Health Hound

I love your site. With that being said, you may need to revisit your "interpretation" of Weight Watchers. Your 'Weight Watchers and Its Weakness - Pros and Cons' are slightly flawed in an of itself and is misleading. Someone who was to read the above comments who was not familiar with WW is getting erroneous information. "Weight Watchers may be the oldest, but it’s not the best program for everyone." WW encourages - 100% - healthy eating and good food choices. However, they also offer options for people who choose to not eat healthily all the time and the systems still works. I've done many weight loss programs and WW was the only one that worked, well and easily, for the long term...as long as I continued to eat healthily. Like with any eating method, once you fall off the wagon, if you don't get back on, you're going to gain the weight back eventually (Even then, it took a long time and two torn and repaired ACLs over three years to put it all back on). As you even encourage in your Health Hound's Fast, Safe, and Effective Way to Lose Weight Quickly download...If eating healthily isn't the best program for everyone, I don't what is. p.s. I had the option to stay at the meetings but when it came down to it, I was the one who gained the weight, I am the one who lost it, and I am the one who gained it back and it wasn't beacause I was eating healthily. I am now the one losing it again, with your help, WW help, and MY efforts. Thanks for the great info and give WW more bones.

I have been on EVERY diet known to man kind, and finally I came back to the only sensible plan that works. WW has allowed me to lose 62 lbs of fat since January 18th of this year. I am thrilled. I eat pizza. I eat vegetables and fruit. I eat lasagna. I eat lean proteins. Get the pattern here? I can eat some of the previously forbidden foods in moderation, just not all on the same day! I have cake and cookies too. Just not often. I eat lean protein, lots of veggies and my bag of 94% FF popcorn nightly. I am losing weight. Is it blazing fast? No! I am averaging about 1.2 lbs a week. I feel great. I look great and I will see goal. I also will do this for the rest of my life. It is easy peasy..if you are willing to track, weigh and measure your food. I am. It is just like a diabetic needs to do certain things to keep their blood sugar in check. I am fat. I need to weigh, measure and track my food. Thanks WW for always working to improve the program. I love it. Points Plus is the best!

I am on Pro Points at weight watchers and have lost 25 pounds in 12 weeks. I found it easy from day one. I have not just opted to make my unhealthy lifestyle fit inside the point system by trimming it down a bit, but have changed my whole approach to food and eating. I have removed all chocolate and cakes from my shopping list and upped the amount of fruit and veg that I buy. I limit my fruit to 3 portions a day to make sure my fructose intake does not shoot up and undo the good work. I still buy meat, but look for leaner cuts and make the same amounts of meat that I used to divide between 2 of us go much further. I cook nearly everything from scratch and only occasionally have weight watchers meals for those times when I really have not got time to cook. I think that weight watchers products are over priced and many of them taste bad. I do rely heavily on the yougurts because they are the lowest pointed yogurts around (I have checked them all out). I also use the Shape delight deserts coupled with fruit to make more substantial deserts for main meals. I track everything so I know what I am eating and I have also cut out fizzy sugary drinks and drink a lot of plain and fizzzy water. This is a lifestyle change not a diet and it has made me think very carefully about the content of what I eat. My will power generally is lousy, but I have found it very easy to stick to this and now 12 weeks in I find normal chocolate and shop bought cakes too sweet. I'd rather make my own and know what goes into them. I do still allow myself the occasional treats and sometimes have takeaways and stick within my points, but they are occasional not daily or even twice daily. This is the issue, where people just think that they can eat what they want when they want and not pay any price. I feel better for losing the weight and going forward know that the changes I have made in my life will be permanent. I may put some weight back on in the future, but if I do then I will just re-asses my eating habits again and get back on track. I know how to do this now or more to the point I know how important it is to do this. The old adage "every thing in moderation" is very true. There is nothing wrong with the occasional chocolate bar or once or twice a month having a take away, but too many people live their lives just eating this food and that is why we are becoming a nation of fatties. I think that a return to war time rationing might just be the ticket to help people re-evaluate their attitude to food and learn how to place value on the right foods.

Unfortunately I've never had success with WW. I attribute this lack of success to not having close support of friends or family.

I have been weight watchers twice once when I was a young teen and I was active in school sports so a lot of the weight came off easy counting points was okay I had to learn to use them properly. I used weight watchers the second time but I used the core plan. Again I lost some weight though I couldn't be as active as I was before due to college and work. I have not tried the plus points yet maybe might do it. I am though sketchy on it. I mean I do like I can eat what I want but I guess I will return the core plan if I go back to weight watchers. I understand the freedom of choice but is too much freedom a good thing? When I say that I am not downing the program it works yes but I got frustrated with the points.

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I have been doing WW since Feb 12. 2006. No one pushed me or told me about it I went on my own. I started at the weight of 303 pounds and I am not down to a fabulous 132 and still loosing. Due to the drunk driver I was hit head on by in Oct. 2005. I CANNOT DO EXERCISE, Due to my injuries. This year i am able to walk a mile a day on a treadmil. WW taught me the value of food and has taught me that I can choose anything I want to eat. Thanks to the loving support I get from my leader and other leaders. I thank them for the teaching and the support. WEIGHT WATCHERS IS NOT A DIET IT IS A LIFE STYLE CHANGE!

Have tried all the diets!

I am a life time member of WW. I float in an out of meetings as needed and returned yesterday to start again in the new plan. They keep advertising about this new and improved plan but one of the most used and necessary aids is unavailable at all locations until "MARCH SOMETIME". That should be an addition to the advert. The introductory packet lists the ever growing lists of WW produced foods that do list the POINTS PLUS #. That is not what WW has always been about. The key was to learn how to select all food from the local grocery not just WW. Shame on WW. I sincerely hope that whoever is to blame on the short fall in ordering the calculators is no longer employed by WW. I won't be back to the meetings but will be checking with friends as to the availability of the calculator and am hoping that it will return at the same reasonable price. Otherwise I will consider it a scam.

I'm overhelmed by everyone's response and defense of WW. I've been a "repeat offender" of ww for years and have lost 8.5 lbs in less than a month on this program. I am glad to see that they are now taking carbs into the point factor on the new point plus system. It encourages you to eat fruit and veggies. I was on Atkins in the past and gained every pound back and them some. WW is much healthier and I love my carbs too much to stay with Atkins for any length of time. I'm never hungry, have broken some bad habits by learning how to make healthier choices. I travel for my work and I can say that I was successful loosing 30lbs in the past regardless of that challenge. It will be even easier this time knowing I can eat all the veggies and fruit that I want on the Points Plus program. WW has worked for years and FOR A GOOD REASON! They have NEVER hawked their products BTW.

Weight Watchers encourages you to be mindful of what you put in mouth, but in terms of points counted and proportion sizes. My problem has been mindless eating/emotional eating and proportions that are way too large. When I track my eating I'm amazed at how often I was eating when I wasn't even hungry! I think as North Americans we have a tendency to eat as if it were an activity, a hobby, a past-time. With the new Points Plus System I reach for real foods now - fruits and vegetables. I am mindful of when I am actually hungry and I appreciate good food. I still love food and the sensation of tasting and eating but I also appreciate feeling even 10 pounds lighter. I just feel better overall and I know Weight Watchers works for me. I also exercise - run 2 times a week for 30 minutes through a ravine and work out at a gym, etc. - but really, it's what you put in your mouth. If you are eating fat and sugar, your body will pay the price. Weight lose is 80 percent food and 20 percent what you eat. I find exercising releases endorphins and I feel great afterward. A bonus to my healthy food choices. I love Weight Watchers and hope to lose another 20 pounds and become a lifetime member by reaching my optimal goal weight. I was in WW 15 years ago and I regret not keeping up the lifestyle after losing 20 pounds.

The WW new Pro Points plan is fab. Like most diets - if you stick to it - it will work but this one is easy to use and lets you enjoy life too. It encourages you to do more excercise, try their recipes (which are excellent) and is very easy to follow. The additional weekly points allowance is a must! It allows you to factor in special occasions, night's out or even if you just feel you need a treat. It's a great way to beat the 'Oh well, I've blown it now!' feeling. I would recommend it to anyone. :)