Re: Successful With Weight Watchers? - OT

[Guest guest]

Glo,

Have you tried FitDay? You can easily track your diet, supplements, exercise,

etc. with it.

http://www.fitday.com

I do think WW cuts the fat too much in their foods, but most people really

wouldn't have

any idea how much fat they are eating anyway without tracking it. My

nutritionist has me

on a 50% fat, 30% protein and 20% carbs diet right now and yes that is to lose

weight. I

am losing very s_l_o_w_l_y!!!!! :-)) I am impatient, but am listening to what

he says as my

daughter and I have had such good results with him. I have adrenal problems and

I truly

think that part of the reason my health plummeted was due to a very low fat diet

(like 10-

12%) and radical training, that I thought at the time was helping. I did lose

some weight

but then crashed. Proper fats are key to staying healthy.

Linn

>

> Hello,

>

> I have been slowly " coming back " from huge health issues with Dr. B's

protocol .. with

the iodoral and " prescribed " supplements. I am finally feeling motivated enough

to try to

do something about my weight .. which has skyrocketed (imo) in the past couple

of years.

The motivation has come back, I'm sure, because my health issues are finally

getting in

check.

>

> I thought I would ask (here) if anyone who has been following any kind of a

very

natural protocol has been successful with the Weight Watchers program? After

hearing of

several friends successes with this program, I logged on last week and signed up

w/Weight

Watchers .. on-line.

>

> I ask this question, because after really studying their site last night, to

me it seems

that WW really " advocates " a lot of low-fat, etc foods. In my mind I always

have sterred

clear of any kind of prepared foods that advocated low fat, low (anything)

really .. thinking

that when they take one thing out, they substitute with something else that is

totally

unhealthy. Not sure if I'm right about that or not .. but that is what I

remember my mother

always saying while I was growing up.

>

> My other question, I guess would be with all of the supplements that I am

on, I am

wondering if those will be adding calories .. and how to figure that?

>

> Not sure if these are " relevant " questions or not. At least you can fill me

on if you have

been successful with this program, while continuing on your supplement program

and

remaining healthy?

>

> Thanks!

> ~Glo

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, I'm sorry to hear about your health/weight difficulties. I hope

that you are on a better path now. I second the recommendation of

FITDAY.com - I think it is one of the best/easiest ways to manage most

diets and especially proportion based diet (a certain percentage of

calories from fat/carbs/protein). Plus the online version is free!

I personally have never done Weight Watcher - I think that research

has shown that it does work (at least as well as program does, the

diet industry does not have a good track record overall for longterm

success) - I personally think that " the Magic " of Weight Watcher might

be the support. My guess would be that that aspect of it might work

better for most people if they did a plan that entailed actually going

to meeting and doing the weigh in's etc - I think it also offers some

education on nutrition for people who are truly in the dark but I

would guess that your level of knowledge already surpasses what they

might offer. I also believe that the caloric balance

(carbs/protein/fat) that you might typically get if you were following

WW might not be well suited for some people with certain health

problems - you might have to do more in that area in order to do well

with your health and weight on the program. It seems to me with the

points types of systems that caloric intake is what is most regulated

(which is usually helpful) but that it is possible to get a balance

that is not optimal and also might not encourage people to eat higher

quality foods like omega-3's instead of trans fats --- fresh leafy

veggies instead of more process, less desirable forms of carbs.

I imagine that most supplements do not contain a significant number of

calories unless you mean like powder supplements that go into a drink.

Most pills/caps/tabs will likley not -I am pretty sure that

minerals are calorie free and I think most of the vitamins are too

except for the fat soluble once- a couple of exceptions that I can

think of are the chewable vitamin C's that are full of sugar and taste

like candy (because they sort of are) and things like the fish oil

caps - that contain fat - all be it really good fat -- Your

supplements should have a nutritional-type of label on the back on the

bottle called " Supplement Facts " I think in most cases if there are

calorie, they will be list -- they are on my fish oil but they don't

seem to be on my Vit D supplement, which is an oil filled capsule -

although it likely contain less than .5 grams - which I believe is the

amount that things often get " rounded down " from food labels - its tricky.

Also on the supplement calorie thing - try fitday - their food

database might already contain that info for you!

[Guest guest]

-ere) if anyone who has been following any kind of a very natural

protocol has been successful with the Weight Watchers program? After

hearing of several friends successes with this program, I logged on

last week and signed up w/Weight Watchers .. on-line.

>

-----> This is an interesting alternative to the regular low cal diet.

A few people I know who have struggle with weight and craving issues

are on it and having great success. I started this week....not totally

successfully but headed in the right direction.

http://www.fast-5.com/

The book explaining the science behind it is free to download.

Another option based on the same principle of keeping insulin levels

low for large chunks of time is UpDayDownDay.

http://www.johnsonupdaydowndaydiet.com/

I did that diet last summer and spring and felt great on it. Lost

about 15 lbs easily. But this Fall was under a ton of stress and

couldn't keep it up.

Lynn