Weight Watchers

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Subject: Weight Watchers
From: [email hidden] (Ronnie Rao)
Date: 5/8/2004 7:43 PM Central Daylight Time
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Hello All:

I have been on Weight Watchers and lost 10 pounds in 2
months or so. I am wondering if I will gain it back again?
Has anyone had a bad experience?

I find the diet thingy pretty decent as I can eat
everything, and infact, more and even better.

Ronnie

Weight Watchers is a way of life. You learn to eat
properly , and if you continue to do so , you will not
gain back the weight.

If you revert to your old habits that caused you to gain
the weight in the first place, you , of course will gain
it all back.

Weight Watchers has no forbidden foods, but you learn what
you can eat and what foods are dangerous for you-- that is,
foods that you will not eat a reasonable portion of and
simply gobble ...

I lost weight with WW and kept it all off for more than 10
years, then got
careless and found that it crept up on me again, now I am
back on Program.

Good luck to you, Rosie

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Quoted message said:

Hello All:

I have been on Weight Watchers and lost 10 pounds in 2
months or so. I am wondering if I will gain it back again?
Has anyone had a bad experience?

I find the diet thingy pretty decent as I can eat
everything, and infact, more and even better.

From a statistic view point, it is likely that you will gain
the weight back. I think that WW is a good program. I lost
weight on the program and worked for them, leading two
classes a week. However, it is hard to overcome a lifetime
of eating habits that made you gain weight. Maintaining your
weight involves a complex and permanent change in your
lifestyle. Not only do you need to manage what and how much
you eat, but your level of activity has to change.
Furthermore, over eating is often the result of emotional
and psychological factors that people often don't understand
or know how to remedy. There also seems to be a genetic
component that predisposes some people to weight gain. I
don't want to be a pessimist, but most people do gain their
weight back no matter what program they follow. The federal
government will probably make companies like WW, Jenny
Craig, and Nutri System start disclosing statistics about
the long-term success of people who use their services.

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Quoted message said:

Hello All:

I have been on Weight Watchers and lost 10 pounds in 2
months or so. I am wondering if I will gain it back again?
Has anyone had a bad experience?

I find the diet thingy pretty decent as I can eat
everything, and infact, more and even better.

Ronnie

I lost 70 lbs from May to Dec last year. I found that I could keep the
weight off even if I had the occasional piece of pie or pizza but if you go
back to your old habits you will gain it all back and then some. I have done
it before. Keep counting the points and try to determine how many you can
eat and get away with it.
Wayne
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Quoted message said:

Hello All:

I have been on Weight Watchers and lost 10 pounds in 2
months or so. I am wondering if I will gain it back again?
Has anyone had a bad experience?

I find the diet thingy pretty decent as I can eat
everything, and infact, more and even better.

Ronnie

On 8 May 2004 17:43:11 -0700, [email hidden] (Ronnie

Rao) said:

Hello All:

I have been on Weight Watchers and lost 10 pounds in 2
months or so. I am wondering if I will gain it back
again? Has anyone had a bad experience?

You are always at risk. Weight loss will never be permanent
w/o a life change.

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I find the diet thingy pretty decent as I can eat
everything, and infact, more and even better.

Looks like you've made a life change.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

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Quoted message said:

Hello All:

I have been on Weight Watchers and lost 10 pounds in 2
months or so. I am wondering if I will gain it back
again? Has anyone had a bad experience?

I find the diet thingy pretty decent as I can eat
everything, and infact, more and even better.

From a statistic view point, it is likely that you will
gain the weight back. I think that WW is a good program. I
lost weight on the program and worked for them, leading
two classes a week. However, it is hard to overcome a
lifetime of eating habits that made you gain weight.
Maintaining your weight involves a complex and permanent
change in your lifestyle. Not only do you need to manage
what and how much you eat, but your level of activity has
to change. Furthermore, over eating is often the result of
emotional and psychological factors that people often
don't understand or know how to remedy. There also seems
to be a genetic component that predisposes some people to
weight gain. I don't want to be a pessimist, but most
people do gain their weight back no matter what program
they follow. The federal government will probably make
companies like WW, Jenny Craig, and Nutri System start
disclosing statistics about the long-term success of
people who use their services.

As with many issues that involve habits, one's success is
highly dependent on one's determination. That determination
can be rooted in many factors, one of the most important
probably being a view to better health and longer life, not
to mention a better appearance and greater energy. Many WW
members agree that after you achieve your goal you should
still continue to attend meetings for ongoing reinforcement.

Best of luck to you!

Wayne

Yes. I thought so too about WW.

I lost 11 pounds and I have about 6 more to loose. It will
be for life I guess, I love to be on a lower waist 🙂

Ronnie

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Quoted message said:

Hello All:

I have been on Weight Watchers and lost 10 pounds in 2
months or so. I am wondering if I will gain it back
again? Has anyone had a bad experience?

I find the diet thingy pretty decent as I can eat
everything, and infact, more and even better.

Ronnie

Yes, its a lot different than what I used to eat earlier, sometimes
doing groceries becomes stressful, but then its worth the *feel light*
feeling and getting back into those old pants that I had given up on 2
years ago 🙂

And since I eat mostly Indian meals (home cooked), I am
developing my own website with sort of low-carb Indian
recipes, it should be up in about 15 days, will let you
guys know.

And I do exercise 3 times a week (30 minute yoga) to keep
myself fit. A little discipline is required though...

Ronnie

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On 8 May 2004 17:43:11 -0700, [email hidden] (Ronnie

Rao) said:

Hello All:

I have been on Weight Watchers and lost 10 pounds in 2
months or so. I am wondering if I will gain it back
again? Has anyone had a bad experience?

You are always at risk. Weight loss will never be
permanent
w/o a life change.

Quoted message said:

I find the diet thingy pretty decent as I can eat
everything, and infact, more and even better.

Looks like you've made a life change.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments