After having my son it was hard to imagine how difficult it would be getting back into shape. Constantly tired from being up all night, excercise was the last thing on my mind. I barely had enough time to eat never mind evaluate what i was eating. As you can imagine this resulted in me eating the wrong things and gaining an exceptional amount of weight.
One year on from my sons birth I held my breathe and stepped onto the scales. Mortified, I glanced down at the 14st 2lb. At 5ft 3" this classed me as obese. I was shocked into action.
The next day as i was chatting to my mum about my new findings she recommended weight watchers to me. Registration was free at this time so i thought there was no harm in going along.
Before i stepped into the meeting room i felt my heart pounding. I expected everyone to judge me by how much i had let myself go. In fact, quite the opposite happened. The meeting had about 8 other people and the atmosphere was very relaxed and inviting.
After being welcomed by the group leader I filled in a small ammount of registration papaerwork and collected my membership card. Afterwards I joined the que to be weighed. After this point i spoke to the leader about my ideal weight and agreed on the 10% weight loss target.
I also recieved a Switch handbook and Points finder among a few other pieces to help me get on my way.
After the weigh in I had a chance to have a chat with some other members. Everyone was so friendly and helped me with some tips they found worked for them.
There are two choices of eating plan - Full choice, which is more flexible on what you can eat and No count, which is designed to steer completely away from snacking.
For the Full Choice plan you are given a points allowence for each day depending on your weight, excersize levels, gender, age, etc. Each food you eat throughout the day is given a points value depending on their calories and saturated fat levels. Whatever you eat isdeducte from your points allowance.
As for the No Count plan you are given a points allowance of 21 per week. You are allowed to eat 3 meanls a day from the list of 'free foods' given to you. If you still want to snack you have to deduct points from your weekly allowance.
I personally chose the flexibility of the Full Choice plan. Over the past year i have lost 2st 9lb in weight and have stopped going to the meetings. I now continue my wight watchers program at home and still pop in to the occasional meeting for guidance.
I met some great friends through the weight watchers meetings so we still give each other support. Although i have not reached my ideal weight yet i don't think i have long to go. I can do much more with my son now and i will always encourage him to keep himself healty - to eat well and excersize.
At 4.95 per week i'd say weight watchers is very great. What's 4.95 for the healthy weight and confidence you have always dreamed of?
If you are temped you could always log on to the Weight Watchers website and have a look for yourself or to find you nearest meeting.
www.weightwatchers.co.uk
or call 08457 123 000
If you don't feel the meetings are for you or you just can't possibly make the weekly meetings, you could always try their online program and see if that has what you are looking for.
Either way Weight Watchers has given me the confidence I have been seeking and i would highly recommend to anyone who has 10lbs or more to lose.
Thanks for reading x
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