Which would you recommend-Slimming World, Weight Watchers or Unislim?

bedtime

Hi,

Gotta change my eating habits and will need advice, support and a program I can follow out at home.

I briefly did Weight Watchers after my first baby and found it good but I see now Slimming World and Unislim seem to be big (no pun intended!).

Just wondering if anyone has done any, all or some of these programs and which one you found the best in terms of support and weight loss/easiest to fit in with family life.

Thanks.:)

nice_guy80

whichever one is free

bedtime

bedtime wrote: »

Hi,

Gotta change my eating habits and will need advice, support and a program I can follow out at home.

I briefly did Weight Watchers after my first baby and found it good but I see now Slimming World and Unislim seem to be big (no pun intended!).

Just wondering if anyone has done any, all or some of these programs and which one you found the best in terms of support and weight loss/easiest to fit in with family life.

Thanks.:)

Advice - Nutrition101, Yes you will need to spend some time 'studying' it, reading about what food does for your body, but you will be a million times better off for it. Read it, write questions down, ask any that you haven't found answered later in the thread. Maybe 3/4 hours work to teach you almost all you'll need to know about food.

Support - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056824266. Post in that thread how you're getting on, any 'mistakes' you made, any recipes you might want to share. Tell people how you're feeling, use the community here for support.

Program - Simple: Eat vegetables, nuts and meats. Steer clear of processed food whenever you possibly can. If its got more than 5 (silly number but an example) ingredients then it's a processed food. Get good at cooking, get good at planning (a lunchbox will save you hundreds of euros and cut a few lbs over the course of a year too!).

Best of all - this is free!

bedtime

Thanks Emmet, brilliant

I had a read through and jotted down a few notes already (will get back to it later after School run).

WOW, so much I thought I knew that I actually don't. Never knew that about avocados, definitely going to do that as a dip with carrot, etc. sticks- I'm a picker but it would be great for the kids too.

Same with the 'low-salt' thought that was better than normal salt. I know probably no salt is good!

Just two quick questions if you don't mind, or I can ask on the nutrition 101... which is better (I know in moderation but I'm thinking for the whole family) real butter or low fat ones?

Also, are the sugar free diluted orange drinks (kiaora, etc) ok to use- I give it to the kids for school and drink it myself to flavour the water as I find drinking plain water hard. I drink way more this way. Also, I've heard normal fruit juices aren't great for kids because of the sugar so I was hoping the s-free diluted would be better?

Thanks again for those links, although I joined boards a couple years ago I rarely came on except to look at the parenting board.

It's great for the info
Thanks.

nice_guy80

bedtime wrote: »

Thanks Emmet, brilliant

I had a read through and jotted down a few notes already (will get back to it later after School run).

WOW, so much I thought I knew that I actually don't. Never knew that about avocados, definitely going to do that as a dip with carrot, etc. sticks- I'm a picker but it would be great for the kids too.

Same with the 'low-salt' thought that was better than normal salt. I know probably no salt is good!

Just two quick questions if you don't mind, or I can ask on the nutrition 101... which is better (I know in moderation but I'm thinking for the whole family) real butter or low fat ones?

Also, are the sugar free diluted orange drinks (kiaora, etc) ok to use- I give it to the kids for school and drink it myself to flavour the water as I find drinking plain water hard. I drink way more this way. Also, I've heard normal fruit juices aren't great for kids because of the sugar so I was hoping the s-free diluted would be better?

Thanks again for those links, although I joined boards a couple years ago I rarely came on except to look at the parenting board.

It's great for the info
Thanks.

real butter, in moderation
if you cut back on the amount of bread you won't need as much butter or spread

sugar free dilutes (ribena) usually have a load of other crap (eg aspartame) put in instead. you'd be as well to get fruit juice that has no sugar added and water it down
the main problem with juices is the high level of sugar coupled with lack of fibre

Stench Blossoms

Real butter.

Try limit the diluted orange drinks. They aren't the worst thing in the world but they do contain quite a lot of sugar even if they do claim to be 'sugar free'.

Have a look at the back of a regular fruit juice and the diluted ones. I don't have any to hand so can't really say which ones are better/worse.

Everything in moderation.

Orla K

bedtime wrote: »

Same with the 'low-salt' thought that was better than normal salt. I know probably no salt is good!

Just two quick questions if you don't mind, or I can ask on the nutrition 101... which is better (I know in moderation but I'm thinking for the whole family) real butter or low fat ones?

Also, are the sugar free diluted orange drinks (kiaora, etc) ok to use- I give it to the kids for school and drink it myself to flavour the water as I find drinking plain water hard. I drink way more this way. Also, I've heard normal fruit juices aren't great for kids because of the sugar so I was hoping the s-free diluted would be better?

Thanks again for those links, although I joined boards a couple years ago I rarely came on except to look at the parenting board.

It's great for the info
Thanks.

Sea salt is fairly good, it's got minerals. Stick with real butter, the other stuff is just chemical spread.
I've no idea what's in the kiaora stuff so I won't comment on it but watch out for how much sugar is in it.

A while ago I compared the price of weight watchers to a personal trainer. WW is about €10 a week and then a joining fee too Personal trainers can be €50 - €80 a session (maybe some of the guys working in the industry can correct me if I'm wrong) but lets take an €80 session you'd see them about once they give you loads of info on diet and a workout for you to do until you see them next. Say if you went 5 times a year.

Weightwatchers 52 weeks a year x 10 = €520
Trainer €80 x 5 = €400

and with a good personal trainer you get a better looking body and it'll probably be easier and they'll give you the knowledge to keep you healthy.

If it's €80 for a PT session I'm in the wrong line of work.

€30ph to get taught how to lift weights with correct form. 3/4 sessions over 3 weeks then another session 6 weeks later to make sure you're still observing form.

Free dietary advice available on boards.ie.

If you need the group psychology of WW/Slimming World. The "guilt" of the scales, you can post your weight and measurements daily online. Open a twitter account with your photo, don't give the details out but just post once a week your weight, your target, your progress.

Give it an appropriate hashtag "#WeightLoss #NewMe #CleanLiving etc" and randoms will criticise you, just as they would in group weightloss.

again, free.

Orla K

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If it's €80 for a PT session I'm in the wrong line of work.

€30ph to get taught how to lift weights with correct form. 3/4 sessions over 3 weeks then another session 6 weeks later to make sure you're still observing form.

I know there's some charging €80 a session, I'm guessing that's the higher end of the scale. That would include just about everything, info on diet, any imbalances a workout to correct this etc.

Just getting thought how to lift with right form is a bit useless if your a beginner and don't know the rest of it. But there is cheaper than €80 out there.