Curious...Anybody Over here from Weight Watchers?

Chunky2Slinky19

Hey, is anyone here after a stint on Weight Watchers? Are you getting better losses or about the same?

LittleQuelie

I just quit WW. I’ve finally realized that their program doesn’t work for me because I simply don’t believe in it. Saying that certain foods are “free” (aka pretty much everything) might work for people who don’t understand nutrition and healthy eating, but it’s pointless for people like me who’s main problem is volume and portion control. I could go to town on huge salads filled with vegetables that would be 0 points and yet hundreds of calories if you actually counted them. My goal now is to continue to eat healthy balanced meals but to be realistic and stay within a calorie deficit that actually leads to a weight loss. This is week one of calorie counting lol.

How about yourself? How did you find the WW program and what are you doing differently now?

mrshorntonk

I’m the same as LittleQuelie. Have done WW and SW many times over the years and after around half a stone lost just found i plateaued every time and subsequently “given up” and gained back. I’m pretty sure it was because of my lack of portion control and believing that some foods I could eat as much as I fancied - (pasta in SW was a big one, to say you can eat unlimited pasta is a dangerous thing to say to me!).

Now with MFP I have a much better understanding of calories in/calories out and therefore much better control over my portion sizes. I am almost 2 stone down since April which is the most I’ve ever lost, thanks to MFP and understanding calories a lot better 😊

kshama2001

Lots:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/search?adv=1&search=&title=Weight+Watchers&author=&cat=all&tags=&discussion_d=1&comment_c=1&group_group=1&within=1+day&date=

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/search?adv=1&search=&title=WW&author=&cat=all&tags=&discussion_d=1&comment_c=1&group_group=1&within=1+day&date=

katlopezco8946

I did WW in the past and loved it! It helped me lose all my baby weight. I checked it before I got this app and there was no way I was gonna pay that much to lose 12 lbs. This app does the same thing and it’s free!

LyndaBSS

Welcome to the community!

If you haven't already, read the stickies at the top of the getting started forum. Very informative and helpful.

Loads of former WW's here. The first thing to know when switching to mfp is that there's no such thing as a free food.

Good luck with your journey!

2thgrl75

Hi newbie here. I’m also switching from ww. I loved the older ww programs but struggle with freestyle. Eye opener was when I went to my endocrinologist and lost 2 lbs in a year. I know it comes down to calorie in vs calorie out so I’ll track here.

wendyheath32

I came from slimming world to mfp after I kept loosing weight even though I was at target it and happy. With people suggesting I lower my target or pressuring me to regain weight I was just through with it and saw how utterly rediculous it was. Plus free foods and syns make no sense and they push some *kitten* foods

sipleats

As an old-time ww’er, I signed up for the new program and quit shortly thereafter. They assigned me and my sister (who weighs 50 lbs less than me) the same weekly amount of points. And I hated that their golden foods, like a weight watchers bagel, was less than half the points of my favorite bagel which was less in calories! I felt like I was being punished unless I chose foods from their pre-approved list, even if my choices were less in calories. Nope, not for me.

sam_juggins

I've just left WW after a year. I got fed up with starchy stuff being so high in points. I went months without eating a spud as its daemonised! FFS. I did get to target on SW but then left that due to not getting on with the leader and put some wight on. Back at MFP and now the food world is my oyster once more!

SuziTierney

I just left WW after almost a year of really struggling with the new freestyle program. I had great success with WW in the past, losing almost 70 pounds, but that was on the Smartpoints program.

Like others have mentioned, I couldn't get get past the mindset of "free" food and portion control. I'm finding that counting all calories is keeping more aware of my portions.