How to Lose Weight With Weight Watchers
Founded in 1963 by Jean Nidetch, Weight Watchers is one of the largest weight loss assistance services in the world. Weight Watchers works by assigning points to different foods, and members use these points to determine what they can eat. members meet in person or online to encourage each other to reach a healthy weight and then to maintain it.
- Sign up for Weight Watchers and find a meeting place closest to where you live.
- Attend their weekly meetings, either online or in person. These meeting entail weigh-ins to help you keep track of your progress.
- Assign a goal weight according to Weight Watchers guidelines for your body type. This is the weight you should be attempting to achieve.
- Study their points system and use this to plan your food purchases. Your goal is to create a "calorie deficit", that is to consume less calories than is needed to maintain your current weight.
- Engage in regular exercise. Weight Watchers counts exercise as Activity Points.