Slimming World support thread for 2010

Snuggles

retiredlady wrote: »

Hello Snuggles and welcome. Actually somebody asked the exact same question just yesterday so I will post the reply I posted then plus a little extra! First of all yes EE does work - loads of people have lost loads of weight with it. The mail problem with it is the same as with every diet - you have to stick to it for it to work!:mad::D!

Sorry I didn't spot that it had already been asked! Good to hear people have lost weight with it, it sounds like something I would find easier than always doing red or green days. The sticking with it part is always the challenge! I hate the fact that I have SO many reasons to lose weight, yet still find it so, so hard

retiredlady wrote: »

From the SW site and a few comments of mine!
There are 3 Extra Easy steps:
1
Choose Free Food first – Pasta, rice, potatoes, beans, lean meat, fish, poultry, fruit, vegetables and eggs – they’re all Free!Everything that was free on Red and free on Green is free on EE!:j In addition to this you should try to ensure that your plate should contain at leat 1/3 superfree foods (most veg/fruit etc), this will give you your weight loss and keep things moving along - plus the obvious health benefits!

2
Choose Healthy Extras – Each day select one Healthy Extra ‘a’ choice and one Healthy Extra ‘b’ choice. This is where you have to be careful - only one of each!!

3
Enjoy 5 -15 Syns each day – for those little pleasures other diets ban! Syns are counted at the lower number if they differ on red and green. So if something is 2 syns on a red day and 20 syns on a green day, on an EE day they would be 2 syns!

Many thanks for this, it sounds really promising. I think I am going to join up online as I never enjoyed going to the groups.

LJW_2

Hi, does any know if diet red bull is free??

melda

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TakeItEazy

Morning all and what a FANTASTIC day it is too WI today and have lost [weight for it ] 4lb :j:T:j:T:j [doing happy dance round room woop woop]

Ok back to normal now, can't believe it though thats the most I've ever lost since the very 1st week the 1st time around. I only need 1lb to get to next number and 2lb for my stone so fingers crossed.

Good luck everyone & enjoy the sunshine

LearningToSave.

TakeItEazy wrote: »

Morning all and what a FANTASTIC day it is too WI today and have lost [weight for it ] 4lb :j:T:j:T:j [doing happy dance round room woop woop]

Ok back to normal now, can't believe it though thats the most I've ever lost since the very 1st week the 1st time around. I only need 1lb to get to next number and 2lb for my stone so fingers crossed.

Good luck everyone & enjoy the sunshine

well done!!!! thats fantastic:j:j:T:j:j

blackberry-rum

very well done, Takeiteazy! Congratulations!

To Snuggles I would say -see if there is a new group in your area and join it. Its cheaper than online (I think) because you can pay week by week, and in my experience, admittedly limited to two groups and three leaders, they are very variable. I was not at all happy in my first group, 2-3 yrs ago; the original leader was waiting to leave and simply putting in the hours frankly. Then the new leader came and she weighed about 7 st and was super glamorous which funnily enough didn't inspire me as she never looked as if she had had to lose more than 8 lb; also she split us into teams and I didn't like that either. Now I go to a local group, have lost nearly a stone, enjoy my evening at Slimming World, like the leader (and she has shown us "before" photos, she did have a lot to lose and confides that she still struggles which I find more inspiring) and like the other Slimming Worlders. So it might be worth a try? Either way good luck. The extra easy really IS extra easy but is easier if you have the real support I think.

blackberry-rum

PS I forgot I'd changed my avatar! I had to have a close look at it then - it's the inspiring ounce of chicken fat!

cuddlycarol

I've got 4 1/2 stone to lose, and i absolutely can't afford to join a group or online SW. I did manage to lose 3 1/2 stone on SW a few years ago but unfortunately i managed to eat it all again!! I've got a weight loss record, and WI day is Wednesday. Going ok so far, but rather afraid I'll wimp out.... Any suggestions to keep my motivation up please?

nic2075

Ive been away for a week on my Sun Holiday. We had a few days in a chalet in Solway. I didnt eat very healthily at all I had 2 fish and chips, ice cream, rock, lasagne, cream tea in the ballroom at Blackpool Tower, wine and a few pints of lager.

Me and oh are very fed up being chubby funsters so we are back on plan on Monday. I know I should start today but im afraid I just cant start healthy eating on the weekend. Im not planning to be bad or anything just not following the plan to the letter.
Ive sat and flicked through a few recent mags and jotted down some tasty looking recipes.
This weather is making me want to have a strappy top on, eat salad and bbq's, long may it continue.

maz1964

retiredlady wrote: »

Hello Snuggles and welcome. Actually somebody asked the exact same question just yesterday so I will post the reply I posted then plus a little extra! First of all yes EE does work - loads of people have lost loads of weight with it. The mail problem with it is the same as with every diet - you have to stick to it for it to work!:mad::D

From the SW site and a few comments of mine!
There are 3 Extra Easy steps:
1
Choose Free Food first – Pasta, rice, potatoes, beans, lean meat, fish, poultry, fruit, vegetables and eggs – they’re all Free!Everything that was free on Red and free on Green is free on EE!:j In addition to this you should try to ensure that your plate should contain at leat 1/3 superfree foods (most veg/fruit etc), this will give you your weight loss and keep things moving along - plus the obvious health benefits!

2
Choose Healthy Extras – Each day select one Healthy Extra ‘a’ choice and one Healthy Extra ‘b’ choice. This is where you have to be careful - only one of each!!

3
Enjoy 5 -15 Syns each day – for those little pleasures other diets ban! Syns are counted at the lower number if they differ on red and green. So if something is 2 syns on a red day and 20 syns on a green day, on an EE day they would be 2 syns!

Thank you retiredlady and others too for all your fab posts

am subbed to this thread and i keep looking in,

i feel im beginning to understand this Extra Easy plan, in a way you can virtually mix the green and red days but only have one of each A and B choices and choose the lower syn number if you had a choice between the amount for a Green day or Red day

hope ive got it now also i suppose this is where ive struggled in the past,, having my italian meals that we enjoy had to either choose a particular day ie green or red day and then have to worry which food items i would have to calculate depending on my choice of day, but now i could have spaghetti and meatballs in a tomato sauce homemade and have it as Extra Easy,,,, then count still any syns appropiately????

cheers would appreciate it if ive finally understood this then i can attempt to go to class again thanks again - will still be here for your motivational tips though wont leave you :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

have a fun weekend MAZ