Does anyone have a copy of the Weight Watchers diet from the 1970s that they could share? or know how to find one online? I've lost mine and that diet seemed to work for me back then and the new versions don't now. The new one is too lenient for me. I need the structure of the old diet. Thanks.
By janet from AR
I googled 1970s weight watchers plan and got a page of instructions. It was called THE WAY IT WAS, perhaps you can find it
My Mother and I went together back in the late 60's.
The one thing I remember best was the rules for
breaking a plateau...to get the ball rolling again
after having lost an initial amount of weight then
leveling off.
We ate 2 oz of water-packed tuna at breakfast
along with one-half grapefruit, black coffee, and 1
slice of whole wheat bread. At lunch, we ate a big
green tossed salad with 1 tsp of olive oil and 2 tsp
apple cider vinegar, 4 oz V-8 or tomato juice and
At bedtime, we could have an 8 oz glass of
low fat skimmed milk or buttermilk. We stayed on that for an entire week, and it would always break that plateau... Losing about 3 pounds for the week, and then any time we felt like we were not losing, we'd go right back on that "crash" diet. It always
worked, but we always gained back what we'd lost in
the long run. I finally decided to just be happy the
way I was...and I've made it to 75...so far. :-) I'm
Hope this is what you're looking for.
Julia in Boca Raton, FL
I think that if you had good luck then, it was about your age...it works better when you are younger because you are more active. As we age, we need a lot more exercise to lose pounds effectively. I would love to lose even 10 pounds but find that the older I get the more difficult it is. I agree with Pookarina, I am getting to the point where it is "take me or leave me."
The post from MartyD is exactly right! I did the same thing, and found the 1970s weight watchers. In the 60s the original plan was very Spartan; 1970s included fats and was wonderful, with just enough structure (as I need as well) but a little wiggle room on what you ate & when.
I want a copy of the old weight watchers too. I can not loose on the points system
WW started for the public in 1972. The basic plan was to eat daily: 3 fruits, 2 oz. bread, 2 low sugar veggies up to 2 cups, 1 high sugar veggie (beets, peas, corn etc) 1/2 cup, 2 -8oz glasses of skim milk or 12 oz. of buttermilk, 4 oz. meat or fish lunch, 6 oz meat or fish for dinner. 1 tbsp. of oil of any kind (oil, mayo, butter, salad dressing). Weekly, eat: meat 3x a week only, fish at least 5x. 4 eggs a week.
Thanks for posting this. I've been trying a Keto way, but found that I can't endure the Keto flu (I'm 81 and have had kidney problems). But I remember my 1972 years with WW and I lost. Couldn't sustain it back then when I reached goal, but foods have changed since then, and we now know the nutritional value in everything we eat. I want to try this
I seem to remember some of the WW plan, but i,'ve been looking for the recipe my mother used to make for lunch, and i loved it! It was tuna with a puredd Green veggie(asparagus, broccoli, ?) With a few bread crumbs scattered on top. Sound familiar?
I would like a copy of the old 1980s weight watchers book
Thank you so very much for that. I have the original weight watchers cookbook but I somehow lost the basic plan. I do about the three beef five fish the rest chicken. But I forgot about the fruits I knew you could have unlimited a French cut green beans. I would sometimes eat four cans a day. I remember eating the weight watchers pumpkin pie recipe. I lost 30 pounds and Ive done versions of the original weight watchers to lose weight at times. Its a very healthy way of eating.
I started weight watchers when I got engaged to be married in 1969. I went to meetings and got down to my goal weight before my wedding in 1970.
I have the old 1975 weight watchers diet booklet. I am happy to share it with anyone, but do not know if I can post it here. I will share it on my Facebook post or email it to you.
The original Weight Watchers diet was a "mimeographed" sheet put out by the NYC Board of Health. Jean was a neighbor, and my mother was one of 4 or 5 original women that Jean gathered together using the BOH sheet and talking in a small group. Get the BOH diet sheet from the early 1960's and you'll have it!
Is this the little pink phablet we got when we joined i have tried for years to find mine i can picture it it was abot 10 " tall and maybe 5" wide just a few pages. 5 fish 2 fruits i believe would love to see a copy only one that seemed to work
I would like it too. All I can remember was 5 fish meals, 3 beef meals, 1liver meal . I cannot remember anything else. I dont remember what kind of fruit I could have and veggies I could have. I know I was younger but I did well on a strict diet which I really liked. They had a sheet you had to fill out and I wish I had one of those too. I need this diet for medical reasons.
I can't either. I need a strick diet, not all these points
I started WW in the 80's. Just in 3 month's I lost 64 lbs. I stooked to the program faithfully.l kepted my weight off for 7 years. I'm in my 70's now and really need to loose this weight so I'm going back on the old WW. I hope it will work for me again.
I would really like to have a copy of the Old Weight Watchers Diet from the 1970's. I did well on that diet. I need more structure that the present plans.
I would like that recipe as well. All I can remember is that it didnt use a pie crust, but, I think a limited amount of Bisquick right in the pumpkin mixture.
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I am looking for the original diet food exchange program from Weight Watchers from the 1960s.
By margern from Murrysville, PA
I highly recommend giving the current WW program (Momentum) a go. Been on it just over a year and have lost 79.6 pounds. :O)
Old Weight Watchers (1970s-1990s) Exchange Booklet
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Click on this link to view and print the booklet.
go on Ebay and look for this book Weight Watchers Quick Start PLUS Program Cookbook, it has the whole program in it.
Hi there, thank you very much for the link you provided for this program. I have been trying to get this for ages. Thank you, again!
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I'm trying to find the first Weight Watchers diet that Jean Neidich started in 1963.
I'm looking for the Weight Watchers food plan from the sixties and seventies. Does anyone still have a copy of these? Thanks.
I would like to know the Weight Watchers plan from the 1970s. It worked so well back then, and I desperately want to lose some weight. Thanks.
