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New season SHAPE UP!

As the evenings get lighter and the days get longer, your thoughts might start turning to summer holidays. And if you’d like to feel lighter, brighter and full of confidence by the time summer comes around, then get set for your spring slimdown with this exclusive eating plan from Slimming World. With these tasty and healthy meals you can fill up on all your favourite foods without ever feeling deprived. And you could even lose up to 7lb in just two weeks!*

HOW IT WORKS

Choose one breakfast, one lunch and one dinner every day. Feel free to repeat meals you enjoy, or find more ideas at slimmingworld.co.uk or slimmingworld.ie .

Slimming World’s eating plan, Food Optimising, is based on the scientific principles of appetite regulation, and helps members to reduce their energy intake and lose weight without ever feeling hungry or deprived. It’s based on an understanding of how a food’s nutrient content and energy density (its calories per gram) affect satiety (our sense of satisfaction and fullness).

Free Food is at the heart of Food Optimising. Foods that are Free include fruit , veg , pasta , rice , potatoes , pulses , lean meat (and some plant-based proteins such as Quorn ), fat-free dairy , fish and poultry .

These foods are relatively low in energy density (calories) and highly satiating, allowing you to satisfy your appetite and feel fuller for longer without having to count, weigh or measure. Base your meals around Free Food (printed in ) and, to make meals flavoursome and tasty,

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