• +27 31 7651600
  • info@weighless.co.za
  • Quick Search:
How Weigh-Less Works

Welcome to Weigh-Less, and the first day of the rest of your life.

At Weigh-Less, we believe in the power of your goals. With the right plan, the right support, and the right community, living at your healthiest weight isn’t just a dream — it’s a reality within your reach.

Our eating plan is simple, flexible, and affordable, designed to fit into your lifestyle while giving you the energy, vitality, and confidence, and the freedom to live the life you deserve. We focus on real food, real support, and real results that last a lifetime, without feeling deprived.

By choosing Weigh-Less, you’ve already taken the most powerful step – the decision to put yourself first. Whether your goal is to feel lighter, stronger, more energetic, or simply more confident in your own skin, we’re here to make that journey not only possible, but enjoyable.

Together, we’ll create a healthier, happier you – one step, one choice, one success at a time.

The First Step

On the day that you join, you will complete the enrolment form which assesses your medical, lifestyle and personal factors that may impact on your weight loss journey. Based on the feedback received, Weigh-Less will provide the best eating plan to suit your needs as follows:

From your Goal Weight and Formula to your Food Lists, Menu Plans and educational resources, every aspect of the Weigh-Less programme is designed to help you achieve lasting success in a way that fits your lifestyle.

Based on the assessment of your enrolment form, we determine:
• Your Profile
• Energy Requirements (Read More)
• The Formula Category best suited to your needs
• Medical Conditions and Lifestyle Factors that may impact your weight management journey
• Allergies and Intolerances
• Your personal preferences
• The formula best suited to meet your unique needs

Taking all these factors into account, we will provide you with a Formula and Eating Plan to suit your needs and weight loss goals.

Setting Your Goal

At your first Weigh-Less Group meeting, your Group Leader will assign you a Weigh-Less Goal Weight based on age, gender, frame size, height, and current habits. Your Goal Weight will be flexible, realistic, and within a medically accepted, healthy range.

By setting your goal weight, you know the total amount of weight to lose and Weigh-Less has a 10 Step Plan for you to achieve this!

Note: It is important to remember that you are an individual and therefore your Goal Weight should NOT be compared to that of other Members.

Click here to read more about Weigh-Less Goal Weight Criteria.

Your Weigh-Less Steps

To make your journey more achievable, your total weight to lose will be divided into 10 smaller achievable weight loss goals called Weigh-Less Steps. Each Step has a lifestyle or dietary rule, depending on your Profile.

Read more about Weigh-Less Profiling.

As you progress through the steps, you’ll receive new guidance, Step Rules, Tools and Resources designed to support your success and keep you motivated along the way.

You are encouraged to attend weekly Group meetings so your Group Leader can monitor progress and provide individualised advice along with a short, motivational talk to get you excited for the week to come. Let your Group Leader know what your week has been like and where it has been difficult to follow the Eating Plan, so that you can be given the necessary coping interventions should you need them.

As a visual aid, your Group Leader will plot your weight journey on your Weigh-Less Step Chart. It is of utmost importance that you attend the Group every week, not only to receive material and advice on weight loss, but also to hold yourself accountable.

Because lasting success is built one step at a time

Weigh-Less Formula

You will be assigned a formula based on the information filled in on your enrolment form, considering all your personal, health and lifestyle factors.

Your formula determines the amount of food you should be eating, and provides the serves you need to eat from each food group every day.

Similar foods with similar nutritional make-up are grouped together into SIX main Weigh-Less food groups. By allocating a certain number of serves from each of these food groups, all Weigh-Less members can be assured that they are following a energy-controlled, nutritionally balanced, eating plan that promotes weight loss the healthy way.

With over 100 Formula options available, Weigh-Less can accommodate a wide range of lifestyles and nutritional needs, including specialised Formulae for Vegetarian, Dairy-Free, Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, Budget, Weight Training, Very Active and Teens & Tweens Members.

This ensures that your Weigh-Less Eating Plan works with your life rather than against it.

Remember your Weigh-Less Formula is your personal recipe for successful weight loss and weight management. When following any recipe, it is important to use the correct ingredients in the specified amounts, otherwise your recipe will ‘flop’! So too, when following your Weigh-Less Formula, you must include all the specified ingredients (Weigh-Less Food Groups) in the specified amounts.

Food Choices That Educate

At Weigh-Less, we don't simply tell you what to eat.

We teach you how to make informed food choices for life.

Your Food Lists are divided into six Food Groups - Complex Carbohydrates, Vegetables, Fruit, Protein, Milk and Fats. All foods within these Food Groups are categorised as Good, Better, Best or Non-Essential, helping you understand the nutritional value of foods, follow your step rules and make healthier choices with confidence.

You'll also receive access to our Healthy Food Plates, Menu Plans, Recipes and Food Symbols, all designed to simplify healthy eating and help you understand how different foods support both weight management and overall health.

Read More about Food Symbols

Our Weigh-Less goal is not simply weight loss.

Our goal is education, empowerment and lifelong healthy habits.

The Explanation Of The Weigh-Less Best For You Plan And Educational Support Tools

An explanation of your Weigh-Less Best for You Plan will be given to you when you join Weigh-Less. Your Group Leader will guide you through your personalised Profile, Formula, Food Lists, Goal Weight and Weigh-Less Steps, ensuring that you understand how the programme works and how to make it work for your lifestyle.

As your journey progresses, your Group Leader can revisit any aspect of your Plan with you, answer questions and provide additional guidance whenever needed. We understand that learning new habits takes time, and we're committed to helping you feel confident and supported every step of the way.

At Weigh-Less, we believe that knowledge is one of the most powerful tools for long-term success. That's why, in addition to Food Lists, Menu Plans and hundreds of delicious recipes, we provide a wide range of educational resources designed to help you make informed choices and overcome challenges along the way.

These include:

• Profile-specific Intervention Cards that provide practical coping strategies and personalised guidance.
• Educational booklets covering a variety of nutrition, health and lifestyle topics.
• Motivational talks and practical advice presented weekly by your Group Leader.
• Seasonal resources, recipes, menu plans and lifestyle tips designed to keep you inspired and engaged.
• Ongoing guidance to help you navigate holidays, celebrations, emotional eating triggers, lifestyle changes and other common challenges.

Our educational tools are designed not only to help you lose weight, but to help you understand why certain choices work, empowering you to develop the knowledge, confidence and skills needed to maintain your success for life.

At Weigh-Less, we don't simply tell you what to eat. We teach you how to build a healthier relationship with food, develop sustainable habits and create a lifestyle that supports your long-term health and wellbeing.

We don't just help you lose weight — we help you gain a new way of living. A way that is balanced, enjoyable and completely achievable. You'll gain confidence, knowledge, healthier habits and the freedom that comes from knowing how to manage your weight successfully for life.

Together, we'll create a healthier, happier you — one step, one choice and one success at a time.

The Weigh-Less Community

You Don't Have To Do This Alone.

One of the greatest predictors of successful weight loss and long-term weight maintenance is support.

Whether you attend a Group in person or join Weigh-Less Online, you'll become part of a supportive community of people who understand the challenges, victories and emotions that often accompany a weight-loss journey.

At Weigh-Less, you'll find encouragement when motivation is low, accountability when life gets busy and people who genuinely celebrate your successes with you. You'll have access to experienced Group Leaders, fellow members who are walking a similar path and a network of support designed to help you stay focused on your goals.

Many members join Weigh-Less to lose weight, but they stay because of the friendships, encouragement, accountability and sense of belonging they find along the way.

Because every journey is easier when you have people beside you who understand where you've been and believe in where you're going.

The Weigh-Less Mission Statement

"Our mission at Weigh-Less is for every member to attain and maintain their goal weight, the heathy way, the Weigh-Less Way."

Weigh-Less - More Than An Eating Plan

The Weigh-Less programme includes a range of tools and resources designed to support your journey, including:

Every component has been designed to make healthy weight management practical, achievable and sustainable.

JOIN NOW FIND A GROUP CONTACT US

THE WEIGH-LESS ENERGY LEVELS

×

The Weigh-Less Eating Plan promotes weight loss through an energy controlled diet.

However, this alone is not enough to ensure good lifelong health. For this reason, we promote weight loss the healthy way by ensuring that all members not only eat an energy-controlled eating plan, but rather a healthy, balanced, nutritionally sound kilojoule-controlled diet.

The Formula you are assigned will be determined by your specific energy requirements.

Losing weight is all about shifting your balance. Picture your body as a child’s see-saw, with ENERGY IN on the one side and ENERGY OUT on the other. Your energy in will be the foods you eat and the drinks you drink. Your energy out will be the way in which you expend energy throughout the day, like when you exercise or climb flights of stairs. To lose weight, one has to ensure that your ENERGY IN is less than your ENERGY OUT.

Energy

Weigh-Less Goal Weight Policy

×

1. For medical reasons, Members are not permitted to have a Goal Weight that falls below the lowest weight of the Member’s Weigh-Less Goal Weight range.

2. If you are a member younger than 18 years, then you should also note that your Group Leader will reassess your height measurements periodically to adjust for growth.

  • 9 to 16 year olds: Height measured and Goal readjusted every month.
  • 17 to 18 year olds: Height measured and Goal readjusted every three months.

Weigh-Less has developed a special Teens and Tweens programme exclusively for our younger Members. The Teens and Tweens Programme has been developed with the unique lifestyles of the youth in mind. This programme is available in venue groups only. Ask your Group Leader for more information.

Weigh-Less Profiling

×

We are all different, individual, and no two people are the same. We all have different personalities, routines, eating habits, energy levels, challenges and goals. Some people thrive on structure and routine, while others need greater flexibility to succeed.

For this reason, every Weigh-Less Member is assigned a Profile based on their lifestyle factors, personality, goal timeframes and approach to food.

There are three main Profiles:

Profile A: The all-or-nothing slimmer. You enjoy structure and routine when it comes to your eating, and when on a healthy Eating Plan you stick to the rules 100%.

Profile B: The 80:20 slimmer. You need a little more flexibility in your eating, especially when in social situations. You try to stick to healthy eating 80% of the time but can forgive yourself if you slip up.

Profile C: The flexible slimmer. You need the most flexibility when it comes to your eating, but self-control is still important. You are a rule breaker and understand that you will have ‘cheat’ days.

Your Profile helps determine the support, coping strategies and guidance that will work best for you throughout your journey. You will be given Profile-specific coping strategies that can be found in your Profile Intervention Card that you received upon joining the Weigh-Less Programme.

Your Profile also determines the Eating Plan that you will follow. It's one of the many ways Weigh-Less ensures that your programme is truly Best for You.

Profiling

The Weigh-Less Food Symbols

×

Weigh-Less includes various Food Symbols in your Food List Books as a means of further assisting you in comparing foods and making the best possible food choices based on your needs.

The food lists make it possible to choose foods to optimise weight loss and maximise nutritional benefits. These symbols will help identify the nutritional value of certain foods, allowing you to avoid foods that could be detrimental to existing health conditions.

Furthermore, they highlight foods that could assist you in overcoming or managing certain lifestyle conditions such as IBS and Type 2 Diabetes.

Your Food List Books each have a detailed explanation of all the Weigh-Less Food Symbols and how to use them.

Energy