Slimming Towards Summer - Slimming World Support Thread 2018

esmy wrote: »

Morning all.
After a whole week on plan, weighed this am and my scales have packed up! They are very old and have been dropped numerous times so don't owe me anything. So, I need new ones. Any recommendations?? I don't want the analyser type just weight.

Stoke wrote: »

I must admit, when I turned up first day, I expected it to be mostly women, but I quickly realised it was me, myself and I when it comes to representing males. We've had one lad come with his girlfriend since and while she continues to attend, he doesn't. Still, it's nice to actually buck that trend.

I think SW is definitely targeted towards women mostly, more so than males, but I think that is also partly down to a sort of macho 'male-pride' as well as just general marketing towards a target audience. I have friends who are genuinely trying to lose weight, yet chuckle at me because I go to SW...... Trust me, I've heard all the jokes, suggestions of ulterior motives, and the rest. I think it's clear from the fact I've stuck to it and continue to attend group every week, my only focus is losing weight and SW helps keep me motivated and gives me new ideas. I have no embarrassment telling people either. People usually assume I've been spending 5 days a week smashing weights at the gym or something, and yet "no, I go Slimming World once a week and follow their diet as best I can" raises eyebrows more often than not.

That said, after the initial embarrassment of going, I've been made to feel incredibly welcome by my group. The ladies there are lovely and my consultant is absolutely fantastic. She always has time for you and is very supportive, doesn't matter who you are. I think if more males saw that side of the process, they wouldn't think of it as such a 'feminine' thing to do.

Totally agree regarding models of colour though. They're massively under-represented, on both the website and in the magazine.


I will look into dermo rolling. I'm happy to try anything that's not too intrusive. No pain, no gain to some degree, but cutting for the sake of cutting? I'll pass.

I'll head down H&B at Lunch and have a look at Collagen. I didn't realise you could buy supplements, I figured they were injections of some sort?

Not a clue about high waist trousers. I tend to wear a belt though which probably achieves a similar result. Yep, that fashion went out of window, well, it was never in fashion

My original motivation for dieting was for my wedding; I joined with my ex fiancee around June last year, it was actually her idea as we were both a little on the big side (me a lot more than her). Unfortunately, she decided to break up with me around October, at which point I meandered and fell completely off plan. I'd lost about a stone at that point, but it started coming back on and by Christmas I wasn't really far off my original weight. I very nearly quit altogether, but I was midway through a countdown and figured it was worth continuing to attend as I had paid. After Christmas, I decided there was no point in giving up on weight loss and that my best chance of moving on and potentially meeting someone else was to try and get myself looking my best and trying to feel happy again.

It is worth noting that at my heaviest, I was dangerously overweight according to my GP. Losing weight for the wedding would have been great, but the long term health benefits will far outweigh any other reasons.

beanielou wrote: »

What a star you are Stoke