Comment by anti-sugar_dependant on 27/01/2025 at 01:44 UTC

227 upvotes, 8 direct replies (showing 8)

View submission: Does Slimming World make sense?

I put on 3 kilos in a week (may have been a fortnight, it was a long time ago) because of the free pasta. They told me I was an idiot for eating so much pasta. I said their system was stupid because it said I could eat as much pasta as I wanted and lose weight. And that's how I got kicked out of slimming world.

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Comment by riverY90 at 27/01/2025 at 05:29 UTC

51 upvotes, 0 direct replies

It's an impressive way to get kicked out of slimming world tbf

Comment by MadWifeUK at 27/01/2025 at 11:02 UTC

27 upvotes, 3 direct replies

It's not just the free pasta though, is it? The whole point is that you fill 2/3 of your plate with veg/fruit every meal, your pasta/carb of choice and protein take up 1/3. If you managed to put on 3kg based on the pasta, how much broccoli were you eating? Must have been a forest-full.

My problem with SW is that they still peddle the notion of fat is bad. Lots of synless "fat free" stuff, which is full of sugar. They'd rather you have a fat free processed berry yoghurt than berries and cream.

Comment by ozz9955 at 27/01/2025 at 07:13 UTC

18 upvotes, 0 direct replies

New Netflix series on the horizon?

Comment by cm-cfc at 27/01/2025 at 07:57 UTC

9 upvotes, 1 direct replies

But you have missed the whole point of it. I did it as my wife was and it taught me how to cook meals with no sugar and fats basically. It was something i could do with her and wasn't starving all the time like other diets she tried

Comment by SwordfishSerious5351 at 27/01/2025 at 08:04 UTC

7 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Wooow they kicked you out?! That's absolutely wild. Are you sure it was not because of your militant campaign against the sugar_dependant?

Comment by sympathetic_earlobe at 27/01/2025 at 11:14 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

You're supposed to eat a third of your plate as "speed foods" which are normally fruits and vegetables. So the idea is you won't eat as much pasta if you have a huge pile of vegetables to get through. I am greedy and would eat the whole lot though.