Weightwatcher Review #65 by Cindy on September 21st, 2011 at 7:29 AM CDT

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I am a lifetime member. I have found weightwatchers to be a great program. But you have to spend a lot of time chopping food. I find I do not have time to attend the meetings so a friend suggested every other week. I am going to try that. I really like weightwatchers because it is food I can serve the family and friends not just a shake or snack bar or soup. With a phone apps it makes keeping track much easier. You can always use frozen foods in the freezer if you do not have time to prepare a meal. The point system allows you to eat any brands frozen meals.

I am a lifetime member. I have found weightwatchers to be a great program. But you have to spend a lot of time chopping food. I find I do not have time to attend the meetings so a friend suggested every other week. I am going to try that. I really like weightwatchers because it is food I can serve the family and friends not just a shake or snack bar or soup. With a phone apps it makes keeping track much easier. You can always use frozen foods in the freezer if you do not have time to prepare a meal. The point system allows you to eat any brands frozen meals.

Weightwatcher Review #64 by Susan on May 29th, 2011 at 1:57 PM CDT

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I have tried WW many times, once even losing over 70 lbs, however, since my leader left (passed away, actually), the meetings have gone downhill. We never have the same leader, and there is very little support. I started a new job, and have been struggling greatly with staying on plan, and have been gaining weight. I have mentioned it to two different leaders and the only 'support' I get is - "you know how to do this" or, "at least you only gained one pound and not more". Hmm... not the kind of support I am looking for. It is disappointing because it seems some weigh in locations have great leaders with good support systems, but mine unfortunately does not. I can't see wasting any more money on a program where the leaders don't care if I am successful or not.

I have tried WW many times, once even losing over 70 lbs, however, since my leader left (passed away, actually), the meetings have gone downhill. We never have the same leader, and there is very little support. I started a new job, and have been struggling greatly with staying on plan, and have been gaining weight. I have mentioned it to two different leaders and the only 'support' I get is - "you know how to do this" or, "at least you only gained one pound and not more". Hmm... not the kind of support I am looking for. It is disappointing because it seems some weigh in locations have great leaders with good support systems, but mine unfortunately does not. I can't see wasting any more money on a program where the leaders don't care if I am successful or not.

Weightwatcher Review #63 by Susan on May 21st, 2010 at 9:01 PM CDT

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I joined weight watchers in January and stayed on the program for almost 3 months and gained 5 pounds. I currently weigh about 160 pounds and my height is 5 9" so i am in the range. The classes in Boynton Beach were designed for retired people where the class instructor coordinated walking trips for the majority of the members. I switched to the Boca Raton facility and found the speaker to be very motivated; she was skinny skinny(an X- flight attendent). I believe she took diet pills to stay as thin as she did and did not actually follow the weight watchers plan. Weight watchers pushed all of their health bars( only 1 point per bar) which got me into the habit of eating bars on a daily basis. My previous diet prior to weight watchers was much more fulfilling bc. I ate a higher amount of chicken and fish but did not worry about points. With weight watchers, I snacked more bc. I tried to stay within my point limit and did not watch the quality of food I was eating as compared to my former diet that included a high protein, low carb diet. I always felt hungry with weight watchers too in comparison to not counting points and eating a low fat, low carb diet with less sugar. I feel weight watchers is all about the new products they are launching and the point value instead of the quality of what you are consuming. Perhaps weightwatcher should be categorized as a food manufacture such as quaker oats instead of a diet company. I am sure those food sales are definitely proving worthwhile for their investors and they laught all the weigh(no pun intended) to the bank. I expect more from the diet company than a bunch of marketing and sample dropping of health bars when I drive to a weekly meeting and hear all about the food launches. Enough of being a lifetime member and attending weekly meeting where you learn about what new and exciting bars weight watchers is pushing.

I joined weight watchers in January and stayed on the program for almost 3 months and gained 5 pounds. I currently weigh about 160 pounds and my height is 5 9" so i am in the range. The classes in Boynton Beach were designed for retired people where the class instructor coordinated walking trips for the majority of the members. I switched to the Boca Raton facility and found the speaker to be very motivated; she was skinny skinny(an X- flight attendent). I believe she took diet pills to stay as thin as she did and did not actually follow the weight watchers plan. Weight watchers pushed all of their health bars( only 1 point per bar) which got me into the habit of eating bars on a daily basis. My previous diet prior to weight watchers was much more fulfilling bc. I ate a higher amount of chicken and fish but did not worry about points. With weight watchers, I snacked more bc. I tried to stay within my point limit and did not watch the quality of food I was eating as compared to my former diet that included a high protein, low carb diet. I always felt hungry with weight watchers too in comparison to not counting points and eating a low fat, low carb diet with less sugar. I feel weight watchers is all about the new products they are launching and the point value instead of the quality of what you are consuming.

Perhaps weightwatcher should be categorized as a food manufacture such as quaker oats instead of a diet company. I am sure those food sales are definitely proving worthwhile for their investors and they laught all the weigh(no pun intended) to the bank. I expect more from the diet company than a bunch of marketing and sample dropping of health bars when I drive to a weekly meeting and hear all about the food launches.

Enough of being a lifetime member and attending weekly meeting where you learn about what new and exciting bars weight watchers is pushing.