How to lose weight healthily

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Experts recommend a steady weight loss of between 1-2 pounds per week, allowing you to lose weight in a steady and sustainable manner, while still enjoying a variety of foods and feeling energised.

Explore our guides and recipe collections below for more information on how to approach weight loss in a healthy way.

Try our Healthy Diet Plan, packed with 7 days of nourishing breakfasts, lunches and dinners – available exclusively within the Good Food app.

Weight loss guides

How to lose weight and keep it off

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Maintaining a healthy weight is key for good health, but many of us go about it the wrong way. Victoria Taylor, senior dietitian at The British Heart Foundation, explains how to do it right.

How to lose excess weight: Healthy Diet Plan

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Want to lose weight in a healthy way while still eating delicious food? Discover how BBC Good Food's Healthy Diet Plans can help you achieve your goal.

Healthy ways to lose excess belly fat

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Are you plagued with hard to shift stomach fat? Nutritionist Kerry Torrens explains why this may be a risk to your health and highlights healthy strategies which can work as effective belly busters.

How does gut health affect weight?

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How does your unique 'microbiome' – the trillions of tiny bacteria in your gut – affect your weight, and do home testing kits work? We asked dietitian Emer Delany to explain.

Does stress affect weight?

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A dietitian explains the link between stress and weight gain or loss, including the impact on our hormones and appetite, plus top tips on how to manage stress levels.

Weight loss recipes

Healthy breakfast recipes to lose weight

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Don't skip the most important meal of the day – instead enjoy a lighter breakfast between 200-400 calories. Try scrambled eggs, porridge, pancakes and more.

Healthy dinner recipes to lose weight

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Looking for a lighter dinner? We have plenty of healthy, satisfying recipes between 200-500 calories. Enjoy cauliflower curry, chicken stew, risotto, burgers and more.

Healthy recipes for weight loss

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It's still possible to eat well while losing weight. Check out our lighter lunch recipes and healthy but satisfying dinners, all for 500 calories or less.