Ex - Slimming World Disordered Eating Recovery

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I’m glad I found this thread today. It pulled me back from signing up to SW yet again.
It was a moment of desperation. But reading here has made me remember how miserable the plan makes me. And how skewed some of the logic is. It genuinely has helped mess up my relationship with food and I can’t believe many people enjoy eating some of the joyless stuff it promotes.
 
mee43 said:
I’m glad I found this thread today. It pulled me back from signing up to SW yet again.
It was a moment of desperation. But reading here has made me remember how miserable the plan makes me. And how skewed some of the logic is. It genuinely has helped mess up my relationship with food and I can’t believe many people enjoy eating some of the joyless stuff it promotes.
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If you're looking to seriously desperate to lose weight, try calorie counting.
Nutracheck is the better than my fitness pal as it has british foods.

Just put in your weight, height and how much you want to lose a week and it will give you a deficit.
You can also choose to have an 'easier day' where it makes the calories higher on a day of your choosing.

The beauty of CC is you could eat crisps, mcdonalds, white bread, butter, takeaways, olive oil and all the things forbidden on SW and still lose weight as long as you are in a deficit

Nutracheck - Keeping track of your diet

Try FREE for 7 days. Track what you eat with our calorie counter and food diary - just 10 minutes a day.
www.nutracheck.co.uk
 
mee43 said:
I’m glad I found this thread today. It pulled me back from signing up to SW yet again.
It was a moment of desperation. But reading here has made me remember how miserable the plan makes me. And how skewed some of the logic is. It genuinely has helped mess up my relationship with food and I can’t believe many people enjoy eating some of the joyless stuff it promotes.
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Agree with @JustWonderingIf - ive been doing a calorie deficit since the start of Jan, and less the losses are "lower" but id rather be slow and steady and keep it off. Lost 1 stone 2lb so far (had 1 stone 6lb I wanted off).

#mycaloriesmychoice

I do try to include fruit/veg/salad with meals and protein sources (I also go gym) but if I want cake...im having cake. 😆
 
ATV2021 said:
Agree with @JustWonderingIf - ive been doing a calorie deficit since the start of Jan, and less the losses are "lower" but id rather be slow and steady and keep it off. Lost 1 stone 2lb so far (had 1 stone 6lb I wanted off).

#mycaloriesmychoice

I do try to include fruit/veg/salad with meals and protein sources (I also go gym) but if I want cake...im having cake. 😆
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Ditto. Just had a massive bowl of cheesy pasta cos I wanted it 😍😍😍
 
ATV2021 said:
Agree with @JustWonderingIf - ive been doing a calorie deficit since the start of Jan, and less the losses are "lower" but id rather be slow and steady and keep it off. Lost 1 stone 2lb so far (had 1 stone 6lb I wanted off).

#mycaloriesmychoice

I do try to include fruit/veg/salad with meals and protein sources (I also go gym) but if I want cake...im having cake. 😆
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This is true. I’ve been doing Nutracheck too and slowly losing 1-2lb. I’ve also been doing some Paul McKenna hypnosis to help me eat smaller portions and stop when full.

I know that if I went back to SW I would easily get my stone award in a month. But then my weight loss would stall and I would be off the wagon and it would be really hard to get back on it. At least with calorie counting I can easily go for meals out, have a few drinks etc then get back on it.
 
I_Like_Tractors said:
MyFitnessPal works for me and it's free (I don't think Nutracheck is? Although likely cheaper than the slimming clubs either way!)

Ooooh @Mr Krabs does the hypnosis work? Always been intrigued by it
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Nutracheck is only £28 a year and you can use it for free but are limited to listing 5 different foods a day.

What makes it better is it's a british app so is centred around british food. Whereas on MFP theres lots of american food mixed in.

Sooo much easier and clearer
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vs My Fitness Pal
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JustWonderingIf said:
Nutracheck is only £28 a year and you can use it for free but are limited to listing 5 different foods a day.

What makes it better is it's a british app so is centred around british food. Whereas on MFP theres lots of american food mixed in.

Sooo much easier and clearer vs My Fitness Pal
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Oh that's so cheap and I love the pictures to make it really easy to find the right product! Might actually have a look 🙃

Thank you for explaining x
 
I_Like_Tractors said:
Oh that's so cheap and I love the pictures to make it really easy to find the right product! Might actually have a look 🙃

Thank you for explaining x
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This does look better! I’m a year into tracking with MFP though so I’d lose all my data 🫣 MFP also used to group things by meal (so if you had coffee and cereal every morning it would remember) but they stopped that for some reason 🙄
 
My plan with CC is short term for actually counting everything I eat (its supposed to be short term anyway as you're supposed to be at maintainance for most of the year). Im using it to learn appropriate portion sizes and just whats worth what so hopefully ill educate myself enough to just be free. I don't want my life to be consumed by food like it was on SW
 
ATV2021 said:
My plan with CC is short term for actually counting everything I eat (its supposed to be short term anyway as you're supposed to be at maintainance for most of the year). Im using it to learn appropriate portion sizes and just whats worth what so hopefully ill educate myself enough to just be free. I don't want my life to be consumed by food like it was on SW
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Depends on your goal and how much you want to lose. I’ve lost 3.5 stone with 1 more to go at which I’ll switch to maintenance mode. It’s absolutely been brilliant to learn about portion sizes and what a “sensible” amount of things like rice/pasta/cream/chocolate is!
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JustWonderingIf said:
You can group meals on nutracheck!
These are mine for example, very easy then to add to your day
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Yeah you can do recipes on MFP too.. I like the photos though! It does take ages to find the right thing if it’s not found by the barcode scanner
 
I_Like_Tractors said:
MyFitnessPal works for me and it's free (I don't think Nutracheck is? Although likely cheaper than the slimming clubs either way!)

Ooooh @Mr Krabs does the hypnosis work? Always been intrigued by it
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Sort of. You have to follow some basic rules like eating slowly, not eating in front of the telly, putting your fork down between bites and things like that. I downloaded the app and there’s a 28 day program where he teaches you a few techniques for when you’re feeling emotional or out of control around food. At night, there’s a half hour hypnotic session that you listen to in bed as you’re relaxing and some people say it send them to sleep. It’s a bit cheesy but the visualisation exercises seem to work.

You aren’t really supposed to calorie count on it, as you can eat what you want when you’re truly hungry. Although I do find that if I go back and count my calories, they are under my allowance without much effort. It has been good for my emotional eating but I do sometimes find it hard to follow when I’m busy/stressed.
 
Greencatfysh said:
This does look better! I’m a year into tracking with MFP though so I’d lose all my data 🫣 MFP also used to group things by meal (so if you had coffee and cereal every morning it would remember) but they stopped that for some reason 🙄
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Yes I've noticed this! I bet you only get it in the paid version now... I thought that about my data, I've been using MFP for about three years.

Maybe a new app would help me shake it up a bit though and I like things that look nice. Going to have a look at Nutracheck today, I think they do a week free for you to see if you like it.
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ATV2021 said:
My plan with CC is short term for actually counting everything I eat (its supposed to be short term anyway as you're supposed to be at maintainance for most of the year). Im using it to learn appropriate portion sizes and just whats worth what so hopefully ill educate myself enough to just be free. I don't want my life to be consumed by food like it was on SW
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This is my dream, sounds silly but I feel I've been obsessed with calories/points/syns my whole life and I can't just go out and eat a meal like a normal person without obsessing. I've actually been glad when social events have been cancelled in the past just because I don't have to worry about what I am going to eat at the restaurant 😬
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JustWonderingIf said:
You can group meals on nutracheck!
These are mine for example, very easy then to add to your day
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Your meals sound really nice!
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Mr Krabs said:
Sort of. You have to follow some basic rules like eating slowly, not eating in front of the telly, putting your fork down between bites and things like that. I downloaded the app and there’s a 28 day program where he teaches you a few techniques for when you’re feeling emotional or out of control around food. At night, there’s a half hour hypnotic session that you listen to in bed as you’re relaxing and some people say it send them to sleep. It’s a bit cheesy but the visualisation exercises seem to work.

You aren’t really supposed to calorie count on it, as you can eat what you want when you’re truly hungry. Although I do find that if I go back and count my calories, they are under my allowance without much effort. It has been good for my emotional eating but I do sometimes find it hard to follow when I’m busy/stressed.
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Thank you for explaining, the principles make perfect sense, I definitely eat too fast! I have been trying to wait until I'm actually hungry to eat as I have a habit of not just snacking but eating just because it's 'lunch time'.

(sorry all for hogging the thread!) ❤️
 
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Yes, yes to the obsession with calories. I've been like it since my teens when I learned the calories by rote. Even though I'm currently 10 lbs heavier than ideal, I still weigh 10gr spread, 30gr cheese, 20-25 MLS milk in tea. Know virtually all calorie values for chocolate/biscuits etc. It doesn't stop me enjoying eating out occasionally but say having more than one BK or McD a month & I'd feel uncomfortable like I'd transgressed. 1 syn = 20 calories ...it goes on and on.
 
MFP looks really good. And the fee is very reasonable compared to what SW and WW charge. Do you need to weigh everything though?
@Fledgling Psycho its really hard to develop comfortable relationships with food when you’ve been in the dieting cycle for so long. I don’t weigh everything but I’m guilty of thinking I’ve blown my syns/points for the day so might as well go completely overboard for the rest of the day/week🙈
I’m sure that if I’d never started dieting I wouldn’t have a weight problem! I do though, and I need to do something about it for health’s sake.
 
mee43 said:
MFP looks really good. And the fee is very reasonable compared to what SW and WW charge. Do you need to weigh everything though?
@Fledgling Psycho its really hard to develop comfortable relationships with food when you’ve been in the dieting cycle for so long. I don’t weigh everything but I’m guilty of thinking I’ve blown my syns/points for the day so might as well go completely overboard for the rest of the day/week🙈
I’m sure that if I’d never started dieting I wouldn’t have a weight problem! I do though, and I need to do something about it for health’s sake.
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I am weighing foods at the moment so I can learn portion sizes etc....and makes me think wtf did I have calorie wise on SW 😆
 
mee43 said:
MFP looks really good. And the fee is very reasonable compared to what SW and WW charge. Do you need to weigh everything though?
@Fledgling Psycho its really hard to develop comfortable relationships with food when you’ve been in the dieting cycle for so long. I don’t weigh everything but I’m guilty of thinking I’ve blown my syns/points for the day so might as well go completely overboard for the rest of the day/week🙈
I’m sure that if I’d never started dieting I wouldn’t have a weight problem! I do though, and I need to do something about it for health’s sake.
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You mean nutracheck? Thats the one with the pictures.
You would have to weigh things like cheese, pasta and cereal etc.
Some people weigh chicken, potatoes and mince etc but I just divide the weight of a packet into how many portions i'm going to use.

So if I have 1kg of chicken with 6 breasts I consider the breasts to weigh 167g each.
Some people will bw horrified at this but it works for me and saves me getting too bogged down with it.

Nutracheck also has a lot of estimate options which come in handy and haven't served me wrong (providing you're honest with yourself and don't class something blatantly large as a small for example)
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