Anyone Give up WW to join MFP?

I've done WW twice before. The first time, I was a junior in high school and lost almost 40 lbs in 2 1/2 months. The second time I didn't stick with it for more than a month. When I decided I wanted to lose weight again, I have been hearing a lot of complaints about the new points plus from WW so I was researching other options to track the progress and found MFP. Rather than spending $45 a month on WW I wanted to try this out for a few months and see how it goes, I LOVE IT! It is so much easier than weight watchers, and MFP teaches you to keep track of other things than just points. I'm loving the progress I am showing and it keeps getting better. I think MFP teaches you a fitness strategy that will always works, rather than in WW, every 6-12 months, their changing things up and you have to get use to a new way of tracking and planning your meals. 100%, MFP is the way to go, but that is just for me.

I think the food database here is WAY better, and it's free. I lost weight with WW six or seven years ago, but I had absolutely no success with the points plus at all.

I used WW entirely online when I started my journey and it worked great, dropped 63 lbs. I gained back 20 lbs due to having abdominal surgery. Both MFP and WW are doing the same thing, of course the bonus is MFP is free. I like that with MFP I have an idea of how much proteing, carbs and fat I should be consuming. Of course all this info is available free online as well. Tracking is what helps me and WW did teach me a lot since information was easily available on their website. I made the switch after WW went to Point Plus...I know eating more fruits and vegetables helps me lose but I feel I need to track it to make sure I'm not going over a certain my calorie intake.

I've never tried weight watchers but as soon as I heard about/started using MFP my first thought was that it seemed like a better version of WW. It's free, plus I think it has a much better feeling of accomplishment to be doing it all on your own

I used weight watchers - took around 6 years to gain back the 20 odd pounds. I liked it but then the program kept changing it seemed to derive some sort of "secret formula" for weight loss- something they could sell. THe old formula that a point was effectively 50 calories became too well known so they changed it - effecitvely "more points" but the points were now 40 calories. All seemed foolish really. I also disagreed with the "snack" line of granola bars and carbs that they were selling for $5 a box. Unhealthy snacks and i thought it was in poor taste and it kept people eating the junk that got them over weight in the first place (just in smaller portions and charge you twice as much). enough of my rant. I was stagnant on WW - i can do that on my own! I do give them props though for helping me learn how to eat better - more fruits and vegs. Good luck!

I originally used WW to lose 38 pounds. After exceeding my goal, I got lazy and gained a few pounds back. Have been using MFP to lose the pesky pounds I gained back. I see many similarities in the two, but MFP is free so I use it. Either one will work as long as you log your information truthfully.

I gave up WW to join MFP. Frankly, I got tired of tracking points and not really know how many calories I'm consuming. And I got bored pretty quickly of going to the weekly meetings...only to gain here and there. So hear I am. I must say that I really do love this app...and it's free! I like to see my calorie in vs. calorie out. And also, I used the phone tracker on WW and it took forever to track my food..based on the internet connection. MFP is very easy to put in and doesn't take long. I think you made a great decision!

I like to see if It's worth joining WW and this topic made me realize MFP is almost the same but better

I did WW a few years ago when my mom was on it. She had all the tools so she got me a set and I did really well, lost about 10 lbs ( all I needed to at the time) and she lost 45! This was in a couple of months.
Then I went through a huge breakup that involved a move, leaving a control freak etc and gained it back. Over the last few years I have gained about 10 lbs a year give or take, and am now about 25 pounds more than I would like to be. So last year I decided to try weight watchers again, except they had switched to their points plus program. I can't get to meetings, so I did it online. I followed it daily, tracked, planned great meals, exercised when I could - and only lost 6 pounds in the 3 months I paid for. I finally got so discouraged after not seeing the scale move for over a month, I quit.

Imagine my surprise when I find MFP - a FAR superior website, than was FREE! I was angry at myself for paying the $60 some odd $ for WW which had a ****ty website that was always crashing. Since devoting myself to MFP 3 weeks ago, I have lost 8 lbs - 2 lbs more than I did in 3 whole months on WW.
So yeah, I'll never pay through my teeth for WW again.

I've done WW off and on for about six years. It's been mostly successful but I sometimes get sick of tracking points.

I never really liked that I was constantly being sold something at the meetings, although I did find the support helpful. I've been on MFP for a week and really like it. I'm especially impressed by how much of a difference it makes to be able to see my food's nutrition so easily on the iPhone app. It never occurred to me that I needed to eat more iron and potassium until MFP.

I did. I find tracking calories to be more effective than points. The whole 0 point thing bugged me, because although veggies and some other items are very low cal, it still all adds up. Plus, this was free, and there are WAY more foods in the database on MFP than on WW's tool

Bumping to read later.

What is this scanner that you are talking about? Is it a MFP tool that you can buy?

I left WW in may to come here after losing & gaining the same amount of weight with WW.. Since may I've now lost 11lbs just using this site!!.. At the end of the day counting points isn't realistic for ever but everything you buy has calories & it's so much easier!!.. Alot of foods weren't in the WW app & annoyed me having to work the points out!!..

My friend gave up MFP to go to WW - she ended up gaining :ohwell: She's doing better not actually following their points system but watching what she eats using their facilities - go figure...