This week's weight loss: 2.5lbs
Total weight loss to day: 8.5lbs
I'm starting to get the hang of this weigh-in malarkey. I've taken the advice of old-hat slimmers and remove all outer layers of clothing, jewellery, my watch, and even my glasses to get the best result - is that cheating?
Well, this week I lost 2.5lbs. I'm pretty pleased, but I have to admit in my heart of hearts I was hoping for a little more. The rational part of my brain knows that slow and steady wins the race, and if I can keep up the weight loss at this rate I'll be on to a winner, but it's still only my second week and I was hoping for another big loss.
Having said that, when I look over my food diary, I ate a lot of carbs. I haven't tried Extra Easy SP yet - my consultant says new slimmers shouldn't for the first 6-8 weeks - but maybe an SP day or two wouldn't do me any harm. I also haven't done any exercise, so I might ramp that up a bit next week.
This week I become completely obsessed with Slimming World instagram. I set myself up with a second instagram account, specifically for Slimming World, and followed away. There are so many inspirational Slimming Worlders on instagram, I was spoilt for choice. If you fancy following me, I post pictures of what I'm eating most days @chloejanesw.
That's where the positivity ends this week, I'm afraid. Now I've been following the plan for 2 weeks, I have got some serious gripes to share....
(1) There isn't a decent online food diary. I really hate the interface of the "Meal Planner" and the "S.A.S. Log online" is just a great big faff. For a long time I used the online calorie counting service, Nutracheck, and I LOVE their food diary interface. Slimming World, do your market research and come up with something better!
(2) The LifelineOnline section of the Slimming World website. Don't even get me started. Firstly, the server can't cope with the volume of traffic and on a few occasions this week I haven't been able to log on. That is hugely irritating for someone with a goldfish-memory who wants to record what they eat, when they eat it. Secondly, I find it really hard to navigate. I think some of the content is amazing, I can just never find what I'm looking for.
(3) The app should have exactly the same functions as LifelineOnline. Why it doesn't is completely beyond me. There is no food diary or "Meal Planner" on the app meaning you have to log into LifelineOnline if you're out and about (and I know you can save it to your home screen, making it almost like an app, but why not just centralise the service and put it all in one place?!). The rest of the app's functions are OK, I suppose, but the Food Search always seems to come up with completely unrelated results (I search for M&S chicken, I get syn values for M&Ms - I mean, it's not a million miles away, but with today's technology they should be able to make it cleverer than that...). I also think the app needs a syn calculator, exercise tracker, the ability to input loss data....the list goes on.
Basically, Slimming World, sort your technology out. Just because the plan was devised in the '60s doesn't mean all the current members want an outdated analogue system, or a struggling online one that, frankly, belongs in 2005. Come into the 2010s....I promise it doesn't bite.
Rant over. Tune in next week to see how much more I lose....
C x
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