Weight Watchers..paying for it, help you stick with it?

Subowski

I did WW for 18 months a few years back and lost 30 lbs. I followed the points system religiously, and the weight came off, very very slowly, but consistently.

I was ecstatic, right up until I moved house, switched meetings/instructors, plateaued.......and didn't get one word of meaningful or intelligent advice. I lost motivation and direction, succumbed to disappointment and fell back into a fat person's default "what's the point" mindset. I would give anything to be back there at that weight right now, but sadly, I put the 30 lbs back on, plus another 20 lbs for good measure.

That's just my WW story, however, and I really don't blame the WW system one bit - you have to want it, you have to be ready to do it and stick with it, and basically you can't rely on anyone but yourself. But I certainly recommend giving it a go if you haven't already tried it - there are plenty of success stories out there.

Personally I suspect that although the current points system is a bit odd, the "points free" foods are generally fruits and veg - just eat the free stuff in moderation, and it probably gets you nearer to a 20% deficit on your TDEE, than keep you famished on a BMR based net of 1000 cals. But that's just my opinion. I guess you could stay fat if you ate 20 kgs of cabbage and bananas every day, but as you would never be able to go out in public, I doubt you'd care..........

Juliane_

Thank you all so much for the insight. I guess until I can find my motivation again, nothing, including paying for it will really help. Thank you all!

Take a picture of yourself. Just seeing how fat I was gave me the motivation to do something. Find a group or a challenge group. A lot of beachbody coaches do challenges on facebook and as part of it you have to post pictures of your meals and your "sweaty" pictures (picture of your face after a workout). The accountability is there if that is what you are looking for. All the participants have to post those pictures and helps give you meal ideas as well as the encouragement that you are not doing it alone. If so and so did their workout today you. As you lose weight be sure to take pictures of your progress because it will motivate you to keep going. You can do it.

clemsonsaint

I currently do WW plus and I find that it works. Paying for it motivates me to stick with it.

LoriIone

I have done WW twice. I LOVE it. I paid for it, and both times dropped around 35 pounds. If I had the money I would join again, the weekly meetings help a ton! But I do love mfp, too!