Not just dust on the menu at Weight Watchers

Advantages: A weight loss programme that is tried and tested
Disadvantages: Can be expensive

... WEIGHTWATCHERS An update to my original review Hello my name is Sue and I'm a Weight Watcher!!!!!! I first made a hesitant step into a Weight Watcher meeting about 35 years ago. In those days the plan was completely different you had to eat certain foods at certain times. I stuck to the plan rigidly, I filled in my tracker every week and was the star pupil week after week. In less than a year I had lost 8 stone, in fact I struggled not to loose too much when I was on maintenance. I kept the weight off for several moinths and then I started working full time, in those days there was only one Weight Watcher meeting in our town and the evening meeting corresponded with the night that I was 'Brown Owl' - consequently the weight slowly began to creep on. Ironically just a month after starting work I was...

oldchem 30.05.2009 (24.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Weight Watchers

LOSE WEIGHT, LOOK GREAT

Advantages: Losing weight is easy and you don't have to give up your favourite foods, great support offered, lots of local meetings during the day and eveing
Disadvantages: Weekly fee can make it an expensive way to lose weight

...and still lose weight. At your first meeting you will decide with your leader how much weight you want to lose and if you are not sure then the leader will usually suggest that you make your first target 10% of your current weight ? you are rewarded with a special 10% keyring when you achieve this. You decide how much weight you want to lose and there is absolutely no pressure on you to achieve a certain amount ? you diet at your own pace and lose as much or as little as you wish. Weight Watchers will only accept members who need to lose 10lb or more based on the standard Body Mass Index regulations. If you decide to continue with Weight Watchers until you hit the weight that you should be for your height and build then you will be rewarded with gold membership ? you get a gold keyring and lifelong free membership to Weight Watchers...

junkboxjules 18.12.2003 · Read review
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My weight loss journey

Advantages: I will be thinner!
Disadvantages: It will be hard work - but worth it!

...on the problem products, (mine are chocolate, bread, cheese and energy drinks), so it?s less of a shock to the system! 2) Find out your exact weight and your BMI: Pop to Boots or your doctor?s surgery and get an accurate weight taken. You can use this to ensure your home scales are accurate. Use your home scales to give you a weekly loss amount but every couple of months get re-weighed using the professional scales so you can keep an eye on your weight accurately. You can work out your BMI using your height and weight at lots of sites online, most will also tell you what a healthy BMI for your height is. Write these numbers down in a notebook and update them regularly. I?m going to take monthly photos, (one close up and one full body shot), and then stick them in my notebook so I can see the weight coming off. This is useful because you will not...

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Review of Members Advice on Weight Loss

Do You Watch Your Weight ?

Advantages: Lots of local meetings, supportive leaders who have lost weight themselves through weight watchers..
Disadvantages: Got to have credit or debit card to access monthly pass.

...the approval of their GP, because those aged under 18 are still growing and developing, like lactating women, the leader will help arrange a slightly different plan to ensure they are meeting their bodies needs. Having completed my form, the volunteer discussed payment with me. She informed me that the weekly fee would be £5.50; however, there was also the option of purchasing a monthly pass. A monthly pass costs £17.95, as its name suggests, it allows access to unlimited meeting for a month and it has the added bonus of free access to the members' elements of the weight watchers website. There are parts of the weight watchers website which can be accessed by anyone who signs up, this is free, however if you wish to use the daily tracker , progress tracker and certain chat groups and menu elements of the website, you will need to either purchase...

kalliemaile 13.07.2008 · Read review
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Bodies!

Advantages: Great information book for young children
Disadvantages: None

...This is a great non-fiction children's book which I have used with Reception aged children (4-5 year olds). ~ Style and Format ~ The book is a board book, thicker than usual pages that are great for little hands and for those of us buying the books as it is far more difficult for any little rips or tears in the pages to take place! The book is full of great coloured photographs of children, with clear labels as to the different parts of the human body. It also contains questions for the reader to ponder and answer. It has double page spreads and is full of information aimed at young children. ~ Content ~ The book begins with a double page spread, front photo and back photo of a young boy. The face, back, elbow, thigh, knee, leg etc are all clearly labelled. The next focus is on the 'skin and bones'. It introduces...

neenn 19.12.2008 · Read review
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Weight Watchers

Advantages: fun, easy, no banned foods
Disadvantages: none in my opinion

...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...

vikki-adam 05.04.2008 · Read review
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Expensive But Very Effective In Weight Loss.

Advantages: It really works providing you have the detemination
Disadvantages: the prices they charge to jump an a scale.

...INTRODUCTION I am not over weight but I am slightly heavier than I should be for my height, usually this would not bother me but, I have been trying to have a baby for over six years, and I have recently undergone a big operation to help me and my husband get the baby we have always longed for. After the operation my consultant has advised me to lose a stone in weight, this is usually very easy to do and I can achieve the weight loss in 6-8 weeks. The biggest problem for me is keeping the weight off as I work full time and constantly pick at the wrong sort of foods. I needed help so I decided to give weight watchers a try, this way I could lose the weight and maintain the loss without putting any more than five pounds back on. HOW IT STARTED Weight watches was established over forty five years ago, a lady called Jean...

mythdata 03.02.2009 · Read review
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Yogalates for Weight Loss

Advantages: Split into 3 sections, good for all levels, great price
Disadvantages: None come to mind

...weight loss. I did not buy this DVD as I need to lose weight, but love Yoga and thought I might do a little extra at home rather than paying an fortune to go to an extra class. After a month of doing the DVD... if i'm honest only once a week, I have not lost any weight. I have felt some increased toning though in ceratin parts of my body. I am not suggesting that you cannot lose weight by doing these workouts, but I am the kind of person that thinks oh i've done a bit of excerise now i'm going to eat chocolate. I personally find Yoga very relaxing and gives me a bit of 'me time'. I found that this DVD has actually helped me to relax even further than when I attend one Yoga session a week. I did not however find that it gave me any me time. Realistically what it achieved was for my other half to take photos of me without me knowing...

Lisab3410 06.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Yogalates For Weight Loss (DVD)

Bamboo Body

Advantages: long-lasting moisturiser with an agreeable smell
Disadvantages: doesn't produce giggles

...I needed new body lotion and decided to try a new brand. My eyes were wandering along the shelves at the chemist?s and came to a halt at the NIVEA section. This was due to the shape of the bottle the NIVEA designer(s) had created: the upper part of the right side is slightly curved in (see piccie at the top of the site). The bottle looks elegant and cries out to the consumer, ?Grab me!?, at least to the right handers among them. I looked closer to find the right skin type and discovered ?normal to dry skin?, just what I need. Under the name of the product NIVEA Body Lotion Happy Time half a slice of orange is depicted lying in some white sloshy stuff - obviously the body lotion - and underneath stand the words ?Feel-Good Sensation? and Bamboo Extracts. Bamboo! This must be one versatile plant. We?ve got a bush in our garden, I...

MALU 02.10.2009 · Read review
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THe Sanctuary Body Butter

Advantages: Rich and creamy, quality product
Disadvantages: Smell not for everyone

...The Sanctuary Body Butter. The Sanctuary began as a Spa in Covent Garden over 30 years ago. Their philosophy is all about providing the time, space and expertise for women to renew that glow. I've never been to the Spa but friends have been and they do say that it is a wonderful experience and definitely a very upmarket product. The Sanctuary beauty products were produced in 1998. Customers had been wanting to take the spa experience home with them without needing a therapist or special equipment so they came up with the idea of selling their products. Apparently they are only sold exclusively at Boots and of course you can buy them in the spa's themselves. I've always liked the look of the products as I think they have quite an expensive, quality look about them. I have used the foaming bath soak for quite a while but this is...

Spottydog11 02.11.2009 · Read review
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