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Weight Watchers overhauls its diet plan
'Core Plan' focuses on whole foods instead of points By Jon Bonné MSNBC
Updated: 6:15 p.m. ET Aug. 24, 2004
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5774013/

Point-counters can throw away their calculators.


Facing shrinking enrollment from carb-cowering Americans, Weight Watchers has unveiled the first major change to its diet plan in a decade: adding a new weight-loss program that focuses on nutritious food that fills stomachs without packing on calories.

The Core Plan, as it is called, consists of a list of approved items from every food group that can be eaten with almost no regard to portion size. Like the company's well-known point system, it allows dieters some small indulgences. And, in a turn that will please dieters who crave some variety, the new plan is interchangable with points so people can switch between the two plans, which together will now be called the TurnAround program, as frequently as once per week.


• Weight Watchers revamps diet
Aug. 24: Karen Miller-Kovach, chief scientific officer of Weight Watchers, discusses the company's newly overhauled diet plan during an interview on CNBC.

CNBC
"We tell people, eat as much of the core foods as you need to feel satisfied," said Karen Miller-Kovach, Weight Watchers' chief scientific officer. "It allows people the flexibility so that they don't have to be perfect."

The new program resembles certain other diet programs, notably the Volumetrics weight plan, in that it focuses on high-volume foods with a low energy density.

The Core Plan will focus on broth-based soups, as well as leaner meats, fresh produce, whole grains and nonfat dairy products. As with Weight Watchers' current system, it includes menu suggestions at popular restaurants. Many suggestions are similar to those noted by the federal panel revising the nation's food pyramid, before which Weight Watchers officials testified.

Members can find details at Weight Watchers locations or on the company's Web site.

No 'trigger foods'
What's not on the list of approved foods? White rice, some breakfast cereals and nonfat yogurt packaged with fruit, among others. In designing the plan over the past 18 months and testing it on 10,000 volunteers, Weight Watchers identified these as "trigger foods," items people said they kept eating too frequently.


AT A GLANCE
What's in the 'Core Plan'

Highlights from Weight Watchers' new program, which promotes food that's big on volume but low in calories.

— Fruits and vegetables: Any plain fresh or frozen items, and anything canned without syrup.

— Protein: Leaner meats. Ham might be OK, bacon and spareribs less so.

— Grains: Mostly whole grains -- whole wheat pasta and brown rice, for instance.

— Dairy: Plain, nonfat options should be fine.
— Soups: Broth- and tomato-based items are on the list; cream-based aren't.

— Breakfast cereals: Because they're tempting as a snack, only four made the cut -- puffed wheat and rice, shredded wheat and 100 percent bran.

— Healthy oils: A couple tablsepoons of heart-healthy options are allowed, such as canola or olive oil.

— No-nos: Foods likely to become nutritional crutches -- many unsweetened cereals, white rice, nonfat fruit yogurt or sugar-free cocoa.


Montignac'illa (sillä hyvähiilihydraattisella ja alhaisen GI:n ruokavaliolla) jo vuodesta 2001 onnistunut

Eli ihan totta, tänään kuulin tästä. Eli pastaa saa syödä aterialla samalla tavalla kuin ruisleipää ja perunaa eli kahdella pisteellä niin paljon kuin napa vetää!

Hieno homma näin spaketin ystävälle! :)

pistehakemistosta kopsattua:

aterialla (lounas, päivällinen)itse haluamasi määrä keitettyä pastaa (myös tuorepastaa)
vaalea (myös värjätty)....4 pistettä
moniviljapasta (tumma)....3 pistettä

...elikkä aivan oikein epäilitte!

mä en tiedä, miten siinä vanhassa points-systeemissä oli, kun oon ollu ryhmässä mukana vasta neljä viikkoa... Mutta näin se "nykyään" menee!