Anyone Give up WW to join MFP?

I've never tried weight watchers before... but I've used livestrong.com for a while and now MFP for the past few weeks and I've tracked food intake and exercise by some hand written note pages before, MFP seems the best for me so far, livestrong was pretty similar the only reason I came to MFP now instead of going back to livestrong was because MFP has an android app and livestrong only has iphone/windows/blackberry apps... really the only thing you need to make any of them work I think is to be honest about your food intake and exercise... if you are honest with yourself and set reasonable goals and maintain them then you'll succeed... I personally don't want to pay for weight watchers or any of those type of programs

Ive done WW successfully in the past loosing 35kg. Put nearly all of it back on and tried WW at home again over last few months with little results...
Loving MFP and have already lost 5kg in four weeks! I have the scanner for my pantry and am finding the calorie counting a lot easier - and fun!

I originally lost weight using the momentum plan, but on maintenance the new points plus plan just doesn't work for me. Free fruit is not an option when your goal weight is less than 130 lbs, and the whole points plus plan just doesn't cut it like the last couple of plans did. I weigh in once a month or more at weightwatchers--I'm lifetime so I don't have to pay--and stay for the meeting, I like the group dynamics and the support. But I've been maintaining using MFP for about a year, prefer the message boards here, and enjoy the MFP community and the information available about diet and exercise. And it's free! You just have to be dogged about logging your intake. This site makes it easy!

MFP > WW All Day!! and it's free

I stopped WW recently, when my work hours increased, it became impossible to make the meetings on time. Then I started to feel like I was paying for support when I knew enough people trying to lose weight and figured we could still be supportive to each other without paying someone a monthly fee. I keep my WW food books, but use this website.

I was thinking about ww when I found mfp. Can you give me some idea of the ww program

Want to spend massive amounts of money? WW! Want a free diary? MFP!

I didn't give up WW and join MFP. I was on WW when I was 16 years old, lost the weight, gained it all back plus a crap load more. I had thought about joining back to WW, then just realized all I needed was a food journal. That is what kept me accountable. Among other things, I didn't want to learn a whole new system again (i know the old points program), I'm broke, can't go to meetings because I have to work, and don't want to live off of points my entire life. It is a very good program so I'm not hating on it. It's a great stepping off point. I just want to do it on my own now.

I am in the process of making the switch now. I've lost about 20 pounds on WW and am securely in my healthy weight range. I've heard good things about MFP ~ I plan to use this site to lose my last couple of vanity pounds & for maintenance. I couldn't rationalize spending $18/month anymore.

I did several months ago and I am having the most success I have ever had. I had done probably every version on ww and would have some success but nothing long term. At first I tried to follow weight watchers and do this and they really didn't match up. The data base on this is much larger as they let members add (which can have flaws as well).
I have gotten used to this and it is easier than all the times I did WW. The forums here are good although you need to be selective. What is good for one, may not be what works for someone else and you have the flexibility to change your goals. This teaches me more about nutrition and looking at my macros and micros to make better choices. I love the charts you get if you have the ipphone app too! The friends here...welll I can't say enough good things about them. I couldn't do it without their support and motivation. Of course the best reason is that this is free!!!

Yep. I had done ww for over a year and it was good to me but sick of the same stories and meetings. I was thinking about going back for the support but I can get that here just by looking a peoples great weight loss...Good luck..O yeah and this sight is free so that makes it even better.

I gave up WW for MFP as well. I liked some parts of their new point system (not counting fruit) .... but for the most part I was annoyed with the new way to figure the points. I had been on the old point system so long that I had a pretty good idea of what the points would work out to when looking at food labels.
The new points plus was much more complicated to figure, so you had to have the calculator tool with you at all times.

I love that MFP is free, I love that I can log everything on my smart phone, I love that it syncs with my Fitbit and I love my friends on MFP! Sorry WW, but MFP rules!

I also quit WW for MFP - although I essentially still follow the WW diet just use here for tracking and not paying the weekly or online fee. There is great support here and lots of good information!

I've tried WW about 4 times, and I quit each time. In addition to buying the food, you also have to pay to even use the program. And I've tried to do it by myself, but found I do better with other people. I've been using MFP for just a few days, and already love it better than WW!