Following OLD Weight Watchers...anyone else???

Hey Cherri! I'm a Weight Watchers alum myself - welcome! MFP is awesome and has a great online community that I've found to be a much more effective than the WW meetings.

I say this because in my weight loss journey I have realized the Weight Watchers formula (in whatever form it took at the time) really ended up holding me back. I didn't learn much about the food I was eating - for example a bag of doritos and a serving of greek yogurt were the same point value (I think it was 4, if I remember correctly) - when one clearly is better for me in regards to metabolizing the food I put in my body.

I'm sharing this not to discourage you from your current plan, but to show that MFP is a great first step in really learning about carbs, protein, sugars, and fats and how they impact not just your weight, but your health.

Feel free to add me as a friend! Good luck!

I'm tracking both on mfp and ww points plus. I use an app called ibites. I lost 50 lbs on ww but gained a good chunk of it back when I stopped working out and tracking.

I like following the ww system because it helps me be mindful of healthy eating like getting my fruits in and somewhat limiting alcohol- though I do still have my glass of wine every night.

I like my because it is so much easier to track, and I can see things like the amount of carbs, fiber and protein I'm taking in.

Eventually I'll probably stop the double tracking and just use mfp but I do plan on going back to ww meetings once I get back to goal. I am lifetime so then they will be free I found the meetings very encouraging and I do miss them but I didn't want to keep paying when I can do the program for free.