My recomendation is to start out with Weight Watchers. its a really good program and if you are really new and have no idea what is good for you. Food lables are very confusing and even more misleading seem everything these days are "Healthy" for you....Believe me this is not the case. I strongly suggest you attend the meetings as well as using there e-tools when you being the program. You will learn alot they will teach you how to read food lables, what to look for and what not to use and why. My Doctor actually recommended it. And yes they do have some food products but they do not strictly stick to just there products (Like alot of other programs) and for the most part you will learn what types of normal foods (You know the type you can find in your neighborhood grocery store) to eat and how to prepare them to get the best weight loss results.
I won't tell you that its not limiting but you do get to eat alot more on this program than most. Granted it is healthier foods for the most part. But they really do have some good products. And suggestions of food products you can use to replace those exteremly fattening ones we all struggle to do without that includes healthier less fattening desserts like Ice cream and pies. And they are really good and reasonably priced as well. I learned tons...and the Weight Watcher Program is far less pricey than some of the other I have mentioned it only runs like $40 bucks a month and there is something they call a starter pack that has better trackers and books in it to help you know what points are in certain foods from numberious restraunts and fast food places that I sugesst you invest in once you have been attending awhile...that runs about $40 as well. And I strongly suggest you use the online program they offer to compliment it as well.
Its full of recipes, exercise routines, Doctors advice & encouraging articles from people who have had success with it...Oh and speaking of that all there employees are required to have actually been members of the program their selfs and seen success of their own. So your not dealing with women or men who have no idea what your going through.Which I for one really liked. And its really fairly simple to understand and get the hang of It works on a point system and the internet program has a points counter as well as an online food counter you type in what food your about to eat and how much and it will tell you how may points it is...it's very nice and you'll receive a paper one at your first meeting as well. I know this may sound very compilcated but its not!...You will get it down pat in no time at all it is very easy to follow and get the hang of. But I won't lie to you it is restrictive but it is at least in my oppinion one of the better ones. I like the amount of support you recieve in this particular program it really does help keep you going and the weekly metings and weigh in's will help alot if your like me and need the accountablity....It does have a lack of phyisical exercise but it does encourage it and exsplains the need for you to begin some type of exercise routine and offers tons of suggestions for you to get started with..
Another very good program is the online program offered through Anytime fitness Center called Anytime Health. Now I started not to add this program because I know not everyone has an Anytime fitness Center close by but this is an internet site that is really good and anyone can sign up for it even without joining the gym (you get it for free with a membership) and for just a membership to the website it is only around $50 a year. It has and online calorie counter and it take in your personal information and will tell you exactly how many calories your should take in each day. It also has and exercise counter you type in what type of exercise you have done and for how long and at what intensity you did it at (even things as simple as doing your house cleaning) and it will count down and let you know how much more you need to do to get in the targeted amount it has required for you to do per day. and it also has tons of recipes and articles of encouragement it is very similar to the Weight Watcher Site.
If you are able to join the actual gym you get access to it 24/7 (they actually give you your own key) and the website for around $40 a month for a single person. and like I said for just the website it's around $50 for an intire year. Which makes it one of the chepest programs I have ever come across. But to be honest if you have no realnutrition knowledge I would seriouslly consider joining and using weight watchers for a few months in order to know how to go about reading food labels and planing well balanced truely nutritional meals. but if you don't want to do that then go to your library and research nutrition and make sure you learn as much as you can about food labels. because food manufactures are very smart and manipulating with there labels and there are alot of foods out there that appear to be healthy that aren't.
Well that's my two cent on this particular subject of course it is a billion dollar industry and new things and programs come out constantly so don't be surprized if I don't revisited this particular topic again. I really hope I have been helpful and by all means if any of you feels they have information that could prove useful added to it let me know and I may very well amend it to add your info. And feel free to let me know what you think please I mean you are the reason I am writing it after all. Well good luck and I wish you all the very best in finding a program that suits you.
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