Comment by tracinggirl on 27/01/2025 at 00:35 UTC

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View submission: Does Slimming World make sense?

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Very well put. People say "just exercise" or "eat healthier" but dont realise that this is quite hard for a lot of people, and are skills within themselves. You have to learn which foods are good for what, what works together, how to exercise properly... its a lot! these classes should be teaching how to do that

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Comment by gyroda at 27/01/2025 at 01:18 UTC

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Yeah, I have a close relative who's done slimming world on and off. The whole "free food"/"syn" thing kinda makes sense, from what I've seen? The free foods are generally low calorie, filling foods like vegetables and carbs like bread or pasta are limited.

I'm not going to bat for the system, but it's not entirely nonsense. It simplifies the wide array of food properties (nutrition, calories, bulk, satiety...) into a discrete set of categories. It's much simpler to say "you can have one slice of white bread a day" than "white bread has x calories in it out of your y daily calories, mostly simple carbs, few vitamins or minerals and not much fat or protein, go figure out how this works into your diet".

Comment by Kim_catiko at 27/01/2025 at 06:11 UTC

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This is the thing. I know what I need to do, it's having the motivation to do it. Sometimes I'm just too damn tired. I worked out nearly everyday during covid, now I hardly do anything at all.

Comment by KindOfBotlike at 28/01/2025 at 10:23 UTC

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I mean, how hard is it to download myfitness pal or similar, enter all the food you eat, when the number hits whatever your target is, don't eat any more food that day. I'm not being facetious - I know people struggle with different tasks, but it seems easier than learning syns or whatever.

Comment by heroes-never-die99 at 27/01/2025 at 01:00 UTC

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It’s only hard for stupid/undisciplined people. Eat less, cardio more. Absolutely nothing to it. The vast majority of the worldwide population would do fine with that.