Hello, Anyone got any slimming world tips?

I do lots of of straightforward meat and veg dishes, because then Mr GMT can partake too. It's easy to do to and there are loads of veggies around at the moment.

Thanks. I just struggle as buying so much meat can get expensive. I can't eat things like eggs or dairy etc so it makes it difficult. I end up eating lots of chicken and fish. I found last time I tried it the green days didn't make me lose as much weight so I tend to just do red. Which do you find work the best? Do you alternate daily or weekly? Thanks

As your diet is fairly restrictive, have you thought about another plan instead? If you don't want to calorie count, would WW work for you?

I haven't tried WW although I know my Mum tried it in the past and found SW to be the first diet to get her to shift the weight (3 stone in 6 mths) and I found that I lost weight easier on it. Im finding it hard already though given my diet restrictions as you say. Also Ive got into bad habbits when I used to drink only at weekends, now I end up having the odd drink in the week. Im trying my hardest not to this week for my clothes sake! Its hard as alcohol is so many syns on SW and I like to drink the whole bottle (or more). Trouble is walking back from work today with my trousers practically cutting off my circulation I need to do something! I wasn't in bad shape(although not good!) by the wedding but then ate a tonne for a month and drank lots and now im bulging out of everything I own!

Which do you think works best WW or SW? Votes...

Either will work, especially if you combine them with regular exercise. The underlying principles are the same - create the appropriate calorie deficit to force your body into making up the difference through your fat reserves.

People will swear by either diet but what you need to work out is what fits in with your own lifestyle.

I couldn't stick to WW because even basic foods were points and after meals I had nothing left for snacks or treats. I've lost 5 stones 10lbs on SW, 3.5 stones of that since January 8th. I eat a lot of fruit, but don't eat any vegetables, so I imagine you could skip the fruit and eat plenty of veg and be just as successful as me! Not eating dairy shouldn't be much of a problem. You're limited on your dairy anyway (healthy As) and soya is an option for A choices if you don't want/can't have regular milk or cheese. If you're going to a class, your consultant should be able to advise you.

Thanks for the replies.

Congrats Melancholie! Thats a brilliant loss. Im going to stick with SW I think...Im just about to go on the treadmill (my clothes are depressing me so much). Keeping off the wine will be the hardest!

Ive been doing SW for 3 weeks and have lost 10.5 lbs. I find it really easy as I am never hungry on it. We are on a budget as I am am about to go back to college so I dont buy expensive cuts of meet.

I eat a lot of quorn, I love the quorn sausgaes (in farmfoos they are a £1 a box). On a green day I love tucking into quorn sausages, beans, mushrooms and potatoes. Think you should be okay with that. And on a red day I eat things like pork/turkey stir fry or a chicken dinner. I find turkey tastes the same as chicken once cooked and is a couple of pound cheaper in the supermarkets. I also make big pots of stew/casserole with braising steak and a load of veggies.

I stick to simple food so that hubby and the kids can eat it too. Makes life a lot simpler!

Good luck - hope it works for you. Im off to get weighed tonight and I really want 3.5lbs off so I get my stone but who knows!

Nickyx

I am a farn of Quorn too. We eat a lot of the mince, and the sausages too, as they're versatile. For example, we had sausage stir-fry; pasta, nbean and sausage bake, chilli, spag bog etc. They're all great on green days, and free on red too (tho you do not to check the differ Quaorn products as som eof them do have syn values).

Make huge bowls of salad - I put fruit and all sorts into ours to try and vary them and keep them interesting. You can have loads of this with not very much / meat / fish if ££££ is tight and it doesn't feel as if you're beinng stingy! Same applies to veggies - do loads and pile your plate with them. Leftovers can be used for soup. If you use a baked potato as a healthy extra B then you can have that as well. All tasty and filling, too.

Last night, Mr GMT cooked us supper - chopped tinned toms with a tin of baked beans, baked spud, Quorn sossies and one Quorn spicy chilli burger. It was yum and I felt stuffed at the end!

Gud idea's thank you

Do any of you ladies find green or red days more effective? Ive always tended to do red days, would I be better mixing it up do you think? Its just I was worried eating too many carbs would stop my weight loss.