Weight watchers

I was on weight watchers for a few weeks, and did see some weight loss; however when my sister introduced me to my fitness pal I just used weight watchers for the human support and my fitness pal for everything else. I have since decided to stop weight watchers all together because I couldn't justify spending the money when I was not using their tools. Good luck to you which ever path you choose to take.

I have heard interesting things about points on the new system, and lower success rates. The thing is they have ALOT of fruits labelled as 0 points per serving that are actually 100-400 calories per serving, causing some to eat alot moe then they realize. Ive done alot of different diet plans, I like that baility to eat all the foods I love but actually seeing the calorie fat and sodium content I dont eat certain ones as much!

I have been doing WW for about a year and a half now with WONDERFUL results (47 lbs down!) but I found that trying to do both MFP and WW was throwing off both. I find it is better to just focus on one. I actually only use MFP for motivation, logging exercise and getting foodie ideas. Good luck on your journey!

I'm a lifetime member of WW but am never at my goal weight so I have to pay for meetings. I've only been to one of the new points plus meetings and didn't care for it. I did lose 25 # a few years ago with WW though. It really works if I was very strict with the program. Actually I remember looking at it as a game to see how good I could get. Now my heart and mind isn't into that. I use MFP to hold me accountable because I love food too much to live unrestrained....lol. I changed my daily calorie limit to 1300 because I don't like feeling deprived. Last year with MFP I lost the 25# again. It's amazing that I can gain 25# during the bitter winter months and want to lose them when the weather changes. Walking is what helps and MFP is so cool coz it keeps track of everything for you. You can eat more with the calories you earned by exercise or you can lose weight faster if you don't. Good luck Reenie!

I started with WW in february, and am still with them. I've lost about 50lbs in 5 months - but have been weaning myself away from weight watchers. what I didn't like is they gave me so many points! I started with 52 points! Good grief. I felt like I could eat @#@$@ and still be under the points. Not to mention the weekly points, the exercise points, etc.

As I've gone on, i am eating so much less "bad for me food" and more fruit and vegetables - so what is the point of logging zero point food in weight watchers? I'm still with them, but I don't log anything with them any more - all on MFP. I'm doing a 1000Cal/day diet - until I get to 200lbs., then I will gradually start "easing up" on myself.

When I hit the 50lb mark with WW, I'm going to cancel them. Honesty they're not doing anything for me - I go weigh in but usually leave not staying for the meeting. I think I am getting a lot more advice, support, and inspiration here than there.

Hope this helps.

Reenie,

I have done WW both new and old points system. Doing the old points system I loved it, was losing weight and everything. But then came this new points plus program and everything just did not make sense I went from 21points to 29 points plus points being 145lbs and having 29 points plus is way to much, not to mention that their is "free fruit". I got so frusterated with this new points plus system because I was working out a lot and I would only lose .4lbs for two weeks and then gain .6 the next week. It just was not worth the time and money for losing and gaining the same lb for months. Becuase of the new system I have cancelled my program with weightwatchers because the system was not working for me, As for others that agree also! I couldnt believe how many people didnt like the new system just as I didnt. People were in the same situation and said they were not getting anywhere! But I am currently doing Slim-fast along with MFP, and belong to a WW momentum group that this wonderful lady Cidy had made up on facebook for support and encouragement for anything that you do! Its all just about weightloss and support on that page group. Let me know if you would like to join I would like to help you out anyway I can. Wheather it be for support while being on this weightloss journey. You can add me on this site also if you like. Im here for you any decision that you make. In the end it all adds up to wheather you can work with a program that works for you.

I did WW from January until the end of May. I lost 15 pounds and reached my goal! I have to say that it really did change the way I ate with the focus on healthy foods. I cut way, way back on processed food and replaced all that with fresh, healthy food. That being said, now that I'm just trying to maintain, I prefer MFP. For one thing, it's free. But I eat so much fruit and veggies that it is much easier to track them on MFP, as WW just gives them all PP values of zero.

I have used MFP for awhile, and this is my 2nd week of Weight Watchers. So far, so good. I lost 5.8 lbs my first weigh in. A friend of mine has also been doing Weight Watchers and has had really great success with it.

So far, I really like Weight Watchers. In my 2 weeks on it, I have made accomplishments that I never made with MFP. The weekly meetings are what will keep me motivated until I find self motivation, I think. I am really happy I was at MFP first though because 1) I love the community here, and 2) I know not to abuse the free fruits!!

When health guidelines say 5 servings of fruits/veggies a day, you KNOW that 4 of those should not be fruits. The free fruits are tempting but my rule of thumb is no more than 2 servings a day. Without MFP, I never would have known that too much fruit is a bad thing! But as my WW leader says, "You didn't get here from eating too much fruit."

The activity points thing with WW really irks me, too (something else I have learned from MFP!!) It doesn't make sense to me to use activity points AFTER the extra weekly points. There is an option to use activity points first. It says to talk to your WW leader about it, and I am going to do that next meeting. I haven't worked out since being on WW (I know, I know.... :embarassed: ) but that is something I definitely need to ask about.

MFP has really made me realise the link between exericse and food. Actually see the calories left to eat in the day is brilliant. Really focuses the mind. I do track the food as I go along. Also knowing that if I go slightly over my daily limit I can go for a walk or whatever and it's OK.

I've done WW a few times and lost a few pounds but I don't see it as sustainable. Maybe that's just my impatience.

I was in WW for two years, both going to meetings and online only. I think it can be a very good and positive thing for some people - especially if you go to the meetings and are lucky enough to get a good, motivational leader.

My main reason for leaving is that I just couldn't afford it anymore, and stumbled on MFP, which IMHO tracks a lot of the same info and is FREE! :-)

But I will never tell anyone, "Don't go to Weight Watchers." They've been around a long time and they can work for you if you are willing to make the effort to count the Points.

As for the new system vs. the old, frankly, I think the new one is a lot more balanced and healthy. On the old Points system, you could get away with eating a lot of junk food.

For example, they had this big giant WW fudge bar that only counted as 1 Point.

Now that was OK except for the mentality some people got (not me of course! :laugh: ) that since they were "only" 1 Point, you could polish off the whole box (6 bars) and still be able to eat a lot of other stuff the rest of the day, with no problems.

Yeah right!!!

Well, now, under the new system, those bars are 3 Points - so if you binge on the whole box you've blown most of your Points for the day.

So you can still eat junk food but not as much. And I really respect their efforts to get their dieters to eat more fruits and vegetables.

Bottom line is, if it's something you're interested in trying and you can afford it, go for it! Just keep your account open here, too, as a backup!