I'm very glad people are having success using Weight Watchers - I used it myself in the past and lost 1.5 stone for my wedding and I can see that the structure and support system can be very valuable to people.
However, from personal experience I am now cautious about any system which makes me count ANYTHING (calories/fat/points/meal times/grams etc.) rather than listening to my own body and really thinking about what I eat. After losing the 1.5 stone I immediately put 3.5 back on. I discovered that through doing weightwatchers I had actually been focusing on a symptom of my problem - my weight - and ignoring the basic underlying problem of how much I eat and my addictive relationship with food. For me, weightwatchers avoided the issue and was only a quick-fix solution which played havoc with my emotional relationship with food.
I have been exploring my relationship with food for the last 8 years. I have never had a serious eating disorder (other than some silly starving myself for a bit when I was a teenager) but it is taking me a long time to work through the layers and layers of addiction and false thinking I have about food. With the help of some very good books I now feel I am really starting to "get" it. It's so emotionally liberating and has done wonders for my self esteem. Addiction doesn't necessarily mean being very heavy - many people who are an average size for their height, or who are thin, have an addictive relationship with food.
If anyone's interested, I would strongly recommend "Eating Less" by Gillian Riley. For me it has been truly life changing and a permanent solution to a problem which used to make me dispair.
Having said that, I hope everyone who is doing weight watchers is successful! We all have to find what works for us
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