Weight Watchers Diet

Weight Watchers is essentially a food exchange programme. Herein each dieter is allocated a number of calories and food exchanges for every meal and snack.

There is a new Points programme, whereby each food is given a number of points due to it fibre, fat and calorific content.

A dieter is allocated a given number of points every day, so you are able to choose the foods you wish to eat and calculate your points accordingly.

Pros

• The Weight Watchers diet is balanced and nutritional. Advice is given on weight loss as well as exercise, both crucial to effective weight loss as well as good health.
• You are not left feeling weak nor hungry.
• The body’ metabolic rate is maintained, without the creation of fat stores
• This is one of the few diet types that provide face to face support.
• It is possible to maintain this diet online, by using the Weightwatchers Online Point system.
• Lots of positive testimonials regarding the effectiveness of this diet.

Cons

• This diet relies on the point system and calculator for weight loss
• Associated advertising relies heavily on the message that overweight people are able to lose weight without giving up their favourite foods.
• The reality of the matter is that dieters can only have minute portions of such foods.
• Research highlights that only 5% of dieters are able to maintain weight loss for more that five years of commencing the diet.
• Face to face support and attendance of Weight Watchers meetings can possibly hamper self reliance and discipline.
• Dieters may obsess over certain foods as a result of such immense focus on the Weight Watchers point management system.

Daily Meal Plan

Breakfast

* Weight watchers muesli with skimmed milk
* Dried fruit

Lunch

* Grilled mozzarella with sundried tomatoes on pitta
* Greeen salad

Dinner

* Chinese style pork and veg (mange tout, baby corn, diced pineapple, beansprouts)
* Noodles
* Strawberry yoghurt