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Has anyone been on the slimming world diet?

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I was thinking about trying this cos it looks like I could stick to it, but the website doesnt say much about what u eat, and when etc.

Does anyone know?

Reply 1

lucky_star

yes, I went on it last year for a bit, probably about 2 months or so. I didnt really stick to it religiously, I went out about twice a week and drank a lot, and often had treats but I lost about 10lbs altogether. I didnt go to the groups, my mum went and I just looked through the book and followed it.

Basically there are two 'days' you can do - a red day is when you eat mostly meat and fish (unlimited quantities), with a little bit of carbohydrates, and green days are the opposite. I preferred green days, you can have unlimited amounts of potatoes, pasta, baked beans, eggs etc. There are also 'free' foods that you can have unlimited amounts of on both days, these are fruits, veg, coffee, tea, diet soft drinks. You have 2 or 3 healthy extra options each day, things like bread, cheese, milk, cereal etc, it tells you how much you can have of each thing. You can also have treats, they are called syns, and things like crisps, chocs, alcohol etc have a syns value that you can have aswell as your free food and healthy extras. you can have up to about 15 syns per day, (I used to have about 10) e.g. a dairy milk bar is about 12/13 syns.

It sounds kinda complicated but once you get going its easy and you think it wouldnt work but it really does. Obviously you have to have loads of water + fruit + veg aswell, and exercise helps. its really easy to stick to, for e.g. on a school day I used to have cereal for breakfast (1 healthy extra), with some fruit, at morning break I had some fruit or a muller light yoghurt (free) and for lunch I had sandwiches (healthy extra) with tuna, dairylea or ham and a pack of french fries. For dinner I would have something like a jacket potato with beans (free) or salad. there are some nice recipes in the book aswell, like egg and chips.
hope that helps and good luck!

Reply 2

katie_m4

I have and its really good. I advise you go to the meetings though otherwise it's really hard to stick to it x

Reply 3

luceluce

My boyfriend's mum and sister have been doing it for a while and they have both done really well and it is working for them!

Reply 4

devilgirl999

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it is really good and my mums friend is a doctor and recommends it btw, cos its more of a healthy eating plan rather than a diet. i tried it but im too weak i like my choccie too much

Reply 5

Ariel4

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One of my friends did it, and she lost a lot of weight, but when she stopped doing it, she put it all back on again. the same happened when she tried weightwatchers.

Reply 6

username39618

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The Cake Misled Me :frown:

Reply 7

Kittycat

OP

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Thanks everyone. so, do u have to do a certain amount of red/green days or can u just do all red/all green? and you can still have protein on green days then? how much?
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Reply 8

Bis

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don't bother. fad diets are crap.

Reply 9

*~CARALA~*

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I found this diet really great. They have "free foods" which you can eat unlimited amounts of and these change for "red" or "green" days. Theres loads of stuff you can eat so you should never find yourself hungry! I did it for about four months and lost 2 and a half stone. Put on a stone since then tho :frown:

Reply 10

littlemissalex

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still on the topic of diet, my friend did the "all bran diet" which is, what it sounds like; eating all bran all day for 2 weeks. she lost 10lbs in 2 weeks, so im going to try it starting saturday, so ill let you know!

Reply 11

Kittycat

OP

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The prob with that is, you don't get all the nutrients your body needs. And although you lose weight initially, you will inevitably put it back on becuase you'll go back to your normal eating habits.
Take me for example, i've been doin slimming world now for 3 weeks but ur sposed to have 5 fruit and veg a day and 8 glasses of water. But I kinda left that bit out so i've just been eating potatoes and pasta one day, eggs and ham the next.
Now im really ill! oops.
But, if u do it properly it is really good cos u never go hungry, and I have lost about 5 stone :smile:

Reply 12

bedbug

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alexandra

still on the topic of diet, my friend did the "all bran diet" which is, what it sounds like; eating all bran all day for 2 weeks. she lost 10lbs in 2 weeks, so im going to try it starting saturday, so ill let you know!

doesn't sound healthy though.. you're missing out almost all the major food groups. Sure you'll lose weight originally but you'll put it all on once you're done.

Slimming World doesn't sound too faddy as long as you do it properly but I'm more of a WeightWatchers girl.

Has anyone been on the slimming world diet?

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