![]() Slimming World Diet Review - Weight Loss Resources. By WLR Consultant Dietitian, Juliette Kellow BSc RDSlimming World is certainly a big name in the diet industry and with an almost 5. Margaret Miles- Bramwell created Slimming World and the original diet in 1. Decades on and Slimming World has around 4,5. UK. They’re impressive statistics and so it would seem the Slimming World diet certainly works. But just what does the Slimming World diet entail and can it help you keep the weight off afterwards? To gain access to the diet, you need to become a member. You can also become a Slimming World online member and receive the diet information this way. Tell Me About the Slimming World Diet? Slimming World’s unique plan is called Slimming World Food Optimising. The theory behind the plan is simple – to lose weight you need to take in fewer calories than you use up. Slimming World Food Optimising achieves this reduction in calories by encouraging dieters to freely eat foods that are lower in calories but high in nutrients such as pasta, lean meat, rice, fish, fruit and veg, whilst limiting calorie- packed foods that are nutrient- poor such as biscuits and booze. This is essentially the same as the WLR Plan – it focuses on reducing calories and eating more healthy foods. However WLR does not set limits on any foods and instead encourages you to educate yourself on your food choices, rather than being told what to eat. Because the focus is on eating mainly lower- calorie foods, Slimming World claims that its Food Optimising diet lets you eat as much 'free food' as you like. You only have to count Syns in restricted foods rather than counting the calories for everything you eat. This means there's less weighing and measuring. However, this lack of focus on how much you eat means that you are unlikely to learn about portion sizes and calories and could easily revert to your old ways of eating. All the information about Slimming World Food Optimising is provided in a book that’s part of the joining pack you receive when you become a member. So How Does Slimming World Food Optimising Actually Work? The diet has three steps: Step 1 – Choose Free Foods. Slimming World provides detailed lists of foods that can be eaten in unlimited quantities. Fresh fruit and most veg are classified as Superfree Foods because they are so low in calories. Free Foods include lean meat, chicken, fish, potatoes, rice, pasta, grains, pulses, starchy veg, eggs, fat- free dairy products, Quorn and tofu. Within Free Foods, there are three choices available: the Extra Easy choice; the Green choice (sometimes known as a Green Day); or the Original choice (a Red Day). You can mix and match these choices from one day to another or simply stick to the same one all of the time. Step 2 – Choose Healthy Extras. In addition to Superfree and Free Foods, you are allowed Healthy Extras every day. I have done both and currently doing slimming world. I've lost 1st8lb since May with another 2st2 to go. I have not reduced my portions any as i love to eat lots and. These vary according to whether you are following the Extra Easy, Green or Original plan. Step 3 – Choose Syns. Syns is shorthand for synergy – Slimming World believes it’s the synergy between the three components of the plan, ie. Free Foods, Healthy Extras and Syns, that makes Food Optimising effective at enabling weight loss. Nevertheless, many of the Syns are effectively what other diet plans would call . But Syns also includes foods found in the Healthy Extras, allowing you to eat bigger portions of these foods if you want them. Regardless of the plan you choose to follow, you are allowed five to 1. Syns a day. These include foods like biscuits , cakes, crisps, dressings, alcohol, ice cream, preserves, puddings, pizza, chocolate and sweets. The Syns value for some foods may vary depending on the plan you are following but as a guideline one Syn is equivalent to around 2. In contrast, WLR doesn’t encourage you to associate any food with negativity. Instead you learn the benefits of certain types of foods as you go and learn to make healthy choices, with the odd treat thrown in. What Can I Eat With the Slimming World Extra Easy Choice? You start by filling a third of your plate with Superfree fruit and veg, then add unlimited amounts of foods from the following: beans, peas, lentils, bulgur wheat, couscous, potatoes, pasta, noodles, rice, eggs, Quark, fat- free cottage cheese, natural fromage frais and natural yoghurt, Quorn, tofu, lean meat, poultry, offal and fish. On top of this you choose one Healthy Extra from the A choices, which are mainly calcium- rich dairy products. For example, a choice is 3. Cheddar or 4. 2g mozzarella. Plus, you choose one Healthy Extra from the B choices, which tend to be higher in fibre and include wholegrain cereals, crispbreads and bread, dried, cooked and canned fruit, and filling soups. For example, a choice is one wholemeal pitta, two slices of wholemeal bread from a small loaf, 2. Then you have your Syns on top of this. I'm 2 weeks into my Slimming World journey and I wanted to share the results with you - including a before and after photo! So last week we covered the calories and this week we are moving straight in on Slimming World. I am sure it will be very interesting to see how many calories are. Slimming World is a UK, USA, and Canada weight loss program based on Food Optimising. It focuses on satiety and not starvation. Learn more about it here. What you get with group membership. Loads of recipe ideas, eating out suggestions, hints and tips shared in group; Taster sessions to share delicious Food Optimising. Most of the 'tips' were along the lines of 'enjoy yourself' and. ![]() What Can I Eat With the Slimming World Green Choice? The Green choice focuses on more carb- rich foods and less meat, so is a better choice for people who follow a vegetarian diet. Once again you start by choosing Superfree Foods and then add unlimited amounts of Green Free Foods, which include beans, peas, lentils, bulgur wheat, couscous, pasta, potatoes, noodles, rice, eggs, fat- free natural yoghurt, fromage frais and cottage cheese, Quorn and tofu. You choose one or two Healthy Extra A choices (low- fat dairy products) and two Healthy Extra B choices, the list of which is extended to include lean meat, poultry, fish, nuts, seeds and more cheeses. For example, a choice is 5. Edam or 2. 8g houmous. Syns are added on top of this. Unlike WLR, you are restricted in what you eat, in the sense that you follow certain plans provided for you. This could limit your flexibility on the plan, especially if the diets don’t suit you. Slimming World doesn’t educate you in calories which, when it comes to make healthy choices, is what really counts. If you decide to leave Slimming World, you may struggle to keep your weight off in the long- term without having learned about calories and portion sizes. What Can I Eat With the Slimming World Original Choice? The Original choice focuses on more lean protein- rich foods and fewer carb- rich foods. You start by filling up on Superfree Foods then add unlimited amounts of Red Free Foods, which include lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, fat- free natural yoghurt, fromage frais and cottage cheese, Quorn and tofu. You choose one or two Healthy Extra A choices (low- fat dairy products) and two Healthy Extra B choices, the list of which is extended to include beans, lentils, wholewheat pasta and potatoes. For example, a choice is 1. LOWS Soup shocker I love the skinny soups from Glorious, but I was really shocked to see their Syn value on the Slimming World website. The good news is that the. Slimming World is the UK. News Slimming World on World Health Day. World Health Day is celebrated to support and encourage the importance of global health. Find out how we can help on World. Syns as always, are added to this. Isn’t This a Version of Food Combining? No. Food combining doesn’t allow carbohydrate- and protein- rich foods to be eaten in the same meal. Whichever plan you follow on the Food Optimising programme, you are still allowed to eat carbs and proteins in the same meal – it’s just that you might eat smaller amounts of one or the other in order to help you lose weight. Does Slimming World Consider Exercise at All? ![]() Yes. Slimming World has a programme called Body Magic that’s designed to encourage members to become more active. It focuses on encouraging members to do build up to 3. As well as receiving a booklet on Body Magic when you join, exercise advice is provided in the weekly group sessions. However, unlike WLR there are no calorie counts for exercise, so you don’t get to see the relationship between food and exercise. You also receive weekly log sheets that enable you to set aims for the week, set daily and weekly goals, recognise danger areas and record your activity levels on a daily basis. As you become more active you receive, bronze, silver, gold and platinum recognition. Is There Anything Else I Should Know About? As well as Food Optimising and Body Magic, Slimming. World has devised a concept called IMAGE therapy, which stands for Individual Motivation and Group Experience. In reality, this refers to the group support that members can expect to get by attending weekly meetings. This is similar to the kind of support you’ll find on the WLR Message Boards and from the Helpteam, although obviously is usually only once weekly. Like most support networks, the meetings aim to provide encouragement, inspiration, motivation, empowerment and positivity. ![]() Members share ideas, recipes and stories, are encouraged to make weekly commitments and plan ahead, and if necessary, consultants offer one- to- one- support throughout the week. As meetings are weekly, support is not offered 2. WLR meaning there is not always a support group on hand when you need it. Whilst a group environment is motivating for some, it’s not for everyone. ![]() WLR gives you the tools to help you to learn what calories your food contains and how to lose weight WITHOUT going on a diet - all in the comfort of your own home. Try it all free for 2. Take our FREE trial ». ![]() What are Super Speed Free Foods on Slimming World? Slimming World sure has a lot of lingo to learn when you first start out, doesn? ![]() Syns, Free foods, Green days, Red days, Healthy Extras, Extra Easy plan. Plus like any other lazy teenager my mum cooked me the Slimming World recipes so I didn’t have to worry too much about it at all. However it was a different story when I signed up for the second time after the birth of our son. That. I remember being confused when I heard this phrase for the first time, and I thought maybe it meant foods that gave you energy? However, Super Speed free foods are actually foods that help speed up your weight loss. ![]() Then there are general speed foods that only feature on one or the other such as beans on green days and chicken on red days. For example if you normally have pork and vegetables in the steamer for lunch you could replace the pork with chicken to create a fantastic speed food meal. Or a vegetable stir fry if you want to eat super speed foods only. Super speed foods on Slimming World include a whole range of things including berries, most melons, baked beans and various kinds of vegetables, meat and fish. But that’s not the reason I like them – I like them because I know that in my head as long as I don’t add sugar or fat to them I can have them constantly without having to consult my book in an attempt to work out the syns. Plus if you have ever seen a nutritionist or being advised about what to eat at the gym they would have mentioned foods that burn fat quickly and these are very similar to Slimming World’s Super Speed Foods. Just think of what you could cook with just super speed free foods on an average day: Vegetable Soup. Vegetable Ragu. Fruit Salad. Chicken & Vegetables. Hawaiian Chicken. Roast Turkey & Vegetables. Vegetable Stir fry. Tuna Salad. Prawn Cocktail. Clam Pot. And it goes on and on and on. Just think about how you can have these foods in your everyday diet. And how it can improve your weight loss. Just think a week using these instead of the usual foods will take you to double your usual weekly weight loss. Have a read on how I got on when I ate just super speed foods for three days, followed by just speed foods for a further three days. It was six days of bliss and gave me a complete detox at the same time. After following a diet of just super speed foods, followed by speed foods, I created my dream tomato sauce recipe. This features top super speed vegetables and led to me losing a pound a day over a six day period. I am allergic to mushrooms so even though they are on everyone else’s plate they are not on mine! Secondly I like to taste my food so I put very little chilli on my food so this again isn’t on my plate. But that proves my point there is literally something for everyone here. Below are the super speed foods in full. Save the images and print them then you can refer back to them later: Further Reading: I also wanted to share with you some more information for those of you that are looking to be healthy, yet have a good weight loss too. The Tomato Sauce Cookbook – Now this is my new recipe ebook for 2. It can be purchased either as a PDF or on the Kindle. It is also about what we personally eat on a regular basis that has aided us to lose nearly 1. The tomato sauce cookbook is also full to bursting with super free foods meaning that if you want to lose weight fast then this is the perfect starting point. Plus like us, you can make it monthly place it in the freezer and then you could make the recipes as you want them. It will then help you plan your meals and help you with your change of lifestyle into more healthy cooking. My Super Speed Challenge – You can read on this post how I invented (using the speed foods as a guide) my own six day super fast eating plan. In JUST six days I managed to lose 6 pounds. I didn’t even do it for a full week. During this time I enjoyed lots of my favourite foods and discovered a new love for eating healthy. My Slimming World Journal – If you are looking for more reading material about Slimming World then go no further than my Slimming World category it is full to bursting with advice, tips, my ups and downs and best of all my love for healthy eating. You can also find the Syn values for a lot of the naughty foods in this section! Recipes - Healthy Eating - Slimming World.
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