Weight Watchers Joining Fee
Adimar Poynter
I had surgery on Nov 19th. The weight just fell off during the first 4 weeks because I wasn't hungry at all. As soon as I hit 4 weeks, my appetite and cravings came back. I'm 7 weeks out tomorrow and I haven't lost anything in 2 weeks. I am tracking my food on sparkpeople and I am not eating over 1100 calories a day. I'm not exercising as much as I should and that could be part of the problem. I got a 50% offer off the monthly pass for 6 months from WW. So, I'm thinking of joining for the accountability, meetings and honestly, I'd love to attain lifetime status considering how many times in the past Ive joined WW. What do you all think?
It may be a good idea. I've done WW about four times myself so I share your sentiment. Towards the end, I struggled to stay within my points, which is why I always fell off the wagon lol. Another option you may want to consider is joining over eaters anonymous, if a group setting is what you're seeking. I have read other posters on here discuss their positive experiences with the group.
Check with your Surgeon's office. Maybe there is a support group for WLS patients in your area. I went to one a few months back just to check it out before my surgery. ( I ended up being the only guy there) Just a thought.
Have you tried tracking your daily intake at MyFitnessPal? The app is great, every food in the world is on there and you will be able to identify if its your diet that needs tweaked, or if your body has simply hit a plateau. Be patient, but in my opinion WW probably would not be applicable for our little belly.
Yes, too much food on WWs and your experiences are going to be too much different IMO for others to relate to. I know our WWs meetings are not at all supportive of WLS unless someone is trying to lose regain and they routinely spoke out against it.
I agree with the praises for MyFitnessPal. I found it hard to track my Protein before I stRted using it. I also find it keeps me closer to my desired daily calories because I can see the impact of each food choice I make. Over time I have let go more of the higher calerie/lower protein foods that I used to love.
Considering how newly sleeved you are I think you should definitely wait. Most of us lose a lot the first few weeks, then it slows down considerably for a while then it tends to even out again. Also, at only 7 weeks out 1100 calories sounds like ALOT. You should talk to your nutritionist. I can see doing well after a year or more out but certainly not this early. It's a totally different type of plan and having done ww and having had wls I just don't see how the two could mesh healthily in the beginning. Also keeping it from your surgeon and from ww is your first inclination that you're doing something you shouldn't. Good luck
Do you have physical limitations that prevent you from exercise? If not, why aren't you exercising? Have you tried curtailing the calories back from almost 1100? I am almost 7 months out and I eat usually less than that.
IMO, Weight Watchers is at best, a terrible diet for obese people, and at worst, a diet designed specifically to keep people "on the plan" and not to lose the weight they need to. Why? They are a for-profit company - that's why! I personally would only reserve it for maintenance but wouldn't follow the daily carb allowance. It allows you too many carbs, truly. The effective tool for rapid weight loss is ketosis, and you'll never achieve that on WW. Expect a loss in the wallet, but not much on the scale. If it worked so well for all of us then why did we end up getting surgery? If I were you I wouldn't give up on your nutritionist's plan yet. Go back to your surgery center and explain your issues.
To the OP: I am a life time Weight Watcher member. I go to the meetings on occasion because I enjoy the information shared, stories and tips. I DO NOT follow their eating plan actually I have NEVER done the points program as I think it is senseless. I have always followed the VSG plan(protein, veggie, little carb). What I really like is getting the sticker in my book that reads such a low weight...............one that I never reached at W.W. They also do not need to know that I had WLS.
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Roughly 5 million people worldwide are WW members, and the program has helped many more lose weight since its beginning. In our poll of weight loss program customers, more people had tried WW than any other program. [2]Weight Loss Programs Survey. 300 respondents. Conducted using Pollfish. Launched October 2023.
The company has gone through a number of changes in the past several decades, with the current format offering a simple food tracking system, in-person and online group sessions, and an app to help you record everything.
Our testers signed up as WW members for two weeks. During that time, we tried everything: tracking food, activity, and sleep on the website and app; attending workshops and a KickStart session; joining online communities; taste-testing WW food and recipes; reading educational content on the website; contacting customer service for help by phone and chat; and, finally, canceling our membership.
By the end, we had mixed feelings about our time with WW. We liked the motivational weekly workshops with coaches and other members. Discussions focused on problem-solving, encouraging one another to reach goals, and celebrating successes. What we felt was lacking in these sessions, though, was education on healthy eating and exercise. We found a lot of cheerleading and not enough teaching.
Also, diet plays a bigger role in body weight with advanced age, so learning all you can about healthy food choices, portions, and cooking methods becomes increasingly important. [7]National Institute on Aging. Maintaining a Healthy Weight. April 7, 2022. Found on the internet at -eating-nutrition-and-diet/maintaining-healthy-weight We would like to see more of a focus on education for WW members.
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Hi Megan, the book and slider I am using are from 2007. Who knew there could be such a drastic difference in points from 2004 to 2007! If the info your husband is using is working for him I say go with that; why mess with a system that works? Good luck to both of you! ?
There is also a completely new Points counting system, so this only works with the old program. Which is great if that is the reading material you have, but would leave you hungry if you were folling the PointsPlus system!
what is your activity level?
If you spend most of your day sitting you get 27 points a day. If you sit occasionally but mainly stand you get 29 points a day. If you are doing physically hard work you get 33 points a day.
Keep in mind this is using the old system, to calculate your daily points, using the new system you would need to look up that information because I know it is quite different from the version of Weight Watchers I did.
Hope that helped! ?
Hello my name is Monique, guess i will be doing the old program. THROW BACK! It worked for me and im reading the comments on this new program and im concerned this one may not work for me. So im going to go on Amazon and look for old books,sliders, scale even!
Awww, the slider, I have such fond memories of mine! You miiiiight be able to find one online but other than searching through Craigslist and other such sites I have no idea where you might find one. As for making one, that is an intriguing idea. If you could find pictures of one you might be able to duplicate it.
That is a hard one. Do you wear any kind of activity tracker? You could track your steps for a week and average out what you get per day. Or if most days are lower activity level maybe calculate your points for that level but on days you are super busy adjust just for that day?
So, can you use the new WW cookbooks and such when calculating what points your eating when using the old system? Example a new weight watchers frozen dinner says 6 points, would that point value still be correct if your using the older version?
Hi Linda, Unfortunately not. Each time WW changes their system they change how the points are calculated. A lot of the WW foods in Canada are still labelled with Points Plus values, which are lower than Smart Points values. The Smart Points are calculated using calories, fat, saturated fat, protein, sugar and carbs (if I remember correctly). Points Plus used different nutritional information to calculate the points. If you want to know the points for whichever system you are using you will need to have a points calculator for that system and input whichever nutritional information that system uses. A little extra work but still worth it, I think anyways lol. Thanks for commenting! ?
First, let's discuss the process for goal setting. When you first join Weight Watchers, you're encouraged simply to focus on losing an initial 10 percent of your starting weight. This mini goal helps reduce the anxiety you might feel when thinking about the total amount of weight you'd like to lose. Once you hit your 10-percent target, you are encouraged to set another interim weight goal or your ultimate one. The problem that many members face is that they really don't know how to hone in on that perfect final number.
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