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Lose up to half a stone in 2 weeks!

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With spring just around the corner and restrictio­ns slowly easing, our exclusive Slimming World eating plan will help you shape up and feel great in just 14 days. And it couldn’t be easier – fill up on delicious, satisfying dishes and enjoy some treats too!

How it works:

1 Choose one breakfast, one lunch and one dinner every day. Feel free to repeat meals you enjoy and you’ll find more ideas at Slimmingwo­rld.co.uk.

2 Foods printed in bold are “Free Food”, which you can enjoy freely to satisfy your appetite without needing to weigh, measure or count at all. Base meals around Free Food, like lean meat, plain tofu and Quorn, fish, pasta, rice, potatoes, eggs, pulses, fat-free dairy, fruit, vegetables and more. If you feel hungry between meals, snack on these foods. For the very best weight loss, reach for fresh fruit or vegetables first.

3 As well as Free Food, stock your store cupboard with fat-free dressings, herbs, low-calorie cooking spray, oil-free tomato purée, seasoning, soy sauce, spices and stock cubes, most of which can be used freely to flavour meals.

4 To help support an overall healthy balanced diet, Slimming World encourages you to enjoy measured amounts of foods that provide calcium, like milk and cheese (two portions per day), and those providing fibre, other essential minerals and healthy oils, such as wholemeal bread, high-fibre cereals, crispbread­s, nuts and seeds (one portion per day). These can be enjoyed as part of your meals and where we’ve included them as such in this plan, we’ve given specific measuremen­ts. Alternativ­ely, you may choose to use them in hot drinks, or on their own as a snack. Where you’re enjoying them separately:

● Choose 350ml skimmed milk, 250ml semi-skimmed milk or 400ml plain and unsweetene­d soya milk with added calcium, or you can opt for 30g full-fat hard cheese or 40g reduced-fat hard cheese. Other varieties are available too, you’ll find out more (including plant-based options) when you join Slimming World.

● Enjoy two slices of wholemeal bread (from a small 400g loaf), a 60g wholemeal roll/pitta or 60g gluten-free bread/roll, or choose 20 whole/ plain almonds, 25g flaked almonds or 15 whole/plain cashew nuts.

5 Treat yourself and enjoy up to two snacks from the list provided on page 47 every day.

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