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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]

Why don't you just do what worked for you before and follow the "old" system?
You can probably find the old points lists somewhere if you don't have them or don't remember how you ate back then.
However, I think our bodies (especially female bodies) change so much as we age and different things work at different times. So maybe you could just start simple without a prescribed "plan" and just set some mini goals for yourself to get going?  For example:

I'm going to cut-out soda/drink 8 glasses of water every day.
I'm going to walk at least one mile every evening after dinner.
I'm going to move around for two minutes after sitting for an hour/get up an move around during commercials (and don't fast forward through commercials).

I lost 22 pounds the spring of last year (2022) but have been stalled since August '22. The same things aren't working as they did last year. Sometimes we need to do things differently to get the same results.[/quote]

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