Weight Watchers. VS MFP

I am and ex-WW gal as well. It is weird tracking things here and not having 'free' fruits and veggies. I did, however, go through one of my old WW points plus days and calculate the calories and I was still right in an acceptable range, for me, here. I think it's a pretty good switch. Welcome!!

Welcome..... I have have done ww, nutrisystems, and this is by far the cheapest as I use my own food. I have also been able to see areas where I needed to change... example sodium and sugar. Fruit is loaded with sodium but I eat an apple once or twice a day. Good luck and welcome!

WW is simply too much food. Their regular points program worked. The Points Plus and the newest one with the free fruit is simply way too much food. I never got close to eating all my points and actually gained weight. MFP rocks. Plus, you don't have to put up with any of those know-it-all instructors. I only ever found one who was encouraging rather than judmental and a little crazy.

I have done WW a couple of times and loved it. The difference for me is that it is a lot of work, and now that I have a husband and 2 children...it is just not feesible. I have only been part of the MFP family for a couple of days, but I love it already. I am already making more conscience decisions about what food I put on my plate. And I am being pleasantly surprised about portion sizes.

I'm actually doing the old WW points program on my own, but using this site to track what I eat and what's in it. I've found it to be a very helpful tool and the people here are much more varied than those at the local WW meetings.

Bump up your sugar maximum if you trust yourself to use it on the sugar in fruit and veggies!

I'm no expert, but don't let MFP stop your eating of fruits and vegetables. I've been doing a lot of reading lately. I always ate for pleasure. I love food. I always felt if I'm counting calories, why bother with fruits and veggies when I can use the calories for something else that I prefer. There's a book my trianer wanted me to get called "Eat to live". It really has been eye opening. I'm 36 and for some reason only now the light bulb has been lit. The whole purpose we eat is for nutrition. It can really be a bummer to think, I can't eat for pleasure. You still can of course... just after you get all the nutrients your body needs.
It was recommended that I watch a documentary.. and I'm not a documentary type person. It's called "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead". It's currently on Netflix instant play and most video on demand carriers have it. I had to buy the DVD after I watched it. It is just so eye opening. At least for me!
I hardly ever ate fruits and have hated most vegetables. But I realized I had to make a change to not only eat them, but eat a great deal of them. I bought a juicer and I juice them. The fruits are great! I try to hide some of the vegetable taste with more fruit. I'm starting to get the knack. Anyways, this has really helped me.
I just hope you won't toss the fruits and veggies to the side, now that with calorie counting, they're not "freebies". :happy:

Well, I too have done weight watchers, I started with the at work program and the old points plan (momentum). Was very successful lost almost 75 lbs. While weight watchers has its negatives I find it quite motivating. The new plan is different and confusing when you first start it. Fruit and veggies are NOT FREE. they are ZERO points. there is a HUGE difference. The focus on the points plus program is portion control. while I could have a pound of grapes for zero points, I would not want to do that because I would be to full and no I wouldn't lose weight eating that much. A portion of grapes is a cup and that equals zero points. There is allot of science put into these plans, I don't claim to understand it 100% but, it works. I like MFP for the information and the food tracking ability. You have to think when using MFP just about as much as you do WW. Not thinking about the food we ate is what put us where we are after all. Find what works and go for it.