OUR FEATURED SUCCESS STORY - JULY 2007

Brigitte Walsh

I am 35 years of age, am 1,65m tall and have been a Weight Watchers member since September 2005. At this time I weighed 86kgs. I lost 26kg in 8 months and felt like a new person!

I have been on other diets before but found them very restricting. I did manage to lose weight successfully with them but it meant cooking and eating separately from everyone else. Going out for dinner or to friends for a meal caused a mini crisis as so often “diet” foods were unavailable or it meant eating a boring leafy salad. What I love about Weight Watchers is being able to eat all the foods I enjoy or have been prepared for me – without the guilt! I can eat chocolates, ice cream and all those treats I enjoy, as long as I incorporate it into my points.

I think this is a wonderful diet plan as it is very flexible and even includes take-aways into the plan. Working full time and being a mother, quick and easy recipes are often on the menu. I do not have time to weigh, analyze and separately allocate food. With Weight Watchers, you have a quick and easy guide to use. E.g. tablespoon of raisins = 1 POINT, palm-sized steak = 5 POINTS.

With previous diets, due to the restrictions, I quickly and easily fell back into bad eating habits, especially at Christmas and Easter. I just could not manage banning all my “treats”. My level of confidence has improved dramatically since my weight loss and many people have commented on this. On a recent holiday I even ventured into a bikini! My energetic 6 year old loves the fact that I now play more sports with him as I now have the energy to keep up with him. Also, I now have the confidence to do sport and to enter a gym! I presently weigh 57 kgs, so thus far my total weight loss has been 29kgs. I’m not finding it difficult to maintain my weight due to the flexible point system. It’s really fantastic.

All in all, belonging to Weight Watchers has been a life changing experience!