Weight Watcher Members?

I'm Lifetime WW, still go to weekly meetings and weigh in monthly, but I track calories and macros here and do not track points. Down a total of 97-100 depending on the day.

I did WW for years. I quit when they tried to get too "trendy" and I could not care less about what celebrity is using WW. I lost 28 pounds on WW. Since quitting, I have continued to lose weight with MFP.

I still track my points though, in addition to using MFP. What I have noticed is then when I have "gone over" my WW points, I am significantly below daily MFP target. I do find leaving WW behind a bit liberating, as I did think my food choices became too restrictive on WW due to the point values given. Nevertheless, I feel like calculating the points does continue to help keep me accountable. And, it is much easier to remember my point balance on the fly then how many calories I have left for the day.

gwendyprism wrote: »

I agree about Oprah. Having her name attached does nothing to inspire me. Luckily in my meeting at least, she is never mentioned. With WW so much depends on having a good leader and group, which I have now. But I've been to other meetings that were like a very dry class and no one shared.

My meeting and the leader is one of the biggest reasons I don't want to give up WW. We have a great group of people who are super supportive. We also have several lifetime members who come almost every week and we always get a lot of great advice from them. We never mention Oprah. She is just a shareholder and one of the faces for the company.

I did WW years ago and lost 30lbs and hit my goal. Then I got pregnant 😂😂

Tried it again and lost some.

Tried it last year and didn’t lose a pound on the new system. Started tracking with both WW app and MFP. I was hitting my calorie goal on MFP before I hit my point limit for the day.

Even exercising I wasn’t losing on WW this time. I dropped the membership and I am just doing MFP.

I started WW was attending meetings for three months accountably was a working , but since I was so used to counting my calories with MFP and my husband was making the food it was hard to tell what was in a meal he was making , now that he started WW ,I’ve been eating what he counts low points to even zero point foods and he already lost 15 lbs since 2 August , he basically stopped eating as much bread stayed away from ice cream foucused in what he could eat which was zero points fruits and vegetables and eggs chicken less red meat, Ive started to eat some of his meals now and lost 3 lbs this month. When I wa in WW I couldn’t wrap myself around the point system since when I put it in MFP it was lower than 1200 calories and nutritionally sound accord Ung to MFC MACROS , so you have to yes either or points or calorie counting

Hello, friends. I really excited to be here. I love ww and do feel I gave Freestyle a real college try but gained 3 pounds since Jan to now. I am a little sad because I love my friends + the meeetings but ppl did not seem to be losing weight. I lost faith in ww, which I had been with since '08! We are here, present, tracking, and we can do this.

gwendyprism wrote: »

I agree. I'm going to stay at WW for my support group, but I think I need a different approach with the food. I originally lost 50# on 1200 cal a day and no added sugar (still ate fruit.) Then i stopped and started gaining weight back.
I joined WW and have been able to lose the regain and slightly more but now I'm stuck. One day where I go over my points and I can gain 2-3 pounds which then takes me a week to get back off and I'm making no progress. It defies logic. I tried switching to counting calories and I'm having the same issue. One day of eating 1600 calories can reverse a week of eating 1200 cal a day.
There must be something more going on. I'm thinking it's the sugar and the whole insulin resistance thing. Maybe it's time to really try something drastically different like keto.

This is the same for me. I can only eat 1000/1200 a day just to maintain. I don’t think sugar is the culprit I think some of us have very slow metabolisms and are meant to weigh a certain amount. The struggle is real.