Weight Watchers Winning Points

Pros: 2 stone in 4 months, and I ate what I liked.
Cons: Admitting you're on Weight Watchers to my mates.

Starting this review I feel the need to make a little disclaimer, I was never fat, Dave Shhhh, I was never one of those guys that Jerry Springer needs to higher a construction crew because my gut was bigger than the door frame. However there is something ...

Pros: Easy to understand, follow, apply in daily life. You can still eat out!
Cons: Requires your full committment, "paying to lose weight" is annoying.

Introduction I have always been one of those who silently smirked at those who paid for weig ...

Pros: Easy to follow, reach Lifetime and program is FREE if you stay at goal weight
Cons: Program almost TOO basic for some, can become obsessed with program

I would recommend this "diet" for anyone who is fed up with fad diets and who is willing to make some basic behavioral modifications, such as journaling and determining food Points values as set forth by the program.

This eating program is...

Pros: Weight loss for life. Adjusts to your lifestyle.
Cons: Ability to choose from any combination of foods may be too undisciplined for some.

This is the story of a skinny kid. Shortish, with knobby knees. One of the meaner boys in her neighborhood told the kid that if she took a bath and let the bath water out when she was still in the tub, she would go right down the drain.

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Pros: A healthy way to eat and lose weight
Cons: expensive

Over the last ten years or so, a strange thing has happened to my body. It’s gotten bigger! I haven’t changed my eating habits all that much, but slowly, almost non-perceptibly, my clothing size crept up to a number that I’m not willing to share with...

Pros: Effective.
Cons: Costs money.

My husband is 5” 10”. He weighed about 195 lbs (give or take 5 lbs) when we got married 15 years ago. As with most happily married couples, the weight tends to creep up on you over the years. I’ve never had a problem with being overweight but ...

Pros: IT WORKS, support, food products, carryover to real life.
Cons: commitment to continue paying each week?

Let me start by saying....that I love Weight Watchers. I have had a problem of losing weight since having my second child. I developed insomnia and had to go on medications to help with anxiety and sleep. (My daughter had some medical concerns.) The ...

Pros: Support, tools to be successful
Cons: A little pricey, but worth it.

On my father’s side of the family, members, especially women are obese, some morbidly obese. My mother’s side are skinny. I was hoping for a nice even mix, but as I grew older, the obese side started to win.

I’m 5’2", and at 165 lb. I...

Pros: Flexible, motivating, points are simpler than calorie counting.
Cons: Obsession about points, online program more expensive than meetings.

Last year I was lucky enough to spend six weeks in France as part of my M.A. program. The downside of my wonderful experience abroad was that I spent six weeks stuffing my face with butter, cheese, sauces, wine, and that world-renowned French bread. Tha ...

Pros: comprehensive nutritional information, good reward system, big community, good reference
Cons: should be common sense, main focus on food, only available online, proprietary point system

Warning! This review is rather graphic and not recommended to the blue-eyed disciple of the powerful Double-W religion. You may be offended. I don't take any responsibility for any resulting critical thoughts you might have. ;-)

Anyway,...

Pros: Healthy, group support, nutritious,
Cons: Cons? You need WILLPOWER, baby!

June 23, 2006 - I have kept it off! I work like crazy at the gym - eliptical strider level five for 20-30 minutes a day, weights on top of that three times a week, and walk the dog fast for 1/2 hour every day. I journal my points, and just will myself ...

Pros: A sensible, healthy way to lose weight--and keep it off
Cons: Like everything worthwhile in life, it can be a struggle

The mirror doesn’t lie.

I am fat.

Fat. Fat. Fat.

Can’t-zip-up-the-jeans-without-lying-down-and-sucking-in-my-gut fat.

I think there’s more to this than “big bones” fat.

Chubby elbows...

Pros: Easy, flexible and it WORKS!
Cons: May be a bit too flexible

Weight Watchers new Winning Points system is incredible! I have never felt so confident about losing weight. This program is a great system that is easy and flexible and allows YOU to stay in control.

My Experience
I decided to join...

Pros: Weight Watchers helps you develop health-consciousness and helps you lose weight.
Cons: It costs $15.00 to register and $10.00 a week to participate.

If you’re like me, watching your weight, dieting, counting calories and watching how much you eat, sounds hard and boring. Plus, if you’re like me, you’ve had it with fad diets in which you limit carbs or fat, drink shakes, eat meal ...

Pros: Healthy, effective weight loss program; less costly and more convenient than meetings
Cons: Website has problems; some online tools not very useful; no direct access to WW staff

I joined Weight Watchers Online 6 months ago. I had already succeeded in losing about 25 pounds on my own (through exercise and healthful eating), and I still wanted to lose another 10-15 pounds, but instead my weight started creeping up again. I...