Slimming World support thread for 2010

pleasemakemedebtfree

Hi,

I'm another one who has fallen off the wagon and I'm so annoyed at myself! I have about 3.5 stones to lose. I've signed up to SW online and am off to the shops tonight to fill the trolley with free food and green day food. I eat fish, but no other meat, do you think it's worth doing extra easy if I don't eat chicken, beef etc? I know that SW works as I've lost weight before, it's just sticking to it and getting the exercise done. Good luck everyone!

Liz3yy

I fell off the wagon two days running this week..........(slaps own wrist) and there was no real reason to. I'm therefore really lucky to have lost 1/2lb this week, phew! back on track tomorrow

Edit - forgot to mention too that it's my star week, which has made me crave sweet things like chocolate, I must try and find a chocolately treat's really low in syns for next time!

foogirl1983

Worried, you say you fall "off the wagon" after the first 6-8 weeks and then don't go to meetings - have you tried buying a countdown course? I did and it cost me £50 (you save slightly on normal prices) and as you'll not want to waste money you might find you go a bit more?

I definitely recommend staying for Image Therapy - I find it really interesting!

consultant31

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

Thanks for this consultant, I was really starting to feel a bit down about the whole thing. And a bit mean really because I feel like I'm picking on someone who is a lot younger and obviously really inexperienced about these things. But then part of me also thinks that she's there to do a job and without some feedback how can she learn. It's just that thing that when someone is young and not confident (although hiding it) it's very hard to figure out how to say stuff without it really knocking them. And she is pretty open about not really knowing anything about cooking. Or indeed exercise

How do people get chosen to be consultants anyway out of interest? And do you have training or regular retraining sessions?

Young or not, she will have had the same training as the rest of us and should definitely be encouraging members to buy fresh, healthy foods and cook from scratch wherever possible - despite what her personal cooking habits are. Nobody could live on Mugshots and the like for long without becoming bored to tears and feeling lethargic too. Most people who embrace Foof Optimising as it should be done, comment on how much more energy they have and that's down to the healthy food.

If you want to become a Consultant you could attend an open day event. They are held roughly once a month in different areas up and down the country. These give you all the info you could ever need to make up your mind if it's for you. There is no obligation, but if you were interested, you leave your name and address with the area manager and they will ring you at home at a later date. Mostly all you need is to be at (or almost at) your personal target, have a passion for SW and enjoy helping people

Training days are held regularly at head office in Alfreton, Derbyshire and we are expected to attend at least once every two years. There are separate sessions on Food Optimising, Image Therapy and Body Magic, so there's no excuse for a Consultant to pass on duff information :mad:

consultant31

Liz3yy wrote: »

Edit - forgot to mention too that it's my star week, which has made me crave sweet things like chocolate, I must try and find a chocolately treat's really low in syns for next time!

Have you tried Options or Highlights hot chocolate drinks? They are around 2 syns each and do help to overcome that urge for a bar of (very synful) chocolate. Or one of the sachets mixed into a pot of very low fat fomage frais (or 0% Greek yoghurt) is nice too.

consultant31

Skint_Catt wrote: »

Oh and guys......I bought my wedding dress today and it wasn't either of those first two! (but I also can't find a piccie that does the detail justice!) :j:j:j

C xx

Oh well done. You must take a photo for us please:)

Skint_Catt

consultant31 wrote: »

Oh well done. You must take a photo for us please:)

Well it won't be for another 12 weeks by which time I hope it'll have to go back for alterations So excited now!

rexel

I joined slimming world on 20th jan , my aim is too lose 2 stone. not sure what to eat from the starter pack, im havin porriage tea and toast for brekki , salad with greens tomatoe and boiled egg for lunch, for tea salmon and baked potatoe with mushy peas . drinking water , also ived got sore head.

consultant31

Blodwen wrote: »

Hi all,

Don't know if you remember me, I was around for a while in Nov/Dec. Basically I fell off the wagon massively and was too ashamed to show my face around here!! Been struggling since new year to get back on track- have been trying to count calories but it's such a faff - can't be doing with having to count the calories in everything from sugar free squash to frylight and veg!
Anyway, back to good old SW - going to visit the folks tonight and my mum has started SW again so hoping a weekend on plan will give me the kickstart I need.

Have a great weekend everyone x

Don't ever be ashamed to come back. You don't fail by losing the plot, what makes you fail is when you stop trying!

Most of us have fallen by the wayside countless times, but as long as we keep trying, there's every chance we'll succeed.

consultant31

rexel wrote: »

I joined slimming world on 20th jan , my aim is too lose 2 stone. not sure what to eat from the starter pack, im havin porriage tea and toast for brekki , salad with greens tomatoe and boiled egg for lunch, for tea salmon and baked potatoe with mushy peas . drinking water , also ived got sore head.

Go onto the website and have a look at some of the meal plans and recipes on there. If you have the magazines, there's always a 7 day plan there too. If you normally drink quite a lot of tea or coffee and have cut down, that may well be why you're having headaches - it's a sort of withdrawal symptom and will pass after a couple of days.