Weight Watchers
A trusted approach to weight loss for more than 40 years.
BACKGROUND
It's been more than 40 years since Weight Watchers came on the scene and started helping people live healthier lives. Weight Watchers helps members create a foundation to introduce healthier choices and physical activity into their lives. Weight Watchers was made popular by its POINTS system. A point value is assigned to each food on the comprehensive list of more than 27,000 foods based on its calories, fat and fiber content. The Weight Watchers POINTS allow you to eat the foods you like without restriction. Simply stay within your daily POINTS range and you can still enjoy fried chicken or diet soda; more importantly, you'll learn that those food choices have high POINTS and you'll be more inclined to choose grilled chicken, water, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Unlike many diets, Weight Watchers also encourages an active lifestyle, and awards POINTS for exercising.
It all started in a living room, where women would gather to support one another while losing weight. Then it grew, and became one of the most recognized names in weight loss. They've remained an innovative brand, taking the plan online, creating a program specifically for men and even launching the Momentum plan to teach people how to eat in order to stay full longer.
Weight Watchers Meetings The original Weight Watchers plan invites members to weekly meetings where they help dieters form a network of support with people sharing similar experiences. Each person checks their weight privately. Meetings are conducted by a trained Meeting Leader who motivates and offers the group support through information about nutrition and fitness.
Weight Watchers Online For those whose schedules won't accommodate a weekly meeting, or prefer the anonymity the Internet offers, Weight Watchers Online makes it possible to reap the benefits of the program from the comfort of your own home. Online subscribers can communicate via message boards, monitor progress, obtain POINTS counters, access hundreds of approved recipes and so much more.
Weight Watchers Online for Men Available exclusively online, this program is tailored to the needs of men seeking an effective approach to weight loss, without the female undertones. The same POINTS plan is used, but recipes, fitness and weight loss advice speaks your language.
Weight Watchers Momentum The newest innovation from Weight Watchers takes your healthy eating skills one step further, by showing you how and when to eat so that you maintain satiety longer.
Read this explanation of how Weight Watchers POINTS work.
PRO
- Programs to suit adult men and women
- Choose counseling via meetings or privacy and convenience online
- Online program is a comprehensive experience
- Provides exercise guidance
- Thousands of recipes and meals to choose from
- Applebee's partnership for more healthful dining
- POINTS make it simple to assess nutritional value of food
- Reputable and effective for more than 40 years
CON
- Counting POINTS may be time consuming
- Online detracts from the traditional social aspect of meetings
- Weight Watchers Online for Men is only available online, not in meetings
DIET and NUTRITION
Weight Watchers emphasizes eating more wholesome food, while allowing you to splurge on cravings in moderation. You'll use your POINTS to make balanced food choices that include whole grains, lean proteins, fruits and vegetables, eggs and dairy. No matter which plan you choose, you'll have access to all of the Weight Watchers recipes that are delicious, satisfying and good-for-you.
Weight Watchers members can enjoy chili, muffins, brownies, burgers, pizza, pasta and so much more - especially when you follow their healthy tips for lightening the recipes and keeping your POINTS values low.
EXERCISE
More guidance is provided for fitness online than is in meetings. Weight Watchers Online gives access to dozens of workout demonstrations and has something for all skill levels to follow. You can also earn activity points by working out, which will allow you to save some room in your food POINTS for the week.
CONCLUSION
Weight Watchers is a tried and true veteran of the weight loss industry. With a variety of methods to choose from for both men and women, you're almost certain to find the right path for your weight loss journey. Weight Watchers provides guidance from every aspect of weight loss. Food is one of the primary concerns of any dieter and Weight Watchers goes above and beyond most other weight loss programs with thousands of recipes that anyone, dieting or not, will find tempting and delicious. If their style appeals to you, go for it.
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ww sucks, lots of people post messages on their community board
Reviews from people asking questions about the program are not reviews. Reviews from people who joined this week and lost 2lbs are not really helpful about a would-be dieter's biggest question: How realistic is XYZ program to maintain over the long haul? The National Weight Loss Registry stats show that 90+ percent of people who lose weight on a diet plan gain it back and then some. Those who maintain over the long term do so via a significant amount of daily exercise. (Example: 10,000 steps a day equals about five miles or 2 hours of walking, whereas those who are blessed with youth and/or good joints take up running and cover more ground in a realistic amount of time.)
I am very, very tired of reading page after page of reviews that are not really reviews but read more like paid endorsements. Please, if you are going to post a review of a diet or any other book, service or product on the Internet, hold off and wait a reasonable amount of time so that you have more experience coming through vs. unsubstantiated enthusiasm. Enthusiasm over recently joining a new program is a good thing as are questions about these programs — but a review isn't the place for a Q&A or gush about how you joined up this week and are really excited about the results you *hope* to have. Put yourselves in the shoes of the reader: Those who would seek out a review site of this kind are curious to know about people who have reached their goals or who have tried, tried and tried again and found something lacking in the program. We do not need yet another "review" about losing the first 5lbs in less than two weeks, which just about any diet plan will deliver if you stick with it at least that long. The real question is how long does any of it last and how easy or realistic is it to maintain? If you haven't been with the program long enough to post a real review, please don't waste the space. No offense, but try to remember what this site is here for. Thanks.
I did the diet almost 3 years ago and lost 43 lbs. in 3 months. I have now gained 7 lbs. back so I'm at it again. But it was 3 years at the same weight, so I think that speaks for it's self. If you really are serious about your weight this is the diet for you. I did it at home, with no meeting you just have to believe in yourself!!!!
i would like some recipes
Raphaelle Robitaille
It's the best diet for me. I tried numerous diets in the past and ww is the only one that worked for me. It's easy to follow and you can eat almost anything, so i don't feel like i'm dieting. That's cool. I already lost a 100 pounds with ww and i still loosing pounds. What more can i ask!!! It's the best.
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Works because it makes a lot of nutritional sense.
its was great
My boyfriend and I joined a month ago. We have each lost 13lbs. Which is great. We will continue to go the meetings and lose. I do think that the meetings and the online offers should be joined together. I would also like to see a few more recipes. Sometimes is it difficult to come up with original ideas. Other than that, it is really a fairly simple diet to follow, if you put your mind to it. I guess as easy as any diet can possibly be!!
well im kinda interested in starting, im about 300 pounds and have tried everything, im going crazy about my weight
I joined ww 15 wees ago I have up to this point lost 45lbs. I have tried every diet from Jenny Craig to slender magic gone to curves and ate the nastiest food around to no avail I have if you add all the lbs up from everything Ive tried I'v lost maybe 15lbs but as soon as I went back to REAL food I gained it back and more. I like what I eat thats why I look as I do but I can learn to limit how much and that is what ww has taught me to do with the points no food is out just the portion. I am enjoying losing this weight. I must say I never tried ww thought it was a joke look at all the time and money I could have saved. Thank you WW. Marie
I am SO glad I joined weight watchers! It is very easy for me. I am an organized person and it is very easy for me to "compartamentalize" in my brain the food/points. I am never hungry and have to MAKE myself eat all my points everyday. I have about 120 lbs to lose and I have lost 19.2 pounds in 8 weeks. I am exercising more and am down a size already.
Wonderful and a very healthy style of living if you use it properly. It is not a diet, but a great lifestyle to live by for all times. Can't be beat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you follow the points, and buy your food carfully, you can EAT a lot of good tasting food, not feel hungry, and still loose that ever important 3 to 5 pounds a week! And KEEP it off.....Loved it, and still practice it even though im at my goal weight!!!!
I liked it. The weight came off slow, 1 -2 lbs per week, but they did add up over time. was very easy to follow and the wgt stayed off. i would recommened it.
u site takes too much time. i still didn't find a food list or a menu plan for me. too many add-ons point system sounds good but if i cannot find out the value of a certain food i can't go on. i reckon i have been on your site for 1 hr. and 40 mins. and still am in the dark about your diet and i am out of time. now my problem is how do i cancel out of the 7 day trial period. please help.
i am very happpy with weight watcher. i have l have l losed 20 pounds since i been on it
JimmyC
For those on WW how much would you guess that it costs every month? If you stick to it and follow the plan strictly, whats the real cost of the program with all the food?
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Would like more recipes on chicken and turkey that isn"t soexpense to make
I have done Weight Watchers for 3 years now. This is the only weight loss system that works long term! I'm never hungry, and I still get to eat real chocolate!
Love this diet, I'm kicking myself for not doing this sooner
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