Foodsday Tuesday: Weight Watching

On Monday, I'm starting something like Weight Watchers—which is to say I'm starting Weight Watchers without actually paying to start Weight Watchers. There are plenty of online tools and recipe databases that will help me without my needing to pay a monthly fee. I already know how many "Points" I can consume every day, and approximately how many points each of my favorite foods are. A friend started the plan this way a few weeks ago, and so far, it's working for her, so I thought I'd give it a try.

I'll probably be chronicling my experiences in occasional Foodsday Tuesday columns. But for now, I want to hear from you. Have you tried Weight Watchers? What about Atkins? South Beach? Paleolithic? Leave a comment with your experience. Did it work? Did it fail? Did you give up on the diet because you couldn't take the lack of cheesesteak in your life? Misery loves company, and my stomach is about to be pretty damned miserable.

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