My mother was on weight watchers. She started in 2005 and was trying to meet her goal weight by my brother's wedding in August 2006. She met it and loved it. She worked out at a gym before work on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. She said the point system wasn't that hard to follow. When she went to a restaurant, she would split her meal in half, so she could take half home for lunch the next day. Sometimes, she would go ahead and get the to-go box, to put it in, so it wouldn't be in front of her. And wouldn't be tempting to keep eating. Once she met her goal weight, she did not go to the weight watchers meetings as often because she said that the stories and lessons were getting old. She said the "leaders" would repeat themselves after a while, and there got to be where there was nothing new to be said. I hope this helps!