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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, I don't know how "new" it is - I last did WW when my kids were toddlers and they are starting high school.  But I recently signed up to try to shed this perimenopausal weight and the points system is very different than when I did it before.  It clearly favors high protein foods, which just does not work for someone like me who needs more whole grains in my diet.  Really, 1/4 cup of buckwheat cereal (140 calories) is 5 points?!  A cup of cooked quinoa (222 calories) is 5 points?!  But I can have two eggs (120 calories) and a banana (110 calories) for breakfast for 0 points?

Are there alternatives that are more like the "old" Weight Watchers?[/quote]

Does the program change once you lose the weight? I assume points values of foods don't, but you probably are given more points to play with for maintenance. So they probably are forcing us to lower carbs a bit to speed weightloss and then in maintenance you can add more.

Someone mentioned the old program focused more in fiber with points. Yes! I liked that. I notice this program is punishing for processed foods, even high fiber processed foods. That is a good thing. You are getting too many problematic chemicals even if "healthy" processed foods and the new thinking is when you count fiber in general, like if you are struggling with constipation, you should only count the fiber in whole foods, because that is the best for stool formation and movement and overall health. Yes, that includes the quinoa too, but brown rice isn't as ideal as we once though because of things like cyanide and I know a serving is a lot smaller than I thought.[/quote]

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