Offering A
Successful Weight Loss Options
Weight Watchers began over
forty-five years ago when a young woman in New York brought her friends
together to discuss weight loss, sharing support, ideas and
encouragement for one another along the way.
These weekly meeting have grown considerably and in those forty-five
years, millions of Americans, both men and women, have joined and
successfully lost weight.
The goals of the program are still based upon the same concepts as the
original meetings. The support for one another as each person struggles
to succeed in their weight loss goals.
While the meetings are more organized, the nutrition guide created
by licensed dieticians and the recipes professionally created, the basic
format is still the same, creating a system that offers everyone a
climate of support, motivation and compassion in their shared pursuit of
weight loss.
Weight Watchers offers two
choices in their
food nutrition guide that are designed to help each individual
successfully choose healthy foods that will enhance weight loss within
the body while still providing the necessary vitamins and minerals to
keep the body operating in a healthy manner.
The Plan offers an individual the opportunity to control
calorie intake by keeping track of point values of each item eaten
during the day.
This
program is successful when the individual counts each point value and
keeps a journal of the item and its specific point value over each
twenty-four hour period.
The Weight Watchers program has
created daily point intakes for every body and weight style; each member
must find their own daily points total and make food choices that fit
into those numbers.
The Core Plan, focuses on controlling calories by monitoring the
consumption of foods from specific lists and categories.
The safest list is the “core list”
which is comprised of “core” wholesome foods from all of the food
groups.
This is the list the individual must
choose from for most of their dietary intake. However, there is a list
that outlines special indulgences that can be eaten with moderation.
Both plans are specifically designed with success in mind so the
individual must be dedicated to their own success to see the desired
results.
