Any thoughts on the new weight watchers program?

In my opinion waste of money. You can do it. Eat clean and healthy and exercise. I have never been a fan of those places

I went to the meeting to learn the new ways. Was just curious to see what others think?

I don't do weight watchers, but from what I've seen...the "new points" system is a much better system for actually learning how to eat healthfully. The fact that a banana and a hundred calorie pack used to both be the same "points" makes no sense to me. It makes a lot more sense to give more freedom to eating whole foods, which in my understanding is the goal of the new system.

my two cents...:flowerforyou:

I've never went to any of those places, however I do have the cook book and I like many of the receipes. You could try that but, personally I think that learning how to try things on your own helps you stay with it versus doing a program that is structured. I love cooking and eating healthy and it took me some time but I started with little changes, like not purchasing prepackaged meals. I started cooking from scratch and making large batches or several meals at a time. I like buying no calorie sweetener and salt substitues (Also salt )is pretty good. I did at one point do no salt at all for about two weeks, and I started feeling light headed. So, I had to not go with that particular program, after that I decided to just change my eating and started running and free weights. I lost over forty pounds on my own just doing that. I just started to get bored so I tried some at home fitness programs that were o.k but I love variety and this site so far along with my eating and exercise has already helped me lose three lbs, 1 off bust, 2 off hips and 1,1/2 off stomach in one weeks time. I ordered Zumba which I've heard great things about can't wait to start that, but weight loss has to be your passion and determination and those programs are good but sometimes can be costly. If you buy an at home program and you can keep yourself motivated or have someone to workout with you you'll save money and time, because its a one time purchase. Good luck and hope that you discover what will work for you. You can do it just stay positive and know that we are all here for each other.

I was on Weight Watchers for several months and lost 26 pounds. It was very effective for me when I followed the program.

The new program is much better with respect to eating whole foods and getting nutrients from good sources. I do think that it won't be as effective. They've made all fruits and all non-starchy veggies worth 0 points, with the caveat that members should monitor the quantity and "eat only until they're satisfied". Clearly, though, if we all could already do that, we wouldn't need weight watchers. The comeback from the members is along the lines of, "well, I'm not on weight watchers because I ate too much fruit".

Overall, it wasn't fitting in my schedule to make the meetings, and I decided that it wasn't worth the money.