I joined WW in 2010 under the old point system (which 3 mos. later changed to the current points plus). Within the year I lost 40 lbs. and made Lifetime. But I only made Lifetime at a very small margin. When I went thru maintenance they told me raise my daily pts to 35; I did and gained...so they told me to keep lowering by a point until I found my maintaining daily point value. The next thing I knew, I was back at 29 pts (which was the lowest you could go at the time) and now I wasn't maintaining or losing...I got to lifetime but couldn't really focus after that because I couldn't maintain. It got frustrating, I began to eat.

For a while I maintained at 6 lbs higher than my goal (my doctor believes that is probably where I should of set goal); but stopped WW and old habits creep back very fast. I'm now 20 lbs. over goal. My doctor says to work on losing 10 lbs. and when I get to where I was maintaining for a length - stay there; he'll write a note for Weight Watchers. Although he has no problem with what their weight ranges are...he doesn't like that your weight range is judged only by your height. He says age and body build need to be looked at as well.

I've tried SparkPeople, LoseIt, MFP and numerous others...but it all comes back to "WW worked" - it's the only dieting I ever did that truly worked and it didn't feel like a diet. I miss the group dynamics and I really think I need that accountability of weighing in every week.

I'm going to do E-Tools to get me through the summer and head back to meetings in September, unless I gain more..then meetings will come sooner.

For me, I will be using WW and MFP simultaneously for 10 weeks. I only paid for a 10 week program through work. I am hoping that I will be firmly established enough with those 10 weeks that I can keep up the program on my own. I signed up here on MFP so that I might be able to find like-minded people and set up a support structure for after those 10 weeks. I have every intention on succeeding this time (I've been trying to lose weight for half my life). I can only afford to PAY for this short WW course, so I need to set up strong support.

I hope to see this group here on MFP get revived somewhat!

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I was on here for 2 yeas, never lost more than 5 lbs. I joined WW 4 eeks ago, and have lost 8 lbs and feel like I could do it for life. I eat a ton more veggies, too. LOVE ww. I just keep my acc here to track my weight- cause it has my entire history.

I signed up for WW about 6 weeks ago and have lost about 20lbs. It has really has changed the way I think about what I eat, and I am able to make better food decisions. Foods that are higher in points usually are higher in carbs and protein but alot of those foods also help keep me full. When I just tracked calories I didn't really think about the nutrional value and would often eat foods based soley on how many calories they had, but those foods didn't necessary keep me full and satisfied. I try to have a breakfast or lunch that won't leave me starving, and those meals may me higher in points but because I am full I don't need to snack and I eat less. I try to eat snacks and dinners that are lower in points and these foods tend to be lower in carbs and protein and foods that my body can metabolize faster. I feel like WW gives me a helps me because it is built around the way your body processes food. I also like the flexibility, and having those extra weekly points. When i would just try to diet I would eat well for most of the week and then have a cheat day where I would just eat whatever. With the weekly points I am allowed to indulge, but I don't go overboard. I use think of dieting as all or nothing, if I went to McDonald's for lunch I would say that's it I blew it today and would just eat bad the rest of the day. Now if I want an occasional greasy burger or treat I say Ok you can have that, but that means for dinner you have to eat a salad with grilled chicken or something, or ok you can have that piece of cake but that dips into your weekly allowance. It has taught me how to think before making an unheatly decision, is it really worth having a smaller dinner or exercising more? And some days I decide that that yes it is. And that is what I like, and I can see myself really making a huge lifestyle chane with WW. I joined MFP because I purchased a FITBIT. I really haven't done much exercising besides walking a few times a week and wanted to get start moving more. I decided it would be helpful to be able to synch my exercise and moments from MFP to the FITBIT to really get the most out of the FITBIT,. I also am hoping to start doing more cardio and toning up and want to be able to accurately know how many calories I should be eating in place of wwhat I exercised and like the whole calorie in/calorie out aspect of MFP and Fitbit. It's great that I also have the points plus set up on my food tracker, and MFP tracker is better then WW. I may eventually cancell WW once I feel completely comfertable that with knowing the points/nutrional values of food, and just track them here, but I intend on usuing the WW system long term whether I actually track through them or on my own.