Founded in 1969 by Margaret Miles-Bramwell, Slimming World is a diet program with weekly meeting throughout the UK. It encompasses healthy eating, exercises and support groups to help in weight-loss and long-term weight maintenance.
Diet Plan Type: Weight Loss Center
Best for: Long term weight loss and to maintain weight loss.
How does the Slimming World diet plan work?
The foundation of the program is “Food Optimising”. Foods are divided into three groups: free foods, healthy extras and “sins”. Free foods can be consumed in unlimited amounts. Healthy extras are portion controlled foods based on a daily allowance. Sins are the least healthy foods, such as chocolate, crisps and alcohol. This group is allowed but limited depending on weight, weight-loss goals and activity levels.
Food Optimising works by limiting calorie intake based on making healthier choices.
Promoted as a flexible and easy-to-follow weight loss system owing to few restrictions and without the hassles of counting or weighing food. Dieters receive on-going motivation and advice by attending weekly group support.
What food can I eat?
An unlimited amount of free foods can be consumed on the diet. Free foods are healthy everyday foods and dieters are encouraged to fill-up on these healthier food choices.
While the three food groupings remain the same, some foods may appear in different groups depending on which plan you follow.
In the “original plan”, free foods include most fruits, vegetables, fish, lean meat, poultry and eggs. Healthy extras include bread, cereals, cheese, milk and carbohydrates.
Is it a Healthy Diet?
A flexible programme aimed to provide easy-to-follow healthy dietary advice. It also includes information on increasing your activity level.
Top Marks
- Dieters can eat to satisfy their hunger using free foods.
- No need to weight, calculate, estimate or count free foods.
- Exercise is encouraged and not limited to visits to the gym.
- Unique program for 11 to 15 year olds, called Free2Go, encouraging healthier options and fun activities. The program is free but children must be accompanied by a paying parent or guardian.
- A pregnancy programme, created in conjunction with the Royal College of Midwives, allows for a healthy weight to be managed during pregnancy and breast feeding.
Potential Problems
- Can be viewed as expensive.
- Some weekly meeting consultants may not be as inspiring to you as others.
- While encouraged, it is a personal choice to exercise or not.
- While highly unlikely, some people may choose to fill up on only a couple foods despite recommendations and the wide variety of food selection. A balanced diet depends on choosing a wide range of free foods.
Will I lose weight?
A healthy weight loss of 1 – 2 lbs per week is achievable when following this diet.
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How to Get Started
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Disclaimer: The “typical” visitor will not change their behavior as a result of reading or purchasing any products. Resulting in no weight loss. A few may read the material and not act on it. And a small minority will read and follow the program. This small minority actually has a chance of losing weight. Be different. Take action.
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