Canadian Girl Off of WeightWatchers - back to MFP!

Welcome back! I have done WW several times through the years and I agree this is so much easier!

Welcome back. Hoe that you enjoy it as much as I do. Please feel free to add me as a friend. :flowerforyou:

Same here. Four months on weight watchers I lost about 2kg, although I must admit I wasn't as motivated as the first time I tried WW. I don't think the new propoints plan works half as well as the old plan as it is much too lenient so I thought I may as well save my pennies and try something else. Sitting on the bus yesterday chatting to a woman who says she is using MFP and thinks it's wonderful, and it's free! Watch this space.

Yay! Welcome back! I too am an ex-weight watchers. I totally prefer this site as you can watch all the details, not just points. I found myself cheating too much on WW, by savings points for heavy desserts, rather than making well rounded healthy choices.

And the free thing, yeah, the best part. :-)

Welcome back! I have been doing German Weight Watchers on and off for the past few years. It worked well for me when I was actually counting points but that got harder and harder for me, and now I think it just makes more sense for me to count calories and have an eye on my carb/sugar intake as well (I was just diagnosed with insulin resistance).

While MFP is much better in terms of website and community, WW Germany was actually easier when it came to the database simply because MFP's database doesn't have that many German products and because we use different measurement units (cups drive me nuts!). But usually, I can find an entry for a product that uses grams so I'll get used to it. I have only been with MFP for 5 days but right now I'm pretty positive I'll cancel my WW subscription at the end of the month.

I'd love to add you!

Hiya, I did Weight Watchers last year and lost 32lbs in 4 months! I got to goal in November and carried on for a bit but as I'd cancelled my membership when I reached goal I lost access to the database of food.

In January I found MFP and agree that it's FAB!

Last year I needed the discipline (and the cost) of being weighed each week - there was just one week that I gained, I was always really worried about weigh in. However this did keep me on the straight and narrow! I try to log often on here but every so often I have a few days or a few weeks off!

So for me I needed the rigidity and accountability that WW gave me at the time. But now I know about MFP I doubt I'll ever go back - hopefully I won't ever need to as the food diary on here is terrific!

Edited to add - I also didn't get on with ProPoints - what a faff - calorie counting is far easier :-)

I used to go to WW, did very well and lost 30 lbs.... and really got tired of figuring out points for everything I ate (even with the little calculator). So I eventually gained all 30 lbs. back. I am so happy that a family member recommended MFP to me because I love it! for me, it is so much easier to count calories. The MFP website is almost exactly like WW online, which cost a fortune to join and I love all the friends here and the motivation I've received. I am learning how to change my eating habits and not worried all the time about how many points something has. The tools here are great...... the people are great..... I am happily losing weight again!

So congrats to you for coming back to MFP! Good luck on your journey! We're all in this together!

I too was a past WW advocate, but do find MFP much easier to work with; I have gotten side tracked the last few months, but started back in today with MFP and glad to be back! Say, can I use your ICON for exercise with the multicolors, I love it!