What you like to eat can be worked in. Ms. Pollack, who also organizes meetings on a corporate level, said the point system currently used is so successful that membership was up even over the holidays. It used to be that people were reluctant to be careful about what they ate during that period because the temptations were many and few wanted to pass up the pleasures of party food and drink. Weight Watcher's has implemented, however, is in the philosophy that people should be making changes in their eating habits for life - and they mean that literally. To enjoy a good healthy life, you have to maintain it with a good healthy approach to eating.
Self esteem is so important.
Getting people to recognize why they eat and what to do to change is important. I go play on my computer. If you do it enough it becomes a habit. Approaching weight loss in a more philosophical way does not mean that the new Weight Watchers program has cast aside its traditional methods. They still use the food pyramid as a guideline and still emphasize that weight loss is more successful when it is gradual.