Anyone on here doing weight watchers?

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Veggie straws
SmartPop popcorn

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These are pretty bad for you.

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What are some other good things that I can store in my office for mid-afternoon snacking?

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Just don't eat snacks. If you just, almonds or beef jerkey.


Youre going to get a lot of people in here screaming at you about how bad weight watchers is. It's a pretty bad way to go, but you seem dead set on it based on your various threads on it. I would urge you to reevaluate if you really want to lose weight and be healthy.

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Youre going to get a lot of people in here screaming at you about how bad weight watchers is. It's a pretty bad way to go,

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I disagree it's a bad way to go if he likes it and can stick to it.

He will get a lot of heat here. I'm counting the posts until keto gets brought up.

Weight Watchers is really just limiting calories in, which is a generally solid approach. He will need to address overall metabolism slowing sooner or later, as is the case with most calorie restriction, but if he's just starting, he can probably make progress for a while before that hits.

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Just don't eat snacks

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I work in an office job. I'm used to snacking. I'm well aware that this is as much mental as anything else. to me it's like the smoker who quits smoking and needs something to do with their time/hands / oral fixation.

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I'm sure you will lose some weight if you are starting from a pretty low point (not negatively but you are pretty overweight and I assume don't exercise much)

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I admit this.

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but weight watchers is more of a "diet" than "lifestyle" and will make you have some problems losing later.

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That's interesting, because everything I have read and heard about the program is the complete opposite. It's not a diet at all, it's a way of looking at food and living and making healthy, long-term choices.

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If you really want to change your weight and fitness forever there are a multitude of better and more conducive to longevity plans.

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Give me a few. I've read into keto and I have some reservations about the long-term health of people who have done this. No doubt it works for mid-term success.

Weight Watches is all about calorie restriction. That’s how you lose weight. How is it a bad program?

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The cursory understanding of the points and, from my understanding, the continual lowering of them is going to be the point. You need to really understand what's going in your body more than this is "X" points and you don't just need to lower them until you stop losing wieght.

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Reducing tracking to a single data point as opposed to three or more data points certainly is going to cause some over-simplification. I've done some research, and it seems the model they use has evolved. When I first did it, the three "point determinants" were calories, fat, and carbs. Now, it's calories, fat, saturated fat, carbs, fiber, sugars, and protein. Certain things have a zero point value, like many veggies and boneless skinless plain white meat chicken and turkey. It's obvious to me that their system tries to gently push you towards certain foods.

Your allocated points drops as your weight drops. It's also based on gender and height.

I'd like to get into the 190-200 lb range. I'm under no illusions that only this one plan will take me there. Certainly, it's going to take more exercise to offset the metabolism drop. It may also take an eventual change to another plan. I may well plateau and need to mix it up.

And thanks for the suggestion of Avatar Nutrition - I will look into it

Not weight watchers but I like the slimfast keto snacks and shakes

Broccoli and carrot are healthy foods. But don't snack.

Eat once a day , usually people do dinner because that's when social family time comes into play. Every time you eat you're raising insulin which stores that food and adapting your body to how many calories is the new standard. And weight watchers is just a caloric restriction. One meal at dinner and eat healthy and what you want. A nice serving of protein with some fat, an avocado, green salad. A big scoop of peanut butter. Then water only until the next night. After a week your hunger will go down. A few hours after eating you're insulin will drop and you go back to letting your body process the junk and fat.

Im not even going to advocate keto. But what sounds better ? A chicken breast with some weight watcher frozen side or a salad with low point dressing ... or a pound of shrimp cooked in a few tablespoons of oil with some wine and paprika, finished with more oil to serve ? Plus if you're deadest on calories, then eating one meal a day it's almost impossible to go past your allotment.

It isn’t a bad plan at all if the dieter can stick to it and sees results. There are a ton of health benefits that accompany weight loss, so in that sense, you are correct that it’s a healthy approach. The problem with long term caloric restriction in a sedentary population is a reduction of your metabolic rate and therefore an adjustment to the negative of the calories out part of the equation. Also, the plan permits processed food, which along with eating less can lead to deficiencies in various micro nutrients along the way. Lastly, processed food is inherently more inflammatory than its whole food counterparts, with omega six oils, soybeans, preservatives, emulsifiers, food dyes and many other ingredients that can lead to an overactive immune system over time.

Now all that being said, it is infinitely better than perpetually eating the standard American diet and putting on weight annually which can open the door to insulin sensitivity, type II diabetes, increased risk of various cancers, high blood pressure, heart disease, etc. If it’s working and you like it, stick with it. You are bettering yourself and everyone on this board should be proud of you for it.

It's not a bad plan but in my personal opinion it is very suited for those that are lazy and do not want to not have the desire to understand macros at all. Also I have personally not seen many make actual body transformations as it seems from the outside looking in it's something people do on and off, but like I said the above is just from looking in.


Now your comment about snacks and needing it concerns the shite out of me. And honestly, please don't take offense, if that is the attitude you have, you are more then likely not going to reach your goal.

Now you seem to have your mind made up on weight watchers and it can and will work if you actually give it your all. I will encourage you to keep your foods to all whole foods and highly encourage you to start lifting weights.

Since you are looking for simplicity I would suggest using the stronglifts program using the stronglifts app, it's 3 days a week. I would encourage you to start trying to get 10k steps in every day. Make it a goal and get it done.

Do those two things with the weight watchers and you will be successful if you stick to the weight watchers plan. Only thing I am going to say is make sure you are getting protein in every meal.