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I had great success with Weight Watchers but I stopped because of having to pay the weekly fee and since this is free it makes me very happy!

I've had success with WW, but I believe that one can have success with almost anything, it's the sticking to it and being commited thats the hard part.

I lost my first 40 pounds doing WW. It was awesome; however, the fees were killing me, and my hubby and I moved to another state. The meeting weren't the same and the people weren't as friendly as the ones from the other state. I found this website and JUST FELL IN LOVE. I love the feedback from the people going through the journey with you. I love the calorie tracker. I just love everything. To me MYFITNESSPAL wins hands down as far as motivation and support building goes. I have learned SOOOO much from the other members. I must say, I have learned WAAAAAAAY more from the members here than I did with WW.

I lost 60 lbs about 14 years ago with WW. I was lifetime. I stopped counting my points and gained a bit. I used the online program only and lost weight during a really rough time in my life. I kept it off for a couple year but slowly started to gain again. I wasn't counting my points. I quit smoking and had a child and now I weigh more than I have ever weighed.

I joined WW last year and did not lose any. I gained a few pounds. My mindset has changed and it was not working for me. You have a set number of points to eat every day. You also have 35 weekly allowance points that you can use throughout the week or for special occasions. I found that I was being obsessive and eating points not food (thanks Sharon for the realization). If I went over my points and used all my weekly allowance by Wednesday then I had "failed' and would start again after weigh in on Saturday. I ate whatever I wanted then. There was also no app for anything other than iphone. The online tools are ok but I really like the interface of this site.

I also think that using calories and mfp allows you to eat in the real world. I always had to pull out my calculator to check points. I like that I can have a rough idea of what I need to eat and go from there.

I think it depends a lot on personality. My one caution would be....if you are going to use mfp and WW then pay weekly at the meeting. If you get the $35 monthly pass then you are paying for the etools as well. There is a lot of good information about reframing your thinking at the meetings as well. Good luck.

I liked the online but I was looking for ways to cut costs plus even though it had message boards mostly all I saw on them was negative posts. . .none of the positive, helpful posts like I see on here daily!

This is soooo very true. On mfp there is a question daily about exercise calories or eating more or less than 1200 calories. here it gets answered or the poster is directed to another thread. On a WW board they often get a little sarcastic. Message boards are hard since tone cannot be "read" on a board. There are a few tight knit groups on there that stick together.