Totally agree with you. I prefer SW and WW to cal counting.
I’m guessing SW get more stick as they use ‘syns’ and ‘synergy’ which is made up. I think if they updated these then they wouldn’t get half as much flack.
I do think WW is more inline with cal counting (counting points) but the WW purple plan is very similar.
The fact that every big calorie counting account started as a successful SW member and lost a lot of weight should say a lot about it’s plan. However because you have James Smith and crew shouting about cal counting and NEAT like they reinvented the wheel everyone jumps on the SW bandwagon.
Personally I think if you want to lose weight do whatever plan you can stick to. I’m a WW’er myself but with elements of SW. I like home cooked meals!
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I like the SW meals, for the price and size it’s much better value than a takeaway (Partial to their Chinese Banquet) and they fill me up unlike the generic supermarket/WW ones.
On the subject of WW, their plan is very similar to SW and their merchandise and food offering is huge so why don’t they get the same flack?
Also, I’ve never witnessed followers of other plans slag off other plans like CC’s/“Nutritional” “Guru’s“ do. It’s so rude and condescending when they make out that the people who follow other plans are dumb and uneducated, especially when half them lost weight in the first place following a weighloss plan. Mate, my 65 year old Aunt doesn’t want to sit there and MFP every item of food she eats
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