I'm new to Slimming World & want to lose a lottttt of weight! :)

[Lindsey Lou x]

I started Slimming World at the end of September & must say it doesnt really feel like a 'diet' i've really enjoyed the food i can have. The only downside is i really crave sweet food, chocolate etc. I'm having the hifi bars which are ok but they're not quite hitting the spot! Also the weight is coming off quite slowly which i know isn't necessarily a bad thing if it's consistent but when you have a lot of weight to lose it sometimes feels like you're never going to get there.

I've joined because i'm hoping reading others success stories might just spur me on

 

[tonianne]

I started Slimming World at the end of September & must say it doesnt really feel like a 'diet' i've really enjoyed the food i can have. The only downside is i really crave sweet food, chocolate etc. I'm having the hifi bars which are ok but they're not quite hitting the spot! Also the weight is coming off quite slowly which i know isn't necessarily a bad thing if it's consistent but when you have a lot of weight to lose it sometimes feels like you're never going to get there.

I've joined because i'm hoping reading others success stories might just spur me on

Hi there

You started SW around the same time I did and i have felt the same as you about it being a slow process but like you said its what keeps the weight loss consistent and easier to maintain. I have chocolate cravings quite a bit but i'm finding them easier to deal with now. Someone advised me that the sachets of options hot chocolate as only 2 syns and i've found they curb my cravings, plus they come in lots of yummy flavours! Also someone suggested freezing a curly wurly as they last longer that way and are only 6 syns.

Are you doing Extra Easy or Red/Green days or all three? I just do extra easy and some people say that you don't see as much of a loss with it but you have more choice of what you can eat.

Good luck with your weight loss journey

 

[Ally1]

Hi Girls,

Ive joined since may and only a stone lost!!!!!!!!! it is slow isnt it,

i've been playing puck for the last month, just demotivated i suppose.

hoping i might improve with loging on here!!

i might try the other plans with what ye've said, have any of you tried any other plan??

 

[Lindsey Lou x]

Hiya, i'm doing Extra Easy so i can understand people saying it comes more slowly. I think i'll give the options hot choc a try see if they curb my cravings! Cheers for the tip

 

[Happy Holidays]

Welcome to the forum, you'll find lots of help on here. Have you done a search or look through the threads, sweet alternatives is a query which often comes up

 

[Popalong]

Hello, I'm pretty new here too. Needed some extra inspiration to get back on the wagon (I've had a broken leg and a holiday so the diet has been suffering for a couple of months) but it's time to get motivated again. I started SW in April and since then have lost over 3 stone. I'm on extra easy and don't feel that my progress has been that slow ... especially considering I've been pretty naughty of late. I think for me I need to stick to the EE and get some regular exercise (nothing too hard core, just some decent long walks and maybe a swim). I too get the chocolate cravings - the frozen curly wurly trick works quite well for me, Rocky bars are also only 5 syns (I bloody love them) and delicious Mikados are a mere 1/2 syn each - so so good for a sneaky little pick me up here and there.

 

[Lindsey Lou x]

Yeah mikado are yum but i'm greedy & i cant stop at 3 or 4 so dont trust myself to have them in the house, done the curly wurly in the freezer though and that's helped, i lost 2lb again this week so it definitely works.

 

[bilsat]

If you crave a chocolate boost then look for low cal chocs such as malteasers, and syn them & make them up into small bags of say 6 syns then when you have the craving you grab a bag and that's it!
Also the curly wurly's I put in the fridge then break in half so it's either a 3 or 6 syn boost!
Good luck
Pete

 

[JessieJ]

That's a great idea of bagging the choc up!!! Makes it clear to when there's an end!! Thanks