Weight Watchers AND MFP

yes! i totally agree about the meetings! they were so depressing to me and everyone basically just used it to vent for an hour....it wasn't worth it for me personally.

Not to mention being commandeered by two or three people every week. They would just start talking as if it were only them. It was hard to get a word in edgewise, even if it was a question. I don't mean to judge, because if it works for some people that's what counts. It's like everything else, including the heated discussions here on what foods to eat or not eat... do what works for you.

LOL omg yes! always!!! were we in the same meeting or is it just like that? lol i don't judge either, what works for everyone is different, but for me personally, mfp has gotten me down 15 lbs so far and ww i couldn't get past 5! it worked for my mom short term, she lost 30 lbs, but then lost the motivation to keep tracking and keep paying. it's just not sustainable in my opinion, especially financially. i honestly think i was eating too little, which made it impossible to work out, which i love doing!

I did WW and MFP for a bit. I originally signed up for MFP to gain access to the food database while on WW. Then I figured out how MFP worked, how much it told you, and I was like "to heck with WW" and went solely on MFP. And I've never had such great success!

WW Did not work for me, I started with the meetings. They were always at inconvenient times, the leader was extremely rude and condescending, and like others have said...the same 2 people hog the mic every week. Not worth it so I switched to online.

Online got me a good kickstart on how to eat better, pick from the food groups etc. But i found the pts counting really got me obsessed and all i could think about was food. Not to mention WW changes their plan way too often. AND....wasted more money.

BEFORE WW, I tried Herbal Magic. Uhhh, I could open up a new thread on that alone and how much of a joke I think that company is.

Bottom line...I wasted soooooo much money on weight loss, and what works for me was free and in front of my nose all along...I've learned so much being on MFP and since I "re-started for good" Yes my ticker may not look impressive but it's been less than a month that I decided to add in exercise, now that I have the proper energy for it!

I hope you find what works for you, but just remember, you don't have to spend a mint to get in shape, I promise!! :flowerforyou:

I did weight watchers and lost a stone and a half but I couldn't budge the last stone. I then from november last year tried Slimming world and weight watchers again and nothing worked. It stopped being about me and getting healthy and became about sins and points. It was getting silly. I was acting insane... and now something has seemed to click...

MFP is the way forward for me. I have finally said by to the scales. I am adding friends who already have the results that I want and reading their profiles, comments, looking at their food diarys, asking questions. Getting involved with the threads to is a massive help to me.

Also I'm really learning about food. I am trying new recipes (made a chickpea curry tonight, was god awful but I had a go). It just seems stupid to attach a "Point" to something (in my opinion this is only what currently works for me. One year ago I need weightwatchers)

I think that formal diet plans like these take away the real ability to lean, grow, develop. In its place is just dictated approach to diet.

I did WW last year and lost almost 25 lbs. I gained it back because I stopped tracking.

Both places are great for tracking. I did try to track both points and calories at one point and was just so overwhelmed. I do good to keep track of one or the other.

I decided to cut back on some spending, so went for the 'free' program. I think both programs are great. They are what you make of them. In both you must cut back over eating and exercise

GL to you!

I joined WW online in October 2012 I had lost 60 lbs when I started tracking on MFP and a month and a half ago. I tracked on both MFP and WW for a week or two and now I am only tracking on MFP. Waiting to see the results from MFP before cancelling membership to WW. I do like that MFP is free vs. $18 per month for WW online. For me starting with WW has helped me make better food choices, I would chose the fruit and veggies for 0 pp vs. a 100 calorie snack pack of something processed and probably would't have done so if I had started on MFP.

Iv just done my first week on weight watchers and lost 5lbs I also use mfp for the inspiration and success stories

I am currently a member at Weight Watchers and tracking on both WW and MFP. I use WW for official weigh in's and Saturday morning meetings with a really good leader. I feel like I take more responsibility this way of my weight cause big sister is watching. On MFP I have very supportive friends and the fact that I can look up almost any food and find it. I find that they both work for me.

Nothing is going to work if you can't find the motivation or " stall out"

Why go to WW if your not going to utilitze the system? Sounds like a waste of time and more importantly money. Thats what weight watchers is, a business aiming to make money. And really, the point values are generated based on calories. So....its really the SAME thing as counting calories. Id pick one or the other.

If you go to Weight Watchers, either to get weighed in, or to attend a meeting, then you ARE utilizing the system.

Does anyone do Weight Watchers AND My Fitness Pal? I lost 30 lbs with MFP two years ago and have gained it all back. I'm having a hard time getting motivated and am going to joing Weight Watchers today. I've done WW in the past and find counting calories much easier than the points system sooooo...I will be using MFP for tracking.

Anyone care to share experience? Good, bad or otherwise??

I have tried WW many many times and find that it isn't structured enough for me. I know that a can of fat free pringles is 7 pts therefore my brain says I can eat the whole can. Logging my calories into MFP works so much better for me.

I understand what you are saying, but, that really has nothing to do with Weight Watchers. No matter what plan you are following, it is up to YOU to make the healthy choices when you eat something. Sure, the whole can might only be 7 points, but that doesn't mean you should eat it. It is the same as saying "I have enough calories left to eat the entire can". Doesn't mean you should. Same thing.

I did MFP last year and lost 5 pounds or so, but only for 1.5 months. I joined ww this January, after making a resolution like most poeple. I have lost 20 pounds so far, but I just rejoined MFP and want to do some comparisons. I'm sure different things work for different people. I want to see what works for me.

I've been doing WW and MFP since June, 2012 and have lost almost 80 pounds. I am a WW Online member because it's 35 miles to the closest WW meeting site and I know I'm not going to do that every week. It's been an interesting ride, comparing points versus calories each day - some days over on points and under on calories and other days the other way. I have 20-30 pounds left to goal (depending on which goal I'm planning on that particular day :happy: I feel like WW does encourage you to eat better by charging more points for less healthy food, regardless of the calories, while MFP is great for tracking macros to help you eat better. MFP has a better food database and I can use the nutritional info to calculate WW points, so it all works for me. I figure the money I spend on WW each month is balanced out by the amount of junk food I DON'T buy and eat.

I have done both WW and MFP separately and then together to compare points vs. calories. I am currently going to weekly WW meetings because: 1) I am prepaid through the middle of May, 2) I really like the people in my group and get a lot of motivation from them, and 3) I really really really need that accountability of knowing I will be stepping on the scale once a week in front of someone. This helps me stay on track for the week regardless of which plan I am doing (WW or MFP.)

I think both WW and MFP plans are excellent if you use them, and you just have to find the one that works best for you. That being said, there are many days that I am starving, have already used my daily WW points, and MFP tells me I have only eaten 1,000 calories. Yes, I know I can have a few more "free fruits" to increase my calories to 1,200 or so, and if needed I can dip into my extra points for the week; however, I am increasingly appreciating the simplicity of just counting calories vs. determining points values. I have the WW app, scanner, etc. and it is great, but at the end of the day, I just really want to know how many calories I've eaten, what I've burned through exercise, and the breakdown of my calories (fat, protein, etc..) WW has helped me rethink the types of foods I am eating and my diet is much healthier fruit and veggie wise than it was before WW, but by logging these same foods into MFP, I can get a better overall picture of what I am eating vs. just points.

I will continue to do both for awhile and might not renew my WW membership when it runs out mid-May, although losing the accountability of the weekly weigh-in is a little scary.

Well i can say i'm just about the opposite of what everyone has posted here. I've done WW before and lost 50 pounds and quit tracking and gained it back (just like you would if you stopped counting calories) I've been on MFP since january and have only lost 12 pounds therefore i'm going to use the MFP database for food and then convert it over to points to see if that gets my weight loss moving.