WEIGHT WATCHERS -- TOO MUCH MONEY AND NOT ENOUGH RESULTS

by A.K.
(Lansing, MI, USA)

I was with Weight Watchers for eight months. I chose to go there because I was taking medication for high cholesterol and needed to take control over my weight.

The program was easy at first, but the more weight I lost the hungrier I was.

Weight Watchers allows you to eat anything you want, but encourages journaling. There is a daily speaker, so you can choose to go to your meetings anytime you want during the times available.

I liked the speaker that was there on Sundays. She was very knowledgeable and kept me wanting to come back every week. She had a very pleasant demeanor and had a special way of congratulating us when I lost weight, and didn't make me feel too bad when I gained.

I have a big family so watching what I ate during weddings, baby showers, holidays, etc. was the hardest.

I would join weight watchers again if I had the money. They taught me how to make healthy choices and to keep track of what I ate so that I didn't over eat.

I would definitely recommend this program to others who have the drive and motivation, or who need support to gain the drive they need to motivate them to lose weight.

I believe that the reason weight watchers didn't work out for me is because I had to plan plan plan in order to lose the weight I wanted and my schedule didn't allow me to do that.

I ended up joining a pay by year group after those eight months, but this group doesn't really require any discipline, so I really want to go back to Weight Watchers.

Note from Dr. Dan

A.K.,

It's very difficult for many people when they lose weight too fast, because they get so hungry that it's all they can think about.

Although it's hard sometimes to be patient, with slower weight loss you will probably be less hungry and so you'll have an easier time of it.

Dr. Dan