The NEED to DIET for FREE.....Help. !!

elsie52 · 4 January 2009 at 8:35PM

Okay, this is it.........start of a new year and I need to lose weight. Not a problem you say, but I need to lose weight for free.. I cannot justify spending £5+ every week to go to a slimming club. I have joined so many in the past, that I know that I can do this on my own........(perhaps with help from other would-be dieters). I have joined the Sealed Pot challenge and the pay £20k off by Dec 2009, so I am saving my pennies and doing what I should......so this is the only time I am happy to lose a pound in weight every week. Any suggestions and advice will be greatly appreciated..

*Vikki* · 4 January 2009 at 8:37PM

I am the same I want to loose it for free, or get down back in to my goal as i am a ww goal member then go for free. Good luck!

elsie52 · 4 January 2009 at 8:47PM

Hi Vikki,

Perhaps we can do it together.....my plan is to get weighed at Boots once a week.....I believe its 50p......and just to eat very carefully and cheaply.. One pound a week doesn't sound very much but its 52 pounds a year......just short of 4 stones. That would do me nicely. I am going to start tomorrow and get weighed the same day every week. Good luck

elsie52 · 4 January 2009 at 8:49PM

I have just found the Red/Green support thread.....so I am heading there to have a look

rugbymum · 4 January 2009 at 8:50PM

hey guys try the red/green thread.
We're all doing slimming world (kinda), there is lots of support, tips and advice.
Feel free to join in.
I would post a link but am too stoooooopid to work out how!:D

molit · 4 January 2009 at 8:51PM

best piece of advice I can give is to learn to cook, and use the oldstyle savings board.

Also, from a diet perspective watch portion size, drink water before meals, eat slowly without watching the TV,(concentrate on the food) and dont overeat refined carbs (e.g. rice, pasta etc) - i'm not an atkins advocate, but the average british diet contains more carbs than are needed - espeically evening emals (just imho). And my favourite, put set of scales right in fornt of the fridge so that wheneevr you go to the frisge, you have to stand on them

Intergalactic_Floozie · 4 January 2009 at 8:53PM

Snap - me too, don't want to pay £5 per week to go to a diet club, can't afford to pay for a gym membership either - why can't gym's do affordable PAYG?!

elsie52 · 4 January 2009 at 8:57PM

Right girls, al over to the Red/Green board.......we WILL be thin.

Fire_Fox · 4 January 2009 at 9:04PM

Intergalactic_Floozie wrote: »

Snap - me too, don't want to pay £5 per week to go to a diet club, can't afford to pay for a gym membership either - why can't gym's do affordable PAYG?!

Do you want the real reason? Gyms don't make a profit on people who attend the gym regularly (unless you buy a lot of extras like sunbeds, towels and coffees): they make a loss on the regulars. Gyms make a profit on the 80% of members who sign a years contract and only go to the gym for a month.

You may find affordable PAYG at a council or university gym, but if they have a pool attached ... pools are VERY expensive to run (electricity and manpower) and need to be subsidised.

Raychee · 4 January 2009 at 9:11PM

I have been weighing up (no pun intended) whether to join SW again, as there's a new class happening round the corner from where I live... But when I'm trying to save money, spending £5 a week to go isn't really an option, and I don't think red/green days do it for me anymore...

I have my wii fit, and we're getting on fine (except the bit where I start shouting and swearing at it for making comments about the obvious stuff - "Your leg seems to be wobbling" Yes, I think I can notice that! ) and I'm trying to eat healthier.

If I could lose 1lb a week, while saving £5 a week, I'd be alot lighter, and have plenty of money for a wardrobe full of new clothes! Yay!

Horace · 4 January 2009 at 10:12PM

There is something over on the Health & Beauty board that some of use are using something called Calorie Counting which is free although I haven't entered any food on it yet because the food seems to be American:rolleyes: I have already changed my eating habits, I also changed my sugar intake and am now taking one sugar in my coffee instead of two.

The NEED to DIET for FREE.....Help. !!

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