New Year, New You with Slimming World

Mildredd

Wow I feel the love being missed off from the Facebook group! Thanks!

Retiredlady - when you start at the gym muscles hold onto water or the surrounding tissues do to protect the muscle from tears while exercising. When I first joined the gym I noticed my clothes and shape changed yet on the scales I gained. Muscle n fat weigh the same lb of each weighs the same but muscle mass is smaller so you will look slimmer yet weigh the same... Eventually the exercise weight loss kicks in and you'll feel fitter x

lushlifesaver

Mildredd wrote: »

Wow I feel the love being missed off from the Facebook group! Thanks!

Sorry Mildredd did you want an invite? I've missed quite a few and this thread moves so fast I can only apologise. If you PM me the email address you use for Facebook I can zip an invite over right now. (also sorry if this is not what you meant at all; I'm not very good at tone in person nevermind in writing )
I don't want anyone to feel like they've been missed out

durham_mim

Mildredd wrote: »

Wow I feel the love being missed off from the Facebook group! Thanks!

You're perfectly welcome to join the Facebook group. Everyone who was interested at the time of setting up was sent an invite(as far as I know). If you would like one please let me have your email addy. It will be lovely to see you there.

lantanna

I never got an invite either or recall it being mentioned lol

durham_mim

lantanna wrote: »

I never got an invite either or recall it being mentioned lol

The group was set up around May last year. As I recall lush asked for email addy's of all those interested in joining. There were some who decided it wasn't for them.

To avoid any further disappointment perhaps a sticky should be posted on the first page informing people of the facebook group existence, then anyone who wishes to join can post on the board.

durham_mim

I've decided I'm going into lurking mode as I seem to cause problems whenever I post and this is the safest way to avoid it.

Off to look after my family.

lantanna

durham_mim wrote: »

The group was set up around May last year. As I recall lush asked for email addy's of all those interested in joining. There were some who decided it wasn't for them. Quote


I was here last May and have always been very active on this thread for nearly two years, I don't recall any invitations to a facebook group however that's not to say it didn't happen. I just found it strange it was never mentioned as myself, others and newbies to the thread might have been interested in joining and if it has been going since last May that seems a long time for it to go without being mentioned again. But really at the end of the day it is no big deal at all and I'm sure no one is at all bothered.

durham_mim wrote: »

I've decided I'm going into lurking mode as I seem to cause problems whenever I post and this is the safest way to avoid it.

Off to look after my family.

I don't think anyone has caused any problems, I just personally find it strange that it wasn't mentioned but that's just me! I can't speak for anyone else and I certainly haven't said you have caused a problem so if you decide to lurk and not post then please don't take that action for any other reason than that's what you want to do.

lushlifesaver

OK, just to clear all this up and not cause any more issues:


I set up the group in May last year as a secret group so that only members from this thread would be able to join as you'd need to be invited using an email address. There was some interest but not masses and those I saw/heard from I invited to the group. As with many things life can get in the way and I haven't always been on here or the group (though anyone could invite members and no posts needed approving etc) and when I have perhaps I should have mentioned it more regularly. Sorry for my short falls there. I am quite hurt by the fact that comments have been made almost suggesting it has been quite exclusive/we have excluded other members of the thread. Sorry if I am being oversensitive there but that was never the intention at all.


I have now changed the group setting to 'closed' this means anyone can find it and request to join. I feel this may lead to some non-forumites looking to join too as they may think it is just another general SW group however in the interest of ease this is what I have done. If others think similarly and feel it would be better kept as a 'secret' group let me know and we can update it again. I've also put a post out today asking if anyone else would like to be an admin.


Shala please could we get the following/something along the same lines on the front of the thread:


"we have a Facebook group open to anyone joining us on this thread; to join please mention it in your post and an existing member can send you an invite. Alternatively you can find it on Facebook by searching "MSE Slimming World Support" "


Obviously if members vote to change it back to 'secret' then the only way to join would be to send your email address over to someone who is already a member for them to invite you.

blinkered

The Facebook group sounds like a great idea - I've just sent a request to join (I'm Amanda irl).

I've stuck to plan 100% this week, so am really hoping for at least a 2lb loss tomorrow. Here's what i've eat/ will eat today:

Breakfast - 2 weetabix (HEB), sliced banana, semi skimmed milk (HEA)
Lunch - Italian tomato and pancetta soup, cherries, grapes
Dinner - Young's sea salt & black pepper basa fillet (6 syns), SW chips, mushy peas

Snacks - Shape yogurt, Aero bisbuit (5 syns), Mango chunks

lantanna

I have requested and am Jane and would vote that the group reverts to secret when its sorted !