Weight Watchers

jacqueline0821
jacqueline0821 Posts: 667 Member
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
Anyone else on here doing Weight Watchers? If so, how long have you been doing it and what has your success been?

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  • jacqueline0821
    jacqueline0821 Posts: 667 Member
    Anyone else on here doing Weight Watchers? If so, how long have you been doing it and what has your success been?
  • 72lori
    72lori Posts: 6,791 Member
    I have done it in the past. Personally, I find it cumbersome to calculate points. I find this website and counting good old fashioned calories easiest. That's basically what WW does, convert calories into points, it just takes more work to do it.

    I think you can have success in whatever you chose to do, if you stick to it and make lifestyle changes.
  • momnmore
    momnmore Posts: 20
    Right now WW has a free week trial of their WW online. I tried that and this one at the same time. I found their website to be cumbersome and very slow. I was complaining about it to my husband who said "Why don't you try the website I've been using" which turned out to be MFP. I find calculating plain old calories is much easier than converting everything to points. Calories I can do in my head, points are impossible for me to keep track of. I know some people who have had awesome success with weight watchers and I'm not knocking that at all. I just found that their website wasn't easy to use so I canceled my membership before my free week ran out.
  • PamKay
    PamKay Posts: 19
    I so agree with leckel,
    "". I think you can have success in whatever you chose to do, if you stick to it and make lifestyle changes."""
    I tried weight watchers years ago and it worked great. The great thing about it is that it is a learning process and once you learn it you will never forget it, I think it's a great program.
  • karlira
    karlira Posts: 100
    Five years ago I lost 33 lbs thanks to WW. Personally I dont find it diffcult to calculate points, after all, if you attend meeting you get a manual point calculator.. also I found one for the computer, and also the formula, which I carried in my cell phone, so knowing calories, fat and fiber I could know how many points something was. Even know, I still think of some food in terms of points instead of calories (I'm knew here in MFP, so I'm learning :glasses: )
  • Iceprincessk25
    Iceprincessk25 Posts: 1,888 Member
    Five years ago I lost 33 lbs thanks to WW. Personally I dont find it diffcult to calculate points, after all, if you attend meeting you get a manual point calculator.. also I found one for the computer, and also the formula, which I carried in my cell phone, so knowing calories, fat and fiber I could know how many points something was. Even know, I still think of some food in terms of points instead of calories (I'm knew here in MFP, so I'm learning :glasses: )

    I had success with weight watchers as well but I never used it online. I like MFP better but I definitely do think of food in points still. Having the calculator makes it way easier when calculating the points!
  • Tamishumate
    Tamishumate Posts: 1,171 Member
    I lost my first 50 lbs with WW. IT totally is a good system for some. I needed a change though, and I have switched to counting calories . Jillian told me that was what I needed to do, and she was right!
  • xbonbonx
    xbonbonx Posts: 170
    I think when I was a kid, my mom took me to Weight Watchers. I think she was just trying it though... it costs a lot... now she goes to TOPS. I'm too tired to remember what that stands for although I should know even then, since I went there too when I was a kid.

    I hear Weight Watchers is expensive.
  • bonniebgood
    bonniebgood Posts: 12 Member
    I lost a little over 60 pounds on WW 5 years ago, but like all things when I got cocky and thought I could do it on my own I gained all but 15 pounds back. I now go to TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and in combination with this website have now lost 28 pounds from what I had gained back. I need as much motivation as possible, and also having to weigh in weekly. TOPS doesn't cost near what WW does, but I agree, it's a very good program.
  • bonniebgood
    bonniebgood Posts: 12 Member
    I lost a little over 60 pounds on WW 5 years ago, but like all things when I got cocky and thought I could do it on my own I gained all but 15 pounds back. I now go to TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and in combination with this website have now lost 28 pounds from what I had gained back. I need as much motivation as possible, and also having to weigh in weekly. TOPS doesn't cost near what WW does, but I agree, it's a very good program.
  • susanbk53
    susanbk53 Posts: 13
    I'd avoided WW for years, because I just didn't want to have to fool with going to meetings. I found out from a friend about WW online, and started it in Jan. of 2008. I'd ended up in the hospital on Christmas Day, 2007, with my heart working at 20% of capacity, due to a virus. None of the Docs said anything about my weight, but I knew that this was the best incentive to get it off! I was the highest weight I'd ever been, and really wanted to LOSE!
    I'm now down 54 pounds from New Years Day, 2008, and I'm loving it!
    I don't have a problem with doing points; it helps keep me honest. It has also helped me change bad eating habits, since I want to keep my points target.
    It's not inexpensive, but now that I'm really serious about losing, I consider it a good investment in my future health.
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