You have to be careful saying you're on a program when you're not. Using WW guidelines to lose weight might be fine, but you're not actually on Weight Watchers without going through their programs (one way or another).
If you stick with it, and it works, fine. If you decide that it's not working for you, don't tell people that you tried WW and it didn't work, because without the meetings or online support and counseling, you were not on WW.
I know five people who claim to have been on Atkins, yet NEVER read the book. They are fat, to this day, and say that Atkins is terrible. Of course, all they did was spend a couple of weeks eating nothing but meat. That IS terrible. That's not Atkins, either.
I know two people who got fatter on the what they called The South Beach Diet. Of course, all they did was read parts of the cookbook and eat a lot of the SBD bars and frozen meals. And, somehow, they thought fast food was fine if they only had a small order of fries and said "no ketchup" on the burger.
|