Eat the food you love and lose weight | Slimming World Blog (2024)

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Can I eat the foods I love and still lose weight? ›

When it comes to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, you might think you have to give up eating what you love. But that isn't the case. It's possible to eat your favorite foods and still achieve your weight-loss goals.

Free Foods are at the heart of Food Optimising. They include everyday staples such as pasta, rice and potatoes, and you can eat them in unlimited amounts, so you'll never go hungry.

Research shows that it may aid weight loss, encourage healthy habits, and improve overall health. If you're interested in trying the Slimming World diet, keep in mind that your success will depend on how committed you are to following the plan and attending meetings.

Slow down when you eat so you can sense when you're full.

As you're eating, take smaller bites and set your fork down while you're chewing so you don't feel the urge to put more in your mouth. Check if you feel satisfied with how much you ate in between bites, and stop eating if you don't feel hungry.

It's not a diet, so unless you have individual dietary restrictions, you can eat whatever you want within the eight-hour time frame. But the plan will work best for weight loss if you are already making smart, nutrient-rich choices, said NBC News health and nutrition editor Madelyn Fernstrom, Ph.

At Slimming World, we don't believe in cutting out food groups. In fact, potatoes and dried plain pasta, rice, noodles and couscous are all Free Foods, which means that you can eat as much of them as you like! If you fancy some quick, comforting carbs, our healthy pasta and rice recipes will hit the spot.

It's not unusual to see larger losses in the first few weeks, mainly due to the loss of body water, and especially if you have a lot of weight to lose. For the majority of people, it usually settles to an average of 1-2lbs a week over time, which is a realistic and achievable goal.

While the Slimming World diet emphasizes low-fat foods, the carb-heavy approach doesn't work for everyone. The limited food options may leave you feeling restricted, hungry and deprived over time.

There's nothing particular about the Slimming World approach that makes it unsafe to follow in the short term, for most healthy people. That said, the dietary approach is definitely not one that we, as a team of qualified, experienced nutritionists, would recommend for effective weight loss or health optimisation.

Why do people lose so much weight on Slimming World? ›

Counting Syns helps members naturally limit their intake of more energy-dense foods such as fats, alcohol and sugar. These foods have a poor ability to satisfy hunger and, when consumed in large amounts, make weight loss difficult.

Some of them might surprise you! Before coming to Slimming World, many slimmers are told to avoid carbs – yet carbohydrates such as rice, potatoes and pasta have fantastic filling power, as well as being low in energy density, which is why they're on our Free Food list.

Following a low-carb diet also means consuming more protein. Studies indicate that a diet rich in high-protein foods, such as eggs, fish, seafood, legumes, nuts, meat, and dairy results in overall less abdominal fat, more satiety, and an increased metabolic function.

Focusing on plant-based foods, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Choosing lean sources of protein, such as fish and low-fat dairy products. Limiting processed meats, as well as the saturated fat that's found in meat and high-fat dairy products, such as cheese and butter.

You can lose weight while enjoying the foods that you love if you eat mindfully.

You work out every day— so that means you can eat whatever you want? Is this a true or false statement? The Truth: You can easily out-eat your exercising. It's essential to both work out and eat right for successful weight loss and to maintain good health.

Eating the same food regularly helps to boost the weight loss process. However, it's essential to include only healthy foods in your daily meal. Furthermore, you cannot undermine the importance of physical activities and an active lifestyle for weight loss.

Both are right. You should accept yourself, and you should also develop healthy eating and exercise habits. The two are not mutually exclusive.