i joined weight watchers this week.
my goal: 10 kg by christmas. watch this space.
as you may know, the weight watchers system works on the basis that you can eat pretty much anything that is high fibre and low fat.
In addition, you get 21 points each week to blow on chocolate, wine, nuts and other indulgences.
Depending on the brand, a muesli bar uses around 2.5 points. A meat pie is worth around 8.
You can offset these, and thus increase your weight loss, by racking up exercise credits. A 45 minute walk, for instance, earns you 2 points.
After this my first week, I find have overspent my points by so much that I calculate I will have to walk at 7kpm for four hours to cancel it out.
fortunately, the clock is wound back and you get a new set of points every monday, which is also weigh day.