Just wondering if anyone has had any success going to a slimming club? I have made a decision to try and lose weight and am thinking of joining a slimming club.
Thing is, I've been to them in the past and not really managed to stick with it.
So, has anyone had any joy losing weight this way and if so, what's your advice for sticking to it? Or, if not, any advice in general will be helpful am sure!
Cheers all.
Nola x
first off can i say this has worked for me it might not work for you.
over the last month i(this is mr cream) have lost over a stone by cutting out alcohol thru the week, trying only to drink on a weekend,a bit like a treat, i don't eat anything after 7pm. i eat plenty of fruit and all our meals are home cooked ...so i no whats gone in to it,when we go to the supermarket i try and park as far away in the car park as i can(this usually annoys the mrs but then i'm good for something lol ) as i said at the top ...this has worked for me ...i want to lose the wieght..but i want to lose it slowly so it stands a better chance of staying off ..
I'm a self confessed yo-yo dieter. But I have to admit I've done best when going to a class. I go to Slimming World and have lost 2 stone since Jan.
I'll be honest though, the actual mechanics of the particular diet is the least of my concerns. I go for the support, encouragement and ideas....and the big pat on the head when I've done well.
Principally, though, any diet is about calories in balanced against calories burnt off. Cut out fat wherever possible, eat smaller portions, drink less alcohol ( boo hoo!!!! ) and get more exercise.
I walk 3-4 lunchtimes per week, fast, for about half an hour.
We also geocache, which means usually every other weekend a walk of anywhere between 4 and 8 miles.
I'm not obsessive, I love my food and more important, my bevvy too much, but at the end of the day you have to accept that if you want to lose weight, its a balancing act and something has to give.
Go to a class if it suits your personality and you think it will help you but you have to get it sorted in your noddle first, otherwise it won't work.
Good luck. You can do it.
I am also at weightwatchers and my hubby is doing it as well,i've lost 20lbs in 12 weeks and he has lost 46lbs in 12 weeks. The only things we really stear away from now is bread and take aways we try to do as much home cooking as possible and try and plan meals more. We also now make sure we have breakfast everyday and it seems to be working for us both.
Don't think we both will ever be small people but nice and curvy would be good.
Good luck in whatever path you decide to take
Thanks for the good luck wishes. I think I will give classes a try. I need motivation so hopefully a class will help.
We'll see!
Try
Myself and a few friends lost around 10 - 15kgs each in 4 months. It does mean you have to change your life style. Healthy eating out of 7 days and excersize but worked very well
I'm a classic yo-yo dieter and have been to practically every class / club going and tried almost every diet under the sun.
In 2006 I lost 10st in 9 months using the Cambridge diet but regained 5st in 2007 when I experienced several devastating family tragedies (death of 2 young members of my family etc). For me personally, whether I lose it fast or slow is totally irrelevent as to whether I regain it or not - food is my pacifying drug of choice and until I crack that nut I'll carry on bouncing up and down the scales.
But to get back to your original question .... the club I had the most success with was Rosemary Conley because of it's no nonsense, faddy free healthy eating plan AND the exercise session which did wonders. I lost 6st in a year on that and if there was a club near me now I'd go back in a NY minute.
Unfortunately there isn't so I'm trying the 'cutting back' approach and incorporating more activity into my life (heh heh :twisted: ). I've lost 7lb in my first week although I know form past experience this will drop to a more sedate rate.
What works for one person won't work for another; it's a matter of digging around, trying a few things out and finding the 'key' that works for you. Good luck!
Keep active, keep your mind on something other than food. It worked for W. It worked for me last month.
Travis
Some people need a group to help with motivation, but what happens when the group is finished? I think to be successful long term, you need to change your own beliefs and habits
I still think the key is EXERCISE!!!!!!!!
There is no point in going on a crazy diet if you don't exercise! A lot of the slimming clubs don't seem to focus on this aspect.
I think the best advice is'Everything in moderation', and burn off more than you take in.
One thing I like to remind myself is that it is ok to feel hungry!
I think a lot of people have actually forgotten what it is to feel hungry, and if they ever do, it automatically means you must eat!
When you do feel hungry, it's helpful to work out why, are you just bored? Is it just becuase you smell someone elses tasty lunch etc etc
If you do get the hunger factor, instead of reaching for the bag of crisps/choccie biccie, start off with maybe a glass of water, or getting up and doing something else, and then if you do still feel hungry, keep handy snacks ( i have a drawer-full of soya nuts, oatcakes, berries etc, and keep fruit and veg nibbles on my desk at work- i do get called monkey girl for this though!) to munch on instead.
Sometimes people eat like it's the last chance they'll ever get to taste the chocolate cake etc, and keep eating past being full.
I find that sometimes even telling yourself you can have sweets any time, so I don't need them now, or I don't need to help myself to the biscuit right now, I can still go out another day and buy a packet if I really need to have them...
I remember a programme with a study about kids portion sizes, on one week a group of kids were given a small portion and asked when they were full, the next week they were given a portion double the size, and all ate at least 50% more than on the small portion size week, despite the previous week saying they were full much sooner.
I'm guilty of dishing up massive portions, and because it's there, we feel we need to eat it.
I'm sure there is plenty that you can do yourself to make small changes, which might have more success in the long run....
Maz xx
And let's not forget that one of the two best exercises is shagging, the other one's swimming, either way someone gets wet!
Yeah - it is just about the balance, so whatever to alter that balance fits with your personality...
Although I'm generally fairly slim I sometimes go through phases of being too busy to go for a run or get to the supermarket, so I end up eating crap all the time, not burning it off, and putting on a stone or so, and then when I get a balance back in my life it just goes off again. So I get to really clearly see the effect of this balance.
It's not about weight for me as much as it is about general health - I eat a lot of fat and I'm lucky to be able to metabolise a lot of it, but I do sometimes worry that I'm going to die of feta REEEALLY soon if I don't somehow earn it. And that drives me to go running when I feel guilty about my diet.
Also, being a fairly lazy person, and one that is prone to giving hobbies up after a few weeks, one thing I've found works is getting things into my life in a structural way - making tweaks to my existing routine rather than actually going out of my way. So - like cycling or walking to work rather than driving or getting the bus. If your workplace has a shower that's even better. That's much better than going in a sweaty room and lifting blocks of metal up and putting them down again while looking at people with bodies I could never match (fucking rugby players!). Going running is obviously even better for the calories but you have to be really careful how you work up to it, I caused myself a calf injury that stuck around for about four years by one day starting running to work every day.
Or walk/cycle to the supermarket and only buy what you can carry home - that instantly reduces the beer you drink and burns some of it off as well. I stopped eating feta in my own home, and only keep two beers in the fridge at any time. A mate of mine lost over a stone when he stopped using the lifts at work. You don't have to go nuts, sometimes just tweaking the balance a bit can have the effect you want.
Oh yeah, and fuck as much as possible :-)
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