weight watchers?

It all depends on YOU if it will work. I did it 2 years ago and lost 5 lbs, and then I stopped losing. stayed on it for 6 months and after all the hard work and exersizing... nothing worked. Now my cousin she been doing it for 4 years on and off and has GREAT results.

I am now trying MFP and after 10 lb weight loss (pill) and a stand still for 3 months, I have started back down losing the weight and feeling better. I feel like the whole community is more pleasant and supportive compaired to others I have checked out. It is less work and I dont feel like I am starving myself and keeping myself from the foods I like.

MFP makes it simple. I love the phone app where at the end of the day I can see where the nutritional information adds up and where I need to watch and change my diet. Many times I plug in the treat I want before eating/drinking it and make the decisions on whether it is worth it or not.

But I wish you the best on what you decided. I hope you make your goals and it goes really smooth.

I have used WW a few times and it worked quite well for me until the new Points Plus program. I actually gained weight with the new program. The new program doesn't seem to work for everyone, but the people it does work for do awesome with it. You can go to the WW website and jump on the message boards there. Counting points I found to be a pain the butt, and ended up stopping-but that is just me. WW is also expensive. If you do it online it is $21.95 a month (in Canada anyway) and when I was going to meetings, I think it was about $12 a week. But if it works for you, than it is worth it. Personally, I prefer MFP because I find it much easier to follow/track, tons of information, it is working for me and it is much cheaper lol. Good luck to you with whichever way you chose.

I didn't read all the replies, so sorry if I'm repeating, but wanted to weigh in (haha)...

Weight Watchers is a great program, but like any program, it only works if you work it... I have done WW and had great success, and I've also been on WW and maintained and/or gained because I wasn't really trying. I have done meetings, and online, and a combination of the two, and I found that the things that were most helpful for ME were the message boards for support, and the tracker for everything I ate and/or activities I did....

For me, personally, MFP gives me exactly what I found helpful from WW without having to pay their ridiculous fees... if anything, it is MORE helpful to see my fat, carbs, sugars, sodium, protein, etc all broken out so I can tweak my eating to meet ALL my goals. It is also much faster to track calories only than to track points (where you have to calculate fat, fibre, protein, and carbs to find the points of any given item).

The MFP food database is also WAY bigger than WW (because they are a business, they only put in brand names that pay for the privilege, so you have to calculate your own foods every time you want to track something that isn't a WW endorsed brand).

I do think there is something to be said for the "novelty factor" of trying a new program. WW tools will seem shiny and fun for the first bit, and your weight loss would likely get a kick start through the process of learning a new program and holding yourself really accountable for the first few weeks or months... but the same thing happened for me when I switched from WW to MFP!

Both are programs which use the process of tracking your food and activity to keep you in a certain range each day, which will guarantee you approximately 0.5 to 2lbs of weight lost per week. Both have support, through various channels, and both will help you learn how to eat in a sustainable way.

For me it was entirely a cost and time based decision to switch!