Category Archives: Weight Watchers

Weight Watchers and The 3 phases of weight control


Posted by katiebird

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):

  1. Begin a “diet”
  2. Lose Weight
  3. Maintain goal weight

Most of our lives should be spent at step 3. But for some reason we are obsessed with the first two steps. We’re experts at them. And we know almost nothing about being successful at step 3. [More] Continue reading →


Eat 4 Today – The Commitment. Rocket Fuel for the Commercial Weight Loss Plans


Posted by katiebird

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 those programs. I’ve talked about my experience with Weight Watchers and how I’ve lost quite a bit of weight by following their plan. If you are in a hurry to lose some of your weight, you might consider adding The Commitment to the requirements of your commercial plan.

Just today as you follow your weight loss plan, don’t eat between meals and don’t take seconds. If I can lose 1-1/2 pounds a week just by doing that, imagine how much weight you’ll lose if you (who are following a commercial plan) do it!


Obesity. Is it curable? Or am I stuck with it forever?


Posted by katiebird

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 for almost 8 months and I’ve lost a lot of weight. And mostly things go pretty smoothly for me at this point. I’ve got a routine and I’m happy sticking to it. But I’ve been here before. Continue reading →


My Love/Hate Relationship with Weight Watchers. Pt. 6 – It’s a Corporation


Posted by katiebird

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. Continue reading →


My Love/Hate Relationship with Weight Watchers. Pt. 5 – What’s a lifetime membership worth?


Posted by katiebird

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 idea to make it work as a permanent weight control solution.

(I didn’t realize that this was the beginning of the end of my association with them.)

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