Hey there,
Someone I know started Weight Watchers recently and I havta say, it wasn't what I expected. She uses the online-only version right now and is very happy with it.
What really impressed me was that it isn't calorie-based at all. It's the points system, but weighted very heavily toward getting customers to eat a balanced diet, with quality foods.
For example - a serving of pasta has 3 points, white rice 2 and potatoes 1 point, for the same amount. That makes sense because there's more nutritional value in the potatoes (hm, just realized that I'm talking about German potatoes which are much more yellow and flavorful than the bleached-white Idaho spuds - so maybe the calculation would be different in the US, don't know)
Fruit is zero points (with some exceptions like avacado, obviously). You can "eat as much as you like", which is maybe a bad thing depending on the personality of the customer.
The online system is a dream. Gazillions of recipes, which you can modify any way you wish, the point adjust automatically. It's very solidly programmed and basically foolproof.
Anyway, I just wanted to give WW a head's up and put out the info for anyone who might be looking for a program to follow.
Someone I know started Weight Watchers recently and I havta say, it wasn't what I expected. She uses the online-only version right now and is very happy with it.
What really impressed me was that it isn't calorie-based at all. It's the points system, but weighted very heavily toward getting customers to eat a balanced diet, with quality foods.
For example - a serving of pasta has 3 points, white rice 2 and potatoes 1 point, for the same amount. That makes sense because there's more nutritional value in the potatoes (hm, just realized that I'm talking about German potatoes which are much more yellow and flavorful than the bleached-white Idaho spuds - so maybe the calculation would be different in the US, don't know)
Fruit is zero points (with some exceptions like avacado, obviously). You can "eat as much as you like", which is maybe a bad thing depending on the personality of the customer.
The online system is a dream. Gazillions of recipes, which you can modify any way you wish, the point adjust automatically. It's very solidly programmed and basically foolproof.
Anyway, I just wanted to give WW a head's up and put out the info for anyone who might be looking for a program to follow.