Weight Watchers

WeightWatchers is one of the World's most popular weight loss programmes and has been around since the 1960s. The concept of Weight Watchers is not to offer a "quick-fix" solution to weight related problems, but more about adopting a healthier eating plan (that also will help you lose, then maintain your new, weight).

The Weight Watchers programme is about developing a healthy lifestyle, includes mental, emotional, and physical health.

The dietary programme is a lot about group support and you are expected to attend regular meetings for weigh-ins and motivation. Most foods are allowed, each of which has a point value.

When you attend your first meeting, you will be given an amount of points you are allowed to consume every day. Some types of physical exercise will cancel out some of the points consumed, so the more exercise you get, in theory, the more you can eat!

The dietary programme is also good as it allows some flexibility with the points. For example, when you have a special occasion coming up.

The emphasis of the weight loss plan is very much on the points, not on what foods you eat. And so you are encourage to plan your meals using the points system. As there are very little foods that are actually restricted on this diet, it is probably one of the easier diet programmes to follow.

Many dieters also find the group support given at the meetings invaluable. However, if you are happy to do the diet on your own, you can attend online meetings – great if you are short of time or work irregular hours.

Ways to make Switch work for you

Weight Watchers Meetings
Weekly motivation and real life inspiration to help you reach your goals.

At your Weight Watchers Meeting, you'll choose what works for you and your lifestyle, with all the encouragement you need.

Weight Watchers Online
Follow Switch online with our interactive weight-loss tools and resources.

You'll have access to hundreds of recipes and meal ideas as well as habit guides, food plan guides and interactive quizzes.s

Weight Watchers eSource
Web-based tools for Weight Watchers meetings members.

If you're attending meetings, Weight Watchers eSource makes it even easier to follow your choice of food plan and see your progress.

Start losing weight today with Switch, new from Weight Watchers!

New Switch recognises that everyone is different. Discover the small positive changes you can make and take control to reach your goals.

Find personal solutions with the Weight Watchers 10 Winning HabitsT.

Choose one of two flexible, healthy food plans:

NoCountT

No counting, no fuss.
Eat freely from a comprehensive list of foods.
Eat three meals a day until you feel comfortably full.
Snack on fruit and vegetables or the occasional treat in controlled amounts.

Full Choice

Complete flexibility with your POINTS® allowance.
All foods are given a POINTS value based on a unique formula.
Discover your own personal daily POINTS allowance.
Eat any food, just stay within your daily POINTS allowance.

About Weight Watchers

Philosophy
Weight Watchers has always believed that dieting is just one part of long-term weight management. A healthy body results from a healthy lifestyle - which means mental, emotional and physical health. Weight Watchers does not tell you what you can or can't eat. We provide information, knowledge, tools and motivation to help you make the decisions that are right for you about nutrition and exercise. We help you to make healthy eating decisions, and we encourage you to enjoy yourself by becoming more active.

At Weight Watchers we believe that healthy, long-term weight loss is within everyone's reach and we will help you reach your weight loss goals:

Providing you with two ways to lose weight: Full Choice plan or NoCountTM plan.
Guiding you to make positive changes to your behaviour.
Motivating you every step of the way.

History
In the early 60's, Jean Nidetch, an American woman from Queens, New York, discovered the best way to control her weight was to be able to eat normal food and talk to friends and other people who could understand, and support her.

Jean invited some friends to her house for a coffee one day and asked if they'd join her in following a medical diet recommended to her by her hospital dietician.

They agreed to meet regularly just to talk about how they were getting on. Jean started holding meetings in other people's houses too and the group began to expand. She teamed up with businessman Al Lippert and together they founded Weight Watchers.

Four years later, the first meeting in the UK was held near Windsor. Since then the company has continued to expand: in the UK alone over 6,000 Meetings are now held each week by a Weight Watchers Leader who has also lost weight successfully with Weight Watchers.

And now, Weight Watchers is reaching others via the website: www.weightwatchers.co.uk

Weight Watchers

Ways to make Switch work for you

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