Slimming World v Weight Watchers

Ted_Hutchinson

mercurystar999 wrote: »

I need carbs though!

Why?

It's the carbs that raise insulin and raised insulin causes fat storage.

Most people find sticking to 40-90g of complex carbs daily is sufficient for low carb maintenance.

I've not bothered with the very low carb 20g daily carb induction stage and I don't see that it was necessary for me.

I think those people, especially women, who have more weight to lose than I did may find an induction stage is very important.

Skint_Catt

Ted, that doesn't make sense.

I live on SW green days (unlimited pasta, potatos and pasta) and I've lost 2.5stone. I lost 3.5stone last time I did SW (nearly all green days then too). My blood sugar is more stable than its ever been and I've lost 12inches from the 'fat storage' on my body. :rolleyes:

I love my carbs and I can still lose weight. I don't crave bread anymore like I used to and I have a very balanced diet.

robster1964

Hi guys, I have done both... The weight loss on WW was painfully slow, subsequently I lost interest.... SW seems much easier to adapt too, and I do it on and off. A couple of my relatives have lost a lot of weight!!! by sticking to it over a period of months.....

What I would say, for me, is if I stick to the original days, I feel good, the weight starts to come off, 2- 2.5lbs a week, but if I go onto the green days, it drops down to 0.5lb a week.

IMHO I just don't think my body can deal with potatoes, bread, pasta, rice, no matter in what quantities:( And my biggest love is bread!!!!!!

The one diet that I did successfully ( well successful to me! lost loads of weight. )Was atkins. But it is so god damn expensive, and really hard if you love salad and fruit bread and cereals!!!!

Any way girls, I guess we are all different, and what works for one, doesn't work for all! So good luck to us all!!!!!!!!!

Robster xxx

greenpastures

I did WW a few years ago and found it very easy to get bored and found myself very hungry alot of the time. I did Rosemary Connelly and it was great but as my family wont eat the majority of the meals the weighing etc got too much so i stared buying alot of healthy ready meals (i dont like them i like to cook from fresh) so stopped doing this as calorie counting was too time consuming. I lost 2.5 stone on SW after my 2nd child and found that i could eat loads as was never hungry, it encouraged me to eat more fruit and veg. I need to start agian with SW after having my 3rd child and would like to lose that stubborn 2.5 stone again. Does anyone know of a free registration offer anywhere as i dont mind paying the weekly fee but another £10 included is a bit steep as my husband has just been made redundant. Any offers or voucher codes greatly appreciated.

rockie4

On the SW webpage there's an offer for the 1st week free, you just pay the £10 - ends 1st August.

I've joined SW loads of times:rolleyes: and from memory the free registration weeks seem to be after the summer hols and then after Christmas.
Do you still have the books? Could you do it on your own for a while?

There's an SW board on here which gives loads of help and there are loads of recipes etc in the recipe index on the OS board :cool:

I'm starting back again (again:D) on Monday and am going to try without going to classes, I've got all the books and I can't afford the registration and class fees either so I'll see how I go for a few weeks.

magicpotions

i would recommend SLIMINA diet pill. i assure myself that in 7 days youll see results already.

consultant31

magicpotions wrote: »

i would recommend SLIMINA diet pill. i assure myself that in 7 days youll see results already.

What a load of rubbish. You may assure yourself, but you certainly can't assure me!

Pills teach you nothing about how to control your weight and how to make healthy choices. Once you stop taking them you will put the weight straight back on.

melda

I did weight watchers first and quite frankly it destroyed any kind of good relationship I had with food, I was obsessed with points, yes it works, you lose weight, but it really did make me obsessive, it's just like calorie counting in disguise. I ended up putting on more weight than I lost eventually.

I've done slimming world twice I think now, as in going to the groups,being a member and both times have lost about a stone (I've never been overweight when I've joined any of the above groups, just near the top of my 'OK' bmi) and for various reasons, lack of time, moving cities etc I have stopped going, but if I ever found myself back at a weight where I wasn't comfortable and felt stuck in terms of motivation I'd definitely go back to slimming world, I'm trying to lose a few lbs at the moment just by myself and I guess I kind of loosely apply the slimming world eating plan to what I'm eating because I know it works. It'd be easy enough to go back to if I looked over my books and did a food diary for a week to get myself back into it. I think in the long term it's a lot more of a realistic way to maintain a weight loss, you feel a lot less restricted around food and you've just not got to stuff yourself really, be sensible about the portions of free food. I'm also vegetarian, so I was only on the green days. Alot of people seemed to get good results who would do more red than green days a week. But I was perfectly happy with my weight loss generally between 1 - 3 lbs a week. I just feel it's a lot more of a healthy approach, both mentally and for what you'd generally be consuming.

I remember when I was doing WW a fondant fancy was 1.5 points, I could have quite easily eaten 12 of these and nothing else some days hahah. At least with weight watchers you get main requirements like fibre and calcium then build the rest of your day around it.

rockie If you're doing it yourself I'd recommend joining a website where you can post/track your weight. Personally I've been using the adios diet account, it's free and you can type in your measurements...and it makes a little cartoon representation of you almost, and you can change your measurements as they get lower...and same with your weight, and it creates a chart. I know I do much better when I have to record it somewhere.

Bitsy_Beans

I did WW a few years ago for my wedding. I hated every single minute and all it did was make me focus on food and the stuff I couldn't have.
Am now following Paul McKenna's approach to weight loss and I am eating what I want and still losing weight. And even better i don't spend the whole time thinking about food and what I can or can't have. No food is good or bad, it's just food.

consultant31

melda wrote: »

At least with weight watchers you get main requirements like fibre and calcium then build the rest of your day around it.

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Just to clarify - I'm sure you actually meant Slimming World here, not WW, didn't you?