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"Weight Watchers" Pro Review 2
The following article was sent to us by a former visitor to chasefreedom.com: ...WW teaches you that the key to weight loss, and maintenance, is changing your lifestyle. They do not teach you how to lose without changing eating habits, but rather they teach you how eat right, and still be able to eat the foods that aren't so good for you once in a while. They also emphasize that this is a lifestyle change and not a diet. Once you reach your lifetime goal, you no longer have to pay the fees, thus encouraging the member to keep this newly formed lifestyle. If they do not maintain, or if they quit the program altogether, then they are at fault, not the program. The program does not gaurantee you will loose weight by joining the program, but, it guarentees to give you the information and encouragement and help to make the lifestyle change,and it's up to you to do it, and do it forever. Also, you wrote that WW did not promote excersize. Well, I'm not sure how long ago this study was done, or how far into the program the study went, but I know that the program heavily promotes excersize. In fact part of the Winning Points deals with how to earn points through excersize, and recommends at least 20 min of excersize a day. We talk about exersice in almost every meeting, and one of the tools you get with the program is a point booster card, which tells you how much excersize you should be doing a day (based on weight, and intensity) to achieve certain results. Their are even excersize plans on the website, and in the magazines. They don't only teach you to eat foods low in fat, but to eat fewer calories, and more fiber, and many other healthy tips that aren't even part of the winning points, proving that its not all gimmicks. For example, they tell you to be aware of your sodium intake, and tell you what a healthy intake is. One of the mottos is "Eat to live, don't live to eat." In one of your posted reviews, it was noted, "Long-term group therapy has the potential to prevent the development of self-reliance and self-discipline, which is clearly the most important trait in those 5% of dieters who succeed 5 years and beyond." Well, this is also why in WW encourages lifetime membership, in which you must maintain your goal, and continue to attend meetings, for the support, at least once a month, and don't pay. There is nothing wrong with group support, and having to have group support forever. If it is what you have to do to stay healthy and in shape, what is the problem? Since when did support and encouragement become a bad thing? As far as the "inconvenient counselling sessions" you mentioned. Well, there are meetings at almost every time and day imaginable, so I would hardly call that inconvenient. The more accurate way to put it, is that people would rather do something else. The truth is, you are going to have to put time into any program or diet you use to lose weight, you just have to make it a priority. And if you can't, then you are not serious about becoming healthy and changing your lifestyle. Now for one of the reviews of your past
visitors: Well, she must have had a bad WW leader, because water is
water. Whether it's flavored or not. In fact, if you read the info they
give you weekly (which this person must not have), one of the tips is
to "add flavoring, like a few drops of vanilla to your water if
you don't like the taste of plain water." As far as the competitiveness,
it's sounds to me like the reader was just defensive, because she likely
wasn't doing what it takes to lose, and therefore everyone was losing
and she wasn't, making her feel resentful and using "competitiveness"
as a scapegoat instead of taking responsibility and action and changing
her lifestyle to lose the weight and become healthy. And as far as the
expense, yes it can be a little expensive, but well worth it, if you
do it right, and when you hit goal, you don't have to pay anymore. If
you could do it on your own, you wouldn't have enrolled in the first
place. Maybe she has the tools and knowledge she needs now to continue
the program on her own w/out attending meetings and paying, but chances
are that she will spend a lot more money trying other things before
she will realize that she needs to be more motivated, and self-diciplined,
and quit blaming the program for her failure. My parents are also members
of WW on the advice of their doctor. The doctor did not reccomend any
other program to them. He said it would help them to change their eating
and excersize habits, and help them become healthier and more energized,
and we are, and much happier because of it. Enough said. |
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