Weight watchers/WW

[Enpen45]

So I weighed myself this morning. I was dreading it to be honest because I’ve worked so hard all week. Had a shower and washed my hair and even dried it so there was no water in it to weigh me down

I’ve only gone and lost 7lb!! I’ve never ever lost this much in all the time I’ve done SW! 3lb is the most I’ve ever lost in a week.

So happy!!

 

[Eyeseeyou]

I used WW last year and lost over 2 stone in 3 months. It worked for me as I followed it properly and barely dipped into my weeklies. The app is great and I think it’s way ahead of SW in terms of marketability, future technology and lifestyle choices.

 

[AutumnSpring]

So I weighed myself this morning. I was dreading it to be honest because I’ve worked so hard all week. Had a shower and washed my hair and even dried it so there was no water in it to weigh me down

I’ve only gone and lost 7lb!! I’ve never ever lost this much in all the time I’ve done SW! 3lb is the most I’ve ever lost in a week.

So happy!!

Well done that’s amazing in your first week!!

I was a slimming worlder (on and off) for a few years but since starting WW I have lost more weight and faster too. Don’t get me wrong I find it a lot harder to follow than SW & struggle finding dinners to cook sometimes (The “pinch of nom” books are WW friendly too and my WW consultant has kindly pointed up every recipe from the books depending on plans - I can share here if anyone is interested) but I think that’s just because the food is more restricted but that’s because it’s not actually good for you to eat that much or certain foods and means you’ll lose weight faster! Xx

 

[Pinkii]

I lost 3 stone with WW. It helped give me the kickstart I needed but I'm now calorie counting as those zero foods do add up

thats why I like the green plan, everything apart from fruit and veg has a point and helps me maintain portion control, where as the other plans are confusing

thats why i never liked SW, eating all the pasta you want!?i couldnt get my head around, i gain weight so quickly by just sniffing carbs lol so it never worked for me

 

[S-mashedItMate]

I briefly joined but having done slimming world for ages it just wasnt for me.

It took me a while to get my head around it. I was on blue plan and 23 dailies. So you have 23 points per day. At the same time you have the weeklies. You dip in the them as and when you please over the seven days, as well as your 23 dailies.

Have you got the app? Dailies can be rolled over. It seems a lot have 30 something for a week as well as 23 per day but inthink that's just from a slimming world point of view.. seems like syns, so sounds a lot.

I liked it but just couldn't make it work for some reason, SW suited me better. Good luck, hope it works for you

 

[AutumnSpring]

Just joined - doing Green but finding it hard because yoy have to counts eggs and everything previously lost 3 stone on SW, have put 1 stone back on in lockdown that i want to lose.

Do you guys eat back your fitpoints? I run about 4-5 hours a week and average about 40k so not sure if I should eat the fit points back as I'd get about 90 extra points haven't been so far but am super hungry all the time.

I personally think you should be eating your fit points or at least eat in to them a bit as you must be starving!

What I will say ref the plans is it’s just mindset. I’m on purple and find it works for me because on green having 30 points a day I would use all 30 trying to squeeze in crap foods whereas on purple I don’t eat much of the free food so I find it better as I have to really make smart choices when it comes to grabbing a shop sandwhich for lunch/eating out in the evenings (we can all dream this will be happening again soon lol!!) Hope this makes sense and here if you need any advice I am 2 stone down in 20 weeks. Stick with it xx

 

[Pinkii]

I’m currently doing WW, i’m on the green plan.

can’t remember the initial set up?? Did you put a goal weight in? Could be it re-adjusted your points based on what you lost last week.

your weeklies are kind of your cheat points so you can go over your daily points everyday and it will reduce from your weeklies or use it all on one meal, sometimes I used them up and other times I stick to my dailies, I still lose weight if I use my weeklies but not as much.

for me WW is the only diet plan that has made me lose a good amount of weight.

On the app there are some good recipes.

 

[orangelolly]

I’ve also noticed WW danish bread is 1 point if you put in one slice but if you put 2 slices it’s 3 points. Also I put in 1 seafood stick which was 1 point then changed it to 4 sticks and it was only 2 points
There’s obviously some science behind it!

This is apparently because in the older days of WW you used to have half points too. So eating two slices must make it over 2 points so therefore 3? I don't know but that's how my old coach explained it to us. I found they did it on things they don't want you eating too much of.

 

[On A Roll]

Yeah it’s a calorie counting app. You can try it for free and then it’s £4 a month. You can set different goals for yourself, you can follow the 5:2 plan, lower sugar, lower carb, higher protein etc. It’s great because it has pictures of food too. I’ve attached a screen shot so you can see what I mean.

I found Nutracheck from this forum and I love it! So much better than MFP but what I love most is it’s UK-based - I always struggled with all the random American food on MFP!

 

[Enpen45]

I do have the app for those that asked. I haven’t been weighed yet as only joined at the weekend but now that I think about it when I was told I had 28 points I hadn’t put in my target weight yet so may have been that that changed it.
@Anjels i was always a slimming worlder and thought I’d always stick with them but now I’ve swapped I can see the benefits on both. I do like that the WW app has a barcode scanner so I’m walking around the shops
scanning everything! I did get a shock when I realised I have to count things like bacon, jacket potatoes and rice etc but I did over eat on a lot of those things so I’m making a more conscious effort to replace them with healthier things now.

I’m liking it up to now anyway!

Nutracheck! I love it! I’ve just gone back to it after using SW (never again!!!) and it’s so much easier and only £4 a month for the advanced app but I believe it’s also free.

I’ve only signed up to WW for 3 months so might try this one when I’ve got to my target weight to keep on top of it all.

 

[orangelolly]

Well done that’s amazing in your first week!!

I was a slimming worlder (on and off) for a few years but since starting WW I have lost more weight and faster too. Don’t get me wrong I find it a lot harder to follow than SW & struggle finding dinners to cook sometimes (The “pinch of nom” books are WW friendly too and my WW consultant has kindly pointed up every recipe from the books depending on plans - I can share here if anyone is interested) but I think that’s just because the food is more restricted but that’s because it’s not actually good for you to eat that much or certain foods and means you’ll lose weight faster! Xx

If you use the Connect forum on the WW app/website and search Pinch of Nom someone has pointed all of the meals

 

[Pinkii]

No i don’t count my 0 point foods, no point really. However for the more expert WW I do have question in regards to 0 point foods or low foods

This is just an example as I can’t remember what food I came across that had this.
Say for example 2 slices of cheese are 0 points but 4 slices is 1 point

what if I have 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening, does that calculate it automatically at the end of the day?

 

[orangelolly]

My trick was to pack my meals out with veg and also consider using cauliflower rice instead of rice.

 

[Lolabunny]

Yes! I also downloaded Nutracheck - so much easier to navigate than MFP and after doing SW - this app is so much more flexible and I dont feel deprived of any foods!

I know it’s awesome, I love that you get the pic of items too, makes it so much easier, and that you can set your own goals or follow a certain plan. I’m so glad I sacked off SW and WW, never again!!!!!

 

[Olive16]

Nutracheck! I love it! I’ve just gone back to it after using SW (never again!!!) and it’s so much easier and only £4 a month for the advanced app but I believe it’s also free.

Yes! I also downloaded Nutracheck - so much easier to navigate than MFP and after doing SW - this app is so much more flexible and I dont feel deprived of any foods!

 

[orangelolly]

I lost 3 stone with WW. It helped give me the kickstart I needed but I'm now calorie counting as those zero foods do add up

 

[Enpen45]

Sorry if this isn’t allowed as there is a weight loss thread already but I‘m only really interested in weight watchers.

I only joined on Sunday after gaining 11lb during lockdown. I’ve always done slimming world but fancied a change so thought I’d give it a go. When I set up it said I was best suited to the blue plan and it gave me 28 points a day. But then Monday this changed to 23 for some reason and it tells me I have 32 weekly remaining which I don’t get

Any tips or recipes would be greatly appreciated

 

[Enpen45]

This is apparently because in the older days of WW you used to have half points too. So eating two slices must make it over 2 points so therefore 3? I don't know but that's how my old coach explained it to us. I found they did it on things they don't want you eating too much of.

I thought this would be the case. So it’s safer to round it of to the higher number. Suppose they can all add up if you keep missing those half points of.

 

[JLXRD]

I've been on ww blue for 8 weeks and only lost 10lb so I'm thinking of giving purple a go.
I previously lost 3 stone with sw but gained a lot back. Thought I'd try something different.

I'm struggling with how slow the losses are and how minimal

So I loved SW for when i was losing weight but the problem came with when I wanted to maintain... you basically can never have a takeaway etc without being 'off plan'. With ww i feel like I can use weeklies for this type of thing and still live a normal life? I dunno, I need something sustainable so I don't yo yo this 1st for the next few years (if only because owning jeans in 2 sizes is not practical ). So I'm kind of willing to swap big losses of I can make something work long term but I guess we shall see!

 

[SpiceWeasel]

I tried WW last year but didn’t get on with it at all, I found cooking an absolute nightmare on it, certain things being zero points unless you used over a certain amount etc. My auntie in the states loves it though and lost 20lb which she has kept off nearly 10 years now. She does eat a lot of convenience food which makes life easier re counting.

Put on a similar amount of weight during lockdown (glad it’s not just me!!) but have gone back to SW as just find it a lot more easy going. I follow it properly though and don’t just eat mountains of beige and muller lights

Good luck hope it works better for you x