Man, WW hates how I eat, lol

DaysFlyBy

I track on Weight Watchers and My Fitness Pal and I swear I run out of daily "points" on WW lonnnnng before I hit 1200 calories on MFP...what on earth?!

L1zardQueen

Do MFP! Don’t look back!

Sharon_C

I've never done WW but there are tons of posts about their new "free" foods. From what I've read WW reduces your points to compensate for all the "free" foods you're supposedly eating.

MoveitlikeManda

we logged a days eating for my friend who is on WW she was bang on with her points and came in at 839cals for the day

ETA, she has since left WW with the new changes and is now counting calories

k8andchr1smom

Is this that new program with all the free foods?

TeaBea

Sharon_C wrote: »

I've never done WW but there are tons of posts about their new "free" foods. From what I've read WW reduces your points to compensate for all the "free" foods you're supposedly eating.

This^

The "free" foods will have calories too. If you are trying to meet 1200 (which is a default minimum for women).....add free foods & log them in MFP.

OR just count calories and try meeting macros - protein and fats especially.

"Fat phobic" .......still? Sounds like WW needs a wake-up call. 1980's....yikes!

PeridotDisco

I'm currently on WW and thinking about quitting. I lost ~70lbs on WW with a lot more left to go and the new plan is killing me. I'm 275 working out 4-5x a week for 60 minutes each time. The points aren't enough.

Sp1tfire

I'd suggest dumping WW

feisty_bucket

From the headline, I assumed you meant "Wonder Woman hates how I eat."

Disappointing.
Anyways, Weight Watchers sounds dopey.

Idontcareyoupick

feisty_bucket wrote: »

From the headline, I assumed you meant "Wonder Woman hates how I eat."

Disappointing.
Anyways, Weight Watchers sounds dopey.

Love how you think!

rkinaz

I was on WW for the past month, lured by the promise of the new plan and its 200+ zero-point foods. Well, in the last 30 days I managed to pay WW for the privilege of gaining four pounds. As of this morning I've cancelled my WW membership and am back to MFP where I belong. WW Freestyle may work for some, but not for me.

Moxiemama5678

I quit WW’s after the latest change in points. I can’t see how not tracking so many foods is going to help me be successful. It’s sad too because I was really successful on the last program. Glad I had MFP to come back to.

mom2colbyj

I joined and then promptly quit 2 weeks later. I logged all my food, including the free foods, and barely went over 1000 calories a day most days I was closer to 800. I was hangry and miserable. It just wasn't worth it in the end and now I've binged the last week because I felt deprived so back onto the MFP wagon after this weekend to lose the 8lbs I've gained plus the 25lbs I want to lose. Even my husband commented that of course people will lose weight on WW because you're basically starving yourself.

lemurcat12

Pepperpony wrote: »

I quit WW’s after the latest change in points. I can’t see how not tracking so many foods is going to help me be successful. It’s sad too because I was really successful on the last program. Glad I had MFP to come back to.

Yeah, it seems crazy to me. I never did it (I prefer the concept of calories and they are so easy to track these days), but someone published a list of all the free foods and it's most of what I eat, I could totally go way, way over calories every day and be okay with their points.

KT4everFree

I was very successful years ago on WW- once they changed from points to points plus I was never able to lose. MFP has helped me lose 60lbs

jennlg25

The points system before points plus made sense (it was possible to calculate points manually using fibre, fat, carbs and sugar in your head). Once they moved to points plus, the points stopped making sense and made it really difficult to actually follow. I have no idea what the latest system looks like, but it sounds like they’ve made it even worse.