{"id":15749,"date":"2026-01-29T08:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/?p=15749"},"modified":"2026-01-29T08:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:51:04","slug":"video-slimming-world-and-calorie-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/?p=15749","title":{"rendered":"Video: Slimming World and calorie counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When you&#8217;ve got a weight reduction aim (or have tried to drop some weight beforehand), it\u2019s possible that you just\u2019re very accustomed to energy, and should have tried counting them to decrease your consumption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At Slimming World, we perceive that the underside line of shedding pounds is being in a calorie deficit (utilizing extra energy than we absorb). Nevertheless, counting or monitoring energy could be a time-consuming and complicated job \u2013 making it a weight reduction methodology that\u2019s tough to stay to in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>Our versatile wholesome consuming plan, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/what-can-i-eat\">Food Optimising<\/a>, has been developed to do the onerous work for us \u2013 liberating us from calorie counting and making it simple to comply with a wholesome, balanced food plan and drop some weight with out ever feeling hungry. Registered nutritionist, Dr Sarah Bennett, explains\u2026\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/5245389806001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=6376862696112\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" width=\"900\" height=\"390\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How does the Slimming World plan work?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Meals Optimising is predicated across the idea of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/discover-slimming-world-free-foods\/\">Free Foods<\/a>, that are the meals lowest in energy per gram and essentially the most satiating, in order that they fill us up for fewer energy and hold us feeling fuller for longer. There\u2019s an enormous number of Slimming World Free Meals to select from, together with wholesome staples like lean meat (and a few meat replacements), fish, eggs, rice, pasta, potatoes, beans, lentils, fruit and greens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no must weigh, depend or measure Free Meals \u2013 you may eat as a lot as you prefer to fulfill your urge for food. In addition they play an essential psychological function, as you by no means want to fret about feeling hungry, disadvantaged or responsible about what you\u2019re consuming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/offers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BLOG-500X145-CTA.jpg\" alt=\"Free recipe book worth \u00a34.95 or \u20ac7.95 when you join Slimming World. Find out more about our special offer.\" class=\"wp-image-14924\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wholesome Extras are one other very important a part of the Slimming World plan. These are measured quantities of meals that\u00a0assist our consumption of calcium, fibre, wholesome fat and different essential vitamins, to make sure a wholesome, balanced and sustainable food plan.\u00a0We encourage you to make scrumptious meals from Free Meals and your measured Wholesome Further decisions first, after which, should you want them, your Swips.<\/p>\n<p>Meals with a Swip worth are greater in energy, so should be rigorously counted. They\u2019re there so that you can get pleasure from as you select \u2013 with out worrying about figuring out the energy per portion. In addition they take away the burden of ever feeling disadvantaged, and add flexibility and freedom to your each day food plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn Pallister, registered dietitian and Slimming World\u2019s head of diet, analysis and well being, says: \u201cWhereas counting energy can work for some folks within the quick time period, it may well rapidly turn out to be limiting, and depart us feeling hungry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From a well being perspective and to assist weight reduction, it\u2019s essential to consider the varieties of meals we eat, not simply the variety of energy. Selecting much less energy-dense, extra satiating meals which might be excessive in protein and fibre will assist to maintain us fuller for longer. In creating Meals Optimising, Slimming World has accomplished this pondering \u2018behind the scenes\u2019, to make it as simple as attainable for slimmers to comply with.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FeelRealGood-SmallCTA_SlimmingWorldBlog2.jpg\" alt=\"feel real good - small CTA\" class=\"wp-image-11413\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Behaviour change assist for lasting outcomes<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>At Slimming World, we additionally perceive that shedding pounds \u2013 after which sustaining that weight reduction \u2013 is way extra difficult than simply energy in versus energy out. It\u2019s additionally about mindset and behavior change, forming wholesome new habits and having the correct assist to beat these inevitable challenges alongside the way in which.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James Stubbs, professor of urge for food and vitality steadiness on the College of Leeds, says: \u201cThe most effective proof for efficient, sustainable weight reduction is to make use of methods to self-manage meals consumption, bodily exercise and lapses in weight reduction that all of us expertise throughout a slimming journey \u2013 and to make use of evidence-based behaviour change approaches which might be extra possible to assist us change our habits round meals.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn agrees: \u201cA key a part of profitable long-term weight administration is giving folks the know-how and assist to alter their habits round purchasing and cooking. Members of our community-based teams study to plan meals round meals which might be naturally low in energy and can fill them up and hold them happy for longer \u2013 having fun with their favorite meals with out having to measure each mouthful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hear extra from James and Carolyn within the <em>Slimming World Podcast<\/em> episode<em> <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7879928-let-s-talk-calories\">Let\u2019s Talk Calories<\/a><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7879928-let-s-talk-calories\">.<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/calorie-counting-doesnt-work-long-term\/\">Read our research into calories and weight loss<\/a> \u2013 and uncover what our members say about their experiences of calorie counting in comparison with the Slimming World plan.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/nearest-group-search\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Group-CTA-Square-2026_SlimmingWorldBlog.jpg\" alt=\"what's included when you join a friendly Slimming World group\" class=\"wp-image-14933\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"block-embedded-widget-area alignwide\">\n<section id=\"mm-newsletter-widget-3\" class=\"widget mm-newsletter-widget\">\n\t\t<!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<p><!-- #post-13749 --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- #main --><br \/>\n\t<\/section>\n<p><!-- #primary --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/slimming-world-and-calorie-counting\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you&#8217;ve got a weight reduction aim (or have tried to drop some weight beforehand), it\u2019s possible that you just\u2019re very accustomed to energy, and should have tried counting them to decrease your consumption.\u00a0 At Slimming World, we perceive that the underside line of shedding pounds is being in a calorie deficit (utilizing extra energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[432,5579,2563,969,1041],"class_list":["post-15749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe","tag-calorie","tag-counting","tag-slimming","tag-video","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15751,"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15749\/revisions\/15751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}