Switching from WW to MFP

PeridotDisco wrote: »

Good evening everyone. I've been on WW since April 1st. I've lost 43 pounds. I have a lot left to lose (161 left). The reason I'm thinking of making the switch is I'm starting to think WW is giving me too little calories for someone of my size. I'm currently 5'6" 301lbs. I've starred to get more and more active as time goes on. I've been doing about 200 hours in the gym. I've been counting calories and points during this week and even when I go over my daily points, I'm eating 1500-1600 calories. Different calculators put me anywhere from 1900-2200 calories. I'm just worried this is slowing my metabolism down by eating this amount and going to make it harder for me to lose. I'm going to try strictly calorie counting for a month. Does anyone have any thoughts on this situation. Anyone make the change from WW to MFP and had success? Thanks so much!

ME!!!

lol sorry but I know how you feel!! I was so glad I made the switch- while weight watchers is great, it is technically glorified calorie counting... if I were you, to start go log in this app what you would typically do on a day with WW and see how many calories you were eating! I was down to 800-900 calories a day with WW!! See WW helps you watch your sugar and carbs etc and keeps you within the rage you need to be, but depending on how you eat, your points might add up fast and there's nothing shouting- HEY! You're under 1200 calories for the day, why not try this instead of that? I like MFP because I got more detail on what I was eating, here you get all the details and can look at your food and see what you can adjust and lose weight without sacrificing so many calories and feel like you're starving!! For example, I found that I could eat a small fry every day with McDonald's and stay within my calories but I wasn't losing and I was starving! Lol so coming on here and seeing how, just because you can fit it in your points doesn't mean you should, or do so as often!
I lost 40 with WW, then switched here and lost an additional 35 pounds, they're both calorie counting and nothing drastic, they both provide the tools to lose weight with no magic pills, but MFP here is more detailed and gives you more info on what you're eating
Good luck, the only thing I miss was the community online with weight watchers!

I switched a while ago. I appreciate no longer being in endless food ruts caused by being boxed into a small range of foods due to points values. Grocery shopping and picking food from menus are faster since I no longer have to scan everything or convert things to points. I don't feel guilty for eating low calorie treats or an occasional granola bar. I actually eat higher protein foods because I know how to fit them into my calories as opposed to "but I need points for my carbs first" when carbs were never my problem.

Best of all I needed to leave WW because of to much emphasis on the scale. I weight train a lot. So that might slow down scale results. But at size 4 and 140 lbs I was told I was still too heavy, accused of lying about my activity level and how many Fit Points I earned in front of a room full of people, and told to get a doctor's note to change my goal weight (increase it) because the leader felt I was struggling too much. I feel my journey is now in my control not theirs, do I feel much freer, financially and mentally.