Is Weight Watchers worth it??

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  • judykritikos
    judykritikos Posts: 161
    It seems to me that it's the meetings and others at the meetings that make WW work. Common sense - don't eat fatty food, sugars and white flour - and ANYONE can lose weight. if you have other issues, and typically most of us who are not at our ideal weight have a problem with - then the groups work.
    If you decide AND STICK TO IT - to stop eating junk food, add more vege's and fruits, you will not be overweight. You need to add exercise - not only to lose the weight, but to get outside and work those muscles - you will lose weight.
    we gain weight by eating junk foods and sitting on our butts. For others, we eat because we're emotionally tied to those comfort foods.
    cut the tie - and you'll lose the weight.
    MFP really helps - yet some folks are helped by the group meetings. Can't say one is better than the other. whatever works for you is.... what will work for you.
  • shipwreck3
    shipwreck3 Posts: 64
    I am following just mfp right now. It worked a lot faster than ww. I used to use the flex plan and it worked pretty well for a while but then I stalled out and got frustrated. I tried for a short while following both and saw that if I used all my points I went over on my c alories. I am currently following 1200 calorie diet...and I sometimes eat my calories I earn from exercising. I think seeing the actual calories in something is more of an impact than just seeing 3-4 points. Its easier to justify 4 points verses like 300 calories.
  • Mamao7
    Mamao7 Posts: 79
    I did WW a long time ago. points system it worked for me. I lost over 80lbs.. that was over 9 years ago my baby will be 10 in april it was after baby #3 pregnancy. I have to admit I never really understood it completly, I never ate my extra points and i kinda modified the program to fit me.. but that was 2 kids ago when i had some extra money to pay for it.. I have to admit I love MFP a whole lot better.. WW works but you have to pay and this is free. and from what i read they have changed it again.
  • Momof3PrincesandaPrincess
    Momof3PrincesandaPrincess Posts: 15 Member
    I did the old WW plan and lost good on it, then had another baby (UGH two years ago) and I tried the new program and all I did was gain weight with it and I followed it to a T. I will never pay for another diet again. MFP is the best thing I have found and I also think seeing calories vrs points is so much more eye opening. You can eat crap and still be within your points, it's not so easy to do when your watching the calories. This is so much easier and best of all it's FREE!! Don't waste your money girl, stick with this.
  • simplycee
    simplycee Posts: 29
    I am doing both, I like and need the accountability of the meetings and weigh ins. It keeps me honest. Log points oWW and calories on MFP. I have lost 60 pounds since May.
  • crudd12
    crudd12 Posts: 63
    I've been doing ww a year and only lost 25 pounds! I don't like the new PP program! I joined here to see if I could lose the last 25 pounds! I still go to ww to weigh in and for the meetings but I'm thinking of just doing this! It seems to be working better than the new ww plan! Good luck to you!
  • DMinCT
    DMinCT Posts: 4
    To FOXFRANK

    HI, about the chocolate chip cookie thing....you are lucky you can remove yourself from wanting chocolate and settling for a salad is sufficiant. For some women, we are just wired to crave stuff like chocolate and a salad just wouldn't cut it. I understand your point of view - glad it works for you (you are lucky in that sense that you are a guy and guys don't have to deal with estrogen and womanly things). However, for some women, when we crave chocolate we just NEED to have it or our whole mental state is a mess. It has to do with our estrogen levels and the nuerotransmitters in our brains.
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