Nearly everyone who has ever been on a diet, or who has ever read about diets will have heard of Weight Watchers. They have been the most recognizable product in the diet field since the early 1960’s
They are not really a diet as such, more a brand that is well known in the weight loss industry as being one of the leading players, in helping others to reach the weight that they want to achieve.
Weight watchers has Probably the largest amount of dieters of any of the weight loss clubs and the fact that they have been established for that amount of time is an indication of their success. They have been estimated to have around 20,000,000 involved in their diet clubs at any one time.
Their success is based not so much on the diets themselves as much as the support system. The diets have been changed over the years to fit with current thinking and best practice, but have generally been based on a calorie-controlled system of weight loss.
They do not offer the guaranteed fast weight loss of some diets, but prefer the slow steady approach, that helps dieters to gradually lose weight through sensible eating and then keep it off. But their diets are not based on a particular focus, such as low fat or carbs, but on having a generally good, low calorie diet.
The Weight Watchers diet is actually fairy simple to follow. They have given all foods a number according to how much they are likely to make you put on weight. Each person has an amount that they can consume in a day according to how much they weigh and their ideal weight loss.
Then they can eat whatever adds up to that number each day. That is a very simple version of the Weight Watchers weight loss system. It is brought together with advice on good diet and how and when to eat and is a very comprehensive system for the helping the dieter, to not only lose weight but also to keep that weight off.
It should also be said that the Weight Watchers diet does lean heavily towards their own products. But for all that it is a very useful and well tried and tested weight loss system.
Weigh Watchers also have a very useful aspect that sets them aside from any of the books you buy, their weight loss meetings. This is the basis of the entire weight watchers system and is fundamental to their success.
The meetings are usually on a weekly basis and are lead by an official Weight Watchers leader. These clubs are a great encouragement to those who like to have some help and support when they are dieting. Although they can also be a little daunting if you haven’t reached your weekly weight target.
If you prefer not to go to the meetings they do have an online version that you can also use if you are not able to get to the meeting that week. They also have a very well populated forum that can be a great help to those who are struggling or those who just like to share how the weight loss is going.
Weight watchers are undoubtedly the brand leaders in the field of diet clubs and products and are very well thought of by many, the only real drawback is that the meetings are obviously much more expensive that just buying a book. But if you like to be part of a group and think that your weight loss would be more successful with this encouragement, then the Weight Watchers clubs may be worth considering.