Some of our most successful slimmers tell us that they’ve managed to lose weight and maintain that weight loss because they now create a meal plan for healthy eating throughout the week.
Done at the same time as writing a shopping list, it gives them time to think about the week ahead, what food’s already in the fridge and store-cupboard and any special meals or events too.
If you’d like to make a meal plan for healthy eating this week, here are a few easy ideas to help you get started:
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Take a quiet therapeutic half-hour to meal-plan your next seven days, giving thought to the demands on your time during the week ahead.
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Work out what you’d love to eat at each meal, giving priority to filling, basic foods like pasta, potatoes, lean meat, seafood and vegetables.
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Aim to vary your choices throughout your meal plan. Healthy eating is much more bearable when you can enjoy a wide variety of food, and the health benefits are greater too.
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Think about those sweet or savory treats that most diets ban, and where they fit in your meal plan. ‘Healthy eating’ plans that ban certain foods are known to be counterproductive.
How can Slimming World help you create a healthy eating meal plan?
As well as our bulging recipe archive and our 7-day menus – one for vegetarians, and the other packed with lean meat and seafood – Slimming World Online and group members have access to a wealth of healthy eating help:
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An online food diary to help record your healthy eating each day
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Access to over 600 delicious recipes for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, entrees, appetizers and snacks… it’s easy to create a meal plan that’s healthy and delicious!
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7-day Food Optimising menus for shopping on a budget, feeding the family and extra easy weeks!
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Loads of food features to help you shop, cook and eat the healthy way… and for every occasion.
If you’d love to have access to all of this and more, join Slimming World Online today and start creating your meal plan for healthy eating – this week and for good!