WEIGHT WATCHERS

I lost my first 80 using WW. this is free and does the exact same thing. Unless you like meetings.

I mean you COULD do that, but I'd try to find a friend and colleague or somebody who'd be willing to go on the journey with you and just hold each other accountable. You guys could do weekly weigh ins and not spend the money.

Or just tell all your friends and family you are going to lose weight, and see if any of them would be willing to hold you accountable (I.e. you report your weekly weight to them, they don't even have to care, but just somebody to share with so you KNOW somebody will see whether you lose or gain). Telling them alone should be enough to hold you accountable, but sending your data to one of them definitely will!

why not just find friends here who cna offer accountability? undestandable if its the social side you want.

Seems pretty expensive to me for what amounts to hand holding. Costs the same or less to join a gym and get exercise and strength training...

I did WW. I lost weight doing it but eventually grew tired of the meetings and especially tired of paying $52/month just to have someone weigh me and give me a pat on the back or a nudge to "try harder this week."

I am my own motivation. I am my own inspiration. I am doing this because I 100000% want to succeed. I don't want to be obese anymore. My closet, my mirror and my scale are my accountability tools.

I have done WW before and loved the accountability thing but if you find friends or facebook groups and such and post your progress there too, it can help a lot for accountability. This go around (post baby #2) I am doing it alone with MFP and fb groups. I miss my meetings because I loved being called out and recognized for my losses at WW.

I plan to reward myself for the big milestones like WW does. I am 3lb from my 25lbs.

It's slower going but because it's real life with two kids and I'm not paying per week, it's easier to stay positive and motivated when I have a bad week and lose very little or gain.

I've done both, and did WW for a few years. Lost a lot of weight then gained it back (through no fault of WW). First time using MFP and the thing I really like is that it's plain calorie counting- I went through 2 or 3 different 'points' programs with WW and unless you use/buy their tools, it's difficult to try and figure out points on your own. Counting calories is just a whole lot easier. And I got bored with the meetings after a couple years.

But if you have a good WW leader that inspires you, then definitely stick with it. No reason you can't go to WW for the 'live' moral support and use MFP for tracking your calories and food.

MNgal43 wrote: »

Hi Tekkiechikk .- exactly. I was thinking that too. I just don't know. I don't want to count points but I thought for the meetings and live support and recognition? But then I am not really doing there program so I don't know if I should. Ugh

That is why I suggested TOPS. You follow your own plan and count your calories but the support and recognition is there. It's $32 for a year membership and you would be spending more than that a month for meetings at WW.

http://www.tops.org/

I'm a lifetime WWs member and I have to say that I've had the most long term success with My Fitness Pal. I've lost 45lbs and I'm close to maintenance.

I like counting calories in and calories out so much better than the point system where I actually had no idea what the points counted for in terms of calories. I learned so much about nutrition and how to eat healthy reading various posts on the forums especially the "Getting Started" ones.

I actually lurked on here for almost a year before I became actively posting on the forums but you can find the support and accountability you need right here.

WW is a good program but the cost is a factor. I preferred to spend the money on a gym membership which I now have at no cost because I'm on an Advantage Medicare Plan. It's the best of both worlds for me.

I've been a member of WW since July 2014. I have lost about 15lbs since then. It should have been more, but I didn't follow the plan as well as I should have. If I kept on plan, then I would have lost a lot more. I joined it with my brother's fiancé so that we could lose weight for the wedding. We were doing the meetings. She started doing low carb on January, but still attended the meetings with me. As of last week, she officially cancelled it, while I swity to just doing online only. At first, the meetings were great, but after a while they just started to get repetitive, and I feel like I got all I could out of them. The group was great, though, and I liked our leader. I'm going to stick with WW at least until after the wedding, in May. I've done really good on it, and I've lost around 7lbs in the last 3 weeks. I like WW because you get "weekly" points, so if you go over your daily points, then you have weekly points to "splurge" with. What I don like about it is that my HRM doesn't do much in terms of calculating my activity points, but I just learned that Fitbit will sync with the app, and I've been thinking about getting one.

I've been a member, off and on, of MFP for years. I love that you can have "friends" on here to help with accountability, that there's a great community, and that it's free. After the wedding, I'm going to decide if I want to stick with WW or quit that and go back to MFP. I'm leaning more towards MFP, but we'll see.

Anyways, the point is I've done both, and like both. I enjoyed the people in my meetings. It's all up to what works for you.

MNgal43 wrote: »

Hi Tekkiechikk .- exactly. I was thinking that too. I just don't know. I don't want to count points but I thought for the meetings and live support and recognition? But then I am not really doing there program so I don't know if I should. Ugh

Even if you aren't following their plan it would be interesting to see if counting calories would get you the same results as the "points" system. I say go for at least a couple months just to do that experiment, lol. I have two friends going to WW meetings and I am thinking of joining them just for that purpose, and also the face to face social aspect.

I love Weight Watchers and I actually find it easier to lose weight on WW then on MFP. Unfortunately, I can no longer afford WW so I'll stick to this since it's free.