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[quote=Anonymous]FWIW, the calorie tracker website also adjust the calories as you lose and can track exercise (and actually add the calories burned into your daily and weekly totals so you can see the added deficit).  This is also actually done more precisely, as it is math based on your specific stats and your specific amount of time doing a specific exercise (and if you use a heart rate monitor your info can be even more precise).

Also, as I understand it the nature of WW points encourages what WW has determined to be a better combination of foods for weight loss and maintenance, meaning the way it calculates the points advantages whole, fiber rich foods and protien over white pasta (etc.) and some fruit is free.  So, I guess that could teach better eating habits by force of habit.  But, of course, fruit is not actually free from a calorie perspecitive so I am not sure how that plays out.

For me actually understanding the relationship between how much and what I eat and how my weight reacts has been revolutionary and I like more information, not less so calories/exercise (and other factor) tracking sites are more appealing and the ease of use with my iphone made it fun.  There is and has long been a huge supply of information available about what is a healthy diet, so WW never added any value to me there (and in my opinion was a member of the low-fat bandwagon for far too long) .  I have always eaten a healthy diet, just a little too much of it which combined over time with 2 pregnancies left me with some pounds to lose.

In any event, this is helpful.  It seems that WW works for many and, if it works, that is great as there is no one answer for everyone and I am not trying to offend those for whom WW works.

I personally suspect it will lose favor over time among the rational dieters (meaning those who go into dieting as a lifestyle change rather than looking to lose large amounts of weight quickly so that they can return to prior eating habits).  WW used to be the only weight loss program playing in the space and it can only ride its reputation so long.  $48/3  months may not be much but $18/month for a year is over $200/year and, when compared to free, people eventually will not see the value.  Blockbuster was probably not worried about Netflix at first either.[/quote]

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