Weight watchers.

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  • debrag12
    debrag12 Posts: 1,071 Member
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    Now herbal life, if you have to pick one that's load of crap then pick this. I'm not a fan of any of these 'programes' those. Eat all you can of xyz, such & such is 'free'. I also find they have people on low calorie. Once people get to their goal they can gain some back when introducing back foods that didn't need to be removed in the first place. Loads of people at work are on one or the other for a quick fix.
  • LiftandSkate
    LiftandSkate Posts: 148 Member
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    Not a fan of WW. Their website is so atrocious that it seems designed to make logging food as painful as possible. MFP's site is superior in every way. I also find WW'S points plus plan ridiculously restrictive, and their approach to nutrition outdated. I agree that the whole thing is geared towards continued revenue, which is fine for them but not necessarily in my best interest.
  • baciodolce18
    baciodolce18 Posts: 113 Member
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    BABeautifulBadass wrote: »
    Not a fan of WW. Their website is so atrocious that it seems designed to make logging food as painful as possible. MFP's site is superior in every way. I also find WW'S points plus plan ridiculously restrictive, and their approach to nutrition outdated. I agree that the whole thing is geared towards continued revenue, which is fine for them but not necessarily in my best interest.

    I've heard the WW site and app have gone down hill lately. I found them easy enough when I did it 3 years ago. I actually think MFP is annoying and have switched to Fatsecret to log.
  • JoshuaMcAllister
    JoshuaMcAllister Posts: 500 Member
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  • JoshuaMcAllister
    JoshuaMcAllister Posts: 500 Member
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    booksandchocolate12 wrote: »
    Weight Watchers is a US company, so you are correct in assuming that it exists outside the UK. ;)

    And yes, it's a business, and the goal of any business is to make money. So while having people fail on the program is bad for business, they don't want people to be so successful that they can quit the program and stop paying.

    I'll have to watch my wording in future, I'm aware its a US company but its the UKs most popular weight watching service hence the "here in the UK", this is a global community there are more than just us Brits and Americans. Even if it does appear that way at times.

    I also understand commercialism, so there is no need to be patronizing but this health we are discussing, surely money making shouldn't be the priority.
    We have one or two local government initiatives, far and away less popular than WW or SW, that educate young families on health and dietary requirements. (I'm actually only aware of this due to me sisters child be recommended to take part) They aren't well known or properly advertised but I think these have been set up around the country to educate on better decisions with the aim of reducing the strain on our NHS from the growing threat of childhood obesity and complications later in life.

    I know there is no clear question or answer in the thread, I just wanted to know peoples thoughts on the issue and try to understand WW a bit more after having a similar conversation with work colleagues. So thanks for sharing your views.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 17,959 Member
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    I'm an ex-WWer (here in Australia ;) ) and yeah - it's a business. I have lost count of the amount of time I re-joined WW and I finally gave it away for good when the program just got to the point it was like they didn't even want people to succeed.
  • suzyjane1972
    suzyjane1972 Posts: 612 Member
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    Oprah bought in because ww was/is apparently close to failing.

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