Hey,
WELCOME! Always good to hear you want to support others. I stay away from Weight Watchers because for any diet to work you have to stay with it forever. Once you quit nothing has changed and the weight comes back. To be honest, weight Watchers is just counting your calories for you with their prepackaged food. Counting calories works, but you might as well learn to do it your self. If your interested I can go into more detail, drop me a note and I will elaborate.

I disagree with wag952. It is like counting calories except Weight Watchers takes Fiber and Fat into consideration to. I did weight watchers for a while and when I stopped i relized it had taught me how to eat. You don't have to stay on it forever. But I do agree with wag as far as counting calories being a good way to lose weight. It is also cheaper to just count calories because you don't have to buy any books. All fast food restaurants have their nutritional information on their website. Here is a great link to find the calorie content of any food http://www.calorieking.com/
Here is a tip; your weight x 7 =the amount of calories you should eat a day to lose weight.

hello i am one of these people which needs help and also would like to share some of my experience i am 27 with 2 kids tried weight watchers but couldnt afford to go and people who say will come end up letting me down.

thank you for replying to my post. i am on day one and it was nice to wake up and find words of suppotr here for me to start my day!

I am another who does not agree with any of the "diets" that people choose to follow because, as wag said, they are all temporary and the day comes that you must stop.
At that point, what do you do? Most people just go back to their old BAD ways of eating.
So, what to do. Well, you need to revamp your whole style of eating.
And that's a whole 'nother topic!

As for weight watchers, I know that quite a few people swear by it and follow that strange point system thing but to me, it just seems weird. You can't very well stay on it forever, can you? So what do you do when you stop?
No, I say you are better off to get onto a clean way of eating for good.
Counting calories, or points, is just too problematic.
I don't know about the points, but I do know that anyone counting calories needs to know their ideal caloric requirements then not drop below that number by any more than 500, or the loss will be only water and muscle.

Hi Laura: Welcome & congratulations..you have taken the 1st big step. I actually taught WWs for 7 years. Thatwas before the "point" system. I totally believe in the program...I go back the old way as I don't really think we need to have "everything" when we are working hard to get weight off. WWs is/was based on lots of fruits/ , vegetables, no more then 3 beef meals per week. so concentrate on adding lots of chicken & a key==FISH. Fish as it breaks down is mostly water so that is what we want...flushing, flushing. Sounds like you have to work w/food as you are a mom. That does make it tougher but this will be better for kids as well as you change the "junk" choices. I am 2 weeks in now...I have 60 to lose, sorry to say...you can read my page if interested but..I've gained way to much. I am stocked up with Smart Ones )WW meals, Healthy Choice & Lean Cuisines. The WW deserts are wonderful.. I chart everyday writing down every bite that goes in my mouth. I have lost 7. You can find coupons & sales on the meals..Best of luck to you