Why I left Weight Watchers new "Freestyle" Program
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Well I bet WW is a FOR profit business and there is a reason why that is. Like when Amway changed to Quikstar and then changed back i think. They are just trying to reinvent something. Adding 200 things and I am assuming they SELL all these items at an extra cost to you. then no wonder its a great way to increase the bottom line. Now of course I know nothing really and I am guessing to be honest. If I am wrong then stick my foot in my mouth. OH wait how many calories are in my foot? ;-)
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nope they dont sell these 200 items...
its pretty much all lean meats, fruits.. veggies.. canned foods lol7 -
HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »Well I bet WW is a FOR profit business and there is a reason why that is. Like when Amway changed to Quikstar and then changed back i think. They are just trying to reinvent something. Adding 200 things and I am assuming they SELL all these items at an extra cost to you. then no wonder its a great way to increase the bottom line. Now of course I know nothing really and I am guessing to be honest. If I am wrong then stick my foot in my mouth. OH wait how many calories are in my foot? ;-)
you are welcome to our gaggle of posters here.
nope they dont sell these 200 items...
its pretty much all lean meats, fruits.. veggies.. canned foods lol
PFFFFFT things you can do on your own here. Then it must be a cliche thing2 -
@HellYeahItsKriss
I believe it's called Simply Filling2 -
HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »on the other thread, the girl on WW's defense said they have a program at WW for the people only wanting to eat the 0 calorie foods.. im trying to remember what she called it...
Back in the day, it was called "Core". I'm sure it's been renamed by now.0 -
HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »Well I bet WW is a FOR profit business and there is a reason why that is. Like when Amway changed to Quikstar and then changed back i think. They are just trying to reinvent something. Adding 200 things and I am assuming they SELL all these items at an extra cost to you. then no wonder its a great way to increase the bottom line. Now of course I know nothing really and I am guessing to be honest. If I am wrong then stick my foot in my mouth. OH wait how many calories are in my foot? ;-)
you are welcome to our gaggle of posters here.
nope they dont sell these 200 items...
its pretty much all lean meats, fruits.. veggies.. canned foods lol
PFFFFFT things you can do on your own here. Then it must be a cliche thing
Yeah.. you can do them here, but on WW they are 0 point foods so they don't count as eating anything
They also say you don't have to count or weigh these foods, so enjoy them.. LOLcamilledaisy wrote: »@HellYeahItsKriss
I believe it's called Simply Filling
Yes! There we go.. She decided not to bother explaining the concept of an an entire 0 point food diet lol0 -
The idea was that if you eat these foods, you don't need to worry about portion control, because you will "naturally" get full before you wipe out your deficit. The catch is that any foods not on that list are extremely restricted. Or, at least, they were when I did the program about 15 years ago. Well. That and not everybody gets satiated by the same foods. Or knows when to stop.3
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... okay... maybe i am the wrong person to try and wrap my brain around this with their new list of 0 point foods lol... i mean.. salmon is on the list... i can eat a ton of that.. i can also eat my weight in chicken.. =/13
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welcome!-1
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ww is just trying to get out of the declining "diet" industry and into the progressing "wellness" industry16
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HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »Calorie counting is so nicely flexible and easy to calculate. I couldn't stand having to figure out point values that WW assigned to foods. I felt it had become very commercialized as well. At least at the last meetings I had attended- they spent a lot of time pushing their products and foods it became more about making money then really helping people like it used to be years and years ago.
well nothing at WW has point anymore it seems lolol..
They still have points. I was at 30 points a day but with the new program it dropped to 23 points a day to get you to eat more of the foods on the list. So you kind of do both now...if you eat anything not on the list you have to count the points for that food not on the list. You also get weekly points of 42 for "extra's" but a lot of people don't use their weekly points.
I'm just excited to be back counting calories again. I'm going to try to watch my protein and keep it high and keep the sugar low. But at least there are things I will like and can live with and enjoy.8 -
I was more or less being sarcastic... IMO once chicken and everything else got added to the 0 point list, it seems rather pointless of a program now.16
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estherdragonbat wrote: »The idea was that if you eat these foods, you don't need to worry about portion control, because you will "naturally" get full before you wipe out your deficit. The catch is that any foods not on that list are extremely restricted. Or, at least, they were when I did the program about 15 years ago. Well. That and not everybody gets satiated by the same foods. Or knows when to stop.
Cherries. On my kitchen bench. Where I can just pop them in my mouth like the delicious nature candy they are.7 -
I don't like fruit... or most veggies, but i can sit down with a chunk of cold chicken or turkey or canned tuna with no problems. lol1
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HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »I was more or less being sarcastic... IMO once chicken and everything else got added to the 0 point list, it seems rather pointless of a program now.
I am sure WW will be changing it again in a year....they change about every two years.
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Is oprah still clinging to the program as their mascot?5
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HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »Is oprah still clinging to the program as their mascot?
Yes she is 10% owner of the company4 -
Lol.. oh lordie..
Shes done a lot of great things.. but... yeah.. not this one.4 -
HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »"The list" https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/sites/default/files/freestyle_zero_points_foods.pdf
I just bought a kg of cherries. I assure you, I can eat a kg of cherries in a day no problems (I have to have a little bowl to put the pits in to count later, b/c I will just grab a few every time I wander past). That's 500 calories right there.
I have a cherry tree in the backyard that s stupid with the amounts of cherries it produces. So I have bags with ~3kg in them frozen in the freezer. I've got no problem thawing and eating one of those. It doesn't fit my calories, but no way could I consider cherries non-calorie.
I anticipate this 'problem' with grapes in a couple of months
. And apples, and figs, and watermelon (if I ever get around to planting the poor things), and strawberries...there's possibly a blueberry too, but as yet it is not showing signs of fruit.
just one singular blueberry? no wonder it wont grow, its probably sad, depress and lonely down there.
That’s why it’s blue.26 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »"The list" https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/sites/default/files/freestyle_zero_points_foods.pdf
I just bought a kg of cherries. I assure you, I can eat a kg of cherries in a day no problems (I have to have a little bowl to put the pits in to count later, b/c I will just grab a few every time I wander past). That's 500 calories right there.
I have a cherry tree in the backyard that s stupid with the amounts of cherries it produces. So I have bags with ~3kg in them frozen in the freezer. I've got no problem thawing and eating one of those. It doesn't fit my calories, but no way could I consider cherries non-calorie.
I anticipate this 'problem' with grapes in a couple of months. And apples, and figs, and watermelon (if I ever get around to planting the poor things), and strawberries...there's possibly a blueberry too, but as yet it is not showing signs of fruit.
just one singular blueberry? no wonder it wont grow, its probably sad, depress and lonely down there.
That’s why it’s blue.
ba da bump. lol2 -
HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »"The list" https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/sites/default/files/freestyle_zero_points_foods.pdf
I just bought a kg of cherries. I assure you, I can eat a kg of cherries in a day no problems (I have to have a little bowl to put the pits in to count later, b/c I will just grab a few every time I wander past). That's 500 calories right there.
I have a cherry tree in the backyard that s stupid with the amounts of cherries it produces. So I have bags with ~3kg in them frozen in the freezer. I've got no problem thawing and eating one of those. It doesn't fit my calories, but no way could I consider cherries non-calorie.
I anticipate this 'problem' with grapes in a couple of months. And apples, and figs, and watermelon (if I ever get around to planting the poor things), and strawberries...there's possibly a blueberry too, but as yet it is not showing signs of fruit.
just one singular blueberry? no wonder it wont grow, its probably sad, depress and lonely down there.
Oh it's huge, but yeah, may want a friend. Also not actually entirely sure it is a blueberry. That may be wishful thinking (because obviously there's not already enough fruit in my backyard).2
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