Weight Watchers Online is the Internet version of the traditional Weight Watchers diet program. Its fundamentals are the same, except you conduct weekly weigh-ins on your own instead of at meetings.
Function
Weight Watchers Online is a tool to keep track of your daily habits and meals so that you can lose weight effectively. Weight Watchers assigns a points value to every food, based on its fiber content, fat and calories. The program encourages healthier eating, as whole nutritious foods have less points and are promoted as more filling choices.
Features
There are a plethora of foods with point values, and if you do not see what you are looking for, you can easily figure it out with the tools. The program also automatically figures out how many points you should be allotted per day, based on your body mass index. The points adjust as you lose weight.
Benefits
Weight Watchers Online is convenient and user-friendly, and you can access your information anytime.
Cost
As of 2009, the Weight Watchers online program costs $16.95 per month. There is also an initial start-up fee of $29.95. However, there are occasional promotions offered, such as paying for three months at a time and getting one free month.
Considerations
Weight Watchers Online encourages you to seek peer support through message boards and blogs throughout the website. You can still go to traditional weekly Weight Watchers meetings in-person, but the cost is not included in your monthly online program fee. This may be a downside to those who have better weight loss success through in-person accountability.
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