So who's switched from Weight Watchers to MFP?

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  • minadee
    minadee Posts: 44 Member
    I think it just all depends on what works for you. I actually started WW 12 days ago and had lost 3 pounds at day 7. As an experiment today, I compared my breakfast and lunch on WW to my breakfast and lunch on MFP. (My breakfast was 2 cups of frozen fruit which is free on WW). In both cases, I've used 26% of my daily food allowances. That confirms 3 things for me:

    1. I've finally figured out how many calories I really should be eating!
    2. WW has reduced the points value to allow for the amount of fruit an average person would consume per day.
    3. WW is still really based on calories, they just make it complicated so they can charge for it.

    I like the accountability...so I'll keep going to meetings as long as it works. Good luck to everyone!
  • Icedcoffee29
    Icedcoffee29 Posts: 139
    I think it just all depends on what works for you. I actually started WW 12 days ago and had lost 3 pounds at day 7. As an experiment today, I compared my breakfast and lunch on WW to my breakfast and lunch on MFP. (My breakfast was 2 cups of frozen fruit which is free on WW). In both cases, I've used 26% of my daily food allowances. That confirms 3 things for me:

    1. I've finally figured out how many calories I really should be eating!
    2. WW has reduced the points value to allow for the amount of fruit an average person would consume per day.
    3. WW is still really based on calories, they just make it complicated so they can charge for it.

    I like the accountability...so I'll keep going to meetings as long as it works. Good luck to everyone!

    Awesome! WW help me lose 51lbs, I have nothing but love for them. :)
  • sme169
    sme169 Posts: 1 Member
    All of my weight loss has been using Weight Watchers. I like to see how calories, protein, fat, fiber and carbs all at add together. I made lifetime and still attend the meetings. Took me about a year to lose the weight my weight loss really kicked in when I added a good cardio plan and some weights. I think once you decided on a plan and stick with it you will have results. Just remember whatever you chose to do takes time to get the results you want.
  • tinak33
    tinak33 Posts: 9,883 Member
    I did Weight Watchers for a year. I lost 40 lbs (25 on WW, and 15 before WW). Then I stopped counting points. I fluctuated in the same 7lb zone for the past 1.5 years and got on the MFP bandwagon this past Sept or Oct.... Can't remember. haha :smile:
    So far I have dropped a few lbs and am hoping to make all the extra weight go far far away!
  • cathyfowler662
    cathyfowler662 Posts: 120 Member
    I did WW and lost 65 lbs.; got to goal and I am/was a lifetime member....then I gained it all back and so now I'm trying this. I like the calorie thing a lot better as you know how much you can eat and don't need to pull out the points calculator to find out how many points anything is.
  • North44
    North44 Posts: 359 Member
    I used WW online in the fall of 2010 and lost 22 pounds. I did maintenance after that and kept the weight off. I discontinued my membership and then gradually gained some of it back.

    I have come to the conclusion that I need to have structure in my life that something like WW or MFP provides and since MFP is free, it's the winner long term. I like both programs a lot- would recommend either one to anyone looking to lose weight.
  • tschaff04
    tschaff04 Posts: 296 Member
    I did WW from home for nearly a year and lost 98 pounds. Got pregnant with my third child, and when I went to lose the baby weight with points plus I found it much more difficult to do so. I still lost but not like the first time. Decided to stop paying for what I could do for free and joined MFP and have now lost about 20 pounds on it. I too like seeing calories and real food values as opposed to a point number that is put on my food. And I like free...a lot! :)

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