Weight Watchers vs MyFitnessPal

love it, good post

I have seen people who take part in WW and it can work for them. I feel that anything that is going to motivate another person to lose weight so they can become healthier isn't a waste of time, however I didn't do WW for the same reasons. I don't want to spend the money that they ask us to pay. I don't want to have to buy their food (although I do know that isn't all it is about unlike other diet plans). MFP is not a diet plan but it is a life plan. Last but not least I don't want to go weigh in with a group of people to be told I have or haven't lost weight. I can do that in the privacy of my own home. I have been taking on this challenge with some wonderful people here on MFP and I have access to them everyday, anytime I want to say hello. Awesome work to all of you and keep up the great success.

I skimmed through a lot of this topic and a lot of people do have success with WW... BUT it does get expensive. I have done it myself a couple of times and I had success. But it does get tedious and repetitive since every I think its 11 weeks you start over with the books? Anyways, I really need to push of having to go and weigh in with a group and since I cannot afford WW I found something even better! I am in TOPS(TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) It is a weekly weigh in, but no specific plan. Just a support group and you get great programs and tons of support. I am doing MFP as well as TOPS since I need the extra push to have a specific weigh in. It is a whopping $28 A.YEAR. I have been doing MFP for a year and TOPS for 17 months. I love it. The combination of the two is what works for me.

thank you so much for your opinon .i discovered mfp about a week ago .and i love it.i'm only just looking into losing weight as it was never an issue before i had my little girl.my best friend has just started going to weight watchers so i've researched it a bit but she has lost 9 ilb in a week! i need some surport as i end up eating to much and think i can't put all that in .i never usually reply or get into community group so hope to find some moral surport this way:indifferent:

I totally agree!! WW is a waste of money. I want to call Jennifer Hudson and tell her to try MFP. She will be singing then!!!

Jennifer Hudson looks fantastic - she does not need MFP - everyone should use whatever program works for them and do not go knocking anyone that uses something other than what you think works.

This! I have done WW. Lost 43lbs and then 65lbs. I actually really like it. But I hit a plateau and I got sick of the points and the diary and all the extra work I was putting in. And looking back, I think I was eating too little as well. I LOVE MFP and wouldn't go back to WW either but I still think it's a great starting place for many people. BTW I never paid a dime, I bought my material on Ebay and did it free by myself.
Edit: I did not switch to points plus, I lost that weight following Momentum.

I have tried WW and also Nutrisystem and had some success but guess what... the weight came back! This time I am doing MFP and also trying the Beyond diet where I am slowly eliminating all processed foods and sugar. I feel so much better it is unbelievable. I don't have stomach or gastric problems like I did with Nutrisystem.

I did WW for over a year.... online. I did lose about 20 lbs but it was a hard struggle. I prefer MFP because I can use it on my phone... at the time WW only had the app for Apple users. Logging everything I ate at the end of the day when I got home just wasn't working. For a long while I only kept my subscription for the recipes :-p
Now, my Husband has health issues' and desperately needs to lose weight, although he doesn't want to admit it, his Dr.'s are just about SCREAMING at him about it, but instead he just keeps gaining. I think WW could be helpful for him... the accountability of the meetings and weigh in's, the encouragement of real people. The advice and recipe swaps (he's the cook in our house), but unless HE wants to loose weight, nothing I can do, say or pay for will help. I pray every day The Lord will motivate my Husband to finally WANT to loose the weight and LIVE!!! Until then, I'll focus on what I can control... myself and I'll keep going with MFP :-)

I totally agree!! WW is a waste of money. I want to call Jennifer Hudson and tell her to try MFP. She will be singing then!!!

Love this ^^

I think some of you are a little harsh on Weight Watchers. Like many of you I have done both. I lost 70 lbs on Weight Watchers and found it quite easy to do. I found the support great and loved the meetings.

There was a statement that someone was only eating 800-900 calories a day (not including fruit). Fruit /veggies were only 'free' for your needed servings (example 3-5 day) and all starchy vegetables were counted, then you counted everything after in your tracker. Also, the reader did not mention the large amount of 'extra' points you got to help you out.

I have switched to myfitnesspal.com because I have not been working and can't not afford WW. FREE is obviously a great feature. I feel that both program are great.

The point: be responsible. Document your foods, make good choices, exercise.

Weight watchers is a good program. My mother lost around 6 stone in a year with it.

I also did WW for a bit.
The biggest reason I am not a huge fan is because WW is not a realistic lifestyle approach to me. You have to continuously calculate points values for what you are eating...and sure, you get to know how many points your common foods are, but homemade meals just aren't realistic.
At least with MFP, I can always calculate calories without needing a special calculator. I agree that it really is a waste of money.

Well said...I agree 100% and I've done both!

Im not a fan of WW because it lacks the ability to track things for people with dietary restriction (medical issues). I 'get' how they calculate things but... they are so late in the game for configuring carbohydrates into the daily intake.. Its almost become like a fad "based on the low glycemic index" that WW now calculates carbs into the formula...

Just give me MFP: Massive Food Porn

When you first look at Beyond diet you think "I can't do that" but once I got started I was amazed how easy I fell into eating healthy and staying away from the processed foods and the processed sugar. You can have Stevia and honey for sweeteners but nothing else and amazingly I don't miss it at all and I was a real sugar monster!

I did weight watchers when my company offered to sponsor it. I can say that it works well for some people. Some people need that accountability to get results. However, there appears to be some stigma still about men joining the program. Some of the activities definitely made guys feel uncomfortable.
Your mother probably got a bad coach. It is a commonly known fact that if one reduces calories too much that their metabolism can slow down. It causes the body to conserve fat for survival. This makes it even harder to lose body fat. The coach should have offered a diet analysis. This would highlight foods that are killing her efforts. Sugary yogurts, salty cheese, insulin spiking fruits without fiber and other "hidden" attributes of processed foods can easily sabotage the best of efforts. Even excessive consumption of good fruits and vegetables can create a calorie surplus which will turn to fat in a slow metabolism.
Weight watchers focuses too much on weight and less on a balanced approach to slimming down. One can lose weight fast by stripping muscle but that yields an even slower metabolism. It takes controlled diet, exercise, proper rest and water consumption to change one's shape permanently.
One must change their mentality about food. I heard so many people talk about diet recipes that just replicated bad foods. I wanted to scream every time a person got up to share and started with the statement "You take a box of cake mix and a can of diet soda…". Can you guess what they returned to when they finally dropped out of Weight Watchers?
I did weight watchers when my company offered to sponsor it. I can say that it works well for some people. Some people need that accountability to get results. However, there appears to be some stigma still about men joining the program. Some of the activities definitely made guys feel uncomfortable.
Your mother probably got a bad coach. It is a commonly known fact that if one reduces calories too much that their metabolism can slow down. It causes the body to conserve fat for survival. This makes it even harder to lose body fat. The coach should have offered a diet analysis. This would highlight foods that are killing her efforts. Sugary yogurts, salty cheese, insulin spiking fruits without fiber and other "hidden" attributes of processed foods can easily sabotage the best of efforts. Even excessive consumption of good fruits and vegetables can create a calorie surplus which will turn to fat in a slow metabolism.
Weight watchers focuses too much on weight and less on a balanced approach to slimming down. One can lose weight fast by stripping muscle but that yields an even slower metabolism. It takes controlled diet, exercise, proper rest and water consumption to change one's shape permanently.
One must change their mentality about food. I heard so many people talk about diet recipes that just replicated bad foods. I wanted to scream every time a person got up to share and started with the statement "You take a box of cake mix and a can of diet soda…". Can you guess what they returned to when they finally dropped out of Weight Watchers?

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