Can you set your own pace for weight loss? Ie if you only wanted to lose 1 kg a month would that be ok or do they try to get you losing more than that?
Tan was it harder losing weight - I see in your ticker you have insulin resistance iss-ewes?
Hi Marydean.
Yes you set your own pace , there is no set amount that you have to loose, you do it your way. i am setting myself 500grams a week. sometimes i will loose more and sometimes it may be less but it doesnt matter either way.
Losing weight is hard work for me no matter what i do. I figure that i better do it now as i know it will only get harder for me as i get older.
I dont want to get diabetes and i am in the high ratio of getting it, i have family history, PCOS and i am insulin resistant and overweight. So i am doing it
to avoid this.
I have been to WW a couple of time and my mum has been numerous times. It may work for some people but not for me because it is unsustainable for me. I am having more success now by myself just increasing my exercise and cutting out some of my really bad habits but not going too far with cutting back food. I think it is easy to lose weight quickly for the first month and then to put it back on because the food is cut down so much so quickly. If I did it again I would give myself more points then they give with a view to possibly to cutting down later when my body has adjusted.
Hope I have given a slightly different viewpoint.
Last edited by krysalyss; February 2nd, 2009 at 11:12 AM.
: meant 'unsustainable' not 'sustainable' whoops
It was great whilst I was on it, but my body would store as soon as I stopped, and both times I did it I gained more weight afterwards and not from doing anything badly. I know now its not right for my body as I have metabolic issues but I do know it works for some people. I think the most important thing is not every diet works for everyone, and if it works for you great, if it doesn't try something else
Thanks Krysalyss, what you're saying is they just didn't allow enough food! That's something I learnt from the dietician, you can't just say x calories = a weight loss. Other factors such as activity, height, starting weight - all mean that you may need to eat more than someone else attempting to lose weight. At the end of the day, it's got to be able to fit in with the rest of your lifestyle or it's not worth it.
i've done the online version twice - once with success and once without!
the first time i lost a bit of weight and was going well but then i moved back to australia from the uk & at that time they didn't have the online version here (i don't think).
last year i decided to give it another go because i knew i'd done alright the time before. unfortunately this time it just didn't work for me. maybe it would have been better if i'd gone to meetings - i know of a few people that have had success this way.
as you say, it needs to fit with your lifestyle & be something that works for you. while boundaries are sometimes a good thing, as soon as i feel like i'm being restricted, i want to rebel i'm better setting myself targets - i.e. to eat x amount of protein, x amount of fibre etc because that motivates me & i end up eating more healthy food by default!
Hi mary dean ww worked for me I was overweight as a teenager and joined ww and got down to a healthy weight and maintained that for 5 years until I fell pregnant with dd1. I then rejoined ww online after I couldnt lose the baby weight on my own, it worked for me again but then I fell pregnant with dd2 and have once again joined ww to lose the baby weight. I am breastfeeding and find I am not hungry on the plan and have lost 3.5kg in a month (they reccomend around 500g a week loss if you are bf to maintain supply)
I find I didnt put weight on once I stopped tracking my points (similar to calorie counting) if I just tried to eat healthy and doing ww helps you get into good habits. Like queen bee with little ones I find online useful because all the food info is at your fingertips and you don't have to worry about finding babysitters to go to meetings but each to their own
wether you join ww or not good luck with your weight loss
I lost 15kg on weight watchers in 14 weeks. I found it really helpful in losing weight.
As a way of life though, i don't follow it any more. I find that calorie king is much better and means that I eat healthier. Counting points for me became tedious and annoying and not something I think can be done for life.
Every time I"ve done it I've lost weight and kept it off. The first time I joined I was 19 and lost 20kg. I never, ever put all of that weight back on, perhaps 3-5 kilos at times, but I always lost it again.
I've had lots of friends do it too, and every one of them has been successful.
I definitely agree that going to the meetings gives you a sense of accountability and I've always been more successful attending meetings.
I found that even after I stopped counting points, I still didn't put on weight. It teaches you to make the right choices and after a while, you just know the points of most foods.
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i'm better setting myself targets - i.e. to eat x amount of protein, x amount of fibre etc because that motivates me & i end up eating more healthy food by default!
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