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How to get excited (again!) about your go-to foods

Weekly technique

By Weight Watchers
Published 21 January 2024
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Picture the foods you’re always reaching for. Fresh fruit and yogurt. Juicy roast chicken. Crunchy popcorn. Dig into why and how they earned MVP status to unlock their full potential.

Try this!

1. Think about the new foods you’ve started eating on WeightWatchers. Old faves reimagined with a healthier spin and once-minor players promoted to starring roles all count. 2. List your top three to five, then explore why they made the cut. Go beyond taste; consider how they make you feel, convenience factor, Points® value, price—everything. 3. Reflect on how you work them into your routine or meals. Are you intentional about it or on autopilot—and how does that happen? 4. Decide on a new or exciting way you’ll keep enjoying these foods: Name a day each week to eat one—i.e. turkey burger Tuesdays, or try a new recipe each week featuring a fave, or create a special meal using it.

Let’s dive a little deeper…

It’s OK if you don’t give your favourite healthy foods much thought beyond Mmm. But it’s worth taking time to fully recognise the role your go-to breakfast burrito or yogurt bowl plays on your journey and understand why it works for you. Doing so upgrades it from just a burrito to a valuable, success-driving tool. That’s major. Let us explain.

First, the awareness shakes up an otherwise ho-hum or autopilot eating routine. Plus, connecting food choices to your progress helps you to stick with healthy favourites. It also increases your confidence to make more positive changes and try more new foods. (Bonus: Information gleaned from your deep dive gives you clues about what else you might like.)

One of the best things about WeightWatchers is that you can continue eating your favourite foods and still lose weight. But all the low-Points or ZeroPoint®faves you picked up as you learned to work the programme are also pretty great. Dig into them to see just how much harder they can work for you.

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3 fast facts

  1. Enjoying what you eat makes you more likely to maintain healthy eating patterns long-term.

  2. Identifying why you enjoy certain foods helps you understand why they work so you can continue to lean on them and find new favourites.

  3. Creating a plan for how you’ll incorporate foods you love makes it more likely that you’ll follow through.