HOW IT WORKS

BASED on solid science, the WW programme is founded on three key elements — healthy eating, exercise and expert advice on behaviour-change techniques that can help you to adopt a healthier frame of mind, identify goals and achieve them.

Everyone’s weight loss needs are different which is why WW offers you three myWW food plans: Green, Blue and Purple. All are based on SmartPoints and ZeroPoint foods.

Every kind of food and drink has a SmartPoints value — one easy-to-use number that guides you towards a healthier pattern of eating.

SmartPoints are calculated according to three components:

Calories establish the baseline for how many SmartPoints the food is worth.

Saturated fat and sugar increase the SmartPoints value because too much of them is not good for your health.

Protein lowers the SmartPoints value (the more protein in any food the fewer its SmartPoints) as protein builds and repairs tissue and helps you feel fuller for longer. When you join myWW you will be given a customised SmartPoints Budget according to which colour you are matched with.

This is calculated by taking into account your age, height, weight and gender to ensure optimum health and a steady rate of weight loss.

On top of your SmartPoints Budget, you can also tuck into a selection of delicious ZeroPoint foods, which have a SmartPoints value of 0 — you can eat these without worrying about tracking the amounts or weighing them.

Fruit and non-starchy vegetables are ZeroPoint foods on all plans because of their vital health benefits and because there’s a very low risk of eating too many of them.

However, the number of other ingredients on your ZeroPoint foods list will vary according to your colour plan. This will be counterbalanced by your SmartPoints Budget, giving you the freedom to eat the foods you want and still control your weight.