WW (Weight Watchers)

I used my friend as a bit of a guinea pig as she joined up first to Weight Watchers. At the time I wasn't ready to join and I figured I would see how she does. Well she quickly got into the points program and started loosing weight which made me a bit jealous (in a good way). Since it was working for her and we were always talking about Weight Watchers, points, and recipes I decided to join sooner than I planned too. 

I am glad I did as it actually is fun using the app to track your points and activities. We also became much closer as friends doing the diet program together. We are good at motivating each other to stay on track and I enjoy discussing the meals ahead with her. In the 3 months since I have been using WW I have lost almost 20 pounds and my friend has lost over 25 pounds.

WW also makes it very easy now to use. Gone are the binders of recipes and the point system than my Mom use to use in the 90s. The app that you download on your iPhone is very easy to use along with the website. It is easy to search and they have a large database of point values for the different foods and meals. Tracking points has never been easier.

Price is decent as well. I am paying only $18.28 a month and I got a free Fitbit out of it.

I am the yo-yo diet man, or at least that is what my wife tells me. ;-)

I have tried most of the diet programs out there and weight watchers a few times as well. I always keep coming back to weight watchers as it was by far the easiest way for me to loose weight, and trust me it still is not easy.

For some reason I am a sucker for new gimmicky weight loss solutions that never in the end work out. I am going to stay with weight watchers this time for the long haul as it is the only one where I have repeatedly lost weight at.  I takes time, patience and a lot of motivation but from my experience weight watchers online combined with their support group (which I really need) makes it the best option out there.

The new points system is a  good program and I like that Oprah Winfrey is part of WW now. I always watched her show and I learned to trust her recommendations. The last time I had used Weight Watchers was about 4 years ago. A lot has changed with the new phone apps and I like the new smart points systems. My friend is using Weight Watchers too, and she loves how she's still able to eat whatever she wants, but on moderate base.

I have read other reviews which has complained about the automatic withdrawals. This I can understand being concerned about as I got fleeced by a online dating site a few months ago. I didn't have an issue last time with Weight Watchers and when I closed my account I was never charged anything additional. So far I have no issue this time around either.  A different friend at work recently finished up with WW and she never had a probably either so I am not to sure what some people are complaining about.

I have been on Weight Watchers for 8 months now and have lost almost 30 pounds.  It really is a change of lifestyle which is hard to do in your thirties with all of the bad habits one develops by now. 

I don't think much about tracking food with Smart Points any more but it was difficult at first as everything is so new. For tracking your fitness (which is also important as it impacts your food intake) I do recommend using a FItbit or some other step tracker. It's much easier to just sych your device every day with the Weight Watchers app than manually having to enter what activities you did.

By about 2 to 3 weeks in I was getting use to everything and started to really like Weight Watchers after getting over the initial hump of learning the points system and figuring out the best way to shop for my new meal plans. I was also over the hunger pains of starting any new diet which helped.

At this point 8 months later I am eating really healthy, I am not as tired and just more upbeat. I found the gradual changes to your lifestyle Weight Watchers offers and the change of attitude towards food the best part since it makes it easier over the long run to stay with the program. I am now hooked!

I really needed to drop some weight so I decided to join weight watchers a month ago. The problem is I was always hungry in the beginning which made grocery shopping difficult as I tend to binge buy. When I discovered Weight Watchers supermarket foods it made my life a lot easier as I could just buy their frozen dinners to stay on track with my points. No need to worry about figuring out your portions or what you need to eat.

As I figured out the point system I slowly incorporated recipes I liked from Weight Watchers for my own dinners. There is no better motivation than seeing yourself get slimmer. Once I saw that it made staying with Weight Watchers a lot easier!