by Jackie | Oct 28, 2023 | Slimming World
The Banana Debate is one of the many arrows often thrown at Slimming World. I have been putting this off as it annoys me beyond despair. So, let’s start at the beginning. On day one (link here), we discussed what Slimming World is and what the plan is all about. I introduced how the plan works, what foods are, and how Slimming World categorise them. I comprehensively explained the plan without breaking any rules or regulations. In this post, I am going to do the same thing. I will be genuine and honest and never sugar-coat what I think or say here. This is my understanding of the Slimming World plan and how it has been explained.
The Arrow Brigade with Slimming World and the Banana Debate
I can’t think of another way to phrase the attacks Slimming World gets. The Arrow Brigade is my chosen term. It’s aimed at those who don’t enjoy Slimming World and always discuss bananas. To be fair, there are so many other things they could attack Slimming World on, but this issue is ridiculous and shows that they do not understand what Slimming World is trying to say. From my research, the Arrow Brigade have also been members of Slimming World and have lost a lot of weight. Some have put the weight back on, in which case they didn’t work the plan. They went on a DIET. Those who kept most of their weight off are now on a different DIET or selling their nutritional programme or gym/workout plans.
Let’s begin
Within the eating plan of Slimming World, you eat whatever you want. And I mean whatever you want. NO foods are banned. No foods are demonised. Despite what the new nutrition coaches selling their own nutritional or fitness classes.
If you ask any slimming World Consultant, they will all tell you that eating a fresh banana is one of our free foods. No one disagrees with that. Go and enjoy your banana. Now, once you manipulate that banana, by this, we mean mashing it with a fork. It becomes a syn. But hold on, there is more to this than meets the eye, so let me begin.
Portion Control
Those same 20/30 something will also tell you that Slimming World doesn’t teach portion control. The Banana debate is the perfect example of this. Portion Control is monitoring the amount of a particular type of food that you eat. A Portion generally is much smaller than you would think. A whole banana is a perfect portion of a fruit, just like a fresh orange or an apple.
When you mash a banana, you reduce the size of the banana visual. Additionally, instead of taking a few minutes to eat a whole fresh banana, when it is mashed, the time you take to eat that banana is seconds. This is where it gets a little technical, and I need to introduce you to two hormones: Leptin and Ghrelin.
Leptin – Slimming World and the Banana
Eating a fresh banana releases the hormone Leptin.
“Leptin is a hormone your adipose tissue (body fat) releases that helps your body maintain your normal weight on a long-term basis. It does this by regulating hunger by providing the sensation of satiety (feeling full). Quote from the National Library of Medicine“
Leptin’s main function is to help regulate the long-term balance between your body’s food intake and energy use (expenditure). Leptin helps inhibit (prevent) hunger and regulates energy balance so that your body doesn’t trigger a hunger response when it doesn’t need energy (calories).
Ghrelin – Slimming World and the Banana
The other hormone you should know is Leptin, opposite, Ghrelin.
‘Ghrelin is a multifaceted gut hormone which activates its receptor, growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). Ghrelin’s hallmark functions are its stimulatory effects on food intake, fat deposition and growth hormone release. Ghrelin is famously known as the “hunger hormone”. Quote from the National Library of Medicine
In short, Leptin tells you that you are full so that you should stop eating, and Ghrelin tells you that you are still hungry.
Let’s get back to Slimming World and the banana debate. If you eat a fresh banana, your body releases Leptin, and one banana can be satisfying. If you mash a banana, you eat it in seconds. Your body doesn’t release Leptin but will still have Ghrelin running around telling you-you are hungry. As a result, you could potentially eat two, three, or even four bananas in one sitting.
Stated another way, one medium banana has 96 calories. If you have two or three bananas because one mashed banana has not satisfied your hunger, you are eating 288 calories. I want to remind you of our discussion about calories in this blog (link here).
Having said the above, if you decide to have a banana sandwich and mash the banana up to go between your two slices of bread or in a wrap, you wouldn’t syn that banana as you only have one banana, portion control. You have to have some common sense about this.
To the 20/30 something’s, if you didn’t understand this in your group, then I would suggest that you didn’t understand the philosophy of Slimming World, you didn’t take the time to talk to your consultant about why, and your misunderstanding is your own and not everyone else.
Back to me Now
So, leaving the Slimming World and the banana debate behind, how am I going with my plan? I am still looking forward to my weigh-ins. I have tried to stick to the plan as best as possible, but honestly, I haven’t been as good as I should have been. My addiction is sugar. If it’s in chocolate, cake or Haribo. I’m there. I wish it wasn’t, but I am trying to control it. I have eaten so much fruit this week to get that sugar fix, and I feel slightly bloated.
I enjoy the plan and love it when I have planned my meals and know I don’t have to think about food all the time. Work has been running away with me this week, so some of my lunches have been grab-and-go. This week, I will tell the truth.
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by Jackie | Oct 26, 2023 | Slimming World
As an organisation, Slimming World is passionate about its members. They want each member to feel special, supported, and welcomed. All the consultants I have met also feel the same way. They want their members to have a wonderful time when in the group. Slimming World Consultants want their members to achieve their target and have the body they dream of. This is why I was shocked when I met a Slimming World Member dislikes her group.
Uphill struggle when a Slimming World Member dislikes her group
I was helping my friend in a different group this week. This meant I got up at 5 a.m. on a Saturday after working 65 hours at my regular job and helped her run this cover group. The drive was about 20 miles, in the next town, as a local group had lost their regular consultant a few months ago. All the consultants in the area are rallying around to help support the members to ensure they still have a group to go to. To help members stay focused on their weight loss journey and offer guidance.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not after praise. I offered to help my friend as she helps me in so many other ways. And she is a friend and that’s what friends do.
It’s an early start to support Members
Normally, when you arrive at a venue, the Social Team will usually help the covering consultant set up and pack things away. It makes life so much easier, and the volunteers on the Social Team are indeed sent from heaven for their help and support. Without them, the group would not run as smoothly. That’s me, sent from heaven!
With this group, as it is such an early start, the doors open at 8 a.m., means the Slimming World Consultant needs to be there at 7 a.m. to set up. We did all the heavy lifting together. We got 30 chairs, tables, the kit, set up the kitchen and prepared the hall for a warm welcome. The first member arrived at about 7:50 a.m. To be fair, she did help set up the remaining chairs and signs.
This was a double session, meaning the first group would arrive at 8 a.m. and the next at 9:30 a.m.
Members in the First group were a dream. They laughed and enjoyed the meeting, and four members came up after the group to thank my friend and said they now feel inspired and are looking forward to the week ahead. I was slightly chuffed for her and gave her a pat on the back. I won’t repeat what she said to me, but I am sure you can guess.
It’s the scale’s fault
The second group of members arrived, and the first few ladies were lovely. They came in and weighed. Chatted and welcomed us to their group. One lady sat at the weigh station and took care of all the weighs, and we had a good chat. Then things went downhill. One member arrived and just kicked off. She got on the scales, promptly got off, and said,
‘The scales are wrong again; I have been perfect on plan, and they are showing I have put on 3 pounds. That’s not right. I am fed up with coming to the group with different consultants who bring different scales each week. They put them in different places, and they always weigh differently. At home, I lost this week.
She continued:
‘It’s not what I pay my money for, and quite frankly, I want a better consultant’.
I have to be honest; that floored me for a few seconds. I had said hello to her moments before and she was very pleasant. This reaction was unexpected and a little over the top. I felt so bad for my friend. She smiled and tried to engage her in conversation about her week and what she had done. She wasn’t having any of it.
I over heard one of the other ladies in the group approached her, as I was dealing with another member and asked what she meant by that, and she replied that it’s not fair that we get different consultants all the time, and the scales are different each time. This knight in shining armour suggested that she think about what she has just said and that maybe she should reword her comments. She then changed what she said to the real meaning of her statement.
I am fed up with coming to the group and not being supported by a permanent Slimming World Consultant.
Slimming World Member dislikes her group and I understand why
I understand this. If it were me, I would be upset as a member if I had different consultants each week. This showed me that a Slimming World group is more than just a consultant standing up in front of everyone, asking how they are. It’s about creating a community. A place of safety where we can discuss our issues. This lady felt overwhelmed by the number displayed on the scale, but in reality, she was overwhelmed by the situation. My friend works so hard to ensure all her group members are heard all the time.
Life is hard, and what she is looking for is stability. This lady wants a place where she can go to, and be herself, where she is not a wife, a mother, a sister, or a daughter. She is an individual, and she wants to be recognised for her successes and wins. If she does put on weight, she wants to discuss it with a friend who won’t judge her and will support her. This is what a Slimming World group is all about. There is never any judgement within group. It is a place to be yourself; if you have a bad week, you can tell everyone they will be there for you.
When she left the group, she was smiling and accepted some tools my friend gave her. She had a plan in place and was looking forward to the week. I will see her next week if she turns up.
A New Consultant
There was also a discussion in the group about not having a permanent consultant, and she needed to hear an explanation from my friend, a Slimming World representative. She wanted to hear that she understood her frustrations and that although she was a good consultant, my friend is not her consultant. Which makes a massive difference. This group will get their consultant in a few weeks. She is currently on her training courses with Slimming World, so this matter shouldn’t arise again.
When we got in the car, I asked her about the situation; she was kind to the woman. She said that she was just frustrated with her weight increase, had gone off plan and was hitting out at the nearest obstacle. In this case, it was her, and she doesn’t take it personally.
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by Jackie | Oct 24, 2023 | Slimming World
Slimming World Collaboration with the NHS: Health, Well-being, and Slimming World for Free
One of the most remarkable features of Slimming World, which has long resonated with me and is one reason I returned to Slimming World, is its collaboration with the National Health Service (NHS). These two organisations offer a cost-effective weight loss program to those who need and want to lose weight. This incredible initiative, known as “Slimming World on Referral” (SWOR), offers the opportunity to those who satisfy the criteria, usually a recommendation from their doctors to lose some weight, to get 12 weeks of Slimming World for free. You read that correctly you can join your local Slimming World group for free.
The SWOR program presents a 12-week free membership with Slimming World, available to individuals across the United Kingdom. During these 12 weeks, participants can potentially achieve a remarkable transformation, with the potential to lose up to 10% of their body weight when they actively follow the plan (depending on your starting weight).
How you can access Slimming World for Free
To access the Slimming World for free program, you only need a referral from your local doctor’s. Alternatively a designated organisation within your county. This ensures that your weight loss journey is well-suited to your specific health goals and requirements. The initial assessment may involve questions about your weight, health status, and aspirations for weight loss.
In some areas of the country, you can bypass the doctor’s Surgery and go directly to the umbrella organisation running the SWOR programme on behalf of the NHS and Slimming World. (Just type in Slimming World for free and your county in Google or any other browser). You will be issued a passcode once you have met the criteria.
This unique and forward-thinking collaboration between the NHS and Slimming World stands as a beacon of hope and a testament to the growing recognition of the importance of addressing weight-related health concerns. It offers an exemplary model for enhancing overall well-being through personalised weight management programs, nurturing empowerment, and promoting a healthier, happier life.
Once you have your Code
The patient must pass this passcode to the consultant when they arrive at the group. From then on, no one will ever mention your participation in the SWOR program again. Patients who are nervous about the members finding out about the referral need not worry. No one ever knows about the referral. The consultant will enter the code on their payment tablet. The patient, now a member, gets complete access to all Slimming World tools and the support of the group and consultant.
Shall we talk about money concerning Slimming World for Free?
As this is a referral, the consultant will receive a percentage of the fee directly from Slimming World (the percentage rate will depend on the number of paying members you have in your group; check out this post for more information here). Slimming World receives a fee directly from the NHS for the member. The consultant will not get paid if the member does not attend the group. Payment for a consultant with 40 members for a member on referral is circa £2.68 per person per meeting. If they only turn up for one session, the consultant will only receive £2.68. if the member turns up for 8 meetings, they will receive £21.44. (To check out the percentages a Slimming World Consultant earns, you may be interested in this article Weight Loss with a Slimming World Consultant and Empowering Women with Food Optimising).
Many people who join the Slimming World for free are dedicated to their weight loss and turn up regularly and have great success. However, a few people will turn up for the first week or two and then will sporadically turn up and become disappointed when their 12 weeks are up, and they can no longer come to Slimming World. It is explained to them that they need to come every week and cannot select which 12 weeks they want to come.
What happens after the 12-weeks of Slimming World for Free?
Then when the referral period ends, the member can change to become a regular member. All payment options, paying weekly or buying a 6 or 12-week countdown, will be available to them. Slimming World on referral is an excellent way for people to start their weight loss journey and get help, support and encouragement from their consultant and community.
A Difficult Conversation
Today I have had to make a business decision about my weight loss journey. Unfortunately, it is a financial and time decision. Unfortunately, the new group meeting I joined is on a Friday. After two weeks, I have discovered that this is not working for me. I’ve got too many clients asking for help and support. I have too many commitments on a Friday. My day starts at 5:30 a.m. on Friday with business networking and client work. That means I can’t stay in the group. The whole idea of going to a different group was that I could state image therapy. I could turn my phone off, but I find that more distracting. Probably a bit of FOMO.
I had to tell my friend that I can’t join her Friday group and what’s more, step down as a member of her Social Team. Not to worry she said, come to my Tuesday evening group. It’s closer to where you live. You can stay on the Social Team as I was looking for a new Pay Person anyway. What could I say…
Tuesday – My weight loss journey – Week Two
I went to an evening group and weighed in. I didn’t want to go to an evening group because I will be out 4 evenings a week. My original idea for an early morning group is still sound. It’s just impractical at the moment with my lifestyle and commitments. I have said that I will make this my regular group, become an active member, and stay to IMAGE therapy (more here about image therapy). In addition, I will also be on her social team. (More about Social Teams here). I also lost 2 lbs. Very happy
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by Jackie | Oct 20, 2023 | Slimming World
Running My Group
My friend runs two groups, a Tuesday is when she runs her first of my group. With Slimming World, you have to update the databases on your computer to be ready for the week ahead. The consultant can weigh in for free once you have done the update (a Handshake). The computer will only tell you how much you weigh. It won’t record the weight anywhere; you can only do this once weekly. Unlike a member, once you have weighed in, you cannot re-enter the card and try again.
I weigh in at home on my home scales. Primarily because I want to ensure that I am prepared for the number I am going to see on the computer. I generally weigh about two hours before the group. This will give me enough time to prepare myself. It’s a lovely little ritual and sets me up for the start of my Slimming World visit. As I have just renewed my membership with another group, I am comfortable with this little ritual.
Disappointed at my Weight Loss – but not too much
I can’t tell you how disappointed at my Weight Loss I was when I stepped on the scales and it said that I had put on 2 pounds. Let’s remember a few days ago, I had lost 3 pounds. I am trying to stay optimistic about this as it’s only a test weight. However, 2 pounds mid-week weigh.
I know that weighing yourself every day or more than once a week can be counterproductive. It can send you off in a whirlwind of emotions, take you off plan, and lead to an unhealthy obsession with the number on the scale. I will not let that happen. I will not allow any weight gain to contribute to a damaging emotional addiction with the number and then put any psychological pressure on me to forget the plan. Planning works, it works for me. So, sitting down and thinking about it, here are my top thirteen reasons you should avoid more than one weigh-in daily a week.
My Top 13 Reasons
- Weight Fluctuations are normal: Our weight naturally fluctuates from day to day. Factors that can affect our weight are numerous. Still, factors like hydration, food intake, sodium intake, menstrual cycles (for women), recent meals, hormones, and more will affect the number. These factors don’t reflect changes in body fat or overall health. When individuals see temporary weight gain, they may assume it’s fat gain, leading to unnecessary worry and potentially harmful dietary restrictions. Therefore, daily weigh-ins are misleading and cause undue stress.
- Creating an obsession with the scale: This is one I have overcome. I used to weigh daily if not twice a day. To see the difference, this started an unhealthy fixation on the number. It never leads to an eating disorder or poor body image issues, just fascination, but I can see how it would.
- Scales have Inaccuracies: Some scales can be imprecise, and weighing yourself at different times or on different scales can yield inconsistent results. How many times have you weighed yourself, then moved the scales for them to give you another number.
- Misinterpretation of Trends: Daily weight fluctuations might be misinterpreted as weight gain or loss, leading to unnecessary dietary changes. It can also lead to you forgoing your healthy eating plan and finding solous in high-fat high sugar foods. Daily fluctuations are typically just noise in the data. They don’t necessarily reflect your long-term progress or the effectiveness of your efforts to eat healthily or exercise regularly. When people fixate on daily weigh-ins, they might fail to see the broader picture and mistakenly think they’re failing their weight management goals.
- Discouragement: Seeing small daily fluctuations, or even temporary weight gain, can discourage individuals and undermine their motivation.
- Psychological Impact: Weight is often closely tied to an individual’s self-esteem and body image. Seeing the number on the scale go up, even temporarily, can trigger negative emotions such as frustration, disappointment, or anxiety. These emotions can be powerful enough to overshadow any positive progress that may have occurred over time.
- Increased Stress: The stress associated with daily weigh-ins can release cortisol. This stress hormone may actually hinder weight loss efforts. Elevated stress levels can lead to overeating or making unhealthy food choices as a way to cope with emotional distress.
- Negative Self-Image: Frequent fluctuations can contribute to a negative self-image. Individuals may start to view themselves solely through the lens of their daily weight, forgetting about other important aspects of their health and well-being.
- Emotional Impact: For some, daily weigh-ins can negatively affect self-esteem and mental health, leading to anxiety, depression, or a distorted self-image.
- Focus on health, not just weight: Health encompasses more than just your weight. Focusing solely on weight might lead you to overlook other important aspects of your well-being, like nutrition, physical activity, and mental health.
- Slow progress: Healthy weight loss or fitness improvements are often gradual. Daily weigh-ins can make it difficult to see long-term progress, which can be discouraging.
- Body composition: Weight doesn’t accurately reflect changes in body composition (e.g., muscle gain, fat loss). You might be getting healthier even if the scale doesn’t budge.
- Sustainability: Daily weigh-ins can be hard to maintain over the long term. Developing sustainable, healthy habits that focus on overall well-being is essential rather than just a number on the scale.
Conclusion in why I am disappointed at my Weight Loss
There you go, a few reasons why you shouldn’t weigh yourself daily or twice a week.
To avoid these negative consequences, it’s often recommended to focus on broader measures of health and progress, such as improvements in energy levels, fitness, dietary choices, and overall well-being. If tracking your weight is essential, consider weighing yourself less frequently (e.g., weekly or monthly) to better reflect meaningful trends and reduce the psychological toll of daily fluctuations.
My official weight will be with the new group and my friend the consultant. There you go, decision made, and I don’t feel stressed about the situation. In fact, I feel really relaxed about the whole thing as I’m not as disappointed at my Weight Loss as I have a plan of action.
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by Jackie | Oct 19, 2023 | Slimming World
Slimming World Training
Who doesn’t love a new week? Full of possibilities. Full of promise and full of ambitious plans. For me, I start at 8:00 a.m. It is always the time to begin to make plans and decide where you want to go. That means deciding which projects I’m going to work on? How to spend the entire week. What training courses will I choose to look at? I like to do a little training each week.
As a Slimming World consultant, my friend is always on some kind of training. In fact, I would go as far as saying the training is relentless. this is the training she had to go through just to become a consultant.
This training starts before you even become a fully fledge SlimmingWorld consultant. You start with what they call pre-training before you go to the sparkly Castle located in Alferton in Derby. This pre-training consists of about 3 hours with a team developer. Her three-hour training lasted four and a half hours at the end of a hectic day. And to this day, she can’t really tell you what it is she learnt. There was so much going on. And in some respects, you got bamboozled with science. They go over your earnings and what you could earn in each group. Obviously, they give you the best-case scenario. The reality is very different, but you only find that out once you run your group.
Slimming World Training as a Franchise
In my friends own word
“After you have ‘signed’ the franchise agreement and paid your money (it doesn’t matter how much you pay for a franchise, as the prices can vary depending on your area and the needs of SlimmingWorld), you still get the same training.
Franchise training takes 8 days. The split is 3, 3 and 2 days. You have to attend each set of training days. All the training she had to participate in was conducted at the ‘Sparkly Castle’. This is just a big office building in Alferton in Derby. From the photos the atrium and the dining area look beautiful. The toilets are also something to behold. But the training is full on. She start at 9:00 – 9:30 in the morning on the first day, and didn’t finish until 5:30. The first few hours of your training are just going over the philosophy of SlimmingWorld.
This is similar to what you did with your team developer in your pre-training meeting. Someone got hold of a management tool on training philosophy, created some rules, and just kept repeating them. I am sure you know the rules I am talking about. This is a safe place to learn. SlimmingWorld is here to support you. We are your best friends. You are so special to be selected to become a SlimmingWorld Consultant, you know the kind of stuff.
This philosophy is repeated in different forms until 11:30 a.m. or the first break. Then you start to hear more about Slimming World and how it began. How to run a group, and all the other things you need to start your franchise. It’s important to realise that it is a franchise you’re buying. Your own business.
Throughout the day there are planned breaks. Unfortunately, when you return, you have a small recap of what you just learned. After lunchtime, you have another recap. You leave the Sparkly Castle at 5:30.
The second day starts, and you are full of vigour, anticipating the new stuff you will learn. You are in the training room at 09.00 a.m., ready to start this exciting day. Then, you have a quick recap of the philosophy of SlimmingWorld and the rules of the training environment, you know, the ones discussed on day one. That takes you to 11:30 a.m. Now, you may be thinking that I’ve just repeated this paragraph. Because that’s what I said happened on day one. You’re absolutely correct. We repeated the same stuff. It was infuriating. On day 2, you leave at about 5:30 p.m.
You guessed it, we start with a recap of the philosophy of SlimmingWorld. This is where it starts to feel a little bit like a cult. The training recaps, the philosophy and the be nice to each other. This is a safe place to learn.
From my point of view, it is not a safe place to learn at all. They may have read ‘How to Run a Safe Training Course’ book and listened to a few podcasts, but they have no idea how to implement it. I know several new consultants who asked questions, made a few comments to the trainers and were shot down in uncertain terms. Additionally, they received phone calls from their Team Developers at the next break about what was happening.
Sadly, these training courses are not a safe place to learn; you cannot be honest with the trainers and ask questions. THEY DON’T LIKE IT. These training courses should be where you can ask silly questions. You can make mistakes and get issues explained. Sadly, all the trainers did was shut the students up, refer them to the manuals, or ask them to ask their Team Developers. They had a set script they wanted to complete, and that was what they would do.
The sad thing is their attitude to training was so closed-minded. It was a shame because they had such a great opportunity with their new consultants to get a great team of people. The training is very much 1980s dictatorial.
After you’ve done your first three days, you go and collect your KIT. Exciting times. Two computers and a set of scales. Then, you go and open your first group/session. (I know we have not discussed marketing yet, but we will do). A few weeks later, you return for another three days of training.
On day four of your training, you have a recap of SlimmingWorld’s philosophy. I know you’ve already had it on days one, two, and three, and here we are again. Repeated. Now, there are other topics that you will cover, but we can’t forget the recaps. You go through more training. More recaps.
Yes, more recaps at the Sparkly Castle to finish your training and then you graduate. Graduation then sees everybody taking lots of photographs at the sparkly Castle with cap and gown stating that you are now a fully fledge SlimmingWorld consultant, even though you have been running your group for about four months.
You may think I am flippant about the training and recaps, but it was infuriating. There were some valid questions on Days 1-3 and 4-6, not so many, but you could see people wanted to ask questions, and on Days 7-8, no one really asked what they wanted to know. They asked questions, but not as many as they wished to, as they knew they wouldn’t get the answers.
In addition to this training, you must complete 8 online Diplomas. This is more relevant to your consultant role and very useful. You also have to get in the high 90% to pass. These diplomas were first-class and covered nutrition, business, marketing, and health. This is the stuff that should have been taught at Head Office.
There is more training coming your way. For the first six weeks of becoming a consultant, you have a call with the head office staff to answer any additional questions. Excellent service and very knowledgeable people. I 100% approve.
After those six weeks, your Team Developer will call you, and then you have a 30-minute chat/coaching session with them. These calls will continue until you leave SlimmingWorld. Excellent consultant support. I 100% approve.
Every other month, you have a regional meeting where you discuss new promotions, issues you have, or getting help and support from fellow consultants. I 100% approve. You also get to meet some new consultants, which is quite lovely”.
Back to Me
Slimming World Training is really good
Slimming World training does appear to be thorough. They look after their consultants, and they want to train them well. Slimming World concentrate on topics that should be covered in Team Meetings and not on these training days. Then repeat everything. A lot of the stuff that most new consultants find out, they find out by default and not through the training, which is a shame.
This Is My Supposition
SlimmingWorld has lost a great opportunity when people are at the Sparkley Castle. A prime example is the new member talk. They don’t really discuss. There is a fantastic opportunity to address many of the questions people on social media have. Why food is not demonised, how we use portion control and give people the power over their eating. It’s just not discussed. It would be fantastic if this was the philosophy SlimmingWorld taught during the Franchise training. Stop with the nicey nicey. Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. Because the plan is good. The consultants are passionate about their groups. Head Office, you need to give them the tools.
Above and beyond with Slimming World Training
It sound like Slimming World training was dire, and in some respects, it sounds like it. However, in other respects, they do go above and beyond. The support that everyone gets is outstanding. It’s a credit to SlimmingWorld. It’s instant, it’s there. All my friend has to do to speak to the team at Head Office is pick up the phone and they are always happy to talk. Somebody will support her. Helping her. They’ve tried really, really hard to look after their consultants. However, some of the training falls short of what is required.
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