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me! i signed up 2 weeks ago....they are doing a program at my work.

I've done Weight Watchers off and on for the past several months. It works if you stick to it, but I am bad about tracking points.

I was on WW last year and lost about 15 lbs, and the husband lost about 30 (damn men, they lose so much faster!)

Then the holidays came and we totally fell off the wagon and recently cancelled our membership They cancelled the meeting that was closest to us on Saturday morning (5 mins from our home), which was the meeting we really liked. And nothing else is as convenient or as close, so we stopped going to the weigh-ins. And then after that, we pretty much fell off... the weigh-ins made a big difference for us!

Almost signed up again for the online program last night, but then the husband said he didn't think it would be as effective for us without the meetings. Argh.

@sslm: It's all in what you need. I am doing so well because my DH is doing MFP with me. If he can track and exercise then I can't let myself slack off.

I did WW in high school and lost 60 lbs in 4 months. I'm sure that's not typical (my hair started falling out), but I kept it off for 10 years until I got pregnant. We'll see if I need it again after baby arrives.

I did it about 5 years ago and lost 25 lbs in 6 months. About a year later I ended up gaining most back because I stopped tracking points. I started again after RJ was born and lost 10 lbs, but fell off the wagon again because I was bad about tracking points since I wasn't sitting at a computer all day. I plan on going back on it after this baby is born and sticking to it in some way for the rest of my life! It's the only way to keep the weight off!

BTW WW is the only way I've lost more than 5 lbs at a time in my entire life!

I need to get on this wagon. I told my BFF that I was going to give myself to the end of this month to do all the things I kicked--coke, caffeine. Stuff like that. I need to lose weight so pre-pregnancy clothes fit better and so I'm at a lower starting point for pregnancy. Doctor also thinks that I am prone to high BP so losing weight would definitely help with that!

I've been doing it online since mid-January and have lost almost 9 lbs so far, which is about half of what I put as my goal weight (though I'd ideally like to be about 10 lbs below that!). It's not that much each week--usually between .5 and 1 lb, but I also feel like I've more been making lifestyle changes rather than trying to lose weight. So that part is good--slow and steady so that eventually I'll stop actually tracking but keep up the portion sizes and such. The hardest part for me is that dh is a big foodie--we go out to eat a fair amount, and sometimes he cooks really extravangant meals. And he's our cook at home, so I tend to eat what he's making. I'm trying to get him on the bandwagon too--then maybe I'd lose more

I've been doing the online program, but I've fallen off the wagon the last few weeks. My problem is that we will go out to eat, and I'll have no idea how many points something is so I just give up and don't track. Must get back on it because we have a beachy vacation in 2 months, and I'd like to not have to wear tent dresses on the beach.

My goal is to lose the weight by June 2nd for a wedding I'm going to - I cannot afford to buy a new dress so I have to fit back into one of my coctail dresses by then!

How are you all doing with WW? I'm on my 5th week of WW online.