Category Archives: Weight Watchers

Weight Watchers and The 3 phases of weight control

By katiebird | Published: October 20, 2006
I’ve said it a million times and I’m going to keep saying it until I start hearing it said casually on television and in commercials and on the street when I’m standing at the corner: Obesity is incurable. But it can be controlled. And contolling obesity takes 3 steps (not 2): Begin a “diet” Lose Weight Maintain goal weight Most [...]
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Eat 4 Today – The Commitment. Rocket Fuel for the Commercial Weight Loss Plans

By katiebird | Published: March 25, 2006
I’m not eating between meals and I’m not taking seconds. Just Today. And I’m going to try this for a year to see what happens. Some of us may be members of a Commercial Weight Loss organization. And according to at least one popular consumer organization, you can successfully lose weight by following [...]
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Obesity. Is it curable? Or am I stuck with it forever?

By katiebird | Published: March 17, 2006
Some people call it The YoYo syndrome. It’s that popular pastime where we gain weight and lose weight and gain weight, and more weight and lose weight and gain. Up and Down. It’s so predictable no one is surprised when it happens. It seems that only the person directly affected notices. I’ve been Eating 4 Today [...]
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My Love/Hate Relationship with Weight Watchers. Pt. 6 – It’s a Corporation

By katiebird | Published: March 12, 2006
With all the touchy-feely friendliness of a Weight Watchers meeting, it’s easy to forget that it isn’t a club, it’s a corporation. It’s not staffed by well meaning volunteers, it’s staffed by employees. Ultimately, it isn’t our wellbeing that interests the corporate entity, Weight Watchers. That’s not their primary interest at all. Share This!! Hide Sites $$('div.d213').each( [...]
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My Love/Hate Relationship with Weight Watchers. Pt. 5 – What’s a lifetime membership worth?

By katiebird | Published: March 11, 2006
I was totally into the Weight Watcher’s thing that last time I joined. I was looking through my Weight Watchers kit at it’s filled with little notes, goals — quotes from the ‘Leader’ — ideas to make Weight Watchers even more successful. I remember a conversation I had with my sister where I described one [...]
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