{"id":5490,"date":"2022-09-08T16:53:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T15:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slimmingworld.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/?p=5490"},"modified":"2022-09-14T16:54:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:54:54","slug":"inspire-a-slim-tastic-summer-of-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/inspire-a-slim-tastic-summer-of-support\/","title":{"rendered":"A slim-tastic summer of support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And just like that, it\u2019s September! Is it just us, or did the summer fly by?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While September\u2019s a popular time for many of us to wipe the slimming slate clean<\/a>, at Slimming World we believe you can lose weight through every season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past few months, we\u2019ve shared some of the unique tools and strategies you\u2019ll find in Slimming World groups<\/a> \u2013 or our digital service, Slimming World Online<\/a> \u2013 that helped our members enjoy a summer of fun and<\/em> a stonking weight loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you had a slip-up over the summer, don\u2019t worry. Join us for a look back at how our members kept their slimming strong \u2013 and send your motivation soaring for autumn and beyond\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tap into our tools<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No weight loss journey is ever plain sailing! At Slimming World, you\u2019ll find practical advice and support to help you get back on track \u2013 and our powerful Motivational Toolkit can help you overcome any obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When our member Leigh-Anne (@leighanneslimmingworld<\/a>) saw her slimming stall, she turned to her Consultant and friends in group for support and came away with a foolproof plan to get the weight loss she wanted. She said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis week I mean business!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705\ufe0fFood Diary at the ready to check & double check everything that I east & drink.
\u2705\ufe0fUpping my Speed food
\u2705\ufe0fPlan my week
\u2705\ufe0fThrow a couple of SP meals in
\u2705\ufe0fContinue with my Silver Body Magic Award
I will absolutely be having my 1.5stone award next week!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soak up support<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our research shows that feeling connected in a group of kind and understanding people, who care about your success and positively support you to succeed, makes all the difference to your weight loss.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Whether you join your local group or Slimming World Online, you\u2019ll be warmly welcomed by  like-minded people who\u2019ll share ideas and celebrate your success. Nichola (@swnicholag<\/a>) went to her group every week during the summer to stay supported and that helped her earn her 4st award. She said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter being a little disappointed last week, with the power of group I kept going knowing my good decisions would pay off! And my goodness me did they, with an amazing loss this week!! \ud83c\udf89 A step closer to my target and I couldn’t be more happy!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Optimise \u2013 wherever you are<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Day trips \u2705 Picnics \u2705 Eating out \u2705 Self-catered holidays \u2705 Food Optimising can be tailored to every scenario, so you can keep your weight loss on track without missing out. Your Slimming World Consultant and friends in group will help you personalise our eating plan to suit you and show you some smart swaps to help you slim through every occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Slimming World member Becky (@swtarget.member<\/a>) used her Food Optimising know-how to spot the Free Foods on a tearoom menu and chose this tasty-looking lunch to keep her weight loss on course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MORE ON THE BLOG: Your guide to eating out \u2013 the Slimming World way<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make healthy new habits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At Slimming World, we\u2019ve been helping people form healthy new habits for more than 50 years. Our eating plan is fully flexible, so you can make simple changes to suit your lifestyle. Simply going to group each week can make a big difference, too, as studies show that connecting socially with others who engage in healthy eating and activity patterns can help us build similar ones.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our member Tess (@tess.slimmingworld<\/a>) turned activity into a habit over the summer by squeezing in a sunny walk whenever she had a spare moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MORE ON THE BLOG: How to make changes that stick<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Build in Body Magic moments<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At Slimming World, we support our members to move more through our unique Body Magic activity programme<\/a>, and this summer we launched our \u2018It\u2019s a Kind of Magic\u2019 activity challenge<\/a> to inspire our members to build up their fitness levels by following a weekly timetable of activity.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Meg borrowed a trampoline so she could enjoy those Body Magic benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find out more about joining Slimming World here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As sunshine season draws to a close, find out how we helped our members summer-proof their slimming and set themselves up for weight loss success<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[22,14,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5490"}],"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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}