My mom is trying to follow the Weight Watcher's point program atm, (not extreeeemely strict), more as a kind of guideline,
since she wants to lose some weight.

I was wondering if anyone else here ever tried (or had any experiences with it)
Or tried any diets that were effective (or not effective at all)

My friends step dad tried Weight Watcher's for a while. He lost a ton of weight, it was crazy how well it worked for him.

i guess self discipline is the best plan. I'm about to go on a strict diet after lent.

Keep 'whites' out of your meals and you will be amazed. By whites, I mean white bread, sugar heavy foods, white pasta, and such. Carbs add to weight. Try whole wheat and multi grains.

If you drink soda, stop. A person drinking a soda a day, who stops and drinks water instead, will lose 30 pounds in a year.

If you drink alcohol, stop, or seriously reduce if you'd rather not stop. There are an unbelievable number of calories in alcholic drinks!! 2 beers are roughly equal to the amount of calories in a full meal, and on top of that, alcohol slows down the metabolism rate.

I know about beer

beer and bread both are not good.

I think Matt would rather get fat.

drink water everyday! till you pee crystal clear

laurenwrites wrote:

I think Matt would rather get fat.

I am working on losing weight, so I'm limiting the beer

But you're like... tiny anyway, at least in the pictures I've seen. Plus, you need to get that viking look going before you start touring again.

I'm about 152lbs at the moment, which is IMO too much

yeah right! i used to be 175 in highschool....i'm about 215 now.

laurenwrites wrote:

But you're like... tiny anyway, at least in the pictures I've seen. Plus, you need to get that viking look going before you start touring again.

Yeah, you need to look like Pilgrim

i'm trying to lose weight and I'm on weight watchers. It really works well if you exercise too. I work out at the gym every other night.

Matt wrote:

I'm about 152lbs at the moment, which is IMO too much

Hey!!! Don't be going and stating numbers!

i lost 45 pounds

Here's one tip. Stay away from the "Bacon Cheese Pizza Burger Deluxe" thread.

Thorwik wrote:

Here's one tip. Stay away from the "Bacon Cheese Pizza Burger Deluxe" thread.

Matt wrote:

My mom is trying to follow the Weight Watcher's point program atm, (not extreeeemely strict), more as a kind of guideline,
since she wants to lose some weight.

I was wondering if anyone else here ever tried (or had any experiences with it)
Or tried any diets that were effective (or not effective at all)

tell her to stop eating any red meat and drinking milk/soda....she'll shed pounds faster than a fat kid in a sauna.

she will want to split what she eats so that her protein intake is much higher than her carbohydrate intake [like a 60/40 split where carbs are 40%]. Tell her to go to a gym and talk to someone that is a licensed nutritionist not a dietitian, seriously, the dietitians I have met don't know anything but numbers and how to kill people by starving them to death like weight watchers does.

Matt wrote:

I'm about 152lbs at the moment, which is IMO too much

thats what i weighed in 6th grade :p

Thorwik wrote:

Here's one tip. Stay away from the "Bacon Cheese Pizza Burger Deluxe" thread.

mmmm i must have a heart attack form that burger.