Newbie to slim and save.

[laurenmay]

Hi everyone,

Haven't been on minimins for a little while, went AWOL and deleted the app to clear my head of all the diet stuff for a while..

Ordered my slim & save products earlier on today, will be having 4 packs a day & purchased 3 weeks worth. The email says they'll be here Monday, so I'll be starting Tuesday cause I'm in work till Monday evening & won't get them till late at night.

I know this is gonna be tough, but I've had such an issue and obsession with food lately that I definitely need to take it out of the equation for a while. I have four stone to lose, and want the bulk of it gone asap to spur me on, when I'm down to goal I'll then refeed and maintain with probably calorie counting.

Quick question - coke zero, is this allowed? And is there a limit to how much we're allowed per day? I know Cambridge only allow one can a day.

 

[weightless1012]

Hi Lauren,welcome to s&s.
What you said sounds like me lol-I want the weight gone yesterday!That can't happen,but s&s is the next best thing,if someone had told me a month ago I'd be sat here weighing 19lbs less,I'd wouldn't have believed them.
It is hard the first few days,probably best if you can avoid being around food for first few days.I have 500ml coke zero/dr pepper zero a day and its not affected my weight loss.Also sugar free gum is allowed,but I've not found anywhere saying how much you're allowed,so I just have a couple pieces a day.Good luck

 

[laurenmay]

Hi Lauren,welcome to s&s.
What you said sounds like me lol-I want the weight gone yesterday!That can't happen,but s&s is the next best thing,if someone had told me a month ago I'd be sat here weighing 19lbs less,I'd wouldn't have believed them.
It is hard the first few days,probably best if you can avoid being around food for first few days.I have 500ml coke zero/dr pepper zero a day and its not affected my weight loss.Also sugar free gum is allowed,but I've not found anywhere saying how much you're allowed,so I just have a couple pieces a day.Good luck

Thank you! I checked the slim and save website, and they have a list of permitted drinks but don't specify a limit so I'm guessing you can have as much as you like! I love water, so I'll be drinking plenty of that, but think I'll need a few cans of coke zero a day too cause fizzy drinks tend to fill me up and they'll keep me distracted from wanting to eat and snack. Breaks in work are hard when everyone around is eating & drinking naughty food all the time! But I'll feel normal if I'm with them drinking coke zero & at the same time it won't spoil my diet I'm not a gum chewer really, so I don't have to worry about that! How much have you lost so far? & thanks!

 

[weightless1012]

Hi again,
Are you doing the 3 packs and protein or the four packs?There's also an allowance of skimmed milk and 200g of veg allowed-you get a sheet in your pack.I'm on the 4 packs as didn't trust myself with portion control just yet,I now weigh 14 st exactly and started out at 15st 5lb,so thats 19lb/1st 5lb loss in a month,on this diet you're said to lose around a stone a month which is fantastic,I have trouble sticking to diets cause the results are usually so slow I lose motivation,but s&s is different. x

 

[laurenmay]

Hi again,
Are you doing the 3 packs and protein or the four packs?There's also an allowance of skimmed milk and 200g of veg allowed-you get a sheet in your pack.I'm on the 4 packs as didn't trust myself with portion control just yet,I now weigh 14 st exactly and started out at 15st 5lb,so thats 19lb/1st 5lb loss in a month,on this diet you're said to lose around a stone a month which is fantastic,I have trouble sticking to diets cause the results are usually so slow I lose motivation,but s&s is different. x

I'm doing the four packs, I went on the live chat on the site & one of the reps told me based on my stats I should have four packs a day. That's amazing, well done I'm the same, I'm impatient and when I want change I want it now. It seems like this weight piled on so quickly, I've gained four stone in nearly 7 months, so I want it off just as quickly and for it to stay off too! I think I'll be staying on four packs a day for a while, just hope I can afford to! x