Slimming World - Not So Much Diet As Lifestyle Change

Advantages: Steady, sustainable weight loss, plenty of encouragement, excellent value
Disadvantages: Success still requires willpower and dedication!

...INTRODUCTION Slimming World has changed my life. That's not a flippant, wishful statement - it's a fundamental truth. The temptation is to turn this into a personal testimony of what Slimming World has done for me, and having lost close to four (4) stone already after five (5) months of attending, you could probably forgive me for it. That said, this is a review site, so I will try and keep it as matter of fact as possible, whilst sharing my personal experience with you. A SIMPLE TRUTH Slimming World (SW) is less about diet and more about lifestyle change. In truth, there is little mystery about the ?science? of Food Optimising (not to be confused with "Food Combining" which is a theory that certain combinations of food accelerate weight loss, whilst others inhibit it). The mechanics of losing weight are simple...

Hishyeness 11.03.2009 (04.05.2009) · Read review
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Welcome to A World Made out of Chocolate

Advantages: Chocolate, Good Signage, Good Play Area
Disadvantages: Took a while to get going, small queues for one of the attractions

... Introduction Having booked a weeks holiday from work, and no money to actually fly off to sunnier climbs, I was desperate to do something with the family whilst I was off otherwise I wouldn't have derived any tangible benefit from my week away from the office. A list of possible destinations were thrown into the melting pot so to speak, but the one which seemed to get the loudest cheers was Cadbury's World. To tell you the truth I'm not a big chocolate lover, so I wasn't particularly enamoured with the suggestion, but Mrs Supercityfan (SCF) and Master and Miss SCF were adamant that this was where they wanted to go, so in the interests of democracy I was forced to go with the majority decision. What is It The marketing material which accompanies the Tour claims it is 'Fourteen Amazing Zones...

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Two Worlds

Advantages: Flexible character development and vast exploration area
Disadvantages: Mounted ride control is horrible

...The story (taken from the official website) : The world changed when Aziraal, the god of war, was slain in the huge battle long ago. The hordes of Orcs lost their divine leader and were forced to withdraw to the southern wastelands. Now, thousands of years later, the location of Aziraal's tomb is still unknown, well hidden by other gods who did not dare to entrust the secret to mere mortals. However, now, a fragile peace between the civilized races and the hordes is at stake. When the dwarven mining expedition discovered an ancient temple dedicated to an unnamed deity - all of the world's most powerful factions saw it as a possible clue to the place of Azriaal's burial ground. A silent war has now begun and it will soon ignite the fires that will lead to the holy crusade of the Orcs. However, the real danger lies somewhere else...

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Slimming World

Advantages: inexpensive, quick to lose the weight, lots of support
Disadvantages: you have to ea too much!!!

...It got to thestage where I had to do something about my weight. I had finished working, and got a bit lethargic at home all day, hence the weigt piled on. I saw an ad for Slimming World in the local shop, and it was held just along the road from where live. I plucked up courage and went along to the group, on the Tuesday evening. I was welcombed warmly by everybody, and listened to the introductory talk. It all souded very good, but a little unbelievable. They were saying that you could lose 4/7 pounds a week!! I needed to lose 3 stone, and if that was the case, it wouldn't take too long to get it off. So I joined, and the following week, lo and behold lost 6 lbs. Amazing. I followed the diet for the next month, and had lost one stone already. Afer 3 months I had lost the 3 stones. Fantastic, and I was never hungry. you just...

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Beautiful World

Advantages: Great songs
Disadvantages: None

...had their t-shirts, posters on my wall etc but I do think they are a great, fun band. I saw them live about two years ago and I have to say it was one of the best concerts I have been to. They just looked like they were having a really great time and were really entertaining the crowd Their album, Beautiful World tells us that it really is a beautiful world. To me this album is typical Take That, fun pop but with a classic take. In fact Take That say themselves that this album is a "Throwback to the 90's with a modern twist. The album was released on November 27th 2006. What I find incredible is that even though it had only been released for just over a month it still was the second best selling album of 2006 in the UK. This just goes to show how much people love Take That. The album has now sold over 3 million copies worldwide and has...

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slimming world

Advantages: healty eating for life
Disadvantages: must have determination to succeed

...Wanting to loose weight but do not know where to start.... Want to speak to somebody who understands or can help you.... Then this is the answer for you.... Background to joining ********************* After the birth of my daughter I was still wearing maternity clothes 6-8 months later and seemed to be getting fatter I joined slimming world in April 2001 and reached my ideal weight in February 2002 and became a target member. This was achieved by attending every week, and learning about how to eat healthy..... As a target member I can recomend slimming world as the best way to loose weight.... Classes ******* My classes were held in local church weekly. Check out the noticeboard in local supermarket, or the web page at:- www.slimmingworld.co.uk (If you type in postcode they can forward an e-mail of local classes...

BeeHappy 18.09.2002 (27.10.2002) · Read review
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A world of fashion at your fingertips

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...I have big boobs, a big bum, and a big belly - which can make shopping for clothes on the high street a little difficult , not just because of the low availability of plus sized clothes in some stores, but also the indignity of waddling out of a changing room in too-tight jeans to ask for a larger size . So, when I saw an advert for Fashion World telling me that their clothes went up to a size 32, I figured that this might be just the place to get some funky new kit to cover my size 22 body . The company are part of the J D Williams group, a large range of online/home shopping companies - and once you have an account with one, you can use that account to order from any of their websites - something I found pretty useful - more on that later . The site is fairly simple and uncluttered - The sites logo in a nice got pink colour in...

Thehonesttruth 22.06.2009 · Read review
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Slimming world

Advantages: Excellent choice in food
Disadvantages: £4.50 per week and a £10 joining fee

...I have been a memeber of slimming world since september 2007 and i am still attending every wee which for me is an achievement in itself. Slimming world is a slimming club that you pay a weekely fee to attend this fee is £4.50 which can become quite expensive but they do offer count down packages where you pay for your weeks in advance and can get weeks for free. For me i joined slimming world after I gained lots of weight after having my son and also through a diet of mainly high fat, high sugar foods which i am now not ashamed to admit. Life for us was pretty much one big takeaway so in september I decided that I needed to do something about it so off i went to my local group in Barry. Upon arriving at my group I was made so welcome my consultant was a wonderfuly bubbly lady who made me laught, she didnt judge me and didnt make...

kirstymartin1984 13.03.2008 · Read review
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SINNING WORLD

Advantages: A social gathering of like minded people
Disadvantages: Costly, poor advice.

...I wouldn?t have considered joining a slimming club had it not been for a group of ladies I used to work with, I had put on a few pounds after giving up smoking. We all joined Slimming World in March 2003 and I remained a member until September of the same year. It cost £10 to join and then a weekly paid fee of £3.50. For this sum you were weighed (discreetly) weekly, and your weight was recorded in a book, I got quite a shock at this point when I was weighed to discover that I was 18lbs heavier than the last time I had weighed myself! After the weigh-in you could stop on and chat in a group of other mostly female slimmers, with a class advisor offering ?help, advice and support?. You also had the opportunity to buy Slimming World Magazine at an approximately £1 discount on the high street price and you could buy some revolting...

Reader1203 23.09.2004 (24.09.2004) · Read review
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Welcome To the World Of Slimming

Advantages: Eat Healthily, Loose Weight, Feel Better, Good Support
Disadvantages: Cost Of Membership and class fees, May not suit everyone

...Slimming World is not just a diet, it is a way of life, it is a world that you have to create in order to loose weight but more importantly maintain that weight afterwards. What I aim to do in this op is to try and explain in easy terms how the diet works and what you can expect to achieve. I have joined Slimming World 3 times and can tell you both the good and the bad. ~~~~~ HOW TO JOIN ~~~~~ I have decided to tell you about the fees and how you go about joining at the beginning of my review, mainly because you will want to know if you can afford it! There is no point in me waffling on if you are going to struggle with membership fees and other associated costs. Let me say though that I have found it money well spent as whenever I try to diet without the support of a club I fall by the wayside in the very early stages, you...

criple 07.03.2003 · Read review
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