You’ve been offered membership of Slimming
World to help you lose
weight.
Working in partnership with us, your referrer has helped fund your membership of a local group
each week for a period of 12 weeks.
We believe that a Slimming World group will help you to lose weight in a way that’s enjoyable and healthy.
Our eating plan, Food Optimising®, has helped millions of people to lose weight without ever going hungry or feeling deprived.
What to expect
Do you feel a bit apprehensive about walking into a group for the first time?
Just to set your mind at rest, here’s a quick rundown of what happens when you join.
- As soon as you enter any Slimming World group, you’ll get a warm welcome from your
Consultant
and fellow members – they’re a friendly bunch!
Please make sure to take along some photographic ID as we need to verify you’re the person who should have this referral.
- A minute or two after the group’s start time (and while the other members are getting
weighed
and chatting), your Consultant will give you and any other first-timers your new-member talk.
This is where you’ll find out all about Slimming World and Food Optimising.
- You’ll then be invited to join the rest of the group for a session called IMAGE Therapy.
It
stands for Individual Motivation And Group Experience and it’s full of warmth,
friendship,
laughter, ideas being shared, recipes, inspirational stories and much more.
- At the end of the session, you and the other new members will be invited to enrol and be
weighed. Your weight remains totally confidential.
- Because of your one-off new-member talk, your first group will last around 1 hour 30 minutes
–
each week after that it’ll last around an hour.
Sandra Robinson astonished her GP by turning her health around after losing over 6st
with Slimming
World:
It was just the situation I normally avoided: a room full of people. I wish
I’d
overcome my fears sooner. The support of my Consultant and my group have been a lifesaver.
I’d say
to anyone feeling nervous about joining, there’s no need – you’ll find a warm
welcome
awaits you.
You chose your group during your call with us – but if you’d prefer to join a different group, search for it here
Find Your Nearest Group
FAQs
You’ll need to attend your first group within four weeks of the date shown on your
referral
email.
Your referral entitles you to 12 consecutive weeks at a Slimming World group. If you miss a
week, unless you pre-arrange it as an absence with your Consultant, you won’t be able to
claim
an extra session when the 12-week course ends.
You can book up to two absence weeks during your referral period with your Consultant. This is
to encourage regular attendance which, from experience, we know is the key to successful weight
loss.
No, everything you’ll need to lose weight with Slimming World is included in the
membership pack
you’ll be given at your first group.
There are recipe books and magazines available to buy if you’d like to – however,
you’ll find
that members swap and share information and there’ll be plenty of recipe ideas and books
available for you to use in the group.
All we ask for is your commitment to attend the group regularly.
Only good ones! Losing even small amounts of weight can result in vast improvements to your
health.
Your Consultant will help you to set the weight loss target you’d love to
achieve…and help you reach it!
You may feel you can continue without attending your group. However, we’d strongly
recommend you
continue your SW membership so that you can continue to receive the support that’s vital
for
your long-term success.