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Non Scale Victories
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OK it took a bit of effort, but I couldn't have done it without Slimming World. I lost 5 stone the first time, then gave up and put half back, now on 4.5 stone this time. Total loss since the fat pics is 7 stone. It can be done without surgery!
Hi Runner, glad you're back on track. Don't know about you, but I'm really enjoying my healthy food. Taking the time to plan a low-syn day and then sticking to it is really satisfying. And because I'm living alone, I don't have to cater for the tastes of the rest of the family. In the freezer at the moment: lamb tagine, beef rogan josh, spanish chicken, and the ingredients for several more low fat meals.
runner
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That sounds like a good plan Lee Lee. I'm not in a diet group and don;t follow a plan as such. I am just eating healthily and reducing portion size and if I do snack in the evening, it will be an apple or other fruit. Did have a relapse last night when son and his girlfriend came home late and started cooking dinner, but onwards and upwards today!
A few months ago, my daughter gave me some of her cast-offs. I couldn't pull any of the trousers up beyond mid-thigh. Today I'm wearing a pair of purple jeans with a 14 on the label (though a couple of 16s are still a bit too tight). I'm off to SW to weigh in this evening...
Northerner
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Northerner
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Wow, that's great runner! Bet you feel better for it too! 🙂 All my excess weight is round my middle - I don't have a lot to lose, but because it's all in one area it seems impossible to shift. I have noticed that my waistband is not as tight as it has been though - eventually I may reach a point where my waist actually matches what's on the label of my trousers! 😱
runner
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Ha ha, me too! I always have a bulge around the middle nowadays no matter what size I am, but if I'm the size I want to be, I don't really mind - got to have some allowances for age!
Northerner
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Do you mean I have to admit I'm no Spring Chicken any more? 😱 😉 What is scary is that my waist when diagnosed was 27 inches - didn't realise at the time just how bad that was! I ought to be 32 in waist (but I'm more like 34.5 currently!)
runner
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Music&InsulinSavedMyLife
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I was on the really easy Slimming World diet just before I was diagnosed. My doctors thought it was the diet that was making me ill, but they were wrong! I lost a few stone on it, and hoping to get back on it in the next couple of months to lose some more, although with changing the way I eat with diabetes, i've already lost over a stone
You might find that Original (Red) suits you better as a T1. Lots of advice about SW in various threads. Any questions, just ask!I was on the really easy Slimming World diet just before I was diagnosed. My doctors thought it was the diet that was making me ill, but they were wrong! I lost a few stone on it, and hoping to get back on it in the next couple of months to lose some more, although with changing the way I eat with diabetes, i've already lost over a stone
Music&InsulinSavedMyLife
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I never really looked into what diets included what. Being 16, the doctors told me to only do the easy one, but I don't see how it makes much of a difference. To me Slimming World is more like a healthy and balanced eating regime more than a diet
With Original, you have all the 'free' meat, fat free yogurt, Quorn, eggs and most fruit & veg; but limited starchy veg, spuds, pulses, pasta, bread, cereal which you have as Healthy Extras or syns. You get two A (dairy) and two B choices per day. Much lower carbs than Green or Extra Easy. They've rewritten the books recently, and details of original/green are in a separate booklet in the new members' pack.
Music&InsulinSavedMyLife
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Ahh that sounds easy enough 🙂 Since I've been diagnosed I have basically cut most sugar out of my diet, not necessary I know, but I want to lose weight anyway and having the mind set that I couldn't eat it helped. I'll have to look into it again 🙂 Thank you!
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