No Shame In A Gain

How have we all coped after a week of self distancing and no weigh-ins? We’re all angry at Slimming World for their change of policy about home weigh-ins. Can we drop a size without stepping on the scales? How much does wind weigh? How do you stick to a diet when you’re not allowed to leave your home and you only have carbs in your cupboards? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We lay out our plan for weigh-ins when slimming groups are closed. How emotional eating becomes a bigger danger at stressful times like this. The difficulty of staying on-plan when you’re self-isolating and the fridge is within contact at all times. Plus surely Katy and Jo won’t have lasted TWO WHOLE WEEKS on the Fast 800 diet! Find out in this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IT’S BIG RESULTS TIME! How did Jo and Katy get on in their first weigh in after a week on the Fast 800 Diet? Have they finally found the diet that works for them? How much weight off will be seen as a victory? How will Victoria switching from rum to pink gin affect her on the scales? What is the best biscuit to dunk in your tea? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How are Katy and Jo getting on after the first three days of the ‘can’t fail’ Fast 800 diet? How has this affected their last week on Slimming World? What’s it like living with them when they’ve cut their diet down so much? We hear from lots of listeners who have tried the Fast 800 diet for themselves. We define what ‘pulling a Katy’ is. We investigate what Victoria means when she says she’s cut down on the rum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why are all slimming clubs freezing cold? How has Jo added a third diet to the two she’s already doing? Why don’t slimming apps work in supermarkets? How much healthy extra B is Victoria really having? And what is the miracle, fool-proof can’t-fail diet that Katy is so excited about? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Has Jo’s double diet delivered double the deficit on the scales? Is the reason men lose more weight down to farting? Are we getting weighed on the wrong day? What will happen now Victoria’s back on the rum? Is Katy about to return to Slim Fast? Will Jo ever get the new Slimming World App? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jo got bored of Slimming World and has taken drastic measures to help her lose weight. Victoria hasn’t eaten enough and is Katy the new Victoria? Plus raffle rage, eating too little, the weight of under-wired bras, scale fails and the difference between Slimming World and Weight Watchers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s lots of medical chat this week as Victoria has been back in hospital. Can we trust the NHS’s scales? How much would you expect to lose if you spent the weekend on a drip? How much more do you eat when you’re on steroids? Plus, the amount your group has dwindled now that we’re out of January, how much you can lose on an SP week and have we really had apple cider vinegar every day for the past week? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How long has it been since Victoria last had a drink? Should Jo be allowed to carry syns over? Where has Katy put her food diary? Plus should you really be allowed to eat as much pasta as you like and lose weight? What do you get in the Slimming World raffle? How many syns are in one slice of pizza? What could be the new ‘On Plan in Jan’ for February? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Victoria is back! After her hospital drama (including a week of being fed through a drip) what could her first weigh in results possibly be? Then we investigate how many times Katy has got her half stone award and how she managed to say no to a dessert. Jo had her annual night out with the girls. Could she maintain despite such a heavy night? Plus the calorie burning qualities of high heels, if Jo should quit her diet Red Bull habit, how much a wooly jumper weighs and if juicing is going to be part of our lives in 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diet focus is still high in January, but the addiction to chocolate still lingers after the festive period. Discussions cover the weight of jewellery, why you shouldn’t buy a countdown calendar, why the banana is the enemy of the dieter, how to lose weight when you have a heavy weekend pending, buying your other half food you don’t like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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We assess the damage after a lot of excessive eating over the festive period. Then discuss the tactical rejoining of groups, hoarding half stone awards, eating chips and losing weight, Katy’s Stupid Speed Soup and a concoction that could be worse than matcha powder. Plus we find out why Victoria spent Christmas in hospital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the final podcast of 2019! Why is Victoria not there!? Can Jo stay on track with her aim to maintain in December? Will we ever find out Katy’s results? Plus, the slippery slope once the Christmas chocolates are open, weight fluctuations during pregnancy, Christmas pickled onions, the benefits of a blind weigh in and some wild predictions for weight loss in 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Secret World of Slimming Clubs Extra Portions we'll discuss two issues that you're talking about each week. Starter: Speed Food. Main Course: Mince Pies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you cheating if you switch to morning weigh ins? Is your weight gain down to your socks? Should you be weighing in monthly not weekly? Plus why we hate going to group in January, why sharing birthday cake is rude and why you MUST book your smear test. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Secret World of Slimming Clubs Extra Portions we'll discuss two issues that you're talking about each week. Starter: Boozy night food. Main Course: Carbs and the gym. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can Jo attain her goal of maintaining in December by going without carbs on the days when she’s not going out? Plus the difficulty of dieting during the festive period, more evidence about a hot bath helping you lose weight and should we all stop eating bananas? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Secret World of Slimming Clubs Extra Portions we'll discuss two issues that you're talking about each week. Starter: The Weekend! Main Course: Exercise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How did Katy and Jo get on after a big day of drinking on Saturday? How did Victoria do after her pledge of going a week without booze? Plus, Jo has a cunning plan to maintain her diet despite a hectic social life throughout December, should you stop exercising and can a hot bath really help you lose weight? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Secret World of Slimming Clubs Extra Portions we'll discuss two issues that you're talking about each week. Starter: Men! (again) Main Course: Breaking your diet. Plus a brand new game to play called Take The Biscuit! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is one of us not eating enough? Blaming your snacking on your kids, why you should be having a bath to help you lose weight, the importance of planning your meals and why you should cover your food in Marmite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Secret World of Slimming Clubs Extra Portions we'll discuss two issues that you're talking about each week. Starter: Slimming rants! Main Course: Rejoining. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we all roll our eyes at Jo’s inability to use a soup maker and yawn at Katy forever going on about her slow cooker. We hear about more pets being used as an excuse for weight gains, try out syn free Pimms and Victoria (sort of) sticks to plan! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Secret World of Slimming Clubs Extra Portions we'll discuss two issues that you're talking about each week. Starter: Question Time! Main Course: Age. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode includes one of us having the single biggest weight gain in the podcast’s history! Plus discussions cover diets going massively off the rails, leftover trick or treat sweets, the changes between what we say in front of our leader and what we say when they’re out of earshot, mince pie alternatives, making a pact to skip group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Secret World of Slimming Clubs Extra Portions we'll discuss two issues that you're talking about each week. Starter: Guess Who’s Nailed Dieting! Main Course: Men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the stress of sharing a group with a smug slimmer, buying Slimming World Magazine and never reading it, unhealthy vegan food, the syn count of trick or treat sweets, why you shouldn’t try diet pills and how important it is to have a good group leader. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Secret World of Slimming Clubs Extra Portions we'll discuss two issues that you're talking about each week. Starter: Muller Lights. Main Course: Cake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How much weight do you put on when you drink fishbowl cocktails to yourself? How many snacks should you eat in your car? How far off plan do you get on your birthday weekend? How do you convince your friends that you’ve been to weigh in when they don’t believe you? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In The Secret World of Slimming Clubs Extra Portions we’ll discuss two issues that you’re talking about each week. Starter: the Slimmer of the Week basket.Main Course: Failing dieting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The frustration of doing exactly what caused a weight loss and getting different results, the depression that comes with ordering a McDonald’s salad, life stress as a weight loss tool. Plus find out what Katy’s secret mission was. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you get your weigh in prediction wildly wrong, when the Speed Police come calling, what happens when you go (mostly) vegan for a week, an update on our No Mince Pies Until We’ve Lost A Stone pledge and in a shock move, one of us sticks to plan! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The difficulty of dieting when you have no target to aim for. Going vegan. An update on our No Mince Pies Until We Lose A Stone campaign. Lots of examples of people ‘doing a Victoria’. Katy and Victoria taste test Jo’s half a syn roulade. Jo contemplates doing something drastic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katy, Jo and Victoria are joined by James and Paul AKA Two Chubby Cubs.They talk us through their hugely successful blog, their time on ITV’s This Time Next Year with Davina McCall and their upcoming book. Plus, going to the gym and not working out, why there should be separate male and female Slimmer of the Week awards and being a Slimming World rebel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the Slimming World 50th anniversary, why eating too little doesn’t help you lose weight, sticking to plan when your life is going through changes, the dieting power of Burger King, we hear from a lot of listeners who have ‘Done a Victoria’ and by listening to this podcast you are part of our pledge to lose a stone by Christmas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you get your diet back on track - and you really mean it this time! How to make grapes taste like Fruit Pastilles. What happens when you spend half the week on Slim Fast and half the week eating three course meals? And have we found the miracle diet (again) to replace Matcha Powder? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Katy’s final weigh in before she’s a bridesmaid at her sister’s wedding. What difference will two weeks on Slim Fast and Matcha Powder make? Victoria is being very cagey about her results. The trouble with synning meals when you eat out. The problems of weighing in in winter clothes. The challenge of the Paleo Diet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The big results after Katy’s week on Slim Fast and everyone's week on Matcha. How to stop yourself giving up on a month. Why illnesses are worse for a slimmer. The age-old debate about whether exercise aids slimming. Choosing your words carefully to ensure you don’t lie to your leader’s face. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can a swollen ankle cause you to gain weight? Katy starts her Slim Fast journey. Are you honest with your leader if you switch to another diet? Does medication affect your weight loss? What is Matcha Powder? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the one we’ve been waiting for! When a slimmer goes on a two week holiday to America how does it affect her weight? Plus why the supermarket can ruin your diet, how to be sneaky with a tactical weigh-in and how do you handle it when someone calls you fat? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why it’s easier for men to lose weight, owning clothes in a variety of sizes, whether it’s good or bad to have a slimming partner, setting yourself targets, food diaries, the attitude of the person who weighs you and lots of predictions about how much Jo will eat while on holiday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why there’s no good time of year to diet, why you can’t afford to be skinny, getting the ‘draw a line under it’ talk from your leader, children’s party food, Protein Thursdays and why, as you’re listening to this podcast, Jo is eating a burger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The complex rules of fruit, why alcohol is the slimmer’s enemy, why we stop doing the things that are working for us, plus we ask if the Atkins Diet is the most enjoyable diet and people have been spilling the beans on the closed Slimming World leaders group that’s been talking about us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The revolutionary idea of sticking to plan, why we stop doing what’s working, how long you maintain a Slim Fast weight loss for, how to handle diet sabotage and find out why this could be the LAST EVER EPISODE! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why you should resist the urge to weigh yourself at home. Why it’s good to set yourself small goals. Why the school holidays are a slimmer’s enemy. Weighing in at unfamiliar groups. Being honest about your diet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jo has to apologise for giving false diet information in last week’s podcast. But that doesn’t stop her coming up with a new ‘guaranteed’ weight-loss plan. How much weight can you expect to gain after a Hen weekend? Can you stick to your diet with a cold? What percentage of your plate should be salad in order for it to be healthy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when you’re perfectly on plan still put weight on? Does alcohol stop you losing weight? Can you have one bad day and still stay on plan? Can you eat too little food? What do you do if you’ve drank laxative tea and you’re caught short on aisle 21 of Tesco? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you save your syns and still lose weight? Is it harder to lose weight as you get older? Or after having children? How do you go for a wee in squeeze-you-in underwear? If you could only eat one food (to lose weight), what would it be? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to deal with the feeders in your life, why you shouldn’t work out, why Father’s Day is bad for your diet and how an accidental insult can send you to the white bread. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.