Mike- WW is simply a reduced calorie diet that rewards you for low fat / high fiber foods, and penalizes you for high fat / low fiber foods. They emphasize eating more fresh vegetables and fruits, drinking a lot of water (good for metabolism and flushing stuff out of the body). And the group meetings provide tips, motivation, group support, and often good q&a sessions. Plus, you get weighed every week to a tenth of a pound, keeps you honest. When we were last there, everything translated to "points". Based on my weight, I was allowed 28 to 35 points a day. I could tell the points of any food by using a slide-rule calculator against the label info.
Unlike the diet programs that feed you (e.g. Jenny Craig), WW teaches you how to eat sensibly. And there are a lot of really delicious recipes in their cookbooks. It's not "crappy food". And, if I wanted to say "hell, for this meal I'm going to have whatever I want", ok, I could do that. The week's loss might be less, but if I just swallowed that <g> and went on with the program it was only a small speed bump on the road to weight loss. When I was fairly diligent at WW and did some brisk walking, my weight loss averaged 1.5 pounds per week. This is quite healthy - anything over 2 pounds a week for a length of time supposedly isn't good for you, and your body reacts defensively to it. -Ben At 10:19 AM 3/12/03 -0500, you wrote: >Damn! That's great Robert - can you post a pic? > >Maybe you could provide me with some advice then - what's their secret? > >M > >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert Everland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:14 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Solidarity > > >I decided to do something about my weight on Halloween, I joined Weight >Watchers and have lost 43 pounds so far. I don't eat crappy, but I eat what >I want, and I still lose weight. > >Robert Everland III >Web Developer Extraordinaire >Dixon Ticonderoga Company >http://www.dixonusa.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
