Why Weight Watchers and First Place 4 Health?

I was recently asked why I chose to do two programs to lose weight rather than just focusing on one specific program. My answer was: "I love both of them!" While this approach may seem complicated to some, I find it works for me personally.

The thing I love most about First Place 4 Health is the four-sided approach to weight loss; the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical. When one area is out of balance, we are unbalanced.  The program addresses each area. When I became involved with First Place 4 Health, I was a little overwhelmed by the thought of trying to balance everything. I thought it would simply be enough to eat right and exercise more. As I soon learned, especially as an emotional eater, balance in each area is vital to my health. It wasn't enough to just eat healthy and walk every day. I needed to get my spiritual life on track, learn how to properly deal with the emotions that caused me to eat, and keep my mind focused on positive thoughts. The First Place 4 Health Bible study books are a wonderful part of my journey to improved health. They are simple and easy to do and keep my mind focused in the right direction. I grew tremendously as a Christian as a result of First Place 4 Health. This group taught me how important a daily devotional and prayer time is. I tell people that First Place 4 Health literally changed my life and it has. I will forever be grateful for this wonderful program and the special people I've met since being involved with them as both an online member and a group leader.

I use Weight Watchers for my eating plan. I enjoy the simplicity of the PointsPlus system, and their online eTools is worth the cost of membership, which is less than ten dollars a week if you purchase the monthly pass. When you weigh in each week, your weight is automatically updated on your personalized Weight Watchers eTools page. You don't have to do a thing! You can see your progress and rewards, build recipes, calculate points, and things too numerous to mention.  I'm just beginning to explore all the neat things they have to offer, and they continue to update the website and add new tools. Very helpful stuff! I also love the flexibility of the meeting times. In our area, there's a meeting nearly every day of the week. So, if I can't get to my regular meeting, I can always go to a different one. When traveling you can attend meetings anywhere. Very flexible! Weight Watchers products are available at most local stores, and several brand name food products have Weight Watchers points listed. The Dining Out Companion and Complete Food Companion, available through Weight Watchers, lists about any food you could possibly want and the points values. Weight Watchers is known world wide, which makes it easy to always find points values for nearly everything with the click of a mouse. In a nutshell, Weight Watchers equals convenience.

There you have it! The reason behind the madness! I'm still on the journey and have a long way to go, but with the help of these two programs, I know I can reach my goal weight. Until next time...remember...don't ever give up, no matter how many times you get off track with your weight loss efforts. In the end, it will be worth every ounce of hard work and effort you put forth.