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Path 2 SAVE ’EM UP
Pick zero Points foods for breakfast, lunch
and snacks, use your daily SmartPoints
for dinner, and rollover up to four dailies
into your weeklies to use however you like.
Diamond Coach Angie Jodrell says she
has so far tended to focus on zero Points
foods during the week so she can save
up SmartPoints for the weekends, when
she loves eating out and having dessert
with her family.
“With the New WW Your Way+^ I’m more
of a ‘save ’em up’ person, as I like to
socialise on the weekends. I have found
a new love for grilled barramundi, chicken
breast fillets, chickpeas, low-fat yoghurt
and salmon,” she says.
“I have also found that I am more creative
in the kitchen experimenting with the
many now zero Points foods.
“My new faves are Thai chicken and
chickpea salad, Japanese salmon stir-fry,
and I love ordering fish when I am
eating out.”Path 1^ BUILD A MEAL
This tactic uses zero Points foods as a base,
and then daily SmartPoints items to layer
on flavours and variety. It’s a good approach
for many members, as building a meal
allows you to get creative with recipes
so there’s plenty of choice without using
too many SmartPoints, says Coach
Lynne Napflin.
“I encourage them to build a meal using
the divided plate strategy,” she says.
Start with filling half your plate with
a rainbow of zero Points vegetables. Next,
choose a lean protein that makes up a
quarter of your plate. This could be a zero
Points protein, especially if you’re running
out of SmartPoints, or you’d like to save
and rollover SmartPoints. Fill the last
quarter with grains or starchy vegetables.
Coach Abby Cox also favours building
meals around zero Points foods, which
gives her the chance to rollover up to
four SmartPoints every day to use on
the weekend.
Breakfast could be scrambled eggs with
a piece of toast, overnight oats or fruit and
yoghurt, while lunches include tuna salad
with chickpeas, a tuna melt with wholegrain
bread or homemade baked beans.
Dinners are usually based around meals
from WW freshbox, including chicken
dishes and salads.
“Weekends have always been my
troublesome time. Now I no longer fear
them but look forward to them,” says Abby.
“Saturday night is a casual dinner in our
house and I don’t like to miss out, especiallyif it’s pizza! Now I don’t have to.
“This helps me to get straight back on
track the next day, as if I never really went
off with this great liveable program.”Path 3 CUSHION IT
This approach means you can use your
SmartPoints at every meal, but if you run
low or out during the day, zero Points foods
mean you’ll always have something to turn
to and enjoy.
Napflin says she has found snacks are
a smart way to use zero Points foods.
“I encourage zero Points snacks regularly.
This will give more food choices for main
meals,” she says.
Jodrell adds that with the zero Points
foods, even running low on SmartPoints
means there are still plenty of tasty,
flavoursome choices available.
“If I’ve had a day where I have used my
daily allowances, I love how there is always
something delicious to choose from,” she
says. “In a nutshell, I love this new program.”
Coach Georgina Kartsidimas says most
of her members have been happy to base
meals around zero Points foods.
“However, some of my members are not
too keen on the zero Points foods,”she says.
“What is working best for these members
is still eating the foods they loved and
enjoyed on SmartPoints, but swapping or
replacing some of the foods and ingredients
to zero Points foods.
“This ensures they can keep within their
daily Points. And in the case that they’re
still hungry, they can have zero Points foods
as a go-to.
“They can still keep to their daily Points
and enjoy their weeklies however they like,
without feeling like they are missing out
on their favourite foods.” #D
o you usually use all your
weekly SmartPoints? Or do
you prefer to use all your
dailies? What about using your
rolled over SmartPoints for a
family pizza night? However you
like to manage your eating plans,
the New WW Your Way+ program
gives you more freedom and
flexibility than ever before. Over
200 foods are now zero Points,
meaning you can rollover
SmartPoints or create bigger
meals and still stay on track –
whatever fits in with your lifestyle.
Here are three ways Coaches
and members are making the
new program work for them.“
I encourage zero
Point snacks
regularly.