TEMplate™ System

The developers of the TEMplate System™, Associate Professor Clare Collins and Dr Trent Watson, are both Australian Accredited Practising Dietitians who have spent many years researching and refining evidence based weight management techniques in an effort to make it easier for people to successfully achieve their weight loss goals.

The clear step-by-step lifestyle intervention and re-education process that they have developed makes it easy for you to understand and take control of the broad range of food and non-food factors that impact your weight. It is just like having your own take home dietitian.

As one of the key TEMplate™ philosophies is - there are no “good” or “bad” foods in a nutrition plan, just good and bad amounts - you will not have to cut out (so called) “bad” foods completely. Instead the TEMplate System™ will teach you how to:

• Select the right portion size of healthy and tasty foods
• Build up realistic and achievable “Activity Blocks”
• Balance “Food and Drink Extras” with “Activity Blocks” and
• Take control and build new healthy habits

TEMplate™ Tools

TEMplate™ Healthy Eating and Activity Weight Loss Action Plan (TEMplate™ book)

(provides all the instruction, education and guidance you need to get started and to stay on track, including a “free food” list so there is no need to ever go hungry or get bored.)

TEMplate™ dinner disc

Helps you prepare tasty, portion controlled dinners!

A common mistake many people make with the evening meal is unconsciously consuming more energy than they need. By using the TEMplate™ dinner disc and following the instructions provided you can reduce the energy content of your evening meal by around 50% without going hungry or feeling like you are on a diet.

If this one simple change was repeated every night it would equate to a reduction in body weight of around 20kg in just 1 year!!

TEMplate™ lunch box and drink bottle

These tools can help you overcome the many factors that influence what you eat and drink during the day and will help you establish new easy to maintain healthy habits.

Filling the TEMplate System™ lunch and snack box each day with your choice of great tasting healthy food will help you:

• Resist the temptation to snack on high energy foods when you are stressed, bored, sad or excited (you can snack on the contents of your lunch and snack box instead)
• Resist the temptation of overeating because of cold or hot weather
• Be less susceptible to enticing food and drink advertising

Filling and re-filling your TEMplate™ drink bottle (aim for at least two litres each day) with plain water and drinking from it regularly throughout the day will help you:

• Maintain your hydration and minimise the risk of mistaking thirst for hunger – surprisingly a lot of people confuse the two and over eat as a result
• Reduce the likelihood of drinking high energy fruit juices, fruit smoothies, full fat flavoured milk drinks, soft drinks or sports drinks when you are thirsty
• Avoid spending money buying expensive bottled water