Weight Watchers? Opinions?

Other than free fruit I don't understand the advantage of WW over MFP. MFP makes it so easy to count calories that you don't need points. JMHO, save the money you would be spending on WW and use it to reward yourself for reaching fitness or weight loss milestones.

Agree with this ^^^

I'm a WW lifetime member. I lost over 100 lbs, 11 years ago. I'm a believer! You have to do what works for you!

Good luck on your journey!
J

I did weight watchers before in 2002 and was starving myself pretty much, after a month, I only lost 6 pounds so I quit.

I was going to try it again with the new system (since I've gained about 20 pounds since my first try) but after I saw the prices and remembered how hungry I was when I tried the first time, I miraculously found this site. Now I'm down 3 pounds in a week and it's so easy to keep myself accountable if I don't have to deprive myself of anything. I also started exercising (swimming an hour twice a week and walking on a treadmill for 45-50 mins three times a week)

I love MFP!! Here's to losing 52 more pounds!

I am a WW member; both online and meetings. I don't attend the meetings but felt like I needed the accountability going to have someone else see my weight/progress so I go simply to get weighed. I do love the online tools and smartphone apps that sync. I loved that I learned to snack much more healthily (I'm sure that is a made up word!) by grabbing a banana when I'm starving rather than something else. I do find myself snacking better which is a great change for me.

All that being said, when my neighbor asked me to walk 4 days a week with her, she raved about this site/app. Since I loved WW online I listened but was sure I would stay there. The more she talked about it, the more I checked around here. I kept trying to find the things I would miss about WW if I quit and did MFP....I can't find anything! This site is set up so similar. Plus, now that I have "friends" here, that satisfies my "accountability" issue. My friend knows I have started the 30DS (I'm on day 5!) and she would comment if I didn't post about it. She also knows how much I want to lose, so even though she doesn't know how much I weigh, she sees my loss (or not!)

I am planning to quit WW at my next monthly payment...and switch to this exclusively. I like the calorie counting better for some reason, although I do think WW makes it easy to do the Points Plus thing.

As one poster said, the ONLY reason I would do WW over this if you feel the meetings would help you. You mentioned you have a large goal which will take time. Maybe the meetings would help keep you feeling motivated. So pay for the meetings but do online here. It's not hard to convert points to calories, especially when you can scan items here! My WW foods are in this database.

Good for you, whatever you decide! You will feel so much better that you are doing SOMETHING for yourself in such a positive way.

I've joined and rejoined WW MANY times over the years. I think it is a good program, but finally realized that it wasn't the best fit for me. I mostly did the version with meetings, but had tried the online as well.

The meetings were OK, but I found it difficult to really make connections with my fellow WWers.

The biggest issue for me came down to $$. In my area WW is about $13/week. MFP is, of course, free and has (in my opinion) more accessible support and encouragement.

Hey Grace, good for you for taking the bull by the horns and tackling your weight!! You can do it! I personally have done WW before ... I think 4 times. Every time I joined it worked, for a little while, but then it just all got too expensive so I would try and do it on my own, and that just doesn't work. As anyone knows who's been on a weight loss roller coaster being involved in a community gives you way more success!! My success now comes through using MFP as well as being on the Body by Vi health challenge. I love the tracking tools of MFP and the products and community with Body by Vi is truly amazing!! I've lost 40 lbs and 18 inches overall and now I'm working on firming up!!

Good luck to you though! Let me know if you'd like some more information on Body by Vi! I'm happy to share with you! We are the #1 health challenge in North America for a reason!

I believe it works if you set your mind to it. It didn't work for me because I would get annoyed with the points and quit after a few days. MFP is much easier to stick to because it's not a hassle to track food and i like the app because I can scan the barcodes on food and it enters in my diary

Highly recommend

I did WW..and lost alot of weight...but i must say..for me there is no difference to MFP..only WW you count points and MPF calories...so i guess its what you feel more comfortable with.You have to count in both,they both work the same but one is free......good luck with whatever you choose

I have tried WW a few times, knowing it's a pretty good sound program. I agree with what someone said about hating the meetings. They weren't motivating to me at all, and didn't really push me to do better. I couldn't relate to hardly anyone in the room. So if you decide to do it, I encourage you to try bunches of meetings until you find the crowd that matches your need.

I really didn't like counting points- things have calories, why not count those? To me it was kind of stupid! lol. And I mean no disrespect to anyone who has done well with the program, or any disrespect to the program. I also think it's beneficial to watch ratios of carb/protein/fats etc (whatever ratio works for you). I think that matters, not just how many points there are in your diet.

And lastly, I really felt like they started pushing products after products........ trying to sell me something.

GOod luck with your decision, and do what's best for you!