Weight Watchers
Okay so I started Weight Watchers on November 1st. Doing the online points tracking because the meetings here do not fit with my schedule. Have a friend in Chicago who is doing it too so we're "diet buddies" long distance.
The funny thing is I put in how much I wanted to lose and the site told me how many points per day to have (based on height and weight and being in an office job). So far the number of points have not changed what I eat. Seems I've been eating just about that all along. Only have to cut out the snacks. Doesn't seem right somehow.
The thing that really irks me though is the cost. For only three months online it is $65 and you don't get thing like the eating out guide or the slide rule thingy to calculate points by hand. If people need help (and most Americans do) why do they have to charge so much?
A full blown membership is over $400 a year. About the same as belonging to the YMCA so if you add the two together (which you should) you're looking at around $1000 to lose 30 pounds or so. No wonder people are overweight! Who the hell can afford that kind of "help". It is beyond absurd!! They are making way too much money off of people's desperation and misery.
The funny thing is I put in how much I wanted to lose and the site told me how many points per day to have (based on height and weight and being in an office job). So far the number of points have not changed what I eat. Seems I've been eating just about that all along. Only have to cut out the snacks. Doesn't seem right somehow.
The thing that really irks me though is the cost. For only three months online it is $65 and you don't get thing like the eating out guide or the slide rule thingy to calculate points by hand. If people need help (and most Americans do) why do they have to charge so much?
A full blown membership is over $400 a year. About the same as belonging to the YMCA so if you add the two together (which you should) you're looking at around $1000 to lose 30 pounds or so. No wonder people are overweight! Who the hell can afford that kind of "help". It is beyond absurd!! They are making way too much money off of people's desperation and misery.
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