WW points

CariZ
CariZ Posts: 12
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
is anyone using this site on Weight Watchers? I would love some suggestions.


Cari

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  • CariZ
    CariZ Posts: 12
    is anyone using this site on Weight Watchers? I would love some suggestions.


    Cari
  • kdanderson05
    kdanderson05 Posts: 147
    I do WW but I do WW in person, and I'm kind of confused about what you are talking about.
  • turtle31
    turtle31 Posts: 151 Member
    I am a WW member also. I found this sight last night while watching Dietribe on lifetime. I'm thinking it may be better than WW.
  • turtle31
    turtle31 Posts: 151 Member
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  • CariZ
    CariZ Posts: 12
    I was using the food diary to find out the calorie/fiber/fat contents. and some things are off.
    do you guys use the diary to track your points?
  • turtle31
    turtle31 Posts: 151 Member
    how long have you been on WW? What do you think about this sight?
  • turtle31
    turtle31 Posts: 151 Member
    I only started last night., but I only see a little difference. For example, I like the honey mustard wraps at McDonalds. They are 7 points on WW, but when I looked at the food data base on this sight the were 6 points after I put the numbers in my WW calculator. I don't think that is a BIG difference.
  • CariZ
    CariZ Posts: 12
    I have been on WW off and on for a month. I'm a horrible dieter. but this was fun to plug in your daily menu and see the actual listings. I usually write it all down on a piece of paper.
    How long have you been on WW? how is it going?

    I'm Cari.
  • CariZ
    CariZ Posts: 12
    I just started this site also today. I listed everything I have planned out to eat today and it was all there. I was surprised. Even the brands I was using.
  • may_marie
    may_marie Posts: 667 Member
    I am a WW member also. I found this sight last night while watching Dietribe on lifetime. I'm thinking it may be better than WW.

    did they specificaly talk about MFP on lifetime ? or just about diet journals ?
  • CALIECAT
    CALIECAT Posts: 12,530 Member
    Calories is what it is all about in ever diet plan and this certainly does a fine job ot that.
    Marie
  • CariZ
    CariZ Posts: 12
    Good point. Calories is the main goal. I was trying to find a good balance of using it. Points vs calories.
  • connieq288
    connieq288 Posts: 1,102 Member
    I am a WW member also. I found this sight last night while watching Dietribe on lifetime. I'm thinking it may be better than WW.

    did they specificaly talk about MFP on lifetime ? or just about diet journals ?

    I just watched the show and I didnt see them talk about MFP but I had DVR'd it and I forwarded through the commercials.
  • CariZ
    CariZ Posts: 12
    with you going to WW in person, do you track your points on here? the daily food diary I mean.
  • turtle31
    turtle31 Posts: 151 Member
    They didn't mention the sight but I noticed that he put them on a 1,500 calorie diet. That 's what sparked my interest. Plus my school is doing the biggest loser and our school nurse email us this site.
  • turtle31
    turtle31 Posts: 151 Member
    I'm keeping track of the points through using the calorie counter and the data base nutrition info. Or I just might end WW altogether. I do like the weigh ins and the meetings. I could spend the 40 dollars a month on a good scale.
  • RMONTGOMERY
    RMONTGOMERY Posts: 23
    Aren't points the same as calories? I thought like 50 calories = 1 point, or roughly the same.
  • jenn9270
    jenn9270 Posts: 17
    50 cals per point is a loose estimation, you would have to take into consideration a high fiber count, etc.

    I am on WW, but am now counting calories as well. I keep my WW monthly pass, I need to be weighed in. But I love the counting calories aspect. Besides that the food tracker here has a much better list. :heart:
  • borac
    borac Posts: 174
    I was on WW for about 14-15 months.. religiosly..

    I have lost about 45-50 lbs

    It has thought me a lot of things and I think if you follow it .. you can not only loose weight but actually learn a few things here and there- and keep that knowledge..

    portion sizes.. for me was a big trouble.. learned with them

    and than i learned a calorie is not always a calorie.. i always thought " i knew everything " what there is to know.. i looked up the labels for calories and fat content.. never really cared so much about
    * sugar- in food that you wound't think they have sugar !
    * fiber- no fiber- not worth
    * sodium- to much of it- not good for you -water retention..

    etc .. so I have learned to use my calories/ points with more " quality " I have learned to actually say
    " no its' not worth it's calories or ' points " while b/f ww. i would just juggle down what ever was in sight..

    Liked the weigh ins and meetings - while the weight was coming of.. than i hit a forever platoe.. and just couldn't loose another oz no matter what i did/changed/ tried.. so eventually after few months of weigh ins and not really moving anywhere .. lbs up- two down.. two up- one down.. etc.. i just lost my motivation for it- now i would maybe go back to it - but can't afford..
  • turtle31
    turtle31 Posts: 151 Member
    I agree, I found Aldi, fit active food on the data base list
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Myfitnesspal has all the same tools that WW has. You just have to play around with it for a while and get your foods and percentages tweaked for your particular needs.

    You can track many different nutrients here and you are given lots of great tools such as the "Full Report", the blog, the exercise and food intake reports/charts. Tons of great recipes. The nutrients you track are up to you to a large degree. The % of Fat/Carb/Protein is set to a default, but you can change the numbers in your settings.

    As far as the food calories vs WW "points" - a calorie is a calorie. Your body needs a wide variety of nutrients, and there are many dietary requirements that you should be aware of when trying to lose weight. Denying your body any of the important nutrients will, in the long run, lead to difficulty maintaining a healthy weight.

    A majority of the common foods in the Myfitnesspal database are entered directly by Mike, the moderator/owner of the site and the numbers are taken from the manufacturers' or reputable food databases. You can message Mike for his source, or go to "Help" for answers. If the food in the database has an asterisk ( * ) in front of it, then it was put in the database by a "member" and you will find many differing calorie counts for some foods. If you find an error, please mark the food as "incorrect" so it can be changed by Mike.

    This is a great place to be, I am not a group "joiner" and I like to come and go as I please, so this has been perfect for me. I feel I can accurately track my own food and I don't need to be weighed by someone, so I find no need to pay to use WW. Even their website charges you to use it.
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