Ex - Slimming World Disordered Eating Recovery

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anniemouse said:
Aw boohoo, sudden wealth a pressure, yeah okay.
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I believe it actually can come with its pressures. But I’m not here to defend them as such (I’m not a PON fan). We can agree to disagree. 😊

JustWonderingIf said:
Kay one of the authors literally talks about in this video that they started pinch of nom as they realised a healthy recipe blog would be popular and profitable.
She is holding a seminar teaching others how to make a blog that is profitable.
The video is even titled 'work smarter not harder'
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I’ll take a look. Thanks.
 
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Folkevermore said:
My mum is obsessed with pinch of nom but the recipes taste like utter shite. I don’t think I’d follow “slimming” recipes from people with no experience with healthy eating either
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I bought the first book from a charity shop for about 50p. There are a couple of ok ideas in there but nothing you couldn’t find elsewhere. I made quite a nice Chinese dish but seem to remember it had about a thousand bloody ingredients and was so much hassle, like all fakeaway recipes basically.
 
I was pondering joining Slimming World again until I found this thread. It's really made me think how easy it is to develop really messed up attitudes to food. I remember when I was on it last year I would ended up eating things that I didn't like, and would never normally eat, just because they were free foods or low syn. Mug Shots are a prime example. Really awful - but if I was having a busy day and hadn't packed lunch, they were one of the things I would always grab from the shop near my work to keep in my desk drawer if I felt peckish!
 
mojo-jojo said:
I was pondering joining Slimming World again until I found this thread. It's really made me think how easy it is to develop really messed up attitudes to food. I remember when I was on it last year I would ended up eating things that I didn't like, and would never normally eat, just because they were free foods or low syn. Mug Shots are a prime example. Really awful - but if I was having a busy day and hadn't packed lunch, they were one of the things I would always grab from the shop near my work to keep in my desk drawer if I felt peckish!
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Mugshot chicken and sweetcorn 207 calories = 1 syn
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Mcdonalds 6 Mcnuggets 261 calories = 8.5 syns
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Mugshot minestrone pasta 228 calories = 1.5 syns
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Mcdonalds cheeseburger 298 calories = 15 syns
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Been sorting out some old photos. Came across a lot taken when I was married to my bullying ex. The ex who told me I was fat and ugly and so I was on a permanent diet. Couldn’t get any pleasure in clothes shopping.
I wasn’t fat, I was normal. And actually, I was pretty good looking too.
Before getting hooked on losing weight, look around. Don’t get bullied into doing it, don’t get neurotic.
You might be quite normal. I wasted a lot of my life
 
Mollywobbles said:
Been sorting out some old photos. Came across a lot taken when I was married to my bullying ex. The ex who told me I was fat and ugly and so I was on a permanent diet. Couldn’t get any pleasure in clothes shopping.
I wasn’t fat, I was normal. And actually, I was pretty good looking too.
Before getting hooked on losing weight, look around. Don’t get bullied into doing it, don’t get neurotic.
You might be quite normal. I wasted a lot of my life
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I’ve been thinking along these lines recently. I’ve lost 3 stone over the last 9 months and it’s been quite eye opening. I am quite tall so carry my weight quite evenly, but I’ve been surprised at how few people have commented on my weight loss. Not sure if that sounds arrogant or whatever or I’ve just not lost a “big enough” amount for people to comment. Or maybe they just don’t want to say. But basically, I’d built it up most of my life that I was overweight, and everyone thought so. That I was the gross, big, girl.

I’ve lost weight for myself but also wanted people to see/approve/think of me as “smaller”. People I see every day (bf/family) have commented, but others (work colleagues/older friends) haven’t. I guess what I’m saying is I’ve learnt that my overweight-ness was mostly just a “me problem”. That it came down to my being unhappy at that size and so I’m proud of my results. But it hasn’t changed much, in my life, or necessarily improved my happiness (other than higher self esteem and feeling stronger/more nimble). I’d built it up to be a fix-all, and it really isn’t.
 
no-no said:
What is the deal with SW fakeaways being served up in old cardboard fast food boxes? Just seen a McDonald’s one and the chips were chunky homemade ones served in a minty McDonald’s fries box 🥴 neurotic.
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It’s a genius diet you see. Instead of going out for a McDonald’s and counting the calories, maybe having a low cal option like a happy meal or wrap which will come in under 600, you root through the bins for your old boxes and then eat hundreds more calories at home because ‘free’ while also having the hassle of washing up after.
 
Mollywobbles said:
Been sorting out some old photos. Came across a lot taken when I was married to my bullying ex. The ex who told me I was fat and ugly and so I was on a permanent diet. Couldn’t get any pleasure in clothes shopping.
I wasn’t fat, I was normal. And actually, I was pretty good looking too.
Before getting hooked on losing weight, look around. Don’t get bullied into doing it, don’t get neurotic.
You might be quite normal. I wasted a lot of my life
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I look back on my photos from 20s when I lived off apples and popcorn and I was a fine young filly who should have appreciated the curves and wrinkle free skin instead of getting trapped in an endless cycle of crap
 
Mr Krabs said:
It’s a genius diet you see. Instead of going out for a McDonald’s and counting the calories, maybe having a low cal option like a happy meal or wrap which will come in under 600, you root through the bins for your old boxes and then eat hundreds more calories at home because ‘free’ while also having the hassle of washing up after.
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Makes sense apart from the fact SW burgers can easily come in at more cals than Mcdonalds 👀

SW Cheeseburger: 1.5 syns for Ketchup, Hex A and B = 408 calories
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An actual McDonalds cheeseburger = 298 calories and 15 syns. 110 calories less than 1.5 syns SW cheesburger.
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Double SW Cheeseburger: 1.5 syns for ketchup, Hex A and B = 634 calories
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AN ACTUAL BIG MAC = 493 CALORIES 25.5 SYNS BUT 141 CALORIES LESS THAN THE 1.5 SYN SW DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER.
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JustWonderingIf said:
Makes sense apart from the fact SW burgers can easily come in at more cals than Mcdonalds 👀
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Exactly, and the people in my group would eat insane portions of burgers and chips at home, yet going out for chicken nuggets and a side salad at McDonald’s was so ‘naughty’. You’d get photos on the group on Friday nights of people making massive double burgers with bacon medallions, piles of chips and a huge helping of homemade coleslaw. I’m greedy as hell and I don’t know how they put it all away.
 
Mr Krabs said:
Exactly, and the people in my group would eat insane portions of burgers and chips at home, yet going out for chicken nuggets and a side salad at McDonald’s was so ‘naughty’. You’d get photos on the group on Friday nights of people making massive double burgers with bacon medallions, piles of chips and a huge helping of homemade coleslaw. I’m greedy as hell and I don’t know how they put it all away.
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Its not their fault necessarily.
because the term 'syn free' lures them into thinking 'calorie free' so they believe they can stuff themselves silly without gaining any weight.

If most people were educated about calories they wouldn't be eating 2 potatoes worth of chips and endless bacon medallions.
If they realised having a big mac, medium portion of fries and diet coke was less calories than the homemade they would eat that.

When it comes to weight issues the problem is not the food its peoples behaviour. To lose weight long term moderation is key. SW does not teach moderation, 'syn free' encourages greed.

The reason they don't teach moderation is because they don't want you to lose weight long term. It's engineered to make you lose enough weight to believe it works but no keep it off because they want you to pay fivers once a week forever.
 
I have never done SW but I've been lurking for a few months 👋
I just wondered if there is any logic to syns - surely calories in, calories out is the the reality?
My sister has been on and off with SW for years, at times she's lost a bit but is basically the same size as when she started.

I have spent most of my life on a diet, calorie counting and only eating when I felt like I was going to keel over. Got myself an ED and ended up way below my minimum BMI, I can remember having to put weight on before I could go to see my GP as I knew he would weigh me. It was only the feeling of my pulse echoing inside my body that finally made me come to my senses and start eating again.

Other women were really strange when I was thin, they just assumed I was lucky, not that I was ill. They'd tell me I looked great when I'd never been so unwell. I can't say men were any different towards me, I really don't think men are so bothered about women's weight, but women can be really nosy and blunt to the point of rudeness.

So currently, I've ate what I want for a few years, I've gained a few stones (thanks menopause) but I feel healthier and more at peace with myself.
We're only here for a short time, your weight should not be something to obsess and fret about, you need to be happy in your life and to consider the bigger picture 💚💜🤍
 
I remember so many people being like oh yeah I didn’t have speed with my dinner so I need to eat some fruit after… and no one bothering to correct them and explain that the speed is to replace the higher cal foods on your dinner plate. It’s not some magic weight loss food.

Eating a couple of strawberries after a plate of pasta isn’t gonna make the pasta less calories 😬
 
I was 7 stone 10 when I started dieting. 6 stone 12 when I married. It was the only time I saw approval on my mother's face. I was turned away by one slimming club but persevered until one took me on. I always just felt fat. What followed is years and years of yo yo dieting gaining as much as 4 stone. And thinking about dieting every day. To this day I can be very close on any calorie value!
At school it was the thin girls we all wanted to look like. It's very sad & things haven't really changed that much.
 
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