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Good for you!!!

I started WW in September, with my "eye on the prize" of looking great at my beach wedding... I'm more than half way to my goal, I've lost 37.8 pounds... (I will get there and so can you :)

The best thing for me is the motivation I get from the (corny) meetings... weighing in holds me accountable and it's a huge help!  Tracking is a pain... I admit, I'm not that great at sticking to writing everything, but etools helps for sure.  

HANG IN!!!  

Ok you alla really motivating me to get off my tush! Would someone mind explaining how Weight Watchers work. Do you buy the meals from them or from the super market?

Thanks everyone for the information, I def. want to look into it.I noticed my scale tipping more then I want it to , so it made me nervous

I "use" WW, meaning that I only occassionally track my food and activity, but enjoy the tools.  I like the idea of converting it all to a point system, it seems to take the emphasis off the calories.  However, I find that I fall of the wagon every few days when it comes to entering my food. 

But one feature I LOVE is the weight tracker.  Somehow, just seeing the little graph makes it worth every penny for me.  I was down 13.5 pounds since January 1, but I slipped a little over the last couple of weeks, with several friends' birthdays to celebrate.  And, now my own birthday is coming up this weekend.  But April will be a big month for me--I am hoping to lose 10 pounds next month!

By the way, I have also been using Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred video.  I do it in the morning because that way I don't have to move more than 10 yards from my bed, and it's quick--between the prep (getting dressed), the video, and then a brief "cooldown" )downing a huge glass of iced water before jumping in the shower), it only takes me just over 30 minutes.  I can easily fit that in my schedule, and I am NOT a morning person.  That way I also start the day "right" and my motivation to stay on track lasts all day.  In fact, I just realized something--the only times  I ever "slip up" on my diet (eat an entire order of pump cheese nachos, for example) are on days that I skipped working out! 

I started WW in late February. I am now down 11.6lbs .. I love it.. I have tried WW before and have done well but fallen off the wagon. For some reason it's really sticking this time. I incorporate all the tools when I go out. I prepif I am going to a restaurant and if I can find point values I find something to eat before I go and don't even look at the menu. I cook more and try new recipes. My FI can't even tell the difference in some receipes. my goal is 40lbs by the end of October. so I have 29.4  to go. I would love to lose anothr 20-30 after that but if I can reach that goal by the endof October i'd be really happy! Good luck to everyone here and keep us posted on your accomplishments!

Weight Watchers is great!  I was on it for about a year and lost 30 lbs.  I'm not on it now (trying to do it on my own) but it really worked for me and I'm so happy I did it.  It's a life style change and like you said, it feels great to finally be in control.  Good luck!

So I have a question - I've been using the Self Diet Club, which has a weight tracker and nutrition fact entry system - similar to most free trackers like fitday or myfitnesspal or sparkpeople, I think.  It has some somewhat "upgraded" features from those sites, including an awesome pie chart of crabs:protien:fat ratio in your diet for the day, a feature that lets you save recipes as well as enter custom foods, plus a fairly extensive database of foods already. Plus it has an exercise entere and a way to 

So my question is, for the WW Online users - what will I get out of joining WW that I don't already have?  Is the points system that much better than regular calorie counting?  I feel like I am pretty in control of what I eat and I've been able to lose 20+ pounds on my own, but I feel like I could use a little push to get me over the plateau...