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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Weight Watchers

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

.... 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...

vikki-adam 05.04.2008 · Read review
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Don't eat dust...try Weight Watchers!

Advantages: Lose fast fast and easy
Disadvantages: None

...meal. Where the points value is not known, the points can be calculated from the calories and saturated fat. The general idea is that the lower the calories and saturated fat, the lower the points. There are also zero point foods, such as certain vegetables and sugar free jelly that you can have an unlimited amount of without the points building up. So now you know the general idea of the plan, I've decided to rope in my partner, Scott, for an interview. So Scott, how are you finding Weight watchers? Surprisingly easy. It's the only diet that I've been on that I can eat what I want and have a social life. That's that only reason I've stuck it this far. All the other diets I've been on have failed for me as they have been quite restrictive and as I am quite a stubborn person I don't let anything interfere with my life...

dbarcl10 07.05.2009 · Read review
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A Weight Watchers fantasy...Belgian Chocolate Eclairs!

Advantages: Low calories, totally delicious!
Disadvantages: I could eat the whole boxful!

..., many unpronounceable, I won't bother to list them here! The main concerns for people suffering from food allergies are that the product contains milk, egg, gluten and wheat. The éclairs are made to a no nuts recipe but the product is not guaranteed to be nut free and may contain traces of nut based ingredients. The éclairs ares suitable for vegetarians and they contain no artificial colourings. As for nutritional values, these éclairs to perform rather well compared to usual éclairs. They do not contain vast amounts of calories, sugar or fat. The basic values listed below are per éclair 81 Calories 1.2g protein 11.3g carbohydrate, of which 8.7g sugars 3.5g Fat, of which 2.1g saturates 2.0g fibre Trace sodium As the name implies, these éclairs are produced in conjunction with the Weight Watchers company. I know very little about...

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Weight Watchers works for me!!

Advantages: Easy, very flexible and it works!!
Disadvantages: None

...! You are advised to eat three meals per day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and eat until you are 'comfortably' full. You are only allowed to snack on fresh fruit (which is one of the free foods), or Weight Watchers fruities (which are sweets that you can buy from your meeting), in between meals. You are allowed, however, up to 21 points per week for treats etc, and that means you can use them for anything that you fancy! The earning extra points from exercise bit is also allowed, not forgetting the 12 point rule of course. Your leader will work out at your first weigh-in, how much weight you have to lose to get to your first 10% goal (which usually isn't a lot) - you then get a silver 10% keyring on reaching your 10%, which is a great boost!! Plus, you do start to feel the health benefits by reaching this first goal, ie. it can lower...

merlincat1966 07.09.2007 · Read review
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Weight Watchers, without leaving the house.

Advantages: Don't have to leave your house to attend meetings and weigh-ins, and no further cost once purchased.
Disadvantages: Learning to put willpower into practice!

...a week – you are a Lone Ranger. I liked the sound of it, and gave in, possibly now that I had no further excuses. The little box was delivered, as promised, 24 hours later, and I worked out how the system worked. After four months of testing my willpower to the max, I had lost 10.5 kilos, and still going strong. It was the best feeling in the world. I was still a big girl, but now had less of the Mr. StayPuft look. And the wonderful thing is, even if you put most of the weight back on, you still have the system, and you can always give it another go, at no further expense. How it works: Weight Watchers is largely about counting the saturated fat content in food, and to a lesser degree, sugar, per portion size. This content factor is converted to a count of points, which you add together to give you a tally of points...

Spacecat 21.07.2001 · Read review
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Weight Watchers? Go for it!!!

Advantages: A new, slimmer, more confident you.
Disadvantages: Well all those old clothes you loved....bye bye

...To be perfectly honest this is my second time at joinng weight watchers. First time round I joined in Jan 2006, I had a baby in August 2005 and wanted to lose weight, I wasnt motivated and I didnt stick to the plan at all, half time I skipped meals and didnt eat somedays at all, but this time I am motivated and I have the support of my partner who is also a member. In order for this to work for you, you have to be strict and totally honest with yourself, otherwise, the weight you lose wont stay off and more than likely you'll end up putting more on that you had to start with. My partner decided to join weight watchers in Jan 2007 and so far he has lost 4 stone, he followed the plan and exercised and the loss is definately noticable. I joined on 13/08/07 I am 20 years old and i weighed in at 11 stone 13 1/2 lbs. I am...

samydaks 30.08.2007 · Read review
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Weight Watchers - Eat chocolate AND loose weight? Surely not

Advantages: easy to use website, easy to do plan, affective
Disadvantages: the online plan is rather expensive

...I haven't been doing Weight Watchers long, but I have already realised this is the plan for me! I joined online to do the 2 week Free-Trial they are offering at the moment. First they ask you a series of questions about your age/sex/height/weight etc, and based on your BMI you are given a POINTS ® allowance. You then need to track all the food you eat and it's POINTS ® value using the handy online system! It's all really easy to use, and every single food item I typed in was already loaded, so it calculates it all for you. If something is not on the list you can manually add it by just adding the calories & saturated fat content too. The website is fabulous and has loads and loads of recipe ideas, tips and tricks. It really keeps your motivated. You can earn points by doing activities, and also you can save points...

Poppetshop 15.02.2009 · Read review
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The darker side of Weight Watchers

Advantages: If you stick to the plan it works
Disadvantages: If you can't it doesn't work

...OK, so I’m probably going to upset a few people here. I apologise in advance. I have been trying, fruitlessly to loose weight for years now and, clocking in at about 20stone, I decided to try Weight Watchers, as a ‘last resort’. For me this was a big mistake. I have never felt so pathetic and worthless as I did when I was there. But I know I had a bad experience, and I know that plenty of people who go, including my best mate and my mum, have been very successful. I just want to put the other, more sinister side across for people, so that you can make up your own mind. The Philosophy Everything has points. You are allowed so many points. You add up points. You can earn points. Easy. But not if you have issues with food. Weight Watchers only works if you get so embarrassed that you can stop eating, and there is...

angel.sue 25.05.2003 · Read review
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weight watchers online *updated 12.6.05

Advantages: Easy to do - you can eat the foods condemned by most diets
Disadvantages: Quite expensive, some diets are free

...chat about which plan would be right for me. The users are incredible helpful, almost surprisingly so. I have never been on a message board where everyone is so willing to help you with your requests. There are different boards for different queries eg: there's a new users board if your stuck and need some help. Also a food talk board and special boards for online or at home users. The community area also contains a recipe swap section where you can write your recipes and post them for others to see and use. This is good if your stuck and cant find something to interest you in the weight watchers 'food and recipe' section. *My Switch area*: This is like a homepage for those who are online users. It contains all of the subsections you require as tools for your online diet plan. - Weight tracker - This is the place where you log...

metcaljl 12.06.2005 · Read review
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