting on? I'm finding things OK. Was really hungry yesterday and realised I hadn't made the best use of my calorie allowance.
Good luck to everyone for Wednesday.

Hello @periwinkle1234 ! Yes I find Sundays kind of hard because it’s generally the only day I get some downtime which before I used to fill with lots of treats.

But, so far so good. I know it’s only week 2 and there’s a bit to go yet but I’m feeling highly motivated at the moment.
My girls weekend away is in 2 weeks time though and I’m slightly dreading it (and I shouldn’t as it’s for my birthday which is today!) as it involves cocktails, dinner, drinks, breakfast etc. Will try to make good choices but I wish I had done all of this sooner, in time for my birthday but just couldn’t get into the right headspace over the last few years.
Best of luck to everyone on Wednesday!

Hi all!

Hope things are going strong! Lovely to find an online community doing this.

I've been really pleasantly surprised how enjoyable the process has been. I walks have given me more opportunity to appreciate my local area which I'm so grateful for despite the cold it's really beautiful. I've also got thought more audiobooks than I have in a while: Spotify has been great for that.

Wasn't completely sure about Ger's speaking style initially but he's really grown on me and it's amazing the difference they make to keeping me on track.

I came across body slims via half of Clara on YouTube who I've found a huge source of motivation and working on breaking up my over all goal into little ones and practicing rewarding myself with things over than food. Face masks are currently one. A weekly baths another, I often treat baths as being something too decadent to deserve so feels like a real treat to reward myself for tracking everything than I let pass my lips.

M&S dark chocolate discs are my on plan desert and Jamie Oliver's five ingredients cooking books have such low calorie it's easy to fit those recipes into plan. We had panchetta wrapped code for date night on Saturday and steak the week before. Trying to be as creative as possible to stick to plan in a way that makes it feel more like a treat than any kind of deprivation. I've previously tried 1:1, fast 800/5:2, second nature, and so many other things some with good results but became complacent at the maintenance stage. Im determined to take everything I've learnt and make long term changes at the end of this.

Currently trying to decide if I sign up now for the next round so I can be my dream BMI for august, I feel more positive about the bodyslims approach than I have any other diet to date. The head coaching feels like a missing link. And having it spoken rather than just written as articles in particular just seems to make such a difference.

Slow progress is better than no progress! Stick with consistency and you will get there.

Although I also do fully appreciate how frustrating it can feel when the number on the scales don't meet your expectations.

@periwinkle1234 that's an amazing result well done.