Weight Watchers Review #49 by Jason Russell on August 14th, 2008 at 1:10 PM CDT

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WW DOES work!! It has changed my life and the lives of several of my family members. We all suffered from hereditary eating! We all now maintain a healthy weight several years after joining the plan.

WW DOES work!! It has changed my life and the lives of several of my family members. We all suffered from hereditary eating! We all now maintain a healthy weight several years after joining the plan.

Weight Watchers Review #48 by Larry Bodine on July 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 PM CDT

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I too equate WW with AA. They are maintenance, reminder and support group meetings. I don't mind that WW sells thing; I like the big green water jug I bought. Recording every thing that you eat in the Quick Track booklets is very effective. I've lost 12 pounds in 5 weeks. Here's the secret: eliminate sugar. Almost everyone attending WW is a sugar junkie. We love desserts, cookies, ice cream -- anything with sugar. Eating sugar sets off an addictive reaction in me that makes me unable to stop eating surgar -- for days. Then I read "Potatos Not Prozac," which is aimed at AAs, and elminated ALL sugar. Now the cravings are gone and I've lost weight.

I too equate WW with AA. They are maintenance, reminder and support group meetings. I don't mind that WW sells thing; I like the big green water jug I bought. Recording every thing that you eat in the Quick Track booklets is very effective. I've lost 12 pounds in 5 weeks.

Here's the secret: eliminate sugar. Almost everyone attending WW is a sugar junkie. We love desserts, cookies, ice cream -- anything with sugar. Eating sugar sets off an addictive reaction in me that makes me unable to stop eating surgar -- for days. Then I read "Potatos Not Prozac," which is aimed at AAs, and elminated ALL sugar. Now the cravings are gone and I've lost weight.

Weight Watchers Review #47 by Jac on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:07 PM CDT

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I read some good and bad reviews on this site and I wanted to share my own experience. I joined Weight Watchers in 2003 and was able to lose the weight in the first year and keep it off for two years after that. During the time I stayed on the program, my cholesterol and blood sugar went to normal levels and I did not have to take medication. Those who say that you can eat what you want as long as you stick to your points must not pay attention in the meetings. Our meeting coordinator always kept on our backs about making sure we got 3 to 5 vegetable/fruit servings per day. I had a hard time with this and she challenged me to eat a new veg/fruit every week to widen my palate. The only reason I put the weight back on was because I stopped paying attention to what I ate and I stopped exercising. This week I started back on weight watchers with the knowledge this is a lifetime decision, not a quick diet. WW is beneficial as it is set up to be a lifetime commitment. Anyone who wants to stay healthy must make some kind of commitment to themselves to do so.

I read some good and bad reviews on this site and I wanted to share my own experience. I joined Weight Watchers in 2003 and was able to lose the weight in the first year and keep it off for two years after that. During the time I stayed on the program, my cholesterol and blood sugar went to normal levels and I did not have to take medication.

Those who say that you can eat what you want as long as you stick to your points must not pay attention in the meetings. Our meeting coordinator always kept on our backs about making sure we got 3 to 5 vegetable/fruit servings per day. I had a hard time with this and she challenged me to eat a new veg/fruit every week to widen my palate.

The only reason I put the weight back on was because I stopped paying attention to what I ate and I stopped exercising. This week I started back on weight watchers with the knowledge this is a lifetime decision, not a quick diet. WW is beneficial as it is set up to be a lifetime commitment. Anyone who wants to stay healthy must make some kind of commitment to themselves to do so.