If you don't live near a weight loss center, why not sign up for an online diet program?
It’s great to attend weight loss meetings and receive the support of others. However, this option isn’t feasible or even possible for everyone. That’s why more and more dieters are turning to the internet to find help losing weight.
Benefits of Online Weight Loss Programs
- Convenient and timesaving –If you live in a remote area, chances are there isn’t a weight loss center near you. What’s more, in today’s hectic world, family and work commitments can get in the way of going to meetings.
- Economical - Besides being cheaper, you also save on gas.
- Privacy -- No one sees the number on the scale but you.
The “Skinny” on Internet Programs
- eDiets - eDiets encompasses all the other online diet programs. Besides offering convenience, eDiets endorses a number of commercial diet programs, as well as offering plans tailored for dieters with special medical needs. eDiets offers a free diet profile to find a program best suited for you. After paying a low-cost sign up free, for an additional $2 per week, you can receive personal advice from nutritional professionals.
- Weight Watchers Online – Weight Watchers Online is another good program. It’s packed with helpful tips, menus, recipes, and is affordable. When you prepay for three months of meetings in advance, it averages out to about $4.22 per meeting. If you have a lot of weight to lose and don’t always have victory at the scale, it can be discouraging thinking of the money you pay when you go to meetings (averaging around $12 - $13 a week.) But for less than $5 a week, you’re more likely to continue with the program, even if you have a week without a weight loss or even a gain. Weight Watchers Online also provides a weight tracker, community message boards, and helpful tools.
- The South Beach Diet Online – Similar to Weight Watchers Online, the South Beach Diet Online also offers a weight tracker, as well as message boards, food guide, a personal online journal and other extras.
- Jenny Craig Online Dieting – Jenny Craig’s at-home weight loss program affords the same benefits as those who go to local Jenny Craig Local Centers. You’ll receive one-on-one weekly phone support where a trained counselor helps you plan your weekly menus and activities.
True, there are several advantages to choosing an online weight loss program. But there are also challenges. Therefore, you have to make an extra effort to find support.
- Use message boards – Unlike live meetings, there isn’t a roomful of other people on the same journey. That’s why it’s important to take advantage of the message boards. Here you’ll not only find moral support and encouragement, but helpful suggestions and tips. What’s more, you can share recipes and meal plans. When you feel stuck in a rut, you can learn what helps others stay focused on their food plan.
- Be accountable - Find someone else who's dieting, whether it’s on a message board or someone you know, personally, to share your successes as well as setbacks. By being accountable, you’re more likely to stay on program and reach your goal.
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