Weight Watchers for men

[Questforthemouse]

Any males on here doing WW? Have you been successful. I'm 40 and need to lose 75lbs. Started the Flex program with my wife this past Saturday. So far so good. I need to know that other guys have been successful doing this. My wife tells me if I follow it the results will be there. She did it a number of years ago and had great success and then we got married and became "eating buddies" . Now we've decided to be good health buddies . I don't go to meetings (she does). I'm unofficially doing WW but I'm 100% committed. My fear is that it is going to all be for not! I don't know any men that have done it. I need some inspiration. My goal is to get through my first two 10% targets by our trip to WDW Dec 29th.

 

[drgnfly30]

There are at least 3 or 4 men that attend my WW meetings... they have had great success! I'm always jealous because their losses far out 'weigh' the ladies, it seems!!

Good luck! If you stay on program you will definately see results!!

 

[stego]

My wife and I joined WW in March of 2004; the following July 2005 I became WW's latest lifetime member. Initially it was the big shock of what we were eating but after a month I increased my activity: duration and intensity. Babysteps...first 1/4 mile, within a month I had gotten up to running a mile without stopping. For you it might be badmitton. I would encourage you to find something and stick with it. For me, I have never, ever counted an activity point. WW is a lifetime/style change. Going to the meetings, especially the first year was very helpful & supportive. My total weight loss was over 96 lbs. Today is it not getting to 100 as it about what I can do at 43yo, like racing my mountain bike in Sam Houston national forest this past weekend. To get the results, you'll have to stay the course! Fred

 

[tiggerlover]

Congratulations on making the choice to learn a healthier lifestyle. Weight Watchers is a great program and we have at least three gentlemen in my meeting and all three of them appear to be doing very well. I agree with Stego, it really is a lifetime/lifestyle change and the meetings ARE very helpful. Good luck in your journey.

 

[Boston5602]

Hi , I joined WW 6 weeks ago and have lost 20.6 pounds . The meeting I go to has about 25 women and 15 men. I love the points system. Right now I dont have enough self control to even try the core plan.

I just wanted to get a quick hello out to you other guys.


Good luck and keep up the hard work!

 

[QT Pooh]

I don't have any personal experience with it, but my ex-husband joined weight watchers in January. He is 41 and weighed 251. He got inspired when his life insurance company denied him life insurance stating he was high-risk (he's only 5'8"). He has quite a bit of muscle mass but tended to carry all the weight around his middle. He blamed his weight on being big-boned so the denial from the life insurance company because he was grossly obese was a complete shock to him (denial!!). He joined weight watchers and has since lost 48 pounds. He looks so much better and has a better attitude about life in general. I'm very proud that he took the initiative to do something about it. I want our kids to have their father around for a long, long time.

Good luck with everything and remember a plan only works if it's executed. Take it one day at a time!!

 

[Questforthemouse]

I don't have any personal experience with it, but my ex-husband joined weight watchers in January. He is 41 and weighed 251. He got inspired when his life insurance company denied him life insurance stating he was high-risk (he's only 5'8"). He has quite a bit of muscle mass but tended to carry all the weight around his middle. He blamed his weight on being big-boned so the denial from the life insurance company because he was grossly obese was a complete shock to him (denial!!). He joined weight watchers and has since lost 48 pounds. He looks so much better and has a better attitude about life in general. I'm very proud that he took the initiative to do something about it. I want our kids to have their father around for a long, long time.

Good luck with everything and remember a plan only works if it's executed. Take it one day at a time!!

Thanks QT Pooh...I am 40 years old, 5'8" and 224lbs on the long road to 155lbs. I've been on the Flex program for 2 weeks and have executed to plan as required. Just need to know it is going to work if I stick with it

 

[Duanerice]

Welcome aboard. I am doing weight watchers at work and am the only male. I have reached goal and am now a lifetime member. I tried doing weight watchers with my wife a few years ago, her going to meetings and me following the plan with her like you are doing. Worked OK, but lost interest.

This time I attended meetings. Made all the difference in the world. I was now accountable for weighing in in front of someone. No kidding myself. To me it made all the difference in the world. Yea it's not cheap, but going to meetings and weighing in is what made it work for me. On Sunday if I wanted something, I had to think about weighing in on Tuesday. Made me think twice about a lot of foods until I got in the habit of eating mostly right.

Maybe if you weighed in in front of your wife every week, or someone at work that would track your weight for you. Again, keeps you accountable. It is easier to lie to yourself alone in the bathroom. OK, that didn't sound right, but that is where my scale is

Below is a post I put on the Events board in response to someone talking about exercising and eating right, drinking water and not eating fried foods.

Hang in there, you can do it.
Duane

"First need to mention that I joined Weight Watchers at work last July. A lot of this had to do the the WW program. There are other great programs and just good common sense, so I am not touting WW, it's just the program I used that taught me how to eat healthier.

I run around 19 - 21 miles a week. Time just really doesn't allow more until I get my weekend runs up over 10 miles. I used to run less than 10 miles a week but needed to bump it up becasue the weight wasn't coming off like I needed.

I normally do not eat fried food. Do I like it? YEA! But, I don't normally eat it. It is amazing that the longer you don't have something the less you really want it. I did have fried haddock while up in Syracuse, but that was on vacation and doesn't count, as you say, it is a scientific fact! Besides, it was fish. Anyway, I eat pretty healthy now and don't miss a lot of the other stuff I ate. I still love Pizza and Chinese and once every couple of months we'll splurge on some fried chicken.

I drink a lot of water. More than 64 oz per day, usually. I always have a bottle of after with me at work, in the car and at home, so I don't really count the ounces.

I feel great. I lost 32 lbs and have been at weight watchers goal for a few months now. Went in for my pre op for the surgery on Friday and they mentioned how low my resting heart rate was. I just kind of smiled because that doesn't happen by accident, it took a lot of work.

So, bottom line is this is basic healthy information that is taught by weight watchers and other programs, except the 20 miles a week part. But they do stress exercise.

Anyone can do this, just need to want to. I went to lunch twice this week with some people at work that are in WW but complain that they aren't losing weight. First of all they do not exercise. At lunch they ordered very fattening food, most of it fried, and ate a lot of it. The only reason I say this is that these programs work. The folks, which I love dearly, will now tell people they tried WW and it didn't work. Well ya it does, you just need to do what you are supposed to do. I'm not a perfect eater by any means, but compared to how I ate a year ago, I am a saint OK, off my soapbox."

 

[Questforthemouse]

Welcome aboard. I am doing weight watchers at work and am the only male. I have reached goal and am now a lifetime member. I tried doing weight watchers with my wife a few years ago, her going to meetings and me following the plan with her like you are doing. Worked OK, but lost interest.

This time I attended meetings. Made all the difference in the world. I was now accountable for weighing in in front of someone. No kidding myself. To me it made all the difference in the world. Yea it's not cheap, but going to meetings and weighing in is what made it work for me. On Sunday if I wanted something, I had to think about weighing in on Tuesday. Made me think twice about a lot of foods until I got in the habit of eating mostly right.

Maybe if you weighed in in front of your wife every week, or someone at work that would track your weight for you. Again, keeps you accountable. It is easier to lie to yourself alone in the bathroom. OK, that didn't sound right, but that is where my scale is

Below is a post I put on the Events board in response to someone talking about exercising and eating right, drinking water and not eating fried foods.

Hang in there, you can do it.
Duane

"First need to mention that I joined Weight Watchers at work last July. A lot of this had to do the the WW program. There are other great programs and just good common sense, so I am not touting WW, it's just the program I used that taught me how to eat healthier.

I run around 19 - 21 miles a week. Time just really doesn't allow more until I get my weekend runs up over 10 miles. I used to run less than 10 miles a week but needed to bump it up becasue the weight wasn't coming off like I needed.

I normally do not eat fried food. Do I like it? YEA! But, I don't normally eat it. It is amazing that the longer you don't have something the less you really want it. I did have fried haddock while up in Syracuse, but that was on vacation and doesn't count, as you say, it is a scientific fact! Besides, it was fish. Anyway, I eat pretty healthy now and don't miss a lot of the other stuff I ate. I still love Pizza and Chinese and once every couple of months we'll splurge on some fried chicken.

I drink a lot of water. More than 64 oz per day, usually. I always have a bottle of after with me at work, in the car and at home, so I don't really count the ounces.

I feel great. I lost 32 lbs and have been at weight watchers goal for a few months now. Went in for my pre op for the surgery on Friday and they mentioned how low my resting heart rate was. I just kind of smiled because that doesn't happen by accident, it took a lot of work.

So, bottom line is this is basic healthy information that is taught by weight watchers and other programs, except the 20 miles a week part. But they do stress exercise.

Anyone can do this, just need to want to. I went to lunch twice this week with some people at work that are in WW but complain that they aren't losing weight. First of all they do not exercise. At lunch they ordered very fattening food, most of it fried, and ate a lot of it. The only reason I say this is that these programs work. The folks, which I love dearly, will now tell people they tried WW and it didn't work. Well ya it does, you just need to do what you are supposed to do. I'm not a perfect eater by any means, but compared to how I ate a year ago, I am a saint OK, off my soapbox."

Thanks Duane. I am bound and determined to do this and do it right. I wish I could attend meetings right now but I can't. Maybe in the near future. My wife and her sister have their weigh-in on Saturday mornings so when she comes back from WW I do my weigh-in in front of her. You are right...the accountability is important. We are walking together 3 evenings per week and will be increasing that over the next few months.