Why I left Weight Watchers new "Freestyle" Program

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  • Xx_Christie_xX
    Xx_Christie_xX Posts: 21 Member
    I found the new plan too faffy - MFP is much more flexible - the only bit I do like is the free fruit and veg on WW as it makes measuring easier!
  • lbryans929
    lbryans929 Posts: 42 Member
    I'm just glad I found MFP.
  • lbryans929
    lbryans929 Posts: 42 Member
    glassyo wrote: »
    Do they ask for feedback when you leave. I've always been curious.

    I cannot remember if there is room to leave a comment, but I was able to click a box saying "I wasn't meeting my goals."
  • sumoftheparts
    sumoftheparts Posts: 3 Member
    I also am giving up on WW. The first time I did it was in 2016 and I lost weight so seamlessly based on the Smart Points system. Then they switched to Freestyle, and I feel like I eat two meals a day and go over the points. I can't eat with my partner. I can't go to eat with friends. I can't have a beer. And I can't handle feeling hungry and guilty every day.

    Also, it's not healthy to eat eggs every day- that's why people at risk for heart disease are told to limit their consumption to every few days.

    Back to counting calories, which worked for me for 10 years. Today is the first day that I was motivated to go out and have a walk, and I am to the end of my day, proud that I haven't gone over my calories, and don't feel too hungry.

    Thanks for the fellowship of this convo thread. Feel free to add me and DM.

  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    I don't get WW, my DIL has been going for about a month. How can fruit and veg be free foods? A person could literally eat fruit or veg all day long with WW and be under their points...


  • WillingtoLose1001984
    WillingtoLose1001984 Posts: 240 Member
    I track here and use weight watchers for weigh ins. I lost about twice as much weight using that method last month for the month. It keeps me accountable. Also, the good thing about wls is that it helps you stop and if you mostly eat healthy foods those take up more space in your stomach. You do still have to make lifestyle changes though, eating healthier and lower calorie, exercising and getting your mind off of food.
  • WillingtoLose1001984
    WillingtoLose1001984 Posts: 240 Member
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    I don't get WW, my DIL has been going for about a month. How can fruit and veg be free foods? A person could literally eat fruit or veg all day long with WW and be under their points...


    Well most people do not eat a ton of vegetables, the nonstarchy ones. Those were always free on ww. Fruit on the other hand is easy to overeat!
  • WillingtoLose1001984
    WillingtoLose1001984 Posts: 240 Member
    edited October 2018
    cebreisch wrote: »
    I do understand where you’re coming from. I was a WW member “way back when” 40 years ago when they had you track your food like MFP does now almost. You knew how much protein, fruit, carbs, fat, etc. you were having. Then they started changing to fat/fiber and to points. Seemed like they were getting real “gimmicky” - like the grapefruit diet or something. They made so many of the foods now 0 calories (or free) because they’re trying to encourage people to have more protein. The reason they made fruit free was because a banana would cost more points than an Oreo or two. SO, they made fruit free to encourage people to have fruit. They felt like it worked so they followed suit with the protein....trying to encourage people to eat protein instead of other stuff less healthy that’ll cost points.

    I’m not a big fan of all that, but that’s not the reason I go to WW anyway. And I never got on the Connect site either. When I first joined, it didn’t seem like that many people used it, so I just never bothered with it.

    I go to the WW meetings for accountability - some 3rd party person who can weigh me and not be all judgey like some in my family. I usually don’t stay for the meetings, but did last week, and someone got started on weight loss surgery and how it was an “easy way out” and that you don’t “learn how to eat right”. One of my pet peeves - people who talk out of their “back side”. Anybody who thinks WLS is a “magic bullet” is seriously misled.
    I come here to log food and visit the community boards.

    Did you have wls? I track here and go to the meetings too for accountability and see my real results every week. I get discouraged at the slow progress on my own.
  • ata1anta
    ata1anta Posts: 115 Member
    I guess I'm a dual MFP and WW person. I did awesome on Smart Points, lost 50 lb in my first 6 mos. Then came Freestyle and I freestyled myself to a stall. A year later and I've only lost another 30 lbs (I know, I know). I signed up with MFP end of September when a fitness coach suggested I should probably add more protein to my diet. I needed the stats to track my macros and see where I was.

    Since then, I've upped my protein intake (a regular snack is now 3oz FF yogurt and a scoop of protein powder - it makes a paste about the consistency of cookie dough. I don't like protein shakes) and can see better where the points/calories are going.

    I don't plan on leaving WW, I really like the leader and the group I'm in. They're really welcoming and make a point of trying to make new people welcome. A very large gentleman joined and we all welcomed him. Our leader doesn't talk about recipes or cooking methods (she doesn't cook) so we focus on other things. I like the accountability of someone ELSE recording my weight (though I do have a bluetooth scale at home that links to MFP so "technically" I can have accountability there) and the "rah rah" when a milestone is hit.

    My BF does most of the cooking and after listening to me say how many points thus and so is, talks about food in points terms.


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  • WillowRunning
    WillowRunning Posts: 5 Member
    Mouse_Potato wrote: »
    So far today I've eaten over 300 calories in "free foods." And it's only lunchtime. Yeah, I don't see this working out very well.

    Exactly what I found! While I ate what WW was telling me were "zero point foods" and I ate things like brown rice, a ton of fruit, corn, peas, etc., I wasn't losing any weight. When I switched to MFP and started looking at the calorie counts and skipping a lot of the "zeros" and replacing them with protein, I started dropping pounds.
  • dgrano55
    dgrano55 Posts: 4 Member
    I lost 35 lbs on weight watchers 4 years ago but unfortunately the weight crept back on so decided to join WW again. I do not like freestyle and I have gained 2 lbs in 2 weeks. I only joined the online for 3 months and I will not be renewing.
  • coolcoolman1980
    coolcoolman1980 Posts: 101 Member
    I have done WW recently too & I do lose on it but I find it too restricting .. they say you can eat what you like & use the points .. but I always end up back on MFP . My only danger with mfp is that bad foods creep back in because I can eat them as part of calories ... really trying to eat more fruit & have more sensible dinners though.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    What are these "bad" foods you speak of?
  • Alliesmom08
    Alliesmom08 Posts: 2 Member
    I just know I ate some normal Yoplait Light Strawberry yogurt for the first time in awhile. On WW I would eat fat free plain yogurt and sweeten it myself to save points. I haven’t had flavored yogurt in forever.

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