Weight Watchers Now Pointless?

I had lost weight on the old Weight Watchers but did not lose any on the new Pro Points version so I abandoned ship! Am now logging all on here.

I've seen a lot of posts from people on MFP that used to do WW and a lot of them came to the same conclusion you did. Good luck on your journey.

I lost weight on the old system, too, but hated the pro points. When I found MFP, I cancelled my online subscription; I find this much better, and less restrictive than WW...I swear, I am not doing anything differently, but I find I have huge amounts of calories at the end of the day, so I feel like I've been eating a bit more!

I haven't weighed in yet, so not sure if it's working, but I do know that I'm exercising more, and I'm definitely not gaining weight, so I guess that's good!

I switched from WW about 6 weeks ago, having done a short trial of logging in both places.

I did really well with WW, wouldn't say a bad thing about them. But why pay if you don't have to? And also, I like the transparency of being able to add calories - more straightforward than pointing - and I like being able to watch my nutrients, protein etc more easily.

I had lost about 100 lbs on the very old weight watcher system before points. then try to teach me a new trick. LOL Gain it all plus some back. I havent found a better site than this. i hear about the WW site but you pay for it. I love this site and love reading about what others and how others are doing. Keep up the good work!!!!

IMHO, WW offers a couple things that MFP doesn't:.

1) Meetings and weigh-ins for meeting members. (Of course, you could set those up for free if you were motivated).

2) Since you have to pay to do WW, you might be more motivated to stick with the program so that you can stop paying. (But that can be bad if it makes you lose weight too fast).

3) WW has some supervision, so they might catch unrealistic goals or an eating disorder.

4) WW has only a couple plans and trained counselors, as opposed to the wild west of MFP, where you have atkins people, paleo people, slow losers, fast losers, etc. all mixing it up.

If someone is getting something out of WW, I wouldn't tell them to quit.

With all that said, all of the various points systems are pretty close to calories, so I personally don't see the point in paying for WW online or meetings while I am also doing MFP.

I lost more weight with WW - However I will qualify that by saying that I had more weight to lose at that point and so it came off more easily. I find that I am doing just fine with MFP, and it's a lot easier for me to count calories than to spend 30 bucks for a points calculator on the new WW system.

I tried WW with my colleagues a few years ago... I just found it so confusing trying to work out the points and constantly having to refer to the book.

Counting Calories is so much easier and I now have a really good idea as to what quantities look like and how many Calories they contain.

MFP is so easy and you get great support here too... so why waste £s when you can be losing lbs with MFP!!! :bigsmile:

i have been doing WW and lost about 8 lbs easily on their new system and then hit a plateau. I thought I would try this- sounds like it is working. I love that so many brands/ restaurant foods are on here and you do not have to guess.

I seem to be able to eat more here- somehow I hope this works because more food is always a good thing.

Are you guys eating your exercise calories or not?

I lost about 40 lbs with WW years ago and it worked well, but found MFP when I was debating whether to join it again. The fact that its free, and its working has sold me on MFP!!