The weight-loss giant Weight Watchers is replacing its’ Points plan with a new system under which fresh fruit and vegetables are zero points! Under Weight Watchers new Points system, dried fruits and starch vegetables such as potatoes and corn still have points assigned to them. Weight Watchers says it will help dieters realize that a 100-calorie apple is a better choice than a 100-calorie bag of chips. The overhaul is the biggest change for Weight Watchers in more than a decade.Weight Watching, Over the Decades
The weight-loss giant Weight Watchers is replacing its’ Points plan with a new system under which fresh fruit and vegetables are zero points! Under Weight Watchers new Points system, dried fruits and starch vegetables such as potatoes and corn still have points assigned to them. Weight Watchers says it will help dieters realize that a 100-calorie apple is a better choice than a 100-calorie bag of chips. The overhaul is the biggest change for Weight Watchers in more than a decade.
Flo was interviewed by The New Yorker a few years ago, and made a huge blunder by talking openly about the Weight Watchers program when she thought she was done with her magazine interview. Her company expects dieters to fail. In fact, the average Weight Watchers client re-enrolls herself 16 times over her lifetime. Phenomenal failure, rather than raving success, by anyone’s measure. Oh wait. Except by the stockholder’s measure.
This recent modification to the Points Plan is getting closer to scientifically proved methods of weight loss and long term weight control. People who stay ‘naturally thin’ eat a wide variety of vegetables, excepting potatoes. This program modification would be perfect if it included only vegetables, but it is a huge move in a healthy direction for a program that needs a facelift.
Over my years with WW, this change is not completely new. Years ago there were no points. There wasn’t even butter. The best thing about WW is that for many people it is the only nutrition education they ever get. And if one stays with WW and does not deviate, even the old old program it works. The big thing is that WW does not advertize their program as a diet but a change in eating style. So WW does a lot of good for a lot of people , and thoes that have to come back come back because they know if they follow WW guidelines they do lose weight!
It’s hard to get lasting results with portion control, because it is so hard to maintain smaller portions rather than change choices. It is great to see a program change over time to accomodate the new weight loss information.