Weight watchers vs MFP plan

WynterDreaming

I can only give you my personal opinion and I personally don't think Weight Watchers is worth it. I was a member as recently as about 6 months ago and I cancelled it as soon as the promotional contract I had signed with ended. The Freestyle Program, for as much as some people rave about it, I feel is too restrictive and in some cases might even be a bit shaming when choosing a less healthy option. This isn't even including their "free Zero Point foods". Unless it's water, no food or drink you put in your body is ever really free.

I've lost 10 pounds in the last 30 days here on MFP and I am personally so much happier here than I ever was on WW. And not just because I'm no longer spending money I can spend on something else, like my protein bars.

ryando

I lost about 30 pounds on ww and lost interest for some reason. I think ate too much O points and was paying. I figure this free and calories are not gonna lie. Not too bash weight watchers though, I’m sure it would of worked if I followed it harder, I just wanted to change it up and this is free.

mychance123

Weight watchers has also helped me lose weight over the years. It is a very easy program to follow and many are successful when they follow. I did not reach my goal while on the program. I think after time I got comfortable, and ate what I wanted as long as I was close to my points. The difference with weight watchers and My Fitness pal is that with WW you have points for foods and that's all you need to know. MFP gives you a recommended calorie amount and tells you how much should come from carbs fat & protein to be successful and follow a healthy balanced diet. I think if you pay attention to that, you are actually learning more how to eat healthy and why you should choose the foods that you do. I personally think that adding as many calories to your day as they say you can for exercise slows down results.

Dawnchrx

I did years ago. Started WW at 398. Got down to 300, quit, and got down to 197 with My fitness pal. I gained a lot of it back though. Tried signing up for WW freestyle and hated it. It's way too restricting and found myself eating way too many zero point foods so I wasn't getting anywhere. I tracked food on WW and MFP; while I was staying in my point range on WW, I was eating close to 2,700 calories a day. That's why I'm back here again. Glad WW worked for you!

jessackerman21

PrettyLight111 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I have been doing the weight watchers plan this past year somewhat successfully, lost some weight. I still have a few more pounds to go and I am thinking of using just the MFP plan only now. I started MFP a Month ago for I felt my points and so called Free foods they allow was keeping me from losing, I lost only 2lbs in 6 weeks prior, yes great to lose but felt it should have moved a little more. So when I stared MPF a month ago and kept the calories, excerise, etc in check, I lost 5lbs in 4 weeks.

So, my question; Is there anyone here who left weighters and has used the MFP plan and achieved successful results? Do you like it better? What are your tips for using mfp?

It’s time for me to renew my WW plan there soon and not sure I want too, cost etc. For I feel I do have a good handle on portion control now, excerise, so not sure it’s working for me anymore and need a change. Seem to be having positive results here thus far. What are your thoughts?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Wishing everyone continued success with there weight loss & fitness journey.

I am in the same exact situation. I have lost a lot of weight with WW over the years, but since they changed their program it doesn't work. I did it for about 3 weeks and saw no change, then I switch to MFP and I have lost 8 pounds in 5 weeks or so. I think the new WW is meant to keep people on it for life. When they say you can have chicken for zero points, that's just a bunch of BS in my opinion. I won't go back to wasting my money on WW.

jessackerman21

Danp wrote: »

Weight management is very simple (but not always easy) thing. It's an energy balance. Supply more energy (calories) than you use, your body will store that excess energy as fat. Supply less energy than you use, your body will begin to burn those excess energy stores.

MFP makes this transparent, clear and straight forward. It calculates your targets, lets you log your energy intake and expenditure and does the math for you. It's free and using the app will educate you about nutrition and teach you how to manage your food directly.

WW takes the same energy in/energy out equation. Puts a gimmicky wrapper around it to hide how it all works and sells that gimmick. Because it hides and obfuscates whats actually happening in the background you can't learn how to do it alone and therefore become reliant on their system. The entire thing is designed to give you a temporary fix that works while you're paying them. As soon as you stop, you're back to square one because you haven't learned anything except their system. You regain the weight and think 'Oh WW helped me lose weight last time I'll do that again' and spend more money.

WW is designed to keep you on the hook with a lose-gain cycle. They're in it for the money. Selling people a 'plan' makes money through repeat business. Teaching people how to do it them selves doesn't. I've watched friends and family members yo-yo on WW for over 40 years. I asked some of them why they keep going back and they all said the same thing 'Oh it works. I lose weight when I'm on WW'. If it really worked, they wouldn't have had to keep going back periodically for four decades.

THANK YOU! finally, someone who tells it honestly how WW is now. This is why I got off WW.

takuwinds

I am WW dropout. I decided to stick with MFP. I was eating way too much 0 point food and would lose and gain the same 5 pounds for the last 3 months. At least when I see I'm out of calories to eat, I have to stop eating. With WW, I could eat more 0 points food and not see any change in my weight. I'm sure it works for some people, but I couldn't make it work for me.