The Weight Watchers approach vs. a “typical“ diet

Stop Dieting Start Living. Weight Watchers doesn’t teach people how to diet. They are dedicated to inspiring and helping people to adopt a healthier way to live. So they can successfully learn how to lose weight and keep it off by living , not dieting. Weight Watchers has been helping people achieve their weight loss goals for over 40 years.

Membership Fees

• 3-Month Savings Plan (works out at just $5 per week!)
  • $65 for the first 3 months (i.e. 13 weeks at $5 per week)
  • $16.95 for each additional month
• Standard Monthly Plan
  • $46.90 for the first month
  • $16.95 each additional month

Diet Features

An integrated approach emphasizing good eating choices, healthy habits, a supportive environment and exercise.A focus just on food. Most “diets” tend to ignore exercise and other factors necessary for sustained weight loss.

A plan that allows you to eat what you like, with an emphasis on nutrition and advice on staying satisfied by choosing the foods you enjoy. Rigid rules you must follow to succeed or requirements that eliminate some foods entirely. Often, you must buy special foods from a specific diet company.

A sensible plan to help you lose weight at a healthy rate plus the knowledge and info you need to help you keep it off for good. Promises of rapid weight loss with little effort, but no information on how to keep the weight off for the long haul.

A time-tested approach informed by analyzing years of scientific studies. “Proof” often based on one scientific study designed to support the diet’s claims.

Flexible food plans that can adapt to any lifestyle or unique needs. Little consideration for you as an individual, with just one approach to suit everyone’s needs.

Fitness Features

Fitness isn’t just about the gym. There are plenty of ways to be active throughout your day. Find something fun that will keep you motivated.

• The Get-Wet Winter Workout
• How’s Your Fitness Vocabulary?
• Winter Walking: Making It Work
• Fitting in Fitness at Christmas
• Belly Dancing: Sway Anything

You’d exercise more if only you could find the time, right? Learn how to make the time, overcome obstacles and get the most from your workout.

• Take a Swing at Tennis
• 15-Minute Fitness
• Walk Across America
• Buff Bride Q&A: Bad Knees
• Transform the Way You Run
• David Kirsch’s Anytime, Anywhere Workout

Support

Weight Watchers provides excellent support, both online and offline (with meetings):

• Read food and gadget reviews written by other Weight Watchers members.
• Celebrate your weight-loss success by nominating yourself for one of Weight Watchers Before & After or Online AchieverT stories.
• Weight Watchers is popular with both men and women. One member who subscribed to Weight Watchers Online lost 100 lbs and found the love of her life via the message boards!
• Weight Watchers Meetings (off-line) provide a motivating environment led by a leader who has lost weight with Weight Watchers and kept it off. Below are 10 things you should know about the meetings:
  1. Each weigh-in is confidential.
  2. Meetings work for both men and women.
  3. There are no required foods… eat what you like.
  4. Meetings are dynamic, diverse and fun.
  5. Leaders have lost weight with Weight Watchers.
  6. You don’t have to talk if you don’t want to.
  7. It’s easy to find a meeting near you.
  8. There are lots of meeting times to choose from.
  9. Weight Watchers eTools is available.
  10. There are many flexible payment options to choose from.
• The Weight Watchers weight-loss plan is developed by credentialed scientists with proficiency in weight management.
• In addition, Weight Watchers consults regularly with renowned experts to ensure that its weight-loss plan reflects the latest scientific thinking.
• Weight Watchers experts separate myth from fact and explain their science-based approach through The Science Center. This on-line resource lets you explore the science of weight management and read about new findings, so you can make informed choices.