Weight Watchers Start Living, Start Losing: Inspirational Stories That Will Motivate You Now - Hardcover

Who doesn't want more energy or greater self-confidence? No one understands the rewards (as well as the challenges) of weight loss better than those who have lived through it and found success. The good news is that losing weight and living a healthier, happier life is possible—others have achieved their goals, and reading about their experiences can help motivate you to create your own personal success story too.

In Start Living, Start Losing, Weight Watchers, a leader in weight management, opens its doors to share the stories of more than 70 people who have lost weight, learned how to maintain the weight loss, and, in the process, changed their lives. This collection of first-person stories supplies you with an up-close look at the countless benefits of living a healthier lifestyle. What's more, you'll read about how those successful at weight loss put their plans in motion, overcame obstacles, and persevered to reach their goals. The stories of the women and men highlighted in these vignettes come from around the globe, some from celebrated actors and authors. All share a common goal: to lose weight and find a healthier lifestyle.

The profiles in Start Living, Start Losing reveal in detail their journeys toward slimming down, and their stories will entertain, move, and inspire you to do the same. At the end of each story, you'll find a Take-Away tip with practical solutions to everything from putting portion control into practice to finding the time for fitness to dealing with pesky saboteurs. Journal pages at the end of each chapter will help you stay engaged and motivated as you work toward your own smart eating and exercise goals.

So start reading . . . start living . . . and start losing!

Weight Watchers International, Inc., is the world's leading provider of weight management services, operating globally through a network of company-owned and franchise operations. Weight Watchers holds over 50,000 weekly meetings where members receive group support and education about healthy eating patterns, behavior modification, and physical activity. WeightWatchers.com provides innovative subscription weight management products over the Internet and is the leading Internet-based weight management provider in the world. In addition, Weight Watchers offers a wide range of products, publications, and programs for those interested in weight loss and weight control.

To see and hear several Weight Watchers success stories online, log on to WeightWatchers.com/startliving.

What Makes a Great Weight-Loss Success Story?

Over 70 real women and men

(including a few celebrities!) share their stories and strategies for finding a healthier life

If you've ever admired a friend, colleague, or relative who has lost weight and wondered, "How did they do it?", this is the book you've been waiting for. In Start Living, Start Losing, Weight Watchers brings you some of its best-ever and most inspiring stories of women and men who have lost weight and kept it off. In their own voices, these people share their personal experiences of slimming down and reveal their practical tips and secrets for success. Read about what worked for them and hear what they had to say:

About Food

"I've learned that you can eat everything—but just not in one day. The best weight-loss advice I ever heard was 'one bite tastes like the rest.' For my son's graduation, he wanted me to taste the cake so I took one forkful. He said, 'That's all you're going to have?' and I said, 'Now I know what it tastes like. I don't need any more.' It has to be looked at one bite at a time, one portion at a time, one day at a time."

Susan, 43, New York, receptionist

About Exercise

"Now I think of exercise as if it's a relationship—you have to keep it alive, varied, and vibrant, or it will stagnate. I cross-train, which keeps me from getting bored and tones different muscles."

Nazalee, 37, Ohio, fund-raiser

About Maintaining Weight Loss

"I'm now in the maintenance phase of my weight loss and will always track my POINTS® values because that's how I maintain my weight. The sooner you see that you're losing control, the sooner you can pull yourself together."

Sarah, Duchess of York, author, philanthropist

See inside for a shot of pure inspiration and more great ideas!