Comments on: Diet Round-up #2 http://www.lazymanandhealth.com/diet-round-up-2/ Get Healthy with Me, One Post at a Time Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Skinny Guy http://www.lazymanandhealth.com/diet-round-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Skinny Guy Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:16:58 +0000 http://www.lazymanandhealth.com/diets/diet-round-up-2/#comment-95 I've lost 130 pounds on Weight Watchers, and your criticism of the WW point system is valid. However, like any diet system, there are those who follow the spirit of the plan and those who attempt to "cheat" the system. Eating your daily allotment of points on non-healthy foods will definitely NOT lead to success on the program. And the meetings try to teach you that. There is also a second plan that you can follow on WW which is close in philosophy to the Volumetrics diet. You eat to satisfaction from a list of "Core" foods, and you have a weekly number of points to use for foods that aren't on the list. I lost all my weight on the points system, and I'm maintaining it on the Core system. As far as paying for a diet, I didn't have the discipline this time around to do it own my own. The meetings and the financial commitment gave me additional levels of accountability and support that helped me achieve my goals. And the estimated $625 that I've spent on WW meetings is only a small percentage of the cost of some of the other programs out there. I'm not trying to promote WW over any other program out there, just offering my observations on what worked for me. I’ve lost 130 pounds on Weight Watchers, and your criticism of the WW point system is valid. However, like any diet system, there are those who follow the spirit of the plan and those who attempt to “cheat” the system. Eating your daily allotment of points on non-healthy foods will definitely NOT lead to success on the program. And the meetings try to teach you that.

There is also a second plan that you can follow on WW which is close in philosophy to the Volumetrics diet. You eat to satisfaction from a list of “Core” foods, and you have a weekly number of points to use for foods that aren’t on the list. I lost all my weight on the points system, and I’m maintaining it on the Core system.

As far as paying for a diet, I didn’t have the discipline this time around to do it own my own. The meetings and the financial commitment gave me additional levels of accountability and support that helped me achieve my goals. And the estimated $625 that I’ve spent on WW meetings is only a small percentage of the cost of some of the other programs out there.

I’m not trying to promote WW over any other program out there, just offering my observations on what worked for me.

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