Thread: slimming world

Originally Posted by manono

I did WW and yes i did Loose weight - but its harder to stick to it and i hate how they always try and get you to buy the ready meals.

Its all about fresh homemade food with SW and you dont have to count every single thing. So many free foods! xx

WW is all about home made meals too. Thats what they encourage, not ready meals. The ready meals are there for convenience but theyre not what the plan is based round.

WW actively encourages cooking from scratch same as SW. Any time Ive been to classes the leader has discouraged us from ready meals totally

I've done WW in the past, i even worked in the meetings weighing and in the shop. l liked it at first but I never lost much weight. I then joined SW and I must say its so much easier for. I love the fact I don't have to go hungry and can eat till I'm full. I love the awards they give you it's so much more motivational than a silver seven. I also love the fact SW is cheaper more money for me to spend on shopping! it's great not having to track and weigh everything I eat. Dont think I'll ever go back to WW now

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Basically both plans will work if you follow them. The only way to find out which one is for you is to try it, if you're bored with WW then maybe do give SW a go.

SW suits some people more than WW and WW suits some people more than SW. It's all down to personal preference.

I do love SW but I will say that I think WW is more flexible in regards to eating whatever you want. Yes I know people say you can eat whatever you want on SW but if you want e.g. a bagel - that's nearly all of your syns gone for the day, so I personally wouldn't eat something like that as I need to spread my syns out over the day.

It's a bit of trial and error really. You know WW works for you but the new challenge of SW might be beneficial. Or it might not - give it a go and find out! x

i like them both... its just finding one that suits you.

And yeah posting this in a slimming world forum won't be awfully fair =P

I've done both, so I will try to be unbiased!

I did WW on and off for years, and always found it OK. Since they changed to the Pro-points thing, I found I was always hungry - hence why I swapped to Slimming World, despite always saying it wouldn't suit me!

I averaged a 1lb weight loss a week on WW, but on Slimming World I average 1.5lb a week. I am also never hungry (although thats not to say I don't get cravings!)

I think there are 2 considerations to make before starting Slimming world - do you eat a lot of bread, and do you like conveinience foods? If the answer to those questions is yess, you may find it hard to adjust. Although you can have a couple of slices of brown bread as a healthy extra on Slimming World, anything over that is really high in syns! Not a problem to me, and I feel less bloated without bread, but some may struggle!

I always relied heavily on packaged foods - jars of sauce, pizza's, chicken in breadcrumbs etc, and these are pretty much out on SW unless you want to use your syns on them. I did find it a struggle to cook so much more from scratch on SW, but it's changed the way I cook now, and has taught me much healthier eating habits.

No diet is perfect (if it were we'd all be size 10's!!) - you just have to find the one that suits you.

Thanks for all the replies. I knew that posting here probably would be a bit biased but that is fine. I went to slimming world this morning. I found a voucher in a mag and got membership for free. That never happens in Weight watchers as their offers do not apply to Northern Ireland.
When i got home i had breakfast of 2 eggs scrambled, 2 brown nimble (HE) and half tin baked beans, was delicious

for lunch i had grapes, ham, 2 low fat cheese slices (HE), pickled onion and mullerlight.

for tea i am having an m and s count on us ready meal cause it has to be used today. I am not to sure yet how i syn it! with tons of salad.

Tomorrow i will be buying "real" bread!!! For tea i will have chicken thighs with skin removed cooked in actifry and sw chips with veg!!!!!

I am looking forward to giving this a real good try :-)))))

Thanks

Originally Posted by fairy3853

Iv done both and always said id never do SW, but it got to the stage on WW that I was just so godamn hungry. Id try to even my points through-out the day but some days your just more hungry than others and theres no leway in this with your points. Its when im hungry that I bing eat on crap, with SW theres no need for this as you just eat when your hungry till your full

I agree! I've done ww twice and sw 3 times but if I go off plan at target and I need to 'get back into it' I always go back on sw coz I never go hungry x

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