{"id":3915,"date":"2021-11-15T09:57:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T09:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slimmingworld.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/?p=3915"},"modified":"2021-11-17T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:54:28","slug":"the-countdown-to-christmas-starts-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/the-countdown-to-christmas-starts-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The Countdown to Christmas starts here!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every Christmas is magical, but after last year\u2019s unexpected lockdown affected so many parties and get-togethers, this year feels even more special\u2026 That\u2019s why we\u2019re really excited to introduce Slimming World\u2019s #Slim4Xmas Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each week between now and the big day, there\u2019ll be a different challenge to join in with, and you\u2019ll find a gift-wrapped bundle of motivation, inspiration and ideas in Slimming World groups \u2013 all set to help you through six weeks of fantastic Food Optimising and keep you focused on your weight loss over the festive season (and beyond!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can expect to find a gorgeous pile of pressies under the sparkly Slimming World tree, including Christmas party survival strategies and a slimming-friendly Christmas day menu with bells on! Your Slimming World group is the place to find the tools, recipes and extra-special support that many of us need to have a very merry \u2013 and confident \u2013 Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/savvy-festive-swaps\/\">Unwrap week one&#8217;s wonderfully warming Christmas challenge here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/savvy-festive-swaps\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Header-ChristmasChallengeWeek1-SlimmingWorldBlog.jpg\" alt=\"What's your top on-the-go swap? Slimming World Christmas campaign header with gold coffee cup and Christmas tree baubles\" class=\"wp-image-3904\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Slimming World groups are open!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/\">You can find out more about joining Slimming World \u2013 and search for your nearest local group \u2013 here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re already a Slimming World member, or you know someone who is, our Bring a Friend, Get a Week Free offer is running from 14th November until 25th December 2021 (your Consultant can tell you more).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Body-ChristmasCampaign-SlimmingWorldBlog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3895\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join in with our weekly challenges for a festive season full of fun, delicious food and fabulous slimming success <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[35,16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}