Does anyone do Weight Watchers?

Their online program is seriously lacking. I don't understand why anyone would do online only on WW when MFP is free and so much better for online only.

I did their online program for a while quite a few years ago. Back when a point was roughly just 50 calories, and fruits and veggies were not free. It sucked.

The database was tiny and all full of brand name stuff. I'm broke, I only buy generic! I didn't like how got added stuff to the database, IIRC either. I seem to remember it being clunky.

Weight Watchers worked fine for me, but when I converted points into calories (back then you could that easily) I was eating a ridiculously low number of calories. Something like 1500-1700 a day, and I'm 5'7 and was 280. I'm 260 now and losing too quickly on 1900 a day ( I'm bumping it up some).

Yes, I had a few hundred calories per week I could use or not, which if I used them would up the calories in a week, but the number was still lower than i can lose weight on, even with those added in, and isn't it "the person who loses weight eating the most calories wins"?

I don't know if that's still true, but MFP is free, has a better database (for various definitions of better), and gives me more calories.

I used to but changed to MFP few months ago and not looking back. It helped me lose weight initially but I hated I was treated as a child having to use 6 points for small chocolate mousse or giving up half of my daily points because I fancied avocado.

MFP gives you alot more freedom,it's easier to add calories than trying to figure out points for it (and a reasoning behind it) and I'm sure maintaince will be easier too.

So having done both I would say this is easier but you have to find what works best for your goals.

ETA I started inputting food in MFP before I cancelled WW and alot of days I was UNDER 1000 calories and I worked out 3-4x a week and they discourage you to use "fit points" on food so I was seriously undereating.

passenger79 wrote: »

I used to but changed to MFP few months ago and not looking back. It helped me lose weight initially but I hated I was treated as a child having to use 6 points for small chocolate mousse or giving up half of my daily points because I fancied avocado.

MFP gives you alot more freedom,it's easier to add calories than trying to figure out points for it (and a reasoning behind it) and I'm sure maintaince will be easier too.

So having done both I would say this is easier but you have to find what works best for your goals.

ETA I started inputting food in MFP before I cancelled WW and alot of days I was UNDER 1000 calories and I worked out 3-4x a week and they discourage you to use "fit points" on food so I was seriously undereating.

This is why I stopped Slimming World......oh the guilt over a flippin' meat pie!