Still paying for WW

I think you should do what feels right for you. If you have been a member of WW since April 2010, and are disappointed with your success, you need to have a look at why, what is going on in your life that is keeping you from getting what you want. Until you can answer that question, and work on it, you will struggle with any plan/diet you try. I have been a member of WW for a few years, and had great success, but I followed it and logged EVERY bite I put in my mouth.
In case you don't know it, you can succeed at weight loss, and you will when you decide that it is the most important thing for you and that you are going to do whatever it takes to get to your goal.
Good luck....

so i was just in the SAME situation. well, still kinda am. I was going to WW meeting and doing it online, while i was still on MFP. I thought i was SO ready to lose it this time! Well, here iam still no weight loss. i quit WW because i figred i needed to figure out what was wrong with me, why i wasnt staying commited because ill be SO ready to do it and then a little biit into it, i give up. So i quit it... im still trying to figre everything out, but its tough and why waste the money when ya cant? Friend me if youd like

I signed up online for the new WW pts. plus program on Jan. 1st. of this year. After 6 weeks I switched over to MFP. I lost the money cause my membership is still good til April 1st., and I don't use it. Their program was giving me too many calories and I wasn't losing. Since the switch, I am back in my old jeans and eating a more contstructive food plan. I am learning what works for me. The info I get just from the other members alone is awesome. I feel for the first time that I'll see this through to the end, if I get a little down, this site just picks me right back up and I'm on my way. MFP is working for me, I hope it will for you.

I lost a loto f weight on WW a few years ago by going to meetings but got so bored of the meetings because all we did was talk about food and the same old stuff and it got to be pricey, and I felt I could lead the meeting myself. I think you could follow their points and still do this for your support and not pay for the meetings.
I know they changed the point system but I liked the old way better- prob cause I am NOT a fruit/veggie person and this way seems more complicated.
I am logging my food into MFP as of yesterday and pray that I don't get tired of it because I like the calorie counting better. With weight watchers, there were higher calorie, lower point foods that I am sure do need to be counted.

Beck- I know that with the new PP program, you can eat unlimited fruit I think??? I know most people won't eat 10 bananas but I also know that it equates to calories that while in a healthy form, are not being counted.
I also believe that if I did re join weight watchers, I would use the older point system because if worked for me- so why mess with what worked? I think people are under the impression that they HAVE TO use the new system. I do admit that it would be weird going to a meeting where they are talking about the new system when you don't want to use it!
I think WW got a lot of heat for people losing weight but still not eating "healthy" where basically someone could eat candy all day up to their points and it wasn't a healthy menu. However, coming from someone who has to hide veggies and fruits because I have texture issues, I actually liked the fact that I could have the option of choosing, and that is what worked for me...and no I never ate all candy, or all cake, or all pizza or all fast food in one day anyway!

I like MFP better - fruits, veggies, olive oil have more calories than WW counts. Don't they say that 50 calories = 1 point on WW? I am not familiar with the new system but even on the old, if you were logging calories vs. points I bet you were eat 100-200 calories (at least) more than you thought.

I canceled my ww online subscription last week, just a few days after joining mfp. I feel like this site gives me so much more. I am more comfortable counting calories, keeping track of protein and fat, than counting points. I like the community better also, in my opinion it feels smaller, more intimate. The phone ap speaks for itself. I love it! And the fact that it's free didn't hurt either!
Good luck!

Funny, you should post this....just got finished cancelling my weight watchers subscription! I too have joined many times, but this time I couldn't get in touch with the new points plus program. I knew things were not going well when I didn't even upwrap the food scale for three weeks! I am coming back to something that I can do easily and don't have to be at a 6:30a.m. Saturday meeting. I feel freedom with this website that I can track calories and don't have to worry about how many points are in each food.

I signed up for WW online just 3 days before talking to my Dr. who recommended MFP to me. ("Fruits are NOT free!")
I cancelled the WW membership asap.

I love MFP and this is coming from someone who never thought they'd like counting calories.
It's so user friendly and FREE.
Anyone can use it no matter what plan they're following.

I totally agree!! I don't have time for meetings and the time I spend traveling to hear a pep talk, I could have done some exercises. I love this site!!! I think I will do better with this too!

I've been on WW off and on for 30 years. Rejoined Jan 2010, and lost 32 lbs over the next 13 months. When the new program started, I lost nothing for 11 weeks...I actually gained a total of 2 lbs. I started "double tracking" Cals/points on MFP and WW and
figured out that the "cleaner", healthier I was eating, the higher my calories per point were...for me, I was taking in about 60 cals per point! I usually ate all my weekly points and none of my activity points so on average, I was eating 1800-2160 NET calories! Yeesh, no wonder I wasn't losing.
Last week was my first week doing calories only on MFP, I lost 1 lb. This week I lost another pound! On a good week I'd lose .5 on WW. And this is free! It's kind of a no-brainer...I quit WW. I LOVE MFP!!

Hi,

I joined WW several months ago. I love the program but I sort of got off course, I stopped logging and I gained in 3 weeks 10 pounds. Lesson to be learned what you eat does matter. Back on course. Planning a work out today with the guys.

Pam

I haven't read the rest of the posts so sorry if this is a repeat.

I think if you are doing it online, you should just cancel, use this site and save the money. I'm sure you'll make up the enrollment fee i a few months of not paying what you aren't using if you choose to go back. If you want to go to a Weight Watcher meeting and you have time for that, I'd say go with Weight Watchers but use this site for support and ideas. I go to a meeting but log in here every day for support and to read and respond to posts, it keeps me on track.

Best of luck!

Just1--that's what I found too. That was my problem. I eat mostly "clean/whole" foods. Therefore, I was getting more calories per point than the average 40 calories per point. It ended up being too many calories. I had learned to eat each and every point and I just couldn't unlearn that. Counting calories is working better for me so far.

Warning: long post (sorry I got carried away).

WW can be a great thing, and it does work for most people, including me, if you stick to it. And that is the problem, like with all "diets".

I joined WW online January 1 2010 at 334 lbs. By March 6th I had lost 26 lbs and was sure I was on my way to a healthier me. And then I stalled. I was under points every day and I was hungry every day, and I exercised on average 7 miles a day on the treadmill (I was training for my first half marathon, which I did complete) and I ate at least half of my "exercise points" so as not to go into starvation mode, and yet I still could not loose weight. I got frustrated and quit counting points and just focused on the Half Marathon. I completed the 13.1 miles in 3 hours, 28 minutes at 315 lbs.

I joined MFP on January 31st 2011. It is so much easier to keep track of the actual nutirtional informaiton with this site, that the need for points is no longer even there. Plus I keep track of WHOLE nutrition, not just carbs, fat, and fiber. I know at a glance if I am low on potassium, and so I eat some cantelope (lower cals than bananas). I notice I am low on calcium and I eat a non-fat yogurt. This helps me choose my snacks based on what my body NEEDS rather than what my mouth wants or what happens to be handy. And it actually satisfies my cravings! I feed my body properly and it doesn't ask for more. I know it sounds strange but it is true.

I KNOW I will sustain this eating lifestyle, because it is exactly that. It is my new healthier lifestyle and not some temporary sacrifice I am making to try and drop pounds and inches. And the support I get here is at least as good as I ever got when I was on WW online.

In the end, although the WW PP program is good and helps a lot of people, I don't think it lends itself well to whole nutrition. It doesn't include the complete picture and unless you go the extra mile and keep track of the rest of it on your own you aren't going to get everything you need. And if you are going to go the extra mile and keep track of it separately, why pay a fee to use their website? At least that is the logic I used when I decided to cancel my WW online subscription.