Food Optimising

Slimming World states its eating plan. "Food Optimising" is a "flexible, empowering, permissive approach to healthy eating". There is little or no weighing, measuring or calorie counting involved. Food optimising encourages slimmers to fill up on nutritious, low energy dense foods to satisfy their appetite, while limiting consumption of less satisfying, high energy dense foods. Unique to food optimising is the unlimited choice of many free foods, all of which may be eaten freely, without measuring. 

To help ensure a balanced diet, daily portions of healthy extra's are permitted. Controlled portions of higher calorie, less filling foods are included which are known as syns. Most adults have a daily allowance of 5 to 15 syns. 

Food optimising has a variety of plans, which may be followed on a daily basis as the slimmer chooses and is suitable for all types of dietary preferences, including vegetarian and vegan. No food is banned. The plans are: extra easy plan, original plan and green plan. 

- Extra Easy - Free foods include most fruit and vegetables, fish, lean meat, poultry, eggs, pasta, potatoes, grains and beans. The healthy extras include bread, cereals, cheese and milk. 

- Original - Free foods include most fruit and vegetables, fish, lean meats, poultry and eggs. Healthy extras include bread, cereals, cheese, milk and carbohydrates such as wholewheat pasta, potatoes, grains and beans. 

- Green - Ideal for vegetarians. Free foods include most fruit and vegetables, pasta, rice, potatoes, grains and eggs. Healthy extras include bread, cereals, cheese, milk, nuts and seeds, and protein such as lean meat, poultry and fish.