Hard admissions.

[@janice-ann7157]

You help so many people with your videos Jane! Wishing you a very good week ahead. I believe in you x

[@JaneDay]

What a lovely comment to get up to this morning. Bless you and thank you. I need to believe in me too, but, I think getting back to group and overcoming some fears will work for me. Sending much love Jane x

[@joanmckee3906]

Holy mackerel, I went puce when you mentioned my name. I'm so sorry to hear you're still struggling. I do too everyday but sticking with the plan in some shape or form helps. I do zoom. Today I dropped grandchildren back to their homes after a 2 night stay with us by the sea. Traffic was so bad I turned around and I'm staying in our little apt for a few hrs. What's here to eat, nothing other than tea and coffee and treats for the kids. I've eaten the lot for lunch and dinner! I'm mad with myself, but if I wasn't on zoom the habit would continue. You're sociable, you'll enjoy group and will be motivated to lose weight come hell or high water!! I know you too well! I'll have a loss too before Tuesday, I hope!! Love to both of you jx

[@jillshelton7356]

Good luck Jane for Friday from Jill in South Normanton and stay both of you xx

[@JaneDay]

Oh Jill, you are such a sweetheart. This week is the last short group (15 minute weigh in and very short Image therapy) and then I believe all will resume as the new norm. I’ll be staying and seeking help. Much love Jane x

[@tanyareynolds154]

Really glad to hear your going back to group Jane, and good luck for the week ahead x

[@JaneDay]

Thank you. I’m sure it’s the right thing to do. Next week we will be back to the proper groups and I always said I’d go back then. Looking forward to the group tomorrow. It’s not my old group, it’s smaller probably only about 25 people, but it fits with my timetable and it’s my lovely Naomi and her husband Calvin at the helm. Stay safe. Much love Jane x

[@backtobasics8910]

At the moment I am doing CBT because of my anxiety to do quite a lot of things. Some of which have developed through lockdown. The main one at the moment is driving. I'm forcing myself to do it because I need to open my world back up. I'm trying to retrain my brain. SW is also a bit like that. Making yourself do things you don't want to do in the hopes that if you do it enough it'll all fall back into place. Sometimes for me CBT has been scary and really uncomfortable but it's also empowering. xx Cath ( Laura and cath )

[@JaneDay]

It’s good to read that you are using CBT as a method of oving forward in your life. I blessed in that anxiety has never been something that has plagued me. I’m my own worse enemy when it comes to achieving anything. I’m strong and stubborn but very capable of using these tools in either a positive or negative way. I need to redirect my stubborn ways and I’m sure that going back to group and reconnecting with my tribe is just what will enable me to do this. Group has never been something you did, but, I’m sure you found strength in Laura’s attendance at group and what she was able to bring home with her. Not sure whether she is attending group currently, but, I wish you both well in all aspects of your life. Much love Jane x

[@dorisdownie97]

Oh i definitely couldn’t do SP. I can really understand how you are feeling. Yes it’s the choices you are making so yes you need to get back on the train again if you are feeling it’s time again. I need the group too as I know I could slip away very easily to my bad habits. I have never missed the zooms and the weigh and go and now we’re back to sitting in group. I take 2 other ladies with me as I’m going anyway but they bus it home as I go to vivienne’s for the day. They are like you they need the group to get the weight off. I will help them as much as I can . I post my food on to our SW group page and if it helps someone then I’m happy. This Friday I will be getting my 4th year diamond award. I’m not boasting it’s just letting you and any others that read it know that it’s the help from all the group that keeps me there and planning of course. At the moment I’m sitting with my foot in basins of hot and cold water alternating it as I’ve done something to the tendons on top of the foot and it’s painful when walking and I need to walk Hollie. I’ve got a support bandage on and using pain relieving cream so I’m trying my best to rest it when I can which is not easy as I’m a person that’s always on the go. Well here’s hoping for a better week for you and will keep you in my prayers to make you stronger in mind again , hugs sent love Doris xx

[@JaneDay]

Doris, I would never think of you as boasting, you are such an amazing ambassador for the SW plan. You always walk the walk. Please pray that I can find the willingness to put the rubbish down and get on with walking the walk too. Sending you many congratulations for your 4th year anniversary. God bless you and everyone you help and encourage. Much love Jane x

[@teresadaniels4317]

Thanks for your honesty - I feel for you and identify with you. Although it was upsetting, I am not sure it was watching Heather Goodwin that started your weight gains. I remember when you diverted from the one pointed focus of Slimming world and started exploring other diets, Chef AJ, Dr Barnard, Kiki, Starch solution etc on KZbin. I think this was the fork in the road that started moving you away from what worked for you and at the time as my experience was in parallel with yours. I was very pleased you had started exploring , as I too was plant based, so I thought you and Joe would come up with a perfect plan that would work for me too! I like you have a mind like a sponge that loves to listen to all this stuff and I think for me seeking and trying lots of different ' bright shiny diets" , eating healthy, but not necessarily for weightless, messed up with the hard earned momentum I had built up previously.. I very much identify with lots of activity on the diet front, just the wrong type of activity, as I start creating a pick & mix diet I have to accept I can't eat a lot of starch (unfortunately) and the only time I lose weight consistently is sticking to a simple plan with a few key meals that I repeat regularly I would love to hear what you did originally, a back to basics- what foods satisfied you when you started SW that allowed you to you stay on plan and build the momentum that you had in buckets. I hope you can make some sense of this garbled message - I suppose in a nut shell I am saying lots of different paths diffuse our energy whereas sticking to one focus allows us to concentrate that energy enough to propel us forward.

[@JaneDay]

Strangely, I joined SW as a vegan but soon found it was hard to feel satiated on the SW plan as a vegan and it was tough to find variety within the plan. I went back to eating meat. I found Heather originally by recommendation from a subscriber. I was interested in her journey as she was plant based and Christian. I didn’t know her back story and didn’t get into watching her back catalogue until I saw the two videos where she was at the same weight as me and then she re emerged having gained a lot of her weight back. I saw both of these videos one after the other. I do, in my heart, believe in a no meat lifestyle and when we went plant based, I tried to fit this into the SW plan. I listen to Claire on the SW podcast and she has been vegan now for about 20 months and it seems to work for her. Well, even though I am now totally off meat, I don’t believe SW is designed to facilitate non meat eaters and I can’t see that there is anything within the plan to encourage a plant based or vegan diet. I will stick with SW as it is where I believe success lies for me but I do need to touch base with a group and seek their help and support. I’m not blaming Heather, she is oblivious to me and my journey, she didn’t make me put weight on. In fact, I don’t know what success she is having currently as I can’t bring myself to touch base with her channel. I no longer watch any of the plant based people I got very into, I don’t believe they live on a healthy diet, I think they live on a very low calorie controlled and mostly unimaginative food plan which won’t help me. I want to find a balance in SW, a balance I believe exists. I want to rid myself of fear of eating Free foods and I want to believe wholeheartedly in this plan. I need to research how to do this without eating flesh. Currently I’m eating free range eggs, fish approx once a month or maybe once in six weeks and no dairy. Joe is vegan but we do it for quite different reasons and we don’t eat the same meals. I need to get back into my tribe and accept I can’t do this without on the ground support and understanding. I’m not sure if I will find this in the Friday group. One vegetarian lady goes to the Saturday group but that’s not what I’m looking for. Thanks for your comment. Much love Jane x

[@teresadaniels8925]

I wish you all the best. You are inspiring- a truth teller!

[@marciajohnson1825]

Hi lovely Jane and Joe very insightful video. You made me admit to myself that I actually got back to my starting weight - at my heaviest - during lockdown 🙈thankfully I started focusing on losing weight last week of May and when I weighed myself this morning I've lost a stone. When I lose another stone I'll be in a very good place. I'm not sure I'll lose it by our big day, but I'll be near enough to be happy with my size. Those sausages are delicious aren't they. That range do a selection of vegan niceness. I also really love Richmond Meatless Sausages which actually taste yummy, like the best meat sausages 😋. Looking forward to you reporting on here that you're on your way back to your happy place dear Jane. I know how dissatisfied I felt when I just couldn't make myself stop reaching for the vegan Magnums and baked beans and chips during the first lockdown- do you remember encouraging me to stop? Well thankfully I did listen and it was the beginning of the turning point for me. However it still took a lot to get from that turning point to the end of May this year. But thanking you now lovely lady😍. So grateful 🙏🏾💓

[@JaneDay]

A stone off already. I’m raising my hands and celebrating with you. I’m so pleased as your special day will see you looking and feeling fabulous! Thanks for all your prayers, support and encouragement. As my bestie Dawn says, ‘you’re a diamond!’ Keep going and enjoy every vegan mouthful of good health food. The sausages from Heck have been a revelation. Take good care of yourself. Much love Jane x

[@marciajohnson1825]

@@JaneDay 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@marciajohnson1825]

@@JaneDay 😘😍

[@rosmartin6311]

Hi Jane , Hope your keeping well and Joe . I've joined sw but struggling myself. Hope you get back to doing your blogs I so miss them . Love Ros xx

[@amandanortheastengland1403]

Whose Hecks saugages look good, going to give them a go 😉. Pleased your going back to goup, I went back x6 week and was 2 stone out of Target!!! However x6 weeks later I'm 15 lb lighter and target is in view. Totally agree thank goodness for air Fryer 😋

[@JaneDay]

I was pleasantly surprised at the range of Heck sausages. Joe has just done some ‘What the Cluck’ in the air fryer. I must check the syns on that as it smells really nice. Much love and well done with your weight loss so far. You’re inspriring! Jane x

[@carolinec3259]

Hi Jane. Your vlogs are always so honest. I get where you're at. We all have that inner chimp that encourages us to make those poorer choices. I like to think of myself as a strong willed, free thinking, independent woman, but it just takes a flicker of a bad decision and my inner chump seizes on it. I definitely have to do things I don't want to do sometimes for my own good. They are things I do want to do really, but that chimp is overpowering me, or so it feels. Doing the best thing isn't always an easy thing to do. Battling ourselves is the toughest fight of all. Only the other day I found myself going into the chocolate spread with a big spoon, a behaviour I thought was long gone. I couldn't believe what I was doing. These habits have been ingrained for years and it will, in my opinion, take just as long to shake them. I'm very aware how easily I could regain my 4st. I'm determined not to, so I will do whatever it takes to fight that chimp. I look at photos of me pre and post weight loss which helps. I know that's not an option for you, is there anything tactile that might help, maybe a piece of clothing from when you were at your heaviest? Being back in group might help you, too. You'll find that spark again. Stay safe. X

[@JaneDay]

Hi Caroline. I’m sure that being back in group is the key to turning this stupid behaviour around. My inner chimp has the upper hand but I can take control back and will. Thanks for sharing your experience, it gives me hope. Much love Jane x

[@lovejoypeace7288]

you are an inspiration x

[@rachaelberesford4909]

I know exactly where you are coming from, I struggle every day & I can feel myself getting biger & biger. It is so hard, but you can do it. Good luck for friday xxx

[@JaneDay]

Morning Rachel. We can do it! We both have our little helpers, and we need to use them. Hope you and John are coping with all that life is throwing at you. Sending lots of love and maybe we both need to get into group habits again. Look after yourself. Much love Jane x

[@lovejoypeace7288]

so helpful thankyou ❤

[@gwynethking640]

Sorry to hear that you're struggling at the moment x hope that your head gets back in the game again soon x I've always found your talks inspiring so I hope you can re inspire yourself too x take care and its still 10 stone lost x

[@JaneDay]

Thank you so much for your comment and an even bigger thank you for reminding me just how far I have come. Stay safe. Much love Jane x

[@Allegra11]

Hi Jane, I hope all's well with you and Joe. I really hope you get back to doing youtube ~ I miss your vlogs. Take care X

[@paulinetaylor2812]

Hi Jane, I am just the same and I don,t use this as an excuse but I really do think that this lockdown thing has messed up many of usual routines and I think you don,t have to have mental health problems to get out of habits and i am deffo feeling very strange about myself regarding routines etc and I really don,t think I,m on my own so I just wonder,d if maybe that might be partly anything to do with not feeling right about yourself, I am sure you will get yourself sorted soon because your strong minded so don,t be so hard on yourself and look how much weight you have lost, it,s phenomenal lovely lady.

[@JaneDay]

good morning Pauline. It has been a very strange 18 months for us all and I guess we are now emerging into a new ‘normal’. We can get back to our best selves, it might take a while, but we’re worth it! I’m relieved to be heading back to group and I’d encourage anyone out there who is feeling lost like me to do the same. Thank you for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated. Jane x

[@65SCH]

Jane, I totally agree with you I think it is getting your head in the right place. I am trying to work on this and there are resources out there to help you.

[@JaneDay]

Thanks for your encouragement. I know that the help lies in group for me as a first step so I’m going back. Much love Jane x

[@65SCH]

@@JaneDay I wish you all the best in your struggle, I am there with you!

[@65SCH]

I agree when I was in SW I thought that the plan was less easy for vegan/vegetarian.

[@irenescotland6294]

Hi Jane and Joe honestly you would think that was me saying all that I’m exactly the same as you. Good luck at group. Love from Irene x

[@JaneDay]

good morning Irene. I’m up and getting ready. To say I’m nervous would be an under statement. I have to do this. I want to do this. I never thought I’d find myself back in this place. Hey ho, all things are possible. See you on the other side when I get time to make my video. Much love Jane xx

[@teresaosborne8373]

Hi Jane hope your well 😊 xx not looking for a reply just hoping your OK xx

[@graceollier]

Hi Jane, you recommended a Tefal air fryer, where did you get it? Could you please tell me the name of the model? I love your videos have been watching for years!

[@JaneDay]

Good morning. Thanks for sticking with my channel. It’s appreciated. My Tefal air fryer is the Fry Delight. I got mine on Amazon and recently bought one for my brother but, it had gone up quite a lot since I bought mine a year ago. It’s now about £199. There are other models which are all very similar and we saw one in Sainsburys which looked very much like mine and had the same features for £89.99. It was Tefal but they also had a very similar one made by someone else for £59.99. Mine has a pull out drawer, a slide temp control and a knob which is the timer. Hope you find one at a fair price. Much love Jane x

[@graceollier]

@@JaneDay thank you so much for getting back to me. I will have a look in Sainsbury’s and hopefully get a bargain! Good luck with your next chapter of the weight loss journey (not that you need it!)

[@byron9727]

I hope group on Friday helps you get into a reset frame of mind. We are all works in progress I think aren’t we, regardless of what stage we are at it’s always ongoing in some form. Keep us all posted when you can after group, I genuinely hope you find it helpful xx

[@JaneDay]

Thanks. I don’t think doing it alone is working for me at the moment. It’s fab to be able to fess up on my channel, but, there’s nothing stronger than fessing up in Image therapy and getting face to face or hands on support or being challenged by people from the same tribe. I’ll keep my channel up to date with what’s happening on my journey and as you say, I’m just a work in progress. Hope all is well with you. Jane x

[@jeant6927]

hi Jane and Joe, I can relate to where you are at Jane , I find that when I get to a happy size and my clothes fit well, I tend to get off track and complacent and then find myself not feeling as fit or light as I did because I let the habits slide . And also I have watched the lovely lady on utube who gained nearly all of the weight back and is now not posting videos so I realise that the weight can come back like wildfire if not stopped before it's too late. Very easy to gain , not very easy to lose . I think one meal at a time was vg advice I am going to go for that today. Good luck with SW and enjoy the week xxx

[@JaneDay]

I’m taking onboard the one meal at a time idea and I’m going to run with it. I didn’t know Heather isn’t posting videos now and I’m sorry to hear that. I couldn’t bring myself to follow her channel as I was in such a fragile place but I do hope and pray she finds her way back to where she was. Losing weight isn’t easy, but keeping it off and keeping one’s self motivated is really hard. I got complacent and the pounds just crept on. I’m cross with myself that I didn’t put the brakes on sooner. I have two options, pick it up and do it again, or scrap my journey, ditch my channel and go back to a life of misery. I choose option one and pray that I can let go of my addictive need for sugar once and for all. Take care and please accept my gratitude for your support and encouragement. Jane x

[@jeant6927]

@@JaneDay option one all the way x x

[@joanfenech3936]

Hi Jane so sorry you are Struggling don't fight yourself, you are confident that you can do it so except what you are feeling, you be back 😆you see ❤❤❤❤

[@JaneDay]

Bless you Joan. I have such an internal battle being played out at the moment. I’m not a quitter, but my inner voices are trying to blind me to what I am capable of. I need group as a starting place and that’s set up for Friday. Much love and thanks Jane x

[@juliewilliams3027]

Jane I know exsactly where you are coming from I lost 5 & a half stones 5 years ago ,I put all my weight back on I'm now the heaviest I've ever been .. I'm ashamed to say.. in my head i know i want to loose weight again & maintain it.. but i just keep eating rubbish... i really dislike me right now ,I've no interest in buying clothes because what ever i wear i look fat .. I hate looking in the mirror.. I'm must like you make myself do everything i don't want to do.. stop thinking about it.. & just do it those sausages do look nice .. good luck to you jane on your journey xx

[@JaneDay]

Hey Julie. You and I have a lot in common. I hope that we both find the strength and determination to turn it around. I’m going back to group, will you please join me on this leg of our journey? Sending much love and support Jane x

[@susanoneandonly7970]

Hi Darling Twin hi Joe, I honestly believe you do better when you are in group. I want to ask have you got a bucket list if so let me know one of the things on the list please. I can see the smile on your face to me it is one of those I Don,t give shit smiles but we know you do and we know you will sort through your mind games when you are ready. Love to you both as always from the crazy Dutchman and me xx

[@JaneDay]

Hi very perceptive and gorgeous younger twin. I had no intention of putting a video up when I woke up this morning but I know that if I do a disappearing act, I’d probably never get my shit together enough to come back. You’re right, I don’t actually give a damn today, but, I know I need to lol. I’m going back to group because I can’t do this on my own. I don’t know what group holds for someone who doesn’t choose to eat meat. I’m not sure they’ll get it. Hell I’m bloody sure sw don’t get it. I feel like I’m pushing my squre peg into a round hole. The recipe info etc on line for vegans is crap. I’m currently eating eggs as a lot of the vegan foods which I ought to be using as my protein portion might be low cal, but they can also be high syns. What to do? I could count calories but this is hard work without Joe’s help and I don’t want to be asking for even more from him. Plus I don’t have a great deal of faith in calorie counting for life. Bucket List; mine’s empty lol. Never had one. Never even thought to have one. I’m even at a loss as to what I would like to do for my 65th birthday which is rapidly approaching. What do you do that doesn’t involve food? I’m not a traveller, I like my own bed and bathroom. Staying in a strange place is just too much like hard work. It takes me 3 days to acclimate and then I’m ready to go home lol. I’m a mess at the moment. Rich is doing reasonably well and I need to stop stressing about things going wrong. I don’t want another self fulfilling prophecy! My friend Val is fair to middling but I can’t change that. Everything else in my garden is blooming, even the weeds, but, Andrew my gardener can sort all that. That’s what I pay him for lol. Just lift your biggest boot and aim it in my direction, I need a big kick in the rear end or a tap on the head to give it a good wobble. Sending lots of love to you both. Here ends the monolog! Much love Jane x

[@jaquelinehighfield5436]

Hi jane bite the bullet take the hit this week in group and move on, I know you can do it, xx