ilovechickens Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 What are people's experiences on either of these two-slimming world or Weigh"Ooops, word censored!"chers, which one (if you have used them) have you used and what was your experience? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I do SW. I love it, it makes perfect sense to me - which is always good I tried WW ages ago, andi just didn't get it at all I can't calorie count, I don't get it, it doesn't make sense, and I was hungry. I believe it as changed a lot now tho. Cathy X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I did WW - and in complete contrast to Couperwife, I found it was really good! Lost the weight that I needed to, taught me portion sizes (which was my main issue!!). Can eat normally, was fairly easy to eat out, and it worked for me... I guess SW is the same, but things like earning points exercising etc was really good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I got bored with WW (twice ) after losing weight to it stopped after a while no matter what I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash City Rocker Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 WW for me since May 2010. (gold member since Oct 2010). I like the weighing & recording, I still do it most days. Plus I have a "bit of OCD" so continually making lists and weighing things suits me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I have done both successfully I think (its when you stop thats the problem). In my opinion you are likely to have greater success with either of them if you go to a group and stay to the group. I know some people cant and have to do it online but I found that the group attendance motivated me. Apparently there are figures that show that attendees lose more too. On WW I lost 3 stone and on SW I lost a stone (its that last stone that keeps going on and off again when I give up the groups) I found that the two plans teach you different things so you probably need to pick the one that is more suited to your lifestyle. As Clash CIty Rocker says WW is about counting, ultimately it portion control and you can eat anything in controlled amounts. So yes suitable for someone OCD like I like that description. However I found the downside for me was that although I was controlling the portions I was eating rubbish to stay within my points, its easy to buy or stick to things where you know the amount of points for example ready made meals but when you look at the content For me SW is better as a lot of foods dont have to be counted. You can eat unlimted amounts of fruit veg meat (lean) and fish. This means that as soon as I start the plan I eat so much better; vast quantities of fruit, veg lean meat and fish. I prefer this although its not controlling my portions I feel healtier, it fits in with family life - eg meat and veg or lean spaghetti bolognaise for tea -and it works. I hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counturchickens Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I followed slimming world from a borrowed book, and didn't go to the classes and lost a stone and a half, that was a year ago and I'm still the same weight so a success! If you cook from scratch most of the time this is the one for you, and you can save your 'syns' for treats such as chocolate or wine. I would recommend it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
