Decline Weight Watchers

angiewf

I was a British WW member for years and did lose weight, but regained thru' comfort eating after my husband died. I didn't like the new ProPoints system as much, and then they made my leader move the meeting to a much less pleasant and less accessible venue as it was cheaper, so I stopped going. When I joined MFP I was horrified to realise how many calories I'd been eating in 'free' fruit, no wonder I wasn't losing well. I was also a bit miffed to find WW was a stock exchange company, I didn't like the idea of shareholders profiting from my weight problems! I don't deny it works for many people, but no organisation or dietician can lose weight FOR you. I also object to the way they always push their products, electronic goods etc. In the past I was naive and fell for all the hype, I have umpteen WW cookbooks and gadgets.Plus their diet foods are dearer than supermarket own brand diet foods and the packs are smaller. I'm finding MFP much easier and feel set free as most things have their nutritional values and calorie counts on them and you don't have to take along a WW calculator when shopping to work out PPs. Have to admit I do still go to WW site to chat on message boards, a lot of people on there aren't actually doing WW, the 5:2 diet seems the most popular right now!