The same tools and strategies that can help you lose weight on Weight Watchers can also help you maintain a healthy weight. The program is meant less as a diet and more to foster lifetime habits. Even as members step on the scale every week to chart progress, the overriding goal is to learn lifetime habits that will make weight maintenance possible.
Step 1
Go to meetings. Weight Watchers members who reach their goal weight and maintain it for six weeks become "life members" who may attend meetings for free--so long as they weigh in once a month and stay within 2 lbs. of their goal weight. This means anytime you feel the need for support or motivation, you can get it without paying the regular fee.
Step 2
Keep track of the foods you eat and their Points values in a food diary, and double-check your portion sizes occasionally to make sure they do not creep up. Fight potential boredom by trying new recipes and new foods, (see "Resources").
Step 3
Continue with physical activity of some sort, and consider mixing it up. Weight Watchers officials say "research shows that regular activity is key to weight maintenance."
Tips and Warnings
- Remind yourself of the benefits of maintaining a healthy weight: reduced risk of diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis and even some cancers; feeling more energy; better-fitting clothing; and the pride of accomplishment of weight loss.
- If your clothes start feeling snug, that's a signal to get back on track.
Things You'll Need
- Diary
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