Advice needed about diet.

[Janieb293]

Hi, has anybody successfully followed Slimming World with pmr. I have cut right down on my carbs but feel like even after a few days I am putting weight on. I'm terrified of putting more weight on, I need to lose as it is 😖

[PMRpro Ambassador]

There are a few people who have successfully lost weight with various slimming clubs - not sure if there are any on this forum though.

Someone on the Lupus forum the other day said she has lost 10lbs in 3 weeks with (I think) Slimming World while still on pred. My daughter has also lost pred-induced weight with SW though I think she is now off pred for the moment - she has asthma.

[Janieb293 in reply to PMRpro]

Thank you for your prompt reply, I am so confused at the moment, I also now have an awful cold which isnt helping.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Here's a link to creaky's post on LupusUK - I'm sure she'd tell you about her experiences with it.

healthunlocked.com/lupusuk/...

[Janieb293 in reply to PMRpro]

Thank you 😊

[Rose54]

HI

I did slimming world successfully lost weight but before Preds .I did eat a lot of fruit and tried doing on my own I find that if I cut out fruit I keep my weight the same eat fruit I put it on .

Rose

[knit1purl2]

Janieb293, I can't help you with SW but am on Weight Watchers. When I had to go on 60 mg for GCA in January 2015, I was worried about gaining weight. Already working the WW program and very close to my goal weight, I switched to their program called Simply Filling. Included eating until you are satisfied, not stuffed - lean meat, chicken, and fish, vegetables fruit, grains, dairy. For me, it worked very well and I would push my plate away when I was satisfied. And I actually did get to my goal weight within a couple months. My husband was amazed at the food I was eating. I still follow this program.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to knit1purl2]

How we should be eating really - proper food and eating until you are satisfied, not finishing what's on your plate!

[Janieb293 in reply to PMRpro]

Thank you. I have decided to stick with low carbs and eat healthy real food and healthy fats. Although I am a bread fiend, I'm sure that the cravings will soon disappear.

[suzy1959]

Hi Janieb, I was overweight before going on to Pred. and then put more on. About 18 months ago after developing painful knees, I decided that whilst I couldn't do anything about the PMR, I could do something about my weight! I have lost over 26 kgs., which is more than my Pred. weight, so far by eating a healthy diet, just as you outline above. I have done all the diets, all the slimming clubs and lost stones and stones before but always put it back on as soon as I relaxed! This time, I know this is a diet for life and what helps that is that no food is off limits if I really want it. One of the things I don't like about Slimming World is the way they talk about "sins" as if some food is inherently "bad" . Everything in moderation feels much more of a positive way to put it.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to suzy1959]

With you all the way there Suzy! That was what I liked about the 5:2 diet - nothing is banned, you just learn to eat less. And nothing complicated like my brother and family used - they achieved really good weight loss but it was bizarre, one day you couldn't have this, this and this, the next you could. It would have stopped me eating altogether! I lose interest nowadays if the recipe has more than 4 ingredients...

[Janieb293 in reply to suzy1959]

Well done you!!! That's a really fabulous achievement!!! I to have tried most diets over and over, losing and gaining, and I'm still fat......that tells me they don't work!😀 So, healthy all the way for me now, with the odd glass of fizz now and again!

[whitefishbay]

Help. My rheumy told me to join ww or slimmers world but there are none near me. I have put on a stone and was fairly well covered before PMR. I really need inspiration and to join a non intimidating gym. Does anyone else have the side effect of snoring? I have become a champion, loud snorer and I have had to move to the attic.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

Slimming World (I think) does an on-line version. My daughter joined once to get the bumpf and now gets on with it. There are others with online memberships including Rosemary Conley - I used her classes and that was started me doing any exercise at all, then I graduated to the gym up the road. Those classes of course no longer exist - it's just online now.

Have you seen this: dietclass.co.uk/ - you may find another franchise near you.

I lost weight and others have kept off weight by cutting carbs - if I eat much carb I don't lose any weight or put it on with too much Don't need a club for that - just getting used to it!

I snored dreadfully - it's the fat around your neck that does it, it stopped once I lost weight.

I'd like a non-intimidating gym - with a pool. No such luxury here and they cost a BOMB!

[Hidden in reply to whitefishbay]

White Fish Bay sounds like Canada! Weight Watchers has an online program you could check on.

[whitefishbay]

I grew up in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin but live in London. Gyms cost the earth here and yes I too just would like a low key gym with a pool. £57 per month (and I work in a school..poorly paid).

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to whitefishbay]

Gym and pool seem to be mutually exclusive concepts here! Everyone climbs mountains in some shape or form so they tend to be more for body-building/sculpting

[whitefishbay]

The minute it gets dark in winter I come home from work and just want to stay in and bundle up. Basically I am lazy. Trying to walk at least 10,000 steps daily but it is not enough as I am a desk jockey at work. I am back in the grove of not eating carbs again but that is also not enough. Soon I will need to borrow caftans from the Mama's & the Papa's.

[Hidden]

Hi, I joined Slimming world a month ago. I have yo-yoed 60-20 mg pred for past 6 years. Finally got down to 4mg, lost 3.5lbs first week then had a flare and went back to 40. Surprisingly I still lost 1 lb a week and although you have to monitor carb and sugar intake I must say it really did help control the cravings I get whilst on a high dose. The group leaders are nice but they refuse to accept that medication can increase ( or decrease ) weight. Now on 15 mgs and lost 4.5 lbs. Lots of shopping and cooking required. Good luck.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Hidden]

"The group leaders are nice but they refuse to accept that medication can increase ( or decrease ) weight"

That is very common and the biggest disadvantage of many of the groups. They simply regard it as an excuse. It is - but it is also true.