Weight Management: Take Action at Work

The King County Weight Watchers at Work^® program offers employees a convenient, supportive environment in which to improve their health through weight management. The program promotes sustainable weight loss through healthy eating, increased physical activity, and healthy weight management behaviors.

Individuals participate in one-hour weekly meetings held at King County worksites. Meetings are facilitated by a trained Weight Watchers at Work^® trained leader. Each meeting focuses on a different weight management strategy and engages meeting members in exploring these strategies. Members weigh in privately at each meeting and can choose to be recognized by the group for achieving incremental weight loss goals.

Yes, Weight Watchers and Weight Watchers At Work^®  is part of the overall strategy to control increasing employee health care cost by supporting employee efforts to get healthy and stay healthy.

Yes, Weight Watchers and Weight Watchers at Work^® is now part of the Healthy Incentives^SM Program and participation will qualify as your individual action plan. Completion of a Weight Watchers^® individual action plan requires that you attend and weigh in at 10 or more meetings between Jan.1 and June 30, 2012.

To qualify, all meetings must be documented either through a King County sponsored Weight Watchers at Work^® meetings or by completing an attendance sheet along with proof of payment for a community meeting.  Detailed instructions on how to get Healthy Incentives credit for attending Community Weight Watchers meetings.   Enrollment in Weight Watchers online does not qualify as an individual action plan through the Healthy Incentives^SM program.

Find more detailed information in the Individual Action Plan Guide.

Weight Watchers At Work^® offers weekly meetings that last about 30 minutes with time before and after for weigh-in. The meetings are held at King County worksites and are conducted by Weight Watchers^® group leaders. Group leaders teach you about good nutrition, physical activity, and healthy weight management behaviors.

Yes, both programs are the same and include the same materials. The only difference is that Weight Watchers at Work^® meetings are held at your worksite.

Weight Watchers^® leaders who have completed a training program facilitate all Weight Watchers At Work^® meetings. All leaders are lifetime members who have lost weight and maintained their weight loss on the Weight Watchers^® program.

No. You must attend meetings on your own time, such as lunch or before or after work. Meetings are typicallyscheduled before work, during lunch time or immediately after work to support this requirement.

For more information about meeting dates, times, and locations, review the "Find a Meeting" page, send an e-mail to FocusOnEmployees@kingcounty.gov, or call 206-684-5017.

Yes, you can combine @Work and Community meetings to earn gold.  You will need to have your attendance date, and location of meeting recorded and the sheet signed by the leaders of each meeting you attend.  Return your sheet to eigher your @work meeting or send it, along with proof of payment to:  Christi Masi M/S CNK-ES-0200

To sign up for a Weight Watchers @ Work meeting, contact the meeting coordinator listed on the "Find a Meeting" page. To register and pay, go to the Weight Watchers Portal .  

Yes, you can join an existing meeting at any time.  Membership is on a monthly basis.  Contact the meeting coordinator for the meeting you want to join to ensure that space is available.

If you choose to join a meeting mid-series and have chosen Weight Watchers at Work^® as your individual action plan, remember that you must attend and weigh in at a minimum of 10 meetings in the series between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2012 to qualify for the gold out-of-pocket expense level.

Yes. Please contact the leader of the meeting you would like to transfer to and provide your current membership book at the first meeting so the group leader can record your membership number and weight loss progress.

If you want to start a new meeting, visit the “Start a meeting” page or contact the Health Matters team by e-mail or by phone at 206-205-5017.

Remember that starting a meeting requires a minimum of 15 people, a designated meeting room which can be reserved for at least 90 minutes, and the availability of a Weight Watchers^® leader.

Yes. Participation in the program is completely confidential. Your enrollment, participation and personal information including your individual weight or weight loss progress will not be shared with anyone in King County, with your health care provider, or your supervisor.

If you attend @Work meetings:  the meeting leader employed by Weight Watchers^® will document your attendance and that you weighed in. If you have chosen Weight Watchers at Work^® as your individual action plan, Weight Watchers^® will report who has successfully completed the program (attended and weighed in at a minimum of 10 meetings between Jan.1 and June 30, 2012) to King County at the end of each series.

If you attend a community meeting, you must submit a completed attendance sheet with your meeting leaders signature along with proof of payment to:  Christi Masi M/S CNK-ES-0200 before June 30, 2012.

Yes. Your series fee is determined as follows:

• If you are within 2 pounds of your goal, you weigh in for free, but do not count towards your group's membership minimum.
• If you are 3-7 pounds over your goal, you pay weekly until you are back to goal weight. You do not count towards your group's membership minimum.
• If you are more than 7 pounds over your goal, you pay for the entire series.
• If you reach your goal weight before the series is completed, you are entitled to a pro-rated refund for the remaining weeks in the series. You do not need to repeat the maintenance program and you will count towards your group's membership minimum.

Monthly Pass – $39.95 paid in advance, monthly. Payment is made online by credit card, debit card, or PayPal. 

A pricing plan that enables members to attend unlimited meetings each month with free access to eTools. Monthly Pass members have the flexibility to attend EITHER at work OR in their community or to flip flop between the option that works best. Billing on this plan continues automatically until cancelled (similar to Netflix or most gym memberships). With your Monthly Pass,
you may attend meetings two ways.

• At Work – At Work meetings bring the Weight Watchers experience right to your workplace where a trained Leader leads weekly meetings, and you benefit from the proven advantage of group support from fellow members and coworkers. With Monthly Pass, At Work members also have the flexibility to attend a meeting in their community if they choose. The motivational meetings last 30 minutes per week preceded by a weigh in period. (Requires 20 paid members)
  
• Community – Community meetings are offered throughout the United States at Retail Centers and traveler locations. With monthly Pass employees are able to attend Community meetings or At work meetings and find meetings while traveling. All locations and times can be found at www.weightwatchers.com.

Flexible access to meetings at work and in the community, plus FREE eTools.

• The convenience of meetings at work plus unlimited community meetings
• With eTools, track weight, find great recipes and get PointsPlus® values for more than 40,000 foods to stay on track between meetings.

In-person guidance, strategies and tips.

• Leaders who have successfully lost weight with Weight Watchers
• The advantage of group support
• Works for Men and Women

You are responsible for full payment of the program. King County does not subsidize any portion of the Weight Watchers at Work^® program.

There is not a payment plan beyond paying by the month.  The cost is $39.95 and is payable by credit card, debit card, or PayPal.

If a physician recommends weight loss to treat an existing illness, Weight Watchers At Work^® qualifies as an allowable health reimbursement under the King County Flexible Spending Account (Health Care Spending Account) guidelines. If you sign up for a Flexible Spending Account, you can use FSA pre-tax dollars to pay for the program. For more information about the Flexible Spending Account for King County employees, visit the Benefits, Payroll & Retirement Operations website.

The Weight Watchers at Work^® program is planned and designed for county employees. Eligible dependents may participate in meetings given the group agrees.  At worksites where the number of participants in the Weight Watchers at Work^® program is limited due the size of the meeting space, employees will be given priority.

Spouses and domestic partners are eligible to participate in Weight Watchers and Weight Watchers at Work^® as an individual action plan.

For more information about the Weight Watchers^® program, visit www.weightwatchers.com.