Review: Weight Watchers.com

Even in the best of circumstances, losing weight can be one of the most difficult challenges you'll ever face. And once you have lost the weight, keeping it off can be even tougher. That's why many people rely on weight-loss organizations to help provide the nutritional guidance and inspiration needed to get past those weight plateaus and those nights when you want nothing more than a big slice of pie. And Weight Watchers is one of the oldest and most respected weight-loss programs in the business.

WeightWatchers.com serves two purposes. It includes comprehensive listings of the local Weight Watchers meetings in your area. And it also provides an online community to complement the in-person meetings. Dieters who aren't interested in attending meetings can subscribe to the website only and use the online Weight Watchers community for support and guidance.

There is a huge archive of diet friendly recipes and users can create grocery lists based on meals they plan to make. They can also find recipes by putting in a list of ingredients and searching for recipes that match the items. Along with the recipe finder, there is a vast exercise and fitness area, with suggested workout routines and advice on how to tighten up those troublesome spots on your body.

One of the best aspects of WeightWatchers.com is the wide range of suggestions to help build an overall healthy lifestyle. There are tips on how to exercise with your pet, dealing with the snack temptations and even how to go out to Happy Hour with your friends while still having a good time.

In fact, there is an extensive section on the best ways to be on the Weight Watchers program while not disrupting your workday. Even if you're trying to lose weight, you want to fit in with your coworkers and not be that person who can't eat or drink anything at the office. Weight Watchers shows you the best ways to maximize your work day fun while still staying true to your weight loss goals.

WeightWatchers.com also has a section targeting men trying to lose weight. While there are more overweight in America than women, weight loss programs such as Weight Watchers have been traditionally aimed at women. The mens section of the site highlights the specific challenges men face when trying to lose weight, from the lack of support from friends and family to the difficulties of losing weight while planted on a couch watching football.

One of the things Weight Watchers promotes the most is their philosophy of losing weight using real food made in your kitchen. Some weight loss programs sell special meals or nutritional supplements to use as a way of losing weight. Weight Watchers believes that the best way to keep the weight off in the long run is by changing not just the way you eat, but the way you cook. Eating special low-calorie pre-packaged dinners may help you lose weight. But it won't change your lifestyle or the way you cook and that is likely to mean you'll end up putting the weight back on.

So no matter what approach fits you the best, WeightWatchers.com gives you the tools to not only lose the weight, but keep it off long-term.