I'm fascinated every time I log on to /r/loseit to see people's weight loss journeys. I'm curious though- how are you all losing weight? What plan/ diet do you follow to drop the pounds?
I personally am on Slimming World. It's a UK based thing but it may well be in other countries too. The plan basically revolves around eating as much 'free' food as you like, from meat to vegetables to pasta to potatoes and so on. You are allowed one 'Healthy Extra A' which is something like 300ml of skimmed milk or 50g of cheese, and 'Healthy Extra B' which is, for instance, two slices of bread or 40g of porridge. Anything outside of these is labelled as 'syns' and I (27M) am allowed 20 of these each day. For context, a mars bar is 15 syns, toast with honey would be around 7.5 syns altogether and a mini bar of regular chocolate would be 5 syns. In my first week I recorded a loss of 4.5lbs and my next weigh in is tomorrow, and I'm hoping I've at least lost something after a pretty decent week 2 on the plan. I feel like it's working for me so far, but only time will tell. I intend to start incorporating exercise into my life in a few weeks time, but am saving this for when I reach the inevitable plateau.
So, I guess I'm asking this- what plans are you guys on? Any tips and tricks for a newbie?
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