New Weight Watchers/WW System
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Anonymous
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WW rolled out a new nutrition algorithm that allows more zero-point foods. As far as I can tell, you can pick one food from a list of things that are no-no’s on many diets (potatoes, whole wheat pasta, etc) and designate it as a freebie with zero points. Is this too good to be true?
I’ve been losing with WW, and I think a lot of that is because it’s guided me to almost totally eliminate pasta, which used to be my favorite food and go-to meal. Same with white bread. Surely I can’t just go back to my carb-living ways and keep loosing weight?? WW has helped me so much, but I don’t know if I trust the new system. |
Anonymous
| If the previous version works for you, just stick with it. Some people need the variety of a new plan- they switch things up to stay motivated. Not because it actually works better. |
Anonymous
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I have overdone the zero point foods in the past so I'm cautious. I have lots more zero point foods now to choose from. I also don't eat my fitpoints, which supposedly you can do now.
I'll experiment cautiously. They have to keep changing for marketing purposes - new research too I guess. |
Anonymous
| I don't like this new system. salmon is now 4 points?? geeze. |
Anonymous
| I was on purple, which meant I had a lot of zero point foods and it’s less now. I lost slowly, but felt happier and thought it was more sustainable for me because I didn’t have to measure/weigh/track as much as I’ve had to with past plans. So I’m a little worried, but hoping it will work for me. |
Anonymous
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Yeah, apparently the purple people have it rough!
Today was my first full day using it and I don’t like. My go-to meal (turkey, veggie, and cheese wrap) went from 5 points to 9. And now you have to log foods that used to be zero points in order to get the bonus “flex points.” |
Anonymous
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What are purple people?
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Anonymous
WW has 3 tracks named by color. Blue green purple. |
Anonymous
| If anyone wants to keep their old plan - go onto the WW community connect and search under the hashtag #howtostaygreen or #howtostayblue |
Anonymous
that seems to defeat the whole purpose of zero points foods … so there are more points now for lean protein? |
Anonymous
This. I totally overdid zero points foods. As a vegetarian, there are lots of them! I had to learn to limit myself. A zero point food is obviously not zero calories…not sure why I went wild when this is not rocket science 
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Anonymous
| This program seems to be for people who eat really poorly, like a ton of fast food, fried foods, and bakery/sweets. You know, those who love bread. |
Anonymous
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I don't like it--my points went down a lot (both daily and weekly) and having a few new no-points things (oatmeal, popcorn) and a few things go down in points does not make up for the things that now have points or went up in points (my coffee creamer). I do understand why drinking water (which I'm bad at) and eating vegetables (which I'm good at) now earn you points but I don't like tracking them.
Agree that the plan works better for people who ate very poorly before or really don't know what healthy portion sizes are. It is wonderful to see people losing 50, 100, 200 lbs with a plan that is pretty flexible and sustainable. I reached my goal last month and was staying on for my husband, who still has about 20 more lbs to lose before goal. I am probably going to cancel at the end of this month and just keep eating how I have been (and focus on more water!) and weighing every week; I can always go back if needed. |
Anonymous
| I absolutely hate the new plan. I can’t figure out how to get back to the old one. Help!?! |
Anonymous
| I agree that tracking vegetables is super annoying. |