jam22 asked:


I want/need to start a weight loss program (mostly for the accountability) and wondering what system would be best, weight watchers or the program at my fernwood gym or another than someone can suggest? Has anyone tried either? did it work?
PS. want to lose about 35plbs.

Losing weight can be a challenging and ultimately rewarding experience that can help you look and feel your best. These tips can help you get started, so you can look and feel healthy and more energetic in no time.

1. Stay busy – Taking several five minute breaks in a day is just as effective as taking one thirty minute break. You can easily fit a five minute walk into your busy day, and promote weight loss.

2. Take a snack break – Eating healthy snacks, like celery and carrot sticks, is a great way to keep your metabolism going, and to feel light and fit.

3. Drink up -Another way that you can stay healthy and promote weight loss is to make sure that you get your daily allowance of water.

4. Skip the beer -Alcohol is healthy in small amounts, but do note that it contains significant amounts of sugar as well especially in drinks like beer and wine.

5. Use smaller plates – This will ensure that you are not tempted to pile up and help you limit the portion sizes.

6. Eat more often – Eating low-fat, low calorie snacks throughout the day will help keep your metabolism working, so that you burn more calories. It will also help avoid binging at meals.

7. Go whole – Skip the processed foods and include whole grains in your diet. Go for foods that are fresh and natural, since these foods are usually lower in fat and calories.

8. Invest in a food scale – Dieters often make the mistake of not watching their portions. A food scale will help you know exactly what goes into each serving and how much to eat.

9. Weigh weekly – Weighing yourself daily is not the right way to keep track of your weight. Weigh yourself once a week is sufficient to tell you how you are faring.

10. Don’t Give Up! – Dieting can take weeks to show on the scale or on your waistline, since your body has to adjust to the changes in food intake. Keep exercising and eating right and you are bound to see the desired results.

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v8_supercar_queen asked:


hey,
i was wondering if weight watchers works as effectively as everyone states it does. i have recently joined… desiring to loose around 20 kgs and was interested in asking more sources to whether i will be having a tough time or a breeze dealing with weight watchers.

Anyone thinking of going on a sensible weight loss program in order to shed a few pounds and learn how to live a healthier lifestyle should certainly give Weight watchers a glance. Weight watchers are an established name in the field of dieting and are one of the few who have had great success throughout the world and had remained successful ever since its beginning in the early 1960`s.

Since its beginning millions of people the world over have joined Weight watchers clubs and have managed to succeed in their weight loss and stuck with it. This is perhaps due to the fact that at a weight watchers club meeting, while being encouraged to eat a sensible well balanced diet you are also given a plan to follow that is interesting enough to make sure that boredom doesn’t set in. This is the main downfall about of any weight loss plan, there are many restrictions and boredom quickly brings about the downfall of the diet.

The weight watchers diet allows you to eat the things you enjoy while showing you how to do this the sensible way and encouraging you to take more exercise. Weight watchers are well known for their club meetings and the encouragement they bring to the individual, the clubs are an excellent way to get this encouragement and this has always been one of Weight watchers strongest factors, the support it gives.

The weight watchers club is more than just a diet which the individual has to struggle through alone, it becomes more like a family and this is the mainstay of the system. While during the initial meeting when you sign up for weight watchers you will be weighed alone and go through an interview about your lifestyle and your weight loss plans for the future, after this the whole system is done in a group. Meetings take place once a week and there are discussions, talks, here you can let your thoughts and feelings out and share them with people all in the same boat. This leads to the feeling of never going through this alone and this is what makes Weight watchers unlike any other system and is probably the main reason why the system is so popular and has stuck around where so many other diets have failed.

Weight watchers is available in almost every town and city, they very often have introductions and special deals which waiver the fee to join, this is usually after Christmas which is when the majority of people decide to go a weight loss plan.

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Weight Watchers have always been a name that has been associated with a weight plan that’s seems to work and that provides a healthy, wholesome sensible diet and lifestyle by which you can follow in order to successfully lose weight and keep it off. The actual weight watchers meetings have been a solace to many on their never ending quest for a diet that works, not only do they offer a diet plan that allows you to lose weight effectively but they also have great follow ups which means that even in those times when you are struggling you have someone to share with. Now weight watchers are also giving encouragement and advice in the form of books, one of the latest being a guide for the whole family to follow in order to stay fit and healthy.

Simply entitled “family power”, weight watchers believes that if the whole family live a healthy lifestyle by following some simple rules and eating plans then weight problems could be a thing of the past. The book revolves around showing how the whole family can live a much fitter and healthier lifestyle simply by making a few changes to their daily diet.

The book is split up into rules which you should follow; the first is focusing on eating wholesome nutritional foods. Foods that while being low in the amount of calorie content is high in the essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients that are considered to be essential in any stable diet.

Surprisingly enough weight watchers allows you to include treats when following this plan of healthier eating, the reason behind this according to weight watchers is that treats are an essential part and if you deny them then you are only going to want then more. By eating treats sensibly the cravings won’t be there and neither will the temptation to cheat on the diet.

Along with focusing on the diet the book also asks the family to make other changes to their lifestyle, these include simple things such as limiting the amount of television that you children sit and watch. Limiting the amount of TV, while encouraging the whole family to take up more exercise is the key to a healthier and fitter way of life, weight watchers claims.

The whole book strongly focuses on the family has a whole rather than just one person trying to follow a diet plan, as such the rules which are laid out in the book apply to the family as a whole and needs the participation of the whole family in order to gain the most benefit and success from it.

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