WW is fine, it's more about the guiding/support/guilt tripping there
There is something up here called Scottish Slimmers which some of my friends swear by, which is similar. Anything which suggests you should eat certain food groups, or colours, or anything like that, is almost certainly arsewater, but of course they (Atkins, Cambridge, that new French one, etc etc) play on the "oh but look you can eat shit loads and nice things too and it'll be EASY" .. people want something for nothing, and you can't have it with this. Not without serious aftereffects.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 14:29, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I think they all work to a point
just by getting people to think about what they eat
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 14:31, Reply)

that is true
but it is much better, more enjoyable and long-lasting if the behaviour it creates involves eating and exercising healthily rather than a weird combination of foods, or replacing meals with a bar or shake.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 14:33, Reply)

You don't have to eat a weird combo on Slimming World
It's not much different to WW except you can eat bigger portions. And it works and I'm not unhealthy.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 14:36, Reply)

good for you :-)

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 14:44, Reply)

they work in that you lose weight
but dysentery would make you lose weight. What they are is both incredibly unhealthy and mostly unsustainable, because most people that use them are looking for an easy fix for something that requires work and willpower.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 14:35, Reply)

i'm working like a fucker!
I've laid off the wine and chese, I'm on the exercise bike.
I just can't do that 'points' thing or weigh my portions.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 14:37, Reply)

I think I've confused what you are actually doing
In my defence, you did say up there you were "separating food groups"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 14:52, Reply)