Weight Watchers is a program that highlights the importance of social support for weight loss. It uses a point system to assign values to foods and allows members to eat any food as long as they stay within their daily point limit. The point system is flexible in that it accommodates all lifestyles and food preferences while still promoting balanced nutrition. Members receive encouragement from meetings and coaches to help them stick to the plan and lose weight gradually over time.
7. These point systems allow followers to
eat a certain amount of food each day
as dictated by the system.
8. With the point system, numeric point
values are assigned to all food
items, and members can eat any foods
that they want as long as they remain
within the pre-set point limits.
9. The good thing in that with the point
system you can have every food that
you like to eat; just have to keep
yourself from exceeding the point
limit.
10. So, with Weight Watchers, everything
is moderated, and all foods are fair
game as long as you stay within the
prescribed limits.
12. Weight Watchers gives you a menu, a
diet plan, record keeping
programs, and nutritious recipes to
follow.
13. Seeing as encouragement and positive
reinforcement are essential for helping
people stick with their weight loss
plans, Weight Watchers provides a
support network to dieters so as to
make the process of losing weight less
daunting.
14. A simple way to calculate points is
(Calories + (Fat x 4) – (Fiber x 10)) /
50.
15. Foods are assigned different points
and values, so the types of food that
are high in fiber and low in fat have
fewer points.
16. Alice Lichtenstein, a Professor of
nutrition at Tufts
University, states, “Any diet plan is a
way of helping people limit their
calorie intake, but it’s important that it
also allows for optimal nutrient intake.”
17. The Weight Watchers program is the
way to gain that nutrient intake in a
very balanced way.
18. The Weight Watchers point system is
advantageous as it is suitable for all
people and fits easily into all lifestyles.
19. The diet is very balanced and
nutritious and has all of the major food
items.
20. The other benefit is that dieters get
positive support and encouragement
from their teachers.
21. Weight Watchers may have a few
disadvantages, however, as it can be a
little bit expensive, and the weight-
loss process is much slower than other
methods.
22. Another thing to consider is that this
point system has now improved and is
called Point Plus.
23. With this new system, you are more
able to control your calories and food
intake in an even healthier way than
before.
24. The main thing in the new system is
burning more calories than you eat.
25. Calorically-dense foods that have more
fat and simple carbs are assigned
more points, and there is an unlimited
quantity of fresh fruits and non-
starchy vegetables that you can
consume.
26. One more step is to have a simple test
done checking to see if you are allergic
to any food included in the diet.
27. If so, then that food will be excluded
or replaced with other foodstuffs.