I tried Weight Watchers and just couldn’t stick with it. Anyone else?
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Personally WW was a great as a starter plan for me. It was great at first because it made me look at portion size and food choices. I lost about 10 lbs in the first month but then I started training to run a marathon. For me, the new point system did not allow me to stay within my points and eat enough carbs to fuel my body properly (running 50 miles per week). I actually starting gaining back weight and went to MFP at the beginning of March. With just using my Garmin and MFP I have lost just over 30 lbs while gaining muscle. For me MFP and counting calories just worked better.
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My husband and I did WW last year before they switched to Freestyle. I lost 30 pounds and the hubs lost almost 50. We ended up stopping because of some family issues that got us off track. When we got back in the game it was freestyle and we didn’t like it. I stumbled across MFP and absolutely love it. And the best part is it’s free!! I like the simplicity of CICO. I’m allowed to have a treat when I want to. I can spend my calories in whatever I want. But I usually eat very healthy. But if I absolutely have to I can eat a small blizzard for dinner and not be punished too badly2
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@Tracydhc It's the answer for me, too. I was throwing my $$$ down a rathole with no results.1
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WW is a business, first and foremost. They change their plans every other year to keep up with diet trends. Over 10 years, something that is now 0 points was once 5 points, then 2 points, etc. It doesn't make any sense. I did WW for 6 months and went nowhere fast. When I was within my points, I was only eating 1000 calories on a good day.
Also so many people abuse the 0 points. I saw recipes where people would make a "cheesecake" with like 6 eggs, a box of sugar free cheesecake pudding, and fat free greek yogurt and the whole pan was 3SP. Lets just ignore the fact that it's also like 800 calories? No thanks.8 -
My heroes are those who've found their pathway to weight stability. Right here. Their successful strategy is data points and stats. They're thinking long term success and gentle changes for the permanent WIN. There's no mind warp. I'm hyper aware of what good choices are but I have the freedom to enjoy any food. I just pay as I go, every day.3
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emmamcgarity wrote: »Zero point foods are designed to be eaten when hungry. The plan is not designed for gorging, only eating until satisfied.
I think it's a know your self, and current WW won't work for me but calorie counting with MFP (i actually macro count, but same thing) works because I learn my limit but I can fit different things in.
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I did WW for 3 months (Jan 2018 - March 2018) and ended up gaining weight. At first I didn't understand because I stayed under my daily/weekly points. It wasn't until I started back tracking on MFP that I realized while my points was low the calories was extremely high. I've been on MFP again since April 2018 and have lost 12 pounds. I wouldn't recommend WW to anyone.1
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Back to the fact that I will never knock WW. I think it is good. I just see, like people above, that the "free" foods can be abused.3
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I was with ww and attended the meetings; people were struggling not losing weight with freestyle they were eating zero points foods and shred away from nuts avocados olive oil because they were too high in points. Most of the members did not know what a balanced meal was and the meetings focused on eating food jello with food Greek yogurt and 2 ingredient mug cake: I left1
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I lost all the baby weight after my first baby doing ww classic, but freestyle was horrible. I eat way to many of those “free” foods and enjoy them. So they said you should be monitoring your servings. I am not going to double trac so I came back here.
My parents have had great success with WW. I do think the points system makes things easier for some to use without getting overwhealmed.
I do agree with others that WW counts healthy fats to high.1 -
sbrooks0387 wrote: »I am not going to double trac so I came back here.
I do agree with others that WW counts healthy fats to high.
This.
I lost 96 pounds on WW and still go to the meetings and once-a-month lifetime wi. Won't ever knock them, but with Freestyle, I decided to see what my calorie consumption was. Not gonna double track, so I chose here. Every so often I track the day's food in WW and MFP to compare. I am always around the 23 dailies, and most days into the weeklies. So WW is not that far off, at least for me. Sometimes I'll have 2000 calorie days here and they're super high on WW.0 -
My friend is down 40lbs on WW and loves it, so I signed up for 2 months, I think I actually tracked about 2 weeks and said screw this and stopped tracking, the following month I cancelled it and came back to MFP. I can't stand not knowing how many calories I've eaten. You could eat way too much or way too little on WW and not know it.2
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It worked for me on one of the older systems but only when I counted 0 point foods. I feel like they completely left out those of us who never learned or forgot how to "eat until satisfied". Uhhh, that's how I got fat in the first place. If I knew how to eat until satisfied, I wouldn't needed any type of program.2
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