I already mentioned this in a comment on another entry, but I think it deserves to be stated separately. Judging by the increased traffic to this site from folks who “Googled”:http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=weight+watchers+core+plan their way to my site, there may an expectation that one can get the details of the new “Weight Watchers”:http://www.weightwatchers.com food plan here. Sorry, no can do. The plan *is* online…can’t help that. I won’t post the core food list here or link to sites that have it. I’m more than happy to talk about the Turnaround program and why/how it works…I won’t post details that someone can use to do the food plan on their own. Why? For two reasons:
# Would an Adobe employee be doing him/herself any good by posting the full version of Photoshop on their site? Same thing here. Weight Watchers gets people to walk into the centers and join. Those people pay money. Weight Watchers does well. I work more. You do the math.
# The motto of Weight Watchers from years ago still stands: “Some talking, some listening, and a program that works” (that’s pretty close if not an exact quote). Becoming a member, making the commitment to weigh yourself and be accountable while changing the way you think about food is a huge part of the program. Even more important than the food plan itself. I think people who just download the details of the food plan without everything else that goes into the program are doing themselves a disservice, and I’d probably say that whether I was an employee or not.
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Shelle 08.28.04 at 11:23 pm
I appreciate your stand on not distributing plan details. It bothers me when I see people criticize a program, or claim it doesn’t work when they actually haven’t tried the program as it was intended. As a WW member, it troubles me to see how much bad information is out there, as well as so much blatent copyright infringements. Thanks again!
Shelle
Judi Sohn 08.28.04 at 11:28 pm
Thanks for understanding, Shelle!
Ellen 08.30.04 at 5:38 pm
Hi Judi,
I just came across your site looking for Core info. I just joined WW today and wanted to see other’s opinions online, not just on the WW site. There was a great article on the MSNBC site that outlines everything. Any amateur Googler can find it.
I support your not wanting to post the info. I am a knitter and copyright infringement in a huge issue in our community too. Many knitters want other knitters to post or share patterns from books and it’s just not right.
Glad I found you and looking forward to sharing my experiences with this new program and reading your observations, too.