Hi I’m trying to do slimming world from home without going to a group. I know the basic concepts of sw as was s group member for a while but decided to do it at home until I lose more weight then go to a group. I’ve been doing it for just over 2 weeks and lost 1.6 kg so far. Does anyone have any tips or books they can recommend? I’ve seen the pinch of nom cookbook but not bought it. Does drinking lots of water help? Does swimming help and weight training in addition to sticking to plan and do people find that going alone from home can be successful. Thanks for any info or tips.
With the right motivation and determination you can do it from home. I did all of mine from home and lost nearly 14 stone in just over a year.
I think it is all dependent on the individual to get the best out of it. The key things which helped me were:
1) 10k steps a day 5 days a week minimum
2) Consistency in meals - I didn't make any fancy meals. I bought a few cookbooks, tried a few of the fakeaways etc, they were a lot of effort for very little return. One month of trial and error saw me find meals which I enjoyed which didn't take much prep and I could do every day and be happy with it.
3) Enjoy your food. If you don't enjoy it you will more thank likely give up.
4) Veg. Loads of veg. If I was forever hungry I would've failed early on but filling myself with good food that is filling kept me feeling full up and not think about snacking.
5) Don't beat yourself up if you maintain, gain or only lose a small amount when you were expecting more. So many people do this and lose motivation, things will eventually catch up or you will realise there may be certain foods which sit worse with you. I quickly realised my free lunch of omelette and beans wasn't helping my weight loss, cut this out and I was back on to the consistent weight loss. Try not to get into a habit of weighing yourself more than once a week too. I found myself daily weighing after a while, it was horrible. I was obsessed.
6) Exercise doesn't always see you lose weight! I remember absolutely smashing it one week and putting on weight. I did a load of research and the suggestion was there wasn't as much fat to burn off but more muscle gain and potentially water weight after exercise. I was a bit defeated from it but the following week saw a much bigger loss with less exercise. Swimming and weight training are great for weight loss too.
7) Water. Lots and lots of water. You also get your 10k of steps in walking to the toilet from this...
One final thing. I would really recommend signing up with my fitness pal and logging your measurements. When I got to around 15 stone from 27 stone I wasn't losing weight very quickly but my clothes were all fitting so much better. The weight no longer became something I was too worried about and the measurements were the big bonus.
Good luck.