WeightWatchers Online. Does it really work?

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  • marshallexi
    marshallexi Posts: 162 Member
    Have now cancelled my subscription as tis £10.95 per month but I have found an app that does the same for £2.99.

    Which app?
  • jesz124
    jesz124 Posts: 1,004 Member
    I was looking at your profile picture and was about to comment that you certainly didn't look like you needed either weightwatchers or a meal replacement system. Then I looked at your profile and we are a very similar weight and build going from your measurements so that promptly made me shut up hahaha.

    Anyway, to WW. Yes I have tried the online version and personally I didn't take to it. I felt like for what I was paying I didnt get enough back and it didn't motivate me at all. It may possibly of been that I wasn't in the right mind set at the time, i'm not sure. But I feel like as others have said, you get far more from MFP and it's all free!!
  • dat1girl4u
    dat1girl4u Posts: 1
    The iphone app i use is called MyScorePlus for only $2.99.
  • HurricaneElaine
    HurricaneElaine Posts: 984 Member
    <snip> I stopped weight watchers because I couldn't afford it anymore and this site has completely taken its place.

    Me too!

    Save your money - use this site instead! :bigsmile:
  • sillygoose03
    sillygoose03 Posts: 16
    Stay with MFP and save yourself money. I did WW but attended the meetings. I used their e-tools to track my food and tried joining in on the forums but it's hard to break through the 'clicks'. I'd post questions and would rarely get responses. I think the MFP members are much for friendly, much more willing to answer questions/offer advice, etc. As soon as I found MFP, I cancelled my WW membership.
  • hanababe
    hanababe Posts: 16 Member
    I would agree with the comments. Weight Watchers does work, but it is very similar to just using MFP for free. Going to WW meetings were worth it for the encouragement and knowledge, but were expensive.
  • tinselqueen
    tinselqueen Posts: 12 Member
    Hi everyone
    I've been a yo yo dieter all my life I could answer questions on Mastermind about diets, but I'm hopeless around temptation. So I'm giving MFP a go. I have no interest in shopping for clothes when I'm overweight (maybe not such a bad thing)!. So here we go again. I've got about 30 lbs to lose. :laugh:
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I used them most of my life and even worked for them. I wouldn't bother. This is free and teaches you to eat and get fit in a healhier manner. They tell you to eat too low cal. Never going back.
  • paulperryman
    paulperryman Posts: 839 Member
    Weight Watchers and Lite''n'Easy and Jenny Craig are all scams imo. for one thing they dont offer customized meals to your requirements least not that i've seen, and the meals are expensive and are no different to the stuff you can buy in the supermarkets which contain alot of sodium and very little meat and substance.

    Sure they'll work if you watch what you are consuming, but there secret is they want you to stay fat or atleat keep craving there products so they can make more money.

    Save your time and money and work it out yourself, it's not rocket science. Calories in vs Calories burned, try to keep everything in moderation and don't overdo exercise or undereat too often.
  • Brainless64
    Brainless64 Posts: 27 Member
    I have actually gone to Weight Watchers and used Weight Watchers online. Sorry to say, it is a lot like this site. You still have to keep up with amounts of foods you eat, you still have to track your food, and you still have to decide what you will and will not eat. The only difference is that instead of calling it what it is--calorie counting--you count points. I will say that the work has been done for you as to which foods are healthier than others because in the point system, carbs, fat and protein and fiber have all been taken into account. If I had to choose, I'd go to the actual meetings, they're much better for support and encouragement than the online version.

    Personally, I find MFP to be a lot easier to use. There are more exercises to track from and the best part is that you get to use it for free!

    Exactly this:

    WW covers the real issue (calories) with a layer of mystique/simplicity (depending on your view), but it all comes down to eating less fuel, than your body needs. I have lost with WW in the past, but I liked the meetings and public weighing in, which can be motivating to stay on track, or be demorolising depending on how you feel. For on-line DIY dieting MFP every time, especially as it's free. I can't afford/justify the cost of WW meetings.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I have actually gone to Weight Watchers and used Weight Watchers online. Sorry to say, it is a lot like this site. You still have to keep up with amounts of foods you eat, you still have to track your food, and you still have to decide what you will and will not eat. The only difference is that instead of calling it what it is--calorie counting--you count points. I will say that the work has been done for you as to which foods are healthier than others because in the point system, carbs, fat and protein and fiber have all been taken into account. If I had to choose, I'd go to the actual meetings, they're much better for support and encouragement than the online version.

    Personally, I find MFP to be a lot easier to use. There are more exercises to track from and the best part is that you get to use it for free!

    Exactly this:

    WW covers the real issue (calories) with a layer of mystique/simplicity (depending on your view), but it all comes down to eating less fuel, than your body needs. I have lost with WW in the past, but I liked the meetings and public weighing in, which can be motivating to stay on track, or be demorolising depending on how you feel. For on-line DIY dieting MFP every time, especially as it's free. I can't afford/justify the cost of WW meetings.
    It is not sustainable. I tried it for decades. This place is and it's free.
  • ag27404
    ag27404 Posts: 47 Member
    If you need some guidance, I'd check with your insurance about a nutritionist. Mine is 100% covered by insurance (preventative care) and has really helped. It's one on one advice and 100% accountability.
  • dianeb613
    dianeb613 Posts: 121 Member
    Even though I post here I have been a WW online person for years, as well as a meeting WW person. I find that I go back and forth.

    I have friends who lost fabulously using WW online. I just keep paying for it monthly without getting to goal because my weight chart goes back to 2007 and I love watching my ups and downs (I maintain mostly).

    I also like the receipes and message boards.

    It works if you work it. I don't think I really did. LOL However I have lost 36 lbs since joining weight watchers and I never gained back that weight.
  • RoadsterGirlie
    RoadsterGirlie Posts: 1,195 Member
    I lost 90 lbs on WW (Online only).

    I echo what other people say - it's very similar to MFP. You still track every bite. I do like counting points better than calories, but of course, that is what I started out doing. I'm sure if I started counting calories I would feel differently.

    One thing I do like is the weekly points that WW - you don't get a weekly allotment on MFP.

    MFP is free - I would try that first and see if it works.
  • DianeLLand
    DianeLLand Posts: 5 Member
    I liked the online just for tracking my food but for a personal approach I go to the meeting once a week to weigh in and talk about my week with others and to find out ideas they have used to lose weight I also use mfp for when I log in a food idem I can see the stats
  • mama27f
    mama27f Posts: 2
    Can someone help me I just signed up. How do I get started? I m 208 34 5'4 and I can't live like this anymore.
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