Many people will be starting on a diet in January and failing with it before we reach February, we know this from fact, it’s like trying to giving up smoking or drinking, doing it on your own is always much harder.

If you want to lose weight (and are serious about it) then consider joining a group this will give you an incentive and encouragement when things start to get hard. One of the best know weight loss groups is Weight Watchers, they have been very successful in helping millions of men and women shed those extra pounds.

Weight Watchers have a devised a four principle diet system:

• Food, they will look at what you are eating, get you back on the right track to eating properly.
• Behaviour, by helping you to recognise the difference of being hungry and not being hungry and help you stop eating just for the sake of eating.
• Exercise, helping you to do more exercise in your everyday life, walking more, running up the stairs and even walking to the park.
• Support, this is one of the massive plus sides to this diet, by attending a weekly meeting and sharing opinions and giving support to each other.

Weight Watchers believe that each principle is as important as each other and essential to successful weight loss.

Once you become a member of the Weight Watcher community you will be advised the best way for you to lose weight, and one of the best ways is through the famous Points Plan. Every food and drink has had a point assigned against it according to its calorie, fibre and fat content. Depending on your weight and how much you want to lose you will be given an amount of points that you are allowed for that day.

If you think that you might struggle doing the Points Plan then Weight Watchers have devised the Momentum™ Program, this is more long term and is designed to change your eating habits. On this program you will learn about Filling Foods, these are foods that will fill you up and keep your hunger at bay longer, if you focus on eating these foods it will make a dramatic difference to your eating habits.

94% of people who have joined Weight Watchers would recommend this diet program to a friend.

As with all diets it is best to consult your GP before starting.