Randombananaleaf
New Member
Hey all. I'm new to slimming world and am going it alone from home and i was wondering if ya'll could clarify a few things.
Im basically on the plan in order to lose the flab/fat/annoying chubbyness that just won't budge from my waist/stomach. I'm not overweight and my bmi is fine, yet whatever i do doesnt seem to have an effect. Ive tried the gym - running - and sit ups. I eat pretty healthily. And yet i remain decidedly 'pear shaped.'
This bugs me as i occasionally like to show off my legs, yet wearing skinny jeans can get pretty uncomfortable as they fit my legs fine, but give me the dreaded muffin top.
Whew. So anyway what i want clarifying is this:
I was previosly on another diet where i was eating just under 900kcal a day. Minimal carbs. Each day i'd eat 2 weetabix with 150ml skim milk, green tea. Lunch would be 1/2 tin tomato and a
Tin of tuna in brine (drained) with 50g cauliflower and 50g broccoli. Dinner = wholemeal pitta bread, approx 120g boneless skinless chicken breast and 100g tinned tomato with the same veg as lunch. This diet has yet to have a noticeable effect. Ive been on it for a couple of weeks (but have had 'days off')
Correct me if i'm wrong, but that looks pretty much like a 'red day'... Except what with all the 'free' foods, i'd actually be eating more chicken and veg PLUS unlimited fatfree yoghurt if it was slimming world... And thats not even including syns.
So is there any benefit in doing this? It seems to be that im encouraged to eat more on slimming world... Seems counter intuitive. Bearing in mind a green day would be even more calorific...
Also i'm a little worried that because of the small amount of kcals my previous diet had, my body's entered into 'starvation mode', so all these extra cals are gonna be doubly bad as my body will be trying to absorb as much as poss... Any help therr would be great. How long does starvation mode last?
All help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Im basically on the plan in order to lose the flab/fat/annoying chubbyness that just won't budge from my waist/stomach. I'm not overweight and my bmi is fine, yet whatever i do doesnt seem to have an effect. Ive tried the gym - running - and sit ups. I eat pretty healthily. And yet i remain decidedly 'pear shaped.'
This bugs me as i occasionally like to show off my legs, yet wearing skinny jeans can get pretty uncomfortable as they fit my legs fine, but give me the dreaded muffin top.
Whew. So anyway what i want clarifying is this:
I was previosly on another diet where i was eating just under 900kcal a day. Minimal carbs. Each day i'd eat 2 weetabix with 150ml skim milk, green tea. Lunch would be 1/2 tin tomato and a
Tin of tuna in brine (drained) with 50g cauliflower and 50g broccoli. Dinner = wholemeal pitta bread, approx 120g boneless skinless chicken breast and 100g tinned tomato with the same veg as lunch. This diet has yet to have a noticeable effect. Ive been on it for a couple of weeks (but have had 'days off')
Correct me if i'm wrong, but that looks pretty much like a 'red day'... Except what with all the 'free' foods, i'd actually be eating more chicken and veg PLUS unlimited fatfree yoghurt if it was slimming world... And thats not even including syns.
So is there any benefit in doing this? It seems to be that im encouraged to eat more on slimming world... Seems counter intuitive. Bearing in mind a green day would be even more calorific...
Also i'm a little worried that because of the small amount of kcals my previous diet had, my body's entered into 'starvation mode', so all these extra cals are gonna be doubly bad as my body will be trying to absorb as much as poss... Any help therr would be great. How long does starvation mode last?
All help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated