Weight Watchers is Still Around
One of the oldest weight loss programs is Weight Watchers, and it is still around after almost 50 years. It was started in 1963 by a New York homemaker, and now operates in around 30 countries and was generally designed to help people eat more sensibly and to continue this after losing weight.
The weight loss has to be maintained for 6 weeks after a goal weight has been achieved, at which point you become a lifetime member. The program has obviously evolved over the years based on the current thinking and trends of the time. When most people think about it, they think of the fact that every item of food you eat has to be weighed out and the point’s values calculated.
One thing that people like about the program is that you can still eat all kinds of foods as long as you have weighed them and fitted them into your daily point’s allowance. In addition, the meetings encourage people to lose weight rather than lose face in front of the other dieters.
