Weight Watchers is excellent because they teach portion control and use points assigned to foods and amounts and you just add up your points as you select your foods for the day.

A very healthy way to learn to eat.

((hugs)) Patricia

I haven't done Weight Watchers, but I have an older Weight Watchers cookbook, and I love it. Every recipe in it is fantastic. If I was going to do a program, WW would be at the top of my list.

I track my food pretty closely, count calories, and eat healthy. I think WW is a lot like that, except they use a points system instead of calorie counts.

Best of luck to you. You've come to the right place.

I did weight watchers just recently. I stopped because it wasn't working, but I've been having a hard time making anything work. My body has been unreasonably stuborn.

The program was pretty easy to follow. The weekly weigh-ins and meetings are great. Their nutritional requirements aren't too stringent and I don't know if that's good or bad. For example, there's no difference between saturated and unsatrurated fats on how many points each one cost you.

Overall, it's a good program, definitely. It is not a get-skinny-quick type of diet. It's livable and more of a lifestyle change. The one problem is that they just changed their program. I think the new one is still good, but it isn't as tried-and-true as the old one. The old program had been around for years and worked for tons of people. They did at least one study on the new program before releasing it, but studies are definately not always reliable or well-done.

One really good thing about the program is that, after reaching your weight goal and maintaining it for 5 or so weeks, you become a lifetime member. That means membership is free as long as you weigh in once per month and don't go over your range. So, basically, it's great motivation to stay at your goal weight after you lost.

It is worth a try, especially if you think weekly meetings would be helpful. The monthly pass membership fee is reasonable - about $40 per month.
Good luck.

I have done WW off and on for about 10 eyars.

i lost but never made lifetime.

I recently stopped the program after they made changes because i simply could not get with the new program! I found it to be confusing after being on the old one for so long!

I've done Weight Watchers, most recently in 2008-09. Lost 30 lbs. It took a while because (1) I'm a senior and (2)sometimes I cheated. In 2010 there was a time when I had re-gained 12 lbs. Spent the rest of 2010 re-losing that! But as of now, have the total 30 lbs. kept off. It's worth doing. If I could afford the meetings, I'd do WW again (to lose more). It's harder to stick with it when doing it at home. Good luck!

Im on isagenix, but i dont know if it would be good for you. Its an all natural meal replacement. My thoughts on weight watchers is this: Ive done it and it works, but you are paying a lot of money to basically calorie count. Iknow that it takes other nutrients in consideration when figuring out the points, but you can calorie count and its free to do that and I have lost 30lbs that way.
Good luck with whatever you chose, the importent thing is to do what works best for you.

I agree with others that Weight Watchers is great! My Mom has lost 26 pounds since January on the program as it definitely is a lifestyle change. I lost 30 lbs just counting calories at 1200 calories/day. You will need a food scale and use www.calorieking.com. This website is amazing as you can see all the calories in every food! And their handbook is simple and easy to use as well. I highly recommend it! Hope this helps and good luck!

my husband is doing the take shape for life 4-2 plan right now and it is helping him a lot, because it is all about teaching you how to eat healthy, how to find which foods are healthier, how to teach yourself portion controls, etc. it helps, because you get a personal life coach that really helps out when you has questions.