DOES WEIGT WATCHERS SIMPLE START WORK?

Its a calorie controlled diet so if you stick to you goal and track your food accurately then you will lose weight.

Or, you could save your money and use MFP for free

the only other time i have done well was on weight watchers. there are good and bad things about the point system. but it can definitely work. i chose them because after a college nutrition class i researched and they were the healthiest and matched what i learned in class perfectly.

however, they didnt have this site then... it is pretty much the same concept here and here is free. this site is also built better. the weight watchers site is clunky, everything takes at least two more clicks than it should. also ever since they stopped using calories in their formula it isnt as easy to estimate when you arent at a place you can track. i had to spend a LONG time scanning things at the grocery store to find out how many points something was. when they used calories i could pretty much tell by sight of a label.

there is a small community but not nearly as active or easy to follow as here, and here people interact with you. i blogged and chatted in the forums and nobody ever talked back...

i started on weight watchers this time but felt like i was alone in it all. spending more money than i needed to, and having a really hard time tracking. once i found this site it took me 20 minutes to drop ww and switch.

weight watchers... is a corporation. and everything they do is designed to make you dependent on them so you spend money with them.

really the concepts are so similar i dont know why you would need to use a paid program to get the same thing you get here.

and really their website is bad. its like they are stuck in the late 90's and never updated as technology improved.

Hi I am on weight watchers pro points and in five weeks have lost one pound I exercise but don't use the points from exercise so reading posts above this could be why I am so upset I actually cried this morning when my weight increased cos I have worked out 21 times last week not cheated at all save your money. Not worth it I am online user . I am new to this site today how many calories do you log for an exercise DVD and do you really get to eat all the extra calories you exercise as my bike registers at least 1400 a day!
Any help or advice welcomed

Any kind of calorie counting works as long as you are creating a deficit How accurate and honest you are with tracking your calorie intake is how well it will "work": it's not magic I'm afraid!

Hi I am on weight watchers pro points and in five weeks have lost one pound I exercise but don't use the points from exercise so reading posts above this could be why I am so upset I actually cried this morning when my weight increased cos I have worked out 21 times last week not cheated at all save your money. Not worth it I am online user . I am new to this site today how many calories do you log for an exercise DVD and do you really get to eat all the extra calories you exercise as my bike registers at least 1400 a day!
Any help or advice welcomed

if you exersized 21 times in a week you could be rebuilding muscle which is heavier than fat. however, at the beginning of a weight watchers plan you should normally see more loss than that and i would make sure you are logging the correct portions (weigh them and count them out) weight loss is slow on healthy plans though. a pound or two a week, and if you arent extremely overweight you may start out slower.

you really dont need to exersize 21 times a week though. in fact, if you dont give your body a break you will regret it. i find that i actually weigh lower after i take my 2 recovery days than i do on workout days. 3-5 days a week. 45 minutes to an hour is a good amount. eersize isnt what will make you lose weight anyway. what it does is tones your body and keeps it healthy while you do it. and allows you to eat more calories.

on weight watchers they suggest you eat your exersize points and flex points. and in my experience i had better results when i did than when i didnt.

I am currently doing W.W and enjoying it. I HATED the simple start tho...I HATED the planning...with Simple Start you are given lists of foods and you can eat any of them, not weigh them, etc...for me, it was too much planning...I lasted a day then switched to the Points Plus plan, where you count every food as a "point" system. I think whatever you choose, being honest, logging everything will be key...regardless of doing W.W or MFP, etc. I do however, like attending the meetings for the support/accountability. MFP is VERY supportive too...infact, MFP has way more in their database than W.W (one con I find on the W.W site). Good luck with whatever you choose

Hi yes I am doing three hours a day

3 hrs of cardio per day is really not necessary. You would see much better results in terms of fat loss if you decreased your time spent on cardio and added some strength training.

This thread is great inspo for the great things weight lifting can do:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/987513-lifting-is-the-most-horrible-thing-to-a-woman-since-twiggy