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THE NEW WEIGHT WATCHERS PARTY FOOD PULLOUT

What could be more quintessentially summery than a lazy Sunday barbecue with friends? Or how about a tempting spread of buffet food at a garden party? Or a family picnic on the beach?

While losing weight in time for your holidays is a highly motivating goal, there is no doubt that summer also brings a host of enjoyable social events where it would be so easy to scupper your healthy eating programme.

But — with a bit of thought and some advance planning — you can enjoy a full summer social life, delicious food and still lose a stone by summer with WW Freestyle.

that’s why we’ve teamed up with WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers, to show you exactly how you can build a happier, healthier lifestyle in a series of brilliant magazines and pullouts featuring mouthwatering recipes and easy-to-follow tips.

and as Julia Westgarth, head of programme at WW, says: ‘We are not expecting you to put your life on hold. the key is to take some time in advance to plan what you eat — and be prepared to adapt a few ingredients.’

adopting a positive mindset is vital to long-term weight loss. If you celebrate the changes you are seeing from following the flexible WW Freestyle programme, you’re more likely to find ways not to sabotage your success at a social occasions. THE PARTY FOOD TRAP LuckILy, the experts from WW are there to help you with tips about how to navigate summer celebrations where rich desserts, holiday ‘treats’ or fattening sauces could easily sabotage your hard-won weight loss.

the pioneering Freestyle programme — which has been shown to be successful in clinical trials — is based on three elements: a SmartPoints system for food, exercise, and mindset techniques from the science of behaviour change combined to help you lose weight and transform your health.

all food and drinks have been given a SmartPoints value — and this also reflects how beneficial they are for your health (see the box on the back page of this pullout).

More than 200 foods considered important basic ingredients for a healthy diet have been given a ZeroPoint rating, meaning you can enjoy them without weighing or measuring.

Luckily, many of summer’s most delicious treats — such as prawns, fresh berries, salmon and asparagus — fall into this category, which includes lean proteins, fish and seafood, almost all fruit and vegetables and pulses.

today, we share tips from WW’s experts on how to avoid the high- calorie pitfalls of summer entertaining, where to make clever tweaks to favourite recipes and how to make the most of some of the most mouthwatering summer foods.

We’re also bringing you more delicious dishes to inspire you and show how summer parties can be fun — and good for your waistline, too.