weight loss

I emailed a few ladies on here all the slimming world stuff the other day - if you want me to give it to you then just give me your email addy!! x

OOOOh thanks chicken its *******@***.*** il give it a try thanks xxxx

I had a slendertone once - used it religiously - it did nothing.

probably becuase toned muscles aren't evident if they're covered in a layer of fat - so a total waste of time

i have lost 2 stone - just by running for running 40 mins 3/4/5 times a week

if its your bellly you need to deal with - then just cut out sugar and choose brown rather than white carbs

;-)

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On its way

Chicken, thanks a mill for the SW stuff, somehow I managed to leave my food diary on my desk and came in this morning to find a load of people reading it!! how awkward (& rude of them)

anyway - just wanted to say thanks youre a star for sharing all the info.

Kezzybabe - so far I have shed 3lbs, that is after 3 and a bit weeks slaving in the gym, gaaah ?

Ive cut out as much sugar as i can possibly can no sugar on cereal no tea no sweet drinks i need my 1 choccy bar as i get shaky and tired if dont have any sugar at all.My main problem is toast as i hate brown bread toasted dont mind it in a tasty sarnie though

Thanks for tip though xxxxx

Dontbe so hard on yourself sara thats a big acheivemnet in my book!!!do you feel better in yourself for it?

Thanks chicken il let you know when i get it as have to go back to work soon ☹️

you are very welcome. i have to admit ive never followed it myself, but i have had to loose weight. i lost 19lbs this time last year. I just stopped eating crap basicly! lol! i ate smaller portions, cut out some rubbish and ate fewer bad carbs. It took me quite a while though, but i got there in the end. think i could do with having a bit of a diet again really, but will prob wait till the new year, when the goal of the wedding is a bit closer.

I have also done the gi diet before which was amazing but it is hard to stick to (imo) so i didnt do it the second time round.

Well, muscle weighs more than fat right? So Im not beating myself up - YET. I feel more toned in my arms and tummy, although still flabby I am defo more toned. I go on holiday tomorrow ad have to wear a bikini for first time in a year and I am so scared!! ?

My jelly belly is starting to shift for the first time in years and the only way I've managed to do this is cut out all white carbs, bread, potatoes pasta and high sugar foods (most low fat foods have a high sugar content) and started exercising (I've been to the gym 5 times this week). Although my weight loss hasn't been significant I've managed to drop two dress sizes (I'm now a size 10 for the first time in 15 years) and my stomach is almost flat! I feel great.

I am trying to lose weight again myself. I have done so in the past and I switched to a vegan diet and just walked places and I went from 22 stones down to just over 11 stone. I also dropped 7 dress sizes. It took me just under a year to do that so would recommend this to people, it does genuinley work

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I lost 6 stones 2lbs with Slimming World for the wedding. On Sunday I'm in the regional finals for SW Woman of the Year! Here's my before and after:

Come on over to the Weight Loss forum - you'll get lots of support and ideas.

I lost 3 1/2 stone in the year leading up to my wedding, I used the WW points system as a general guide and weighed in once a week posting on the weight loss monthly 'challenge thread'.

If you like your chocolate, WW is actually a good diet as it doesn't ban any foods, and you just build it into your points. Having said that, if you feel you physically need chocolate, that sounds slightly worrying, maybe it would be an idea to actually wean yourself off like you would any other drug ..... just an idea??

At the end of the weight loss comes down to a simple calories in v calories out equation, and everyone finds something that works for them.

Wow!!!!!Thats just blooming amazing melancholie!!!!Well done you i hope youre so proud you look fantastic

How did you get your tummy that flat?

To R.A i will take a look at the weight loss forum im not going to obsess and cut all the things i like out and i do worry that i need my choccy but its prons just a sugar rush i need as i get so tired work from 6 30 till 4 every day and i have my choccy to perk myself up i dont drink tea at work but at home instead of choccy i would have a cuppa for my sugar rush.

Thanks again for all the tips il be trying some out and just keeping my chin up xxx

Wow essex mum good for you too!!!! Ive just swallowed a tube of smarties, im addicted to them at the moment! Lunch consisted of a bowl of special K and a packet of some german chocolate crispy bite thingys, now ive just had smarties, oh and mid morning break was a nutrigrain and 3 plums.... have noooo idea whats for dinner but dont think either of us will be cooking...

I didn't do anything specific for my tummy. I had to lose it everywhere! I went to the gym as well as doing the food optimising; mixture of cardio, weights and abs, twice a week.

Well what ever you did you look terrific that really puts my spirits back up it might be a bit tough but ive got nothing if not determination

Thanks. ? If it helps your determination, most of that was lost between January 8th and July 29th this year. This was me at Christmas:

And this was me on my hen weekend on July 12th:

Its amazing you can actually see a big difference in your face as well im just stunned that you managed to do that in so short a time

Hi Chicken,

would you be able to e mail me it too?

xxx

And Mel you look fantastic! really motivating to know you acheived that xxx

I refuse to buy any more size 16 clothes!!! uh uh noooo way...... gotta do something though!

anyone tried those cider vinegar tablets???

HI Mel and Chicken,

Mel you look so different it is amazing, was it honestly just following slimmingworld how you did it? If so i will be starting on Monday!!

Chicken can i be really cheeky and ask if you could e-mail me the SW stuff also as seeing Mel has proved it works!!!

Thanks both xxx

Yup, just Slimming World and the gym, but I was going to the gym for four months before we got engaged and I started food optimising for the wedding and didn't lose any weight, so I think I can safely say the weight loss is down to the food (although I'm sure the gym sessions helped me to tone up and look slimmer quicker, IYSWIM).

Wow Mel you have done so well. I knew you had lost weight but actually seeing those pics is amazing. Makes me think there is still hope for me to get back to my slim figure.

Kezzybabe - I'm the same as you and extremely fussy so just don't think I could do SW or WW as I don't like many choices of food. I live on bread, pancakes, chicken, rice and potatoes so a diet that cuts them out would be impossible for me unfortunately. The only way I can lose weight is to run and just not eat as much.

Another Sw'er here. It really is flexable, you can eat as much rice and potatoes as you want ! (I do).

My bridal shop were shocked I had lost so much weight before my wedding, so many brides say they will and then dont.......

pic's here

http://vmphoto.photobox.co.uk/album/album_photo.html?c_photo=118619234

http://vmphoto.photobox.co.uk/album/album_photo.html?c_photo=1364103175

Bloody hell girls you have done SP well!

I'm impressed and you've all given my inspiration!

I'm a size 16 with a F cup chest and its CRAP!!!!

I USED to be slim! so I will be again!

Chicken can you please email me the SW stuff too if you don't mind??

Thanks

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I'm the fussiest eater I've ever met. I'm a nightmare. Seriously, there's no way you're more fussy than me. On SW you can have bread (healthy extra on both), chicken (free on a red, healthy extra on a green), rice (free on a green, healthy extra on a red) and potatoes (free on a green, healthy extra on a red). You can use your syns to have pancakes. Don't want to sound harsh, but saying you can't diet because you're fussy is a bit of a cop-out. Try SW.

Mel I don't like any veg or salad so would that restrict me at all? I just don't understand all these green and red days even though you tried to explain it before as well as others (I'm slow on the update I think ?).

When I have looked at the diets before I just see all these meal ideas and I can't eat them so it puts me off.

A cheeky one.....could you send me the SW stuff please chicken? *********@*******.***

have tried WW but find it hard to keep to my points!

Thanks guys

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Mel i just wanted to say wow!!! you did amazingly well!! you look fab!

Exactly this is my problem.Cant stand salad,rice only eat carrots and peas if they tinned???(i dont know why!!!)no potatoes in any form when i go for a meal at a friends house its easier to write down what i will eat than what i wont.And the meal ideas do put me off.Im that bad i hate mince but love spag bol and over the years have devised a way not to let any mince get into my outh.Its quite amusing to watch apprently.

I can see why people think it its a cop out and not the first timeits been said to me I hate my issues with food and wish i was normal at times as h2b has a hard time finding me a decent restaraunt for a meal.But its so ground in as it started when i was so young according to my mum.

But good news i weighed myself yesterday and ive lost a pound!!!!!this is in a week of healthy eating,swapping chocs for fruit,fry up for toast or cereal and actually having a small evening meal instead of a sandwich then picking when i get peckish.Also drinking less fizzy drinks i used to have about 5 cans a day now i only have one and never actually finish it.This and what everyone else has said has motivated me me and if i only lose a pound a week for the next 6 months il be happy.