Do you use this site exclusively or in conction with a diet

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  • angie_pangie
    angie_pangie Posts: 50 Member
    I only use this site as motivation. I was previously on Weight Watchers and found it much easier than counting calories. I tried to count calories but I found it overwhelming.
    I like to come here to read success stories and get advice. It really does keep me motivated. :)
  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
    very interesting post. I have tried weight watchers and was successful for a little while. But I am currently using MFP exclusively and am seeing results very similar if not the same results as WW...I never used the two of them together..I think that would be like a calorie/point/WW/MFP overload for me :)

    ETA: Plus..this site is free and WW is not..and this site offers me more than theirs...I think this site even offers me more than the local meetings did..just in a virtual sense.
  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
    I follow a lot of the weight watchers principles...high fiber, lots of veggies (low in cals), but also try to keep my protein intake around 30% since I excercise regularly.

    Agreed...I learned a lot about portion sizes and amounts of veggies/fruits/fiber/protein and nutrient consumption via WW...But I brought that to MFP and it seems like it works for me!
  • CurlyVonda
    CurlyVonda Posts: 59 Member
    I follow the Weight Watchers Points Plus Program and I also use this site to calculate my calories.
  • Tarah40
    Tarah40 Posts: 75 Member
    I was using weight watchers and stumbled across this site through one of their message boards. I started using this site to compare my calories to pro points and found I much preferred this site. I've just cancelled my WW subscription today.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Is anyone else doing another program like weight watchers, atkins, jenny craig etc, in addition to this? Just curious if the majority of users use this site exclusively or in conjunction with another regimented program?

    I really just use this as a food journal. I think it's helps me not to overeat and I find it oddly fun. But I don't count calories or follow a specific diet. I just keep it healthy - good fats, good carbs.
  • pauljsolie
    pauljsolie Posts: 1,024 Member
    I'm using this site to count calories and herbalife.

    Herablife is still around? I used and sold that years ago. Never made any money but I did lose weight. Hmmm, interesting. I just use MFP, this is all I really need.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    I have never been a dieter and never will be. I never thought I would count calories either and frankly I don't MFP does it for me and it works for me. What I did before MFP was exercise and it didn't do enough. I may stay on here even when I have reached my ideal weight unless this is so second nature by then I do not need to but I suspect you can always get healthier and fitter.
  • MissMoxy08
    MissMoxy08 Posts: 32
    I use this site exclusively... eating healthy is the way to go. You don't need fad diets... you need a lifestyle change that's sustainable.


    This is what I'm doing. I can't cut out food types. With low calorie I can still eat the foods I want so long as eat light for my other meals or exercise a lot.
  • purplerose421
    purplerose421 Posts: 18
    I used Weight Watchers before and I lost a lot of weight and then switched to this. Honestly, I like this more as it's teaching me to eat healthier and taught me more about calories. But this site could be used in conjuction with another program pretty easily.
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