Slimming World Week 1: weigh-in

This week's weight loss: 6lbs
Total weight loss to date: 6lbs


Time for my first weigh in. I had a busy day on Monday, full of meetings and rehearsals, so I didn't have too much time to think about the impending doom of group that evening. Once I got on the train, I began to feel a bit nervous. I've never followed a programme where you go to a group to get weighed before, so I had no idea what to expect. My boyfriend (and Slimming World partner in crime) phoned me to say he'd been weighed in early so he could get to his evening meeting, and he had lost - wait for it - 9LBS!!! I mean, I was pleased for him, of course, but I knew I would never match that so I was pretty envious. Jammy tosser. Anyway, despite my nerves, I knew in my heart of hearts that I had lost some weight. I could feel it. I just didn't know how much.

6lbs. That's how much. Pretty good going for a week of eating proper sized portions of proper food. But just sooooo irritatingly close to the 1/2 stone award that my boyfriend was able to flaunt in my face.

I stayed for the group session after my weigh in and chatted away to some of the other new members. Weight losses varied from 0.5lbs right the way up to 9lbs (did I mention that was my boyfriend?). It was interesting to hear about people's weeks, their hit and miss recipes, and overall journeys. I have to say the whole "group" thing is pretty formulaic, but I'll continue to go as it's a great community and support network. Everyone was really, really nice and I don't know many people in my local area (I only moved here recently), so maybe I'll be able to make some chums.

I've actually found the online Slimming World community really inspirational. I have spent all my spare time this week reading blogs and watching YouTube videos where people share their Slimming World journey and experiences.

What I will say about Slimming World is that it's quite time consuming. I'm a bit worried about how I will find the time to do all this cooking from scratch when I'm back at uni full-time. I might have to dabble in batch-cooking at the weekend...but here's the challenge: we don't have a freezer!

For now I'll carry on as I have been and see how much more weight I can get off next week. I've got my eyes on that 1/2 stone certificate...