Slimming world Diet

The Slimming world Diet

Quick history of Slimming World - was founded in 1969.
The Slimming World weight loss program is run by a network of 2,500 Slimming World trained weight loss consultants who operate 5,500 weight loss classes a week

The diet is based on food optimising - and you have red days and green days. You're supposed to alternate days. There are also new ways of doing this diet - including a mix and match meal thing where you go between red and green meals on the same day.

On Green days you can eat carbs - as much as you want of rice, pasta, potatoes, egg noodles, beans and pulses, all fruits and vegetables.
On Red Days you have protein - as much as you want of lean meat, fish, shellfish, skinless poultry, almost all vegetables (except starchy ones like potatoes, peas, beans sweet corn etc) and all fruits.

There are free foods, healthy extras and syns.

Healthy extras areL Calcium containing foods like yoghurt, milk, cheese (low fat versions) and fibre foods like wholemeal bread of bran or rye crispbreads.

You can calculate the syn value of a treat food by dividing the calories by 20.

This is a diet on which you can fill up on plenty of food - like fruit and veg, pickles etc. Cooking with oil is allowed if you count it as syns (or use a light spray)

Official site http://www.slimming-world.co.uk used to have syn list online. I don't think they do anymore though unless you're a member.

You can browse Slimming world recipes online though - they also have a 7 day sample menu.

When I tried this diet I did enjoy eating masses of pasta - and would concoct some interesting sauces to go on, including teaspoon of pesto and thinly slicec turkeys strips. You can mix beans and veggies with the pasta too - making it fairly well balanced.
Sadly eating as much as you want makes you feel very full and satisified but it doesn't stop you wanting to stuff yourself - and it is partly, I think, this desire to feel very full and eat loads which causes many people problems when they stop dieting.