WW info... Is this allowed?

If you're on a budget, what could be cheaper or more easily followed and satifying than MFP!!!!

I have never tried it, but here is a link on MFP about it.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/353460-weight-watchers?hl=Weight+watchers&page=1#posts-4780274

I did WW back in the day and was successful (lost about 10 lbs!) but then gained it back. plus more!

but i like MFP more!!! and it's FREE!

mfp is easier for me because I can log it and go - I don't have to keep a tally of how many points i've had already that day in my head

I will be honest. WW was great, while it lasted. but bottom line, you don't need a diet, you need a lifestyle change. That is why we are all here, the successful ones that is, because something changed and we made a choice not to be who we didn't want to be. A diet is just that, a diet. hence the first three letters... a lifestyle change really is the only success story you will ever find.

WW is supposed to be one of the most successful diets--I saw an Oprah show about the top 4 diets. WW, Slimfast, Volumetrics were there, Plus 1 I can't remember. Personally I'm with previous posters--MFP rocks! I don't know of any other plan that lets you balance calories with exercise.

I've never done it, but from my point of view, I would think that MFP would be a better choice if you are looking for a lifestyle change. It shows you on your log how you stand with your calories, and you can keep using it after you lose weight when you need to maintain. Since foods come in calories and not points at the grocery store, it seems much easier to keep up with in the longrun.

WW is great! I lost some weight with them as well- but like a lot of other people I gained it back- and more.
Their point system is a simple formula though: High fiber foods- good High fat food- bad. There is a mathematical formula, but this will make your life easier:

http://www.webmilhouse.com/pointcalc.php

- there is another formula to know how many points per day you are allowed to eat as well. (based on current weight/height/activity level).

I personally found the meetings kind of redundant. Salad is a healthy choice- who would have thought?! Haha- but it was good to weigh in and have someone else to be accountable for. I like MFP better- at least for the calorie counting- much easier and less guess work. I have never used the online WW tracking system, but why pay if this one is free and awesome!

Good luck:happy:

Hi,

I am also an Ex-WW member who has started using MFP. I would suggest looking into everything that interests you with a clear mind. You will find mixed reviews on everything because everyone needs differant things from their weight/diet/health management tools.

WW worked great for me, and I have not found myself stacking the weight back on - I have used the information I learnt as a member and use MFP as a way of tracking my weight and food to keep myself accountable.

I hope you find what works for you, the more you look, the more you find amazing tools and support that is available - I am personally finding the message boards here on MFP extremely motivating with so many motivated people floating around.

Best of luck,

Smileyk

I tried WW Online and dropped it when I found MFP. I can't speak to the helpfulness of the in-person meetings, because I only used the online program. But I found it hard to get a mental hold of how many points would be in something, and often when I estimated and checked later I'd find I'd eaten many more points than I had intended.

Also, I think the whole idea of saying that fruits and vegetables are "free" is pretty gimmicky - especially for fruits, they still have calories and your body isn't going to think, "Oh, well WW says it's zero points, so it doesn't matter." Eat 5 apples, or even worse, 5 bananas, and you're already looking at an extra 500-750 calories a day. I personally find it a whole lot easier to count calories rather than points. I also found that often the WW database didn't have items I was looking for, and when I went to Google them it was MFP that tended to have the information.

Frankly I don't think you get a whole lot more from WW Online than you do from MFP, and MFP is free!

I have tried WW and i have lost weight on WW but my step mom is doing the WW online and i think it is a joke to pay for it when MFP is FREE i've tried every diet out there and have wasted alot of money doing them i will never pay for another diet plane as long as MFP is here also after telling my step mom about MFP she pre paid for 3 months or WW and when its up she is coming to MFP!

Honestly...it doesn't matter which one you use. It's you who makes a program work. I find that there are more food already entered online here at MFP than on WW though.

If you're thinking of doing WW just online... I'd try using MFP first. You can search and find enough of the materials on WW if you want and follow the point system on your own. There are free points plus calculators online and it's not hard to find the formula (I think I still have it saved in excel somewhere.)

If meetings/in person support groups are your kind of thing, WW meetings may be better for you than online. There's something about in person accountability that just works better for some folks.

I did WW online for several years, worked well for me until the last change over (admittedly I was at a plateau anyway.) MFP meets my needs more right now, as I need to see a more complete nutritional / caloric breakdown, not just 'points.'

The best thing WW and the point system did for me, was made me more aware of 'evaluating the value' of certain foods without being soley focused on 'is it low calorie?' It was a good kind of 'mental retraining' to go through and for me, it seems to have stuck pretty well.

I tried weight watchers lost 20 pounds between pregnancies, but it's a lot less complicated to use mfp. Straight up calories rather than calculating points. I feel like mfp is less of an intrusion or something.

I did WW a few years ago and lost 32lbs in three months. Then I got bored. There was no 'spontaneous' meals or drinks when I was out. The meetings helped me, but if you attend for a while, you begin to notice that they just repeat every few weeks (at least they did at the location I was at). I didn't learn so much about how to control my eating, it was more like just a group of people sitting around talking about food and what they missed. This isn't to say that every meeting is like this, but the few locations that I have been to were. I eventually got sick of making a meal then having to measure, weigh, build the recipe online to find the point values, etc etc. By the time I was done weighing and stuff, my family was already done eating. It did work that time around for me though.

Fast forward 3 years, and I tried again. They changed the program (they do this once a year or so), and fruits are now free. This time around I only lost 17 lbs in 3 months (about half what I did the first time). I get that slow and steady wins the race, but for someone my size, 5 lbs a month wasn't cutting it.

A friend of mine used MFP and told me about it, and i signed up. I am just starting week 4 and I'm already down 9.2 lbs, and i go over just about everyday. It's so much easier for me to find calories than to calculate points--for some restaurants, it's nearly impossible to get all of the nutrition info needed to calculate the points (calories//fiber/carbs/protein). You can find a calorie count for every food imaginable online, and easily with phone apps. Not to mention I was paying $48 a month for meetings and e-tools (the online tracking and recipe builder tools) with WW.

Your best bet is to try it for a few months and see if you like it better. It works for people if you are extremely diligent and willing to figure out points. I wasn't, since I like my free time and having dinner with my family.

I told my doctor that I was counting calories now, and she said that's basically the same thing as WW, it's just easier to find the number. Hahaha.