How to weight watch

Weight Watchers is renowned as being one of the most successful methods in place to help you lose weight. It is used worldwide but is most popular in the United Kington and the United States. It is based on counting the calories you eat and matching them with exercise to burn them off. There is no secret method and no empty promises. You control what you eat in a points system and you work hard burning off the calories, again in a points system. Weight Watchers measures exercise in terms of intensity levels, i.e. by measuring heart rate and oxygen consumption. The program give you different scenarios and activities to do each day which equal "exercise points" which you can do in conjunction with measuring your "eating points."

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Sports shoes/Trainers

1. • 1
     Dance. Join a dance class locally or go out on a night out with friends and dance without consuming any alcohol. Weight Watchers recommend just 20 minutes of high intensity dancing or 40 minutes of moderate intensity dancing. Try ballroom, salsa or line dancing for this amount of time and you will gain the recommended "4 activity points" that Weight Watchers suggest you earn every day.
   • 2
     Swim or attend an aqua fit class. These are available at most local gyms or leisure centers. If you cannot swim, try jogging in the shallow end of the pool for around 20 minutes. This will earn you "4 activity points" also.
   • 3
     Dig in the garden. Replacing and changing flowers and bushes in your garden for around an hour can also raise your heart rate to what Weight Watchers class as an "intense" level. This again will earn you "4 activity points."
   • 4
     Clean your house. Weight Watchers suggest that by cleaning your house for an hour, i.e. doing laundry, sweeping and washing floors, you can earn a further "4 activity points."
   • 5
     Do not limit yourself to doing one of these exercises per day. You can do as many as possible and earn yourself extra calories and point in terms of food or consuming alcohol.

Tips & Warnings

• Please seek medical advice before starting a program like Weight Watchers. It might not be suitable for you.