Healthy Heath

An Overview January 29, 2011

I thought that I might give a brief overview of the Weight Watchers program. There are many reasons as to why I chose WWs over other weight loss programs.

1. My mother had used the program years ago and had great success. I felt if they had been working for the past 20 years, they must be onto something!

2. The new points plus program is easy to follow. All that’s required of me is that I track the food that I eat each day… I’m pretty sure that their success is from a guilt complex. I continually find myself thinking throughout the day, “I shouldn’t eat that, or I’ll have to write it down.”

3. They have revamped the points plus program so that fruits and vegetables are zero points. It makes healthy choices easy when it’s a non-guilty way to snack during the day.

4. Weekly meetings help keep me on track throughout the week. Having a group of people that are all striving for the same goal is nice.  During the meetings the members relay what has worked for them, what hasn’t gone so well. There is a camaraderie of the group is inspirational.

5. The weigh-ins at each meeting are also helpful. There is accountability for what you ate, and how much you exercise during the week.

Each day, you are given a certain number of points based on your height and weight. This points value is calculated during the weekly meetings after the weigh-in. As you lose weight, the daily points value goes down until you reach the lowest value, 29.  So far, I have managed to stick to the plan and not go over my points many days.  My weight has gone down each week… so fingers crossed for tomorrow!