Thread: Are you around 23st 7lb and on Slimming World ?

Anyone at or around the 23 st 7 lb mark ??? I am.

If so, and if you are doing Slimming World, how much do you lose each week at this weight ?

It's all about speed to me. I want this to come off the quickest way possible. I have been very successful with a VLCD in the past, and felt comfortable with it but have read that some people this weight also lose around a stone per month on SW, so I wanna see if it's likely that I will lose that much on SW or if I should go back to VLCD for the guaranteed losses.

Thanks for any replies.

Hope you dont mind me saying Paul that speed in my opinion is the very last thing you should be looking at (saying that I'm slimming for my wedding - so I'm keen to lose it as well!). SW is based on balanced food for a good and healthy life style. No diet can offer quick fixes

Sorry... lecture over - back to your question I started at 20 stone 5 and lost 4 and half stone in 5 months. So yeah - nearly a stone a month on average for me. It came off a lot quicker to start and now I'm below 16 stone it's slower. 1-2lbs per week now (still over half stone per month)

SW isn't about speed. You might lose a stone your first month but it's probably highly unlikely in the subsequent months. If it's speed you want and a guaranteed stone a month it has to be a VLCD

I started at 24 st 4 lbs

In 24 weeks I have lost a smidge under 5 stone.

Originally Posted by paul1978

I have been very successful with a VLCD in the past,

Can I ask, have you maintained the loss you managed with the VLCD? If you have why not carry on with what you know works for you?

If you havent I think you've answered your own question. VLCDs are good to lose a lot, quickly, but arent sustainable in the long term for most people.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't do them, but SW is not in itself a VLCD (although you could eat this way AND not eat many calories) - its a long term lifestyle choice to change the way you eat and think about food. Its possible to lose fast and its also possible to lose slowly depending on what and how much you eat and what else you do. But if you do lose fast it's not likely you'll stay at that rate for very long. Most people lose quickly to begin with and then it tapers off.

Personally I started at 27st 9lb and am (as of today) 20st 00lb exactly, thats taken 51 weeks (its my SW anniversary next week ), so an average of 2lb a week which is pretty standard. Some people lose a bit faster than that, some slower. Looking at my history the 1st 12 weeks averaged 2.8 a week so it has slowed down a bit but not massively.

Youll get "guaranteed losses" on BOTH a VLCD and SW but youre a lot more likely to KEEP them off on a long term healthy eating plan such as SW or similar - especially at the weight that both you and I are (no disrespect). You've really got to learn how to eat healthily and how to manage your relationship with food. If you dont do that you wont keep it off, I promise you. I expect you dont have a great relationship with food if you've managed to get to this weight as most of us dont, again, speaking from someone of a similar weight to you.

Good luck whatever you choose x

my husband started at 23st 9lb and lost just under 9 stone to hit target (15st)in 8 months. he has been maintaining for 14 months now x

Originally Posted by lurverick

my husband started at 23st 9lb and lost just under 9 stone to hit target (15st)in 8 months. he has been maintaining for 14 months now x

Hi.
Hope you dont mind me asking, did your husband do any/much exercise whilst on the SW diet ?

Originally Posted by ermintrude

Can I ask, have you maintained the loss you managed with the VLCD? If you have why not carry on with what you know works for you?

If you havent I think you've answered your own question. VLCDs are good to lose a lot, quickly, but arent sustainable in the long term for most people.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't do them, but SW is not in itself a VLCD (although you could eat this way AND not eat many calories) - its a long term lifestyle choice to change the way you eat and think about food. Its possible to lose fast and its also possible to lose slowly depending on what and how much you eat and what else you do. But if you do lose fast it's not likely you'll stay at that rate for very long. Most people lose quickly to begin with and then it tapers off.

Personally I started at 27st 9lb and am (as of today) 20st 00lb exactly, thats taken 51 weeks (its my SW anniversary next week ), so an average of 2lb a week which is pretty standard. Some people lose a bit faster than that, some slower. Looking at my history the 1st 12 weeks averaged 2.8 a week so it has slowed down a bit but not massively.

Youll get "guaranteed losses" on BOTH a VLCD and SW but youre a lot more likely to KEEP them off on a long term healthy eating plan such as SW or similar - especially at the weight that both you and I are (no disrespect). You've really got to learn how to eat healthily and how to manage your relationship with food. If you dont do that you wont keep it off, I promise you. I expect you dont have a great relationship with food if you've managed to get to this weight as most of us dont, again, speaking from someone of a similar weight to you.

Good luck whatever you choose x

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I havent kept the weight off, but thats my fault as I have had some very big worries and problems and have gone back to comfort eating big-time (I didnt keep to the new eating habits), which can happen on any diet. I am tempted to go back to the VLCD as that has been the most successful I have ever been with losing weight, but I have been told by a friend that SW is also very good, so I am trying to weigh (sorry !) each diet up.

I lost my 1st 6 stone within 7 months, this last month I am only 1.5lbs lighter than I was before xmas as I have just played around a bit.

Originally Posted by Lucia Lucia

I started at 24 st 4 lbs

In 24 weeks I have lost a smidge under 5 stone.

WOW well done, I'm on my 4th week and I started at 23st 7lbs, I hope I can achieve your success!

Originally Posted by paul1978

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I havent kept the weight off, but thats my fault as I have had some very big worries and problems and have gone back to comfort eating big-time (I didnt keep to the new eating habits), which can happen on any diet. I am tempted to go back to the VLCD as that has been the most successful I have ever been with losing weight, but I have been told by a friend that SW is also very good, so I am trying to weigh (sorry !) each diet up.

Well tbh this is why I think SW would be a better plan. You say you went bck to comfort eating and "didnt keep to the new eating habits". Its very tough to be able to keep to eating habits like a VLCD but what I love about SW is that you would never know it was any sort of 'diet' of any sort of food out of the ordinary. Well, depending on what you cook, I mean if you live on Smash pizza and low syn ready meals and stuff it might be tougher to stick to when times are hard, but its also possible to make seriously yummy stuff that theres no reason to give up. Its possible to eat amazing stuff, check out my diary here (Erm's Photo Diary). Theres no way I need to not do this now.

Anyway,sorry to hear things have been tough for you. I think you should at least give SW a go, what have you got to lose? Even at only 2lb a week thats 8 stone in a year and its 8 stone that can STAY gone, rather than just putting it all back on again when times are tough.

Here's some yummy food btw. Surely losing 8 stone in a year eating this stuff AND KEEPING IT OFF is better than losing 3 stone in 3 months then putting it all back on again when life falls apart? (Life will frequently fall apart )

I'm willing to bet that theres a few syns in that cake erm =P

Erm's food porn <3

Yeah but the thing is I had some (not all of it ) and I've til lost nearly 8 stone in a year! You dont get that on a VLCD

I started SW a month ago and have lost 11.5lbs best eating plan ive ever done (hate the word Diet) it has taught me to look at food in a whole diffrent way..to think what i'm putting into my body for lasting effects not to just fill a craving. I havent felt hungry in that time, never cooked so much diffrent tasty foods before, i do EE but with the Red/Green plan also there is plenty of choice for peoples diffrent needs/requirements.

I did cambridge weight plan for 1 week last year..not for me im more of a foodie myself, i felt like a social lepar when eating out/socialising.. "hold on till i whip out my pouch of tasteless/bland powder to mix up"

SW all the way for me..and it took me a couple of years to get to the weight im at..whats another year to get me to target and keep it off with all the Food Optimising im learning.

Id give it a go it may surprise you

Sorry..to add i started at 23st 10lbs